Connecticut western news., 1899-03-16
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of the Wide World
 Briefly and TerseIy Told.


 General Brooke has been ordered to dissolve the Cuban assembly at once.
 Professor James HoppIns resignedsthe chair of history of art in Yale School of Fine Arts.
 A mild form of smallpox epidemic prevails among the colored people of Washington.
 The Forty-seventh New York regl- ment has landed In Brooklyn and met a royal welcome.
 Frank N. Sheldon, on trial at Au- burn, N. r., for wife murder, commit ted suicide in jail.
 Colonel Jack Chinn has been indicted for threatening to assault former State Senator Bronston in Lexington. Ky.
 The American National bank Of Lima. O., mysteriously robbed in December. has decided to go into voluntary liquI- dalton.
 The Democrats of Rhode Island at their annual convention nominated George W. Greene. mayor of woon- socket, for governor.
 ''Dr." Nancy Guilford, accused of the murder of Miss Emma Gill in Connecti- cut, Is III. and her trial at Bridgeport has been postponed.
 i New York's foreign commerce has decreased sss,0o0.ooo in the last fiscal year, according to the Chamber of Com merce report, just issued.
 Eleven masked and armed men bound three employees of the sayre and Ath- ems Traction company at Athens. N. Y., blew open the safes and stole s175.
 Austin Bidwell. one of the men who became famous through the Bank of England forgeries. is dead at Butte. Mon. The cause of his death was given as grip.
 Four companies of the Second United States engineers, comprising the garri- son at Honolulu. are shortly to be re- called home. They have been On duty there since the outbreak of the Spanish war.
 Lieutenant Colonel Charles c. Sharpe testified before the army board of in- quiry that beef furnished the troops at Camp Thomas was hauled in dirty wag- ons and that some of the beef was filled with vermin.
 Aguinaldo declares that he has paid filibusters s700.000 and has received on- ly 500 rifles and 2.0oo.0 900 rounds of ann munition. The fiilibusters say the rest have been captured, but probably they were never bought.
 (N. H.) cotton mills has decided to raise wages for weaving in No. 1 mill 10 per cent. to take effect April ,. All reductions in wages that went into ef- feet in January. 1898, are to be restored.
 By a bequest of Herbert Stewart. a wealthy New York engineer and con- tractor who died March ( and whose will has been probated in this city, Yale university will receive fully s50.oo0 to establish the Herbert Stewart scientific fund.
 Dr. William Lewis. the secretary of the North Carolina state board of health, says smallpox is steadily in- creasing In that state. He reports the disease prevalent in I7 counties, and a letter from Burlington, 70 miles from Raleigh. states that there are II cases there.
 The Nebraska legislature In joint ses- sion elected Nj. l.. Hayward (Rep.) United States senator to succeed Will liam V. Allen. He received 74 votes. the solid Republican membership with the exception of one absent on account of sickness. Allen received 5s, the full fusion strength.
 The tug Bowen was lost with all on board ofr Hog island. near Norfolk Eleven lives were lost on the tug, but the crew of -he dredge she was towing at the time were picked up by the Ger man steamship Albano, Hound from New York to Newport News. They were landed at Old Point Comfort.
 The richest. gold ore yet found in Re- public camp, Washington, has been dis covered in the Flag HiIl claim. Tellu- ride ore was encountered fin the shaft at . depth of 20 feet which assays sls, ,ss7 per ton. A sensational strike of gold ore has also been made in the Bunker Hill mine, on Palmer mountain. in oxano- gan county.
 The joint assembly of the Utah legis- lature was declared adjourned sine die Friday night without elscting a United States senator. The one hundred and sixty-first and last ballot was as fol- lows: Mccune, 20: George c. Cannon. IS; F. J. Cannon, T. King. {; J. H. Moyle. {; Powers. {; Nebeker, 1; Suth- erland, 2; absent, 2.
 When the steamer Alameda left Hon. olulu, March 1, 1t was thought that the Princess Kaiulani could not live more than 24 hours. Rheumatism of the heart is the cause of her Illness. Kaiu- lani is the daughter of the late Princess Likelike. A. s. Cleghorn. scotchman. is her father. He is now living in Homo lulu. She was born Oct IS. 1875. 
 The trial of Mrs. Margaret E. Cody for attempting to blackmail George and Helen Gould resulted in verdict of guilty. A recommendation of mercy was made to the court by the jury, the district attorney and Miss Gould. Mrs. Cody was discharged on her own recog- nizance, owing to her age and the fact that she had already been in jail nearly a year.
 Members of the Yale corporation say that Professor Bernadotte Perrin, since 1893 professor of Greek at Yale. Is likely to be chosen as successor 10 President Timothy Dwight. Professor Perrin was graduated <rom Yale in 1869. and has taught in Yale as tutor and professor, Western university as professor and in the Hartford High school as assistant principal
 The United States transport Sheridan, from New York on Feb. IS for Manila, reported at Malta. By permission of the governor of Malta. General Sir Ar thur James Lyon Fremantle. the Amer ican troops. consisting of 2,o00 men, landed. and the governor. attended by his stan. Inspected them on the F1orian parade ground. Subsequently the Amer leans marched past and created q spisn- did impression.
 Governor Roosevelt of New York has refused to sanction the proposed com promise of the suits brought by the state against Armour & Co. of Chicago for violating the state butter laws and has ordered the attorney general to proceed with the prosecution of the cases. These suits were brouEst to rec cover penalties amounting to q, ,250.00e for selling oleomargarins in the state as an imitation of butter.
 E. c. Andre, Belgian consul at Ma- nila, is trying to form stock company with a capital of si0. 0.o00. 900 for invest ment In the Philippine Islands. The Philippines are no place." says M. An