Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-07-18
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

On Sunday afternoon great destruction
Of life was caused near Lake City, Mimi,
by a cyclone, which overturned an excur
sion steamer, with over 100 people on board,
on Lake Pepin A few Of the passengers
clung to the bottom of the capsized steam.
err, but they were again thrown into the
water by the boat turning upon its side,
and many of these were drowned, their
rescue being made difficult by the darkness
and the high waves The number Of lives
lost will perhaps reach 1870, large number
probably being in the wrecked steamer.
The cyclone also struck a chain of small
lakes near st. Paul, most of them much
frequented as summer resorts, and by pic
nickers The destruction to property was
extensive, a number of lives we're lost and
many persons injured An exciting race
with the cyclone was made by passenger
train which luckily escaped
A farmhouse about Ave miles from vii
ton Village, n H., was the scene of
frightful tragedy Friday morning of last
week Edwin Holt, an insane man of 40,
brutally attacked his mother, crushing her
face with terrific blows. She escaped from
him, and he then dragged his father from
his sick bed and pounded him to death.
Holt was secured after fierce struggle and
The first message over the Bermuda cable
was received at New York last Friday.
A frightfu explosion occurred at Chicago
last Friday night on board freight steam
er, one of the largest ON the great lakes,
and Of the 80 persons on board but two es
capped uniniured and a number of lives
we're lost The explosion is attributed to
the generating of gas from kerosene and
gasoline, which formed part of the cargo,
which ignted when lantern was taken into
the hold.
At Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Friday night
a ferry landing stage, crowded with people
waiting for the ferry steamer, suddenly col
lapsed, precipitatng 600 or 700 men, women
and children into the water. By the prompt
work Of able swimmers the majority were
rescued, the number of those drowned
probably not exceeding ten.
The report Of the activity Of Mount Bo-
gostoff, a volcano on Ounmark island in the
Pacific, is confirmed by officers and passen-
gers on a steamer recently arrived at Port
Townshend, Wash, from Alaska The
volcano has been inactive since 1896 and
has been marked on the charts as extinct,
but is now emitting smoke, steam and lava,
and the flames Of the fire, thousands of feet
| in height. can be seen at night issuing from
the mountain.
The marriage of Henry NJ. Stanley and
Miss Dorothy Tenant occurred Saturday
in Westminster abbey at London, the Ger
emony being performed by Very Rev
George Bradley, dean of Westminster
Very Rev. Frederick William Farrar, arch
bishop Of Westminster aud Right Rev. vii
liam Boyd Carpenter. A great crowd con
gregated about the abbey aud loudly cheer
ed Mr. Stanley and Miss Tennant aud the
wedding guests on their arrival Mr.. Stan
Icy showed the effects Of his severe Hines
Of Friday. and was forced to use a stick II
walking to aud from the altar The repre-
sentative Of King Leopold Of Belgium act
ed rs his best mau, and all the officers o
his recent African expedition were present
All through New Mexico, Arizona, som
parts Of Colorado, and also in Old Mexico
no rain has fallen for months, and thou
sands upon thousands Of range cattle are ly
ing dead in the parched valleys aud thou
sands more are dying for want of grass an
water.
Mrs Lincoln. wife of the American min
lister to England, with her daughters, wi
leave London for their home in Chicag
/ early in August. Mr.. Lincoln will not tax
his leave before November.
Philadelphia had a 5000, 600 fire on Sun
day morning, the most destructive for se'
eral years.
The Commercial and Industrial compan
of the Congo has just sent out from Bru'
sells an expedition, headed by seven Eur'
peans, to solve the remaining problems COZ
nectel with the upper waters of the Cong'