Connecticut western news., 1899-06-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of the Wide World
 Briefly and TerxcIy Told

brtehy and Terscly Told.
 Vice President Hobart rode out with President Mckinley.
 The president has signed the com. mission of John A. Merritt of New York as postmaster at Washington.
 The Yale university second crew de- feated the Annapolis crew by four lengths at Annapolis on Saturday.
 James Williams, colored convict. set hre to his cell at Dannemora prison and was burned so badly that he died.
 The University of Pennsylvania won the intercollegiate championship in track athletics, with Harvard second and I~le third.
 The war department has been advised by General Otis of the arrival at Manila of the Newport. which sailed from san Francisco April 20.
 Harry Gibson, the boy middle distance bicycle rider. has ridden one-third of a mile in 36 1-5 seconds. The record Is S6 4-5 seconds.
 The United States transport Logan has arrived at New York from Cuba with Hoods immunes. United States volun- teers, comprising AT officers and 636 men.
 Burglars entered the house of Jesse Wakeman, a wealthy farmer living three miles from Walton, Delaware county, N. Y., and stole over S2,0o0 in cash and S25. 900 in securities.
 The tramp steamships Indrani and Sikh stasced from New York Sunday on race to Singapore, India. The cap tains of the two vessels have wagered S1 900 each on the contest.
 Benjamin Franklin Clark, United States consul at Pernambuco, died on board the Lamport X Holt line steam CT Havelius on May 1s of Bright's dis ease and was buried at sea the same evening.
 Adrian Braun has been put to death by electricity in Sing Sing prison for the murder of his wife. A current of 1,S00 volts was turned on. A second shock was given for ten seconds. The execu- tion was successful
 The bureau of engraving and printing is now at work on designs fer Sl00, $500 and $1,000 documentary revenue stamps" The S1,0O0 stamp will have the portrait of Madison and will be en- graved in two colors.
 Secretary Alger has ordered 2,000 re- cruits for regular regiments in the Phil ippines, who are now at San Francisco, to sail on the transport Sheridan, June !. HIS Snlp VIII De uSeu IO uOlnt NOl- unteers from the Philippines.
 Lieutenant Ward of the navigation bu- reau has made the following official an nouncement: Admiral Dewey telegraphs that he will stop at various places on his way to the United States and will reach New York about Oct. l."
 The eightieth birthday of Queen Vic toria was celebrated throughout the world. The most noteworthy celebrations were those at Windsor, London and Port Tampa, Fla. where two British war ships assisted in the festivities.
 Alonzo J. Whiteman, who was twice elected & state senator and once ran for congress, and who has been arrested many times, has been arrested again in New York and was held in $500 bail on the charge of uttering a worthless check.
 The president has given orders to carry out the recommendations of Generals Otis and Lawton making Colonel Sum- llers of the Second Oregon \ brevet brig adi.- general of volunteers and Cattt:n Case of the engineer battalion & major by brSvet. .
 The United States embassy at Brus- sells has reported to the state department that the Belgian government has by de- cree issued on the 18th inst. rescinded the interdiction upon the importation of American cattle. The decree takes effect May 31.
 Large quantities of bogus dollars are in circulation in San Francisco, and the work of the counterfeiters has been so we'll done as to almost defy detection The coins are said to be made of Mexi. can silver and to have the true weight and ring.
 Further attempts to float the American line steamer Paris have been abandoned until the next spring tides. Fresh holes have been discovered in her fore port. There Is no doubt the Paris Is badly strained. Fortunately the weather con tinues iae, and the sea Is smooth. .s-
 The naval orders just posted assign Captain J. B. Coghlsn to duty as com mandant of the Puget sound naval sta tisn June 30, by which time the Raleigh win be out of commission. The remain ing officers of the Raleigh are also de tached and placed on waiting orders or leave.
 Admiral Dewey has sent to the bureau of yards and docks, navy department, sketch plan of the naval arsenal and for tifications at Cavite. IL shows an exten- sive establishment, with the quarters now occupied by our troops, the old Spanish defenses and the extensive coal ing station used by our fleet.
 A letter from Durango, Mexico, says that Fred l.. Morris. secretary of the Mississippi Valley Trust company of Kansas City. and H. k. Ellison of Abi- lene, Kan, who have been prospecting for some weeks in the mountains. have struck a bonanza silver mine that prom isss fortune. They claim to have S200.- 900 in sight and have commenced work.
 Pursuant to instructions from the war department, General Shafter, command ing the department of California, Is talk ing steps to prepare a model camp at the Presidio for the accommodation of 1000 men. It will be occupied by volunteers returning from the Philippines until they can be mustered out. A board of officers will select site and attend to the de- tails of establishing the new camp.
 The extraordinary session of the New York legislature closed Thursday night after the franchise tax bill as amended according to Governor Roosevelts sug- gestions had been signed by the govern or. The legislature appropriated S75,OO0 to cover expenses of mobilixing the na- tional guard for the reception to'Admiral Dewey and appointed a committee to confer with the governor with reference to the celebration.
 A special invitation has been prepared, under the direction of the Merchants and Manufacturers association of Mil waukee, to be sent to President McKin- ley urging him to visit Milwaukee dur Ing his western trip. The invitation, which Is very elaborate, is bound in blue Russia leather, the plain surface being relieved with delicate line sf gold as border. A special committee will be sent to Washington with the invitation.
 All saloons in Mullan, Gem and Burke, Ida, have been closed, the publication of she Mullan Mirror stopped and its sd- hor. w. H. Stewart, arrested on charge of publishing seditious matter. Four hundred and seventy-seyen permits for employment have been lsaued in Ward ner. The Last Chance nine has started up with small force. None of the mines above Wallace has started, but many men are coming in, and they will