Connecticut western news., 1897-08-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursslay, Aug. ..

An adjudged lunatic was taken In irons from the jail of Monmouth coun- ty, N. J., and turned loose in the streets of New York.
 The novel spectacle of convicts at work on a roadway in Prospect park Brooklyn, attracted much attention from bicycle riders and pedestrians. Mrs. Clara Jaeger of New York, dress ed in white and in studied bose, was found dead in her room after she had notified the coroner that she would com init suicide.
 General weyler has left Havana and is due to arrive in Matanzas province about the time General Gomez will reach there. They may meet and heavy fighting is expected.
 Twenty thousand visitors saw New ports naval fete. In the afternoon there was a parade of sailors and marines. In the evening beautifully illuminated boats wound around Goat island amid the barking of cannon and the detona- tion of bombs.
 Friday, Aug. c.
 The south pole exploring expedition Is to sail from Antwerp on Aug. 15.
 E. V. Debs and others addressed big mass meeting of striking coal min CTS in Pittsburg.
 President Mckinley took a long tally ho ride with his party, but otherwise spent quiet day.
 A mass meeting in Montevideo was called for the conclusion of peace with the revolutionists.
 Constantinoff. the Bulgarian poet. was assassinated. being mistaken for his friend, Dr. Takeff.
 Dwight l.. Moody preached a vigorous sermon on "The Bible" before a large audience at Northfeld, Mass.
 Promoters in San Francisco are try ing to induce gold seekers to go to Peru, where valuable mines are said to exist.
 The second day of the l.. A. w. na- tional meet in Philadelphia was princi- pally devoted to runs and tours by the visiting bieyclists.
 Some notifications in the customs re- forms proposed for Cuba have been de- cided on by the Spanish premier and the minister for the colonies
 Saturday, Aug. T.
 Joe Patchen paced the fastest mile ever known on the grand circuit at Go. lumbus, O.
 The strike at Fulton mills In Atlanta was renewed, the white operatives de. manding the discharge of all negroes employed.
 The deposition of a lawyer, who de- clares that Mrs. Angel admitted to him that she was never married to Jay Gould, was filed.
 The report that John Jacob Astor had given S1s,000 for the purchase of Elm wood in Cambridge, Lowelrs old home, was denied in Boston.
 Congressman John H. Walker made a reply to the statement of certain members of the Brown university fac ulty in regard to President Andrews case.
 John w. Foster arrived from England and went to Washington.
 Monday, Aug. Q.
 The German proposal to administer the finances of Greece has been accept. ed by the other powers of Europe.
 In the race of the New York Yacht club the Vigilant won the prize for sloops and the Colonia the schooner prize.
 President Mckinley attended the Presbyterian church in Plattsburg, N. r., and heard Secretary Alger's pastor preach.
 It is asserted that the Russian govern. ment will prohibit the export of wheat, owing to the bad harvests throughout Russia.
 Speeches were made by the czar and the kaiser at a state banquet in St. Petersburg, the burden of which was the maintenance of the peace of Flu rope.
 The news of the assassination of Pre- mier Canovas was discussed with great interest in Washington. Secretary Sherman and Senator Morgan expressed their views on the probable conse- quences.
 Tuesday, Aug. 10.
 Mir. Moody talked about the Bible at Northfield, Mass.
 Jamaica s supreme court dismissed the appeal of Captain Murphy of the fli- bustering steamer Laurada.
 Public Works Superintendent Ald- ridge of New York awarded nine con- tracts for improving the Erie canal
 Festivities and reviews of the troops in honor of the emperor and empress of Germany continue at St. Petersburg.
 The annual meeting of the American Association For the Advancement of Science began in Detroit.
 It was announced that the American Air Power company and the Compress ed Air Power company had been con- solidated.
 Secretary sherman sent dispatch to Minister Taylor expressing the sorrow of the president for the assassination of Premier Canovas.
 President Mckinley reviewed the Twenty-frst infantry at the Hotel Champlain and took luncheon with ex- Governor woodbury fin Burlington, Vt.
 The South Coast left San Francisco for the Alaska goldnelds so heavily and unevenly loaded that there are grave fears as to her ability to make the trip.
 Wednesday, Aug. II.
 Beginning next october, Japan will have a gold currency.
 Four French officers ascended Mount Blanc in the Alps of Savoy.
 The death by drowning of the Anna zon explorer Fiscarrald is reported.
 Henry s. Marcy, president of the Fitchburg railroad. died of apoplexy at his home In Belmont, Mass.
 A large force of British troops is be- ing sent from England, 1t is believed, to re-enforce the Nile expedition.
 The Cramps brought suit against the government for over 900 damages alleged to have been sustained in build ing warships.
 Herbert Willis, who was serving a term of life imprisonment in the Charlestown (Mass.) prison, was badly wounded while trying to escape.
 President Mckinley and Vice Presi- dent Hobart visited the Catholic sum- mer school at Plattsburg, N. Y., and made a trip through the Au Sable chasm.
 Governor Atkinson of West Virginia. in remitting the fine and sentence of husband who had shot and seriously wounded a rival, expressed regret that the latter was not killed.
 l.. A. W. and A. A. Il. Alliance.