Connecticut western news., 1895-07-04
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursday, June 27.

 is dead at his home in Lexington, Ky.
 The Denver grand jury has indicted 13 prominent citizens of that city for renting houses for immoral purposes
 Five hundred and seventy-flve Yale sen iors received their diplomas at the final commencement exercises of the university. Emperor William was the guest of the officers of the United States cruiser New York at dinner on board that war vessel at Kiel.
 Governor Matthews has appointed Ben- jamin Harrison, cx-president of the Unit ed States, trustee for Purdue university for a term of six years.
 High officials who are well informed ex- press the opinion that war between Rus sin and Japan over Korea will break out before the end of the next three months.
 President A. A. Hewlett of the Salt Springs National bank of Syracuse dis covered that package of valuable dia- monds was missing from his private draw CT in the vaults of the bank.
 Friday. June as.
 Yale won the freshman triangular race, beating Harvard a length and three-quar- ters.
 The New York State Pharmaceutical association made an excursion to Lake George.
 In the house of lords the premier, the Marquis of Salisbury. announced that he hoped to obtain the queens consent to the dissolution of parliament on July 8.
 Secretary Herbert declines to confirm or deny a report that the Herreshoffs have offered to build torpedo boat for the pa " having speed of 27 knots for s150, 900.
 The Cornell crew, which is to contest at the Henley regatta, rowed the full course against the current in ' minutes sco- onds. The record is c minutes 51 seconds. , At Milford, Ills, w. Karns, aged 16, confessed to setting fire to the barn of k. c. Chabot, in which M. D. Wilbur lost his life, and duplicates William Butler, aged IS years.
 Judge Jenkins has issued an order di- recting the receivers of the Northern Pa cific Railroad company to begin action against Henry Willard to recover about s550, 900.
 Saturday. Juno go.
 A cyclone struck Keysville, Ga. The place is small, and all the houses were de- molished or badly wrecked.
 Chauncey NJ. Depew, according to a Washington dispatch. is reported us about to marry New York heiress.
 Tweed, Ont, was almost wiped out by fire which started in one of the principal hotel premises and rapidly spread over the entire town.
 Minnie Lynch, the 19-year-old daughter of wealthy Chicago saloon keeper, com mitted suicide because she failed to pass ha final hinh sahpol axan,inatinn
 There was a conflict between the stu dents of the Latin quarter and the Paris police, during which two of the students were injured and five others arrested.
 At Hazleton, Pa., Governor Hastings was hung in effigy from a pole on one of the most prominent streets as a result of Quay county bill.
 Near Seattle, Wash, two explosions oc- cured within a short time of one another in the Oregon Improvement company's s Franklin mine. P. B. Robinson, pit fore man, was killed and nine others injured.
 Monday, July 1.
 Sir Joseph Renals, the lord mayor of London, has been made a baronet.
 The Prince of Wales Britannia defeat ed the new Valkyrie III on time allow ance.
 Chapman Strong, aged 12 years, was drowned at Lewis Glen, N. Y., while at a school picnic.
 Vernando Ralph of Oneida, N. Y, con- victed of manslaughter in the first degree has been sentenced to Auburn.
 The French minister of agriculture, M. Gadaud, resigned his portfolio for the purpose of fighting duel with M. Mir man, the socialistic deputy.
 Lawyer Hugh O. Pentecost, who was at one time a clergyman, and Lawyer Rich ard H. Gatling of New York city were in- dicted, being charged with grand larceny by client.
 Mayor Swift of Chicago has issued a sensational statement condemning Dr. Arthur Reynolds, ex-city health oommis- sioner, for the latter's management of the smallpox epidemic of last winter.
 Tuesday, July 8.
 King Humbert of Italy has bestowed the title of prince upon Premier Crispi.
 Segunda Alvarez, the mayor of Havana, arrived with his family in New York city.
 At Woodbury, N. J., Arnold Ralphs who was employed in the Blasius piano works, committed suicide.
 Dr. Albert c. Gorgas, for many years a surgeon in the United States navy, died at his home near Philadelphia.
 The Rake Indians of Alaska, who mas sacred several whites in an outbreak in 1893, are again on the warpath.
 Near Gridley, Cal, the house of Trotter Holiday, prominent rancher, was burned, and Holiday and his niece per ished in the flames.
 Governor Werts last week appointed John B. Pitney a member of the Morris town (N. J.) county board. Mir. Pitney died eight months ago.
 The Right Hon. A. J. Balfour, the first lord of the treasury, and the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, the secretary of state for the colonies, were both reelected with out opposition.
 Wednesday, July 8.
 B. A. Walton of Houston county, Ga, died from hydrophobia.
 Two bombs were exploded near the po- lice barracks at Monopoli, Italy, but no one was hurt.
 Benjamin H. Wells of Mount Holly, N. J., baggage master, was killed in the railroad yards at Camden.
 At Saltwater, O. T., three of family of six named Esch died from being poi soued. and the others are not expected to recover.
 President Grover Cleveland has written a letter to the Tammany society, which will be read at the Fourth of July cele- bration.
 The Hon. William St. John Brodrick, NJ. P. for the Guildford division of Sur rey, has been appointed under secretary of state for war.
 The Princess Frederick Charles of Prus- sia, who has been living in Italy for sew eral months past, is about to become a Roman Catholic.
 Captain Henry w. Howgate, the former disbursing officer of the signal service, was sentenced to eight years imprison- ment in the penitentiary.
 To Walk Chalk.
 To "walk chalk' is phrase borrowed from the times when royalty travelled on horseback or in carriages with consider. able retinue. Before arriving in a town herald or court officer would precede the cortege, select the best houses for the use