Connecticut western news., 1908-08-13
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X voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed in the United States court in Pfttsburg for Harry k. Thaw. who is now confined in the Duchess county (N. YD jail. In the petition Thaw states that his assets are S12S,012.3s and his liabilities S453, 140.43. Roger O'Mara. a well known Pittsburg de- tective and d personal friend of the Thaw family. was appointed receiver. The petition asking for the appoint ment of a receiver declares that the action is taken for the purpose of pre- venting Thaw's property being diSsi- pated in litigation over claims, many of which are declared to be unjust. It is asserted that reference is made to lawyers and physicians.
 Thomas A. Edison had Henri Far man. the English aeronaut. as his guest at the Edison laboratories in Orange. N. !. Mir. Edison showed great interest in the attempts being made in different parts of the world to travel in the air. Ut is coming. Some one is liable to solve the problem any day. It isn't solved yet. The great difficulty. of course. is the tremendous power required in the engine. which at the same time must he so very light"
 Illinois Democratic state ticket: In dorsed for United States senator. Law renee BSStringer: nominated for gov ernor, Adlai F. Stevenson. Republican state ticket: Indorsed for United States senator, Albert I. Hopkins or George A1 Charles s. Deneen. The result of the first direct primary election ever held in Illinois as far as 1t Is accurately known in regard to the principal state officers is given in the foregoing.
 Orders in seven cases of condemned lands for right of way for the inland waterway from Pamlico sound to Beaufort harbor were signed by Judge Thomas R. Purnell in the federal court for the eastern district of North Carolina. This starts the work on the great inland waterway that will event ually give an inland water route to commerce from the great lakes and Boston to North Carolina at least and perhaps to Florida.
 Secretary of State Elihu Root and Joseph H. Choate. former ambassador to the court of St. James, will preside over the Republican stste, convention which is to be held in Saratoga. prob. ably on Sept. 14 Chairman Woodruff declared that the Republican, organiza- ton in the matter of Governor Hughes candidacy for renomination would be guided by the sentiment of the rank and file of the Republican party
 Copies of charges of neglect of duty for failure to suppress the alleged gambling at Saratoga Springs. with a request for his removal from office were served upon Sheriff John Brad ley. IT., of Saratoga county, N. Y. by Governor Hughes. The charges were filed with Governor. Hughes by Dr. Walter Laidlaw as chairman of the antirace track gambling campaign "ommittee
 The American Poultry association in convention at Niagara Falls, ap- proved movement to ask the poultry club of England to appoint a commit tee to meet the association and prepare q standard which shall be internation- al A chair in poultry husbandry is also recommended for American col. leges. .
 Among the candidates for the Con- necticut Republican gubernatorial nom- ination is Representative George l.. Lilley, who will consider a nomina tior and election to be tantamount to vindication of his course in Washing. ton in trying to investigate the sub marine boat contracts.
 Commissioner Pearson of the New York state department of agriculture announced that as result of confer neces held recently to devise means tC suppress bovine tuberculosis an educa. tional campaign will be conducted this year through farmers institutes.
 The first step toward the formation of theatrical merger. involving al most every theater in the Uniter States and property valued at half q billion dollars. was taken at meetina of prominent theatrical managers iu New York
 Labor Commissioner Williams O. Minnesota said that instead of there being employment in the northwestern harvest fields for 15000 or 2O00O men as had been reported. 1000 will he lucky if they can find work.
 Unwise speculation in wheat and great fiber 'lity with the companyT 'redits are dn 'lare1 to b. back of the failure of the Pillsrury- -Wnshburn Flour MKis company. which went into the hands of receivers.
 It is not crime in New York state to make an ordinary bet. according to Supreme Court Justice Gaynor. The justice decided. however that bettini as a business is against the law
 Representatives of most of the lead ing Italian"societies of New York me- to organize society for the suppres- sion of violence. particularly by mem hers of the Black Hand.
 Cardinal Gibbons was reported i'll in