Connecticut western news., 1896-07-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursday. July 23


 Isadore Sulzer, New York diamond dealer. is said by his creditors to have gone away, leaving debts aggrcgating s6, 900.
 The Mohammedan rebels in China are reported to have almost annihilated force of 6, 1000 imperial troops sent against them.
 Lea Horner and his sweetheart, Bessie Kane, while rowing on the Delaware riv- er, near Burlington, N. J., were run down and drowned by an excursion steamer.
 William Steinway has Distributed among various charities the sum of t5, 900 which he will receive for his services as rapid transit comm issioner of New York
 The Rev. Francis E. Clark, D. D., the father of the Christian Endeavor society, left Boston for New York, whence he sail- ed for a years tour through Europe and southern Africa.
 Friday, July a. -
 The insurgents in Macedonia are repost- cd to have been defeated by Turkish troops with the loss of 500 men.
 The members of the Ancient and Honor able Artillery company of Boston sailed from Liverpool for home on the steamship Servia-
 Sir John K. Millais, president of the English Royal asademy, suffered rslapss and is believed ss be in an extremely crit ical condition.
 Charles T. Raines, son of Senator John Raines, and Miss Nathalia Guidosd of Chicago were secretly married In New Jer- sey. .-.....-
 More than SEQ, 900, 900 in gold has been pledged to the subtreasury by the New York banks, and three-quarters of the amount has been actually turned over to Assistant Treasurer Jordan, thus placing the gold reserve above sl00, 900, 900.
 Private letters from Cuba to merchants in Key West say that the Spanish killed the wounded, with their doctors and nurses. In an attack on rebel hospitals.
 Saturday. July as-
 An inquiry into the murders on the barkentine Herbert Fuller was begun at Halifax
 The steamer Comal, Sam Risk, master, bound from Galveston to Key Vest ran ashore about seven miles southwest of her destination. Wreokers have gone to her assistance.
 Louis Hart shot himself dead In his home at Arlington, N. J., rather than give evidence against his employers, Sohlesin- ger & Bro. accused of issuing spurious railroad tickets
 Draper hall of Abbott Female academy, Lawrence, Mass, was badly damaged by fire. Loss, SIS, 900. The chief damage was to the hospital and drawing rooms. The fire department flooded the building with water.
 Two men have during the past month secured considerable advertising at New Haven for an almanac falsely represent ing themselves as agents for the New Ha- ven Press club. They have left town and Ru& Ht an issue of 5000 copies of the book.
 Monday, July aT.
 Mrs. Ellen Marshall of Jersey City was shot while kneeling in prayer at her child s grave
 The czar is said to be deterred from vis- iting various European capitals by his fear of nihilists
 Thomas A. Jerome, a member of the we'll known family of that name, died at his home on Staten Island.
 Grave defects have been found in one of Spain's new warships, and the disclos- ure has caused sensation In Madrid.
 Miss May Sprague has disappeared from her home in Bath Beach, N. '. She went away on a wheel and never came back.
 A man became violently insane in the Church of St. Catherine of Genoa In New York It was found that he was in a starv- ing condition.
 An agent of the Venezuelan govern ment Is endeavoring to negotiate a loan of s2O, 900, 00O in Berlin Thus far he has been unsuccessful.
 The dead body of a man was found in the woods at Leonia heights near Fort Lee, N. J., and revolver which lay on the dead mans chest was fully loaded.
 u~U. V-f farmer, was eloping with a 19-year-old girl, when his daughter overlook him on her bicycle and induced him to return home
 Tuesday. July es-
 Grace Wilson, 10 years old, was killed by truck while riding'a bicycle in Brook. lyn.
 Fire in the shipyard of Harland & wolt at Belfast caused damage estimated al sl, 250. 900. =...e. .... The Venezuelan dispute was brought uI in the British house of commons by ques tions from John Morley.
 The international Socialist congress, opened in London. The proceedings were marked by great disorder.
 The American manufacturers who ar, visiting South America arrived in RiS .Ianeiro and were cordially welcomed.
 William Henry Smith. talented anG | al manager of the Associated Press diot at his home in Lake Forest, Ills The United States district attorney ha. been asked to begin action against Mayo | Gleason of Long Island City to test th, validity of his naturalization papers. Widespread damage was done by tn, storm which swept over the eastern seo ton of New York, New Jersey and Penn sylvania with terrific electrical accompa | niments.
 | Wednesday. July go. Governor Bradley, 1t is said, will ap | point John W. Yerkes to succeed Black | burn as senator. | have informed Greece that she must ceas aiding rebels against the Turks. An action to recover $50, QUO for breaol of promise was begun in New York b, | Frances Raymond, an actress, aRains Franklin Raymond Wallace. Three-year Charles Monks, whil striving to reach his home in Jersey Cit, | during a storm. fell into a pool near Bald | win avenue and was drowned. The international socialist trades con | gress met in St Martins town hall, Lon | don. The anarchist delegates forced an en trance into the hall. Great disorder pre- vailed, and a number of fist fights occur | red.
 | Michael Lehmaier was shot and fatall, | wounded in New York by his wife's broth CT, Charles Johnson, who says he acted il defense of himself and his sister, Lehmai CTS wife, whom he had pursued to John sons room.
 James F. Digney of Jamaica Plain Mass, passenger on the Fall Rive steamboat train, jumped from the cars a the Heath street crossing, just outside 0 Boston. The train was immediately stop ped. and the man was found to be fatall Injured. He died before reaching the city | Truth
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