Connecticut western news., 1881-10-19
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AAAssJ eaeaet Es1otstloesdn dnm SSdft6y.S Tn0 defense will be, insanity and medical malpractice The Court was asked to allow witness fees and mileage, Guiteau pleading poverty. The date of the trial was fixed foraNovember ?, and the ques- ton of jurisdiction will be argued on October 30. There was nc. disturbance, save thatecaused by demented lawyer who wished to shoot the prisoner.
 ---Captain B. P. McCrea, of the Un!tAdr Statess vessel Tennessee, died. suddenly ofrheart disease at Yorktown on Frday:sf7 :s s.t-t} >
 -Rdwafd Earle was hanged at Sage vile, N. r., Friday, for the murder of bis wife. It was Hamilton County's first execution.
 Fire at Kokomo, Col, Thursday evening, destroyed the town except twehW houses. Loss, $40O, 900. Eighty families; homeless and destitute. Illinois has roc, GOO bushels of old corn in store. Winter wheat shows g. decrease of [, ,043, 300 on the crop of 12,337, 773 in 1880. zs..- ,as4 zai.
 The Scotch yacht Madge was beat en By tho Boston yacht Shadow in a. ten-mi1e race at Newport Friday by
 
 Eighty counties of Iowa heard from give Sherman. plurality of 40, 725. The remaining II counties gave Garfield last year 8 plurality of Ii, 767. Corrected returns make the Republican strength in the Senate A out of 50, and in the House ,72 out Of 100. --. -Conapfete, but unofficial, returns from the entire State of Ohio show Re- hIimoTa og on1 nornn. cratic gains of 6,389 net Republican gain, [, ,057. This, added to Townsend's plurality last October, gives Foster, for Governor, 24,062 plurality. s~r
 The State Anti Monopoly Commit tee met at Albany Wednesday, and elected MT. Deven Chairman and MT. Committee was instructed to prepare an indofsennent of those candidates whom 1t deems worthy of anti monopoly SUD- port. ,,.-s+.,.- .s-.-
 The New York Democratic Con- vention .ats Albany Wednesday made the following nominations: For Judge of the Court of Appeals, A. Schoon- maker. Jr. ;; for Attorney General, Roswell A. Parmenter; for Secretary of State, Henry Purcell; for Comp 1AoAASARs %AuV&BO AANs 4h&1GNAn HUI State Treasurer, Robert A. Maxwell; for State Engineer, Thomas Evershed. A new State Committee was appointed, of which Daniel Manning was elected chairman The Tammany men, before leaving Albany, drew up an address pro- testing against their exclusion from the State Democratic organization. -I+-E The nomination of ex-Senator Han nibal Hamlin, of Maine, as Minister to Spain, was sent to the Senate Thursday and confirmed. esatA .-s-=-s In the Democratic State Convention the County Democracy of New York City were admitted, both Tammany and Irving Hall being rejected. --" 'e
 At Watertown, N. Y., O. R. Skin ner was nominated by the Republicans to succeed Warner Miller in the House of Representatives. --.' --s
 The United States Senate met in special session Monday, and proceeded to the election of 8 President pro tenn. MT. Edmunds held that the Senators elect from New York and Rhode Island should be admitted to vote on the cleo t1on, but that motion and others of similar purport moved by him were de- feated by majorites of one and two, and Senator .Bayard was chosen President, A motion by MT. tEdmunds for the Sen- ate to pass upon the credentials of Sen- ator. elect AIdrich, of Rhode Island, was voted down and the Senate adjourned. Mir. Dorr, of Illinois, did not vote on the question of electing President.
 The Republicans elected David Davis, of Hf., President pro tenn. of the n&rFN AK MT. Edmundss resolution continuing the standing committees of the Senate as they were constituted last session was adopted, MT. Davis voting with the Re- publicans. . a-.. s. -.=-- -.es.l In the Senate, Tuesday, Messrs. Aldrich, Miller and Lapham were sworn in. Mr.. MePherson presented peti- tion from. 1Se members of the last New York Legislature against swearing in Messrs. Miller and Lapham. setting forth among, other things that they were not elected by majority of the Legislature; that MT. Miller had, while g Congress man, against the statutes, urged con- tinua11ce of the duty on wood-pulp, of which he was manufacturer, and re- citing the allegations of bribery in the election. The petition was laid on the table. -. ....-.... . .--,
 Gen. W. 8. Hancock has arrived at Yorktown, where he will remain until after the celebration. A salute was fired from Fortress Monroe in honor of his arrival. 4-s.. ls.s ..--.- r'-..-
 In New. York City Comptroller Campbell's estimate for money to run the city government for 1882 was pre- sented to the Board of Aldermen Thurs day. It calls for $31, ,671 $40. 19.
 Gen. Hancock has issued an order from his headquarters on Governors Island, announcing Lieut.. Col. William D. Whipple as Adjutant- General of the military division of the Atlantic and of the Department of the East. ;.
 At Chicago it is reported that Mir. Vanderbilt has sold his Chicago, Bur- lington and Quincy stock, estimated at from &, 500. 900 to $6,00O,Q0O.
 At Philadelphia on Wednesday night fire broke out in Landenberger's s mill, on Rudolph street. Some of the employees jumped from the windows and others were buried in the ruins. It is believed that over twenty lives were lost. .s t-e-a z-.
 The corner stone of the new City Hall at Albany was laid Thursday with Masonic ceremonies.
 -Assemblyman O. R. Skinner, the Re- publican nominee for Congress to suc- ceed Warner Miller, is seriously i'll.
 On Wednesday masked burglars in Illinois tortured Allen Fairbanks and then stole from his residence $1O,OOO in Government bonds.
 The whaler Polynia, which has ar- rived at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. from