Connecticut western news., 1901-08-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK
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 NJ. M Bedding of New York has been elected president of the League Of American Wheelmen.
 Four KokoI.a und) boys, all under 10 years old, ;f.e under arrest for ston- ing a companion to death.
 An insurgent captain and IS men belonging to the Filipino general Nal. vars forces have surrendered.
 Five people were killed and several badly injured in n collision between n train and Il trolley car in Chicago.
 Senator Hanna has started for his va- cation, to he spent near Sault Ste. Ma. rie, where he has Il summer house.
 Dr. Louis Knapp of St. Louis left his wife and children to nurse Chinese leper in order to study the disease.
 X thief secured S1.0o0 in jewels left by Mrs. ]. E. Huston of Auburn. N. Y., in her berth on n steamer at Skaguay. It is said that William Ridgeley of Chicago is likely to succeed c. G. Dawes as comptroller of the currency. Three union stonecutters have been arrested in Chicago, charged with wrecking yards where independent men worked
 The National Steel Refining eompa- ny has been incorporated in Della ware as rival to the Crucible Steel company.
 The Mark Lane Express says the United States has enough wheat sur. plus to supply the deficit of northwest ern Europe.
 James F. Bedell, sentenced In 1888 to 9 years and 1 months in Sing Sing for having stolen S296,Ss0 from n New York law firm, has been pardoned by Governor 0dell.
 Acting Secretary Sanger has issued an order for the formation of ten com. panies of coast artillery In accordance with the increase of artillery recently made by congress.
 Henry NJ. Flagler, the millionaire oil magnate, has secured decree under the new Florlda statute which provides that insanity of four years standing Is sufficient ground for divorce.
 Civil Governor Taft in the Immedi ate future will reduce the police force of Manila by one-half. At present there are 1,300 policemen for the city, whose population only numbers 250,ooo souls.
 The Pennsylvania Democratic state convention has naminated Judge liar. man Yerles of Doylestown for supreme court judge and Representative An drew ]. Palm of Meadville for state treasurer.
 The postofiice at Cape May, N. l., has been robbed and about S200 in stamps and money taken. The burglars entered by back window, rified every letter and blew off the safe door with gunpowder.,
 Five men were burned to death, four were drowned. three and possibly four were suffocnted and several injured as the result of fire which destroyed q temporary waterworks crib two miles of Cleveland harbor The crib is a to- tai loss.
 Stamboul 2:0Th. the great trotting stallion, the unbeaten champion of ey- cry show ring and known as the hand somest show horse in America, fell dead at the Richardson farm at Go- shen, N. Y. He wns owned by E. II. Hartman.
 By an explosion of dynamite in the Mohawk and Malone roundhouse at Herkimer, N. Y., by which the building was wrecked and burned, five persons were killed and several injured. The victims were all employees of the rail. road company.
 Senor c. Morla Vicuna, the Chilean minister, died in Buffalo Tuesday. Minister Nicuna went to Buffalo from Washington July IS to attend the cere- monies incident upon the formal open Ing of the Chilean building at the Pan. American grounds.
 At the Brighton Beach race track, New York. on Thursday, Cresceus, owned and driven by George H. Ketch- am, won the match trotting race against The Abbot, owned by John I. Scannell and driven by Edward Gecrs, the time being 2:03A.
 The Grand Rapids Fire Insurance company, organized in 1882 and doing a successful business in seven states, was sold out to the National Fire In- surance company of Hartford. The Grand Rapids company did a business of over $300,000 a year.
 Andrew Carnegie, through Mrs. Skene, wife of the late Dr. Skene of Brooklyn, has presented a 5000 libra ry to Grifiin's Corners, Delaware coun- ty, N. r.. to be known as the Skene Memorial library. Dr. Skene once sav- ed the millionaire's life.
 The Plant line steamer Halifax, Cap tain Pye, from Charlottetown, Port Hawkesbury and Halifax, struck a ledge oT Minots light while coming into port in a thick fog. She freed herself, however, and was beached in sinking condition. She may be saved The safe In the office of the Atlantic Coast Electric Railway company at Allenhurst, N. l., was robbed of 2,000. The company's offices were guarded by two watchmen. These men were held up by six masked burglars. who held revolvers to their heads and threatened to blow out their brains If tLcy gave an alarm.
 Second Lieutenant Walter \. Grant of the sixth cavalry while scouting with detachment near Taal, Batan- gas province, Luzon, has made what the military authorities think to be the most important capture since Agulnal. do was made prisoner. Grant captured Colonel Martin Cabrera, his adjutant and six other insurgents. Cabrera had been growing !a power for some time. He controlled all the insurgents in southern Batangas.
 John Winters. who footed the vault of the Splhy Smelling works at Vallejo Junction on Aug. ', secured as his booty gold bullion to the value of S320,. 0o0. or nearly S5nOo0 more than the sum originally given out. An error was made in compiling the list of stolen