Connecticut western news., 1909-10-28
News of
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Charles N. Fowler, congressman from New Jersey and former chair man of the house committee on bank ing and currency, addressed an open letter to Senator Aldrich of Rhode lS- | land, chairman of the monetary com mission, challenging him to joint de bate ill one or more cities on the sub | ject of q central bank.
 Mrs. Charles Netcher of Chicago, owner of d large department store, took out $3OO,C00 additional life insur- ance. increasing her line to $1,000,00O. This is the largest amount of life in surance carried by any woman in the United States.
 Harry K. Thaw's contention that he was illegally committed to the Mat teawan State Hospital For the Crimi- nal Insane following his acquittal of the murder of Stanford White waS dismissed by the court of appeals at Albany, N. Y.
 Mrs. Irene Frizelle Isman, wife of Felix Isman, the millionaire real es- tate operator, got q divorce in the com mon pleas court at Philadelphia. Great l secrecy was maintained, and not even the ground for the action was made known
 A verdict in favor of Frances Work BatOnyi in her divorce suit against Aurel Batonyi was rendered by a jury in the supreme court of New York. It sustained the charge that Batonyi was guilty of misconduct with Margaret Allen.
 Father John Preston, pastor of St. Laurence's Roman Catholic church at Weehawken, N. J., following up cru sade he inaugurated against brutal fights, jumped into the ring at the Plymouth Athletic club and stopped d l bout.
 The Rev. Charles E. Bonham, a Bap- tist clergyman, was divorced by his wife, Clara Al. Bonham, the decree being granted on statutory grounds by Justice Tompkins of the supreme court at Newburg, N. Y.
 Dr. w. NJ. Brumby, state health off ccr of Texas, issued a notice to all county and municipal authorities call ing attention to the prevalence of the hook worm and urging energetic action to stamp it out. .
 The Presbyterian synod of New York, in annual session at Johnstown, voted to sustain the action of the New York presbytery in the ordination of the Rev. Archibald Black, who was ac- cused of heresy.
 William J. GaynOr, Tammany nOmi- nee for mayor, brought suit for libel against the Press Publishing company, publishers of the Evening World, for $100,0O0 damages in the supreme court, Brooklyn.
 August Belmont, owner of the Bel mont racing stable, settled for $3,500 a suit for libel brought by John H. Freit, a stable boy formerly ill his em- ploy. Freit sued MT. Belmont for $100,00O.
 The battleship Delaware, first Amer ican fighting ship of the Dreadnought type, exceeded her speed requirements ill Penobscot bay by attaining a maxi mum speed of 21 9S knots.
 Two Governors island prisoners, serving terms for desertion, made a SlCNNA tlA1b hRIAIl9 CoSopC OJ General Leonard A. Woods dory and rowing over to Brooklyn.
 Walter McIvers of Providence, R. l.. was struck in the leg by the redhot section of a meteorite which came through a plate glass window of cafe in that city.
 Miss Sarah Lucille Mellon, daughter of Banker James R. Mellon and heir ess to about $1O,O0O,OOO, was married at Pittsburg to Alex Dickson Grange of Philadelphia.
 Health Officer .Doty of New York and his three assistants vaccinated 1 1,O45 passengers of the Greek steam ship ThemistOcles in 510 minutes.
 President Taft began his trip down the Mississippi river from St. Louis to New Orleans. In St. Louis he spoke on ! improvement of waterways.
 Sir Thomas Lipton arrived in New York from Europe on the steamship Cedric with a challenge for a series of races for the America's cup.