Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-18

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 Rev. pr; Samuel Laird a widely known Lutheran minister, died at his home at Philadelphia yesterday.
 There Were 365 Persons. arrested for in the United states during the fiscal year ended June 30, last.
 William Doescher, 65 years old will be~married to Miss Regina Reese, IT years old, at Deep River. . Doescher is wealthy.
 David Blair, second officer of the Oceanic, was decorated by King George for rescuing a drowning stoker in the mid-Atlantic.
 Lillian Stevenson, a waitress of New orlz, alleges that a man oyercame her in restaurant by pressing a poison cd napkin" to her face.
 Fire Practically Destroyed the Oak land, Gala, plant of the Pacific oil Re fining conpany~ yesterday, causing a loss of about $200,000.
 John w. Thonas, Jrg president of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railway, died at his home at Nashville, Tenn, yesterday.
 
 An Oakland, Cal, undertaken stopped a funeral to thrash an auto truck driver who instisted upon obstruct- ing the path of the funeral.
 Harry Shining of Pittsburgh brought suit for divorce on~the charge that shis wife has a continual longing for pork chops and will not make soup.
 Detectives Raided 50 Women for picking coal on railroad tracks near Hastings -on-the-Hudson,. N T., but only succeeded in bringing 10 to court.
 Boston Policemen are forbidden to have gum or tobacco in their mouths "in such manner as to be noticeable" :" Chewing toothpicl1s will not be toler- ated.
 A Compensating Insurance fund for the protection of the city's employees was provided for by the enactment Of municipal ordinance at Berkeley,
 Major Fred w. sladen, commandant of cadets at West Point, has been or dered to join the sEighth infantry to proceed to the Philippines after Janu- ary g.
 Martin CeuahIin, Aged 40, and Leon Roberts, aged 6O both farm labOrers, lost their lives yesterday in fire which damaged the Vernon house at Rockville.
 Under the Will of Mrs. Della F. -Mor- ris, whose death occurred at Shippan Point last Sunday, the city of Stamford receives bequest of $500 for the inn l provement of a park
 l. After Waiting For westbound train to pass, Patrick Mcdonnell stepped in front of a locomotive on the east track and was instantly killed in OIneyville, B. l., yesterday.
 Five Hundred Employees of the To- I bacco sorting plants in Westby. Wis went on strike yesterday, resisting an attempt to reduce their pay from 60 to 86 cents per 109 pounds.
 Raising the Old BatsIeahip Maine l from the mud of Havana harbor cost the United States $792,989, according 1 to a report sent to the house Of rep ] resentatives by the war department.
 Taking Advantage of reductions l under the Underwood Tariff law, the navy ahas adopted the general policy ] of purchasing supplies in the markets | of the world instead of only in Ameri- 1 ca
 Fay D. Slate, Editor of the Mount 1 Auburn, Qll) Tribune yesterday was acquitted of the murder of Dr. Ben nett Windsor, mayor of Auburn, whom Slate shot on May 1e- Slate pleaded sen-defense. l Every New Proposition in the post i office appropriation bill, including ar 1 item of $2,000,000 for increased pay 1 for rural carriers has been eliminated l by the house post office committee as an economy measure.
 1 Since the Christmas Rush of bust. ness began at Chicago last Saturday v 1 8 new record has been established ir 1 the Chicago post office by the handling l of an average of 2t5 tons of parce ! post matter day.
 Consumers of Almost Everything solo 1 bv dry measure in the stale of ATichi- 1 gan for the last half century have beer 1 cheated out of millions of dollars be | cause of short measure. This fact i has just been discovered.
 Max zuercher of St. Calf, Switzer- l land, and Miss Marguerite Clark niece of Gustav Baumann, president o1 1 8 large hotel company of New ' Yorl 1 city, were married at Christ church al 1 Greenwich yesterday afternoon. 1 Tn Less Than an Hour after she had | attended the funeral services for hel ] father, David Carton, and his burial a 1 New Haven, the body of Miss Mary l Carton. a daughter, was found in the waters of Mill river yesterday.
 s. F. Hill of Roslyn, L. l., was SC, riously hurt and thirty-five other per sons narrowly escaped death. yester- day morning when an attempt was made to burn the Bachler Hall apart i nents, four story building tenanteC 1 by men in Williamsburg, Pittsburgh l suburb.
 l increases Averaging F cents a hun l dred pounds in freight rates on wrap 1 ping paper and pulp wood, in carloads l from Mississippi shipping points tC Baltimore, Philadelphia and ~otheI | eastern destinations yesterday were suspended by the Commerce cemmis- 1 sion until April IT.
 ! After Spending Between $90o,eoo ant 1 s400, GOO in contesting the claim oi 1 Dakota Dan' that he is Daniel Blake Russell, son of the late Daniel Rus 1 sell of Melrose, Mass, the Russell es-
 tate is valued at $T00,000. of whlcI l $600,0O0 is in real and S100,000 in per. l sonaI property.