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Connecticut western news., 1911-03-23
TROOPS OUT IN A STRIKE.
Illinois Governor Orders 300 Guards
 mon to Coal Fields.

Illinois Governor Orders 300 Guards
 mon to Coal Fields.
 Acting upon the urgent demand of Sheriff Elton and a committee of prominent citizens of Macoupin county. Governor Deneen of Illinois has order ed 300 troops of the national guard to Gillespie and Benld to suppress a riotous demonstration that is being made by the striking miners of the Northwestern Railroad Coal company.
 A committee of citizens waited on the governor and declared that the situation at Gillespie was alarming and requested soldiers to be sent to the scene, as the sheriff and his force of deputies were unable to cope with the striking miners and that lives were threatened and property endangered.
 Colonel S1and of the national guard went to Carlinville, where he reviewed the situation with a committee of prominent citizens who demanded pro lection from the state.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-23

frey was once prominent in Boston so- ciety.
 James w. Filmer. a prominent leath- CT manufacturer of Gloversville. is dead, aged sixty-four He was the owner of the famous trottlng team Pickpania and Wonder, which in 1901 broke the worlds record at Cleveland track. Pickpania died several years ago. Wonder Is still alive.
 George Bailldon. editorial writer for the Brooklyn Times, is dead. Mir. Bailldon underwent an operation and failed to rally from if, He was fifty one years old, and had been connected with the Times twenty years. He was we'll known in Masonic circles.
 Samuel II. Keene of Reading, a prominent Methodist layman, Is dead in Philadelphia. Mir. Keene's death is believed to have been due to heart dis ease. He was seventy-two years old and a retired Reading railway em- ployee.
 Addy Barker Sheldon, wife of Judge Joseph Sheldon, is dead in New Haven. She was one of the early advocates of women's suffrage in this country, hay ing attended as a delegate an equal sufrragist convention in Syracuse in 1858.
 Nathaniel Thayer, capitalist, is dead at his home in Boston. He was a dl- rector of the United States Steel cor poration, the New Haven railroad. American Telephone and Telegraph company and many other companies,
 The death of Right Rev. pr. James Theodore Holly, bishop of Haiti, the first negro bishop consecrated by the American Episcopal church, is an- nounced in n dispatch to the church authorities in Boston.
 The Rev. Isaac Armada Cornelison, for sixty years pastor of the Presby- terian church at Washington, H., and. with one exception, the oldest living graduate of Princeton university, is dead.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-23

located about twenty miles west Of Baltimore, is in ruins. Within an hour after the blaze broke out practically nothing was left of the building but the four walls. The contents and most of the effects of the students were lost. There were no casualties so fur us known.
 After seriously wounding two wom. en, Eugene Soares. wrestler. ended head at a boarding house in Fall River, Mass. The injured women. both of whom are In a dangerous condition at the City hospital, are Mrs. Delvina Mellen, aged fifty years. and her daughter, Mrs. Anne Paradis, aged twenty-two years. Soares, who was a Portuguese about thirty-two years old. had been separated from his wife for some time and only recently became infatuated with Mrs. Paradis.
 Four persons are known to have been burned to death and several others barely escaped with their lives at fire In the four story family house at 12 Truro street, South End, Boston The dead are Mrs. D. Wharton and her thirteen-year- daughter Elea- nora, Mrs. Mary Kelley and her nine teen-year-old daughter Priscilla.
 After kissing his five children good by l.. R. Andrews committed suicide before them at his home in Los An geles. taking a quantity of arsenic. Andrews, who was a divine healer" separated from his wife several weeks ago. He was the author of a book entitled f"How to Be Happy"
 John A. Smith, a mine worker in the Langcliffe colliery, Wilkesbarre. Pa, was killed when he fell down the GOO foot shaft. His body was so crushed that Identification was impossible ex- cept by means of tag in his pocket It was the second day of his work in the mines.
 Gilbert H. Gerow, treasurer of the Newburg Carpet company, committed suicide by shooting himself through the temple. He went to the barn a short distance from his home at Wash ingtonville, N. Y. and killed himself. He had been Respondent over business cares.
 The fishing tug Silver Spray of Erie. Pa. with crew of seven. went down off Cleveland harbor after battling with a furious gale for twenty-four hours. Her pilot house, fragments of a lifeboat and bodies of four of her crew were discovered later in the lake.
 Five men, one of them John JoplIng. general superintendent of the coal de- pertinent of the Missouri. Kansas and Texas railroad. are dead as a result of an explosion of black damp in the'com. pany's mine at Mineral, Kan.
 The German balloon Dusseldorf was blown into the Zuyder Zee, and the pilot, Paul Kayfer. one of the best known aeronauts in Germany, was drowned.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-23
TOM L. JOHNSON DYING.
Ex-Mayor of Cleveland Is In State of
 Coma.

Ex-Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleve- land is dying at his apartments in the Whitehall and close friends admit that the end may come at any time. He is unconscious most of the time, and 1t is feared that he will pass away sudden ly in his sleep.
 Mrs. Johnson and her daughter, Mrs. Mariani, who were in New York. re- turned here in answer to a message saying that MT. Johnson's condition was dangerous. The relapse that may end in death came Wednesday and is due to the ex-mayor's attendance at the banquet of the Nisi Prius club, Though Mir. Johnson was very weak he insisted on being present, and the effort was too much.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-23

The premier decided to make the crisis a personal issue, and the quickness of the emperor's answer was accepted in certain quarters as substantiating the report current recently that the em- peror had abandoned the premier to his fate.
 The selection of NJ. Kokovsoff was made by the emperor on M. Stolypin's recommendation after his majesty had exhausted all means to persuade the latter to retain his post.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-23
General Markets.

BTTTTER-wealSeri receipts, lo.9l5 pack ages; creamery, specials per lb,. 251hc, {; extras, 24c. thirds to firsts. iba22c
 CHEESE-Steady; receipts. l,734 boxes.
 EGGS-Unsettled: receipts. SS,970 cases: storage packed. hrsts, per dozen, l7lsc. {; regular packed. firsts. 16Ma17c: seconds. l6I5c.: state, Pennsylvania and nearby. hennery, white, l9a2lc.; gathered. white, lsa2Oc hennery. brown, lSa19c. gathered. brown l7a1sc f.
 POTATOES-We ft
 SWEET POTATOES-Firu.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-23
Milk Producers Meeting

A meeting of the local milk producers will be held in the Town Hall, Canaan, Conn, "Wednesday, March g, 1911, at 2P. M, A prominent pro- ducer of Sussex County, N. J.. will address the meeting. All milk producers who can possi- ply do so, should attend this meeting.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-23
DEATHS OF NOTED PEOPLE,.


 judge and territorial chief justice of Washington, has been received from Los Angeles, where he had lived since leaving Seattle in 1894.
 J. Deming Perkins, the most promi- nent resident of Litchf1eld county, Is dead at his home in Lttchfield. Conn, of old age. He was born eighty one years ago, and his carly business career was in New York, where he was a reporter. He returned to Litch- field in 1868 and sice that time has taken an active interest in the busi- ness and political, affairs of the town and state.
 Miss Annie Callender Crockett. whC conducted school for girls in New York city for many years, died in q private sanitarium at Summit, N. J.. of pneumonia. Miss Crockett was borr in Boston in 1886. Mrs. Whitelaw Reid and Miss Laura Stedman, a grand daughter of Edmund Clarence Sted man. were among her pupils.
 Mrs. Louise Nye Godfrey. whose husband commanded a warship during the blockade running in the civil war and whose father. Solomon I. Barlow. was captain of ship seized by French pirates in 179S, Is Gead in St. Joseph. Mo-, aged ninety-two years. Mrs. God
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-23
sPoArrNe AFFAIRS.

that Cy Young, who is in Hot Springs. Ark, was to retire permanently from baseball the hero of over 600 battles on the green diamond denied emphatic. ally that there was any truth in such n report.
 Weather permitting, Coach Rice of the Columbia crew will have his men on the Hudson soon. All the other col leges, Cornell, Pennsylvania, Yale, Harvard and Princeton, have already begun outdoor work, and Coach Rice is anxious to transfer his men from the machines to the water, so that they also may have an early start, espe- cially as he has almost an entirely new eight to develop.
 The Naval academy athletic authori- ties have received definite word that Yale will be unable to send a crew to Annapolis this year. The reason given was that 1t is almost certain that the Yale crew will enter a triangular race with Cornell and Princeton some time before the Harvard race at New Lon. don.
 Promoter Coffroth wires to New York that be has matched Ad Wolgast and Frankie Burns for a twenty round contest In Frisco the latter part of. May Wolgast is to receive $7,5O0, win, lose or draw. and the weight Is to be 133 pounds ringside.
 . Zbysko the Polish wrestler, added another victim to his list in Buffalo when he secured two straight falls against Paul Schmidt, the Cape Town giant. The first fall was made In 32 minutes 30 seconds and the second in 10 minutes 21 seconds.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-23
A NEW RUSSIAN PREMIER.
V. N. Kokovsoff Is Named by Emperor Nicholas to Form Cabinet Follow
 ing Political Downfall of stoIypin.

V. N. Kokovsoff has been named by Emperor Nicholas as premier to sue ceed r. A. Stolypin, who has resigned.
 Premier Stolypin's action was due to the rejection by the council of the em- pire of the zemstvo bill for self gov ernment in the nine western provinces.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-23
FOREIGN NOTES OF

INTEREST, man have been arrest ed charged with having transmitted plans and specifications for German warshlps under construction to Eng land. E#
 The negotiations for the loan of S50.- 100000 to China by m American group of financiers have reached final stage. all points at issue having been agreed upon. It is expected that an imperial edict sanctioning the loan will be issued soon. -....-.
 Thirteen persons, including Mayor Castro, have been arrested at Lamego, fin the province of Belra, Portugal, on suspicion of having attempted to in- duce the Ninth infantry regiment to rebel against the republic. #a..a..
 Emperor William and Empress Au- gusta Victoria have left Berlin for Kiel, where they will witness the launching of the battleship Hlldebrand. Ire vessel will be christened by the empress.
 Sir Edward Grey's indorsement of President Taft's arbitration suggese ton was seconded amid cheers in the English house of commons by A. J. Balfour, leader of the opposition.
 A Danish warship has been ordered to the coast of Greenland to protect the fisheries and seize American wal rus hunters who have been infesting the forbidden waters. .. . ..@.
 The Chinese government announces its intention of agreeing to both points at issne with Russia and is drafting q reply to the recent ultimatum along this line. '.-... l#
 NJ. Lutaud has been appointed gov ernor general of Algeria to succeed M. Jonnart, who resigned when the Bri- and cabinet went out of office.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-23
NERAL
 N EWS HAPPENINGS

SNiNeS' April is far in excess of that of any previous mayoralty or even presidential election and comes within 1000 of the record breaking total rolled up in 1910.
 The town of WhiteIy, Ind, inhabited mostly by colored people, Is in a state of great excitement because of the presence of three wolves. which es- caped from McCulloch park. The wolves stay in dense thicket near by during the daytime and at night raid the hencoops of the Whitelyites. scar ing men, women and children nearly out of their wits.
 The Aero Club of America has re- ceived a cablegram from the Royal Aero Club of Great Britain protesting against the award of the $10,0O0 Statue of Liberty prize to Count Jacques de Lesseps, who took third place in the race. No word has been received from Graham White, who filed his com plaint through the Royal Aero club.
 President Taft has approved the sen tence of dismissal imposed by a gen eral court martial in the case of First Lieutenant James L, Craig, Second in- fantry, who was recently tried at Fort Assinniboine, Mont. and convicted of charges of drunkenness on duty and of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.
 Francis E. Baker, a patent lawyer, with offices in New York, Washington, Baltimore and Bangor, Me-, was ar rested on a warrant Issued by Judge O'Sullivan in the court of general ses- sions of New York, based upon three indictments charging him with grand larceny. He was held in bail of $1,O00.
 Chester Hograss, a prestidigitator who exercised his skill in New York department store so well that a dia mond studded Iocket worth $60 stuck to the palm of his hand when he went out, was convicted in general sessions of grand larceny and remanded by Judge O'Sullivan for sentence.
 The Atlantic fleet of battleships are anchored in the vicinity of Tangier island, tn Chesapeake bay, where they are expected to engage in gun practice today, using the battleship San Mar cos, the old Texas, as a target. The San Marcos preceded them to the fir- ing ground.
 Richard A. Ballinger, ex-secretary of the interior, will begin libel suit against Clifford Pinchot and others as soon as he has had a rest from the du ties of his office that kept him very busy during the closing months of his incumbency.
 The unsatisfactory business condi tions which are facing the Fall River linen mills were brought sharply to the attention of the stockholders when the directors of two corporations reduced their dividends.
 Practically the entire available sup ply of broom corn in the United States was destroyed by a fire ill Charleston, H.. which swept over eleven blocks and caused a loss estimated at $3OO,O00.
 Chairman E. H. Gary of the United States Steel corporation has announced that w. B. Dickson has rendered his resignation as vice president to take effect May 1. It will be accepted.
 The Cunard Steamship company has purchased the Cairn line steamers, operating between London and Canada under the name of the Thomson line.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-23
DEMOCRATS SLOW
 ON COMMITTEES.
New House Majority Has Many
 WralgIeS to Settle.

Although two of the four weeks in terVal between the third session of the Sixty-ffrst congress and the first ses sion of the Sixty-second congress have lapsed, Democratic committee assign ments are still In a chaotic state. This too, despite almost daily meetings IT Washington of the Democratic mem hers of the ways and means commit tee, who are acting as a committee, or committees.
 The protest against the appointment of Representative Fitzgerald of New York as chairman of the appropria tons committee, the contest between Hay of Virginia and Sulzer of New York for the chairmanship of military affairs and the fight against the selec tion of Adamson of Georgia as chair. man of commerce are instances of a number that have served to make the ways and means Democrats sympa thize with Uncle Joe Cannon and othe. czars who have exercised the power oi making committee assignments in the past and to wonder If this committee oh committees is going to work out satisfactorily after all.
 Meanwhile the Republicans of the next house are biding their time and displaying no anxiety whatever con , corning the assignment of minority members. Indeed, the leaders, relieved of responsibility and for he first time in sixteen years watching the game from the side lines, will postpone the naming of their rank and file for com mittee places to the last possible mo ment if they have their way.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-23
NEWS
 OF OUR N ElGH BORS.

ran government troops were disarmed and paid of, that the disbandment is continuing and that quiet prevails. This is result of the satisfactory termination of the peace conference at Puerto Cortez in which pr. Bertrand was accepted as the compromise for the provisional president.
 General Luis del Curiel, the new governor of the state of Yucatan, has under consideration number of re- forms relating to taxation and other subjects which he expects to soon put into effect with the view of pacifying the revolutionary element In that state. It Is also announced that he will soon liberate or modify the sentences of many of the political prisoners now held at Merida.
 Conditions in Haiti have so improved that there is no longer any necessity for an American warshi1 there, nc- cording to a telegram to the state de- partment from American Minister Fur miss at Port au Prince.
 President Davilla will retire from the presidency of Honduras upon the arrival at the capital of Francisco Bel tran, recently selected by the peace conference to succeed him.
 Kingston has quarantined against Trinidad. where the bubonic plague has reappeared. There have been two fatal cases at Trinidad In the last two weeks.
 President Taft has signed the com mission of r.. W. w. Warwick of 'Cin- cinnati as a judge of the supreme court of the Panama canal zone.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-23
CAMERA OWNERS
POST CARD BARGAINS.

We have a lot of miscellaneous Post Cards, all clean and perfect, New England scenes. no two alike, which we will sell, postpaid, at 25c per fifty.
 THE CANAAN PRINTING co. CANAAN, CONN.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-23
GRIM ES
 AND q nnIA TIE c

SNo ST@ sons or New Ork, has reported to the police the disap- pearance of $12OO worth of jewels and T Colt revolver from her residence in Washington.
 St. Charles college. preparatory in- stituton for the Catholic priesthood.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-23

In regard to the an.
 nouncement appearing fin eastern newspapers
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-23

Mrs. Herbert A Par sons, wife of former Representative Par
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-23

News of the death of Joseph Lewis, terri torial judge at Idaho and later territorial
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-23

pr. McCreery, minis ter to Honduras. has telegraphed that on
 March IS 400 Hondu-
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-23

A Hamburg paper an-
 nounces that four Ger mans and an English
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-23

Chicago's total regis
 tration for the mayor. oralty election on
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-07
DRAMATIC CLUB.
PLANS PLAYS.
TottenvilIe Footlight Club
Prepares for Season.

The members Of the Footlight
Club, of To%ttenville, have already
begun preparations for the presenta-
ton of several plays to be given in
knights of Pythias hall, TottenviIle,
during the coming season. At a
meeting of the club held at the home
Of Mrs. William D. Frerichs in Am
boy avenu that place Tuesday night
1t was announced that three enter
tainments would be given. One in
October, n In November and the
other some time in December or the
first Of the year. The first one will
be given on Friday night, October
27th, for the benefit of the public
drinking fountain fund. At this
time The Gutta Percha Girl" a
three act comedy with nine charac-
tiers, five ladies and four gentlemen
Will be given. The second will be
three one act plays for the benefit
Of Richmond Lodge, No. 80, Knights
Of Pythias. on Friday night No
vember gath. The title of these are
MY Turn Next" I'm Honor Bound"
and cat Skies and Sevens." The
date for the third entertainment,
which is to be given for the Totem
vile Athletic Club, has not been de-
cided upon. The first rehearsal will
be held next Thursday night at the
home of Mrs. Frerichs and the next
business meeting of the club will be
held at the home Of Mrs. William
Miller in Wood avenue. After the
meeting Tuesday night a social time
was held, with refreshments.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-07
PLEASANT PLAINS, HUGUENOT
PRINCE BAY
PASTOR GIVEN
WELCOME HOME
Rev. Curtis of st. PauIs is
Given Reception.

Rev. H. E. Curtis, pastor Of St.
PaUps Methodist Episcopal church,
Tottenville, who, with his wife, spent
the month of August in Canada on
their vacation, were given a hearty
welcome home last night by the con-
gregation Of the church at the week
ly prayer service. 1t al truly a
welcome home, because a large gath
ering was out at this time to greet
the pastor and his wife. The prayer
meeting was more Of a social gather
ing because a specially prepared pro-
gram was rendered. D. G. Butler, a
member of the official board and a
local preacher, who conducted the
prayer meetings during the pastors
absence, was in charge and conduct
ed the service.
After singing the hymn "Blest be
the Tie that Binds" D. 3. Skidmore
made the prayer. Following this the
program was rendered. Richard
Christopher sang a solo, Home
Again." with the entire audience
joining in the chorus. Responsive
reading led by Mr.. Butler followed
and Mrs. Edgar Ellis and James
Little sang Jesus Lover of My SOUL
The address Of welcome was made by
Miss Anna Cole, a member Of the
Epworth League, in which she said
she was glad to welcome Mr.. Curtis
back in behalf of all departments Of
the church and Sunday school. She
also extended greetings to Mrs.
Curtis. Theodore Oxenham sang a
solo and Mr.. Butler made a brief ad-
dress nj welcome and fha
right hand Of fellowship to the pas
tor. Rev. Mr.. Curtis made the clos
ing prayer and followed with a short
address. At the close a hymn, More
Love to Thee" was sung and the
benediction was pronounced by the
pastor. Many stayed after the ser
vice and spent a social time with the
pastor and his wife.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-07
TOTTENVILLE

Mrs. R. Wood, Of Arents avenue
has as her guest her brother, Angus
tus Thompson, of Washington, D. @,
They lett on Monday to spend a few
days at Asbury Park and will return
the latter part of the week.
Miss Margaret Scholler, Of Fox
Chase, Philadelphia, has returned
home after a few days with Mrs.
Thomas Marshall, OF Broadway.
H. E. Winant and son, Cory, have
returned from a trip to Niagara
Falls, where they spent a week,
Miss Mary Grill, of Newark, has
gone to her home after a few days
with Mrs. Marshall of Broadway.
Mrs. Anna Warford, Of Rochester,
formerly of this place, is visiting
here. @t a'%Fs@ @ss
Andrew F. Barnes, ssistant cashier
If the TottenvilIe National Bank, is
spending his vacation at Stoneham,
Mass. Ray Nellis, of the Richmond
Borough Bank, at Steepleton, is IN
his place.
Chief Engineer John Mcdonald, OF
the ferryboat Perth Amboy left this
morning to Join his wife who is
spending a vacation at Troy, N. Y.
Mrs. Fred Syze and daughter,
Freda, have returned home after a
visit with the formers sister here.
Bentley Yacht Club held q meet
ing at the club house last night.
United Council, Jr. o, U. A. NJ.
meets tonight.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-07
PRESIDENT CROMWELL HAS
RETURNED FROM VACATION

Borough President George Crom-
well, of the borough OF Richmond,
has returned from a months vaca-
ton in the White Mountains Of New
Hampshire and has looked over the
many public Improvements that have
been made on Staten Island while he
was away. Most OF the other local
officials have returned from their
vacations and the borough machin-
cry will start with a meeting of the
local Board OF Improvement very
soon.
The first thing Mr.. Cromwell did
was to observe the work that has
been done on the new st. George
ferry approach and he will at once
renew efforts to push this delayed
improvement that has so far cost the
city 100000. President Cromwell
says the laying of pavements in Jay
street, which IS one Of the most I'M
portant parts Of the work, being in
front Of the municipal ferry, will re-
ceive his immediate attention.