Connecticut western news., 1905-01-12
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die l.. Duke who last week had him flaced in a New York sanatorium, arc seeking to annul his recent marriage to Alice l.. Webb on the ground of fraud, alleging that he has no recollection of such ceremony. Excessive indulgence in stimulants immediately previous to the date of his marriage on Dec. 19 is said to be the cause of MT. Dukes ac- ton.
 The Delaware legislature is deadlock ed on organization. Union Republican lenders declare they will hold out un- til the anti-Addicks, or minority, fac tion has yielded to them the right to the first choice of the officers. The Regulars continue in their determina- tion not to give over the presidency of the senate to the Addicks men.
 On sensational charges. in which tes- timony relating to the fiourishing of a revolver. an insulting butler, threat to kidnap her children and a life of misery appears, Mrs. Eliza Sutton Me kee was on Monday, in Pittsburg, granted a decree of divorce from her husband, ]. Hart Mckee, a millionaire.
 The investigation into the charge that large quantities of diamonds and jewels were smuggled into this country by persons returning from Europe with Mrs. Cassie l.. Chadwick has resulted in the location by the United States officers of some S6O,oo0 worth of gems and diamonds.
 William l.. Douglas of Brockton, Thursday, became the forty-first gov ernor under the constitution of Massa- chusetts. He is the fourth Democrat to hold that office within the last fifty years. All other state officers are Re publican, and the legislature k heavily Republican.
 The beef trust case, which ranks in importance with that of the Northern Securities company in recent years. was called in the supreme court of the United States on Friday, and argu- ments were begun by counsel for the defendants and the government.
 The Harvard medical commission, after long investigation, finds that cancer is not infectious; that 1t is a hereditary affiiction; that its cause is as mysterious as that of human life and, finally, that the remedy is either a knife or a serum.
 Professor Perine of the Lick observa- tory has just discovered a sixth satel- Ef0 of Inn IRxr of nh tions with the Crossley reflector. The satellite is five UT six times farther away from the planet than the outer most of the five others.
 One of the new reforms to be enact cd into law in Kansas is to provide for supplying the 10000 schoolhouses with green shades and lace curtains. Teachers are advocating it in the inter- est of the health and eyesight of the pupils.
 That life is the result of purely phys ical and chemical forces, irrespective of any divine or vital force, has been declared by Professor Albert r. Math- ews of the University of Chicago to his class in physiological chemistry.
 The South Dakota legislature, 1t Is announced. will pass a law this session that will wipe out the divorce colony. The revenue from divorce suits. it Is felt by many citizens, Is not worth so much as the states good name.
 Former Secretary of War Elihu Root and former Chief Justice Andrews have been retained in the matter of testing the constitutionality of the New York 1000 ton barge canal act recent ly passed by the legislature.
 The Colorado legislature, on Saturday, In joint session decided that on the face of the returns Alva Adams had been elected governor. The Republic ans will doubtless contest.
 News from Manila tells of an attempt of about 800 convicts at Bilbid prison to break jail. It resulted in the kill ing of sixteen of the prisoners and the wounding of forty others.
 George R. Cortelyou, chairman of the national Republican committee, and Mrs. Cortelyot sailed from New York, Saturday. for a seven weeks trip to southern Europe.
 The breaking of a dam on Saturday caused a flood in Paterson, N. J., which destroyed one bridge over the Passaic river and sapped another so that traf. fic was stopped.
 The third annual Porto Rican legis- lative assembly opened in San Juan on Monday. Matienzo Cintron was elect ed speaker. Governor Winthrop's mes sage was read.
 The Standard Oil company has made another cut of cents barrel in all grades of crude oil except Raglan. This is the third five cent reduction in three weeks.
 Rodman Wanamaker of Philadelphia, son of the merchant prince, is the most heavily insured man in America. His policies amount to S, 100000.
 Tie supreme court of Nebraska has declared unconstitutional the beet sug- ar bounty law enacted at the legislative session of 1895.
 Information has been furnished the United States senate that four polyga- mists hold appointments as postmas' ters in Idaho.
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 anthracite region of SAsoAI Pennsylvania for the year 1904 show that 564 mine workers t.s Nl. 4.n..