Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-03-19
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


her owners to be her last trip to New York
before her transfer to the Boston line, was
struck by an unknown schooner, and 80 in-
iured that she sunk in few hours On
board the ship were 1856 FIRST cabin, GG sec
ond cabin, and $50 steerage passengers, and |
25j officers aud crew, in all 500 souls. They |
we're all gotteh off in safety. The disaster |
happened at 20 minutes past o'clock in the |
morning. Al that hour the Oregon was be- |
tween Fire Island light aud Shinnecook. An |
unknown three mastsd schooner, deeply la
den, struck her on the poit side, Immediately |
under the dining saloon, tearing large hole |
ia her side below the water liue. Captain
Oottier WAS below, the chief officer being in
charge Of the ship. The hole made by the
schooner was 30 large, one Of the passengers
says, that horse and wagon could have driv-
en- through il, and that the noise at the mo-
ment of the collision was like the report of a
cannon. The boats we're Immediately 'call
ed away" for It was evident that the vessel
must sink. With some difficulty they we're
manned and lowered. The ladies we're first
gotten in the boats, and transferred to pilot
boat No. IL, and to the schooner Fannie A.
Gorham, both of which, fortunately, were
near and bore down to the scene Of disaster.
From & to l o'clock the work of transferring
the passengers went on, and was flushed
with safety, not a single life being lost The
German steamship Fulda, from Bremen.
came along at noon, and, Stopping, received
the passengers aud crew Of the Oregon, and
proceeded with them to Sandy Hook, where
she anchored ut G;25 p. NJ, and the following
morning the passengers were landed at l1o-
boken. Captain Oottier was the last man to
leave the Oregon, which sank at p. N. The
passengers lost all their luggage and only a
portion Of the mails was saved. Tue Oregon
was built in 1888, and was one Of the two
fastest steamships aAoat she was megnif-
cent in all her appointments aud embodied
every provision OF safety and comfort. The
occasion Of the disaster recalls the sinking of
the government vessel, the Taapoosa, some
months ago. Some Of the papers thought il
a subject for hilarity at that time that gov
eminent vessel should be run down aud sunk
by coal schooner and the schooner has
served ~ the text for great many jocose ar
tioles upon our navy. Now that this magnifi-
cent iron steamship Of over 1000 tons, care
fully and newly built by the latest models,
and provided with water.tight bulkheads, has
! been sunk under similar circumstances, it
! will be perceived that the destructive power
! Of a heavily laden schooner Is not subj ct
for testing. II is easy to imagine conditions
under which this catastrophe might have
been attended with circumstances even e1.
ceeding in horror those which we're connect
ed with the wreck of the City of Columbus
] lut ulNtT sent TO lilb scene OF tue WRECK re-
ports that the vessel is broken in two and
that pieces Of cargo from her hold are com
ing 10 the surface. His theory is that she
broke in two when the bow struck the bot
| tom. Spectators on the Fuds say that the
! Oregon rebounded as she struck bottom and
then sank again. The only thing now to be
done with her will be to blow up the hull in
the hope Of allowing the cargo to be tished
| up.
The total loss by the wreck will probably
foot upover 50, 600 900 as follows On steam
er, 81, go, 900 cargo 500, 900 passengers
baggage, personal property, etc, S2lG, 900
coupons and bank bills in the registered mail
$1,000. 600. Besides the registered mail is
thought to have included - 600 600 in stocks
and bonds which can be duplicated only at
great expense.
What became OF the mysterious schooner
that ran into the Oregon is rs great mystery
as is the question what was her namey No
one yet knows with any degree Of certainty
how to solve either mystery. There is little
doubt that the schooner sank immedii tely
after the collision.
Henry Arnold was shot through the
heart Wednesday evening at Memphis, Tenn.
by Emma Norman, young lady whom he
had seduced under promise Of marriage In
stead Of keeping his PROMISE, Arnold five
weeks ago married another girl. Mss Nor.
man, who lives eight miles out of town, came
to town for the express purpose of killing
her seducer, and expressed Rreta satisfaction
at the fatal result of her shO'. She was ar
rested
Fifty men rode into Carrollton, Miss,
little town - miles southwest OF Grenada
Wednesday, and repaired to the court house.
where l3 negroes who had tried to murdel
James Liddel, a leading citizen, were waiting
/ for trial fIba rbila uyalkaN int IA.
courtroom and shot 10 OF the negroes dea,
and MORALLY wounded the other three. TIL
number OF victims OF this massacre is swell
cd to Is, by the death Of iye more men yes
terday. The cause Of the butchery was al
assault upon James NJ Liddell. one OF tn
most respected citizens OF the county
About three or four weeks ago Mr. Lddell in
terfered in a quarrel between two negroe
who we're fighting over some work done 70
him. AS Mr.. Liddell was walking away h
heard several of crowd of colored men, VIII
had been attracted by the row, cursing hiI
and multering threats Of vengeance. II
turned back and going up TO them asked a
to the cause for their abuse. Instantly seN
eral of the negroes drew revolvers. and in tn
alteration which followed many shots wer
? fired, Mr.. Liddell being severely wounded
The negroes who participated in this attemI
on Mr. Liddell belong to gang which for
! long tlu1o nave NeTTOrlLtu tIo Wnlte cltlZel
/ in and about Carrollton.
Rev Stephen II. Tying, jr., who suddeI
] IL resigned his pastorate in New York sever
years ago and entered the insurance business
preached to his old charge by invitation o
Sunday, eth inst. He is now on his way
Europe.
Mr.. Charles Phelps, son OF Minist,
3 Phelps, has become second secretary of leg
( ton at London.
! -Laborers are being lured from New O
leans to work on the Panama canal und,
false promises and pretences The Unite
. States consul at Panama has warned workme
/ not to be deceived.
X A young girl in Newburg, N. Y, has ju
= died from the effects of excessive rope juml
q ing.
] Over 5000 people are affected by a pee
r liar form of influenza at Canton, o., and ovl
' 1000 school children alone are sick Abed II
= affection resembles epizooty.
"A story of the serious illness of ex Pres
3 dent Arthur has again gained circulation.
: X. s. Nichols, express messenger, WI
killed by train robbers Saturday morning {
the Rock Island road near Morris, Ill. III
D robbers secured about $25, 900 and ESCAPED
The marks on Nicholas body showed that
= had made a desperate fight against the rol
3 bers.
, A prisoner at the jail in Pittsfield Mass
T committed under a five months sentent
j from Great Darlington for vagrancy was SIN
8 dead last week by Chas. w. Fuller a keepe
after a desperate fight in the solitary cell.
"A singular phase OF the boycott syste
was developed at Bunuell's museum in Ne
i Haven Conn, during recent prize ca
= show. The Knights of Labor discovert
that the prizes on exhibition were made
. the Derby silver company whose goods al
under a national boycott pending the settl
ment of a strike. A committee waited upC
Mr.. Bunnell, and he Withdrew the prizes fro
exhibition, repacked aud returned them.
Alderman Henry w. Jaehne was arres
d ed at the city hall in New York yesterday {
a a charge of receiving brides for voting
override the mayors veto of the resolutiC
granting franchise to the Broadway SurfaC
:, railway company. He is the one in who
jewery store Mrs. Hamilton's stolen silve
. ware was melted after it had been stole
. She traced the property to him, and he pa
her $llO0 in settlement of her claim. For
long time he has been directly charged wi
= being fence" for stolen goods. and it VI
q in his safe that the doodle" used to bril-
I the aldermen of 1884 was secreted. Rumo
D that other arrests will follow are rife Gre
s excitement prevails among the city hall DO