Connecticut western news., 1894-12-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thnrs,lnr. Dec. 20.

the vice presidency of the California Jock ey club.
 The Peruvian government has largely increased the duties on cigars, cigarettes and tobacco.
 Theodore Huston, United States consul at Juarez Mexico, is very ill and is not expected to live.
 Eugene Kelly, the multimillionaire phi lanthropist, died at his home in New York after a lingering illness.
 Judge Brown, in Brooklyn, signed the papers granting an absolute divorce to Millionaire Francis c. Oakes from his wife, Luella Oakes-
 The Cologne Gazette published letter from Armenia telling of fresh horrors there, including 23 villages laid in ashes, II other villages pillaged and 10 priests massacred.
 A New Haven grand juror was called upon to disarm the Madison district school, and he found half dozen modern revoly- CTS and a" small store of ammunition which as many youngsters had been car rying for some time past
 Friday, Dec. 21.
 There are now ten ships overdue at San Francisco and 800 lives are at stake upon their fate. Ex-Governor and ex-United States Sen ator James l.. Alcorn died on his estate at Eagle Nest Miss.
 Chinese highbinders have inaugurated a reign of terror in the MenGolian quar- ters of San Francisco
 Eight indictments were voted by the grand jury in Chicago against men alleged to be guilty of election frauds.
 At Rowley, Mass, the postoffice was en- tered by thieves who blew open the safe, wrecked the office and stole about s10O.
 The United States ambassador at Der lin, the Hon. Theodore Runyon, is to dine with the dowager Empress Frederick on Friday.
 The city council of Victor, Colo, has removed Mayor Bargcr and suspended the city marshal on charges of misappropria tion of the city's funds
 Henry Kellogg, aged 76 years inventor of the hot polished shafting and many types of machinery was found dead in bed at his home in New Haven.
 At Peckskill, N. T., Harrison Devoe, a veteran of the late war, while passing along the highway, was waylaid by three footpads, brutally treated and then robbed.
 Saturday, Dec. ea. The first carload of oranges for the sea- son has been shipped east from Riverside, Cal
 Harry Cook, prominent resident of Burlington, N. J., died of apoplexy. He was found dead in bed.
 Bartine Jackson of Pine Brook, N u, was found dead He was one of the oldest men in the state, his age being 96. ' The comptroller of the currency has is sued call for reports of the condition of national banks at the close of business on Dec. 10.
 George " Corey, a retired business man of Mount Vernon, N. Y., was found dead in his room, having died of heart disease.
 Jacob NJ Clark, consulting engineer of the New Jersey Central railroad, was struck by a train at Centerville, N. J., and killed
 Three Rome newspapers were confiscat- ed for publishing the proceedings of a meeting of tho League of Liberty, an an archist society.
 Monday, Dec. 24. .. George Risby of Fall River, Mass. aged 50 years, threw a lighted lamp at his wife, and she was burned to death.
 White caps in Dunkirk, N. Y., whipped Charles Stair an ex-policeman, who had broken up neighbours home.
 Patrick Flaherty and Frank Burrows, two conyicts, have been released from Au- burn (N. !. prison on pardons.
 At Maynardsville, Tenn, John Stanley and Clarence Cox were executed for the murder of Mir. and Mrs Snodderly.
 Cedarcroft. near Kennett Square, Pa, the home of the late poet traveller, Bayard Taylor, was partially destroyed by fire
 A dispatch from Tamatave, Madagascar, sayS thai i,a Eranch have caDtured Fort Tamatave, and the Hovas have. burned Ivondros.
 Lon Williams and Ed StaIke, two young men from Scranton, Pa, were in- stantly killed at Lone Sun Valley (Tenn.) trestle by the breaking of a cable.
 The examiners report of the embezzle- ment of Cashier Frank A. McKeap of the Indian Head National bank, Nashua, N. H., shows shortage of s63, 775. 50.
 Tuesday, Dec. 25.
 President Cleveland has notified Gus toms Collector Winchell of New Haven of his removal
 Mrs. Doc, wife of General Doe, assistant secretary of war, is seriously i'll at her residence in Washington.
 All the Russians living in and around Pittsburg are taking an oath of allegiance to the new czar of Russia.
 Lawyer John T. Mason of Annapolis, son of the late Judge Mason, was struck by street car in Baltimore and killed
 Mrs. Eleanor le Conte, widow of the late Professor John le Conte of the faculty of the University of California, was burned to death at her sons residence in Berke ley, Cal
 At Madera, Cal, James Lawson, ac- fa1 1hor r,f der of his stepdaughter, deliberately shot and killed his wife, alleging jealousy as his motive
 The San Francisco fire department has acquired water tower battery invented by department machinist which will throw 1000 gallons, or Is tons, of water per minute.
 "Wednesday, Dec 20.
 Lieutenant John & Garvin of the Unit ed States navy died at Fremont, O., ot consumption.
 Parson Tom Uzzel of the Denver taber- nacle distributed among the poor of Den- yer 3, 300 jack rabbits that were killed in the great hunt at Lamar.
 Warden Sage of Sing Sing, who was re- ce1ty appointed by Superintendent of PrSons Lathrop, is recognizing the staff of keepers in the state prison. Lady Henry Grosvenor, wife of the sec ond son of the Duke of Westminster, died at Eaton hall, the residence in Chester, England, of the Duke of Westminster.
 No concern or alarm is felt at the Ha- waiian legation in Washington from the reports of fresh plotting by the royalists to overthrow the Dole government and re- store Queen Liliuokalani.
 The White Star line steamer Teutonic, from New York, Dec. 19, for Liverpool, arrived at Queenstown and reports that second class passenger named Charles B. Degnan. died from delirium tremens on Sunday last and was buried at sea Assault Becomes a Murder.
 BURLINGTON, N. J. Dec 26.-Mrs.