Connecticut western news., 1899-04-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of the Wide World
 Briefly and Ter.eIy Told.

Five Havana newspapers now advo- cate annexation to the United States.
 race war is feared at Fort Smith, Ark. arising out of a strike of miners.
 Four mills are closed in the Pswtuxet (R. I.) valley. and 1000 weavers are on a strike.
 The Michigan senate passed a bin putting building and loan associations under state supervision.
 The attorney general of Arkansas has decided that insurance policies are tax able at their surrender value.
 Fourteen lives were lost on the steamer General Whitney, which foun- dsred north of Cape Canaveral, Fla,
 The Mazet committee has adjourned for two weeks. Richard Croker will not be called to the stand until Aug. 2s.
 Representative Cannon of Illinois has announced that he is a candidate fol tives.
 Lawrence Brignoli of the Cambridge Gymnasium Athletic association won the Boston Athletic association's 25 mile road race.
 Governor Roosevelt has signed the bill of Senator Ahearn increasing the thlhIlCr ot Alt puDllC bi New York city.
 A sbo. .000, 900 trust to include all the large farming machinery factories of the United States is in process of for. nation at Chicago.
 General Betancourt has been appoint cd civil governor of MatanIss, It is be- iieved tisat General Nunez will be ap- pointed governor of Havana province.
 It is declared in diplomatic circles a, Berlin that there is no truth in the statement that Germany has purchased the island of Kussi of the Caroline group.
 Almost the entire s5,oo0. 900 that the citizens of St. Louis have proposed to raise to clinch the proposition of hold ing a worlds fair there has been sub scribed.
 The Iowa board of equalization has attempted to force life insurance com panies to pay taxes on assets repre- sented by securities deposited with the state auditor.
 Governor Roosevelt has signed As- semblyman Fallows' bill providing that there shall not be more than two street railway tracks on Amsterdam avenue In New York city.
 The farm on which Abraham Lincoln was born, at Hodgensville. Ky. has been sold to David Grear of New York It is probable the farm will be con vsrted into 0 park.
 Director of Posts Elliott of Porto Rico has reported to the postoffice depart ment that during lsst February the to- tai postal receipts of the island were s5.772 and expenses s6.s7o.
 John Wynn. who was at one time the official starter on the Saratoga race track. is dead. He was well known in sporting circles throughout the country. He was & native of Savannah.
 A bloody highbinders' war broke out in Fresno, Cal, and as a result three Mongolians are dead. two more are al the county hospital mortally wounded and nine are safely behind the bars ir the county jail.
 The United States Worsted company with an authorized capital of s70, 900, 900 and the American Plumbing. Supply and Lead company, with an authorized capital of ss5. 900. .o0o have been incor- porated in Trenton. .....=
 A fast mail train on the Burlington road has made the run from Chicago tc the Mississippi river. a distance of 20t miles, In 1s9 minutes. This included ter miles of slow running through the com. pany's yards in Chicago.
 General George w. Davis. it is said, is to be the military governor of Porto Rico, to succeed General Guy V. Henry. General Davis is a member of the beef court of inquiry and is attached to Ma jor General Brooke's command.
 State Superintendent of Prisons Col lins has formally announced the ap- polntment of Addison Johnson of Port Chester, Westchester county, as agent and warden of Sing Sing prison at a salary of a, 900 to succeed O. ". Sage.
 Colonel John F. Bacon will be retired at his own request. His retirement will promote Lieutenant Colonel Adna R. Chafree to be colonel. Colonel Chaffee is now brigadier general of volunteers. serving on the stan of General Brooke.
 The transport Hancock has sailed for Manila with the Twenty-first infantry and three light batteries of artillery. The batteries going with the Twenty first are Battery K of the Fourth. Bat tery F of the Fifth and Battery E of the First artillery.
 The president has appointed Colonel 
 volunteer regiment a brigadier general of volunteers The regiment is now in the Philippines. General Smith will be assigned to one of the briGadss of Gem eral Otis army.
 A beautifully engrossed copy of the memorial relating to the consecration of the Church of Our Saviour at Jeru- salem on Oct. s1 last has been sent to President Mckinley by Emperor Will liam of Germany. who was the princi- pal figure at the consecration.
 Major Francis s. Dodge of the pay de- partrflent, recently relieved from duty at Denver. has'been selected by the war department to disburse the q. .oO0, GOO al- lotted by the government for the pay ment of the troops of the Cuban army.
 Governor Roosevelt has signed the bill of Senator White repeating the Black civil service law and re-enactins fsted prior to 1897. The system of dou- ble examinations is abolished and sim gle examination re-established.
 The announcement is made in the Reading railway repair shops at Potts. vile, Tamaqua, and Schuylkillhaven, Pa, that mechanics and other employ eec or the company VIII nave lneH wages advanced from 10 10 per cent. Two thousand men will be affected.
 Ex-Representative Hnborn of Cali fornia is dead. He was first elected 6 member of the house of representa- tives in the Fifty-second congress. His seat in the Fifty-third congress was contested by and awarded 10 his Demo- cratic opponent, Warren B. English. He was a member of both the Fifty fouth and Fifty-fifth congresses.
 A big strike of miners fin the Cpur d'Alsne country, Washington, has oe- cured. The miners union called out the employees of the Bunker Hill and Sudwan mines at wardner, and the miners of the Last Chance mines alse walked out. The men demand s3.b0 per day all around and recognition of the union. The demands will be resisted by the employers.
 Captain Whi.tle of the Seventy-first whose conduct with that command in the campaign in Cuba. with that of sew erai other officers was investigated by