Connecticut western news., 1900-01-18

rences Arranged ConsecuttveIy From January to December.
 JUNE. 1. Marion Clark, the abducted New York babe,
 found at a mountain farm near Haverstraw,
 N. Y.. and returned to her parents home. 2. Obituary: Johann Strauss, the ''waltx King,"
 st Vienna; aged "A
 Political: President Loubet of France attacked
 by royalist mob at the Auteuil race course.
 Paris
 . Fire: In New Orleans the St. Charles thea
 ter. landmark of the city, destroyed. Obituary: Frank Thomson, president of the
 Pennsylvania railroad, at Philadelphia; aged . Cuba: Gomez issued farewell manifesto to
 the Cuban people.
 [. Obituary: Henry L. Clinton, noted criminal
 lawyer, in New York city; aged 80. Angus
 tin Daly, American theater manager, in Lon
 don; aged 61. Margaret Ann Cusack, the
 ''Nun of Kenmare," in London. Gen. W. S
 Walker, noted Mexican and Confederate vet
 eran, at Atlanta.
 Fire: At Augusta, Ga; loss, $25o, 900. & Flood: High water mark reached in the Colo
 rado river, Texas; 20 drowned. g, Sporting: Jeffries defeated Fitzsimmons for
 the worlds championship at Coney Island. 10. The yacht Columbia, built to defend the
 Americas cup, launched at Bristol, R. l. Obituary: Capt. Henry Nichol of the U. s.
 monitor Monadnock, at Manila. Il. Fire: In the Armstrong Whitworth Ordnance
 Co.'S works at Newcastle-on-Tyne; loss, s1,-
 oo0,o00
 Sporting: Perth won the Grand Prix de Paris. Filipino War: Hardest battle to date at Las
 Pinas between Gen. Lawton's division and
 the insurgents. Obituary: The Rev. Dr. William Garden Blsikie
 D. D., LL- D.. noted Scotch theologian, at
 North Berwick, Scotland: aged 7s. l2. Cyclone: In the northwestern states; hun
 dreds killed and wounded at New Richmond,
 Wis, and Herman, Neb.
 T.,A~
 the Stella Polsre from Christianis, Norway. 14- General celebration of Flag day.
 Obituary: pr. Lawson Tait, pioneer In surgery,
 at London; aged 64. Is. Obituary: Prof. Locke Richardson, the Amer
 ican elocutionist, in Berlin. Rear Admiral
 Pierce Crosby, U. S N., retired, in Wash
 fngton; aged 76. Congressman Richard Parks
 Bland, silver champion. at Lebanon, Mo-; aged 64.
 is. Explosion: Il miners killed at the Caledonia mine, North Sidney, c. B. Criminal: George B. Barrow, principal in the Marion Clark abduction case, sentenced to Il years and 10 months, and Carrie Jones, the nurse, to years 17. Sporting: Imp won the Suburban at Sheeps- head Bay. 1s Fire: At Greensboro, N. O., the Benbow House burned; loss, S1000o0 21. Fire: At Kirkwood, Ga, Gen. John B. Cor don's home, the historic Sutherland, burned es. Obituary: John Godfrey Moore, prominent
  city, aged 52 Henry B. Plant, founder of the Plant system. in New York city; aged so g. Fire: At Laurel. Del; loss, s2oo,ooO. Obituary: Kapiolani, widow of King Kalakaua, at Honouu; aged 65 2s Shipwreck: Steamer Margaret olwill, founder ed of Lorain, Lake Erie; g seamen lost. 29 Obituary: Daniel F. Tieman. oldest of the surviving ex-mayors of New York city. at Audubon Park; aged 94 Sporting: Harvard three victories Yale at New London 30 Obituary: Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte South worth, the novelist, in Washington; aged 80. Sporting: Charles Murphy, Brooklyn cyclist, rode the fastest mile record, paced by railway engine. l. Fires. In Brooklyn 10000 cotton bales burned in storage. Bar Harbor, the Kehoe Valley clubhouse, golf and social resort, burned Obituary. Charles Victor Cherbuliez, French ! scademician. novelist and critic, In Paris; | aged 70. | g. Fire: At Summit, N J., property in the heart of the town valued at s15o,0oo destroyed. Obituary: Gen. H. G. Wright, U. s. A., retired, | in Washington; aged 79. | 8. Dreyfus returned to France. 4. Fires: In Memphis the famous Gayoso hotel | and other property burned; loss, s45o,000. At Paris, Tenn, 20 buildings burned; loss, Sl75,- 900.
 5 Convention: Annual Christian Endeavor gath | ering at Detroit. \ Methodist divine and the friend of Grant, At Saratoga; aged 7S. 6. Fires: At Coulterville, Cal, the town de- 1 stroyed loss S25O,oo At Ludington, Mich,
 sieoooo loss by the burning of railroad ele- | vator.
 ! Filipino War: 10 regiments of U. s. volunteers
 ordered to be raised for the army in the Philippines
 Personal: Mary Wright sewan of Indianapolis
 elected president of the International Council of Women at London.
 Obituary: Robert Bonner, founder and proprie- l tor of the New York Ledger, in New York | city; aged 75. | '. Obituary: George ". Julian, noted western | statesman, at Iryington, Ind. aged s2. | 10. Obituary: The Grand Duke George, brother of | the czar and heir to the throne, at St. Peters | burg; aged 2l. Judge Walbridge A. Field, l eminent Massachusetts iurist and chief justice, | in Boston; aged 67.
 16. Fire: s1, 100000 worth of uniforms and food | supplies destroyed at the Brooklyn navy yard. 17. Fires: Mount Vernon, Ind; slOo,ooo loss. | North Bend, Ind, the Addystone foundry | burned; loss, s100000. | IS. Obituary: Col A. L. Hawkins, 10th Pennsyl- | vanis volunteers, the way home from the | Philippines to San Francisco. Horatio G. | Alger, famous author of boys stories, at | Natick, Mass; aged 65. | I9 Earthquake: Severe shock at Rome; Mount | Etna In eruption. | Personal: Gen. Alger rendered his resignation as secretary of
 Obituary: Elizabeth Thompson, noted phiian-
 thropist, at Littleton, N. H.; aged 7s- 10. Personal: President Mckinley accepted the | resignation of Secretary Alger, to take effect | Aug. l.
 Obituary: H. K. Thurber, the retired New | York millionaire merchant, at Haley, la. | aged T9.
 21. Accident: killed and injured by explosion | on a British torpedo boat destroyer at Lon l don.
 l Obituary: Robert c. IngersoI, at Do5bs Ferry | N. Y.; aged 66.
 22 Personal: Elihu Root of New York appointed | secretary of
 .. Ff,ss At Toledo; loss of 100000 by thu
 burning of wheat elevator. I 24. Obituary: The Rev. Dr. Thomas J. Sawyer | noted Unfversalist writer and educator, iI Boston; aged 95. | 25. Obituary: Gideon J Tucker, old time poll | tcian and journalist, founder of the New
 York Daily News. in New York city; aged 73 26. Gen. Ulises Heureaux. president of Santo Do
 mingo, assassnated
 29. Obituary: Guzman Blanco, once president Q
 Venezuela, In Paris.
 so Accident: ? killed and 2e injured in land
 slide on the Erie at Lackawaxen, N. Y. s1. Storm: The wheat section around Hamilton
 N. D., damaged to the amount of s250,0oo b. hail.
 Obituary: Kate Chase sprague, daughter O Salmon P. Chase, noted Washington belle i
 wartime, in Washington; aged 5e Daniel
 Brinton. noted ethnologist and physician, a
 Atlantic City; aged e2
 AUGUST. & Obituary. George Averof noted Greek phi
 .. 4A-~-'st st Alexandria, Egypt; sEsd Ta