Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-10-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Ind, burned Tuesday night. Loss
100000
James Anthony Froude, the cele-
brated religious writer and historian,
died last Saturday morning, aged rs.
One hundred and fifty thousand iron
workers of America have sent dele
gates to a conference now in session at
indianapolis.
Edward p. Weston, the famous old
time pedestrian, started from Newburg,
n. Y, Monday ON his 496-mile tramp
through the state.
AT Cambridge, Mass, the jury which
sat on the celebrated Bartlett -Bigelow
case in the superior civil court were un-
able to agree upon verdict.
In the case of Ex-Cashier Flood of
the Donahue- Kelley bank, San Fran
cisco, charged with the embeZzlement
of Sl64 900, the jury reported a disagree
ment.
Another shipment of the Columbian
half-dollars has been made to the Bos-
ton sub-treasury, which will supply all
demands for the present.
The Fifteenth regiment infantry, U.
>. A., was presented with stand of
colors at Fort Sheridan by Chicago
citizens, in recognition of service during
the strike.
Ex-Gov. Joseph d. Bedle of New
Jersey died Sunday afternoon at st.
Luke's hospital from the shock caused
by an operation for calculus performed
on Saturday. MIR. Bedla was nearly
GA years of age.
William l.. Elkins of PHILADELPHIA.
the railway traction magnate, has Of
tered through the Pennsylvania Acad-
emy of Fine Arts prize of $4,000 for
the best American picture painted by
an American artist.
L. r. Hazard, the alleged Wichita
KAN forger, was taken west Monday
from Plymouth, N. H., where he was
arrested. Hazard is charged with de-
frauding J. w. Ramsey and Thompson
4 Bland out of $500.
Andrew Smith, of the firm of Smith
Bros, manufacturers of cough drops,
died in Poughkeepsie, N. Y, Sunday.
He was SO years OF age. Mr. Smith
and his brother recently presented the
city with a public park.
The report that Mons. Satolli. papaI
delegate to the United States, will soon
be elected to the cardinalate is en-
tirely without foundation. The report
was started in circles desirous of his
removal from Washington.
The widow of President Nunez has
declined the proposed grant from the
Republic of Colombia OF the sum of
100000 as token of the cuuntrys ap-
preclation of the services which her
husband rendered to Colombia
AT New Haven, Conn, as the result
of charges preferred by the Law and
Order league all the police captains and
sergeants and several patrolmen of the
city have been summoned to appear
before the police commissioners for ex-
animation.
The government of Guatemala is dis
patching large forces of troops to the
frontier along the Mexican border. The
Mexican government has ordered sew
eral thousand troops to Acapulco and
Tehauntepec to be prepared for any
hostilities on the part of the Guatema-
lans toward Mexico.
The special session of the Japanese
parliament closed Monday after unani-
mously passing every war measure pre-
sented. A memorial was adopted de-
claring that Japan will not tolerate in
reference by any nation to prevent her
from obtaining the ultimate objects of
neT contest WIN Cnlna.
The grand jury returned indictments
against Debs and his fellow officers of
the Americanss Railway Union and
large number of other persons for par
ticipating in the obstruction of mails
and commerce on various roads last
summer SiXty-nine persons are in
cluded in the blanket indictment.
The municipal council of Paris has
voted $4,000 francs to be used in pro-
viding ganti-diphtheretic serum for the
city hospitals. Prof Virchow of Berlin
says that he regards it as an imperative
duty OF physicians to use Behring'S Sc
rum. The Berlin city council has do
mated 5000 francs with which to pro-
vide serum for the city hospitals.
A fire caused by spontaneous COM
bustion, in hill above the town of
Marshal, Col, so years ago, threatens
to communicate to the surrounding
coal fields. The fire RACES throughout
an underground mine of 300 acres, and
spouts flames, cinders and smoke
through dozen outlets. Property
worth millions of dollars has been de-
stroyed.
The race last Saturday at Mystic
park, Medford, Mass, between Alix
and Directum turned out to be very
tame affair. AliX won in three straight
heats. Directum was draw on ac-
count of injury in the second heat, Civ
ing the mare a walkover, whereupon
she gave an exhibition mile i'll 2.073,
the best mile ever trotted in New Eng
land The race was disappointment
ell around.
The present emperor of China, whose
name is Kwangsii, and who is only 25
wears old, celebrated his birthday last
Saturday. He is known by sight to
very few of his 100000 000 subjects, for
the simple reason that he cannot APP
pear in public, and even when he jour
neys out of the palace grounds at Pc
kin he is carried in close sedan chair
and the roads are guarded to prevent
any curious intruders from approach
ing the royal presence.
A Kansas City and Memphis express
was wreckei by ;he Cook gang of des-
peradoes a, Correta, L. L, monday.
The robbers commenced firing at the
engine and COACHES and as soon as the
train stopped, the cars were riddled with
hulletS very window hpinu hrnEap