Connecticut western news., 1899-12-21
NJ Carter frauds.

NJ. Carter frauds.
 One hundred and tweRty-three postof- fees have been advanced from the fourth class to the third class on returns made to the postoffice department for the quar- ter ending Jan. l 1900.
 Notices announcing a general advance of 10 per cent in every department of the J. X r. Coates Thread company have been posted. Employees to the number of 2.200 will be benefited.
 Junior Hatfield. manager of the Dime Savings and Loan association of Pater- son. x. J.. has been arrested on charge of having misappropriated about $2,000 of the associations funds.
 William Platto, chief of police of Pough- keepsie, N. r., has been suspended under charges of ''ineficiency, neglect of duty and failure to suppress disorderly places and to enforce the RaiGes law"
 Colonel Smith, governor of Negros is- land, has been obliged to arrest several prominent natives on the charge of con. spiracy. The native municipal constabu. Iary in three towns recently mutInIed ana went into the mountains, but the native soldiery are reported loyal.
 Colonel Julius Arthur Adams has died at his home in Brooklyn from a complica- ton of diseases due to old age. He was born in Boston in 1872 and was a second cousin of John Quincy Adams.
 United States Consul Hollis has cnbled the state department announcing his ar- rival at Pretoria. He will act as United
 tates consul at Pretoria until the arrival
 that point of Mir. Adelbert Hay.
 The Republican organization of Brook lyn. through the executive committee. has officially indorsed the aspirations of Lieu tenant Governor Timothy l.. Woodruff for the vice presidential nomination. Thomas N. Hart. Republican. defeated General Patrick A. Collins, the Dem. cratic nominee for mayor of Boston. l., 1,S00 votes. The Democrats. howayci still control both branches of the cit, government.
 The athletic association of the Unive. sity of Pennsylvania has definitely d, ci; ed to send the Pennsylvania track tea to Europe next year to take part in th. Olympian games to be held at Paris du ing the exposition.
 Dr. Salient Armstrong Hopkins, re turned missionary from India, ha, brought an action for S50,000 damaga, against Bishop J. NJ. Thoburn of thu Methodist Episcopal church of Syracuse for alleged islander.
 At the special election in the Seventh Kentucky congressional district to elect successor to the late Congressman Evan E. Settle, June w. Gayle (Dem.l of Owen county was elected over ex-Con- gressman w. c. Owens.
 Irving Shaw, 14 years old, of provi- dence, N. r., convicted of murdering Jesse Blanche, at Providence last octo- Der, has been sentenced to life imprison- ment at Dannemora prison. He is believ ed to be the youngest life prisoner in the state.
 Senor Apacible, chairman of the Fili- pino junta in Hongkong, is about to leave for Washington. He says he is going on the invitation of prominent Democrats to make a personal appeal to the United States congress to grant independence to the Filipinos.
 Governor Roosevelt has appointed County Judge Frederick W. Kruse of Cattaraugus county to the vacant su- preme court judgeship in the Eighth judi cial department, made vacant by the ap- pointment to a full term of Judge Tru- man c. White.
 The Republican national convention will be held at Philadelphia on Tuesday, June 19, next. The place and date were decided upon by the national Republican committee after a friendly contest be- tween the city selected, Chicago, St. Iouis and New York