Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-07-30
ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
THURSDAY, JULY q.

Professor e. Il. Andrews, director of
the Corcoran school of art at Washing
ton, has painted a magnificent full
laigth military portrait of General Lee
10 be presented to the Confederate Me-
mortal association.
The navy department continues to re-
ceive elaborate designs for the sword
to be presented to Admiral Dewey I'M
der act of congress. One CT these is a
bas-relief of an actual sword, with the
hilt set with many brilliant stones, rep
resenting diamonds and rubies The
design itself, with the many brilliants,
is more costly than most swords.
FRIDAY, JULY 90.
Peter Scruckel of Hartford, while at
work on New York building, was
struck on the head by falling block
and died few minutes afterward.
The members of the Hawaiian COM
mission, Senators Cullom and Morgan
and Representative Hit, will sail from
San Francisco for Honolulu Aug. TO-
They expect to be ready to report to the
congress when it reassembles next De-
cember.
Rev. John Turner, formerly an Epis-
copal clergyman, who has been received
into the Catholic church by the Passion
lists in Paris, comes from a wealthy
family in Brooklyn. and is said to be
worth from 100000 to 1000, 900 in his
own right.
ExChief Of Police Crowley of San
Francisco has been presented by the
Chinese government with a banner
which confers on him the right to en-
ter the public grounds of Pekin. This
is the highest honor ever conferred on
white man except General Grant, who
was also given similar banner. 1t
was given to the chief in consideration
of his fair treatment of the Chinese
during his rs years incumbency of the
office.
SATURDAY, JULY 90.
The conservative figures on the sea-
sons surplus of the wheat crop in the
Columbia river basin and the VILLA
mette valley in Oregon are 1850, 900 tons.
The Grand Masonic lodge of Canada
was visited by delegation of officers of
the grand lodge of Michigan, who pre-
scented their Canadian brothers with a
gavel made of fragments of the Maine.
In addition to Emperor Williams
gift of 10000 marks to the American
and Spanish Red Cross societies, the
gift of 10000 marks to the American
and the ex-empress Frederick has con-
tributed 500 marks.
Plans are being perfected by the in
dependent Republicans for bringing for
ward Theodore Roosevelt as a candidate
for governor of New York and forcing
him on the machine. The independents
are at present divided.
OF the 277,500 men authorized by con-
ta no to,
volunteer armies, 254, 479 up to this time
have been mustered into the service.
Of the 23,021 yet required to complete
the authorized quota of the army, 13, 3OS
are regulars, 5000 are volunteers under
the second call, S62 are immunes and S51
ARE engineers.
SUNDAY, JULY "a.
The Civic federation of Chicago has
issued a call for national conference
to be held in Saratoga Springs Aug. 10
and 20, to discuss the foreign policy of
the United States. The call is signed by
over 1000 representative men from every
state in the Union.
There is fight within a fight in the
contest for the bicycle championship Of
this season. Arthur Gardiner still leads
in the championship race, but he has lost
three of the points by which he led
Cooper, through his failure to qualify
in the last championship.
The international whist match be-
tween an American team and team of
the Atheneum club of Toronto repre-
senting the dominion, was concluded
Sunday morning, the Americans win
lining by score of 237 tricks to 234 The
match was one of So board duplicate.
MONDAY, JULY 25.
j.. Addison Porter, secretary to the
president is to be candidate for the
Republican nomination for governor in
Connecticut.
In the space of five minutes the Brook
lyn fired $41,9S0 worth of ammunition
into the Vizcaya. At the end of that
time the Vizcaya was a hopeless wreck.
Butcher H. Burgess of Westbury, L.
l., destroyed the town goat, which had
devoured $152 of the butchers money
without stopping to count the bills.
When the carcass was cut open the
money was found in the same roll Which
Mr. Burgess had made.
TUESDAY, JULY 26.
Total casualties in Santiago were 1896
Twenty-three officers and 203 enlisted
men were killed; so officers ard 1903 men
were wounded, and 81 men are missing.
A treasury statement shows there are
about 100000 persons to whom bonds
under the governments popular loan
will be allotted. All persons offering to
take $4,000 or less will receive bonds The |
first shipments We're made Monday.
Rich in his own right and prospective
heir to fortune that will make him one |
Of the wealthiest young men in the |
United States, Arson Phelps Stokes of |
New York has elected to consecrate him |
self to the ministry. For two years /
young Stokes has been a close student |
1T the Episcopalian theological seminary
at Cambridge, Mass, and in 1900 he will
be ordained.
In response to a circular of inquiry |
recently sent to collectors of internal
revenue as to the situation in their re-
'pective districts with respect to the
distribution of stamps, 40 reports out of
q were received. With few exceptions
The collectors write that the banks gem
orally have purchased stamps for resale,
md merchants and others are assisting
n every way in the general distribution.
WEDNESDAY, JULY q.
All letters addressed to soldiers and |
sailors of the United States in Porto
Rico, Cuba or Manila will continue to
10 sent baratofora Tho |