Connecticut western news., 1910-07-14
GEN ERAL
 NOTES OF INTEREST.

Democratic candidate for president of the United States ir 1912 if combination of Wall street and political interests can make him so. AS first step President Wilson is to be nominated this fall for gov. ernor of New Jersey on the Democrat 1c ticket, is to be heavily backed by the interests and is to be preferred over Harmon or any other Democrat for the presidential race
 Under the auspices of the New York Times, the Chicago Record-Herald and the London Daily Telegraph, an at tempt is to be made this summer tc cross the Atlantic ocean by airship This difficult task is to be undertaken by Walter Wellman and Melvin Vani man on their own responsibility. The airship to be used is the motor bal loon known as the America, which was built for the Wellman Polar expe dition and twice severely tested in voyages over the Arctic ocean north o1 SpitZenbergen.
 That Dr. Frederick A. Cook, whose claims to having discovered the north pole have been discredited the world over, did, as he claims, reach the tor of Mount Mckinley is the statement made by P. J. Carrigan. seaman and placer miner from Alaska. After ex. amining the records and American flag in the tube Carrigan says he re. stored it to the niche in the powder where he found it. This was in June 1907 ..
 Attorney General Edwin G. Eastman of New Hampshire has been called upon to decide the question of the eligibility of woman to be governor of that state. The question arises in an attempt made by Henry Robinson former mayor of Concord, to obtain a place for Mrs. Marilla NJ. Kicker upon the ballot at the coming primary cleo ton as a candidate for the governor ship on the Republican ticket.
 The newest thing in scientific soil tilling is the 'electric farm" Ex Judge Thomas H. Williams of Brook lyn is making the experiment. He has strung wires on poles about a dog GIl lSSL dpONC I1IC SoIOulII, III WHICH seeds are planted, and combines high amperage and low voltage. Wind mills are used to generate the cleo tricity.
 Tex Rickard announced that he would bring suit against Governor Gillett for declaring there was no legal way to prevent a prizefght in Frisco, criY, iT1o fn oil l preparations for the Jeffries-J ohnson fight, and then at the eleventh hour in voking the aid of the militia to pre- vent the holding of the fight.
 Rev. Augustus Abber Sing Solomar of Paterson, N. J., who says he pre- dicted the Galveston flood and the as- sassination of President Mckinley and who a few days before the fight says he saw in dream Johnson knock out i Jeffries in thirty-fve rounds, predicts | the assassination of the champion by a white man.
 President Taft has asked President Arthur Twining Hadley of Yale to ac- cept the chairmanship of the cOmmis- sion for investigation of the evil of 1 stock watering, WHICH Was pIOFlueu for in the railroad bill passed at the last session of congress. President Hadley has not yet accepted the post
 The runaway marriage of Philande1 c. Knox, Jr., son of the secretary of state; and Miss May Bowler has been finally forgiven by the boys father through the intervention of Mrs. Knox and the young couple are now enjoy ing the fathers country residence nea1 ] Philadelphia.