Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-06-17
General News Items.

The native part of the town of
Taipeh Flu, China, has been burned.
During the confagration the powder
mill exploded, killing ninety Chinese.
ed by a re- election as president of
the Congregational Home Missionary
society. The General is an active
Christian worker.
Japan has 1000 and more news
papers for it's 40, 10000 population:
China has 20 newspapers for her 2OO,-
100000. Japan's victory over China,
both in war and diplomacy, is easily
explained.
M. Andre of Stockholm, Sweden, is
constructing a balloon in which he
will try to reach the north pole. The
balloon will carry three persons, in
struments, ballast, four months pro-
visions, sledge, sailboat, weapons and
ammunition. Andre proposes to start
in July, 1896.
A terrible storm passed over the
valley of Oedenburg, in western Hun
gary, June Sth. The houses in the
valley were swept away like toys in
the torrent. More than 100 of the in
habitants are missing. Eighteen bodies
have been recovered. The town of
Roberndorf was submerged, and the
hail stones in the valley of the Lertha
have destroyed all hopes of a harvest
The Germans have stormed four
forts belonging to the rebelliouS Ba-
kok tribes on the lower Sassage river.
The fighting was of the most desper-
ate character. Two hundred natives
were killed, many wounded and
1oYs In,. fo1~ 7n
German loss was twelve killed and
forty seven wounded. AS a result of
the battle, trading has been resumed
in that region.
Advices from Sonora say that on
Saturday, June 8th, Lieut.. &c, Flores
Hermon with SO regulars of the Mex
lean army came upon large band of
rebel Yaquis, in upper Sonora, and
routed them with heavy loss. An
officer and five soldiers were wound
ed, and a coporal killed. A large
amount of booty was recovered. The
Yaqui rebellion is the most serious
known, the Mexican soldiers making
little progress against it.
A special to a San Francisco, paper
from ManZanillo says: GA letter re-
ceived by the agents of the Pacific
Mail states that two women and one
man, shipwrecked passengers of the
Colima, landed at Narangastilfa, fifty
miles southeast of Manzanillo, on
May 90 and have been cared for by
the Indians. They are now on their
way to Manzanillo on mules. The
party are all Americans. The story
is cOrroborated by the custom cOllec-
tor here" At the main office in this
city Information as to the rescue Of
the party has not been received.
Maxine Gomez has reached Puerto
Principe and crossed the frontier.
He has about 1000 men with him and
has succeeded in evading the govern
ment troops sent to head him off.
| The invasion of Puerto Principe
means that the insure ction, which has
so far been confined to the Santiago
province, is extending westward.
In Puerto Principe province laundeds
of Cubans are joining Gomez. The
| Marquis De Santa Lucia has again
| taken up arms, and with him are sew
eral deputies and young men of good
| families. Gen. Campos has asked for
additional troops to suppress this
new uprising.
An opinion has been handed down
from the court of appeals of the Dis
trict of Columbia, in the case Of Judge
Long of Michigan against Commits
sioner Lochren of the pension bureau.
The latter reversed the decision of
Judge Bradley of the district circuit
court, which denied the right of the
commissioner of pensions to reduce
Judge Longs pension and directed
the commissioner to restore it to it's
original figure. This is the most i'm
portant pension case that has ever
come before the courts, involving as
it does, hundreds of cases where pen
sions were reduced in amount by or
der of the commissioner. The court
of appeals held that the right to grant
pensions was not permanent vested
right, which could not be reversed by
the commissioner making the grant,
or any of his predecessors. According
to the courts decision, the executive
authorities of the pension bureau may
reverse, suspend, or alter in any way
pension granted by their predeces-
sors, and each commissioner has the
power to examine and change a pen
sion allowed by his office. The deci-
sion permits the commissioner of
pensions to pay Judge Long only at
the rate to which his pension was re-
duced. An appeal will probably be
taken to the United States supreme
court.
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