Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-01-15
NEWS IN BRIEF

STRUNG the personnel act, has held that
naval officers on leave are entitled to
one-half shore pay.
The fatal mistake of a hospital nurse
in using carbolic acid for tincture Of
delphinium was the cause of the death
of Henry Smith, "a years old, in the New
York city hospital. The man died in
horrible agony.
St Georges Episcopal church in
Brooklyn was completely Quilted by fire
The loss is placed at $4,000
Four children of Michael Kerrick,
GARNER. were burned to death a Little
Falls. Mimi, in fire that destroyed the
house. The children were from to 10
years old.
Hazel Sullivan of Gilsum, n. H, aged
6. was left alone with younger children
and in trying to build fire in a stove
spark ignited her dress. She was ter
ribly burned and did not survive the
shock.
Horace Partridge & Co., manufacture
ers and dealers in athletic goods and
bicycles, Boston, have made an assign
ment for the benefit of creditors. 1t is
understood that the liabilities will reach
500. OOO with assets nominally the same.
Major John S. Clark, the noted turf
KY, of heart disease. He was SO years
old Major Clark was known to the
turf world as the owner of the Cold
stream farm.
The industrial commission has ap-
pointed John F. Crowell of New York
expert agent to conduct an inquiry into
the system of distribution of farm prod
ucts between the producer and consumer
and other facts in that connection.
At a meeting of the board of trustees
of Columbia university it was announced
that John D. Rockefeller had presented
500 900 to the university for the endow-
ment of a chair of psychology.
w. S. Warren. representing the RE
form ticket was elected president of
the Chicago board of trade. This means
that a bitter war will be waged against
bucket shops.
The weavers of the Wilkesbarre Pa)
lace mills have had their wages in
creased II percent. About $50 hands are
affected. The increase was voluntary
upon the part of the management.
The latest reports from Congressman
Routelle are of an encouraging nature.
He sleeps well, takes a liberal amount of
nourishment, and shows decided i'm
provement
The New York court of appeals has
granted a new trial to Giuseppe A.
Barone, convicted in Buffalo for the
murder of Filippo Forestino. He was
convicted with his wife, who was sent to
prison for life.
J. c. Smith, aged %, was killed by
being struck by train at New London,
Conn. H. G. ButterwOrth was also
struck at the same time and fatally in
jured. The men were attempting to
board freight train.
Rev Thomas Smith, pastor of st.
Mary's Roman Catholic church, Green
witch, Conn.,, is dead, aged SO. He had
been i'll with dropsy for some time, but
was not forced to relinquish all his pas
toral duties until about two weeks ago.
He was native of Ireland.
Mrs James Harvey, 6S years old, COM
mitted suicide at Danbury, Conn, by
taking carbolic acid. She had been de-
spondent because of i'll health.
The annual report of the state cattle
commissioners of Massachusetts, con-
tains no special recommendation, but
suggests the reduction of the appro-
priation by one-third, to $4,000.
At a mass meeting of the Ancient Or
der of EIibernians at Lynn, Mass, reso-
buttons were adopted in favor of the
Beers, and England was denounced as
an oppressor of human liberty. There
are seven divisions of the "A. O. H. in the
city and all were represented.
Surgeon General Wyman of the marine
hospital service received a report from
DIR. Carmichael, at Honolulu, stating
that there are eight additional cases of
bubonic plague there.
The state police have called the at
tention of Fall River bottlers and brew
ers to the fact that, in employing minors
under Is years of age, they are violating
the state laws, which say that no such
persons shall be employed in any way in
intoxicating liquors.
Rev. George w. Field D. D., died at
Bangor, Me, aged 81. Death resulted
from a general breaking down. DR..
Field was born in Belfast, Me-, in 1875
and was graduated at BoNdoin college
in 1887. He was regarded as one of the
ablest of the Congregational clergy.
Henry Hessler, who was at one time
catcher for the famous Cincinnati Reds,
died at the poor farm of Venango (Pa)
Heart failure was the cause of
the death. Hessler was 55 years of age
William A. Bills and Fred H Nc
Ardle were bound over for the grand
Jury on a charge of arson at Chelsea
Mass.
Miss Trizah NJ. Parsons, aged 80, was
found dead in her bed at Hartford.
Death was due to old age and a general
breaking down. Miss Parsons was the
daughter of a Revolutionary soldier, be-
ing one of the few in the country possess
ing that distinction.
A rich deposit of ore, assaying gold,
silver and nickel, all in paying quanti-
ties, has been discovered in Guilford
n. G. The indications are that
here are large quantities of each metal.
The consolidation of the National
Bank of Commerce and the National
Union bank of New York. both of which