Connecticut western news., 1882-04-12
NEWS OF THE DAY
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thursday night. Tidings of men anl women killed aad towns wrecked com, rom many sources. In Kansas six per sons are spoken of as killed or fatall, injured by the hurricane, and few of tn, Inhabitants of one little town wholly escaped injury, most of them being now homeless. Three persons were kille( also In Michigan, and many were in jured.
 -six lives were lost Friday by tn, explosion of boiler on the steamer Bel Ia Mac, six miles from La Crosse, Wis. on the Mississippi River. = [
 The band of swindlers who com pelled Mir. Charles Francis Adams tt slgn checks in Boston have been operat ing, 1t is said, for year past under ths protection of the city detectives. :
 The Oregon Democratic State Con vention adopted resolution denouncine the veto of the Chinese bill. declarins the veto to be public misfortune.
 "A mob of sixty men captured the steamer Sallie Freeze at Raymond City w. Va, Thursday night, went to Win held, took negro named Joseph Smith ont of jail, ard hanged him to a tree. He had assaulted woman, and had ac. knowledged his guilt.
 "A remarkable conspiracy to extori money from MT. Charles Francis Adams was discovered in Boston. The men obtained checks to the amount of nearly $20, ,0OO, and the larger part of them were cashed before the plot was discov. cred. MT. Adams, who is 76 years old, has been somewhat i'll for two years. and his mind is at times affected.
 The Newark, N. J., bricklayers secured an advance of wages without a strike, and the carpenters have com promised.
 A man said to be the elder Bender, the Kansas murderer, is under arrest in St. Louis.zs~
 The Oregon Democratic State Con. vension nominated Joseph 8. Smith for Governor and William D. Fenton for Congressman
 The Connecticut House of Repre- sentatives on Wednesday passed resolu- tions lndorsing President Arthur's veto of the anti. Chinese bill. af-~
 - It is believed, in the west. that Frank James intends to- avenge the murder of his brother Jesse. "a -s 'i3-s s1 --More than half of the business por- tion of the town, of Hopkinton, Mass. :, was destroyed by fire on Monday, in- cluding the Town Hall, boot factory and church. Incendiarisn was the cause. The loss is over $35O. GOO.
 The Malleys and Blanche Douglass were arraigned before the Superior Court of New Haven, on Monday, and pleaded not guilty. e~E-
 Jesse James, the outlaw, was killed in the street at St. Joseph, Mo, Mon- day by two of his former companions.
 = About $35, 900 was raised in New York and Brooklyn for the Actors Fund. James Gordon Bennett gave 10000. s -k-st ,..s.-.
 "A mass-meeting was held in Cooper Union, New York City, Monday even. ing, to protest against the imprison- ment of " suspected American citizens in Ireland and to demand their imme. diate trial or release. Speeches were made by Senator Jones, Congressmen Cox, Randall and Orth, General Pryor and others, and resolutions were adopted.
 . The manufacture of oleomarearine in St. Louis has been investigated by the Board of Health, and proof was ob- tssned of the use of fat from horges and
 -Mr. Samuel J. Tilden has written Q letter to the Jefersonian Club of New Haven regretting that he cannot attend the clubs commemora ton of the birth of Jefferson. In his letter he says of Jefferson: "He was first in his day to completely emancipate his own mind from the monarchical and aristocratical traditions which still enslaved most of the best intellects of the country"
 A desperate fight ensued at Ayacu- cho, between two bodies of Peruvians, in which 200 were killed. Caceres re- venged himself fully, however, for the moment he got into the town he turned 1t over to his followers to sack as @ re- ward for their fidelity and courage, and areign of terror ensued. Cols. Panizo, Feiioo and Mas, who had commanded the defense of iAyacucho, were captured by Oaceres and summarily shot.
 The .Chilian picket, thirty in num- Der, at San Pedro dc Calama, Bolivia, recently revolted, killed three of their officers, plundered several stores and then lied into the Argentine Republic. Several were captured and executed.
 --One million tons of ice were har- vested on the Kennebec River last win ter. ss-- -a-.aa
 During violent wind and rain storm in Pennsylvania several persons sought shelter in 8 farmers shed near Reading. While there large water tank resting on a high support of masonry in the rear was blown over on the shed, by which three lives were lost. Several other persons were seriously injured. ++s 'z
 MT. Cornelius J.. Vanderbilt was found in his bed in the Glenham Hotel, New York City, about o'clock Sunday afternoon, suffering from a pistol shot wound ln his head. He died later in the day. He had been in ill health for some time. He was son of the late Commodore Vanderbilt, and at one time contested his fathers will. A settle. ment was made with him by his brother.
 At Grayhead, Mass, on Sunday, Mrs. Julia Pocknet locked her three children in the house and went to visit neighbor. On her return she found hAO nOusc Ou uI0. It WHS DurQ60 6O the ground, the children perishing in the flames. s-sa -r.
 At an isolated ranch near the Vera Cruz line in the state of Osxaca. a rancher, his wife and four children were brutally murdered by men who wished to steal sum of money supposed to have been concealed there. The mur. derers have been captured. .s.....- -
 -Keely has been ordered to divulge to the stockholders of his company the secret of his motor. " s.2
 "A sand bank caved in near New providanna pa on5 br.;.d e.. L...