Connecticut western news., 1902-01-16
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Happenings of the Wide World
 Briefly and Ternely Told.

Feb. 27.
 An elevator of the American Mating company of Chicago was burned on Monday; loss, S2T5.o00.
 The sash and blind factory of W. A. Dygert of Clayton, N. Y., was totally destroyed by fire on Friday; loss, $25,' 900; insurance, S15,000.
 The Yuma (Ariz) Indians recently took their big medicine man" to Mexi- co and offered him as a vicarious sac rifice for the sins of the tribe.
 The appellate division of the New York supreme court has settled the transfer tax of Cornelius Vanderbilts estate, the amount being more than SSO0,O00.
 The Erie Canal Traction company, an American concern, has secured con trol of a number of canals in England and on the continent and will equip them electrically.
 Hon. K. K. Dobell, member of the Canadian cabinet without portfolio, was killed at Folkestone, England, on Monday. He was thrown from horse which he was riding.
 Six alleged burglars who were cap. tured at Saybrook, Conn.,, Sunday morning after an exciting battle with a posse of citizens have been bound over to the superior court and remand ed to jail.
 The Euclid Avenue Trust and Sav- ings company of Cleveland, O., has made an assignment to Attorney Frank H. Ginn. It is said that the institution was involved In the Everett Moore syn dicate troubles.
 Henry Pearlstein, his wife and five children, ranging in age from one and a half to twelve years, were burned to death in a fire that destroyed a two story frame building at 1047 Broad. way, Buffalo, on Sunday.
 Franklin J. Moses, once governor of South Carolina, Friday received sen fenced in the municipal court in Bos- ton for the larceny of an overcoat. The penalty imposed was four months im- prisonment at Deer island.
 A. c. Soule, a well known Mason, and another man are dead and a dozen oth-
 
 collapse of three walls during a fire in the Boston" store at Syracuse, N. r., un Monday. The, loss Is $T6,000.
 Arthur F. German and Chairman Murray Vandiver of the Democratic state central committee were elected as the Democratic nominees for United States senator and state treasurer re- spectively at the Democratic caucus at Annapolis, Md, on Wednesday.
 Fire on Thursday destroyed the Haz- gard hotel, Fenner's grocery and Do lan's shoe store at Penn Tan, N. Y. William Powell of Dundee, a guest st the hotel, was burned to death. Sev- eral persons had narrow escapes from the flames. The loss was S10,000.
 Richard Croker announced Saturday night that he had resigned the leader ship of Tammany Hall and that his successor would be Lewis Nixon, the shipbuilder, who was at one time a prominent candidate for the Tammany nomination for mayor of New York city.
 MT. Oscar s. Straus of New York, formerly United States minister to Turkey, has been appointed as a per manent member of the committee of arbitration at The Hague. The appoint nent Is to All the vacancy caused by the death of ex-President Harrison.
 Arthur Pue German was on Tuesday elected United States senator to sue ceed George L. Wellington. The total vote was: German, 6S; Jackson, 52. fC hn n, has been elected to the United States senate. He is now fin his sixty-third year.
 W. A. Mason, United States special examiner, has completed the work of reviewing the evidence of Teller Fitch am's embezzlement from the First Ma tional bank of Baliston Spa, N. Y. He finds sufficient evidence from the books of the bank depositors to warrant in- dictment.
 The transports Fitzpatrick and War ren arrived at San Francisco on Friday from Manila. The former vessel brought about TOO term expired men, while the latter carried almost as many more. Among the warren's pas ,engers were Brigadier Generals Hughes and Funston. Rear Admiral Frank wildes. recent ly assigned to duty as commander of the Pensacola navy yard, has received notification from the navy department to prepare for sea duty, sailing Feb. from San Francisco to assume com mand of the Asiatic squadron, reliev. Ing Rear Admiral Remey. Attorney General Douglas of Minneso- ta filed in the United States supreme court the bill of complaint fin the case of the state of Minnesota, complain ant, against the Northern Securities company, defendants. It is a long doc ument about 10000 words, covering lhirty-two pages of printed matter. The appointment py the president of Benjamin Daniels to be United States marshal of Arizona was received In Tucson, Ark, with surprise, as Daniels Is generally considered to be a pro- nounced Democrat. Daniels was a rough rider and was with President Roosevelt in the battle of San Juan HiIl.
 The New York state railroad com nissioners in their annual report say: The gross earnings from operation of the steam surface companies reporting to this date for the year ending June 30, 1901. were S27e, e76, 1o1.Ss. Tn the preceding year they were $24T ,oS7.- : TOPS, the increase being about S29,- 100000.
 George D. Stratton, a collector for he Equitable Gas and Electric compa- ny, was arrested at Utica, E. Y., on Friday on a charge of grand larceny amounting to $6,o99.So, according (, his own admission. Investigation o the books will continue, as Stratton'i peculations have been going on fo three years.
 Archie Null of Troy, N. Y., twic, tried for murder in the first degre1 in killing Melville B. Lord of Mas sau. Rensselaer, county, and who wa to have a new trial, ordered by tn