Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-03-10
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS
HAPPENINGS OF A WEEK THE WIDE
WORLD OVER.

| lion and n Half-Funera1 of Lord Hers
chall in Observation-Disclosures Magazine
Explosion in France-Notes.
Chairman Cannon, of the house com
mittee on appropriations, Sunday is
sued statement showing that the ap.
preparations made by the fifty-ffth
congress aggregated Sl,5G6, 800 DIG 2S,
of which sum 1892. 562, 0S3 AZ is directly
chargeable to the war or incident there
to. The ordinary appropriations ex.
ceeded those of the fifty-fourth con-
gress by 1914, 900 In addition to the
direct appropriations, contracts were
authorized amounting to about SO.
600, 900. Mr.. Dockery, the ranking Dem
ocratic member of the committee, also
issued statement setting forth the
view of the minority.
Funeral services over the remains of
Lord Farrer Herschell were held in st.
Johns Episcopal church, Washington,
on Saturday afternoon. The president
and cabinet, justices of the supreme
court, members of the high joint com
mission, diplomatic corps and other high
officials were present. The remains will
ship, but it is thought an American war
ship will act as convoy.
The naval powder magazine of La
Goubran, between La Sevne and Toulon,
in Southern France, exploded early Sun
day morning. The country was swept
almost bare within radius of two miles,
and many persons were killed and iniur-
ed. Forty corpses had been recovered
at last accounts. 1t is believed the eN-
plosion originated sin chemical decom-
position of smokeless powder"
An order of the police commissioners
of st. Louis that all saloons be closed at
midnight Saturday night and remain so
until midnight Sunday, under the pro-
visions of the law, was carried out. On
ly few dram shopkeepers tried to keep
open, and arrests were made in every
instance. Saloons in East ST. Louis and
the suburbs did rushing business
all day.
a despatch from Washington saws
"there is good reason to believe that the
president will offer the position of libra
rian of congress to Mr.. Herbert Putnam
Of Boston" a despatch from Boston
says that she will accept the post of
librarian of congress, previously tender
ed to him by President Mckinley, in case
the offer is renewed
The fifty-ffth congress adjourned
sine die on Saturday at noon. All the
large appropriation bills were passed
The usual resolution of thanks to the
speaker in the house was offered by
Mr.. Bailey of Texas in speech which
was loudly applauded. Vice President
Hobart made the closing address in
the senate.
1t has been decided at the war de-
partment not to send the one field off
Ger and four companies of the Twenty
fourth infantry at Forts Douglas and
Russell to Honolulu for the present, as
proposed in Fridays orders. Probably
some other troops not yet selected will
be sent to the island.
Several capitalists have formed the
Great Northern Paper company, and
will this spring construct paper mill
in Aroostook county, Maine, having a
capacity of over 2000 tons of newspapers
daily. The immediate expenditure will
involve 100000.
A letter by Secretary Long, in reply
to Admiral Schley's letter, was made
public Monday by the senate committee
on naval affairs, aud explains certain dis
puted points in the Sampson Schley con-
troversy, while protesting the depart
ment's desire to do full Justice to both
admlrals.
1t is reported from Juneau, Alaska,
that new strike in the Porcupine dis
trict has caused a rush of miners to the
Chilkat country. The find was on
Talikin creek, which flows into the
Chilkat, about twelve miles from Hayes.
The proposed constitutional convention
in Alabama, to be held in August, Is
vigorously opposed by the republicans.
They claim the convention will disfran-
chise the negro and otherwise embarrass
their rights.
The nomination of Representative
Barrows, of Massachusetts, to be libra
ran of congress failed of confirmation,
both Massachusetts senators opposing
it, on the ground that he is not trained
librarian.
The pope appears to have nearly re-
covered from his illness. He sat up for
about three hours on Saturday and as
long Sunday. He has resumed his
ordinary diet.
No quorum of the joint assembly was
present Saturday when the fortieth bal
lot for United States senator for Penn
sylvania was taken, but % votes being
recorded.
William r. Merriam, Ex-Governor of
Minnesota, has been nominated by the
president to be director of the census and
confirmed by the senate.
The United States ambassador and
Mrs. Choate dined with the queen at
Windsor and slept in the castle during
the night.
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