Connecticut western news., 1895-12-26
MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS.
All Sorts of Occurrences That Are We'll
 Worth Noting.

All Sorts of Occurrences That Are We'll
 Worth Noting.
 JANUARY. 6. Uprising in Hawaii in the interests of the
 deposed queen. A. Trolley motormen and conductors struck
 in Brooklyn yynRr.Hr l6. The Brooklyn trolley strike ended on all
 lines except one.
 MARCH. s. William K. Vanderbilt the noted railway
 magnate and multimillionaire, divorced by
 his wife on statutory grounds in Kew York
 city.
 1e. Strikers riot at New Orleans. l9. The Spanish vessel Reina Rsgsnte, which
 disappeared some days before, found near
 Gibraltar; 20 people missing. 24. Ii Hung Chang, China's peace envoy, shot
 by q Japanese in Simonosek.
 APRIL 24. Nat Jones, a veteran speculator of the Big
 Four" died in Chicago.
 Mrs. Frank Leslie, first wife of the well
 known New York publisher, died at Sho-
 kan, x. \.
 l2 Chief whirlwind, noted Cheyenne warrior.
 died at Fort Reno, O. T. 2l. The income tax declared unconstitutional by vote of 5 to- sS John A. Morris, race horse owner and cap italist, died st Kerrville, Tex. JUNE. r. The Harlem ship canal. connecting North river with Long Island sound, opened with ceremonies. 2l. Emperor William laid the keystone of the Kaiser Wilhelm (Kiell canal. JULY. <. Mob attacked an A. P. A. parade in Boston. 5. Alexander Hester. Americas greatest da- guerreotypist, died at Evanston, Ills. l6. Stambuloff. ex-premier of Bulgaria, died by assassination at Sofia. ! AUGUST. l Is. P. F. Rothermel, painter of "The Battle of Gettysburg" and other celebrated pictures. died at Linfield, Pa. | York police justice and known as the .'lit- tie judge" died at Toms River, N. J. l sI. Gen. Ely S. Parker, an Indian who served on Grants staff, died at Fairfield, Conn. | SEPTEMBER. i4. The Mora indemnity of sl..fs,ooo paid by | Spain. l IS. The Atlanta exhibition formally opened. | g7. The French army entered the capital of | Madagascar
 %. James Stewart tPaul Webb. noted swim mer, died at Spokane, Wash. | OCTOBER. | g. Harry Wright, veteran baseball manager. died at Atlantic City. | g. Prof. Henry Maurice willkomm, distin- | guished German botanist, died '. Miss Ada Cavendish, the actress, died in | London. 10. Dr. Albert E. Foote. distinguished miner | alogist, expired suddenly while at the At lanta exposition.
 l2., Prof. Thomas Coates, leader of the first cdr
 GUS band in America, died at Easton. Pa | 1S. F. L. Pope noted electrical engineer, killet
 by shock in his cellar at Great Barring
 ton, Mass.
 l9. John W. Mackay, Jr., killed while racint
 in France. | oT I.vochinu p,oh 6red ,,por bv militia at Tiff
 fin, O.; 2 killed. | NOVEMBER.
 1. Jack Dempsey, noted pugilist, died at Port | land, Or.
 6. The Erie railway sold under fOreciosur' 15. A daughter born to CHAT and czarina O
 Russia.
 %. Rustem Pasha. Turkish ambassador t,
 Great Britain, died in London. q. Calvert Naux, a noted American landscap'
 architect. found drowned in New York bay 22. John Redfern, the noted tailor, died il l London.
 27. Royal Prescott Hubbard, one of the under
 ground railroad" contractors, died in Chi
 cago at the age of 90.
 9. Dr. Moritz Busch, known as Bismarck
 Boswell,' died at Bern. Switzerland. 1 DECEMBER. | 2. Congress opened. I 8. Capt. Oscar Taylor, Union veteran wh I captured Mosby, the guerrilla, died in Nev l York. 4. Empire State express on the New Yorl 1 Central railroad broke the record between
 New York ard Buffalo, making schedul
 time 531s miles an hour. I 5. Yacht Coronet sailed from New York witt l eclipse expedition for Japan. 1 :. Fred Munroe the well known Americal
 banker in Paris, mysteriously killed b \ shooting.