Connecticut western news., 1907-01-10

Martin of Pittsburg. on trial charged with soliciting a briHe to further pas sage of the pittsburg and Tube City railroad franchise ordinance through common councils, made practically no defense to the allegations.
 Serious alarm is felt for the steamer Ponce of the New York and Porto Ri- co line, which is several days overdue at New York. The government has sent out revenue cutters to look for the vessel. and the battleship Connecticut is also searching for her.
 Andrew Carnegie has given ST50,o0o for the construction. of building in Washington to be used by the bureau of American republics. Provision for the site already has been made by the United States and the South and Gen. tral American republics.
 In an address at Buffalo, Justice Gaynor of the New York supreme cours declared that the lawyers of the country, controlling the legislatures were responsible for the device of ''holding companies" under which mo- nopolies were possible.
 Mayor Mcclellan of New York issu- ed q manifesto defying Charles K. Murphy and the Tammany organiza- tion as at present constituted. Mir. Murphy came out in a statement In which he attacked the mayor for 'hy- pocrisy and falsehood" :"
 The vacant clerkship in the Hatties- burg (NIissl postofiice to which the ne- gro W. T. George was appointed has been filled by white clerk George notified the postofiice department that he feared personal injury if he accept ed the position.
 It Is learned that Great Britain will send its first cruiser division In May next to the Jamestown exposition. Ac- ceptances of invitations to participate in the international naval review have been received from twenty-seven for eign nations.
 Vice Chairman Harry S. New of In. diana has become acting chairman of the Republican national committee in succession to Postmaster General Cor telyou, who has retired, and will re- main as such until new committee Is appointed
 Judge Landis In the United States district court of Chicago ruled against the Standard Oil company's contention that the Elkins law was enacted really to prohibit only the employment of in. direct methods to obtain preferential, rates.
 Announcement was made by the trustees of the University of Chicago that John ID. Rockefeller would soon endow the University of Chicago with S3, 100000 to maintain fund for super. annuated professors of the institution.
 Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje of Pitts. burg, demanding counsel fees and all. mony from her husband, Augustus Hartje, the millionaire paper manu- facturer, averred that her detective costs alone were upward of S3o,0oo.
 R. c. Flower, who had been fugi- tive from New York since 1903, cbarg- ed with grand larceny and swlndling credulous investors out of about S1.- 000, ,000 on alleged bogus mining opera tions. was arrested In Philadelphia.
 Metropolitan Life Insurance millions will build in New York the highest structure In the world. It will be tower 65S feet high. to complete the company's home building overlooking Madison square.
 The first national movement to en- courage the use of safety and hygienic devices in the industries of the country to make the lives of workmen more secure Is soon to be started in New York.
 John A. Ross. editor of the Kalama- ZOO (dichl Gazette. announced that his news department would he opened ev- cry day Tn the future with prayer by himself or ministers of the city.
 The New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad has granted It's freight engineers m increase of 40 cents day and its passenger engi- neers an increase of 35 cents.
 E. H. Harrlmans New York physi- clan said that there was no ground for the report that the railway president was in an alarming condition following a slight surgical operation. .
 There Is declared to be very high authority for the statement that Will liam H. Taft has known definitely for months past that he Is to go on the SUI preme court bench.
 The San Francisco carpenters union declared a boycott against the Japa. nese of that city.
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