Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-03-04
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Thrilling story of the French Steamship /
Lin Champagne-Anothcr Bicycle Conn
pany Goes Under-More Wage Rednc-
tions-Other Items of Interest.
The overdue French steamer La Cham |
payne was lowed into Halifax Sunday
afternoon by the freight steamer Roman,
which was bound from Liverpool for
Boston, and which fell in with the dis
abled vessel on Wednesday. La Cham
pagne's tail shaft broke on the 18th, and
fine vessel anchored on the Newfound-
land banks. On the following day the
third officer, Geo. Unsworth, and a crew
of nine men were sent in a lifeboat for
assistance After six days terrible eX-
perience. in which they suffered greatly
| from exposure, the boat was picked up
on the oath by the steamer Rotterdam
and the occupants landed at New York
on Saturday. In the meantime La Cham
pagne's anchor hawser parted in gale
on The 10Th, and for five days the steam
err was helpless and adrift. She was
then sighted by the Roman and lowed
safely to port.
The stockholders of the Warwick
Cycle company at Springfield, Mass,
have decided to 90 into insolvency. The
liabilities are S2lS,OO0 and the assets
SIZE, 900. Joseph Banigan of the United
States Rubber company of Providence
is the largest creditor, holding notes OF
the concern for $l5O,OOO
The attention of Secretary Gage was
called to the published statement that he
was making preparations for bond
issue. and that the bureau of engraving
and printing was preparing the plates
The secretary pronounced the statement
unqualifiedly false. No such action has
ever been considered.
A ten per cent reduction in wages went
into effect Monday in all departments OF
Boston Manufacturing company's cotton
mills, at Waltham, Mass. The 400
operatives accepted the cut down for the
present in the hope that wages will be
restored when the cotton market inn
proves.
According to a Washington despatch
no river and harbor bill will be reported
at this session of congress. The house
leaders are opposed to a river and harbor
bill, and the friends of the bill on the
committee believe it would be better to
wait until the short session.
Companies b and II, Fourteenth In
fantry United States army, under COM
mand of Colonel Il. NJ. Anderson, sailed
from Seattle on Saturday afternoon on
the steamer Australia for Dyea, Alaska,
where they will be stationed to preserve
order.
) The Standard Oil company on Satur-
day filed in the supreme court at COluin-
bus its answer to the suit brought TO
break the trust in Ohio. 1t gives list
of certificate holders, but declines to
name the profits arising from the trust.
Gen. w. B. TaliaferrO, Mexican war
veteran and commander of the Virginia
troops during the John Brown raid, a
major general in the Confederate army
and ane X-iudge, died at his home in Glou'
cester county, Virginia, on Sunday night
1t is reported from Guthrie, Okla
homa, that evidence has been found that
both the Indians burned to death by the
MOB at Mound, Indian Territory, were
innocent of the crime with which they
were charged.
In pastoral letter the cardinal arch
bishop of ValadOid blames the UniteC
E States for the prOlOngatlon of the Cubar
' war. Spaniards are eXhorted to "unitt
E in defending the rights and honor of thu
n nation
: The war department has telegraphet
; to General Merriam at VacOuver Bar
= racks authorizing him to enlist 100 Alas
9 kan Indians for service as scouts will
( the government relief expedition.
II Hon. Henry w. Corbett was deniet
= admission to the United States senate, a
3 a senator from Oregon on the appoint
Z. ment of the governor by the decisiv
y vote of 80 to 10.
+ An application has been made to tn
II attorney general of Illinois looking to
t. ward the forfeiture Of the charter OF tn
Glucose Sugar Refining company, unde
+ the state antitrust law.
/, The Chinese government has agreed f
+ open Nuen-C hau as treaty port, but dc
? cllnes to entertain any proposal tendin
to the abolition of the Lliin dues.
The work of naval construction an
armament is being pushed by the Spar
ish government.