Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-16

The Contract for the Erection of the
million dollar Scottish Rite temple has
been awarded to Norcross Brothers.
The Standard Oil Company yester-
day declared the regular quarterly div
idend of SO per share at this time of
year.
Or. George C. =. Williams of Hartford
has given the Williams homestead at
Cheshire to the town for public Ii
brary.
Rev. Allen E. Gross, D. D., associate
minister of the Old South church at
Boston for the past ten years, has re-
signed.
The Mainrsst of the IlI-Fated Maine
is to be placed in Arlington cemetery
as memorial to the victims OF the
disaster.
President TAFT Has Approved Cen
eral Woods recomm andaticn for re-
organizing the army into three grand
divisions.
Rear Admiral Murdock Arrived at
Toxic to assume command of the
American Asiatic feet, succeeding Rear
Admiral Hubbard.
A Disastrous Fire Swept the amuse-
ment center at Seaside, Rockaway
Beach, causing losses aggregating from
100000 to s1250 600.
A Delegation of North Dakota Farm
ers appeared before the senate finance
committee to protest against the Cana
dian reciprocity bill.
Mrs. sybiI Bernaby, Sister of
Baron Delamere, was seriously injured
by a fall from a third story window of
her London residence.
cipriano Castro, ex-President of
Venezuela, arrived at Las PaI1nas,
Canary Islands, and under an assumed
name, sailed for Cadiz.
Patrick n. Sherman, plainsman and
Indian fighter, who served with Sheri-
dan, Sully, Custer and Miles, died at
Topeka. Kan, yesterday.
At the Growing of George V in
Westminster abbey this coming June,
Field Marshal Lord Kitchener is to be
in command of the troops.
A Resident of Hartford, sixty years
of age, is under medical supervision in
the Hartford hospital on suspicion OF
being afflicted with leprosy.
The Crown Prosecutor i'm the sst-
mora trial asked that AbbateuIag ggio
be indicted as an accomrliee in the
murder Of Cuoccolo and his wife.
st. Paul's Church at South NorwaII<
Conn, the first Episcopal church con-
secrated in America. is celebrating the
150th anniversary of that event
AbeIardo Moncayo, ex-Prcsidsnt Of
the serate, ha~ been appointed Ecua-
dorian minister TO the United States
proceeding DR.. Don Rafael Arizaga.
Rev. Elijah E. HanIey, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Providence, r
T., has accepted a can to be president
Of Franklin college at Franklin. Ind =
The Fourth Death of Human beine
from giaHders in New York within five
years has occurred at New York The
victim was William Jack a cab driver
Rev. Thomas J. Preston of St. Pat
rick's church, Thompsonyi1le de
nounces the custom of throwing rice
and confetti at newly married couples
Count Leo ToIstoi, now in Paris
says that President Taft intimated tc
him that the United States would pro-
merit.
Natural Gas May Be Transporter
out of Oklahoma in pipe lines and the
state cannot prevent it. according tc
a decision yesterday by the supreme
court of the United States.
A Poll of the Democratic Editors ir
Missouri shows that 50 of the 100 edi-
tors who replied favor Champ Clark
speaker of the national house of rep
resentatives, as the presidential nom
iree.
Non Resident Insurance Companies
operating in Louisiana, must pay taxes
upon premiums due them under oper
accounts with residents of that state
according to supreme court decision
yesterday.
The Internationsl Cotton Congress
at Barcelona, Spain, adopted resollI-
tons urging the associations and man.
ufa cturers represented to agree to re-
dJtce production owing TO the condf-
Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson
hero of the Merrinac and congress
man from Alabama. viii be ona OF the
speakers at the corning session of the
Connecticut Valley Cbautauoua as
sembly at Laurel Park July 10 to Fl
The japanese Government Claims tc
have information that the United
States government is supporting the
group of bankers making the $4,000
geo loan to China with the intention te
obtain political position in Maacfuria
An Error in Orders Issued BY Des-
patcher Richard Sweeney of st. AL
bans, was the cause of the fead-on
collision of the two freight trains al
Devils curve, near White River Juno
tion, Sunday. according to official re-
port.
Former Gov Nahum j. Bachelor OF
Concord, y. H. aster of the national
grange, Patrons of Husbandry. sug-
gests that the relations of the Alneri-
can Newspaper Publishers association
With the reciprocity movement be In
vestigated.
SeaIer Charles 3. WooIIey of Boston's
weights and measures department yes
>terday announced his determination ol
taking every precaution to prevent the
sale of strawberries in short measure
boxes. and declared that he world have
deputy sealers on hand to put into
court every dealer caught with Shori
measure boxes in his possession.
A Policy Pursued Generally by tele-
phone companies received a vital blow
| when the interstate commerce CON-
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