Connecticut western news., 1906-07-12

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 An international congress on tuber. culosls Is to be held in New York city Nov. II. .15 and 16. A large attend ance of physicians and laymen from every state In the Union has a:ready been promised, and 1t is expected that every European nation will send al least three delegates.
 After Aug. 1 patrons of rural mail routes will be permitted to construct their own boxes, provided that In doing so they conform to the requirements of the department as to size durability safety, protection from the weather, etc.
 The Socialists of Colorado have nom- mated for governor William D. Hay wood. secretary and treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners. now in prison in Icaho. charged with the mur- der of former Governor Steunenberg. 1 After sailing In a balloon for two days over the ocean of the Massachu- setts coast James K. Allen was res cued by n fishing schooner, which caught his tow rope. He was carried out to sea by adverse air currents. | To the D. V. Concordia of Wilkes barre. Pa, was awarded the Emperor William trophy, the most important prize contested for at the national saen- gerfest of the Northeastern saenger- bund in Newark, N. J. Virtual settlement of the strike of mine workers in the central Pennsyl- vania bitumlnous field, which began last April. was made in Philadelphia. The miners get 5.55 per cent increase.
 The attorney generals departments of Texas and Arkansas will cooperate in the prosecution of trusts alleged to be doing business In violation of the laws in those two states.
 Ten thousand miners In the Hooking (O.) district have struck The cause Is that when loaders received their pay checks they found they were short 36-100 of a cent a ton.
 The first monument to be erected to Robert c. Ingersoll. the famous agnos- tic, will be in the shape of life size statue at the entrance to Glen Oak park in Peoria III.
 A wage advance of 5 per cent in cot ton mills in thirty or more places in southern Massachusetts and Rhode Is- land has benefited about 45,0oo op- erat!ves.
 The Chicago city council heard a re- port from the health commissioner tell ing how putrid chickens are preserved and kept fer ten or twelve years and sold.
 Yonkers. N. Y, is to have a $500, 900 hospital for the treatment of tubercu- losis. tho gift of Alexander Smith Cochran. n carpet manufacturer.
 Mrs. Mckinley has presented to the First Methodist Episcopal church of Canton, O.. four memorial windows in honor of the late president.
 Governor Stokes of New Jersey sign- ed the Jones bill authorizing cities to construct. acquire and operate electric light and gas plants.
 The Socialists of Georgia have nom- mated I. R. Osborne of Atlanta for governor. MT. Osborne is blind, but is an eloquent orator.
 Upton Sinclair, author of "The Jun gle" which started the meat agitation, Is to run for congress In New Jersey on the Socialist ticket.
 The civil service commission has de- cided to recommend the inclusion of the internal revenue service in the classified service.
 Under the new Sunday excise law saloons in every part of New Jersey were shut up tighter than they have been in years.
 Henry Woodward of Winthrop was nominated for governor in the conven- ton of the Maine Prohibition party.
 A succession of severe earthquake shocks was felt in Socorro, N. M. The damage done was slight.
 The Deutschland has beaten La Pro- vence in the ocean race from New York to England.
 The profits of the New York post. office for the fiscal year just ended were S11,366,072.
 Mrs. John Hay is seriously i'll at her summer home at Newberry. N. H.