Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-05-24
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week Briefly
and TerseIy Told.

""s""ie events OF the week briefly
and TerseIy Told.
Many were wounded in st. Petersburg
strike riots.
The funeral of Mrs. Lyman ]. Gage
was held in Washington.
The Cuban convention was estimated
to stand II to IL for the Platt amend.
ment.
The total annual expenditures of the
Austro-Hungarian monarchy are about
$71,500,00O.
The total British losses in South At
RIGA are reported at 14,91S dead and H.
200 wounded.
The last Italian census shows the pop
ulation to be 81, 440, 754, an increase of
100000 since 1881.
Superintendent Mills of West Point
was ordered to Washington in connection
with the troubles at the Military acad-
envy.
The ship Savona arrived at Monte
video with the dead bodies of the captain
and four of the crew, who had been kill
ed by being struck by huge wave which
washed over the vessel.
Monday, May 20.
Extensive damage by floods was re-
ported from northern Texas.
The strikes of agricultural laborers in
Andalusia, Spain, are assuming alarming
proportions.
The last Italian census shows the popu-
lation to be LAO, 754, an increase of
100000 since 1881.
The anniversary of the commune was
celebrated by the revolutionary groups in
Paris. Several arrests were made.
AT Seattle, Wash, the torpedo boat de-
stroyer Goldsboro broke her starboard
engine eccentric rod during a trial run,
necessitating the vessels return to her
dock.
Saturday, May IS.
Severe earthquake shocks were felt in
Ohio and West Virginia.
Edwin L. Uhl, ex-embassador to Ger
many, died at Grand Rapids
The governor of Wisconsin signed the
bill putting an export tax on ice.
Kansas City's music festival was so
successful that it may become an annual
event.
John l.. Semple, n prominent Camden
attorney, was arrested, charged with
counterfeitng.
General Mascardo, the Filipino chief,
with 32S men, surrendered to Captain
O'Neil of the Twenty-fifth infantry.
Friday. May IL.
Judge John +. Gibbons of Illinois was
reported dying at Denver.
The governor of Wisconsin vetoed the
COMPULSORY vaccination bill
Four carloads of cots and mattresses
from New York have reached Jackson
vile, Fla.
Preparations were said to be complete
for the dedication of the Buffalo eXposi-
ton Monday
Jacquelin, the French cyclist, defeated
Taylor, the American, in Il championship
match at Paris.
King Edward has decided that his
birthday should be celebrated on the same
date as that of Queen Victoria.
Thursday, May 16.
The German rcichstag was prorogucd
until November.
A bitter Irish debate took place in the
house of commons.
st. Louis saloons were ordered closed
between l and , Il. III.
The village of Accrenza, Italy, has been
swept by an avalanche.
Legal means have been taken to close
the Pam American fair on Sundays.
Four hundred custom shoemakers in
New York struck for higher wages.
Wednesday,. May 10.
The state of siege has been raised in
Barcelona.
Princess Charles of Hesse gave birth to
twin boys for the second time.
The Turkish authorities have made ar
rests in consequence of mail seizures.
Six hundred and ffty-two houses, in
gliding 100 shops, have been destroyed
by fire at Brest, in the province Of War
saw.
After a trial lasting five days the Earl
of Yarmouth was awarded $1,000 in his
suit for libel against a daily newspaper
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