Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-09-30
General Veps.
DOMESTIC.

York politician and legislator, uied al
his home in Peekskill on Sunday.
johnson, the bicycle rider of Minne|
apolis. Friday made a mile in 90 81
on the kite-shaped track at Indianapolis
Ind.
Joseph +. Mack, bookkeeper. and
Frank W. Black, collector for the Amer
can national bank of Kansas CITY. bav|
been arrested on the charge of havip
embezzled $4,000.
Edmund johnson has been removed
from the United States consulate al
hehl, Germany, for false representa-
tons as to his military services and fol
fraudulent practices as consul.
A combination of music publishers and
musical instrument manufacturers ha
just been consummated by syndicate d
Cincinnatians. The capital of the interest
involved will reach S5,000,OOO.
E. Fl. Mcdonald, once an alderman G
Toronto Can, addressed Boston aud
ence the other evening, speaking in favu
of the political union of Canada with til
United States. He said that by far IL
greater part of the Canadian people wer
for union, but the press did not dare prirI
much about it.
Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore, the worI
renowned proprietor, manager and lead
er of the band bearing his name, died d
st. Louis Saturday evening of hea
disease. Mr.. Gilmore was born d
Christmas day, 1880, at Ballgar, in coui|
ty Galway, Ireland. During his earl
boyhood he showed an intense love d
music and at the age of Is became
music teacher in Ireland. He came {
America when 10 years of age.
L. r. Vincent, an employee in an in
plement house in Kansas City, was klle
last Saturday by what was supposed
be accidental contact with an electr
wire in the house where he was emplo
ed. 1t was brought out at the inque
that two other employees attempted
play practical joke upon the unfortu
ate man by attaching the electric lig
wire to a piece of machinery which vi
cent handled several times during II
day. When he next came in conta
with the machinery and placed his har
upon it, he fell dead from the shock.
Four persons were killed and doz,
or more injured in a panic which occu
red Friday morning IN New York cit
There were several synagogues in t
building filled with worshppers celebrs
ing Rosh Hashanah, the Hebrew Nd
Years. There were from 1000 to II
persons, mostly women, present L
panic was caused by a candle setti
fire to flimsy curtain hanging over
small altar in the synagogue on the th
floor. Some one cried Fire" Inn
dately afterward there was an uproi
and the people rushed for the stairs.
Lory Reynolds, an old hermit livi
near Lancaster, Pa, was badly used b
other day. He was supposed to keel
large amount of money in his hou
Two masked men broke INTO his hol
and demanded that he show them whd
his treasure was hidden. He protest
that he had none, when the men cut h
in numerous places on the body with
knife and finally burned his feet in
terrible manner by holding them to
lighted lamp. The hermit, howev|
refused to divulge the place in which
money was hidden, and the robbers w
forced to depart with only SO VIII
were found on his person.
A passenger train on the Sante Fe rC
was wrecked by robbers three mi
west of Usage City, Kan, the other mo
ing. The train, consisting of bagga
express and mail car, two dav coach
two chair cars and three sleepers,
thrown over an embankment three d
high, and the first six cars were te
COPIED. Four persons were killed d
right and % seriously injured. Robb
was unquestionably the object.
train carried 81 900, 900 in currency,
route from the Mexican Central railv
to its headquarters in Boston; but
treasure was buried so deep in the wr
that the robbers could not get at it.
The national encampment of the CIR,
? Army at Washington came to an end