Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-19

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Seventy-seventh infantry aud seventy
ninth infantry, were dedicated on Satur-
day. The monuments at Orchard Knob,
Chattanooga. were dedicated Monday.
Russia has sent a reminder to Turkey
that the unpaid arrears of the Russo
Turkish war indemnity amount to mill
lion pounds, and if Turkey intends to
use the indemnity received from Greece
to increase her armament Russia will de-
mand payment of this amount.
Robert r. Lincoln has been elected a di-
rectoroi the Pullmau Palace Carcompanv.
An executive committee was authorized,
aud Mr.. Lincoln was chosen chairman,
thus virtually giving him control of the
affairs of the company. The election
of president was deferred.
Rev. John Watson Clan Maclaren),
pastor of the Seton Park church, Liver
pool. has received call from "A Presby-
terrain church in kensingtOn, the fash
ionahle district in London. He VIII
probably accept.
A san Francisco despatch says that
81 900. 900 in gold is now on the way to
that port from Australia, making the
gold imports from that quarter during
the pass four months SlO.00OOOO.
Greek bands which crossed the Thessa-
liam frontier between Diskat and Dome
mix have been rrpulscd by the Turks,
who killed many Of the invaders aud
took Il large number prisoners.
Secretary Gage has issued circular
letter directing that hereafter all claims
for services of the Union Pacific railroad
company against the government are TO
be settled and paid in cash.
oil al IN
authorizing the appointment OF com
mission of six 10 take measures tor
marking the graves of Confederate sol
diprs i'm Northen states.
A conference being held in st. Peters
burg will discuss the feasibility Of con
structing an ice-brealiing steamer to pen
citrate the Arctic seas, especially along
the coast of Siberia.
The relations between Bulgaria and
Turkey are strained. The sultan Is pre-.
pairing for all eyentualities. ana lOO,OOO
Turkish soldiers are echelOned on the
Bulgarian frontier.
The shortage in the accounts of eXState
Treasurer BARLEY, OF Nebraska, have
been found to reach SS7O,0OO. BARLEY IS
under sentence to serve 20 years i'm
priSOument
The mail carrier was held up at War
rem. Idaho, Sunday. by Il hlghwAyman.
The robber took all of the registered
mall ana letters. There was about
$1,000 in cash.
The assignee for the Fowler Cycle Man
ufacturlng company filed an inventory
in Chicago on Saturday. The total assets
are stated at S223, 737, and the liabilities
S2ll ,467
Karl Roeser, journalist, died in Wash
| ington Sunday in the S7th year of his
age. lie was one of the founders of the
Republican party in Wisconsin.
Officials of the Union Pacific at Omaha
express confidence that the reorganza-
+ ton committee will secGre the Kansas
| Pacific at the sale on Dec. Is.
Three passengers on the steamer Mas
cote, which reached Port Tampa from
| Cuba. report a successful landing of the
last tilibustering expedition.
Prominent tinanciers in London and
! Paris, il is stated, have entirely cut of the
money supplies which Spain had hitherto
succeeded in obtaining.
The members of the Turkish embassy
! in Berlin have not received their salaries
! for over year TradeSmen are impor-
tuning them for money.
Peter Trine, a Cherokee Indian chief,
was hanged at Fort Smith, Ark, Nov. ID,
for the murder of several men in fight
last July.
The report that British syndicate
had obtained sole control of the trade of
the Soudan is officially denied.
Nearly 800 ounces of struggled phena
cetne were seized by customs officers at
Port Huron, Mich, this week.
A fund has been raised in Sweden for
a polar expedition in 1898, to be led by
Prof. NathOrst, the geolOgist.
1t is understood that the president viii
make no more appointments until the as
sembling of congress.
The hundred rifles. intended for the
Carlists. have been seized by the police
in Barcelona.
There are $4,000 Spanish soldiers il
fine hOSpitaIs i'm Cuba