Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-07-04
ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
SUNDAY JUNE e6.

The Arctic expedition under Walter
Wellman, the Arctic explorer, sailed
Sunday from Norway. Mr.. Wellman's
expedition is undertaken with two OBJ
jects the first to find and slccor Pro-
fessor Andree and the second to dis
cover the north pole.
The Red Cross league Of San Fran
cisco has undertaken to start the col
lection of $500 900 for the purpose of a
hospital ship for the troops at Manila.
The plan is to raise this amount by pop
ular subscription in all the states west
of the Rocky mountains and to present
the ship to the government.
MONDAY. JUNE 81.
M F. Sweeney, the champion high
Jumper broke the worlds record at a
picnic in Trenton by clearing feet
inches after two trials. His former rec
ord was feet 5 SIS inches.
The Adams Express company an
nounces that it will carry packages or
goods from the home folks to the soldiers
in any Of the camps in the south, or to
the naval forwarding points It rs per-
cent below the usual express ra.es.
The fifth and last Of the first lot of 12-
inch disappearing gun carriages, or
dered some time ago by the ordnance de-
partment Of the army has been shipped
on eight specially prepared freight cars
from the Watertown arsenal to Port
land. The monster gun will be the prin-
cipal protection Of the harbor. The gun
carriage weights 900 pounds.
TUESDAY, JUNE %.
The 18th annual convention Of the
National Republican league of the
United States has been called to meet
in Omaha July 13.
assurances that when they have con-
cluded their speeches they will consent
to a vote without filibustering.
Governor Atkinson of Georgia has
issued a proclamation calling upon the
people TO observe the 4th of July by
decorating their homes and places of
business and making holiday of the
anniversary. This is the first time since
the war that a proclamation of this
character has been issued in a southern
state.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20.
A dispatch from Montevideo Uru-
quay, says the authorities, on the request
of the Spanish government, have sent
to Cuba a quantity Of SanareIli serum
to be used in combating yellow fever.
A letter received in Warren, O., from
John MulGOon, now in the Alaskan gold
fields, says that OF the 101 men who left
Seattle with Ism in March, only four
survived. Two were drowned and the
others perished from cold and hunger.
In view of the continued improvement
of the military position Of the United
States, the ST. Petersburg papers are
changing their tone to friendship for
America, and now speak with contempt
uous pity of SPAIN the reason being. it
is alleged the growing fear of possible
Anglo-American alliance.
Milwaukee is celebrating Wisconsins
semi-centennial Tuesday there was
military parade in connection with the
dedication oe the monument in memory
of Wisconsins heroes Of the civil war.
The monument cost 900. The figures
represent q group of soldiers during a
charge, when the colors have been shot
from the hand of the color bearer.
THURSDAY, JUNE 80.
The president has nominated William
Malone to be collector of customs at
Petersburg, Va.
Swift & Co. of Chicago have been
awarded the big contract for supplying
all the beef needed by the army in Cuba.
The annexation news has caused a
tremendous rise in sugar stocks in Ha-
wall. Plantation stock is held at $500
share, which is four times its par
value Other sugar stocks have risen
in proportion.
Lieutenant CarranZa, the chief of the
Spa nish bureau in Montreal, has been
missing since Monday, and The Star an
nounces that he has left the city, but
that as far as can be ascertained he has
not returned to Spain.
All the coal miners working at Jack
son Center, Stonboro and Sandy Lake,
Pa, have been induced by the strikers
to quit work and join their ranks. About
400 men came out. The force of strikers
is now about doubled A deputy sheriff
has been arrested on the charge of as
saulting one of the strikers.
FRIDAY, JULY I.
One feature which adds to the strain
on the Quartermas department is
that on an average the soldiers at Camp |
Thomas wear out daily nearly 500 suits
Of uniforms and other clothing in pro-
portion.
The commissioner of internal revenue |
has decided that railroad companies |
making a charge for excess baggage of |
passengers shall be required to affix a |
cent stamp to bills of lading covering |
such excess in the same manner Us ex-
press companies are required to stamp
their bills OF lading.
In Billerica. Mass, yesterday, the |
First Parish church CUnitarian) ceIe-
brated it's centennial anniversary with |
appropriate exercises. A dedication T
serTuon was preached by the pastor
Rev. NJ. O. Sinons. Addresses were de-
livered by Rev. NJ. ]. Savage. Rev. E. A.
Horton Of Boston and Rev. C. A. Staples
of I.cxin gtoI.
SATURDAY, JULY g
It can be stated positively that the
president does not contemplate issuing
a third call for volunteers within the
next two weeks at least