Connecticut western news., 1899-03-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of the Wide World
 Briefly and Tersely Told.

Many towns in California are threat sned by floods.
 Dr. James O. Murray, dean of Prince ton university, Is dead.
 The reception to Secretary Alger in Havana was brilliant affair.
 Mrs. Ed Shriner. who was hurt at the big fire in Omaha last week. is dead.
 In Fitchville. Conn.,, Bartholomew McCarty died at the age of l04 years.
 It is intimated in Washington that General Esgan may be court martialed again.
 Large numbers of cattle are being shipped to Havana from the United States.
 The Thrashing Machine trust has se- cured options on two factories at Ma rion, O.
 The Second United States infantry has been ordered from Anniston. Ala, to Cuba.
 Admiral Dewey has asked the navy department to send more ships and men to Manila.
 The oil fever has reached Vigo coun- ty, Ind, and farm property is being sought after.
 Professor R. w. Wood of Madison. Wis, has succeeded in photographing sound waves.
 Six more regiments of regulars have been ordered to leave this country for the Philippines.
 Oklahoma has been visited by bliz- gard. The fruit crop, it is feared. has been destroyed.
 Congressman James s. Sherman has decided to decline the appointment of federal appraiser.
 A block of white marble weighing over 100. 900 pounds has been quarried at Marble Hill. Ga.
 Addison C. Harris, the new United States ambassador to Austria Hungary, has arrived at Vienna
 Six hundred employees of the Fox Pressed Steel company. Pittsburg, have struck for higher wages.
 A ball of fire which came from the clouds created havoc in Montclair, N. J.. destroying two houses.
 Joseph H. Choate, Jr., has applied for admittance to the Middle Temple, in London, for the study of law.
 Acker, Merrall & Condits grocery store, in New York city, was damaged to the extent of sl00 900 by fire.
 
 bill in the New York legislature to make June IA. Flag day" legal holiday.
 Ex-Secretary John Sherman arrived at Hampton Roads on the cruiser Chi cag go. He was much improved in health.
 While Dwight s. Moody was exhort- ing a San Francisco audience to show charity to criminals a thief stole his overcoat.
 Little Gerald Lapiner, who was ab- ducted from Chicago, returned home with his mother. The kidnapers will be prosecuted.
 A cyclone swept over Clerburne coun- ty, Ala, on Saturday. doing great dam age to property and resulting in the death of Il persons.
 Orders for locomotives have been re- ceived by the Baldwin company of Philadelphia from the Indian and Aus tralian governments.
 The schooner Uranus, Captain Wood, which sailed from New York on Feb. for Havana. is long overdue and has been given up for lost.
 Irving Taylor. Brooklyn youth. con- fessed to F fires that he had started, and the police believe that he was re- sponsible for 40 others.
 The United States has decided to de- mand reparation and indemnity from Honduras for the killing of Mir. Pears. an American, by a sentry.
 The motion to quash the indictment of Roland R. Molineaux was not argued, the New York district attorney having secured change of venue.
 The Ons Hundred and Sixtieth Indi- ana regiment expects to leave Matanzas for the United States on any day on board the transport Thomas.
 Articles of incorporation have been filed at Trenton of the New England Electric Vehicle and Transportation company. with a capital of s25.000. 900.
 The Investigating committee at liar has begun the questioning of all the members of the house in regard to their knowledge of attempted bribery.
 Five masked burglars sandbasged three employees of the traction compa- ny at Maysfield, Pa. and stole $1 900 in money. Later one of them was killed at Ararat Summit and two wounded by a hotel keeper
 Governor Roosevelt has appointed Professor Walter Francis Wilcox of Ithaca a member of the New York state board of health. The appointee is asso- a- tistics in Cornell university.
 In consequence of the stories regard ing Mataafa having sanctioned sec tarian tyranny tine German government assured MT. White that all its inf1u- ence would be exerted against interfer- ence with the religion of any sect.
 Liberty village. Tenn, has been al- most wiped off the map by a cyclone.  stroyed in all directions. The Christian church, a handsome brick structure, was blown to pieces. No fatalities are reported.
 In the trial of Frank Ainsworth who in an attempted hold up of night ex. press train on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy shot and killed Engineer Fred Dempsey, the jury has returned a verdict of guilty and fixed the penalty at 49 years in the penitentiary.
 William A. Brady and Martin Julian. on behalf of Jim Jeffries and Bob Fitz- simmons, have agreed to accept the bid offered for a 25 round contest between these two heavyweight pugilists by the Coney Island Athletic club. The con- test will take place on Friday, May 2s.
 The work of exploring the ruins of the w luQSOT HOlsI goes on without ceSSa- ton. The record of dead, identified and | and missing at 10 o'clock night was: Killed during the fire and died subsequently from injuries | In the hospitals, Il; bodies of unidenti- | lied dead, ,1: missing, 45; total dead, B. |
 By the explosion of over 5000 pounds | 1f smokeiess powder at the E. I. Dupont | powder works at Carney Point, N. J.. | opposite Wilmington, Del, three work l men were instantly killed and number of others slightly injured. The dead are | Isaac Layton, William Ford and John | Magill. The bodies of the dead were | olackened and dishgured by the explo- | sion. Dr. W. Godfrey Hunter. United States | to Guatemala, Is taking steps | Q save the life of Churchill Guthrey. an | American, under sentence of death In | Honduras for filibustering. Guthrey was | lawyer at Marshall, Mo. The |