Connecticut western news., 1901-02-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of the Wide World
Briefly and TerseIy Told.

chase.
The Rochester Tumbler works ut
Rochester, Pa, have been burned; loss,
100000.
Hon. NJ. A. Hanna has been elected a
comrade in Memorial post, q. A. r., Of
Cleveland.
The Twentieth infantry, which has
been two years in Manila on provost du-
~, has sailed for vigan on field service.
Lincoln's birthday was observed by
banQuetS by many patriotic, political and
social organizations throughout the coun-
try.
All the nurses OF the insane pavilion OF
Bellevue hospital New York, have been
dismissed because il was found that n
| patient had burned himself on a radi.
ator.
The United States ambassador to Eng
land. Mr.. Joseph III. Choate. has receiv.
ed in behalf of Professor Pickering OF
Harvard the gold medal OF the Royal
| Astronomical society.
Two persons dead, five others badly In.
jured and a financial loss OF $500 Is the
summary OF damage caused by n fire that
occurred in a four story brick dwelling ON
Harrison avenue, Boston.
The steamship Cervona, under charter
OF the British government, has cleared
from New Orleans with $50 horses for
the British army In South Africa. Her
destination is Cape Town.
Private James +. McConkey, United
| States marine corps. who Is said to have
been the first American soldier killed in
the Chinese war, has been buried AT os.
wego. n. Y, with full military honors.
Rev. Jonathan Weaver, bishop emeri-
tus OF the United Brethren church and
an aged divine widely known In religious
circles, is dead ut his home in Dayton,
o. His religious career began In 1S41.
Andrew Carnegie has offered to give
| the city OF Tacoma $500 for a library
building on condition that site be fur
nished and $1,000 yearly be spent In
maintenance. The city has accepted the
gift.
Former Lieutenant Governor Henry G.
Bates of Vermont has been offered by
the United States government the posi-
| ton Of judge in the Philippine Islands,
and he will accept the appointment. The
salary will be So. 800 per year.
The chair factory of Hiram Whitney
at Shandaken, y. Y, has been destroyed
| by fire. The wind blew a terrific gale,
and the penthouse containing thousands
| OF dollars worth of chairs was saved
with difficulty. The loss is $4,000.
Fire has destroyed tie Flatbush car
stable Of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
company in Brooklyn, causing n loss OF
100000. The fire started In the clean
ing room, but its cause is unknown. One
hundred and ten cars were destroyed.
DIR. Henry G. Hin, assistant surgeon OF
the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth
New York volunteers. has died in Lock-
port. n. Y, of Brights disease, aged 60
years. DIR. Hill was prominent in Re
publican politics. He was born in Yer
| mont
Mrs. s. C. Davis, residing at Norway
Ridge, Wis, has discovered that she Is
an heir to the late Millionaire William
Nj. Rice, who Is alleged to have been
murdered Sunday, Sept. %, 1900, In New
York city, and whose lawyer, Patrick, Is
now in Jail waiting trial.
The building in Reading, Pa. occupied
by Julius Hansen, cigar manufacturer,
and Hansen. LANCER & Bailey. manu-
facturers of eelluloid novelties, has been
entirely destroyed by fire OF unknown
origin. Loss, $4,000; fully insured.
Three firemen were badly injured.
Lorenzo Priori, who murdered vincen-
70 Garaguzo in New York Dec. IL. 1898,
has been put to death In the electric chair
In the state prison ut Sing Sing. Ii re-
quired two shocks 10 kill him. He left
with the priests who attended him a
statement declaring his innocence.
Smallpox has appeared in the Thirty
third regiment, and three companies have
been quarantined. The condition of those
suffering with the disease is not serious.
The companies that are not auarnntined
will return to the United States in ac-
cordance with the original plan of the
war department.
The Lattimer Pa.) strikers who went
out three weeks ago because OF the allcg.
ed unwarranted discharge OF two drill
! runners have decided to return to work,
and operations will be resumed at the col.
liery as soon AS the mules are taken back
into the mines and necessary repairs now
In progress are finished.
! Otto Schumann, an eccentric hermit,
was found frozen to death In his cottage
near Seelyville, three miles from Homes.
dale, Pa. He was last seen alive at
noon Tuesday. The man was said TO
have been wealthy and is believed TO
have received money regularly either
from Germany or New York.
The new steamer Ventura, which has
arrived Mt San Francisco from philadel-
phia, brought news Of the scalding 20
death OF five of her crew and the injury
OF FIVE others as the result OF the burst
ing OF one OF her steam pipes ON the
voyage. The accident occurred Jan. ~
four days after the Ventura left the
strait of Magellan.
Ralph White, an aged farmer, who was
recently convicted of murder In the sec
ond degree for the killing of his nephew,
Joseph White, at Sweet Valley. Pa,
committed suicide in the county jail by
hanging. lie used n sheet. fastening one
end to the door of his cell The prisoner
had been sentenced to Is years imprison-
| ment.
The steamer Amur. from Skaguay,
brings the first news received from Nome
since last fall. w. V. Ames. who came
| down on the Anus, made the trip from
Nome TO Dawson by dog train. lie says
mines at Nome are proving fairly salts
factory, but there have been no new
strikes OF Importance. Prices for food
are very high, with consequent suffering
and want.
| One OF the principal business blocks in
| Pennington. y. j., has been partly de-
/ stroycd by fire. The fire started in the
Richards building, soon spread to the
| Pennington National bank building ad-
| joining and was beyond control before
| the fircmeu arrived. Franklin {. Burk's
dug store, Rattfs fruit store and James
T.. Farmers shoe store were destroyed.
| All of the burned buildings were insured.
The loss Is estimated at 100000.
| A rich gold strike has been made In
the Fourth of July mine, near Pony,
Madison county, where gold was first dis
covered in Montana In 1868. III. I. Brig
don. who is operating the property, has
1 =. IL 4 l.. 4
from a streak of ore varying from 10 30
inches in width. The remaining eight feet
of quartz exposed in the crosscut apart
from the rich streak averages s25 per
ton. The pay streak has been developed
for 20 feet and will doubtless exceed that.
The steamer Amur brings news that on
Jan. % quartz mining MS high as S400 10
the ton was found in the Klondike.
| Charles Macdonald OF Atlin tells OF n
new placer strike go miles east of Atlin,
| on Klnhenau creek A large numhpr ~