Connecticut western news., 1899-04-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of the Wide World
 Briefly and Tersely Told.


 Briefly and Tersely Told.
 The hospital ship Relief has arrived at Manila.
 Prairie fires are doing much damage in Nebraska.
 Governor Roosevelt has returned to Albany from Michigan.
 Thirty cases of smallpox have been reported in Windber, Pa.
 Assistant Postmaster General Heath has arrived in Porto Rico.
 In North Dakota freshets have done damage estimated at $100,o0O.
 Eli Thayer, originator of the Kansas crusade, died in Worcester, Mass. The Boston museum has been dam- aged by fire to the extent of $f5.00O.
 The north Atlantic squadron has sail ed from Port of Spain for Barbados The United States furnished Argen- tine Republic 2,500 bicycles last year. The Fire Chiefs National association has decided to meet May in Syracuse.
 Rufus King, a prominent Chicago lawyer, died of congestion of the brain. Four mills are closed in the Pawtuxet tR. I) valley, and 2,O00 weayers are on a strike
  bill for a new state capitol to cost s1, ,0O0,00O.
 Rear Admiral Schley has been ap- pointed member of the naval examin- ing board.
 The postoffice at North Enid, O. T., was footed by thieves and the postmas- ter murdered.
 Mayor Van wyck of New York an Nc hoe efa ta dam avenue Dill. Elder John A. Hook, a widely known Advent preacher and missionary. died at Concord, N. H.
 The Illinois senate has appointed a committee to investigate the municipal affairs of Chicago.
 The cruiser Raleigh, now at New York, will be at Philadelphia from April 27 to May inclusive.
 In New York city house was set on fire by the suns rays focused through an electric light bulb.
 Hans Balatka, the famous western musician and orchestra leader, died in Chicago of heart failure.
 The Bridgeton CN. JD Glass works has signed the union agreement. It will start up immediately.
 The transport Ohio has arrived at San Francisco from Manila. She brought two dead soldiers. Mrs. Margaret Kelley has bequeathed S2, 900 to St. Patrick's cathedral in New York city for a chapel. The Right Rev. John Ambrose Wat terson, bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Columbus, O.. is dead.
 Boston is undergoing smallpox scare, and fears are entertained that the disease will become epidemic.
 The Jefferson day banquet of the Monticello club of Chicago has been abandoned because of Democratic dis sensions.
 A gift of St, 900 to Barnard college has just been made by Emily H. Bourne for the establishment of two scholarships of $50 each.
 An express train plunged into a tor rent caused by the overflow of two streams at Sheridan, Wy. Six passen- gers were drowned.
 Five thousand Indians, dissatisfied with conditions existing in the reserva- tions in the Indian Territory, have left in body for Mexico.
 The Greater Chicago project, having in view the consolidation of the munich pal and county government in that dis trict, has been defeated.
 The secretary of state has directed the return to their posts in Spain of the United States consuls who were obliged to leave on account of the war.
 The auxiliary gunboat Vixen has been ordered to proceed to Manila in fe- sponse to Admiral Dewey's request for light draft ships to police the Philippine archipelago.
 The large summer residence of Rob- ert s. Bradley of Boston near Beverly Mass, has been destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at s20,000, fully cov- cred by insurance.
 J. H. Hanan's steam yacht Sagamore has arrived in New York harbor from a cruise in the West Indies with the res cued crew of the brigantine Caspian abandoned at sea.
 Governor Roosevelt of New York has decided to appoint three new managers for the state reformatory in Elmira, and the power of Superintendent Brock way is to be broken.
 Brigadier General Guy " Henry, commanding the department of Por- to Rico, has asked to be relieved of his present duty on account of i'll health. It is probable that General Henry's re- quest will be compiled with.
 A private cablegram from London says w. $. Stratton has sold his fa- nous Cripple Creek gold mine. the h. dependence, to the Venture company of London. The price is not stated, but it is believed to be not less than g, ,000- 900.
 Eastman Cotter of Philadelphia, con- victed of conspiring to aid and abet William N. Boggs in the latter's theft of $107 900 from the First National bank of Dover, Del, of which Boggs was paying teller. has been sentenced to pay a fine of 5000 and be imprisoned for IS months.
 Santiago dispatch reports the dis covery of the body of William O'Neil of Prescott, A. T. This relates to the fa- nous Buckley ONeil of the Rough Ri- ders, who fell in the assault on San Juan hill. He was sheriff of Prescott and resigned his office to join Colonel Roosevelt's regiment.
 The United States torpedo boat Som- CTS Is on board the steamer Manhat- tan, which left London for New York an April 1e. The Manhattan picked up