The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-03-14

expedition. The subcommittee Is author
lied to ask power from the House TO call for
persons and papers.
JOAQUIN MILLER has given the House
committee on Territories his views on the
Mormon question. He characterized the
Mormons as "cra 1ks and Guiteaus," and Up
posed repressive measures as only tending to
incite them to further lawless acts instead of
subdung them. This, he said, was the his
tory of all such measures. Polygamy, he
thought, was on the decrease aud he pre-
scribed education as the ranacea for all the
ills from which the people of Utah suffered.
The Mormons as a people, in his opinion, were
extremely ignorant persons led by "cranks'
and those who have their own ends to serve,
and all that was necessary to bring them
back to the paths of morality was to show
them their true condition
WOMAN suffragists from all over the
country attended the sixteenth annual con-
vention of the Woman Suffrage association
| in Washington.
FRANK LANGsToN, a colored youth, son OF
the United States minister to Hayti, and
employed in the government printing Office
at Washington, shot and killed Dennis Will
liams and James Spencer, two colored men.
Williams was trying to separate white and
colored man, who were fighting, when
Langston interfered and ali alteration
arose. Langston pulled out a revolver and
!
a bystander
Ex.PosTMAsTER GENERAL JAMES and ex-
Attorney General MacVeagh have testified
before the House committee giving an ac-
count of the initiation of the star route pros
ecution and the directions of President Gar
| field in reference to them.
REV HENRY WARD BEEcHER and Henry
| Irving, the English actor, We're among recent
callers on the President.
ACcppnrNc 70 a rarort mo do bry Caorato,x,
! Folger, in response to n resolution of the
House, there was in the United States treas
ury on the 18th of February, of everything
| to be counted as money, total of S49S 49,
| 509.14
CoNsULs nominated by the President {:
| Firth Charles Worth, of Kansas, at Funchal
Archer Russell Platt at Chefoo, China: vii.
lis Edwards Baker, at Rosario, Argentine
Republic.
FURTHER nominations by the President:
| Colonel John Newton of the engineer corps,
to be chief of engineers with rank of briga
diergeneral; Leonard z. Wales, of Delaware,
to be United States district judge of the dis
trict of Delaware.
Mr.. WHITE, of Kentucky was the only
member of the House who voted against the
passage of the naval Appropriation bill.
THE Senate committee on Territories has
agreed to give the name Lincoln to the new
Territory which it is proposed to make out
OF Inc northern portion or Dakota.
Foreign.
A GREAT financ al panic has occurred in
Pekin, China, and many native banks and
merchants have falei. Merchants in the in
terror stopped all trailing ventures, and
the populace were greatly excited.
REWARDS aggregating l0,OO0 were offered
in England for the discovery of the persons
recently engaged in attempting to blow up
buildings by dynamite
JOAQUIN LIMENDoUX, president and direc-
tor of the Havana Savings bank, the only
institution of the kin1 in the city has com
mitted suicide. The bank has suspended
payment in consequence.
In Tarragona Spain. n shoemaker named
Perez, nineteen years of age, entered cigar
store for the purpose of robbing it Meeting
with resistance he stabbed and fatally
wounded an old woman of eighty, her two
daughters and a servant.
JOHN ARTHUR, o prominent bunker of
Paris, has absconded after stealing the saw
ings of many persons, aSgregating nearly
SG50,O00.
Mr.. PARNELL's bill amending the Irish
land act has been rejected by the British
I house of commons-325 to ~.
Two members of the firm of Messrs Parker,
London solicitors, have absconded, having
misappro )riated clients title deeds Their
liabilities are between $500, 900 and $40 000,-
600. They had borrowed $500, 900 for va
! riouS specrllatioDs.
ANOTHER man has committed suicide at
Monte Carlo on account or losses at the
gaming table there, making the nineteenth
selfmurder at that notorious resort since
January.
A REWARD Of f16 for each head of a
French soldier, and t32 for the heal of an
officer, has been offered by the commander
of the Black Flags in TonIuin.
An adray occurred at Pressa. Italy, be-
tween laborerS on the railr al and villagers.
Carbireers interfered to suppress the dis
| turbance, and fired, killing eight and wound
ing fourteen of the villagers
The German reichstag has been opened
with the usual fornalites. The 81 czech from
the throne was read by the home secretary
of state and representative of the chancellor
The speech asserts that the chief task of the
reichstag lies in the domain of social and
political affairs. and SAYS that the emperor's
wish, which has been solemnly and repeatedly
expressed, for the Improvement of the condi-
ton of workmen, has met with full appreca-
ton on the part of the German people.
II the German reichstag, after the presi-
dent hal been reelected, that funcconary
announced the death of Herr LaSker and of
other members who ha | dei during the re-
cess. The deputies remained standing as
mark of respect while this announcement
was being made Herr Rickert, an indepen-
dent, expressed thanks in the name of Herr
Lasker's friends for the numerous tokens of
sympathy which had been received. He was
particularly grateful to the American Con-
gress for the action of the House.
Herr Hammerstein, in behalf of the conser-
vatives, protested against the action of Herr
Rickert and against the course pursued by
the American Congress. During the excit-
ing DISCUSSION that ensued remarks de-
mandatory of Bismarck's action in returning
the resolutions to the Amer lean Congress
were made. Herr Rickert characterized
Bismarcks action as ''unjustifable inter
ference" whereupon an uproar arose.
Two Arab chiefs who arrived recently at
Suakim report that during the recent battle
with General Graham's troops Osman Dgna
forces lost 6,00J killed and wounded.
The death of Cardinal Camille di Pietro
born in Rnmn in lAlG is announced