Connecticut western news., 1907-10-10
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Claiming that they have letters which passed between Thomas Nadine, coach. man, and Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje which will result in a complete re. versal of affairs, counsel for Augustus Hartje, the wealthy Pittsburg manu- facturer, appeared before the superior court in Philadelphia to argue on pc. tition for reopening the sensational suit for divorce which he brought against his wife. Hartje's new allega. tions are of the most startling charac- ter. He has made public letters he says he bought from Howard A. Lappe, his sister-in-law's sweetheart, in which Ida Scott, Mrs. Hartje's sis. ter appears as plotter to blackmail her father into buying the suppression of facts vital to Hartje's case against Mrs. Hartje. Hartje also alleges that he has evidence that his wife's family tried to poison him. .a
 The no license advocates of Connecti. cut appear to have won a number of towns from the license column in the recent elections. Milford, which ad. joins New Haven, went mo license" for the first time since it was founded in 1639 by a majority of 96. New Mil. ford went no license by 49 votes for the first time in thirty-one years. In the eastern part of the state every town between Norwich and the Massa. chusetts state line excepting Putnam went dry. The Democrats swept the cities of Waterbury and New Haven, and they won the mayoralty in the city of South Norwalk, while the Re. publicans won an administration alder. manic ticket in New London and the mayoralty in Norwalk.
 The Democratic Editorial Associa- ton of New Jersey was organized at luncheon which Robert g. Hudspeth, chairman of the Democratic state con- tee, gave to Democratic newspaper edi tors at state headquarters in the Full Ter building. Jersey City. These off, cers were elected: Henry B. Reilly, Trenton, president; Carl voellxer, At lantic City, secretary; Jacob L. Bun nell, Newton, treasurer; Fred c. Sham, Philip Dabb. Hoboken. and James Car penter, Woodbury, vice presidents; Senator w. D. Winton, Hackensack; Anthony Kilgore, Bennington, and Robert Bremner, Passaic, executive committee.
 To big congregation in St. Ste phen's Episcopal church, Tottenville, N. T., the Rev. Guy c. Jamieson, pas tor, read the first installment of his novel, Captain Tucklyn's Club" With fine Reclamation he read ten tyre written pages in half an hour. Mir. Jamieson will continue the reading of his novel every Sunday evening dur ing the next three months. He hopes by diversifying the service to draw larger congregations and to point to them strong, good moral, for this novel teaches temperance in strong drink and urges the extinction of the saloon, of the low saloon particularly. Forsaking the beautiful home of her parents in Spring Lake, N. l., Miss Helen Maloney, daughter of Martin
 Maloney, millionaire Standard oil man, who was made a marquis by the pope and one of the most promi- nent Catholics in this country, Is said to be on board an ocean liner on the way to England after having eloped with and married Samuel Clarkson, a young Englishman. Martin Maloney, Jr., it is said will sail for Europe and try to persuade the couple to re- turn to this country and finish their
 honeymoon at the Maloney home.
 yoluminous and vehement denials
 were made by Senator Thomas C.. | TDI or ls.
 neys that he had ever married Miss
 Mae O. Wood, who is suing him for divorce. His attorneys, O'Brien, Boardman, Platt x Cunning, obtained from Judge Ford in the supreme court an order directing her to show and discover" the alleged marriage cer- tificate on which she bases her asser- ton that she is the lawfully welded
 wife of the venerable politician. The senator says that the certificate Is a forgery .... e. ...s . The Massachusetts Republican state convention in Boston renominated the | entire ticket headed by Governor Guild. Senator Lodge was chairman and made long address. A special session of congress for tariff revision
 was favored In the platform The Massachusetts,. Democratic state con- vention split at Springfield, nominating two tickets, headed by Henry NJ. Whit ney and Senator Charles w. Bartlett A decision affecting the rights of the G0,000 members of the Royal Arcanum
 In New York state has been handed down by the appellate division of the second judicial district. 1t upholds the right of the supreme officers of the or ganization to change the rates, re- versing the decision of Justice Gaynor before he became a member of the ap- | pellate division. -....... Experiments have just been con- | pleted by savants of the department of agriculture at Bethseda, Md, to de- | termine the contention that hydropho-
 lia or rabies was an imaginary dis ease purely and had no germ basis. The conclusion reached is that rabies Is real disease which may be gener- Gted by germs.
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