Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-03

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Condensed lelegramS The American Red Cross fund now otals $50,937-
 Speaker Clark is to review the pa- ade in Hartford Labor Day. William Waldorf Astor has donated ;125, ,000 to the Red Cros fund in Lon lon
 Canada wheat crop is 135,000,000 bushels.
 John Gatwski was fined $15 in Mer- Iden police court for stealing two kiss es from a married woman
 Ibrihim orquiasa, Liberal, was elected Speaker of the Cuban House of representatives.
 Fire destroyed the palace of the of Cardiff, Wales.
 Gold coin amounting to $35o,oo0 was | from the Sub- Treasury for shipment to Canada
 A ne wcomet has been observed with the naked eye from the observatory at Plevna, Bulgaria
 Joseph Connolly, 32 years old, of Jersey City, was electrocuted while working on building.
 Thousands of arms of every descrip- tion were turned in at the national palace in Mexico City.
 Twelve Chicago nurses, members of fha Rcd Cross nrdara6 tn ceed to Europe for war service.
 Mrs. Rosemary S. WooIsten, grand daughter of President Grant, died at Hampstead, L. l., aged 34 years.
 The main plant of the Carstens Packing Co.,, at Tacoma, Wash, was destroyed by fire at a loss of $1o00,00o.
 Emperor William has conferred the decoration of the Iron Cross, first class, upon General von Lindenburg.
 Etienne cottingneis, French silk weaver, of Phillipsburg, N. J., became insane over the war and committed suicide.
 Attorney General MeReynoIds will take the oath of office as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on Oc- tober IF.
 
 Governor Fielder appointed w. Ed- win Florence, Democrat of New Brunswick, N. J., as city treasurer for Trenton.
 Prompt action by. firemen saved the Brooklyn from destruction. The loss is $10,000.
 A large manatee, seven feet long and weighing 600 pounds, has been receiv- ed at the New York Aquarium from Porto Rico.
 | In the election for Speaker in the | Cuban Congress at Havana three more 1 votes were cast tha nthere were mem brs present.
 | Exports of merchandise from the port of New York for the wek ending Aug ust 29 amounted to $10,214, ,302, against | S12,15S,S97 a year ago. l Several hundrd machinists, who have been on strike at Trenton, N J., for twelve weeks returned to work under the old scale of wages. Mrs. Helen D. Lonsstreet, widow of General Longstreet, of the Confede- rate Army, filed petition in bank ruptcy at Trenton, N. J. Joseph Fiveash, who established the Washington Public Ledger in 1876 died, aged 68 years. He retired from business ome time ago. Tine Cuban Cruiser Cuba, with the marine band on board, sailed for Bal timore to participate in the celebra- tion of tine centenary of the composing
 of The Star Spangled Banner.
 Major General Leonard Wood, com
 manding the eastern department, was
 in Washington for conferences with Secretary GarretsOn and other officials
 of the war department.
 Because of run the American Ma tional Bank of Pensacola, Fla, has
 been closed. The bank has a capital
 of s3OO,000 with deposits of nearly
 s1,500,000.
 Miss Shirley Sullivan of New York
 who is visiting at Saratoga Springs
 accomplihed the feat of swimming
 across Saratoga Lake, a distance ol
 six miles.
 A report of the National Highway.
 Protective Association shows that 5;
 persons lost their lives in, vehiculal , acidents in New York city street dur.
 ing the past month.
 For entering the port of, Norfolk, Va.
 without a bill of health, the Dutct