Connecticut western news., 1906-09-13
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of Count Hans Ferdinand von Hoch- berg, heir to the duchy of Rohnstock. playmate and companion of the Ger man crown prince and cousin of the Grand Duke Michael of Saxe-Weimar a romance was revealed. The story relates the supreme sense of honor that prompts a man to sacrifice name and fame and fortune to do justice to Il poor shopgirl, his morganatie wife in Europe. The count has become a chauffeur
 The keeping of Ota Beiiga. an Afi' can dwarf, among the animals i'll the Bronx zoo. New York city. has arous. ed protests from clergymen and others. The little man was rescued from can nibals and brought to New York by s. r. Werner, an explorer. Officials of the zoo say that Ota is well treated and is becoming civilized and that he was placed in the zoo only after charity or ganizatiOns had refused to care for him.
 Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs of New York will, it is said. contest the will Of her husband. Friends of the widow say that Mir. Oelrchs left an estate of at least S10,000,CO0 and that Il great wrong was done her when her husband cut her off without a cent. For years MT. and Mrs. Oelrichs had rarely been together.
 Four of the finest cruisers in the American navy, the West Virginia. | Colorado, Pennsylvania and Maryland, 1 started on a race of over 5000 miles across the Atlantic and then on to the | Philippines, a total of 1T.OOO miles. The four vessels are alike in design and engines, but their boilers differ.
 Deer are multiplying so fast in Con necticut that the game commissioners are receiving many notices of claims 1 for damages from farmers. It is eX- pected that at the next general assem- l bly the farmers will force legislation 1 to check the increase of deer. The law protects the animals until 1911.
 After his trip abroad, Mgr. John NJ. Farley, archbishop of the diocese of New York, returned home on the Gu nard liner Campania robust and seem- ingly in the best of health. Mgr. Far ley said he had seen the pope three times and thut his holiness was. as he phrased it, quite we'll"
 The fight made by Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje of Pittsburg against her hus- bands suit for divorce is said to have been financed by Andrew Carnegie. 1 Mrs. Hsrtje is a granddaughter of Thomas A. Scott, late president of the l Pennsylvania railroad, and MT. Carne- | gie's friend.
 Courts martial for Captain Samuel P. Comfy, commanding the Alabama on July 21. when she was in collision with the battleship Illinois at New port, K. l., and for Lieutenant Alfred W. Pressey, officer of the deck of that ship, are recommended by the court of inquiry.
 A remarkable story" of a man who attempted suicide at sea by leaping from a steamship, was given up for lost and was finally picked up by an other vessel after being in the water | eight hours, was told when the steam CT Carpathia arrived in New York from | Naples.
 Commander Coffman of the cruiser Boston, which is now in Bellingham harbor. Washington. after having been injured by grounding on Peabody rock, has reported that he hopes to have the 1 ship free from water soon. The Bos- l ton has gone to Bremerton navy yard.
 The sale of cast iron junk on the isthmus of Panama fo- $60.O00 has ell couraged the commission to believe they have a fortune In worthless ma. chinery purchased from the French ca. nal company. The junk left by the Frenchmen may be worth $1.OO0,00O.
 The ecclesiastical court of review. before which the case of the Rev. Dr. Algernon &. Crapsey, the Episcopal minister found guilty of heresy, is to be reOpened, was organized in New York. The case was adjourned until Oct. 10.
 Pinkey one of the two famous cats of Wilkesbarre, Pa, to which Benja. min F. Dilley bequeathed a. $40,OOC home, was put to death after being treated by able physicians. Pinke: had an incurable tumor In her throut.
 Edward r. Trash of Columbus, O.. who recently became the father of twins. has named them in honor of tho Longworths, and the presidents spell ing reform has been recognized by spelling the names "Nik" and""Alis."
 At Sea GIrt, N. J., the national fife team match was won by the United States infantry, United States cavalry second Massachusetts third. New York fourth. United States navy fifth and United States marine corps sixth.
 In half. hours address at the bicen, tenary celebration of the Christ Eris- copal church of Oyster Bay. N. r.. President Roosevelt talked of the ne cessity of religion and clean living for the nations welfare.
 A friend of Mabel Gilman states tl.aI the actress expects to marry William E. Corey, the president of the United States Steel corporation, who was re- gently divorced by his wife some time next month.
 Seized with Il frenzy of fright at q dream that ii negro was trying to kill her, Miss Annie Morgan, thirty-seven