Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-10-29
General l1ens.

years president of Knox college, died
at Galesburg, ILL.,, on Thursday night
of last week.
The Fowler Cycle company of Chicago,
which employed 800 men, made an assign
ment Friday. The liabilities are said to
be close to S500000
James Wallace Knox, a well-known
turfJnan, and former owner of Nutwood,
committed suicide at KenOsha, Wis,
on Saturday, by shooting.
a new gold field has been discovered in
Alaska. 1t lies along MinOok creek,
about 700 miles from ST. MicheIs and
is accessible by steamboat
News has reached Carlo that the Abyss
sinians are devastating Somaliland.
They have already dispersed or wiped
out four great SOmali tribes and have
committed horrible atrocities.
The white squadron, consisting of the
cruisers New York and Brooklyn and
battleshps Massachusetts, Texas and
Iowa, arrived at New York Sunday from
an extended visit in Eastern waters.
1t Is reported from Nernal. Utah. that a
large number of hOuselleepers from East
ern states are now encamped in the Ash
ley valley, waiting for the opening of the
Uncompahgre reservation in April next.
iit NOllNNlOl VI NhSlOlllS at / VI llduus
Oregon, has sliced quantity Of beer and
whiskev which had been placed on the
dock for shipment to Alaska by the
steamer Elder. Fifty cases of the liquor
were marked "hOme made castup."
The international fur seal conference
met and organized in Washington, ID. c..
on Saturday. eX-Secretary of State Foster
being elected chairman. Japan. Russia
and the United States were represented
by delegates.
The discovery has been made by agents
of the interior department that over
100000 of fraudulent warrants on the
United States treasury have been paid on
account of the Creek Indian nation, in
Indian Territory.
George NJ. Pullman, the sleeping car
magnate whose death was announced
last week, is said TO have been worth
forty millions of dollars. Those who
pretend to know say that his will gives
many thousands to charitable and ed
vocational Institutions.
The report of Assistant Postmaster
General Heath is largely devoted to
discussion of free rural delivery, an ex-
tension of the system being urged. In
Lancaster county, Penn, where the eX-
pertinent was tried, the number of pieces
Of mail was quickly doubled.
Twelve thousand people attended a re-
ception IN Washington, ID. c., on Satur-
day night given in honor of Miss COssio V
Csneros, the Cuban girl who escaped
from prison in Havana, and her rescuer,
Karl Decker. Speeches were made by
Corporal Tanner and ex-senator Call.
Attorney General McKenna has an
nounced that he will ask Judge Sanborn,
of st. Paul to stay the sale of the Union
Pacific railroad until December 10, in
order that congress may have an OPP
pOrtunity to interfere if it so desires.
The reorganization committee will OPP
pose the postpOnement
TO be cured of the Klondike fever 60
into plowed field some cold morning
before breakfast next winter, and with IA
grub hoe dig hole sixteen feet deep.
come backtto the house in the evening
about dark and eat small piece Of stewed
buffalo robe and go TO sleep in the wood
shed. Repeat the dose If necessary.
Judge Tuthill, who presided at the
Luetgert trial in Chicago, expressed the
opinion that the defendant will never be
tried again in court in that county. The
manager of a Chicago museum has of
fered to sign Luetgert's bonds in So 0C
If the prisoner would place himself on
exhibition at salary OF $500 per week
Edward Jackques was on Saturday
found guilty of murder in the second
degree at White Plains. New York. He
was accused of killing Walter b. Adams
the postmaster at Bedford Station during
a fight that followed an attempt to rot
Adams's store, and in which John Glare
was killed and another of the gang, JOIN
jenkins, was fatally wounded by Adams ::
son.
\ hurricane from the south was the
cause of exceptionally high tides, the los
of life and heavy destruction to shipping
along the Atlantic coast Monday anC
Tuesday from llatteras to Far RockawaN
Beach. But three vessels entered New
York harbOr and none came up Delaware
Bay beyond the breakwater. Summe
hotels and cottages at Ocean City, Mary
land, suffered generally. At Newpor
News the breakwater was destroyed, ant
at Norfolk the streets were flooded
The storm was especially severe on tn
Great Lakes, hardly vessel away iron
the commercial centres escaping.
| Numerically, Monday was the wors
l day yet of the fever situation in NeN
- Orleans. At o'clock Monday night tn
g score of the board of health showed tC
} tai of - new cases and there had bee
deaths to the number of eleven. Hereto
, fore the highest number of deaths in
= single day has been nine. UnfOrtunatel
z there continues TO be cOncealment O
. cases, fatalities occurring before medicG
n attention is called and the masses for til
time are i'm a revolutionary mood becaus
of the enforcement of house quarantir
and are resortng to every means in the
power to put obstacles in the way {
a constituted authorities. 1t is general
10 agreed that the house quarantine is n,
a accomplishing the results expected.
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+ Ask your Grocer to-day to show you
g package of GRAlN-O, the new foe
d drink that takes the place of coffee. III