Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-04-28
GENERALN NEWS ITEMS
HAPPENINGS OF A WEEK THE WIDE
WORLD OVER.

urusb with Germany other Items.
The German ambassador Tuesday
lodged with the secretary of state pro-
test against the language used by captain
Coghlan of the Rcleigh, at dinner III
New York Friday evening. secretary
Uav. it is understood, deprecated the
lack of tact and bad taste shown by
Captain Coghlan, but held that the mat
ter was one for naval discipline only
Berlin dispatches indicate that TINS as
surance is perfectly satisfactory to the
German government.
The war department on Saturday re-
reived a cablegram from General Otls
announcing the formation OF new
5lving column, under command OF zen
eral Lawton, and the initiation Oh
new campaign, which is expected 10 re-
suit in clearing out the Jungle in the
country north of Manila up to the loot
hills of the mountains on the northeast
and mn TO the termination of the rail
road at Bulacan.
Colonel Stotesenburg, of the Nebraska
regiment, was killed in fight with the
Filpinos Sunday, at Quengua' north
east of Malolos. The enemy were
driven from their trenches, leaving thir-
teen dead, but the Americans lost seven
killed and forty-four wounded Colonel
Stotsenburg fell while leading charge
at the head of his command.
Rev. Roby Ryland, Oldest Baptist
clergyman and educator in the United
States. died at Lexington, Ky, Sunday,
aped 81 wears. He was for twenty
eight wears president of Richmond col
lege. During much of this time he was
also pastor of the largest African church
in the world
There was sharp skirmish Friday
north of Bocave, between six companies
from the Minnesota and South Dakota
regiments and 500 Filipinos. The latter
were driven back with heavy loss
The Americans exhausted their ammuni-
ton. and had to return to their camps.
Sam Hose. the colored murdered of
Alfred Crawford of Palmetto, was
burned at the stake Sunday afternoon.
near Newman, in the presence of 23OO
Deople. Six negroes of Palmetto, one OF
whom was Hose. it is said, had vowed to
Kill six whites of the town.
A certificate of incorporation OF the
Union Steel and Chain company, with
capital stock of SG0,000,0OO. the largest
incorporation that has yet come into
existence under the new laws OF Della
ware, was filed on Saturday.
A force of POO natives attacked the out
posts of the Washington regiment at Ia
guig on Thursday, but were driven back
with loss cf twelve killed and many
Mauser rifles and other weapons. Three
America we're wounded.
The coroner's Jury in the Windsor
hotel fire horror in New York brought
In verdict Monday, declaring the fire
TO be purely accidental and that proper
precautions within the law had been
taken for protecting guests.
Arrangemcnfs are being made at
Wellesley college to introduce discus
throwing into the athletic curriculum.
The Wellesley girls will be the first
students of "a girls college to play the
game in America.
Manila adviceS show that the FilipinOs
are unusually active west of Malolos.
Fires burning east of the railroad indi-
cate that they are evacuating the foot
hill towns IN anticipation Of an Ameri-
eau attack.
The Jury in the Lake City, :. c.,
lynching case reported on Saturday its
inability to reach verdict. The Jury
was out twenty-five hours. The case
goes over to the next term of court for
retrlal.
The Ncaraguan government is nego-
tiating with c. L. NicOll, the British
consul at Managua, the sale Of It's rail-
roads and steamboat lines, with their
work shops. The price is $4,000, 900 In
silver.
The South Carolina supreme court has
sustained the anti-lynching law, which
provides among other things that the
estate of the lynched shall get $1,000
from the county in which he resided.
The Kentucky law, under which so
may negroes in the last twenty years
have been sold on the block for term
of years, in punishment for vagrancy,
has been declared unconstitutional.
A rumor is current at Ishpeming,
Mich. that Andrew Carnegie is to pur-
chase the Lake Superior mines, the
biggest producing property on the Mar
quette iron range.
The Naval Reserves association of
Illinois, veterans of the Spanish-Amer-
lean war, has resolved to offer for the
government $50 men for service in the
Philippine Islands.
General Otis reported that his troops
are abundantly supplied, and that the
sickness, including wounded, amounted
only to seven and fraction per cent of
his command.
Governor Gage of California proposes
TO appoint a senator in case NJ. 5. Quay
is seated by the senate on the appoint
ment of Governor Stone of Penn
sylvania.
The secretary of war is about to issue
an order to permit the shipment of car
goes from Porto Rico to the United