Connecticut western news., 1908-03-19
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tralia; the Philippines and return to New York by way of the Suez canal. Secretary ,Metcalf announced the fu- :ure movements of the fleet It will cave San Francisco on July 6 flor our Pacific possessions" as MT. Met ealf styled it. The vessels will first touch at Hawaii, where they will coal. After that they will go to Samoa, fol- lowing this up by visit to Australia. The fleet is testing its guns at Mazda lena bay. Rear Admiral Charles $. Sperry is to command the fleet on Its homeward voyage, Admiral Evans re- tiring in August,
 The New York senate codes commit ice reported favorably the Agnew anti race track bill making 1t a crime pui- ishable by imprisonment to gamble on the turf. The committee, however, amended the measure so as to make 1t take effect on Sept 1, which Is about the middle of the racing season. The assembly codes committee reported the antirace track gambling bills unamend- ed by vote of II to 1. One of the bills repeals the Percy-Gray law, which per- mits gambling on race tracks, and the other makes betting on horse races, either on or off race track, felony. punishable by not more than one years imprisonment.
 Charles W. Morse and Alfred H. Cur tis, the latter former president of the National Bank of North America, ap- peared in the United States, circuit court in New York city before Judge Hough and pleaded to indictments found against them by the federal grand jury. The indictments, which are identical against Morse and Curtis, include twenty-nine counts, eleven for conspiracy and eighteen for false ens tries.
 In an address in Plymouth church, | Brooklyn, before a meeting called in the interests of Hampton institute of Virginia, school for negroes and In- ! dians, Secretary Taft praised the re- cent progress of the negro and declared that his future lies here, not in some far distant country.
 The senate committee on naval af- fairs presented a report upholding the presidents action in the Brownsville matter, and the president sent a mes sage to congress asking authority to reinstate such of the negro soldiers as he may consider worthy of restoration to the army ranks.
 MT. and Mrs. Hamilton Green of Washington Courthouse, O., who have just celebrated the seventieth anniver- sary of their birth, believe thE have been married longer than any other couple in America. He Is ninety-six; she is ninety, and both are in good health.
 The 'MazdaZnan cult, which has talk en firm hold of society women of Lowell, Mass, has now, through its high priestess, Mrs. Marie Elizabeth Ruth Hilton, adopted garlic and tea as fitting refreshment to be served in fashionable homes at afternoon func- tions.
 The investigation in New York city of the American Ice company, which has been under way for some weeks, has come to a sudden end. The special grand jury decided that there was nothing for which 1t could indict either the lice trust'' or President Wesley NJ. Oler
 At Hammondspot N. Y, Professor ! Alexander Graham Bells new aero drome, the Red Wing, flew a distance of SIS feet II inches at a height of from ten to twenty feet. The distance traversed is said to be record for this country.
 Governor Hughes of New York an- nounced that he had appointed former Chief Judge Andrews of the court of appeals as commissioner to hear the charges recently preferred against Dis trict Attorney Jerome of New York county.
 President Roosevelt has directed Herbert Knox Smith of the bureau of corporations to investigate the methods of stock trading with a view to fur nishing the basis of possible future legislation regulating such transactions.
 Governor Fort sent to the legislature another special message on the subject of primary elections. The governor urges the passage of a bill regulating the holding of primaries under the aus pices of the party organizations.
 III MoDlle, All, Jury III tue clls court returned a verdict of guilty against Lawrence Burt, president ot the Mobile Typographical union, charg. ed with intimidation and abusive Ian. ' guage, fixing the fine at $137.50.
 Twenty-Five White Caps rode into McCutchinville, O., and completely ril- dled with bullets the home of Consta- ble Kiefrer. The masked visitors ob- jected to the presence of a negress as a servant in the home of Kieffer. .. Dream driven and unconscious of his actions, Hugh Hollis, a clerk in the treasury department at Washington, fired shot into the breast of his wife, killing her almost instantly. A coro- ner's jury held him guiltless.
 Judge K NJ. Landis of the United States court in Chicago who imposed the S29,OO0,000 fine on the Standard Oil company, fined George S. Miller, -;no cnndiTu n