The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-06-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Briefly and TerseIy Told.
The Klondike spring clean up of gold
is estimated at $15,000,000.
The Philippine commission has pass
ed an act organizing the courts.
The Philippine commission has ap-
pointed General Trias governor of Ca
vite.
The battleship Illinois has reached
Boston and is to have a trial trip dur
ing the week
The Academy of Music at Kingston,
N. Y, with it's contents, has been COM
pletely destroyed by fire.
The transport Hancock has arrived
at San Francisco from Manila with 81
officers and 1,042 enlisted men of the
Thirty-first volunteer infantry.
Hon. J. H. Manley has announced
that he is candidate for the nomina-
ton for governor Of Maine at the con-
clusion of Governor Hills term.
The second section of Buffalo Bill's
show train ran into the first section at
Bellwood, Pa, wrecking six cars and
probably fatally injuring one man, a
tent man.
| The 250 machinists in the employ of
Coke Bros. & Co. at Drifton, Pa, have
grant their demand for a nine hour day
and ten hours pay.
General Trias, in company with
Senior Lucban, brother of the insurgent
leader still operating in Samar, has
gone to Samar island and will attempt
to induce Lucban to surrender.
An order has been issued at the war
department directing the organization
of five batteries of field artillery and
three companies of coast artillery in ad-
dition to those now in the service.
An extra freight train on the Erie
| road broke in two west of Hornells-
vile, N Y, and Brakeman Henry Din
geldy of Buffalo was killed, and Con-
ductor Mitchell was seriously injured.
Governor Mclean of Connecticut has
sent to the house the nomination of
David Torrance of Derby to be chief
| justice of the supreme court of errors
| to succeed Chief Justice Andrews, who
has resigned
The rough riders have decided to hold
| their annual reunion in Colorado
| Springs during the quarto centennial
celebration, Aug. 1-3. 1t is expected
that Vice President Roosevelt will at
| tend the reunion.
| Edward Moran, whose name has been
conspicuous for nearly half century
among those of the leaders of Ameri-
can art, has died at 384 Fifth avenue,
New York city. Mr. Moran's work was
chiefly in marines.
Rev. Chester D. Clapp, rector of st.
Johns Episcopal church In Toledo, has
been appointed to take charge of the
work in the Philippines for the Ameri-
can board of missions. He will begin
his work about Sept. /.
The annual report of Collector Smith
of the port of Manila will show that
the amount in gold of duties collected
is as follows: Imports for the 80 months
of the American occupation, $14,315,
900; exports, 81, 69S, 250.
Major General S. B. M. Young, who is
now in this city, will assume command
of the department Of California on the
Both inst, relieving Major General
| Shafter whose commission as major
general of volunteers expires on that
| date.
| Senator Nj. A. Hanna has been ap-
pointed colonel on the official staff OF
General Rassieur, commander in chief
of the Grand Army of the Republic
Senator Hanna was recently mustered
into the G. A. r. as member of Memo
rial post in Cleveland.
A party of six persons, three men and
three girls, while sailing on the Della
ware river off North Essington, a few
miles below Philadelphia, were thrown
into the water by the swapping OF
their skiff during a squall, and the
three girls were drowned
Made insane by reading blood and
thunder stories, Leroy Groves, IL
years old, of Napoleon, O., stabbed tC
death his sister, aged "a; strangled his
brother, 10 years old, and finally, after
setting his fathers barn on fire, shot
himself and then leaped into the flames
Mr.. Richard Cookers Flambard IL
Reif) has won the Imperial cup handi
cap of 400 sovereigns in specie and 8
cup valued at 80 sovereigns to the win
ner, for 3-year-olds and upward, dis
lance one mile, at the Lingfield Parl
| England spring meeting. Ten horses
ran.
Andrew Carnegie has signed deet
transferring $10,000,000 in per cen
steel trust bonds to trustees for the
benefit of the universities of Scotland
The amount becomes immediatel.
available The next installment of in
terest can be used for the Octobe
term.
Major George Arthur, assistant pay
master of the United States army VIII,
recently returned home from the Phil
ippines, has died suddenly at the Wed
dell House in Cleveland. The deceased
was a son of r. NJ. Arthur, grand chic
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers
In a battle with the insurgents a
Lipa, province of Batangas, Luzon
Lieutenant Anton Springer of tn
Twenty first infantry was killed, an,
Captain William H. Wilhelm, Lieuten
ant Walter Lee, Lieutenant Charles r
Ramsay and five enlisted men of tn
same regiment were wounded.