Connecticut western news., 1900-01-25

fo. South African War: Great Britain formally notified the powers of the state of war re- sulting from Boer invasion Of British terri tory.
 Filipino War: Gen. Hughes captured Passi. In noilo. driving the insurgents to the noun Wallace Ross, once ranked as the greatest man of the world. died in London; aged 42. 1T. Obituary: Charles Coghlan. the actor. at Galveston; aged 56. ,s. South African War: ten hours battle at Modder river; British loss. 445. including Gen. Methuen. wounded. Mai Scott-Turner led a sortie from Kimberley and was killed. with 22 of his men. Casualties to date on the British side, 4.ls0
 Obituary: Countess of Castiglione. noted beauty of the second empire and charmer of Napoleon III. in Paris.
 Financial Troubles: Harper Bros publishing house turned to the agent of it's cred itors. with liabilities of s5,5O0.oOO. 29. Fires: In Philadelphia Lippincott's publish. ing house and department store and other concerns burned out; loss. Sl .250O New Athens to.) Franklin college destroyed. Accident: 6 killed and 20 injured in a wreck on the D., L. and w. at Paterson. \. J. 30. Sporting: Pennsylvania defeated Cornell 20 to at Philadelphia. The Carlisle Indians SCOT. ed 45 to Columbia in the Thanksgiving foot. ball game in New York.
 DECEMBER. F. AnnaDOllS at Philadelphia. Obituary: John Inslee Blair multimillionaire and coal and railroad magnate. at Blairstown. N J.; aged 97.
 s. Fire: At Clinton. Mass; loss sI5o.ooo. by the burning of theater.
 Storms: First wintry weather of the season; in the northwest. {. Poltica: Opening of the Seth congress. Filipino War: Gen. Young's column reached Tagudin. which GOO Filipinos abandoned on his approach.
 Accident: passengers killed and d.s seriously in. iured in a rear end collision the Denver and Rio Grande Salida. Colo. The Molineux murder trial opened in New York. 5. Politica: The presidents message read in both houses.
 Fire: At Meridian. Miss. loss sa50.oo0 Obituary: Monroe Leland Hayward. U. S. sen ator elect from Nebraska. at Nebraska City; aged 59.
 Filipino War: POO Americans repulsed 800 Fiji pinos at Vigan.
 shipwreck: l6 persons wounded by the wreck of the Niagara of Long Point. Lake Erie. '. Disasters: In the brrning of hosiery factory at Reading. Ps., operatives killed and 50 injured. At Sunneytown. I's.. { workmen were killed by the blowing up of a powder mill.
 South African War: Boer raiders cut the railway and telegraph at Gras Pan. in of Gen. Aethuen's column.
 Obituary: Gen. Henry Hayes lockwood, a reg ular army and civil war veteran. in Wash ington: aged s5. James P. Reed. once cham pion checker player of the world, at Pitts burg.
 g. South African War: Boer guns destroyed and l captured by British sortie at Lady, smith.
 g. South African War: Gen. Gatacre attacked Stormberg and was repulstd with heavy loss in killed. wounded and missing. Explosion: 32 lives lost in explosion at the Carbonate mine. Washington. TO- Fires: Al Augusta. t;a.. Arlington hotel and Masonic temple destroyed. Al Enaeld. N. H. i; loss, $1O0.oOo H. South African War: British attack at Modder river repulsed with heavy loss, including Gen. A. c. Wauchope, killed
 Obituary: Gen. Edward Ferrero. civil war vet eran, in New York city; aged 60. l3 Personal: Gen. Leonard Wood appointed com mander of the military division of Cuba. l5 South African War: In attempting to cross Tugela river Gen. Buffers column was re- pulsed with heavy loss; II guns fell into the hands of the Boers. IT. South African War: Lord Roberts ordered to South Africa to take command; 50. 900 troops added to the forces in the field. Obituary: Lieut.. Thomas N. Brumby. Dewey's flag lieutenant at the battle of NJ, nila. in Washington