Connecticut western news., 1900-01-04

=. uUIruary: Mrs.-Uen. KoU1rr wnnams -~T0rmer- ly Mrs. Stephen A. Douglas), in Washington. 2s. Obituary: Gen. George Sears Greene, noted in the civil war, at MqSristown, N. J.; aged 9S. So Rev. Myron W. Reed, noted pastor in the west and a prominent Grand Army veteran, at Denver; aged 63. S1. Obituary: Princess Louise, consort of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, in the royal palace, Bulgaria; aged 29.
 FEBRUARY. l. Fire: In the business section of Columbus, O.; loss, S760,o00. g. Obituary: Rev Dr. O. S Robinson, noted Presbyterian hymn writer, in New York city; aged 70
 s. Obituary: Col James A. Sexton, commander in chief of the c. A. R., in Washington; aged 55.
 Filipino War: The natives attacked the Ameri- position at Manila and were repulsed, with heavy loss.
 c. Obituary: Prince Albert, only son of the Duke of saxe-Coburg and grandson of Queen Victoria; aged 25.- Caprivi, ex-chancellor of the German empire, near Frankfort; aged 6s. Miss Anna Dowell, known the ''Mother of the American Silk Industry" in Paterson, N. J.; aged 97.
 '. Fire: The Manitoba hotel and other proper ty burned in Winnipeg; loss, s4Oo,ooo. Obituary: The Rt. Rev. John Williams bishop of Connecticut and presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church of America, at Middletown, Conn.,. aged s1. William Laird of the famous shipbuilding firm of Laird Bros, at Birkenhead. 10. Fires The governors mansion at Frankfort Ky, burned. In Toronto, Kent & Co.'S crock cry store destroyed; loss, S20O, GOO Filipino War: The American forces attacked and captured Caloocan, near Manila. Il. Obituary: Gen. Edward Schriver, U. s. A., retired, in Washington; aged so. 12. Accidents At Cherokee Gulch, Colo, snow slides carried away the orehouses and killed 24 men At Yankton, 8. D., IT lives were lost In the burning of hospital. Fire: Albany; loss, s250, 900. Storm: Severe blizzard all over the United States. Heavy snOws and wind along the At- lantic coast.
 Obituary: Prince Napoleon Charles Bonaparte, grandson of both Lucien and Joseph, at Rome; aged 60. IS. Filipino War: Gen. Marcus P. Millers forces captured noilo without suffering loss of life. 14. Fires: In Philadelphia several clothing houses burned; loss about s40o.o0O. In Chicago the Traders Warehouse Go. and other concerns burned out; loss, S7S0. 900. At Cincinnati hat factory and clothing house burned; loss. s5oo.- 900.
 Building and Lumber Co. burned; loss, sl00,- 900. Brooklyn building No. 2s, the largest in the navy yard, burned and the original model and patterns of the battleship Maine destroyed; loss, nearly s2, ,000. 900. Laurence E. Meyers, noted amateur champion  16 Obituary: President Francois Felix Fsure of France, at Paris; aged 6s Henry Jones, whist expert, in London; aged 6s. IT. Obituary: Louis Miller, founder of Chatau- qua, inventor and philanthropist, in New York city; aged 69. IS. Accident: In Belgium on the railway from Calais; 2l London passengers killed and 100 injured
 20. Obituary: Mme. Ponisi, an old time actress of Wallack's company, at Newport, N. J.; aged a1.
 21. Filipino War: The city of Manila fired by in- cendiaries; fighting in the streets and heavy loss of property. 22. Filipino War: Insurgents broke through the American lines at Manila and were repulsed with heavy loss. 2s. Obituary: Gen. David Weisger, a Confederate noted as the hero of the Petersburg "Crater," " at Richmond; aged so. 24. Fire: At Minneapolis The Tribune building and other property burned; loss, s3oo,oOo. Obituary: NJ. Emile Welti, Swiss statesman. at Bern aged 74
 Personal: Gen. Maxine Gomez, Cuban com mander in chiei entered Havana under an American military escort. s6. Obituary: Gen. J. J. Reynolds, U. s. A., re- tired, in Washington; aged n. 97 Obituary: Sarah Jewett, once a noted Ameri- can actress, in Cambridge, Mass. Criminal: Roland B. Molineux arrested for the murder of Katharine J. Adams in New York. gS. Fire: Windsor hotel and several stores burned at Holyoke, Mass loss, $500,o00. Obituary: J. Madison Wells ex-governor of Louisiana and noted in the exciting political affairs of that state, in New Orleans.