Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-01-12
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week Briefly
and TerseIy Told.

Independent sugar refners advanced
the price of refined sugars.
Hugh John Macdonald accepted the
task of forming a government at Winni-
peg
Comptroller Dawes announced that the
Broadway National bank of Boston would
not resume business.
The foreign bankers of Caracas offered
the government of Venezuela loan, with
the salt mines as security.
The French warship Cecile has arrived
at Santo Domingo to support the French |
claim against the republic.
Alaska has been constituted new mill |
.ary department and Colonel George NJ.
Randall assigned to it's command.
Governor Nash of Ohio. in his inaugu
raj address, urged that all corporations be
required to make reports to the state.
Monday, Jan. 3.
Mrs. Langtry arrived in New York on
the Lucania.
Julia Marlowe Taber, the actress, has
been granted Il divorce from her husband,
Robert Taber.
Andrew Carnegie has promised the Col
lege of Emporia, Kan, $4,000 for Ii
brary building.
Major John S. Clark, the noted turf
man and horse breeder, died of heart dis
ease at Lexington, Ky. He was 30 years
old.
Fred A. Newton, paying teller of the
Fidelity Trust and Guaranty compan.
Buffalo, is an embezzleT to the amount Of
$4,000.
Saturday, Jan. q.
Governor General Davis of Porto Rico
arrived in New York
The cabinet has definitely decided TO
send additional troops to Alaska in the
spring.
The Lawton fund reached S43,121. Sub
scrptons will be received up to about
Feb l.
The Great Western steamer hex foun-
1ered off the island of Guernsey. The
passengers were saved.
Secretary Wilson in an interview point
I'd out the Importance of the open door"
agreement with regard to China.
Vast quantities of food and fodder for
the British army in South Africa are be-
ing shipped from the port of New York.
Mail advices from southern China re
port the defeat of the French by the
Chinese in a battle over the boundary
line,
Friday, Jan. ).
Count de Benomar, the Spanish elii1as'
'ador to Italy, died at Rome.
The new royal yacht Victoria and Al
bert was toated at Pembroke.
Mexican scientists predicted a series of
earthquakes during the coming months.
Senator Mahlon Pitney was chosen
leader of Republicans in the New Jersey
senate.
h., / 4. 1
to use the reformed spelling in its papers
and magazines.
The wrecked Hamburg American liner
Patra was hoated in English channel,
but foundered again, drowning five.
Six villages in the Achalkaak district
in Russian Transcaucasia have been com
petely destroyed by earthquakes. and 800
dead bodies have been recovered.
Thursday. Jan. 4.
The First National bank at Ardmore,
|. T., was burned. also several other
buildings; loss, 100000.
! The Australia hungarian government con-
templates spending S100,O00,0oO imme-
diately for increasing the army and navy
y passenger train in the yards in St
Paul crashed into Il stock train. causing
bad wreck. Seven persons were in
Jureu, all on the freight tram.
; Mr.. William Waldorf Aston has con
tributed $1,000 to the Prince of Wales
= hospital fund.
Reports from Tiflis show that GOO lives
were lost during the earthquakes which
visited that district of Russia.
Three thousand miners have struck fol
, an advance of wages in the Kotlach Goa
district in Austria.
Wednesday, Jan. 3.
The Pennsylvania railroad system OF
pensions went into effect.
A movement has been started to coti
solidate the milk companies of Chicago.
: The torpedo boat Goldsborough had q
successful builders trial at Portland, Or
A scheme to combine the zinc interest:
| of the country was reported started in
, Kansas City.
COMMISSIONER General Peck announced
! that 1000 firms of this country would
: have exhibits at the Paris exposition.
Ten villages were reported destroyed
by an earthquake in the Achalkalak dis
trict of the government of Ti1is, Russia
1t was said in Washington that 2.So
troops are to be withdrawn from Cuba
and the number of military departments
| reduced to two.
Treasurer of the United States Roberts
said the distribution of Internal iersnu,
receipts to the first group of banks W"''io
be completed in about eight days.