Connecticut western news., 1902-04-10
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 Bickleman, a jeweler; Wood Bros, mems furnishers and k. A. Sawyer. druggist, in Schenectady, N. Y., wednes- day and secured considerable booty. They made their largest haul in the iewelry store. where about $500 worth. of goods were secured.
 David A. nepue, former chief justice of the supreme court of New Jersey and one of the most eminent Jurists sf the state, died at his home in Newark on Thursday. He had been m since last fall with kidney trouble. His death had been looked for several times dur. ing the winter, but each time he ral- lied.
 The directors Of the United States Steel corporation have given out a statement showing the net earnings for the year, with the month of March esti- mated, to be S111 ,06T, 195. The usual dividends at the rate Of per cent on the preferred and { per cent on the common stocks have also been de- clared.
 Lawyer Albert T. Patrick was taken from New York city to Sing Sing on Monday after having been sentenced by Recorder Con to die in the electric chair in the week beginning May 5 for the murder of William NJ. Rice. There in cell of the prison deathhouse he will await the result of an appeal by his lawyers.
 A company, to be known as the Wire less Photography Company of America, Is in process of formation to take over the American rights of the original Marconi company. It Is the purpose of the packers of the new concern to or ganize under the laws of New Jersey, and 1t Is proposed to place the capital at so. 10000.
 Lord Kimberley. the English Liberal statesman, who had been Ill for some time past, died in London on Tuesday. The death of Lord Kimbersiy will give the Liberal leadership in the house of lords to Earl Spencer and the many hopes expressed that Lord Rosebery would take this leadership are certain to be disappointed.
 Workmen engaged on the park tm- provement Of San Juan hill have exca-
  diers 200 feet from n Spanish trench. They were evidently killed during the charge and probably belonged to the Ninth or Seventeenth infantry. The bodies of ninety-three spaniards hafe been exlumed while restoring the trenches,
 A special to the Chicago News from Monterey, Mex, says that it Is stated there on high government authority that President Porfrio Diaz will se- cure from congress leave to take a va cation of six months and will start about June for Europe. lt is further stated that he will probably resign the presidency about the end of the vaca- ton period.
 St. Johns Military school at Manlius, N. F., ten miles east of Syracuse, military institution for boys founded in 1869 by Right Rev. F. D. Huntington, bishop of the Protestant Episcopal dio- cese of central New York, was destroy ed by fire of unknown origin on Tues day. The loss Is variously estimated at from S75,o00 to Sl25.ooo, exclusive of personal property of the students.
 The American cyclist Harry Bikes, while training in the Pare des Princes velodrome in Paris on Tuesday, fell as he was going at rate of seventy kilo- meters an hour and was SO badly hurt that he had to be taken to a hospital, His fall resulted from the bursting of his front tire. Although he will proba- bly recover, he will be unable Co partic- ipate in the race next Sunday for which he was entered.
 The department of agriculture at Washington has Issued statement of the foreign trade of the United States in agricultural products. IL shows that during the fiscal rear 1901 foreign countries purchased American farm products to the value of Se52, ,o00. 900, representing the largest agricultu. raj exports In our history. Compared with the record for 1900, they show an increase of over S100.000.000.