Connecticut western news., 1901-01-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK,
Happenings of the Wide wort'
 Drieny and Ters~iy Told.


 Outrages by insurrectionnry Greeks are reported from the Indian Territory.
 Governor Allen has signed the bill es- tablshing jury trials in Porto Rico.
 Scott wike. former assistant secretary of the treasury, has died al Quincy, Ills.
 Thieves attempted to wreck the Union Pacific overland express near Kearney. Neb.
 Harvard has decided to send an cxpedi- ton tosvisit Iceland. Greenland and Lab rador.
 The Philippine commission has passed an act establishing a department of pub lie instruction.
 Ex-County Judge John c. Hubert. aged S4, the oldest member of the Sara toga bar. ss dead.
 The Texas legislature has elected I. W. Bailey of Gainesville United States senator to succeed Horace Chiffon.
 Mrs. Henry Mcdonnell has been burn sd to death at her home in Newburg, N. Y. She was alone in the house, and n lamp exploded.
 The first batch of 30 leading insurrcc- tionists who have been ordered to be de- ported to the island of Guam sailed on the transport Roseerans.
 F. NJ. Simmons, chairman of the state Democratic committee, has been elected United States senator from North Caro- lima to succeed Marion Butler.
 United States Senator Knute Nelson has been reelected at St. Paul by the Minnesota legislature. Moses E. Clapp was chosen for the short term.
 Governor Odell has decided not to in. tcrfere in the case of Lorenzo priori, the convicted murderer of Vincenzo Garguso and the convicted man must die.
 President Caroline Hazard of Wellesley college made the announcement of gift of S25,0 toward the endowment fund of that institution. The donor Is not named.
 Twenty families have been rendered homeless by fire which partially destroy ed six tenement houses in Jersey City The damage caused by the fire was s20,' 900.
 university during the past year is an. nounced 10 have been S531, ,519. The in dividual donations have been announced from time 10 time.
 Dr. William H. H. Parkhurst, Ss years of age, is dead in Frankfort, N. Y. He was one of the oldest doctors in the Mohawk valley, having been in constant practice since 1889.
 The battleship Wisconsin has been nc. cepted by the navy department. subject to the usual three months reservation. No date has yet been set for putting the vessel into commission.
 Two persons were seriously injured and 8 others slightly hurt in q fire which destroyed the Stewart hotel, a two story  guests lost their clothing.
 Fire at Spring Lake, N. l., has de. stroyed the Sussex hotel and two other Philadelphia. It is believed that incen diaries started the flames.
 The Williamstown colliery, controlled by the Pennsylvania railroad, has sus pended operations on account of differ ences between the company and the op eratives over the hours of work. William Rudolph Otto Bcrgholz. 6 years old. the noted engineer. has died al New Rochelle, N. Y., of heart disease Mir. Bergholx was born in Germany ant studied civil engineering at Munich. Ex-Governor James A. Mount of In diana, who retired from office on Mon day. dropped dead on Wednesday In tn, Denison hotel. The doctors who examin cd his body say apoplexy was the cause. Horace D. Tupper, prominent ic, dealer of the town of Colonc, N. l.. wa' caught in revolving shaft at his ice house on the Mohawk river, near Cohoes and his head and one arm torn from his body.
 George W. McGinnes, a wealthy re tired merchant of Princeton, N. l., wal found frozen to death in the garden oi his home. He was so years old, and for several years his mind had been de ranged.
 A head on collision between freight trains on the Grand Trunk railroad ncai Locke's Mills, Me, resulted In the deatl of four men and serious injury of several others. and 1 locomotives and 12 carr were demolished.
 Asa Howell, one of the original signers of the call for the formation of the Re publican party, has died at his home Florida, Orange county, N. Y., aged T7 years. He was active in politics up to the time of his death. Hon. John Lsisenring, the we'll known mine owner of Lurerne county, Pa, and former congressman from the Luzernc district, is dead. Mir. Leisenring had been N SnHtTtI TOT III lonE IlulR From heart and kidney trouble.
 The large chemical works at Milans vile, Pa, have been destroyed by fire The factory was owned by w. S..Brandt X Co. of Binghamton, N. Y. The los. is estimated at s30,U00. The factory wa, erected about a year ago.
 Former Attorney General Moses E Clapp of St. Paul was chosen us the Re publican nominee for the place In the United States senate made vacant by the death of Cushman K. Davis after one of the hardest contests in the history of Min. nesota.
 w. A. Clark has been elected United States senator from Montana to succeed Thomas NJ. Carter. Mir. Clark in joint session received 5T votes out of 93 cast | m the first ballot and was declared elect ed. No one was elected for the short term.
 The Babylon breaker of the Temple Coal company at Duryea, Pa, has been completely destroyed by a fire Of un' known origin, causing a loss of Sl00,. poo, which Is covered by insurance. Five nundrcd men and boys are thrown out of work.
 Judge Samuel Austin, aged S5, has eled m New London NOnn. JudEt AUS tin was born in Norwich, Conn, remov. ing 10 Philadelphia when he was 25 years old. He practiced law success. fully for 90 years there, going to New London six years ago. Acceptance of 40 cents on the dollar by the creditors of w. l.. Strong X Co. is recommended by the advisory commit tee appointed to inquire into the affairs of the firm of which the former mayor of | New York. who died in last November, | was the principal member. | Mayor James K. Mcclure of Syracuse ias received letter from Andrew Carne- fie stating that If Syracuse would furnish , good location and agree to spend ESQ. pO year upon its library be will Eivs the city n building to cost S2oo,0OO. The .ity will comply with the conditions. Professor K. l.. Garner, the student O simian language. who was recently rs ported lost in Africa, Is alive and we'll | according to telegram received by hi sister, Mrs. ]. Welsh, from Mrs. Garne at Boston. Professor Garner is said | be pursuing his studies in the heart o |