Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-04-02
General 11ems.

syndicate of London, for S4,000,000.
A convention of free silver republi-
cans of Nebraska was held in Lincoln
Thursday and a state organization was
effected.
Ralph Cheney, one of the founders of
Cheney Bros, the silk manufacturers of
South Manchester, Connecticut, died
there on Friday, aged 81 years.
Representatives OF the Turkish govern
ment in Europe have been instructed to
enter into negotiations tor the purchase
of three ironclads at cost of 81 800, 000
The wind storm near Tacoma, Wash
ington, on Thursday night, caused the
death of four persons. three by falling
trees and one by the capsizing of boat.
The American Exchange bank of Buff
falo, New York, went into voluntary
liquidation at the close of business on
Saturday. All liabilities Will be paid in
full.
Both antitrust bills introduced by the
Lexow trust investigating committee
have passed the New York assembly
without amendment. They now go to
the senate.
The Order of Equity, benefit asso-
citation, assigned in indianapolis on
Thursday. The liabilities are estimated
at $40, 900, while the assets are said to
he pOmnarativelv trifIinU
Near Mount Gilead, Kentucky, on
Thursday night, Amos Riggs shot and
killed Young Boyd and his father w.
r. Boyd, because young Boyd had run
off with one of Riggs daughters.
1t is said the French government will
ask the chamber of deputies for a credit
of SlG0, OO00 900 to build forty-1ive war
ships and l75 torpedo boats, the whole
to be completed within eight years.
The Tacoma. Washington. Railway
and Motor company's street car system
has been sold under foreclosure for
100000 to Howard c. Reavis Of New
York. representing the General Electric
company.
\ Topeka despatch says that labor
leaders in Kansas are greatly excited
over a ruling by Attorney General
Boyle that the antitrust law just passed
by the legislature is applicable to labor
organizations.
Judge Keane, of the superior court at
at Tacoma, has decided that over fifty
persons who secured divorces in that
state during the past three years, and
who remarked within six months, are
guilty of bigamy.
John Clark, a policeman of Harrison,
New Jersey, was instantly killed Sun
day morning, by coming in contact with
a telephone wire which had been cut.
and which in falling had crossed an
electric light wire.
President Mckinley has announced
that he proposed TO nominate Andrew
d. White, president of Cornell, as am
bassador to Germany and Charlemagne
Tower, Jr., of Philadelphia, envoy ex-
traordinary to Austria.
A Frankfort, Ky, despatch says that
it is rumored there that the pententlary
hospital is full of smallpox patients.
1.-The prison physicians say it is only
forty cases of measles, but the legisla-
tors are badly frightened"
John Patton, chief engineer and SUI
pervisor of the Monongahela River rail-
road, was instantly killed at Clarksburg,
West Virginia, on Thursday. He stepped
from a train on his own road in front OF
Baltimore and Ohio flyer.
A Tacoma despatch says that terrific
storm dashed Puget sound on Thursday
Buildings were blown down and score
of persons injured, but none fatally
At Portland, Oregon, the wind reached
a velocity of 80 miles an hour.
As the result of an old quarral between
Jacob Leeds and Blanchard Thomas
at La Paz, Indiana, on Thursday night
Thomas was shot and instantly killed by
Leeds, after the latter had been fatally
cut by knife in the hands of Thomas.
a violent storm of wind and rain struck
Austin, Texas, Sunday afternoon anC
did great damage to property. A mum
Der of buildings were demolished, an(
at Buda, a small town near Austin, on,
or two persons are reported to hav,
been killed.
Latimer E. Jones, who fled from thi
country in 1888 with nineteen indct
ments for forgery and swindling agains
} him, and who was arrested in England
in January last, was brought back t.
J New York on the steamship New Yorl
} on Saturday.
The Chicago board of trade has deter
mined upon an investigation into tn
alleged extensive railroad rate cutting
on grain going east from that city. 1t i