Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-10-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Wheat made new record of 51I in
Chicago yesterday.
The imperial palace at Pekin is divid-
ed by factions, one contending for
peace, the Jther for war.
Seven members of the Harvard foot
ball team have been injured in practice
games thus far this season.
Columbian exposition silver half dol
lars may be had in any quantities to
suit in exchange for gold coin.
By the will of Oliver Wendell Holmes
$1,000 is left to a grandson. The rest is
left to his son, Oliver Wendell Holmes,
jr.
Robert Howard, the Fall River labor
leader, has been nominated for congress
by the Democrats of the Thirteenth
district.
The Dominion government has abol-
ished the rebate on spruce logs for paper
pulp and imposes uniform rate of 40
cents cord.
Alx, the famous bay mare, arrived
at Mystic park Monday from Lexing-
ton, Ky. She races with Directum
next Saturday.
The mills in New Bedford are run
had occurred, with the exception of the
Acushnet and Hathaway.
At Sacramento, October Il, Otto Zieg-
ler beat J. S. Johnson's world record of
1:503, flying start, tandem teams for
PAGERS. Ziegler's time was l,50 fiat.
Rev. Dr. John r. Paxton, whose bril-
liant service in New York abruptly ter
minated last winter, has returned to the
city and is going to start another
church.
Germany's refusal to interfere in the
Chinese-Japanese troubles does not af-
feet the question OF protection to Euro
peans in China, in which she will fully
cooperate.
United States Attorney Bibb of Nash
vile has been notified by Attorney
General Olney that he must cancel his
appointments for political speeches and
refrain from partisan speaking.
Governor Mitchell of Florida says
that the Corbett and Fitzsimmons fight
| will not be permitted to take place in
| Florida, even if the legislature has to
be convened to stop it by legal enact
ment.
| A Manchester, N. H., paper claims
that Charles F. Morrill,, the defaulting
cashier of the National Bank of the
Commonwealth and treasurer of the
Peoples Fire Insurance company is
now in Buenos Ayres.
The first championship game of the
American League of Professional Foot
ball clubs was played at the Polo
grounds between the New York and
Brooklyn teams Monday Score
Brooklyn, 6; New York, 0.
| The supreme cutrt has reversed tia
Judgment for S25, 900 obtained by Will
liam Laidlaw against Russell Sage for
damages sustained from the dynamite
explosion in Sage's office two years
ago, and ordered a new trial.
President Casimir-Perier and several
of the ministers of state were present
in Paris at the first performance Of
Verdi's "Otello" in French. NJ. Cash
mir-Perier presented Sig. Verdi the
grand Gordon Of the Legion of Honor.
Capt. Robert G. Andrews, one of the
most noted pedestrians in the country.
died last week in Sumter aged 102
Five years ago, at the age of 81, he
walked to Boston. He tramped at va
rious times to almost every section Of
the country.
Judge jenkins has dismissed the pc
tition of Ives and others to have T. f.
Oakes dismissed as receiver of the
Northern Pacific railroad and confirms
Special Master Carey's report exonerat-
ing Oakes from making any money out
of the road illegally.
Elders Freeman and Murcer, Mormon
missionaries, converted so women to
their faith in Centertown, n. Y, and
were visited by a party of indignant
citizens and given a coat of tar and
feathers. The two were then ordered
to leave at once, whcih they promised
to do.
Advices from Honolulu state that
delegates to the convention which is to
choose senators and representatives
adopted resolution that no one who
ton should be elected. Registration
for the election is proceeding satisfac-
torily. .
Seven masked robbers held up the
north bound express on the Richmond.
Fredericksburg 4 Potomac road Friday
night and blew open the Adams ex-
press car with dynamite, secured booty
representing between $3.50, 900 and $780,
900, but only about 1000 Of it will be
of any use to them. =
NEW IoIh tlOSth nave
decided to resist the demands. of the
I. striking cloakmakers and to refuse to
make any of the concessions the work
men demand. The aggregate capital
of those firms is $40, 900 600 ahd the ae-
gregate amount paid annually in wages
by them is S5,000000. Some of them
say they would rather go out of busi-
ness than accede to the demands of the
strikers.
The year closing this month was one
of the most disastrous in the Gloucester
fisheries. The sacrifice of life was
greatly in excess of that of the preced-
ing year, while the loss of vessel
property was the greatest eyer recorded
from this port. The total number of
vessels lost was %, against 10 last year:
total insurance, Sl55, 5,053; total lives lost
I15, against 5S last year. Many of the
uniortuuates left families in the city.
the provinces or European countries.
A suspicious character was arrested
at Cumberland. Md, Wednesday whose