Connecticut western news., 1900-03-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings ot the Wide World
 Briefly and Ter.eIy Told.

Iolonel Albert F. lhiidS. until recently l chief clerk of the census bureau, has died i in Washington. Secretary Long has accepted the T. A. | M. Craven. the torpedo boat built by the Bath Iron works. The United States supreme court has sustained the constitutionality of the Texas antitruct law.
 The auxiliary cruiser Badger win be transferred to the army transport service and renamed Lawton.
 An unsuccessful attempt was made to wreck a Lake Shore train at olmsted Falls, O., on Sunday.
 Ten passengers were severely injured Monday night in a rear end trolley car collision at Newark, N. ].
 Miss Sylvia Green, daughter of Mrs. Hetty Green. is reported to be engaged to the Duke de Ia Torre of Spain.
 Twelve persons were hurt In a smash up on the Ninth avenue elevated road in New York city early Sunday morning. A Slo,ooo,ooo ice deal Is announced in the purchase of the Knickerbocker Ice company by the American Ice company. Dr. Joseph Price. a well known physi- clan in southern New Jersey, was killed by an express train al Woodbury, N, J., on Friday.
 Six persons were killed at Columbus, O., on Friday by an explosion which re- suited from an attempt to start a fire with gasoline.
 The Western Union Telegraph compa- ny stockholders have authorized the issue of $2o,ooo.ooo of Az per cent 50 year re- l funding bonds.
 One man was killed and two men were injured by the premature explosion of blasting charge in the copper mine near | Somerville, x. l., on Friday. By the fall of 'hang" at the Monon- | gahela furnace at McKeesport, Pa, one man was cremated. two fatally burned and two others badly injured. Judge Taft. president of the new Phil. | ippine commission. has notified his fellow | commissioners that the commission will | convene in Washington March p. The Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf railroad has been sold at Joplin, Mo, for | Sl2,5OO,Ooo to the representative of the Philadelphia reorganization committee. | The Caute River company. capital S1,- | 100000. to operate electric lights. heat and power and gas plants in the West Indies, has been incorporated at Trenton. | Miss Eliza A. Starr of Chicago has re- ceived a medallion from Pope Leo as a recognition of her recent book, ''Thc Three Archangels and Guardian Angels In Art"
 A fire originating in an explosion de. stroyed a block of stores at North avenue | and Larrabee street. Chicago. Saturday evening and caused a loss estimated at S15S,0O0.
 The Rev. Thomas K. Beecher of ElmI- ra. N. I.. brother of Henry Ward Beech CT, Is dead. He was stricken with paral- ysis while returning from church last Sunday evening.
 Colonel Robert R. Wallace, command ing the Thirty-seventh volunteer infan- try. has died at Fort Huachuca. A. T., from wounds received at the battle of Caloocan, Feb. 10. 1899.
 Kansas will have a big exposition in 1904 in celebration of the hftieth ami versary of the organization of the terri. tory of Kansas. Steps in that direction have already been taken.
 Lewis Say. who was at one time a fa- nous professional baseball player, has been sent Co the house of correction for ten months by Judge Phelps of Baltimore upon the charge of larceny.
 The unveiling of the monument dedi- eated by citiHens of Key West 10 the heroes of the battleship Maine who died in Havana Feb. IS. 1898. and were bur jed there took place on Thursday.
 The fast mail on the Plant system was wrecked near Ozark, Ala. on Monday | A number of passengers were injured. of whom William Kellar of Savannah will die. Conductor Reed also was fatally hurt
 | In Kenton county. Ky, M. L. Harhi. son. law partner of the late Senator Goe. II k.nl kas k.Nap ala faxd tn fuN h. the state senate. He received o29 ma. jority over L. l.. Greasy, his Republican opponent.
 The miners employed at the various works of Coulter S Hun in Greensburg. | Pa, will be given an advance of 10 per | cent on April l. There will be about 5000 men affected. The advance comes | unsolicited.
 The Pacolet Manufacturing company | of Pacolet. s. C.. has bought $50 acres of land at Gainesville, Ga. on which will bs | erected a S1.ooo,oo0 cotton mill The | mill will operate 50.oo0 spindles and make standard shooting for export only. A colony of 400 Missouri farmers Is tc be established in the valley of the Con. cho reserve. in Mexico. The promoters l of the colonization scheme have purchas. ed 100000 acres of rich valleys, and a few of the colonists have already arrived | there.
 The Havana Telephone company. capi. tal $500. 900, to operate a telephone and telegraph line in Cuba. has been incorpo. rated at Trenton. The capital stock k all paid up and with the exception of three shares is owned by Edgar Park of l New York.
 Major General Otis reports that he has appointed Brigadier General William A. Kobbe, U. :. N., military governor of the province of Albay, Lunon, and of tho island of Cataduanes and temporarily, tc subserve immediate purposes, of the is lands of Samar and Leyte.
 The Standard 0i's dividend of SEQ. 100000 was paid on Thursday. This is the largest distribution of profits ever made to stockholders by any company iu this country. IL is almost four times greater than any single payment of inter. est on the government debt.
 Fred n. Divine of Utica, N. Y.. was accidentally killed on Saturday by being caught In a belt in his fishing rod fac, tory. Mir Divine was known in sporting circles all over the country for his fishing rods, which have become famous wher. ever fishermen are to be found.
 On account of the existence of the bu. bonic plague along the Rio de Ia Plata Rear Admiral W. <. Sehley, commander in chief of the south Atlantic naval sta. tion. has been ordered to proceed with the vessels of bis squadron to ports in northern Brazil, touching first at Bahia.
 The wellraan. Seayer Engineering com pany of Cleveland has closed contract with the Niskel Steel company of Ham fiton. Ont. to design and build what will when completed. be the largest steel and iron plant in Canada and one that will have few superiorS in regard to sirs h the world.
 The war department has made public the following statement of receipts from customs at all the ports In Porto RicS for the month of January: Total receipts , S6s460; Mayaguez. $6.l02; Ponce. Sl0