Connecticut western news., 1898-10-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

anu
 A tablet in memory of Georgs Clinton.
 first governor of New York. has been
 unveiled In Kingston.
 Alfred E. Ives. principal of Public
 School No S5, Brooklyn. has been sued
 for s5.o00 damages for beating pupil
 A statue of Rufus Choate has been
 unveiled in the courthouse in Boston.
 Joseph H. Choate delivering the ora
 ton.
 Major General Miles visited st Paul
 Sunday and made special inquiries in
 regard to the Leech lake Indian trou-
 bles
 A geological survey party reported
 the discovery in Alaska of the highest
 mountain in North America, over ao.-
 900 feet In altitude.
 Charles Van Alstyne, the rich Klon- dlke miner, returned to New York from London Sunday with his runaway wife. They had happy voyage. The new Church of the Transngura-
 ton at Tarrytown. N. r., was dedicated Sunday with imposing ceremonies. It
 was blessed by Archbishop corriEsn. William F. Murray killed his Insane wife and himself in New York Tuesday.
 after writing letter explaining that he did it solely to end her earthly troubles. Five men were killed and II injured Thursday afternoon by an explosion of gas in the Lehigh Coal and Navigation companys colliery No. s al Coaldale.
 near Tamaqua, Pa
 Counsel for Helen Leighton. who
 claims to be the wife of Hiram &. Max i'm. withdrew the charge of biEamy against him at the hearing at Pough-
 keepsie. N. Y., Friday. The Rev. Henry E. O'Keeffe. at the | Church of St. Paul the Apostle. in New York. Sunday evening argued in favor | of the retention of Cuba and the Phil | lppines by this country.
 Speaker D. O. Watkins of the lower house of the New Jersey legislature was
 sworn in as acting governor of New Jersey Tuesday night on receipt of the
 resignation of Governor Voorhees,. It was reported Friday that New York capitalists had acquired the enc tire properties of the Victor Coal and | Coke company In southern Colorado.
 valued at several millions of dollars. Walter Martinez, years old. of c State street, Brooklyn, was beheaded | Sunday by a trolley car. which was started. say the conductor and motor
 man. in some way unknown to them. The steamer Umbria, which had been | reported at a standstiil or the Irish coast Monday last arrived in New York | Sunday with all aboard well. She had
 been delayed seven hours by . broken
 bolt.
 | The nude body of a man with the throat cut was found floating In Graves | end bay In the borough of Brooklyn | Sunday. Coroner's Physician Hartung | ha hafn hal | put in the water. | In the preliminary examination at
 Canton. O.. last week Mrs. Anna c. | George was held on the charge of mur- der in the first degree for shooting 1 George D. Saxton. n brother-in-law of
 President Mckinley.
 | Two couples of Cleveland are spend-
 ing their honeymoon in a wagon in | which they are making a trip to San | Francisco. where they propose to take
 a steamer to Manila. They arrived in | Chicago Wednesday.
 Judge Van wyck, Democratic candi-
 date for governor of New York, open
 ed his campaign Thursday night at | the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Jus
 tice Gaynor. Edward M. Shepard and
 Andrew Mclean also spoke.
 Patrick ShRnahan. a coachman. who
 had just returned from a funeral was
 caught on the tracks of the New Jer-
 sey Central railroad at the Twenty first
 street grade crossing In Bayonne. N. T..
 Thursday afternoon and instantly
 killed.
 Joseph Spencer. Jr.. and Warren | Streeter. both of Somerviiie, N. T., were
 arrested Saturday night on suspicion of having caused the death of William | l body was found near Bound Brook. There was a deep wound in the throat. The hostile PillaRer Indians of north | ern Minnesota have announced their
 readiness to hold conference. and a
 delegation has been sent from the Leech Lake agency. General Bacon
 has ordered more soldiers to Walker. and two infantry regiments are held in readiness to move.
 The national committee of the Ma | tional Democratic party has issued an
 address declaring that it is necessary | to continue the organization for the purpose of supporting the principles set forth in the Indianapolis platform of | 1896, but announcing that it will not inc | terfere in the various state campaigns. | A blizzard following a prolonged rain- | storm prevailed in the southwest and
 west Monday, and teissraphio oommu-
 nication was interrupted. The sudden | fall in temperature caused much Huf- | fering. The Twenty-second Kansas vol-
 untesrs were driven from camp by the storm and forced to take refuge in | Leavenworth.
 | Rev Daniel J. Freas. city missionary,
 was struck by a trolley car Friday in Trenton and suffered concussion of the brain, which will result in his death. He was stepping out of the way of a bicyclist. when he got in front of the | car. He is si years old and for years | has devoted his time to collecting and distributing aims 10 the poor. At the Indian conference at Lake | Mohonk Friday a platform was adopted which. after reviewing the progress
 made in dealing with the Indians. caiI- | cd upon congress to abolish the bureau
 at Washington, expedite the dissolution | of the reservations and the allotment of the land in severalty and to give
 Indians everywhere the right to appeal to the courts.
 Adolphus. O. IT. and William c. Croet- l ginger and A. GroetxinEer & Sons of
 Pittsburg and Alleghany City. Pa, on
 Tuesday confessed Judgments for near | ly $500. 900. They were extensively enc gagged in ths tannery business and oth- CT enterprises. In connection with their | failure the German National bank of | Pittsburg closed its doors, going iuto
 voluntary liquidation. It Is believed that the bank Is solvent, but its assets are not immediately available. The Tioga National bank at oweEo. N. T., of which Senator T. c. Platt Is president, was closed on Thursday by
 order of the comptroller of the cur rency. The suspension was brought
 about by discovery of Irregularities
 in the books of Assistant Cashier Xii w. Stone. who cn Wednesday confess
 cd 10 the bank examiner that he had
 stolen s4a, 900. his pecuiations cxtendfna over a number of yesrs Stone diee
 shortly after making the confession ~
 is announced that none of the dspos- itors will sufrer any loss. as the share. holders, who are wealthy men. wih