Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-24
ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
SUNDAY. OCT. 16.

| shares and personal property does not
| apply to those of persons who died prior
| to the passage of the act. The estates
of those who died before June 13 are
therefore exempt from the tax, although
In process of settlement afterward
General Graham has been directed by
Secretary Alger not to begin the move
ment south from Middletown, Pa, until
| hospitals have been established in the
| proposed camps and there is no danger
Of an outbreak of yellow fever. Graham
/ Immediately suspended preparations for
the movement, which was to have begun
| Oct. q.
MONDAY, OCT. II.
| Bishop Joseph G. HartzeI OF the
| Methodist Episcopal church, whose
! bishopric is in Africa has been com
| nlissioned by the republic of Liberia to
| go to Washington and ask that the re-
| public be taken under the sheltering
wing of the United States Threatened
inroads upon it's territory by the Ger
mans, French and English has prompted
the government to ask the shadow of
the Stars and Stripes.
The VanderbiltS are reconciled at
last. Cornelius Vanderbilt, ST., has
forgiven his son, Cornelius Jr., for mar
rying Miss Grace Wilson against pa
rental will. The young man has come
into his own again, and will inherit his
share of the S1O0, 1000, 900 his father will
leave when he dies.
Excepting those of Boston, Chicago
and Cincinnati baseball stockholders
are out from $1,000 to $4,000 in different
cities.
TUESDAY, OCT. Is.
The industrial commission created at
the last session of congress held it's
opening meeting Monday at'the national
capitol and outlined the general work
before it. The commission is made up
of five United States senators, five mem
bers of the house of representatives and
nine persons from private life, who, ac-
cording to the act, 'shall fairly repre-
sent the different industries and en-
Payments.
Captain General Blanco has formally
acceded to the request of the American
commission to permit the free entry of
Red Cross supplies at the ports of Ha-
vana, Cardenas, Cienfuegos, Sagua la |
Grande, Cabarien, Bahia Honda and
others of less Importance
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 10.
The monthly statement of the coITac-
tions Of internal revenue shows that dur
ing September last the total receipts |
from all sources were 81, 713, $685. a gain
as compared with September, 1897, of !
$8, $50, 1888.
Secretary Long seeks the creation of q /
national naval reserve with member |
ship of 10000 which will be at all times
subject to call of the government, and |
which would in all proba bility dispIace /
the present state organizations
Third Assistant Postmaster General
Merritt recommends immediate negotia-
tions with the postal administrations of
England, Germany and France to reduce
the international postage rates to two
cents q half ounce or fraction thereof
a draft for $500, drawn by the Quaker
town, Pa, National bank on the Manu-
facturers' National bank of PHILADELPHIA.
together with a note, conscience money
restitution" was received by the treas
urer Of the United States in an envelope
postmarked South Bethlehem, Pa.
THURSDAY, OCT. 20.
Secretary Long probably will ask the
congress to increase the number Of sail
ors allowed for the naval establishment
from L, 500 to about 20, 600 Commander
HaWIey, in charge of the enlisted service
Of the navy, has prepared figures that
show that the navy cannot get along
with less than about 20, 600 men as a min
imum.
The grand jury of Webb county, Tex.
has found nearly 20 indictments against
men for school census frauds. More
than 1000 fraudulent names have been
discovered on the rolls of the public
schools of Laredo, the result of import
ing Mexican children across the Rio
Grande. These indictments are the re-
suit Of charges made by Barnett Gibbs,
Populist candidate for governor
FRIDAY, OCT. 21.
Since the publication of General BIan-
co.'s decree, 1900 Spanish soldiers and Off
GERS have asked an absolute discharge
with the intention of remaining in Cuba.
General Parade estimates that more
than $4,000 will do so before the final
evacuation.
The captains, hunters and others en-
gagged in the sealing business are franz
ing a protest to be sent to Ottawa against
the proposed sale Of the business on
which they rely for their livelihood as a
means of settling the Behring sea ques- J
ton.
The employees in the cotton mills
operating under the Jurisdiction of the
Southern Cotton Manufacturers Asso-
citation are greatly worked up over a
schedule which is being prepared, re-
ducing their wages from to Is percent.
according to the grades Of work
A story of a sensati nature comes
from reliable and authentic sources con-
corning a plot formed in Havana bv
leading Spaniards, including CAPTAIN
General Blanco and General Pando. Sec
ond in control, to proclaim an indepen-
dent Spanish American republic in Cuba.
which would eventually revert to Spain
thus securing and retaining the sover-
eighty of that country. ,
SATURDAY, OCT. %.
The cold weather in the south is
the yellow fever epidemic. and
the reports TO the marine hospital ser