Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-26
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Samuel p. Keefer of Torrey, N. Y. died at the age of 105.

The Government of Austria took over all stocks of rye, barley, corn and flour products.
 The Bank of England Sold 2O1OOO pounds sterling bar gold, and pur- chased 782,0OO pounds.
 Mrs. Mary 6. Allen Webb, first president and organizer of the W. C. T. U., died in Savannah.
 The rates of import duty on news print paper entering France were temporarily reduced 50 per cent.
 Two bills to prevent treating in any hotel, saloon. club or cafe were in troduced in the New Jersey House.
 Capt. E. A. Harding of the United States Marine Corps, killed himself at the Racquet Club, in Philadelphia.
 The stick of dynamite found in the Japanese exhibit at the San Francisco Exposition proved to be a Japanese toy.
 Automobiles will be used in trans porting mail in Boston, instead of the electric cars of the Boston Elevated now Il use.
 The British Government took over
  Transport Line steamers Minnewaska and MinnetOnka.
 Every branch of the lumber industry was represented at a meeting of lum- Der men from all parts of the nation which opened in Chicago.
 The Du Pont Powder Co.,, declared the regular quarterly dividend of 2 per cent. and an extra dividend of 1 per cent on common stock.
 The Senate foreign relations com mittee held it's last meeting of the session without acting on the Co., lomban and Nicaraguan treaties.
 A convention was concluded be- tween the United States and British Honduras for two-cent postage be- tween the two countries after March 1,1915.
 Paul Kimber of Lynn, Mass, was sentenced to IS months in the house of correction at Plymouth for con- spiracy to manufacture counterfeit coins.
 G. w. Quintard's wire haired terrier, Champion Matford Vic, was adjudged the best dog of any breed, sex, or age at the dog show in Madison Squre Garden.
 Thirty-sx master plumbers who have been on trial in Des AIOines since February 10 on charges of violating the sherman antitrust law, were convicted.
 The New Jersey Senate unanimously passed the Colgate bill permitting the Rockefeller Foundation to go into New Jersey and spend S1, ,OOO, 900 for animal research work.
 Jose Francisco Silva, 14-year-old boy, attempted to kill Dr. Alfonso Costa, leader of the Democratic party in Portugal. He fired two shots, both of which missed.
 After a business dispute, Joseph Rogoff. clothing manufacturer of Springfield, Mass, shot and seriously wounded his partner. A. Widlansky. and then killed himself.
 Plans for combined army and navy maneuNers on gigantic scale, with New York city as the prize of con tending forces, are under considera- ton by Secretary Daniels.
 Abolition of the State Labor De- partment and the placing of it's duties under the office of the Secretary of State is sought in a bill introduced in the New York Assembly,.
 The hard rain of the last 24 hours has raised the Merrimacll river to the highest point thus far this winter and tons upon tons of ice were broken up directly north of the Amoskeag Falls. N. H.
 Secretary Bryan announced that a commission, headed by former Gov ernor Fort, of New Jersey, will leave New York Saturday for Port-au- Prince, Hayti, to investigate condi- tions there.
 Admiral Baron Shigeta Dewa, coun- selor of the Emperor of Japan on nav al affairs, Commander s. Kasbayashi and Lieut.. Y. Uyeda, of the Japanese navy, were guests at the Brooklyn Navy yard.
 Richard J. Hartman was sentenced to from five to nine years in Sing Sing for swindling aged Mrs. Charlotte Mckenzie, widow of a Singer Sewing Machine company ofical, of her entire fortune of s64O,0OO.
 Admiral Howard recommended to the Navy Department the court-mar- tial of five officers of the battleship San Diego, aboard which there was an explosion recently in which sev- eIdl lives were IOSI.
 Raided by customs inspectors the British steamer Orland. in New York harbor 90 cans of opium, several pounds of crude opium and complete layout were found. The Orland car ries a Chinese crew.
 Capt. Uerpetti, Lieuts. Pettazini and Orfinio Razazza. and eight non-com missiOned officers of the Italian army arrived in New York on the liner Stampalia to joint the commission in this country buying horses.
 Whether a special session of the senate shall be called by President Wilson after March 4 to consider the Colombian and Nicaraguan treaties probably will be decided by the pres ident today at a cabinet meeting.
 Martin J. Wade Of Iowa City, has been selected by President Wilson for federeal judge in the southern district of Iowa, to succeed the late Judge Smith McPherson. The nomination will be sent to the senate today.
 Harry Chandler, son-in-Iaw of Gen. Harrison Gray Otis. was arraigned in 4