Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-05-14

The senate last week, by vote of 43
to SO, refused to ratify the general arbi-
tration treaty between the United States
and Great Britain, negotiated by Secre-
tary Olney and Sir Julian Pauncefote.
The rules of the senate require a majority
Of two-thirds for the ratification of trea-
ties.
Ex-Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson,
General c. j. Paine and United States
Senator Edward .. Wolcott, who were
recently appointed by President Nc
Kinley as a commission to confer with
the heads of European governments re-
lative 20 the holding of an international
bimetalllc conference, sailed for Havre
from New y ork on Saturday.
President Charles w. Spauding of the
defunct Globe Savings bank was brought
into court in Chicago Saturday to plead
to twenty-nine indictments against him,
mostly charges of enlightenment. He
entered plea of not guilty to each of
the indictments, and was then sent back
to Jail. He has not yet been able to Sc
cure bondsmen in the sum of S300,000
Another body was recovered last week
from the debris left by the recent floods
at Guthrie, Oklahoma. 1t was that of
Frank Miles, a negro drayman. who
hauled two wagonloads of people out of
I the flooded district, and was swept away
x,,ft x,,ho,
back into the flood the third time. The
bodies of ten persons are still missing.
Greece, it is stated, has made applica -.
ton in writing to the powers, through
their representatives at Athens, with a
view of obtaining mediation. The sui
tan, it is said, will be satisfied with a
reasonable indemnity and a slight rectifi-
cation of the Eastern Thessalian frontier,
such an one as would give Turkey sew
eral strategic positions in the vicinity of
Nezeros.
A wooden structure in Paris, in which
a charitable bazaar was being held was
destroyed by fire one day last week, the
Illuminating apparatus of a kinemato.
graph having exploded. The stalls were
presided over by leaders of Partisan So
ciety and there were from 1900 to 1900
persons in the building. A terrible pan
lie followed the alarm of fire and a rush
was made for the exits. Many persons
were trampled and crushed to death be-
fore the flames reached them. The
structure burned so rapidly that the roof
fell in twelve minutes. One hundred
bodies have been recovered, and it is
thought many more are in the ruins.
One hundred and eighty persons were
injured. Many of those who escaped
had all their clothing torn off.
The tariff bill was reported to the SEN
ate last week and notice given that it
would be called up for consideration on
May IS. 1t was thought the bill would
be held IN the finance committee for at
least two days. but it was found that
Senator Jones of Nevada, who held the
balance OF power, was in accord with the
republicans for an early report The
democrats had agreed that the bill
should be reported whenever majority
vote could be obtained, so there was
practically no opposition to taking it
Immediately into the sdn3te. Opinions
vary as to the length of time the bill
Will be debated in the senate; republic
cans say four weeks and the democrats
six. The changes made by the senate
committee are so numerous and so radi-
cal that a protracted struggle over the
differences between the two Ihouses will
likely occur when the bill reaches a con-
ference committee.