Connecticut western news., 1898-07-14
NEWS IOFlTHE WEEK.
Happenings of the Wide World Briefly
 and TerseIN Told.


 The Catholic summer school at Platts- burg was opened Sunday and will be in session for five weeks.
 The president has appointed Freder- ick R. Spriggs of New York agent for the Indians of the Nevada agency.
 The town of Steeleville, Mo-. was practically wiped out on Friday by cloudhurst, and 15 people were killed.
 General David W. wardrop. depart ment commander of the Union Veteran union of Massachusetts. died in Boston Monday.
 Francisco Javier Cisneros, the distin- guished Cuban patriot died from Bright's disease at the Windsor hotel. New York.
 Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen, a naval hero of the civil war and inventor of the Ammen ram Katahdin, died at the Ma val hospital, Washington, Monday.
 Eleven men were instantly killed by the explosion of gas in the big water works tunnel that is being constructed under the bottom of Lake Erie at Cleveland Monday.
 Mrs. Martha Place, charged with mur- dering her stepdaughter. Ida Place. in Brooklyn on Feb. [, was found guilty of murder in the first degree in the Kings county court on Friday.
 Services of thanksgiving for victories and prayer for the return of peace were held all over the country on Sunday. President Mckinley attended the Met ropolitan church in Washington.
 R. c. Dun & Co. New York commer- cial agents, report that the failures for the week ending Saturday were 229 in the United States, against 206 last year. and r in Canada, against 30 last year.
 The action of the senate in providing for the expenses of the commissioners to settle differences with Canada has removed all obstacles in the way of the appointment of those to represent this country.
 Andrew Mason was found dead in a deserted neighborhood near Florida, Orange county, N. Y., on Sunday. His house was shattered by dynamite. It is believed the crime was committed to conceal robbery.
 Miss Edla McPherson, daughter of the late ex-senator from New Jersey, was married in Hoboken. N. J., last Satur- day to Dr. Joseph Muir of 254 West Thirty-fourth street, New York. The match was a runaway one.
 President Mckinley on Thursday signed the Hawaiian annexation resolu- tion passed by congress, and the cruiser Philadelphia, under command of Ad- miral Miller. was ordered to Honolulu to hoist the American flag over the is- lands.
 Forecaster Dunn of the New York weather bureau rendered his resigna- ton to the secretary of agriculture. He had been ordered by Professor Willis l.. s.ft Tf1.a- t1 go either to the West Indies or to tho station at Cleveland.
 Kinsley Magoun, a son of the late American representative of Barring Bros, London, died suddenly Saturday of injuries received while playing polo and from the subsequent upset of his trap while driving from Rockaway to Meadow Brook. l.. I.
 Ex-United States Senator Omar D. Conger of Michigan died at Ocean City, Md, Monday afternoon. Omar D. Con- ger was born in New York state In ISIS and became a resident of Michigan in 1S45. He was identified with public life in that state from 1850.
 The business portion of the village of Midway, Pa, was almost totally de- stroyed by fire Monday night. The most important losses are the Crescent Flouring mills, Midway Supply com- pany, J. N. Ogle, drugs; postoffice; F., C., C. and St. L. railway bridge. freight and passenger depots and telegraph tower and four residences. Loss, S150.- 900.
 According to agreement congress ad- journed Friday at 2 o'clock. Many im- portant measures were rushed through and signed by the president during the forenoon, among them the bill to indem- nifty all the states in the matter of ex- pense in mastering volunteers for the war. At the conclusion of the session in the house congressman sang patriotic songs and cheered war heroes.
 Under the act of congress providing for the annexation of Hawaii the presi- dent on Friday appointed the following commissioners to organize a govern ment for the islands: Senator Cullom of Illinois Senator Morgan of Alabama, Representative Hit of Illinois. Presi- dent Dole of the Hawaiian republic and Justice w. F. Frear of Hawaii. Presi- dent Dole will be the governor.
 The New York state legislature con- vened in extra session on Monday night for the purpose of passing an appropria- ton to meet the expense of providing New York's share of troops required in the war with Spain and enacting a measure to enable voters absent from their homes in the military service to vote at coming elections. Reform in the election laws relating to the city of New York is also under consideration.
 Information was received in New York on Thursday that the French liner La Bourgogne which left that city on the preceding Saturday, was sunk in colli- sion with the British sailing vessel Cro- martyshire at a. m. July 4, 60 miles south of Sable island. On board the French steamer were 739 people-5l7 passengers and 222 crew. Of these only 159 were saved-54 passengers and 105 crew. Only one woman was saved. The crew and some of the male passengers displayed the greatest cowardice. They drove away the women from the boats on deck and when afioat beat with oars those who tried to enter the boats and ...FYI hsaa hoo