Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-12

Condensed Teiegrams

OsyHA oIuS Fire Early Yesterday Destroyed the SWHt block, enc of the largest build ings at Pueblo. Col
 Lenox, Mass, Citizens voted to abol- l 1sh kerosene lamps on the city streets and install electric light. The Postoffice Department contract ed yesterday for 25.0O sets of scales for the parcel post system. Congress Probably Will be petition ed at this session to appropriate lib- eraly for more flying machines and equipment for the army. The Wheeling, w. Wa, school board ordered all mirrors removed from the high school because thesgirls spent too much tir.e before them. Charles D. Mader of Brooklyn was excusd from jury duty in black hand case when he. explained that his wife was afraid to have him serve. A Grand Jury Investigation of the purchase of s1.e00,000 worth of voting machines by Chicago was ordered by States Attorney Maclay Hoyne yester-s day.
 The Bill Providing for Pensions for 1ndigent mothers was passed in the
 
 Governor Cox, whose approval is as- sured. 7
 The Progressive Conference of the house yesterday parceled out the work of preparing the measures that will form part of the progress 1egisla- tive plan.
 Effective Today and Continuing for an indefinite period, the employees of the L. Candee Rubber company of New Haven will work on a 55 hour week schedule.
 Drinking, by an Overwhelming ma jority, is the cause of the wrecking of most homes whose affairs came under the Chicago court of domestic rela tions in the last year.
 Mrs. Alice Soutt, 21 year old wife of Stephen Scutt aged 75, a wealthy deal CT in vinegar, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y, was yesterday granted a decree of sep aration. Mrs. Scutt was married Iess than year ago.
 Boys Took the Bronze Statue of Ed gar Allan Poe from it's pedestal in Poe park, New York, and dumped it into a park commissioner who would not al- low them to play ball.
 Four or Five Passengers were injur-
 
 Andover, Mass, yesterday afternoon, car coming down Main street hill crashing into car that had stopped to take on passengers.
 Maddened When He Saw 3 man leav- ing his wtfe's apartment at the home of her mother at Clarksburg, w. Va; yesterday morning, Everett Davis seiz- cd a shotgun and shot her dead. He then gave himself up. ---.'
 A Modified Form of bank guarantee probably will be recommended by Sem banking and currency committee, when the committee begins preparation of a currency reform bill.
 Rernioe, ths fe Year Old Daughter of Virgil C.. Buckingham. a wealthy resident of Rhinebeck. N. r., was found in the woods yesterday 14 miles from home. half dead from exposure and un- able to tell how she got there.
 An indictment for Murder against Edwin Goodwin, a IT year old boy, charging him with the killing of Cap October 29. was reported to the Maine supreme court by the grand jury yes- tefday-
 Mrs. M. Benjamin, aged 1s, and Sam Jacobs, aged 29. fought with knives in the woman's home at Fort William, Ont, yesterday. There is little chance for the recovery of either. Mrs. Ben jamin claims that the man attacked her.
 Patersen's Strike Situation developed a new phase yester day with the arrest of Joseph Fisher, a, silk manufacturer. on a. charge made by Grace Fasolino, a striker, that he had threatened her with 8 revolver while she was doing picket duty.
 At the MaIarian Conference at St. | Louis Mo. Dr. W. A. Evans of Chi- | cago said malaria could be snnihilat- | ed in the south by fighting mosquitoes | draining swamps, educating the people l ing auinine to those who who could | not buy 1t.
 Dance Halls Where Liquor is Sold to | girls and where friends are provided l for those who want them" were as- cribed as the cause of the downfall of | many young women by Mrs. Gertrude 1 H. Britton, a social settlement worker, | who testified before the Illinois vice | commission.
 Corporal" James Tanner will not 1 have to surrender his job as register of | wills to democrat. At the White l House yesterday it was said he would | be retained in office, though William LaFoilette brother of the senator from Wisconsin and democrat, wants the job.
 While the People of Oakland, R. l., stood around and watched, powerless to check the flames because of the lack of any fire fighting facilities, the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road station. freight house, three load