Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-01-22
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.
sudden Death OF Secretary Bayard's
Daughter.

reception, and having made every prepara-
ton for il, retired, leaving word not TO be
called till the last moment At 2P. NJ. ser
want entered her darkened room to awaken
her and found her unconscious Every rem
edy known to the family was applied, but
when the family physician, who lived near,
came, he pronounced her dead. Secretary
Bayard was notified at his department, aud
the telep phone soon sent the news all over the
city. Miss Cleveland gave up her reception,
the President recalled invitations given for n
dinner party and the White House was closed.
Many people called at the house OF the Bay
ards during the evening to present their con-
dolences, aud universal sympathy was ex-
pressed, for Miss Bsyard was general favor
ite.
Miss Bayard had been treated for / 8 months
for mitral disease OF the heart, and had been
repeatedly warned by doctors not to over-eX-
ert herself, a. heart disease would sometime
terminate her life. The poor health Of her
mother had forced her to assume many cares
this winter, but she kept up her spirits and
staying powers and Was the light Of many
social circles She was known az a fearless
equestrienne. Iu personal appearance hhe
was quite attractive, of medium height, slen
der figure and with graceful movements
She was finely educated, aud her conversa-
tional powers. in which she WAS brilliantly
gifted kept her always from being dull or
commonplace. Fond of books-and not those
OF the common run-she kept always abreast
OF modern literature in whatever way ii
came She spoke four languages Her
mother relied on her for 10 IN uch that she was
her right hand aud quick to carry out her
she's Hal she cared to use 1t, no woman
In society could have Influenced the social
life to such an extent, but she had no such
ambition, and only cared to make her own
home as attractive as possible.
Thirteen Mea KILLED In - mine E1pIO.
atom In wyoming.
-Oae Of the most serious ex plosions in the
history of the Rocky Mountain mines occurred
early "Wednesday morning in mine No. T. at
Almy, Wy, causing the death Of thirteen men.
Coming as 1t did before daylight, only light
force OF miners were at work. The whole
face OF the country and that part Of the set.
tlement fronting the slope gives evidence Of
the terrible force Of the explosion The fan
aud weigh houses were entirely demolished
and tue engine-house wrecked, while residen-
ces aud business houses lost fronts, windows,
doors aud chimneyB The mouth OF the
ope has the appearance Of huge funnel,
from which fully 1000 cubic yards OF rock
have been torn and distributed over the sd a.
cent country. A train of l3 cars going down
was broken into fragments and shot out az II
from the mouth OF cannon. Two passen-
gers were terribly mutilated, one being blown
over the engine house. The body was found
700 feet from the mouth OF the slope, minus
the head aud arms Timbers and track for
20 feet inside the slope we're torn up aud scat
tered over the surrounding country, and the
ground for fully half a mile from the mouth
of the mine was covered with pieces Of cars,
ties, timber, aud other debris Many people
living near the mine narrowly escaped death.
Huge timbers crashed through the roof OF
Superintendent Faulks residence 2JO yards
from the slope, and fell between two beds oc-
cnpied at the time by himself and family.
Tue store of Beckwith, Quinn Il Co., POO
feet away, lost it's front, and some goods we're
damaged The wheel from the pit car pass
ed through an out house near by as IL thrown
from catapult. All the victims except two
we're Mormons, and everybody about the mine
was killed An explosion occurred in mine
No. in March, 1888, by which 32 Cinnamon
and six white men lost their lives. No. 1,
however, was considered the model Of the
camp, and extreme cArelessness is the only
reasonable explanation of the explosion. Two
foremen are employed to examine the mine
every night for fire damp, 10 see that 1t ia
clear before the day shift goes on. These
men carry both open and safety lamps, and
it is believed one OF them ventured into some
room with the former where an unusual qusn
tity OF gas had accumulated