Connecticut western news., 1898-03-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thurstlny, March 2l.

French expedition in Madagascar arc said to have been killed by natives.
 A case of illness believed to be of the East Indian plague has occurred at Jid. deh. Arabia, on the pilgrim route to Mecca.
 The steam yacht Mayfiower was put in drydock at se Brooklyn navy yard, preparatory to making her a govern ment vessel.
 1t Is stated that unless China complies by Saturday with the Russian demands Russia will seize and occupy Port Ar- thur and Ta-lien-wan.
 Ensign Roscoe Spear jumped over board from the cruiser Montgomery at Key West and rescued a sailor who was drowning. He nearly lost his life fin tho attempt.
 Friday, March a.
 It was estimated that 20 people were drowned by floods at Zanesville. O., and Hamilton, O.
 A severe gale prevailed around the British isles. A steam trawler was lost off Rattray Head with all on board.
 Miss Beatrice Frost, one of the most beautiful young women in Hoboken, N. J., Respondent over her mothers death. shot and killed herself.
 
 demands, being practically the eession of Port Arthur and Ta-lien-wan and the right to construct a railway to those points.
 John William Mollenhauer. son of the New York sugar king who posed as Brother William" to Mrs. Savallah Mallory, and who inherited that wom- ans estate, notified Mrs. Mallory'a mother that she should herself become the legatee, that he would not claim the property.
 Saturday, March go.
 James Payn. the novelist, died in Lon- don.
 J. A. Font. who was once sentenced | to be hanged, but was pardoned after serving ten years in prison, committed suicide in New York.
 Jew Gus killed English Mary, the wo- man with whom he lived, by hurling a cheap knife at her across the back room of an east side saloon in New | York.
 Alleged impairment of the capital of a finance company amounting to s464,- 900 caused the suicide of Cashier Hop- kins of the Peoples bank of Philadel- | phia and the revelation that he had loaned the finance company upward of $500, 900. The bank suspended. William A. Bellwood. alias Louis AL | fred Balensi, was convicted of swim ding William E. Marcus & Co, jew elers of Union square. New York, out | of several thousand dollars worth of diamonds. Bellwood became notorious through his dealings with the late Max | Lebaudy.
 Theodore B. Willis. Police Commls- | -4a. Itf.t T. T. alF NY T. | craft R. w. Fielding, F. Milne. O. Knapp, w. H. Con and A. L. Jensen were indicted by the Kings county (N Y) grand jury on charges growing out of the old Brooklyn city waterworks department scandal. Monday, March 2s. Interesting experiments in night slu- naling by means of kites are being made at Bayonne, N. J. | A relief fund has been started in New foundland for the families of the IS men lost from the sealing steamer Green land.
 Members of the New York state legis- lature are considering what action will need to be taken to equip the state troops properly in case of war.
 The New York rtate superintendent of public instruction recommends the passage of a "curfew law to keep boys and girls off the streets at night
 The widow of a Montreal florist has sued the members of the recent Con- servative cabinet for bill for flowers sent to the funeral of Sir John Thomp- son.
 | A Chicago man who proposed to start pool on the weather April 20 has been informed by the postoffice department that his scheme would violate the lot tery law.
 An organization has been started call- cd the National Volunteer Reserve, the object of which is to form a great body | of citizens throughout the country who will be ready to respond to the call of the government at once in case of need. General John Schoheld has beer chosen | commander.
 Tuesday. March go.
 Miss Fanny Davenport. the actress, was taken critically i'll in Chicago. | Commodore Schley took command of the flying squadron at Hampton roads.
 New names have been given to the yachts and tugs recently bought for the navy.
 | w. s. Gilbert. the librettist. spoke slurringly of American newspaper men in London.
 Action has been begun to oust from office Thomas E. Kinney, mayor of Utica. on the ground that he is a Brit | ish subject.
 The body of we'll dressed woman washed ashore at North Beach, Long Island. gives evidences that murder has | been committed.
 The police fin Ireland have seized fire- | In view of the coming celebration of the revolution in that island.
 Anton Seidl, the famous orchestra leader. died suddenly at the house of IF, Bernstein. his business manager, in | New York. It is thought death was caused by ptomaine poisoning, due to fish which he ate for luncheon. | Wednesday. March 90.
 The government of Prussia has been asked to exclude all American apples from that country.
 Floods in Indiana caused railroad washout, which derailed a train and in- jured a number of passengers.
 The body of Frank Andrews of Che mung. N. Y., was recovered from tho wreck of the Maine in Havana harbor.
 The British house of commons sp- I visibility of placing the Indian curren- y on q gold basis.
 One hundred soldiers were killed fin the outbreak of March 15 in the bar racks of the Yildiz palace, due to the discovery of a plot to assassinate the sultan.
 The Russian government has made known to all nations the Chinese con- sessions 1t has obtained, and says the port of Ta-lien-wan will be opened to ships of all friendly nations The Chi nese accuse Li Hung Chang of beng In the pay of Russia. | Canal Sale Plan Defeated.
 Albany. March 30.-Senator Pavey's resolution proposing to amend the con- stitutien so as to allow the state to d.s- pose of the canals to the federal gov ernment was disposed of in the senate,