Connecticut western news., 1898-07-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of the Wide World Brieny
 aud rorseiy Told.

\ A boom for Colonel Theodore Roose.
 welt for governor has beon launched tn l New York,
 Ex-senator James ous died at his
 summer home. al Bellport, on Long ia-
 land. Friday.
 Mrs Beverly Robinson shot and klll-
 cd her child and then killed herself at Fair Haven, Vt,
 Bishop McGovern Of the Roman Catholic dioceee of Hafrisbura died in
 that city Monday night. A statement issued by tho treasury
 shows there are about S0o.0 persons to
 whom war bonds will be allotted. The two grandchildren of Senator M. | A. Hanna narrowly escaped drowning
 in Tuscafawas river. in Ohio. Saturday. | A severo thunderstorm caused tho
 loss of several lives and much damage
 to property in New England on Thure- | day.
 James Kern a poor painter cf ,Tord- | ham. ". T.. has gone 10 Scotland to rec ceive his share of an estate valued ot I sSo. OK. 900
 | Ferdinand W. Peck Of Chicago has
 been appointed commissioner Co the
 Paris exposition, to succeed the late
 Moses P. Handy.
 The nth annual convention of the New York State Bankers association, representing N5o, ,o00, ooo capital met In | Niagara Falls Friday. l X nght over a woman at a festival at Elko, d mining village in Ohio, resulted
 in i've persons being seriously and many
 others slishtly injured. The appellate court in Rochester ups
 held the win of William Sampson. by the terms of which Yale university will receive about s450.o00.
 Edward l. Boyle. aged 20 yeara waa drowned Sunday afternoon In pond | in Westford, Mass, while swimming | from a boat to the shore The Connecticut Republican etate cen- trai committee hos decided Co hold the
 state convention al the Hyperion the-
 ater, New Haven. Sept. i& | A number of men interested in steei
 industries visited Alabama to consider
 the enlargement of the works begun in
 that state for making steel | Six masked mon held up Santa Fo
 railroad passenger train Thursday night
 near Fort Worth. Tox.. killing the fire- | man. but obtaining no booty. | Postmaster General Smith nnnullcd
 the stamped envelope contract that had
 been awarded by his predecessor te the
 Purcell Envelope company of Now Il York
 | Henry Stern of loo Ludlow street, New
 York. died on Sunday after a light with | his brother-in-law. Jacob KieinberR. | who had attacked Mrs. Kleinbora.
 Stern's sister.
 The car barn of the Consolidated | Traction company nt PittsburF was
 completely gutted by Are Sunday on-
 tailins loss of about si75,o00. well cov- | cred by insurance.
 | D. R Hobart, brother of vice prcsi- | dent Hobart, has been appointed a ape-
 cial inspector in the local secret service | division of the United States treasury.
 with headquarters in New York.
 Fred Fitch, aged ab. employed In decp- | ening a raceway at Cages mili. Fulton. | N. Y.. wac instantly killed A heavy wa-
 ter soaked timber fell upon him, cruEh-
 ing his head against a stone wall. Miss Susan F. Crawford of Arm
 strong, B C.. was struck and instantly
 killed by a cable car Sunday In Chi-
 caRo, Mics Crawford was well known
 in New York. as well as in Canada.
 American exporters and manufac-
 turers are securing information from
 the bureau of statistics Of the treasury
 department that will enable them to in.
 wade the Cuban and Porto Riean mar | kets.
 | IL ia stated that the movement to
 form big Ash truet on the great lakes
 by English capitalists has been aban-
 doned and that a similar organization
 backed by American capital will be | formed.
 The steamer Charles Nelson arrived at
 Seattle Wash. on Monday, from st. Michael'e with l73 passengers from
 Daweon and bringing gold duet esti-
 mated all the way from ei GOO to
 q. .5oo.o
 At Atlanta Thuradey General John n. Gordon was unanimously reelected to the position of commander In chief of | the United Confederate veterana An Il of the officers were re-eiectcd amid a
 scene of great enthusiasm. | The fact mail train from Charleston to Columbia 8. c. on the Atlantic cooit | line, was wrecked near Columbia y, stci-
 day. About IS passengers were more or | less injured, but none seriously. cuts | and bruises being the wrrat.
 At midnight on Sunday n trolley car | of the Jamaica Avenue Inc cf the
 Brooklyn Heights railroad crashed into | another that was stationed at Nun | sicien and Jamaica avenues Brooklyn. | Several persons were badly hurt. | Agostino Gialioveni2i. m ft.pRn | banker at s4s East One Hundred and | Fifteenth etreet. New York has left the | city He ie said 10 have taken N,th | him all the money On deposit In the bank. amounting to about S,ooo, The town of Puswash. i,peo inhah- | itants. deal shipping port of consd- ernble importance on the straits of | Northumberland. Novn Scotia. waa wiped out by Are Monday. 300 dwellinRa | churches, 20 stores, 3 hotels and eev-
 eral mills being destroyed
 The Brainerd Milling Machine com pany of Hyde Park. Mass. suffered a | loss of sso. 900 10 its building and ma | chinery by fire Sunday afternoon. the
 rear of the main building being prac- | tlcaliy destroyed. One hundred em- ployees are thrown out of employment. Admiral Candiani of tho Italian navy. | it is announced in a dispatch from Caf- | tagena, Colombia formally demanded | on Saturday last that the Colombian | government accept President Clove- lands award in the cerruii case in It's
 entirety and Co guarantee its full exocu. | ton. Il The dead bodies or SIX lniR Ak-s aaen wrapped in paper, were found in Na- cant lot In the Roxbury district. Boa- | ton. Friday Medical Examiner Draper after an autopsy, said the youngest child was 1 month old and the oldest | months. some were strangled. while | othere werp allowed to die Of neglect The North American Trading and | Transportation company'e steamer Ro- anoke arrived nt Seattle. Wash. Tues | day evening from st. Michaers. Alaska.
 with 2s0 passengers and between u.- 500 GOO and Sse00.oo0 worth of gold Probably 50 per cent of the returning
 miners have fortunes averaging at least | sl0 GOO each.
 A call has been Issued by tho Civic
 Federation of Chicago for meeting to
 be held at Saratoga Aug. ie and 70, to
 discuss the future foreign policy of thia
 country, especially with regard to thc