Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-11-24
THE TIMES DIARY
THE DAYS. DoINGS AT HOME AND
ABROAD.


tire-Mrs. Parnelrs Poverty-Notes.
The carpet corporation, Lowell, Mass,
announce that they will raise wages
per cent on December 5, and in Rhode
Island all the cotton mills in the state
will follow the lead of the two big firms
and increase wages at an early date. The
Messrs Knight, the biggest cotton fac
tors in the world, are to make an advance
of per cent, but the Messrs. Goddard
are still undecided whether to make the
advance or 10 per cent. There is the
greatest rejoicing among the operatives.
The Queen Regent of Spain is not per-
mite to leave the country during the
regency, hence she will be represented at
Chicago Worlds Fair by the Infanta Isa-
bella. sister of the late king. The Duke
of Veragua and the Marquis of Barboles,
with their families, will also attend the
exhibition as will also representatives
of other noble families in Spain, Italy,
France and England, and officials of va
rious towns and cities with which Col
umbus' name is intimately associated.
Mr.. Parnell was driven into ins olvency
through poverty. When Mr.. Parnell
died there was not money enough in his
house hold to bury him, and friends de-
frayed by personal contributions the cost
of the funeral. Mr.. ParnelI had expend-
ed $250,000 in freeing the estate at Avon
dale from mortgage and the fruitless at
tempt 10 make the mines on the estate
profitable. This left Mrs. Parnell with
no resource but small annuity under
the will of her deceased aunt, Miss Wood
While the wedding feast following the
marriage of his daughter Mary was in
progress Monday, Joseph Kuiwa sudden
ly arose from the table, and pressing his
hand to his heart fell dead. A panic
seized the guests and they fed from the
house, while the b. ide fell on her fathers
body shrieking for assistance. When the
doctors arrived they said Mr.. Kuiwa had
him. He was a justice of Baltimore, Md.
The opinion exists that stranger things
might happen than the election of Mrs.
Mary E. Lease as United States senator
from Kansas. Mrs. Leases candidacy
has become serious reality. Her popu-
larity with the rank and file of the Pop
ulist party will give her at least an equal
chance with other aspirants, especially
as there seems to be no constitutional
disqualification.
The Grand Old Man, Gladstone. seems
possessed of charmed life. Within a
year he has twice been knocked down
by cab fn London and then tossed by
heifer while in his park at Hawarden,
and last week he was struck by an Omni-
bus pole, staggered a short distance, re-
covered himstl If and escaped to the pave
ment.
The president has remitted the SEN
tence Of j. A. Simmons of New ork, who
was convicted with president Claassen Of
wrecking the Sixth National Bank. and
sentenced to six years. imprisonment.
He was convicted early in 1891, and dur
ing his confinement he has become phys
ical wreck.
Lancashire, England, master cotton
spinners, who have not been directly
affected by the lockout, have decided to
work their mills on half time. The op-
orators are likely to reject this proposal.
If they do, 80 600 people will be on
strike in Lancashire.
The Washington Post says that JUS
tice Stephen j. Field of the United States
Supreme court will retire before the ex-
piration of President Harrison's term,
and will be succeeded by Senator j. n.
Dolph. Justice Field was appointed by
President Lincoln.
The trouble between We'll, Dreyfus &
Co., shirt manufacturers, Boston, and
their employees last week, has been set
tied, the firm having signed an agree
ment of the Shirt Makers Protective
union, which comedies all the demands
of the strikers.
When Mr.. Foster retires from the state
department he will 90 to Paris as agent
of this government in charge of Its case
before the Behring Sea arbitrators. Mrs.
Foster will accompany him, aud they ex-
pect to be absent year or more.
The cholera continues to increase in
virulence in st. Petersburg, Russia, and
the NovOstt dwells upon the necessity
for an international agreement in order
that common stand may be taken
against the scourge.
Monday heavy snow storm prevailed
throughout Minnesota, some eight inches
having fallen, and the temperature going
down from to 10 degrees below zero.
The storm on Lake Superior was very
severe.
Mrs. August Belmont, widow of the
| late August Belmont, the well-known
banker, died after lingering illness at
her residence in New York, Sunday af-
ternoon.
Jay Gould is taking life easy, leaving
the cares of business TO his sons, George
and E iward, and merely standing around
TO see that they do not run off the track.
Mr.. Dalzsll-whO objects to the fur
| ther use of the cCgnomen g Private -
and Mrs. Dalzell will celebrate their sill
YER wedding ON the 80 IN inst.
The strike at III, msstead, Pa, was de-
clared off by the Amalgamated Associs-
tion Sunday morning by vote 10I to 81.
At the St. Louis session of the Knights
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