Connecticut western news., 1881-03-23
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL rTEMS.

: sist of Messrs Merrill, Sherman. Ferry ,,-Jopes of Nevada, Platt of New York BayaEd, Voorhees, Beck, MePhersor and Harris. -
 e,sxEIhe members of the Worlds Fail Commission ip New York agreed tc complete the first million dollars o1 subscr1ptlons by April 15, provided the H.'az@ railroads and citizens add million nseadf The subscriptions to date amount t .fss $956, 800. The selection of InYood siss adhered to finally. sU
 SThe Democratic Senators in Wash 1ngton in caucus accepted the situation : turning upon. MT. Mahene voting with the. Republicans and, revised their list of Senate committees so as to retain es a. only the minority representation. ass'- ~Sas.s A.Bre4et Major General Emory Upton -. $. A, author of e Military Tactics, , committed suicide at the Presidio ot supposed through grief on account o1 the recent death of his wife. He sAs. was Lieutenant Colonel of the Fourth Artillery. -, os.s
 -Mr. William P. Frye was elected a United States Senator by the Maine Legislature on Tuesday.
 -The steam whaler, Mary & Helen, twas purchased by the Navy Department . .~; Tuesday for $100, 900, to go in search of the'missing Jeannette, -,s ! .ss .a;s 1.-The United States Senate passed . resolutions of sympathy with Russia sin - the loss of the Czar, as follows:-That remembering and cherishing with satis- s~a faction the relations of genuine friend Es ship. that have always existed between A-5sl the people and governments of Russia 7@s and of the United States to the strengthening and maintaining of which lat S tributed his great influence, the Senate sfS extends to the government and people of Russia its coincidence in this sad national bereavement. .r
 The uncertainty as to tue position of United States Senator Malone, of Virginia was ended Monday, by his = voting twice with the Republicans and. by his assertion that he was not Demo- crat, but ReadjusterAthat is, that he represented strictly local issues in the United States Senate. This point was brought out by speech made. by.Sen- ator Hill, of Georgia, who had a per !. sonal discussion with Senator Malone. s'- The large paper mill of Tileston & Hollingsworth, at Hyde Park, Mass, j. was burned early Sunday morning. The total loss is estimated at $75, 900, upon which there is an insurance of $45, ,OO0.4 Nine buildings of the Rattan Works at Wakefield, Mass, were burned Saturday. Loss, $2OO, ,OOO.
 Judge Daniels, of New York, sen- terced Harry Genet, of the old Tweed ring, to the penitentiary for eight months, and to pay fine of 39, GOA, to stand committed until paid.
 The walking match in New York ended. on Saturday, the whole thing be- ing farce or swindle. O'Leary with drew from the track at eight o'clock, being three miles behind Vaughn, who |. had completed 453 miles. Rowell's s competitor, Albert, withdrew early in the match.
 Fourteen men and one woman charged with making and passing coun- terfeit coin have been arrested in New York city. -. ..ss..-,
 Three United States soldiers were drowned, while crossing the Marias River, near Fort Benton.
 Four negroes were lynched in Ar- kansas Friday on suspicion of having murdered a white woman.
 In the trial at San Francisco of I. M. Kalloch for the murder of Charles De Young, the defense is trying to show transftory mania on the part of the prisoner.
 In the Carver-Scott glass ball match at the end of the shooting the score stood: Carver, 7,801; Scott, 7,793. -5' The Pope has issued an encyclical proclaiming jubilee from March 19 to November for Europe, and to the end of the year for the rest of the world,
 MT. Ch,istiancy held a reception in Lima on Washingtons Birthday. at which the music was furnished by one, of the best bands of the Chilian army sent by the Commander in- Chief, Gen eral Baquedan.
 The detail of the proposed Jean- nette search expedition will consist of SIX officers and about thirty-fve men.
 Tine prospectus of new cable company, to be known as the European American and Asiatic, will soon be is- sued in London.
 The British Government has re- ferred Professor Hinds charges respect ing the use of forged statistics before the Halifax Fishery Commission to the Canadian Government.
 A Nihilist proclamation found at the house of the assassin Roussakoff bids the new Czar of Russia take warning from his fathers fate and says the Nihilists will continue their work.
 @1uo negroes III Foru resent the preS- ence of Chinamen and drunken mob killed twenty of a gang of thirty China men employed to work on the hacienda of MT. Swayne, near Cerro Azul. ,S An attempt to blow up the Mansion or Lord Mayors House m Londoni is reported A package containing fifteen pounds of powder was found at mid night on Wednesday on window-sill z-F in one of the corridors. A lighted fuse E. was attached to it. It is believed by many the police "put up the job" On Thursday the cellars and vaults under the houses of Parliament were searched. The discipline in the Siberian con- vict settlements has been relaxed by an order from the new Emperor of Russia. .-The German Government believes that the new Czar will carry out his motto, "Peace with Economy" and devote himself to internal improvements. --The Berlin authorities are enforcing the law against Socialists with greater vigor.
 The St. Petersburg police have dis covered mine running under the riding school which the late Czar visited on