Connecticut western news., 1900-05-24

The snm or yTuuuuu rlas been subscribed for the endowment of the college.
 The total receipts of the Cuban treas ury during the month of April were s1.- la3.Iai, of which customs furnished xt.- So4,o42, postal receipts S24 .0d2. internal revenue $S4,au1 and miscellaneous yan.s oS6. The total receipts for the first four months of the present year were tO.lGA.. 200.
 Rev. D. H. Moore and Rev. J. W. Hamilton were elected bishops by the Methodist Episcopal conference on the seventeenth ballot. which stood. n. II. Moore. h3l: l. W. Hamilton. hl0, l. R. Day, 1o4: H. speilmeysr, T1; T. n. Nee. ly, ai; ]. F. Berry, 2; necessary Co a choice, IA.
 Louisiana has elected es-Governor Murphy !. Foster to the United States senate and reelected United States Ssn- ator Samuel Douglass McEnery. Sena. tor McEnery is now serving q second term in the senate, and his new term will begin in 1908. Senator Fosters term begins In tanl.
 The records of the comptroller of the currency show that from March i4, the date on which the new financial bin be- came law. 10 May i2 22a applications
  ganize national banks with a capital of less than S50.oo0 each, making q total capital of s5ao5.oo0
 The rittsburr Steamship compAny's steel steamer Harvard, the largest vessel ever built on the Detroit river. has been launched from the Wyandette yards of the Detroit Shipbuilding company. The Harvard Is ITS feet long. 2s feet nodded depth and 50 feet beam. Her carrying capacity Is 5000 tons.
 Fire started In the Canada Cycle and Motor companyfr works at St. GnthN- rines, Ont. and before tho flames were snhdued both buildings, with all their plants, were complete wrecks. The loss will amount 10 nearly Sbo00o partially covered by insurance. Over 500 men will be thrown out of employment
 Fire at Greenwich. Conn. on wednea. day resulted in the total destruction of five business blocks. including the post. office building. St. Mary's Roman Catho. lie church. a stable and gas house on the estate of E. c. Benedict, and considerable damage to other property. The total loss Is estimated al S1Ta,Oou. with insurance of less than half that amount Second Lieutenant George l.. Jackson, Forty-scventh volunteer infantry, died at Manila on the 2lst inst. of Rrght's dia ease. Lieutenant Jackson was born at Bellefonte. Pa. in 1869 and served dur ing the spanish war as first lieutenant of the Firth Pennsylvania volunteer in. fantry. He was mustered out In Novem. Der, 1898, and in August. 1899. was ap. pointed second lieutenant ln the Forty. seventh volunteer infantry.
 The police of Wilkesharre. Pa, have the confession af a man who died here. saying he and two others murdered | Postmaster Michael Corcoran on Dec. a. 1898. The confession tells how the men tried to get at Corcornn's safe In his room and shot him as he held the door. They l got S59. The dying man gave the names of his accomplicea, one of whom is meas Pittsburg and the other in the west. The police are looking for them.
 Secretary of the Navy Long has or dered the re-estahlishment of the Eus ropean station. In the beginning the United States squadron in European wa. tern will consist of but one ship. but it la expected that in the course of time as more officers are found available for duty | other vessels will be commissioned and sent abroad 10 join the station. The Al | bany will be the solitary ship to represent the American squadron in Europe.