Connecticut western news., 1906-06-28

' m canals that he answer questions in o.aIiou to islhmIan canal affairs. Viii siam Nelson Cromwell repeated his re- fu>alS. He Sta>ed that the questions involved confidential relations with his client. the new Panama Canal com pany.
 The United States Steel corporation has sent out an order tp it's vast army 0f employees forhidding any officer or employee. under pain of instant dis miSsal. to accept any present from any person or corporation doing business with the corporation.
 That hundreds of children who ought to he in d Kindergarten are employed in making uniforms for the United States army is the charge made hy garment workers, who have appealed to President Roosevelt 10 stop the practice.
 By n unanimous vote the directors of the Equitable Life Assurance society approved the amended charter which had been adopted by a majority of the stockholders. The amendment provides for a standardization of the society. Frank ]. Gethro. who was expelled from the Massachusetts house of rep rs.sentativeS after having been found guilty of attempting to hribe fellow legislators. says that he will expose every guilty member of the house.
 The Chicago officials have received instructions from Washington to allow nn mure women to take civil service examinations for poSto.,ice positions. as Uncle Sam now has more women in the department than he desires
 wilfiam Bates, a poor clam digger. working in the Mississippi river on the, Wisconsin side opposite Red Wing. Miun.. found what is believed to be the largest pearl in the world. Its value is estimated at S1oo.ooo.
 All records between Seattle and Ja- naa have been broken hy tho steamer Dakota, which arrived at Yokohama II days aa hours and 35 minutes after leaving Seattle. The schedule time to Japan is fifteen days.
 Robert olypaant. Charles F.. Miller and James C. Holden. who constituted the expenditures committee of the AIu- tual Life Insurance company. have re- signed from the board of trustees Of the company.
 President Roosevelt has awarded medals of honor to two locomotive en- gineers-Charles W. Haight Of Utica. N T.. and George H. Williams of Bra;ntree. Mass.-for extraordinary heru.sm.
 In Chicago the harvester trust. other wise the International Harvester com- pany. pleaoed guilty to violation of the antitrust law of Arkansas and will pay two fines of S1o.opo each as we'll as coets.
 The senate passed the Lake Erie and Ohio river ship canal bill Senator Stone expressed the opinion that in some respects this canal Is more inn portant enterprise than the Panama canal
 Governor Cummins of Iowa has is- sued invitations requesting every gov erior to appoint five delegates tn meet in Des Moines on Sept. j 10 discuss the direct election of United States seIa- tors.
 The .As,or branch of the New York Public library is said to permit agents of the Russian government to spy on the readers who call there for hooks relating to anarchiSEl. revolution. etc. Governor Hech of Kansas has an . nounced his opposition to capital pun iShment. He will not sign the death warrants Of fifty or more Kansas murderers under sentence of death. According to reports from most authoritative source. a gigantic rival 10 the United States Steel corporation is being formed which will compete ev- anywhere with the trust. Cassie L. Chadwick's personal effects were sold at public auction in Cleve- land for S4.025. The purchaser was A. c. Greeley. who expects to sell the nrti- cleS as souvenirs.
 Dr. Elmer F.. Brown. professor Of education in the University of Califor- nia has been appointed commissioner of education in place of pr. W. r. liar rIs. resigned.
 George F.. Green of Ringhamton. N. T.. former state senator. and Will lard n. DoremuS of Washington were acquitted of attempting to defraud the government.
 Cyrus W. Davis of Waterville was nominated at the Maine Democratic state convention as the gubernatorial candidate for the September state cleo ton.
 One hundred thousand acres of wheat are going to ruin in Pratt coun- ty. Kan. for want of harvest hands. Similar reports come from other coun- ties.
 Woodbridge N. Ferris. nominated for governor of Michigan second time by the Democrats, has declined the nomination.