Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-03-31
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS
HAPPENINGS OF A WEEK THE WIDE
WORLD OVER.

Capital-A Big Ship Canal Opened in
Texas-Health of Soldiers Improved.
The casualties of the American army
In the three days fighting around Ma
Mia Is As men killed and 145 wounded.
The daylight attack on the natives
of Saturday was continued Sunday, the
American troops occupying the town of
Molinta. Colonel Henry G. Egbert of
the Twenty second infantry, hero of
San Juan Hill, was shot in the abdomen,
and died while being carried to the hos
pital. Prince Lowenstein, who had
formerly been on General Mlller's staff,
got in front of the American firing line,
and was shot dead, The Filipinos burn
ed the town of Malabon and fled on the
approach of the Americans. The adj
vance towards Maloos, the insurgents
capital, is to be continued
The Port Arthur ship canal was for
mally opened at Port Arthur, Tex, on
Saturday. 1t is 200 feet long, and will
connect Port Arthur, the southern ter
minus of the Kansas City, Pittsburg
and Gulf railroad, which controls the
enterprise, with Sabine Pass. The
canal will finally have uniform depth
of from twenty-five to thirty feet, and It
Is the Intention of its projectors to bring
ocean vessels up from the gulf. thus
creating new outlet for traffic TO
Mexican, South American and Euro
pean ports.
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could be relieved and trausoortatio,,
facilities were available. Fortr.c,oht
hours aftcrward Con. Otis roulicd mat
the volunteer regiments prefrrrod to re-
main In Manla as long as there was any
prospect Of active service. ard rcoup,ted
that no order should be issued for their
muster out.
Renorts recoivo1 Of tho ooico Of tho
surgeon general of the army show that
the health conditions of the troops in the
Philippines have very much improved.
The sick rate has decreased from thirteen
to nine per cent. There is less malariaI
and typhoid fever, dysenterv and other
diseases than noted In earlier reports. in
dicating that troops are becoming ac-
climated.
The secretary of the treasury has issued
an order for the free admission of bind
ing Irvine to the United States from
Canada. The new Canadian tariff puts
binding Irvine on the free list when i'm.
ported into that country, and our tariff
law only imposes "A duty on the Irvine
when imported from countries which
make the article dutiable
The muster rolls of the Cuban army
are still in the custody of Senior Rafael
Portuondo, chairman of the executive
committee of the miltary assembly.
AS consequence the 100000 sent by
the United States to paw the Cuban
troops remains in unbroken packages
aboard the transport Burnside at IIa-
vana.
Secretary Wilson has obtained lot of
muskmelon seeds from Afobanistan
whose melons are said 70 he the finest in
the world and often grow to tbe veigbt
of twenty or thirty pounds. He will
distribute this seed among farmers of
those sections of the country where the
climate Is similar to that of Afghanistan.
hill, nrob;rit,ro tho o,,,,o,.. 90
aliens ON works rnnstrrntod nndor .ha
provisions of the special acts of the
province was defeated in the Ontario
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