Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
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c. w. Perkins of New York. financier and former vice president of the New York Life, was arrested on charge of grand larceny, based on his payment of $4S, TO2.50 of the company's money to the Republican national committee in 1904. He was released in custody of his counsel. The report of the Trues- dale investigating committee to the trustees of the Mutual Life declared. among other things, that "the real pur- pose of the company's organization namely, to furnish to its members ab- soiutely safe insurance at the lowest possible cost-seems to have given place to the ambition for power and Influence in the business and financial world" At the instance of District Attorney Jerome, Justice Bowling of the criminal branch of the New York supreme court issued an order calling for special grand jury to consider insurance matters. The jury will meet next month Recorder Goff, however, ordered the April grand jury to pro- ceed immediately with the investiga-
 
 Higgins signed the bill to legislate out of office the trustees and directors of the four mutual life insurance compa- nles of New York on Nov. 15 and post pone their annual elections to that date. Proxies secured before Sept. 15. 1906. are invalidated by the bill
 President Roosevelt's action in re- lAIl from his post in Vienna and appoint ing Charles s. Francis to succeed him is arousing considerable criticism in European diplomatic circles. Many foreigners declare that the president disregarded the amenities of diplomat ic intercourse by removing Mir. Storer by cable instead of by mail. as Is usual. His action was called precipitate. It is asserted that Mir Storer's discharge was brought about by the presidents displeasure at the activity shown In Roman Catholic church matters by Mrs. Storer, who Is an aunt of Con- gressman Longworth. the presidents son-in-law, and by her husband MT. and Mrs. Storer are said to have as sured foreigners that President Roose- welt favored the progressive" element in the church. headed by Archbishop Ireland. Tn support of her position Mrs. Storer produced letter written to her in 1900 by NIT. Roosevelt, who was at that time governor of New York. in which the future president commended the archbishop.
 More than 500,000 coal miners in the anthracite and bituminous fields quit work by order of the United Mine Workers when the Indianapolis joint conference failed to agree on wage scale. The union demanded a restora- ton of the 1903 scale. restoring cut of 5.55 per cent In wages. and also alter ing other conditions of employment Many of the operators, especially the Independents. are expected to sign the 1903 scale in Il short time, and the men will go back to work. the union having rescinded the Ryan resolution, which required that failure to agree in one district be followed by strike In all. Domestic and steam sizes of anthracite went up from 20 cents to $1.25 ton in New York President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers and three district presidents met George F. Baer. president of the Phila- delphil and Reading railroad, and oth- CT leaders of the operators in confer ence in New York on the anthracite sit uation.
 Advices received from Japan have shown famine conditions in Sendai and the northern provinces to be 70 serious