Connecticut western news., 1884-06-11
WASHINGTON NOTEa

A resolution was offered Ill the House pro- viding for the appointment of & special com. mittee to examine into the condition of the national banks of the city of New York. II was referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency.
 FOREIGN ITEMS.
 -Osman Dignas forces before Suakim now number 3,000 men.
 The Manchester Cup was won by Mir. J. Hammond's four-year-old brown lilly.
 The French Chamber of Deputies has adopted the bill for the revision of the constltu- tion as proposed by the government
 The Grand Lodge of English Masons has adopted Q resolution regretting the recent anti Masonic utterances ot the rope.
 The East London Aquarium was burned many of the animals perished.
 A fire in Liverpool destroyed 8 warehouse and 5000 bales of cotton.
 A woman who was arrested at Varanda Hungary, confessed that she had poisoned fouI husbands and also large number of women during the past two years. number of ac' complces were also arrested.
 The British government has decided not to allow Orange counter demonstrations to take place in Ireland at the same time and place aa the Nationalist meetings.
 -The authors of the London explosions are said to have escaped from England.
 The Egyptian rebels are id to have cap tuIed Abu~Hamed.
 -Islnail Pacha was attacked and beaten by an nnknown man ill the Paris Palais Royal Gardens.
 "A St. Petersburg journal says that Russia in annexing Merv only wished to define her frontier.
 Ten suicides occurred in Vienna in two days.
 The car of captive balloon containing 20 r 1l1 ie,l 40 metres. 1hree of the occupants of the car were killed outright and the remainder were seriously injured. The accident caused a great sensation.
 Irish Nationalist meetings were held in Ireland despite of the government proclama- tions.
 The stables of the Glasgow Tramways Company on North street. Anderson, were de- stroyed by fire on Saturday night. Two hun dred horses were burned to death.
 Inc City an Works, of Edinburgh, have been destroyed by fire. The loss will be large. There were thirteen deaths in Havana from yellow fever duling the week ended May 30.
 The long continuance of the present drought throughout England is almost unex- ampled no such dry season having been known for over fifteen years.
 Prince Bismarck opposes the pardoning of 
 treason.
 A farmer was shot dead and two persons wounded ill the county Cork by moonhghters.
 A serious electoral riot occurred in Claus enberg, Austria, Monday. The rioters in- dulged in many acts of violence, including stone throwing. Sixty persons were injured.
 Twelve villages have been destrC yed and 200 persons killed by an earthquake on the Island of Kishm in the Persian Gulf. The en- tire population of the island is but 5000.
 The rebels again attacked Suakim. They succeeded in driving in the pickets, when they were repulsed by the cavalry. who pursued them for some distance from the town. Precautions have been taken in Australia against dynamiters.
 A new Atlantic cable is proposed between Portugal and America.
 The noted Oscar Wilde was married to Miss Lloyd
 The Mussulmans of Morocco display 8 strong feeling in favor of France.
 The French Chamber of Deputies, by a vote 395 to 92, rejected the amendment of Bishop Frep el to the Army Recruiting bill ex- emptng from military service young men framing for holy orders.
 Tho dynamite explosions in London created alarm in Vienna, especially as it has been an nounced that the dangerous anarchist Schwartz has left New York for Aus ria, bearing with him quantity of dynamite.
 -Suakim advices state that rumors have reached there that Berber las fallen and that Osman DigDa has collected 3,090 men and four guns. It is further rumored that he intends to attack Suakim soon.
 POLITICAL
 The Vermont Democratic State Convention made the following nominations:-GoVernor- ". Redington, of Rutland. Lieutenant Gov ernor-N. P; Bowman, of St. Johnsbury. Secretary of State H. F. Brigham, of Baker. field. Auditor-C. s. Moves, of Morristown. Delegates to the Chicago Convention were elected, but not instructed. The platform declares ill favor of such re- vision of tariff as shall limit the production of revenue to the needs of the government when economically administe red, and opposes any ful ther reduction of lhe internal revenue on tobacco and whisky; opposes all mon polies and class leglslation; denounces the Repubh- can party as party of extrayaRance, corrup- tion and fraud; favors the enactment of high and stringent license Jaw us more conducive to temperance and good morals than the present prohlbltory liquor law of the State. The Connecticut Democratic State Conyen- tion nominated delegates to the National Con- yention. They were not Instructed but favor Hidden.
 The platform declares that public offices should not be given as rewards for political ser | vices; denomces political assessments as un. ! just; urges that veteran soldiers should have | prior consideration in distributing offices and 1 the public lands, and advocates tariff suffi- l cicnt to furnish the necessary revenue for the | economical administration of the same and ad- justed in it's application for the general good SC ] as to prevent unequal burdens and to encour- age and develop the productive interests of the | county.
 The Maryland Democratic State Convention elected sixteen delegates to the National Con vention and eight Presidential electors. No in structions were given the delegates to Chica go, but the sent ment was ill favor of Tilden The platform demands economy in every branch of the national government; opposes the distribution of surplus revenue of the | Treasury; demands the protection of the la | boring man; fayors civil service reform, anC insists upon revision and simplifcation oi present riff.
 The Alabama Democratic State Convention elected delegates favorable to Tilden and Hen | dIicks
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