Connecticut western news., 1897-05-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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Watson has been dismissed.
 Fcrty-hve persons were reported killed by hail in Mexico. some of the stones weighing over three pounds each.
 w. J. Deboe, Republican. was elected Unlted States senator at Frankfort. Ky, on the one hundred and twelfth ballot, which stood, Deboe. Fl; Black burn, 46; Martin, l2; stone. l. The Prince of Wales. United States Ambassador Hay and Lady Randolph Churchill were among the audience that attended the opening of Beerbohm Trees new theater in London.
 A flood caused by eloudburst swept through the Cottonwood valley, in ok lahoma. killing 20 people and doing damage amounting to Sl00,000, The greatest damage was at West Guthrie.
 Four lives were lost at a fire iu dwelling at Fifty-fourth street and Third avenue. Brooklyn. Two of the victims were children. whom the moth CT dropped from a window in an att tempt 10 have them fall on an awning. The dead are Mrs. Carrie Newell. aged 3S: Louis Newell. aged 9: John Newell. aged 5, and Mrs. Celia Barnett, aged b5.
 Friday, April 90.
 This country's delegates to the inter national postal congress were appoint ed by Postmaster General Gary.
 A dinner was given to Secretary Ly- man J. Gage by Assistant Treasurer Conrad N. Jordan at the Lawyers club In New York.
 The big plant of the Maryland Steel company Is to start up on Monday, af- ter three years of likeness. affordlng work for 2,000 men.
 It was stated In Washington that John Russell Young of Pennsylvania had been decided upon by President Mckinley for minister to Spain.
 On General Weyler's statement that western Cuba was completely pacined, the queen regent of Spain proclaimed that the reforms already announced for Cuba should go into effect.
 Saturday. May l.
 The cashier of the St. Louis postofilce was arrested on charge of embezzling sI5. .0o0.
 Six negro robbers and murderers were lynched at Sunnyside. Tex, by mob of their own race.
 Joseph Chamberlain testified under oath at the Transvaal inquiry that the British government knew nothing be- forehand of the Jameson raid.
 General GrenvIlle NJ. Dodge, grand marshal of the Grant day parade. gave a dinner for the members of his stan at the Union League club in New York.
 Another controversy between Germa- ny and the United States seems likely as the result of an order limiting the stay of German-Americans in that country.
 Mss Louise Erwin, formerly type writer to President Spaldlng of the broken Globe bank, testified before the grand jury in Chicago that Spaldlng gave her sI5,000. with the understand ing that he was to get a divorce and marry her. Monday, May 3.
 Trinity parish, in New York, began the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of its foundation. ...
 The Duke of Connaught, third son of Queen Victoria, Is to be made quarter master general of the British army.
 A German company employing 1000 hands is said to have bought land to build factory town in New Jersey in order to escape paying duties under the tariff bill.
 Wilbur F. Crouch, under arrest for killing Mrs. Crouch, his divorced wife, and Mary Daley, near Sactets Harbor N. Y., declares that Private Allen who accompanied the women and who acc cused him, is guilty of the crime.
 In New York little Ida Raskin, year old, choked Co death on a polly seed which she picked off the floor ano got into her windpipe. Her friends art indignant because the bo6y was taken to the morgue by orders from the coro- ner's office.
 Lena Flood, a nurse in the Home For Incurables In New York, was found dead in bed. A quantity of sulfonal was on a table, and tho coroner's phy- sician said she had evidently taken al least 225 grains Her friends say she had no reason for taking her life.
 Tuesday, May <
 Albert c. Porter. ex-governor of 1n- diana and ex-minister to Italy, died In Indianapolis.
 Colonel John Hay. the American em- bassador, presented his credentials to Queen Victoria at Windsor castle.
 Secretary of the Treasury Gage issu- ed new regulations aimed to prohibit the importation of adulterated tea.
 David Millken, Jr.. was appointed as assistant district attorney of New York 
 signed.
 Harold Fields 12 years old and of good family, confessed that he made two attempts to burn an apartment house in New York.
 President Mckinley appointed stan ton Sickles of New York. a son of Gen. eral Sickles, to be secretary of the United States legation at Madrid.
 Dean WV. Richmond, a member of a we'll known and wealthy family. died in Raines law hotel in New York without medical attention. The coro- ners investigation indicates that death was the result of an accidental fall. wednesday, May Q.
 Five anarchists were shot in Barcelo- ma for their connection with a dyna- mite outrage.
 The court of appeals affirmed the conviction of Murderer Howard A. Scott. who shot his wife in New York. Chauncey M. Depew secured Govern or Blacks approval of a bill to permit the New York Central railroad to re- duce interest on $100,OO0.000 of bonds. A collision has taken place off Cir dleness (Scotland) lighthouse between the British steamers Collynee and Grin zoe. The Collynee sank. and Il of her crew were drowned. Admiral Meade, retired, died at Washington after an operation for ap- pendicitis. He was one of the best known officers of the navy. having seen hard service before, during and after the civil war.
 The Rev. Dr. w. s. Rainsford in his sermon at Trinity church. in New York, denounced the rich churches that move away from the poor districts and pre- dicted that rich men would find lt nec- essary before long to endow churches