The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-09-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings OF the wide world
Briefly and TerseIy Told.

Robert Burns Crouch, who was the
| largest competitor of the Standard On
company for many years, has died IN
| Chicago.
| Dorsey w. Shackleford Democrat, has
4 been elected to fill the unexpired term IN
/ congress of Richard z. Bland, deceased,
| from the Eighth congressional district OF
Missouri.
Johnny Poe, or John r. Poe, Jr., a
member of the famous family Of football
players and himself Princeton quar-
| terback in his day, has enlisted with
the Sixteenth United States infantry,
William p. Duvall, captain Of the
First United States artillery and lieuten-
ant colonel Of the Twenty sixth volun-
teers, will be made colonel of the new
| eolored regiment if it is decided to raise
that organization.
| John r. Mclean, Democratic candi-
date for governor of Ohio, has been ap-
| pointed chairman of the ways and means
committee of the Democratic national
committee. John P. Altgeld has resign
I'd from the national committee.
A special from Durham, N. c., says
Edgar X Smoot of Durham has secured
big government contract in Mexico. 1t
is for the construction of harbor works
at Manzanillo, on the Pacific coast. The
exact amount of Mr.. Shoots contract is
1912, 1850
The operators of coal mines in the Chi
Sago and Alton subdistrict have held a
conference and decided that they could
not pay the scale for mining asked by
the United Mine Workers Of America
unless they operated their mines at a
loss and reached the conclusion that they
would allow their mines to remain idle.
The insular commission, which has Civ
en- six months study to the conditions in
the island of Porto Rico, has made its
report to Secretary Root. 1t recommends
a civil government for the island and
that the laws be put into effect by exec
utive decree, as congressional enactment
would extend the constitution to the is
land.
The Twenty-seyenth regiment, COM
manded by Colonel Bell, has started
from Camp Meade in three special trains
for duty in the Philippines. The regi-
ment will encamp for some time at the
Preside, in San Francisco, before board
ing the transports for the Philippines.
The regiment is fully armed and equip
ped for duty in the tropics.
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
in June, 1866. Death was due to the eff
fects of an attack of Cuban fever con-
tracted during the campaign.
James Fisch, chief clerk at large of
the railway mail service, is on his way
to Valdez, Alaska, to take up the mat
ter of opening an all American rail
route from Valdez by way of Eagle to
Circle City, Alaska. He will have the
services of a detachment of United
States troops now at Valdez to blaze a
road over the route and build supply
cabins.
Twelve steel arches, each weighing 80
tons, which were to have supported the
superstructure of the Coliseum building
in course of erection on Wabash avenue
between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets,
fell to the ground Monday afternoon. 1t
is known that ten lives were crushed out.
The direct cause of the accident is not
known, and it will probably be several
days before it is determined.
All haste is being used to dispatch the
troops now at San Francisco to Manila.
The entire casual deta -hment now at the
Preside will sail within two weeks The
Pueblo has left with $50 recruits. the
Warren goes on the LIST and the Column
bia on the 9Th with as many recruits
and casuals as they can carry. If these
assignments do not take all the recruits
now at the Preside, the remainder will
be shipped on the Sherman, which will
be ready in about ten days.
A great copper field has been discovered
in the Northwest Territories between the
Dalton trail and White Horse rapids, on
the upper Yukon. II is fully 30 miles in
extent and contains numerous lodges OF
great richness. Captain Jarvis Of the
Northwest mounted police, who has been
investigating the field for the Canadian
government. says the ore will run SO to
So 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 transport Grant, from Manila, has
arrived at San Francisco with 80 Off
GERS and ZIG enlisted men Of the First
ed men Of the First Idaho, II officers and
243 enlisted men Of the First Wyoming,
officers and 81 enlisted men OF Battery
A, Wyoming light artillery; officers
and "a discharged soldiers, 25 GONZALES
cent patients, naval prisoners, naval
hospital patients and civilian passen-
gers The transport carried in addition
crew Of 1856 men, making total on
board Of 1879 persons
Two runaway freight cars struck a
passenger train on the Erie road near
Arlington, n, j., crushing the engine into
shapeless fragments and hurting a well
filed passenger coach. down 90 foot en-
bankment. Twenty passengers were car
ried down. The passenger car was bro
ken into kindling wood. None Of the pas
sengers was killed outright. One died
after being taken from the wreck, and
several were terribly injured. Some of
the wounded will probably die Every
passenger in the coach will carry to the
day OF his death scars telling of the ac-
cident. Not man escaped injury.
Seven Of the followers Of John Brown
in the Harpers Ferry raid, whose bodies
had been recently disinterred and taken
TO the old John Brown farm 1T North
Elba, N. r., were buried on the forty
third anniversary Of the battle of Osa-
watomie Rev. Joshua Young, d. D.,,of
Groton. Mass, who preached John
Browns funeral sermon 40 Years ago
and was afterward driven from his par
ish in Burlington for his connection with
the funeral, and Captain James Fl.