Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-04-12

The statement OF the Imperial Bank o
Germany shows a decrease in specie Of u,
$50. 0c0 marks.
The public debt statement Just issueC
shows a gain Of available cash during tbl
month OF 81, 800, 600.
The Ontario legislature opened at {
o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the new
Parliament buildings in Queens Park.
-Ex-Treasurer Henry S. Langstaff. aged
65 years. is dead at Railway. \. j. He
was city treasurer Tor the past eighteen
years.
The body Of Samuel Leedy, Of Byram,
n. j., has been found in the debris OF his
burned barn. Robbery and murder are
suspected. ff.ss Is ~
IA slight earthquake OF short duration was
felt at Los Angeles, San ~Bernandino, San
Diego and other Southern California points
Tuesday.
II. G. Lapham, a capitalist. well known
in the northern part of New York State,
died at Glens Falls Tuesday. He was 70
years Of age.
The steamer Donna Maria, from the
Azores, brought 5i3 immigrants, and the
steamer Fo~toa. from Yarmouth. 25s. to
Boston Monday.
Achilles Apolloni, Cardinal Deacon, died
ia Rome Monday. He was born on Nay
10. 1923, and was creaJed cardinal deacon
on May "A, 1863.
Fifteen cows in the dairy Of Edward
Paddock, near Gouyerneur, n. Y, have
diel from malignant catarrhal fever within
the past six weeks.
DIR. w Ii. Harper, president Of the Uni
versity Of Chicago. announces that the
y erkes telescope viii be located at lake
Geneva, NJ iseonsin.
Cyrus Carriers house furnishing goods
stores. two large buildings. At Troy. NY.
were wrecked by fire yesterday. The loss
viii exceed $50, 900.
Edward Hanlan. the oarsman, has
arrived in Newark. n. j.. to
train for his race with Gaudaqr for the
championship Of America.
"A row Of wooden tenement houses on
Fremont street in San Francisco. was de-
stroyed by fire Monday. Lubin Astell, a
printer, was burned to death.
AT the convention Of the Prohibitionists
Of the Seventh Massachusetts Congressional
District Monday, Rev. Louis a. Banks
OF Boston was nominated on the first ballot.
The Preshytery Of Philadelphia has
adopted the report Of the Revision Commit
tee Of the General Assembly relative to the
''damnation clause" in the Confession Of
Faith.
The issue Of standard silver dollars from
the minis and treasury Offices during the
week ended April /, 1898, wa S3lG. 145. /
and Of the corresponding period Of 1892,
1929. s24.
gold shipments per steamer Aller.
Monday. aggregated 81. 800. 600. on
this amount Lazari Fr,res shipped ST.
COO, coo and Heidelbach, ~icklcheimer * Co.
$500, 900.
The boiler Of a shifting engine exploded
near Connellsville, Pa. Monday morning,
on the Baltimore and Ohio railway. Three
were fatally scalded and other
wise injured.
AT the Charter election In Oneida, y. Y,
the Republicans elected Frank G Drake
by 81 majority. Last year Fred b.
Cheney, Democrat. was elected by about
the same majority.
Two persons were injured. an eu~ine
badly smashed. and two coaches thrown
of the track In a collision which occurred
the Ninth avenue elevated railroad in
York yesterday.
-Adlai +. Stevenson, Vice President of
he United States, formally opened the ba-
,aar Of the Maryland Society of the Sons OF
he American Revolution at the Fifth Reg
ment armory Monday.
The Boston & Maine railroad has issued
/ circular extending the authority of its /
general officers over the Connecticut River
and disseminating the Office OF
general manager OF that road.
Thomas Dolan. a prominent manufac-
.urer and fnancier Of Philadelphia, who
ias been a member of the board Of direc- I
Of the Philadelphia & Reading railroad !
company since 1890. has resigned. |
Secretary Hoke Smith has accepted the
OF Martin d. Bailey. OF Illinois.
aw Clerk of the Pension Bureau, and Del
II. Decker, of New York, Second As i
istant Examiner Of the Patent Office. !
The new home of the Society for the b
'revention of Cruelty to Children in New a
ork was formally opened Monday. The y
occupies a space of 80 by 100 feet !
ndcost, with the land, nearly $500. 000. 4
Fourth Assistant Post Master General u
Monday appointed 119 fourth o
lass postmasters. Illinois heads the list &
10. Kentucky follows with 10, Miss
uri IA, Maine 10, Tennessee 10, and Vir
mia and Indiana Z. N
"A. jackson Hyatt, an old and e.
onored member of the Westcheste r Y
ounty bar is dead Of pneumonia at White 4
lains, n. Y. He was So years Of age i
nd a native Of Sing Sing, n. Y. He was B
cousin to the late Samuel j. Randall. ex- u
peaker OF the House OF Representatives. al
Governor Flower has made the following Il
ominations Of United States Loan Com n
l~isSioners: Otsego county, w. H. Parker, c.
Otsego. and Charles f. McCabe, Of st
oopertown; Monroe, f. r. Hickson, of
larkson, and f.. B. Hutchinson, Of Roch-
The Russian orthodox church at r
udral. Russia, was blown down by a AZ
during the Easter services.
hen the winds shook the building h'
was a stampede Of worshippers, bur Sc
ore than 100 are believed to have been :.
He'd when the church coTaneed az