Connecticut western news., 1895-06-06
MOONS PHASES.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thnrsdnx, May 90.

Thnrsdny, May so.
 Lord Rosebery's Sir yisto won tho Eng lish Derby.
 Tho Cornell rowing crew who are to en- ter the races at Henley sailed for Eng land.
 The Now York state Prohibition con- yention has been called to meet ut Sarato- ga Sept. 2, 3 and f.
 The court of appeals has set June 10 for hearing the arguments In tho appeal in the Bat Shea murder case
 The United States cruiser New York, which sailed from Now York on May IS, has arrived at Southampton.
 Martani V. Strait was convicted of murder In tho first degree at Elmira for killing his wife on Nov. 10 last.
 The Baptist Missionary union. In SOS sion at Saratoga. adopted B protest yos- torday against tho outragcs In Armenia
 A. W. Jones of Youngstown was noml- .natod by exclamation for lieutenant gov ernor by the Ohio Republican state con- vention.
 At Portsmouth, N. H., John Roberta proprietor of a saloon and lodging house shot his wife and Edgar D. Stoddard, whom he found in her company.
 Friday. May sI.
 Abundant rains have effaced all damage done by the recent hot winds in Nebraska.
 The annual review of the garrison of Berlin took place on the Tsmpelhof parade ground.
 The emperor of Japan has returned to Hiroshima. where he was accorded tri- umphant welcome
 Jessie Bartlett Davis the contralto of the Bostonians opera company, Is danger ously Ill with pneumonia
 Lord Rosebery is making arrangements for a cruise during the Whitsuntide holi- days on board the steam yacht Morver.
 An appeal for aid for the destitute poo pie of the western part of Grant county, O. T.. has been issued. Starvation oon- fronted them.
 . The president has granted his fifth res pite In the case of Thomas St Clair, found guilty by California court of mur- der on the high seas
 A Connecticut legislative committee has been appointed to choose a Connecticut state flag. 1t having been discovered that no flag of the kind has ever boon officially adopted.
 Saturday, June |.
 A gang of organized firebugs has been unearthed in New York oity.
 Mr. and Mrs Whitelaw Reid sailed on the New York from Southampton Satur- day.
 Richard Bentley. head of the famous London publishing firm of Richard Bent ley & Son, Is dead.
 At Stratford. Ont. Aimede Chattello. the murderer of little Jessie Keith last October, was hanged
 MT. Howard Gould has sent dispatch to the press saying that Niagara was fair ly beaten in the race of Lowestoft
 Rev. William R. Goss, expelled by the New York NJ. K. conference was trium- phantly vindicated on every point by the judicial conference at Saratoga.
 Three British warships have been or dered to Jeddah with instructions to pro- teot the lives of foreigners and to investi. gate the killing of the British vice consul. From good authority 1t is learned that Governor Evans of South Carolina has is- sued m order to the dispensary constabu- lary directing them to seize all liquor they may find.
 Monday, June B.
 Mrs. Cleveland md the children are ex- pected at Gray Gables in few days.
 Chris Weifert housesmith. fell elght stories down an airshaft in New York city and was crushed to jelly.
 The Reading Iron company has restored the wages of its 5O0 iron tube works om- ployees to what they were in 1893
 Martin V. Strait has been sentenced at Elmira, N. r., to be electrocuted during tho week beginning July 2I for the mur- der of his wifa
 At Norwich. Conn, the Trinity Eplsco- pal church was burglarized, and a large sum of money and quantity of silver plate was taken.
 John II. McPherson, a night employee of the Gorham Manufacturing company, has been arrested for systematically steal ing melted gold and silver.
 A canal boatman named Walter Geld ing murdered an inoffensive citizen named John O Dohnell. a former resident of Bris- tol Pa. at Mauch Chunk, Pa.
 At Rutland Mass. George ". woodis . farmer. shot and killed his son-in-law. John Baker. during an altercation and immediately afterward fatally shot him. self
 Tuesday, June A
 In Buffalo the journeymen plumbers. gasfltters and steamfittors went out on strike.
 The sensation of the hour In Rome Is the new rupture between Leo XIII and Car dinal Hoheniohe.
 By severe hailstorm at Point Rock, Church county, Tex, many sheep were killed and Injured.
 Nine. Jennie Constantin Gentlemen, one of the oldest and best known vocal teachers In this country. died in Detroit.
 William s. Devery was reinstatod as captain of the New York police force by the general term of the court of common pleas.
 The Ancient and Honorable Artillery of Boston celebrated the two hundred and fifty seventh anniversary of it's organiza- ton.
 The latest suspect captured by the New York city police in connection with the murder of Ferdinand Harris, the colored butler, is Charles Wasself.
 The Canadian government has refused a new trial for Hendsrsnott and Welter, sentenced to be hanged June IS for the murder of young Hendershott
 Wednesday, June ..
 Mir. Gladstone's condition has not im- proved, and it is probable that he will be confined to his bed for several days
 John Mullook of Fountain Hill. Pa, was shot and instantly killed by Jacob Lucky, who then committed suicide
 Assistant Secretary of the Navy Mo Adoo delivered an address at the opening of the Naval War college at Newport R. l. The president appointed H. Clay Arm strong of Alabama secretary of the lega- tion at Madrid. vice stephen Bonsall of Maryland, resigned.
 Chancellor MoGill of New Jersey has appointed Supreme Court Justice Alfred Reed vice chancellor to succeed the late Vice Chancellor Green.
 A big fire. which could be seen for many miles around Newark, N. J., de- stroyed several of the buildings of F. Bal lantine & Sons brewery.
 At Long Branch, N. J.. Miss Margaret Montgomery Daly, daughter of Philip Daily, the proprietor of the Pennsylvania club was married to Harry Tranohard