Connecticut western news., 1895-11-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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 King Charles of Portugal arrived at Sandringham, where he is guest of the Prince of Wales.
 Mrs. D. P. Bowers, the we'll known ao- tress, died in Washington after few days illness with pneumonia
 The American Cotton oil company de- clared a regular semiannualsiividend of 8 per cent on the preferred stock, payable Dec. 9
 The oanalboat W. H. Swift, laden with hay from Canada, bound to Now York was burned in the canal at Whitehall, N. Y. Captain Larry Sutton of Rondout and Steersman James Burke of Waterford were burned to death.
 Independent reports received at Constan- tinople do not confirm the official state ments that the Armenians provoked tho different disturbances which have taken place there. At Erzerum the bodies of 320 Armenians have been found, and only the corpses of six Turks were among them.
 Friday. Nov. &.
 At Richmond Miss Irene Langhorne became the bride of Charles Dana Gib- son, tho artist of New York.
 George sherman of the firm of wither- bees, sherman & Go, Port Henry N. Y.,
 
 Cards were Issued for the marriage of Ellis Mills, United States consul general and secretary of legation at Honolulu. to Cora Ritohie at Bellevue, Rapidan, Va, next Saturday.
 Rear Admiral Robert W. Shufellt, re. tired, died at his residence in Washing. ton after long illness, following an at- tack of the grip and an accident while driving about a year ago
 The Ward line steamer Seneca, from Mexico and Havana while coming to an ohor off the Scotland lightship, New York bay, during dense fog. oollided with pilotboat breaking the latter's bowsprit
 The vault of the burned Empire State bank in New York was opened, and Its contents were found to be absolutely in. tact. The vault contained hundreds of thousands of dollars and valuable papers.
 A serious collision occurred at Windsor Junction, N. &, between special freight trains on the Interoolonial railroad and on tho Dominion Atlantic railroad. com. pletely wrecking both trains and injuring several traInmen.
 Saturday. Nov. Q.
 Simon G. Reed, the we'll known horse man, died at his residence in San Fran cisco.
 Joe Donoghue, the skater. decided to winter in Montreal and train on the track of tho Montreal Athletic association.
 Six negro prisoners in the county jail at Winston, N. C., overpowered the koep- CT, knocking him down, and made their escape.
 Edward Mitchell, distinguished oitizon, ex-mayor and until rocently an extensive vessel owner, died in Oswego N. Y., aged 5s.
 A great fro occurred at Matanzas, Gu ba, in which three stores and many dwell ings were burned, entailing a loss of s10o, 1000.
 T. ". Cadman, who shot himself sever al days ago, died at the County hospital in Chicago from the effects of a bullet wound in his head. He was an Indian agent in South Dakota and was an unole of Mrs. Cleveland. Monday, Nov. II. The United States treasury statement shows the gold reserve to bo sg2. 7o6, 874.
 The Ohio river steamers R. & Rhea, Sidney Dillon and Scotia were burned st Riverside, o.
 During a quarrel at Port Santiac, Mioh., Albert Kinney shot and fatally wounded George Botts and then escaped.
 President Cleveland appointed Arthur K Delaney of Alaska to be United States district judge for that territory.
 At Seattle, Wash, James and John Mo Cam, brothers, were convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of Joseph Cicero. James Newkirk, truokman, was in- stantly killed nt the Dock street crossing Yonkers. N. Y., by the Poughkoepsie ex- press oh the New York Central.
 St. Mary's Roman Catholic church in Pennington, N. l., was broken into and the contribution box stolen. The box had not been opened for some time and is known to have been almost full of coins Tuesday Nov. 1a. A severe earthquake shock was dxpe- rienoed at Katuna, Greece. and the inhab- itants were panic stricken. Lewis Jefferson the negro who attempt ed to assault Miss Wilson Frobett, was lynohed at Chormersville, Ga. Colonel Michael Shoemaker, a proml. nent business man and politician, died at | Jackson, Mich, aged 77 years.
 The schooner Moselle, owned and oom- manded by Captain Durant was totally destroyed by fire at Tusket N. s.
 The Marquette Powder company's mill, situated about four miles from Marquette Mich, exploded, killing two mens Six desperate criminals broke out of the | Hamilton county jail at Cincinnati, and | five of them succeeded in making good their escape.
 4 general strike of plumbers was in. augurated in Pittsburg for a restoration of the 10 per cent reduction made some time ago.
 In the United States court Judge La- oombe handed down decision confirming the sale of the New York, Lake Erie and Western railroad, which was sold for s2o. z 900, 900.
 Wednesday, Nov. Ia- The largo barns on the farm of John Lance, in Touchdown, N. J., were de- stroyed by fire. Loss, sb. 900. The steamboat Puritan, which was stranded at Great Gull island, was floated and found not to have been seriously dam aged.
 George Buckingham, a passenger from | Now York to St Johns, N. F., on the steamer Portia, committed suicide 90 miles of Halifax.
 The Wells Fargo express agent on the Santa Fe railroad at Colorado Springs was held up by masked robbers, who so- | cured about SEQ. 900. | Mrs. Magnolia Williams, who mas been on trial at Saluda, Va, for the alleged killing of her husband in Northumberland county, was acquitted. John Baramiski was burned to death and his wife and 24-year-old son Martin fatally injured in fire which destroyed two buildings in Chicago. The Lawrence Beach hotel, at Law renee, N. r., one of the largest summer hotels in that section of Long Island, was burned, with Its contents, the loss being s200, oo0
 | Masked men broke up a Mormon meet ing in White Post, Pike county. Ky, and taking the two elders, who had boon warned hot to preach their doctrine there, road them on a rail. | Popuiists Hold Balance of Power. LOUISVILLE, Nov. 12.-The fate of tho