Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-01-30

'gest in Connecticut in PI
Condensed TelegramS
The Standard Oil Company of New
Qrk yesterday announced an advance
II 25 points in refined petroleum..
A Phenomenal Change Has Occurred
IN the course of the Japan Current,
which brings it closer to the Alaskan
coast
Lake Superior is Believed to be
freezing over its entire area. If so it
will be the first time in the memory
Of the white man.
According to an Opinion Rendered by
Attorney General Carmody automobiles
owned and operated by the federal
government cannot be taxed
Clara Barton, Who Has Been III of
nervous exhaustion since November, is
much improved, and physicians yester-
day declared she would soon be out.
General Lang Pi, High Manchu
Officlal, was wounded in Peking by
bomb thrown by an unidentified China
man who was killed by the explosion.
At the Trial of the Beef Packers in
Chicago efforts were made by the de
tense to show that retailers are re
sponsible for high prices of dressed
beef.
Charles W. Morse, the New York
Banker, who was recently pardoned by
President Taft, left the military hos
pital at Atlanta and took quarters in a
hotel there.
As President of the New York State
board Of the American Red Cross
Governor Dix issued an appeal yester-
day for contributions to the Chinese
relief fund.
DR.. Norton R. Hotchkss, surgeon
general on the staff of former Gov
ernor Woodruff and one of the best
known physicians in New Haven, is
seriously i'll.
The Resignation of Rev. Louis A.
Parsons as rector of St. Paurs Epis-
cOpal church, at Brunswick, Me, is an
nounced. He is considering a call to
Amesbury, Mass.
Champ Clark Was Given His First
boom in California for the democratic
nomination for the presidency yester-
day by the organization of a state
Champ Clark league.
Suit Was Started at Madison, Wis.
against the Chicago, Milwaukee anC
st. Paul railroad to test constitution
ality of the upper berth law enacted by
the legislature of 1911
There Were 20o,6o10oo Head o
horses, mules, milch cows, other cattle
sheep and swine, valued at s5,0OS, ,149,
600. on farms and ranges within tn,
United States on Jan. l.
Former Governor William r. CobI
of Maine announced yesterday that h
will not be candidate before the pro
maries for the republican nomination
fer United States senator.
Albert C, NsgaI, Grocer, is suffer
ing from a we'll developed case of far
cy, form of CHAMBERS. and the first il
New Haven since that which cause,
the death Of DR.. ]. Fl. Kelly.
Great Britain's New Foreign Polio,
of Cancellation and unwillingness to in
terfere with the schemes of Russia an,
other powers in China is not approve,
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Home Rule Would Be the Worst pos
sible thing that could befalf Ireland /
the opinion of Lord Talbot de Mala
hide of Dublin. and a member of tn
house of lords who is touring thi
country.
War on High Prices of Produce wa
begun in New York with the oOenin
of the first of what is proposed to b
a series of sales places where product
will be sold without a middleman's in
tervention.
William S. Ransom, 80, for 2e Year
clerk of the Litchfield county superio
court and by virtue of his long prac
tice known as the dean of the Litch
field county bar, is dead at his home a
Litchf1eld, Conn.
Joseph Theoret. so, Yard Hand EN-
ployed by the Salmon Falls, n. II
| yesterday by a bale of cotton fallin
upon him from a second story an
| breaking his neck
| A General Order Has Been Issued b
the Confederate Veterans associatio
! Of Louisiana urging all camps of veteI
ans to secure from state legislature
| Endorsement and financial aid for tn
/ proposed peace jubilee at Gettysburg
Tho Body Of James Mcguire wa
1 found lzneeling against the sink in tn
| kitchen Of his home by firemen VIII
entered the house at Biddeford, Me
/ yesterday to extinguish a fire discov
cred by neighbors. He had been sui
| focated.
With Fifty Vacancies Existing
/ the Military Academy in spite of a
| efforts to secure the desired numbt
/ of qualified eligibles for sppointmer
| as cadets through the ordinary char
nels. the war department again ha
turned to congress for relief
A Ten Year Term for the postmastt
! general the elimination of the entil
/ postoff1ce department from polite
and the appointment of all postmaster
by the head Of the apartment, instes
Of by the president, was proposed in
bill introduced yesterday by Repre-
sentative Norris of Nebraska.
Negro Assaults Young Woman.
Cordele, Ca. Jan. 2s.---Stepping fro
behind fence into her, path early (,
night. an unidentified negro seized
young white woman of prominent fan
lily Of this city, choked her. carried h,
behind high fence not fifty feet fro
two homes and assaulted her. She b,
| came unconscious, recovered, and ga1
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