Connecticut western news., 1895-04-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursday, April II.

Ten new casos of smallpox were report cd in St Louis.
 The cruiser Concord has arrived ut Chin Kiang from Shanghai
 There is no truth in the reported death of Bat Masterson. His brother Jim Is the man who died.
 Another body. making four in all, was recovered from the ruins of the fallen buildings at Wheeling.
 The resignations of th-ee directors of the Whisky trust were announced, leaving the directorate without quorum.
 Francis H. White, the we'll known Brooklyn politician, died at his homo from erysipelas brought on from an attack of the grip.
 Henry L. Stehman of Rohrerstown, Pa, was placed in jail at Lancaster, Pa. on his confession that he set his cigar manufaotory on fire.
 Senator Elect John N. ThurSton of Ne braska will resign his office with the Un- ion Pacific Railroad company before talk ing his seat in the senate.
 Friday, April Ia.
 Rachel Turner, aged 87 years, commit ted suicide at Parksville. N. r., by taking poison.
 Reports that Mexico has withdrawn troops from the Guatemalan frontier are premature.
 Patrick Benson, an attorney of Oak. land, Cal, has fallen heir to an estate of $S75, 900 in Scotland.
 The 500 employees of the Atlanta mills in olneyville R. l.. who intended to strike, were locked out.
 At Wrentham, Mass, Mrs John Hob. bley murdered her 7-year- old son by crush. ing his head with a stone while he lay iD bed.
 The schooner Lizzie W. Hannum struck on Great ledge, Buzzard's bay, and filled with water The crew was saved in the surfboat.
 Dick Edwards. alias Coyote Dick, who is believed to have killed three womon on the night of May 17, 1899, died in the prison at Huntsville, Tex.
 June has been appointed by the gov ernor of Maryland for the execution of Ja cob Henson (oolored), convicted in How ard county for the murder of Daniel F. Shea
 Saturday, April 13.
 Marie Burroughs, the actress, has vir tually abandoned Der divorce case against Louis Massen.
 II. W. Thurber. private secretary to the president, has rented a Buzzards Bay cottage for the season.
 Federal authorities believe that fully s6. 900 in silver commercials is in circula' tion in the vicinity of Omaha
 R A. Blandford of Austin. who In 1881 was indicted for embozzlement from . loan association, has just given himself up. Eight dynamite bombs have been found in the cellar of St. Louis house which was formerly boarding place for foreign CTS.
 United States Consul General Charles de Kay at Berlin believes that an American physician has discovered the means oi curing consumption, lupus and perhaps cancer.
 Judge David Martin of Atohison, ha: been appointed chief justice of the Kansas supreme court to succeed Albert H. Hor ton, resigned.
 Monday, April 16.
 A report comes from Havana of tho de feat of an insurgent force by Spanisf troops
 A British force in India had fierce bat tie with native rebels. In which Colone Battye was killed.
 A fire at 23a Cherry street, New York did slO0 900 damage and destroyed build ing which was an old landmark.
 Two women in New York were serious ly but not fatally poisoned by drinking 6 cup of Hamburg tea, popular spring medicine among Germans
 Halls circus, en route from San Anto nio. Tex, to Evansville. Wis, was some what battered in collision with freigh train, which occurred in Chicago rail road yard.
 At Cleveland John Zjhar shot and in stantly killed Carl Richter and fatall! wounded Albert Richter. the brother O his first victim. Two hours later the mur derer hanged himself in cell.
 Charles Janda shot and killed his sister in-law, Mrs. Canella Janda, at the latter home, 2l9 East Fourth street, New York because she refused to allow him to TO move his clothing from her rooms for fail ing to pay board bill He then killet himself
 Tuesday, April 16.
 The empress of Germany is suffering from a severe cold.
 Fire at Plattsburg, Mo. destroyed th courthouse and ten business houses; esti mated loss about $500. 900.
 A letter has been received from Justic Jackson saying he would not be abe t' come to Washington this term.
 The United States supreme court denie' tho petition for habeas corpus of Theodor Lambert under sentence of death In Cam den county, N. J., for murder.
 The Paris Figaro gives currency to rumor that Dr. Nansen, the arctic explor CT, has found the north pole and that 1 Is situated on a chain of mountains.
 The case of Inspector William W. Mo Laughlin, chief of the New York city de tective bureau. who has been indicted fo bribery on five separate charges, was be gun.
 Rev. J. NJ. Jessup, an aged primltiv Baptist preacher, while delivering hi sermon at Sandy Ridge Ala, died in tn pulpit, having swallowed poison by acci dent.
 Wednesday, April II.
 Burglars broke into the bank at Middle burg. N. r.. but were frightened of whil drilling hole in the safe.
 Mary Brensinger of Pottsville. Pa committed suicide because Harry Auten bach refused to marry her.
 Sergeant Major Hogan, aged 30, of tn
  Halifax by taking cyanide of potash.
 A new building at Gloversville. N. Y. collapsed, burying two painters in th' ruins and badly hurting two plumbers.
 The executive committee of the Nation al Jobbers' association, dealers in window and plate glass. is in session in Pittsburg The centennial of Somerset county, Pa was to have been celebrated at Johnstown but it was decided to postpone the festivi tics to July 4.
 Grace Episcopal church, Chicago, ha' retired its rector, the Rev. Clinton Locke on @, 800 pension annually and the us' of the reotory so long as he may elect.
 Miss Eleanor Mayo. daughter of Franl Mayo, the actor. was married to Colone James Elverson, Jr., general manager o the Philadelphia Inquirer, by the Rev Dr. Arthur Brooks at the Church of thu Incarnation, New York city.