Connecticut western news., 1896-07-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursday, July ..

The Red Star paokstboat Rahmanfeh was wrecked in the Red sea. Sixty persons were drowned.
 Two battalions of unpaid Turkish troops revolted in Jeddah, Arabia, and barricad- cd themselves in a mosque.
 It Is asserted In Montreal that Canadi- an commission will be sent to Washing ton to negotiate a treaty of reciprocity.
 Frederick Penner, we'll to do New York manufacturer, whose wife procured . divorce in May, was arrested for not pay ing alimony and says he prefers to stay in jail to doing SO.
 John R. Foley, a member of the Ninth regiment, has been ordered by Judge Rus sell of the supreme court of New York to pay his wife $50 a week alimony and counsel fee of $500 pending her action for separation
 William Kruse, for s1 years a trusted employee of c. A. Auffmordt & Go. of New York, sailed for Europe suddenly on Friday, leaving a shortage in bis accounts of the firm and others which is estimated to from $50, 900 to s1O0, 900.
 Friday, July 3.
 William Kelly of Utica, N. T., was struck by vehicle and fatally injured at Santa Barbara, Cal.
 An important fllibustering expedition landed on the coast of the province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba
 Great irritation is felt at the state de- partment about the Venezuelan attitude toward Great Britain.
 Thomas E- Maley, lieutenant colonel, C. s. A., retired, died at his home in En- glewood, near Chicago.
 Joseph Garcia was arrested in New York, suspected of having robbed Manuel K. Larren, a ranchowner of Ecuador, Of &1, 900 in gold and s4, 900 worth of dia- monds on board the steamship Finance. He was held for trial.
 The jury in the celebrated Peralta land grant case at Santa Fe-the United States against J. A. Peralta- Reavis charged with conspiracy to defraud the government out of 12, GOO, 900 acres of land-has returned . verdict of guilty. Sentence was deferred until July IS
 Saturday. July | The celebration of the Sons and Daugh- ters of the American Revolution was be- gun at Saratoga. Larned, the American tennis player, won a surprising victory over Baddeley in Bristol, England.
 The steamer Three Friends was anchor cd in Florida waters with men, arms and ammunition on board, ready to point her course to Cuba
 Independence day was celebrated gener- ally throughout the country. The day was also celebrated by Americans in London, Paris and Berlin. William P. St. John resigned the presi- dency of the Mercantile National bank of New York on account of the directors op- position to his advocacy of the free ooin- age of silver.
 The czar of Russia and his retinue made their re-entry into St Petersburg on their return from Moscow and were received en- enthusiastically by the nobility and munich pal authorities.
 Three robbers, who posed as detectives and used clubs and pistols, entered a house on West Forty y-second street, New York. and forced Joseph Miska and Ed ward Settle to give up s1, 100 in money and s1, 900 worth of jewelry and then es- capped.
 Monday. July G. Ninety four Tammany braves started for Chicago from New York. The rescue party at the Twin Shaft mine, Pittston, Pa, reported that they had heard | rappings from the entomb bed miners. The Rev. David J. Burrell of New York preached to the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution at Saratoga. James F. Sisco, 26 years old, a wood | peddler, living at Ridgewood, N. J., was hit by the Middletown express at the Montgomery street crossing In Paterson and killed.
 The barn of ". B. Framb bers, at Abse- ! con, N. J., was entered by thieves, and a valuable trotting horse was stolen. Three men are believed to have been concerned | in the affair. Ephraim Chenowith, a grocer of 72 Washington avenue, Woodside, N. J., went to his store to see If everything was right. He found his safe had been blown
 to pieces. All the burglars obtained was | $l0 in old coins. Tuesday, July q. Edward Halstead and Miss woodlns of | White Plains, N. r., eloped to Mount Vernon on bicycles and were married. Four tramps attacked trainmen on a | south bound freight near Elizabeth, N. J. Threewere arrested; the fourth escaped James Miller, an alleged swindler, who
 is accused of having operated successfully
 among the hospitals, was arrested in New York.
 The postmaster general has given notice | to railway companies that he will enforce
 the law which prohibits the carrying of mail in baggage cars. Trustees of the New York Dental ool- | lege accepted the resignation of President | F. K. Vanderveer and elected the Rev. Dr. George Alexander in his place. The heavy rains caused much damage in | the vicinity of Fortysseventh street and Broadway, New York, and an auction | eers customers were caught by the flood