The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-07-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of the Wide World
Briefly and Tersely Told.

Briefly and TerseIy Told.
Admiral Dewey reached Suez on the
Olympia Wednesday morning.
Floods in Luzon make the position of
the American troops one of great discom-
fort.
John Sherman is reported to have re-
covered from his recent illness at Mans
field, o.
A child was killed and II persons hurt
in a tenement house fire in New York
Tuesday.
The National Educational association
began its annual convention in Los an
geles Tuesday.
Thirty Spanish military prisoners and
II civilians have been released by the in
surgent Filipinos.
The Distilling Company of America,
capital $125,000,000, was incorporated in
New Jersey Tuesday.
Mrs. Bayard Thayer of Boston lost
three rings valued at $4,000 at the Hol-
land House, New York.
A young swimmer at Chestertown,
Md, was killed by lightning as he was
about to dive from pile.
The new vessel of the New Haven line,
the Chester w. Chaplin, was launched at
Sparrow's Point, Md, Tuesday.
The president appointed Colonel Alfred
e. Bates paymaster general of the army,
to succeed General Asa B. Carey.
Congress- gift to Dewey, sword, will
be presented to the admiral by Secretary
Long on the east front of the capitol.
Mrs. May Wright Sewall of the United
States was chosen president of the wo-
-. s.,& Thrrrc Aax
The Yale and Harvard athletic teams
reached Southampton on the st. Louis
Wednesday evening in excellent condi-
ton.
The engineers of the battleship Iowa,
now in drydock at Seattle, Wash, have
discovered serious injuries to her fur
naces.
Colonel Leonard of the Twelfth regi-
ment heads long list of New York men
named for officers in the new volunteer
regiments.
The ministers of Ann Arbor, Mich, an
nounced that they would not marry per-
sons divorced for any cause save the
scriptural one.
Helen Lersch, years of age, of Tren-
ton died Saturday night as the result of
bite on the left leg by an insect, supposed
to be kissing bug.
Herr Rose, formerly German consul at
Apia, arrived in Washington, and con-
ference on Samoan affairs was held at
the state department.
While hunting for negro Jail breakers
white citizens of Campbell county, Ca,
killed an innocent negro who started to
rup at their approach.
Tho cfoomar Ouoan otrivad of Viator;o
3. G., with gold frQm- Alaska variously
$350,000 to $1,000,000.
The president issued an order extend
ing the protection of the American flag
to vessels owned by residents of Porto
Rico and the Philippines.
The civil service commission asked the
comptroller Of the treasury to review his
decision regarding appointments of depu-
ty United States marshals.
A committee of the Grand Army of the
Republic had conference with Presi-
dent Mckinley in regard to the pension
policy of the administration.
By collision in California two pas
sengers on a special train to the meeting
of the National Educational association
were killed and several others were in
jured.
President Mckinley has appointed sew
eral lieutenant colonies and many officers
of lower rank to serve with the volunteer
regiments being recruited for the Philip
pines.
Brigadier General Harrison Gray OTIS
who formerly commanded a brigade of
American soldiers on the island of Luzon,
said the Filipinos were incapable Of self
government.
There is hitch in the reciprocity trea-
ty negotiations with France owing to the
fact that the concessions made by the
vor in Paris.
The gunboat Annapolis, now being
used as a practice ship by the senior class
of Annapolis naval cadets, arrived in
New York Sunday from Philadelphia on
a summer cruise.
Members of the United States civil
service commission began hearing in
Concord, N. H, of charges against Sena-
tor Gallinger for alleged violations of
the civil service laws.
The American government declined to
arbitrate claims for damages for the
death Of Austro-Hungarian subjects at
Ha1leton, Pa, who were killed during
the coal miners strike.
The Christian Endeavor convention in
Detroit ended, and messages were sent
to the peace commission, the president,
the queen Of Greet Britain and the gov
ernor general of Canada.