Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-13

Asleep on a railroad trestIe near Dayton, Va, George Wenger, 14, was knocked off by train and injured per- hapS fatally.
 The entire business district of Spen- cer, w. Va, was destroyed by fire early yesterday with a loss of ap- proximately s30o,o0o.
 Secretary Bryan will make a hurried trip to New York late today to make a campaign speech with Senator James at Brooklyn theater.
 Berlin newspapers express the opin- ion that the death of King Charles of Roumania will have no influence on the general war situatih.
 The Supreme court convened at Washington for it's years work, with 652 cases ready for. consideration, or nearly S5 less than last year. Five foreign built vessels of 16,- 566 tons were admitted to American registry under the recent act of con- gross during the week ending October Rev. Walter M. White, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was today elected president of the International conference of the Disciples of Christ in session at At lanta.
 Senator Oliver of Pennsylvania, took up, with Senator Simmons, chairman | Of the finance committee, the matter of revising the proposed tax on news paper shipments.
 | Columbus Day was observed quietly | at Boston, The international parade which has been a feature of former years was omitted as a matter of poi icy owing to the European war.
 @Fhe nuT.Ses--E ssz.srnes in tS ti xt sI | States proper in Tyru,--zTs<Ss g. .sz ass 3, compared with 8,S33, ,994 in 1900. or an | increase of 993, 769 a preliminary re- port of the census bureau announced yesteday.
 House Rivers and Harbors committe voted favorable report on resolution authorizing use of any money allotted under Rivers and Harbors appropri- ation bill for removal of Coenties reef in New York harbor.
 Army engineers have found that the greatest difficulty in the way of plan ming the Notifications in the canal zone to resist attack from landing par ties, is the almost impenetrable tropic- al jungle.
 The proposition of the New York to make the United States the first nation to build great dreadnought
 with system of electric propulsion is receiving strong propulsions from nav al engineers.
 It was said at the Hartford hospital
 that Eddie Mitchell, the. fourth and
 sole survivor of the kerosene explosion
 in Pennington, Saturday, was rest ing comfortably and that his condition
 was not critical
 England alone of the belligerent Flu
 ropean powers is buying grain normal.
 ly, according to delegates to the eigh-
 teenth annual convention of the Grair
 Dealers National association in Sessior
 at Kansas City, Mo.
 Suit for $25,ooo damages field al
 Chicago against United States, Judg,
 Kenesaw M. Landis, on Saturday, is
 the result of thirty days spent in jai
 by Frank Blacklidge. on a contemp
 charge preferred by the Federal Judge Alhambra Council, of Worcester ded.
 fcated yesterday new S150, ,0oo home
 with exercises conducted by BishoI Thomas D. Beaven of Springfield anc an address by Ex-Mayor John F. Fitz. gerald of Boston.
 President Wilson gave assurance. that American merchants trading il Europe would have the Government back of him to the limit of their right.
 and that he did not expect that ter,
 would be any intereferences on tn,
 part of the nations at war. Officers of the steamship Vauba, in yesterday from South American ant West Indian ports, reported that al
 British merchantmen plying between
 ports in North. Central and Soul T America were being conveyed b, 3 British and French warships, = A radiosram to the revenue cutie 0 service from the commander of tn l Behring Sea fleet reported the drown S ing of Assistant Surgeon L. w. Jen h kins. P. H. S. and five other men whel . a boat from the cutter Manning wa T swamped Saturday in Unalga Pass, of r Cape Sariches,
 f Count Constantine von Rosenber
 brought to New Haven from Ney
 York to answer a charge of issuin
 worthless checks, was ararigned in tn
 city court yesterday on the request O = his counsel, the case was continue l, until October 19. Bonds were fixed a
 $500.
 !, Secretary Bryan eab1ed America.
 representatives abroad induiring int T the conditions of Belgians reported t ; be in Restitution n captured territory ]; So far the state department has bee
 without official informatioh in regar Y to the state of affairs In Erusselu am l, vicinity.
 = 4 fight by the New York and chi r easo delegations against the presen y administration for control of the or = ganigati0n is predicted when the In l iternatlonal Garment Workers Uniol r meets In biennial session at Nashe vile, Tenn. The convention will ad = journ Thursday. Delegates are presen
 from the United States and Canada