Connecticut western news., 1890-04-30
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 The indictment against John Kunze, the Cronin suspect, has been stricken from the court record at the request of State's Attor- ney Longenecker who stated that he had no new evidence against him and did not expect to get any,
 John P. Griffith, business manager of The Northern Christian Advocate, died on April q, aged 69.
 The president has sent to the ssnate the following nominations: To be post chap iains in the army-The Rev. Delmarr Low ell, of Vermont; the Rev. John L. Calvin, of Ohio.
 Charles l.. Dietzer has been appointed deputy collector of customs at Buffalo.
 Henry D. Purroy was elected sachem in place of ex-Register Slevin, and J. B. McGoldrick, secretary, in place of Thomas F. Gilroy, at the Tammany society election.
 Augustus P. Rockwell, a Broadway fur rier, has made an assignment. It was pre- cipitated by a suit of Revillon Freres, of Paris, for ESQ., 900.
 The will of Francis G. Cunningham, who died on March A, at Nice, leaves $96O, 900 for the benefit of Marie R. Filippini, of Villa Dupont Rue Pergolese, Paris, and her daughter, Gabrielle Francois. The will concludes: 'I authorize the said Gabrielle E. to assume and take and use the name of Gabrielle F. Cunningham" Cunningham was bachelor.
 Assemblyman Howell Stull, of Mercer, and ex-Alderman James Hillman, of the Fifth ward, Trenton. N. J., engaged in 8 lively fist fight in which Stull was the victor.
 The senate at Albany, N. Y., has recalled the ballot reform bill and passed in its stead the compromise measure agreed upon by Governor Hill and the New York Ballot Reform league. Senator Saxton ex- plained his course by saying that he had yielded to majority of his colleagues when he opposed the compromise bill which he had once indorsed. He had con- vinced his colleagues now, however, that they should take what they could get
 It is said that by May over 900 men will be on strike at Chicago.
 Frank Hennessy, aged 36, and for twelve yoars head of Hennessy Brothers min strels, died April 24 of consumption at Milford, Mass.
 The American McAll Mission association elected the following officers: President Mrs. M. J. Chase, Philadelphia; vice presi- dents-Mrs. James A. Garfield, Mrs. Fran ces Wayland, of Connecticut; Mrs. w. H. Tenn, of Maine; Miss A. H. Adams and Miss A. l.. Dawes, Massachusetts,; Mrs. Lewis Wallace, Indiana; Mrs. w. J. Van Pattern, Vermont Miss Frances M. Green, Rhode Island, and sixteen others.
 Violent earthquake shocks occurred on the Pacific coast at San Francisco. Walls of few houses, including the United States appraisers building, were cracked. At Pajero the railroad bridge was thrown two feet out of line and the approaches to 1t damaged.
 Daniel S. Webster, mulatto, pleaded guilty in the superior court to assault with intent to kill Miss Elizabeth S. Cowan, 8 school teacher of Middlebury, Conn.,, and was sentenced to eight years in state prison
 New York detectives made a four days raid on bottling establishments in Essex county, N. J.; and secured thousands of bottles belonging to New York houses. One bottle which was recovered was found to be filled with dynamite.
 Consul General New told reporter at London that The Daily News and other papers had assured him that no further ad- vertisements for laborers for America would be printed. The report of Engineer Schenck, received by the Johnstown Pa.) finance committee, advises the shortening and leveling of the Conemaugh to prevent floods in the future.
 The wife of Polish blacksmith in Ply mouth, Pa., gave birth to four children, all of whom are healthy. She has been mar ried three years and has six children. | Miss Abby Moore Goodwin, professor of Latin and Greek at Vassar college, died in Vassar hospital April %. She had been an l instructor at the college for seventeen years. The Republican state convention of Penn l sylvania will be held at Harrisburg on June 25.
 The Lackawanna Presbytery of Pennsyl- vania voted (56 to 27) in favor of the pro posed revision of the Confession of Faith. | Eighty per cent. of the creditors of John F. Hummer & Co., have petitioned that Lowell Lincoln be appointed assignee of the firm. in place of Jeremiah Murphy, who does not wish to serve. The court will prob | ably appoint MT. L1uCO1u.
 Senator Hendricks bill allowing Syrar cuse to get It's water supply from Skaneat- eles lake passed the house at Albany by 8 vote of 69 to 42 It allows Syracuse to take 15,OO0, 900 gallons daily.
 Emperor William having been informed that the Socialists had laid plans for con. certed action on May 1, he has decided to have recourse to the most stringent pre- l vortiva ,neasures and the city of Berlin will be under martial law for the day.
 The treasury department has declined tc allow the wife and four children of MT Quong Lee Chinese resident of thia country, to land in this country, holding that the law excludes them unless a certi ficate is presented from the Chinese gov. ernment that they are simply tourists and will, after seeing this country, return t1 China.
 The cracker bakery and ware house o1 Joseph c. Hitcher, at West Pittston, Pa. was completely destroyed by fire. Loss es timated at $8,OO0; partly insured. Collector Martins Escape.
 PHILADELPHIA, April 26.-Collector o1 Internal Revenue David Martin, who has been on a visit to Washington, had & mar row escape from death at the Riggs house through the carelessness of porter tI lighting the gas. The porter turned on twt of the burners in the chandelier, but only lighted one About 3 o'clock MT. Martin was suddenly awakened by a severe pain and at once discovered the sickening smel of escaping gas. An open transom savet his life.
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