The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-01-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings Of the Wide World
Briefly and TerseIy Told.

General Batchelder, former quarter
master general of the army, is dead
John Bardsley, former city treasurer
of Philadelphia, is dead at his home.
A New York state tuberculosis hospital
is to be built at Raybrook, Franklin
county.
The Philippine commission has com
pleted the code for the government of
municipalities.
Ex-senator Fred t. Dubois has been
nominated for United States senator by
the fusion caucus in Idaho.
Captain J. d. Bulloch, famous agent
of the Confederates during the American
civil war, died in Liverpool
The Right Rev. Bishop Winand Mi.
chael Wigger, head of the Roman Catho-
lie diocese sof Newark, N. j., is dead
John Goodnow, United States consul
general at Shanghai, has arrived at San
Francisco on 60 days. leave of absence.
Lorenzo Priori, who was to have been
executed at Sing Sing prison Monday
morning, has been granted respite of 20
days by Governor Odell.
Colonel Huntington Wolcott jackson.
one of the foremost lawyers of Chicago
and member of the old Jackson family
Of Newark, N. j., has died of apoplexy.
John G. Sims, secretary of the Penn
sylvania Railroad company and well
known in railroad circles throughout the
country, died in Philadelphia on Monday.
The residence Of Edward T. Taylor at
Model City, near Lewiston, N. Y, was
burned on Monday. Taylor, his wife and
three small children persisted in the
flames.
Myer Mark, for nearly a quarter of a
century prominent in the business circles
of Gloversville, N. Y, has died at his
home in that place. Mr.. Mark was SO
years of age.
Bishop w. X. Ninde, aged 6S years, of
the Methodist Episcopal church, was
found dead in his bed at his home in De-
troit. 1t is thought the cause of death
was heart trouble.
Andrew Carnegie has promised Seat
tie a gift of 100000 to be expended in
the construction of new public library.
He requires a yearly guarantee of $780,
600 for maintenance and Improvement.
A passenger train on the Nevada. Cali
fornia and Oregon railway was struck
by the gale at Doyles, 40 miles north of
rails. -Four passengers and three train
men were hurt.
Michael Ferrin and negro, name un
known, were blown to pieces at Philson,
Pa, on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
by an explosion of dynamite. The men
were thawing the dynamite when the ex-
plosion occurred.
The Dingley Wooden Mills company, an
extensive manufacturing concern of Phil
adelphia, has gone into the hands of re-
ceiver. The affairs of the company were
involved with those of George Campbell,
who failed recently.
President Albert ]. Earring of the Chi.
cago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul railway
has sold his 10000 shares of stock in the
road. The line has passed into the con
troll of J. j. Hill, J. Pierpont Morgan and
/, John D. Rockefeller.
| A frightful dynamite explosion occur
red in the powder machine house of the
| Repanno Chemical company at Thomp-
sons Point, N. ]. The building was an
initiated, and the three workmen in it at
| the time were blown to atoms.
Charles r. Westervelt, former cashier
| of the Dime Savings institution of New
ark, n. j., entered plea of guilty to two
| indictments for forgery and not guilty to
two indictments of embezzlement The
amount he is charged with embezzling is
$50,500
The New York Central railroad shops
at Oswego, n. Y, are to be enlarged and
employment given to twice the present
force. The wages of trainmen and con.
ductors on the Rome, WATERFOWL and
Ogdensburg division have been advanced
10 per cent.
David Oilers private bank at Shiloh,
O., has been burglarzed. The robbers
are said to have secured $4,000 in cur.
rency, a number of government bonds
and lot of valuable jewelry belonging
to the bankers wife. They stole a horse
and buggy and escaped.
The Ames Iron Works company of
Oswego, N. Y, organized in 1858, has
been incorporated, with a capital stool,
of 100000. The plant is one of the
largest boiler manufactures in the coun-
try and recently shipped large order to
the Russian government.
Generals Wheaton and Bates report
to Manila many small captures, the
destruction of insurgent camps and the
seizure of supplies, animals and other
necessities. Among the captures in
Smiths district was Colonel Techon, the
insurgent governor of Tarlac.
Eli r. Bangs the well known CON
tractor and millionaire, has died at his
home at Fayetteville, n v, after long
illness. He was a member of the well
known family of contractors and during
his lifetime had been engaged in many
important government contracts.
The largest foreign order ever filed in
Ansonia, Conn, is now completed and
awaiting shipment. 1t consists of 1000,
600 pounds of wire for a trolley road in
India \ train of between Is and 20
cars will be needed to ship it to New
York to be placed aboard q. steamer
The senate has confirmed large num-
Der of army nominations, of which the
most important were Colonel Samuel NJ.
Whitside, Tenth cavalry; Lieutenant
Colonel James X. Campbell, Thirtieth in
fantry, and Major Charles Bird, quar-
termaster, to be brigadier generals of
volunteers.
Mrs. Mary Il. Lease has written
friends at Topeka from New York that
she viii withdraw her suit for divorce
and return to Kansas to live with her
husband She quits the lecture field and
will devote the remainder of her life
TO an endeavor to make n happy home
for her husband and children.
Annie Bowd. years old. has just died
at Florida, \. y, us a result, it is said, of
injuries inflicted by two pIaymates u
month ago. The girl madesan antemor-
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