Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-07-27

ID. II. Nourse, editor and proprietor of
! the Wellington (Kan.) Evening Mail. who
had been sent to Round Pond and Enid
the seats of the railroad and government
town site war, by Kansas City paper. ar
rived at Perry, O. IT., Saturday in sad
plight. His dispatches did not please
either the railroad or the town site people
and he was arrested and put in Jail and his
driver hanged. Nourse was liberated on
ms promise to leave town at once. While
waiting for his breakfast i'm a restaurant
he was badly beaten by two railroad Cfli-
cials who attacked him.
Hawaii Republic.
The Inauguration of the republic of
Hawaii occurred july. A mass meeting,
at which 20O0 people were present, was
held to support the constitution and the
| republic. On the 4th the gates of the eX-
ecutlve building were thrown open and
| great crowd was present, including several
consuls and naval officers. President Dole
made short and impressive address. j.
w. Kalua read the proclamation in the
Hawaiian language, when the Hawaiian
flag was displayed over the executive and
judiciary buildings. The president then
took the oath of office and announced the
names of his cabinet United States Min
lister Willis, informally recognizing the re-
public, said that he expected the cordial
approval of President Cleveland The va
rious consuls have recognized the republic.
Successful Test of the BuIIet-Proof
Coat.
w. F. J. Leonard exhibited his inven-
ton, a bullet-proof Shield before officers
stationed at Governors Island Saturday.
| Two three-inch oak planks were used as a
target. a bullet fired from Winchester
rifle penetrated the planks 1-1G inches.
A bullet fired from 45-calibre Springfield
rifle penetrated the planking 24 inches. A
pine wood target would have been pene-
trated 20 inches. Shots fired at a flat
shield penetrated it II inches, but con-
veX shield was penetrated only seven
eighths of an inch. Lieut.. Treat thinks
it may be very useful as a defensive armor
for field guns, but not available for the use
of soldiers. Inventor Leonard has been
invited to a second trial of the shields.
| The composition of the shield is secret,
but ii contains no metal.
Names Greatest Publishing House to
suspend Business.
Z. C. Allen IL Co., publishers at Au-
| gusta, Me-, have informed their employees
that the firm will suspend business July 81.
The concern is solvent, but this action is
caused by the general business depression.
The house was founded by the late E. C..
Allen, who died in 1891, and had a world
wide reputation as a pioneer in publishing
cheap periodicals which gave away attrac-
tive premiums. The house now publishes
fourteen periodicals, with circulation of
one million monthly.
A Five Years Drouth Broken.
The drought which has prevailed in the
vicinity of Durango, Mexico, for five years
has been broken by heavy rains this week,
and the prospects are that some of the
food products can yet be raised this season.
The suffering among the lower classes on
account of the prolonged drought has
been intense, and there have been many
deaths from actual starvation where assist
ance did not reach the people. The range
has been entirely depleted of cattle and all
other live stock.
The late Judge William Walter Phelps
of New Jersey bequeathed 100000 to ale
university, to be used for buildings on the
campus.
Russian police made 20 arrests in St
Petersburg Sunday. The persons arrested
are suspected of being implicated in plot
against the life of the emperor.
Garfield Wilkeson, II, of Wichita, Kan
made what he thought was bullet-prooi
coat. and i'm testing his invention on thurs
day was shot and killed by his younger
brother.
The London Standards Constantinopl'
correspondent saws, sit has been conclu
sivelv established that more than thou
sand persons were killed by the recen
earthquake"
Mr. Gladstone has been obliged to re
turn TO London, his eye having become
worse and another operation made necessa
nv The result of the operation is douOI
nj though the physicians are hopeful OF
permanent cure.
NorwaI, Conn, has an epidemic of dys
onterv and the presumption is that tn
citv water is the foundation for most OF TN
tronble. Ten children died from dlphthe
, ria Saturday, and the death rate Sunda
was correspondingly large
Every geyser in the Norris basin, eIi TH
Z stone park, was playing SATURDAY, IA
Cor some time. broke out with terrific force
throwing rocks weighing 20 pounds 10 IN
heigbt of 200 and steam rose ooO Iee'
a accompanied by a roar when coliu
o heard 10 miles. ~.
Plummer Jewell, aged 10, a st0necutIe 6
at Manchester, N. H., who died June le
was supposed to be a miser. 1t has pee
discovered recently that he had pank Hd az
Il counts in different cities aggregating SloU
:. 600. A brother, to whom tins money WI ~,
IS be transferred, and TWO sisters are III
$ only relatives.
= Four hundred pounds of loose powder,
= Fort Pulaski, Savannah, exploded FIlu un
and and Sergeant William Chinn was fatal
injured. The magazine containing ="
; tons of powder was within few ieet {
t6a store-room where the explosion occur "
od bnt the fire was eXtingulshed ana III
r. no. removed to place OF safety
X LF Nelson, the oldest conductor e., o
the brunswick and Western road nv. wa
s shot through the heart and instantly p klle
Monday on his train, 80 miles from br9 1
wick. Ga, while trying to stop crown .uoi
y Srnnken negroes from fighting. his 'r a.
1orter was almost MORALLY wouhueu' %
lie arrests have been made