Connecticut western news., 1899-05-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of the Wide World
 Briefly and Tersely Told.

The gunboat Vixen has been ordered to Bluefields
 The secret benefit order of the United Friends has collapsed.
 Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island has returned from Europe.
 The Chilkat Indians in Alaska are re- ported on the warpath.
 Heavy rains in the middle west have greatly benefited crops.
 Three schooners went ashore on Cape Cod. The crews escaped.
 A s20.000, 900 cab company has been incorporated in New Jersey.
 The United States revenue cutter fleet has left San Francisco for Alaska.
 Estimates of fhis seasons Klondike gold yield varied from s12. 2.o00, 900 to ,20,- ooO, 900.
 Colonel Ricardo Cespedes of the cu- ban army has been appointed mayor of Manzanillo
 The Kern Incandescent Light compa- ny, capital s12, 900, 900. has been incorpo- rated at Trenton.
 A large factory and mill owned by James Colweli, near Williamson, N. Y., have been burned.
 Stevedores in Havana went on strike for higher wages and gave battle to Chinese substitutes.
 Stanton Sickles of New York has been appointed secretary of the United States legation at Madrid.
 Burglars blew a bank safe open at Dresden. Ont, and are reported to have secured s1o.o00 in cash.
 Negotiations for the purchase of the street railways of Detroit by the city have been declared off.
 The United Laundries company. with an authorized capital of 1000, 900, has been incorporated at Trenton.
 Alaska garrisons have asked for 19.740 pounds of canned roast beef, and the war department will send it.
 Governor Roosevelt has signed the bill forbidding policemen to be ssso- ciated with political organizations.
 General Henry is reported making good progress in the enlisting of 400 na- tive Porto Ricsns in the United States army.
 Half of the Yukon fleet has been caught in the ice and is in danger of destruction when the spring freshet comes. .-a
 The war department has decided to have the testimony before the beef court printed and distributed as a pub lie document.
 Secretary Gage has reported that Samuel Gompers' charges against the bureau of engraving and printing were not sustained.
 Stephen D. Carpenter of Dss Moines proposes to build an electric railway from New York to San Francisco, which he says can be done for $500, 900 900.
 Eight chilkat Indians, who were ob- structing the construction of a track by white men along the Chilkat river. have been sentenced to 30 days imprison- ment.
 The president has appointed Herbert W. Bowen of New York as minister to Persia. Mir. Bowen was consul general at Barcelona before the Spanish war broke out.
 A warrant was drawn at Washington for slsl,372 in favor of the governor of New York for expenses incurred by the state in raising the volunteer army for the war with Spain.
 The Topeka Capital has started a popular subscription to purchase a sword for General Funston. Every county, town and city in the state is asked to contribute.
 The municipality of Manzanillo has purchased an oil painting of Colonel Petit. military governor of the city, and has hung it in a conspicuous posi-. ton in the city hall
 The president has decided 10 appoint Albert s. Kenny paymaster general Of the navy to succeed Edwin Stewart who has just retired. Mir. Kenny is now general storekeeper in New York city.
 The government has decided to es- tablish a military post at Pyramid har- bor, in Alaska. This harbor is on Chil- kat inlet. near Chilkat village. com pany of troops will be sent to this place
 Richard Harding Davis of New York the we'll known writer, and Miss Cecil Clarke. daughter of MT. and Mrs. John Marshall Clarke of Chicago. were mar. ried at St. Gabriers chapel. Marion, Mass.
 General Charles P. Eagan. ex-com- missary general of the United States army, sailed for Honolulu on the steam CT Australia. General Eagan and his family will spend several months on the islands.
 The funeral of George B. Meek. the first Ohio soldier killed in the Spanish war, will be held at Clyde, O.. on the 11th of May. 1t will be made a state event. Senator Foraker will deliver the address.
 David Bragaw of Newark, N. J.. is dead from uro-pneumonia, aged B7 years. He served several terms as al- derman and was appointed postmaster in 1898. He leaves a widow and one daughter.
 Stock has been subscribed for an i'm. mense lime m9lufactory at Fostoria, O.. with a capacity of 1000 barrels a day. The new plant will not be in the trust. Local capitalists are furnishing the money.
 The transport Roanoke has arrived from Manila with Captain Kimball and Surgeon F. Fraser of the First Cali fornia volunteers and 22 privates from different regiments. The trip from Ma nila occupied 2s days.
 Immigration Commissioner North has refused to permit the landing of ten na- tive Filipinos who arrived at San Fran cisco a few days ago on the steamer City of Picking. The natives are under contract to exhibit in a New York dime museum.
 President Seth Low of Columbia col- lege, Captain A. T. Mahan, United States navy, and F'rederick w. Holls, three or the American delegates chosen by Pres ident Mckinley to attend the czar's disarmament congress to be held this month at The Hague, have sailed on the. steamship St. Louis on the way to Hol- land.
 The employees of the blast furnaces of the l.. & c. Brooke Iron company, Birdsboro, Pa, have been notified of another advance of 10 per cent in wages, taking effect on May 15. They will then be getting a raise of 24 per cent over 1898 wages. At the puddle mill of this firm during the month of April the ad- vance amounted to 3s Is per cent.
 Governor Stone of Pennsylvania has granted respites until Sun~ for Ralph wireback of Lancaster county and James Preston of Chester county, two murderers who were to have been ex- acuted next week Wireback murdered