Connecticut western news., 1897-07-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursday, July 22.

Thursday, July 22.
 Anthony Comstock has caused the re- arrest of George H. Richmond. pub fisher for selling D'Annunzio's Fri umph of Death" to three young wo- men.
 semiofilcial announcement is made that experts on the sealing question will meet fin Washington next autumn to compare the results of their investiga- tions.
 An explosion in the cartridge factory of the Winchester Arms company at New Haven caused the instant death of four women and three men. Several persons were seriously injured. All were employees.
 After a mysterious absence of three days Mason Hatch, bookkeeper for Flint, Edye & Co, has been found. An employee of the firm stated yesterday that Mir. Hatch had wandered off while suffering from dementia.
 Friday. July ga.
 Dwight M. Bruce has been appointed postmaster at Syracuse.
 President Mckinley nominated Rear Admiral John c. Walker. U. s. N: Captain oberlin M. Carter, corps of engineers. IT. s. A, and Lewis M. Haupt of Pennsylvania members of the Nicaraguan canal commission.
 Mrs. Annie Kmetz of Newark. N. J.. was murdered during her sleep by An dras MalinL7k. who declared some time ago that he would take her life. Maliniak Is a prisoner and has confess ed to having committed the crime.
 At Griffin. Ga., a negro prisoner on his way to Atlanta for safe keeping was taken from the train by a mob and hanged to a tree. At Madlsonville, Ky. a worthless character was hanged by a mob lon general principles" At Riv- erton, Ala, a negro was either hanged or burned at the stake.
 Masked burglars entered the home of Marcus c. Nichols in the town of Trumbull. Conn, and shot Nichols dead and severely wounded his sister. They then searched the house and secured about $200 in money. Nichols was wealthy farmer and was supposed to have a large amount of money conceal ed about his home.
 Saturday, July 24.
 United States judges in Maryland handed down two decisions favorable to the receivers of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
 Jacob and Mary Black. 1O4 and 102 years old respectively were rescued from fire in a plumbing shop at l4S Clinton street, New York.
 About s100.00o damage was done by a fire in the cracker factory of the Ameri- can Biscuit company at Hester and Elizabeth streets, New York.
 An explosion occurred on the steamer Nutmeg State at Bridgeport, Conn, kill ing four of the crew and injuring more or less severely a dozen others.
 A storm almost cyclonic in intensity swept over New York city. The display of lightning was magnificent. The tow CTS of the Manhattan Trust company's and the New York Life Insurance com panys buildings were struck. Shipping was temporarily demorallzed. The storm extended from Connecticut to southern New Jersey, doing considerable dam age. as..s
 Monday, July a0.
 General Ruiz Rivera was removed by the Spanish authorities in Cuba from a hospital to Cabanas fortress.
 Alumber mill boiler at Punxsutawney. Pa. exploded, killing one man, wound ing 10 and throwing 200 out of work
 A company headed by J. Edward Ad- dicks of Delaware and having s5, 900 900 capital, is said to be in process of formation to develop the Klondike coun- try.
 A mob of white toughs In Arkansas set fire to a cabin containing 10 negroes and shot at them as they endeavored to escape. Four men dropped in their tracks. Several of the assailants were indicted.
 Peter McNally, the Boston swimmer swam across the English channel from MAI of France in IS hours. Captain Webb accomplished the feat on Aug. 24-25 1875, remaining in the water 2l hours and 45 minutes.
 An autopsy proved that the Infant daughter >of a Long Island City man died of starvation and neglect The father, who had turned hls family into the street, was arrested with money in his pocket, of which he refused to give his little son 10 cents to buy bread.
 Tuesday, July 27.
 Former Queen Liliuokalani called on President Mckinley and protested against the annexation of Hawai-.
 Footpads near Little Silver. N. J., dragged the Misses Lillian and Louise Blackmur from their carriage, beat them into insensibility and then robbed them.
 American Horse, an Indian doctor. eloped with 17-year-old Elizabeth An derson of Tullytown. Pa. Trenton po- lice captured the girl and returned her to her father.
 A fishing party on the schooner Georgiana Young ran aground on Romer shoals. New York bay The cap tain and ls others put of in two dories, leaving six men on board. All were rescued and the schooner was towed to port.
 President Mckinley decided 10 ap- point J. Tracewell of Indiana comptrol- Ter of the currency. T. V. Powderly was appointed commissioner general of immigration. Powderly was nominat- ed for this position some weeks ago, but the senate did not act upon the nomi- nation.
 Wednesday, July 2s.
 General woodford. minister to Spain, Eailed for that country. His party com prises 10 persons.
 The Lambeth conference decided, to recognize the adoption of the title of archbishop in Canada.
 w. A. Larned if Summit, N. l., de- feated II. s. Mahraey, the English ex- pert, in the LonSwood tennis tourna- ment.
 The Bridgeport (Conn.) police arrest ed John Wickes on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of Nichols and are on the trail of his brother-in-law, Charles Bonai, who is believed to be in New York.
 Miss Clara Belle Olney was married to Burt l.. York, Jr., in Putnam, Conn, in the room In which her mother Mrs. D. K. Olney. was lying dead. This was done in accord with the dying wish of the brides mother.
 Armand Muller, the demented son of Professor Miller of Mount Vernon, N. Y., who disappeared on Saturday was found asleep in the woods near that place. He was half starved rain soak ed and had been badly disngured by mosquitoes.