Connecticut western news., 1897-10-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursday, Sept. 30.

President Mckinley left Adams. Mass, on his return to Washington.
 Horatio David Davies was chosen lord mayor of London, succeeding Sir George Faudel Phillips.
 Richard Drummond, a mail carrier of Jersey City, was committed to jail on a charge of robbing the mails.
 Fire entirely destroyed the central power station of the Capital Traction company in Washington. Adjoining buildings were gutted. The total loss Is said to be about S1.00O,0O0.
 Russias commissioner to attend the Boring sea conference. M. Pierre Bot kline. says he has not received any noti- ication of the Marquis of Salisbury's objection to Russia and Japan being represented at the conference.
 Friday, Oct. I.
 General Julio SanRuily returned to New York and announces his purpose q conducting an expedition 10 Cuba.
 The irrigation congress held its final session at Lincoln, Neb. It was voted to meet in Cheyenne, Wy, next year.
 Counsel for the Coal trust attacked the constitutionality of the antitrust law before the appellate division of the supreme court in Saratoga.
 
 occurred at Edwardsvile. Ills, but no one was seriously injured. The strikers were led by about 90 women.
 A. J. Warner announced his candi- dacy for the United States senate in Ohio. It is reported that John K. Mc- Lean has withdrawn from the race.
 Governor Hastings of Pennsylvania has signed the death warrant of Her man Paul Schultz. who was convicted of the murder of his wife Lizzie. He will be hanged at the Milford (Pa.) courthouse on Tuesday, Dec. 2.
 Saturday, Oct. a.
 The pope's health gives grave concern to the church dignltaries in Rome.
 Newton l.. Bates was appointed sur geon general of the navy by President Mckinley.
 The appraisers have found the estate of Senator Fair to be valued at sl2.000,- 900 to s15,ooo 900.
 The American Institute of Architects elected officers, with George B. Post of New York for president
 A bad wreck occurred on the Boston and Maine near Holyoke, Mass, 20 per- sons being more or less seriously in- jured.
 William Ogilvie, Dominion surveyor of the Yukon country. reports that there are enough provisions at Dawson City for 4,00O persons during the winter.
 Postal officials are consulting in Washington over the advisability of providing better mail service for the suburbs of New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburg.
 Ex-Congressman T. k. Miller, colored. of Columbia, s. C., contemplates bring
 
 Poughkeepsie. for refusing to admit his daughter to that institution.
 Monday. Oct. 4.
 The attendance at the Nashville ex- position up to date was nearly l.2o0,0 900.
 The Jesuit Fathers celebrated the golden jubilee of their establishment in Boston.
 A monthly meteorological chart for the benefit of seamen of the Great Lakes is to be issued by the weather bureau.
 By the spreading of the rails five cars of a Denver and Rio Grande train were rolled over near Cotopaxi. Colo. Two passengers were killed and several in- jured.
 Prairie fire devastated a large section of country in the vicinity of Winnipeg,  buildings and implements Two women and five children were burned to death.
 Senor Calvo. the Costa Rican minis ter, denies the published statement that. by the decision of General Alex ander of South Carolina. who was ap- pointed to mark the boundary llns be- tween Nicaragua and Costa Rica, the latter country has lost the right to be consulted in regard to the Nicaragua canal project.
 Tuesday, Oct. \.
 Paolo ortelli, Paterson (N. J.) silk dyer, took his life after giving up the secret of his skill to a woman in Phila- delphia, who betrayed him.
 Cornelius J. Healey. water register of Jersey City from 1887 to 1895. was re- ported s4.236.11 short in his accounts by an expert. Healey declares there is no shortage.
 Fire at the Central prison at Toronto did damage amounting to nearly sGO.00o IL destroyed the broom and twine facto- ries, together with a large amount of machinery and stock.
 A fire at Austin, Pa, destroyed 100 buildings. caused a loss of between s150, 900 and S200, 900 and made 800 per- sons homeless. But five dwellings were left standing In the place.
 & D. Hutson, a southerner, after giv- ing his possessions to some Bowery children, tried suicide by inhaling gas in his room at 140 Park row, New York. His landlord, however. turned off the gas at the meter. and Hutson Is now at the Hudson Street hospital.
 Wednesday, Oct. c.
 The president appointed Laurits s. Swenson minister to Denmark and Dr. Edward Bedloe consul at Canton, China.
 Sixty villages near Tung Chou. China. were destroyed by floods, and from 15.- GOO to 20 900 persons are reported to have perished.
 The bodies of six more fanatics who had sought salvation by burying them selves alive have been discovered near Odessa, Russia. . The executive committee of the Ma tional Municipal league at it's meeting in Philadelphia appointed a subcom- mittee to work for the election of Seth Low.
 The Wever faction won in the Clinton county (N. y) Republican convention. having been excluded by court in- junction.
 The court of appeals of New York state has decided against Riley Gran nan in his suit against the westchester Racing association, whose board of stewards ruled him of the tSack.
 The Greek boule met, but the pro- ceedings attracted little attention. The vote of confidence is regarded by the cabinet as equivalent to the acceptance of the treaty by the chamber.
 The libel suit for $250.000 damages brought by the Rev. Dr. Daniel c. Pot ter against John D. Rockefeller was dismissed by Justice Gildersleeve. Dr. Potter not being able to proceed with