Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-06-09
GENERALNEWS ITEMS
HAPPENINGS OF A WEEK THE WIDE
WORLD OVER.

General Lawton began on Saturday
general movement to the west of Ma
Mia against General Pho del Pillars
force of Filipinos in the foot hills. The
object was to drive the Filipinos into the
Morong peninsula, where escape would
have been impossible, but III this the
Americans were not successful, owing
to the rough character of the country.
The rebels escaped to the northward.
The movement occupied all of Saturday
and Sunday, the natives being driven
out of the country between Laguna de
Bay, on the south, and Antipolo, in the
mountains, to the north, the latter
place being captured by General Halls
column. Colonel Whalley's column adj
vanced from the Pasig and took Camta
and Taytay. After the capture of Anti
polo General Hall moved against Morong.
The columns of General Hall and Col
onel Whally connected at Taytay Sun
day morning. General Halls losses
during his march were five men killed
and nine wounded.
The ministerial association at For
Wayne, Ind. has issued a proclamation.
signed by all the Protestant ministers of
the city. calling attention to the loose
divorce laws of the state, and publicly
agreeing to marry no person who has
been divorced unless the cause was un-
faithfulness or willful desertion, and
then only the innocent party.
The Rockport Granite company of
Gloucester. Mass, has issued notice
that after June - the company will
recognize the demand of their striking
employees for nine hour day and that
the labor in excess of this time, per-
formed at the request Of the company,
will be rated as time and half.
The cabinet decided that there was no
present necessity for the enlistment of
volunteers. The additional 5000 or 6000
men asked for by General Otis are to be
taken from the regulars now in Porto
Rico, Cuba and this country.
The National University committee
has recommended that due reference be
made in the approaching Fourth of July
celebrations to George Washington's
bequest IN l779 toward the National
Post Graduate university.
The secretary of war has issued an
tlonal cemeteries of enlisted men who
served during the recent war with Spain
and were subsequently honorably dis
charged from the service.
A Union Pacific west bound train was
held up by robbers near Wilcox, Wyo..
last week The express car was
shattered with dynamite and the safe
rihld, the robbers escaping to the
mountains.
1t has been determined that light is an
important factor in sugar production. re-
cent Investigations showing that the
sugar content of the plant IS dependent
on the amount of direct sunlight re-
ceived.
The law prohibiting the expectation
of horses from the Turkish empire has
been revoked. and horses for export to
the United States will simply be SUBJ
ject to an export duty of five Turkish
liras.
1t is said that The new city of New
Rochelle is the richest in its size In the
United States, having population of
$4,000 and sn assessed valuation of Sl3,
100000, an average of $1,000 per capita.
An officer of the Chicago Woman's
? Temple says that 5000, 900 of the $780,
900 necessary to retire the temple trust
bonds and secure the legal control of
the building has been provided for.
Winter wheat in Nebras ska, Iowa,
Northwestern Kansas, Northwestern
Missouri and Northwestern Colorado
has been reduced to one-half the usual
yield by winter-kill.
In the coal mines of Illinois, during the
year ended June 80, 1898. seventy-five
men were accidentally killed, leaving
forty-fiye widows and ll2 fatherless
children.
The CochecO National bank at Dover,
n. II closed its doors Monday. a
warrant has been issued for the arrest Of
its paying teller, who is charged with a
shortage.
The Wisconsin district of the German
Evangelical synod of North America
has adopted resolutions declaring Chris
tian science to be unchristian an un.
biblical.
The widow of ex-senator Stanford. of
California has decided stocks and real es-
tate valued at Sl0,0O0,0O0 to the Cali
fornia university which bears his name.
The post Office department has issued
instructions directing that hereafter
newspapers shall be treated as letters in
making up the mail for Porto Rico.
y message from Apa by way of
Auckland, under date of May 81, says
that both native factions are disarming
Mataafa has surrendered $500 guns.
One of the largest steel works in the
world is being built at Ensley, Ala
Part of the equipment will consist of ten
iifty-ton basic open-hearth furnaces.
During the last twenty years the Amer
lean Bible society has put into circula-
ton in Mexico G00,370 Bibles, Tesla,
ments and portions of the Bible.
1t is stated that the Chicago Health
department will insist upon every one
being treated by Christian Scientists tc