Connecticut western news., 1898-03-17
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
ThurrdaY. March 10.

Fred Nj. Brookhaus has been arrested in Chicago for the murder of David a. R. Lambert in Connecticut last De- cember. Bernard Willis, his alleged ao- is believed to be in Now York. Plague riots occurred in Bombay, be- ing aimed principally against Chris tians. Some soldiers and many natives were killed. The riots were the most serious in character that have taken place.
 Ray Gehrig shot and seriously wound ed Will B. Davis and killed himself in a dispute over a young woman in Mil- lersville, Pa. They were pupils of a Philadelphia business college, and each was i9 years of age.
 Friday, March II.
 A fierce gale did s2oo.ooo damage to the shipping and docks at San Fran cisco.
 An imperial Russian ukase has or dered the disbursement of e0 00o. 900 rubles for warships.
 Queen Victoria has left Windsor for the south of France. where sho goes on account of her health.
 Mrs. J. c. wilmerding. IT,, a great granddaughter of Commodore Wander bilt, has been adjudged insane and talk en to Bloomingdale asylum. James Jamieson, a we'll known swim dler, was arrested in New York on a charge of defrauding Wall street bro- kers. Jamleson was formerly a minis- ter.
 It was reported in New York that Mr. James O. Blaine. the son of tho late James c. Blaine, is engaged to be mar ried to Miss Kuhne BeveridEe. who has
 
 and who is now in Paris with her moth- CT. She is a granddaughter of the lats Governor Beveridge of Hlinois.
 Saturday, Mar6h 1a.
 Hindoos and Mohammedans are clos ing their shops in Bombay as a protest against the plague measures.
 The Bank of France has raised the price of gold, compelling buyers for America to transfer their operations td London.
 Miss Helen Gould has given s2o.ooo tc Rutgers college. at New Brunswick. N. J., as a memorial fund In honor of hsf parents.
 Lord George Hamilton. secretary of state for India, it is reported. will suo- ceed Lord Aberdeen as governor gem eral of Canada
 Twenty-six insurance companies were debarred from doing business in Georgia because they had failed to apply for re. newals of their licenses.
 The United States dispatch boat Fern has sailed from Key West for Matansai and sasua Ia Grande. Cuba. with pro. visions for the reooncentrados
 Great Britain has protested to chinn against the cession of Port Arthur to Russia. The Chinese officials declared their inability to withstand Runsia'i demands.
 A warrant has been issued for the ars rest of Professor Arenhold. a teacher it Guttenburg. N. J., who is accused oi flashing the face of pupil with raw. hide whip.
 Monday, March I4.
 Sir Richard ouain. an eminent Brit. ish physician. died in London.
 Zacharie Topelius. the Swedish poet and historian. died at Helsingforr. Fin land.
 France, it is said. will occupy Lei. Chau, On the Quang Tung peninsula, China. as a naval base.
 Mrs Celia Wallace of Chicago. whd last year wore to the opera a bejewsisi gown that cost s5o.0oo. will now veal one that cost si5o.ooo.
 The father, mother. wife and son e. !. c. Price. South River (N. J.) mer' chant, have died within the past few months. His wife died Saturday. and daughter is critically nL
 Philip Kearny, son of J. Watts Rear ny and grandson of the celebrated General Phil Kearny. escaped frort the Brookside sanitarium at NortI plainfield, N. J., where he was confinsl on a court order as an habitual drunk. ard.
 Tuesday, March I5.
 A shipment of etoo. 900 gold left Aus. tralia on the steamer Alameda for Sal Francisco.
 The Democrats of Rhode Island nom. mated Daniel l.. Church of Tiverton foi governor on a local issue platform.
 A dispatch from Seattle says that ths stikeen river route to the Klondiko it snowbound and that many people art returning.
 Edward Clarity. an engineer on thu New York Central railroad, was kllle near Montrose. N. Y.. by his head strik. ing a bridge.
 Relations between the governor and the cabinet of Newfoundland are strain. ed on account of the govsnor's refusal to sign the railway bill at once.
 woolf Joel, nephew and executor ol Barney Barnato. was shot and killed al Johannesburg. South Africa. by for. mer soldier named Feldthein. whose de. mand for money Mir. Joel had refused.
 Lord Salisbury. premier of Great Brit. ain, broken in health, has been ordero to take a rest. and his early resiRna. ton is expected. In the meantime A. J. Balfour will be in charge of the foi- eign office.
 Wednesday, March Ie.
 An outbreak of yellow fever of n mili type is reported from Rio de Janeiro.
 A besscmer pdg iron pool has beea formed fin Cleveland to control the mar kst in the United States.
 D. ]. Canty, a former broker and poll. tician, shot and killed in Washington George Rye. n well known Hportina man.
 The board of education of New York chose pr. William H. Maxwell of thi borough of Brooklyn city superintend- ent of schools.
 pr. Edward B. coomba, a former cor. oner of Kings county, N. Y.. was found guilty of grand larceny for fraudulent iy obtaining fees.
 The court of appeals of New York state has decided against Police Cap tain Ealxins In the suit brought by him to review the proceedings by which he was disnisseA from the police force of New York city
 Harry Pole and Mrs. Leonora Fauik- ner were fatally shot by Captain Pes terson. who has charge of Brooklyn dredge boat. because of jealousy. Peter son had n short time before locked Mrs. Faulkner out of the house where they both lived. She asked Pole, whom nho had never seen before. to assist her in opening the basement door. He con- sented and was shot and the woman WAS wounded soon after.
 Rich Gold Find Tn Arixona.
 Phoenix. Ariz.. March N.-Michael