Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-01-20
DOMESTIC.

Yellow fever is said to be raging worse
than ever at Tampa, Fla.
A Wells & Fargo express car on the
Santa Fe road was burned near Emporia,
Kan, on Sunday.
An actress was burned to death during
a fire in a small theatre at Steubenville.
o., Monday night.
Twelve persons were injured Monday
by an accident on the Chicago. Kansas
and Nebraska railway.
The wife of j. G. Blaine, Jr., who
lives in New York, has presented him
with nine-pOund boy.
Charles F. Young. confidential book
keeper for Detroit concern, is under ar
rest, charged with stealing $4,000.
All the prisoners in the Jail at Bryan,
Tex, escaped Sunday night, but one re-
turned Monday saying it was too cold in
the woods.
A bill has been introduced in the Vir-
ginia Legislature pensioning disabled con-
federate soldiers and widows of those who
were killed.
There were more earthquake shocks at
Charleston and elsewhere in South Caro-
lima the other morning, but no serious
damage resulted.
Two snow pillow engines colided near
Haskins, Neb., Tuesday, and Ollie Saw
yer, engineer, was killed and several
others were injured.
A passenger train on the Erie road
was wrecked Tuesday near Button
Ohio. killing one passenger and badly
wounding several others.
A mob at Caldwell, Texas. Tuesday
tore from Jail and shot to death two
MeXicans who had killed a planter. A
third accomplish escaped.
In an accident to train of sleeping
cars near Willard, Kan, Monday, doz
en- passengers were shaken up and viii
liam Callahan lost an arm.
Both branches of the legislature OF
Washington Territory at Olympia have
re-enacted the woman's suffrage law, bu
exempted women from jury duty.
Emigration Commissioner Stephenson
has begun suit at New York for mali
ciOus libel against Joseph Pulitzer anC
John A. Cockrell of the World, for state
ments published last August, chargin.
gross mismanagement of Castle Garden
Minneapolis tiremen fought fire in tn,
church of the Redeemer (Universalist
all day Sunday, the mercury rangin!
from % to 80 degrees below zero. III,
church was built of stone 10 years ag,
and cost $4,000; nothing but the wall
are left.
Judge Carter of Haverhill finds in tn,
case of the Boston and Maine disaster a
Bradford, Mass, that while there was NJ
ground for proceedings against employee
of the road for criminal carelessness, tn
rate of speed was too great at plac
with such peculiar surroundings. Thir
teen persons have died from the effect
of injuries received in the accident.
The Northwest and Southwest hav
been visited by terrible storms the pas
week. The blizzard first appeared i
Montana and Dakota, but soon extende
from the Rocky mountains to LAX
Michigan. Saturday it reached the coas
In Texas. The weather continued col
till Tuesday. Reports from variou
Dakota towns show large number @
deaths from freezing during the blizzard
Railroads are badly blocked and it wi
T.. be days before the list will be completed
= The dead thus far brought into Yankto
; number nine, while seven persons wei
brought in who have their limbs badl
. frozen and amputation was rendere
necessary. Other deaths are reporte
= and searching parties will 80 out as 500
, as practicable, Six children of Jam,
Baker while returning from school q