Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-10-25
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ALL AROUND TIL Y.On-D.
URsDAY. OCT. u.

VINO neld up an oregon railway and
navigation passenger train seven miles
from Portland, Ore, two weeks ago,
have been sentenced to 80 years each
in the penitentiary.
During 1896 nearly 1900 railroad en-
ployes were killed and almost 80, 900 in
Jured during the year, an increase Of so
in those killed and over 1000 in the num-
Der injured One hundred and eighty
one passengers We're killed and nearly
5000 injured
FRIDAY, OCT. Is.
Lena Woolsey, 20 years, was killed by
her husband in New York.
Newspapers may soon be used in the
Kansas City public schools as text
books.
An engine driver was killed and a fire
man injured in responding to an alarm
of fire in Denver.
John Peters was wounded MORALLY in
Chicago by Sophia Klonger during a
quarrel, and the assailant killed herself
afterward.
Yellow fever is spreading in Alabama.
Two ministers in Portland, Me-, have
declared against prohibition as a So
luton of the liquor question.
While trying to arrest an alleged stage
robber at Delta, Cal, a deputy sheriff
was killed and another badly wounded
by the fellow, who was mortaIly wound
ed.
SATURDAY, OCT. is.
Seamen's wages have dropped So a
month.
Two more Cuban gentlewomen i'm
prisoned in Havana.
October Is was a record breaking day
IN the matter OF heat.
Chicago officers bag four of the worst
burglars known to criminal circuits.
Ex-Judge Vincent makes a forceful
plea for Luetgert, the alleged wife
murderer.
Wealthy farmer in Indiana was choked
to death by burglars for refusing to give
up his money.
By the collapse of dome in a Cincin-
natl theatre three persons were killed
and many injured.
Eli Shaw of Camden, n. J., has been
arrested charged with the murder of his
mother and grandmother.
Conservative tories are displeased
with legislation for the working classes
proposed by the leaders in England
In an open letter. Senator German
offers to resign TIE possession of the
Maryland Democracy to Editor F. Abel
Of the Baltimore Sun.
SUNDAY, OCT. IT.
c. A Dana, of the New York Sun. is
dead.
Cuban steamer was wrecked and 200
persons were drowned.
British cabinet decides not to give sup
port to a silver policy.
During a football game at Bellwood,
Pa, youth was killed.
The Rev. a. B. Simpson raised $751; 900
in one day in New York.
Windsor, n. s., was virtually wiped out
by a fire which started in a barn.
Frank Kozewski, Depew, n. Y, was
killed by knockout blow in boxing
contest.
A Pennsylvania farmer won $3.50 from
buncoers and then drove them from
his place with gun.
There is a probability of Lord Sails
bury resigning the premiership in Eng
land on account of his health.
The government has ordered a gun
that will weigh 125 tons, cost $3.50, 900
and viii shoot about 16 miles.
Telegraphic advices from Rio Janeiro,
Brazil, state that a servant il the en-
ploy of William T. TONNES, the United
States consul general at Rio Janeiro,
made an unsuccessful attempt to murder
the consul general.
MONDAY, OCT. Is.
Algernon S. Paddock, chosen United
States senator from Nebraska in 1875,
died suddenly of heart disease.
A shortage Of $11 900 has been found
in the accounts of two men who have
been auditors at Port Angeles, Wash.
Romain Operstanski, Pittsburg, was
attacked by three highwaymen at Elyria,
o. He showed fight and was shot ia
tally.
The trucks OF g. tender left the rails
NJ IL
down an embankment, causing the death
of the engineer and fireman.
At the recommendation of the surgeon
general, the treasury department has
appointed 81 assistant surgeons and So
guards to do duty in yellow fever Sec
tons and on the borders of the states
where the disease may spread. These
appointments will be increased if neces-
sary.
During a number of recent engage
ments between the Spanish troops and
the insurgents the latter lost 1872 killed,
81 were captured and 240 submitted to
the Spanish authorities. The Spanish
loss during the same engagements, the
official report adds, was six men killed
and SO wounded.
At Rice Brook, Pa, a newly discovered
oil region, there is a reign of terror, the
people expecting every hour to be over
Whelmed by the flames which surround
them. The territory lying between Sala-
manca, Carrollton and Halls Mills has
been swept by fire, probably 5000 acres
having been burned over.
TUESDAY, OCT. 10.
The gale caused many disasters at
sea.
President Mckinley is going home to
vote.
The Bethlehem (Pa) iron works has
been offered to the government for $780,
600, 900.
Bismarck is quoted as saying that the
Monroe doctrine is uncommon inso-
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