Connecticut western news., 1897-12-02

had oil In her cargo, caught fire and was flooded until she sank at her pier in New York.
 Mrs. Langtry's sumptuous steam yacht White Ladye. costing sS00. GOO wa. sold by auction for s56.oo0 to Lawson Johnston, who recently bought the
 Prince of Wales racing yacht Britsn- mia.
 Lena Brown. a colored servant girl at
 Orange. N. J., told the police that a
 strange woman caller hypnotized and
 robbed her. Similar complaints flom
 other girls having been received. ef- forts are being made to arrest the wo- man.
 Friday, Nov. ae.
 John w. Jayne. a postoffice clerk in
 New York. shot himself in the left breast at his home with suicidal in- tent. His condition is critical. Michael defeated Starbuok in the 25 mile bicycle race at the Madison Square Garden, New York. last night There was a big crowd present, and several
 worlds records .n ather contests were lowered.
 DoDnld A. McClellsnd, the young clerk who disappeared on Monday with q. .bo0 belonging to the Bronx Borough
 bank, in New York, returned from Chi- cago to surrender and was arrested as
 he stepped from the train.
 Charles l.. McNslly. IT years old. was
 shot and seriously wounded by Police
 man Hannigan in New York. who was | chasing him for playing football in the
 street. The officer says the shooting
 was accidental. but witnesses assert | that it was done deliberately. Saturday. Nov. aT. Mrs. Antonio Delaya of Orange. N. J., gave birth to her twenty-Rixth child
 She is 46 years of age. All her children | save one are living.
 Advlces from Rome say a sanguinnry | encounter took place at Nikki, West | Africa, between the British and French | forces. It was discredited. however. in | London and Paris.
 Marquis Muzio Azzi di MarchesI vi- tellischi, formerly lieutenant in the | Italian navy. who overstald his leave | during the Columbian celebration, and. fearing to return to his ship, deserted and became & printer, committed sui- eide in his printing office in Newark. | N. J.
 The recent floods in the state of | Washington destroyed mining and rail road property owned by J. D. Rooke- | feller valued at ss.o00,0oo. Five hun | dred residents of the town of Monte | Cristo are fleeing to other settlements | to escape starvation. Mining opera | tions have been suspended. Monday. Nov. go. The barge ]. s. Silliman and the schooner Lottie were sunk in a collision
 near Watch Hill, K. l., Saturday night | Two lives were lost.
 | one of his legs torn apart and his thigh broken in Williamsburg. N. Y.. by get | ting caught in the wheel of a surrey on which he was stealing n ride. Lawrence Doyle and Amos Hamlln,
 rivals for the love of woman. fought at Windsor Township, N. J. Doyle
 struck Hamlin with an ax. killing him instantly and nearly beheading him. | James Henry, an outlaw; his wife her mother and three sisters twice re- | pulsed a sheriff's posse in Georgia in . l battle in which several persons were | fatally shot. Henry afterward sur
 rendered on seeing a mob coming well
 supplied with rope. Premier Badeni and the members of
 the Austrian ministry resigned. and | Emperor Francis Joseph, who acCspted II lne TeSlkHhNlonSs lnhIuSNtu baAti | Gautsch to form a new ministry. The
 emperor also decreed the adjournmen, of the reichsrath. Hussars and police
 with drawn sabers cleared the streets
 of Vienna, and many persons were in- | jured seriously.
 Tuesday, Nov. 50. The second trial of Adolph l.. Luet- | gert on the charge of murdering his | wife was begun in Chicago. The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse on the east bound trip just ended made an | average speed of 22.3S knots, the high | est ever made on a voyage across the | Atlantic.
 Lillian A. Ashley. who sued Lucky Baldwin. the San Francisco turfman. | two years ago for breach of promise. is
 said to be on her way to New York to shoot him. George Roberts, an inventor in Taco
 ma, is building ice sleds. by means of
 which he expects to carry food over the | Chilkat pass and relieve the suffering | In Dawson this winter. Mrs. Poucher of oswego, N. Y., has | secured an absolute divorce from her husband, W. A. Poucher who was | United States. district attorney for northern New York under President | Cleveland.
 John Jacob Astor and other directors of the Flndlay. Fort Wayne and West ern railway held a meeting in Findlsy. O., and adopted a plan for the develop
 ment of the road into a new trunk line
 from Chicago to New York, invading
 the Pennsylvania railroads territory. Wednesday, Dec. I. At the anniversary dinner of the Roy
 al society the principal toast was re- sponded to by Ambassador Hay. The new Austrian cabinet was ans
 nounced, with Baron von Gautsch as premier and minister of the interior. Emperor William opened the reichstas in person. The speech from the throne dealt with the importance of increasing the navy
 United States Senator Wellington brought suit for criminal libel against the Baltimore American, asking dam ages of sl00,0o0
 The president appointed Major George
 H. Harries commander of the District of Columbia national guard to succeed the late General Ordway.
 Two lives were lost in fire at Es- canaba, Mich, which destroyed the steamer Nahant and a valuable dock. causing a loss of nearly s2N,eo0.
 A member of the Spanish cabinet said fin an interview that the government was we'll satisfied with the reception of the scheme for autonomy in Cuba.
 Mayor Quincy of Boston vas renomi- mated by the Democratic convention. An attempt to indorse the Chicago platform and William J. Bryan was de- fested.
 The cabinet discussed plans for send ing relief to suffering gold seekers in the Klondike region. The president win probably send a special message to con gress on the subject
 Penusylvanis Defeats Cornell.
 Philadelphia. Nov. 26.-The Universi.