Connecticut western news., 1900-09-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of the Wide wori Briefly and Terse1y Told.

Stock Exchange, Is dend.
 The steamers War Eagle and Carrier have been burned at St. Louis.
 General Wood has cabled that the Gu ban elections passed off satisfactorily.
 The Houston Post prints a list of dead at othe" places than Galveston which to- tals 254
 Belle Archer, the talented actress, died at Emergency hospital, Warren, Pa, on Wednesday.
 It is said in Philadelphia that the short coal supply in Europe would cause the strike to be felt there.
 The census bureau has announced the population of Elizabeth, N. J., as 52, ,130, an increase of 3S.04 per cent.
 The last of the Balaklava survivors, James A. White, is dead. He had lived near Sandusky, O., since 1851 Dr. Lewis Albert Sayrc has died at his home in New York city. He was 80 years old and widely known as n surgeon. The inheritance tax on Collis r. Hunt ington's estate paid into the New York state treasury will amount 10 more than S200, 1000.
 Colonel Joseph H. Wood, grand mar shal of the Grand Army parade during the recent national encampment in Chi. cago, is dead.
 The Hermitage, summer hotel at Lake Bonapsrte, N. Y., conducted by David Scalon, has been destroyed by fire. Loss, $10,o00.
 The resignation of Senor Gonzalez de Mendoza, chief justice of the supreme court of Cuba, has been accepted by Gov ernor General Wood.
 The census bureau announces that the nonulatinn af Inhnotnun po Ia QH 0Qn as against 21 ,s05 in 1890. This Is an in- crease of 14,131, or 64.S1 per cent. The census bureau announces that the population of Chester, Pa, is 33,0SS as against 0,2S6 in 1890. This is m ln- crease of 13, TOP, or 0S.04 per cent. The census bureau announces that the population of Auburn, N. F., is 30,345, as against 25,S5S in 1890. This Is m increase of 4,4S7, or 17.35 per cent The census bureau announces that the population of Williamsport Pa, is 2S,- 757, as against 27, 132 in 1890. This is an increase of 1925, or 5.99 per cent. Forty-two fishing vessels are ashore in the straits of Belle Isle, and as many as 30 will be totally lost. This is in ad- dition to the disasters previously re- ported.
 William Wood, sometimes called "the grandfather of athletics in the United
 States" died on Thursday night at his
 home in New York city. He was S6 years old.
 George D'vys, the last surviving mem. Der of the government relief expedition
 which rescued Dr. Kane, the American
 arctic explorer, in 1855, has died in Wor-
 cester, Mass.
 Two Italians who were arrested in N " f,,. aha n on Sunday have been fined S5 each. Ac.
 ton by the magistrate was based on an
 old blue law. The report of Mir. Alexis E. Frye, su- perintendent of Cuban schools, shows that there are 3,313 schools in operation
 in the island, with 3,533 teachers and
 143, 120 pupils. The South Penn Oil company has made
 tremendous strike in a new oil well in | Lewis county, w. Va. The well Is flow ing at the rate of POO barrels an hour, or | 5,S00 barrels day.
 Edwin Franklin Norton, Ph. D., prin. cipal of Haverling High school, Bath N | r., has died as the result of n stroke of | paralysis. He was graduated from Yale | in the class of 'S5.
 Emperor William of Germany has con
 ferred on Mir. George c. Ward of New | York, vice president of the Commercial
 Cable company, the order of the Crown
 of the Second Class.
 Five hundred kilos of opium which was
 being smuggled into Havana packed in
 tins labeled sausages has been seized. The opium, which was worth about S20,-
 900, was confiscated.
 The population of the city ot McKees- port, Pn., as officially announced, is: In
 1900, 34 4,22T; in 1890, 20,741, showing an
 increase in population of 13,4S0, or 65.02 per cent, from 1890 to 1900. The treasure steamer c. H. Hamilton,
 from Dawson to St. Alchaels, with 150
 passengers and S1,50s,ooo in dust, was
 driven ashore on the beach on the Yukon
 flats Sept. 6 during n severe storm. As soon as a draft of landsmen has
 been placed aboard the United States | cruiser Topeka, about the end of this
 month, she will sail from Hampton
 Roads on a cruise around the world. i The August statement of the collec. | tions of internal revenue shows that dur. ing that month the receipts from all | sources amounted to S25, ,595, ZIG, an in. crease over August last year of $1,174,. | T51.
 Dr. Alfred Stille, who for nearly 20 years was professor of theory and prac- | | Pennsylvania and well known throughout
 this country and Europe, Is dead Dr. Stille was born in Philadelphia in 1913. Information has been received at the | postoilice department to the effect that | United States postoffice was opened at | Ten-tsin on Sept. IT to facilitate the
 handling of mail matter for the troops. report sent officially from the asy. l lum in which Congressman Charles A. | Boutelle of Maine Is receiving treatment | for aphasia, received by his family,
 states without qualification that he Is
 rapidly improving.
 General John A. McClernand has died
 in Springfield Ills. He was born in 1872 | He commanded brigade at Fort Donel-
 son, where he rendered distinguished
 services to General Grant. He was also
 at Shiloh and Yicksburg. | A large coal deal has been completed
 by the purchase by Coleman & Liggett. | Pittsburg real estate brokers. represent
 ing local capitalists, of 2,500 acres of
 coal lands at Houstonvile, on the Pan
 handle road, for S200,000.
 In an engagement at Siniloan, at the
 east end of Laguna de Bay, Luzon, be.
 tween a force of 1000 Fiipinss and de-
 tachments of the Fifteenth aid Thirty.
 seventh United States infantry regi-
 ments 24 Americans were killed and 10 | wounded.
 Single handed a masked robber held
 up the west bound passenger train on
 the Northern Pacific and succeeded in
 getting away with about $500 in cash,
 several watches and a quantity of jewell
 ry. The robbery occurred after the train
 left Athol, Ida.
 The plant of El Diario, organ of the
 Federal party In San Juan, Porto Rico,
 was completely destroyed by n mob. The
 type and presses were smashed. The sup
 posed cause of the disturbance was arr
 ticles attacking Mayor Egozcue, who Is
 Republican. No arrests were made.
 Four burglars entered the postoffce at
 Bergen, N. Y., and blew open the safe