Connecticut western news., 1913-04-03
GENERAL NEWS EVENTS.

Happenings of Interest In Various
 Parts of Our Country.
 By a decision handed down the Ar kansas supreme court ruled that Sena- tor F. M. Futrell, president of the state senate, was the legal acting governor of Arkansas Senator W. B. Oldham, who took the place of acting governor after the election of Governor J. T Robinson to the United States senate In succession to Jeff Davis, is thus de posed.
 Eight hundred thousand meals will be supplied by the government to the Union and Confederate veterans when they are in camp next July on the bat tlefeld of Gettysburg. where the semi centennial of the great fight will be celebrated by all the states that par ticipated in the struggle. This camp is to care for 10000 veterans.
 Although the White House declined either to deny or affirm the report, 1t was declared that President Wilson virtually had decided to appoint Will liam l.. La Toilette of Wisconsin, a brother of Senator La Toilette, to the position of register of wills of the District of Columbia The place pays salary of $40O0 a year.
 William D. Haywood, the Industrial Workers of the World leader and pro fessional strike agitator, was sentenc- ed by Recorder Carroll of Paterson, N, J., to six months in prison at hard labor. This was the maximum penalty under the law for the misdemeanor of which Haywood is charged-being a disorderly person.
 Mrs. Clara Mitchell arrived in San Francisco after walking across the continent from New York to prove that money was not necessary to ac- complish purpose upon which a de termined woman had set herself. Mrs Mitchell made the trip in twenty-six weeks. leaving New York with only S3.5O.
 jury at Quannah. Tex. which found nineteen-year-old Perry Belcher guilty of .murdering his father, sen fenced the youth to sixty years i'm prisonment Belcher's defense was that his father attacked him and that he shot in self defense. The case will be appealed.
 Although heartily approving the measure. Governor Oddie of Nevada found himself driven to the necessity of vetoing the new capital punishment law, because if he did not two murder. CTS now awaiting execution by shoot. Ing would have gone free.
 Woman suffrage failed in the final stage of the bill providing for an amendment to the constitution in the Massachusetts house of representa- tives. The vote. IA to S8, lacked ten of the two-thirds vote required >
 Ten men were rescued from beds ou the third floor of the John c. Jewett building in Buffalo, N. r.. when fire de stroyed that five story structure. The building was occupied by a score of tenants. Loss. $150.000.
 George NJ. Bowers. federal commis- Doner of fisheries, sent his resignation to President Wilson. to become eff fective April 10. Hugh M Smith, dep- uty commissioner, is slated to succeed him.
 Arrested on charge of stealing S2T In Yonkers (N Y.l hotel. William Frazer confirmed the suspicious of the officers when he choked and coughed up two greenbacks.
 In the presence of crowd of 1,5Oo many of whom were in bathing suits. Frederick Krichner. life guard. and Signo Sund of Stockholm were mar. ried in the surf at Palm Beach. Fla
 President Wilson has announced the recess appointment of Charles P. Neill as commissioner of labor statistics. His appointment has been attacked by Sen. atofs Tillman and Overman.