Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-04-03
donations this university up to $1,000

donations this university up 10 S2,UOO,- |
600.
G. Percival stuart, president of the
Granite State Provident association,
which has been ordered into the hands of
an assignee, apparently Is dissatisfied
with the decision of the New Hampshire
bank commissioners. He has issued a
long statement, in which he denies that
the concern is insOlvent.
Several prominent New York silver
firms we've indicted Friday on evidence
obtained by agents of the department
stores. who visited the stores OF each of
the firms indicted and purchased articles
which were stamped sterling silver and
represented to be AS stamped. The ar
ticles were assayed by the United States
assayer. 1t is alleged that the value of
the silver in many of the articles assayed
was less than 10 per cent of the prices
paid.
A Tacoma. Wash, despatch of Monday
says. Yesterday was Easter Sunday on
the Pacific slope. The first full moon af-
ter the equinox appeared on this coast at
10 p. m. Saturday. The world over the
first Sunday after the first full moon af-
ter the spring equinox is Easter This
peculiar case is said to be the first since
the beginning of the Christian era. The
Pacific slope is a week in advance of the
rest of the world When the moon filled
Saturday, Pacific time, 1t was already
Sunday in New York and London,
The arrest in Philadelphia of Samuel
p. Langdon, a wealthy coal operator, III
connection with the death of Annie
McGrath, a handsome young typewriter,
whose body was found on bed IN a
house on Girard street, which, it is
claimed, I.angdon, Miss McGrath and a
servant occupied alone, has caused no
| little excitement in business circles,
where Langdon is well known. Lang
don is man of about 80 years of age.
and occupied II position of considerable
prominence in financial and business
circles in Philadelphia and the State. 1t
/ has been found that the girl died of
poison.
The Mormon church has evidently de-
termned TO capture the Big Sandy valley
for the religion of Joe Smith, says a
! Paintsville, Ky, despatch. The mission
aries swarm from the head of Tug and
Livesav and Panther and Beaver almost
-; 81,
in score of other territories, and over in
West Virginia there are half dozen
churches and membership of several
hundred. All the missionaries in Ken
lucky CSC is the estimated number) are
men of fine appearance, well educated,
shrewd, in love with their doctrines, en-
thusiastic and immensely popular with
the women.
The Massachusetts Republicans on Fri
day elected Reed delegates to the nation.
al convention. The financial plank of
gard the silver agitation As hurtful to
business and destructive of confidence,
and as has recently been shown, hostile
to all tarin legislation designed to give
protection to our industries and revenue
to our treasury. We are entirely opposed
to the free and unlimited coinage of sill
YER; aud to any change in the existing
gold standard except by internationa
agreement. Each dollar must be kept a.
good As every other dollar. The credit
of the United States must be maintained
at the highest point, so that it cannot bt
questioned anywhere either at home OF
abroad. Every promise must be rigidly
kept and every obligation redeemable ii
coin must be paid in gold