The Chitina leader., 1912-11-05

UTICA, Nov. 4-The funeral ser vices over the late Vice President Sherman were held here on Saturday attended by many former personal and political friends. President Taft many Ambassadors, Ministers, Sena- tors and Representatives were pres ent Special trains came from Wash ington. For time the body was placed in state in the Oneida county court house and was viewed by sev- eral thousand persons. Private ser vices were held at the family resi- dence, Dr. Holden, of the Dutch Re formed church officiating. The pub lie service took place at the First Presbyterian church, where Rev. w. M. Stryker, former classmate at Hamilton college, made feeling ad- dress.
 RAWLINS, Nov. 4-Since the re- cent break from the penitentiary ef- forts have been made to recapture the convicts. Yesterday Sheriff Ter Till and posse of men located Rich ardson and Backstread at Powder Springs. The men entrenched them selves and refused to surrender. A fusilade of bullets was the result. After considerable firing the Sheriff s forces succeeded in killing both the convicts.
 HAVANA, Nov. 4-Order has been
 established throughout the island now that the election is over and the re- suit has been announced and accepted with good grace. The Conserva- tives won out in the election of Gen. eral Marso Menocal as President and Enrique Jose Varcox as Vice Presi- dent
 SAN JUAN, Del Sur, Nov. "A hurricane came with such force that it destroyed most of the town of Acapulco. There were some narrow escapes, but fortunately no lives were lost.
 NEWARK, Oct. Nov. IA bronze statue of Washington will be un yelled in Washington Park, tomorrow, the 199th anniversary of Washington farewell address to his soldiers. The statue shows Washington in full uniform standing beside his horse. It is the gift of the late Van Horn, and the work is that of J. Massey Rhind, the New York sculptor.
 CHICAGO, Nov. 2-The Conways have been brought to this city and the police say that they have con- fessed to the murder of Miss Sophia Singer, their object being to steal the jewels she wore and which were worth several thousand dollars.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 31-Fifty miles an hour while making a cross-over frim one track to another, was speed travelled by the New York, New Ha- ven & Hartford Railroad train which was wrecked at Westport, Conn.,, Thursday, according to testimony brought out at Federal inquiry, begun here into the cause of the dis aster. No train can safely take a cross-over at such speed, witnesses testified. Thirty miles an hour is the maximum rate at which a train should run at such a time, one wit ness declared, while others placed the customary speed at 15 miles, maxi mum. The hearing was before Inter- State Commerce Commissioner Chas. F. 'McCord.
 SOFIA, Nov. 2-The Bulgarians won a brilliant victory yesterday. With 150,000 men pitted against 100000 Turks the Bulgarians cap- tured Dematicca, thus isolating Ad- rianople. The Turks have the road to Constantinople we'll guarded, all though where their soldiers ventured out into the open they have been put to rout.
 NEW YORK, Nov. Patrick Ryan, who built the Manhattan bridge connecting New York City and Brooklyn, was recently awarded the two million dollar contract for the mason work of the proposed Hell Gate viaduct of the New York Con- meeting railroad. The bridge will be used by the New Haven and Pennsyl- vania railroad systems. It will be three miles long, will be in process of construction two years and will cost $25, 100000.