Connecticut western news., 1897-04-22

be assistant secretary of war
 Frederick A. Iiecht. a wealthy young fancy goods merchant, whose business establishment was on Broadway. New York. committed suicide.
 James B. Angel has been nominated tor minister 10 Turkey. He was born lnl Rhode Island in 1929. but has resided in Michigan for % years. He is president of the Michigan university
 Edwin Reynolds. his wife and daugh- ter were murdered and their home In Oakland, R. l., set on fire. Martin Mowry. an eccentric old man who lived In the house. was arrested. Ho claimed that the crime was committed by masked robbers.
 Friday, April ra.
 Father Kncipp, the water cure priest. Is critically ill at worishofen, Germany.
 Members of the New York East Meth odist conference passed resolution condemning sunday bicycling.
 Carter Harrison took office as mayor of Chicago and appointed gold standard Democrats 10 the two most responsible places In his cabinet
 Fire in New Orleans destroyed one of the principal blocks In the business seo-l ton of the city. Two newspaper ofices were also burned out The total loss is s{00, 900.
 Mrs. Elizabeth R. Triton. wife of, Theodore Triton, who sued the late Henry Ward Beecher for alienating his wife'p affections. died at her home. In Brooklyn, of paralysis.
 Lieutenant Peary has been orderedl from the New York navy yard to Mare, Island. His friends think thin change may injuriously arrect his plans for another polar exploring expedition.
 At Georgetown. Del. James M Cor dy was convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of his wife. for merly Mrs. Mary Estells Lewis of New York, by throwing her into the Broad Kill river at Milton. on March n. Saturday. April n. British warships have arrived at Dur ban. South Africa. The meaning of the demonstration is not known. Some of the stockholders of the Amer lean Grocery company have filed a pee titlon In Trenton. asking for the ap- pointment of a temporary receiver. Henry O. Havemcyer, president of the sugar trust. is 10 be sued for sl0. .oOo damages by one of his former fore men. who charges Mir. Havemeyer with | islander and libel
 Miss Emily steinway of Brooklyn has cnicTtu tult tnt hnh9DlsnA oi what
 she fears was her marriage to Henry
 paynter, in Newark. N. ]. She had
 thought 1t was a betrothh ceremony only.
 Members of the Sandford Street
 Methodist church of East Orange. N. J..i | are In a critical mood because Biahop Andrews appointed their old pastor to | take charge of a church at Mcndhaml
 after he had been listed for them. Monday. Aprii ta. Theodore Roosevelt resigned his posi- | ton as New York police commissioner. Twelve thousand persons were rec | ported to be destitute in the SuaQue- hanna mining region of PennSylvania. Japanese soldiers of the war with | China have been pouring into Hawai-
 in disguise as immigrants. Captain General weyler announces
 the pacincatlon of santa Clara and a
 portion of Puerto Principe. Cuba. The body of General Ulysses s. Grant
 was transferred from the temporary
 vault to the new tomb st Riverside | park. New York.
 Cecil Rhodes ia expected back In | South Africa this week. A formidable
 British fleet Is gathering at Natal. Eng.
 lishmen are impatient for war in the | Transvaat
 The Franklin county grand Jury. at | Frankfort. Ky. returned true bills for | conspiracy to brihe against Dr. W. God | frey Hunter, the Republican caucus nominee for the United States senaie. former congressman John "A. Wilson. | F. T. Franks. Captain Noel Gaines and
 his hrother-in.law. Thomas Tanner of | Frankfort.
 Tuesday. April ao.
 
 floods near Napier. New Zealand.
 Theodore Roosevelt assumed his uu-
 ties as assistant secretary Of the navy.
 Three eases Of smallpox In the idiot | asylum on Randalfs island compelled the board of health to quarantine that
 part of the Island. An attempt was made to destroy oli- yer c. Jennings summer home. in | Fairfield. Conn, by using dynamite. | Discharged workmen are suspected. The business portion Of Bcrea O.. was | destroyed hy fire the loss being sSo.- | o0O. Tramps are suspected. and three of them were driven out ats the point | of a gun.
 At a hearing Tn Albany delegation of prominent New Workers asked the
 governor to veto the Greater New York
 charter and replies were made by | 4 wedaesday. Apru si. l.
 Six vessels of the North Atlantic
 squadron arrived in New York to take part In the Grant parade.
 The stockholders of the Metropolitan Opera House gave to the directors the | authority to settle the opera situation.
 The flood situation In the Mississippi
 valley Is improving; no more breaks of
 consequence have occurred In the lew ees. ....- President Mckinley made large
 number Of nominations. including that
 Of Cornelius Van Colt to be postmaster | of New York city. The court of appeals reversed the de- | clslon of the lower courts in the Brook | lyn civil service case. and decided the
 Manhattan railway tax case in favor of | the company.
 The New York state assembly passed
 the bin providing for dollar gan in | Greater New York and then recohsid-
 cred It's action and agreed to the senate
 graded reduction measure. Captain Henry Romeyn of the Fifth | infantry was placed on trial fin Fort
 McPherson. Ga, for conduct unbecom-
 ing an officer and for knocking Lieu tenant o'Brlcn down on parade.
 The Raines act was signed by Gov ernor Black. and steps were at once
 taken 10 put the law into effect: ths state assembly passed the hill providing for a gradual reduction In the price of
 gas in this eitya the anti-trust bills
 were passed hy the senate; strong ar guments against the Black civn service
 Din were presented to the assembly ju- .aN