Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04
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Mrs. Grants Sarcophagus Completed-An
Aerial Railway Finished Across Chill
ISoot Pass-More spanish Peace Blur
Mail Cars as Protection Against strikers.
In the tomb of General Grant sar-
cOphagus for his widow was placed on
Tuesday of last week. 1t is exactly like
the one in which the body of the great
soldier is, and is alongside it on the same
pedestal. There was much difficulty in
placing this sarcOphagus, on account OF
the practical completion of the interior
of the tomb. Great care, much scailoid-
ing and fifteen men were required to
get it in place. Each sarcophagus was
cut from the granite quarries at Montello,
Wis, and each weighs about eight tons.
On the one for the widow is inscribed, in
bronze, Julia ID. Grant and on the
other ulysses 5. Grant" The placing
of this second sarcophagus completes
the labors of the Grant Monument
association.
Hugh c. Wallace, president of the
Chikoot railroad and transportation
company, has advices of the completion
of the company's aerial railway over the
Chilkoot pass to Lake Linderman. This
marks a new era for klondike travel as
the time between the tide-water and the
headwaters of the Yukon river is short
ened from a month to one day, besides
removing the peril and hardships. The
company made contracts with the Can
adam government at - cents per pound
for transportation of all its freight for
tie mounted police from Dyea to Lake
Linderman.
General Miles, with the endorsement
of the secretary of war, has made re-
port to congress disappearing the bill to
transfer Cover nor's Island to New York
city as a public park. General Miles
says the island is of great national impor-
lance and should under no consideration
be abandoned as a military station.
A Lebanon, Ind, despatch says that
the Chicago & Southwestern railway
has moved considerable freight by
attaching mail cars back of the cabOOse.
These trains were not interrupted. 1t is
believed that the money will be soon
secured to pay the men and that the
trouble will then be over.
In a speech at Manzanillo General
Blanco is reported to have said that the
country should look forward with conf
dence to the near approach of peace,
which he believed would be arrived at
in February, owing to the new policy
adopted by the government and the sup
port it was receiving.
A duel was fought between Count
William Bismarck, pre- sident of East
Prussia and second son of Prince Bis
marck, and Herr Mauback, the chief
presidential counselor. The encounter
grew out of disrespectful allusion by
Herr Maubach to Countess William Bis
marck.
Secretary Long has ordered the trial
by court martial of Civil Engineer A. G.
Menocal. on charges of culpable inefli-
cheney in in the performance of duty,
growing out of the faulty work ON the
New York dry dock, executed while the
officer was the chief inspector.
The Notifications appropriation bill,
providing for the extensive system of
seacOast defences now in course of COM
pletion, was reported to the house on
saturday. 1t carries Si,l41,9l2, as
against estimates maze by the war ue-
partment of Sl3,37S,57l.
1t is reported in Chicago that the coal
operators will shortly advance the price
of their product % cents a ton as the
result of the recent Interstate Joint con-
ference of operators and miners, which
conceded to the latter an advance of 10
cents a ton for mining.
Russia and England have reached an
agreement whereby England has con-
sented TO drop her demand for the open
ing of Ia Lien Wan as a free port, and
Russia valves further opposition to
British control of the China sea customs.
The post Office department has decided
not to make, for the present. the propos-
ed cut in mail deliveries in the large
cities of the east, which was to have been
made on Feb. ! in order to avert a de-
ficiency in the postal appropriation.
At the Spanish cabinet council Monday
Senior Gullon, the foreign minister, an
nounced that the relations of Spain with
the United States were good, and he eX.
pressed hope that a commercial under
standing would soon be arranged.