Connecticut western news., 1884-05-14
NEWS OF.THE WEEK.
GENERAL ITEMS.

 island Channel, Thursday morning, and sunk. She wil be a total loss. The passengers and C'Cw were saved.
 Woman suffrage was defeated in the New E'rk Assembly.
 The election law passed by the last Demo cratic Legislature in Virginia has been de c'aied unconstitutional.
 Steamship H'ani2, from Glasgow, passed Farther Point, near Quebec Wednesday morning. She had on board twenty four of the crew of the steamship State of Florida, thas vessel having been sunk bv a collision with bark in mid-ocean. Out of the 167 persons on the State Of Florida fnIv forty-four were saved, and or the bark cl CIV only the captain and two of the men were rescued. One hundred and twenty-three souls went down with the steamer and twelve with the bark, making the total loss of hfe-135. The survivors were landed at Quebec.
 There was the widest excitement in Wall street Tuesday morning, when it was announced that the Marine National Bank had closed it's doors. About two hours later the banking house of Grant < Ward. No. Wall street, of which ex-Presdent Grant is member, an- nounced to the Stock Exchange its inability to meet it's engagements. The losses in the fail ures will be serious.
 The Mexican officials at Tampico have committed outrages on an American schooner and the American flag that demand ample rep aration.
 A bill making eight hours days work was lost in the New York State Senate
 Gov. Cleveland has signed the General Street Surface Railroad bill.
 Charles Ford the brother of Bob Ford, the slayer of Jesse James, shot himself, dying instantly. He was stopping temporarily at his fathers house in Richmond, Mo. He went to his room and soon after was found dying on the bed with bullet wound through his heart. A 45-calibre pistol was lying beside him. Re- morse caused the act.
 Ralph Bagaley, President Of the Arthur Lumber Company, returned from the scene Of the confiagration in Elk county Pa, aud ports that the devastation Is great. He esti- mates the loss in Elk county alone at over ST. 000 GOO. The heaviest losers are the mill own CTS, Hall & Kaull, of Pine Run, and D. l.. Motto, of Williamsport.
 During & violent hail and rain storm at Little Rock, Ark, shed at the old fair ground fell on large number of convicts employed at brick making. One of the guards was killed and another seriously injured by the falling timbers. Several convicts were also injured
 The aggregate value of the dogs named on the catalogue of the New York Dog Show, to compete for prizes, is S35O.O00
 A dense fog prevailed over the southern portion of Chicago when the Chicago and East ern train left Auburn with passengers coming into the city to business. stop was made at South Englewood, and just as the passenSer train was pulling out heavy locomotive Of the Grand Trunk road, which enters the city over the same tracks, plunged into the rear of 1t, splitting the last and telescoping the other two pinning the passengers in the broken timbers and flooding the interior with steam from the engine boiler. Two passengers were killed and more than twenty seriously injured.
 The cartridges found at Toronto contained dualin, stronger explosive than dynamite.
 A party of negroes undertook to chastise nxnlai ikn when he seized all axe, and attacking his as- saiants inflicted mortal injuries upon two of them.
 While colored militia were parading in Norfolk Va., the police, endeaYorinS to keep back the crowds of spectators, were attacked with paving stones and some of them severely injured.
 The boiler of the Whitney Marble Works at Gouverneur, N r., exploded on Saturday, killing five men instantly and fatally injuring two others.
 Forest fires ravaged sections of New York, Pennsylyania and New Jersey. Several villages were destroyed and many families rendered homeless and destitute. It is known that about dozen persons lost their lives.
 -Gilman's Station, in Sullivan Co.,, N. Y, was almost entirely ruined on Saturday, caus- ing loss to ". W. Gilman, of $150, 900, throw ing 150 men out of employment, and rendering homeless and penniless number of families.
 Gertrude L. Ash, the young muIatto servant, who was the companion of Jesse Williams, who assaulted and robbed Miss Maggie Harvey at the Sloane Flats, in New York city. on the evening of March 8, was con victed and sentenced to eighteen years and six nlol(hs imprisonment.
 A negro boy of eighteen was lynched in Kansas for stealing $15O
 A rail, Intentionally misplaced by un- known persons, threw passenger train from the track, near Grenada, Miss, the engineer being fatally scalded
 At Burlington, Vt., the damage to the docks and breakwater by the recent gale Is es- timated at about $S0,0 900.
 The Siamese Embassy arrived in New York in the Alaska. and were received with ceremony by the naval authorities and by rep resentatives of the munich ality. Their visit is declared to De without important purpose.
 The Village of Gainesville, Florida, was nearly destroyed by fire Saturday. Thirty-five buildings were burned, including the railroad buildings.
 WASHINGTON NoTEa
 Mr. Hewitt. of New York, will introduce 8 bill in the House to amend and simplify the present tariff. He has not yet decided whether he will introduce provisions for a reduction. The testimony in the Jeannette investigation ended with that of Mrs. De Long, who testified that her husband had studied the subject of provisions for an Arcti3 voyage, and had en- deavored to procure the best. Revelations of Indian frauds of an astound- ing character are promised by an indian agent now under charges. Officials of hoth | the Canadian and United States government are implicated.
 Tn the Senate when the House message WAS read announcing non concurrence i'll the Sem ate amendments to the FitZ-Johu Porter bill | on motion of Mir. Seweu the Senate insisted on
  | committee of conference on the part of the | Senate Messrs. Sewel, Logan and Cockrell i MT. Lngan declined to serve and MT. Hawley | was appointed i'll his stead. The House passed the biil appropriating | S1 ,000. .000 for the celebration of the Worlds | Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition | at New Orleans, with an amendment providing that the sum appropriated shal only be paid | on the T1caSur, ot the United States being satisfied that $500, 900 has been mtributed by 1 the Worlds Industr al and Gotten Exposition. The Committee on Pensions reported fIvor- l ably, with an amendment the House bill grant | ing pensious to tie soldiers of the Mexican war. The amendment provides that no such ! officer, lniistt d man, or widow shall be en- l titled to the benefits of this act unless depend ! Cnt ill whole or ill part upon his or her own l labor or assi tance from utllcTs for support.
 The Secretary of the Interior submitted a | supplemental estimate of S272, G20 for addi- tional clerical force in tho office of the Com missioner of Pensions.
 The consideration of the Shipping bill was | resumed. Mr. Vests amendment reducins the | fees of Shipping Commiss oners and requiring | them to account 10 the Sccrctaryof the Treasury was ad1pted The House bill was then so amended as to core pond to the Senate bill and was passed without division in IIace of the l Senate bill.
 By a vote of 159 to 155 the Morrison Tariff bill was killed in the House. Every vote in the House was accounted for, save those of thr, c members, and they could not have changed the result. The motion to strike out the enacting clause of the bill WAS carried by a vote | of 159 10 154. Republicans to the number uf 118, and Il democrats voted for striking out.
 In the Senate, after further debate on the Shipping bill, Mir. Vests amendment providing for free ships feated by vot of 20 yeas to 31 nays. The following is the affirmative