Connecticut western news., 1906-12-20

Maryland. Virginia and West Virginia. was organized in Harrisburg, Pa.
 Both the coast and the field artll- lery are badly deficient in both per sonnel and material" Brigadier Gen eral Murray. chief of artillery, thus sums up the condition of his arm of the service in his annual report.
 In an interview Mrs. Bellamy Sto- Ter declared that her recommendation of MT. Roosevelt to President McKin- ley for the post of assistant secretary of the navy was the real beginning of the presidents political career.
 Marketing was begun of the first crop of American tea grown on a com mercial scale. Twelve thousand pounds have been raised on South Carolina plantation. The crop next year prom iseS to be very large.
 Bishop Charles Cardwell McCabe. who before his election to the bishop ric of the Methodist Episcopal church was popularity known as Chaplain Me Cabe, was stricken with apoplexy in New York.
 The proposition of William Smith of Geneva, N. Y.. to found q college for women in connection with Hobart col- lege was accepted by the Hobart trus- tees. Mir. Smiths gift amounts to S4T5.OoO.
 The committee appointed by the Wis. consin senate to investigate the reasl. bility of establishing a state life n- surance department in Wisconsin does not find the project feasible at this time.
 Employees and minor officials of the Pennsylvania railroad must not accept Christmas presents this year from manufacturers and shippers. If they do they will be dismissed.
 The project of cutting ship canal across Cape Cod, which has been dis. cussed for many years, Is soon to be carried through anew.
 Mrs. Martha Hurt of Sallna. Kan. who says she Is 105 years of age. ap- piled for a divorce from John Hurt. her third husband.
 The Amalgamated Copper interests have taken over the Greene Consoli. dated Copper interests, with it's sub SlAlaIs NullilllltS.
 Dr. Frederick Goessllng. a miser of Troy. N. r.. reputed 10 be worth more than S10000o. died of starvation in dingy apartments.
 Friends of Commander Peary stated that he has decided to make another trip in search of the north pole.
 The sensational Hartje divorce suit of .Pittsburg has terminated in a de- cision for Mrs. Hartje.
 The train dispatchers of the New Haven railroad have received an in- crease in pay.
 The case of Albert T.
 Patrick. convicted of
 ANo the murder of William CASUALTIES Marsh ylce and under sentence of death. against the state of New York was dismisied In the su. preme court of the United States on motion of his counsel. ex-Senator Lind. say. It Is believed that the court took this action in order to clear the way for Governor Higgins of New York to commute Patrick''s sentence to life i'm prisonment.
 Amazing developments were piled on top of one another in the death mys- tery of the bridal chamber of the Greenwich hotel. Greenwich. Conn. The death of Joseph Nell, the bridegroom, was caused, 1t is officially declared. by a tiny wound below the left eye, piercing the brain. This wound was caused by just such weapon as n nall file found after the crime in an umbrella which "Goldie" Neil, the young bride. was forced to leave in the hotel when she fled to New York. Mrs. Nell was taken to Greenwich to answer to a charge of manslaughter. She is also accused of bigamy. Neirs suicide by poison Is suspected.
 George Burnham, IT,, counsel for the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance compa. How to Save yoEr Burned Cake.
 When cake or bread Is badly burned on the bottom, take your lemon grater and rub off the burnt portion. It will