Connecticut western news., 1900-11-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of the wide worl
 Briefly and TerseIy Told.

 Yale university funds have been in- creased during the last fiscal year nearly S430, ,o00.
 The Pennsylvania Railroad company has given out orders for 5,400 cars with in week.
 Fourteen men were killed in an explo- rysburg, w. Va.
 It is estimated that from s1,5oo,oo0 to | S5, ,0o0, 900 changed hands in Wall street, New York, In election bets. The Nome gold output for the past sea son Is estimated at $5,000, 900, as com pared with s2,00o. 900 in 1S99 The main building of Cornell university veterinary college, at Ithaca, has been partially burned, with loss of S3o.o 900. The First National bank of Nashville | has been robbed of S44 900 by a business | man with the aid of a bookkeeper in the bank.
 The California dry wine product for 1900 will amount to from 13.500,000 to 5000, 900 gallons and the sweet product to 100000
 President Mckinley has sent life say who saved 20 members of the crew of an American schooner.
 Adjutant General Corbin has arranged to take a months leave of absence in or der to recuperate his health, which Is | somewhat impaired. Major Henry 0'Connor, once attorney | general of Iowa and later connected | with the state department under Secre. tary Blaine, Is dead.
 | A syndicate of Danish and Swedish bankers has begun negotiations with | American bankers for 5000, 900 loan | for the Copenhagen municipality. Fire destroyed upward of 75 houses at Biloxi, a we'll known Mississippi summer resort near New Orleans. causing an es. timated loss of more than S300,o00. | Senor Buencamino. representing the principal ex-insurgents in Manila, has requested Judge Taft to forward to Washington a signed expression of their loyalty.
 Special Treasury Agent Theobold iu | New York city has arrested three Span iards and charged them with smuggling the Maximilian gems, said 10 be worth S45,0o0.
 | The transport Thomas left Nsgassk for San Francisco Nov. 10. having or board the remains of Colonel Llscum commander of the Ninth infantry, killed at Taku.
 | Patrick J. Fitzgerald, once champion six day walker of the world and stil holder of the 100 hour go as you pleas, record, Is dead at his home In Long Is land City.
 Jerry Lynch, aged T2. the last sur viving member of the crew of the Con federate cruiser Alabama, has died a his residence In Inman Park, Ga. H' left a large estate. . ..a
 Charles H. Pinkham, proprietor an, manager of the business department o one of the largest proprietary msdicin' enterprises in the United States, ha died in Lynn, Mass.
 William Haywood. United States col lector of internal revenue at Honolulu sent his resignation to Washington. It i said he will represent Hawaiian bushes interests at the national capital.
 The drug store of A. M. Knowlson, oi Broadway, Troy, N. Y., was broken int early and robbed of $40 in cash an, many pieces of valuable silverware There is no clew to the thieves.
 Three hundred kegs of powder an, dualin blew up and wrecked II tram dwellings at Bear Valley colliery of tn Pennsylvania railroad near Williams town, Pa. The shock was heard for | miles. None was killed.
 Captain John D. Hart of Cuban ilibus tering fame has died in Philadelphia During the year 1S96 two of his vessel, the Bermuda and Laurada, made fire quent trips to Cuba with arms and an intuition for the Cubans.
 The first pension for the war in Chin has been granted to the widow of Car tain H. J. Reilly of the Fifth artillery who was killed in the attack on Pekin on Aug, 15 last. This pension was pu through in record breaking time and wa granted under the Spanish war psnsio act.
 Commodore Frank H. stott. head O the wooden mill firm of c. Fl. & F. II Stott, at Stottville, N. Y.. Is dead at hi home in Stottville. He was one of th best known manufacturers in the textil trade and a personal friend and bushes associate of ex-Mayor Strong of Ne, York.
 k. G. Dun. for 41 years the head of tn mercantile agency of R. c. Dun X Go has died at his home, 281 Madison av, nue, New York. Mir. Dun had been 1 failing health for about 12 years pas
 and at Narragansett Pier last summs
 he was known to be in a serious cond
 ton from dropsy.
 Mrs. Zeralda James, widow of Jess
 James, the noted southwestern bandi
 has died in Kansas City. Mrs. Jame
 was Miss Minms. She was born nea
 Kansas City in 1S44 and was married {
 James at Keafney, Mo, in 1874. The
 had one son, Jesse, IT,, who Is now
 business in Kansas City.
 General MacArthur telegraphs the wa department that the transports Grar
 and Port Albert have arrived at Msnili
 The Grant sailed from San Francisc ! Oct. 16 with slr officers and 81b men, r,
 cruits, hospital corps and signal corr
 men. The Port Albert sailed from Sea
 tie Sept. 23 with animals and forage. Fire has almost entirely destroyed th plant of the Island Paper company !, : Carthage, Jefferson county, N. Y. I'll employees escaped with great difficult. , The loss Is S250,0o0 with an insuranS of S120,0o0. Thirty tons of manila D, ; day were being made. One hundra hands are thrown out of employment. The monthly statement of the erport ! of domestic products issued by the bl
 reau of statistics shows that during O.
 tober the total exports were Sio5, POO
 6S9; net increase. S29, ,S9S. .994. For th
 
 | S73, an increase as compared with th corresponding period in 1899 of Ss2, ,0oh 900.
 : Officials of the Amalgamated AssociS | tion of Iron and Steel Workers announc
 the settlement of the strikes at the Rivel
 side Iron works of the National Tub
 company and the Bessemer (Alag plan . of the Tennessee Iron. Steel and Railroa , company. The resumption of the tw plants will give employment to 500 | men.
 Marcus Dsly, the copper king. who's
 wealth is estimated at between S40,o00
 900 and S50, GOO 900, has died In the H, tel Netherland, New York city. He vi } be buried from the palace he reared 5 T25 Fifth avenue and which he nev, had occupied. It was his ambition have the handsomest home along ti , highway of wealth.
 r The National Salt company has put U the price of common salt of fair quRlii to S2.50 per 100 pounds. The price b fore was Sl10 per 100 pounds for Il same grade The National Salt compau