Connecticut western news., 1913-11-27
GENERAL NEWS EVENTS.
Happenings of Interest In Various
 Parts of Our Country.


 Parts of Our Country.
 Governor Glynn of New York has an nounced that he would appoint James W. Osborne a special investigator to inquire into the charges brought to light in the recent campaign Mir. 0s- borne and the governor had a confer ence, at which a large amount Of data in the executive chamber. including the papers recently submitted by John A Hennessy, were turned over to Mr. Osborne.
 According to information secured from one of the leaders of the Re publican party in Connecticut. former President William H. Taft may be chosen as Connecticut member of the Republican national committee.
 Superintendent of Police Hyland of Indianapolis resigned when the board of public works exonerated the thirty patrolmen whom he charged with in- subordination for failure to ride on street cars during the strike.
 Dependency because of difficulty in handling unruly pupils is believed to have been the cause of the suicide by gas of Carrie S. Stoddard of Brockton. a public school teacher. She was twen- ty-two years old.
 The Masonic grand lodge of Arkan- sas adopted a resolution making it q Masonic offense for any member of the order to sign petition for the grant ing of saloon license or to circulate such a petition.
 Robert H. Devine of Pontiac, Mich. is being held by Cleveland (OD police as fugitive on bigamy charges They say he married girls in Pontiac. New. ark, O.; Philadelphia, Chicago and New York.
 The typhoid fever epidemic among the Rhode Island delegation to the Perry celebration claimed its sixth victim in the death of Frederick A. Greene, clerk of the senate committee on finance.
 The marines in Camp Elliott, isth- miln canal zone, are being trained as locomotive engineers on the Panama railroad. so that there may be men in the corps who can handle military trains.
 In an effort to reduce the price of eggs from 1T cents to 32 cents a dozen memters of the Chicago Clean Food club began a two weeks boycott of dealers.
 Bureau experts from the New York bureau of municipal research report five and one-third times as much in- ebriety in Pittsburgh as in New York
 General Hugh l.. Scott and a squad. ron of cavalry have been ordered to persuade the Navajo Indians of New Mexico to surrender eight outlaws.
 Two new liquor statutes with so called "blue law" clauses became ef. fective in Texas, curtailing the already restricted sale of intoxicants.
 Joseph NJ. Caldwell, convicted of in- citing riot during the Draper com pany's strike in Hopedale, Mass, was sentenced to one year.
 Postmaster General Burleson ordered the 60,OO0 postoffices to post placards requesting everybody to mail Christ mas parcels early
 "I burned thi.. uuiHjha~ because the excitement was ir. esistible" Frank Norton. mai! wagon driver of Winona. Minn, confessed.
 Tn, lme"ican Federation of Labor rc -elt Ced Samuel GomLer president and Jted to hold the 1914 convention i in Pl iladelphid.
 Arthur ]. Sangstrr. former patent attorney of Buffalo. was sentenced to year for passing worthless checks. i Fourteen hundred Chicago women will be election officials at the election of aldermen next spring.