Connecticut western news., 1898-09-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Hsppeninss os the Wide World Brieny
 and Tcrseiy Told

Hsppenfnrs of the Wide World Brteny
 and Ter.eiy Told.
 The Canadian cricket players were defeated by the United States team at Philadelphia yesterday.
 Twelve persons were injured in a col- iision on the Flint and Pere Marquetts railway at Port Huron. Mich- Thurs- day.
 Deputy sherifr Nathaniel Cloud and John Cadie were shot and killed at Taxewell Tenn. Monday, where Cloud was trying to make an arrest.
 The American Bankers association held its closing session in Denver Thurs day. George II. Russell of Detroit was elected president for the ensuing year.
 A coroner's jury in New York failed to accuse pr. Kennedy of the murder of Emeline c. Reynolds. but he was re- manded to await the action of the grand jury.
 Frederick c. Jahne. son of a wealthy Brooklyn man, was caught robbing a hat store. He admitted that he was u burglar and it Is said cigarette smok- ing has made him irresponsible.
 The success of the TransmissIssippi exposition at Omaha Is meeting the highest expectations of stockholders and managers. The total attendance last week was 1l5.0o0. or over l2. 900 increase over the previous week.
 The Thingvalla line steamer Norge reported that on Saturday last she ran into and sank the French fishing schooner La Coqoette on the New foundland banks. Sixteen of the schoon- CTS crew were lost and nine saved
 Chairman Bynum has called | meet ing of the National Democratic com mittee to be held at the Palmer House. Chicago, Sept. N. Among other mat ters that will come up for consideration will be the question of territorial ex- pansion and the money question. Congressman J. W. Bailey was unani- mously renominatsd at Sherman. Tex. Thursday afternoon on platform which declares that the state oonven- ton has no right 10 instruct iss repre- sentatives in congress on the question of expansion or any other question of national policy. The platform declares squarsly against expansion and in- dorses MT. Baiiey's position
 Ex-Governor Claude Matthews. who was recently stricken with pafalysis. died on Sunday at wingate. Ind. He was born in Bath county. Ky. the birth place of Abraham Lincoln. Dee "A. ist6. He left Kentucky Tn 1888 and settled in vermillion county. Ind. where he had . farm of 2.ooe acres. and became wide ly known ss a breeder of short horn cattle. He was elected governor of In- diana on the Democratic ticket fn issi. The steamer Roanoke arrived at Seat tie. Wash. on Tuesday from St. Mi- chaels with t5a passengers and gold dust which conservative estimate places at s2. soo. 900. The bulk of at was the property of the Canadian Bank of Commerce and the North American Trading and Transportation company, The amount consigned to the Canadian Bank of Commerce ia tsoo. 900. A ma jority of the passengers were men who went to Dawson in last years rush A pleasure party of II met a terrible fate in q grade crossing collision al Ware. Msss-. Saturday night. with the result that Ave persons were killed out right. the crossing boy killed and all the others on a blackboard more or less injured. three being very seriously hurt The dead are: George Whiting. aged 50; Mrs Whiting; Jessie Whiting. their daughter. aged IS: Sadie Whiting. an other daughter. aged 10; James Scott. { years old. and a boy who fiagsed the crossing.