Connecticut western news., 1898-01-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursday, Jan. IS.

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 The Inland Iron and Forge company of Chicago has resumed work, giving employment to 600 men.
 Admiral Walker, president of the Me aragua canal commission. has asked for an additional appropriation of sl0o0o0.
 General Gonzales Nunez. the new captain general of Puerto Rico, died im- mediately after his arrival at the is- land
 A Polish farmland near Riverhead, N. r.. Is said to have partly restored the sight of blind girl, and strange cures are attributed to him.
 A young man of Atlanta Is believed to have deserted his home in a fit ot disappointment because his young wife gave birth to a girl instead of boy.
 Friday. Jan. I4.
 Governor Shaw was inaugurated in Iowa. In his address he praised the gold standard and advocated currency reform.
 Sir Charles Beresford, Conservative. was chosen to parliament from York City 10 succeed the late Sir Frank Lockwood. Liberal.
 The Swedish foreign offiee has been informed that Andree's balloon was seen early in August by persons fin British North America.
 In order to meet a deficiency in the appropriation for letter carriers. 66 in the New York service will be dismissed Feb. l. Other large cities will also be affected.
 Colonel c. T. Ladson. a lawyer of At. lanta, was accused of bribery during the trial of a case at Augusta by Major Cumming, opposing counsel, who pro- duced a letter alleged to have been written by Ladson offering money to a witness.
 Saturday, Jan- 15.
 The vice president and Mrs. Hobart gave a dinner in honor of the president and Mrs. Mckinley.
 Mir. and Mrs. Stanley Leslie were suf- located in a fire which burned out a West street hotel, New York.
 The president appointed Edwin A. Hartshorn assistant appraiser of mer- chandise in the district of New York.
 Governor Lowndes of Maryland OK pressed confidence that Judge McComas would be elected United States senator.
 President Mckinley requested con, gress to appropriate s473.151.26 to pay the Boring sea award to British sub- jects.
 Governor Black appointed Dr. s. Case Jones, Dr. Daniel Nj. Lewis and owen Cassidy to succeed themselves as mem. bars of the state board of health.
 A. C. Burrage, Boston lawyer, re. ceived from William Rockefeller n check for s700 900 fees and commissions for the sale of the Standard oirs gat property in Boston. The Standard paid i.sOO. 900 fin all in fees.
 Monday, Jan. IT.
 Ex-Queen Liliuokalanl Is in Washing ton, where interest in the question oi Hawaiian annexation is now attractingi much attention.
 The mutilated body of Percy Lock. var, years old. was found in a creek near Philadelphia. Samuel D. Hender- son, 10. is charged with his murder,
 X motherless boy. 10 months old Journeyed alone on the Hamburg Amer rican liner Augusta Victoria from Genoa and was received by his grandmother Mrs. Ashbridge. of Philadelphia.
 The battleships Texas and Massaehu- setts sailed south to join the fleet at Hampton roads. Tn the gulf sea drills headquarters will be at Key West in order to keep in telegraphic touch with Washington.
 Horatio w. Southworth, former presl. dent of the Garfield Water company was arrested In New York on the charge of perjury made by Alfred c. Duysters Of Rutherford. N. J., formerly treasurer of the same company and was sent to New Jersey, having waived the formalitles of extraditIon on coun. sells advice. M werkendam. bound for Rotterdam, parted from her tow In the North river. New York, and before she could be re. covered crashed Into freight station adjoining the Pavonla ferry. Jersey City, demollshing a section of the build ing and Knocking a rack of a ferry slip from It's fastenings.
 Tuesday. Jan. IS.
 Postmaster General Gary and the de- partment officials are trying to find some way of avertlng the proposed rec duction of mail facilities in the large cities.
 Sir Michael Hicks Beach, chancellor of the exchequer. said In a public speech that England would go to war if nee essary to maintain her commercial rights In China.
 r-' the bursting of q compressed mir pipe in Ringler's brewery. in East Nine ty-frst street. New York. Carl Hoen- ing, the chief engineer, was killed and Adolph Schenken severely injured.
 A free anti-Dreyfus and anti-Semits meeting at the Tivoli Vauxhsii. in Paris. resulted in rioting between the students and anarchists, who were at first driven out Of the hall by the stu- dents. They returned. however and drove out the students.
 J. H. Matthews. a grocer nt 426 Coz lumbus avenue. New. York, killed his wife and two children and committed suicide. He left letter explaining that he committed the crime because his wife had made him promise to take them with him when he died. Mrs Matthews wrote that they felt it their right to take the children with them.
 Wednesday, Jan. 10.
 The New York. American and United States Biscuit companies are negotlat- ing for a consolidation. with S55, GOO GOO capital.
 J. Kennedy Tod & Co. and Donald Mclean are said to be interested in a City to the Pacific coast.
  was instantly killed at Sixty-third street and Madison avenue. New York, by being thrown from his wheel by eol- llsion with Julius HerschberB, citizen. over sl0OO worth of silverware, stolen in New York and vicinity during re- cent months. was recovered by the ar. rest of man and his wife who live In West Thiity-ninth street. Some of 1t has been identified. President Chauncey M, Dspew an- nounced that the membership of the New York Republican club would prob. ably soon reach 1000. The scope of the club Is to be broadened with view to making 1t the center Of national Repub- licanism.
 The Case of Dr. Bond Postponed. New Haven. Jan. l9.--Judge Rora- back. upon motion of counsel, has or- dered a continuance until April of the case of Dr. Elijah A. Bond. who Is ln god xks4th mn lar Tn ha 1annn1 nF.