Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-05-07

sides running the growing crops. On
one hacienda alone II farm hands were
killed.
The monthly statement of the public
debt shows that, at the close of business
on April 30, the debt, less cash in the
United States treasury, amounted to
S99S, 244.132, decrease for the month of
S5,71S,O6S.
John c. Lane, farmer of Bonny Ea-
gle, village two miles from West Bux-
ton, Maine. shot and killed his wife and
child, and then himself, on Thursday.
The bodies were found Saturday. The
motive for the crime is not known.
Charles w. Spalding, president of the
defunct Globe savings bank of Chicago,
been indicted by the grand jury for en-
bezzlement and receiving deposits when
the bank was known to be insOlvent.
The supreme court at Ottawa, Ontario,
has decided "that a man or woman who
leaves Canada to go to the United
States for divorce, without intending to
live there, afterwards marrying and re-
turning to Canada, can be prosecuted
for blgamy."
A waterspout struck the house of
farmer named Branders, near Monticel-
10, Kentucky, on Saturday, demolishing
the house and killing the farmer. his
wife and one child. Two farm hands,
who were sleeping in the house, were
fatally injured.
John Sheldon. banker of Ioda, Hi
nois, has written letter from Chicago
stating his intention of drowning him
self. His bank closed and this led to the
suspension of four local firms. Several
trust estates and the Loda school fund
are also said to be involved
1t is expected that the tariff bill will be
reported to the senate finance committee
this week. Senator Jones had confer
ence with the members of the sub.cOm-
mttee on Saturday and suggested
number of notifications in the bill. He
is expected to act with the republicans.
Emil Sohlern, Chicago saloon keeper,
was shot and instantly killed Just be
fore midnight the other night by one of
three men who entered the saloon for the
purpose Of robbery. Twenty men were
in the place at the time drinking, but
none of them made any effort to capture
the robbers or offer resistance, and the
murderer escaped.
1t is probable that the secretary of the
treasury will soon recommend to con-
gress a material reduction of the inter-
nal revenue tax on distilled spirits and
an increase in the tax on beer. 1t is
said that since the increase of the tax on
spirits from 80 cents to Sl.l0 a gallon
Illicit distlling has increased to a point
almost. if not quite. beyond control.
The president on Saturday ordered the
suspension for four days of the mandate
sentencing John Dunlop, proprietor of
the Chicago Despatch. to two years in
the penitentiary for sending obscene
matter through the mails. Mr.. Dunlop
made personal appeal to the president
for this length of time In which to ar
range his business affairs before going
to serve his term in Joliet.
An electric street car filed with pas
sengers was run into the other afternoon
by a railroad train on the outskirts of
Tampa, Florida, and one person was kill
ed two fatally injured and others slight
ly hurt The street car was without a
conductor and the motorman was taking
fares, when he became involved in a
quarrel. Three passengers held him
down on rear platform, while the car
ran down grade to the crossing.
The "artistic" silver certificates will
soon become rare relics. Secretary
Gage has decided to call them in and
destroy them. In lieu thereof new bills
with designs more on the lines of the
old ones, with which the people are
familiar will be adopted. The "artistic
designs" have been generally criticised
difficult of ascertanment the denomina-
ton, and therefore are toe easily counter
feited.
The town of Guthrie, Oklahoma, was
overwhelmed last week by what is de-
scribed as "a mighty wall of WATER
which came down the Cottonwood
river, which was already flooded by I'M
precedentedly heavy rains during the
preceding four days. The flood carried
everything before it, many persons
being drowned In their houses or swept
away in the torrent. The estimates of
the loss of life range from 20 to $50,
though the latter figure is thought to be
greatly exaggerated. Many miles of
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