Connecticut western news., 1898-04-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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 lieutenant, is at her lovers castle in | Croatia.
 James s. Lee. the theatrical manager. who. the police believe. knows some thing about the death of Laura Booth. | gave himself up. He says he can prove | un alibi.
 | The United States has bought in sici- | ly the steam yacht aegusa for $500, GOO. | Lieutenant Commander Nihack is ne- | gotiatinr in Germany for an armored
 cruiser being built there for Brazil. Miss Clara Barton of the Red Cross
 society, having been upheld by the de- | partment of state fin her controversy | with Dr. Louis klapBch, will return to | Cuba and resume charge of the relief work
 Friday, April I. | James l.. waicott. former chancellor
 of Delaware, died at Dover, Del. The funeral of Congressman sImp-
 klns was held at Yarmoxthport, Mass. Rev. ]. Avery shephafd, chaplain of the First Confederate congress-, died at
 Santa Rosa, Cal.
 W. F. Goerdcs, broker. was sentenced
 to four years and six months in prison | in New York for attempted forgery. Karditzi and Giorgii, convicted of at- | tempting to assassinate King George of | Greece, have been condemned Co death. At the New York conference of the Methodist Episcopal church patriotic | hymns were sung with wild enthusiasm
 and talk of war was eheered. Funeral services of Anton seidi at the Metropolitan opera House furnished one of the most remarkable demonstra- tions ever seen in New York The body
 was afterward eremated at Fresh Pond. N. Y.
 It was announced in New York that | Chauneey NJ. Depew will cease to he | president of the New York Central rail- road on April 20 next. On the same day | he will be elected chairman of tho boards of directors of the four great | railroads Of the Vanderbilt system. g. | R. Galloway, now president of the Laka \ Shore railroad, will succeed Mir. Depew
 as president of the Central. Saturday, April 8. Prince Bismarck celebrated his eighty third birthday at Friedrichsruh, Both houses in Iowa passed bill putt ting s500,0o0 at the governments dis- | posal
 A bill was introduced fin bdth houses | of the ohio legislature to provide Si,- oO0O 900 for national defense. ]. H. Wilson, n member of parliament. II | ping British seamen in New York. | The sealing steamer Iceland arrived | at St. Johns, N. F., with 23,ooo seals. \ She reports that the steamer Aurora has 5000 and the Diana 10000. The New York Methodist church con- | ference defeated the Rock River plan Co | make lay representation equal to olor- | ical in the conferences of the church. Mrs. Della T. s. Parnoll was buried beside her famous son, Charles, in ulaa- nevin cemetery. Dublin. A wreath from | United states Embassador Hay waa
 laid on her grave.
 Monday, April 4. The billiard championship match at | Chicago between Ives and Schaefer was won by the former. Three provisional military companies | have been formed in Atlantic City, and | others are to be raised in case of war, Thomas Stillweii of Brooklyn, who | was run down by wagon while on his | wheel, died in St. Catharines hospital An expedition of French scientists | that will search for Andree with m air-
 ship arrived In New York on La Bre- | tagne.
 William coreoran while attempting Co commit a burglary was killed by | falling from the extension of a house on | Tenth avenue, New York. | John Jones has been arrested in Chi- | cago for the murder of Jennie Cramer | in New Haven. The police had been | looking for him several months. David Felner, iG years old, was rid- | ing on his wheel down the viaduct at | One Hundred and Fifty-afth street, | New York. He lost control and fell his head striking the sidewalk. He died in | Manhattan hospital John Heeb of Jersey City, who was | employed in New York as a salesman. | died from arsenic poisoning. He is said | to have told friend that tho poison was administered to him in Now York saloon on Saturday Tuesday, April 6.
 Figures compiled showed that the im- | ports at New York last month were ai,- | GOO GOO greater than in March, 1927. Frederick Milne, a minor member ol | the alleged ring involved In the Brook | lyn city works scandal, pleaded guilty | to three indictments against him. II. Edward Merritt. n druggist of | Brooklyn, committed suicide by inhal- | ing gas. He left letter saying he had been robbed of all he possessed by those whom he had trusted. c. F. Beach, Jr., the lawyer whose
 marital troubles have given him much | notoriety and who announced that he would sail from New York on Fob. 1s.
 really sailed from Philadelphia and is l in London.
 Five thousand carpenters struck in | Chicago for the enforcement of their
 new wage scale. and many of the cons | tractors agreed to their terms Most Of the men are expected to go back to work tomorrow.
 It was announced in New York that | Rev. Dr. Charles A. Briggs, who was tried on the charge of heresy several years ago. had left the Presbyterian | church and would take orders in tho | Episcopal church.
 Wednesday, April c. Herbert c. Nichols, who stole sibo,. 900 from Browning. King a Go. of chi- cago, was captured in New York after | he had baffled pursuit for five years | and five months.
 The purchase by the government of four steamships of the Morgan line as | auxiliary cruisers was concluded In
 New York, and other vessels have been
 recommended by the naval board. State Engineer Adams testified at Ale bany before the canal Investigating commission. He said he was unable to ma the memofhnuh on WnlSh ms ettl- mates for the improvement were made. John r. Baudouine and MT. and Mrs. Charles A. Baudouine were hurt in a
 collision between their coach and a l trolley car at One Hundred and Forty fourth street and Third avenue, New York.
 Alfred Balensi. alias William A. Bell
 wood, was sentenced to six years In 5tate prison, having been convicted of
 swindllng W, E Marcus & Go. of New York out of several thousand dollars worth of jewelry.
 Hanging in n conspicuous place In tho
 postoffioe lobby is plain, unassuming
 sheet of white paper bearing a list of
 boxes upon which the rent remains un.
 paid. There is nothing particularly im- | pressive about this sheet of paper, but