Connecticut western news., 1902-01-02

in Northern PacInc.
 II. Sporting: santoi won the English Jubilee. l2. Fire: Del Ray. suburb of Detroit, swept by
 flames; loss, ssOO,0oo ls. shipwreck: Steamer City of Paducah sank at
 Grand Tower, Ill, carrying down passengers
 and 22 sailors.
 IS. Explosion: miners killed and fatally in-
 jured at the Georges Greek Goal and Iron
 Co.,, Burlington, ". Va. 1e. Fire: At Elizabeth, N. J., the American
 steam laundry burned; loss, &0o 900. Labor Troubles: During a trolley strike at AL
 bany the militia fired into a crowd, killing 2
 citizena
 IS. Fire: Thomas B. wsnnamaksr's country house
 at Aeadowbrook Farms destroyed; loss (esti-
 mated), $500 GOO
 10. Obituary: M w. Pretorius, hrst president of
 the Transyssl Republic, at Johannesburg; aged
 &.
 20. Obituary: Gen. Fitz John Porter, U. 8. A.
 retired, q noted Federal leader during the
 civil war, at Morristown, N. J.; aged 7s. Pan-American Exposition: The fair opened to
 the public.
 22- Floods: lives lost and property valued at
 t1,ooo,ooo destroyed by hoods in East Tennes- Obituary: Ex-Congressman Charles A. Bouteils
 of Maine, q noted Republican leader, at
 Wavsrly, Mass.; aged 62. 1s. Shipwrsck: The Norwegian bark Elhe run
 down of Sable islsn6 by the steamer Ohio of
 the Wilson line and 14 of the crew lost. A. Explosion: Over 30 deaths by explosion in the
 Universal colliery, Wales.
 Ehipwreck: Steamer Baltimore lost in a storm
 on Lake Huron, near Au Sable; 12 sailors lost. 26. Sporting: Conroy won the Brooklyn Handi-
 cap at Gravesend.
 3a. Accident: killed and many injured in .
 trolley crash at Albany. f7. Explosion: q miners killed by an explosion
 fin the Richland mine, near Dayton. Tenn %. Drowning Accident: picnickers drowned by
 the loss of q rowboat at Flat Rock dam,
 Schuylktn river, near Philadelphia. a. South African War: The BritiSh under Gen
 Knox lost 14 killed and wounded in q des-
 perate fight at vladfontein, the Durban-
 Johannesburg railroad, with Boers under Gen
 Delary.
 | Fire: The town of Jasper, Jasper county,
 Tex, destroyed; loss, 110e,ooo.
 Obituary: James A. Hene, noted American
 character actor, in New York city; aged 6l. 6 Sporting: Volodyovsky won the English Derby. C Obituary: Rev. William Gland Bourne, an old
 time writer, poet and c. A. R. editor, at
 Hontclair, N. J.; aged sa.
 ,. Sporting: Cap and Bells IL won the Oaks
 Stakes at Epsom.
 Storm: If people killed and many injured by
 hail and cloudbust in Oklahoma. Q. Obituary: Edward Moran, noted painter of
 marine and landScaps scenes. in New York
 city; aged 72.
 10 DisaSter: 1e deaths in ( mine explosion in
 the Port Royal mines at Port Royal, Pa. Obituary: Walter Besant, noted Engliah novel;
 ist and author, in London; aged 66. Robert
 Buchanan, English poet, novelist and dram
 atist, in London; aged 60. 12. South African War: The Transvaal Boers Eur-
 prised the Australian Mounted rifles in camp
 near Wolmansrust, Killing and wounding 60
 officers and men and capturing two pompons. l. Fires: At West Baden, Ind, the West Baden
 hotel destroyed; loss, sooo,ooo. In Lynn.
 Aass-, the Empire thester burned; loss, 410o,,
 900.
 Is Obituary: Gen. Max Weber, . German vet
 eran of the American civil war, in New York
 city; aged 77.
 Sporting: Alcedo won the Suburban Handicap,
 at Sheepshead Bay.
 1e Chsri won the Grand P,ir at Longchamps 1s- Obituary: Hazen S. Pfngree, ex-governor of
 Michigan, in London; aged e1 Louis Aldrich,
 noted American actor, at Kennebunkport, Me;
 aged 6S
 1a Obituary: Gen. John B. Turchin, noted vet
 eran of the civil war, at Anna, ILL i; aged 70. 2o Obituary: Gen. Robert Nugent, noted Irish
 brigade leader in the civil war. in New York
 city; aged 77.
 Fires: In St. Louis, the sckles saddlery plant
 and other property destroyed; loe, 46Oo, 900.
 At Bear Lake, Mnn., the mill of the Tower
 Lumber Go. destroyed; loss, $16o,ooo Tornado: people killed and many injured by
 windstorm in the Keya Paha valley, Nebraska. fl. Political Assassination: Hoshi Toru, noted
 Japanese statesman formerly minister to
 Washington, assassinated for political reasons. Disaster: r deaths from . fireworks explosion
 at Paterson, N. J.
 92 shipwreck: 6 deaths in the wrecking of the
 British bark Falkland of the coast of Califor
 mia, on Bishops rock.
 Sporting: Robert Waddsll won the Chicago
 Derby.
 Tornado: At Pittsburg, { deaths, and property
 valued at $5oo, 900 destroyed.
 Fire: In Newark, N. J., q brush factory and
 other property burned loss, $aoo,oOo A. Obituary: Gen. Hans Lothar Schweinitz,
 noted German soldier and diplomat, at CaSsel,
 Prussia; aged 70.
 Flood Disaster: se deaths by rainstorm hoods
 in the Elk Horn valley, w. Va. a6. Obituary: Dr. Joseph Flavius Cook formerly
 noted lecturer and writer, at Hconderoga,
 N. Y; aged 63
 27 Financial Troubles: The Seventh National
 bank of New York city suspended payment. Sporting: Yale the varsity race over Har-
 yard at New London; time, 2s:67. 2s. Financial Troubles: Marquand O., pro-
 moters in New York city, failed, with heavy habilities.
 ao Fire: In the business district of Bradford, 30 Personal: Mai Gen. V. R. shafter retired from active service and transferred the com
 mand of the department of California to Gen.
 & B. h- Young. 1. Fire: AIlenhurst inn, ( summer hotel near
 Asbury Park, N. J., destroyed; loss, S175,ooo Catastrophe: Il boys killed . Chicago pier by q stroke Of lightning Fires: Loss of $20o, 900 in ( blaze at Hunting ton. ". Va. 8l buildings, including mills and dwellings, burned at Saltwater, Me. Homestead hotel, at Hot Springs, Va. de- stroyed; loss. t5Oo,ooo. Obituary: A. L. Johnson, the eastern trolley magnAts, in Brooklyn. Jacob s. Rogers, To- comotivs builder of Paterson, N. J., and multimillionaire. in New York city; aged n. Weather: Intense heat throughout the eastern rtates; 21o deaths from heat in New York city.
 { Sporting: The Leander crew beat the Uni. yerdty of Pennsylvania in the contest for the Grand Challenge cup at the Henley regatta the Thames- WsatAsri The hot wave broken in New York city; deaths, 12A ( Fire; The Hoen building. Baltimore, occupied by a lithographing establishment and com pany onacsa burnsd: lo.a- a66o.ooo. ooituary: Col. Julian Scott, civil wsr veteran and noted artist, at Plainfeld, x. J.. aged 66. R. Fl. Newell | wartme humorist under the name of orphsus o. Kerr, in Brooklyn; aged G. Prof. John Fiske, philosopher and his toKiAn, at East Gloucester, MasA aged 6o. Accidents; Casualties of the Fourth all over the United States, q killed and ,61l injured. | 6. Obituary: Prince Hohenlohe, formerly chan oellor of the German empire, at RagatS, gvitrerlaDd; aged s1- Prof. Johannes Schmidt, tamous Tndo-German scholar at the Berlin university, in Berlin. Sporting The Brighton Handicap, at Brighton, N. T., won by James R. Keenes horse, Toddy. Obituary; Pierre Lorillard, noted turfman and l millionaire manutacturer, in New York city. | Fire: At Colabrook, N. Y., is buEinea places l burned; losa, t16o,ooo 1 @. Fire: At Great Bend, Ind. 16,ooo acres of | wheat burned; loss, ssoo, 900. l 10. Fire: At Fl PAso, Tex. plant of the Kansas City Shelter Go. burned; loss, 416o, 900. Collision: 10 killed and fatally injured by . head on collision on the Chicago and Alton | near Marshall, Mo. l II. Accident: workmen killed and 10 injured by the collapee of . railway bridge at Ashta- bula, O. 1 H. Obituary: Charles Nordhoh, author and jour | nalist in San Francisco; aged n. Theodore | Moss, theatrical manager, at seabright, N. J.t aged 70. l Fire: business blocks banned at Enid, Okla i; loss, S1oo, 900. l l6 Fire: At Wichita, Kan, the packing plant of | Jacob Dold burned; loss, q. 900, 900. | IT. Fire: At Marshall, Mo-, stores burned; loss,