Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09

company is charged with surrendering
its management to syndicate outside
the State and the vacating of its charter
is asked for.
1t is intimated that Charles F. Lummis,
a newspaper man of Los Angeles, Cal, is
the probable author of the Murchison
letter; but dispatch from Los Angeles
says that the author is reputable citi-
zen of Pomona, Cal, that his name is
Murchison, and that he wrote the letter
in good faith.
At Middletown, n. Y, number of
boys took a handcar of the Ontario and
Western railroad from the switch out on
the main line, and while going down a
heavy grade the car became unmanagea-
BILE and finally jumped the track. One of
the boys had his head cut off and another
was fatally injured.
Trouble arose during the progress of a
SANDER suit in the court at Fresno, Cal,
Friday between Robert Seconce and a
man named Hardwick, over the testi-
mony given by the former and Hardwick
shot and fatally wounded SecOnce. The
latter's brother in return shot Hardwick.
Both of the wounded men died Saturday.
Amanda Montgomery and Gus Wine
man, lovers, were run down by freight
train on the Southwest railroad at
Greensburg, Pa, the other night and
killed. The young couple were out for
an evening stroll, and in stepping off one
track to avoid a train, they were run
down by another train coming in the op-
posite direction.
A German named Fred Dehman attend
ed political rally at Humboldt, Ia, hav-
ing his wife with him. They left g.
months-old baby in charge of other chill
dren. The infant was left on the kitchen
floor alone, and while its attendants were
without playing young shOat came in
and attacked the child. Before its cries
attracted the older children the hog had
eaten off the fingers of the child's right
hand a toe off each foot, and one ear and
part of another, and had otherwise horri-
bly, mutiated the child
Patrick Ford issues long statement in
denial of the Boston Pilots declaration
that the Republican Senators are respon-
sible for the dynamite clause in the pro-
posed extradition treaty with England.
Mr.. Ford gives kilograms from Seniors
Dolph, Frye, Evarts, Edmunds and Rid
dleberger denying the Pilots assertions.
He also gives an address, signed by HIM
self, Patrick Egan, E. o. Meagher Condor
and many others, denying the Pilots
Sldltulclll anu utCldIluS lIldu CculOl 4uol
gan was responsible for the Objectionable
clause.
A wonderful waterfall has been dis
covered by hunting party on Rifle
creek, % miles from Glenwood Springs,
Col. The stream spreads out to width
of 300 feet at the brink, and the water
glides over the rocky edge, spreading out
into thin sheet as it falls distance of
$50 feet to the bottom of the canon.
The party, creeping along the base of
the perpendicular wall, passed behind the
fall into hooks and caverns beneath the
overhanging lodges. The walls and arch
es were studded with stalactites and stall
agmites of rare beauty. 1t is proposed
to name it Rocky Mountain falls.
A nitro-glycerine factory and ware
house, located near Shannopin, Pa, an
oil town on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie
road, exploded Monday morning with
terrific force. At points along the Ohio
river, including Sewickley and other
boroughs, there was panic among the
people, and many of them rushed out of
their houses in their night-clothes. under
the impression that they had eX-
perienced shock from an earthquake
In some instances glass was broken il
houses 10 or II miles distance from the
scene of the explosion. The cause of the
explosion has not been ascertained.