Connecticut western news., 1902-08-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Happenings of the Wide World
 Briefly and TerseIy' Told.

The lake steamer City of Venice was sunk fin . collision off Rondeau. Ont. on Tuesday, and three lives were lost.
 The Indiana state board Of tax com. missioners has increased the valua- uons of corporations more than Sa,- 100000.
 More than 2,ooo. .oo0 bushels of wheat and flour have been shipped to South Africa this year from the Pacific northwest
 Thomas Jansen was killed and four others Of his family badly shocked hy lightning bolt near Monticello, N. r., on Monday.
 The Standard oil directors have de- cent falling ofT of per cent from the last quarterly dividend.
 A terrific thunder and lightning storm, with heavy rain. visited Pitts burg Monday evening. causing three deaths by lightning and much property damage.
 Paul Van der Voort. past commander In chief of the Grand Army of the Re public, died on Monday at Puerto Prin- clpe, Cuba, of paralysis of the heart. He was born in Ohio in lS4G.
 Marshall Field of Chicago has made an extensive purchase of property In Winnipeg. It Is said his plan is to control the entire department store business of western Canada.
 Akharay Saradhara, the Siamese minister at Washington, has informed the state department that the crown prince of Siam will sail from Cher bourg for New York Sept. 24.
 In the village of Belleville. Pa, the Eagle hotel, the Belleville Deposit bank, the postoffice and a storeroom. three dwellings and three stables were destroyed by fire on Monday; loss. <30.- OO0.
 Commodore Joseph F. Montgomery, the aged Confederate naval officer who nearly captured General Grant during the civil war, died in Chicago on Mon day. Commodore Montgomery was born in Currollton, Ky, in 1877.
 A head on collision between milk trains on the Ontario and Western railroad at Hortons, Delaware county, N. Y., on Sunday, resulted in the death of four persons, the wrecking of two engines and the ditching of several cars
 Grain rates will he reduced from all points in eastern Washington, and the reduction will take place in time to benefit the farmers on this years crop. The amount of reduction Is not deter mined, but conjecture says from to cents a bushcl.
 Theodore K. Hostetter, one of the wealthiest men of Pittsburg, died of pnuemonia in New York on Sunday. He was a son of David Hostetter, an oil and gas magnate of Pittsburg, and graduated from the University of Hei- delburg in 1S92.
 The monthly coinage statements is- sued by the director of the mint shows that during July, 1902, the total coin age executed at the mints of the Unit. cd States was $4.5T0,s00. as follows: Gold double eagles), S2,120.OO0; silver. $2,254,0 900; minor coins, S202.So0.
 The commissioner of internal revenue has prepared the annual preliminary report of the operations of his bureau for the fiscal year ended June 20, 1902. The report shows that the receipts from all sources of internal revenue for the year aggregated S2T1, ,S07,9o0
 Whitelaw Reid, special ambassador from the United States to the corona- ton of King Edward, arrived at New York on Saturday from Southampton on the steamer Philadelphia. Mir. Reid was accompanied by his wife and daughter and ogden NJ. Reid.
 Commissioner of Pensions Ware states that legislation enacted by the last session of congress will result in at least 10000 new pensioners. The number of pensioners on July of this year was 999, ,4I6. This shows steady growth of the roll for a number of years.
 Workmen employed In tearing out the interior of the White House have unearthed under the basement a DOT ton of human skeleton. The discov- cry created consternation among the negro iaborers, who are of a supersti tious nature. They were kept at work with difficulty.
 An earthquake which lasted only two seconds visited Missoula county. Mont. on Monday, causing some slight damage. At Bonner n large dynamo was shaken from its adjustment. At Clinton the shock was quite severe, the operator reporting that several old buildings collapsed.
 The monthly statement of the nation al debt shows that at the close of busi- ness July 31. 1902. the debt. less cash In the treasury. amounted to $973.9l0,- 367, which Is an Increase as compared with July of S4, ,453. 126. This increase Is accounted for by the reduction in the amount of cash on hand.
 Sergeant Major Frank E. Blair died on Monday at Fort Smelling, Minn. Sergeant Major Blair, whose home was at Providence. R. l., was attached to the Fourteenth infantry. He served in the march of the allied army to the re- lief of Peking and distinguished him. self fin the Philippine campaign.
 Reports for the month of July show that the upper lake ore shipping ports sent 4.0O0.ooC tons and upward down the lakes That beats any record that has ever been made for any month on | the chain of lakes and Is equivalent of | shipment during this year Of upward | of 23,O000o0 tons, perhaps 24,O0o000.
 The North American Copper com pany, with an authorized capital of | S20.000,000, has been Incorporated at | Trenton, \. l., to mine, smclt and man. ufacture copper, zinc, gold, silver and | other metals. The incorporators are | Raymond Newman and Frederick K. | Seward of New York and Kenneth K. | McI.aren of Jersey City.
 Pablo Muros, bandit, who had terror | ized the island of Romblon, in the Phil | lppines, for the past ten years, has been captured by the native constab- ulary on the neighboring island of Si- | buyan. His arms were bound, and he | was placed in a boat, to be conveyed l to Romblon. He sprang overheard in