Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-02
CONDENSED NEWS.

Samuel Clark, of Sharon, Pa, murdered his wife while in a drunken frenzy.
 Senator Thurman refuses to talk about his alleged refusal to accept the nomination for the vice presidency if it was offered him by the St. Louis convention.
 Miss Ella Ewing, of Excelsior Springs, Kan, has brought action against Christian Frank for $500, 900 for breach of promise.
 The harnessmakers of Boston and vicinit. have organized for mutual protection as the Master Harnessmakers association of Boston
 Mrs. Carrie Harrington. of Chicago, con- mitted suicide by setting fire to her clothing after having saturated it with kerosene.
 The faculty of Yale college has decided to allow the students to take part in intercol- legiate sports, if they will refrain from celo brating on the campus.
 Gen. Henry N. Birge died at the Gedney house. in New York, of apoplexy and paraly- sis. He was born in Norwich, Conn about fifty weight years ago, and was a nephew of Governor Buckingham, the war governor of Connecticut. Gen. Birge commanded a d. vision under Sheridan, and he served with that gallant commander during the glorious campaign of the Shenandoah.
 It is said that type founders trust has been formed in Philadelphia.
 At midnight Thursday the Brooks law went into effect in Philadelphia Four thou sand liquor saloons were closed for good by it There are now but $40 saloons in Phila- deiphia.
 The hosiery factory recently started in Ithaca, N. Y., with funds supplied by the board of trade. has been destroyed by fire Loss SIS, 1000: insurance, $9, 500 Seventy hands are thrown out of employment
 Mrs. Ellen Martin and her 13-year old daughter were killed while crossing a rail- road track at Bristol, Pa.
 Col Aaron K Dunkel, ex-state senator and ex-secretary of internal revenue affairs, died at his residence in Philadelphia, aged 5I
 A boiler explosion in the plate mill of the Eureka Iron works, at Wyandotte, Mich killed three men, and injured dozen.
 The secretary of state has received a cable gram from Berlin, saying that from last Friday foreigners entering Alsace- Lorraine from France require passports with visa of German embassy at Paris.
 It is semi-offcially denied in Rome that Archbishop Corrigan, of New York, has re- ferred the works of Henry George to the congregation of the holy office.
 Jack Williams, of Boston, was knocked out by Frank Murphy, the English feather weight, in desperately contested battle of five rounds.
 The Democratic convention at St Angus tine, Fla, elected R. A. Burford, J. c. Mc- Kinne, Daniel Campbell and B. $. Palmer presidential candidates. The convention in- dorsed the presidents tariff reform policy.
 John T. Began, ex-postmaster of Sandy Lake, Pa, has been arrested for embezzle- ment of Sl 300 in the money order depart ment while postmaster. He has confessed A gravel train ran into a hand car between Oswego and Sayre, killing two Hungarians. Thomas NJ Naim, Canadian member of parliament for Elgin county, Ont. is dead. Henry Heimbeck was struck and killed by a train at Buffalo
 Telegrams received by The New York World from the leading Republican papers in answer to query as to who will be the Republican nominee for president give Chauncey M Depew first choice (after Blaine, who is considered out), and John Sherman second.
 The jury in the case of Kerr, the New York boodler, has not yet reached verdict.