The new age. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1902-190?, 1903-01-17
cULLED FROM ASSOCIATED
PRESS DISPATCHES.
A Review Of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-Nationai
Historical, Political and Personal
Events Terseiy Expcunded.

department to be brigadier general
to fill the vacancy caused by the retire
ment of General Hasbrouck.
As a result Of a collision between a
passenger train and the rear end Of a
freight train on the Monongahela di-
vision Of the Pennsylvania railroad re-
Gently at Cochrane station, just above
Duquesne, seven men are dead, one dy-
ing and FIVE others are injured.
William II. Bradley, the multimil
lionaire lumberman Of Milwaukee died
Of cirrhOsis Of the liver, aged G5 years.
He died in the same invalid chair in
which three days previous he was mar
ried to Miss Hannenmeyer, his private
secretary.
Alfred Belt, the well known South
African Gnancier, has had an apoplec-
tic stroke at johannesburg and is re-
puted to be dying.
The democrats of the Missouri legis-
lature in joint caucus have nominated
w. j. Stone to succeed Senator Vest.
The nomination was made by accla-
nation.
Ambassador Won Holleben was not
recalled from Washington, but, learn
ing that his government was not Who'll
ly satisfied with his work, and feeling
i'll and depressed, he cabled for a long
leave of absence, which was immedi-
ately granted. tie will not return to
Washington.
Omaha.-William ]. Percival, lead
In MntpAnnlffan
company and known on the stage as
Jack Landon, killed himself in the
presence of Miss Anna Nelson, the
leading lady of the company, because
she refused to marry him. The COM
pany was playing at Greenwood,
small town a few miles from Omaha.
c. w. Putnam, aged 81 years, prob
ably the oldest postal clerk in the
country, is dead at his home in West
field, N. Y. He was appointed during
the administration of President Lin
coin and held his position continuous
ly until his death.
Cleveland, Ohio, is now supplied
with natural gas from wells in West
Virginia, 200 miles distant. The city
has been piped to a great extent, and
at an exhibition recently gas was
nsirtvu ny means or a Homan candle
at the top of a standpipe so feet high
and four inches in diameter. The dis
play was Witnessed by 5000 specta-
tors.
The age limit at which college pro-
fessors should be retired from active
al r.tr,
at 40 years recently by President ia.
cob Gould Schurman of Cornell uni
versity at the annual banquet of the
Cornell Alumni association of Chicago.
held in Kingsley's. The superannua-
ton Of professors had worked well at
the Ithacan institution, he said.
The fleet under Admiral Evans has
been at target practice in Manila bay
the past week.
There has been a recent outbreak
of ladronism in the province of Albay,
southern LuZon.
General Samuel M. Thomas, the
well known railroad official and finan-
cier, died recently, aged 60 years.
Abram S. Hewitt, former mayor OF
New York city and distinguished as a
philanthropist, politician and student,
is dying.
The Colonial hotel at South Haven,
Mich, and several other buildings
were destroyed by fire recently. Loss
$4,000.
ern Theological seminary, died recent
ly, after an illness of two months,
aged Sc years.
Announcement has been made that
q Metropolitan holiness seminary will
be built at Rockford, ILL.,, at a cost of
$50, 200 by Duke NJ. Farson, the mil
lionaire evangelist.
The jury in the Tingley-Times $780,.
900 libel suit has found for Mrs. Ting
ley i'm the sum of $500.
Charles w. Fairbanks has been Sc
lected as the candidate of the repub-
lican members of the Indiana general
assembly for reelection to the United
States senate.
Ex-Governor James B. Clarke is the
democratic nominee for senator in Ar
kansas, and there is no doubt of his
election to succeed Senator James X
Jones.
Annapolis.-Secretary of the Navy
William III. Moody was seriously but
not dangerously injured at the naval
academy grounds recently in a run
away accident.
James Davis, sheriff of Bingham
county, Montana, has been absent for |
some time, and it has developed. it ia !
alleged, that lie is short over $4,000 in J
his accounts.
Belle Wolfe, the IL year old daught- !
er of widow living a few miles south
OF Salt Lake, was the victim of a pc
culiar accident recently. The child
had taken a COW to a watering trough
near her home and while it stood !
drinking tied the picket rope around
her waist. Becoming frightened at "a
passing train, the animal commenced
running madly across the field, drag