Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-06-03
General News Items.


Sixty horses belonging to the Chica-
go Carette company persisted in a fire
in stable.
The Michigan Senate has passed a
bill to restore capital punishment in
certain cases in that State.
The treasurer of the United States
Rubber company reports net profit
for the year of So, 008, $40, 81.
Prof. Edward Everett Hale, Jr., son
of the author and preacher, has re-
signed the chair of English in the Uni
versity of Iowa and will go to Union
college, Schenectady, N. Y.
Henry A. Chittenden is dead at
Montclair, n. j., aged 70. He was
one of the pioneers of the anti slavery
movement and was active in the Gun
der ground railroad system.
The trial of Oscar Wilde at the old
Bailey Court in London was conclud-
ed last Saturday. He was convicted
of the charges against him and SEN
fenced to two years in prison at hard
labor. II
The United States has been asked to
act as intermediary in the trouble be-
tween France and Venezuela, which
has resulted in a complete termina-
ton of diplomatic relation between
those countries.
A party of gentlemen who control
Geneva Park, N. Y, the resort at &C.
neva has made an offer of $4,000 for
sixth round battle between Corbett
and Fitzsimmons and $1,000 for each
additional round fought.
It is stated on general authority
that Joseph ChOate received retain
ing fee of 100000 for arguing the in
come tax cases before the United
States supreme court, and that his
contingent fee was also for a similar
amount.
The supreme court of the United
States has denied a motion for writ
of habeans corpus filed by Eugene v.
Debs and his associates of the Ameri-
can Railway Union, and they will
have to serve the sentences imposed
upon them by the court.
Owing to the refusal of the Domin-
ion government to give financial aid,
it has been decided to postpone the
holding of the proposed Worlds fair
in Montreal in 1896. The idea how
ever has not been abandoned and the
Henry j. Haskell, attorney general
of Montana, is soon to marry Miss
! Knowles his late competitor for Office.
The marriage will be the happy cul-
mination of political contest famous
in Montana and at the time pretty
we'll advertised throughout the Unit
ed States.
The eighth annual convention of the
Republican National League of the
United States will be held in Cleve-
land, Ohio, June 10, 1895. There will
be six delegates at-large for each
state and four from each COMPRESSION
al district making total representa-
ton of 1000 delegates.
Repeated earthquakes virtually de-
stroyed the town of Paramythia,
Turkey, last Sunday. Fifty persons
were killed and $50 seriously injured.
The total number of shocks was TWEEN
ty- six. The Greek church which was
built 300 years ago, was moved sew
eral yards, but is still standing,
The state department of education
of Texas has voted that nuns cannot
teach in the public schools of that
state, and that everything of sectar-
ian nature must be absolutely elimin-
ated from the public schools. Catholic
nuns have been conducting free
schools in southwest Texas, and this
ruling puts an end to it.
The nitro glycerine house of the
California powder works at Pinole,
Cal, blew up last week, instantly kill
ing fourteen men. The force of the
explosion was tremendous. Huge
trees were thrown half mile into
the bay. Nitro glycerine tanks weigh
ing a ton apiece are 500 yards distant
from the scene. Toes, hands and
other parts of bodies were picked up
mile away. The nitro glycerine
house, of which not vestige remains
was three story structure, 200 by 30.
1t contained 5000 pounds of nitro
glycerine and 1000 pounds of Hercules
powder. The loss will exceed $3.50, 900.