Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-01-20
THEGRAPH|C NEWS NOTES.
Short Items From All Parts of the
Civilized World.

| III vienna owing to overproductiOn.
Violent storms in Europe have caused
great destruction and some loss of life.
Gen. Miles has given out Gov. Roose-
welt $ caustic letter condemning canned
roast beef supplied to his troops.
The New York Senate has CONQUERED
in the House resolution thanking Helen
Gould for her services during the war.
The Spanish warsbjp Condo de Ven
adlto with the remains of Columbus
aboard, arrived at Cadi2 from Havana.
Delayed bFa crack in the main steam
| PIPE on the starboard side the ST. 'auf
arrived at New York nearly four days
late.
The flve-masted schooner John B.
| Prescott. the biggest craft of her kind
/ alioat, has been launched at Camden.
Me.
! The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has
denied Senator Quay's petition in the
matter of his indictment for misuse of
state funds
The observation-disclosures Ryan
! syndicate will build an Ice plant on
/ Staten Island. n. y, with Il capacity of
l.Oov tons day.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
| plnN central Office has been advised
| That all press messages for Manila are
subject to censorship.
Miss Anna Schley, cousin of Adj
miral Sehley, committed suicide at her
home in Baltimore by shooting herself
through the heart.
A special cable despatch from St.
, Petersburg says the British and French
! governments are striving to smooth
over the existing difficulties.
The duties collected at the Custom
! House at Havana for one day amounted
, to Sl04. 600. one firm alone paid S37,
, 900 duties.
! The Russian budget cOntemplates an
I Increased outlay for the army of 81
| Om,OOO roubles and for the navy of IL,
! 900. 900 roubes.
Senator Allen has introduced a reso-
luton for the appointment OF a commit
| tee OF live Senators with plenaly powers
to investigate the late war
Matanzas City advices say shat Cap
tain-Gen"ral tastellanOs and the lust
! Spanish troops there have sailed on the
trans port San Francisco for Spain.
The revenue cutter McCulloch has
arrived at San Francisco from Homo
lulu. having completed the longest voy-
age on record of any American revenue
cutter.
Mr.. Ross. Mr.. Morrill's successor as
Senator from Vermont. has presented
his credentials at Washington and the
oath of Office has been administered to
I him.
y despatch to the Paris Figaro from
Cherbourg says that an American
squadron. consisting of four battleships
and several cruisers, will arrive there
in June.
Every fire insurance company doing
business in Kentucky has been indicted
in the State Fiscal Court under the
statute prohibiting the formation of a
pool or trust.
General Joseph r. Hawley was re-
nominated on the seventh ballot for his
seat in the United States Senate by the
Republican caucus of the Connecticut
Legislature.
Andrew Carnegie has bought the
steel plate mill of the Bethlehem Iron
Company at South Bethlehem, Pa. The
price was not given, but it is supposed
to be close to 81, OO0. 900.
The gunboat Yorktown has sailed
from San Francisco for Manila. She
will replenish her coal bunkers at Hon
olulu, and then 90 to Guam before pro-
ceeding to Manila.
The Magdeburg Germany Court has
sentenced Herr August Mueller. editor
of the Socialist "Volks Timme." to
forty-nine months imprisonment on
the charge of leZe-maj esty.
Charlemagne Tower, Minister to
Austria, was nominated by President
Mckinley to be Ambassador to Russia,
and Addison c. Harris, of Indiana, was
named for Minister to Austria.
NJ. Emile lola has been sentenced to
pay a fine of l00f and 5O0f. damages
for accusing NJ. Judet, writer of the
Petit Journal. of using forged docu-
ments in attacking NJ. ZOla's father.
-4loyd's shipbuilding returns for Eng
land show that the output of English
yards in 1898, including warships. was
S02 vessels, aggregating |, so, l25 tons.
This SURPRISES all former records.
Quart rmaster Becker, of the 202d
New York Regiment. has been SEN
fenced by court-martial at Pinar del
Rio to six years imprisonment at hard
labor for shooting and killing soldier.
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius is
attaining great proportions. The flow
of lava is unprecedented and streams OF
fire are pouring in all directions, though
as yet no serious damage has occurred.
Viscount Cromer, the British Diplo-
matte Agent, and his party, have re-
turned from Khartoum. They report
that the possibilities of cultivation on
the banks of the Blue and White Niles
are enormous.
1t is authoritatively stated that the
battleships kearsarge and Kentucky
will be ready to go into commission
with all guns aboard by July /, six
months before the expiration of the
time limit.