Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1908-06-25
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Paragaphic Photographs Of the
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influence of ether and with the ami
mails lungs exposed removed a portion
of the esophagus. The purpose of the
demonstration was to show that the
danger of operating within the chest
cavity, necessarily involving the ex-
posture of the lungs to the heavy at
mospheric pressure, has been obviated
The operation, which may point a way
to cure for tuberculosis of the lungs,
was performed in New York.
At conference in Cincinnati par
ticipated in by William II. Taft and
James s. Sherman, Republican nom-
inees for president and vice president,
and a. subcommittee of the Republican
national committee, IL was decided to
postpone the appointment of n chair
man of the national committee until
July 1, when a conference will he held
in Washington. Among the leading
candidates for the position, whose In.
cumbent will direct the Republican
campaign, is Frank H. Hitchcock, to
whose efforts Secretary Taft is largely
indebted for the nomination..
After three days deliberation jurors
in the Washington case of Frederick
A. Hyde, John A Benson. .Ioost H.
Schneider and Henry V. Dimond, in
dicted four years ago for conspiracy to
defraud the United States out of large
tracts of land i'm the west, rendered a
verdict declaring Hyde and Schneider
guilty and Benson and Dimond not
guilty.
Following his nomination for presi-
dent, William II. Taft resigned his POI
sition as secretary of war. He will be
succeeded July 1, when his resignation
goes into effect, by Luke Il. Wright OF
Tennessee, a Democrat, who has been
governor general OF the Philippines
and ambassador to Japan in the pres
ent administration. .s 49,. p.
Aeroplane No. 3 of the Aerial Elk
pertinent association, which was chris
tened the Curtiss June Bug, made
three successful flights at Hammonds-
port, n. Y. The third was a record
flight, the longest public fight made
in America by any machine, 1.266 feet
being covered in twenty-five seconds.
Nine negroes We're lynched in race
war in Sabine county, Texas. after two
white men had been murdered An
organized band of $50 whites defied the
authorities and threatened to extermi-
nate the blacks if there was any at
tempt at reprisal State troops were
called out.
Following up his criticism of the Re
nj In arn1
William ]. Bryan gave out statement
in which he assailed in particular the
anti-injunction plank of the Chicago
declaration, characterizing 1t as a
transparent fraud"
In a public letter Thomas w. Law
son, the Boston financier, asked VIII
liam ]. Bryan to accept second place
on a Democratic ticket headed by Gov
ernor Johnson, promising financial sup
port to the extent of $1,000,0O0 to such
a ticket.
John Mitchell, former president of
the United Mine Workers, is out of
politics. He will become head of the
trade agreement department of the Ma
tional Civic federation. The position
Il VI PbspOo u
Boring through the skull and inject
ing an antitoxin directly into the brain
of the victim is the new cure for n.y.
drophobia proclaimed by Dr. Ira Van
Gieson. the rabies expert of the New
York board of health.
President Gompers. John Mitchell
and other leaders in the American
Federation of Labor are dissatisfied
with the federal court injunction plank
as adopted by the Republican national
convention.
Jean Reid, daughter OF Ambassador
Reid, was married in London to the
Hon. John Hubert Ward, brother of
the Earl of Dudley. King Edward was
present at the wedding.
Clubwomen from all parts of the
country assembled in Boston to attend
the ninth biennial convention of the
general Federation of Women's Clubs,
lasting two weeks.
The scout cruiser Salem, the third OF
the type built for the government. at
tanned a speed of nearly 26 knots dur
ing a run off the New England coast.
1t was announced that neither Gov
ernor Johnson OF Minnesota nor Judge
Gray of Delaware @ould accept second
place on the Democratic ticket.
Tennessee and Mississippi delegates
to the Denver convention will vote for
Bryan, according to the state conven-
tons instructions.
The Olympic committee at London
decided to accept the American entries
for the international rifle matches to
be held this year.
Congressman John Sharp Williams
of Mississippi has resigned the minor
ity leadership of the house of repre-
sentatives.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., is to enter
the employ of the United States Steel
corporation, known as the steel trust.
The twelfth triennial convention of
the International Sunday School asso-
citation was held in Louisville, Ky.
The banns of Anna Gould and Prince
Helie de Sagan were published in