Connecticut western news., 1907-06-13
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range of public questions in two ad- dresses which he made in connection with the celebration of Georgia day at the Jamestown exposition. In the course of the first the president advo- cated the enactment of law provid- ing that workmen should receive a cer- thin definite compensation for all acci- dents in industry irrespective of negli- gence and fixing employers liability in all such cases. In an address to the National Editorial association MT. Roosevelt added some new blanks to his platform for the extension of gov ernment control. He created sensa- ton among his high browed hearers hy declaring unequivocally for the follow ing: Retention of government owner ship and control of such coal, oil and gas lands as have not already passed into the hands of private owners or corporations: constitutional income tax, graduated and drastic federal inheritance tax which will have the ef. fect of limiting the size of inheritable fortunes. national control of the great western grazing lands with view to preventing their destruction by private interests and development of inland waterways for transportation purposes iu comnetition with the railroads.
 After thorough trial which has dem onstrated that q large percentage of failures of cadets Ut West Point was among the boys who were admitted to the academy without entrance examl- nations and on the diplomas of various educational institutes the war depart- ment has found 1t necessary to revert to the old practice of subjecting all candidates to rigid entrance examina- tions. The time of these examinations has also been changed from May l to the second Tuesday in January and the date of admission from June 10 10 March 1 of each year.
 Without any great demonstration Of enthusiasm the presidential boom of Phllander Chnse Knox was launched at the Pennsylvania state convention in Harrisburg. and the senator now stands before the country as the states fayorite son for the presidency with the sixty-eight votes of that state in the national convention of 1908 formal ly pledged to him. Thus far none of the other presidential candidates for 1908 has received such substantial rec ognition.
 The United States Express company, capital S10,o00,o00. United States Sen ator Thomas Collier platt president. had Anna Polesiy. sevcnty-year-old scrubwoman. arrested for stealing cake of soap worth about cent In default of bail the woman was sent to the Tomhs to await trial. Mrs. po- lcSlly took tho soap from the compa, ny's new office building at ? Rutgers street. New York. where she scrubs ail night for pittance.
 Nine of the ten students elected to the honorary society Phi Beta Kappa from the present graduating class In Syrn- cuse university are co-eds. The list is as follows: Marie w. Kschlnk, Der wick. Pa: Mary F.. Supplee. Erie, pa.; Mary F. Benson. Skaneateles: Alice NJ. Graney, Glens Falls; Nettie NJ. Brltton, Onondaga: Anna I. Baader, Naples, and Martha Hutchlngs, John More croft. Fnith NJ. Buell. and Mary Make peuce or llls cllNs
 Horace n. Taft, brother of Secretary William IT. Taft. snys that he proposes to clean Up Connecticut. He spoke at Bristol Conu.. the other day about the wickedness of the state, which, he said. was not quite as bad as that of New York and Pennsylvania. Yet Con. necticut, New York and Pennsylvania have Republican governors. Mir. Taft asserted that the wickedness of Con. necticut was due to political machine methods.
 Twenty-eight known dead. thirty five persons injured and one missing constitute the list of casualties result ing from storms of tornado severity which swept southern Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky.