Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-15
General l1ews.

ny submarine CaDle l20U miles long.
the ends of (which are at Emden and
Vigoh 1t is the first link in series of
lines to be first extended to Brazil and
to the United States by way of thu
Azores.
The Johannesburg Standard announces
that the government has completed its
bill against the British government de-
handing indemnity for the Jameson
raid, and is about TO forward it to Lon
don. The amount of the Boer claims is
under 100000.
Gen. Francis A. Walker, president of
the Massachusetts, Institute of Technolo-
gy, Boston, died in that city last week
He was civil war veteran, and had held
several public positions, his most con-
spicuous work being as superintendent
of the census IN 1850 and 1880. Since
1881 he had been president of the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology.
The Joint republican caucus of the
Pennsylvania Legislature nominated
Boise Penrose of Philadelphia for the
seat in the United States senate now &C.
cupled by Senator Cameron. Ex-Post-
master General John Wanamaker made
a vigorous fight for the nomination, but
Penrose, through the influence of Sena-
tor Quay, gained decided victory.
A Topeka, Kan, despatch says; The
Eo t,l IL
of the Populist party and was considered
dead, is lively corpse. 1t was decided
today to have State headquarters in To-
peka with subOrdiate organizations in
every county in the State. Depots and
storehouses will be maintained at all
county seats, where members may buy
and sell commodities.
The total shipments of apples for
1896. and including the first two days Of
the present year to the European mar
kets, were asI follows: From Boston,
725, G42 barrels; from New York, 451,-
III barrels from Montreal, 600 ,49G bar
rels; from Halifax, 204,O0 barrels; from
Portland, Il ,297 barrels and from Phil
adelphla 1893 barrels, making a total of
2,l5G,3 barrels as against 527 ,524 bar
rels for the preceding year.
Five men and one woman killed, five
men wounded and two women assaulted,
is the record of Simon Cooper, negro,
since New Years day In Sumter county,
S. c. At an emancipation celebration in
Magnolia on Jan. Cooper killed Henry
Davis, colored, and when posse OF ne
groes with a warrant attempted to take
him he shot down six, one Of whom has
died. Friday another attempt was made
to arrest him, when he killed four more
whites.
The Times of India, in an article on
the bubonic plague which Is ravagng
Bombay, says that since the outbreak of
the plague the population of the city
has been reduced one-half and the week
and If the above despatch from Bonn
bay be correct the city's dead since the
beginning of the plague must have num-
bered between 100000 and 10000
B0mbay's population in 1891 was S2l, :
7G4, and at the ordinary rate of increase
would now be about 800, 900 but for the
plague. 1t is possible that part of the
loss of population has been due to the
flight of inhabitants, although no such
explanation has been suggested by the
dispatches from Bombay.
England, says London despatch, has
awakened from her apathy regarding
the Indian famine sufferers, and meas
ures will be taken to alleviate the dis
tress, Notwithstanding the attitude Of
the Indian government, which does moi
or will not see that the situation is one
of the worst it has ever had to confront
1t is known that in the district of Jabal
pur alone, district which had a popula
ton of 100000, ninety thousand per
sons have died. Thousands of other;
will have to perish despite any efforts
that may be made to succor them
There are people living in remote dis
tricts, far from the railroads and otheI
lines of communication, to whom it vii
be impossible to carry food until thu
death lists are enormously swollen.
Bradstreet's of Saturday said of tn,
business situation: With the exception
of reports from a dozen South Atlantic
coast and Gulf State cities, obbers a
nearly all distributing centres say bust
ness is dull and without new features
Demand has improved at Chicago an(
, st. Louis for hats, hardware, shoes ant
dry goods. But trade in those lines i
fair only. Colder weather has stimu
lated purchases of clothing at som
points. Little general recovery iron
holiday dizziness is reported as yet. A
most centeTs statesmen are just starting
out. Collections are reported unsatis
factory, but in many instances meT
chants express themselves as hopeful o