Connecticut western news., 1902-05-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Happenings of the Wide woria
 Briefly and Tersely Told.

brteny and Terssiy Told.
 The New York state Prohibition con- vention will be held at Saratoga, N. Y,, Sept. 6 and [.
 Over Si0.O00.00o worth of gold bear ing dirt is said to be ready for wash ing at Dawson.
 Swan & Finch's oil plant at Eliza. bethport, N. J., was destroyed by fire on Thursday; loss, S10o.o00.
 The fine home of Eugene Higgins in Morristown, N. J.. was burned to the ground on Saturday, with a loss of Sl5O, GOO.
 There have been 913 cases and 738 deaths from cholera in Manila, while the provinces report 2,Ti0 cases and 1870 deaths from the disease.
 The 2,5o0 santa Fe shop employees fin Topeka, Kan, have decided to boy. colt the 30 called beef trust by abs staining from meat for thirty days.
 President Elect Palma of Cuba ar. rived in Havana on Sunday and was formally welcomed by Governor Gen. eral Wood and representatives of the Cuban government
 The Delaware Literary institute at Franklin, N. Y., one of the oldest edu- cational institutions in New York state, has decided to close its doors owing to lack of financial support.
 Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia has inherited the castle of Rheinstein, Rt Bingen, on the Rhine, from Prince George of Hohenzollern, a cousin of Emperor William. who died May 1.
 Mrs. Dimies T. s. Denison was elect ed president of the General Federation of women's Clubs, in convention at Los Angeles, Cal. by ballot vote of G07 to 25S for Mrs. Sarah Platt-Decker.
 Generals simon Snyder and William Auman, recently appointed brigadier generals, have been placed on the re- tired list after forty years service. Both officers are now in the Philip. pines.
 Lieutenant Governor Stone of Wis. consin died at watertown, Wis. on Sunday night after a lingering Illness from cancer of the stomach. Jesse Stone was a capitalist, banker and manufacl turer. ..
 Mrs Catherine Sofrel, who released the Riddle brothers from the Allegheny county Pal jail last January, has been sentenced to two years in the peitentia- " for aiding and abetting in the eR- cape of prisoners.
 Former City Treasurer Philip Gerst of Buffalo, indicted for complicity in the defalcations in his office which re- suited in his bondsmen being forced to make good to the extent of about $40 GOO. has pleaded guilty. Announcement is made of a new combination of interests in the steel in- dustry which has just been perfected In Chicago under the management of Arthur J. Eddy. The name of the new company is to be the American Steel Founders company. IL is to have a capital of S40,o00.oO0.
 Henry c. Keen, one of the victims of the Park avenue tunnel disaster some months ago. died at New Rochelle. N. l., Sunday of pneumonia. He was shockingly hurt in the accident, but re- covered so that he was able to go to Atlantic City. There he caught cold, and pneumonia resulted.
 Judge Earl, referee in the matter of the constitutionality of the New York state franchise tax law, declares the law constitutional on every point, and the companies must pay the tax to their localities. The franchise tax law was passed during the administration of Governor Theodore Roosevelt.
 General c. H. T. CoIlis of New York died on Sunday in Philadelphia after an operation for the removal of a growth over his liver. General Collis was born In Ireland In 1888 and came to the United States in his youth. On | the breaking out of the civil war he enlisted in the Union army as pri- yate, advancing through successive grades to the rank of major general of volunteers. He participated in all the important battles of the Army of the Potomac except that of Gettysburg.
 Secretary Root in answer to the sem ate resolution asking for information on the alleged atrocities in the Philip pines has squarely taken upon his own shoulders full responsibility for the pol | fey of retaliation and reconcentration pursued by American troops in the Philippines. He declares that the poll. cy resulting in the orders issued by Generals Chafree, Bell and Smith was the most effective and humane that could be followed. He indorses recon centration In Luzon and asserts that the war department aided in its en- forcement. He declares that General Smiths orders in Samar were justified by general order No, 100, under which he was instructed 10 act,