Connecticut western news., 1897-05-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursday, May go.

imprisonment With nara labOr was re- leased from Holloway prison. Miss Fannie Richardson, a reciuse and miser. died in Taunton, Mass. worth s50.o0O. No win has been found. and as far as is known she had no rel- atives.
 Eight houses were burned to the ground. nine others were badly gutted, and 46 families were rendered home less by fire in Jersey City. There were many narrow escapes. but no lives were lost. The property loss was si5o,ooo
 The Pittsburg jury returned a verdict of acquittal In the case of Lieutenant Edward s. Farrow, charged with con- spring to defraud the Mutual Reserve Fund Life association of New York. IT. Insurance company was adjudged lla- sle tor the costs of prosecution.
 Friday. May sI.
 United States Senator Joseph II. Earle died in Creenville, S. c.
 Secretary sherman sent protest from the German government against the sugar schedule of the new tariff bill to the senate.
 White caps near Mountain Grove. Mo, attacked and killed John Mitchell and his brother-in-law, Jack Cofrman, al- lcEtu to De thieves.
 Two mud geysers have within week burst forth in Moro bay, opposite the town of El Moro, Cal, to the wonder of the people living in the vicinity.
 Democratic National Chairman Jones will, 1t Is said, advise that national is- sues be kept out of the coming mayor atty campaign in New York city. A similar intlmation to MT. Bryan, 1t is said. led the former candidate to de- cline to speak there on Labor day.
 Hoboken's great factory building on Twelfth street. between Washington and Hudson. was burned, together with block of flats and number of oanalboats, which caught fire from fy- ing sparks. One hundred and twenty families were rendered homeless. The property loss Is Se50,000
 Saturday, May se.
 By a vote of 1.713 to s22 cambrIdgs university in England rejected the pro- posal to confer degrees on women.
 The steamer Florida was sunk in Lake Huron by collision with the steamer c. W. Roby in fog, but no lives were lost.
 Richard T. Grant, at one time s writ CT of verse and short stories, was found dead in Mulberry street. New York He had been a recluse of late.
 A bust of Sir Walter Scott was un- yelled in Westminster abbey. and ad- dresses were made by Colonel Hay the American ambassador, and A. J. Bal four.
 Charges of brutal treatment of con vIcts were made before the Pennsyl- vania legislative committee which is in- vestigating the management of the state prisons.
 The Cuban question was discussed at the meeting of the cabinet. President Mckinley is said to have a plan for ending the war under consideration. but 1t was not made public.
 Monday, May aa.
 The fiftieth anniversary of the Cstho- lie diocese of Albany was celebrated Archbishop Martinelli presiding.
 The resignation of the Thott minis try was accepted by the king of Dem mark, and new cabinet was formed.
 Stockholders In the watsonville tCal.) beet sugar factory were forced to sell their shares to Claus Spreckels and the Sugar trust.
 An English syndicate Is seeking to build a railway across Nicaragua in op- position to the American Canal compa- nys contract.
 The business of the Metropolitan Na- tional bank of Kansas City has been absorbed by the National Bank of Com merce of that city.
 William R. Morse, a bookkeeper. was arrested in Brooklyn, charged with for gerry by T. B. Basslln of watertown, N. Y. officers had been looking for Morse for year.
 Tuesday. May a5.
 The United States supreme court de- eided that the interstate commerce com mission has not the power to Ak rail- road rates for future control. John Gentles, a prominent dentist of Montreal, and two companions were drowned in the Cedar rapids, In the river Rouge, while on a fishing expedl- lion.
 The president remlUed the sentence of dismissal from the army imposed ups on Captain Henry Romeyn by the court martial before which he was recently tried.
 President Mckinley cabled birthday congratulations to Queen Victoria, and by his permission armed men from the British warship Pallas took part in a celebration at Tampa, Fla. General Porter was received by the French minister of foreign affairs. The members of the United States interna- 1 tional monetary commission were also presented to M. Hanotaux.
 Wednesday. May 60.
 Charles Hniyard, a Brooklyn lawyer. killed his young son and committed suicide.
 President Mckinley nominated Ed win IT. conger to be ministe~ to Brazil and Brigadier General John 2. Brooke | to be major general.
 Congressman Quigg was elected chair man of the Republican county com mittee of New York to succeed Mir. Lauterbach by vote of i73 to 2.
 Special dispatches from Washington state that President Mckinley will seek consular advice as to the best method | of distribution before giving relief to Americans in Cuba.
 The trial of Henry O. Havemeyer, president of the Sugar trust, for con- tempt of the senate in refusing to an- swer questions about contributions to campaign funds began In Washington. W. F. Mittmau. dancing master, | killed himself in the Chicago Chamber | of Commerce. He first shot himself and then jumped IS stories to the street ! A letter in his pocket said his wife had wronsfully accused him. The three Democrats in the New Jer- sey senate held up the nomination of Joseph Rice for manager of the Tren- ton asylum, alleging that he Is no lon- | ger Democrat. He supported McKin- ley last fall on the gold standard,