Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-11-03
Notable Events of tAe Week Briehy
and Terrely Told.

hnu IerFely TOI0.
The new battleship Kentucky has sail
ed from Newport News for a preliminary
trial trip.
Governor Roosevelt issued a procama
ton calling for general thanksgiving OF
Nov. 80.
II. e. W. Stephenson of Liverpool ha.
sent his famous trotter to the horse show
in New York
The torpedo boat Dahlgren showed
speed of 30 knots, one-half knot less
than contracted for.
The Molineux case was transferred
from the court of general sessions to the
criminal term of the supreme court New
York.
The body of General Guy V. Henry re
ceived military burial at Arlington, Va
the president and high officials beins
present.
The Hamlet Cotton mills of Woon
socket, X. l., were put under sheriff's
attachment for 100000 at instance OF
Frank A. Sayles of Pawtucket.
Monday, Oct. 30.
The Chilean minister of public works
Gregorio Pinechet. is dead.
Ottmar Mergenthaler, the inventor OF
the linotype typesetting machine, is deao
in Baltimore.
Lord Rosebery has been elected rector
of Glasgow university by $40 votes tc
OLD votes cast for Lord Kelvin.
Flint e Co. of New York have sole
their entire fleet of sailing ships, mum
bering II vessels to a San Francisc,
syndicate for 100000
The three men accused in New York
city of swinding Lewis n. Cushman out
of $4,000 by an alleged wire tapping
scheme were held for trial.
The Richmond Locomotive and Ma
cine works have just received an order
by cable for three ten wheeled locomo
tives for one of the private railroads OF
Sweden.
Saturday, Oct. 2S.
A state of siege has been proclaimed in
the province of Barcelona Spain.
At the sale of Herefords, in Kansas
City, Marshall Field of Chicago paid ST.,
200 Tor a COW.
The Colombian revolution was said to
be confined to the departments of Bolivar
and Santander.
Queen Victoria has approved the ap
pointment of Sir Henry Stafford North
cote as governor of Bombay.
polar explorer, expresses confidence in
the safety of the missing halloonist
Admiral Dewey has declined Chicago's
invitation on account OF the impending
meeting of the Philippine commission.
BY decision at Syracuse John Boyd
Thacher was permitted to retain the In
dian wampum belt over which legal
battle has been fought.
Friday, Oct. ~.
Senior Pando has been elected presiden,
of Bolivia.
The Alaska territorial convention at
Juneau adopted a memorial to congress
asking for a delegate to congress anG
o,hcr privileges.
The report of the commissioner genera
Of immigration shows that the total arri
walls for the year exceeded those of the
preceding year SO per cent.
The New York state land board ha.
granted J. J. Albright's application fol
80 acres of land under water abutting The
site of Buffalo's new steel plant.
The British steamer Zurich founderec
during hurricane Oct. u off the west
coast of Norway. The captain was saved
but it is feared the crew have been lost
Thursday, Oct. 20.
Grant Allen, the author, died in Lon
don.
Fire did $50, 900 damage on the dock OF
Palmer's cooperage in Brooklyn
Governors Roosevelt and Lowndes
started on speaking tour of western
Maryland
Mr.. William Waldorf Aston will build
a fat in New York city to accommodate
90 families.
At Wsetin, Moravia, serious riotng oc
cured, and gendarmes killed two persons
and wounded II.
Russia was reported to be working It
secure Il naval station on the Pacific De
tween NladivostOk and Laio Tung.
The Angio-Egyptian expedition has
been ordered to return to Omdurman, the
khalifa having fled from his position at
Teb-el-Bir.
Wednesday, Oct. 25.
Twenty eight horses persisted in a FIRE
on New Jersey stock farm.
The American Surety bank, in the City
of Mexico, has been so successful that it
is to treble its capital.
The French minister of war signed a
decree modifying the organization of the
superior council of war.
Russia mas aIreeu 10 drbitrate tne III
ferences with the United States over the
seizure of whalers in Boring sea.
General Castro, the Venezuelan insur
gent leader, has assumed control of the
government and has formed n cabinet.
The court of appeals has affirmed the
conviction of Howard c. Benham of Ba-
tavia, \. v, of the murder of his wife
General Carlos Ezeta, ex-president OF
Salvador, has made the City of Mexico
his hoadnunrtarc and is +,.xinu 70 utir mr.