stunner-at
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impeded“
the SelineL‘a live
New
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1870 Ofiice as Second Class latter.
Sillilli Mitt jADVtNCE Mn
INJURED IN at out 0N
iRllN Wtitlli Viiti’S Hill
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A flail-thrown Switch liesnited inilfasiiington Officials Expect to
a Bad locidenL Six lites Iortli liear llnnrtant Development:
of Waterbury, Sunday Morning. .
tittitttiitifiii‘ .—
Witt” mm million SilliiliilN
i hits out Billiii
Mishap line of the lost Spect-'
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iiA'l‘i‘leit'liY. April it) An lll‘
quay was begun here today by the F
I'tlillli lltilities Commission into the
’de along yesterday of ti 'pdsewflfii‘l"
train oti the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad between Thom
mum and this city. as a result of
all cit sixteen persons were injured.
rtl‘tltllsnltuit‘r C. t‘. l-Iliiell of the
Public Utilities Commission visited
\l'Ais‘iiix‘ti'l‘ttN, April ltl. tiptl-
mism for the early capture of l-‘rain
cisco \‘illa pervaded official circles
‘today. despite the fact that nearly a
week has passed since news of lht'
success of the operations of the
Americans in Mexico has come to the
War liepartiiicnt. Matty officials were
the scene of tile accident yesterday, of the opinioti that important mile
but declined to make any statement tary developments may have occur:
at the time. saying that it would not red and that it was itiipossiblc for
h.»- mir either to the engineer of the llll‘ t’Xlil'llll‘ advancing columns. lust
l".illl or the railroad company to in rt‘lltli'lttl t" ‘t' “H Vim" llt‘t'lS 'lt‘dt‘
dilate rrhptnltilbilll)’ for the accident Sim-4». to com'itiinimtc with thct.‘I
before an inlt‘nilgfllltill hull been held iuise
mote. - The latest report trout General
Railroad'a Statement. 'i-‘tinston saying that an adequate‘
The railroad company's sfaleiiien! quantity of commissary stores and
regarding the accident follows in gasoline had reached Casas Grandea
pdt‘t, . convinced administration omcinls that
“Train .\'0. :35. leaving Winsted the zenml problem of nrovixlonlns
Htiitduyn 7:30 it. III. for Waterbttry.‘
’Itt-tttgeport and New Haven. was de.
railed at 8:17 this morning at the
in: it end of Jericho Siding. about six
miles north ot Waterbury The train
the troops has been relieved. Seore
lury ‘Bliker refused to comment on the
cd that thc “commercial" use of the
Mexican Northwestern Railroad was
working out to the satisfaction of tilt-
- l'nited States authorities.
Eliseo Arredondo. Ambassador
Designate ot’ the tie facto Government
(Continued on Eighth Page.)
Entered at the South Norwniit Post
and Possibly of Bandit's Can I
suggestion that the dispatch indicat‘
‘of Mexico. today received a telegrnm‘
luv itstttss that;
Hill nits itllt lltlAl
SnnerierConrtliiillelientOoon-
—llen lwnrs Snutnanad
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The action brouglitl
lby Mrs. Fannie E. Anderson against,
\trial this week.
i Benson I". Snyder. which was on trial
last weelt for thrce days. will be re
‘numed on Tue;duy and there is hope
bthat it will be finished before the at
‘ teriioott session,
‘ Two other canes are assigned fol
‘i‘uesduy. Nathan Speirel against Jack
'iiolliitider and others, the New York
titlast annual conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church appeal from
probate. on the estate of Susan M.
Beardsley, and F. William Helirens.
uditi.. against the Metropolitan Life
insurance (‘0. -
For Wednesday the assignments
‘.irc Louis J diorlt. adm, against the
iiritigeport tins Light (‘o.. Nit'holit:~
.l l’rocopiu against the New Haven
Railroad (‘0. Sarah Zalkind. ndinx..
against Albert l‘. langenegger and
David Decker against \lliert A
t‘reib. .
For Thursday the assigntiients are
Albert l.. Iiurucs appeal from probati
on the estate of George W Hamel.
Benjamin i-‘eiumiui.’ atlm, against
t‘asper l). Wallace. Joseph ll. Gallon
against Jennie linn Sperry and Jul-
ZUs l)orkin against the llritigepori
t‘hslft (‘o Sbveral of these uses
have been before juries previously.
.The last named case is an old one
having been entered on the docket
mote than eight years ago.
it was necessary to summon nine
more jurors for service in this court
and the following have been drawn
t\\'illittni ii. lirown. William Gilleclt.
.’l‘homas F l.8ttin, F" -rtpcrt; Fred-
:oriclt i‘oletunn. (‘hnrles P, Smith Ind
‘Sellegk . A. '\\’ntorbur_y.-~xorvvalk ttnd
‘Theodore llecker. l'hilo t‘ Fox and
Vt‘harles S Smith. Stratford.
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lt‘or the Superior court and attotherl
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Manitoba in
. liliii NEW MEMBERS:
0" W fSnaainne of New York East Con-
‘ foresee field at Stanford
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,i'orlt East conference
:difll Episcopal t'hurch had only one,
:busitiess session Saturday set for the
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.i’ ' “w. c” “ twat-t executive for consideration of the
a“ 0' I.‘t-applicatfonu of candidates for mem.
Interesting w Sltn'
‘ I t..tidniitti»d to full membership are Revs»
..\lfred l.. Hubbard. Gilbert 1). Jones.
1 WIN W h “I “In".‘fhose admitted on probation are W ‘
. Mansfield, \\‘ ll. Cornish. \thltnni‘
. In litigation
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Cami. ttann lioglcr and Paul Burt. Mr
‘ Burt in a son of ‘llinhop liurt. who was
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sion at Rome The conference mytl
.to send to Bishop liurt a message of
icongrntulations upon the entrance oi
this non into the ministry .
:ul work among the Russian inimi—
For” C.“ t. h u Will’lnffl in New York city. applied fort
M“ w ' m I.-I many at the request of the Russian
lgmernment to look after Rust-inn;
'spolte highly of Mr. lleclter's work
“'m t. ‘M iand it was voted to give him the"
,. . this conferenci- and to send hilll a
“w huptvme Court "I Errors “"“t message of (‘tilllltli nce m the wort. he.
““0“ in l‘lrldgeport. Th9” 3“" Those admitted to be ordained will:
forty “H“N ”om New “‘wn “nd Filr' ( be presented to the t'ltlilt‘rt‘lit‘i‘ .t'. n
(15" “WNW "mm residenta. M" tomorrow lt ’wus announced that
of the ”is” "9 ”meals from d“"“" pastoral appointments “ill be iuadepn
l'lens i‘ourl. l ~_._-._..__-__
One of the most interesting of tlielv "
Gru‘ vn. Kate Orly Goddard. That NEW mm Rffws l
MI W] of the bit-tho:
' ’ forenoon hours Most of the session‘
Ibersbip in this conference Those
B. "0““ “FM Wt E. R lcwfs and Robert Williamson
t‘ l’belps. J i. lirooks. Alfred l".
‘admitted to the ministry in this con 5
All CASES m ms lfi-rcnce, and who prior to his i'li‘Clltllii
. far a bishop. was In charge of n this ‘
iliiiiii ill tetanus
"""‘"“"' I Rev Julius iiecker. who has chai'gt
leave of absence In order to go to Ger-i
Hm“ h m—M'nrisonus there. Several ministerp'
thaVe. to take him on probation fti
convene tomorrow morning tat 10.30:,” dam; |
“PM Counties. '3.th 0' ”‘95" mrll'flervice conducted by ltishop Wilson
‘ions in the Superior and Common Tuesday evening
’local cases in that of Anmn liurri“
liftillfil ”iii Militii
pl ntif! went nwty from bone
wu none. a road loan.
in his absence “1‘;
.fendnnt. settled up their mother's es»
.tnte. forgetting about the brother. tic
MINI for his .‘lllil'e and lost the clue
.in the Superior Court. Attorneys
Will'ibni A. Griffin. .lr., and Walsh &
liubbell t‘egresent the plahtiff. (‘nrr
field and Pullman appear for Mrs.-
(loddard. !
i IliOSTOX, April l". A request for lit
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Offer of 5hr Cent. Iaise In-
stead of 15 [elected By
Brotherhood
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*t‘barles
vol 850 each
lna scum“- enr—
teringtlelelcnd
Not-walk. TheScn-
tinclisthatpaper
Fair tonight and Tuesday.
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TWO CENT‘
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intuition ilii
_ attain Alli sun
MARRIED Willilll
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Evidence: of Gambling, liquor
Satin: and immorality at Ian-
bury liotel
A squad of state,- police, led by.
Sergeant Robert W. ilritigeman, raid-i
«d two places in linnbury yesterday
morning, the Elbivtood Hotel in ”it“
.\fili Plains section and the restaur,
ant of Alexander Zarour, .\'o.
lit-aver street At the hotel eiidcnceo
were found of gambling. violations1
of the Sunday liquor law and iml
morality. |
Mrs. Annie Brown. who “as a lllla .
or
band living in Dnnbury, was found:
at the hotel in the company (it \\'il 1
liani Mulligan, also of lianbury‘
frequentiugt
They were charged with
a house. of ssslgnntion. The alleged
proprietor, William A. Jackson. was
arrestcd and charged with keeping 2
house of assignation and \iolatiug lllt
Sunday law. .
in addition to tlwsc three, the nio-ii‘
were found vlrtm g 'l‘hey stud the) l
wer- ' .ank Jones. Aim-i“
t‘tLit-rhili. Thomas Htearns and.
i‘lasundtiri They were
tharged with frcqucnting a inul‘uti
place where liquor is sold at uiilnwius
hours. Hitch glue bonds of 82in. The
proprietor furnished bonds of 3100‘
and Mulligan and Mrs. llrown bontl.‘~‘
The gambling evidence,
was in the forth of two slot machines“
which were continental by the police-1
men. The raid was made at about to
. o'clock. ‘
in the raid at anonr's restaurant.
‘scven gallons of whiskey. eight gal'
ions of wine, ii quart of nuiseite
and thirty-seven bottles of beer weret
arrested:
confiscated. Zarour was
and held under bonds of $100 on it
law.
Accompanying Sergeant Bridge-
State Police-
lilSil
Some lie-hers oi the Crown: ii
Are Missing, lint m ‘3‘:
llave Been landed—Nettie
on Sussex Sinithn Expect. .
ted today. '
The sinking of three m‘
ish steamships was
day in London. All of them
unarmed.
Lloyd's announces the sinking
of the Silksworth Hall and Glen"
almond. The cnptain and thirty
men from the Silksworth Hall ,
have been landed. Three men W , ,5.
missing. The crew of the dink, .3
mod were saved. A Rance din?
patch from Malta tclln of dig ‘
sinking of the Venue. tundra: ‘
the Kastilla. which was a . .. i
without warning. The crew who 'i‘
rescued. ‘ , .
The Silksworth Hall wan 138‘“
reported on her departure from
Gibraltar on March 6. whilepn n... .
voyage from Bombay for Hull} m.
She was 4.777 tons gross. warty;
built in Sundcrland in 1907. ”166.;
owncd in Londoy
The Glcnalmond arrived in“.
Lisbon March 13 from Rangoow
Burma. She was 2.888 tent:
gross. war built in Sunderland W?
1902. and owned in Lqfloti. . '
The Yone. 4.039 tons Krone,
was built in 1897 at Glasgow. be! .1.
home port. Thor-ind report of“ .
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liter movements was other depot-i "'4‘:
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.ture March 9 from Glasgow for. '
tHamxpon Roads. ’
The British steamship Zafnfl. ..
has been sunk. according to n
.yhnrge of violating the Sunday liquor, Lloyd's report.
i Latest available shipping rec-‘
iords announce the Zafra as hav-
Sl’illill fliilli llitlii
‘from Mexico (‘lty advising him that,
official notice has been given by his'
government that no further contractst
will be made with foreign firms for
arms and ammunition in view of the;
fact that the r‘ecently established na I
tlonal worlts are now capable of sup !
Congressman iiiil Explains tire
latter to the Chamber of
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CRYING Bill-SAVES '
plying the entire demand of the tiov
eriinieiit. The telegram contains the
Peculiar Blaze lions Bot Little
' - tannouncement that traffic between
“lie at Factory 0' K9": Mexico City and Vera t‘ruz over the
. interoceanic railway will soon be re
first“ on Woodward Monte
‘sutiied for the handling of passengers
and freight.
A peculiarly started fire broke out
about ”'45 o'clock this morning ‘in
the fur shop ot tKerr liurniu on Wood
ward avenue. The drainage was very
slight.
'i‘lie tlames started in a blowing ina~
chine. It is thought a nut in the
iiiaciilne, becoming loosened. sent out
a spark. which ignited some of the
for in the machine. The blazing fur-
wus blown from the first fioorthrougli' /
an iron pipe to the second inor into.
a small fur-titled room.
“but the firemen from the (‘entrni
A’ small army of carpenters. pain;-
crs and general repair men will be
Station. who were promptly notified
turned loose lil Roton ol‘int on April
of the blare, arrived, the tire was go-
20. At that time extensive improve
in: both on the first and second
floors. it took half an hour's battle.
.ments will be made, and additional
attractions will bi.‘ erected.
tiicssage said, to all Governors of
states and military commanders di-
recting them to refrain from lllii‘l"
iering in any manner with civil courts
in order that complete independent-t
tivc powers may be effective.
“ill! little damage resulting. to put
the flames out.
liilltlll mash its .
susctssmt italic;
, ing year.
Various important attra'ctions are
Th“ preaching 11158610" opened very‘ planned for the pork this year
. auspiciously at Trinity Church
. Neville Bayley. manager of the
park. was in this city today. He
closed contracts with Mrs. F. 1-;
1851; Manager ‘Bayley. who expects to re-
ctening when a large congregationlmove from New York to this city
assembled to hear the missionaryzlwithln several weeks to take active
4 tR"\'. John G. Sadtlt’r. His Opening; charge of the work of renovating the.
'BPilDOn was on the subject of “Dis~ park for an expected prosperous
Vccrnment of Spiritual Things." Heiseason. :
:. showed that ‘, spiritual discernment;
55 came through reverence. obedience
:n'ind love as these were exhibited in‘
me life of Christ.
; His closing plea was for his hear-1
UNFILLED STEEL oitulns BREAK
'naconns.
NEW YORK, April 10. -'I'lte month-
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mid to practice them in their lives.
'. Tonight the missionary takes
fins subject “Lifting Up the
tsued today, ngnln broke all records.
as The roders stood, on Mni'ch 31 at ‘3.-
i.ord l
:V'nervicos the public in invited.
_. Tomas-row morning there will» a
celebratiai of the-Holy, Communion
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[at VHS. eventn pt‘nyer’wlll be said “'d' ‘ . I 1
fat 4:30 and the mission service st"
. t. a. _ l —~8eiitinei ads. pay.
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l’fithl for the salt water taffy. etc...
concession at the park for the com ‘
Commerce llariior 09mm»
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‘ Members of the harbor committee
of the Norwaik (‘liamber of t‘oni-
.mcrce, met Saturday afternoon. with
ltlic lion. ii. J. Hill. congressman
ffroiii the local congressional district.
instructions have been issued. the : at the offices of n).- .\‘orwallt t‘hmubert
.Iof Commerce, ill the Town Assembly
[Hall building. in Wall street, for the
purpose of discussing the contemplat:
‘ed Norwslk harbor improvements.
! From what was learned by the
bt'l‘l‘t’t’n ”l“ lUJk'lfll and toe Ht'(‘t‘l-I‘Icommittee during this session, it does.
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not seem probable that any improve-v h . rtl d [ . .- my IMENEKE "UMES
.incnts of extensive character will be: T%?efa‘r‘t:lv Dingltenzlllrg’ymlhebzrfin:l
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‘tnade in the local harbor,
. at
' present.
just
Congressman Hill explained to thc
coininlttee. that the matter was now
in the hands of Congress, but that no.
this!
tsession. owing to the more important.‘
difficulties.
land adequate defense plsns. whichi
lactlon would be taken during
Imntters of international
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'Parnnts Inalteio Fird "nose in
t Fianna and lifted Wiftt Snioltn
—lil Escape
NEW CANAAX, April it). ~8thin
‘niembers of the family of Antonio
Bucciarrellt had narrow escapes from
death early yesterday when their
; of a baby. found the upper floor of the
. house full of smoke. One of the sons
'groped through the smoke and found
in ladder, which be placed outside the
safety.
The fire ta believed to have started
The
tfrom an overheated furnace.
nonit-tnry lens is about 82.500.
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lion littlilllititi to
or iii nihilism Hififiitflttttt
by Warren Waite, who has ctmfessed to"
.poisoning his father-in-law. John E.
Peck. millionaire drug manufacturer
entered-
of Grand Rapids. Mich.
idictment charging him with murdCi
tin the first degree. His
the pies within ten din.
lto
: for the trial
The proceedings of arrangement ro-
‘ ‘ _‘qulred only two inmates nnd Dr.
'-‘Jeittin Christ." 70 all these mission 381.001 ions, an inc reuse 01‘762.l‘3°twiiite wane no word but stood. oni-
tcan over not 39. when they were' and quiet. ”ingot indoor. It was
35“,.“ tm, m. puck,“ up... re apparent that he had not fully re
covered from the chain a! urea-t-
ltlnesn.- canned ii: the item or
tootontbedny-beforehinnmntint
'in March.
NEW YORK. April 10.-—l)r. Arthurof the local trolleymen'l union.
connect.
l however, reserved the right to chance
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' Frederick \v. r. Andrew's. president
on.
pounced this morning he will call a
meeting of the union the inttcv part
of this week. At this nesnim the
New Haven last week totdrnw up a
schedule of wages which will be pre-
sented the Connecticut Company
nbotn. any lot.
house, all descending to the ground in:
. members will Deceive reports from thel
through his counsel today ti pies otistnte conference board which met m‘. 1‘ my“. John w. Shepsgd. Edward
loot guilty when arraigned on the he
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DAN-BURY, April 10.-~:Joneph Wild-
man, an aged farmer living on the
outskirts of this city. shot and prob-
ably fatally wounded his son-in-lnw.
George A. Murphy. yesterday. when
Murphy broke. down to door in his
r . man in the raid were _
' unfit; 32;,fi2‘§§“”..;3k.n§“’“.23?fmm. Rowe n. Wheeler, William song touched at Newpop rt Nears:
lions. midi! by the Brotherhood 0, Jackson. Alfred ll. 'iBudl‘. “allt‘rtMnrch if from uerto 1'
Railway Clerks, has been ".19“de A. Stiles and Frank \irclli. |Cubl. for Queenstown. She Will.-
lhv the New York. New Haven & "“‘"”““ .of 3.573 gross tons and was own-
':“‘r"°rdt?"'°m' :Icgordgnqusgmrg‘ fed by the English and American:
snemen rom uo e , I . . .
llattt nigiit. The company. it was sald.§mul WARSHIP flfll ' Sh‘upmz Company "f London.
Ihad offered I 5 per cent. raise. ‘
l This offer was refused by the la».
lcnl lodge at its meeting last night and, .
union officials said similar actioni
was expected from other lodges. Thet :—————. ,
results of the various meetings heldi NEW YORK, April ltl.-—l‘repara
:hro’ghout the system will b" “L tioiis are being made at the New
*ported tomorrow morning m ”‘9' York navy yard for the arrival of thn.
[committee in New ““9" which mad-argon and most' powerful fleet of
”9““ ““79”“! Mill .General Man- i warships ever assembled at the yard.
“WY 0- It Bardo. l'l‘hc fleet. which is expected there
‘within a week. will include a battle:
tship squadron. several destroyers.
',.evcn submarines and several ten
.ders. The warships arc to remain at
\ Ethe navy yard from two weeks to No
PE" f R IHE 8[“80N=months undergoing repairs.
in the fleet will be the battleships
10klahomu, Nevada. New York. Texas.
‘Wyoniing and Arkansas; the destroy-
Witli pleasant weatlierJnmiliesthat ers Cagatn, Cummings' McDonough‘
Will occupy the “flu estates at TUKC'iEricsson. Nicholson, Winslow, Wade
neke this season will begin to an-ive; worth, pushing and Burrows; seven
indeed. 80'9“] 11“? already opened submarines; the auxiliaries Sononia,
‘up their residences. and much litetomum. Yankton and Solace. apd the
and bustle is noticed in this favoriiei Ten-orI one of the old monitors.
centcnfnvored locality. Two of the 12-inch guns of the Ar:
Some building 18 BOMB on, including kansas are saidto have been dumag
the three dwellings for Mrs. Thomas ed in target practice and will .b.»
J. Preston. formerly Mrs. Grovertonhcr repaired" or replaced.
Cleveland. These houses are now be
ing plastered. The Tokcneke inn willi
be in the come hands as last sczison.|
Mrs. L. :M. Damerun havingvcharged
Among others whose residences are,
at Tokencke are the following: Mrs.
Thomas J. Preston, M. D. Rnndall.l
C. R: Ike. E. R. Hollander, Mary B.
'Adnms. Me'Dongm Hawkes. George. (Ll
tiionch, Mary B. Mixsell, John A. Mac- .
Martin. Dr. Samuel Gant. William
lE. Weed. 'E. in Smith. Jr., Richard
lTinder. R. Buchanan. H bert Wheel-
er.\lohn Dali. Mrs. Farm 9 1. Despnrd.
latumy 1". Ward. 1min c. Tetnrd.’Miss
District Attorney Bwnnn consented-
. y this arrangement .nnd Dr. Waite
ers I) look into the life of Christ fort ly statement of unfilled orders of the, was committed to the Tombs. without
.uit-se things and endeavor with hlSiUnngd 3mg. steel Corpununn, ts-ibnil, tonwnit trial. .\’o done was not
Th. M ml ‘1“! '1‘ 00" Alice iii. Swift, Harry Parker; Edward
Deny unites,- June 19!. Hr- Andrew King. om. Frank G. Brown, Miss it.
stated today it won yet too and! to a. Lewis, Dr. George F. Pentecost.
give out- who: the demands or m‘Onor‘ge F. Pentecost. Jr. (who an
’m would be. as they wore not yet taken the Dr: Ail-up residence).
determined. - tianr Philips. Charles Bate‘n Dona.
in room it in upon“ the IND-l Wk A. anode, R. P. Cblttenden.
born there' road for no gnu. tniPnial Tuner. Minn land A. inland.
mo min in. ”Mummers. Coraline B. anoint. Dr I. North
Ito-tn. it. is adamant lbw-rum In; Janna a “nation. I
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Lynch.
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.nttemp‘t to see his wife, with whom
he was not living. When Wiidmnla
:nw Murphy. break the door to places.
he coined a shot gun and entitled
A!“ the contents of one bat-ml into the
body of Murphy. who fell. also:
through the side. It was two hours
beiorn a doctor arrived. and in the
‘tneniliine, Murphy loot mutant-Ibis
blood; He font a Brldneport boa
nut and may rec-vein Within
utmma.m. In.“ was“ brunet.” with nnnnnttl
that... In. MbM'MJwflvinient tutti. not set-a “into.
new the. L. [-me nanny” bait, to.- 'ylfl‘lleld forts Mortar
to.'.ny.
! The Austrians are preparing any
ioti’cnsive on a lartze scale along.
ithc whole Italian front. according,
‘to dispatches received, which:
state that this action was dccided.:.
ion at a recent conference 58-;
'tween Archduke Eugene and the»
other Austrian conunandern...._‘.
i Strong bodies of troops have beep t
iwithdrawn from the Romaniam 1:.
{border and quantities of muni-. f. ’
‘tions are being sent from the in-y “
terior oi‘ the empire. The Italians.
military chiefs, the dinpatchenq
further say, have bade all Mar: 5
ations to break the offensive an "2‘
to force the Austrians hack on:
the defensive.
A meeting of the National.»
lCouncil of the French Socialist.
Party last night passed a resold-l
tion in favor of the party's con-
tinuing to give its closest. suppOrt‘
to the government for national;;.‘
defense. A resolution against ten
ncwal of relations with the Inter- ' _
national Socialist Bureau was I .
passed by a vote of 1.709 to 1.000..
The failure of the latest great: _
hammer stroke of the Germans of - :
.Verdun has. greatly encouraged}:-
5the French press and public andg_ ‘
iconfirms still further the general?
confidence felt in the ability of?
the high command; The attack i8 ,
stated to haye been one of thaws
most determined of the great; .
blows delivered since the batflnhatfi
berm fifty days ago and vet it,
‘vicjded the fast results of .anyt‘t
of them. although the crowns-inf
prim: hurried mo whole army- {than
corps squirm the French along mfg
tendri‘e front. t” "I?
M Bethilcomt formed a d ::.~
Woollen! its evacuations m
‘t
been expected for none .tim..rll_i§ttt
I
man. when M era long
ago criticindrits rm‘ n. Cur-«i.
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(rationed a: non ease.)
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