Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-07
CONNECTICUT DISPATCHES.

| Railroad Employess Wages Not Re ! stored-Cruiser MarbIeheadss Trial
 Died I'm New Haven-Death of Phy.
 sician-Grand Council Of Honor | Hennessy Held on the Charge oi | Murder-FuneraI of His victim-Ths | Poquonnock Outrage-TyIer Gets an | Eighteen Years Sentence = Jack | Cronin Held for Murder. NEW LONDON, Dec 6.-Ebenezer Clark, | more than sixsy-one years barber in this ! city, died this morning in his eighty first year.
 HARTFORD, Dec 6.-Dr. William Elton, an old and much respected resident of Bur lington, died in that town on Monday of paralysis. Last night, in addition, there lay in the house the bodies of Mrs. Elton, the doctors wife, and their daughter, each of whom had died of pneumonia after the doctors death.
 HARTFORD. Dec. 6.-The sixty employees of the New York and New England rail road at work in the shops in East Hartford received their weeks pay to day with the usual 10 per cent. reduction. This seems to intimate that the wages will not bs re- stored to the old figures, as expected.
 NEW LoNDoN, Dec. 6.-The weather con ditions to-day are such that there Is no doubt that the cruiser Marblehead will make her speed run tomorrow over the Ssybrook- -Strstford course. The course is being verified to-day by Commander Coop CT and Lieutenant Commander West.
 NEW MILFORD, Dec. S.-Michael Hennes- sey was to-day bound over to the superior ~k d.. hno oaor fpE murder, and in default of them went to jail. Coroner Higgins held an inquest yesterday upon the body of his wife, who died of burns caused by being pushed in 8 fireplace. The body was photographed and other evidences were taken for use at the trial
 Hennessey was brought from the lookup to the town hall in a covered wagon, and all along the route the townspeople hissed and called the murderer ugly names. The constables who had him in charge on the way to the town hall exercised considerable caution in order to prevent the prisoner from being harmed by the crowd, which surged in about the officers and the pris- oner as he was led into the court room. There was no violence, however, on the part of the townspeople and when Hen messy had been taken into the court room the crowd was admitted. The dingy little court room was filled to the doors and the air was stihing in consequence of the poor ventilation and the big crowd which gained admittance to the hearing. Hennessy then, through his counsel, waived exsmin- stion, and Justice Levy then formally bound him over to the April tern of the superior court for trial under $5,000.
 The funeral of Mrs. Hennessey took place this morning, services being held st the <ha 0E New Haven officiating. The remains were buried in the Catholic cemetery here.
 HARTFORD, Dec. 6.-In the superior court to-day John Tyler, the negro pleaded guilty to burglary and murderous assault on Miss Julia Niles and Miss Ennis at Poquonock on October IS. He had pre- viously pleaded not guilty and Judge Hen ry E. Taintor was appointed his counsel. He, however, told such "fimsy" story to his counsel that he advised him to plead guilty. He was promptly sentenced by Judge Hammerslsy to eighteen years in state prison. The judge described the known of
 A nolls was entered in the case of John F. Rourke, charged together with Thomas J. Larkin with killing James McKeown, and Rourke was discharged. Lsrkin has pleaded guilty. John H. Plumb, the man who tried to swindle countrymen with toy greenback making machine, was fined $100 and sentenced to one year in state prison.
 The grand jury this afternoon found true bill for murder against "Jack" Cronin, who murdered Albert J. Skinner at South Windsor in August.
 NEW BRITAIN, Dec. 6.-The Grand Council of Honor of Connecticut held its A. showed seven councils in the state, with & membership of 100. The grand council is the highest branch of the Temple of Honor. Late in the forenoon the Grand Temple of Honor met. The secretary reported eigh teen temples in the state with member ship of 900.
 HARTFORD, Dec. 6.-The state board of pharmacy, consisting of Charles A. Rapelye of Hartford, president, John G. Granniss, M. D., of Saybrook and Henry M. Bishop of New Haven, met at the state capitol yesterday to examine candidates for drug gists' licenses. There were eleven candi- dates and the new practical examination was used for the first time in this state. Chemical apparatus and chemicals were provided and the would bs druggists were required to demonstrate their practical knowledge of how to compound various elements and put up prescriptions. The successful candidates will be announced later.
 SAYBRooK, Dec. 6.-Ths brig W. H. Hutchins, ashore at Cornfield has become a total wreck, and all attempts to get the vessel off has been abandoned.
 NEW LONDON, Dec. 6-The New Lon don woolen mills, which have been idle for some time, will resume on full time next week, and will employ half of the regular force.
 DIPHTHERIA IN wILLIMANTIC.
 WILLIMANTIC, Dec. 6.-Diphtheris Is very prevalent here and there are now about forty cases in town.