Connecticut western news., 1896-11-19
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thur.day, Nov. Ia.

The National Farmers congress, In scs- sion at Indianapolis adopted revolutions favoring international bimctallism.
 The Transyaal government will claim an indemnity of sS, GOO, 900 from the Brit ish South Africa company on account of tho Jameson invasion.
 Richard pill<cy, who was disowned by his father and has been employed on tho Erie canal, has inherited his fathers estate in Michigan, valued at s2, GOO, coo.
 John keegan of One Hundred and Sew cnty-ninth street and Bathgate avenue, New York, kissed his wife goodby and went out for days shooting. A few hours later a priest told her he had been accidentally shot dead with his own gun. The paper warehouse of Henry Gade at 34e Broomc stiSet, New York, was enter ed, and gold, bills and checks Co the value of si5o and valuable private papers were stolen from the safe, which had evidently been opened by some one who knew It's combination.
 Friday. Nov. 1a
 One burglar was killed and another wounded in a fight In Elba, N. Y.
 One man was Killed and another fatally wounded in n riot by strikers In Isead- vile (Colo.) saloon.
 The Radical groups in the French cham Der of deputies made an unsuccessful at- tempt to overthrow the Moline govern. ment A trolley car at the Homestead (N. J. ] station of the Jersey City, Hoboken and Rutherford railway rushed into another, and both were injured. A boy was badly cut.
 Ja,,.s E,,5n tho ,,,an xyh, thraxx i. lighted cigar Into Secretary Carlisle's face at the time of the political meeting In Covington, Ky, which the accretary ad- dressed, was fined for his offcnse te0 and costs.
 Robert c. Lehman, who will coach tho Harvard crew for next spring and will in- troduce the English rowing methods, ar rived in New York on the Majestic. He will stay only short time, but will como again early in the spring.
 Saturday. Nov. I<
 Mrs Lucinda Schellinger of East Msri- 0, N. r., Respondent because of falling health, drowned herself In Peconio bay.
 The annual convention of the women's a Christian Temperance union was opened at St. Louis with an address by Miss Frances K. Willard.
 John Y. Foster, secretary of the New Jersey state Republican committee and one of the editors of Frank Leslie's Week ly, died at Newark, N. J.
 The will of Mrs. w. H. Vanderbilt was filed by Chauncey M. Dcpcw in New York. Her estate of about *i, 100, 900 is divided among relatives; s2bo, 900 goes to St. Bar tholomew's church.
 Governor Atkinson of Georgia withdrew from the senatorial contest In his state. Two ballots were taken in the Democratic caucus without determining who should be the party candidate before tho logisla' tureL
 It was discovered that R. V. ID. Wood, for n long time assistant cashier of the Metropolitan National bank of New York, had misappropriatcd about to4, ,o00 of ths banks securities A warrant was issued for Woods arrest, but he had disappeared.
 Monday. Nov. 10.
 The wreck of tho Mexican steamer En senado, of Lower California, was reported No lives were lost.
 William Reyman of Boston arrived ir New York on his bicycle, having trnvelet 2b, 900 miles within thrco years on hi' wheel.
 Mrs Catherine Dorzbaoker of Colleg, Point, N. Y., wife of retired Now Yorl baker, drowned herself in pond while presumably insane.
 Mrs Bridget Ahern died in Now Yorl hospital of fractured skull received [ week ago Her husband is held on suspi cion of throwing her down stairs.
 The Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn began Sunday the celebration of the fif tieth anniversary of the Rev. Dr. R. ' Storrs' incumbcncy of the pastorate. Th' celebration will last until Thursday.
 Count de Toulousi Lautrac, engineer O construction of the Siberia and Orienta railroad, was locked up in the West Thir tieth street police station in New Yorl chargod with having pointed revolver n a cab driver who demanded his faro.
 Tuesday, Nov. n.
 In the French chamber the question O clecting senators by universal suffrag was discussed.
 Congressman Boutelle of Maine, rofcr ring to tho gossip connecting him with tn navy portfolio, said he expected to romail in congress.
 An elevator in the American Tract So cicty building, New York, dropped frun the tenth floor, and several people wer
 
 Peter Mahcr knocked out Joe ChoynslS at the Broadway Athletic club, in Ncv York in six rounds It was a scientifi exhibition of boxing from first to last. The United States supreme court dc clared the California Irrigation law to h constitutional, thereby affirming the valid under it.
 It ,,..., .,,,,,,,,,.,,,t al 4, ,,,o,ttpu, of th trustees of Columbia university that Pro lessor Sloane of Princeton had been ap | pointed by Seth Low professor of histor at Columbia.
 The debate in the German rcichstag o the Bismarck revelations was very tame | Prince Hohcnloho said he could give n information regarding the reported sccre neutrality treaty with Russia
 Wednesday. New. Is.
 The jury to try Maria Barbcri for th murder of Dominica Cataldo in Ne, | York was completed and the trinl begun. In New York Anton Lindcrmann, mi, taking his daughter-in. law for a burglSI shot at her when she cntcrcd his room turn out tho gas.
 M A. Hanna visited MT. Mckinley . Canton, and they held a long confercpc' It is believed that Mir. Hanna will acceI tho treasury pcr,folio.
 Captain A. T. Mahan, Y. $. N, a eel. brited naval writer, was placed on tho n tired list of the United States navy aftc having served 70 years.
 Bishop Thoburn and Bishop Hartzci Methodist Episcopal bishops of India an Africa respectively arrived In New Tor from Detroit on their way to their posts.
 Adelaide Dangcrfeld ran away from hs mother In Montreal with S200. She we arrested in the Grand Central station 1 New York and held to await the arriv. of Canadian police officer to take h, back.
 The annual dinner of the New Tor | Chamber of Commerce was held at De monico's Addresses were made by Alel ander k. Orr, Postmaster General Wllsoi Governor Griggs of New Jersey, w. Bourl Cochran tssl others.