Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-04-03
NEWS OF THE DAY.

 The New Hampshire legislature has ad- journed sine die.
 The British war ship Hyacinth has left
 Victoria. B. C., for Honolulu.
 Daniel C. Colesworthy the oll,.st book seller in Boston. is dcad aged S:}.
 Two hundred brick layers and stone
 masons of Grand Rapids, Mich, are on
 strike for an eight hour day.
 The Duke and Duchess of Veragua and
 their children left Madrid yesterday for
 Chicago, They will proceed via Paris and
 London.
 The steamship La Bretagna which ar
 rived at New York yesterday, brou ght over
 Prince Roland Bonaparte and 2,S21 ,G03
 francs in specie.
 Several new cases of smallpox have haen
 discovered at Red Bank, N. J. The Bnarl
 of Health will erect one-story hospital at
 Swimming River.
 The body of Miss Maggie Blair. who was
 drowned at Keister Station. Pa. together
 been recovered.
 pr. James McCosh. president of
 Princeton and eminent the world over as
 an instructor and thinker, was S3 years
 old Saturday.
 Mary Learned Bartlett wife of ex-prrsi-
 dent Baralett, of Dartmouth College. died
 suddenly yesterday at Hanover, N. H.,
 She was 72 years old.
 -Wm. c. Elam chief of the division of
 railroads, and Henry G. Potter, chief of
 the division of minor claims, General Land
 Office, have resigned.
 Thomas M Newson, of St. Paul, consul
 of the United States at Malaga Spain. died
 there yesterday of smallpox, which. it is
 stated, is epidemic there. The editor and foreman of a Mexican newspaper have been incarcerated for criticising the administration of the Justice Department of the Mexican Government. In the Indian village near Fort Rupert, B. C., only about 30 persons remain of the once numerous tribe said to have consisted
 within the memory of persons now living of over ,0O0.
 Duncan Mcdonald, lampman en- ployed by the Central railroad of New Jer- sey and living in Elizabeth, was instantly killed at Elmora while walking on the track.
 The Elizabeth city council has granted a license to the New Jersey Jockey Club for ! five years at fee of 8 ,00O The days of \ racing are limited to thirty days in the spring and fall The vote was 13 to II. Leopold Foeretti, 24 years old. of Pater> son, N. J., bookkeeper for Peter Frank. and a fruit dealer and banker for the Italian colony, committed suicide Satur- day night by shooting himself through the heart
 -Gibson Peacock, editor-n n-chirf and | principal owner of the Evening Bulletin, of Philadelphia, died suddenly at his home | Saturday evening of heart failure, while sitting Tn a chair. Mir. Peacock was Il years old.
 The total number ot deaths in New York for the week is i ,149, an increase of IA over the previous week. The death
 rate was figured on an estimated popula-
 tion of ,S75, ,3S5, and for the week gives
 the astonishing percentage of 31.91 ! Two South Peabody mass boys found a bag full of bills amounting to nearly | $1S,000 Saturday. It is supposed to be part of the plunder of a burglar named Collins who made rich haul there ei-sh- teen years ago. The police have taken possession of the money. The crisis in the financial affairs of the Brooklyn Tabernacle is over. The Tabcr- nacle will not be sold, and Rev. Dr. De. Witt Talmage will remain in the City of Churches. The $20,0 necessary to save the great church from being sold is raised and to-day will be turned over to the cred itOrS