Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-02-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of the wide World
Briefly and TerweIy Told.

Guam.
Five Italians were caught by a train
on the Pennsylvania railway bridge at
Sharon, Pa, and killed.
Former United States Senator wn.
liam NJ. Everts is Ill with pneumonia
at his home In New York.
The plans to connect New York and
Philadelphia by trolley via Somerville.
n. j., are fast progressing.
Twenty insurgents were captured by
a detachment of native scouts near
Polo. in the province of Bulacan.
George James and his four young
daughters were burned to death in
their farmhouse near Versailles, Ind.
An Erie train made the run between
Marion, o., and Huntington, Ind, n
distance of 127 miles, in 1877 minutes.
DIR. Pierce Il. Fagin, pioneer Of Cal.
ifornia, is dead. DIR. Fagin laid out the
site of the city OF Dies Moines In 1876.
The stockholders of the westing-
house Electric company have decided
to Increase the capital stock $4,000
600.
There have been Al deaths from
smallpox reported In New York city
since the disease broke out ON Nov. Is
last.
The steamer Newark of the quarter
masters department has been wrecked
on Catanduanes island, in the Philip
pines.
The Syracuse Alumni club OF New
York city has presented boathouse TO
the university navy. The structure will
probably cost $1,000.
The heirs of the late Baron Wilhelm
Won Rothschild, head of the Frankfort
banking house, have given 100000
marks to local charities.
Thomas +. Klnslow, the professional
baseball player, is dead of consump-
ton. Kinslow made a brilliant record
on the Brooklyn baseball team.
The three story brick building at Nos.
Sc to CO Merwin street. Cleveland. In
which John ID. Rockefeller started In
the oil business, has been burned.
DIR. William III. Egle, a noted gepeal-
ogist and historian, formerly state H.
brarian of Pennsylvania, is dead AT
his home in Harrisburg Of pneumonia.
The Coplay Cement company of Al
lentown, Pa, has sold out 10 a New
York syndicate for over 81, 000, 900. The
names and details are not obtainable
here.
Adjutant General A. @. Oliphant OF
the New Jersey national guard has
just issued orders for the mastering
in of Company X, which has been re-
cruited In Plainfeld.
Reports from the gold mining district
of northern Luzon are encouraging. A
find of 81, 500 gold was recently made
In single pocket In Lepanto province,
about 175 miles north Of Manila.
The bodies OF 33 soldiers who died In
Cuba and whose remains were brought
to this country on the transport Nc
Clellan were Inferred in the National
cemetery Mt Arlington on Thursday
Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew author
ICES the statement that the engagement
between his niece, Miss Anne Depew
Paulding. and Lieutenant John s.
Edie. U. s. N, has been broken of.
Mrs. G.. Henry Barnhart Of Middle.
town, N. Y, announces the recovery OF
her eyesight through the ministration
of Christian Scientists. She had been
blind since Christmas as the result Of
grip.
Governor Odell has pardoned Lati-
mar Il. Jones, who was convicted In
New York In June. 1897. OF forgery In
the second degree and sentenced TO
Sing Sing for five years and six
months.
The board of trustees OF the New
York State Soldiers home at Bath al
their annual meeting appointed DIR.
James T. Burdick of Brooklyn chief
surgeon of the home hospital In place
of DIR. 0ran w. Smith.
Chaplain Fitzgerald administered
the oath of allegiance to 1900 Ilocanos
at a church In Vigan, north Luzon,
Feb. %, and a parish priest at Santa
Catalina administered a similar oath
TO 700 natives Feb. "a.
The will of Hugh Kerr, whose son,
George j. Kerr, is in state prison as
one of the murderers OF Jennie Boss
chieter, has been filed at Paterson, n.
j. The estate is valued at $4,000, of
which one-fifth is left to George.
Colonel Walter s. Schuyler, with
detachment of the Forty-sixth volun-
teer infantry. had a smart skirmish
near Santa Cruz, province OF Cavite. in
which several insurgents were killed.
The Americans captured ten rifles
Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks, wife of
the senior senator from Indiana, has
been elected president general of the
Society OF the Daughters OF the Ameri-
can Revolution. She received 333
votes out OF total of 5S4 votes cast
The 500 employees of the Dolph Coal
company, at winton, Pa, have struck
because the company failed TO pay the
10 per cent increase in wages to a
number OF its miners. as agreed when
the big strike of last October was set
tied.
Thomas G.. Barker, who recently shot
she Rev. John Keller at Arlington. n.
j., and who has since been confined
In the Hudson county IN. j. jail has
been released on 5000 bail. Barker
left Immediately for his home I'm
Arlington.
Andrew Carnegie has offered to give
s25, 900 to build library at Mount Yer
non, n. Y, on condition that the com.
mon council secure proper site and
set aside $500 annually toward the
support OF the library. The offer will
be accepted.
Professor |. Il. Poucher, principal OF
the oswego IN. " Normal school, has
received communication from Divi.
sion Superintendent Morse OF the Phil,
ipplnes asking for teachers fos service
in the Philippines. Several graduates
may accept positions.
The government buildings at Iba,
capital OF Zambales province, Luxon.
have been burned, the jail alone escap,
ing the flames. The Twenty. fourth
infantry's supplies were destroyed by