The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-04
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of the Wide World
briefly and TerseIy Told.

SSeuSu 1eHetdl anger as secretary Ol Wal.
9. w. Marks has sold his great PAGER,
Joe Patchen, POLY, to Ed Mills of Bos-
ton for H. Y. Haws of Johnstown, Pa.
Mr.. Marks says the price was $4,000 in
| cash.
| The United States transport Valencia,
which sailed from San Francisco June 20
with re-enforcements for the American
troops in the Philippines, has arrived at
| Manila
The former Spanish cruiser Reina
Mercedes, upon which minor repairs are
being made preparatory to starting upon
cruise of exhibition, has come out of
| drydock at the Norfolk navy yard.
Captain G. f. Goodrich has been de-
| tached from command of the cruiser
| Newark and ordered to assume command
of the battleship Iowa on Sept l, reliev-
| ing Captain Terry, who is ordered home
| on waiting orders.
President Mckinley has sent to Major
| General Otis an expression of confidence
| in his ability and Judgment and assur-
ances that his conduct Of civil and mill
| tary matters meets with the hearty APP
proval of the government.
The cruiser Newark will, it is an
nounced, probably remain at Callao for a
fortnight and then proceed to San Fran
| cisco to receive Admiral Kautz. After
| ward she will proceed to Honolulu and,
! according to rumor, may go to Manila.
Edward S. Campbell vice president of
the Newark Banking company, has been
| appointed permanent receiver of the Mid
| dlesex County bank at Perth Amboy, n.
j., which was wrecked by Cashier George
| NJ. Valentine. His bond was fixed at
| $4,000.
At Baltimore four negroes, Corne-
| Illus Gardner John Meyers, Charles
James and Joseph Bryan, have been
hanged in the Jail yard, the first three
named for assaulting little Annie Bailey
April % and Bryan for the murder Of
Mary Pack, J woman with whom he had
| lived.
The 100 mile paced race for the cham
| pionship of America at the Manhattan
| Beach bicycle track Saturday was won
| by Burns Pierce of Boston, the present
| holder of the 100 mile American record.
| Frank Waller was second, finishing in Oh.
| Am 8 los. Harry Elkes was third and
| Miller last.
Upper Lake, N. Y, has been destroy
| ed by fire. One hundred and sixty-nine
buildings were burned, including nearly
! business places were destroyed. The fire
protection was very meager. The fire
| started in King & Pages store. The loss
is about $150,000
| Major General Otis cables from Manila
| that the transport Pennsylvania has ar
| rived, with no casualties. The transport
| Pennsylvania sailed from San Francisco
| July /, Colonel A. S. Burt, Twenty fifth
,,,fa
| tiers, Companies B, II, l, X, L and NJ.
Twenty-frst infantry, and recruits, %
| officers OFT enlisted men.
| Rear Admiral William T. Sampson has
| fled in the supreme court of the District
of Columbia a suit in his own behalf and
also in behalf of the officers and enlisted
men of the ships of the north Atlantic
squadron who took part in the naval en-
gagement off Santiago and the subse-
quent captures for prize money. The
suit is similar to that recently entered by
| Admiral Dewey in the same court.
Minister Merry has been instructed to
represent to the government of Nicara-
qua that in the opinion of the state de-
| partment the $4,000 collected by Gener-
al Torres from the American merchants
| in Bluefieids should be returned to them.
| The merchants were required to pay this
amount of money on goods that had been
previously assessed by the revolutionary
| party while the latter was in control at
| Bluefields.
Brigadier General Ludlow gives a
| very encouraging account of the situation
in Havana. He says that the health con-
ditions Of the city are such as to leave
| the doctors without employment to a
great extent. The 2,200 troops in the Ha-
vana command are In excellent condition
General Ludlow feels very much encour-
aged about the government of the city
and says the reforms instituted by the
Americans are working successfully.
A landslide on the Erie railroad near
LackawaXen, Pa, caused the derailment
of % cars of an east bound freight train
early Sunday morning just before west
bound express No. was due. For some
reason no signal was put out to warn No.
Z, which crashed into the debris. The
engine of the express, combination car
and two sleepers were. demolished and
burned. The engineer and fireman were
killed, and several passengers were hurt
none fatally.
The latest report from the volcano of
Mauna Loa, received by way of Kalieha
is to the effect that great change took
place in the course of the lava flow on
the night of July Is. The mighty stream
of burning lava, which was steadily how-
ing toward the town of Hilo and threat
ening its destruction, has fortunately
been diverted in its course so that the
danger of life and property is less immi-
nent than at the time of the previous
mail advices.
Heavy storms on Wednesday did great
damage in New Jersey and eastern New
York. Elizabeth, n. j., was visited by a
cyclone which unroofed two theaters and
several houses, besides blowing down the
spires of two churches. At Newark light
ming struck an electric car and power
house, which was burned, together with
50 cars. Lightning struck the shipyard
of G. Hiltebrand, at South Rondout, N
Y, killing one man and injuring - 9th
ers.
Counsel has been retained by the 81
men arrested on July 10 after the dyna-
mite explosion under the Fifth avenue
elevated railway pillars at Thirty-sixth
street, Brooklyn, for the purpose of in
stituting individual suits against the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit company for
false Imprisonment. Former Assistant
District Attorney Isaac NJ. Kapper, who
defended the prisoners before Magistrate
Bremen in the police court and secured
their discharge, will have charge of the
cases.
Eugene Pakahpuer, a graduate from