The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-05-26

/ BENJAMIN FRANKLIN OldTh, OIIlSu
| States consul at Pernambuco, died on
board the Lamport and Holt line steam
err Havelius on May 10 of Bright's dis
ease and was buried at sea the same
evening.
The strike of the grain shovelers at
Buffalo, with the sympathetic strikes,
mas been ended. The Lake Carriers as
ISOLATION conceded everything the strik
ers asked, except the abrogation of the
contract with W. ]. Corners.
The Gorge trolley railway. running
from Niagara Falls to Lewiston, has
been sold by the sheriff to Herbert P.
Bissel of Buffalo for $6,184, subject to
mortgage of $1,000,OO0 held by the
Knickerbocker Trust company.
The eightieth birthday of Queen Vic
toria was celebrated throughout the
world. The most noteworthy celebrations
were those at Windsor, London and Port
Tampa, Fla. where two British war
ships assisted in the festivities.
Brigadier General Christian D. Wolff,
a veteran of the Mexican and civil wars,
is dead, aged II. In both wars he serv-
ed with distinction. and before the close
of the civil war President Lincoln APP
pointed him brigadier general of volun.
teers.
John E. Potter, the famous abolition
list and former congressman from
Wisconsin, is dead from a paralytic
stroke, aged so years. Mr.. Potter was
one of the founders of Republican
party. He served three terms in con-
gress from 1857 to 1863
The president has given orders to
carry out the recommendations of Gen
erals Otis and Lawton making Colo
mel Summers of the Second Oregon a
brevet brigadier general of volunteers
and Captain Case of the engineer bat
talon major by brevet.
A warrant for SIG, 544 has been drawn
in favor of the governor of Maine in
payment of the first installment of the
amount due the state of Maine for ex-
penses incurred and paid in aiding the
United States TO raise the volunteer ar
my in the war with Spain.
The naval orders just posted assign
Captain ]. B. Coghlan to duty as COM
mandant OF the Puget sound naval sta
ssan June 20. bv which time the Raleigh
Will be cut Of commission. The remain
ing officers of the Raleigh are also de-
tached and placed on waiting orders OF
leave
A large portion of the Greenpoint Sec
ton of Brooklyn has been destroyed by
fire. Three lives were lost. The ffnan-
cial loss probably exceeds $500, 900 and
may approximate S1,000,0O0. Fully so
families were rendered homeless and a
large number of workmen thrown out
of employment.
Andrew ], Mathes, the second of the
80 defendants in the celebrated Semi
mole burning cases, has been found gull
ty. Mathes was a preacher and at the
time of the burning of the Indians was
present and prayed loudly to God to
save the souls of the boys, but made no
effort to save them from his fellow men.
A letter from Durango, Mexico says
that Fred l.. Morris, secretary of the
Mississippi Valley Trust company of
Kansas City. ana H. u. Ellison of A BIZ
lene, Kan, who have been prospecting
for some weeks in the mountains, have
struck bonanza silver mine that prom.
ises fortune. They claim to have $780,
600 in sight and have commenced work.
AT Pana, Ills. as the result of a
meeting of coal mine operators with
the state board of arbitration and the
United Mine Workers officials an
agreement has been signed formally
there between union miners and opera
| tors. The agreement gives the union
recognition and declares that all ne
groes shall leave the city and only
union men be employed.
| General Otis has cabled notice of the
| recent death at Manila of Lieutenant
! Pierce c. Foster Third infantry from
| typhoid fever. He was the son of Colo
mol Cho rIac w Eocfar rat;rad
of the quartermasters department. He
| was member of the West Point class
which was graduated last February in
advance of the usual time In order to
fill positions in the army which would
otherwise have become vacant.
The war department is in possession
of about 140 pieces of artillery captured
or surrendered as a result of the war
with Spain. Many applications have
been received at the department for the
ban or gift of these guns, and few of
| them have been granted The act of
congress under which the distribution
is made sanctions such loans or gifts
only to G. A. r. posts, soldiers memo
rial associations and municipalities.
Pittsburg advices say an increase In
wages for $500 men was the result of
the annual prescription scale confer
ence between the American Flint Glass
Workers association and the Associa-
| ton of Flint and Lime Glass Manufac-
turers, which has just adjourned OF
this number 1900 skilled workmen will
receive. an increase of 10 per cent and
| 5000 unskilled hands an advance in pro-
portion. The advance win go into effect
at the beginning of the next fire and
will restore to the men the wages they