The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-03-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of the Wide World
Briefly and TerSely Told.


| appeals has sustained the antispring
| election law.
Chandler Hale, son of Senator Hale,
was selected for secretary of legation
at The Hague.
Charles Momm, first assistant exam
liner in the United States patent office,
has committed suicide.
Billiards in western Nebraska and
eastern Colorado are reported to have
been very disastrous to cattle.
The exports of merchandise from the
port of New York for the week ending
March 26 were valued at $10,O69,656.
The transports Thomas, Rosecrans
and Lawton, with volunteers. have
sailed from Nagasali for San Fran
cisco.
Colonel Edward G. James, one of the
leading members of the New York bar,
has died at Palm Beach, Fla, of pneu-
monia.
A continuous period of sleighing,
lasting from 122 to 1873 days, according
to the locality, is reported in northern
New York.
The Buffalo Pan-American EXPOSE
ton stamps will be placed on sale at
postoffices throughout the country on
May l next.
BY the explosion of Stag at the open
hearth furnace No. 1 of the Carnegie
Steel company at Homestead seven
men were seriously injured.
The Kentucky court of appeals has
granted new trials to Caleb Powers
and James Howard, sentenced for the
murder of Governor Goebel.
1t is officially estimated that the
wheat yield of Australia will reach H.
790,576 bushels, or an increase of
2,552,62S bushels over last years yield.
The people of the island of Negroes
have sent in almost unanimous petit
tons for the establishment of provin-
cial government under American au-
thority.
Two steamers, the Monmouthshire
and Carmarthenshire, have been placed
on a new line of direct Manila service
established by the Oriental Steamship
company.
The armOred cruiser New York has
arrived at Gibraltar. She will proceed
to Tangier to demand the settlement
of the claims of the United States gov
eminent against Morocco.
Companies l and NJ, Eleventh United
States infantry, and regimental band,
Colonel Isaac De Russey commanding,
have left Washington for San Fran
cisco en- route to the Philippines.
The Pacific Mail liner Korea, the
largest vessel ever built for the Amer
lean merchant marine service, has
been launched at the yard of the New
port News Shipbuilding company.
General Fulton and 1870 of his COM
mand, armed with rifles, have surren-
dered to Colonel Scott of the Forty
fourth volunteer infantry at Antique,
Island of Panay, Philippine Islands.
The Carnegie company has received
an order from the Chilean government
for 10000 tons Of standard steel rails
for the roads of that country. The rails
are to be delivered within two months.
A disastrous fire at Richvilie, st.
Lawrence county, N. Y, on Sunday de-
stroyed the Carpenter House, Sher
man Bosworth's barber shop, Beaman's
drug store and several other buildings;
loss, $4,000.
The West Park Ice palace at Fifty
second and Jefferson streets, Philadel-
phia, has been entirely destroyed by
fire, entailing loss of about 100000,
ON which there was an insurance of
about $4,000.
George w. Aldridge has closed n
contract with the Rochester Citizens
Light and Power company and taken a
considerable financial interest. He will
act as general manager at salary of
$4,000 year.
The American steamer Californian,
Captain Dyer, has sailed from Guani-
ca, Porto Rico, for New Orleans with
800 emigrants destined for Hawaii. OF
this party 1896 are men, and the remain
der are women and children.
Brigadier General John G. Bates,
now in command of a force of voluu-
teers In the Philippines, has been or
dered to return to the United States to
relieve Major General Merriam, in COM
mand of the department of the Mis-
souri,.
An important meeting of railway
men has been held in Cleveland, at
which the l cent mile rate promised
for the Grand Army of the Republic
national encampment to be held in
Cleveland next September was formal
ly promulgated.