Connecticut western news., 1898-06-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of the Whole World Brief,
 and Tersely Told.

Happenings of the Whole World Briefly
 and Terseiy Told.
 The date of the Harvard Yale Cornell race has been fixed for June %.
 Sixty feet of bank of the Erie canal near Esockport, x. Y., burst Monday damaging crops.
 A car barn and lSo winter cars belong ing to the Consolidated Railway com rany of Baltimore were burned Sunday Loss, S250,0O0.
 The president on Thursday nominated r. Farmer wanser for postmaster in Jersey City and Leonard Schroeder in Hoboken, N. J.
 IL was announced in Washington Monday that a reciprocity treaty with Great Britain under the Dingley tarifr act is under negotiation.
 Henderson X Johnson's warehouse in Pittshurg was entirely destroyed by fire Sunday. involving loss of about $780, 900, partially covered by insurance.
 Letters great May wheat deal was closed in Chicago on Tuesday. Letter was master of the situation and put the price down from s1.75 to sl.25 a bushel.
 At New City, N. F., Mrs. Maria al
 
 Thursday convicted of the murder of Mrs. Mary Kenny at Sioatsburg. N. r.. last fall.
 The Norwich line steamer City Of Worcester grounded on Cormorant reef, near New London, Sunday morning, No lives were lost. but the vessel and cargo were badly damaged.
 An agreement was reached in Wash f,se fAr ha n of a commission to settle all the exist ing controversies between the United States and Canada.
 The plant of the F. R. Gillespie com pany. grinders of minerals. at Stamford, Conn. was almost completely destroyed by fire Saturday. The loss is roughly estimated at S150000.
 New York detectives Thursday cap- tured four desperate western burglars whom they believe to be the murderers of Richard Pope at Mott Haven and of a woman at Cranford, N. J.
 The two masted fishing schooner Cho- euro went ashore Sunday on Brigantine shoals. off Atlantic City, and was total ly wrecked. She was bound from vir- ginia to New York with a large cargo of blueflsh.
 The joint traffic managers have ap- proved the special reduced rates made by the joint passenger committee on acc count of the Merchants association of New York for the months of August and September
 The president attended the Memorial day ceremonies at the Arlington ceme- tery. Senator Thurston spoke in the amphitheater and eN-Secretary of the Navy Hilary A. Herbert at the tomb of Admiral Porter.
 Dr. Louis F.. Bertine, president of the board of health of Mount Vernon. N. T., was attacked by four highwaymen on Saturday night. His skull was crushed. He died Monday night without regain ing consciousness.
 A mining casualty occurred Saturday at the Kaska William colliery, near Middleport, Pa., and six men were drowned by body of water breaking in upon them from an old working" The victims were all Slavs.
 An assignment for the benefit of their creditors was made by George W. Full ton & CO, silk manufacturers, of Pat erson. N. J.. Saturday. The firm has been in business for ten years. The as- sets exceed the liabilities by s25000.
 Two men held up the cashier of the bank at Springfield, Utah Saturday, securing s4.000. A posse afterward kill ed one of the robbers, captured the other and recovered half the money. One member of the posse was wounded.
 Hon. Henry r. Rolfe. one of the lead ing members of the New Hampshire bar and father of Colonel Robert H. Rolfe of the First New Hampshire vol unteers. U. s. A., now at Camp Thomas. died Sunday at his home, in Concord. N. H.
 At the Memorial day carnival of sports held under the auspices of the New Jersey Athletic club at Bayonne. N. J., J. c. Mccraeken of the University of Pennsylvania threw the l6 pound hammer 15S feet and inches. establish ing a new worlds record.
 Deputy Sheriff John R. Breese of Westchester county, N. Y., Saturday arrested Thomas Rogers on an order of Surrogate Theodore K. Silkman, reauir- ing him to refund to the estate of Jason Rogers 60.000, which he Is alleged to have wrongfuIly converted to his own use.
 One man was killed and two hurt in the Pennsylvania railroad yard at Wal do avenue Jersey City, Saturday even ing. The victim was Frank Selleski, 52 years old, of 156 Steuben street, while the two injured were William Morris. S5 years old. of 234 Morgan street. and Frank Zaharagesz, i2 years old, of Sso Seventh street, Jersey City.