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Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-02
GOVERNMENT FINANCES
MAKE GOOD SHOWING
Accounts For Fiscal Year Show a
Surplus Of $1,551 ,s25.

New York, May THE governments
finances for April make better show
ing than the experts had expected
Although the month alone shows a de-
time promised to do much worse,
sudden rally in its closing days put
the accounts for the fiscal year over
the line from deficit to surplus. and
the whole showing to date is $1.551. .S25,
above disbursements. At this time
last year the government had spent
s17,000.00o more than it had received.
Although the working balance and
the general fund have each fallen
about $2.900,000 total holdings of cash
in the treasury vaults were never so
great More than 81, 100000 is held
there. Even though the working bal
ance is down to $2S.000. 600 and the
general fund to $s5,0o0,0O0, treasury
officials find no cause for uneasiness.
Both items were much less at various
times last year and the treasury ran
on an even keel. The continued easy
from investors from all parts of the
country for government guaranteed
securities would make it possible for
Secretary MacVeagh to bring out the
waiting bond issue at any time.
The indications. however, are it Will
not appear until after June l. The
treasury will be called upon to make
interest payments this month amount
ing to some $2,00O,O0O. That. however,
will not be regarded as a drain be-
cause it represents the interest on
only about $267 100000 of the public
debt. Interest on the big loan,'' the
S646, 100000 refunding issue of 1900,
was paid off last month.
Government disbursements to inves-
tors, however. will be only q small
part of the interest payments to be
made during May. Various authorities
have stated that about 100000 will
be paid out this month in dividend
checks. This VIII represent the in
terest on enormous investnentS di-
vided something like this: Oge bill
lion of railroad bonds, 500, 10000 of
Industrial and miscellaneous. $780,
10000 street and electric railway;
1915, 100000 state and municipal (not
including New York city,. Mays dis
bursements in this respect. however,
will be small April, March and jan
uary paid greater sums
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-02
cLERGYMEN HAVE.
TO PAY FULL FARE.
Can No Longer Travel at Half Rates
in New Jersey.

Trenton, n. j., May AL clergy
men entitled to avail themselves of
clerical orders or ha1f-fare tickets on
the lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad
company within the state of New Jer-
sey swin have to pay the full rate be-
ginning today. because the nglblic utiii-
ties law passed by the recent New Jer-
sey legislature will become effective.
The company is in doubt whether the
issuance of the reduced tickets is pro-
hibited by that law. The issuance of
tickets at reduced rates in cases of
charity orSon time orders, the COM
pany announced, will also be suspend
ed pending a ruling by the public
utilities commission as to the right of
the railroad companies to issue such
tickets at reduced rates.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-02

10, 900 SIlopnlen
Out on Strike
SUDDEN MOVE ON PITTssURG
DIVISION OF Pennsylvania r. R.
CHARGE DISCRIMINATION
Assert That Men Active in Union
Work Suffered Under Retrenchment
Peliey-No Sign of Disorder.

PHtsbLrg, May 1.-Witflout further
warning than might have been gath
cred from conferences between a com
mittee and the railroad officers last
week, the sho pInen of the Pennsylvania
railroad on the Pittsburg- division, ex-
tending from this city to Altoona. Pa,
went out on strike today. Tonight the
officers OF the unions asert that about
10000 men are out.
All Affiliated With A.. r. of l..
The. unions affected are carmen,
boflerrnakers, helpers, sheet metal
workers. the international Associa ton
of. Machinists and Laborefs and the
Federal Labor union, an organization
of foreign laborers about railroads, all
OF. which are afilliated with the Amari-
can Federation of Labor. =
Labor Leaders Dismissed.
The cause of the strike is the a1lega-
ton by the men that in its retrench-
rnent policy the railroad dismissed men
that; were active in orga niZing and
carrying on their unions
Swift Action Decided Upon.
1t had been expected that if a strike
was called it would. not zoe effective
until Tuesday morning. but at meet
ing Of the executive committee at Pit
caiFn. Pa, last night. swift action was
decided upon. No statement is forth
coming from the railroad company
here beyond a denial that SO many
men are out. The committee of the
work1nen say their figures include the
men that were laid off as we'll as the
ones that went out today.
Strikers Warmed Against Disorder.
No, sen1blanee of disorder character
lied the inauguration of the strike, and
public notices have been posted by the
strike COMMITTEES at all shops warning
strikers against disorder
Headquarters at Pitcairn.
Headquarters of the strike commit
tee have been established at Pitcairn
and meetings are being called at the
various points along the division. A
e, Ireland and T. H. Flynn. organizers
of the railroad departm ent of the
American Federation of Labor. who
have beer active about here since Feb
ruary, have been called upon to visit
these meetings and complete theil
work of organizing and to conduct tbs
strike
!. Railroad Brotherhoods to Meet.
Other railroad brotherhoods have
called meetings for tomprrow at Pit
cairn to discuss their relations with
the strike-affecte1 orga nizatiens.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-02
LIGHTNING KILLS GIRL
AT SUPPER TABLE.
Wind and Electrical Storm Does S1Uo,-
600 Damage Around Scranton.

Scranton. Pa, May I'm an electl1-
cal and wind storm that swept this city
tonightsIidry Finots. Is years old, was
killed by lightning and an unldent-
fed boy had his skull fractured by a
falling sign. -Four houses were blown
from their foundations, score OF per
sons injured by flying glass and COZ
ems of plate glass windows in the busl-
ness section of the city shattered
The machine shop of the tlncn
Foundry company was demolished by
lightning. hundreds of trees We're up
rooted in all sections of the city, cleo
tric wires and trolley. cables blown
down and at least one hundred homes
and business places damaged by wind
or lightning The property damage, it
is estimated, will pass 100000.
Mary Finots was eating supper with
her family when the bolt of lightning
entered the house. The girls mother
and father and four other children
were thrown to the. floor by the. bolt.
One of the other children is in a crit
ical condition.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-02
LETTER OF POET LONGFELLOW
MISSED IN HOE COLLECTION
Unable to Account for Its Loss Unless
1t Was Stolen.

New York. May lit was announced
at the afternoon session of the Hoe
library sale today that an autograph
letter of Henry w. Longfellow, dated
1855, and relating TO his book, "Outre
Mer,v with a copy of which it was to
have been sold, is missing from the
collection. The sales company dis
likes to believe that it can have been
stolen but is unable to account for
it's loss Letter and book were valued
at $500 or more.
Prices that are the despair of col
lectors continued today. J. P. Nor
gan's librarian bought for S42,S0O Sir
Thomas Malory's "Morte d'Arthur,i'
the only perfect copy known of Cax-
toms editien. printed in 1885 1t was
last sold at auction for S9,750, when ii
was bought il 1885 by Bernard Quar-
itch, the London dealer, for Mrs. Nor
ton Pope of Brooklyn, at whose death
Mr.. Hoe acquired it at private sale
for an amount not generally known
In 1893 it sold for So cents. -
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-02
Bangor Fire Destroyed About 100 Business
Structures and 285 Residences
TWO KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN KILLED
Residences Burned Were Mainly of the Better Class,
Only IS Families Being Reported Destitute-Loss
Now Placed Between S25O0,0O0 and 100000
Queen City of the East" Will Rise Again.

Bangor. Me-. May 1.-Between two
and a half and three million dollars
Will cover the financial loss of the
conflaxration which destroyed approx
finately 2S5 residences. chiefly of the
better class. and about 100 business
structures in this city last night and
early today No official festimate of
the4loss has yet been made, however,
but the insurance companies which
were hit by the fire estimate that they
win lose sixty per cent, or about
million and a half dollars.
Insursnce Companies Involved.
Included among the larger compa-
Niagara, Hanover. and Fidelity un-
derwrfters insurance companies and
the American Bonding company, all
of New York: the Fidelity Phoenix,
Aetna Phoenix and Connecticut COM
ranies. of Hartford. Conn; Massachu-
sets Bonding company of Boston; the
Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance
company of Springfield. Mass; and
the Commercial Union Queen. North
ern, Royal. London and Lancashire,
and Liverpool. London and Globe COM
panies of Great Britain. The insur-
ance men say they cannot complete
their books for several days.
Only rs Families Destitute.
That the Queen City of the East
will rise undiscouraged from her
ashes without the necessity of asking
for outside help. was the sentiment
expressed tonight by Mayor Charles
w. Mullin and representative citizens.
Most of those who lost property are
well TO do. and only 75 families were
reported destitute.
Scribner Buried Beneath Wall.
Search was taken of the ruins to-
DAY, where possible. to determine the
number of persons who lost their
lives. Up to eight o'clock tonight
only two we're accounted for as dead.
The body of John y. Scrioner of
Brewer. who was buried beneath the
wall of the citys tallest building last
night. was recovered today.
Fireman Killed by Topping Chimney.
George Abbott. also from Brewer,
volunteer fireman. who was felled by
q toppling chimney. died at the East
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-02
Patriotic Milk Driver Halted Another Until
Inverted American Flag Was Righted
MAY DAY IN THE UNITED STATES
Three Stabbed in New York Demonstration-12000
Worlmen Involved in Strikes at Chicago-Way En-
ployes of Six Railroads Quit Work Last Night
Shooting and Riots at Cleveland.

Indiana Belt railroad, and the Indian
Harbor Belt railroad.
Policemen Guarding Property.
At the request of the railroads IS de-
tails of policemen were sent 10 zuari
the property involved.
BrickIayers Want Wage fneezss-
Twenty-Five hundred bricklayers. BE-
longing to thirteen locals OF the Inter
national Brick Workers A1liancestr1fc<
for Il wage increase Tine building
trades have been much upset ~ Iasor
difficulties for several months. and
only a few additional workmen Hens
out today.
Riot and Shooting at cIsvelsrd-
Cleveland, o.. May 1--sWith the ex-
ception of a riot between strikers and
non union men, in which one man wzs
shot, and several minor walko1ts, Nay
day in Cleveland was devoid of ths
labor troubles.
Socialists Have Psrzds-
About 1000 socialists. including 1900
women, held a mass meeting win 3D.
dresses in the public square today and
later marched through the principal
streets with two bands playing s0cia4ss
airs.
Private Detective Shot
"A crowd of sympathizers with tbs
union iron workers who are on a strike
attacked non union -lIOH WVfhel5 >Hf~
ployed by the Van Dorm Iron WORKS
company in building a bridge over
Walworth Run. A number OF shots
were exchanged and stones and other
missiles were thrown g. l. Burn. =
private detective, who was guarding
the iron workers, was shot in the hand.
Several Of the bridge builders we're
injured by stones.
A ynpsthetic Strike.
Thirty-five marble settlers helpers
at work on a new building quit work
as a mark of sympathy for Chicago
strikers.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-02
WENT AFTER WATER.
NEVER CAME BACK.
fifteen Year Old Windsor Girl Thought
to Have Elcped With Woodehopper.

Hartford. MAY Hattie Fowler. Is
PEARS old. daughter OF Fred Fowler, of
Windsor. is missing from bone, and
HE local police were asked Sunday
evening TO institute "A search for her.
Ehc e'ri disappeared last Thursday
evening. The Fowler home is on the
outskirts of Windsor. The girl was
}ent to the spring for pail of water
tnd did not return. When they made
IN investigation they found she had
FrugEled most Of her clothes out OF
The house and took them with her when
rhc went 10 the spring.
The police were informed that Hat
q" had been very friendly with a
French wootlrhopper who also disap-
4 rrarcd from Windsor Thursday even
ms and it is presumed the two have
SINE or together. Tt is also thought
ransible that Hattie may be with an
r'ier sister who got out OF the Middle
town county jail ten months ago. after
sewing sentence for bigamy.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-02

New York May 1.-The scheduled
strike of machinists for an eight hour
day, two big parades and half dozen
smaller ones marked May day in labor
circles here The strike was conduct
ed quietly Approximately 10000 men
walked out local labor leaders say.
Fight Breaks Up Parade.
A free for all fight in which three
persons were stabbed broke up one of
the parades. Approximately 1000 bak-
ers joined the machinists in striking
The waist makers made no demonStrd-
ton, 81 S planEeo.
Milk Driver HaIts Parade.
Several thousand paraders in Brook
lyn, marching behind a red flag which
preceded an inverted American flag,
We're halted by the driver of a milk
wagon, who block the right OF way
with his vehicle.
The Flag Riehted.
The police upheld him and caused
the righting of the flag.
$500 Railroad Employees Strike.
Chicago. May 1-Maintenance of
bering $500 men, struck tonight when
their demand for recognition OF the
union and wage increase were refus-
ed.
1900 on Strike in Chicago.
The total number of men involved
in the lockouts in and near Chicago
as a result of May day troubles IS est1-
mated at 1900. The men include D.
500 railroad men, $500 bricklayers,
5000 in the building trades, 800 marble
workers and 7GGO in miscellaneous un-
ions.
Six Roads Affected.
The maintenance of way strike al
fects the Illinois Central, the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul and the Bali
tjnlore and Ohio terminal lines, the
Chicago Junction railroad, the Western
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-02

ern Maine emergency hospital There
were only a few injured and none Sc
riously.
Troopers on Guard to Prevent Looting.
Armed troops patrolled the streets
tonight Company G. of the state
militia and the cadet battalion from
the University of Maine, together with
a number of Colby students and the
larger members of the local Boy Scouts
were served with five rounds each of
loaded ammunition, with instructions
to shoot in case of palpable looting.
Bank Depositors chssred Up.
Depositors of the Bangor Savings
bank on State street. which was de-
stroyed were reassured tonight by
the statement that the funds are be-
lieved to be intact in the bank vault.
Very Little Suffering.
Despite the cold rain of the early
morning there has been little suffering
and the citizens generally have taken
plants are heard about tough luck"
and the main topic of conversation is
rebuilding.
City Still in Darkness.
The city was in darkness tonight,
the electric service being still dis
rupted by the burning of the branch
power station; electric cars have not
run since Sunday afternoon and the
local telephone service is completely
prostrated.
City Hall and Jail Still Stand.
The telegraph companies have
normal quota of wires in operation at
temporary offices. The city hall and
Jail are the only important public
buildings left standing, but the mail
was saved intact from the ruined post
office.
$500 Law Books Burned Up.
Among the heavy losers was the
University of Maine. which lost the
$500 books in it's law school. Glasses
were SUSPENDED in the university to-
day owing to the work of the stu
dents at the fire. but arrangements
were made for resuming the law
courses immediately at the Bangor
Theological seminary.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-02
VICTIMS OF WRECK
NOW NUM5ER TWn1
Miss Margaret Jones, = titles 7G1
or, Is Reported MissisG.

Easton. May Lone more ton1
Miss Margaret Jones OF Utie1. e ~
ported among the missing
wreck at Martins Creek. WoI1
received here today that MEsD
is not at home. and as she - ~
the Easton hospital or at any oE
hotels or farmhouses In the ~
of the wreck, it is assumed So
ished in the disaster. CountfnE =
Jones dead. the total death 1iM L1u5
the accident is twelve, eight Uf5<1f1
and four railroad men.
All of the injured at the Esston hD4@
pital are recovering, those most gef5~
ously hurt showing marked improves
ment.
The bodies of all The dead win ~
shipped to Utica tomorrow on = 1De1
cial train over the Pennsy1vau11 6E
Lackawanna railroads. PuIlm1uZ
be attached to this train and a.
jured who are able to travel ~
for home.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-02
MRS. EDWARDS LEAVES
GOVERNMENT EMPLOY.
Will Devote Her Time to Bringing Up
the Little Citizens"

New York. Hay Mrs. Anna Ed
wards. chief stenographer of the bu-
reau OF naturalization here, bade good
bye to her office today in an unusual
letter of resignation. In part she
wrote:
My efforts to make this the finest
department in the country having fail
ed. ! have decided to depart from the
department Of commerce and labor.
bureau of naturalization and shall
concentrate my efforts and special
abilities upon 1tpbringing the little cit
izens. leaving the big ones TO you"
Mrs. Edwards has two children.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-02
NO CHANGE OF VENUE
IN CONSPIRACY CASE
No Technical Points to Be Raised to
Delay Trial.

be otherwise decided by Attorney Leo
Rappaport, counsel for the Interna
tional Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers association. who is expected
to arrive soon. there will be no mo-
tions for change of venue in the dyna-
mite conspiracy case. or any other
technical points to delay the trials of
John J. and James B. Mcnamara.
No one visited the McNamaras to-
day and District Attorney Fredericks
said no one would be permitted to see
McManfgal, until the latter has tes-
titled in the trial of the McNamaras
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-02
A CARTRIDGE USED
IN HIS INITsA7Jofs
Man Sues Modern Woodnsn for \
for Permanent Injuries

New York. May 1.-Suff for 81
damages has been fled in the s1IEE1
court in Newark by John a. Het4@| ~
Bloomfield against Bloomfield &1|
Modern Woodmen of America 1l&-|
says that while he was being fnff{x
into the lodge he was biindfoJ4G& 60
set to saving wood. ~
While he was thus engaged AMI -
STOPPING position, he was t}t via 4
stick In the stick was a cafkff1I#
and when this went off the cf85uE G1@<
back and entered his body nerx 1N@
spine, causing permanent and d75&111@
injury.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-02
CRUSADE AGAINST
AN OPEN SUNDAY
Petitions Circulated in Several New
Haven Churches.

New Haven, May 1.-The New Eng
land Sabbath Protection league yes
terday had petitions circulated in the
Grand Avenue Congregational and the
East Pearl street Methodist churches
protesting against the passage of the
open Sunday bill to allow baseball and
other sports on that day. Rev. w. S.
Mcintyre is conducting the crusade
against a continental observance Of
the Sabbath in this state Several
hundred signatures were secured for
the petition, which read:
I'VE petition the senate and house
of representative not to enact any
law that viii provide sfor baseball, or
the sale of prepared tobacco, ice cream,
soda water, fruit, flowers or eonfec-
tionery on Sunday
The petitions will be circulated in
other churches next Sunday.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-02
A 100000 FIRE IN
BAG AND PAPER PLANT
Hundreds Of Tons of Pulp and Fir-
ished Paper Destroyed.

Glens Falls. N Y. May Fire to-
day did 100000 damage to the Union
Bag and Paper company-s plant at
Hudson Falls. Hundreds of tons of
pulp and a storehouse with a large
quantity of finished paper, resin and
baIed waste paper were consumed and
three other storehouses were slightly
damaged.
The Fort Edward fire company as
sisted the local firemen in keeping
back .thesflames from the plant of the
Standard Wall Paper company and the
main offices Of the Union Bag and
Paper company, which several times
were threatened
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-02
TRUST DECISIONS
NOT YET GIVEN OUT
United States Supreme Court May
Hand Them Down Later in Month.

Washington, May 1.-The supreme
court of the United States adjourned
today until May Is without announc-
ing an opinion in either the Standard
Oil or the Tobacco suits, arising un-
der the Sherman antitrust law. On
May 10. opinions will be announced,
and the court will then adjourn until
May %. the final day of the present
term. The trust decisions are .ex-
pected on one of these days.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-02
OBITUARY..
Rev. Donald Browne.

Boston. May 1.-Rev. Donald
Browne long an Episcopal missionary
In Labrador. died at his home in Mall
den this afternoon, aged SO years. He
was chaplain of the Boston hospitals
and priest in charge Of the House of
Prayer at Lowell. Until last March
he was rector of the Episcopal church
at Marion. Mr. Browne was born and
educated in London.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-02
BURIED UNDER. BLANKET
OF SNOW ON PIXIES PEAK.
Three Caretakers Rescued by a Relief
Party Yesterday.

Colorado Springs. Cot, May l.
Three caretakers at the Summit house
on Pixies Peak who were buried for
several hours under a deep blanket of
snow after the storm of yesterday,
were rescued today by a relief party.
The imprisoned men suffered no hard
ships. as they were well supplied with
fuel and provisions, hut they were
obliged to burrow holes from the win
dows to get air.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-02
FLAG ON cAsKETs IN
CATHOLIC CHURCHES.
Cardinal Gibbons Secures Concession
from the Vatican.

New York May Through the eff
forts of Cardinal Gibbons and james
a. Rooney past commander of the
MacPherson-D -Doane post Grand Army
OF Brooklyn. orders have just been
issued from the vatican permitting the
use of the United States flag in drap-
ing the ooffins of Civil war veterans at
funeral services in Catholic churches
Word was received yesterday that the
permission has been granted in a LEFT
ter received by Mgr. Diomede Fal-
COMO. apostolic delegate from Rome at
Washington. The letter was signed by
Cardinal Rampoila.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-02
"WlLD WEST" GAME
FATAL TO SMALL BOY.
Mortimer Tavers Of ThompsonviiIe
Dies of Bullet Wound.

Thempsonvile. Conn, May 1.-Three
year old Mortimer Tavers, who was
shot in the head today by Nelson Gray,
- years old, q IN u Springfield hos
pital tonight. ':-c boys were playing
wild west alni y,,ung Gray was using
a revolver which. was unintentionally
while pointed at Tavers.t
No action IS expected TO be taken by
the authorities
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-02
LOSES FIGHT AGAINST
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH.
Miss Virginia Miller Contested the
Will of Her Uncle.

Washington, May MARY Virginia
Miller, niece of Frederick Hickey. Jr..
late of Baltimore, today lost her fight
against the First Spiritual church of
Baltimore which Benefited to the ex-
tent of some 100000 by a proviso in
her uncle's Will The supreme court
to which Miss Miller appealed, de-
clined to review a decision of the lower
federal courts favorable to the church.
Miss Miller contested the bequest on
the ground that it was against the
public policy of West Virginia to al
low chruches to be enriched by wills.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-02
BURNED TO DEATH
BY MOLTEN TAR
Eleven Year Old Boy Dies After Six
Hours Of Terrible Agony.

New York. May l.-Peter Phellan,
an II Year, old East Side boy, met d
death tonight from the burns
of molten tar. He and five other boys
were playing around pail of blazing
tar today, when one of the lads kicked
ing mass of liquid struck his head and
ran down his entire body. For sNx
hours surgeons worked on -<i<e lad but
he suecumbed to the burns tonight.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-02
ANTARCTIC EXPLORERS
PUT IN AT AUSTRALIA
Compelled to Put Back Because of Ice
Packs and Iceberqs.

Sydney. y. ;. W.. May 1.-The Jap
anese antarctic steamer Khan aEaru,
with sixty persons on board, agriv we'd
here Yesterday. The expedition reach
ed Coulman island. March IA, but was
compelled TO put back, owing to ice
packs and icebergs encountered. The
cold killed ten of the Eskimo dogs.