Connecticut western news., 1911-05-18
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acEMEpAI Arrangements have . MEvvo been made by the war ,.aS''.. and navy departments
 '''No0' for the transportation to the United States of the mainmast of the wreck of the battleshtp Maine which the army engineers are raising from Havana harbor. The mainmast will be placed in the Arlington Ma donal cemetery in Washington as a monument to the victims of the disas- ter.
 Those who are in the confidence of Governor Dix of New York say the name of Daniel F. Cohalan will be sent to the senate at once for the place on the supreme court bench va cated by Senator O'Gorman It is un- derstood also that Colonel Joseph F. Scott will be appointed superintendent of state prisons to succeed Cornelius ". Collins. Colonel Scott is general superintendent of the state reforma- tory at Elmira and the Easter-1 re- formatory at Napanoch
 The Rev. pr. Philip Rhinelander of the faculty of the Episcopal Theolog- ical seminary, Cambridge, Mass, has been elected bishop coad1utor and the Rev. Thomas J. Garland of Philadel- phia suffragan bishop of the Protest ant Episcopal diocese of Pennsylvania.
 Pensions of $5,OoO a year each for Mrs. Frances F. Cleveland, widow of President Cleveland, and Mrs. Mary Lord Harrison, widow of President Harrison, are provided for in bill in troduced in the senate by Senator Root of New York.
 Resenting the' action of Judge Wall of the circuit court in affirming the sentence of one years imprisonment imposed on the leaders in the recent strike in Tampa, Fla, the cigar mak- CTS of West Tampa and Ybor City are On'a general strike.
 A sentence of not less than four nor more than six years in state prison at Windsor, Vt, was imposed upon Mrs Florence L. Dodge, who was convicted of manslaughter' in shooting William Heath at her home at Lunenburg on Sept. r.
 Postmaster General Hitchcock has I designated forty-seven additional post al savings banks Repositories, making total of 176 that have been created to date. The offices just named will be ready to receive deposits June 12. 1 Rear Admiral Newton B. Mason, who has just relinquished the office of 1 chief of ordnance of the navy, has been assigned to duty as a member of the general board of the navy, headed i by Admiral Dewey.
 H. G. Hewitt, timekeeper, and J. H. Friday, paymaster of the American Locomotive company's plant in Sche- nectady, N. Y, were held in $2,OOO bail | each on the charge of padding the payroll.
 Thomas Mott Osborne has formally resigned as state forest, fish and game commissioner of New York. MT. Os- borne has planned a trip to Europe for | rest and the benefit of his shattered l health.
 John F. Wallace, former chief engf- neer of the Panama canal, has been elected president of Westinghouse, | CuuICu, hcII ~ \GO. OI NSW 1Oth, en- ,gineers of the Pennsylvania terminal Captain John H. Gibbons has assum- ed the superintendency of the United States Naval academy. Captain John 1 NJ. Bowyer was forced by i'll health to relinquish the post.
 St. PauFs church, South Norwalk. Conn, the first Episcopal church con- fecrated in America, has just celebrat- ,d its one hundred and fiftieth anni- l rersary.
 The flag of Rear Admiral John Hub 1 Jard, commanding the American Asi- | atic fleet, is down, and Rear Admiral Joseph B. Murdock has assumed com mand.
 ! The Connecticut senate has passed a bill giving women who possess $6OO in personal property the right to take