Connecticut western news., 1900-11-29

to nnbs a witness In the nppIsy casa attempted suicide by hanging in the js1 A verdict of not guilty has besA reach ed by the jury in the Harriet schmon murder case in Syracuse. On Juns Q. 1900, Mrs. Schmoll shot and killed MrN Lulu 0strandsr at Baldwinsvilis. N. r. IL was shown st the trial that Mrs. Os- trander had been Intimate with Mrs Schmolrs husband and had tsuntsd hss. as the defense claimed, beyond sndur~ ance. The defense was temporary lnsaa- lty.
 Coal outcroppinTs have been traced n miles along Chignik bay, s2o miles thls side of Unimak pass, Alaska. Claims covering the best part of these vast deposits have been filed by mIpsrs sm- ployed by Thomas Msson. The pan. ager of the Apollo gold mines st Ungn says the veins uncovered to date are four and half, Eve and nine feet thick. com prising excellent Ignite and bituminous conls.
 Former district attorney of Jefferson county, N. Y., Frank H. Peck, now cap tain of Company B, Twenty -sixth infan. try, has been recommended for promotion to brevet rank of major of volunteers for coolness and bravery in the engagement at Dumsvages, Panay Island, on June c and [, and for the skillful manner in which he handled his troops against an overwhelming force of the enemy. Cap tain Peck Is graduate of West Point. Adiutant General Corbln has received . cable message from General MacAr- thur at Manila saying that Second Lieu. tenant John Kennedy. signal corps. was accidentally killed Saturday evening. the 24th Inst. Lieutenant Kennedy served ln fhn Troop H, Seventh cavalry. and In May, 1900. he was appointed second lieutenant, volunteer signal corps, and served tn the Philippines up Co the time of his death.
 Mrs. Natalie Bayard Brown. the widow of John Nicholas Brown of Newport. R. l., has filed as erecutrix of her husbands estate and guardian of her child. John Nicholas Brown. a partial inventory of her sons estate. The inventory gives the amount of the child's estate received from It's father as q. 1.e49, ,ee0.si. This amount, however. Is not one-third of the chllds wealth, as he gets like amount from his uncle, Harold Brown, and 100000 on the death of his mother.
 A double wreck, causing the death of one man, occurred on the Delaware river bridge of the Pennsylvania railroad be- tween Trenton, N. J.. and Morrisvills. tns urlU engine nrtt ran Into the rear end of a freight train, demollshIng the csboose and wrecking the engine. Frederick McDowell, a trainhand, was killed. Subsequently a passenger trsln bound east ran into the wreckags, but no damage was done other than a shak. ing up of the passengers.
 General Macaboloa. a former insurgent. has started in pursuit of Aruinsldo with 100 picked natives, supported by Amsri- can troops. Other former rebel Ftliplnos will be used in campaigning In the coun. try. Their offers have not bcsn made ret. but they are ready If the authorities wlll accept their services. Aguinsldo ia in northern Lunon, according to statements made by former rebel leaders now In Ma nils and from information confirming them.
 Particulars have recently been re- celved at Manila from Iioilo of the battle Oct. 30 at Bugason, island of psnsy, when POO bolomsn and 50 rihemen st- tackled the Americans, who lost three killed-Lieutenant H. Nj. Koonts. Ser. gesnt Kitchen and Corporal Burns. all of Company K, Forty-fourth infantry. When the garrison In force attacked the rebels, 49 of the latter were killed. None of the other parties of attacking natives made much of a stand, and the inaur~ gents lost 1o3 killed all told.