Connecticut western news., 1899-06-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of the Wide World
 Briefly and TerseIy Told.

Professor Samuel Harris of Yale Theo- logical seminary died at Litchfeld, Conn. The United States cruiser Newark has arrived at Valparaiso with all well on board.
 The New York assay office has sent to the Philadelphia mint 30 tons of gold, valued at S15,OO0000. to be coined.
 Jewelry and clothing valued at S50.000, brought by Mrs. Dodge from Europe, were seized at the New York custom house.
 c. F. Huntington has purchased 1850 acres of land in Virginia, on which will be built n reformatory for negro children of that state.
 The trustees of Amherst college have announced the election of Professor George Harris of Andover as president of the college.
 The Clyde liner Pawnee was burned to the waters edge east of Cape Charles. Her crew was rescued by the George w. Clyde of the same line.
 An extensive brewery combine has been effected in Paterson, N. l., taking In all of the breweries of Passaic county, involving $6,o00,000 capital.
 Fire in Oswego, N. Y., destroyed the Oswego Crate factory and slightly dam aged the Ontario Bicycle works and Findlay's Machine works. The loss Is es- timated at S10.000.
 The Rough Riders held an enthusiastic reunion at Las Vegas, N. M., on the first anniversary of the battle of San Juan Hill. Colonel Roosevelt was given med al by his late command.
 The funeral of Lieutenant Philip Van Horne Lansdale, who was killed at Sa- moa, has been held in San Francisco. Bishop Moreland delivered the sermon. The church was crowded, the navy and army being largely represented.
 The last companies of state troops which have been on guard at Papa, Ills, for months owing to numerous nots be- tween strikers and nonunion miners have been withdrawn, and the city Is given back to the control of the county and mu- nicipal authorities.
 Henry Bradley Plant, president of the Plant Investment company, controlling the great system of hotels and railroads on the west coast of Florida and the line of steamers from Tampa to Havana, died suddenly Friday evening at his residence on Firth avenue, New York.
 The largest soda ash factory in the United States Is to be erected at Barber ton, O., by capitalists identified with the Pittsburg Plate Glass company. The corporation will be chartered under the laws of Pennsylvania with q capital stock of $3,000,000. The plant will employ 500 men.
 The Boston Herald says that Admiral Dewey will visit Boston before he goes to New York, this forecast being based on the reported statement of the United States consul general at Halifax that he has received word direct from Washing ton that the Olympia will make Halifax its first American stopping place.
 Baron Edgar de Bara, recently convict ed in Chicago of carrying on fraudulent business through the United States mails, has been taken to Detroit to serve n term of three years in the house of cor rection. The Baroness de Bara has al- ready been taken to the Wheaton Qlls.) jail to serve her term of one year.
 A letter from Dawson City, dated May 26, says the clean up for the present sea. son will amount to at least xfS,000, 900, more than twice last years yield. The increase is due to the fact that Domin- ion, Sulphur and Hunker creeks, which were practically unworked last season, have been developed to a considerable extent.
  ship George 1T. Hay, recently arrived in New York from Manila, has received a letter from his brother, Captain George Spicer of the British ship Glooscap, say ing that all the adult male Spanish resi-. dents of Balabac, the extreme southwest island of the Philippines, had been mas sacred by the natives.
 Hon. c. c. Foster, former United States judge for the district of Kan sas, is dead. Judge Foster was appoint ed judge of the United States district court by President Grant in 1874 and served until March of this year, when he was retired and succeeded by w. c. Hook. Judge Foster was born at Web ster, N. r., in May, 1887.
 Abram Gould, a brother of Jay Gould, has died at Salem, N. Y. For many years he was purchasing agent for the Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain Railroad company. He leaves one son, Fred, aged 21 years. Mir. Gould's health had been very poor for several months, and recently, in company with his son, he went east for rest. He was % years old.
 The United States cable ship Hooker, from New York May l for Manila, has arrived at Singapore. The Hooker was
 
 tured by the United States during the re. cent war, and is the first ship fitted out by the government as a cable steam CT. The equipment includes about 250 miles of cable and large quantity of land wire. s- The United States collier Abarenda has arrived at Valparaiso. The Abarenda sailed from Old Point, Va, April 30 for Pago Pago, Samoa. Besides the struc- tural material for the wharf and coal sheds at Pago Pago the Abarenda has on board 2,400 tons of coal for the coaling station which is to be erected at that place and which is to be of the most permanent character.
 From advices received at Seattle 1t would seem that mining expedition in which Prince Luigi of Italy Is interested has struck it rich near Port Clarence, Alaska. government reindeer station. X letter from Charles E. Chard of Seat tie, one of the party, says he and two others took out $20 a day from Discovery claim with rocker. He says a man could have worked out S100 n day by sluicing. All the cooperative glass plants of the United States have closed down. The capacity of the factories closed Is 90 pots, 72 of which were in the west and
  wage scale is signed for the next fire and the time set for resuming no window glass will be made in this country. Just when that will be can only be conjec- tured. but it Is thought that 1t will be not less than six months.
 Charles Murphy, who will try to ride a mile paced by a locomotive in n minute or less, has made a trial of the board track near Haywood, N. Y. He was paced by an engine and one car. The board track is laid between the railroad tracks. At the rear of the car to be used Is wind shield, and in the center of this n black streak, which Murphy guides himself by. The pace was terrific, and the mile was done in l minute and 5 seconds. Colonel yifquain of the mustered out Third Nebraska is hopeful that the regi- ment, whose services he has twice ten dered to the president may be called up. on to go to the Philippines. In answer
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