Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-11-06

the location of rock under which to tun-
mel the Missouri river. The gold is rich
and is found IN great quantities on both
sides of the river. Several tons of the
sand will be taken out at once.
The other night Heman Freese, cash
Ter of the Homer State bank, at Homer,
Neb., was called out of his house by two
men on the pretext of being consulted
on political questions. A short way
from home Freese was covered with re-
vovers and compelled to open the bank
and safe. Freese was bound and gagged
and the robbers secured $1,000 in cash.
a narrowing story comes from the
province of Sapara, Russia. The peas
ants are so reduced by starvation and
want that many of them are unable to
90 even to the government distributing
points for supplying food. In one vii
lage no less than II have persisted, and
the number of dead in the whole prov
ince will amount to not less than a
thousand.
The winter is beginning in Europe
with unusual severity. England has
already been visited by sharp frosts, and
a dispatch from Hamburg announces
that there has been heavy snowfall.
and that the thermometers register Z
degrees below freezing. Torrents of
rain have fallen throughout Greece, and
there have been heavy snow falls in the
mountain districts, which is unprecedent-
ed at this period of the year.
An earthquake in Japan last week de-
stroyed the towns of Nagoya. Gifu and
Ogaki. All the public buildings and
most of the smaller structures were
thrown down. 4 fire in Nagoya COM
pleted the work of destruction in the
most crowded quarter of the place. 1t
is estimated over 5000 persons lost their
lives bv the disaster. Many vessels are
reported wrecked near lIioga. y few
portions of the Nippon islands escaped
the earthquake.
Editor John B. Clarke of the Man
chester On. H. Mirror and Farmer died
Oct. 30, aged Il years. He was born in
Atkinson. n. H., graduated from Dart
mouth with high honors in 1913, studied
law. was admitted to the bar in 1913
and practiced in that city, when he took
charge editorally of the Daily Mirror.
In 1852 he purchased the paper, con-
tinuing its proprietor until his death.
He possessed national reputation as a
horseman, his paper conducting an i'm
portant horse department.
The London police, after "a long search,
have uncarthed gang of the cleverest
check forgers operating in recent years.
The members of this gang have succeed
ed in doing what was long claimed by
experts to be impossible; namely, re-
moving from chemically treated bank
paper the figures written thereon and
replacing them by others entirely differ
ent, without leaving Il trace of the alter
alton There is reason to believe that
the earnings or stealings of the COM
bine have amounted to f20,0J0 IL week
for some time past.
The Maverick national bank of Boston,
the largest financial institution in New
England. suspended payment Monday
morning. The immediate cause of the
banks suspension was the suicide of
Irving Evans, "A Boston broker. and the
talk which followed it. The loss caused
the bank by its dealings with Evans was
not large enough to seriously iniure it,
but the talk of the street made the bank :
loss far greater. The stories included
rumors of the ugliest description about
President Potter of the Maverick and his
relations with the dead broker. The
gossip about the bank. instead of subsid-
ing, Increased to flood tide and became of
the most damaging character. The in
evitahe effect began to be felt more than
week ago. Some of the principal de-
Dositors, one after another. withdrew
their accounts. The deposits in the
banks ten days ago amounted 10 more
than S10.000,000. During last week more
than 81 100000 was withdrawn. Potter
and two of his associate directors have
been arrested. The total loss i about
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