Connecticut western news., 1911-11-16
GEN EEAl- NEWS

ArN.o dS lever duOue lIlS HAppEMINes cattle In the southern ''Nr @N'NSS' states has caused Sec. retary Wilson to issue an order guar antining cattle in fourteen states in strip stretching from North Carolina to California. The fourteen states are California, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ten nessee, Alabama, Virginia. North Caro- lima. South Carolina. Georgia and Flor ida.
 Three murderers will be put to death at Sing Sing prison next week as a re- suit of the refusal of Governor Dix to extend clemency. The convicted men are Frank Schermerhorn, Pietro Fal- letto and Bert l.. Brown. Schermer- horn, a coachman, murdered Sarah Brymer, a nurse in the employ of Barnes Compton at Millbrook, Dutch ess county, Jan. 13, 1910. Falletto killed Louis Levine in the latter's store in Port Chester Aug 13, 1909. Brown a negro, murdered his half brother. William Brown, in Rye, Westchester county, May 21. 1910. -
 Judge John B. Ratigan of Boston imposed a prison sentence of fourteen to sixteen years upon Joseph and la cob Goldberg, convicted of robbing the jewelry store of Samuel Lillian year ago. The Goldbergs were arrested in New York soon after the robbery, but jumped their bail. They were traced to Europe and rearrested in Austria. They entered the store through a rear window and attacked the safe with powerful instrument resembling can opener. They ripped open the back and got gems worth $15,O00.
 In memory of more than a score Of their comrades who were drowned Tn the North river on Oct. 1, 1910, the crew of the battleship New Hamp. shire has provided for a memorial to be erected in Riverside drive, New York city, overlooking the scene of the disaster. The memorial, which Is ex- pected to be unEailed the latter part of December, will be a large natural powder bearing a bronze tablet on which will be inscribed the names ot the men drowned.
 Governor Wilson of New Jersey has granted his first reprieve. It was in the case of Mariana Bellini, a Perth Amboy murderer, who was under sen tence to die in the electric chair in the week of Dec. 4. The slayer got staY until Jan. l so that his case may be presented at a special session of the court of pardons, when the death sen tence will probably be commuted on the ground that the man is insane.
 John E. Shields, Republican sheriff of Westmoreland county, Pa, convict. ed recently of permitting prisoners tC escape, perjury and malfeasance iu connection with the coal strike in the Irwin field, has been sentenced to two years and four months in the peniten tiary. Shields was also deprived of bis office, to which he had just been re- elected by the second largest vote giv. on In this county.
 The cruiser Yankee, which was sunk in Buzzards bay several years ago and was raised by compressed air and lowed to New Bedford, where she again sunk, will be raised a second time next March. Chief Engineer W. w. Witherspoon is in Newport, R. l.. in regard to installing compressed air plants in the battleship South Caro lima.
 Seattle, Wash, has just celebrated its sixtieth birthday. The city was founded by party from Portland. headed by the families of Arthur A. Danny and David Denny, Tennessee ans. They named the settlement after friendly Indian chief. The celebra- tion ended with banquet given by the chamber of commerce.
 Given up for dead by his family many years ago, Albert Morgan. once prosperouS merchant of Racine. Wis, has re arned to the home of his daughter. M.h. Charles KImball. hun gry and feeble He refused to give an account Of biz vanderings since hv