Middletown transcript., 1897-03-13
CURRENT EVENTS.

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Ex-senator Dolph. Of Oregon, died ol
Wednesday.
, tn, revolutionary movements in Brazi
and Uruguay are gaining strength.
Robert G. Blaine, brother of the late Jas
G. Blaine, died on Tuesday. in Washing
ton, in his 65th year.
Fire at Atlantic City caused about $1,000
damage to the seabright hotel, and littl
less to the CIR and Union, this week.
Nevada expects that her law licensing
prize fights will bring at least 81 ,0OO, 900 in
to the State during the prese.. year.
Hon. Thomas F. Bayard and wife are ar
ranging to to make tour of Italy anc
will start for Florence about March 20.
Mrse Henry Ward Beecher died on Mon.
day, the tenth anniversary of the death OF
her illustrious husband. She was S5 year,
old.
The Oklahoma Legislature has passed re
solutions protesting against ex-President
Cleveland 'sconfscating vessel belonging
to the United States to go fishing in"
DIR. William Pepper, ex-provost of the
University of Pennsylvania, celebrated
yesterday the thirty-third anniversary Of
his entrance into the medical profession.
A French Canadian couple, Louis Oar
win and his wife, now living in st. Paul,
recently celebrated the eightieth anniver-
sary of their marriage. The husband is 1O7
years old and his wife is 1O1.
The taxable wealth of the colored popu-
lation of the United States is over $500, ,0O0,-
600. There are %, ,492 colored churches
with church property valued at $26, ,000, 900.
There are oyer 1000 college-trained colored
ministers.
The Rubber-Soled Leather Shoe Com
pany, Of Boston, has bought the idle fac
tory of the Trip Manufacturing Company
at South Framingham, and will enlarge
the plant and begin operations at once Civ
ing employment to large number of
hands.
Rumors that "Owney," the postI laser
vices pet dog, had been killed in wreck
have been set at rest by q communi cation
from Washington Hesing, Postmaster at
Chicago, announcing that "Owney" is
there attending the dog show. He has
asked the postmaster at Albany to forward
for exhibition the collection of medals
which the dog has picked up in his travels
with mail clerks across the continent.
Capt. John D. Hart. who was recently
convicted of filibusting against the Spanish
Government in connection with the
steamer Laurada, of which he is the owner,
was refused new trial by Judge Butler in
the United States District Court of Phila-
delphia, and sentenced to two years inn
prisonment, fine of $500 and 10 pay the
cost Of the prosecution, amounting to IS, 600
Among the appointment rumors in cir
culation is one which sends ex-senator
Cameron. of Pennsylvania, to succeed Mr.
Uhl as Ambassador to Germany. The Mass
achusetts delegation asked this place for
Representative William F. Draper, but Sem
ators Quay and Penrose urged Senator
Cameron's appointment, aud it is said that
General Draper will succeed Ambassador
Macveagh at Rome.
Count Cassini, the Russian Minister at
the Court Of Peking, who is at present in
Paris, has a niece of fifteen years whose ed
ucation he is directing. She speaks Chin
ese, English, German and French to per-
fiction, and her thorough knowledge of
Chinese enables her to act as interpreter to
her uncle, and through her agency he can
exchange diplomatic communications with
the Tsung Ii Yamen directly. without the
assistance of an outsider.
Mexico lost her greatest general the
other day in the person of Guadalupe To-
pez, who died from pneumonia after five
days illness. General Lopez was known
as the greatest Indian fighter in the repub-
lie. As full-blood Indian, he was able to
cope with the savages with their own tao
tics. He was regarded as the best officer in
the army, and, owing to his universal kind
ness, was known all over the republic as
Uncle Lupe." He was sixty-five years old,
and leaves no family.