Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-23

AANOA OA lHS NONeTIlIuGII. I.
 Representative Baker, of Califor- mia read General Washington's Fare well Address in the House. . Four men have been indicted, charg- with the murder of Barnet Baff, the independent poultry dealer
 The River Mouse has overfiowed its banks over a stretch of country in the neighborhood of Liege.
 A fast mail steamship service be- tween New York and South American ports will soon be instituted.
 John Armstrong chaIoner, art pat ron, lawyer historian and poet, is go- ing in for thoroughbred hogs.
 Premier Wilson has signed an ex- eculVe order creating an inter-de- partmental board on coastal commun- ication.
 Ten per cent. increase in wages of telegraphers and station agents of the Clover Leaf Railroad, Ohio, has been granted.
 George E. Miller, general superin- tendent of the Lehigh Valley Transit company, die dat Allentown, Pa, aged 49 years.
 D. w. Brown of Mystic was elected president Of the Connecticut Poultry mems association at its annual meeting at Hartford.
 A New York man sent back his H- cense notice because he found his fi- ance sitting in the lap of another young man.
 A telephone message from TiahuIiIo stated that Villa troops under Canuto Reyes had been driven into the desert region northeast.
 President Wilson prefers having the proposed tariff commission consist of members appointed by himself and en- tirely non-partisan.
 Julio Acosta, special envoy of the Costa Rican government, passed through San Jose yesterday on bis way to Washington.
 The superdreadnought PennsyIvania arrived at Rockland, Me, from New port News to begin her official build CTS acceptance trials.
 Fire in the seed warehouse of the Wilmington Rennie Company, Toronto, damaged the firms stock to the ex- tent of about S20O,00O
 Sinking of the British steamship Dinsle is reported by Lloyds. There probably is only one survivor No de- tails have been received.
 The plant of the Burlington, Vt. Rendering company was partly burned and a quantity of fertilizer damaged. The loss is estimated at S25.Oo0.
 One boy on bobsIed smashed into an automobile and was killed and another went over an embankment on a second coasting accident in New York.
 Premier Sir Robert Borden of Can ada has accepted an invitation to ad- dress the Lawyers Club of New York after the adjournment of Parlia- ment.
 The British steamer Arracan, loaded and in the outer St. Johns N B.. harbor ready to sail. was damaged by fire of undetermined origin early yes terday.
 A public reception by the Govern or and Mrs Mccall in the Hall of Flags at the State House was the principal observance of Washingtons Birthday in Boston.
 Two deaths during the trip of the American Line steamer New York which arrived at New York ftom Eng land, encased in ice, were attributed to the rough passage. Representations against the pres ence of United States deputy marshals on the captured British liner Appam were made to the State Department by the German embassy.
 A call for a special meeting of stockholders of the Maine CentrI rail- road, to be held on March 8, to take action on the issue of S6,000,00O re- funding bonds, has been sent out.
 A reduction in the cost of producing shells in England will result in a saw ing of 100000 pounds weekly after June 1st: This statement was made in the house of commons yesterday
 Thomas McGiIton, soldier in many wars and one of the last who wit messed the charge of the Light Bri- gade at Balaclava, will be buried with full military honors today at West Point
 Reports from SaIsburg say that 30 persons are still missing as a result of te avalanche in the Hochkoenib region. No further deaths have been reported in addition to the f1fty-five made known.
 The 35-knot battle cruiser planned for the new naval program will be the finest and most powerful ships of their class in the world, Rear Admiral Badger of the general board told the | House naval committee | EndoWments amounting to nearly one million dollars were announced at the Washington Day celebration of the University of Buffalo yesterday. These include $500, from Mrs. Seymour H. Knox, and $225,000 from General Ed mund Hayes.
 The Connecticut Postmasters' asso- | citation at its annual meeting in Hart ford yesterday elected the following off, | f1cers: President, Philip Troup, New Haven; vice presidents, M. H. Walsh | Middletown, Thomas F. Rourke, Un- ionville; secretary D. J Teevan, Shelton.