Connecticut western news., 1906-11-08
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secretary of the Peary Arctic club. re- cefved advices from Commander Rob- ert E. Peary showing that the explorer has failed to reach the north pole, but that he has made the farthest record north, ST degrees minutes. He has gone within about 203 miles of the pole. The intrepid explorer has pene- trated about thirty-five miles nearer to the pole than the Italian Duke Of Abruzzi. who held the former record of SC degrees 34 minutes north. Peary's failure to reach the pole Is attributed by him to gales which disrupted the ice. destroyed his caches of food and cut off his communications. He gives much of the credit for the partial sue cess of his expedition to his specially constructed ship. the Roosevelt. He is now on his way home and will prob ably try again to reach the pole.
 Attorney General Moody has instruct cd United States District Attorney lend his aid to K. NJ. Fickert and Masuii Miyakawa, attorneys repre- senting the Japanese community, in the injunction proceedings that have been brought In the circuit court to compel the board of education to allow Japanese children to enter any of the schools of San Francisco to which white children are admitted.
 After raiding the food supply of the troops sent to subdue them, the Utes, who have been off their reservation, were induced to return peaceably to Fort Meade, s. D., to be taken care Of there by the government while Chiefs Red Cap and Black Whiskers go to Washington to talk over their griey- ances with President Roosevelt.
 District Attorney Moran of Boston in a letter to District Attorney Jerome of New York. on information given him by State Senator Hughes of Mich igan, accuses Golfers Weekly of sup pressing documents showing that the so called tobacco trust has been guilty of wholesale bribery of legislatures.
 The Philadelphia and Reading rail- way announced an increase of wages of 10 per cent to all employees whose salaries are less than S2O0 per month. The increase is effective from Nov. and will affect about 25,Oo0 employees. The Pennsylvania is considering simi- lar action, to take effect Jan. l.
 The United States has in tonnage more battleship strength building than any other power in the world The figures of total strength given place Great Britain in the lead. France sec and, the United States third, Germany fourth and then Japan, Russia, Italy and Austria.
 Officers of the National Petroleum association, the opponent of the Stand ard oil company. learned that Attor- ney General Moody is ready to proceed against the Standard under the Sher- man antitrust law and that the action will be filed in the federal court in St. Louis.
 In suit at Trenton. N. J., Burns D. Cauldwell, vice president of the Dela- ware, Iackawanna and Western rail road, declared that the railroad had lost S100,000 year since 1903 because 1t would not violate the Elkins anti-re- bate law at the behest of Swift & Go.
 By direction of the president Mrs. J. E. Foster has been detailed from the department of justice to investigate the condition of woman and child workers throughout the country. Legislation on this subject is pending before con gross.
 In Burlington, Vt, the grand jury has indicted Dr. F. X. Rich and Victor I. Spear of Randolph, former members of the state cattle commission. who are charged with selling tubercular cattle which had been condemned by them.
 An order for 2,100 tons of armor plate, valued at $1.000.OO0, for an Ital- ian man-ofwar, has been given to the Midvale Steel company of Pennsylva- mia. The company competed with five European firms, including the Krupps.
 The struggle of the unions for a closed shop in Gary, Ind. the new manufacturing town of the United States Steel corporation, began with a strike at the South Chicago. Joliet and Burlington Qnd) plants and at Gary.
 Acting Secretary of the Treasury Keep stated that q shortage of $61 800 had been found in the St. Louis sub- treasury, but when the shortage oc- cured or who is responsible for 1t he declined to state.
 Closing arguments were made in Scranton. Pa, in the Sh0Oo,000 will case in which George B. Schooley of Philadelphia Is trying to get slice of the estate of the late James l.. Craw ford of Scranton.
 A nugget of gold was found in the craw of a chicken purchased from a Butler valley Pa.) farmer. The farm CTS of Butler valley believe that gold ledge exists in that neigbborhood.
 The Pullman Palace Car company Is charged in Pennsylvania with selling milk and cream on its dining cars that had been adulterated with formalde- hyde, a poison.
 The story that Japanese army offi- cer had been arrested in Manila for sketching Notifications of Manila har- bor was denied by General Wood