Connecticut western news., 1906-10-04
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Sir Thomas Lipton, who is visiting America, has put it up to the New York Yacht club to say. whether there Is to be race for the Americas cup next year or not. He is eager to chal- lenge, but unless he can get a race under the present rule of measure ment there will be no contest. There Is no designer in England who will build boat for him under the old rule. The report Is current in yacht ing circles that movementfs on foot to organize German syndicate to send boat to contest for the cup. An equestrian statue of Washington gift to New York by ex-Register James K. Howe of Brooklyn, was un- yelled at the Williamsburg bridge plaza. Brooklyn. Mir. Howe. who ran for office in 1899. promised that If elected he would return to the city all the fees that came to him over and above the amount he considered fair salary. He was elected and made lis return to the city in the statue of Washington, costing about S50.000.
 Al Adams, the policy king whom the late Norton Goddard sent to Sing Sing. shot and killed himself in h!S apart ments in New York hotel. He was for thirty years head of penny swim dle game; for eighteen months n cou- vict, making mats in prison work shop; since then a .backer of bucket shops and for nearly twoscore years q successful real estate operator. He left a fortune of several millions.
 President Roosevelt on board the yacht Mayfiower visited and inspected the north Atlantic fleet. off Cape Cod, under the command of Rear Admiral Evans. his principal object being to watch the target practice of the his guns at sea. He won the hearts of the men on the Missouri, the best shots in the navy, by partaking of dinner with them. The president and his family have returned to Washington.
 Secretary of State Elihu Root has re turned from his visit to the South American republics and has resumed charge of the state department. While not commenting for publication. he showed to those who met him that he was gratified with the results of his trip. He said nothing was left undone by South Americans to show honor to this country.
 The president of the Mormon church. Joseph r. Smith, was arrested i'll Salt Lake City and bound over on the charge of living unlawfully with five wives. In the Reed Smoot investigl- tion testimony President Smith admit ted some of the charges made against him. His enemies allege that the cause of the present prosecution is political.
 After three months work Professor Frederick G. Noyy of the University of Michigan has discovered the cause of the sleeping fever. which yearly kills thousands in India and Afric;,. Professor Koch, the great German bac- teriologist. -pent two years in Africa in an unsuccessful attempt to find the germ.
 In Peekskill, N. T., is one of the feSr if not the only church owned theaters in the United States. St. Mary's church owns the playhouse. The pastor. the Rev. Father J. T. Curran, approved the plan in order that the parishionerS might see under the church influence the best attractions of the stage.
 Near Mahanoy City. Pa, great vein of coal extending mile in length and an eighth of q mile in width, with an average thickness of twelve feet. has been discovered in the Mahauoy valley. Experts say it contains mil lions of tons valued at SI5.000.000 and that 1t will last over fifty years.
 Theodore Roosevelt. Jr.. and three other Harvard students were arrested and taken to a police st"ti0a in BoS- ton following a student frol.c. il which a policeman was badly hurt but wee quickly released when it was found that they had no connection with the assault
 Senator Thomas c. Platt of New York and his wife denied positively that there was an arrangement he tween the couple. The story. so the senator said. was a malicious lie. There is trouble between Mrs. Plutt's daug.l ter and the iatters husband
 Frank Wisnewski: only witness tn the killing of Bartley T. Horner. save Horner's accused son-in-law. Dr James ". Simpson, has been found and taken back to Kings Park State Hospital For the Insane. He will never be a compe- tent witness.
 The estate of John w. Russell. an octogenarian of East Orange. x. l.. who died in November, is to be divid- ed. half going to New Jersey and half to Canada. The property is worth S1OO,OOO. No will and no heirs have been found.
 Bertha Beilstein. a wealthy young woman of Allegheny. Pa. who has been confined in the insane asylum at Dixmont. Pa, since her conviction for the murder of her aged mother eight years ago. has escaped from that in- stitution.
 The new meat inspection law has be-