Connecticut western news., 1896-12-31
NEWS OF TAs WEEK.
Thursday. Dec. sa.

Governor Morton gave . dinner at his home in New York and entertained Gov ernor Elcct Black and members of the rreater New York commission.
 Tho United states runboat Annapolis was successfully launched at Elizabeth port \. !. The christening was by granddaughter of Admiral Porter
 Cornelius Vanderbilt was at his oflico at the Grand Central station In New York for the first time since his scverc Illness. having practically recovered his health
 Earl Russell's residence at Maidenhead on tho Thames. England, was burned. The fire Is believed to be the result of tho libel suit procecdiug against the earl'a mother-in.law, Lady Scott
 A mass meeting af Republican citizens was held In Carnegie hall. New York, to urge the election of Joseph II. Choate to the senate The speak.-s weN Edmund Metmoro, William c. Guthrie, klihu Root and General Swayne.
 Friday. Dec. Ss.
 Congressman W. II. Hatch died In Hannibal, Mo
 Mrs Katc Taylor. widow of Admiral William Rogcr Taylor, |. S. N, disd In Washington.
 Tho anarchistie leaders Landauor and Rosshcrcis and number of others have been arrested In Berlin
 No tidings yet received of the Allan line steamer Scandinavian, from Now York. now IS days out from Glasgow.
 About half of the |. 900 miners employ cd in the coal mines of St Clair and Mad ison counties, Ills, have struck for higher wages
 Adviocs from Capo Horn via san Fran cisco report tho complete destruction ny volcanic action of Juan Fcrnandcs island, famous as the fahled homo of Robinson Crusoc.
 The body of Hubert Crackonthorpc the author. who mysteriously disappeared in Paris during tho month of October, giving rise 10 suspicious of foul play, has bcen found in tho river Seine. Saturday. Dec. S0
 John n Townsend. widely known lawyer, died suddenly while dining at the house of nciRhbor in New York.
 Mrs. Frank Ryan tho wifc Of police officer, was burned to death while dressing to receive for dinner in New York. A citizen of Rcd Rank. N. J., wagercd l a week ago that hc would cruss Shrews- bury river on the ioc on Christmas He was drowned in making the attempt
 Ella Koating, ai years old, was Killed | by train on tho Kings County Elevated I road In Brooklyn. Alfr,ed Wright color cd porter Is being held on suspicion of he- l ing the cause of her death. IL Is asserted in Washington that presi. | dent Cleveland win direct foreclosure of | the goyornment's mortgagc against the | Pacific railroads unless congress passoS a | bill for the settlement of tho debt Fire destroyed about an acrr of build | ings In East Thirty third and East Thirty | fourth strccts near Third avenue, New i York, including tho New York Polyolinao hosptal. four tanements and two large fac ' tory buildings. No lives were lost The damage Is estimated at si, 900, 00o. Monday. D~cs as General John Meredith Read, tho we'll known American diplomatlsL died in Paris
 1 In a signed article in a Washington pa l per Senatsr Chandler of New Hampshire declared the right to rcoognizo foreign 1 government does not rest In the president alone.
 Residents of the town of Manchester. Conn, have become afflicted with erase for cocaine, and the practice of using 10 is so prevalent that legislative action may be asked for.
 Tho homo of Duncan Elliott, on tho grounds of the westohcstor Country club, near westchester village, N. f., was de stroycd by nro. The family and servantp had narrow escapes
 Ex-ouecn Liliuokalanl of Hawaii took the first slcighride of her life in Boston. She was protected from the cold in GOV cred vehicle and expressed herself charm ed by her new experience
 A letter received at tho state depart mcnt in Washington from a high author ity In the Turkish government indicates that Emporor William of Germany and | lsA for ....l am altianpa
 Tuesday. Dee ga.
 Mrs Grover Cleveland presented a me morial window to welles college, hor alma mater
 The sultan of Turkey has been notified by the powers that the reforms proposed to him must bc enforccd.
 Forty. thrce families had to fee for their lives In an early morning fire that destroy ed two fiathouses in West Fifteenth street. | New York.
 The New York Republican club passed resolutions praising Joseph N Choato, but declining to indorse his candidacy for the United States senate
 II Representatives of the manufae turcrs of chemicals who attended the first hearing before the ways and means committee In | Washington on the proposed new tarin bill asked for an increase of customs du. 1 ties.
 The aids of General Horace Porter, grand marshal of the gold standard parade | last October, presented him with a loving | cup to commemorate his unprecedented l achievement in marching loo. .uOO mon past the reviewing stand In soven hours
 Wednesday, Doe. 3os
 William Ewart Gladstone celebrated hts eighty seventh birthday at Hawarden.
 County Clerk Purruy, with several dis | trict leaders has bolted Tammany hall and will form a new organization in New York city. The second tarlff hearing by the ways and means committee in Washington was devoted to consideration of the cotton and silk schedules.
 It was said in Louisville that Governor ! Bradley of Kentucky would soon rcsiRn , because of i'll health, and that he would refuse to accept an office from Presidens Mckinley. Two more banks in Minneapolis failed and one In Roanoke, Va, failed. w. \. . & J, S. Van Nortwick, manufacturers of | paper and bankers af Batavia, Ills, failed. . with liabilities of s2, GOO, o0O. The American Historical association be- , gan it's twelfth annual meeting, at which
 its president, Dr. K. <. Storrs, made an | address on the silent contributors to his
 tory, and other Interesting papers wers . read.
 In New York Isaac Zukcr, the convicted " incendiary. was sentenced to 30 years in . state prison. Ills lawyers obtained a re- straininR orSer, but before it could be !; served the convict was on his way to Sing s Sing and was thoro inoarorated- The
 lawyers thraten contempt proceeding ngs
 against the sheriff. a Stabbed by a Discharged Employee. UTICA, \. r., Dec. S0.-August Muel
 Ter, head brewer for the Consumers RrVw
 ing company of this city, was soriousl,
 stabbed in the abdomen by John Sciglcr Al-.l....-.l Inc