Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-31

D.
 Michael McMahon committed siui- eide at his place of residence in Bridge port by drink carbolic acid. Hit was about 40 years old and laborer.
 Miss Mary Desha, 65 years old, one of the three founders of the Daughters of the American Revolution, died sud- denly of apoplexy while walking near her home in Washington Sunday.
 Rev. James Nudge, of Maiden, has been called to fill the vacancy of the First Methodist church at Wakefield, caused by the resignation of Rev. Charles L. Peterson few weeks ago, and has accepted.
 A hot rock used in warming the bed set fire to her garments and caused the death of Mrs Mary Carlisle at Lebanon. Ky, Sunday. She was the
 widow of Col. John B. Carlisle who
 was for many years a. prominent law
 yer.
 Captain A. M. Taber, master whalcr,
 poet and scientist, died at Wakefield,
 Mass, Sunday, at the age of S6 years.
 He retired from the sea a number of
 years ago and since that time had de-
 voted himself to his studies and whit
 ings.
 A novel house warming was given
 by Mrs. James Canty at her new home
 in Boyken. a suburb of Camden, $. c.
 It took the form of 8 character bridge
 party. The first prize was 8 live game
 cock. It was won by Mrs. Egmond
 Vontreschow.
 Former United States Senator James
 Gordon, of Okolona, Miss, who is 7S, made application for $100,0O0 life in i Surance. The senator. fh1t tP
 has made all arrangements to live not less than 100 years and does not know
 that he will stop at that age.
 Lasters. lasting machine operators. 1ronerS, and beaters-out, numbering about 120 in all, went out on strike at the shoe factory of the Thompson Crooker Co, Wes Lynn, Monday. Un- less the trouble resulted in a speedy settlement more than 800 other em- ployees of the factory were expected to be made idle.
 George w. Decunha, es Monteiair, N. J., whose panaceaS for public ills have brought him fame, is out with a pronouncenent that the high cost or banquets. Gie advocates the passage of 8 federal law to restrain the pro- clivity to Fletcherize everyN question that comes to public attention. 
 Officers of the George Junior Repub- lie at Freeville N. F., will be sent to London next spring to assist in the organization there of @ republic similar to that established here by Wellman R. George, according to an announcement by MT. George. He said that prom inent British nobleman is to head the new juvenile government in England A man who presented himself at Grace hospital, Boston, Sunday night apparently suffering from mental de- rangement. gave his name as William B. Foster and gave his address as 2s1 Alexander avenue New York 1 He was removed to a police station and afterward was taken to Austin Farm Insane hospital for observation Blindness drove two old persons to commit suicide Sunday. Mrs. Christi l na Weller, aged 75 years. whose sight was nearly gone, ended her life by in- haling gas in her home in Brooklyn The body of Rheinhold Lerz, who had
 recently become totally blind, was l found hanging from a fire escape In 1 front of the Municipal Almsheuse at Newark, N. J.
 Two deaths from scarlet fever and 1 one new case of the disease were re- ported to the Waterbury board ol health Sunday. The victims of the I epidemic are Walter F. Jackson and Cameron. Plum ping defects found in 1 the Driggs school, which was closed I by the health officer, have been order ed repaired at once.
 l Determined to foil the chicken 1 thieves at his summer home in Ewing I near Trenton. N. j., James M. Donald , a New York banker, has equipped his l buildings with 5000 candle power arc light. These lights will illuminate 1 the estate with monday brightness l whenever they ara placed in service ! either by the hand of the operator ol | by the unconscious touch of an invad- 1 CT.
 l That the site proposed by the citi. zens of Springfield for the location o1 1 the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
 nology in that city is an ideal one ir every way was the statement of Presi. 1 dent Richard c. MacLauren on his re- turn from Springfield Sunday, but, l he added, it would take an exceptiona 1 offer to get the institute of technology l outside of Greater Boston" The aues. 1 tion, however, is by no means settled 1 A violent blizzard swept over Novie l Scotia Saturday night and Sunday 1 morning. Following spell of milo weather the temperature dropped te l near the zero point and with fifty 1 mile gale blowing from the northeas ! accompanied by snow. The storm wa. | the SsvereSt of the season. Telegra pf 1 and telephone wires were carried dowr l in all directions. shipping was held uI | and trains ran behind their schedules ! Ts prove te the shos manufacturer. of the country that shoes can be made l profltabfy at the scale of wages es ! abolished by the unions, the executfv, board of the United Shoe workers O. America at meeting tn Lynn, Sun ! day voted to establish a model factor, to be operated by the national organ l ization of the union. It was not def nitely decided where the factory wil be located but it Is probably that Lynn will be selected
 Death yesterday relieved tho suffer ] nss of Miss Lillian Liford, Is year l old, of El1etsville, Ind, who wa ] burned week ago after 8 meeting 1 with her lover, Iitana Shelton, 2I years old. He is in jail, accused o pouring coal oil over the girls oloth ing and setting it on fire. Shelton de l nieS the accusation and declares tha
 his sweethearts clothing was ignitet from a stove while they were asleep leaning on a table.
 Senator Beveridge of Indiana in l statement issued comments the reef procity agreement with Canada sub and praised President Taft's messag, I t,xsr rot he