Connecticut western news., 1898-06-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of tho Wide World nrieny
 and Terseiy Told.

Nhs IenotnlhAteu by tne tNvpupASAnb on Tuesday.
 The Vermont Republicans nominated Colonel E. c. smith of St. Albans for governor by exclamation.
 Three members of picnic party were drowned on Sunday by the careening of a steamer at Marietta, O.,
 The new Masonic home near Buriing- ton. N. J.. was dedicated on Friday iu the presence of 10000 Masons.
 Sigismund Bruenne, n hermit yachts man, worth sibo,oo0. was drowned in Hell Gate, New York, Tuesday.
 The Clifton House, a well known hos tel at Niagara Falls, was totally de- stroyed by fire Sunday night. The loss is Si50,000.
 The official vote in the oregon clcc- ton showed a majority of 5,46s and a plurality of lo.574 for Geer. Republican, for governor.
 The New Jersey state enenmpmsnt oi the c. A. R. opened at Long Branch Thursday Ex-prcsident Benjamin liar. rison was present
 Three Chicago teachers arc going at the invitation of the Hawaiian govern ment to conduct m institute for three weeks fin Honolulu.
 At New Haven Tuesday afternoon Yale shut out Harvard in the second game of the baseball championship sec ries by the score of to 0.
 Albert Valentine. 10 years old, poi. soned himself in the presence of hit sweetheart and rival on Burnside av. enue, New York, Friday night.
 The Bellingham Bay Improvement company mill at New whntcom, Wash. was burned Monday. The loss ia eati- mated at s4oo.o0o. The mill employed l40 men.
 An engineer was slightly hurt and an engine, caboose and three freight cars were wrecked in rear end col- iision on the Central Railroad of New Jersey near plainneld Sunday.
 A cloudburst near Altona, few milct northeast of Galesburg, Ills, Thursday evening. caused the death of John Hub. bell and Mrs. N. A. Anderson. Great damage was done to growing crops.
 Warren Lee of Malone. N. Y,, who hos returned frop1 m unsuccessful trip Co reach the Klondike via the stickoon riv- CT, reports that n great number of lives have been lost in attempts to reach the goidfelds.
 old John Rooney was found dead in
 
 day. Tn his pockets were found several bankbooks. He was worth sso,ooo. yet rather than buy food he had died Of starvation.
 It has been found that the song sung by the graduating class of the Sheffield Scientific school, Yale university, and written by w. F. c. Tichborne. the class poet, bears n remarkable resemblance to InaVviIppta UIRaNaifsu In India
 Thomas s. Clark. convicted of impli- cation in the Delaware bank scandal. was sentenced In Wilmington on Mon- day to Ave years In prison, with ss ooo fine. The trial of United States Senator Kenney for alleged implication will be- gin July 6,
 A letter received at Warren, O.. from John Muldoon, n citizen Of Johnsonville, who ia now in the Alaska goldnelda. says that of the 1ol men who left Seat tie with him in March only four survive. Two were drowned and the others per- ished from cold and hunger.
 Miss Jessamy Harte, daughter of Bret Harte, was married, in Plainneld, N. J., on Monday to Henry Milford Steele of New York. Mir. Harto was not present He has lived apart from Mrs. Harte for
  cated with the family In several years.
 James A. cIemmer was found guilty Friday of murder in the first de- gree at Norristown, Pa. The case has attracted widespread attention. Clem- mer was charged with complioity in the murder of Mrs. Charles O. Kaiser on the evening of Oct. 2s. iss6. in order to ob- tain the insurance on her life.
 The Democrats of the First Maine dis trict held n convention nt Portland Thursday md nominated Luther n. Mo Kinney of BridReton for congress-. MT. Mckinney will likely have for his ops ponent Thomas B. Reed. In the Second Congressional district the Democrats nominated John Scott of Bath.
 Two firemen were killed and others injured by fire which broke out Fri- day night in tho works of Thomas Potter's Sons a Co., manufacturers of oIlcloth and llnoleum, Second and Ve- mango streets, Philadelphia, The prop- erty loss was s250,o0o. The dead are James Magee. engine No, <5. and an un- known fireman.
 A severe windstorm struck Sioux City, la, Friday blowing down the main tent of the seiis- ForepauRh circus while a performance was in progresa. The collapse of the canvas caused a panic, in which a score or more of people were injured. One of them, Adolph Halversen. died soon afterward of his injuries.
 By the collapse of a building In Lan- caster, Tex, Birdy Nattles, daughter of Henry Nattles, has been killed and Ave others injured. two of them fatally. The injured are John Long, John Nance. Edgar Sanders, Richard whitworth and Mrs J. c. Johnson. The last two are fatally hurt Faulty construction is supposed to have caused the collapse.
 Colonel s. Van Rpnsselaer cruger of New York died suddenly Thursday evening at his country home in Bay vile, on Long Island. Colonel Cruger was prominently identified with the poe ltlcal, business md so<Nal life of the metropolis. He served in the One Hum dred and Fiftieth regiment. New York volunteers, during the civil war and re- eeived n coloners commission for gall lantry on the field.
 A circular letter has been iesued by First Assistant Postmaster General Heath to the postmastcrs of the i4o offices from which the present expori- mental test of rural free delivery radi- ates. informing them that as congress has continued and Increased the appro- priation for the coming fiscal year all rural carriers now in the service may consider their contracts renewed unless otherwise ordered by the postmaster general.
 The Cornell varsity won the four milo boatraee at New London. Conn, Thurs- day in asm. 4ss. Yale was 3h boat lengths in the rear-time, 24in, 2s.-and the Harvard eight IF lengths behind tho New Haven boys, crossed the finieh line gam. s6a. after the starting signal The Harvard oarsmen were practically boat en on by the superior force, application and watcrmanship of Cornell and Yale The freshman race over a two mile course was won by Tale, the time of the crews belnRi Yalc, ii.22 s-b. Harvard. u:23 1-5; Cornell ui26n.
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