Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-02

Cl OSo OA A1iISAAS IAAN ICSeNA NO P1OHso-'" |
 w. F. Delaney received word that he had been recommended at Wash ington for postmaster at New Britain.
 The old vnecovered arsenal in Cen tral Park, opposite East 64th street, is to be torn down. It was built in 1850.
 Chief of Police Laurent of Paris re- fused to grant permission for a revival ] of boxing in Paris during hostilites.
 An epidemic of scarlet fever devel- oped in Hamilton, N. Y. Several stu dents of Colgate University are vic tims.
 The Massachusetts house of repre- sentatives defeated a bill which would | make New Years Day a legal holiday l in that state.
 German newspapers state that Pro- 1 lessor Fredenthal of Berlin University discovered a means of converting | straw into food. ]
 General AIejandro Rodriguez, a l prominent figure in the last Cuban l revolution against Spain, died at his l home in Havana.
 Lieut.. Samuel Peacock of the coast guard cutter Miami sent in his resig- nation because he refuses to be vac cinated for smallpox.
 A meeting of Harvard undergradu- ates will be held Thursday to debate the question of whether or not beer shall be served at class functions
 Seven miners accused of murdering party of mine guards and a chauf- feur during the recent Colorado mine strike were acquitted at Pueblo, Col.
 General T. Coleman du Pont, pres ident of the Du Pont Powder Co., sold his entire holdings in that company to a syndicate connected with the con cern.
 The Holy Rollers of Jackson County, Ill.,, inaugurated another crusade against sin at Grand Tower, H., and will kick the devil into the Mississip- pi River.
 Rudolp ph Berger, one of the principal singers in German operas at the Man haitian Opera House, died in New York of illness contracted in the Austri- an army.
 A Chiese boycott on all Japanese industries and business houses as a retaliation fo rthe demands made on China by Japan was started in San Francisco.
 Governor Alexander of Idaho, sign ed the prohibition bill. The bill makes the manufacture or sale of intoXicat- ing loquor in Idaho unlawful after January 1. 1916.
 The National City Bank filed a suit in the Supreme Court against the city of New York, alleging the banks stock held by shareholders has been improperly taxed.
 C. F. Stagger, marine diver, received | an official permit from the War De- pertinent to salve the Russian sloop | of war Neva, wrecked near Sitka, Alaska, with $200,O00 in gold aboard l Fire in an oil warehouse on Central wharf, Boston, menaced other property along the Atlantic avenue waterfront
 but hard work on the part of the fire men kept the flames from spreading. | Max Staudt, aged IS, of Passaic, N. J. was arrested there after he had taken $15 belonging to his mother to go to Philadelphia and hear Billy
 Sunday, and spent it at movie" show.
 Copyrights of valuable law books, written by the testator, and a residu-
 ary legacy of $25,0O0 were bequeathed | to Harvard Law school in the will of Professor John c. Gray, of the Law school.
 1 A colonel and two majors were sen fenced to death by a courtmartial at 1 Sofia Bulgaria, on a charge of mutiny,
 ments during the Rumanian invasion in 1913.
 A bullet wound received by Gustaf | A. Frederickson during struggle at Cambridge, Mass, with Julian Lane,
 resulted fatally. Lane who claims that the shot was fired in self defense is 1 under arrest
 Arrangements were completed for the funeral today of Major William kArthur, U. $. A., retired, a brother of the late President Chester A. Arthur who died at his home at Cohassett Mass, last week. The Investment Bankers Associa- ton of America has decided to con- |, test the income tax regulation, hold ing that income received by a part
 nreship is not to be considered in-
 come of the members.
 T The Southern Plantation Develop ment company and other creditors fil- ed an involuntary petition in bank ruptcy at Chicago against the Ala bama Tobacco company. The liabili- ties are given as $16S,000. Il Two thousands bags of flour, wortt
 $1S.000, which were to have been sent
 to the Belgians sufferers, went to the
 bottom of the East River when the lighter carrying them to the steamer
 Harpalyce at Brooklyn sank.
 Governor w. s. Hammond of Min lnesota signed the county option bil , recently passed by the Minnesota leg
 islature providing for the disposition
 of the prohibition ssue by countes
 The law become effective immediately
 Governor Walsh announced that on' l of the great sheds at the Common wealth Pier, Boston, would be open ed as a shelter for the unemployed The shed is lighted and heated ana cots will be installed. It is believed !, more than 300 men can be accommo
 dated.