Connecticut western news., 1899-01-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of the Wide World
 nrIetN and TerseIN Told.

Happenings of the Wide world Briefly and TcrscIy Told.
 Fire in J. Curley's carriage factory in
 Brooklyn on Monday did 900 dam
 age.
 Governor Richards of Wyoming and Governor pingree of Michigan were in-
 augurated on Monday.
 IL is reported that the large shoe
 manufacturers in New England intend
 to form a combination to control the
 market.
 In an accident on the Atohison. To- peka and santa Fe near Trinidad, Colo. Wednesday, several persons were seri-
 ously injured.
 The president and Mrs. Mckinley
 gave brilliant and largely attended
 New Years reception at the White House on Monday.
 John Bell, assistant stage carpenter at the Garf1ck theater, In New York, was killed by gas in a hotel in Wash
 ington Wednesday.
 Mrs. Mary cummlsky was beaten to death Monday morning in her home in New York Her husband James is acc | cused of killing her.
 The governors office at the state- house at Springfield, Ills, was entered by parties unknown Monday and f5s0 stolen from drawer. Some Connecticut folks have been in- vesting money in an alleged Belgian lottery which the Belgian vice consul declares has no existence. Four miners were killed in Jumper mine at Jamestown, Cal, Monday by the dropping of a skip, which fell lso feet to the bottom of the shaft. Joseph T. Marean and Almet F. Jenks of Brooklyn took the oath of office as justices of the supreme court in the Second judicial district, Brooklyn, on Friday.
 Harry Hoffman of New Rochelle. N. Y., was drowned Friday in a vain att tempt to save the life of Grace Boran of Pelham, who had broken through the ice while skating.
 U. s. Grant post. c. A. R., of Brook lyn has passed resolutions approving President McKinley's utterances in his recent southern speeches concerning Confederate soldiers graves. Frederick Graves. son of the owner of the Hotel Cadillac, and Miss Carolyn Minerva Huestis, an actress, eloped from New York 10 New Jersey and were welded there Monday night. William M Irish, manager for the Standard oil company at Clean, N r., dropped dead at a railway station at Youngstown O., Sunday. while waiting to take a train. He was 70 years old. Governor Elect Stanley of Kansas states that he will not sign a warrant for the death of John Collins. convicted of murdering his father. because he does not believe in capital punishment. Daniel La Forte, known by his Indian name as Te-Hes-La, president of the Six Nations and a principal in the case of the onondaga Indians against John Boyd Thaeher in the supreme court, is dead.
 Representative Nelson Dingley of
 Maine is critically III at his apartments
 at the Hamilton House in Washington with an attack of pneumonia. Because of his age much concern is felt over his condition.
 The robbery of diamond jewelry val- ued at s22,0O0 from the apartments of Mime. Frances Saville, the prima donna, at the Madison Avenue hotel, New York was reported to the detective bu- reau. A walter who disappeared is sus- pected by the police.
 Near New Concord, O., n Baltimore and Ohio freight train going down grade broke into two sections Monday. The sections collided, derailed, damaE- ed several cars and killed two men who
 were stealing ride.
 The village of Carthage, N. r., Sum
 day experienced the second great Are of
 it's history. The business portion of the
 town was destroyed. owing Co the in-
 tense cold the firemen were unable to
 work the engines for several hours. The
 loss will reach sl50,0oo.
 Senor Don Matias Romero. the Mexi-
 can ambassador to the United States.
 died in Washington early Friday morn-
 ing. Senor Romero was the dean of
 the diplomatic corps, being the oldest
 representative of any foreign country
 at our national capital.
 Augustus W. Peters. president of the
 borough of Manhattan, died suddenly
 from heart disease fin the home of his
 friend. Henri Chaurant, on East Eighty
 sixth street New York, on Thursday.
 Mir. Peters was a prominent Tammany
 Hall politician, a member of the old
 Guard and a Mason of high standing.
 being potentate of Mecca temple of the
 Mystic Shrine.
 In San Francisco on Friday evening
 Mrs. Cordelia Botlxin was found guilty
 of murder in the first degree for causing
 the death of Mrs. John F. Dunning by sending a box of poisoned candy to her
 temporary home in Dover. Del The
 condemned murderess will be spared
 an ignominious death on the gallows. however, the jury that found her guilty imposing the penalty of life imprison- ment. The verdict was unexpected. An acquittal was confidently awaited by the defense, while the prosecution fear ed a disagreement.