Connecticut western news., 1895-10-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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 Thursday. Got. IT.
 A company of 1rishmen is boinR organ ized in San Francisco to aid Cuba in achieving independence. So far 27 mon kaye enlisted.
 Tillie Keil, domestic, IS years old, at tempted suicide by jumping from the roof of her residence In New York, five stories. to tho ground. Sho received fatal internal injuries.
 Two mon were killed, one fatally, and several slightly injured In wrouk on tho Martinsburg branch of tho Pennsylvania railroad near Altoona, Pa. The dead arc W. +. Good of Henrietta. fremnn, and J. Q. woodring of Tyrone brakeman.
 A terrific sns explosion occurred under the sidewalk on Fifth avenue, New York city, and five story brown stone front building owned and occupied by Charles H. Contoit, a millionaire, was partially wrecked, the damage being about s30, 900. Jeff Ellis, tho negro who committed an assault on Miss Prater near Braden, Tenn., was lynohed by mQb of oitizenz, who formed procession and escorted him to the soene of his crime His cars and fingers were cut off, and ho was otherwise mutilated and then hanged to telegraph pole.
 Friday. Got. iR.
 The venerable Edwin Paimer, D. D., archdeacon of Oxford Is dead.
 Tho Anglesea hotel at Anglosoa, N. J., a summon resort near Cape May, was de- stroyed by fire. The loss is &7b, 900.
 West Brothers knitting mill at New port, N. Y., was destroyed hy fire. The loss is estimated at $42, ,0ooi insurance, $3S, 00O
 A hoavy furry of snow and hall, the first fall of tho season, accompanied by strong wind, visited Saratogn and the Adirondack foothills.
 James Dixon, one of the mon accused of murder in connection with the boat mems riot in Tonawanda N. Y.. few days ago committed suicide by hanging himself In jail.
 The Smith & wcsson company of Springfield, Mass, has notified its em- ployces that on Nov. it will discharge every man in its employ and turn tho work ovor to contractors.
 An inquest was neid over tho body of Jeff Kills, who was iynohed In Tennessee, while it still hung to tho telegraph pole. A verdict of death at the hands of un- known parties was returned.
 saturday. Oct. 10.
 Muller, Sohall & Go. of New York ship ped s4o0. 900 in gold Co Buenos Ayres.
 Dr. Abbie. J. Seymour, tho most promi. nent professional woman in Buffalo, was killed by a'West Shore railroad train.
 Prompted by unreclprooated affections Miss Nollio Paisley, a handsome and oul- tured young lady, 2l years old, committed suicide at Mount Washington, Ky.
 The steamer Gilbert of Saginaw, Mioh., collidod with and sank tho steamer Amer ica of Buffalo In Hay lake channel, ncar Sault Ste. Marie No lives wero lost.
 R. G. Dun & Co of Now York rbport that failures for the week have beon 9oB in the United States against esq last year. and 4o in Canada, against ~ last year.
 Morris Schoenholz. the notorious incou- diary, convicted of arson in tho first de- gree in New York, was sentenced Co 4S years Imprisonment in Sing Sing prison.
 At Detroit two cars on the Rapid rail- way oollidcd. One oar was crowded with rfembers of the Detroit Christian Endeav or societies who had been holding a rally at Mount Clomens, and number sustain cd serious injuries.
 Monday. Got. al. Lillian Butlor, a sohooltoachor at Len or, Mass, committed suicide by drown ing herself.
 David Guombach of Now York was killed on the Pennslyvania railroad tracks at Trenton.
 All the mines but three along the Tough river in Pennsylvania arc closed ny . strike against reduction in wages.
 The extensive wine vaults and residence of Herman Kcyser at Egg Harbor N. J., were destroyed by fire; loss, SEQ, 900. u L. .aA ..f two sons of John w. Mackay, was aoci- dentally killed fin Paris by being thrown from his horse.
 Tho ozar of Russia has granted pon. sion of LOGO rubles annually to Prince Lobanoff- Rostovsky, minister of foreign affairs, for services rondored the state dur ing his reoent visit to Franco.
 The newly constructed British battle ship Victorious 10, 900 tons displaocmons was launched in tho presence of a large crowd of spectators at Chatham. The war ship Is the third vessel of her class pro. vided for by the naval defense act of 1898 to leave the stocks.
 Tuesday. Got. aa.
 George Winter was burned to dcath In his cottage at Sag Harbor, N. Y.
 William Landes prompted by jealousy, shot his wife fatally and killed himself at Hagerstown, Md.
 Alfred Clymor was sentenced to be hanged on Jan. 10, 1906. for the murder of Bridget Doylo in Burlington, N. l., last December.
 The Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern passenger train ran over and killed John Terlinde of Ivorydale, O., and fatally mangled Emma Burke.
 Destructive prairie Ares have swept parts of four counties in western Kansas and large scope of country in oastorn Colorado. doing great damage.
 Dr Henry Reese, c. B., D. c. l., tho English historian, who was for many years editor of tho Edinburgh Review, died at Christ church, London, aged s9. A train on the Panhandle railroad ran into a wagon at Miller's station, O.. demolishing the vehicle and killing the four occupants. Their names were Ed. ward Cogan, Samuel Cogan, Sr., Samuel Cogan, Jr., and John Campbell. Wednesday. Oct a.
 Androw Jackson, a negro killed Ma jor Campbell at Middlcsboro, Ky.
 At El Menzuloh and in it's vicinity In Egypt thcre wero 30 new oaRos of cholera and l2 deaths from that disease.
 Governor worts appointed Charles D. | Dishler of New Brunswick lay judge or Middlcsox county, vice Matthew o'Gor- man. deceased.
 Mss Frances Willard was reelected 1 president of tho National Women's Chris l tian Temperance union at the annual scs- sion held in Baltimore.
 George Harvey aged 4B, tho foreman of tho scaffold builders on tho it story Guaranty building In Buffalo foll from the seventh story and was instantly killed.
 Tho Roy. Dr. Asabsl Clark Kondriok, aged SC, ox-aotinR president and emeritus professor of the University of Rochester and ono of the founders of the institu- ton, died in Rochester.
 The historic old Sevon Stars tavern in East Vincent township near Philadel-