Connecticut western news., 1906-08-09
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Justice Brewer of the supreme court asserted his belief that President Roosevelt will not run again. ''Th. president is pushing forward Secre- tary Taft" said Justice Brewer. He also praised William Jennings Bryan. declaring that in the event of the lat terS election there would be no fear of scandal in the White House. He would associate about him in office just such men as has Roosevelt. men he thinks square and honest" said the jurist. This country is not going to the bowwows. That kind of talk Is silly. One has but to think of the men who are at the forefront in party lead ership on both sides" Congressman Charles A. Towne declared his willing ness to run with Mir. Bryan. The cratic conventions have declared for Mfr. Bryan
 New York art circles are greatly stirred by the raid made by Anthony ComstocS. head of the vice prevention society. on the Art Students league. Mir. Comstock seized many copies of a magazine containing nude pictures de clared by him to be indecent. A young woman secretary was arrested. Artists generally assert that Mir. Comstock' s action was unwarranted. while many preachers have come to his support. Some of the New York papers uphold MT. Comstock's action. saying editori- ally that while the pictures are not uusuited for the purpose of artistic study they are unfit for general circu- lation.
 In Toledo. O., Judge Babcock in con- mon pleas court handed down his de cision in the ice cases, sustaining Judge Kinkade in every particular and exon erating him of having made any prom ise or suggestion of leniency. The prosecution of the Jacksonville (Fla.l Ice combine has been ended by its agreement to dissolve. The Philadel- phia grand jury found true bill of in dictment against fourteen members of the Philadelphia Ice Exchange. Judge Rosalsky in the New York court of general sessions instructed the August grand jury to inquire into the methods of the ice trust.
 The Second Maine congressional dis trict. In which Congressman L!ttle4eld Is fighting for reelection. will be one of the crucial points of this years campaign. William Jennings Bryan, John Sharp Williams, Champ Clark and other eminent Democrats are to wage war on Mir. Llttleheld. while joined in his defense will be speaker Cannon. Secretaries Taft and Shaw and other leading Republicans. Or ganized labor Is opposing MT. Little field because of his opposition to so called labor bills.
 John D. Rockefeller. who is at his Cleveland O. home. will not he served with a subpoena to appear he- fore the Chicago grand jury which iS to investigate the relations between the Standard oil company and tho railroads. The government officials declare that should Mir. Rockefeller testify it would be necessary to grant him immunity from prosecution. and this it is asserted. the government wishes to avoid.
 The Milwaukee Avenue State bank of Chicago, one of the largest banks outside of the downtown district. clos ed its doors following a run on the in stitutian. Henry w. Herring. cashier of the bank. is missing. and q warrant charging him with embeZzlement has been sworn out. The whereabouts Of three officers of the bank is unknown. and the bank is without an official head. The deficit may reach S1.000.0 000. The New York state insurance depart ment reports that the net insurance loss in San Francisco Is $1S2, ,S23. OCT. The Transatlantic Fire Insurance company of Hamburg, Germany, has refused to pay San Francisco insurance claims approXimating S4.0O0.0o on the ground that the losses arose from an over whelming catastrophe due to viSita- ton of Providence.
 State Senator Patrick H. McCarren of Brooklyn is declared by Mrs Mary Dickson to be her common law hus- band. She brought suit for S200. GOO. which Senator McCarren failed to de fend. and Supreme Court Justice White ordered that sheriff's jury be drawn to assess damages. Senator McCarren then decided to put in defense. Governor Cummins was nominated for reelection by the Iowa Republican state convention in a harmonious seS- sion that gave no indications of a split in the state party. The platform. which is uncompromisingly in f:"or of pro tection. gave color to rhc declarations that Governor CumminS had reaomced his desire for tariff reform.
 Chairman Griggs of the Democratic | congressional committee will ask the ! 30.000 Democrats who subscribed s | dollar each to the first Bryan cam l paign for dollar contributions. The ] editors O. 3,5GO Democratic newspa- pers throughout the country are to he ] asked to open lists for dollar contribu- tions.
 Representatives of large diamond . merchants have returned to New York city in the last few days and say that the death of Alfred Belt has not af, ! fected the market in the least and that It is stronger than ever before. with q probability of still higher prices before