Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-07-29
VIM. *. Nandcrbilt's Million Dol
lar Yacht Sunk.
Mr. Vanderbilt and All on Boavd Barely
Escape.


Escape.
VIM. X. Vanderbilt's floating palace. the
Alva, was run down and sunk i'm the waters
OF Nantucket shoals on Sunday evening by
the steamship II. f. Dimock of the Metro
politan company's line. Mr.. Vanderbilt,
his son and several guests who are spend
ing the summer at Newport, had made
trip to Bar Harbor and were returning
when dense fog was met, and anchor was
cast. Whistles were blown and every pre-
caution taken to warn other vessels of the
whereabouts of the Alva. The owner and
guests were sleeping in their berths when
they were aroused by a heavy crash, ac-
companied by the tearing of the plates of
the Alva. They rushed on the deck, to see
the dark hull of the steamer which had
struck the Alva backing away. A steam
launch, naptha launch, and four row
boats were at once lowered from the Alva,
and the owner and passengers with the
crew OF % men had just time to get away
before the doomed craft went to the bottom
The party were all safely landed on board
the Dimock and taken to Boston, Divers
Will begin work at once to raise the Alya.
The Alva was built in 1856. at Whining
ton, Del. 1t had a length over all of 81
feet and was the finest pleasure boat in the
NOlius II COSJ GDOO.OOb, anu us lllltilol
decorations were of the most lavish kind
representing an additional expenditure of
100000. The furnishings will be totally
ruined by the salt water. The Dimock was
but slightly damaged by the collision.
There is a question as to the responsibility.
1t is claimed that the Alva was anchored
in the channel where it had no right. The
Alva people claim that they were constantly
ringing the fog bell, and that the DimOck
should have heard it.. Only a few weeks
ago the Alva ran INTO and sank small
row boat near New York, drowning a man
and woman who were out for a short ride.
Fourteen thoroughbred horses owned by
j. H. and A. II. Morris were burned in
the stables at Middleburg. Md, on Satur-
day.
The Georgia Alabama investment com
pany of Tallapoosa of which Gen. Ben
iamin f. Butler was the president, has
liabilities of 81, 10000 and assets of less
than S250.0O0 There are 1900 stock
holders in all parts of the country, many
of them people of small incomes.
There are $500 liquor saloons i'm New
York city and 1000 in Brooklyn. The an
nual saloon receipts of New York are -
per cent of the city'S funded debt, or -
600, 600 more than the cost of all buildings
erected in 1891. The business OF the sa-
looms is larger than that Of the banks in
the two cities.
Official kilograms received from Batavia
confirm the recent accounts of the awful
destruction caused on Great Sangir island,
belonging to Holland, by a volcanic erup-
: ton. The whole northwestern portion of
the island was destroyed, and 2OO0 inhab-
tants were killed. There were no Euro
peans among the victims.
\ violent thunder storm broke over
Philadelphia on Monday, and although it
lasted for only 40 minutes it did nearly
5000, 900 damage. Many dwellings in the
north part of the city were unroofed, and
one building 400 feet long belonging to the
Philadelphia and Reading railroad com
pany was demolished, with 20 cars.
All the large flour milling companies in
and about New York have pooled their
issues and formed themselves into a single
corporation for the purpose of controlling
the -four markets of the East. The capac-
ity of all these mills is estimated at 5000
barrels of flour per day, and the capital
stock of the corporation will be $4,000 600.
( The expert accountant who found that
the late Secretary Schattenberg, of the
school board at Milwaukee, Wis, who
committed suicide, had robbed the city of
nearly $4,000, and that Public Librarian
. Linderfedt had swindled the city out of
$4,000. now finds discrepancy of $1,000
in the meter accounts of the water depart
ment.
Roeber, the holder of the American
championship, and Apollo, the champion
of France, wrestled for the GrWco-Roman
championship of the world and purse of
$1,000 at New York on Monday. Each won
fall when the Frenchman claimed that
he had hurt his side and ran off the stage,
giving the championship and the receipts
to Roeber.
Marcus NJ Mason. cashier of the In
vestment trust company of Boston, with
the guide and another man, started TO
make tour of the Cave of the Winds at
Niagara Falls on Sunday. There is a series
of slippery steps at the entrance of the
cave, and Mr.. Mason, instead of descend
ing cautiously, jumped down two or three
of them and in an instant was hurled into
the descending volume of water. +. A.
Currier of FitChburg and c. w. French of
Pittsted had come on from Chicago with
Mr.. Mason. He leaves a wife, who was at
Winchendon at the time of the accident.
According W lilt hdllWdN <AsC VI Nlll-
cago II railroad companies representing
1888 miles of road and stock and bond cap
ital of S6S, 100000 were sold out under
foreclosure in the past six months; and "a
roads of 9179 miles and 5000, 100000 OF
stock and bond capital were put in charge
of receivers. These aggregates as to mile
age and capital have never been exceeded
in the same time in the record of railroad
foreclosures. The going to pieces of the
big Richmond Terminal aggregation OF
properties accounts for the exceptional ma
ture of the figures.
John ID. and Charles Ruggles, two
brothers who robbed the stage near Red
ding, Cal, several weeks ago and kill
ed Express Messenger Montgomery ant
wounded the driver and passenger, were
taken from the Redding Jail by about 4(
armed and masked men early Sunday
morning and hanged. They were sus
, pended about four feet from the ground
and, after securing the ropes, the CROWD
dispersed, and the bodies were left there
until cut down by the coroner. Passen
gers on the railroad saw the bodies from
the car windows, dangling in the morning
sun.
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