Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-14

President Taft has Accepted an in
to attend the inauguration of
President Hibben of Princeton uni
versity May II.
Attorney General Wickersham will
advise the house in replying to its reso-
lutions that he has no evidence of the
existence of ''smelt trust
The Price of Anthracite at New
Haven was advanced twentw five
cents a ton, bringing it up to 81 by
some OF the dealers yesterday.
President and Mrs. Taft entertained
an informal dinner party in comph-
ment to Kate Douglas Wiggin, outhor-
ess Of Rebecca of Sunnybfook Farm.
Congressman Lintnicum and Bernard
n. Baker believe railroad owned ships
should not be allowed to use the Pan
ANA Canal
The Statement That a Sleeping Vol
cano, dormant for many centuries, is
threatening the safety Of the Panama
canal is made in special dispatches
from Colon.
Coal Dealers in Greater Boston
yesterday advanced the price on ali DO
mestic sizes Of hard coal fifty cents peT
ton. Stove coal is now $S per ton and
nut $S.25.
A Heavy Rainfall at HavsnhiIl
Mass, yesterday flooded the power
plant Of D. r. Kennedy, and caused
the shutting down of several shoe
factories and stores.
Stockholders of the American Sugar
Refining company, unanimously passed
a resolution providing for the pen
si0ning Of all employers who are more
than So years OF age.
The Retail Price of Domestic Goa
was adFanced . cents q tone al
scranton, Pa, yesterday because o.
the shortage due to heavy orders an
ticipat0ry Of a strike,
The Embargo on. Cattle from Gree
Britain, whose importation into th'
United States has been prohibited 70
almost a year past, because Ct the foo
and mouth disease, was lifted yester
day.
Belief in a Fire and Birthstone Hei
was declared to be good for vulga
minds" by DR.. Paul Carus of Chica
go in an address yesterday gefore tn,
Religious Educational association a
st. Louis.
Norwalk Had the Severest Rain
storm in years during Tuesday night
Scores of roads in both town and cit,
jurisdiction were washed away, an
the repairs, it was estimated, woul,
cost thousands of dollars.
A Gift of Two and a Half Million Dol
lars to the Massachusetts Institute O
| Technology was announced yesterda,
by President Richard c.. MacLaurir
| The identity of the donor VIII remail
secret for the present.
| After a Debste Lasting Over fou
! hours yesterday, the New York as
| sembly passed ty a, vote of s. to 3
the Hinman BILL resembling Ney
| York states action of last year advo
| eating a federal income tax.
Damage of 5000 to Town Propert
was caused BY the heavy rainstorm a
Berlin, Conn.,, where two woode
! bridges across the Mattabesctt rive
were washed away and considerab bl
! roadbed torn in several places.
Judge Carpenter Declined to TAX
! from the jury the case of the ten Chi
! cago packers charged with conspirac
| in maintaining a combination in res
traint of trade under the Sherma
law and discharge the defendants.
H. T. Sheldon, 66 Years Old, a mem
Der of the Winsted, town and boroug
! board of assessors, a veteran photog
rapher and vice president of the Con
necticut Temperance Union died at tn
| County hospital Of a complication {
Senator Nichols introduced in tn
/ New Jersey senate a bill providing fc
the transportation at the states ez
pense of all New Jersey Civil War vel
erans to attend the f1ftieth annivel
sary of tn Battle Of Gettsburg, in Jul,
| 1913.
News Has Been Received of a Sno
avalanche which buried the dwelling
Of Manager Williams Of the Tilt COY
Copper mine and w. Cunningham. II
customs officers at Tilt Cove, Mott
Dame bay, n. F., and killed four pee
pie.
For the First Time in its Histor
Massachusetts Grand Lodge, N. E. {
P, showed loss of membership |
reports submitted at the oath annui
session. The cause Of the decreas
was the reajustment of rates la.
May.
Flooding Cellars in Business BIooI
and residences at Portland, Me, to
depth of from six inches to two fee
Gripping street car service. the RAJ
storm Of Tuesday and yesterday pro,
ed one Of the most severe storms
the winter.
That the Summer Horne of Jam,
Dunno Of New York, which was burne
at Green Farms, Conn, Tuesday NOR
ing was set on fire to cover up rol
berry of the furnishings of the hous
Is the theory toward which the author
ties incline.
A Sentence sF 1s Years in the sta.
prison at Charlestown will be impes,
next Friday upon William J. t@B
Bill"( Keiiher, convicted Of aidir