Connecticut western news., 1904-10-27
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On MO0udy IDe aflnOfeu CIulScl Colorado, built for the United States navy by William Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia, on her official trial cov- cred SS nautical miles in 3 hours, 57 minutes and seconds, maintaining an hourly average speed of 22.26 knots throughout the run, exceeding the speed of p knots called for in the builders contract by more than a quarter of knot. The highest speed developed was 2333 knots. This per feImance rates the Colorado as the fastest vessel in the armored cruiser Class and one of tie fastest in the navy.
 Figures prepared by the department of commerce and labor, through it's bureau of statistics, show wheat ex- ports during the nine months ending with September of less than 10,0O0,0 GOO bushels as against 55,000,0Q0 in the corresponding months of 1903, 96,000,- 900 in the corresponding months of 1902 and 139,000000 in the correspond ing months of 1901.
 Papers were filed in Trenton, N. J., on Thursday providing for the carry ing out of the plan of merger of the American Tobacco company, the Con- solidated Tobacco company and the Continental Tobacco company. The consolidated companies are to be known as the American Tobacco con- pany, with an authorized capital of $1S0, 100000.
 Samuel Newhouse, the mining man who built the Flatiron building in New York city, announces that he has un- covered $S5, 100000 worth of ore in tho Great Cactus mine in Utah. He plans to share the profits annually with his miners and build a city in beautiful valley near the mine for their use.
 The total number of money orders issued by this government during the last fiscal year passed the 5O,0O0,0O0 mark for the first time in history, as shown by the annual report of the superintendent of the money order sys- tenn. The net revenue of the money order business was $2,528,4 ,403.
 The annual report of the governor of Arizona to the secretary of the in- terior says the territorial population has increased considerably and that the total population now is between 165,000 and 170,G00. It expresses a desire on the part of the people of Ari- Zoua for separate statehood.
 Secretary of War Taft has been in- structed by President Roosevelt to pro ceed at an early date to Panama to confer with the president of that re- public with view to disposing of the differences s4s shaye arisen between
 Bishop Edward c. Andrews, on his retirement from office, was the recipi- ent of check for 5000, presented by members of the Methodist Episcopal church, at meeting of the Methodist Social union at the Hotel Astor, in New York, Saturday.
 It is announced that within sixty days apparatus for wireless telegraphic communication between Boston, Provi- dence, New Haven and New York will be in operation. The American De For est Wireless Telegraph company is the protector.
 A delegation of Sioux Indians at Bis marck, N. D., on Saturday sent to President Roosevelt buffalo robe with the authentic history of the Custer massacre done in picture writing from recitals of old chiefs.
 Mrs. E. Palmer Gavit of Albany N. T., suffered the loss of diamonds and other jewels Friday which are es. timated to be worth $25, ,00O by leav- ing them in the Grand Central station at New York.
 A protracted drought now of consid- erably more than two months duratio is causing great damage in certain sec tions of Georgia. Wells and streams are dry, and forest fires prevail. s Governor Dyer of Guam announces that public schools soon will be opened in the island for the education of 2,3OO native children.
 The steamer Senator arrived at Seat tie Monday from Nome, bringing 430 passengers and $25O,O00 in gold dust
 A blizzard with a heavy fall of snow prevailed Saturday in northern Michi- gan and Wisconsin.
 The output of the Klondike this sea-