Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-10
ALL AROUND The WORLD.
SUNDAY, OCT. =.

fsc5s of hydro phobia. His death was the
on m : Ct ing attacked by rabid
| dog on the lawn of the Ohio state hospi-
| tai for the insane, of which DR.. Todd was
as sistart superintendent, month ago.
| He had bsen taking the Pasteur treat
| nent.
The state department confirms the
report that it has given its assent to the
r5tu n to Samoa after an exile Of 10
! years oe the former king, Mataafa. 1t is
assumed that this chief is to be made
king to Guccs ed King Malieta, who died
about month ago.
TIL italian government has issued
formal invitations to the anti-anarchist
congress, the date and place for holding
| VIII Gu viii b fixed hereafter.
MONDAY, OCT. 3.
The Wisconsin battleship commission
! has decided on Miss Elizabeth Stephen
! son. daughter of eX-Congressman
| Stephenson Of Marinette, to christen the
! Wisconsin a t the launching event, which
will take place in San Francisco Nov.
! &c. It was also decided to use wine at
! the ceremony. A silver service and a
! design Of a badger, emblematic of the
! state will be presented to the battle
/ ship.
! The treasurer of Barnard college of
| New Y Ofk fGceIN0d the OIIeI OIL d SIIC
/ OF 100000 in absolute endowment to
! the college, conditional on the wiping
out of the college debt by Oct. 3, 1898.
The gift is anonymous. The amount to
be raised is $4,000.
The surgeons at the Chickamauga
! camp + port the total number Of deaths
from the arrival of the regulars April Il
to date as 425 volunteers and one regu-
| lar Of this number IA were deaths from
acciCent These figures also include
deaths in Chattanooga hospitals.
TUESDAY, OCT. 4
Reports received in Denver from vari-
Gus points in the regions where the forest
fires have been spreading for week or
two past are to the effect that the fires
have been checked in many places by
snow and rain. However. the fires will
shoulder for months, and another dry
spell followed by winds might revive the
flames.
/ Savannah has been selected as the
point for the enbarka ton Of all troops
which may hereafter be sent to Cuba
or Porto Rico, because it affords the
best facilities.
During the year Columbia university
Of New York has received in money, as
gifts for salaries, lectureships, fellow
ships and scholarships, $346 409.27. This
sum is exclusive Of property valued at
$7O0 900, presented to the university for
the benefit of the library.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 5.
Secretary Hay talked with the presi-
dent for two hours yesterday, going over
the condition of foreign affairs. It was
the first opportunity the president and
the secretary had had for full discus
sion Of the Spanish peace questions.
George J. Gould by a decision Of a
New York court, will be compelled to
pay to the state the sum of $132, 7S4 as a
tax on a $4,000, 900 bequest left him by
his father. The decision also declares
that the estate of Jay Gould was not
appraised 10000 900 in excess of it's
actual value, as was contended by his
executors.
Tales of mastOdons come from the
Klondike. Alexander Stafford of 10th
bridge Alberta, who has just returned
reports the finding on his claim of tusks
and bones Of mammOths and mastodons.
One pair of tusks was 10 feet long and
nearly seven inches in diameter. On
another claim nearby hip bone of some
which was about eight inches across the
great animal was found the socket of
top.
THURSDAY, OCT. 6.
General Blanco's decree directing that
the cOnfiscation of cattle in the island be
stopped has been warmly commended on
all sides, especially by tobacco planters,
who at present are the chief sufferers;
and all the more so because the Spanish
troops in the Interior despite the cessa-
ton Of hostilities, are not enjoying the
full blessings of peace, at least so far as
food and rourishment go.
Two children were drowned at Farpan-
dina during the storm. Water flooded
a big portion of the city and sent many
vessels high on the beach.
General Wheeler concludes his testi-
rnony before the war investigating COM
mittee; he praises highly the work of
the supply department. General Boyn-
ton testifies in regard to Camp Thomas
telling of the excellent site, the pure
water and the abundance of rations and
medicine.
FRIDAY, OCT.7.
The commissioner of internal revenue
has held that when bankers borrow
money, and it is used and employed as
capital, it must be taken into account
when estima ting the amount of special
tax required of bankers under the act
of June II; also that money placed with
bankers by customers upon time GER
tificates Of deposit should not be in
cluded as part of the capital employed
during the year.
The president will not announce the
selection of a successor to Mr.. Hay as
ambassador to London before his re-
turn from his western trip.
SATURDAY, OCT. 8.
General Graham will send 10 500 troops
to Philadelphia to attend the peace
jubilee. The troops will include the
Third Connecticut and Fifth Massachu-
sets.
Bob FitzsimmOns was refused meal
at New York hotel. F,itzsimmonS