Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-21

lution yesterday by Representative Rouse of Kentucky.
 The United States Torpedo Boat de- stroyer Cassin, the first 1000 ton de- strOyer to be constructed at Bath, Me-, was launched yesterday.
 Charles E. Henderson, Aged g, a lineman, fell from an electric light pole at Belfast, Me, yesterday and was killed. His neck was broken.
 The Home of John c. Hicks in Lees vile, near Moodus, was burned to the ground yesterday afternoon. A barn and two automobiles were all that was saved of the property.
 Mrs. Edwin R. Fay, well known in New Orll city, where she was a. mem Der of a large number of patriotic and philanthropic societies, died at her home in Stamford.
 Leaders of the Striking Halifax street car conductors and motormen reached a. tentative agreement yester- day with the traction company on their demands for more pay.
 cucaracha Slide, Greatest of the earth movements in the famous Cule- bra Cut, will be entirely removed by the end of this year. in the opinion of Colonel D. D. Gaillard, the engineer.
 Constitutional Amendment to pro- vide direct election of the president and vice president for a single six year term was proposed in a resolution yesterday by Representative Britton of Illinois.
 The Summer Home of Joseph P. Chamberlain of New York at Lake Quassapaug was burned Monday night, the members of the household having barely time to escape in their night clothing.
 pr. Kerr Duncan MacMiIIan, assist ant professor of church history in Princeton Theological Seminary, has accepted the presidency of Wells col lege He will begin his new duties in September.
 BIoodhounds Are Following Trails and bands of men are searching West assailant of 14 year old Grace Johnson of Blackburn, whose maltreated body was found near Trafford.
 Matthew White of New York City, a retired malt manufacturer and father of Matthew White, Jr.. the writer, lost his life in a fire that destroyed the summer home of the family at Monte rey, Mass, early yesterday.
 James L. Mcclure Of Waterbury, the motorman of the passenger trolley car which was in fatal collision at Summit, in Cheshire, last February, was found guilty of mansIaUghter by a jury in the criminal court at New Haven yes- terday afternoon.
 Defective Railroad Equipment and 20 of all deTailmentS in the United States during July, August and September, 1912, and during those three months there were 934 more train accidents than during the same months of 1911.
 Successful Efforts at the restoration of the nine memorials on the GettyS- known vandal on the night of March last are now being made by Lieut.. Colonel E. B. Cope of the national park commission.
 Fifty-seven Arrests Were Made yes terday morning in the vicinity of the Price silk mill at Paterson, N. J., to which the hands returned Monday in the face of protests from Industrial Workers of the World leaders con- ducting the strike
 Isaac Heoht, President of the Havre de Grace, Md, Banking and Trust company, and reputed to be one of the weaIthiest men of that place commit ted suicide yesterday by hanSing. Temporary insanity due to poor health was given as the cause.
 schooI1ouses That Are Fire Traps continue to be erected throughout the country, despite the tragedies of the past and the United State bureau of education yesterday issued an appeal for better construction of buildings in which the youth is educated
 The Case of 2. Sanders Walker, the young Macon Ga, banker who swal- lowed a seven grain bichloride of mer- cury tablet last Wednesday,, mistaking it for a headache remedy, is puzZjing his physician. MT. Walker yesterday was holding his own, and one physi elan stated there were indications that he might recover.
 Henry M. FIagIer, Aged s3, capital ist and railroad maenate, died at his winter home at West Palm Beach. Fla yesterday morning after an ill., ness of several weeks. NIr Flagler re- cently fell down a flight of steps at his home and because of his advanC- ed age his recovery had not been ex- pected
 At the Business Meeting of the Mas sachusetts state board of trade yes terday, the organization went on rec ord as in favor of a permanent tariff commission for scientific inquiry with @ view 10 placing all matters affecting the establishment of tariff schedules upon a sound business basis. rather than upons the plane of political trades,
 States Attorney Stiles Judson an nounced yesterday that the cases of President Charles S. Mellen and Vice President F.. II. McHenry of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail road, charged with manslaughter ill connection with the fatal Westport wreck of last October, would go over until the September term of the su- perior court.
 Counsel for John N Anhut, the young lawyer convicted of trying to bring about Harry K. Thaw's release from Matteawan insane asylum by I>.-iIA