Connecticut western news., 1878-02-28

the free coinage feature, inserting the provision limiting the coinage of the sal- yer dollar, and providing that any gain arising from that coinage shall be paid into the Treasury, was concurred in 2O3 to 71,
 The third Senate amendment propos- ing an international silver conference, | was concurred in-195 to 7l,
 The fourth Senate amendment, au- thorizing the issue of certificates in ex- change for silver coin, was concurred Ill without division. The other amend ments were simply formal, and were all concurred in, and the bill as amended passed.
 THE NEW POPE.
 Joachim Pecci, Pope Leo XIII, the newly elected Pope of Rome, will be sixty-eight years of age on tho 2d day ol March, having been born in 1910, at Carpenctte, in the Diocese of Arragin. He entered the Church when very young man, and by indofatigable perne- verancc rapidly passed through the lower orders, until at last he attained the Archbishopry of Perouse. He has been a Cardinal for twenty-five years. He was brought to the notice of the late Pope for tho hat by Leopold l., King of Belgium, but, through Cardinal Anto- nelli, several years elapsed before the honor was conferred. This prelatc is better known as the Chamberlain of Plus Tx, who conquered his aversion to Pecci after the death of Antonelli.
 The name of His Holiness was among the first, if not the first mentioned. to succeed Plus TX. He is known as moderate" and as he favored many of the late Pope's plans, his chances for the succession have always been fair. His Holiness made an excellent bishop and a superior Cardinal. He is of high intellect and a persevering, energetic nature. One of his greatest acts was to clear Benevento of smuggling and brig andage. His Holiness is tall and thin, with features clear cut and of an aristo- cratic stamp. His bearing and manners denote majesty. His voice is at first disagreeable, owing to q peculiar nasal twang, but 1t is otherwise SO strong and resonant that the feeling wears away. His Holiness ranked in the order of precedence of Cardinals as eleventh.
 In tho first ballot. when the vote was cast for Pope, a few cardinals voted for Pecci. At the evening ballot his votes suddenly increased to 35. On the following morning he finally obtained A votes.
 In the Ontario House of Commons Hon. MT. Smith, Minister of Marine and Fisheries, said the government did not during the present session contemplate making any change ill the coasting laws and regulations of Canada.
 Tho British Foreign Office has giver
 notice to Lloyds that the prohibition o
 the export of grain and other products
 from the Black Sea ports has been raised
 but that the torpedoes have not yet beer
 removed.
 Mir. Echeverria, the Cuban diplo : matic agent, declares therc IS no truth il
 the peace rumors from Havana Ther, will, he says, be no peace except upol
 the basis of the recognition of inde pendence.
 Henry Williams, Q negro, was hanged at Isle of Wight Court House, Va. H. seemed perfectly composed and recon oiled to his fate, acknowledged his gull of the offence for which he suffered deatl f Gan outrage on a woman) and man, 7 others by him committed. His neck wa l broken. His last words were "Tak | warning from my end and avoid the as
 soclation of all women. I am Ronr Q Goodbye" - - The coast of Peru has again bee l desolated by tidal wave and an eartt quake, and the busy port of Callao Q partly in ruins. These phenomena al :. becoming mora frequent and violent. j. The Asylum for the insane at Vii e oski, Sheboygan county, Wis, was tc
 tally destroyed by fire and four of til ; inmates perished.
 Q Edward Newman in New York k1lle > Katie Hayes because she would not ma 1t ry him. He has just been sentenced c State prison for life for tho offence.
 Hundreds of pilgrims to Mecca al l. dying of cholera.
 ? Charles Francis Daubigny, u 91 French painter and engraver, Is dead. Ie A Chinese merchant just landed d San Francisco says that in one district r. the State of Santong, last year, out of IL population of 96,OOO about 80, 1000 die V of starvation.
 The Democratic State Conventic l. of Indiana nominated State ticket. F. r Gov. Hendricks was chosen chairman l. Resolutions were unanimously y adoptt '9 '1 in favor of retiring National bank not N and issuing legal tender Treasury not
 in their place demanding the restit
 tion of the silver dollar of 412I grains le repeating the Bankrupt act and in fav,
 of pension for soldiers of the MeXicf T. war. The resolutions declare that Ti h. den aud Hendricks were rightfully ele al ted President and Vice President of u l. United States.
 'd The United States Senate voted I 1f r0rter" t,n fra,ALins privilege. of One hundred miles in 1Sh., 4sr 'e and 4Os made by Hartman at Havo l. hill, Mass, is said 10 be the shorte 'o time on record. 1f There is excitement in Canada ov, g. a report that the Fenians in the Unite 'r States are organizing and drilling. ,,i A snow slide at Brigham, Utah Te 70 ritory killed two men.
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