The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-05

Lawyers Association has dropped 6o' members for non-payment of theil s1O a year dues. Many of them salo times were too hard. San Francsco-President Jordan. ot Stanford University, has forbidden baseball this year, because Of sys- tematic muckerism'' in the sport. The ban will likely be extended to foot ball.
 New York-The Saratoga, of the Ward Line, has set a new mark of two days, 12 hours and 31 minutes for the 1,1S3 miles from Havana to New York.
 Philadelphia.-Bor a slave. John Trower. colored, is dead, leaving a fortune of $1, 500000, made in restau- rants.
 Tampa-Chasing a rabbit into a hole the owner of the dog discovered more than SS,OOO of the $10,000 recently stolen from a registered mail pouch Cicero Horace, the finder, says he was forced to give an unknown negro half of the money found.
 New York-Sneezing powders scat tered in the Metropolitan Opera House last night, greatly interfered With the nltldl pef1oTHlal1ce -oI 1ile opera, "Quo Nadis.' Scores had to leave the house.
 New York-The filling of the will of John F. Christie developed the fact that the testator's 12 year old son drew up the will in the emergency of his fathers sudden illness and called in the witnesses.
 New York-The Italian Socialists Federation of the United States, at it's national congress here, adopted resolutions that it's members must sever their utilization with any and all existing churches and religious or ganizations and refrain from all re- ligious practices and rites.''
 Ithaca-Surgeons removed sixteen steel compass points from the stom- act of Instructor l. J. Williams, who had placed the points in a capsule for safe keeping and then swallowed the capsule by mistake. He will probably recover.
 New York-Mrs. Esther Davis. New York's oldest woman, is dead at the age of IF years.
 Bowling Green, Mo.-Miss Ruth Crenshaw won a r hours spelling bee
 
 two ps in sepulchre.
 Independence Mo.-Maude, daugh- ter Of William A. Wagoner not only eloped while father was motoring but took seven trunks when she was mar ried to James E.. Tenn of Chicago.
 Cleveland.-John Ott and Anna, Neu- nleister became engaged before they learned that they were half brother and half sister. When they learned Of it they committed suicide.
 Philadelphia. - Dr. Moses Stearn. many times candidate for Mayor of Philadelphia, sees in the harem skirt the moral appeal of the human race, the physical betterment of womanhood and the reduced cost of living. The future woman, he says, will also wear sandals and suspenders and escheW corSetS.
 Buchanan, Mich.-A phonograph rec ord made by the late Hobson Burton, which disclosed where his wealth was hidden. was turned over to Burton's lawyer with his will. In taking the [ record to court, the lawyer fell and smashed it, and the heirs are now un- able to locate. much valuable prop erty.
 Saltwater, Minn.-Charles Price, known as 'Sinbad the Sailor. has vol untarily returned to the State prison, fearing that temptation would cause him to break his parole. Cape Girardeau. Mo.-Twelve girl students of the State Normal School have adopted six-months-old Baby Brewster, whose mother died a week ago.
 New Haven.-Poverty was given as the reason for the suicide of Frederick Duffey, who, before drinking carbolic acid, chatted with his friends Abingdon, Mass.-Praying on bend ed knees that she might die in the house where she had lived her life of