Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-06
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS OF THE DAY.
North Dakota Senatorial race 1t is
| thought now that the Republican minor
| ity will vote for some Democrat.
The twin screw armor- plated harbor
| defense ram katahdin was launched from
the yards of the Bath Iron Works, ct
Bath, Me, Saturday.
William Coolidge Stone, one of the
leading physicians of Lakewood, N. j.,
| is dead.
The postoflice at Castleton, N. Y, was
| entered early Sunday morning and about
$4OO worth of stamps taken away.
Bristol, Pa, mills are boiling water
COR employees to drink as guard against
| typhoid.
A passenger train on the New York
Central railroad ran down a gang of sec
ton men who were walking Oh the track
at Syracuse, N. Y, Saturday morning,
killing three and injuring three others.
The British Foreign Office announces
that the recent story about an alleged at
tack upon the British Legation in Guate-
mala is gross exaggeration Of an unim-
portant incident.
Application for authority to organic
the Yough National Bank of Connells-
Vile, Pa, has been filed with the Comp
| troller of the Currency by j. @. Kurtz,
of Connellsville, and his associates.
Mrs. Emma Allen, young woman of
good family, committed suicide at At
lanta, Ga, Saturday night by throwing
herself in front of o moving train. She
has been insane for several weeks.
The Wyoming Senate has passed a con-
current resolution favoring the annexa-
ton of Hawaii; also the House concur
rent resolution favoring the election of
United States Senator by Popular vote
The vote on Senator Saturday in the
Montana Legislature barring pairs, was:
Sanders, "a; Clark, IS; Dixon, 10.
The Pacific Mail Steamship, City Of
Pekin, is now fifteen days overdue from
Hong Kong and Yokohama at San
Francisco.
"A club called the Washington Club, COM
posed of Americans and German-Ameri-
cans residing in Berlin, has just been
formed in Berlin.
The Federal Bank of Australia Is wind
ing up it's affairs in consequence of the
persistent withdrawal of deposits by GUS
toners in Australian colonies and in
England.
Gov. Rich of Michigan, has signed the
bill repeating the Miner election law.
The Missouri House has passed a bill
making the maximum charges in the
! State for TELEPHONE services $40 per year.
Engineers in their report estimate
| that the deep water canal proposed to
run from Lake Superior to the Erie will
cost at least $500, 900, 900. The canal
would be 345 miles in length, have 30
locks and a large number of costly
aqueducts. The canal will have to be 30
feet deep and 300 feet wide.
of Gait, Ont, have signed articles for an
other 14-inch balk line match for the
championship of Canada and five hun
dred dollars. The match will be played
March 20.
The cotton operatives on strike in Lam
cashire, Eng, have rejected the media
ton of the Right Hon. A. j. Mundella.
President of the Board of Trade.
Adrian c. Arson has affixed his sigma
ture to contract with the Chicago
Baseball Association, which calls for his
services for five years. And thus is set
tied all the rumors which have been
floating about concerning where the
''Old Man" would be found next season.
1t is understood that Mr.. NJ.
4. Bell, superintendent of the Chi
cage Public Buildings, against whom
a report of maltcasance in office was made
by Assistant Secretary Lumbertson, has
rendered his resignation to Secretary
Foster 1t will probably be accepted.
Many theatrical and operate managers
are claiming refund of duty paid on Co.'S
TUNES of their companies as, under the
Agnes Huntington decision, these are
tools of trade.
Col. V. D. MHjendic, who has been i'm
quiring into the explosion that occurred
outside of the Detective Office Dublin,
Dec. Il, attributes the explosion to meli-
mite.
The tracks OF the Camden and Atlantic
Railroad are being made one-half inch
narrower to conform with the interna-
tiunal gauge.
Philadelphia and Recalling car shop
hands at Palo Alto will work 10 hours a
day hereafter instead of 8.
1t has been learned at Pottsville that
NJ. B. Hoffman, baggage agent at the
Readings Philadelphia terminal, has
been in the roads service thirty three
years and never missed one days work
,,n no riol