Connecticut western news., 1899-09-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of the Wide World
 Briefly and TcrSeIy Told.

 elected to fin the vacancy in the Fifth congressional district of Louisiana. Forty of the most famous fighters in the Bakcr-Iluwnrd feud in Kentucky have enlisted in the Thirty-hrst volunteer infantry.
 Dorsey w. Shaclloford, Democrat, has been elected to fill the unexpired term in congress of Richard T.. Bland. deceased, from the Eighth congressional district of Missouri.
 Johnny Poe, or John r. Poe, IT,, n member of the famous family of football players and himself Princeton guar terback in his day, has enlisted with the Sixteenth United States infantry. The transport Port Albert has sailed for Manila with 501 mules, 17 horses. 10 blacksmith forges. 1,6S0 sacks of bran, S,2Id sacks of oats, 1854 bales of hay 25 kegs of nails and 502 bundles of corrn. gated iron aboard.
 John k. Mclean, Democratic candi- date for governor of Ohio, has been ap- pointed chairman of the ways and means committee of the Democratic national committee. John r. Altgeld has resign ed from the national committee.
 The University of California will erect a monument to the ccllegians who died nt the front in the late war after having abandoned their studies to enlist us vol unteers. It will stand on the college campus and Is intended to be costly structure. --. ..r. -....
 John R. Mclean was nominated for governor of Ohio by the state Demo cratic convention in session at Zanes- vile on the first ballot, which stood: Mclean, 4021a; Kilbourne, 222; remain der scattering. The nomination was then made unanimous.
 Lieutenant Baston of the Fourth cav airy has organized a band of 100 Maca- bebe scouts. who will operate under the direction of Major General Lawton. All of them were former Spanish volunteers. They will be uniformed and will be arm ed with Krag-Iorgensen rifles.
 President John <. Wilson of the Balti- more Chesapeake and Atlantic railroad has confirmed the reported purchase of controlling interest of that road by the Pennsylvania railroad which, together with its valuable properties of rail and steamboat lines. become immediately part of the Pennsylvania system.
 The operators of coal mines in the Chi cago and Alton subdistrict have held n conferencc and decided that they could not pay the scale for mining asked by the United Mine Workers of America unless they operated their mines at a loss and reached the conclusion that they would allow their mines to remain idle.
 The insular commission, which has giv- en six months study to the conditions in the island of Porto Rico, has made it's report to Secretary Root. 1t recommends a civil government for the island and that the laws be put into effect by exec al would extend the constitution to the is. land.
 Black Hawk. the most noted of the chiefs of the Wisconsin Winnebago In Hans, is dead. Black Hawk had been we'll known in the western part of~Wis- consin for the last 70 years, was always friend of the whites and on several occasions prevented the Winnebngos from taking the warpath against the pnlefaces.
 Late Dawson City arrivals say there was a big clean mp Aug. 13 on claim No 2, on Bonanza creek, which is owned by an English syndicate The clean up included SJ0.000 in six days, beating the previous best record for q weeks work. One pan was worth $9.I5, and 2S ounce nugget was found, worth al- most $I60.
 The Twenty-scventh regiment, com msnded by Colonel Bell, has started from Camp Meade in three special trains for duty in the Philippines. The regi. mcnt will cncamp for some time at the Presidio. in San Francisco, before board. ing the transports for the Philippines. The regiment is fully armed and equip ped for duty in the tropics.
 The adjutant general has been inform ..l ,f h., ,nf tfufp Eastman. Second artillery, at Chase's Lake, near Glcnheld, N. Y. Captain Eastman was native of Massachusetts and graduated nt the Military academy in June. 1866. Death was due to the ef- fleets of an attack of Cuban fever con tracted during the campaign.
 James Fisch. chief clerk at large of the railway mail service, Is on his way to Valdez, Alaska. to take up the mt ter of opening an all American rail route from Valdez by way of Eagle to Circle City, Alaska. He will have the services of detachment of United States troops now at Valdez to blaze road over the route and build supply cabins.
 Senator Carter of Montana, who has lust returned to Washington from n European trip, after n conference with the president. stated that Mir. Mckinley would be compelled to give up his con templated trip through the west He would attend the ceremonies attending the laying of the cornerstone of the Chi cago postoilice building on Oct l, but it was altogether improbable that he would get farther west than Chicago.
 Preparations are under way for the establishment in Chicago of 2 hotel on .t.s city. where patrons can secure first class room. including bath, for 20 and 30 cents a night. The project is being ad- vocated by John II. Bogue, agent for the Continental National Bank building, who is forming stock company and has already received the moral and tnnn- cial indorScment of a number of capi- talists.
 Former Judge Henry Hilton, who died on Aug. 24 at his country seat Saratoga Springs, left his entire fortune Co his children. grandchildren, brothers and sis tcrs. For his son Henry G. Hilton only S25.0O0 is sct apart, from which the ex- ccutors may pay to him and his wife, Agnes S. Hilton. whatever they see fit. Although Mir. Hilton'S fortune was at uue time estimated ar S25,0O0,OO0, the executors petition places the value of his ltui HlblfElA al FbsNNNsbtV Pti- sonalty Sl,000,0O0. This Is considered a low estimate.
 The transport Grant, from Manila, has | arrived at San Francisco with 30 oili- | cers and 5l6 enlisted men of the First | North Dakota, 2S officers and II5 enlist | cd men of the First Idaho, 12 officers and l 2I3 enlisted men of the First Wyoming. | officers and 5I enlisted men of Battery | X, Wyoming light artillery; $ officers | and SI discharged soldiers, 25 convalcs- cent patients, naval prisoners, 2 naval | hospital patients and f civilian passen. gers. The transport carried in addition | crew of 1aG men. making a total on board of 1.6lD persons. Two runaway freight cars struck passenger train on the Erie road near Arlington, x. l.. crushing the engine into shapclcss fragments and hurling q well |