The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-21
VbLLINCFORD HAPPENINGS
ROBERT PEASE WAS ON THE ILL-
 HATED MANCHESTER.
News from San Francisco
 Concerning the Steamer Which Has Been Missing for Months-A Divorce
Granted.

Granted.
 this place, a son of the late General w. R. Pease, sailed away from New York
 in the ship Manchester, it being his first voyage, and since that time nothing has | been heard from him by his mother, who Is now out west. The Press, of Middletown, had the following few days ago that will be of much interest here. The item is
 dated from San Francisco and Is as fol- lows;
 What is supposed to be the missing ship Manchester, which sailed from New York on August 23 of last year with cargo of kerosene for Yokohama, has been found She lies a total wreck on the desert island of Pikar, in the
 Marshall group. How many persons survived the loss of the vessel is not known, but 1t is certain that woman and one or two children landed on the island,
 The Manchester was a four-masted steel ship of 2S51 tons register com manded by Captain Clemens. She was posted as missing at Lloyds on May 15 of this year, after ninety per cent insurance had been paid on her. A private letter received on the Aus tralian steamer Sonoma relates the finding of the wreck The writer says.
 "A mysterious shipwreck was report ed at Sydney, N. s. w., on July IS by T,n toi, ,nf hn Tel r6 steamer Archer, which recently touch- ed at Jaluit, one of the Marshall group. Here 1t was learned that an island trading cutter belonging to German firm at Jaluit had found parts of the hull of large ship and over 400 cases of kerosene strewn along the shores Of Pikar Island.
 ''The island Is uninhabited, but in walking along the beach the crew ot the cutter came across footprints ana traces which showed that some one had been there. The footprints were undoubtedly those of a woman and several children. The conclusion ar rived at was that portion of the crew had landed on the island, the sur vivors including the captains wife and family. Marks on the beach also dis closed the fact that boats were hauled upon the beach and then subsequently launched
 "Continuing along the beach, the cutters crew found the body of man washed up, which was badly decom- posed A certificate-that of g. chief officer--was found in one of the pock- cts and turned over to the German gov ernor of the islands.
 Tn shipping circles it is said that the wreck is undoubtedly the Manches- ter"
 Continuing, the Press says: Captain William R. Cole, of this city (Middle- town), whose family reside on Will liam street, was first mate on the ill., fated Manchester and for months now he has been mourned as lost His family still have hopes. though, that he has been saved. More news is anxiously awaited by the grief-stricken family"
 Mrs. Leon L. Hall has applied for divorce from her husband on the grounds of assertion.
 The owner of the windmill near Hall avenue has notified the borough war den that he will be up here some day this week and look after the so-called nuisance
 All the meat markets in the borough will close to-day at noon so that the proprietors and clerks can attend the barbecue on Hanover park.
 Quite a delegation from here will at tend the butchers and grocers' barba- cue at Hanover park, Meriden, this af- terroon.
 There will be no outdoor concert by the National band this week.
 It is said that Amer l. and J. A. Mar tin have purchased the Charles Preston farm on the west side and will go ex- into peach culture.
 Letter Carrier Newton is taking his