Connecticut western news., 1900-06-21
,cnison university and shepardson col

Denison university and shepardson eol-
 lege were united.
 Silver men controlled the Democratic
 state convention in Vermont, and n de-
 clared for Bryan and the Chicago plat.
 form and against the imperial policy of
 the administration and the Republican
 party" There was no diseord, and great
 enthusiasm prevailed.
 Mir. Dawes. the comptroller of the cur.
 rency, has had prepared a statement
 which shows that during the three months
 the new financial law has been In effect
 there have been received 362 applications
 for the organization of national banks, in.
 volying a combined capital of sId.1ed..
 GOO.
 General Lloyd Wheaton has been pro,
 noted to be major general of volun. teers. and Colonel Thomas H. Barry,
 who Is in Washington, has been pro-
 noted to be n brigndier general of vol,
 untecrs. He will leave for Manila at
 once to act as General MncArthur's chief of stan.
 Major Frank II. Edmunds of Genera
 Lees staH has died in Havana of yellow
 fever. The town of Qucmados has been Quarantined against the barracks. and
 no soldier Is allowed to enter. The doc.
 tors are satisfied with the situation in | Havana, where only a few cases have
 developed.
 The time limit fixed by the oyster deal,
 CTS who gave options upon their proper ties to the promoters of the proposed S10,oo0,o0o oyster syndicate has expired 1t was the intention of the syndicate to
 gain control of the oyster industry oi
 New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
 By direction of the president General Joseph Wheeler has been assigned ts the command of the department of the
 lakes. with headquarters al Chicago. He
 relieves Brigadicr General James F Wade, who has held that command tenn | porarily in conjunction with his regular ! command. the department of Dakota. The statement Is made by the division | of customs and insular affairs of the | war department that the total collections Il at the Havana custom house during May | 1900. was St.005, ,262. A comparison oi receipts for this month with the same
 month of 1899 shows an increase in ths collections in favor of May, 1900, of SITS, 039.
 The greater portion of the business part 1 Of the village of Smyrna. N. Y., has beer
 destroyed by fire. Fourteen buildings al. | together were destroyed. including the notst anu tneuNeFs All tnt stores ana two | dwellings on the south side of Main street and several buildings on Railroad street were destroyed. The loss k S75.i | 900 or SS0,0o0.
 One life was lost and three persons ia tally burned in n fire in il tenement house | in the Italian quarter in Buffalo. Ar | S-year-old boy named Milanda was burn l cd to death, and his mother, Mrs. Milan | da, 30 years old, and two others of hei | children-a girl of ts months and n bo, of years-were so badly injured thai their recovery Is improbable. Adjutant General Corbin has received
 s cable message from General MacAr | thur saying that the transport Hancock has sailed with the returning battalion oi | the Eighteenth infantry. This battalion Is composed entirely of men whose terms | of enlistment are about to expire. And | the battalion is being brought home foi | the purpose of being reorganixed. 1 A. W. Jennings, a wealthy farmer liv, | ing al Saddle River, three miles from
 Ramsey. N. l., was shot and killed by Ed. ward Burnett, hls adopted son. The mur derer then turned the revolver with which he killed his guardian upon himself and | sent a bullet into his head. The wound | it Is believed, will be fatal Burnett is SC \ years old. He has lived with the Ien, nings family since he was fl or f5 year \ old.
 Ten lives were lost and six persona were badly injured in fire which almost | totally destroyed the old five story tene. \ ment house nt 34 Jackson street. New \ York city. There was so much confusion after the fire that the identity of some oi the dead is in doubt. The fire whict proved SO fatal started In the rear of the hallway on the second floor and had gain
 ed appalling headway before the occu pants of the house were awake to theiI | peril.