Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-12-02

STEAMBOAT is again king of stations, with
record of 2.07t.
VIM. Mckinley, the venerable father of
the governor of Ohio, died at Canton Fri
day.
William O'Connor, the eX-champion
oarsman of the world, died at Toronto
last week of typhoid fever. His age was 20
years.
Three of the five robbers who stole S10,-
600 from the Roslyn, Wash, bank, Sept
"a, were captured Friday in the Cascade
mountains in the central part of Oregon.
The discovery has just been made that
the wheat crop of Minnesota and the Dako-
tas is many million bushels above esti-
mates. The first estimate was 100000
bushels, but it is now evident that the crop
Will reach as high figure as 130,0O000O
bushels.
A race for the America cup next season
is practically assured. Lord Dunraven's
formal challenge is expected in few days,
the conditions Of the committee of five APP
pointed to conduct the matter by the New
York Yacht club having been virtually
agreed to by him.
Marcus A. Schwert, town collector of
Hamburg, n. Y, is a defaulter to the ex-
tent of about 100000. He disappeared
from his home a week ago, and after tray
cling in the West wrote to a relative to
meet him at Erie, Pa. The relative sent a
sheriff to Erie and Schwert was arrested.
A hearing will be set for next week in
the case of the United States against the
National Cash Register company, which is
brought to test the consttutionality of the
Sherman antitrust law. Should the gov
erment be sustained in its position in this
case, proceedings against the whiskey
trust officials will be pushed at once, and
also against the coal combine.
An old tobacco barn was burned near
Middletown, Conn, Saturday night and
Monday the bodies of two women and three
men were found in the ruins. 1t is sup
posed the party were too drunk to get out
of the barn, as several empty bottles were
found Two of the victims were w.
Young and his sister, travelling umbrella
peddlers, and the Others were tramps.
The cowboys of Nebraska and Dakota
have organized long-distance race to be
run from Chadron, Neb., to the Nebraska
state building at the worlds fair grounds.
The prize will he $1,000 and a gold medal.
Nearly three hundred entries are expected.
Bronchos will be the animals ridden. The
race will begin May 10 and the ride of
nearly nine hundred miles will be made in
less than ten days.
The consolidation of the four mammoth
export breweries of the United States
the Anheuser Busch and the William j.
Lemp of st. Louis, and the Schiltz and
the Pabst of Milwaukee 0he last with its
four auxiliaries) with capital stock of
$40, 000, 000 and bonds to the amount of
! 5000, 000,0 600, to supply the world with
beer, is the gigantic enterprise which is
being fathered by the Rothschilds of Eng
land, and the cOnsummation of which is
among the possibilities.
Lizzie Borden will not be indicted by the
| grand jury for the murder of her father
and stepmOther. In another week, with
out any doubt, she will be a free woman.
The evidence laid before the grand Jury
was essentially the same as that produced
at the hearing in Fall River, and it was not
deemed sufficient by the states attorney to
warrant the finding of an indictment.
The new Chicago & St. Louis electric
road, on which it is claimed 100 miles an
hour will be made when the line is in Ope-
ration, and which is under construction at
the St. Louis end, has aroused new inter
est from the fact that the General Electric
company is said to be backing the enter.
prise. The road will be 300 miles long,
with four tracks, two for express and two
for local business. The promoters expect
TO have it done for the worlds fair.
The Confederate Veterans association
of Atlanta, Ca, has unanimously adopted
the resolution: "That, as the stars and
stripes is now the flag of the nation, it be
carried by the association on all public oc-
casions, as well as the Confederate flag.
This is the association that carried the
Confederate flag at the unwilling of the
Grady monument, and behind which the
Grand Army post marched, for which the
latter was reprimanded by Grand Com
mander Palmer.