Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-11
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Telegraphic Gleanings From All Parts
of the World.

Three deaths from yellow fever are
reported from Santiago.
Rev. S. b. Meyers died in his pulpit
at Hanover, Pa.
The dead in the Mount Desert ferry
SIP accident were found to number
twenty.
The eruption from Mauna Loa has
ceased but Hawaii is still shaken by
earthquakes.
cuban criminals are fleeing to this
country and an eXtradition treaty will
be asked for.
Robert Law hanged himself at Yank
ton. :. D., and his sister cut him down
in time to save his life.
President Mckinley shared the OK
cltement over the impending regatta of
the Lake Champlain Yacht Club.
1t was reported in Washington that
Gen. Alger would abandon for the
present his Senatorial aspirations.
Mrs. Bradford, wife of the Sheriff at
Marion, IND, seized an escaping prison.
er and held him till he was handcufred.
j. IL. Dunn, wife and two sons. and
Lawrence Mount, narrowly escaped
drowning by the upsetting of q Yacht
at StutI STeeh, N. j..
Clarence Watkins. eleven yeors old
stabbed to death his father at Chat,
tanooga, Tenn, because he whipped
him.
John e. Miles, proprietor of probably
the largest flour mills in Kentucky. has
made an assignment with liabilities of
about 100000.
Henry Brown. farm hand, cut the
throat of Frances Green. n domestic at
the home of DR.. Hundley. thirty miles
north OF Dallas, Tex. almost seyering
the head from her shoulders. She had
refused to marry Brown.
Harry Hough, assistant cashier of
the Cocheco. Savings Bank. of Dover.
n. H.. was arrested on a State war
rant charged with robbing the Nation
al Eank of Cocheco. Proceedings are
pending against him in the Federal
Court
Investigation Of the Bridgeport troll
ley wreck showed twenty nine dead
and several injured. 1t was suggested
that the motorman's carelessness or
Dlunder caused the accident and he has
been arrested charged with man
slaughter.
The yellow fever situation at Hamp-
ton is reported encouraging
Senator Burrows. of Michigan. saws
he believes in legitimate expansion.
The Rev. d. L. Lloyd, formerly
Bishop of Bangor, Eng, is dead.
The New Haven railroad telegraph
operators threaten strike.
\ celluloid factory was set afire in
Paris by the suns rays. 1t was de-
stroyed.
EX-Queen Liliuokalani said in Wash
ington that Hawaii was almost in
state of anarchy.
More troops were removed from
Cleveland, owing to the quiet condi-
ton of the strikers.
The railway from Skagway, Alaska
to Lake Bennett was promised for
completion August 20.
Five persons We're drowned in the
Patapsco River, near Baltimore, by
capszing of rowboat.
Out of 135 vessels entering Havana
in June 80 brought cargoes from the
United States and % from Spain.
Nice-President Hobart arrived at
Plattsburg, Lake Champaign. and was
greeted by President Mckinley.
y riot mt Fort Mcpherson, Ga. he
tween regulars and volunteers result
ed i'll the Wounding of eight soldiers.
Prof. X. l.. Garner is to make Il third
trip to the African iUngles. where he
will try to teach the monkeys English.
EN- Governor Aitgeld. of Illinois. said
he would advise the omission of an
explicit IL To l plank in the Demo
cratic platform.
The body of Patrick Herbert, Il we'll
TODD Jersey City man. who has been
missing since last Thursday, was
found in the Morris Canal.
David Thurston of New York. dis
appeared from the Everett House,
Saratoga. 1t is feared he killed HIM
self, as he was Respondent because of
Illness
Lord Pauncefote will retire from the
diplomatic service in March next.