Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-03-19
General 17eps.


The Mississippi river at Memphis is
higher than at any time for over a quar-
ter of a century.
Eva Ballington Booth, commander of
the Salvation army in Canada, is critical
ly i'll in Toronto.
A bust of Senator Justin S. Morrill,
was unveiled at the Ohio State college at
Columbus the other day.
The worst snowstorm in five years
ragged Friday in upper Michigan PENN
sula and in Wisconsin.
The Chicago hotel, in Buffalo n. Y,
was damaged by fire Friday. Three per-
sons were killed and two injured.
One hundred and eighty workmen
were killed Thursday by the fall of
section of the old wall of the town of
Fee, Morocco.
An application for appointment of
commissioner general of immigration has
been filed at the treasury depai tment by
Z, V. Powderly.
There has been decrease in the immi-
grafton during the past seven months,
compared with the same period of last
year, of 40, 525.
Fred Deely, another victim of the
recent explosion at fremont and Boyl-
ston streets. in Boston, died Friday,
making the tenth fatality.
The dam IN the Genesee river, at
Mount Morris, New York, was washed
away last week. 1t was built by the
state in 1857, and cost 100000
Spain has decided to send $1,000 sddl-
tional troops to the Philippine Islands.
1t is reported that General Primo de
Rivera will succeed General Polaveia as
governor.
William Drury. said to have been the
largest individual landowner in the
United States, died at his country place,
near Keitsburg, Ill.,, on Saturday night,
aged 81 years.
a meeting in Trafalgar square, Lon
don, Sunday, to express sympathy
with Greece in her efforts in behalf of
the Cretan Christians, was attended by
about 10000 persons
The total value of the exports of bread
stufis during the eight months ended
February Is was Sl3G, ,7S9. as against
1914, 224.249 in the corresponding period
of the previous year.
Queen Victoria has contributed an adj
ditional $500 to the India famine fund.
The fund started by the lord mayor of
London some time ago has now reached
the sum of ELL, 600
A Louisville and Nashville express on
the Evansville and Terre Haute railroad
fell into a washout near Hazelton, In
diana, the other morning. Five men
were killed and two injured.
The Mckinley schedule on woods and
woollens has been substantially adopted
by the republican majority of the ways
and means committee. Some important
changes were made in classification.
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free silver republicans in Omaha, call
has been issued for a state convention at
Lincoln, March %, for the purpose of
naming a provisional national committee.
The city of Oaxaca, Mexico, is being
devasted by an epidemic of "black
vomit." and the people are said to be
panic -stricken. Smallpox Is also cpl
demic in the western part of the republic.
Speaker Reed was UNANIMOUSLY re-
nominated by the republican caucus of
the house on Saturday. The democrats
complimented Joseph w. Bailey of
Texas with the nomination for speaker.
a bill defining what shall be legal
tender in Nebraska was passed by the
house at Lincoln, Friday. The object of
the bill is to prevent the insertion of the
gold clause in contracts, notes or mort
Cages.
A Northern Pacific passenger train
collided with rotary pillow five miles
west of Lamoure, North Dakota, on
Thursday night. Roadmaster Fitzgerald
was killed and three Others were more
or less injured.
1t is reported from Toronto that the
famous lie ROi mine, of Rossland, British
Columbia, owned by Senator Turner and
others, of Washington State, has been
sold to syndicate of British capitalists
for 100000.
The governor of Arkansas has decided
to issue call for an extra session of the
legislature. He said the appropriation
bills had not been passed and there are
no funds with which to run the state
government for the next two years.
Expert burglars blew open the safe in
the post-ottlce at Cambria, Montgomery
county, Va, on Friday night. A small