Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-12
General 11eps.
DOM ESTiC.

DOMESTIC.
Three men have been killed in a New
York well by foul gases. They made a
decent to clean out the we'll
Hon. Edward F. Noyes. ex-governor of
Ohio and eX-minister to France, dropped
dead at Cincinnati the other day.
Henry Huse, State insurance commits
sioner, died suddenly of apopleXy at Con-
cord, n. H., Monday night, aged 81
years. He was native of West Fairlee,
this State.
The high jumping horse Roseberry at
the interstate fair at Elmira, y. Y, Mon
day, beat his own and the worlds record
by clearing the bars at 7ft. Gin. His best
previous record, made at Chicago, CIT.
lliin.
Reports received from British Columbia
show that the number of Chinese arriving
from China during August was double
the number arriving in thar mouth last
year. The greater part of them were
destined to the United States, smuggling
themselves across the line into Washing
ton.
The Pittsburg acknowledgement
says that powerful alliance now exists
among some of the richest corporations
in the country, the object of which is
protection against strikes The institu-
tions in the alliance employ about 10000
workers and, therefore, directly support
at least Il quarter of a million of people.
The election in Maine on Monday was
IA surprise TO those who don't like Speak
er Reed. His plurality is nearly four
times greater than any ever given in that
district before, except in ISIS, and is
nearly twice as much as it was in that
year. The Republican plurality IN the
State is about 10000, and Speaker Reeds
about 1000.
The directors of the worlds fair at Chi
cago Monday afternoon selected the dual
site of the lake front and jackson park
as the places for the exposition. 1t is the
design to place the grand entrance to the
exposition and the buildings for fine arts
and kindred displays on the lake front,
and the agricultural, livestock exhibits
at jackson park.
The east-bound overland flyer on the
Union Pacific railway, which left Ogden,
Utah, Friday morning, was partly derail-
ed 30 miles east. Two coaches and
chair car went over on their sides and
down bank about five feet high. One
passenger, a woman, was seriously, but
shaken up. The accidental fall of a
brake rod caused the accident.
The platform adopted by the Kansas
Republicans last week declares in favor
of the principle OF protection rs expound-
ed by Mr. Blaine demands service pen
sion; opposes alien ownership of land,
indorses prohibition and recommends add
ditona legislation to make the prohibl-
tory law more effective; and indorses the
administration of President Harrison and
the official acts of Senators Ingalls, and
Plumb.
\ mortgage on the lines of the Great
Northern railway and the ST Paul,
Minneapolis and Manitoba railway was
/ filed in the county auditors office at
Seattle, Wash, Saturday. The mort
gage is made to the Central trust comp
any. under date of July |. The amount
of the mortgage is $50 100000. The pur-
pose of the loan is stated TO be for the
Pacific extension of the Great Northern
from Assinaboine to Puget sound. The
extension, it is said, will cost SO ,OOO,OOO.
4 bad disaster to the Montreal express
north, the work of wreckers, occurred on
Thursday night of last week on the New
York Central road near Greenbush. 1t
was caused by a single rail, which was
damned into the cattle guard. lt was
wedged with timbers and securely plac-
ed in slanting position, so as to lift the
train clear off the track. The train,
which was % minutes behind time, was
running at the rate of 80 miles an hour.
When the engine struck the obstruction
it was lifted upwards, and the whole
train was thrown from the track. Sew
eral of the knights of Labor recently dis
charged by the road have been arrested
on suspicion.
A premature blast in the Northern
Pacific freight-yards at Spokane rails,
Wash. Just before 6 o'clock saturday
evening caused shocking loss OF life
The exact number of victims is not now
known, but at last accounts Is bodies
had been taken from the debris and there
were ~ men unaccounted Tor, all Oh
whom are probably buried beneath the
mighty mass of rock. \ large force oil
men had been at work for some time
blasting out a huge rock pile III the
freight yards and the disaster took place
lust before the hour of quitting work for
the day. There were about 200 pounds
of giant powder in the blast. The acei'