Connecticut western news., 1908-04-30
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 his naval programme vanished for this year when the senate rejected the amendment authorizing the construc tion of four instead of two battleships Only twenty-three senators of both par ties stood by him, while fifty voted ''No." It was developed by Senator Allison during the debate that there is a well defined understanding among the senate leaders for the authOriza tion of two battleships each year until the American navy is regarded as suffi cient to meet any demands that may be made upon it.
 With chant, prayer and sermon priests and worshipers in almost $50 Roman Catholic churches in and about New York city began a week of rejoic- ing to celebrate the centennial of the establishment of the New York diocese, now an archdiocese. The district Origi- nally included all this state and New Jersey, but with the tremendous growth of the church 1t has been sub- divided several times until 1t includes only part of this state. Among the wis itors to New York were Cardinal Logue of Ireland and Cardinal Gibbons.
 With the apparent intention of show ing that there was ample opportunity to tamper with the ballots cast in the last New York mayoralty election while they were in a storage warehouse. Flu gene Lamb Richards of counsel for Mayor Mcclellan in the Hearst-Mc- Clellan suit cross examined former Commissioner of Elections John k. Voorhis at the recount trial. MT. Voor- his said that in addition to the police two or three Hearst watchers were on guard in the room all the time.
 Secretary Taft denied that he had said in recent address, "There Is no denying the fact that we must look for ward to a gigantic controversy between labor and capital, hoping and trusting that it will be settled peacefully" He declared: Prom nothing which I said could the inference be drawn that 1 was prophcsying a gigantic controversy in the future. was only referring to an existing and always present condi- tion, an ever recurring controversy"
 Patriotic societies are voicing con- demnation of William Waldorf Astor, , the expatriate millionaire now residing in England, who recently bought at auction the famous flag of the Ameri- can frigate Chesapeake that Captain Lawrence died for in battle with the British frigate Shannon in the mem orable fight of June 1, 1913, and has presented it to the Royal United Serv. ice museum, London. Astor became British subject years ago.
 "Divorce appears to be the institution that makes you Americans the happi. est people on earth. More divorces are granted here than in any other coun. try. Three times as many divorces are granted in Chicago as in any other American city. Therefore I should i'm. agine that Chicago is the happiest city in the world" This is the conclusion of Mrs. Elinor Glyn, the English novel ist, whost work attracted much notice recently.
 President Roosevelt has selected As sistant Attorney General Milton D Purdy, known as the administrators ''chief trust buster" as federal dis trict judge for Minnesota to succeed Judge Lochren. Ia so doing he has gone squarely against both Nelson and Clapp, the two Minnesota senators MT. Purdy was born in Summit coun ty, O., forty-one years ago.
 President Francis Goodwin of the Wadsworth atheneum, in Hartford Conn.,, laid the cornerstone of the ad dition to the building which J. Pier pont Morgan is building as a memorial to his father, Junius s. Morgan. This will cost about $650,000. The total gifts of the Morgans to the atheneum exceed $1,OOO,OOO
 A preliminary report on the treat ment of tuberculosis by the admins. | tration of mercury has been made to the surgeon general by Surgeon B. L | Wright of the navy, who has been con. ducting Investigations at the naval hos l pital at New Fort Lyon, Colo. So fa1 the results are encouraging.
 The Stewart L. Woodford oratoricaI l prize of $100 in gold at Cornell univer. sity was won by Miss Elizabeth Cook Miss Cook is an Ithaca girl. She was a member of the last side that debated against Columbia and in the oratorical contest competed against some of the university's best speakers
 In an interview in Dublin, Richard Croker, former leader of Tammany Hall, criticised Governor Hughes ac. tivity against race track betting and said: What America needs is a quiet president The country wants rest for long time under some statesman like William Mckinley"
 In a Boston interview Sir William Henry White, who was for nearly twenty years, up to 1902, the responsl' ble designer of all British warships comments on recent criticisms of the American navy. He declared that the criticisms are unfounded on fact and praised our vessels.
 The Mckinley home in Canton, O. has been donated to Bishop Ignatius F. Horstman of the Cleveland Catho lie diocese to be used as a nonsecta rian hospital The home was bought