The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-01-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK,
Happenings of the wide world
Briefly and TerseIy Told.

Mrs Mary Hine died in ithaca N, r.,
aged over 100 years
/ The cruiser Raleigh, from Manila for
New York. has left Bombay
Governor Roosevelt has signed the
Pan American exposition bill
Sharkey and his sp2rring partner have
been fined in Boston for boxing.
Tbs streets of Salem, Ark, are said to
be filled with smallpox patients.
Captain Richard p Leary of the navy
has been appointed governor of Guam.
Nathan Day Scott has been elected
United States senator from West Vir-
| ginia.
The navy department. decided to blow
up the Merrimac in Santiago harbor
| channel
Fire in the Sherwood House, Cincin-
natl, was accompanied with many mar
row escapes of guests.
A big tin plate company has filed ar
ticles of incorporation at Trenton, with
capital of $20,625,0OO.
The officers and members of the Sixth
Massachusetts have been mustered out
| of the United States service.
| The Ohio supreme court has refused
to GUST Master Commissioner Brins-
| maui III tile OIdHQdTu O1I case.
The excitement in the New York
Stock Exchange keeps up, and a record
breaking business is still being done.
! The president has nominated Colonel
Eugene Griffin, First United States vol
unteer engineers, to be brigadier gen.
eral.
! Walter Watts and Miss Mary Sinclair
! Of Newburg were drowned while skat-
! ing on the Hudson river near New
| Windsor.
The Illinois senate has passed the
house joint resolution of thanks to Miss
! Helen Gould for her devotion to Ameri-
can soldiers.
| Alfred Jackson who robbed Mr.. Ly-
man j. Cages First National bank of
| Chicago, told of seven fruitless at
| tempts at suicide.
Ex-Governor c. A. Culberson of Tex
as has been elected by reclamation by
the legislature as United States senator
to succeed Roger @. Mills.
Members of the Reorganized Church
of Latter Day Saints of st, Louis have
adopted a resolution against seating
Congressman Elect Roberts of Utah.
Ex-Mayor Mcgowan of Trenton caus-
ed the arrest of Simon Buttner, proprie-
tor of the Hotel Winslow, in New York,
on a charge of robbing him of $1,000 in
money and also Of valuables.
There are rumors of a gigantic rail
road combination, giving the Wander
bilts through transcontinental line, to
include the Chicago and Northwestern,
the Union Pacific and the Oregon Short
Line.
United States Senator Knute Nelson
| of Minnesota, the American commits
sioner to the Bergen exhibition, and Mr..
! o. A. Thorp of Chicago have been ga
zetted Knights of ST. Olaf by the Swed-
ish government
The legislature of Nevada met in joint
session Wednesday to confirm the cleo
ton of William M. Stewart to the Unit
ed States senate. The journal of each
legislative branch was read and the
votes given. The president of the SEN
ate thereupon declared Stewart elected
senator from Nevada.
The Philadelphia North American has
been transferred to r. E. A. Dorr, pub
! Usher of the New York Mail and Ex-
press. The North American is the old
est daily newspaper in America, being
a direct descendant of the Pennsylvania
Packet and General Advertiser the first
| issue of which appeared on Oct. 49, 1771.
The west bound limited express on the
! Southern Pacific railroad collided with
| an engine near Lacosta, 20 miles west
| of San Antonio Tex. Alonzo Miller,
| fireman. of San Antonio was killed and
Robert Nicholas engineer, was fatally
injured. The passengers were badly
shaken up, but sustained no serious in
| jury.
]. Alfred Bodine, president of the Bo-
dine Glass company of Williamstown,
| dropped dead in the Office of his fac
| tory at Millville N. J. His death is
| believed to have been due to excite
ment over the threatened strike of 5000
| glass workers and 900 other employees
at Millville, Bridgeton, Clayton, Glass
boro Salem, Williamstown and other
! points in New Jersey.
The war department has issued an
| invitation for bids from responsible
shipping concerns of all nations for
transportation of the Spanish prisoners
| in the Philippines from Manila to Spain.
| The treaty requires the United States
I to transport these prisoners home with
out awaiting ratification of the peace
treaty. Bids will be opened Feb. / in
New York and San Francisco
| Judge Spencer in the circuit court at
! st. Louis, has rendered his decision in
the case of the Mississippi Trust com
pany versus Sportsmans park and club
in favor of the plaintiff. This decision
is against Chris Won der Ahe's interests,
as Judge Spencer declares the National
| league baseball franchise a part of the
property covered by the mortgage which
the trust company seeks to foreclose
Governor Roosevelt has designated
Austin G. Fox and Wallace Macfarlina
of New York city as special counsel to
represent him in the canal prosecu-
tons. Both men have accepted. Mr.
Fox is well known New York city az
| toruey. Mr.. Macfarlane was United
! States district attorney in this state
under the administration of President
| Cleveland. They VIII be associated with
Mr.. Shove of Syracuse in the canal
cases.
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