Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-09


 Nine cases of scarlet fever were re- ported in one week at Hampstead, l.. I.
 It is reported in Washington that Secrtary McAdoo will withdraw from the Cabinet
 Parcel shipments between United States and Greece will be accepted, be- ginning Saturday.
 Horace p. Cook, mayor of Redbank, N. J, died after short illness. He was 55 years old.
 Charles L. Williams, a cahuffeur, was killed when his automobile overturn- ed at Newburyport, Mass.
 The Auburn Theological Seminary announced a gift of s1O0, 900 from Mrs. John s. Kennedy, of New York.
 Mrs. Barbara StoItz, s2 years old. Of Brooklyn, was burned to death when her clothing caught fire from the flame of gas stove.
 A two-year old lion in The Bronx, (N. Y. Zoo, named "Huerta" was killed in a battle with a tiger after a fight of 20 minutes.
 More than 250 miners enn npIoyed by the Oak Hill Mine at Terre Haute. Ind, went on strike because Of the dis- charge of two drivers.
 A bill for Federal control of the is- sues of stocks and bonds was favor ably reported by the House committee on Interstate Commerce.
 Leon Levine, of Atlantic city, six years old, tripped over a carpet and fell into a tub of boiling water. He was scalded to death.
 Hamilton Harris, an agent for the Wells Fargo Express at Middletown, Cal. was killed by three masked ban dits, who escaped with $50.
 Ambassador Herrick thanked the French Government on behalf of the United States for the aid rendered by French ships at Tampico.
 The wooden freight steamer City of Rome from Buffalo to Toledo. was burned to the water edge of Ripley N. Y- The crew escaped in boats.
 The personal estate of Frederick Weyerhauser, the lumber king, is valued at sS75,00 His will makes no mention of his vast timber holdings The new Fabre line steamer Patria arrived in New York from Marseilles In recognition of the dancing fever 6 special ballroom was built in the ship. Governor colquitt of Texas isued an order withdrawing all State troops from the Mexican border. They have been replaced by HOO United States soldiers.
 P. K. Bowman, of New Orleans, was elected president of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association at the closing of the 1914 convention in Chicago.
 kaiser Wilhelm, acted as godfather at the christening of the infant daugh- ter of Lieutenant t-Commander Walter R. Gherardi, the American naval at i tache at Berlin.
 The POO employees of the conneIIs- vile, Pa, Coal & Coke Co, who went on strike because of a reduction of wages, returned to work, their cause having been won. Traekmen and freight handlers at a number of points on the Williams port division of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Northern Central Rail- road went on strike. Unless Dr. Fiorentine Smith of Jer- sey City renews his attention to Mrs. Lydia H. Rose within nine days he will have to face trial in S25OOO breach of promise suit. The House Committee on territories reported the bill authorizing the es tablfshment Of an electric light and power plant and distributing system in the county of Kauai Hawaii
 
 The American liner St. Louis sailed from New York making a special trip to Christianand, Norway, with 400 members of the Sons of Norway, who will attend the Centennial celebra lien
 Thomas Nelson Page, United States A Ambassador to Italy was congratulat- ed by the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs on the conclusion of tho ,,ax,,