Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-24

 and Murdock of the American fleet.
 Comptroller of Currency LaLwrence o. Murray declined the presidency of the First National bank of Pittsburg.
 Charles J. Allen, 60, of Winsted, committed suicide yesterday by drink ing carbolic acid on his wifes grave.
 The British House of Lords passed bill for the reform of the upper cham Der.
 The Rebellion Against General Ail-s taoie Simon, the Haytian president, continues in the department of the north.
 A Bill Giving Effect to the fisheries treaty Of 1908 between the United States and Great Britain was passed by the senate,
 The Forest Fire Situation in north ern and eastern Maine was somewhat alleviated by the rains of Sunday and Monday nights.
 With Rank of se. Ralph Mitchell of New Britain has passed the exam ination for admission to the naval academy at Annapolis.
 Karl Jorn, the German Tenor, sailed yesterday for Europe. and it was qui- etly whispered that the singer carried away with him a bride.
 Parisians and Visitors to the French capital are being greatly embarrassed by the strike of 2,200 chauffeurs which went into effect yesterday.
 The Battleship Maine, after being raised from Havana harbor,. will be sunk again in deep water unless oth- erWise directed by congress.
 A Bill Providing a Pension of $1 day for a half a million old soldiers will be reported favorablt by the house committee on pensions.
 Gertrude Quimby, stepdaughter of Boston broker, who ran away from home May IS, was found in New York seeking employment as an actress.
 President Taft Accepted an invitation to be present next Sunday morning al a memorial military mass to be cele- brated on the White House ellipse.
 Mej.-Gen. William H. Brigham, re- tired former adjutant general of. Massa chusetts, died st the Massachu-. setts general hospital at Boston.
 II IS KSPoTtod tndL r ifenSn OH the Southern Railway system will go on strike a noon today if the demands for a new wage scale are not granted.
 Dr. Paul H. Franklin, councilman. charged with receiving bribe for his vote on the bank depository ordinance, was acquitted by jury at Pittsburg.
 For Sending an Obscene Letter through the mails, NJ. W. Catchings of New Haven was fined s200 yester- day in the U. s. district court at Hartford
 An Invitation to Visit London in 1912 has been extended to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery company of Boston by the Honorable Artillery company of London.
 Notices Have Been Posted at the different ports throughout the United Kingdom warning the seamen and fire men to be ready to strike on the receipt of signal to that effect.
 With Slump in the Lumber Market assigned as a cause, a number of the large mills of the North Carolina Pine association have either closed down temporarily or are working on half time.
 The New Haven Police have been notified of the desecra ton Of several graves in the Fair Haven cemetery and are now on the lookout for the of lenders. Five gravestones were push ed oyer.
 On Great Knoll in front of the old Lee mansion in Arlington cemetery, overlooking the broad Potomac and the capital a memorial was unveiled to Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the French engineer, to whose prophetic vision Washington owes it's broad ave- nues and symmetry of design.
 Bert H. Corners and J. ManseI Parks, both said to be members of the Los Angeles Union of the Structural Iron and Bridge Workers, are under arrest, charged with implication in an attempt to dynamite the new county hall of records at Los Angeles last Septem- Der.