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Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-17
Requests ofFormer Westerly Teacher
$5OOOO Left Various Public Institutions by Mss Geo.
 H. Babcock of Watch Hill and Painfeld N. J. Perry-Sharpless Wedding ip Haverford Meeting House-Masonic Rooms Ready for Meetings Again

1 the revenue cutter service school While on that duty some of the sol diers stole government property, most ly metals, and sold sarae for cash to junk dealers. Among the detail was Private Tamblyn of the Eighty. eighth company. Coast Artillery corps, sta toned at Fort Trumbull. He was courtmartialed, found guilty and sen fenced to two years in the military prison at Fort Jay and reached that institution Sunday. Corporal Johnson, charged with not reporting the absence of Sergeant Hoole, who disappeared while the thieving operations were in progress, was found guilty of breach of discipline and he, too, was sentenced to Fort Jay prison for two years.
 The Pawcatuck woolen mill is ma terially benefited by the facilities of fered by the Ashaway- Westerly trolley road in connection with the Norwich Westerly, the cost of shipment and re- ceipt of material being decreased. Be fore trolley accommodations were available all goods for the mill, includ- ing coal, was hauled by horses from Westerly toPotter Hill and Ashaway while now this is all done by the cleo tric car line. In the matter of coal transportation Westerly loses, as here tofore the coal arrived in vessels and was transported from here to the mill
 Now the coal is shipped in cars di- rect from the mine to the mill, and at present consignment of ten big steel carloads of coal is being received. The coal laden cars are delivered by the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad company to the Norwich Westerly trolley road and taken to destination. The transaction is there fore to the mutual, advantage of the railroads and the mill companies.
 
 The funeral of Michael Flynn was soIemnized Monday by high mass Of requiem in the Church of the Immac- ulate Conception, Rev. Peter McOscar officiating. the church being filled by friends of the deceased. After the mass Thomas V. Clancy sang Calvary and Martin H. Spellman rendered Thy Will Be Done. The bearers were Maurice Bransfield, Cornelius Rransfield. John Mahoney. Patrick Harvey John Ma loney David Donohue and Patrick Morrison. There was a large funeral cortege and burial was in St. MichaeIs cemetery.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-17
A Reliable Cough Medicine.

IS a valuable family friend. Foley's Honey and Tar fulflls this condition exactly. Mrs. Charles Kline, E. 9th St, Easton, Pa,srates. Several mem bers of my family have been cured Of bad coughs and colds by the use of Fo1eys Honey and Tar and 1 am new CT without q bottle in the house. It soothes aud relieves the irritation in fl- throaf iutl leost.nS up the cold. l have always found it reliable cough cure" -J.cc & o-Eood e'~
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-17
The funeral of Michael Flynn was soIernnized Monday hX hinh rnass of
Local Laconics.

\ vote for United States senator will be taken in the Rhode Island gen. eral assembly today Tuesday,.
 Unsuccessful search is still being made for the body of James M Burke, Jr.. who was drowned in Little Mar ragansett bay Dec. 26.
 The. railroad station was entered by burglars during Sunday night by breaking a pane. Of glass and raising the window. Nothing was taken in dicating that the would-be thieves were scared AWAY
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-17
NOANK
Interestinq Lecture = Woodmen to i
 Palmer III.

The lectures given by Miss Belle Crawford in the Baptist church Sunday morning and evening on the Kiowa Indians were well attended and very interesting. In the evening Miss Crawford wore the native blanket cos tune. At the close of the evening service Miss Ada May Davis received the rite of baptism.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-17

street entertained the True Blues at their weekly meeting.
 Miss Maude Fitch of Pearl street was in New London Monday.
 Miss Dorothy Bawer, who has been seriously ill. is slowly improving.
 Miss Emily Brown of Stonington called on friends in the village Mon day.
 Charles Douglas of Norwich was a business caller here Monday.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-17
As In Broken Lookina Glass.

Another thing that has increased il, price is the watch Xal. It used to cost ? cents, as we recall it; now it retards you one iron man. (Slansg for mpg.)--N. Y World
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-17
Troubles of the Rich.

Ex. Senator Clark has completed his S7,000,000 home. Imagine living out in the backyard each spring and fall while all that house is being cleaned. Philadelphia Inquirer.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-17
A Providence newspaper devoted . pace to a description of the work at

T~ the state prison shirt factory and pie lures Spike" Murphy cutting shirts to whom special reference is made:
 The shirt tcutting is done by Dennis c. Murphy. formerly of Norwich, Conn., and better known as Spike Murphy who is serving life sentence for com plic1ty in the murder of Waterman Irons. Providence leather merchant Murphy was young man when he en- tered the prison and is now in the best tune of life. The one who struck the fatal blow in this murder was never apprehended, and Murphy's part was small.
 He hopes for a pardon this year. and the prison officials hope with him that he may get it-for he is now in the prime of manhood. has a good rec ord in recent years in prison. and if he IS ever to be of any use to society this IS the best time for him to begin. He nas become so expert in the use of the electric iron by which he cuts the cloth, many thicl1nesses at a time with out waste, that he would be easily able 10 earn S10 a day at it outside the prison, it is claimed"
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-17
An Unnecessary luxury.

The Ballinger investigation is said to have cost S14,00O. We could have got along without it.-St. Paul Dis patch.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-17
The Infant Terrible.

Young Man-So Miss Ethel is your oldest sister. Who comes after her :?
 Small Brother-Nobody aint come yet: but pa says the first Fellow that comes can have her.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-17
An Impossibility,

It would be a matter of general in- tsTest if it could be determined how many voters in Adams county. Ohio, are unpurchasabie.-New York World
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-17
Something He Overlooked.

can't hope to be completely mixed un- til Bryan is heard from.-Washingto Post
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-17
VULCAN ODORLESS
 GAS HEATER

insures you all the heat you want and just when you want It. The gas pipe carries the fuel, no can to i'll, no oil to spill. Get one today and make this the most comfortable winter Of your life. Experience has shown you that efficiency in the early
 hours of the day. We have thsse odorless creators of comfort al sz.7s and S3.0o each, highest quality tubing
 ' cents per foot. fuel piping done al
 cost of labor and material.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-17
The first meeting in the Masonic rooms. thorounhIv and com eteIu rs

ne Trst meeting m Inc MasonIc rooms; thoroughly and completely re- furnished. since the fire of May II. will be held this (TuesdayD evening. it being the fifty-fourth annual eommunf- cation of Franklin lodge No. 20 Free and Accepted Masons Fifth District Deputy Grand Master Wilbur A. Scott will preside at the election and assisted by Arthur J. Newell of PawtucIlet as grand master of ceremonies will install the officers. X supper will be served Drior to the business session. By invi- tation the members of Pawcatuck lodge and visiting brethren will at tend. The lodge rooms are perhars as nicely furnished as any in New Eng land.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-17

masquerade ball in their ball room at the clubhouse this week. Guests are expected from Norwich, New London, Westerly and Mystic.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-17

azardvilIe.-EIazardvil plumes it. self on the fact that it has IS resi- dents more than 75 years old, first on the list being Frank Rosenberger, who is 92.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-17
The Question.

Is this continuous silence of Col Roosevelt ominous or only pathetic ?- Atlanta Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-17

The czar's mail is not heavy, and the president of France has the small est mail of all the national heads.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-17
Jsmes Collins MilI saiI from Meu

James Collins will sail from New York for Ireland on Wednesday on steamship Lusitania. where he will spend about three months. Mir. Collins Is not only one Of Westerly's most sue cessful merchants in his special line but he is also proprietor of the hotel at Pleasant View and the owner of considerable real estate. Mir Collins came from Ireland twenty-five years ago and this visit will be the first re- turn to the scenes of his childhood
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-17
The Sultan Holds the Eao

Bagdad. where the good sultan lived. has borfowed sSS0.a10 this year for municipal inpro- o-srnects. Hartford 1 'nIIrIf,
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-17

It's easy to greet the new day with
 a smile when you can have the morn ing bath room as iuxuriantIy warm as the air Of the tropics. Why tzks chances of having the temperature of your bath, dressing or dining rooms below the safety point. knowing as you do so we'll the variaoleness of our New England winter weather A
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-17
Aeeordina to the quarterIy report of

According 10 the quarterly report of the adjutant general, the strength of the Rhode Island National guard on Jan. ] was as follows Staff depart ment 12 officers, enlisted men; First artillery district. 8 officers, 43S enlist ed men; Second artillery district 36 officers, 424 enlisted men: Light Bat tery A, officers. 76 enlisted men: First squadron cavalry. 13 officers. 166 en- listed men; Hospital corps. 3 officers. 22 enlisted men: Signal corps. off cers, 19 enlisted men.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-17

Several months ago detail of ar tiilsrymcn we're on duty guarding the government property at Fort Tru1nbull pending the formal transfer of the reservSt ton from the war department to the treasury department for use as
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-17

The will of the late Mrs. George Fl. Babcock of Watch Hill and Plainfield, N. J.. has been filed in Plahlfield and public bequests to the amount of $50.- 000 are provided Mrs. Bahcock was formerly school teacher in Westerly and her husband was partner of Ste phen Wilcox of the firm of Babcocl1 & Wilcox, boiler manufacturers. Mir. Wilcox and his widow were founders of and endowed the Memorial and Public library and Wilcox park in Westerly, and there were several local benefi- ciaries under their wills.
 Mrs. BabcoclS bequeathed to the An ti-Tuberculosis society of North Plain
 fed $5.000, and a like sum to the Childrens home. The sum of s45.000 js given in trust for the Seventh day
 Baptist memorial fund and to be di- vided as follows: The American Sab bath Tract society S10,000; salem col lese, Salem, w. Va, S10.000: Seventh day Baptist Missionary society. $10,
 900: Seventh day Baptist church of Plainfieh. S5,000; Seventh day Baptist Education society, S5,O0O. There were other bequests of personal character and several relatives and many friends were substantially remembered.
 The bulk of the estate including Fl Reposa. the Watch Hill property, was left to her stepson, George l.. Babcock. The executors of the will are George l.. Babcock. Nathan F. Lewis. Asa r. Randolph and John G. Ward, treasurer of the BaDcock S& Wilcox company.
 Harvey Chase Perry of Westerly, son Of MT. and Mrs. Charles Perry of Vest eriy, and Miss Lydia Trimble Sharpless. daughter of Mir and Mrs. Isaac sharp less of Haverford, Pa, were married Saturday according to the Friends service in the Haverford meeting house and a reception followed at the home of the brides parents. The bride was attended by Miss Katherine Sharpless, sister of the bride, as maid of honor; and Miss Eliza beth Perry and Miss Phebe Perry. sisters of the groom. were bridesmaids. Thomas Perry, a brother, was best man.
 The ushers were Dr. Fred SharplesS and Thomas Sharpless of Haverford Henry H. Perry of Boston and Rich ard Conant of Boston and William F. Maag of Youngstown, O. The latter two were college friends of the groom. MT. and Mrs. Perry upon returning from their wedding trip will reside in Margin street, Westerly.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-17

There are several candidates for the office of judge of the town court ot Stonington. In the different districts the name of W. A. Breed a lawyer of many years experience, is being con- sidered for the place.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-17

Winsted.-By a fall on an icy side walk Chairman Winslow Goodwin of the Winsted republican town commit tee sustained a fractured wrist.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-05-25
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS

Lillian Russell, the famous beauty
and comic opera star, is going to an.
pear in vaudeville.
Eugene T. Chamberlain, commits.
sioner of navigation of the depart
ment of commerce and labor, has re-
signed
Another daughter of Mayor Gaynor
of New York eloped to Wilmington,
Del, and was married, the second
within year.
Attorney Clarence barrow of Chi
cago is in Los Angeles to take active
charge of the defense of John J. and
James B. Mcnamara.
Governor Dix presided and William
J. Bryan was the principal speaker at
a meeting of the National Civic
League in Albany Tuesday.
United States Supreme Justice
Charles e. Hughes will be a candi-
date for the Republican presidential
nomination, according to a dispatch
from Washington to the New York
World.
President Taft made an address
Monday at the unwilling of the memo.
rial erected in Arlington cemetery in
honor of Major L'Enfant, the young
French engineer who laid out the city
of Washington.
John F. Stevens, who retired
from the presidency of the Hill lines
in Oregon about two months ago. has
been offered the important position of
consulting engineer and adviser to
Wall street investors. The position
is regarded as one of the most i'm
portant in the United States.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-05-25
JUAREz CONFERENCE
ENDS REVOLUTION
Diaz Will Resign and New Gov.
eminent Will Make Desired
Reforms.

Jaurez.-Oficially designated repre-
sentatives of the Mexican govern
ment and the revolutionists signed a
peace agreement at the custom house
here intended to end the hostilities
in Mexico.
Though covering only the principal
points negotiated thus far, it practic-
ally records the concession by the
government of those demands which
initiated on November 20, armed revo-
luton in Mexico.
Constitutional restrictions prevent
ed the inclusion in the peace agree
ment of the fact that the rebls would
be permitted to suggest to various
state legislatures the names of prin-
cipal governors and likewise the fact
that six of the eight members of the
new cabinet have been chosen by the
revolutionists, but the agreement re-
cords that President D:az and Vice
President Corral will resign and that
government is to concentrate it's at
tention on desired reforms.
Francisco I. Madero, Jr., will re-
main here for at least five or six days
more. He will start for Mexico City
via Chihuahua and Torreon immedi-
ately after President Diaz has re-
signed.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-05-25
BRIEF NEWS OF THE WEEK

The California eight Four law for
women went into effesl Monday.
According to statistics compiled by
the Charity Organization Society,
there are more than 100000 beggars
and panhandlers in New York City.
The fight in the house of commons
over the bill to deprive the house of
lords of it's veto power has been the
fiercest parliamentary engagement in
English history.
Notable ceremonies attended the
unwilling of the Wisconsin state mon
ument in the Vicksburg National Mill.
tary Park Monday. The monument is
one of the most elaborate battlefield
memorials ever erected in America.
Preparation for the presentation in
court of evidence in the case of John
j. Mcnamara, and his brother James
B. Mcnamara, charged with murder
by dynamiting, is being perfected
quietly by both prosecution and de.
tense.
The receipt of fourteen overtures
on the "elect infant" clause amend
ment indicates the interest manifested
in this question at the fifty-irst gen
eral assembly of the Presbyterian
church in the United States (South.
ern) at Louisville, KY.
Further efforts to advance the
cause of peace among English-speak-
ing people was made at the Pilgrim's
dinner in London Tuesday night. The
prime ministers for the British over
seas dominions, many of the foremost
Britons and scores of Americans at
tended the dinner.
The imperial conference, composed
of the leading statesmen OF Great
Britain and her self-governing domin-
ions, has assembled in London to dis
cuss the subjects of a permanent i'm.
perlal council, an imperial court of
appeal, the all red route, imperial de-
tense, uniform designs for stamps
and a wide variety of other questions
OF common interest and Importance to
all parts of the British empire.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-05-25
TO SOLVE PROBLEM
Interviewers in London Clear WAY to
Realization of Taft's Ambition.

London-Emperor Williams brief
visit to King George has resulted, in
all probability, in a decision by the
two monarchs of the utmost import
ance to the arbitration projects of the
Washington government.
It is firmly believed in wellin-
formed London circles that the two
monarchs assured each other of their
intention to do all in their power to
remove diplomatic obstacles interfer-
ing with Mr.. Taft's scheme for prac-
tical solution Of the problem of ex-
aggerated armament.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-05-25
AIRSHIP KILLS MINISTER
Pilot Loses Control and Car Driven
by Thirty-Mie Wind.

Paris.-France paid a terrible toll
for her magnificent endeavor to at
tain supremacy of the air, when a
monoplane, the driver of which had
lost control, plunged into a group of
cabinet members who had gathered to
witness the start of the race, from
Paris to Madrid. The minister of war
was killed, the prime minister and his
son, well-known sportsman, were in
jured.
The dead: Henri Maurice Berteaux,
minister of war. The injured: An
tome Emmanuel Ernest Monis. pre-
mier; Henri Deutsche La Morthe,
aged patron of aeronautics.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-05-25
Standard Oil Not Hurt.

New York.-That the SO corpora
tons included in the Standard Oil
Company will be divided into six in
dependent corporations, each Of
which will return to their stockhold-
ers not less than 6 per cent year, or
Sc per cent in all, is the present be-
lief in Wall street. This would make
an even better investment than Stand
erd Oil is at present.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-05-25
Will Designate 100 Banks Weekly.

Washington. - Postmaster General
Hitchcock, impressed with the reports
of the postal savings systems, has
decided to designate hereafter for a
considerable time 100 additional de-
positories each week, instead of so,
as announced a month ago.
Among the new Western Offices
which will open for business June 10,
are: Wallace, Idaho; Red Lodge, Mon
tana; The Dalles and Eugene, Oregon;
Aberdeen and Ellensburg, Washington
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-05-25
Schmitz Is Broke.

San Francisco.-Ex-M Mayor Schmitz,
who escaped going to San Quentin
prison by the most slender legal tech
nicality, and who is now at liberty on
heavy bonds, has lost all the Doodle
that he accumulated by wholesale
grating. Schmitz is in Mexico dead
broke all his business ventures hav-
ing gone wrong.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-05-25
Southern G. o. p. for Taft.

Washington,-Repu National
Committeeman Powell Clayton, of
Arkansas, who called at the White
House, told the president that he
would get the vote of the entire
Southern delegation in the next Re-
publican national convention.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-05-25
Express Company Sues CITY.

Trenton, N. 1.-The United States
Express Company is suing the city
for $250.000, alleging that it did not
do its duty in protecting the company
R 1&a 1ecent express dri sars' strike.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-05-19
BETTER ROADS ASSURED.
Half Mill Appropriation Will Yield
Three Million Dollars.

Columbus.[The house passed the
Hudson senate bill, providing for a
state levy of one-half mill for the use
of the state road improvement fund.
This levy will produce over 3,000,-
900, which is to be divided among the
several counties of the state without
regard to road mileage, tax duplicate
or population. 1t was in vain that
the city representatives protested and
through Edwards, of Cuyahoga, ne
nounced the measure as "swag bill"
Alexander, of Cincinnati, taxed the
house with inconsistency in having
adopted bill to hold down the levy
levy and which had been fixed rigidly
only an hour before.
Gebhardt, of Montgomery, offered
one to increase the levy to mill,
saying that if it was good thing there
should be more money for improve
ment. Vaughan, of Morrow, de-
nounced this as an attempt to kill or
injure the bill. The amendment was
bowled over.
Evans, of Stark, said he was for the
bill, and Fellinger, of Cleveland, crack
ed back, That doesn't help it any"
Holding together the representatives
Of the small counties forced vote
and the bill went through-63 to "a
The way for its passage was made
clear by the passage a few moments
before Of the Mcclure bill reorganiz
ing the state highway department
This provides for the appointment OF
state commissioner, who is 70 be
civil engineer, for four years, and is
to be paid $4,000 year. There are
to be deputies at $4,000 and $1,000
travelling expenses for the heads OF
the departments of construction, main.
tenance and repair. In addition there
are to be eight field engineers at
$4,000, chief clerk at $1,000 and eight
additional clerks. This department is
to lay out and construct highways
throughout the state ramifying in ev
cry direction from it's capitol and con
Meeting the county seats. 1t is also tc
have and exercise supervision gener
ally over the building of other thar
lateral roads throughout the state.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-05-19
Some Antique MUGS.

The college collector of antiques
stopped off at Bacon Ridge.
Good day, sir" he said addressing
the postmaster. II am collecting old
fashioned articles and would like to
know if could find anything like that
in this hamlet. Say antique mugs, for
instance"
Uncle Jason stroked his chin whis-
kers.
Antique mugs! BY HEX, 1 know the
very place where thar be two of them
now"
You do? Here's a good cigar. Now
where can find these antique mugs"
why, down on Main street, in Hi
ram Spruceby's shop. Grandad Wheat
ley and Pap Simmons are in there
| getting shaved, and by HEX, when 1t
comes to antique mugs, l reckon
thars' be the oldest in the country.
stranger"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-05-19
BUCKEYE EDUCATORS PLAN TRIP.
Program Announced for Annual Meet.
Ing Of National Association on
July to IA.

Columbus.-A very complete pre-
sentation of the program for the 49th
annual convention of the National
Education association has been is
sued. The meeting Is to be held in
San Francisco July to Ia. From the
program-bulletin it is learned that
not only will there be very full
week OF educational meetings, but q
great deal of sightseeing will be in
dulged by the excursionists who
travel to California. superintendent
Edward M. Van Cleve, of the Ohio
State School for the Blind, will lead
party by way of the Grand canyon
of Arizona, Los Angeles and Western
California, returning by the Northern
route and the Canadian Pacific. His
party, among whom are Superintend-
ent Shawan and a number of Column
bus teachers, will leave June 29.
Among the officers of the associa-
tion the following are from Ohio:
John W. Zeller, state director; Gil
bert o. Ward, technical high school,
Cleveland, secretary library depart
ment; Benjamin M. Davis, Miami uni
versity, Oxford, vice president de.
partment rural and agricultural edu.
cation.