Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-05-18
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
iotnbIc Events of the week Briefly
and TerscIy FOLD.

aud TerscIY Told.
Philadelphia Republicans announced
that they had raised the S1OO.OOO pledged
for 'hc national conventions
y '"rctarN Chamberlain introduced in
thu house of commons Il hill to make
Australia a federal commonwealth.
Hot weather prevailed in New York
and vicinity. the thermometer in some
cases registering rs high as 81 degrees.
Rev. f.. f.. Patton made Il sensational
attack on churches and preachers from
the stage of Burt's Opera House at To-
lcdo.
Charles II. Cole, former president of
the Globe National bank of Boston, WAS
sentenced to eight years in Jail for mis-
appropriation of funds.
\ suit against the sugar trust at Trcn-
ton charged it with restraining trade il
legally in an attempt to force the Ar
buckle company to combine with it,
Monday, May -.
A coal mine explosion at Toms Creek.
Va. killed six men.
Thirty four schouncrs returning to Vie
tora. Il. c., have secured 5000 seal
skins
Three shiploads Of arms from Germa
ny were reported at Iongkong for the
Filipino junta
a fire in Fukin. Japan, has destroyed
l 600 houses and many temples at an es-
timated loss of S2.JOO,0O0.
Several American Roman Catholic prel-
ates are in Rome in connection with the
creation of a second American cardinal.
Large gold shipments from the United
States and from Russia have cased the
I
The American pavilion at the Paris OK
position was formally turned over to the
exposition authorities, great throngs OF
Americans witnessing the ceremonies.
saturday, May IL.
The third drawing room of the season
was held by the queen at Buckingham
palace.
The Tennessee Democrats renominated
Governor McAIillin and declared for Bry-
an and the Chicago platform.
Major General Brooke relieved General
Merritt at Governors island, in charge
of the department of the east.
1t is reported at Constantinople that
the Turkish minister in Washington has
given the American government assur
anceS of the settlement of its claims.
\ threatening dispatch to the empress
dowagcr of China from the POh Won
Wei in America was stopped by the Brit
ish embassy, in whose care ii was sent.
Friday. May II.
Much damage 10y fro-tS was reported.
The eruption of Nesuviu, is reported
practically over
The queen arrived in London to at
tend todayS drawing room.
Citizens of Rochester will give Gen
eral otis banquet on his return home.
Advances have been made in tran>pa
ctc passenger rates to take effect june
10.
The British colonial office has no con
iirmation of the reported fall of Ku
massi.
Francesca Ahbatta was hanged a
Camden, y. j., for the murder of CEDAR
de Eco.
Three prisoners escaped from the Ncy
York state rcformatory at Elmira Wed
ncsday night.
1t is estimated that the cotton crol
OF the United States will be greater THAI
last year by 10 per cent.
a cabinet crisis is expected to FOLLOW
the demonstrations against the Spans
governments taxation schemes.
Two hundred and Scventy-fvc Lchig
Valley car rcpaircr~ struck mt Buffalo j.
sympathy with the men already out
The temperature in New York cit
Wednesday was = degrees lower tina
any Previous record made for the sam
date in May.