Connecticut western news., 1907-02-07
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Frederick c. Stevens, the millionaire New York state superintendent of pub lie works. is the sole packer of Mir Oli- yer and in his official position Is in charge of the enlargement of the Erie canal at an expenditure of S101 ,000,0o The Panama Construction company, which William J. Oliver of Knoxville, Tenn, decided to form to meet the conditions imposed by the government before it would formally award the canal contract to him, was incorporate ed at Albany, with a capital of $5,- 100000. One of the incorporators, John B. Mcdonald, who built the New York subway, was elected president, MT. Oliver becoming first vice presi- dent and general manager.
 Mrs. James Ingram, wife of young farmer of Nelson county, Va, went with her infant in her arms to meet her husband in the evening at a dark place in the road. Seeing figure on the opposite side of fence and mis- taking it for that of Ingram, she hand to see it disappear. The husband came in response to her shrieks, and investi- gation showed that a huge bear had carried off the child. Neither the lat ter nor the animal was found.
 Governor Hughes created a sensa- tion in the New York militia by re- quiring Adiutant General Henry to re- yoke the orders issued by him which would have permitted Captain Louis Wendell of the First battery of New York city to leave the military service of the state by the acceptance of his resignation without further investiga- tion of the charges against hiN of IT, regularities in the management of the battery's armory.
 As result of an investigation of the graft" charges against employees in the New York state department of public buildings Governor Hughes or dered the removal from office of Acting Deputy Superintendent of Public Build ings Richard O'Brien and Chief Engi- neer James Johnston. It Is reported that Governor Hughes Is dissatisfied with Otto Kelsey, state superintendent of insurance.
 The appellate division of the New York supreme court has handed down a decision denying the motion made iu behalf of Mayor Mcclellan for permis- sion to appeal to the court of appeals from the decision of the appellate divi- sion affirming the decision of the lower court preventing the destruction of the ballots in the New York mayoralty contest of 1905.
 The subcommittee of the military affairs committee of the house laid on the table the resolution commenting the president for discharging the color ed soldiers engaged in shooting up'' Brownsville, Tex The motion to lay on the table was made by n Republic an and carried by the Republicans, ton.
 Lieutenant Ralph W. Drury and Pri- vate John Dowd of the Ninth United States infantry were acquitted in Pittsburg of the charge of murder for killing William H. Crowley on Sept. 10, 1903. Crowley was shot while es- caping from the arsenal grounds, where, 1t was alleged. he was stealing.
 The Lehigh Valley railroad trackmen. switchmen and gate tenders have made n demand upon the company for an in- crease of 10 per cent. It Is reported that in a few days the railroad will issue a demand that every employee In the telegraph department and on trains take the pledge of total abstinence.
 Ir tn tha ortf oF to Rensselaer, Polytechnic institute at Troy, N. r., Mrs. Russell Sage has also given $250,000 to the international committee of the Young Mems Chris ton association and $1,000oo0 to the Emma Willard school of Troy, of which Mrs Sage Is a graduate.
 More than 4.0O0 men are at work cutting ice on the Hudson river be- tween Kingston and Albany. The American Ice company's harvest will be immense. All previous records have been surpassed, both as regards the thickness of the Ice. its quality and the quantity harvested daily.
 President Roosevelt has picked Ralph Tyler, colored, of Columbus, O., for the position of surveyor of the port of Cincinnati at a salary of $5,000. Ty- Ter was selected on the recommenda- ton of Booker T. Washington, but without consulting Senators Foraker and Dick
 Ex-President Grover Cleveland was elected chairman of the recently or ganized Association of Life Insurance Presidents. He also will act as chief counsel at q salary of $25,000 a year and as referee in disputes between the companies which form the association.
 Aldermen Henry Clay Peters and John !. Cronin of New York, elected on the Municipal Ownership league platform, were arrested on charges of perjury in connection with the case of William S. Clifford, the alleged poodle alderman.
 The demands of the grievance com mittee of the firemen and trainmen on the lines of the Pennsylvania railroad east of Pittsburg and Erie, who ask for higher wages and an equalization of hours, were refused.
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