Connecticut western news., 1893-03-23
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Thursday, March I8

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 Thursday, March I6.
 resolution providing for constitu- tional amendment fixing plurality cleo tions in the state and also city, town and ward contests was passed by the Rhode Is- land senate.
 Three persons were killed and number badly hurt by the collapse of burning building in Chicago.
 Electrical storms did considerable dam age in New England. The Congregational church at North Middleboro, Mass, was struck and burned. Loss, Sl2,0 900.
 Secretary of the Navy Herbert paid his first visit to the Brooklyn navy yard He said no changes would be made simply for the sake of 8 change.
 New York sales agents have made slight reduction in the price of coal
 Senator Roach of North Dakota says he is not seriously disturbed by the charges printed in a paper that while the cashier of bank in Washington about Is years ago he embedded s64, 900 of the bank s money
 Friday, March IT.
 Six horses, 20 cows and 400 fowls burned to death at Elizabeth, N. J,
 James Donivan was awarded verdict for s15, 900 against the Manhattan Elevated road for injuries received in being ejected from station.
 Organist Charles w. Patte created fiut- ter in Trenton social and musical circles by suddenly disappearing with no apparent cause.
 Rev. William Graham dropped dead at Boston while addressing the w. c. T. U.
 Tn addition to famine and pestilence, Russia is now invaded by floods.
 Assembly Thompson was fined $50 and cost at Camden, N. J., for maintaining a nuisance in operating the Gloucester race track.
 After an absence of l6 years from the platform Victoria Woodruff will lecture again.
 Mrs Russell Sage denies the report that her husband has given large sum to en- dow the Rensselaer, Polytechnic institute of Troy, N. Y.
 St. Paul is to have capitol costing &, 900 LOO
 Saturday, March IS.
 The Cingalese wprkm at the Ceylon exhibit of the Worlds fair struck for high CT wages.
 Two four story business buildings burned at Oswego, N. Y. Loss. s235. 900.
 John H. McDonough, A prominent Bos- ton Democrat, dropped dead at a dinner.
 Report is current that Richard Croker and Michael F. Dwyer will locate race track on Staten Island.
 At Ottawa a resolution calling for a re form of the tariff was defeated by vote oi Il6 to GA.
 A freight train going up s grade on the Boston and Maine at Lebanon, N. H., broke in two, and the released section ran back and crashed into another train, causing s bad smashup. No Que Was hurt. The loss is heavy. Lizzie Hinckley, aged l2, of Roxbury Conn.,, who was married little less than a year ago to Henry Hinckley. scarcely older than herself, gave birth tv triplets-twe girls and boy. Captain Daniel Harris, the oldest settler of Illinois, died at Galena. Monday. March 20. Rev. Dr. Love of Rochester recently said that Robinsop's Musee theater was dis reputable place and the proprietor of it ha, sued him for $50,OO damages. Buffalo's police commissioners have an nounced that they will not permit the Cor
  city.
 Last year in New York state 75o person. lest their lives on railroads and l ,925 were seriously injured. Princess Kauilani and party are in New York. Wednesday they depart for Europe but will return to the Worlds fair A Kansas representative testified that he had been offered $5,000 for his vote iu the senatorial fight in that state.
 New York's mortality last week wal LIDO. This is the largest number of deaths reported since Aug. 6 last.
 Congressman Harter of Ohio announces that he will retire to private life at the close of his present term.
 Mir. Charles A. Dana's name is still men toned in connection with the Berlin mis sion
 Tuesday, March 2t.
 George Dixon and George Siddons fought draw at Coney Island
 A nitroglycerin bomb partly burned was found in the office ot Dr w Hodge al Niagara Fails Eight buildings were destroyed in Athens Ga, at loss of SloO 900. and two people lost their lives Governor Northen announces that hs will contest with Senator Colquitt for the Georgia seuatorship The Pennsylvania supreme court refused to grant the petition to admit to bail and allow special allocatur to Hugh K. Demp sey and Robert Beatty, convicted at Home stead of poisoning non unionists The convicts who have been locked in their cells in the Massachusetts state pris on for two weeks have resumed their vari ous occupations. Ex-Sherff c. E. Dexter of Three Rivers Mich, has been appointed head usher al the White House.