Connecticut western news., 1902-01-02

r.pheT of Lincoln, In Washington; aged 7o The Presidents Assassin: Leon F. CIolgosz fenced to be executed during the week Oct 2a
 n. Firs: The Plymouth cordsEe Co. at North Plymouth, Mass, burned out; loss, s1oo, 900. Obituary: Kirk B. Armour, head of the Armour Packing Co.,, at Kansas City. IS. Philippine Troubles: Company O. Eth U. s. infantry, surprised by bolomen at Bslsgiga, samar; officers and % men killed. ls wounded and miasing. Do Fire: huh's pOrk packing hguss burned at PassAic. N. J.; losa, tl76.ooo
 OCTOBER. l. Obituary ASAel J. Severance, invsntor of the diamond drill for boring rock. at Denveri aged 72.
 | Fire: buhnsss block nearly destroyed at Alton, IT,; los, sSoo. .0oo
 Convention: The general convention of the Epis- cUE-I church met in San FrAncisco. a Obituary: Gen. George ". Getty, veteran of the Mexican and civil wnrs, at Forest Glen, Md. aged s.
 ( Sporting: Race for the America's cup won by Columbia q time allowance c. Colombian Revolution: The government troops defeated q force of rebels AAgdalena river, killing their leader and 100 men. g. Convention: Annual reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland met at Louis vile.
 
 Chicago; losa, eooO, ,0oo. 10. Obituary; Lorenzo Snow, president of the Mormon church, at Salt Lake City; aged S. II. Shipvreck: 50 Japanese sailors lost in the wreck ot the steamer Tsoruhiko oa eOto is- land.
 lo. Affairs In the Philippinea: too bolomsn re- pulsed by to soldieS of the 9th infantry at Bagaion, island of samArj 10 Americans and s1 Filipinos killed
 IS. Obituary: Ex-Governor John & Pillsbury of Minnesota, at Minneapolis; aged 78 10. Obituary: Rear Admiral Francis Y. Bunce, U. & E., retired, at Hartford, Conn. aged 66. a. Obituary; Friedrich Preller, famous German landscape painter, in Dresden; aged oa N. Obituary: Prince Murat, grandson of Marshall Aurat, Napoleon's famous cavalry general, in France; aged o7.
 Fire: At Hammond. Ind, Hammond Co.'S packing house destroyed; loss, q, 2,ooo.oOo i5. Accident: miners killed and 20 injured by an explosion in the Buttouwood mine at Wflkesbarre, Pa.
 South African War: 1ao British district troops mutinied in q fight with smut's Boer com mAndo and surrendered in q body. Fire: Hunt q Wilson's furniture establishment burned in Philadelphia; IS lives lost and property damaged to the amount of 5000 900. a6. Fire: At Delmar, Del los of f2oo 900 by the burning of 60 public and bnsiness buildingA H. Obituary: George ". Carleton, well known New York publisher, at Saratoga; aged 70. U. s. ConEI L. W. oshorn, who changed the history of Samoa during the rivalry for the throne, at Apin.
 9s Race Riot: whites and sl nsgross killed at Balltown, La
 60. South African War: Gen Botha,s Bo<rs at- tAcked Col Benson's British column near Brakenlaagte, eastern Transvaal, innicting heavy loss; the British casualties ofh- killed, including Col. Benson, and IS wounded, and H killed and leo wound cd; Gen. Botha led the charge in person. t1. Fire: At Newcastle, Wy; loss of tloo 900 by the destruction of q block of busineas build ings
 NOVEMBER. i obituary: Mai Alexander Sharp, U. g. A, retired, brother-in-law of Gen. Grant and at one time prominent in Washington military circles, at the Preaidio, California; aged 7o. (. Fire: The businen center of Jennings, La, destroyed; loss, sl75 ooo.
 Personal: A Santos Dumont, the French aero- naut, received the Deutsch prize Of 20. 900 for his success in the airship. G. Political: Seth Low elected mayor of Greater New York.
 The French fleet seized ports belonging to Turkey in order to bring the sultan to terms. G Fire; At Hurley, Wis, the mondiks theater burned, oauhng loas of Il hvea !. Personal: The Schley inquiry closed. obituaY; Earl u Hung Chang. the foremost statesman in China and the far east, at Pe- king; aged 7o Adolph Krsua noted American sculptor, at Danyers. Nasa.; aged b1. Kate Greenaway, noted Engliah book and periodical
 
 railway magnate, in New York city. Fire: In Bradford, Pa, the city hall and other buildings burned, sntailng q loss of tibo,ooo a Obituary: Captain R. W. Sergeant, marine superintendent of Cramps shipyards and com mander of the great American bsttleships their trial trips. at Philadelphia; aged 6. 'Nother" Mcksrdyke, famous western army nurSs fin the civil war, at Bunker Hill. Kan; aged B.
 Sporting: Hsrvard dsfeatsd the Univsrsity of Pe0nEyiynnta at fooShnu on Frnntnn field. Ocore, & to c.
 Accident: By the improper discharge of q can non on board the British battieship Royal George during practice in Grecian wAtsrs l onncer and gunners were killed and the cap tain and IS sailors wounded. e Obituary: Paul Revere, great-grandson of the hero of the &amous ride to alarm the country the night before Lexington, at horristown, '. J.i aged A6. Peter Gil'sy son and heir ot the founder of the Gilsey estate, in New York cityi aged 6T. Mrs Zilpa E. Shaw, widow of JosA Billingh once the prince ot American huuoristA at sarntosa springA N. r.; aged s1-
 la Fire, At Thomas, ". Va; loss o1 saoo,ooo by the burning Of 6a buildings ls. shipwrecks: During A gale on the Britiah coasts several vesssls were lost among them the Swedish bark Trio with Of her crvw, the Norwegian bark Imr. with lB saiiorr, the Irish steamer Whiteaboy with sailors and passengers and | revenue cutter with 28 of her crew; total losa of life in the gale. 1oo. Earthquake: In Utah 20 distinct shocks were felt, beginning at Salt Lake City; loss. tooo,- 900.
 Boer War: The Boers attacked and destroyed . strong British patrol at Brpkspruit, fin the Transvaal Killing 6, wounding lo and taking the rest prsonera IA Boer War: Col. Byng's BrftiGh column at. tackled near HeiIbron, Orange River Colony, by force under De Wet losing lt killed and wounded. Obituary: Nrn Samuel F. B. Morse. widow of the inventor os the American telegraph. in Berlin; aged 70. Col. J. H. Mapleson, the
 ''discoyerer' of BNtti, in London. l6 Earthquake: ErIsrum. h Asistie Turkey, viEted by 50 shocks; 2a persons killed and many buildings wrecked. Fire: The country house of Charles T. Barney of New York at Southampton. N. Y, bNned; lo~s. s0oo, 900. The Cudahy packing estab- hshment at Kansas City burned; loss, a1So.. Sporting: Jsndss dsfsated Ruhlin at San Fran cisco in a bout for the heavyweisht cham pionship of the world
 Obituary: Dr. Albert Leary Gihon, commodore U. 8. E.. retired, formerly medical director of the navy and . writer of medical works In New York city; aged 60. | io Sporting: Henri Fournier, the French auto. mobilist, established | new worlds record by covering q mile in 61 l-5 seconds tho Coney Island boulevard, Brooklyn. Yale de- feated Princeton F to o in the annual foot ball contest at New Haven. Obituary: Col. ". H. Powell, U. & A.. retired, civil war veteran and well known military writer, at sacket's Hsrbor N. r.; aged os. | Accident: 8 deaths in q fire in the Pocshontas coal mine, Bluehelda. ". Va Fire: The Hutchinson dormitory at Yale de- | stroyed; loss, fl5oo | 10. Obituary; Dr. ". F. Norris, professor of ophthalmoloSy at the University of Pennyl- vania, noted eye specialist and the author of works on ophthslmology, in Philadelphia; aged 62. Col. J. T. K. Hayward. noted west- exn railway builder. in Chicago; aged s2. | 70. Accident: a6 miners killed and nearly 100 injured by sunoQStion from smoke and gas during fire at the smuggler- Union mine at Telluride, Colo. Obituary: Maj William Wayne, q linrri de- scendant ot Mad Anthony Wayne. the Rev olutonsry hero, at Paoli, Delaware county, Pa; aged n. Abrsm E. Elmer, q veteran who at the battle of oriskany and saw Gen. Herkimer shot. at Utica; aged nearly | l2o.
 ! Accident: I men Killed and IT passanreru and