Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-30

The Foresters of America in national convention at Atlantic City, decided to hold their 1915 biennial meeting in San Francisco.
 Otto StahI, aged 52 years a baker was burned to death in a fire which destroyed his home at Amsterdam, N r., yesterday.
 A bolt of lightning from clear sky killed James Lee and his aide as they were leaving their motor boat at Att lantic City, N. J.
 James J. Townsend, former president of the Chicago Stock Exchange and prominent in democratic politics, died yesterday of apoplexy. Col. William Stockton, brother of the late Frank Stockton, the author was found dead in his apartments at Phil- adelphia yesterday.
 Two French physicians have dis covered that insomnia results from 8 poison in the body and purpose to | cure 1t with an antitoxin William Price, 50 years old former sheriff and marshal of Nashville, Ind, was killed yesterday in a quarrel with his son, Erbie, aged 25. An epidemic of hog cholera has broken out in Minnesota and more than s4,0oo,ooo worth of hogs will be des- troyed unless aid is secured.
 Mrs. George r. stalIinss, wife of the manager of the Boston National base ball team, died at a Buffalo hospital yesterday safter long illness Representative 5ritten of Illinois, in- troduced yesterday a bill to appropriate s7, 100000 for government arnnor plate plant to be operated by. the navy department.
 In the 176 days since Postmaster l General Burleson assumed office he has appointed 5,765 postmasters. Of this number 2,203 receive more than $1,000 a year salary.
 Lightning, wind and rain caused heavy damage in Central Massachu- fsetts during a terrific electric storm yesterday. Lightning struck at sew eral places in Worcester.
 George Hartman, the leper who es- capped from the St. Louis quarantine l for the second time last Tuesday, was aided in the flight by friend he had met while in the Philippines.
 Lightning caused one death at Nan 1 tucket, Mass, yesterday. Vancura Lopes, a native of the Cape Verde Is- lands, was struck and instantly killed while working in a cranberry bog.
 "I would send every United States soldier into Mexico to protect American women if necessary" declared Governor | o. B. Colquitt of, Texas, in a speech at the governors banquet at Colorado Springs.
 The body of Miss Mary o'7rien, prin- l cipal of a St. Louis public school, was found floating in the Mississippi river yesterday Relatives believe that in a Respondent moment she jumped into 1 the river.
 Many Midd!esex County (Mass.) cities and towns were jared severely yesterday when one of the mills of the American Powder Company at Acton
 Mass, blew up after being struck by
 lightning.
 About forty employees of Davidson 1 and Watts. skirt and suit manufac
 ask for a shorter working day, a Sat
 urday half holiday and the same wages
 as at present received. l sanoehe DeMaie, seven years of age, | died at the Hartford hospital yester- l day, following injuries sustained Aug ust 19, when he was struck with a club | in the hands of a companion while on
 a fresh air outing at Rainbow.
 The most severe electrical and rain storm of the season struck Rhode Is- land yesterday, causing much damage to property and playing havoc with the l telephone, street car and fire alarm services. No one was seriously injured.
 Dominic Pittori, ieper, who escaped from the Diamond Point quarantine station, Washington, several weeks ago 1 reached Italy safely h spite of warn ings sent to police and health authori- 1 ties all over the United States and | Canada,
 1 HiPPetyte Deuriauty, formerly Span- | ish consul general at New York, and | his wife Marie lost their lives yestep- day in a fire that burned out their l appaFtment on the fourth floor of a 1 five stafy apartment house there l AwakIna to find a buraiar entering her apartment at Providence, and her millinery stare downstairs ablaze early yesterday Mrs, 1ftta Robertson seized fi revolver and fired at the man, The bullet missed his head by foot and he fled,
 ReMaes jn the IeAg idle silk mills ef Ratersen has revived with the death of the strike. Sc many workers storm : ed the marriage license bureau Ees- 1 teEday that the registrar decided ta keep his office open at night te aeeem= neaate all corners.
 l A record of being the fastest taEpeae boat aAeat of the 1966 ton class was