Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-01-07
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LATE OCCURRENCES OF GENERAL IN
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The British Government Said to Have
warned Chinn-storms and Cold Wealth
or General Throughout the East-Narious
1897 Statistics other Items.
The British government declares that
any Chinese port opened to one power
must be opened to |. If Russia has
been granted the right to winter ships at
Port Arthur Great Britain will enforce
her rights to the same privileges, and
her ships will winter there whether
China comedies or does not cOncede the
right. If Germany obtains naval
station at Kiao Chou Great Britain insists
upon having a naval station at the same
port. \ similar declaration is said to
have been made by Japan. 1t is said
the Russians tricllcd China into con-
senting to an occupation of Port Arthur
by representing that the British fleet
was coming to capture it.
Though the will of the late DR.. Thomas
W. Evans, the millionaire American
dentist who died recently in Paris, may
be attacked, it is said there is little
chance to set it aside. Dr.. Evans left
iive-sixths of his fortune to charities in
Paris and elsewhere, including several
institution in Philadelphia, among which
is the proposed museum and dental col
lege. By special mention he excluded
from inheritance John Evans and his
heirs.
The Pacific Coast Steamship company
SAYS it will be practically impossible for
it to handle without delay all the pas
sengers for Alaska which the Western
roads expect to land in Seattle in the
spring. The company will not be re-
sponsibie for the detention of passengers
at San Francisco, Portland and Seattle.
1t will not guarantee to carry passen-
gers upon any particular steamer at any
particularltime.
General Blanco will take the field
within the next fortnight and proceed
to Eastern Cuba. The Spanish govern
ment will send 5000 troops to Cuba at
the end of January, and further troops,
up to IA, 900 will be sent to the island if
needed. The captain general of Cuba
estimates that besides the SlO,OOO,OOO
pesetas required for the war, 2O,OOO,OOO
pesetas monthly are necessary to pay
arrears.
The new year was ushered in tempest
uously in all the Northern States. New
York, New Jersey, Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Vermont, Pennsylvania, all re-
port a heavy fall of snow. which blocked
tracks and roads. Frustrated wires and
inflicted more or less ganeral damage
and Inconvenience. Boston and vicn-
ity escaped easily, the rain mitigating
the rigOrs of the suow.
The government receipts for December
amounted to S59.GlG, Cos aud the eXpendi-
lures So, 09j.000. which leaves a surplus
for the month of So jjl Cos. These fig
ures, however, include the receipts and
payments on account of the Union Pacific
transfer. independent of the Union Pa
cific account, the surplus is 81, 1864 1914
In consequence of the discovery Of
dangerous countcrfeits Of the 500 silver
certificates. five of which were recently
accepted as genuine by two Philadelphia
banks and the custom house. Secretary
Gage decided TO stop issuing and to call
in all 500 silver certificates. There
are about S2G, 0OO 900 outstanding.
The director Of the mint estimates that
the worlds product of gold for the calen-
dar year 1896 will approximate, it not eX-
coed, S240, 900 600, an increase of nearly
20 per cent, over 1896. The gold product
of the United States for 1896 was SOB,
10000; for 1897 it will approximate
SCI 800 600, an increase of s., 100000.
The New Bedford weavers and spin
ners propose to strike against the re-
duction in wages, and are endeavoring
to secure the cooperation of the opera
tives at Fall River and other points in
New England. Notice was given yes
terday of a reduction in wages In the
cotton mills in Biddeford, Auburn and
Lewiston, Maine.
Explicit regulations against the cary
ing into the United States of sealskin
garments as personal effects have been
received by American cOnsuls in Canada.
The facts of these measures as yet are
not certain, but there is much speculation
as to the Inconvenience which will no
doubt attend them.
Several ships have been offered to the
agents of the United States in England
for the conveyance of reindeer and Lap