Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-07-11
ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
SUNDAY, JULY 3.

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ington by the Populists of Kansas, has
| accepted the Prohibition nomination
for governor, saying that he will devote
two months to making thorough can
vass on the single issue of prohibition.
Officials Of the express companies
hold that the war revenue law does not
say that the companies sball themselves
affix and cancel the STAMP ~ Much less
does it say that they shall pay for. the
stamp. II simply says that the doca
ment, instrument or paper shall be dug
stamped. CONSEQUENTLY the carriers
want to add the cost Of .the. stamps to
their ordinary express charges.
MONDAY, july :.
The interesting question has arisen
as to whether banks Which are to be
! taxed 1-5 of 1 percent on their capital
stock, shall have dedueted ,faerefrorn
the amount of such cHBital that is in
vested in government bonds, Which are
by law exempt from all taxes.
The peach crop in Delaware will be
almost a total failure. This will no
doubt occasion considerable surprise, as
the prospect for an enormous crop last
spring was never better. The frost and
cold weather did very little damage,
but the past few weeks have wrought a
sudden change, and the peaches which
were on the trees are now nearly all on
the ground, and the drop" is still going
on The enemy is the circulio, an in
sect.
TUESDAY, JULY 5.
The wheat harvest in the southern
counties Of Nebraska is in full blast.
The yield is SO heavy and the acreage
so large that men cannot be secured in
sufficient numbers to harvest the crops.
AS high as 50 a day is paid for workmen
in the harvest fields, and the demand
is exceeding the supply by many hun
dredS.
One of the delegates to the Kansas
Populist convention, having assisted at
that gathering in pledging ''our lives,
our fortunes and our honor to the
prosecution of the war With Spain,''
went home as mad as hornet because
his big 20-year-old son had enlisted in
the army The father sought out the
recruiting officer, and by threats of
prosecution had the young mans name
stricken from the rolls.
There us no color line at Camp Alger,
as one Of the Tennessee volunteers has
found to his sorrow. The Baltimore
American tells how this volunteer met
a colored officer, but made no move to
salute Don't you salute officers in
your regiment" asked the colored man,
sharply The private stared at the
officer for a moment, then drawled
Cali coons look alike to me-
WEDNESDAY, JULY 6.
Several transports have sailed from
Port Tampa within the last week carry
ing large quantities of war munitions
horses, light artillery and about 5000
men to reinforce General Shafter at
Santiago.
Twenty-eight new worlds records
were esta blished in Philadelphia in the
30-1nile match bicycle race between Ed
ward Taylor. champion of France, and
Tom Linton. the Welsh wheelman TIE
Frenchman lowered the worlds record
for one hour although he was beaten by
Linton in the match.
The captain of the schooner Eastern
Queen reports calling at Navassa ISL
and to take off the tools and stores of
the American company which owns the
property. He found the island occu-
pied by a band of Haytians. who pre-
vented him from landing by threatening
to shoot any person setting foot on shore.
They said the island had been deserted
by Americans and was now in their pos
session.
THURSDAY, JULY 7.
The president has sent to the senate
the nominations of the following post
masters: S. H. Brigham, Lawrence;
John A. Thayer Attleboro; J. A Spaul-
ding, Nashua; Henry Dryhurst, Meri-
den.
The Spanish government Will transmit
to the powers the protest of the Cuban
colonial chambers against the Ameri-
can invasion of Cuba, which the protest
describes as "a brutal attempt to seize
territory.
A fire which started Monday night at
the Bear creek plant Of the Standard
Oil company at Marcus Hook, Pa, is
still burning Three tanks which con-
tanned nearly $4,000 barrels of oil have /
been destroyed. Several crude oil tanks
were blown up to prevent the spread of
the flames The loss thus far amounts |
to nearly $4,000
FRIDAY, JULY 8.
Anent the report that Lord Wolsely |
would like to be the next governor gen
eral of Canada, it is asserted that the |
state of his health renders his retire |
ment from active life necessary, and |
that it is because of this that he seeks |
the vice regal post.
A remarkable operation was per-
formed on the hospital ship Olivette on
Corporal John Cudahy, who was shot |
through the brain. The top of his skull |
was removed, and the bullet was found
embedded in the wall of the skull on the
opposite side from which it entered.
Cudahy will recover.
Queen Dowager Kapiolani of Homo
lulu has commenced am action against
her two nepheWs tef@recover property
valu ed atsznaafy hundred thousand dol
lars which she had decided to them, with +
the understanding that the deeds should