Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-03-24
THE TINES DIARY.
ANOTHER WEEKLY LEAF TURNED IN
THE RECORD OF THE WORLD.

ANOTHER WEEKLY LEAF TURNED IN
THE RECORD OF THE WORLD.
Germany's Emperor Better Count the Cost
Before Beginning Pulverizing Operations
Alarm in Oil Regions-"God Save Amer
ica"-E. l.. Godkin Arrested-New
Method of Making Steel-Von Caprivo
Resigns but is Directed to Stay in by the
Emperor-NOtings.
Won Caprivi, chancellor of the German
empire, rendered his resignation to the
emperor exactly two years from the day
Bismarck left the office. The differences
rose over the school bill which Caprivi
opposed at the direction of the emperor.
The latter then deserted his chancellor
and left him in a peculiarly trying posi-
tion. Caprivi rendered his resignation,
but it was not accepted and he was sum-
moned to an audience with the emperor
at Hubertustock. 1t is said that he Of
fered his resignation second time but
that the emperor will compel him to
remain in. The reasons given are that
the men who could hold the empire to-
gether on the point of availability have
not the ability and those who are able
are too radical in their tendencies one
way or another. The Germany of to-day
is not the empire built up by the mighty
genius of Bismarck.
Africa is ssthe seat of war; just now.
A British expedition to limbo, on the
west side of the continent, has been
badly whipped by natives; there have
been some lively brushes between ltal-
ian troops and the bandits near Masso-
wah, on the east side; 5000 natives are
beseiging the Portuguese town of Quill
name, near Mozambique, and British
gunboat has been ordered there to help
the besieged. 1t looks as though a
| first-class excuse had presented itself
for ''the powers" to again step in, carve
up Africa into colonies and wipe out
native supremacy forever. Perhaps
that is really what the Europeans want.
Ell. Godkin, editor of the New York
Evening Post, was arrested for criminal
libel on complaint of Dennis w. O'Hal-
loran, and placed under $1,000 bail.
o Halloran charges that Godkin accused
him of having kept low liquor dive:
He admits that he once kept hotel
where liquor was sold for several years,
but claims that it was "respectable."
OHalloran has done nothing visible for
support since he retired from the liquor
business. but has been on the list of
grand Jurors since 1876. The arrest
| looks like s.blutf.''
There is general feeling of alarm
throughout the oil regions of Pennsyl-
vania about the fail ire of independent
producers. Financial embarrassmen
has been the rule for the past six months
and the Standard Oil company is blamed
for the unsettled state of affairs. Since
August the producer has been unable to
get more than 65 cents barrel for his
stock and the average has been less than
60 cents. Oil properties are unstable
and producers cannot get the cost out of
their production.
| The German Kaiser has announced it
as his intention to pulverize Russia.
He ought to stop and reflect on the eX-
perience of two men of marked military
genius, who undertook the same thing.
Charles XII of Sweden made the attempt
and found himself fugitive in Turkey.
The great Napoleon started out with the
same ambitious metive; the SHOWS of
the Russian steppes know the rest.
Russia did the pulverizing on both Occa-
sions with little difficulty.
The Detroit Free Press says: New
Hampshire has been sneered at so long
as the state of abandoned farms that in
self defense she has just made showing
as to her savings bank deposits. From
this showing it appears that the Granite
state is the foremost in the union in the
matter of accumulated savings. The
impression will now go abroad that it is
not Improbable to abandon farming if
there is a good chance to 60 into the
summer resort business.
A new method of making steel has
been adopted by the Homestead steel
works of Carnegie, Phipps & Co., which
will revolutioniZe the business. 1t is
known as the direct process, but its de-
tails are trade secret. 1t is said that
the workmen can now make four heats
to turn. when by the old process they
could make but two. The product is
greatly improved in quality and the
cost of production is largely decreased.
The receipts from internal revenue
during the first eight months of the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1892, were $780,
667 ,233, an increase of So, ,700,07S over
the receipts during the CORES spending
period of last year The receipts for
February, 1892, were 81 1000, 1863 greater
than those for February, 1891. the in
crease being principally on spirits and
tobacco.
One of the most striking features of
the coming celebration in honor of the
discovery of America and the achieve
ments of Columbus, the navigator, is
the proposed grand review of the navies
of the world in Hampton roads and New
York harbor, for which arrangements
are now being made.
ssGDd save America That is the
prayer that comes from famine stricken
Rus sia as the food supplies furnished by
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