Connecticut western news., 1910-01-27
GEN ERAL
 NEWS HAPPENINGS

GENERAL IeSIS were uaue hI
 NEWS WeS' 'se' ~, '" VI HAPPENINGS. Thomas A. Edison's
 storage battery car. Among the interested observers were n number of men of the Public Serv- ice trolley systems, and they agreed with Edison that he made great strides toward the perfection of street car that can be run cheaply and prac. tically without the use of current wires.
 At the dediCatCry exercises of the JuniuS Spenl CT Morgan Memorial Art museum aLd ubrary. whi. h ]. Pier. pont Morgan erected in Hartford, Conn, tO tne memory of hls father, Mir. MUrgan made u gift to Hartford of S25U,UUO to maintain the building
 Joseph J. Ryan, youngest son of Thomas l.. Ryan, the New York trac. tion magnate and tinancier, was mar ried in Baltimore to Miss Mamie Morse, young woman prominent iu Washington society. The ceremony was performed by Bishop Corrigan.
 The New York Central railroad re- fused to grant the request of the Con. ductors and Trainmen's union for more pay. The officials suggested that Il committee representing the enl- ployees be appointed to discuss the question with the company. ! The Rev. William w. Downs, pastor of the BowuUin Square tabernacle. 1 Boston, brought suit against his wife, | Sophronia Gertrude Downs, for dl- vOfce. He charged his wife with un- ] faithfulness and named four men as correspondents.
 The jury which heard the suit of William l.. Clark at New York for $20,000 from Lewis $. Chanler for i helping to boom him for the Demo- cratic presidential nomination in 19OS brought in n verdict for MT Chanler.
 The Carnegie hero fund commission at Pittsburg awarded seventeen heroes ! five silver medals and twelve bronze medals and $19,000 in money. The acts of heroism were rescues from drowning. fire and sulrocation.
 In the suit for $75,00O brought by Edith Faurie against Harry Lazelle, i Wall street broker, for alleged breach of promise of marriage, jury of the supreme court in New York brought in verdict for the defendant.
 Vladimir Bourtseff, the noted Rus sian revolutionist, who exposed the methods of the secret police system of l the Russian government, arrived ih 1 New York and was met by Il commit l tee of Russians.
 Clifford pinchot, who was deposed ! by President Taft as chief forester, was elected to succeed Dr. Charles w. l Eliot as president of the National Con- servation association in Washington.
 Mrs Dore Lyon of New York, for mer president of the Federation of Wo- mems Clubs, filed a petition in bank ruptcy, stating her liabilities as $5O3,- ! 24G and assets nothing at all.
 President Taft appointed Edward W. l Voorhies, wealthy manufacturer and Republican district leader, us postmas- ter of Brooklyn, to succeed George II. 1 Roberts, whose term expired.
 Thomas l.. Lewis of Ohio was re- elected president of the United Mine Workers of America over William Green of Ohio by 23,507 majority at Indianapolis.
 A corporation to compete with the manufacturers of shirt waists was in. corporated in Trenton, N. J., by the striking shirt waist makers in New 1 York.
 President Taft approved the dis missal of three members of the first class at the Naval academy in An napolis, Md, for intOXication.