Connecticut western news., 1900-01-11

 Accidents and Storms-A Notable Obituary List-Miscellaneous, Per sonal, Sporting and Political Items. A Summary of Important Occur rences Arranged Consecutively From January to December.
 MARCH. l. Obituary: Emma Waller. once noted Ameri- can actress, in New York city; aged TO- Baron Herschell, lord high chancellor of Great Britain, in Washington; aged 6S 2 Obituary: Connie Jackson, sister of Joe Jef- ferson and once noted on the American stage, in New York city; aged 62. Fires: At Charlotte, N. O., freight depot and cotton compress burned; loss about s4oo,0oo In Chicago, McClurg's book store burned; loss, $550, 900
 Personal: Carl schurz, the veteran soldier and publicist. honored by dinner on the ami yersary of his seventieth birthday. B. Personal: Rear Admiral George Dewey be- came full admiral of the navy under the law revtving that rank.
 4 Pohtical The Ffty-hfth congress adjourned. 5. Accident: Naval powder magazine exploded at Toulon. France. killing or maiming nearly 100 people.
 Obituary: M Wolff, American illustrator, fin New York city; aged 62. 6. Fire: At West Point. Miss, the Mary Holmes college ana large amount of cotton destroy ed; loss. s400, 900.
 Accident: Il drowned by the sinking of the tug James Bowen of Philadelphia of Hog island.
 Obituary: Princess Ksiulsni of Hawaii, at Hon. olulu; aged 24.
 s. Austin Bidwell, notorious for his Bank of England forgeries died at Butte, Mon. 10. Obituary: Sir Douglas Galton, noted scientist and authority on sanitation, in London; aged IT.
 H. Obituary: Capt. Samuel Trott, ocean cable expert. at Miami, Fla; aged g.. l2 Obituary: Prof. Walter D. Dabney of the Uni versity of Virginia. at Charlottesville; aged 46. Johnny Griffin, the "Braintree Lad," once a noted featherweight. in New York city. 1s. Filipino War; Pasig, east of Manila, captured by Gen wheston's division. l4 Obituary: Emile Erckmann, French novelist, collaborator with Chatrain. in Paris; aged 77. l5 War at Samoa; American and British ships bombarded native villages. la Obituary: Benjamin P. Hutchinson, "old Hutch," the Chicago speculator, at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Joseph Medill. proprietor of the Chicago Tribune. at San Antonio; aged 76.
 Race Riot: A mob at Palmetto. Ga, shot 9 negroes at the jail. killing f.
 Filipino War: Fighting at noilo between Gen. Miller's troops and the insurgents r. Fire Disaster: The Windsor hotel, New York, destroyed; 45 lives lost. IS. Cyclone: Arkansas. Alabama and Mississippi visited: 25 deaths
 Obituary: Prof. o. 0. Marsh of Yale. noted for geological researches. at New Haven; aged 6s- Oliver Marcy. dean of the Northwestern uni yersity, at Evanston, Ills. aged 79 Is. Miscellaneous: During the Gomez reception in Havana 30 to 50 persons were wounded In riot. The battleship Oregon arrived at Ma nila.
 f2. Explosion: At Pennsgrove, N. J.; 8 killed and several injured by the wrecking of the Dupont Powder works n. Fire: At Cleveland, stove and machine screw works burned; loss, $450.00O.
 Obituary: Francis H. Pierpont, "war governor of West Virginia, at Pittsburg; aged so. Prof. Gustaye Wiedeman, holding the chair of chemistry and physics at the University of Leipsic, at Leipsic; aged 7S c. W. Leitner, noted linguist at Bonn; aged 69 a Obituary: Gen Isaac H. Baily, veteran of the civil war, formerly prominent. in New York politics. in New York city; aged TO- Cen. Thomas Vincent Fletcher. ex-governor of Missouri, in Washington; aged 72. Count Chaudordy, French diplomat, in Paris; aged 73 .s. H Rev. James ormsby Murray, dean of Prince ton university, at Princeton; aged 72. 29 Disaster: The Mississippi steamboat Rowena Lee sank at Tyler, Mo-; 50 lives lost. Obituary: Gen. Daniel W. Flagler, U. & A., at Old Point Comfort, Va; aged 64. Fire: At Hartford, the J. L. Howard car fac tory burned; loss. Sls0.oo0.
 
 on the Casquet rocks. the island of AL derney, and exploded. carrying down 70 to 100 people.
 sl. Filipino War: Gen. MacArthur entered Malo- los. the insurgents having fired and evacuated
 the city.
 APRIL. 1. Obituary: Baroness Clara de Hirsch de Ge-
 reuth. who left s1oo, 100000 to charity, in
 Paris.
 Samoan Troubles: Americans and English
 pushed Apia; officers and sailors
 killed.
 bar at the entrance to San Francisco harbor,
 carrying down 10 sailors and passengers Cuba: The Cuban military assembly voted to
 disband the army and dissolve.
 Personal: W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., married yir- ginia Fair in New York city. Obituary: Lily Post, formerly well known light opera star, in San Francisco 6. Obsequies at Arlington to honor the remains of 336 officers and soldiers who died in Cuba and Porto Rico. z. Disasters: IS deaths at the burning of resi- dences of ". O. Andrews and W. J. Adams in the Fifth district, New York. 10 per sons drowned byNan ice frcshet at Glendiye, Mon.
 Obituary: James Clark. the oldest Mason in the world. at Quincy, Ills | g. Obituary: Stephen J. Field, associate justice of the supreme court of the United States. re- tired in Washington; aged sS. | To- Riot street riot, caused by miners trouble at Pans, Ills, caused the death of people; many wounded. | Filipino War: Gen. Lawton captured Santa | Cruz, an insurgent stronghold. | Obituary: Sir Monier-Monier Williams, professor of sanskrit at the University of Oxford, in London; aged O.
 Il. Spanish War: Formal proclamation by Presi- | dent Mckinley announcing the ratification Of the treaty and the restoration of peace with | Spain. | IS. Fire: The curio hall of the famous Boston i museum burned. | Il. Fire Idle Hour, the Long Island residence | where W. K. Vanderbilt. Jr., took his bride for the honeymoon, burned; loss. S250,000. Obituary: The Duchess of Marlborough, mother | in-law of consuelo Vanderbilt, in England | Is. Fire: In Cleveland half block of business houses burned; loss, s1,00O.000. | IT. Obituary: John L. Lay, inventor of the navy | torpedo. in New York; aged 67. | IS. Obituary: Lieut.. Gen. Correa, Spanish min | ister of war in 1s0s at Madrid. | Samoa: Fighting between the Americans and | English and the Mataafans- | 20. Fire: At -an Jose, Cal loss, Sl00,000 | Obituary: Nj. Edouard Jules Henri Pailleron. | French poet and dramatist. in Paris; aged 65. l 21. Personal: Matthew s. Quay appointed U S | senator by the governor of Pennsylvania. Obituary: Dr. Heinrich Kiefert, noted geog-
 rapher and cartographer, in Berlin; aged so 22. Fire: In Omaha the Kingman AaoA burned; | loss, s200, 900. | Obituary: The Rt. Hon. Sir John Mowbray | Father of the House of Commons" in Lon | don; aged s4.
 25 Political: The German ambassador lodged
 with the secretary of state protest against
 certain language of Capt. Coghlan of the U. | S. cruiser Raleigh | Filipino War: Cen. MacArthur's division fought | its way to the trenches before Calumpit. | Obituary: Gen. Richard j. oglesby. former gov | ernor of Illinois, In Springfield; aged 76. | a6 Fire; Dawson City, the business center wiped
 out; loss between s1. 900. 600 and s2. .00o 900. \ TarnsfJo. AD nsonle killad Al .Eirkayiile. Mo-