Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-12-20
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.


Reports have been received at London Of
IA brutal massacre Of Siberian exiles. 1t is
alleged that party Of exiles, having hes
itated, contrary to orders. in regard to the
withdrawal Of "A petition, were attacked 10y
| police aud soldiers Six were shot dead.
including a young woman. Nine we're
wounded. The preteXt for the attack was
that the petition was Of rehellious char
acter A court martial condemned three
Of the survivors to death, and the others to
long terms Of imprisonment One of the
wounded was carried to the gallows on
bed. When the moose had been adjusted
the bed was removed Friends Of the vic
tins declare this to he the worst case IN 81
berian records
An express train, going at full speed
struck Il wagon filled with countrvmen.
on a crossing in the outskirts Of Washing
ton, Saturday night aud killed four Of
them. The gatekeeper at the crossing did
not have the gate down as he ought and
has been arrested for manslaughter. On
the same evening II wagon with four men
in it was struck ON Il crossing in the sub
urbs Of Philadelphia and three Of the men
were killed
The epidemic Of influenza, which began
at st. Petersburg, il sweeping over the
whole of Europe. 1t is estimated that Is,
900 people are suffering from the distem-
per IN the city Of Berlin alone
Three nitro glycerine magazines, con
tanning over ten tons of glyccrine blew up
Sunday morning at North Clarendon, about
seven miles above Warren, Pa The ex-
plosiun set fire to two -, 900 barrel tanks
Of oil which we're a total loss Nearly ev-
cry window IN Clarendon was broken aud
much damage was done to surrounding
property lac loss is estimated at 500,
900. Oil men claim it to he the largest ex
plosion of the kind in the history Of the oil
regions. 1t is not known that any person
was injured
Secretary Tracy has officially authorized
the naming Of the sea going torpedo boat
No !, now nearing completion at Bristol
as the Cushing, in honor of Commander
William b. Cushing, L. ). n, who blew
up the Confederate ram Albermarle at Ply
mouth, y. c., in 1864.
An immense amount Of damage has been
caused in northern and central California
by the almost unprecedented rainfall,
which is the heaviest since the memorable
year of 1919 The small farmers and fruit
growers along the Sacramento river have
been the principal sufferers The levee
system, although as nearly perfect as the
most eminent engineers could make It,
proved If but little avail against the forces
of nature, and bad breaks occurred at
many points.
The streams at Johnstown, Pa, reached
All alarming height last Saturday The
temporary bridge over the Conemaugh was
carried off, and 200 or 300 Of the tempo.
rary houses we're threatened with destruc-
ton. The people ran to the hills but no
lives we're lost
An attempt wa, made tp rob the bank at
Great Falls y. H.. last Friday night, by
binding and gnggiug the cashier aud max
ing him unlock the vault but the time lock
had been turned ON and the scheme didn't
work The robbers took what valuables
the cashier had on his person and then un
bound him, after making him promise to
keep still ten minutes after they were gone.