Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-07-30

through the KusSlan legation tnat the
Russian Red Cross society, in return for
the courteous action of the New York
society, has established two beds, Que at
st. Petersburg, the other at Odessa,
for the care and comfort of patients
from the United States navy.
McNally, the Boston swimmer, made
the attempt to cross the English channel
last Saturday. He succeeded in reach
ing a point within three miles of the
French shore before giving up, having
started from Dover. In distance, his
effort was practically successful. He
covered 30 miles in 10 hours.
They do things, perhaps not better,
but still differently in China from what
we do. Prince Tsai recently forgot to
congratulate the Princess Dowager on
her birthday, and he has been sentenced
to be publicly whipped on the bare back
with bamboos until he cries for mercy.
Then he is to be imprisoned in a dun
geon for life.
a petition has been filed in the United
States circuit court at Omaha, asking
that Judge William d. Cornish be APP
pointed special master in the decree of
foreclosure which is about to be issued
against the Union Pacific railway to
make the sale and execute the provisions
of the decree. The petition is signed by
all the parties in interest.
Lehigh university, after thirty years
of active work, may have to close its
doors unless Governor Hastings of Penn
sylvania signs the bill appropriating
$780, 900 to it. Lehigh has confined it.
self exclusively to education and has
been forgotten to some extent by the
public and the sporting press.
Congressman Livingston of Georgia
made happy speech in presenting Pres
ident Mckinley with seventy-eght
pound champion watermelon. Mr.. Liv-
ingston assured the President that when
he would open it no office-seeker would
emerge. The President laughingly re-
piled that the melon would be all the
more gratefully received on that account.
England's wheat crop is estimated by
Mark Lane Express (London) at 2S
bushels per acre, an average about two
bushels below the normal. The average
rate of yield in England for the ten years
1914 inclusive, according to official re-
turns, was 2935 bushels per acre, Scot
land 1892 bushels, Wales 1884 bushels
average for all of Great Britain, 20 81
bushels.
Admiral Miller, who is to assume com
mand of the Pacific squadron, will start
for Hawaii on August D. He has beer
directed by the president to maintain the
status quo in Hawaii. Foreign aggres
sion is to be resisted, and interna
trouble is to be suppressed. Should the
emergency demand it he is authorized t.
land blue jackets and marines and hois
5 the American flag.
4 As a result of a fractional fight in tn,
) congregation of the Mount Hope NJ. f
[ church of Sioux City, Ia, an attemp
= church and the barn were burned, bu
S the plot was discovered in time to say,
f the parsonage. The servant girl, whit
n did the work, is under arrest. 1t will b.
0 recalled that Sioux City is the place "a
which Rev. Haddock was shot and kill
f ed because of his work in forcing saloon
e to obey the prohibitory laws of Iowa.
n In view of the refusal of the stee
: plate manufacturers to accept the $50
e per ton Init made by congress at its lat
session, it is announced that Secretar-
n Long will take the first step this week il
e connection with the establishment of
e government armor plate factory, havin
e given up all hope of placing contract
r for armor with private firms. 1t is ger
orally believed that the Bethlehem CON
: pany will offer to lease its plant to tn
:. government. The Carnegie compan
J. will probably pursue similar course
Il provided it fails to sell its plant
Is Gen. Booth-Tucker of the Salvato
Army is looking over the lands of Cole
d RADIO with view to selecting locatio
10 for one of his colonies. He is making
l. tour of the west for the purpose of st
y curing large areas of land to locate tn
If poor people from the overcrOwded part
of the east and enable them to earn
T. livelihood. He has selected souther
< Colorado as the place to begin operi
r tions, and will secure 10000 acres {
T. land under some of the large canal sy
a TENS fol- the location of the first colony
He is reported to be backed by John |
- Rockefeller.
r. The Carnegie and Bethlehem con
I'd panies have declined to submit bids fC
,e supplying armor for the battle shiI