Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-18


 lantic passages.
 All Nominations of President Taft sent to congress to fill judicial or law vacancies will remain unacted upon until after the holidays
 The Secretary of fthe Bartendsrs' union at it's annual election of officers in Chicago called on all of the mem bers to sign the pledge.
 Gold Storage Eggs dropped to 20 cents in Pittsburg, while strictly fresh' went to 3S cents. A drop in butter is also expected.
 Bob Storer, Harvard's Prospective football captain, has turned his hand to hymn writing. and Is assisting in the revision of the chapel hymnal,
 Fred M. Purmort, one of the best known hotel men in New England, died at his home in Brookline yester- l day after sickness of over two years. An Unidentified Negro who shot and | wounded Patrolman Joseph White at Jackson, Miss, after wrestling a pistol from the officer. was killed by mob. 
 Mrs. Lena MendIeson, one of the l oldest women in the state, died at her home at Vernon Center, Conn, yester- l day. Her age was given as more than 100 years.
 A Haul of About $50 Miles will be saved to shippers by the construction I of a bridge over the St John river, | between Van Buren, Me, and St. Leonards, N. B.
 The Hartford Police were informed yesterday that thieves had got away with a large quantity of jewelry from | the home of Mrs. Ottilie Roy, of No. 91 ! SissOn avenue.
 Rev. Oscar A. Lunden, pastor of the | Meriden Swedish Bautist church, who l is in Boston to undergo an operation, has accepted call. to the church al Alexandria, Minn.
 Ground Will Be Broken on East | Twenty ninth street, New York, next month for new working girls home, | the gift of Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt. The estimated cost is S150.000
 Three Firebugs who have teen oper- ! ating in Brooklyn on a large scale re- gently were sentenced to from 10 to | 20 years in prison. The aggregate sen tenees of the three total 50 years.
 Rev. pr. Abbott Elliot Kittredge, for | more than twenty five years pastor and paster emeritus of the Madison avenue Reformed church, New York died there yesterday at the age of 79
 The Price of Butter in New EngIanc will not be changed by the action o1 the Elgin, H., board of trade in abol' ishing it's quotation committee, accord ing to statements made by wholesale and retail dealers in Boston.
 A Bill Providing That the City Oi Boston may abolish poll taxes by vote of it's city council and approval of the mayor was filed with the clerk of tht house of representatives by Represent. ative Isaac Gordon yesterday. l Convicted of Defraudng 8 Bosto1 hotel, Rev. Harry R. Fuller, who sait he was a minister of a Baptist churcl in Fleming, N. J., was sentenced to on' month in jail by Judge Murray in thu municipal court, Boston, yesterday. Eighteen Children, sons and daugh ters of strikers from the textile mill at Little Falls, N. Y, were bundled or board a train and left for Schenectad! yesterday, there to be cared for b! sympathizers until the strike is settled Secretary MacVeagh Yesterday or dered a revenue cutter on the Pacifi coast to make a quick and extensiv | hn n Kearney, of Chicago, and his passen ger, Chester Lawrence, a newspaper , man, of Los Angeles. Secretary of the Treasury MaeVeag has awarded a gold medal of honor t Joseph O. Campos of Savannah, Ga . for bravery in saving the lives 0 , Misses Elsie and Josephine Robide ! from drowning in the surf off Tybe Island, Ga.
 Michael J. Powers, who is alleged t , have sold books at high prices to Mrs ! Mary L. Rogers of Boston and Mrs ! ! Kate H. Eager of Dorchester, was ar : rested yesterday on an indictmen } charging him with the larceny of sS7, : 075 from the two women. The Two Hundred Acre Estate a
 Bordentown, N. J., which was once tn
 home of Joseph Bonaparte, brother c
 Napoleon and former king of Spain,
 to be restored and it's magnificen . chateau rebuilt by Harris Hammond
 son of John Hays Hammond
 Motornen Employed on the Provi q dence, Warren and Bristol electri
 branch of the New York, New Have and Hartford Railroad company hay ' had their pay increased from S3.S0 $4.25 day under ruling of the boar of arbitration which considered thei
 demands
 pr. Luther Nelson of Boston and Al r bert H. Bumstead, a topogTapher, [, Townsend, Mass, both members of tt q Yale Peruvian expedition which ha r been in Peru making observations an s explorations for the past six montt : under the direction of Prof. Hirau
 Bingham, returned to New York yes : terday.
 Senator Dixon, chairman of the prt
 gressive national committee, said yes
 terday that the committee of seve
 which is to visit Europe to study goz
 ernmental questions in behalf of tf
 progressive party would be name : when the executive committee meets e New York next Thursday.
  = Republican Victory In -Meriden.