Connecticut western news., 1898-04-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursday, April 21

Don Carlos. the pretender to the throne of Spain. arrived at Ostend, Bel gium. having been requested to leave Italy
 Governor Culberson of Texas has or dered the entire ranger force to the Mexican frontier to repel any attempted Spanish invasion.
 It is announced that a revolt is feared among the natives in Jamaica, and a mutiny is expected among the West Indian soldiers. Two British warships have gone to the scene.
 For the second time a verdict of gull ty has been rendered against Thomas Mead Bram. then first mate, for the murder of Captain Charles I. Nash of the barkentine Herbert Fuller on the high seas during the night of July 13, 1896. The trial was in Bostsn
 Friday, Aprn 2&.
 An Anglo American Chamber of Com merce was formed in Brussels.
 General Edward Cary walthall, sen- for senator for Mississippi, died in Washington.
 Postmaster General Gary resigned on account of poor health, and Charles Emory Smith was appointed in his place.
 Three men were killed and another was seriously injured in collision be- tween freight trains at Fairport, on the New York Central railroad.
 The grand jury of Kings county, N. r., has indicted William Hepburn and Charles M. Winant in connection with the Brooklyn works scandal. They must now plead in the county court.
 Edward Bender. who has been sepa- rated from his wife for a year, called at her home, in New York, to abuse her, In his anger he shot two young men who sought to protect her, killing one of them. He afterward shot a police man in the breast.
 Saturday, April 23.
 Richard Croker sailed from New York for England. and many Tammany lead CTS were at the Campania's pier to see him off,
 The American line steamer St. Louis which has been chartered by the gov ernment, arrived from Southampton on her last peace trip.
 Major General John R. Brooke has been assigned to the command of an army corps. with headquarters at Chickamauga park.
 A mass meeting of Cubans to express their gratitude for American interven- ton in the Cuban struggle was held in Chickering hall, New York.
 Captain Sir Bryan Leighton, Bart, of England arrived in New York on the Germanic and went to Washington to offer his services to General Miles.
 Frederick Augustus Schermerhorn of New York presented to the government his fine and fast steam yacht, the Free Lance. She will be used in the auxil- iary fleet at once.
 William Hepburn and Charles M. Wi nant, indicted for complicity in the Brooklyn bribery scandal, were ar- raigned in court and pleaded not guilty to the charges against them.
 Monday, April 25.
 Thomas Smith, a wealthy retired mer- chant, committed suicide in a hotel in Montclair, N. J., by shooting himself in the head.
 Five men alleged to be burglars and receivers of stolen goods, responsible for robberies on the east side, New York involving $S.C00, were arrested.
 A bolt of lightning struck a house ir Bronx borough, New York, and is said by the inmates to have overturned a bed. Then it ran down a water pipe ripped piazza roof off. threw plank in the air and entering the house again knocked a woman senseless.
 Alarming reports regarding the condi- tion of MT. Gladstone are circulating in London. The newspapers say that he is sinking fast and the members of his family have been summoned to Hawar- den. A bulletin issued by his physicians says, MT. Gladstone's condition is one of increasing weakness, though he ii more free from pain.''
 Tuesday, April 26.
 The allied printing trades of New York adopted a resolution demanding the immediate construction of the pub- lie library.
 Francisco Camposantio, a Spaniard was arrested and held in bonds for an- moving Miss Barrantsville, a pretty French girl in New York, with pro- testations of love.
 A great array of counsel appeared in the supreme court. Brooklyn. to argue for the dismissal of indictments against Police Commissioner Philips and ex- City Works Commissioner Willis.
 John Farrell. New York bartender. has been willed, it is said, s10,OOO by
 
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 William J. Doran died in Greenwich. Conn, after being defeated in a fist fight by his cousin Joseph. The fight followed a wedding celebration. and William was cheered during the con- test by his wife and three of their chil- dren.
 Wednesday, April 27.
 The troopship Panther started from Hampton roads for Key West, convoy ed by the Montgomery and the Vicks- burg.
 Prices of the necessaries of life have about doubled in Puerto Rico, and the troops have been called on to suppress hunger riots.
 company's office. at % and 27 South William street. New York, did $2S.0O0 worth of damage.
 Michael III, one of Charles r. Dwy- CTS colts, dropped dead at the Aque- duct track in New York. His owner had refused S20,000 for him.
 May Leon. 16 years old, married only Sunday last. committed suicide in bIooklyH peCduSe HeT nusDdHu was about to leave her to join a circus in Indiana.
 Peter and Hugh Mcdonald. cable men in the employ of the New England Tel ephone and Telegraph company at Low ell. Mass, were drowned in the Merri- mac river at Hunts Falls while repair ing a cable under the Centerville bridge. Governor Black has made requisition on the governor of Pennsylvania for the eXtradition of George B. White of the firm of w. S. White & Co. of Boston, who is under arrest in Philadelphia on the charge of defrauding the Central National bank of New York city.