Connecticut western news., 1898-12-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of the wfd~ wevtx
 Briefly and TermeIy TsiA-


 Va, was found dead in the Morton House. New York. Thursday. Colonel Roosevelt was snowbound fin New London, Conn, on his way from Boston to New York Sunday. Two rcrievin suits against Cattle King Gillette of Kansas have been filed in To- peka. They aggregate s4s.o00.
 Kansas has been suffering from a ss- we're blizzard. Train service is delayed and cattle suffer from the cold. The trial by court martial of Naval Constructor Hanscom began at the League Island navy yard Tuesday. The people of Olympia, Wash. will | present a commemorative tablet to the flagship olympia of Admiral Deweys | fleet.
 The ohio supreme court has affirmed the decision of the lower courts in the Hooking Valley case against Judge Burke.
 The trial of Mrs. Margaret Cody. who is accused of trying to blackmAil George ]. and Helen Gould, was begun in Ai- bany Tuesday
 Rev. Dr. Parkhurst assailed President Mckinley in his Thanksgiving day ser- mon in New York. and several persons left the church.
 A burglar In jail at Bridgeport. Conn. vowed he would not eat until set al | liberty. Friday a stomach pump was used to feed him.
 If is reported that IS persons who were shipwrecked at the mouth of the Kuskokwim river, In Alaska, were mur- dered by Indians.
 The Earl of Strafrord. who Is to marry Mrs. Samuel J. Colgate. arrived in New York Wednesday. The time of the we'd ding Is not yet made public.
 Justice Gray on Monday published the new bankruptcy rules formulated by the United States supreme court. which are to take effect Jan. 2, 1899. Two laborers were killed and four se- riously injured by the caving in Of a sewer excavation in Berrian avenue. Kingsbridge. New York. Monday. Five lives are reported to have been lost and many ships grounded along the coast of Long Island as a result of Saturdays and Sundays terrific storm. A soldier and nine other men were Rr- rested Sunday in New York on account of the death of Joseph Fitzgerald. who had been killed in a saloon by a blow on the head. Senator Platt has assured President Mckinley that the selection of Joseph Fl. Choate for embassador will be agree able to him, and the appointment ia re- garded as probable.
 Ex-ConRressman William J. White of Cleveland bought Star Pointer. the fastest harness horse in the world. for S15.000 at auction in Madison Square Garden, New York.
 Ii was reported in New York Monday that the syndicate headed by William R. Grace was seeking to obtain control of the Maritime Canal company. which has concessions in Nicaragua.
 owing to a quarrel with his brother over a little strip of oyster bed, George Washington Davis says he is about 10 turn his mother and father out of the home which they have occupied in ca- narsie N. r., for 70 years.
 Edward c. Asay. who was in former days one of the great criminal lswyert of the country, died Thursday in Chi cago. He defended the leaders in the Camp Douglas conspiracy during the war and was prominent in the whisky trials in 1875.
 Samuel ]. Gompcrs, president of the American Federation of Labor, had an interview with President Mckinley NJ if possible. the presidents indorsement In his message of labor measures pend ing in congress.
 The naval court of inquiry that has been investigating the cause of the cruiser Buffalo's detention has sbsolved Commander Hemphill and Chief Engi- neer Beig from blame. Three subor- dinate mechanics have been dropped from the service.
 A band of White Caps at Black Rock. Ark, who had captured a negro accus- ed of stealing. were fired upon by the mans friends. One member of the Land was killed. another mortally and third dangerously wounded. A race war is threatened.
 The Pullman Palace Car company. through its California attorneys. has appeared before the board of railroad commissioners and taken exception to the legal right of the latter to compel it to make annual reports of its op- erations in that state.
 After a hard struggle for legislative and executive approval and after vary ing success in the lower courts the 60 called antiscalpers law has been de- clared unconstitutional by the court of appeals of the state of New York and is therefore imperative.
 Edward Burns. a boatmsn, of 0lsns Falls, N. r.. was drowned at pier c. North river, New York city. Thursday. He was attempting to board the canal boat Hercules, when he missed his foot ing and fell overheard. His body was recovered an hour after the accident.
 The western football championship goes to Michigan university. On a field that was simply perfect for fast foot ball and before a crowd of fully i2.eoo, the Chicago university eleven were beaten by the Michigan team Thurs day afternoon by a score of 12 to ii.
 A letter received from Lieutenant Robert E. Peary by Dr. J. F. Hili of waterville, Me, states that in all prob ability no message will be received from him for several years The Hope clear ed the icefields all right. but Lieutenant Peary expresses fears the windward may be delayed by the ice closing in.
 In Philadelphia Thursday. on a field knee deep with mud and in a storm of almost blinding sleet and snow, the University of Pennsylvania football team defeated the Cornell eleven by the score of l2 to 6. Cornell's only touchdown was due to back kicking. made possible by the slippery ball. and the same can be said of Pennsylvania's second touchdown. Despite the tnclem- ent weather. the game was witnessed by ,000 spectators.
 The Baldwin hotel and thsstsr. for many years one of the most coxxplss- ous structures in San Francisco. was destroyed by fire on "Wednesday, en- tailing a property loss Of nearly sA- 900 900. Five people were burned N death and several seriously injured William Girette's Secret servios' ccm- pany. which was playing an enxnws- ment at the theater, lost all it's scenery and accoutsrments. The building was owned by F. J. C'Lucky'O Baldwin and