Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-10
DOMESTIC.


The court of appeals at Louisville,
Ky, Saturday, decided the clause of the
Wallace election law DISTINGUISHING
iliterates to be imperative,
Robert L. Lincoln, the newly appointed
American minister to England, was
given farewell banquet at the Union
League club at Chicago Monday night.
The new suspension bridge at Niagara
Falls, y. Y, to replace the one carried
away by cyclone last winter, was OPP
ened for travel Tuesday morning. The
bridge, which was begun December q, is
1850 feet long, Il feet wide and l91 feet
above the water.
Daniel Magone finished his work as
collector of the port of New y ork Satur
day. lie left his office and his records
all ready for Mr.. Erhardt to step in and
take control at 10 o'clock Monday morn
ing. The new collector is a Nermonter
and was good soldier.
The freight train which was transport
ing the famous Libby prison from Rich
mond to Chicago was wrecked seven
miles east of Maysvlle, Ky, Monday by
the breaking of an axle of one of the
cars. The remains of the war relic We're
profusely scattered about, and people
flocked to the scene all day to secure old
bricks and lumber as mementoes. No
one was hurt.
A street-car containing seven ladies
and two gentleman was crossing the
Michigan Central track at West Main
street, Kalamazoo, Mich, Wednesday
evening, when a switch engine dashed
down upon it at a high rate of speed and
killed six persons. The street-car was
carried almost to Academy street. the
pieces flying in all directions. Its human
freight was mangled in frightful man
ner.
The indictments against HrOnek. Capec
and Sevic charged with conspiracy to
blow up the homes of Judges Carey and
Grinnell and Police Inspector Bonfield
for their part in the prosecution of the
Haymarket anarchists were stricken
from the docket at Chicago Monday
Hronek, who was convicted on one
charge, is now servings sentence of ]!
years at Joliet, and there was nc
evidence to convict Capec and Sevic, hi:
alleged accompices.
William Tansor, 26, of Chicago. 8
machinst, living with his young wife
and six-months-old baby, became sud.
denly insane while in bed Sunday morn
ing and after a desperate struggle with
his wife seized the baby from the Grill
and dashed its brains out against the
wall of the room. He then seized
butchers knife and tried to murder hi,
wife, who eluded him and fled to the
street, arousing the neighbors. Tan
sor then slashed his own throat with tn,
knife.
The State of New York has bought fol
the electrical execution of CONDEMNED
criminals three Westinghouse alter
Infringement electric lgh; dynamos
The State prisons at Sing Sing, Auburn
and Clinton are each to have one o
these deadly machines, which will b,
driven by the engines already in place
The current will be applied to thu
machine at the same pressure used by
this system for electric lighting. ant
the States experiments have shown tina
death will ensue in less than 30 seconds
In northern Michigan no rain has fall
en- for several months, and as resul
fires are raging in every direction, threa
tening destruction to property and heavy
losses to lumbermen and farmers. In
number of counties the flames are run
ming through the timber and over un
cleared farms. In several places men
blinded by smoke, are trying to checl
the progress of the fire. North of oDt
city Monday nearly mile of fOres
burned, the flames rapidly sweeping eve
rything before them. Danger from tn
same dread source is also reported iron
the vicinity of Bayport on the shores o
Wild Fowl bay. The greatest troubl
exists generally.