Connecticut western news., 1899-03-09
NEWS OF THE EEK.
Happenings of the Wide World
 Briefly and TerseIy Told.


 commissioners from Great Britain, died ia Washington on Wednesday.
 President Mckinley has appointed former Governor Merriam of Minnesota superintendent of the twelfth census.
 Petitions have been signed in Dyea. Alaska. to have the town accepted by the British as a concession from Amer ica.
 The battleshlp oregon. accompanied by the collier Iris sailed for Manila on Feb. 20, She should reach her destina- ton about March 15.
 The grand jury has indicted Roland Burnham Molineux for murder In the first degree as a result of the coroner's inquest in the Adams poison case.
 Five men and a woman were buried under an avalanche of snow which came down Granite mountain near the Magma Charta mine at White Pine, Colo.
 The armored cruiser New York. flag ship of the north Atlantic squadron. Rear Admiral Sampson commanding. and the battleship Indiana have arrived at Havana.
 The federal grand jury has returned two indictments against James Mac naughton of New York and one against his brother Allan. charging them with defrauding the Tradesmen's bank.
 The wage conference at Fall River. Mass, has resulted in the manufac- turers promising to restore the II i-s per cent cut of year ago, beginning April g. The decision affects the whole city.
 Among the passengers from Honolulu on the steamer Australia were A sol- diers from the Kansas and New York regiments. six of whom had been dis charged. The others returned on sc- count of illness.
 The cruiser Raleigh. en route to the United States, homeward bound from she Philippines, has sailed from Malta and will touch next at Algiers. The training ship Essex has sailed from St. Thomas for San Juan, Porto Rico.
 The Vulcan Iron works at Tamaaua. Pa, which are controlled by Wilkes barre capitalists and have been idle more than a year. will shortly resume operations. with contracts on hand that will require years time 10 complete.
 News has been received at Jackson. Tenn. of disastrous wreck near Tu- pelo, onr the Mobile and Ohio railroad. Six coaches. loaded with soldiers. were overturned. and two of the inmates were killed and six others seriously hurt.
 The cruiser Reina Mercedes which was sunk in the channel of Santiago harbor during the bombardment by Ad- miral Sampson's fleet on June c, has been raised and pumped out, the gov ernment tugs assisting the wrecking company
 General Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky will probably be placed in an asylum by his friends at his neighbors' request. Since the remarriage of his divorced young wife. Dora Brock, the old man has become violent, and 1t is feared he may harm somebody
 The body of Lord Herschell. who came to this country as Great Brit aims high commissioner to negotiate Canadian treaty. arrived in Jersey City and was at once transferred to the British cruiser Talbot, which will con vey the corpse to England.
 A syndicate represented by Hugo von Reitzenstein and including John C. Tom lnson. Senor Rafael Govin. Senor Eus- tis, Senor Francisco Garcia and other prominent people has purchased and partly paid for 14 cigar and cigarette factories in and about Havana.
 The coal miners strike in Arkansas Is still on, with little prospect of an ear ly termination. although there has been no serious clash between the opposing interests. James Boston. leader of the strikers. says efforts will be made to extend the struggle to other fields.
 The president has approved the bill providing for a new custom house in New York city, the bill appropriating additional funds to buy more property for the Brooklyn postoffice and the bill appropriating S20. 900 900 to carry out the provisions of the treaty of peace with Spain.
 Sara Jewett, at one time a prominent figure on the American stage. is dead. She made her debut on Sept. 3. 1872. at the Fifth Avenue theater. New York. Her first role was Mabel wyckofr in Bronson Towards play. Diamonds" Later she appeared in leading roles with Augustin Daly's and A. M. Palmer's companies.
 The navy department is pushing the settlement of the prize cases growing out of the late war as rapidly as possi- ble. and the judge advocate general has sent to the auditor of the treasury for the navy the claims of the Nashville and Marblehead for the seizure of the Argonauta and the Marblehead. Reso- lute and Annapolis for the seizure of the Adula.
 Notices have been posted at Kimber- ly's rolling mill. at Greenville. Pa., an- nouncing an increase of 10 per cent in wages in all departments except ton- mage men. whose wages are controlled by rhe Amalgamated association. Twen- ty furnaces are in operation. and more will be put on in few days. It is re- ported that the new Steel trust is nego- tiating for the plant.
 Articles oS incorporation have been filed with the New Jersey secretary of state for the incorporation of the Amer ican Soda company, with an authorized capital stock Of sl, 900. 900. The compa- ny is authorized to manufacture and deal in bicarbonate of soda, sal soda, caustic soda, alkalies and all the prod ucts deductable from salt; also to mine salt and refine the same and to use all such products in commercial combina- tions.
 Articles of incorporation have been filed with the secretary of state at Trenton of the United Electric compa- ny. with an authorized capital of S20.- 900 900. The company is formed for the purpose of acquiring and consolidating the electric light companies of Essex. Hudson and adjoining counties in north ern New Jersey and is backed by the United Gas Improvement company of Philadelphia.
 Representative Bailey has announced that he will not be a candidate for the Democratic leadership in the next con- gress. He says that his decision is ir- revocable. The refusal of the Demo- crats Thursday to follow his lead tz the demand for the Cus.-.,.-. --s.o.. of Ia resolutions declaring General Wheele and the members who had accepted army commissions had vacated thet seats induced him to make the an nouncement.
 The valcenia has sailed for Manila via Honolulu. She carried about l50 recruits for the infantry. artillery and hospital corps and was laden with supplies of all kinds for the troops in Hawai- and the phllippineS The most fmportant item