Connecticut western news., 1901-10-03
NEWS 0T THE WEEF

Dole of Honolulu has written his resig nation.
 Kirkland R. Armour, the packer, died at his residence in Kansas City, Mo. Sept 2.
 The Reading Iron company has volun. tarily increased puddlers' wages from S4 to S4.25 ton.
 Comptroller William B. Ridgley took the oath in Washington as the sue. cessor to Charles c. Dawes.
 Fall River manufacturers have re. fused the . per cent advance in wages asked for by the cotton mill operatives.
 Antonio Maggie. who Is said to have predicted McIlinley's murder, was held for the federal grand jury at Silver City, Tex. E..
 Edward Eggleston. the author. is in such i'll health that he fears he may not be able to complete his history Of the United States.
 The Standard oil interests are said to control the worlds floating supply of copper and to be resolved to main. tain the price here.
 Miss Laura Lemly, forty-five years of age, sister of Judge Advocate Lcmly was burned to death at her home In Salem, N. C.. Monday.
 A waterspout or cloudburst near the headwaters of Alameta creek in Pre- sidio county Sept. 2o caused the death of thirteen prospectors.
 A runaway street car crashed into a Burlington freight train. Mrs. Charles kupfer was killed. and several per. sons were injured seriously.
 Thursday Leon Czolgosz was sen. fenced to die In the electric chair dur. ing the week beginning Oct. 2s for the murder of President Mckinley.
 The state department has been noti. fed that the sultan of Turkey has np. pointed Alexander R. Webb honorary consul general of the Turkish govern. ment at New York,
 The postofiice department has reeeiv. ed word of the arrest of Richard Burns. alias Graham. alias Abbott, at Elizabeth, N. l., charged with being a green goods stecrer.
 MT. Kruger has abandoned the idea of sending delegation to the president of the United States having ascertain. ed that Mir Roosevelt will pursue the policy of noninterventlon.
 Ten thousand English soverelgns. aft. CT lying for nearly century and q quarter in an old hulk at the bottom of East bay. Lake Champlain, have been recovered and are now deposited in the Allen National bank fin Falrhavcn. Mass.
 It Is announced that Adjutnnt Gen. eral Corbin and Miss Edith Patten will be married on Wednesday. Nov. 8 In the home of the bride. The ceremony will take place at noon. Cardinal Gib. bons or Washington clergyman will | officiate.
 William Hoppner. cashier for the A | w. Faber Pencil company of .TS Readt street New York. who disappeared or June IS last. has been arrested in Bue nos Ayres. An examination of his books revealed a shortage of between $30,0oo and $4o.0o0.
 John George Nicolay, private secrc tary to President Lincoln and widely known as the author of several works on the life of the great war president died at Washington Thursday. He was seventy years old and had been in fec ble health for several years.
 The North German Lloyd Steamship company gave banquet to the news paper men of New York on board theiI new liner, Kronprinz Wilhelm, Friday In addition to the metropolitan news | paper men there were present several Boston journalists and several other friends of the line.
 | Cresceus has again failed to lower his record of 2:02A. made at Columbus on Aug ?, in a trial on the Belmont Driving park course. He stepped the mile in 2:04ls without a skip and re duced the track record of 2:oSA made by Alix on Nov. T, 1894. Everything was conducive to fine time.
 John Wallace. engineer. and John Con nelly. miner. were instantly killed at | the Twin shaft, Pittston, Sunday even. ing. The men were being hoisted to tn, | surface in bucket, and when about half way up the shaft the bucket tip ped over. and both men were throwr out. They fell distance of POO feet and when picked up nearly every bone in their bodies was broken. The war department has made public the text of the order containing modih' cations of the Cuban tarif promulgat. ed March 31, 1900. The principal changes are reduction of from 10 to per cent ad valorem in the duty on rail. way equipment stock, of from 10 to per cent on sugar making machinery | and the cancellation of the special con. sessions relating to Porto Rican coffee.
 At Allentown, Pa. Wednesday, Prince Alert equaled the worlds pacing record of 2:o4s4 on half mile track at the Semicentennial Allentown fair. The race was special match for S3,o00 be. tween Little Boy and Prince Alert Little Boy broke badly in the first hcat and Prince Alert had to go unalded by competition. Prince Alert was sent for record in the second heat and finish. ed in 2.0iSi.
 On pillow to be presented to Mrs. | Mckinley by the Monroe commandery of Rochester, N. Y., Is embroidered in gold the last words of the president "It Is Gods way. his will be done" The | pillow is made of triangle of black and white silk, bordercd with gold and with ruflies of black and white, the ,olors of the Knights Templars. Iu the renter Is worked cross and crown in scarlet and gold.
 The will of the late President Mc- Knley was filed on Saturday after. | t.- h.. Ia. kN m Day and by Secretary Cortelyou. To- gether they went to the probate judges office and presented the document. All of the property is left in trust to Mrs. Mckinley. hut an annuity of S1,0O0 Is given to Miss Helen Mckinley. sister of the late president. It Is said that the value of the estate is between S225.0OO and S350 700.
 When President T. !. shafrer was shown the open ,ctier Issued by prcsl.