Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-16

ohSiS oam VIII ms Montns hroW
open tc settlement over 10000 acres
of land in northern Minnesota
An Effort is Being Made to have the
pay of Bridgeport city laborers in
creased from $1.75 to 81 per day.
Normand F. Allen of Hartford has
decided a tract of lard at Thompson
willie to that town for a playground
President Taft Has Sent to the sen
ate the nomination of Capt. Bradley
A. Fisk, U. S. N, to be rear admiral.
The Directors of the Standard Oil
company yesterday declared the rega-
lar dividend of $6 a share for the pc
rio6.
The Borough of Bristol by a major
ity of 905 has accepted the city char
ter recently granted by the legisla-
ture.
New Quarters for the University of
Maine school of law. which was burned
out in the big Bangor fire, have been
assured
The body of James Lee Finney, the
American actor who lost his life in the
Carlton hotel fire in London last week,
was cremated.
Lieut.. Commander Covers Synnne-
ton of West Virginia has been ap-
point commander of the presidents s
yacht, Mayf1ower.
A Resolution Providing for an in
vestigation of the election of Senator
Stephenson of Wisconsin was adopted
by the senate yesterday.
The British steamer lone, which ar
rived at London August 5th from Mon
treal, was badly damaged by fire yes
terday at London docks.
Gov. Eugene N. Foss Left Boston
yesterday for San Francisco to attend
the wedding of his son, Benjamin Foss,
and Miss Dorothea Chapman.
Several Hundred Firemen on the Le-
high and Susquehanna division of the
New Jersey Central railroad were no.
titled of an advance in wages.
BY Vote of 241 to 1923 the house of
commons passed a resolution appro-
priating s1,25o,00O for the payment
of members salaries for the coming
year.
Dir. w. D. BibeIow, assistant chief of
the bureau of chemistryfi. testified that
Solicitor NJ cCs1be pfSHe5s restrictions
upon their work that hampered them
greatly.
Rev. Dr.. William Curtis Stiles, cler-
gyman, editor and author. died yester-
day in a Brooklyn hospital from g
complication of diseases. He was so
years old.
Approximately 5000 Persons Entered
their names in the first days registra-
ton for land in the rawing of 10000
acres in the Berthold Indian reserva-
ton. N. D.
Al Leonard of New York Yesterday
began an attempt to walk from Port
land, Me-, to Portland, Ore, a distance
of $500 miles, in 80 days or less. to
win wager of $500.
Capt. John Eager Howard died at
Baltimore yesterday from the effects
of a self-inf1icted bullet wound last
Friday. His relatives believe that the
act was due to ill-health.
Beginning Next Thursday, the Bige-
low carpet mills at Clinton Mass, will
go on schedule of four days weekly.
The entire plant will be shut down
from Aug. "a until Sept. 5.
NOttCeS fOSteo IN the MdJOTlLy Fl
the 20 cotton mills operated by B. II.
& r. Knight in Rhode Island, Massd-
chusetts and Connecticut announce a
reduction in the running time by 25
per cent.
Captain OberIin M. Garter, com
planning bitterly of his treatment in
connection with the Savannah harbor
scandal, appeared before the house
committee on2expenditures asking for
an investigation.
A Bill Requiring that Decisions by
the supreme court on questions affect
ing the constitutiona1ity of any federal
or state law must be unanimous was
introduced by Senator Bourne Of Ore
gon.
Mo Indictment Was Found Against
H G. Dibblee of Houlton, conductor Of
the BangSr and Aroostook excursion
train which was wrecked on the night
of July % at Grindstone, with a loss
of nine lives.
One Hundred Persons, Were Driven
into the streets OF Lynn, Mass, in their
three lodging houses in West Lynn
were damaged by a threatening fire.
The loss will not exceed 10000
Struck on the Back OF the Neck DN q
foul tip while watching baseball
game on the diamond of the Northeast
Manual Training school at Philadel-
phia yesterday, Harry Greenwood, u
years old, died almost instantly.
Radical Readjustn1ent from the
methods of computing the pay of rail-
ways for transporting the mails, which
will effect an annual saving of approx
ina teIy $4,000, ,0C0, is recommended to
congress by Postmaster General Hitch
cock
A resolution for a special investi-
cation of the International Harvester
company along the lines of the inquiry
into the United States Steel corpora
ton, was introduced yesterday by
Foster of Illinois, DEM
ocrat.
In the Death Last Night of Mrs.
Elizabeth Nichols Pike, Southport, CT,
loses its only real daughter of the
American revolution. Her father. Cap
tain Sturgis Nichols served in the
militia during the war of independ
ence. Mrs. Pike was "a.
A Plea of Not Guilty Was Entered
by Frank A. Winslow at South Fran
ingham yesterday when he was taken
on charge of manslaughter in causing
the death of Miss Annie Livingston Of
East Boston, who was struck and kill
ed by Winslow's automobile.
More than 200 delegates. many of
them accompanied by their wives are
in Toledo to attend the nineteenth an
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