Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-10


and some others were executed summarily
under the orders of lIippolyte. All was
quiet at Port au Prince when the steamer
left there, but the quiet was that which
precedes storm.
EX-City Treasurer John Bartlsley of
Philadelphia was on Friday sentenced TO
an imprisonment of Is years in the peni-
Tertiary and to pay fine equal to the
amount of the embezzlcment to which he
had pleaded guilty, S23L53O
The worlds record for running broad
jump was broken at Detroit Saturday by
Chas. $. Raber of s.. Louis, who made %
feet, 81 inches.
AT Denver, COL, little boy who was
riding with others on the back of an ele-
phant, was thrown and trampled to death
by the ANIMAL which was frightened by a
balloon.
Galveston, Tex, has this week been Wis
TIED by one of the most furious storms in
many years, and the damage done to ship
ping and property along the coast is almost
impossible to estimate.
William Henry Gladstone, eldest son of
1T. Hon William E. Gladstone, died in
London Saturday at the residence of Lord
Blantyr. his wife's father, from the removal
of tumor on the brain.
The remains of Paymaster Frank II.
Armes, United States navy, who with 9TH
ers were drowned during the terrible hur-
ricane at Samoa two years ago, were in
TERED in the Naval cemetery at Annapolis
Sunday.
George Frank, alias Ameer Ben Ali,
known as "Frenchy No. H. was found
guilty of the murder of Carrie Brown, by
jury Friday night, and thus it was adjudged
that New York's Jack the Ripper had
been captured after his first crime. The
jury deiberated exactly two hours and then
announced its verdict of guilty of murder
in the second degree.
Two Brazilian travellers, who, in spite of
warnings of signs of activity in the volcano.
assembled the crater of Nesuvius last week,
were overcome by cloud of sulphurous
smoke which so stupeted them that one of
them reeled for a moment, then staggered
forward and fell head foremost into the
crater. The guide saved the other by
dragging him back to place of safety.
4 cyclone at Baton Rouge, La. Monday,
did great damage, blowing down the walls
of the penitentiary. killing 10 convicts and
wounding 36, six of them fatally.
Princess Louise, second daughter of
IlllCt anu IlllCtSS \ IIlSlldll u NCllleSNlH-
Holstein and granddaughter of the queen
of England, was married to Prince Aribert
of Anahalt in the historic chapel of Windsor
castle, London, on Tuesday, with imposing
ceremony and grandeur.
The big Leary raft, the biggest ever put
together, that left st. John on June -, is
the only one of five which have been start
ed, except that in 1888 to be brought
. In is l,N- IN,
tugs. The size of this latest raft is enor-
nous. 1t is not a solidly built structure,
like the cigar-shaped raft that went to
pieces four years ago, but is built in Is sec
tions, with spaces between of about 81 feet,
and the sections are chained together with
the biggest chains Obtanable. OFF Bar
Harbor a storm broke the raft in two, six
sections parting from the rear end. One
of the tugs succeeded in recovering the
drifting section, and the raft was chained
together again, though with great peril and
difficulty.
Four prisoners, James Slocum, Harris
Smiler, Joseph Wood and Shibuya Jugiro,
were executed by electricity at the state
prison at Sing Sing, y. Y, early Tuesday
morning. Every precaution had been taken
to have the apparatus perfectly arranged
in each particular, and so avoid the mis-
takes which made Kemmlers execution, II
months ago. horrible failure. The wit
nesses were bound to silence in regard to
details of the execution, but state that
death was apparently instantaneous and
painless.
BoStOn's interest has this week centred
in the presence in her harbor of the white
squadron for practical drill and manGu
wiring in war tactics. Monday was visitors
day, and the vessels were inspected by
crowds of curious callers. Gov. Russell
was received with honors on board tn,
Newark Monday afternoon. having in the
morning received Admiral j. G.. Walker
and given him the welcome of the com
monwealth at the State house. The new
squadron owes its existence to Admira
Walker, who saw that the changed condi
tions of modern warfare made a trainin.
different from that formerly given to on
sailors an absolute necessity, and th
experiment is the carrying out of one o
his ideas.
The Servia of the Cunard steamship line
which left New York Saturday morning
was disabled when about 120 miles east o
Sandy Hook, by the breaking of her higl
pressure crank pin, and was tOwed back q
, New York. The trouble was discovered
, Just in time to prevent any great damage
Prince George of Greece was among tn
passengers.
, The railroad to the summit of Pike
peak in Colorado, which was in cOmplet
operation for the first time June 30, make
: its devious way to a point II, l47 feet abov
, the sea level The track is standard gaug
with steel rails and a road-bed - feet wide
There is a double rack-rail in the centre q
the track and the road is operated by tn
Abt system The steepest grade has ris
of % per cent or one in four.
: Rev. Dr. William A. Schubert, 60 year
old, was crossing the street opposite hi
residence at Washington, ID. c., Wedne'
day evening, when he was run down by
; boy on bicycle and fatally injured, dyin
: at midnight
. There was a million dollar fire in Cir
a cinnati Wednesday night
The strange and unexpected flooding {
the Colorado desert continues, the waite
!, having gained gradually in depth durin
the past week. An investigating part
y sent out by the Southern Pacific railroa
company has discovered that the waite
= comes from the Colorado river, the owe
\ flow leaving the river by several channe
= from four to six feet deep and from 30
so feet wide.
: The grip is prevailing on the LabradC
= coast with terribly fatal results. New
q foundland is also being swept with I'll
y disease in epidemic form.