Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-12


 Former State Senator William F. Mackey of Lancaster. N. Y, died as the result of heat prostration at the Hotel Bristol. New York. He was 5S years old.
 Steuben County, N. Y., was visited by a thunder storm of cloudburst pro- portions. The celery fields were dam aged s25,00O. Roads and bridges were washed out
 Lightning Caused the Death yester- day in Cambridge of 12 year old Flor ence Scully. A bolt struck an electric light pole and live wires fell upon the child.
 The Grand Rapids and Indiana rail- way was fined S14,000 in the federal court at Grand Rapids, Mich, for re- batting on IA counts, and the minimum fine was imposed.
 The House Yesterday Passed the Clayton contempt bill, 232 to IS. The measure provides for. trial by jury for those accused of indirect contempt of a federal court.
 Although c. Mclaughlin, an expert chemist of Stamford Conn, jabbed his throat 20 times with a pair of shears, | he was not fatally injured and will recover. He had been driven mad by the heat.
 The City Council of Kewanee, IT,, passed drastic ordinance banishing each and every fortune teller from the city on the grounds that the soothsay- CTS alleged revelations were crowding the divorce courts.
 Two Cars on the Buffalo, Lockport and Rochester railway collided head on at Youngs, one mile and a half west of Brockport, N. Y. yesterday after noon. Ten persons were injured, but no fatalities are reported.
 Newton, N. J., is Coming Forward as a rival to Winsted, Conn. They have hen in Newton which laid an egg ' 1-2 inches around the middle and g 1-2 inches around the ends. The shell is reported to be soft.
 By the Will of Matthew C. D. Borden, the Fall River cotton manufacturer, Yale university will receive an addi- tion of $250,000 to it's endowment fund provided the estate is found to be worth more than $2,500,000.
 Jefferson Ferrand of Urbana, IT,, is one of the busiest of men. During the day he works as a ditcher for a con- struction company, and at night he is fireman for a power company. He sleeps three hours day
 A Pilot Snake Was Found coi1ed Q hn 7oolr <xfo ton, N. J., farm. The reptile had lodged its fangs in the animals neck and was tearing at the skin. The snake was killed, while the horse suffered lit tie damage.
 Mrs. w. V. K. Ayers of Newark, N. J., has asked the city to have a search made of the sewer leading from the Ayers home that she might recover diamonds and other jewelry valued at $S,O0O which disappeared from her bathroom.
 Commissioner Smith of the Bureau of corporations has not sent his res ignation to the White House nor to Secretary Nagel of the department of commerce and labor, his chief The commissioner Is rated as a Roosevelt supporter.
 A Total of S1,9o0,oO0 was raised by the republican national committee in 1904 for Theodore Roosevelt, according to George B. Cortelyou, then chairman of that committee, who testified yes terday before the senate campaign contributions committee.
 Those Who Flee Justice in the United States will hereafter find nc place on the western hemisphere safe , from extradition. By signing an ex- tradition treaty with Honduras yester day the state department closed the last avenue of' escape. The Foundation of Scottish me- morfal in Washington. with the big gest Robert Burns library in the world as a basis. is provided in the will oi the late William Robertson Smith. fol many years superintendent of the Ma. tional Botanical gardens. Governor Wilson Announced yester. day that he had set aside three hours Saturday afternoon for conference with Speaker Champ Clark, who |. coming to Sea Girt to see him. Rep. resentative Underwood, the governor ] ] said, probably would come to Sea Cir ! for conference next week