Connecticut western news., 1898-01-06

Il. Accident: killed and injured in rail way collision at Harrisburg. N. C. ls- Obituary: Col D. c. Forney, the newspa per correspondents, in Washington; aged 72. Mrs. Elizabeth R. Triton, wife of The odore Hilton, in Brooklyn; aged 62. Obituary: Prof Edward Drinker Cope, Ph. D., in Philadelphia; aged 57. Is. Fire: Moresque block and other properties destroyed in New Orleans; loss. $4O0,0OO. Obituary Baron von Grotheus. Russian nobleman, in Teton county, Mon Is. Obituary Charles Goode, veteran of the Black Hawk war. in Belmont, Wis. aged l03. lo War between Turkey and Greece declared. Obituary: Mines Levick. an old, favorite actor, in New York cit; ; aged 6e. 20 Obituary Billy Birch, the old time min strel. in New York city aged 66> Gen. Richard W. Johnson, U. S A. retired. in St. Paul.
 % King Humbert attacked by political ia natic.
 Obituary: Representative William g. Hol man, in Washington, aged 75 23 Earthquake Violent earthquakes and great loss of life in the Leeward islands Obituary: Maj T E. Breckenridge. noted western pioneer, in Hannibal, Mo aged 72 24 After a fierce fight at Matt the Greeks re treated from Tyrnavo and Larissa to Phar Bala
 ea Obituary: Antonio Maxine Mora, principal in the Spanish claims case. in New York city
 2 Fire: Two piers ct Newport News, Va. sailing vessel steamship and tug burned loss, $, 2,OOO,UO0
 The Grant mausoleum on Riverside drive, New York. dedicated and formally turned over to the city of New York Business troubles. Burruss, Son & Co. bankers of Norfolk, failed for s34O,O00. 28 Flood at Guthrie, O. T. great damage done and many lives lost.
 Obituary Col Jesse E. Peyton, known a. the .'father of centennials," in Haddon field, N. J.. aged S2. a9 Obituary George W. Riddle, one of Phila delphia's most eminent lawyers, at thai city aged 19.
 HO Miscellaneous Many lives lost and 2blocki destroyed in San Salvador by dynamite Turks repulsed at velestino with enormous loss.
 g. Miscellaneous: The Greek army in Epirui retired to Arta. Trinity church, New York, celebrated it's two hundredth anniversary. g. John V. Crum, the celebrated runner, died at Des Moines; aged B. 4 Fire disaster: A charity bazaar in Paris over loO deaths and about 200 injured; sev eral ladies of rank among the victims. Obituary: Admiral Richard Meade, U 8. A.. retired. in Washington; aged 60 Joseph Thorne. inventor of the typeset ting machine, at Sing Sing; aged 72 Ed win F. Thorne the actor, in New Yorl city. Fires; Itasca Warehouse O. burned at Min neapolis; loss $250, GOO The residence O President Green of the Columbia Naviga tion Co.,, at New Rochelle. N. Y.; loss S250 900
 Obituary: Uncle Tom" Moore, the old the atrical manager, at New York city; aget 58. Elbridge Gerry Spaulding. the "fathe' of the greenback, at Buffalo; aged SS Ttka 1roo oIyor fa1 Dhar Obituary James B. Runnion, the noted jour nalist and playwright, at Kansas City ageo 55.
 2. Obituary: Henri Orleans, duo d'Aumale the fourth son of King Louis Philippe, a zucca, Sicily; aged 75 g. Accident: Is lives lost by fire on the Mal lory line steamship Leona at sea. Capt William Strong, the noted feud fighter killed at Lexington. Ky. l2 Sporting The Kentucky Derby won b. Typhoon Il at Louisville. l3 Accident 10 killed and 9 injured in the or, mines at Pinkney, Tenn IA Obituary Robert Kemp. originator of tn, "olde folkes concert, at Boston; aged v Max Maretzek. the well known operati, manager, on Staten Island; aged 76 % Obituary Horatio King. ex-postmaste general, at Washington. aged S6, Frederic Schaefer, pioneer brewer of lager in tb United States, in New York Conventions: The hundred and nins. general assembly Of the Presbyterian church began at Winona Ind The genera assembly of the Southern Presby terian con vention opened at Charlotte, N. C. 21. Obituary Mrs. George Holman, known Q. the mother of opera. at London. Ont. aged 75
 2 Obituary Matthew Laflin, a pioneer Chicago, at that city aged 94 90 Obituary Rev l.. M Pease, founder of tn first mission at Five Points, New Yorl ait A-hA ln ~ 81 Earthquake In the south Atlantic and cen tral western states.
 Sportlr2 Howard Mann won the Brooklyn Hant icap G A Soden won the Irvingtop Millburn cycle race.
 JUNE. l. Obituary: Gen. Daniel Ruggles the oldes surviving graduate of West Point, dn Fred ericksburg, Va. aged S7 Charles H, An drews, one of the proprietors of the Boston Herald, in Boston aged 63 Convention The semicentennial meeting O the American Medical association held il the Academy of Music at Philadelphia 3. Cabinet crisis in Spain; ministers resigned Sporting Princeton won the third and de ciding series of baseball with Harvard New Haven. score, 2 to 0 ( negro iynched by mob, men killet and 10 pounded in the crowd at Urbana, O 5. Obituary Rear Admiral Samuel P. Lee, U s. N. retired. the last of the commander or great SQuaQrOnS III the CIVIL WAT, II Washington. aged S5
 '. Accident men killed and injured on tn Omaha railroad Hudson Junction Wis
 Obituary Ney Elias. a great explorer anC late consul general at Meshed. in London Eph Morris, the veteran oarsman, at ont time world famed, at Pittsburg. aged 48 Edward c Taft. the well known paper manufacturer at Holyeke, Mass. : aged 5l 8. Explosion 20 persons injured by firework in Chicago.
 Obituary Mrs Sarah A. Granger. sister Stephen A. Douglas at Clifton Springs, N Y. aged S6 Robert Johnston Finley, man ager of the Mcclure Newspaper syndicate in New York city, aged 9 Joseph Rich ardson, eccentric millionaire, Tn New Yorl city John Haswell, the famous engineer personally decorated for his work by tn, Austrian emperor, Tn Vienna aged S8. g. Fire The St. Louis Milling Co s plant il Carlinsville, Ills {; loss, S20O,O00 Ocean disaster Wreck of the steamer Alder on Socotra island 7s perlshed Obituary Nancy F Clem. famous in In diana criminal courts 30 years ago in In dianapolis Prof, Alvin C. Clark. the ia nous telescope lens manufacturer, in Cam bridge, Mass
 10. Sporting Octagon won the Brooklyn Der by
 l2. Obituary Herman Tubbs the great mil honaire promoter, Tn East Oakland Cal. dSed 1TcHDlSnOp JdnSSeIlS, neau Oi lu' Roman Catholic diocese of New Orleans, oI the steamer Creole, bound for New York. l3 Attempt upon the life of President Faur ot France.
 IA. Fires The buildings Ellis island, New York harbor, destroyed; loss. $SO0,OO0 Th' business portion of Georgetown. in Fl Do rado county. Gal. loss, sl75.0OO Obituary Charlotte Wolter, once known a the tragedy queen of Germany" in Vien na. aged 63 Barney Baruato, known a the "South African diamond king. leapet overheard while on the way to England. l5, Obituary Ex Judge James W Fitzgerald the well known police court judge. neal St. Marys, Kan. aged 60 l6. Obituary George E. Barnes, pioneer il San Francesca journalism, in San Fran cisco, aged 70.
 l7 Obituary The Rev Father Kneipp, tn, famous doctor priest, at Woerishofen, Mu nich. aged 75. James Gayler, first assistan postmaster of New York city, in that city aged 70
 Sporting Michael beat McDuffee in a l5 mil, cycle race at Cambridge, Mass. l8 Tornado 26 persons buried in the ruins @ barn in Lincoln, Logan county, Ills. Accident A number of persons killed by tn 9nll 10 hoIn dt1ri riaYa rir rNar rod.