Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-09-16

The failure of the House and Land in
vestment trust company at London on Fri
day, is part of a series of gigantic bank and
building society suspensions in England,
involving liabilities approXmatng e6,000,-
900.
Kitty and Herbert Yancy, aged II and
10, were killed in the woods near Warsaw,
Mimi, Monday while on their way to school
by panther which escaped from Barnum's
circus a week before. Their bodies were
not mutilated.
The census figures show that the Con
gregationalists of the country have 4S6S
church organizations, 4736 church edfices
valued at $40, 335 ,437, and 527,557 mem
bers. Forty-five per cent of the members
live in New England.
Frederick O. Clarke, bookkeeper for
William II. Post d Co., dry goods dealers
at Hartford, Conn, has disappeared Be
fore leaving he signed paper saying he had
embeZZled at least S15, 900. The firm is
temporarily embarrassed.
The largest locomotive in the world be-
gan on Monday to draw the fastest train in
the world, the Empire state express, be-
tween New York city and Albany. 1t has
driving wheels seven feet three inches in
diameter, with eight feet spread, and its
weight is 60 tons.
The little village of Hedleyville, Quebec,
was wiped out of existence by fire Friday
night. One hundred houses were destroyed
and 500 to 600 people left homeless. The
loss is 100000, with less than $4,000 in
surance, as the people were poor and the
rate of insurance on wooden buildings very
high.
NJ. H. Lewis, auditor, and II. w. L.
Russell, treasurer, of the Lombard invest
mcnt company's Office at Kansas City, have
fled to Mexico. They are defaulters in
amount estimated at from $50, 900 to $780,
600. The Lombard company has offices
in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and
London.
Three persons persisted and several were
severely burned or injured in a fire which
destroyed the Chambly hotel at Montreal
Monday. The scene at the fire was horri-
Bile. Two persons came to window on
the second floor and then rushed back into
the flames. Several persons jumped from
from the third floor and were terribly
manned.
Six indictments have been found against
Berkman, the anarchist who attempted to
murder H. C. Prick in Pittsburg. He is
charged, among other things, with entering
building with felonious intent, with felon-
ious shooting, with aggravated assault and
battery and with carrying concealed weap-
ons. 1t will not be the fault of the grand
jury or of the laws if he is not quickly con-
victed and sOundly punished.
Frank Reilly, a seaman of the United
States steamer Newark, was killed few
nights ago at a lodging house in Genoa,
Italy. The murder was unprovoked, Reilly
being killed for no other reason than that
he was an American. When the Newark S
men applied for lodging the proprietor
used abusive language, and when they
started for the door he sprang upon Reilly
and stabbed him with two knives.
Nancy Hanks has trotted a mile on a
kite-shaped track in 2.05t and on a regula-
ton track in POT. Sunol's record was
2.0S4, and the record of Maud S. was 2.0Sf.
But Maud S. and Sunol made their records
with old-fashioned sulkies, while Nancy
Hanks has made her record with one of the
new style sulkies, with pneumatic tires and
ball-bearing axles, which enable trotter
to move faster than was possible with the
old-fashioned sulkies.
One of Mr. Whittier's last public acts
was joining the Brotherhood of Christian
Unity. In doing this he wrote to the
founder of the society "Mr. Theodore F.
Seward, New York. Dear Friend: For
years have been DESTROYS of movement
for uniting all Christians with no other
pledge than simple recognition of Christ
as our leader. l have read thy published
articles on the subject with hearty approx
al and sympathy. l am truly thy friend,
John G. Whittier"
The officers of the Chinese Six compan-
les in San Francisco have issued orders to
all Cinnamon to resist the Geary law and
refuse to register and have their photo
graphs taken. They call for a contribu-
ton of one dollar each from all Cinnamon,
TO be used in testing the constitutionality
of the law. Their attorney, Thomas Rior-
dan of San Francisco, says that tie law
defeats itself and any lawyer can drive a
coach through it, as it is clearly unconsti-
tutional.