Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-06-07
NEWS IN GENERAL.

has been received from Capt. Wissmann, the
German commissioner In East Africa, an
nouncing that smallpox has broken out
among the men composing his Soudanese
contingent and asking that doctors be sent
him.
1t Is said that the man who drove the team
which took DR.. Cronin away from his home
at Chicago on the night of his murder has
been taken into custody. His name is given
as Mack, and he was found In a cheap lodg
ing house.
The tension between Germany and Swift
zerland has been increased by the arrest at
Zurich of two travelling German booksellers
against whom false information has been
given by socialists.
A telegram received at London states
that several tribes in Morocco have rebelled
prisoners of a number of officers and threat
en- to kill them.
The Cunard Steamship company and the
Oceanic Steam Navigation company have
secured the contracts to carry the outward
British mails.
Geraldine Ulmar returns to the American
stage next season as prima donna In McCaulls
Opera company.
A dispatch from Berlin says it is fully be-
lteved that England and America will corr
daily assent to the decisions of the Samoan
conference.
One hundred arrests have been made In
connection with the riot at Belgrade Among
those arrested is ex-Premier Garashanine,
who is accused by witnesses Of having in
cited the progressists to attack the opposing
party.
A destructive cyclone swept through
portion of West Virginia. At Falling Wa
ters the barn of J. W. Criswell was blown
down, killing J, E: Powell, a pump maker,
and fatally injuring John Vogle Wheat
was beaten to the ground, trees were up
rooted and much fencing destroyed.
A monument to the Chicago policemen
who were killed in the Anarchist riot was
unveiled on Memorial Day. The monument
consists Of a pedestal surmounted by a
bronze statue of a policeman in uniform, of
heroic size. 1t stands upon the scene of the
riot at the intersection of Desplaines and
West Randolph streets, and is something
over 20 feet in height
The Chicago police say they are on the
eve of great move in the Cronin mystery.
Six men were killed and six wounded by
the falling of large tobacco factory at Dan
vile, Va
A special from St. Paul, Mimi, says: The
deal which has been going on for some time
looking to the purchase by the Northern
Pacific of the Great Northwestern Central
/
mean the opening up of the entire Canadian
Northwest.
Severe storms prevail throughout France.
The gr atest damage has been done in the
departments of Seine-et-Marne, Aube Yon-
ne, Haut-Soane and Ardennes where in
some places the country Is almost devas-
tated.
1t is reported from Northern Michigan
that heavy rain storm has prevailed in
that section. Heavy rains have fallen for
fifty hours IN central Illinois. At Galena
there was a damaging frost, blighting fields
of corn and blasting fruit trees There will
be much damage done by floods.
AT Alexandria, Va, the tannery Of c. G.
Smoot q Sons, covering a square of ground,
was destroyed by fire, together with large
quantity of leather, hides etc. The loss Is
S36, 900 to $50, 900; Insurance., $12, 900.
Louisville, KY, will have the first electric
railway in operation in about two weeks. 1t
reaches the full length of the city from east
10 west and Is five or six miles in length.
The trucks have arrived; the cables, both
overhead and underground, have been
placed, and tho plant for the station is being
got ready.
Dispatches from Oklahoma report the
finding Of rich iron mines a short distance
from Guthrie. The ore is said to be very
fine, and probably contains about 65 per
cent. of iron. A shaft will be sunk at once,
and thorough examination Of the deposit
made.
Prince Aloissch Warsonberg and lieu
tenant Of hussars fought a duel at Vienna.
The former was mortally wounded and Is
now dying.
There is no change in the strike situation
at Marquette, Mich. Not pound of ore is
moving on the docks. Hundreds of import
ed workmen have arrived by q special train,
which ran right on the docks. Both sides
remain firm.
1t has been officially announced at tn.
New York exchange that no more quota
tions will be distributed by stock indicators
or tickers. Quotations will be gathered on
the floor, but members will have to furnish
them to customers by memorandum as in
olden times. The new order goes into effect
at once.
The grand jury at Scranton, Pa, found a
true bill against "Sam" Crane now of the
Metropolitan Base Ball club, charging him
with stealing 1900 from Edwin Fraunfelter.
The allegation is that Crane elopei with
Fraunfelter's wife and induced the woman
to take with her $500 of her husbands
money.
The magistrate to which Reporter Sims
applied for summons for the Duke of Cam
bridge, Eng, and Police Inspector Robinson,
whom he charged with having assaulted him
during the review Of the fire brigade at
Whitehall refused to grant an order for
their appearance. Mr.. Sims has therefore
applied to the court of Queens bench for a
mandamus to compel the magistrate to issue
the order.
Joseph Roseberry, Is years old and intem
perate, fatally shot his wife in Philadelphia
and then killed himself Mrs. Roseberry is
50 years old and LETT her husband two weeks
ago on account of his bad habits.
1t Is reported at Port Huron, Mich, that
the steamer E. S. Pease has foundered in
Saginaw bay. The Pease was commanded
by John Stirling. The crew, consisting Of
the captain, Samuel Jameson, chief engi-
neer; Martin Donahue, mate; William
Gaines second mate, and eight or ten, are
lost.
w. r. Anderson, a steamship owner of
London, has arrived at Ottawa, Ont, to ne
gotiate with the government for the con-
struction Of the steamships for the Atlantic
service-the vessels to have a speed of 20
knots an hour. A subsidy for this service
was passed during the recent session of par
lament.
The evictions on Lord Lansdowne's Lug
gacurran estate have been completed. Eight
tenants were evicted one day recently,
making twenty four in sll Strong resistance
was offered by the tenants and their friends
and the police made several charges against
them with their batons. Nine arrests were
made Fifteen tenants settled with the land
lord
In the New Jersey Extraction works
furnace blew up and threw boiling copper
over number of employees. William Dale
was fatally burned and Edward McNamee is
in critical condition Others were badly
injured.
A fierce gale has ragged over Lakes Ontario
and Erie and portions Of Lakes Huron and