Connecticut western news., 1901-05-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Happenings of the wide Woris
Briefly and TerS~iy Told.


4 break has occurred in the Erie ca
nal near Rochester.
Fire In Dawson City, Alaska, has
done damage TO the extent OF $4,000.
The United States heads the list Of
exporting nations in the fiscal year
1901.
Twenty-six Americans were found
among prisoners captured 10y British
in South Africa.
Terry McGovern knocked out Oscar
Gardner In the fourth round at Me.
chanics' pavilion, San Francisco.
Twenty miners were injured, five fa-
tally, by an explosion Of powder In a
runaway train in Wilkesbarre, Pa.
The Cuyahoga Savings and Banking
company of Cleveland has suspended
payment. The treasurer is missing
Theodosius Secor, one OF the earliest
American builders OF marine engines,
is dead at his home In Brooklyn. aged
%.
Captain Richmond l.. Hobson is In
Buffalo. Captain Hobson win be I'm
charge of the United States naval ex.
hibit at the exposition.
ii. III. Lyman, New York state excise
commissioner. has died at his home In
owego after a very long Illness. Mr.,
Lyman had been excise commissioner
for five years.
The building In Chicago of a 500, 900
temple to the memory of Robert q. In
gersoll is the purpose of the lngersoll
Memorial association, just Incorporated
at Springfield, Ills.
The trouble at the G. Il. Markle 4
Co.'S Ebervale Pa.l collieries. which
had existed for several weeks, has
been adjusted. All the men viii be re.
stored to their old places.
The New York East river bridge com.
missioner has awarded the contract for
constructing the steel suspension on the
bridge 20 the Pennsylvania Steel com.
pany. The bid was 81, 123,0 900.
The strike at the American Cigar
company's factory In Passaic, N. j.,
has ended In the defeat of the girls
who demanded an increase OF cents
per 1000. over leo girls returned &c
work.
The cup yacht Constitution was chris.
tened Monday evening at Bristol. II. l..
by Mrs. w. Butler Duncan, who broke
the traditional bottle of wine ON her
bow. The launching was In every way
successful.
The customs revenues In the Philip.
pine Islands for the month OF January,
1901, as compared with the same
months of 1890 and 1900 were as FOL.
lows: 1901. S70s,6s5; 1899, 1921, 1853
1900. S390.27T.
II is announced in Wall street that
Comptroller Bird s. Coler viii retire
from politics ut the end OF his present
term of Office TO become the head OF
an important trust company Mt a sal.
airy said to he $4,000 year.
The state department has paid to the
Mexican government through the Mex.
lean embassy at Washington $4,000 as
full indemnity to the heirs Of Floren
tino Suaste. Mexican citizen who was
lynched in Lasalle county, Tex, In
1895.
Felix Roxas, editor of the Democra
CHI, u unity ikdh vi Aut "a
Batangas, has been appointed govern
or OF the province of Batangas. Lieu
tenant II. ID. Blanchard of the Thirty
eighth volunteer infantry was appoint
ed treasurer.
Van Il. Triplet. inventor OF the gold
brick game, who is said to have swim
died people out of S1,o00,0o0 by differ
ent kinds OF confidence games, has died
at West Baden, Ills, In poverty. Mon
ey is now being raised by his friends
to give him n decent burial.
Brigadier General Henry NJ. Rob
ert, who has retired from his position
as chief of the engineer corps and from
the army. Will be married on May s al
owego. n. ". to Miss Isabelle Living
ston Hoaglnnd, daughter OF Mrs. Chris
tina Hoagland of that place.
Presbyterian clergymen from al
parts of the state are gathering at Og
densburg, n. Y, to he present at tn,
jubilee celebration this week OF ID. l.
Merrill Miller of the First church OF
that city. DIR. Miller has occupied tn,
same pulpit continuously for 80 years.
AIltT II NuEtlui VI lnt
situation In the Philippines the admin
istration has decided to reduce the ar
my in the islands TO 10000 men. TIL,
opinion prevails in Washington that
this number will be ample for the pres
ent needs of the service in the islands.
Secretary Gage has recommended e
the war department the appointment
of Jared ID. Terrell of Michigan as
auditor for Cuba at 5000 year. The
salary is paid out of the Cuban reve
nues. Mr.. Terrell is chief law clerk In
the office of the comptroller of tn,
treasury.
Amos Sterling, colored, has been con
victed of murder in the first degree FOR
the killing OF Roy Wilson White, the
young University OF Pennsylvania pro
lessor. Professor White was beaten to
death with an iron bar on a street In
West Philadelphia on May 10 last and
afterward robbed.
The liberation and transportation &c
their homes OF the 1000 Filipinos who
were set free by General Macarthur q
signalize the Issuance OF Aguinaldo's
proclamation have been nearly com
pleted. The liberation Of another thou
sand prisoners to celebrate General II
uio's surrender will begin this week.
Senator Mitchell Russell has died al
his home in Troy, n. Y. Senator Rus
sell was stricken with apoplexy in the
senate chamber few weeks ago, wheu
he was carried out by other senators
and conveyed to the Albany hospital
Last Thursday he was taken to his res
idence in Troy and had failed rapidly
since.
Seven persons were burned to death
while asleep early Monday morning In
a tenement house at South Chicago. A
freight train OF o. cars which was
standing I'm front OF the building and
I which. IL is claimed. the crew refused
to move blocked the tiremen, who were
unable To get near the burning building
until il was too late. The train crew
was arrested.