Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20
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hellish to be thought of," said Baron kogoro Takahira, the new Japanese ambassador to Washington, upon land ing in New York from the steamer Etruria. He said the Japanese peo- pie know nothing of a break in the cordial relations which have been his toric between the two nations. AS to the cruise of the American fleet to the Pacific ocean, he regarded 1t purely as naval maneuver on a grand scale, de signed to show to the world at large that America had wonderful naval power which could be dispatched any where at a moments notice "in sup port of a legitimate cause, which al- ways Is at, the bottom of American diplomacy"
 General Stewart L. Woodford, wi ! whom as a young lawyer Govern Dr Hughes was associated, assumed the presidency of the Hughes League Of the United States and in a speech to 250 enthusiastic Hughes boomers in New York promised to work for Gov fernor Hughes nomination from now until convention day. Ex-Governor DuNhViuCI ol ANCW dld bO- seph Smith, editor of the Boston Tray eler, said Governor Hughes was the strongest candidate in the eyes of New Englanders. Ex-Mayor Seth Low of New York declared that Governor Hughes was the most available man that could be named for the presidency so far as the voters of Gotham are concerned.
 Charles W. Morse, financier, pro- moter and former ice king, was ar rested on the steamship Etruria upon his arrival from Europe on two h. dictments charging grand larceny in connection with a note for S100,000 given to him by Ex-Justice Morgan J. O'Brien. After pleading not guilty and being released on a bond of S20- 900 Morse was again indicted for per jury. The $1o.0O0 bail required by the court was furnished by the same sure ty company that put up $20000 for the iceman's release under the previous in- dictments for grand larceny. Morse declares he went abroad to sell prop erty in England and to take rest.
 pr. V. r. Gibney of the Hospital of the New York Society For the Relief of the Crippled and Ruptured has per fected a method for the cure of hunch- backs which has been successful in ev- cry case to which it has been applied. The only appliance used is plaster of paris cast, in which the patient is in cased and in which openings are cut to permit the application of pressure pads over the hump. The entire torso is covered with n solid mold of plaster which extends well up on the head. The treatment is absolutely painless.
 Congressman Parker of South Da- kota is charged by the Pioneer-Times of Deadwood with having been so familiar with the president at a White House reception that he was ejected by secret service men. It says that Parker slapped the president on the back and called him Teddy" It further alleges that since that time Parker has been persona non grata at the White House. Parker is a candi- date for reelection. and there Is bit ter fight between the Parker and anti- Parker factions.
 Ex-Governor Frank S. Black of New York, who placed President Roosevelt in nomination at the Republican na- tional convention in 1904, in an ad- dress at the annual dinner of the Home Market club of Boston called the president despot, charged him with the financial depression and accused the chief executive of a series of antics T .1; I,o t.l in an effort to force Secretary Taft on the country as his successor with hard ly the preliminary of a convention or an election.
 The court of appeals decrees that Chester Gillette of Cortland, N. T.. must die in the electric chair for the murder of Grace Brown, or Billy Brown, of South Otselic, Chenangc county, at Big Moose lake, in the Adj. rondacks, on July II. 1906. The court affirms the judgment of conviction of murder in the first degree and the sen tence of death rendered at the extraor. dinary term of the supreme court in Herkimer county held by the order of | the late Governor Higgins.
 President Roosevelt has decided to | admit members of the organized mill tia to competition for appointments to the grade of second lieutenants in the army Candidates for the examina- tion must be unmarried, must not be less than twenty-one or more than twenty-seven years of age and must have been members of the militia of the state from which they are deslg. mated continuously for not less than two years prior to being named for ex' animation.
 Secretary Taft was the chief guest and speaker at the Lincoln day dinner of the Young Mems Republican club In New Haven, Conn, and he received an enthusiastic greeting. Referring to the Democratic party troubles, the secre' tary said they were not united on q single thing Take all their beliefs, he remarked, and you have crazy quilt that. would indicate no progress should they be put in power"
 The special grand jury which has 1 been Investigating the affairs of the