Connecticut western news., 1899-08-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of the Wide World
 Briefly and Ter.ely Told.

 Two colored women have sued a Chi cago theater for an alleged refusal to all low them to occupy seats they had pur- chased for s matinee performance. Robert Burns Crouch. who was the largest competitor of the Standard oil company for many years, has died in Chicago.
 Twenty-six skilled American mechan- ics have sailed on the steamer Majestic to work on bridge 10 he erected near Rangoon. in British India. by an Amer ican company. William F. Duvall. captain of the First United States artillery and lieuten- ant colonel of the Twenty sixth yolun- teers. will be made colonel Of the new colored regiment if it is decided to raise that organization.
 Joe Patchen won the S2.O00 match race with John k. Gentry at Goshen. N. '. After a dead heat in the first heat, at 2:0S. the second and third were won by Patchen in 2:o9 and 2:l5l5. The winner broke twice in the final heat. ... Twenty herdics, used for many years on the streets of Washington. have been shipped from that city to the street car strikers in Cleveland. A regular bus line will be established on Euclid avenue in opposition to the Big Consolidated com pany.
 A special from Durham. N. C.. says Edgar K. Shoot of Durham has secured a big government contract in Mexico. It is for the construction of harbor works at Manzanillo. on the Pacific coast. The exact amount of Mir Shoots contract is s, 732, T60.
 Consul Edward Bedloe, whose post is at Canton, China. has been suspended by the state department aud granted per mission to return to the United States. His suspension arises, in part. out of the certificate of American ownership grant ed to the steamer Abby. ..
 The United States transport Tartar. from San Francisco July 24. with Gen eral Joseph Wheeler and his daughter companies of the Nineteenth infantry and more than S1 .300.000 in coin. has arrived at Manila. General Wheeler. who is well, landed and reported at head quarters.
 The adjutant general has been inform ed of the death of Captain James E. Eastman. Second artillery, at Chase's Lake. near Glenfeld, N. Y. Captain Eastman was a native of Massachusetts and graduated at the Military academy in June. 1866. Death was due to the ef-
 
 tracted during the campaign.
 The union miners in ldahe have finally submitted to the permit system" inau- gurated by the state authorities shortly after martial law was declared in the Occur d'Alene district. All men who de- sire to work in the mines are required to secure a permit from the sheriff. Dozens of union men are applying daily for per mits. but in numerous instances are de- nied.
 Mrs. Terry, wife of a New York bro ker; her daughter. 15 years old, and her son. years old. were killed by an ex- press train on the New Jersey Central at Seabright. N. ]. They were out driving with Mrs. Tripp, who was ac- companied by her baby and a nurse The three Terrys were on the front seat They were killed instantly. Mrs. Tripp. the nurse and baby were also thrown out, but neither was fatally injured.
 Frank C. Ives, the champion billiard player. has sailed for Tampico. Mexico. dying from consumption. and he may have passed away during the voy- age. The champion sailed with Mrs. Ives on the Yucatan of the Ward line for Havana and Tampico. The ship Is now due at Havana, and the first news his intimate friends expect 10 receive Is the announcement of Mir. Ives death. For nearly year he has been suffering from consumption. lie Is g years old.
 With view to expediting the move ment of the Philippine re-enforcements. Secretary Root has directed that four ad- ditional transports be chartered. They are the Pueblo, Belgian King, Columbia and Charles F. Nelson. These four ships have a capacity of 2,550 men. The Pueblo Is now at San Francisco and the Columbia at Portland. Or. The other two vessels are expected to arrive at San Francisco in about ten days, and it Is expected that all of them will be ready to sail for Manila by Sept 10.
 A letter to the Kansas City Star. dated Manila. July 16. says: Gen srnl Frederick Funston has been temporarily relieved from duty at Sas Fernando and will go to the Second re- serve hospital to receive treatment ne- cessitated by the reopening of a wound received while in the Cuban army. It is thought General Funston will not again return 10 active duty, his term of service will expire Sept 2. and he has requested and been granted permission to return to the United States with the Kansas regiment"
 According to the will of the late George W. Mallory of New Haven, which was offered for probate upon the death of his widow. his estate. valued at S6O.Oo0, will be distributed as follows: To the General Hospital society of Con necticut. S5.OoO; 5000 to Yale universi ty. to he applied to the Serpetusl fund for educating poor students in the divinity school: 5000 to the Congregational church of which he was a member. and l... the American board of commissioners for foreign missions and the American Home Missionary society. .-E.
 A great copper field has been discovered in the Northwest Territories between the Dalton trail and White Horse rapids. on the upper Yukon. It is fully 90 miles in extent and contains numerous lodges of great richnesn. Captain Jarvis of the Northwest mounted police, who has been Investigating the field for the Canadian government, says the ore will run 3S to B per cent copper. besides carrying gold and silver. One hundred claims have been staked near the Dalton trail, and 1000 acres more at White Horse rapids have been taken up.
 The builders trial trip of the battleship Alabama of Dewes Del, on Tuesday. re- suited in the development of a maximum speed ot lth4 kholS. on tne nESt run the Alabama, under 103is revolutions per minute. averaged 1925 knots per hour over course of III. knots. She steamed over the course twice in a moderate sea, half the way against the wind. On the second run, under forced draft, llI1s revolutions per minute. inc average speed was I6.33. and ou this run the Alabama attained a maximum of TX. or H. ¬s spove tne required l6. lne trial was made in open sea and in Shoal wa. ter. between the northwest and southeast five fathom lights. The wind was from the northeast. about 30 miles an hour.
 The Pennsylvania Republican state convention has nominated Colonel James E. Barnett of the Tenth Pennsylvania regiment for state treasurer, I. Hay Brown of Lancaster for supreme court justice and Josiah R. Adams of phila-