Connecticut western news., 1894-07-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thurselay, July s.


 Della Lewis, aged g, was killed by flying beer keg when a train ran down beer wagon in Chicago.
 John :. Beach, the alleged wreoker of the Prairie City bank of Terre HAute, Ind, has been acquitted
 The Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg railroad has restored the wages of its em- ployees that were reduced on March 15.
 Elmer Haskins, deputy postmaster at Frewsburg, N. Y., has been arrested on the charge of raising money orders.
 The Rev. Edward K Tily of Bristol, Tenn, n Methodist missionary to Brazil, is in serious trouble for taking part in the recent instruction.
 The most important arrival at the Man haitian hotel was Baby Mckee, grandson of ex- President Harrison. His father and mother are with him.
 The damage to the United States steam ship Montgomery, now at Norfolk, Is such that it may take the vessel out of commis- sion for three months or more.
 Friday, July 6.
 Secretary Hoke Smith has returned from Strasburg, Va.
 Senator Murphy Is at Saratoga Springs His family Is occupying Colonel Lawton's cottage.
 Professor Jones' of Bloomington, Ills, was fatally injured in balloon ascension ut Joliet.
 The trial of McGough for assault in the first degree in the Troy election riot began yesterday.
 The steamer Queen was blown up at Kamloopa, B. O., Sunday. Two persons were killed.
 The cash balance in the treasury was $119, 079, 323 of which s64, 742, 7s5 was gold reserve.
 The Canadian Paciflc's through mail service, interrupted by the Fraser river floods, was resumed.
 Assistant Secretary McAdoo has gone to Philadelphia to embark on the Minne- apolis on her trial trip. .- ..as
 The end of the California Midwintcr fair came on the Fourth, when San Fran cisco's and the national holiday were celebrated. Total attendance, ?, 140 154.
 Saturday, July T.
 Ex-Premier Stambuloff of Bulgaria may be indicted for abuse of power.
 Eighty cases of cholera have been TO- ported in St Petersburg since Sunday.
 The pope has declared that he will not tolerate any opposition to Mgr Satolli.
 The Whisky trust is hurrying enormous quantities of liquor out of bond at Peoria
 Senator Call fiercely denies that he re- gently took of his shoes in the senate chamber
 Ehle Allen, under indictment for man. slaughter, committed suicide at Lake Min netonka, Minn. .-#e-. ..s-
 Justice George A. Arkle, a very promi- nent citizen of Wheeling, was arrested, charged with grand larceny.
 The bill allowing fourth class postmas- ters to administer oaths to pensioners will be reported favorably to the house.
 During heavy storm at Reading, Pa, Mrs. Jacob Boggs was killed and Mrs. Amanda Shaw terribly burned by light ming
 The house committee on invalid pen sions has voted to increase the pension of General Abner Doubleday's widow from $50 to $100 month.
 Monday, July Q.
 The total number of deaths from the plague in China Is 2, 363.
 The steamer Murcheson was burned and sunk near Wilmington, N. c.
 Secretary Carlisle has SO far recovered from his recent illness as to be able to be out. #--a..s... ...-- +.
 The New Jersey Coal Exchange has in- creased the retail price of coal 25 cents a ton.
 The stables of Colonel A.J. Drexel, Jr., in Philadelphia, were partially de- stroyed by an incendiary.
 The expedition to bring Lieutenant Peary and party home from the arctic re- gions sailed from St. Johns, N. F.
 Speaker Crisp has appointed a commit tee to attend the funeral of the late Rep fafi of Eu
 By fall of coal in & slope of the Sus- quehanna Coal oompany's mine three men were crushed to death and two others ia tally hurt.
 Two members of the jury that convicted Bat Shea at Troy, N. Y, have complain ed to Assistant District Attorney Pagan that they were being persecussd
 Tuesday, July 10.
 While working at fire a Salida (Colo. man inhaled gas and died.
 Houben, the Belgian bicyclist who de- feated Zimmerman. broke his leg at Ma mur.
 Raymond Luken, aged 5, at Mount Holly, N. J., played with matches and was burned to death.
 The interdiction of the fete of July 14. the anniversary of the fall of the Bastile has been rescinded.
 The mining district of Conoonnully, Wy, has been entirely wiped out of ex- istence by a cloudburst.
 General Edon, who accidently killed Lieutenant Shiffmaker at Paris has been acquitted by court martial.
 The ElmiraT reformatory investigation has been postponed until September ow- ing to the illness of Chairman Learned.
 Italy is preparing to suppress anarchist publications and the French chamber. of deputies Is about to take steps for the sup pression of anarchy.
 Wednesday, July II. Fire swept the business district of St Clairsville, O.
 The Britannia defeated the vigilant for the fourth time.
 The National Confectioners' association is in session at Boston. One thousand Chicago. newsboys have decided to join the boycott Fifty persons perished during severe earthquake shocks in Turkey.
 The session of the national council of education at Asbnry Park, N. J., ended. A coal wharf caved in at Boston, killing one man and seriously injuring several others.
 Bat Shea has been sentenced to die in Dannemora prison during the week of Aug. 21. Edward T. Neonan was nominated for congress by the Democrats of the Fifth Hi nois district.
 James Elverson, publisher of the Phila- delphia Enquirer, who has been very i'll, is improving. General James B. Fry, United States army, retired, of New York city, is critic ally i'll at his cottage in Newport, R. l., with apoplexy. P1astomenite. It is stated that the German inven. tion-plastomenite, or improved smoke less powder-has been satisfactorily tested by the government authorities