Connecticut western news., 1902-01-02

Accident: 2o persons killed and 2I injured by boiler explosion in the Penberthy injector works in Detroit. T. Obituary: Joseph Henry Thayer emeritus pro lessor of New Testament criticism and inter. pretation at Harvard university, in Cam. bridge; aged 74. Clem Studebaker, the famous wagon builder. at South Bend. Ind. aged 70. Ex-Gov. D. H. Waite of Colorado, at Aspen; aged 7o.
 Accident: Nearly 100 Killed and about the same number injured fin wreck and fire on the Wabash railroad near Seneca, Mich. & Sporting: Terry koGovem defested by Young Corbett' (Billy RothweI) in rounds for the festherweight championship at Hart. ford.
 Colombian War: Gen. Aban, leader Of the Go. lombtsn force, consulting of BOO men, attacked the Liberals under Gen Berrers at Buena Vista and was defeated.
 Fire: New York city, factories at the foot of East 10th street burned; loss, q, GOO oo0 Obituary; George M Pullman second. son Of the great car builder, at San Mateo, Cal. i; aged 26.
 Sporting: Cornell defsated University of Penn. sylvanin at football Franklin Asld; score. aa. Colombian War: The Liberals surrendered Colon to Gen Alban, Colombian commander. %. Obituary; Dr. Herman srecker, a sculptor and entomologist of worldwide fame, at Read ing; aged os.
 
 cd the Annapolis team at Franklin hsldi score. Il to 6.
 DECEMBER. l. Obituary. Albert Friedrich Weber, noted oriental scholar, professor of the language and literature of ancient India at the Univer. dty of Berlin, at Breslau; aged 7o \ PoliticAl: The Eth congress opened. Miscellaneous The U. s. supreme court decided that the Philippine Islands American ter htory within the meaning of the tarin lsvs The South Carolina and West India opposition opened at Charleston. .. Hhipwrscks; The British ship NslSon turned turtle on Astoria, or.i the crew of 2s drown cd. 1bo people drowned by the sinking of sx- cursion launch on the Portuguese city of St. Goa, India.
 Fire: King A Co.'S plaster mills destroyed at West Brighton, N. r.; loss, tlbo,ooo. {. Colombian War: The Colombian Liberal lead sr, Domingo Diax, surrendered to General A. Obituary: Ara- Donald c. Mitchell. wife of the noted author k Marvel. at New Haven; aged n. Sir William AAcCormac, Bart, president of the Royal Collage of surgsonA at Bath, EnglandI aged eb. Bhipwreck: British bark Ptnmore stranded and abandoned at the mouth of Raft river, Wsab. inEton; sailors drowned. h Convention: The American Federation of La- Dor met at Scranton, Pa. Fire: At Wyandotte, Mich, the soda ash plant of the Michigan Alkah Go. destroyed; loss, 900.
 Obituary: Capt Richard B. Turner. keeper of Libby prison at Richmond, Va, during the civil war, at Suffolk; sged os. G Fire: At wilkesbRrre, Pa, the Corn Exchange building and other properties dsstroyed loss. e2coooo.
 Obituary: Gen, Allen 0. Fuller. prominent in Illinois public affairs during and rinpe the civil war. at Belvtdere; aged 7e g. Fire; At Rhineland, Via, the Wabash Screen Door Co.'S plant destroyed; loss. s22o.ooo, 10. obitnary: Niss Dorothy Cstharine Draper, said to have been the first subject photo grnphed from life, at Hastings, N. r.; aged p6
 IA. Marconi received the first wireless message across the Atlantic. IS. Storm: Fierce gales swept the English and Irish channel. Travel blocked in England by beavy mowfall. lA Psrsonali Opinion of the schley court of in- quiry pubHshed; the board united in censur- ing schley on the following points; Disobedi- ence of orders the Colon attack May 8l, the Brooklyn loop, injustice to Hodgson and mis. leading reports Admiral Dewey alone held that the voyage to Genfuegos and Santiago was made with all possible dispatch, thst Schley's blockade was effective and that he is entitled to the credit for the victory of July s. 1b Obituary: John Swinton, iournalist and labor advocate, in New York city; aged 70 Storm: Heavy rain and destructive foods in New York and Psnnsylyania Sporting, Wslthom won the day bicycle race in New York, Wilson coming in second; dis tance, 2,b66 miles ( lRps