Connecticut western news., 1907-02-07

into effect this year the same plans on n much larger scale.
 President Roosevelt k the register ed holder of S1o,000 worth of bonds of the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Mani- toba railroad. whose charter is now being attlcked by Attorney General Young of Minnesota. The war department has rescInded the order given in Columbus, O., re- qulring Catholic soldiers to form in line and march to the church doors on Sunday. Only the church call will be sounded.
 A resolution calling for an investiga- ton of the expenditure of S9,O00, ,000- for furnishing and decorating the new Pennsylvania capitol passed the legis- lature and was signed by Governor | Stuart.
 | The so called New York theatrical | trust. composed of Nixon X Zimmer- man, Klaw & Erlanger. Charles Froh- man and Al Hnyman. was indicted for alleged conspiracy In restraint of trade. Warren Beckwith of Chicago has filed suit for divorce from Jessie Lin coin Beckwlth. daughter of Robert | T. Lincoln and granddaughter of Abra- ham Lincoln. He charges desertion.
 The California senate adopted a res olution on the Japanese school ques- ton. It ''strenuousay protests against unwarranted interference with the con- stitutional rights of the state" In an interview In Paris, Jacob RI. Schifr, the New York banker, said. Tt is fact that we are suffering from an excess of prosperity which Is sim- ply overwhelming us"
 George D. Mutt, who died ia Pitts. burg, left his entire estate, estimated at S31,000. for toys and gifts for the poor children of Allegheny county at the death of his wife. Twenty-Five soldiers at Columbus, O., have appealed to the war department l against Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's or der directing them to attend church services on Sundays. The taking of testimony concerning | the conduct of the colored troops at Brownsville, Tex, opened in Washing ton before the senate committee on military affairs.
 Dr. George L. Beardsley of Derby, Conn, has made an interesting and successful experiment with an anti pneumococcic serum in the treatment of pneumonia.
 The second trial of Cornelius r. Shea and his co-defendants on the charge of conspiracy connected with the team sters strike of 1905 commenced in Chi- cago.
 The Philadelphia North American said that the trunk line railroads will make 10 per cent increase in rates on bituminous coal shipments on April 1.
 Major Charles w. Pcnrose, who com manded Fort Brown at the time of the Brownsville raid, was placed on trial by court martial at San Antonio, Tex. The Oklahoma constitutional conven- ton passed the following resolution: Trusts and monopolies shall be treat ed as criminals and be prohibited" The board of United States general appraisers decided that Importers can not bring in the stars and stripes un- der the toy schedule of the tariff. | The steamer Empress of China has broken the record between Yokohama and Victoria. R. C., making the trip In 10 days hours 80 minutes. President Roosevelt indorsed the | Woman's Army Canteen club, formed to restore the sale of beer and light wines at the army posts. Four thousand employees of the hat | factories of the Orange (N. J) district | went on strike for an increase In pay | from SIS to $20 n week. The grand jury Of Allegheny county, Pa, returned true bills against the Pullman Palace Car company for tho sale of impure milk. John D. Rockefeller of New York, an actor, was killed on the stage of Chicago theater by Gatling gun which fell on his skull.
 Chicago Is taking heroic measures to | fight the scarlet fever and diphtheria epidemics that have afflicted the city | for some weeks.
 In the year 1906 557 mine workers were killed in the anthracite region and AGA in the bituminous regions of Pennsylvania.
 Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, formerly Miss Alice Roosevelt, Is suffering from the grip at her Washington home.