Connecticut western news., 1897-07-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursday, June 24.

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 A golden eagle attacked woman at work in a garden near Honey Creek, Ia., and attempted to carry her away. She died of wounds and shock.
 Caught in a sudden rainstorm in Will liamsburg, N. Y, Miss Provencher sought temporary shelter in Otto Nilrs barber shop. They fell in love with each other on the spot, and half an hour later they were married. MT. Mil was a widower.
 Charles M. Fegenbush, alias c. M. F. Bush of Denver, was arrested on Broad way, New York, charged with being a fugitive from justice. When the police searched his office in the Knickerbocker Theater building, they found alleged de- coy letters to hotel clerks all over the country and toy watches packed up in salt. He is said to be the principal member of a gang of swindlers whose operations in Denver, it is estimated, netteq $50,00O.
 Friday, June 25.
 Herr John Meyer, a director of the Hamburg-American steamship line, died in Hamburg.
 Oxford has conferred the degree of D. D. on the primate of all Canada and upon the archbishop of Ontario.
 In a cable car collision at Twenty third street and Broadway, New York, Gripman John Hanley was probably fatally hurt.
 It was reported in Brussels that Baron Dhanis and his entire expedi- ton to the headwaters of the Nile had been massacred.
 An explosion of naphtha in a dyeing establishment in New York killed wo- man, fatally burned a man, wrecked the building and broke windows In neighboring stores.
 Farmer Patrick Ready of Whitestone, N. Y., drove away two negroes who were stealing his cherries. He was hit with stone and. badly injured. Farm CTS and fieldhands gave chase and ran the men to cover in a house. A village officer who went in to arrest them had his skull fractured with a baseball bat. Another officer, with help took the men prisoners. Threats of lynching were made, but Farmer Ready prevented 1t.
 Saturday, June 26.
 Queen Victoria at Windsor witnessed 1000 Eton boys in torchlight maneu- yer. .
 President Mckinley nominated Irving B. Dudley of California to be minister to Peru.
 pr. Chauncey M. Depew predicts that an arbitration treaty with England will be signed before the close of McKinley's administration.
 Judge Advocate General Lieber of the army recommended to Secretary Alger that the plans for the proposed North river bridge between New York and Jersey city be approved.
 A white man was killed and several were wounded in a race riot in Key West, caused by an attempt to lynch a negro. Governor Bloxham asked the authorities in Washington for assist ance.
 Monday, June 2s.
 R. C. Lehman, the English coach, has agreed to train Harvard's crew next year.
 Seven persons, including five postal clerks, were killed in a wreck on the Wabash railway at Missouri City, Mo.
 A frightened bride jumped from bal loon into the Tennessee river at Chat tanooga, narrowly escaping drowning.
 The test vote taken by the National Civic club of Brooklyn shows Seth Low and Patrick J. Gleason to be the favor ites for first mayor of Greater New York with Amos J. Cummings third.
 Two Brooklyn elevated trains had a collision at Van Siclen station on the road to Coney island. Charles Leuer of Brooklyn was hurled to the ground, his leg broken, and he received other inju- ries.
 Candidates for Democratic nomina- tions in Ohio are opening headquarters at Columbus, where the party state convention will meet on Wednesday. John R. Mclean is said to be the favor ile for senator, and R. T. Hough is said to be the strongest candidate for gov ernor.
 Tuesday, June go.
 A convict camp in Georgia was struck by lightning. Four men were killed and ten fatally injured.
 Speaker Reed announced that he in tended to appoint house committees at the present session of congress.
 Ira C. Miles and M. V. B. Ives were renominated for the assembly by the Republicans of St. Lawrence county, N. Y.
 FrankIyn Bassford, marine artist and yacht designer of New York, killed him. self on the nearly completed La Rita, a craft he had designed on novel lines.
 General Weyler arrived at Santiago de Cuba. He told the locaK authorities that he had come to pacify the island. He has asked for SC, 900 additional troops to crush the insurgents in the fall.
 Victoria made her last public appear ance in London as queen, it is believed, on the fifty-ninth anniversary of her coronation. She visited her birthplace and the scene of her summons to the throne, afterward attending a garden party on Buckingham palace grounds.
 Frederick McHenry Kitching, a sup posedy wealthy resident of Staten Is land and somewhat of a society man, is in the Raymond Street jail, Brooklyn, charged with grand larceny by Andrew l.. Taylor a New York broker. Kitch- ing says that he has been locked up to prevent his appearing as witness in case against the broker.
 Wednesday, June 80.
 Max Blum pleaded guilty to a charge of arson and was sentenced to Sing Sing for IS months.
 The failure of the Keystone National bank of Erie, Pa, was reported to Comptroller Eckels in Washington.
 Fanny Taylor, a colored girl was ar rested by the sheriff for having att tempted to wreck trains near Slocum- vile, R. l.
 A cable dispatch rom caracas, Vene- zuela, states that the ministry has re- signed, and President Crespo has form ed new one.
 Edward McGee of Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., committed suicide in Hudson Square park. Hobolken, N. J., by shooting him. self in the head.
 Miss Helen Smith and Homer Cum mings of New York were married on the deck of the schooner Viking, be- longing to the brides father. Three hundred Bannock Indians are off their reservation, and the settlers In the neighborhood have applied to the xuar dana rt sa art for tnrntantinrn