Connecticut western news., 1901-12-19
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of the Wide World
 Briefly and TcrseIy Told.

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 Dr. Rush s. Huidekoper formerly chief surgeon II. $. A., died at Philadel- phia on Tuesday.
 Luigi Storti the murderer of Michele Calucci in Boston Nov. [, 1899, was electrocuted at the state prison In Charlestown Tuesday morning.
 Dr. John Stark, widely known sur. geon and physician who from 1883 to 1865 was a surgeon on the stan of Gen eral Mcclellan, died in Kansas City on Tuesday.
 The Meadville CPal Theological school has received Christmas gift of S50.o00 in the form of an endowment for the presidents chair from an anony. nous donor.
 The plant of the Island Foundry com pany at Mechanicsville, N. Y., was to- tally destroyed by fire on Sunday. The loss will be $ooooo, partially covered by insurance.
 It is announced on excellent authori ty that the marriage of United States Senator Chauncey Nj. Depew to Miss Palmer will take place at Nice. France, on Christmas eve.
 The marriage of Miss Katharine W. Dorr of Albany and William Loeb, IT,, secretary to President Roosevelt, took place at the Emanuel Baptist church in Albany on Thursday.
 Charles W. Vaughan, formerly super intendent of the poor and sheriff of Clinton county, N. Y., died on Friday, He was a prominent Mason and Odd Fellow and was fifty-nve years old.
 Captain James Parker, who was one of Admiral Schley's counsel before the court of inquiry, Is engaged in the collection of material for a biography of Admiral schley which he proposes to write.
 The resignation of W. c. Purdy as president of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad was accepted by the directors of the company on Thursday. William B. Leeds was then elected president
 The navy department has awarded the contract for the construction of the buildings which are to serve as quar- ters for the cadets at the Naval acade- my to Noel & Thomas of Baltimore at their bid of s2,44s,ooo.
 The war department is in receipt of cablegram from Manila, dated Dec. 28, reporting the sailing of the transport Warren with 7b6 short term enlisted men and Generals Robert F. Hughes and Frederick Funston. At a consistory on Monday the pope formally announced among others nominated to bishoprics the names of Father John J. o'Connor as bishop of Newark, N. J., and Father William J. o'Connell as bishop of Portland, Me.
 Harriet r. Murphy, prominent In church and society circles and treas urer of the Kingsley House fund. was murdered at her home. 622I Howe street. east end, Pittsburg, by a bur glar on Tuesday. The murderer made his escape.
 A gang of burglars entered the Rhinebeek CN. Y) postofice and bank on Monday, blowing open safes in both places. In the postoffice they got mon ey and stamps to the value of $500. but in the bank they secured nothing. | The burglars escaped.
 The comptroller of the currency has authorized the recently suspended First National bank of Ballston Spa, N. r., to resume business. This action was taken upon information that the capital of the bank was unimpaired and the bank was otherwise safe.
 Frank White. a negro who was con victed at Oswego, N. Y., Saturday of the murder of George Clare at Lansing on Sept 10. has been sentenced by Justice Wright to be put to death by electricity during the week commenc. ing Jan. 10. White is twenty years old.
 On Tuesday Oliver Hartman. Sr., who is said to be worth at least s. 100000, was declared insane and in- competent by commission and sher- | ifrs jury at Port Chester N. Y. The petition was made by his eight chill dren. MT. Hartman Is seventy years | old.
 The Tennessee Coal. Iron and Rail- road company has announced the com pletion of its steel rail mill at Ensley. | Ala, and that the plant will be in oper- ation within few weeks. This new | industry will make steel rails for trunk lines and will be the first plant of the kind in the south.
 Members of the executive committee | of the national council of the Grand Army of the Republic at a meeting in | Chicago Thursday night decided to hold the next annual encampment of the organization at Washington. IL has been decided that the encampment will be held in the fall.
 The capture by the British Of Com. mandant KritzinRer, who has been styled the De Wet of Cape Colony" Is regarded as very important. He has been a troublesome and energetic in- vader of Cape Colony. Tn recent proclamation he called himself the chief commandant of Cape Colony. Major General Arthur MacArthur. who has been stationed in Washington recently as a member of the board of army posts and as a member of the ar. my provost board, has been ordered to Denver to assume command of the | department of the Colorado, vice Brig. adler General H. c. Merriam. retired. Brigadier General ]. Franklin Bell has been exceedingly active in Batan. kdr NhtfN ht | by every means available to stamp out the lnsurrection. There are daily small fights between the insurgents and the men of General Bells command in which the former are almost invaria. bly, routed.
 The case of Mrs. Lola Ida Bonfne. on trial for the killing of James Seymour Ayres. Jr.. in his room in the Hotel Kenmore, Washington. on the night of May II last. was given 10 the jury Friday afternoon. After having been out four hours the jury returned yer. dict of not guilty, and Mrs. Bonine was released.
 Sir Thomas Lipton's cup challenger, Shamrock IT,, narrowly escaped being destroyed by fire Thursday night. As