Connecticut western news., 1899-12-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of che wtds weria
 Briefly and Ters~Iy Told.

Happsninss of Che wide weris Briefly and Tersciy Told. The University of Pennsylvania defeat cd Cornell at football by a score of 70 to O.
 A fire in New Hartford. N. Y.. meas Utica, did S16,0O0 damage The town has no water supply.
 The Carlisle Indian football eleven won the Thanksgiving day game with Colum- bia by a score of 4b to 0.
 Tn New York city 20 persons have bsea indicted for alleged election frauds by aa extraordinary grand jury.
 H. B. Fellows. postmaster and express agent at Scarsdale, N. Y., has been mur~ dered by robbers. who escaped.
 The transport Manuense has arrived at Manila, after a terrible voyage. In which she narrowly escaped shipwreck.
 The total coinage at the Philadelphia mint during November was S3,040,0 ,070. which represents 19,41b,24o soparnt& coins.
 An unknown white masked man robbed Southern Express company car near Branchville, S. C., on the Southern rails way, of S1, 700.
 The revolutionary movement In vens-  dent pro tenn, headed by General Herman dez, Is daily gaining ground.
 Private adyices from England state that American manufacturers are about to receive contracts for about 1,b00 trol- ley cars for various European electric roads. ......
 Patrick Callirhan, once lawyer in New York, died in Poughkeepsie last week, leaving the bulk of his estate, which Is estimated at $200,0 900. to various insti- tutions.
 The Commercial Cable company of New York city has filed with the secre- tary of state n certificate of Increase Of capital stock from $10,0O0,000 to x1b,- OO0,oOO
 The whereabouts of William r. Millsr of the Franklin syndicate are still un. known, and as far as can be ascertained the Brooklyn police entertain few hopes of apprehending him.
 A statement of exports and imports at the five principal ports of Porto Rico for the months of May, June and July, 1899, shows q balance of trade in favor of those ports of $347, ,Ss2.
 Errors have been discovered in the ac- counts of Louis 10. Goldsmith, assistant cashier of the National Bank of Port Jervis, N. Y., and 1t Is feared that the shortage will reach S25,000.
 Colonel Joel ]. Seaver, a prominent Franklin county (N. Y) man, is dead at his home in Malone, aged 77 years. For 25 years he was the chief editorial writ CT on the Malone Palladium.
 Judge John R. Putnam of the New York supreme court died on board the steamship Hongkong Maru Tuesday. Nov. 2s, outside Hongkong. His death was due to exhaustion following seasick- ness.
 The torpedo boat destroyer Bailey has been launched by the Gas Engine and Power company at Morris Heights. N, Y. Miss Florence Bailey, a granddauRh. ter of Rear Admiral Bailey, christened the boat.
 A movement has been set on foot for x25, ,Oo0 fund to be presented to the wid- ow of Captain Charles V. Gridley, who commanded Admiral Dewey's flagship at the battle of Manila Mrs. Gridley Is in straitened circumstances.
 Charles Potter, Jr., the printing press inventor, has died at his home in Plain. field, N. I. He had been sick some time, Death was caused by complication of diseases. MT. Potter was born in Madl- son county, N. Y., in 1924.
 Jp.V. Gridlcy, son of the late Gap. tain Charles V. Gridley, who command. ed Admiral Dewey's flagship at the bat tie of Manila. has been designated for ap- pointment as a lieutenant in the marine corps by President Mckinley.
 Senator Timothy Ellsworth, speaker pro tenn. of the New York state senate. has given out the statement that the present standing committees of the upper branch of the legislature will remain the same for the coming session.
 Next months disbursements of interest and dividends will be the largest in the history of the country. It is estimated that fully S150,000,000 will be paid out. This. it k thought, will have n tendency 10 make tight money market all through this month.
 John I. Blair. one of the richest men in the United States, has died at his home in Blairstown, N. l., after an illness of several years. He was e7 years old. Mt. Blair built large part of the Pacific rail- way system. He leaves fortune estk- mated at between S40,oo0,oo0 and $5o.- OOOO GOO