Connecticut western news., 1901-01-31

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 ]. r. Morgan & Co. of New York hay. purchased 7a,oo0 scres of coal lands In Greene county, Pa. The deal. which was concluded this week. Is one of the lsrgsst ever closed in western Pennsylvania. It is said that the Morgan syndicate paid S2O0 an acre and that the lands will be worked for th. benefit of the steel con- cerns In which Morgan and Rockefsllsr are interested.
 The estate of the late Philip D. Ar mour. according to a petition for httsrs testamentary filed in probate court. M valued al $ih.ooo.ooo. or this ti&po0.- 900 Is realty. This estate is distributed among the members of the Armcor fam | ily, the legatees tn the petition bsinE Malvina e. Armour, widow. !. OrdeA Armour, son, and Philip ID. and Ls~tsw Armour grandsons.
 X lantern which dropped from the hand of the night watchman in ths bclis~ room of the Continuous Rail Joint sou- pany in Troy, N. l,, caused fire whisA for time threatened to be serious. Ths entire hre department was called out to prevent the spread of the flames to oths~ parts of the building. and the hre was finally confined to the boiler room and tba machine shops. The loss Is about x2o,- oo0. Five persons dead and one severely in- | jured. two engines and ten loaded cars wrecked. Is the result of the mistake Of . train crew between Petroleum and Voi- cano Junction. w. Va, on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. The engineer was asleep at his post and mistook the first section of q passing train for the sec ond. Thinking both had passed, he pull ed his train on to the main track and was run into by the rccond section.
 Rear Admiral kautE who has juss been relieved from command of the Ps- cihc station. was placed on the retired list yesterday on account of age. He has had a long and distinguished career. of which nearly IS years were spent as sea. During the Samoan trouble aboub two sears ago Admiral Kautx was Ia command of the American forces in that quarter, and it was mainly through his frmness and conservation that serious international complications were avertcds Walter c. MclAlstsr, William A. DeasA and Andrew ]. Campbell who wsrs found guilty of murder in the second de. gree for the killing of Jennie Bosschistss on Oct. IS. 1900. by the adminissration of chlorai and subsequent asssuit, tes gsther with George J. Kerr. who plead. | ed non vult 10 a charge of assault. hsws been sentenced in Paterson by yudw@ Dixon. McAfstcr, Campbell and Desth were each sentenced to 30 years imprtss onment al hard labor and Kerr to 1b years Imprisonment al hard labor.
 On the New York Stock Exchange | January cotton rose over Sl0 a bale ln less than an hour on Monday, and whsa t sold at i2sa cents pound it wee higher than any person In this day ana generation had seen It before. ThLs re markable advance was the outcome pk the most cleverly planned and quietly d. rected corner" in the history of the cot ton trade. Howard Wilson. meek and modest looking young man of about 30 years and partner of the firm of Fsrni< Wilson X Co, has the credit for conceivs ing it.
 The Countess de Castellane's share oa the income from the estate of hef fsthsu the lste Jay Gould. has been tied up. with the exception of x20O,oOo pes aRs mum, by decision of Justice Beach In tha New York supreme court, pending tl.s trial of the suit of Asher Wertheimer, the London dealer In brie-a-brac and objects of art. The Countess de Castellane is to have S200.0o0 a year for the support of herself and children, and the rcmaindsa of the income Is to be held by the trus- tees under Jay Gould's will subject te wertheimer's suit for S3SS.ooo claimed hy him for goods bought by the Count and Countess de Castcllane.