Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-11-19
General News Items.

Commandant General Botha, ac-
cording to despatch to the Daily
Mail from Pretoria has sent to Lord
Roberts a statement of the terms on
which he will surrender.
John johnson, doing twenty months,
perjury, in South Boston house of
correction, was shot in his cell Thurs
day morning by Officer Henry w.
Dean at whom he threw a bucket.
Dean gives himself up. He claims
self defense. Johnson is colored and
supposed to be cook from Chicago.
The contract to build the Shamrock
II has been definitely placed with the
builders of the three Valkyries. 1t is
to be completed by March 81, and the
first trial contest will take place on
the Clyde about April Is. Posi- bly,
both the Shamrocks will be sent to
the United States, to be tested in
American waters.
A despatch from Utica, n. Y, dated
Nov. Is says: 1.-THE fall of snow in
this vicinity and northern New YORK
is unprecedented for this early in the
season. There is a fall of three feet
on the level along the Ogdensburg
railroad and drifts from four to ten
feet deep. A train became stalled on
the Watertown branch and finally was
abandoned from Carthage to Utica.
To night trains are from two to four
hours late. It is the greatest early
blockade by snow in the recollection
of the oldest railroad men. 1t was
still showing at midnight with the
thermometer at "a"
r. G. Dun, head of the great mer-
camille agency firm of r. G. Dun & Co.,
died in New York Saturday morning
of cirrhosis of the liver. Robert Gra-
ham Dun had been a prominent figure
in the business world for nearly half
century. He had been associated
with the agency since 1851; in 1854 he
became a partner, and in 1859 pur-
chased the entire interest, since which
time his name has been at the head of
the firm. When Mr.. Dun first became
connected with the business iU was in
it's infancy, and it's development and
growth are due largely to his individ
ual effort and untiring application.
Official statistics show that the
Paris exposition was a gigantic sue
cess from the point of view of attend
of 1899, when 25,121, ,975 |
passed the gates. When the gates of |
the exposition of 1900 closed Monday |
evening more than fifty million per-
sons had passed through. The British |
and the lBelgians headed the list in
1889 in point of numbers but this year
the Germans were first and the Bel
gians second with the British far be-
hind. Americans also formed very
noticeable contingent. Indeed, they
were immeasurably more numerous
than at the previous exposition. The
record paying day this year brought
out more than 900 900 visitors, as COM
pared with maximum of 335,377 in
1889.
The serious apprehension with
which the announcement of the fact
hat the Czar was suffering from ty
ohoid fever filled Europe, emphasizes
1ow much the peace of the world is
to be dependant on him. But
or the statement contained in the
official bulletin that his majesty's
nalady is taking thoroughly favor
lble course, the news of his illness
would have created nothing less than
CONSERVATION. 1t is generally felt at
he present critical state OF interna
ional affairs that even a temporary
Weakening of the influence Of so
avorable factor in the maintenance
# the worlds peace justifes grave
lnXiety, especially as the Gar is re-
,arded in Europe as a kind Of coun-
to Emperor William. Public
Lnxiety, will, therefore remain strain
ID until the none too robust monarch
ecovers.
GOSHEN, Ill.
tennessee Pure Food Co., LIE Roy, N. Y: