Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-11-03
noted woman reformer of Boston, is to
be cremated,

old, weighed 10 pounds and was 30 inches
high. II Is supposed his death was due
to chrome alcoholism.
Among the passengers on the steamer
Umatilla, which has arrived at San Fran
cisco from the north, were II miners who
returned from the Yukon river, Alaska,
with gold dust valued at $4,000, as re-
suit of one years work.
An attempt was made Sunday night to
wreck the express tram on the Auburn
railroad, 10 miles east of Rochester, n.
Y. A man discovered pile of railroad
ties on the track. lie secured a lantern
and signalled the express in time to
prevent disaster.
At East Alton, n. H., Sunday night,
the farm buildings owned by 5. Il. Rob
erts, and occupied by Enoch Durgin,
burned. Mr.. Durgin, while trying to
save some of the furniture, was over
come by smoke and burned to death be-
fore assistance reached him.
James ID. Hutchinson. stationary en-
gineer, and Miss Lottie Zickler, both res
idents of Waukegan, ILL.,, were married
last week in the Ferris wheel on the
Worlds fair grounds. The party of eight
included the father of the groom and the
mother of the bride.
Michael Sullivan of Fall River, Mass,
aged 80, suffering from delirium tremens,
jumped through the sash of a window
three stories from the ground. In fall
ing he was caught by the throat in a
pulley line 10 feet from the ground and
dangled helplessly in the air until he
checked to death.
The Pacific Mail steamer City of New
inh ra ~
Friday, went on the rocks at Point B Inita,
in dense fog. She will probably be a
total wreck. Point Bonita is at the en-
trance to the Golden Gate on the north
ern side. Vessel and cargo are worth
half million dollars.
An electric car with 30 people aboard
went through an open drawbridge at
Portland, Ore, Wednesday night into
the river. 1t is reported that at least %
persons were drowned, though only one
body has yet been found. A heavy fog
prevailed at the time, and it was I'M
doubtedly due to this that the car took
its fatal plunge to the bottom of the
river.
Marshall Field. the dry goods prince of
Chicago, has given 81 100000 to the pro-
iccted Columbian memorial museum at
Chicago on condition that S5U0,0OJ in
cash shall be subscribed to the endow-
ment fund of the museum and that
$4,000, 900 of the exposition stock shall
be transferred to the trustees of the mu-
scum. 1t Is understood the fine art pal
ace will be preserved in jackson park as
the museum building.
Several days ago the little child of j.
II. Harkey, who operates a cotton gin at
Ada, Ark, disappeared and search was
made for him without success. Mr.. Har-
key remembered that he had last seen the
little fellow playing about the gin house.
Work was commenced Saturday at RIP
ping open the bales, and the chid's body
was found in the center of bale that
had been pressed few days before.
How the child fell into the press is a
mystery.
With total of 81 ,477,212 paid admis-
siors the Worlds fair was officially clos
ed Monday night. Though these figures
represent the paid admissions during the
time allotted by Congress in which the
exposition should be kept open, yet it is
calculated that at least 100000 tickets
will be purchased before the beautiful
white city is dismanted and leveled to
the ground. When The fair closed Sun
day night the total paid admissions up to
that time was 81 9,039. When the re-
ceipts were counted Monday night it
was found that the total was q ,477.2l2.
The total number of admissions on pass
es was 2.052, 1873. making a grand total of
% ,529. 400 After every debt of the
Worlds fair has been paid there will re-
main at least $l,000.000 and perhaps
more to be distributed among the stock
holders. From the time of its organza-
ton up to Monday morning the eXposi-
ton company paid out $50, DOS, $40 Of, or
three times the amount the managers eX-
pected to spend when they commenced
building the fair. The gate receipts dur
ing the exposition proper were little over
$4,000, 900. Up to Monday $4,000, 900
had been collected from concessionares
by Mr.. Blackmar's department, and near
ly 100000 was paid before he took hold.
! The returns from concessionaires was
one of the big surprises of the fair.
Charles Eugene Pendergast. news.
paper carrier, shot and killed Carter III.
Harrison, mayor of Chicago, at the front
door of the mayors residence, at Z 80
o'clock Saturday night. Prendergast is
undoubtedly crazy. He rushed from the
house and ran several miles to the Des
PLANES street police station, where he
cried: "Lock me up. I've just killed
Carter Harrison. He wouldn't do the
square thing by me-" Three balls from
Pendergast's revolver entered Mr.. Har-
rlson's body, and at s 10 o'clock the
mayor was dead. The murderer went
to the house and called for the mayor,
who stepped out into the hall to see him,
when the shooting took place. Each of
the three bullets entered Mr.. Harrison's
body. The first entered the stomach.
about eight inches below the heart, and
a little to the right of that organ. The
second struck his left side under the arm,
ranged upward and penetrated the heart.
The third struck his left hand near the
knuckle of the second finger. The last
shot was fired at such close range that
Mr.. Harrisons hand was backened and
scOrched by the powder. Pendergast
then walked backward at once through
the front door and started TO leave the
premises. He was followed by the
mayors cOachman and several shots
were exchanged between the two men,
but none of them took effect. Pender-
CAST was indicted on Monday for the