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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-27
GENERAL STEWART.
Death of Another Prominent English
Officer in Egypt

dispatch from Korti brings intelligence
OF the death of General Sir Herbert Stewart
who was wounded at the Zereba fight Of Jan
uary 10 This death, the dispatch adds. has
cast aprofound gloom over the whole army.
General Stewart was forty-two years of age.
He had served with distinction in the Zulu
war and in earlier operations in Egypt In
the present campaign General Stewart was
putin command of the expedition of 800 men
sent across the desert from korti to Metem-
neh by way of Gakdul Wells. His recent
battles at Abu-kea and near Gubat on Jam
uary Il AMI - are fresh in the public MEM
Dry He was wounded early on the day Of
the second fight in n preliminary sllirmish
Queen Victoria sent her personal congratulate
tions to Gen. Stewart on his brave victory and
promoted him to be major-general General
W olseley recently expressed the opinion that
General Stewart was one of the bravest off.
GERS he had ever known. 1t was expected
until within a few days that he would recover
from his wound.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-27
THE BRITISH RETREAT.
The Entire Plan of the Campaign
in Egypt Changed.
Wolseley's Forces to be Concen-
trated Around Korti.

1t is announced that in view of the fac.
that the fall Of Khartoum and the death of
General Gordon have rendered the main OBJ
ject Of General Wolscley's expedition impos-
sible, the British government has deemed
expedient to change the whole
plan of ths campaign in the
Soudan. General Brackenbury, who sue
ceeded the late General Earle, has becn
ordered to abandon his advance on Berber
and to concentrate his troops at Korti Col
onel Sir Rcdvers Butler, who evacuated
Gubat and Withdrew his forces to Abu Klea,
las also been ordered to fall back on Korti.
All the available troops in & eneral Wolseeys
command will be concentrated at that place
and at Debbeh and korosko, the main body
being at Korti 1t is probable that General
Wolsely may evacuate korti and retire TO
Debbeh, where desert routes from ON
durham, FL Obed and Darfour con-
verge on the Nile. General Wolseley
will there await help from England
AT korh the general could be
surrounded In the retirement all available
supplies will be swept up, and the whole army
intrenched at Debbeh could hold its own, if
necessary until the rising of the Nile occurs.
Dongoa Hannek, and various other points
on the river between Debbeh and Halfay
are held by weak detachments of British
UiOOlJS. lneIe is Il line Oh telegraph which
possibly might be maintained, while steam
launches on the clear reaches could keep
up some sort of communication with the sec
ond cataract. The moral effect of this retire
ment will naturally he rather serious, though
1t would be- to a certain extent, neutralized
by action in unmIstakable strength from
Suakm. General VOL 5eley will probably
return to Cairo to consult with General Ste
phenson and others in regard to the present
situation of affairs
General Brackenbury, commanding the
troops of the late General Earle has tele-
graphed from Ussi Island that the cavalry
corps entered Salamat finding it deserted.
When they entered Salamat the cavalry
were about five miles in advance Of the in
fantry. The horses and camels had rot
safely through the Shukook Pass which had
been prepared for defense but was also
abandoned by the Arabs.
In regard to General Wolseley, tho ran
NdH Gazette believes that he will be recalled
either to Cairo or to London. In case he he
recalled to Cairo the only reason that will be
given will probably he that he can better di-
rect from that point the military operations
from Suakim against Osman Digna In the
event Of Lord Wolscleys recall to London it
can be said that he can be far more useful in
personal contact with the ministry than he
could be shut up in the mudrate of Dongola.
Several detachments Of British troops have
left England for Egypt to reinforce Lord
WolSeey.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-27
RIOTS ABROAD.
Demonstration by WOrkingmcn in
London and Socialists in Paris.

Great excitement was occasioned in Lon
don II few days since by determined dem
onstration of unemployed workingmen A
population of workngmen, escorted by II
procession of 1900 unemp Dyed laborers &C
Companiel 10y bands and carrying banners,
marched t. the offices of the local govern
ment board Arrived there, the depu-
tation entered and demanded relief
for the unemployed OF London
through the institution Of public works. The
officials in charge of the board-rooms We're
somewhat dismayed by the demonstration.
but informed the deputatiOn that no official
answers to the demand could at that time lie
given because the Right Hon. Sir Charles
Dixie, the president of the board was
away, and during his absence
nothing could be done This reply
was received in sullen silence and the crowd
rushed in a body into Downing street, des-
pite all the efforts of the police to prevent
them, and, until dispersed, stood yelling
around the official residence of the prime
minister, A large meeting of unemployed
workmcn was held later on, and when the
crowd became demonstrative they We're
charged by the police and dispersed.
Forty thousand people in Paris were in the
funeral procession of NJ. Wales, the we'll
known socialistic journalist A number of
German socialists in the procession carried a
German flag. This provoked the Frenchmen
in the streets, who shouted Down with the
German flag" The opposition soon
extended to the FrenChnen in the procession.
When the flag was not lowered in answer TO
these shouts it was stoned. Then free fight
occurred between the supporters of the Ger
students made a rush and endeavored TO
seize the obnoxious German emblem. During
the scuiiie which eHsued two students We're
injured,
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-27
LATER NEWS

TIE Marvin Safe company's factory, q
large eight-story building in New York, has
succumbed to the flames AT the time of the
fire 500 Safes valued at $4,000 were stored
in the building The total loss is about
$230000.
PETER SCHROEDER, an attendant at the
Blocksley almshouse Philadelphia, has been
arrested, charged with instigating another
employee, colored lad, to fire the building,
whereby twenty of the crazed inmates lost
their lives. Nadine, the colored boy, de-
tailed circumstantially how, at Schroeder's
request, he had set fire TO the building.
Schroeder was arrested charged with con-
spiracy to commit arson, and Mullen, another
attendant, was held as an accessory after the
fact.
WILLIAM c. KINGSLEY, a prominent Dem
ocratic politician of Brooklyn, and one of the
founders of the Brooklyn bridge is dead.
The fortune left by him is estimated at mil
lions.
TIE Senate appropriation committee struck
out Of the postoflice bill the proviso reducing
the pound rate on newspapers sent from the
office of publication from two cents to one
cent.
THE Senate confirmed the nominations of
Stephen +. Wilson, of Pennsylvania to be
associate justice Of the supreme court of New
Mexico, and Charles II. Burns. of New
Hampshire to be United States attorney for
the district of New Hampshire.
Mr.. GLADSTONE, the English premier, is
reported to be much detected and weighed
down by the series of disasters to the British
forces in the Soudan.
DISPATCH from IvDrti says that General
Sir Redvers Butler in his retreat from Gubat
was compelled to halt at Abu-Klea wells and
intrench his trooIs in position there, in
order to safely defend himself against FL
Mahdfs men, who We're gathered in large
numbers, and continually menacing the Brit
ish forces
An immense crowd of spectators in Lon
don witnessed the departure of the grenadier
guards, one of Enganl's crack regiments,
for the SouGan. They were adlressed, pre-
vious to departure by the Prince of Wales,
and the streets along which they marched
were decorated with flags and banners. The
war spirit in England seems to have been
thoroughly aroused. On the other hand the
Irish weekly newspapers generally display a
feeling of iubilaton over the British reverses
in the SOulan
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-27
OreiGn.

WOMEN in Osman Dignas camp are being
armed and drilled to oppose the British
advance ia the Soudan
SEVENTEEN men-eight soldiers and nine
civilans-were killed by powder explosion
in Gibraltar
RUSSIA has ordered 1000 Krupp guns of
large size to aid in strengthening It's position
i'll Central Asia.
w. w. Aston, American minister to Italy,
has resigned his position, and his resignation
has been accepted. Edward Pierrepont will
act as charge d'aifaires until new minister
arrives.
AFTER a series of stubborn contests with
the Chinese the French troops in Tonquin
have captured the city of Langson. The
Chinese lost heavily; the French loss was 80
killed and 222 wounded
DYNAMITE scare prevails at Frankfort,
Stuttgart, and Mayence, owing to anarchist
letters and placards which have been circu-
lated broadcast, threatening explosions
In naval engagement between the French
fleet under Admiral Courbet and five Chinese
n-ofwar, the French torpedo boats sunk
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-27
NEWSY GLEANINGS


The mines of Montana last year yielded
e@4't' ''ooO
HERE are now twenty-three cities In Mas
'achuSetts
THERE are s., sec miles of telephone wire
IN the United States.
MAKING bricks of cork constitutes one Of
the new German Industries
Boston is looking forward to a population
of 1000, 900 in the wear 1904.
DrR1yG last YEAR there vera $50 ,nurders
in Ohio and rs in Kentucky.
TrtEpr or, cold toI,o = o6n mar, o,,l woman
ont of emnlovment il, M Vnrii ritv
"t-O' '''e-'' III -''" iOi N'S'
net ,g+o' ~, Uli J,io Us. io' 'iio
g. ~ '''0 --''7
I 49, Lar iowa mas more visitors 10 the NeW
CIleahs exposition than any other Northern
Tn:.,..o,.. $40, =,
~ Is sala sou TO sun per acre Is an ordlc
naiS Prono III bermuda from an acre Oh
olilols'
IHE SKATE factories IN richmond IND,
h IA '. I'm increased TO Nineteen with capacity
Vi ''oOo pairs DAY
WOMAN i'll the city of Mexico gave birth
to seven children in one day The babies died
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-27
LOCKED IN THE ICE.
Arctic Adventures of n Steamers
Crew on Lake Michigan.

A Grand Haven (Mich) dispatch says that
particulars were received there regarding the
terrible experience of the crew of the ice
iocled steamer Michigan, On Sunday it was
decided that owing to short provisions, half
of tho crew would have to go ashore, as the
food would only last week longer On
Tuesday morning from the cross-trees
q rim of land was sighted to
the eastward. Thirteen men vera
chosen to remain and seventeen Of the
most hardy to go ashore. The mercury was
then 10 degrees below. At Z o'clock Joseph
Russell, first mate David Martin, steward;
w. F. Kenny, clerk, and fourteen of the
crew, started, with a days rations, axes
to be out over night, rs the land seemed thirty
miles away. When about twelve
miles away from the boat, Kenny broke
through the ice, wetting his right leg to the
knee. They went on about six miles, when
they found Kenny S leg frozen. All were ex-
ell into nearly impossible ridges many feet
high and miles wide. When off land four
miles Kenny could not stand, and dragged
himself along on his hands and knees for
two miles, when he was completely
exhausted, and so frozen that no
others to leave him and save themselves.
Some of the party had by this time-5 o'clock
reached the shore and found few houses
at West Casco. They alarmed the neighbor-
hood, and farmers went out and carried the
brave but nsensible Kenny to the beach The
land there rises 100 feet, almost straight
leaving lines We're placed around
Kenny and he was drawn up by those
above and carried to dwelling The men
We're housed and fed by the farmers, who
willingly cared for them. Kenny recovered
consciousness at 10 o'clock, and everything
was done for him that was possible. All Of
the men are able TO take care of themselves
except Clerk Kenny.
Milwaukee dispatches state that Lake
Michigan is frozen from shore to shore, the
ice ranging from nine inches to three feet in
thickness. The propellors City of Ludington
md Wisconsin are frozen in somewhere in
tie lake
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-27
NEWS SUMMARY
rastcrn aud Middle s,ntcs.


DIR. HELMBoLD, Of "Buchu" fame has
been released from a Philadelphia iasane
asylum after some years. incarceration, and
will resume business in New ork.
A SAILING vessel brought to New York the
captain, first mate and two seamen of tho
Norwegian bark Alfred, which had been
wrecked at sea. The four mon had been
picked up in an open boat. Eight men left
on the bark were probably lost
ONE man was instantly killed and thirteen
Others were seriously injured by an explosion
OF gas 800 feet underground in a mine on the
outskirts of Willlesbarre, Penn.
BIG snow drifts impeded railroad travel
quite generally throughout Central New
York, Northern Pennsylvania and the East
ern States In many instances trains were
stopped all along the road, unable to move
either way for several days.
A FIRE in Lynn Mass, destroyed the large
boot and shoe factory of G. A. Coffin 81 Co,
and two smaller buildings, entailing an esti-
mated total loss of $500 600 The factory was
four stories high, 100 feet .long and IS feet
deep, and employed 80 hands.
EX-GovERNoR MOSES, of South Carolina,
has been sentenced at East Cambridge
Mass to six months imprisonment for OBJ
tanning S34 under false pretences from Colo
mel 7. w. Higginson.
THE Nett opolitan Opera-house in New
York was draped throughout in black and
lllcl WIN HIcCJuJOTS III Ulle IuueTul Ol
Dr. Damrosch, musical director of tho Ger
man opera. Rev Henry Ward Beecher de-
livered the funeral address, and the leading
German singing societies of the city took
part in the impressive services
A FIRE in the business section of Philadel-
phia almost completely destroyed nine large
buildings and very much damaged ten
others, causing aggregate losses of $3.50 900.
Fireman John McCourt and a drayman
named Marshall were killed ana three other
persons injured.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-27
House,.

Mr.. Slocum under instructions from the
military committee, moved TO suspend the
rules and pass the Senate bill for tile retire
mcnt of General Grant This is the first bill
Iassed by the Senate, and specifically names
the officer to be retired. Tn thirty-minute
debate allowed under the rules was opened
by Mr. SlOCum in behalf of the bill Mr.
Horr opposed the bill in its present shape, on
the ground that it was drawn for the purpose
of preventing General Grant from being mt
on the retired list. NIcssrs. Thomas and ko-
sencranS also opposed TO the bill Messls Cox,
OF New ork and Randall favored the bill
! he motion to suspend the rules and pass the
bill was lost-yeas, lbs; nays. 1O3-not the
necessary two-thirds voting in the aiirma-
tive.
Mr.. Dorsheimer introduced in the house to-
day bill to regulate the coinage and promote
the equal circulation ot gold and silver. A
resolution for the appointment of n commits
sion on the subject of the alco-
back adversely by Mr.. English. of Indiana.
from the committee having charge Of the
matter, and was laid upon the table. The
Joint resolution giving notice to the North
German Confederation of intention to termi-
nate the treaty of 1865 was reported from
the committee on foreign affairs by
Mr. Deuster, of Wisconsin, and placed
on the House calendar -. Mr..
Riggs, of Illinois, from the committee
on public health, reported n resolution rec.
ommending the appropriation committee to
insert IN an appropriation bill an item of
100000 to be expended in preventing the
Introduction into the United States of the
Asiatic cholera. The legislative appropria-
ton bill was passed.
The House in committee of the whole fur
Their considered the River and Harbor bill
An amendment was adopted appropriating
SJlO,OOO for the improvement of Galveston
harbor and directing the harbor board to
proceed at once to examine the plaus Spp,iti-
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-27
MARDI GRAS,
New Orleans Annual Carnival Wit
messed by NO,OOO XisitOrs.

Rex, the King of the Carnival, made his
annual trumphal entry into New Orleans at
the opening of the Mardi Gras festival. He
arrived on a special train in the character of
King Charles VII, of France. He and his
court left the train at st, Charles and ST. Jo-
seph streets, and proceeded to the city hall
where he was received by the mayor, who
turned over to the king the keys Of
the city. The royal party then proceeded to
the head of Canal street, where they EN-
barked upon ST ambOat, which led pro-
ccsslon of fifteen large river steamers to the
exposition grounds. On reaching the expo
music hall where "A formal reception was held
The kings arrival at the exposition ground
was heralded by salvOs of artillery,
and a battery on the leading steam
boat fired n succession of saluteS as
the boat proceeded up the river. All the
shipping in the harbOr and the United States
menoi-war were gay with bunting and had
their yards manned The lowest estimate
places the number of visitors in the city at
10000 and the number Of people who re-
ceived the king on the exposition grounds at
10000. The crew of Proteus paraded at
night and alter the procession had a
grand bail at the French OIera
House. The streets through which the
pageant passed were brilliantly iuminat
In the pageant of ProteuS the Sireess Son of
Night illustrated the myths and worShips of
China. The god who was ever changing his
form appeared as Tien TIE the Son of Heaven,
aud behind him came sixteen tableaus
Among them We're "The Creation represent
ing Powan- kOn Matching the world from an
egg, and Burial of Buddha,n showing the
famous porcelain tower of Canton.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-27
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS-



The postoffice appropriation bill was laid
before the Senate and referred to the COM
nllttee on appropriations. .. The bin to quiet
the title of settlers ON the Des Moines river
lands came before the Senate as unfinished
business. Mr. ShcIpan said that long dis
cussion of the bill would defeat its Object,
owing to lack of time, and he moved to lay
u ON the table His motion was voted down
by % nays to II yeas Upon motion of Mr.
Dawes the Des Moines bill was temporarily
iaid aside and the Indian appropriation bill
taken up, and after discussion was passed 1t
appropriates for allpurposes 500, i35 80.
Mr. Hawley presented the credentials of re-
election of Mr. Platt and Mr.. Bowen the
credentials ofHenry NJ. Teller the Senator
elect from Colorado.
The anti-foreign contract labor bill was
placed before the Senate Mr.. Sherman said
that it MIR. Morril's intention to call up
and continue discussion of the trade dollar
bill on the completion OF the labor bill Mr..
Beck said that he did not know how that bill
had got out of sight Mr. Hawlev said it had
gone to the calendar when the Senate de
cllned TO proceed with it. That course was
in accordance with the Senate rules Mr..
Beck expressed the hope that if it was to be
killed, it would be killed squarely, and not bv
indirection Consideration of the anti-foreign
contract labor bill was then proceeded with
without action.
The chair laid before the Senate a memo
rial of the legislature of Maine, urging the
passage by Congress of the bill to authorize
the placing of General Grant on the retired
list. The anti-foreign contract labor bill
was passed with amendments and went back
to the House. Mr. Palmer introduced bill
TO set apart the unsurveyed marsh lands at
the mouth of the st. Clair river, known MS
the st. Clair flats, rs n hunting and fishing
preserve for the people of the United States;
1t was referred to the committee on public
lands
The Senate passed the Texas Pacific for
feiture BILL Mr.. Blair, of New Hampshire,
and Mr. Bowen, being the only Senators who
voted against it. The bill forfeits and re-
stores TO the public domain the lands
granted in 1871 to the Texas Pacific Rail
road company to aid in the construction Of
their road. The bill had passed the House
and went back to that body with the
Senate's amendments added thereto Mr..
flumb reported the post office appropriation
$500 over the bill as passed 10y the House.
and S3,219, 10 less than the estimates
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-27
A GREAT SNOW SLIDE.
sixteen Persons Buried in Utah by
nn Avalan he.


Following are particulars1f a snow slios
oy winch sixteen persons persisted and the
Jtah mining town of Alta was par
TALLY destroyed. Soon after s p. H..
tremendous volume of snow swept
down over the Emma Mine works, doing no
damage there except taking the smokestack
along Thon it struck the town, crushing
about three-fourths Of it, but fortunately
many Of the houses were deserted for the
winter The place is built at the foot o,
cohVerglng gulches and the slides had fall
fuckers boarding house was swept await
ana his hotel crushed. The Vallejo works,
including buildings and tramways. ware
crushed. Two men at this mine happonen
to be in the drift and escaped injury. Striok.
ieys fuckers and NVallace's stores wers
injured slightly. Powers Butcher shop and
Slnp3ons drug store were the only
buildings that escaped entirely. 4
large portion of the victims were in the
boarding house and hotel Twenty-eipht in
al We're buried, but twelve were dug out
awe i'll the morning, The mon from the CitR
Rocks and tho Evergreen mines formed 1
ulgging force to get out the bodies. Ths
sixteen persons buried alive comprised sevep
white men, two Cinnamon two white women
and five children.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-27
LATER CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
Senate,

Mr.. Miller, from the committee on agri.
culture reported favorably, without amend
ment, the House bill for the protection of
forests on the public domain Mr.. Hoar
introduced a bill for the relief of seamen He
said that it was almost transcript of the
Massachusetts, law relating to the pledge of
seamen's wages, and permitting such pledge
only for the support of their wives and chill
dren. 1t was referred to the committee on
commerce. The agricultural appropriation
bill was passed.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-27
two of the Chinese warships, the three others
escaping in fog to Chinghni.

two of the Chinese warships the three others
escaping in fog to Chinghai
GENERAL GoRDoN's trusted messenger,
George, has arrived at AbuKlea. He says
that almost all the native accounts agree that
General Gordon, on finding himself betrayed,
made n rush for the magazine near the Cath
Ollie Mission buildings Finding the rebels
already in possession, he returned TO the gov
eminent house and was killed while trying to
rc-cnter it.
a LARGE number of Russian exiles at Irls-
utsk, Siberia, revolted, but were subdued
after desperate contest with the authori-
ties Nine soldiers and thirty exiles were
killed and many wounded on both sides.
Mrs JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, wife of the
American minister to England, is dead.
TIE British parliament is again in session.
AT the opening of the house of commons Sir
Stafford Northcote, leader Of the opposition,
gave notice of a motion of inquiry respecting
the governments Egyptian policy.