m w mutton» I”: nurses It the loath-m -. males ummmttlf. dolllssillas llot Been Offered ‘lllld-‘lld‘ Would lloi Accept and says the Story is With- .1“ Foundation WASHINGTON. March mfllil was at first inclined to » i ll! amused at the reports from Connec- “flt illlt lie was to be secretary of fitness", when Taft became preaiv is 3 t’wben he found that the poo ‘ were treating the rumor " its was much annoyed. It , on on Mr. Taft that he .i , thus go around in advance of 3" Nomination; not to say . election. . WE‘hmin off the cabinet places. Mtg absolutely no foundation for . “WWW. Ind Mr, Hill thinks it ill 7.-—Con- f ‘ for the benefit of those in Con- , ""iiectlcttt that a positive denial should «I, It. made. He sold to a reporter: “In the first place I do not want any such position and would not accept. it it were offered, and there is abso- lutely no foundation for the story; and 1an scco' nd place, it is not ofilr to ' , Taft to circulate at a of this kind that my interests are nked ,wltb bin in any way. I am for him be- ,‘caude ti admire and respect him, and think. that he would make a magnifi- ”cent president and just the man the . country needs at the present time- and that is enough. for me. , inkuctnsso DOG “ ' owstns ARRESTED coo M I; Samuel c. 'lreland ’ F L"truest llorivallt a Good Flold'to Operate ln t” Matters haVe been moving last up around West VhLorwalk way since Con- stable Semen] C. 3 . d has been making a little is ‘ lion about the district during the t few days. The climax came this morning when Constable Ireland. placed four well- ltnown residents at that section of the tewdubd hat on new or keep- ing col 3 do,» The? four are Herman dchodo. Charles ltscomber, , Hugo linel and Edward T. Benedict. Strange to say. ifscomber, one of the men arrested today by the constable- ' dog warden. is the same party who , came to South Norwalk Wednesday and'ashed Constable Ireland to arrest the owners of dogs which had so badly , torn a cow he owned that the animal ‘ died. The cow instead of having been «killed this week died two months ago. lifts rsported that Macomber disposed , of tire carcass to a butcher for $20 at that time. constable Ireland notified all four , , men he placed under arrest this morn- r; ing to appear in court Mondny morn- " ing. It is said that some of them have several unlicensed dogs. # count.» rowan caosrs one satin. “- Ialltctball Gains Won by the Waver- iys by s Doors of in to 15. ' The Waverly basketball team. of Norwailt. and the Douglas Fowler Ca- dets played at the armory. last night. The Waverlys won by the score of ill to ,lb. The Cadets disbanded inst nikllt. there not being enough mem- bers turned out to their tiieetingn. Af- ter the game the cadets hint at line lillmiel'. The score and lllll'llll of lost night's game: Waverlys. Cadets. Waters ....... .. . . . . ..... tluurnicri flight guard. Mathics ........ . . ......... i-‘itelson heft guard. Ilencdict ........... .......... (Yolltu Castor. Martinez ,,,,,,,,....., ........ Yost Merritt ..... . . . . .1. . . . . ....... Riley , night hrwsrd. Knives—Twenty minutes. ' l'irld goals-wilsthiss I. Benedict .i. i'tsrtines 2. Merritt l. ritslsoo a. Coi- in . . (tools from imriéiss—‘vfiuaroieri l. lower—user's . Referee-emu Verbs. m; lidTllTAiNlD i‘ mu 0' as its “axis: of nayvisw ave} rs. . nus. sntsrt'zned a 'sssibsr of her friends in honor of bdi‘ It'l- Edwsvd flasher. of '7- Dar n‘g the afternoon the MOI, all! It Will“. In Which .11 m was brat prise sad rl. litca ll. linker tbs «mouse '1'“ b"l““l$mbw n s s were . wk” "on to be very onisyabis. ‘ ' tauessstu ‘- vsas'r who - possible candle“ to s - tics of wages and feels Golden it will be successful. Wflw— ~ - - WWW-W , llllllEil Gill! GIVES ‘ . TillleiililAi. Dillilill Fm Enjoyable ‘. Affair lleld Last Night at the tidal tlorWallt —-dddress by or. iiarsiroml The Nutmog‘Club held their third annual dinner at the Norwallt iiotel, last evening. and it is safe to say that it was one of the most successful that has ever been given. The table. spread with spotless napery. presented a pret- ty sight. 3 . ' Professor Carl A. Harstrom deliver- ed a very interesting speech which was listened to with every attention by the members. The subject of the speech was ”home Factors of Sue- ceas.".ln which Mr. ilarstrom brought out rongly the necessity of persc‘ versnce for the successful young man. The president of the club. Anson Keefer. acted as tosstmaster of the evening. and Itch member mode some interesting speech. The party did full Justice to the line menu. which Willi as follows: ' Grape fruit liouillon in cups , Soup sticks Crenmed oysters. Celeryt Lemon sherbet liroiied chicken Saltlnes Olives 0 French fried potatoes Tomato and lettuce sulnd Ice cream Fancy cakes Colfee - Those present at the~dlnner were: Anson Keeler. Stephen ilray. inter Wheeler, John Kline, Irving Horton. George Garth. Cornelius Szoygl. Clif- ford Sherwood. I-‘ranlt Smith. Percy Morgan. linrold St. George, Thomas West. .lr..‘ William ltltler. l-‘rank ilruuv tinge, George Cavanagh, Stephen Smith, Harold Vnn Liew. Charles Ver- lin. Lester Warren. Joseph Hunter. Ernest Gregory, llownrd Chlchester lllratu iiull. Edwnrd l-lcltlnnd. i’rof llarslmm. Willis H. Selleck and Chen tcr Meeker. "AIMEE RIVER FLOOD . CARRIES AWAY- BRIDGE Ohio Town Without Fir Prolon- ilon, Lights or Sallie eniTrol- ley Servtce TOLEDO. Ohio. Mnrch 7.——As a re suit of the Maumee River iiood and the breaking down of the Cherry street bridge. that Toledo. with apop- ulstlon of 50.000, is without dro pro- tection and last night was without lights. There will not be our service between the east and west sides or the city for several weeks. The rail- roads are running shuttle trains ho tween the two sections of the city and a bus line is also being operated over a bridge a mile above the city. RAILROAD costssmtts . so snot REilcTillh Willi Decrease in [not nddum Already lads Company Will be Able to 6st Along NEW HAVEN. March 7.—-At the ot- lict-s of the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad yesterday, it was denied positively that there is any intention. either immediate or remote. of cutting the wages of its employees. untl it is further stated. that owing to the reduction in the its! roll. changes oi the service and decrease of expendi- tures for improvements and‘supplics, it is practically certain that no reduction of wages will have to be made. 0th- cers of the company hava ivorn time to time attended meetings with represen- tOlvr-s of other large railroad systems .n New York city. and in every case "We thrown their influence strongly against any proposition for cutting the wages or hands other than those men who have been receiving salaries of a certain amount. it is also pointed out that in case of any reduction Wit it is absolutely necessary that thirty days’ notice must be given the men. and there is no idea of even issuing such a notice. The cutting of piece work in the shops of the company. which chiefly alfecis the machinists. it. is nut-tied at the railroad odious. will not result is any reduction of wages. and is the case of the higher class of stackin- lltl. will she than: a positive advance. There is so apprehension of trosbis it; that, department as has been report- As regards the general situation. the semionlcisi statement is made that the ountpasy upsets to adopt every - "a i . '0‘"le trade and hrs ...,. « *‘n‘uyww—w‘ —' iiiliill “ aunts Ill illlijllill Three Isa Captured Following a flaring Rssbery at Post '0illcsa in Pericliiows‘ssd Bridgeport. llew lusty. Early Today CAMDEN. March 7.-A pitched boo tie between farmers and three robbers in which two of the latter were wound ed followed the daring robbery early today of the post-cloud st 'Psdrich- town and Bridgeport. about 39 miles south of this city. The three men were captured. The robbers iirat appeared at Po» drlcktown about midnight and stole a team from a livery stable“ They then went to the. postoflce, blow‘opcn the safe and stole 8250 in money and stamps. The explonion wrecked the, building and the place took hrs. The robbers then tied with the amount. In a-i‘ew minutes nearly the entire population of Pedricktown was at the post-once lighting the lire and before the flames were extinguished the building was damaged to the extent of about 82.000. Two hours later the robbers appeared at Bridgeport. eight miles away. and attacked the post» onlce there. A family named Brown occupied the upper portion of the building. The robbers forced an en- trance and inserted a charge of nitro siycerlne in the safe. which almost wrecked thebuilding. William Brown. 1 head of the family. rushed down stairs with a revolver. When he. reached the postoince he wns.conironted by the three mbbers. who leveled their re- volvera at him and ordered him to re- treat upstairs. The mhhas Ellen parked up stamps to the rational. of 8200. took 350 in raa‘h and left In the direction of Wood- bury, Mrs. Brown had telephoned to . the Woodhury police and as the trio drove into that town they were hailed by a policeman. The robbers protopl- ly opened tire. and the policeman lred in return. ' The men dually wentawny, gfig to ward Wmonab. nirandoslwg the team and leaving a trail of blood. A poser was organised, but the trail was lost. Shortly after at a, to. two men carry. log n third were seen at Women]: and a score of farmers well-armed gave chase and norm had them penned In the woods nearby. Both sides opened fire. One of the robbers tell and the second surrendered. The third man lied further into the woods. The wounded man and the one who surrendered were locked up. The third man was captured two hours later. One of the men. William McCoy, who says he has no home. had his face lit- orally riddled with buckshot. The other injured man is under cars of a physician. and it is thought he will die. A “calibre revolver was fmrnd on Mt . Coy. SGI'S DEIISE CAUSED DEATH OFFAIIIER Frederick Percy. Whose Son was Killsdlty Train si- i'arieo Iliad at ills Home in Bridge- pert .-—-.m illness ct but a few weeks with facial erysipslas. Roderick Percy. of 77 Wil- liam street, a well knovm resident of this city, and father of George 1'. Ver- ey, who was killed in llariun early in the week? passed away yesterday. he ceased had been under tin» new or physicians for some time, but his coo- dition‘wss not considered serious titt' til yesterday. The death of his son. it is believed. adarsvatod his lot condition and accelerated his tk. its was a rssnibor of the Mamie in tsraity, bsisg idntisss with tit. Pot, sr'a W. of New Itiiford. where he was born. lie retires from business some tins In. its is survived by his widow. one son and three daughters, air. Percy's death brings a double bereavement is his allictsd tamilr. BRIDOBPORT. March 'I.--Alicr, an . All of the WM” have now been chmplsts‘fidflbml tourna- rssnt bstwsssi‘ m and South Norwaik ctr-swans ”'9'” game will Is played in NW» night. when heed 0 r3 vita-wand ilarry W. lather will the contestants. livery member of the tits teams will have an opportunity to play a game in his boots M There will'bs ten games is all. the teams to be made up’of live players each, and each representative will play two games. » The schedule for the two rounds is he follows: ' s ' FIRST noggin. Games at W. March tin-itself l}. flaviland and Harry W. lather. ' ‘ March ii-«ll'rsnh ARV“ flares and George it. Van Alstyrts. March "-0. L. Woodward and B. C. iisvlland. ‘ ' Games at, death "walk. March lib—W. I.. fill“ and M. ii. Netting mam. tz—nr. w. lav-Weed and c. s. Vollt, . . SECOND ROUND. Games at “out-Milt. March “Hit. ll. flavllnnd and H. W. Mather. March iH. A. Vol lions and (i. it. Von Alsty'le. March Zlmli, l.. Woodward and E. C. iinvillltd. - Games pt Namath. March Fla—W. l's. 0m and M. ii. Suiting. ' ‘ * blurs-it ilk—Dr, W. In Word and (l, A. Valli. ' . 0L0 WILL WIN. A “HI. ~ Fred moors lasts I. L. ldmonds. led, to N. Old Well Hook and Ladder Com- pany's team won its brat victts'y in the prominent with tbs Iaytlowsrs. last night. at the South Norwaia Men's headquarters in llsvliand street This was tbs first of the of eight games which will be played on on the Old Well table. Frederick A. Sconeld represented Did Well, and E. i.. almonds. the Nuybowcrs. .lr. 8co- held won an iatrrcsiinl some by thr- score of 100 to 97. -‘ The score by frames: Icellsld ' “pends- .li ..,, 'o——t 7 ' " ‘ ii 1 ii ii it it 7 ll 4 3 a»: lit 5 o , .'r~-l Ll—w" I0 ti it It llrvl iwl It) It": 7: Hill 97 Scorch—Jesse Scumou. Referee—Prank limitholts. Tullywii'llliain McPherson. The standing of the tournament: Mayflower. C. A. llrown .............. ......I00 A. ll. iluli .................... ..i0¢ A. W. Day ...................... 100 Frank iluckhclls ................. i” it. 1.. I-ldoionds .................. 9‘? Total ............... i9? ' Old Well. it. W. ilarlorc .................. in ii. lv'. Winona ............ .. r'. .l Finnegan . . All». it "midi ................... N .v'. A. Garfield .................. lift! Total ............ . .......... .Alh Tonight. Ilarry Waterbury. of tho Mayflower-s. and frank larrsitrl, oi the (lit! Wells, will play, iiiiliilli l lfllllillll Jillilii leveraldmbvwisrnsd soda doors of rm departed estimate at 1:” “low M m itattsas cm. lei. states one 1P- soriusimiwu in serum .-.._..._:!; melt 1. tpcd, W; .,., .... .“i. . ultimo u liiiii i unusu lists Ysrlt Stats Republican cen- vsslies Wants lbs Bevel-nor is do a denim isr Presi- dent st lite United States NEW YORK. March ‘l.—Tbe meet- ing, of: the Republican state central com todaytolsadate for the sta convention. attracted widesper inurest in view of Governor llughes' probsbio candidacy before the Chica- go convention. Whether the commit- too would make a formal declaration for tbs governor satin doubt up to the time the committee met at noon. The early indications had been that the meeting would not take up the Hughes candidacykis being the view of some of the leaders that a cdtnmltr tee declaration was unwarranted and might be inopportune. list these plans were upset shortly before tho- committee assembled by the announce- mrnt of William H. imugluss. member of the committee for the Fifteenth New York District that he would more the adoption of a resolution on doralnb the candidacy of Governor ilughcs for the presidency. The resolution as presented, was as follows: , "Sew York holds the proud [stallion of having given the nation one of her illustrious sons who now occupies the presidential chair. Post, if any. presi- dents have ever been held in so high regard by the nation and the world. He has done great service to his coun» try by a rugged determination to: op pose wrongdoing and in demanding Justice for all. We can never repay the debt of gratitude we therefore owe hlm We tender him, as his term or onion draws towards its close. our hearty thanks. and his name will no- doubtedly go down to postsrliy as one of the and most heroic lig- tm-s to American history. lastly link- ed with that of Washington, Uncoin. artist and ilcltlnlcy.“ . “The citiuns of the Empire State very properly expect that out is notes to the national Republican coir veotktn will unseat and urge the so Ieriiois again of one of our many wor- thy sons for the greatest allies in the gift of our people. The state com mittee believes that thewisdom of our choice will undoubtedly commend itself to all classes of our cilia-us and to the country generally if we earnest- ly advocate the selection of the gov- ernor of our state. Honorable Charles E. Hughes. for the presidency. lie is a man of the Lincoln type. able. up right. intrepid. honest, fearless in duty and devoted to the people's best in' latest. Sines be has been prominently before the public his strong individ- in all his public utterances he carries conviction by his evident sincerity and the uncmthaable purity of his mo tlvss. in placing his name before the country as our standard bearer ws are convinced we an presenting an- other grsat leader to the nation. one who will add additional glory to our state. and uphold the traditions of the itepublican party. "Resolved. That we recanmend the st-lwtlou of delegates in the various mogtosnionai districts and of dolo- “its at large who will act in complete harmony with the purpose of this rss- olotlostctbssndthttbsdsisgatioo to the national convention from this state may pvsssat a united front in behalf of our candidate.” . 'l'hs misuse was unanimously adomad. The committee voted to is- one a call fear the Republican state convention to be held in Carnegie "all. this city. on latsrday. April it. magnum adjourned to met on i . Justice if. Lisa itrocs was chosen is: chairman of the stats cou- v IIWAII LOCI IN WW. Meatsdstlsskstballbythstl- mason. ’I'hshlppowsaibashstballtssia of Nsrwsikwsstthssipcrtlastsvssv .isgaadplsysdtbstssslnalmflsa- piston. is the old Wastssvt church. Tasrsssitwasavistovytovihsns- wills-snagldtstldisst ease grands... stay his: “mommy’s-w: hippswsms. m“ swsdsvsvstsssss forward usersdlssdmampm O m lddsldd assessors-es W tall m Inc Is I sauna": m ital , MW" s trolley has greatly impressed its all.‘ stonoiiitonts onisit raises; KILLED iIIISELF Ileapoodeai Waterbury misi- olan sad ills lion Found Dead. but little Daughter lay lie- cover WATIRBUM’. “arch 1.-lonetti Mootrsssa. a well-known local music. tan. and his son, William. died yesterv day as a result of taking carbollc acid. and a als-yearold daughter was found sssrly dead from the seats cause. The musician had but descendant of late. and is is thousbt that be administered the acid to his children and then took his own life. The discovery of the two dead bodies was toads by a daughter on her return from school. Itoatressa lived with his wife and three children at so Bishop street. and the mother at the time was at work in a local factory. When Catherine. the monarchy daughter, found her father and brother dead and her little sister in a critical condition. she rush- ed to the home of a neighbor and medical aid was quickly summoned. Doctors Worked over the girl for sev- eral hours and although she is badly burned about the month. it is not thought that she will die. Monireua was about so years old and was a mem- ber of the American Band. He had been out of work for several months and his despondcncy had been noticed by those who came in contact with him. . GEORGIA LYNCililGS FRlGlll'Ell NEGROES colored Residents are in iiidlso or Leaving liarltinsvilie as llapldly ha Possible RANKINSVILLB. 01., March 1.— The report reaches here that four ne- groes in all have been lynched in con- nection with the double murder of Warren Harland and his wife. Two were shot for Interfering with the mob. Other degrees are implicated and it is feared more iyncblngs will follow. Many of the negroes are leaving and the others are all in hiding. RAILROAD mosses overcoat or one Four ides liilled and Tea 8t Badly Overcome in Baltimore Tunnel They Were Taken to llosplial ' iiAlil‘IblORE. blarch 7.-—Twenty~sls railroad laborers were overcome by gas in the Philadelphia. Baltimore and Potomac tunnel here today. Four lied and too were so badly aifectsd that they were taken to a hospital. are nrgrocs, the other is a white man. - o - -4— WANTED. l‘hs others u-evlved. Three of the dead ' ‘JlPli lit T” ill Hutu ~ in nu -; in the incident (loosened Wlib .,: the Seizure of the Steamer". Tetra tiniest coopellsd is? its to by the Action of cities. 'romo. March 'I.—"Japan will not" 3",; resort to force in cosmetics: with the leisure of the steamer Tatsu unless . . compelled to do so by the action of China." .3 Tbisststsrnsntwasgives totbsAsv i": aoclated Press correspondent today by '1 a high authority in the Foreign Dues, t Li who added: ' J "Wis mouse» to exercise the utmost. poll and fully understand the dll‘ ., rally the central government of China .1‘ has in dealing with vicsroys who pos- seas eatonsm constitutional powers. I is quite apparent that the viceroy of w, Canton actde hastily in relying ,- ioiormation which stated that the b >, f so was engaged in smuggling arms. lie conceived therefore that he had a right to seize the vessel, when the facts". 7, show that the vessel's papsn. lpclw , V ing smallest of arms consigned. to regularforrntoaflrm in lscaowsris, etirely legal. A represents ve of the; arm at Macao boarded the act, mmpanled the Portuguese authoric ties, before or seizure by a Chinese . (Continued on Eighth nga.) ' ' 'ro LlT—i-‘Oilit 0R FIVE NICE rooms, including bath and steam beat. ., ; and all modern improvements: can-3 trally located. Address X.. care ICI- . tinel. T0 L£T~FURNISHT it e .._. ~— prlvate family. lnqt Main 8t. 70 tar—Two ' rostrum rooms. Inquire tor Itr Gray, 11 Hand 8L, limit; blovw g. tab at‘ 10 tsv—s unwind? Lao , skits and plenty ot loft no loss space. Ap ly at No. a Elisabeth . ' ,Wllllilil Bird“. . . . 3-: TOLIT' 74 All!) Six uric-date int solarium ‘ _, to. lucnlro I.Walsh. Wilson: 3 ' ' Road and Ely Ave. attsrooons. ft. 10 Let—six-noors noun. id, Franklin Ave.. near trolley line; only painted. Inside and out; fresh can is; air throughout, new both real. sew 'urnace and laundry tubs. House half say between Norwalb and Icntb Nor- .- salh. Inquire 53 West Ave. .. t! if a ,. ‘ro LIT—1N sowar'ros. ' ' ‘ icubls house. sis rooms: enrolled"? o train and trolley; Bast rsasosablsn *l i‘or particulars inquire at“ 3. Advertisements or“ words ends. this trend. as: I times. We. Midi tlsnsiwordalssntssehpsrlnssrtion WANTIHALESMAN. BELL It!» tail trade your locality; set per month and sspensss to start, or commission. daperlcucs unnecessary. Hermlngasa Cigar 00.. Toledo. 0. ' out it WANTID—ACTIVE MAN 0t! W0- man wanted In each town in il'airleld musty to demonstrate and advertise well known article. Ea riches sn- ascsssary. n p day extra com- missions. Permanent position with advancement. Address “Wholesale.” lad Parkman Bldg. Boston. Masai it In w in and condition.‘ Address P. 0. it: lotttb Norwalit. at? it WANTID—POIITION A! 000K and . by cams rt; voter- sssssglvss. Collective. ai alumna". . at it “WAMIW‘R IINTiI WWII seven or mans. a improve- ments in last Avs.. or vicinity of It. mg m OOTI‘DJOO m G as" m WAii‘fltt—cti'lllnl tie-m0 Ill- sabatsr is good eonditios. d. Barthel. . coal. at It summaries it! ms- rksfsmsss. P. 0. lion . loath llovwaia. md 0i 3'. Walker. Sentinel cues, discontinuous. ‘ suntoma mus sun srncfi;,,. cations for all kinds of buildings cement construction. No damp ""is'hll‘m'li'r‘mfln'fim-3 er. ve.. 3 or varies. Coho. one . a. r. saves. on . aucM‘ car. will sell rsal &. elects. etc. Mable rates. aria Crystal” in call Sign P. 0. Bob '1”? Darla.” m BUG!!!“ NOTICE 3 asuouucswssvu'rus w“ wanton—our: noses hostess ism oi the tire edition has been prlvstlzz ssrlbsdtor. Abortions: sadnaooiovseasbspris sslsss_ issslvsslargsnnisba‘rof'ordsrs. N0 W IMO.
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