Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-03-25


tending over nearly the entire line with its
numerous branches, and including hun
dreds of men, has been settled The men
have been reinstated and the question of
wages will be left to committee of the To-
connective brotherhood. The men consider
this a victory.
A car belonging to the United States EN-
press company, loaded with matter for st.
Louis, Mo-, caught fire from a stove when
near Honey Bend, ILL.,, last Friday, and the
car was a total loss as was also a great
amount of the freight in transit, included in
which was 5000 i'm currency consigned
from Washington to the sub-treasury at St.
Louis.
The Tennessee Coal, Iron ~ Railroad
company is TO unite with the DE BardelC-
ban Coal Il Iron company and the Sloss
Iron Il Steel company. The new company
thus formed will have a capital stock of
ST. 100000 common stock and 81 100000
preferred stock, and will control nearly
half a million acres of coal and iron land,
chiefly in Alabama.
Charles j. Van Depoele, the first man to
adapt electricity to the work of mining,
and protector and inventor in the line of
electric railroading, died at Lynn, Mass,
Friday. For the last few years he was
connected with the Thomson-IIouston
electric company of Lynn, and he ranked
in the electrical world with Thomson and
Edison
There died at Wharton, o., Sunday night
son of Austin Borden, who was re-
markable illustration of arrested develop
ment. Though 20 years old he was no
more than an infant in any respect, and
died in his cradle. He could not talk,
walk nor recognize any one, and was as
helpless when he reached his manhood as
the day he was born.
Mr. Gordon of British Columbia has
given notice of his intention to introduce
in the House of Commons a bill to amend
the Chinese emigration act. The bill in
creases the poll tax on each Chinese immi-
grant entering the country from $50 to
800 The bill also provides that after the
expiration of four months from the passage
of the bill no Chinese shall enter the do
minon.
The Indiana, bearing Americas gifts of
food to the starving Russians, was received
with great enthusiasm on her arrival in
that country I'm illuminated address,
bearing the Russian and American arms
and a silver cup suitably inscribed, were
presented to the Americans, who were also
given a banquet by the municipal authori-
ties The emperor himself sent present
to'Capt. Sargent. The Indiana started on
her return voyage Sunday afternoon.
The depot of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad in New Haven was
almost destroyed by fire Saturday night.
The building was about 400 feet long, built
of brick, and cost about 100000. 1t was
impossible for the iremen to control the
flames owing to the high wind. The stock
transfer books and books of account were
saved, but nothing else of value. 1t is
probable that much finer and larger
building will be erected few rods south
of the burned building. The loss is esti-
mated at S3OO0OO but it may be more.
James Galbraith, mail carrier at Linden,
Ind, climbed between two cars of a freight
train on his way to the office with his mail
one day last week, when he was caught by
the legs between the draw bars the train
starting up unexpectedly. There was no
brake for him to seize. so in terrible agony
as he was he seized the narrow blocks
along the ends of the draw bars and pluck
! lily held on for an awful ride of Is miles
his legs being crushed to Jelly as the cars
bumped and Numbered along over the
rough road-bed. He is not likely to re-
cover.
/ 1t is reported that the United States and
Mexico will enter into arrangements for
storing up the water of the Rio Grande, 50
as TO provide means of irrgating on an
immense scale lands on both sides of the
river below Laredo. This scheme has the
approval of eminent engineers and will re-
quire a special treaty between the two
nations. The effect of this will be to
create great tract OF fertile land where
there is now a wilderness. The political
effect will be excellent, for instead of a
wild region in which bandit leaders may
hide there will he farming population.
The new bridge across the East river,
which will be built with the permission of
the legislature, from Laurel Hill, l.. L., to
New York, is designed for railroad pur-
poses exclusively. The bridge will be
little over two miles in length and cost
about Sl2,0OO0O9, and will have four
tracks and possibly six. The bridge is to
RECONSTRUCTED on the cantilevcr principle
and to rest on four granite piers the
height of the bridge above high water to
be l3j feet, or about the same AS the
Brooklyn bridge. 1t is proposed to make
the union depot, which will be located
somewhere near Forty-Second street, the
finest terminal structure in the world.
ne worst mining disaster Belgium has
ever known occurred at the AnderlueS col
liery near Charleroi last Friday. 4 tcrrif-
ic explosion of fire damp, followed by fire.
imprisoned workmen to the number OF be-
tween go and 300 in galleries. The heat
was so intense that reScuing parties were
unable TO remain in the pit and when an
effort was made TO flood the pit so as to
recover the bodies, before the water had
descended any distance it was converted
into steam and escaped with tremendous
roaring noise, which added to the horror of
the situation. Reports on the disaster say
that 63 persons were rescued unhurt, 20 in
iured and 1913 were killed. Twenty thous-
and persons attended the funeral of 81 of
the victims on Sunday.
Daniel Lothrop. of the wel-known pub
fishing firm of d. Lothrop company, died
at Boston Friday night, aged 60 years.
While yet young man he engaged in bust
ness for himself i'm several New Hampshire
towns. Later he went West and started
stores at st. Peter, Mimi, and elsewhere.
Soon after the close of the war he closed
ont his various enterprises and established
the well-known publishing house in Bos-
ton, issuing Wide Awake, Babyland and
other well-knOwn popular juvenile maya
zines, in addition to the regular publishing
business. His saleSroOmS and warerooms
were among the largest known to the trade.
For many years he had lived in Boston, of