Connecticut western news., 1906-12-27
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 Frederick Weyerhaeuser the western lumberman, is richer than he Is. He said he believed that In the case of MT. Weyerhaeuser. as in others, his fortune had been greatly overestimat- ed. MT. Rockefeller will 20 on the witness stand in the various suits brought against the Standard oil com pany whenever he is summoned to do so, he said. "The American people are prodigal. and our extravaganza will have to be paid for by some one" he said. We ship our gold abroad in our travels, and most of those who go squander their money. We cannot buy toys always. Our present pace Is one that cannot be kept up," said the oil magnate.
 President Roosevelt has issued proc lamation calling on the people of the United States to contribute funds for the relief of millions of famine suffer CTS in China who are on the verge of starvation. The president says that he will ask congress for authority to use government transport vessels tS carry
  Consul General Rodgers at Shanghai cahled the state department as follows: "Kiangpet famine conditions are daily growing worse. brigandage and riotiny in adjacent districts resulting. Very dangerous state of affairs anticipated by officials. Chinese government will probably provide work on a grand ca nal for the destitute hordes. Immense numbers unquestionably starving"
 Bishop Charles c. McCabe of the Methodist Episcopal church died in a New York hospital. Death was due to apoplexy. Chaplain McCabc, as he was affectionately known by Methodlsts because of his army service and lee. lures. was born in Athens, O.. in 1886 and was ordained in 1860. Upon the breaking out of the war he was made to Virginia. While caring for the wounded at the battle of Winchester in 1863 he was taken prisoner and sent to Libby prison. He spent four months in the prison. He was chosen chancel- Tor of the American university, Wash. ington. iu 1902.
 The Standard oil company won a vic tory in common pleas court Tn Findlay, O., when Judge W. s. Duncan decided that the probate court had no jurisdic. ton in the suit brought against the company and threw out the recent yer dict of guilty. This decision in no way affects the indictments recently re- turned in common pleas court by the grand jury against John n. Rockefel. Ter and the other officials of the Stand. ard Oil company charging them with violation of the antitrust laws. It Is understood that the prosecution will appeal.
 Sheriff Shipp and the twenty-six oth. CT defendants in the Chattanooga lynching case have lost their first line of defense in the United States su- preme court, and things begin to look serious for them. The court decided that 1t had jurisdiction in the case and will now proceed to hear it on its mer- its. The sheriff is accused of contempt of court for not preventing the lynch ing of a negro under sentence of exc cution whose lawyers had obtained a stay from the federal supreme court
 At a New York hearing of witnesses for the Standard oil company by way of refutation of charges made by At torney General Herbert S. Hadley oi Missouri 1t was virtually admitted for the first time. it Is said, that the Standard oil company controlled the Republic oil company and was inter. ested In the Waters-Pierce oil com pany. which has been alleged to be an Independent concern.
 Americans who are desirous of get ting some of the trade in the orient South America and other countries now enjoyed by foreign manufacturers, says a report of the bureau of manu. factures of the department of com. merce and labor. should apply to that bureau for its varied lines of samples of goods which find a ready market In those counties.
 In New York city, as a reward for his brilliant services as a physician and a Catholic, pr. Thomas Addis Elm met, grandnephew of Robert Emmet and one of the foremost gynecologists in the world, was invested with the insignia of knight commander of tn. Order of St, Gregory the Great by Archbishop Farley. The honor was conferred on Dr. Emmet by the pope.
 Brigadier General John ]. Pershing who was recently jumped by the pres. ident over the heads of 605 officers and who was married year ago to the daughter of Senator Warren of Wyo ming. is accused by the Manila Ameri can of having deserted Filipino wo- man with whom he Is said 10 have lived. His friends deny the charge.
 Seven of the most prominent young women of Waynesburg. Pa. faced ar rest on charges of forgery. Their al- legged for=egies are said to have caused the S1,0oo0Oo wreck of the Farmers and Drovers' bank. It Is believed they have been the unwilling tools of the bank official who profited largely by their acts.
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