Connecticut western news., 1914-02-12
GENERAL NEWS EVENTS.

UEVEkAL MWS tftNlS. Happenings of Interest In Various
 Parts of Our Country. @
 The mysterious disappearance of Miss Florence B. Lawlor, the sixteen year-old schoolgirl of Brooklyn, N. r.. has been cleared up. She wandered away from her home, and no trace of her whereabouts was obtained until four days later, when girl in Young Woman's Christian association In Chi cago was identified as Miss Lawlor.
 Jack R. Binns, the wireless operator whose heroism in sticking to his post when the steamship Republic was sinking, after being rammed by the Florida off Nantucket on Jan. g. 1909. brought the aid that saved the lives of the passengers and crew, is to be married in June to Miss Alice A. Me Mir of Flatbush. N. Y.
 Miss Eleanor Wilson, daughter Of the president, will shortly appear in an amateur theatrical performance to be given in New York city. She will take leading part in a play called Sanctuary" given for the benefit Of an organization. the Sanctuary of Birds in New Hampshire.
 Governor Cole L. Bleas expects to clear the South Carolina penitentiary of some 400 prisoners by next August. according to his statement at an In- quiry into the conditions at the State Hospital For the Insane by a special legislative commission.
 George 0. Van Tuyl, Jr., superintend- ent of banks of New York, has begun suit in Chicago for $5O.OOO damages against John Cudahy, the packer, for liability as a stockholder of the Car. negie Trust company of New York. The will of Mrs. Mamie Clementine Maddock. made public, bequeaths to Miss Bessie Beatty, a San Francisco newspaper reporter, $2O.OOO to De used in behalf of poor children as Miss Beatty sees fit.
 The board of food and drug inspec- tion in the department of agriculture. which often was the center of attack by pr. Harvey W. Wiley, former chief I chemist, has been abolished by Secre. tary Houston.
 A railroad ticket purchased May 13, 1890. was presented for refund by George P. Boynton at the Union Pacific railroad in Los Angeles, Cal. The ticket will be honored for a refund of $1.10.
 Acting Secretary Roosevelt told 8 large delegation of citizens from Nor folk, Va, that the navy department is | firmly behind the movement to con struct drydock in the Virginia city
 Rear Admiral Usher. commanding the Norfolk navy yard. is seriously i'll with typhoid fever. supposed to have been contracted eating raw oysters.
 President Wilson withdrew from entry all public lands that may be crossed by San Francisco water con duit from Hetch Hetchy valley.
 The $1,O0O,OOO paper mill at Brokaw Wis, owned by the Wisconsin River Paper company, was destroyed by fire The water mains were frozen.
 Fire on the submarine G-1 was sue cessfully fought by the crew while the vessel was moored in the Newporr naval station.
 Ten-year-old Joseph Ford of Atlantic City stabbed Helen Johnson, same age in school classroom. They had beer quarreling.
 Dawn and dancing split the Re formed Church of Redemption ir Greenport, N. Y., and the rector re Signed.
 Pupils of the Little Falls (N. l.. public school threaten to strike because they are not permitted to use front steps.
 President Wilson signed the Kenyur bill abolishing Wash:ngton's segregat ed district
 Judge F J. O'Connor of the superior court at Oelwein, Ia., was convicted oi into xicatiOn
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