The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-11-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of the Wide World
Briefly and Tersely Told.


William P. Lord Of Oregon has been
appointed minister to Argentina, succeed
Ing w. s. Buchanan, resigned.
President Mckinley has issued a proc
famationS setting the date Of Thanksgiv-
Ing day this year on Thursday, Nov. 30
The Alaska territorial convention at
Juneau adopted a memorial to congress
asking for a delegate to congress and
other privileges.
The report of the commissioner general
of immigration, I. V. Powderly, shows
that the total arrivals for the year ex
ceeded those of the preceding year 36 per
cent.
Admiral Dewey has withdrawn his
promise to visit Atlanta upon the occa-
sion of sword presentation to Lieuten-
ant Brumby, pleading orders of his ply
sician.
The trials of over 100 Occur d'Alene
miners on a charge of stopping the United
States mails at Wardner on April 20 will
begin the coming week in the United
States court.
President Patton of Princeton UNIVERSE
ty has announced that Edwin Henry
Kellogg of Lander, India, has been
awarded the Steinnecke prize, which
The Twenty-sixth infantry arrived at
Manila on the transport Grant and sailed
for Iloilo without discriminating. General
Otis will re-enforce the Iloilo garrison as
strongly as possible in view of the con-
tinued attacks of the natives.
Admiral Watson at Manila has inform
ed the navy department that the Spanish
gunboat Arayat, sunk in May, 1893, in
% riu hac
hull, boiler and machinery are in fair con-
dition, and she will be repaired
The Fifty-frst regiment of Iowa vol
unteers, numbering 764 men and 46 Off
GERS, under the command of Colonel ]. c..
Lopez, has arrived at San Francisco
from Manila ON the transport Senator.
There was no sickness aboard.
The United States court of appeals has
decided that suicide cannot be urged by
an insurance company as its reason for
refusing to pay policy unless it can be
shown that the person at the time of TAX
ing out the policy contemplated suicide
General Otis has notified the war de-
partment of the arrival at Manila of the
transports Sherman and Elder. The for
mer carried the Thirtieth volunteers and
some recruits, and the latter had on
board 10 officers and 4SS enlisted men.
There were no casualties on either ship
Andrew Carnegie has written to a
friend in Tyrone, Pa, Offering to CON
tribute $4,000 to build free library for
the town on condition that site be pro-
vided and that the citizens maintain the
institution by public subscriptions,
amounting to not less than $1,000 per
year.
The Rev. Francis G.. Lobdel, rector of
Trinity Episcopal church, Buffalo, and
archdeacon of western New York, has
died suddenly, apparently from the eff
fects of an overdose of laudanum. For a
long time Mr. Lobdell had been troubled
with insomnia and used a narcotic to OBJ
tain sleep.
The New York state court of appeals
has upheld the conviction of Howard
Benham of Batavia, convicted of wife
murder. Judge Haight wrote the opinion
in the case, and all concurred but Judge
Vann. The bulk of the evidence claimed
as being inadmissible by the defendant S
counsel is said by the court to be proper.
scramble between the supporters of
General Patrick A. Collins and John r.
Murphy candidates for mayor of Boston,
to obtain places of advantage for filing
nomination papers at the Democratic city
committees headquarters developed into
a hot battle between the factions. Sew
eral persons were hurt, and the rooms of
the committee were badly damaged.
Eighteen bookmakers pleaded guilty in
county court to the charge of conducting
poolrooms in various parts of Phiadel-
phia and were sentenced to pay a fine of
$100 each and serve three months in
prison 1t was under advice of counsel
~. Al.
bookmakers confidently expecting that
no further punishment than a fine would
be administered.
City Councilman ]. l.. Reilly of Cleve-
land has just fallen heir to $4,000
-Four years ago, while in San Antonio,
Tex, Mr.. Reilly stopped a runaway
team, probably saving the life of the
driver, wealthy farmer of Palmer,
Tex, named John Wallace. On Satur-
day Mr.. Reilly received notice from San
Antonio that Mr. Wallace had died and
left him legacy of $4,000.
The Portland Oregonian says: "The re-
call from his post of duty of r. Wildman,
United States consul general at Hong
kong, is Imminent. 1t is said he is to be
relieved from duty for cause, and the
cause is his prominence with the affairs
of Aguinaldo, the Filipino rebel. The
successor to Wildman will be DIR. Ed
ward Bedloe, United States consul at
Canton, who was recently called to
Washington"
Secretary of the Navy Long has is
sued an order assigning Admiral Dewey
to special duty at the navy depart
ment This was done because since
his arrival in Washington the admiral
has been on waiting orders only, but
now with the prospect of the reconvening
of the Philippines commission, requiring
his attendance, it is proper to put him
in active service with all of the emolu-
ments pertaining thereto.
A special to the Minneapolis Times
from Great Falls, Mon, says nine men
persisted in the recent blizzard Five
bodies have been recovered, and it is
probable this is not half the list. The
last body found was that of III. Herald,
a sheep herder. The sheep had eaten off
his beard, clothing and part of his boots.
Several bands of sheep without herders
have been wandering in that country and
point to unknown deaths.
Grant Allen, the author, has died in
London. He had been i'll for about two
months Grant Allen was born in Kings
Ton, Canada, in 1913 He was the author
of numerous works, including "Physio-
logical Aesthetics" dS7), Charles OAR
win 1885, Babylon QSS5), "Flowers
and Their Pedigree 1883, This Nor
tai Coir' 1885, "Force and ENERGY