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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-04-26
Dancing Glass Reception.

T. A. 3. hall held a crowd num-
boring close to 300 on Tuesday eve
ming for the closing reception OF Pref-
Philip II. 9heridAn's dancing class and
a very attractive programme Of eight
cen numbers was enjoyed. The music
by Lang's orchestra Of Ave pieces was
q feature Of tho evening and there
were many encores called for and CIV
en-. OF the eighteen numbers, all but
three were round dances, the others
being lanciers. which were also favor
ite numbers and were danced in fine
form. OfangeAde was served.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-04-26

On Tuesday, John sullivan. grounds
keeper for the Norwich golf club, saw
two large black snakes out summing
themselves on the grounds He de-
cfded to despatch them and went 1T
them with the limb Of an apple tree.
The larger one measured four feet and
five inches. He was Of the opinion
that the larger one was about eleven
years old. This Is the time OF year
for them to appear and though some-
what cold weather has prevailed. yet
one Of them put up good night be-
blows OF the apple tree limb.
That his friends would not think he
was telling fish story he brought
the black fellows to the city In q shoe
box to prove his statements.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-04-26
h. M. kernsdx aeeks.

Sunday was Memorial day for the
members Of Bridgeport lodge. who
turned out in large numbers for the
observance Of it 1t their lodge room.
Rev. A. G. Thompson opened with
prayer and an address, followed by the
by Deputy National Organized N. wal
do Kennedy, formerly Of Futnam and
this city; remarks by Dictator G. L.
Dennis. Vice Dictator G. M. O'Brfen
ard ex-F Police Commissioner James H
EershAw.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-04-26
SPRING WORK Is
UNDER WAY AT THE PAAK



Superintendent Dun II busily en-
Gagged in getting MoheGan park in or
der for ths summer. The spring
cleaning ID under way there ct the
present time and he Il also setting out
. ramber Of new shrubs about both
ular attention II being given 70 the
section about the lake 20 So that 1t Is
kept clean because Of tho use Of the
water for the city.
Tho people arr beginning to whit the
park, the good. days like Tuesday
bringing out nrAny, and fram now on
the number will incTuase.
Contractor Chapman il 1t work
grading the entrance from washing
ton street and finishiu8 up his contract
there. There II some blasting under
way there, but there IL also grading to
be DONE Nothing ID being Gone on the
roadway in the park 1t the present
time.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-04-26
Woman strauaIed 81 Collar.

New York. April z5-Rose DIAGRAM,
Z cook. lay down Tor q nap on sofa
insthe home of FORMER employer this
Afternoon and was strangled to death
~ tight collar. Her former mis-
tress found the lifeless body with the
collar drawn INTO the skin of the meek
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-04-26
Pauline May staubIy.
Attended New London Dance.

Accepting an invitation from 1t.
Johns Sodality of New London. a
number of the members of ST. Joseph
Sodality and Literary association at
tended the ST. Johns annual dance on
Tuesday evening. Among the Norwich
men were Daniel J. Mullen, Richard
Tarrant. J. O'Donovan. Thomas Frtz-
gerald aAd James McGrory.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-04-26
FUNERALS.
Edgar J. Wight.

The remains Of Edgar J. Wight ar
rived here at 11.42 o'clock Tuesday
morning from East Hartford and were
taken in charge by Church & Allen.
Burial was in Yantic cemetery, where
the full Odd Fellows burial service
was conducted by Shetucket lodge, No.
q, !. o. o. F., John J. Parsons acting
as noble grand and Louis Mabrey as
chaplain The bearers were Frank s.
Smith, John J. Parsons. Louis Ma
brey and Charles Perry. There was
a number of floral forms. Relatives
and friends were in attendance.
Pauline May StaubIy.
At two O'Clock Tuesday afternoon
the funeral of Pauline May Staubly
infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.. Leon
ard Staubly, was held from the rooms
of Undertaken eager. the service be-
ing conducted by Rev Edward S. Wor-
cester. pastor Of the Broadway Con-
gregationaI church Burial was In
Yantic cemetery. where = committal
service was read.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-04-26
incidents IN Society

Miss Harriet r. Trumbun Of Fer
kins avenue has returned from spend
ing Sunday in Hartford
Miss Madge Ross Of Edinburgh, Scot
land, Ii the guest of Miss Eleanor
Newell of the Academy faculty.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-04-26

The British museum contains z,7O0
complete Bibles in all languages.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-04-26

Ladies

are tin,id about using a toilet cream
or skin food on account of oil it is sup
posed to contain.
We wish to assure them that Per-
oxide Cream is not greasy, nor does it
contain anything of an oily or greasy
nature.
A pleasing characteristic of PEROX-
IDE CREAM is that it can be applied
at any time during the day without
fear of making the skin look shiny.
1t is true skin food and sinks in
to the pores and is entirely absorbed.
PEROXIDE CREAM is the ideal
skin food and toilet cream.
Fries 2se. and soc thu Jar.
SMITH 5 sIla[
EraRklin Square. Nsrwich.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-04-26

A Wallingford correspondent states
that H /. Spalding, local manager of
the Southern New England Telephone
company, has in his possession a copy
Of the Boston Gazette and Country
Journal, published Monday, April %,
1865. The paper belonged to the col
lection of Mr.. Spalding's father. the
late Henry Spaldfng OF Norwich.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-04-26

IFS . yeune nsAn's suit and Il ~.
tairiy 10 bsauty. re oIsan e1A
graceful lines, make the wsarsr Issis
like 4 ys0na rnan that ''knswss~
Priced SIS, 4fs., $40.
All tastes are net alike, hs,Nvver,
% w ars showing several other sh,ast
seyiss. All the new eeIerinas and oil
the new styles will be found here.
Ysuns mon and old men, Will hhd
Suits hsrs to their liking, at $tz. and
up 70 $50.
We ask the youns man who wants
1.-THE THING" ia Suit TO come here
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-04-26

The annual report of the Carnegie
hero fund commission has been made
public. showing the acts of heroism
which have been recognized since the
establishment Of the fund and up to
and including January ]. 1911. Twelve
in Connecticut have received medals
or money from the commission.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-04-26

Concerning the report that Rertran
q. Spencer, formerly of Lebanon, is
to be taken back to Springfield soon,
and tried for the murder OF Miss Mar
tina D. Blackstone, in March, 1910,
The News says that at the Bridge
water sanitarium where Spencer has
been under scrutiny, he is considered
to all dntents and purposes insane,
hence itss;is doubtful if a trial ever
takes place.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-04-26

From the pulpit of ST. Patrick S
church Sunday, reference was made
to the dangerous and vulgar practice
of throwing rice at weddings, and its
disccntinuance was requested, espe-
ciall., in and about the church. as it
in a custom pagan in origin, hence not
to be copied by Christians
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-04-26

The death of Jeanette Clark soc-
CURED 1T the Norwich State hospital
ON THesday morning. The body was
propared Ter Sasrial and sent to New
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-04-26

The Bobs Toothbrush company of
Jewett City has been Incorporated. to
make toilet articles. etc. Capitol
stock, $4,000, divided into 900 shares
Of SIS each Commence business
with $500. Incorporators, r. H Lie
berthal. l.. NJ. Carpenter, H.. c. Web
ster, all of Jewett City
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-04-26

John B. Mccormick. who is serving
rfed recently in New London to Mrs.
Mamie Hurley. native of Norwich.
Mccormick is now IN his fourth enz
listment and has won a ranking ser
geant's position by his devotion to his
work in the 100th Co.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-21
THE DEATH RECORD.

Associate Justice John M. Harlan,
senior member Of the supreme court
of the United States, died at Washing.
ton following a brief illness of bron-
ehitis, which developed complications
He sat on the bench when the October
term of co TT opened, but since the
day followi g was confined to his
home with a cold which gradually
grew worse. Justice Harlan served
thirty-four years on the bench, which
with one exception is the longest term
in the history of the country. He was
seventy-eight years of age.
Former United States Senator A. P.
Williams of California, who was ap-
pointed by Governor Stoneman in 1886
to fill the unexpired term of Senator
John F. Miller, is dead at San Fran
cisco, aged seventy-nine.
Right Rev. Augustine Van de Vyver,
for the past twenty-five years bishop
of the Roman Catholic diocese of
Richmond, Va, is dead. He was born
In Belgium in 1914.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-21
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

The first actual work Of the Panama
Pacific International exposition, to be
held at San Francisco In 1915, was
begun when President Taft turned the
first spadeful of earth at the fair site.
The ships of the Pacific feet, riding
at anchor in the harbor, Joined in the
celebration and the line Of march Of
the military parade was thronged by
enthusiastic thousands.
Mrs. Ida Won Claussen, who first
came into prominence through con-
troversy with the United States min
lister to Sweden and later with Presi-
dent Roosevelt, has been committed
to the Bloomingdale IN. W insane
asylum.
Twentythree inches Of snow fell at
Anaconda, Mont, prostrating tele-
graph and telephone wires in all di.
rections and putting out of commits
sion practically all telephones in the
city.
The New York National league
team defeated the Philadelphia Amer
lean league players In the first game
of the worlds championship series by
q score Of 2 to 1.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-21
A Nursery Romance.

Much he's been written anent a suit
able bride for the Prince Of Wales, but
no one who has discussed the subject
in print seems to be aware Of the
nursery romance which started when
the little Grand Duchess Olga, eldest
daughter of the car and czarina, was
at Balmoral with her parents. The
Prince Of Wales. baby, too. took a
violent fancy to his small second cous-
In. In those days the Grand Duchess
could not talk, SO she only laughed
and put her tongue out at her would
be sutton. A few years ago, when the
car and czarina brought over their
family in the imperial yacht to Cowes,
Prince Edward again met the grand
duchess, who Is growing up to be a
tall girl, the image of her mother, and
his royal highness. boylike, fought
rather shy Of her. But onlookers. as
usual, seeing most Of the game, noted
that he cast many admiring glances at
his pretty cousin and she at him.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-21
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS

Secretary of Agriculture James VIII
son braved the accumulated wrath Of
some thousands of prohibition work.
srs throughout the country and deliv-
cred "a speech at the International
Brewers congress at Chicago. 1t was
a short speech in which merely an
assurance was given the foreign Wis
itors of the same courtesy the United
States has received from the European
countries from which some of them
come.
An order from Washington, paroling
John R. Walsh, the former Chicago
banker and railroad president, was
received at the federal prison at
Leavenworth, Kan. The prisoner was
at once released and returned to his
home in Chicago. Mr.. Walsh, up to
the time Of his parole, had served one
year, eight months and twenty-six
days of his five-year sentence.
In the presence of his two prede-
cessors in office and the most notable
gathering of American educators in
the history of the West, DR.. George e.
Vincent was formally inaugurated
president of the University of Mime
sofa and in stirring inaugural ad-
dress outlined his plans for the future
of the university.
William Rockefeller, according to a
dispatch from London, has govt Of the
throat. DR.. Chappell, his physician.
just previous to the sailing of Mr..
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-21
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

Seven persons were killed and
twenty-eight injured, four of them Sc
riously, in a collision between Mis-
souri, Pacific passenger train No. los
and a fast freight at Fort Crook, Neb.
The accident is believed to have re-
suited from misunderstanding of or
ders on the part of the freight crew.
August Languisch, a son and .
daughter, and Ruth Cook were in
stantly killed on a grade crossing at
Columbia, Wis.,, when freight train
crashed into the vehicle in which Ian.
guisch was conveying children from
school.
The big Canadian steamer Emperor
was sunk in the lower entrance of
the Canadian lock at the 500, practi-
cally blocking navigation. The EN-
peror is the largest Canadian steamer
on the lakes.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-21
NEWS OF WORLD
Important Events Of the Week
In Condensed Form.
FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL

Suit for 100000 damages has been
filed in the federal court at Boston
against the United Shoe Machinery
company and its officers, because of
an alleged violation of the Sherman
antitrust act, by Charles A. Strout of
Portland, Me-, as trustee for the Cod
du Sons Metal Fastening company.
The complainant alleges that in vio-
lation Of the Sherman act the shoe
machinery company forced it out of
business and it therefore asks for
damages.
In the United States district court
at Toledo, O., Judge John M. Killits
rendered decree in favor of the gov
eminent in the cases brought by the
United States attorney general last
summer in Cleveland against the Gen.
sral Electric company and about forty
subsidiary companies controlled by
the General Electric company under
the Sherman antitrust law.
The government won it's suit against
the so called bath tub trust in a deci.
sion of the United States circuit court
at Baltimore. The so called trust is
declared to be a combination in re-
straint of trade and is ordered to dis.
solve.
An increase of nearly 100000 is
shown in the net total revenue of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail
road company for the year ending June
80, 1911, over that of the previous
fiscal year.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-21
RECORD OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.


Colored Americans having been
permitted to be DISTINGUISHED in the
Southern States under Republican
rule.
The appointment of ex-Confed-
crates and Southern Democrats upon
the Supreme Court of the United
States.
The appointment of ex-Confed-
crates and Southern Democrats In
the Cabinet by President Taft.
The declaration of President Taft
that he would appoint no colored man
to office who may be Objectionable
to the white people.
Race discrimination permitted upon
the railroads South, and the enact.
ment Of Jim Crow" car laws.
The removal of Southern colored
office holders in the South from office
and the appointment of Democrats
and ex-Confederates in their stead.
With such q record for the Repub.
lican party to go to the country on
in 1912 to capture the colored vote
will be bound to be effective. The
colored voters throughout the coun.
try have opened their eyes, and be-
tween now and 1912 they will keep
them open.-The Bee, Wash. d. c.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-21
POLITICAL NEWS.

Purported statements of others that
Edward Hines, the lumberman, helped
to put over" the election of United
States Senator Isaac Stephenson of
Wisconsin and that Hines and Ste
phenson each contributed $55, 900 to
pot of $4,000 to induce the absence
of Democratic members from the Wis
consin legislature March 4, 1909, so
that Senator Stephenson might be
elected, formed the basis of sensa-
tional testimony given by Thomas
Morris, lieutenant governor of Wis
consin, before the senatorial investi-
eating committee.
La Follette's invasion Of the East
and Middle West is the next step in
the progressive campaign against
President Taft. His itinerary was de-
layed, awaiting the Chicago endorse
ment, but the coast is now clear for a
triumphal march through the strong
holds Of progressiveism, with occa-
sional detours into pronounced stand.
pat districts.
Bitter excoriation of President Taft,
a promise to carry the fight for presi-
dental nomination to the home and q
plea for the aid Of American women
marked the opening at Chicago Of
the progressive element of the Re-
publican party to nominate Senator
Robert M. La Toilette as the Repub.
lican candidate for president.
Senator La Toilette has been en-.
dorsed as the progressives' candidate
for president without dissent The
conference Of progressives at Chicago
was La Toilette demonstration from
start to finish. About thirty states
were represented.
Congressman l.. B. Hanna has an
nounced his candidacy for governor
of North Dakota on the Republican
ticket.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-21
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Political circles in Washington are
agreed that President Taft will select
a progressive successor to the late AS
sociate Justice Harlan of the supreme
court. One report is that Louis Bran.
deis of Boston might be chosen. An
other report, and one more generally
credited, is that Solicitor General
Frederick w. Lehman would be ap-
pointed. He is a lifelong friend of
Senator Cummins of Iowa.
All railroads are forbidden by the
interstate commerce commission to
cancel rate contracts with other roads
when such action will result in a raise
Of freight rates. The decision follows
Investigation of the Northern Pacific's
increase of eastbound lumber rates
from Oregon and Washington points
on the Tacoma Eastern railroad.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-21
CRIMINAL NEWS.

Slain as they slept the bodies of
Will Snowman, chauffeur, his wife
and three small children were discov-
cred in the Snowman home at Ellis
worth, Kan, by neighbor who
CHANGED to call and who entered the
house when no one responded to his
knock. The bodies of the five victims
were found in one room, the father.
mother and baby in one bed and the
other two children in the second bed
What is pronounced by Sheriff Nat
Stewart Of Santa Barbara county and
w. F. Wines of San Francisco, special
agent for the Southern Pacific rail.
road, to have been a deliberate at.
tempt to dynamite an S00-foot bridge,
twenty-five miles north Of Santa Bar
bara, Cal, over which President Taft's
special train passed, was frustrated
by the vigilance Of a Mexican bridge
Waterman.
James G. Dygart, under arrest at
Minneapolis, has confessed the revolt.
ing details of the murder of Mrs. Wal
ter Bolton and F. e. Rhodes on the
Bolton farm near Wyoming, MINI.
Later he unconcernedly related to au-
thorities of Superior, Wis, the circum-
stances of the killing of John Hofstedt
June 81 on the latter's farm near Pop
lar, Wis.
In shooting growing out of
simple dispute. three persons were
killed near Columbus, Miss. Will
Dent, negro, killed John Brownlee,
owner of big plantation, with a shot.
gun. Shot from the charge Spread"
killing Dents wife. "Bo" Brownlee,
brother of John, then killed the negro.
Four men accused Of lynching
Charles P. Sellers June Is on a ranch
near Valentine, Neb., were sentenced
10 life Imprisonment by Judge West
over in district court. Eunice Muir
ply, the girl accused of being an &C
cessory before the fact, was ordered
released.
Charged with the murder of his
brother, rival for the love of girl,
Elmer Ferris, aged twenty-seven, of
Ava, Mo-, has been placed in Jail at
Kansas City, Kan, and will be taken
to Stockton, Kan, near which town
the crime was committed.
Rev. A. J. Burns, president of the
Oneida Baptist college at Oneida, KY,
was shot from ambush. He died a few
minutes later. Perry Burns, said to
be kinsman Of the minister, is under
arrest.
Robbers who entered the postofice
at Mulberry, Kan, escaped with sew
eral packages Of registered mail. One
package is said to have contained
$4,000. ......~
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-21
FOREIGN NEWS.

The first battle since the arrival o.
the imperial troops from the north Of
China was fought on the north bank
of the Han river, just west of Hankow:
It was indecisive. however, although
the revolutionists temporarily drove
the imperial troops back from their
position. But in doing SO they 81.
hausted their rife ammunition ana
were forced to retire. The revolution
lists, with infantry and artillery, alb
tackled the government troops, which
were reinforced from the Chinese war.
ships in the river and supported By
the guns Of the feet.
The Duke of Connaught was for.
mally welcomed to Canadian shores
at Quebec and shortly after he was
sworn in as governor general. AS he
landed at the Kings dock twenty-one
guns at the citadel doomed out across
the st. Lawrence, while thousands OF
loyal citizens took up the echo Of the
cannon and cheer after cheer passed
along the crowded line of procession
to the parliament building.
The revolutionary movement In
China is gaining momentum with ev.
cry hour. 1t has swept the little city
Of Wuchang and the native headquar.
tiers Of Hankow. Great numbers OF
Chinese are joining the movement vol
UNFAIRLY. The losses in the fighting
thus far aggregate several hundred,
but practically all the dead are Man
chus. q.
Fighting for the possession of the
little town of Chiapilla, Mex, held by
insurrectos whose strength was esti.
mated at 900, a force of volunteers
numbering but 100 killed 100 rebels
and captured LOG, eighteen Of whom
were wounded. The loss to the gov
eminent forces is given as less than
q dozen killed.
All foreigners have been advised by
their consuls to leave the districts az
fected by the rebellion in China. The
Russian residents in Hankow have al
ready taken refuge on German boat
and the other white people living in
the city are preparing to board the
foreign gunboats lying in the river.
News of the first engagement be-
tween the Chinese revolutionists and
the imperial forces has been received
at San Francisco, cablegram to the
Chinese Free Press giving an account
of the disabling of three government
gunboats by the revolutionists near
Hankow
An earthquake of brief duration &C.
Cured in Sicily, the strongest shocks
being felt at the east base of Mount
Aetna. Troops were dispatched to the
work of rescue and removed twenty
bodies. Eighty persons are known to
have been injured.
All passenger traffic between Picking
and Tientsin has been suspended by
the Chinese government, which is u.s.
ing every. train, out Of the capital for
the transportation of troops. 80, ''
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-21

Rockefeller on the steamer Campania
for New York. is quoted as saying
that this was the nature of the illness.
That the recent trust decisions of
the supreme court have practically
sounded the death knell of monopoiis.
tic combinations in the United States,
but have not injured legitimate bust
ness, is the statement made at Kan.
sas City by Attorney General George
w. Wickersham.
President Taft's notable swing
around the circle, now ending its fifth
week, will not end in Washington
Nov. 1, as first contemplated, but will
be extended until Nov. Is or 49,
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-21
TURKO.ITALIAN WAR.

The outlook for successful inter.
vention to bring an end to the Turco-
Italian war is becoming less favorable,
according to a semi-official statement
Issued at Berlin. Italy has yielded to
public opinion at home and. is no
longer willing to concede Turkish
suzerainty for Tripoli, while on the
other hand Turkey is not willing to
surrender Tripoi Internationally be-
cause of the internal dangers that
would be involved by such yielding on
the part of the government.
Nineteen Italian transports have ar.
rived at Tripoli and the second part
of the Italian army expeditionary
corps has disembarked