Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-01-28

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Fridtjof Nansen, the Arctic explorer, to
recover $4,000 damages for breach of
contract in failing to deliver thirty.four
lectures in this country and Canada, as
he had agreed to do.
A deputation of manufacturers and
business men was received by the French
minister of commerce recently. They
urged that protective duties be imposed
upon oils and oil seeds They said Amer
lea was swapping the European markets
with cheap oil seeds, thereby causing
big break in the prices of industrial
securities.
The nomination of Attorney General
McKenna to be associate justice of the
United States supreme court was con-
frmed last Friday by the senate in eXecu-
tive session. Judge McKenna has retired
from the cabinet, and the nomination of
Governor Griggs of New Jersey was
sent to the senate for the vacancy in the
cabinet.
The steamer Oregon sailed from Port
lard for Alaska Monday, With $50 pas
sengers and 1850 tons of general mer-
chandise and baggage. Three hundred
persons who applied for passage were
refused, and hundreds of tons of freight
are lying on the docks. awaiting trans
portation to the gold fields.
A bill to incorporate the National Hud-
son Bridge company and authorize it to
construct and maintain bridge across
the Hudson, between, New York and
New Jersey, at New York city, has
been introduced in the house. 1t is for
railroad as well as carriage and
pedestrian use.
The war dedartment has decided that
it will require twenty-five stock cars, six
box cars for forage, two baggage,
cooking and dining cars. two tourists
sleepers, etc, for the transportation of
the reindeer now on the way to this
country from Norway.
A mob invaded the Jewish quarter in
Algiers, and pillaged the shops. The
police were powerless, and troops were
called. The Zouaves charged the crowd
with fixed bayOnets and dispersed it,
many persons being injured. A number
of arrests were made.
Mary Miles is under arrest at Black
/ lAlNGI ais WIS., NiAil SsCA WIN oeNShiHh
ing to wreck a Wisconsin Central
passenger train because the company re-
fused to pay her for horse killed on the
railroad. The crime was committed in
June, 1894.
The reorganization committee of the
/ Union Pacific railroad company has filed
articles of incorporation with the secre-
tary of state of Nebraska. The capital
stock is placed at $l3G,0O0, 600 The fee
for filing amounted to Sl3,G03, 80.
The eclipse of the sun was accompanied
at Bombay by rapid fall of temperature.
The native astrologers predicted terrible
calamities, and natives swarmed to devo-
tiOnal exercises. There was general
fasting, but no great alarm.
A Denver despatch says that, "with
its capital stock placed at Sl3G, 0O0 it
cost the reorganized Union Pacific rail
way Just $50 402 30 to incorporate under
the laws of Colorado
Professor NJ. l. Cramer of Dickinson
college died suddenly Sunday morning,
aged G5 years. He was formerly minis
ter to Denmark, and was brother-in
law of General Grant
President Mckinley on Monday nomi-
mated Charles ii. Duell of New York to
be commissioner of patents, vice Benz.
Butterworth, deceased.
The Roman Catholic total abstinence
society of Chicago has declared a boy
colt on all grocers who operate a bar
where liquor is sold in connection with
their business.
According to q despatch from Shanghai
France has purchased three Chinese
steamers and is looking for more to con-
vert into transports.
The japanese cruiser Chitose was sue
cessfully launched from the Union Iron
Works yard at San Francisco on
Saturday.
California on Monday began the cele-
bration of the fiftieth anniversary of the
discovery of gold in the state.
Three cases of yellow fever near Ed
wards, Miss, have been reported to the
marine hospital service.
The action of the Dlngley tariff has
caused crisis in the orange and lemon
trade in southern Italy.
King Humbert of Italy has signed
a decree reducing the customs tariff
on cereals.
West Lynn, Mass, was flooded by an
abnormally high tide on Sunday.
Novel CycIery.
The Inconvenience of learning tC
ride bicycle are considerably mitiga.