Connecticut western news., 1896-12-24
NEWS OF Ttie WEEK.
Thursday. Dec. IT.

John Hall, an electricinp. was killed In New York by a live wlre While trying to put out fire caused hy an electric light.
 Governor Morton appointed Alderman William NJ. K. 0lcott district attorney of New York county to succeed the late Colonel Fellows.
 Mrs. Catherine McNeilly, aged nearly | 1ol years died at Lambertyille, \. l., and Mrs. Catherine Perry, aged nearly loI, at Lebanon, Conn.
 Secretary Herbert gave out statement in regard to the battleship Texas in which he asserts that tho vessel is one of the most efficient in the navy. A number of small vessels were lost off the New England coast during the storm Tho schooner Clrica wns wrecked on Nan tasket beach. IL was only by n two hours | struggle that a life saving crew rescued the sailora Ono man was swept over board.
 Friday. Dec. Is Dr. Adolf Deucher was elected president of the Swiss Confederation for 1897. earthquake fassed under south Eng. land and Wales, doing much damage One woman died from fright
 The interstate commerce commission is- | sued its annual report It stated that there are many defects in the law under which the board acts on traffic problems Alexander Hermann, the noted magi. clan. died suddenly of heart disease in his | private car near Salamanca, N. Y., while en route from Rochester to Bradford. Pa Mrs. I. Coleman Drayton, daughter of | Mrs. William Astor, was married in St. ! Columbia's church in London to George Haig, a member of the firm of Haig X Haig, whisky merchants of London. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Don. ald Mcleod, D. D.
 James !. Corbett signed articles of agreement at Taylor's hotel, Jersey City. 10 fight Robert Fitzsimmons to n finish on March r next for purse of s15, 900 at place to be designated by Dan A. Stuart 30 days beforc tho above date. As Fizsin. mons accepted Stuart's offer some time | ago by wire, it is expected that he will also sign the articles in short ordor. saturday. Dec. 1o.
 Paul Auguste Arene, the French littera. teur died in Paris.
 A blizzard has been raging for two days in Newfoundland, doing much damage. Bob Iilliard, tho actor, was thrashed in Philadelphia by Lloyd Melville Bingham, | the husband of a member of his company, for using insulting language Mrs John F. Jarvis, Jr.. of Mount Yer non, N. r., is seeking divorce on the | ground that her husband, who Is a prom inent ioweler has been guilty of extrmo cruelty.
 John watzer, who has been city olork three terms, register of deeds four terms and a member of the council. committed suicide at wausau, Wis, by shooting him self through tho head. Mortimer Hendricks, bondholder, ask. sts | York to sue the directors of the Manhattan railway of New York city for over si, ,001, 900 of dividends declared but not earned, and also for their removal from office Edward NJ. Field, favorite son of the late Cyrus W. Field, was arrested in New York on a charge of intoxication Since the failure of the firm with which hc was connected thrce years ago Mir. Field has
 been dcgcnerating morally, physically and
 mentally.
 Monday. Dec. Rf.
 Pacific steamers arc taking great quan. titles of American cotton to China and | Japan.
 | Patrick Moran, a laborer, was killed on
 Cherry street, New York, and Charles
 olston is accused of the crime Ex-Quecn Liliuokalanl of the Sandwich
 Islands left San Francisco for Boston,
 where she expects to arrive Christmas day.
 She says she will announce her reasons for coming to this country soon. Copious drafts of bad "speak easy"
 whisky poisoned l6 men in the Bonwood oilfleld, near Sisterville, w. Va. Of the 16, W. H. Price, wealthy farmer; Charles Seibert, m Ohio merchant, and Thomas Clegg, an oil well owner, are dead. | Martha, Elizabeth and Charlotte wilber, | sisters who lived alone in m old home. stead at Newport, R. l., were burned to death. The accident was caused hy alec
 hol, which the women used for rhouna. tism, becoming iRnited from a lamp. A fire which did over S250, 900 damage | started in McManus Bros furniture stores, at El zabeth, N. J., by the explosion of toy steam engine. The fire was got under control after it had burned the entire block on First street, between East Jersey and Livingston streets.
 | Tuesday, Dec. a2.
 Rose Frombach. years old, left by her
 mother in her home in Brooklyn wrapped In blanket bcfore the fire, was burned to | death.
 Tho striking cabmen in New York com | mltted many acts of petty violence and tried to intimidatc women patrons of theii
 employers.
 Governor Morton denied tho application
 for clemency for John Y. McKane, who was convicted of election frauds at Graves
 end, N. Y.
 At big mass meeting in behalf of the | Cuban cause was held at Cooper Union, | New York. under the auspices of the Cu. ban League of America General Bradley T. Johnson, Dr. Henry Lineoln Zayas and others made stirring appeals. Mir. Dingley, chairman of tho house ways and means committee, said that the ke, note of the coming tariff bill would be | protection. The bill would be framed with | sole reference to the needs of American industries It would be ready, he said for consideration in the extra session of con gress.
 Wednesday, Dec. e3.
 Judge Tuley. in Chicago. enjoincd the | Central Elevator company from dealing in grain.
 Marcello H. Barilati, an Italian banker of 90 Mulberry street, New York, disap- peared, and the sheriff took possession of his bank.
 The spanish cabinet decided that Prcsi- dent Cleveland's message affected the cor. tes and should he read before that body, which is not now in session. Joseph L. Harris. n furricr and former | fire insurance register of Now York, who l has been fugitive under indictment for arson, was arrested in Monmouth, Ills. ! He will be extraditcd
 Miss Elizabeth smith of Norwalk,
 Conu., has refused to marry Mir. Elmer
 Merrill of staten Island because she says she was warned in dream that they would never live happily together. ! The ferryboat Columbia of the Wall street line ran into and broke a towline in | tho East river, New York Tke tow-two canal barges-struek the ferryboat, and several passengers were hurt, but not se- rioUsly.
 Boston Banks Were Hit. BoSToN, Tee 23.-Boston hanks, it l.
 learned, havc about s200. GOO locked up in l tho National Sank of Illinois, which sus