Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-08-24
DoMEsTIO.


A Schenectady locomotive on the Jack
sonvile, st. Augustine 81 Indian River
railroad Sunday drew % loaded passenger
cars 3S miles in one hour and few min
utes. beating the worlds record, it is
claimed.
BY the explosion of 200 kegs of giant
powder and 200 pounds of dynamite at
Fort Smith, Ark, Saturday, one woman
and her child were killed, several houses
were wrecked, and "A boating party in the
vicinity of the explosion is reported
missing.
The Memphis grand jury has unearth-
ed frauds of gigantic proportions.
Through the criminal carelessness and
neglect of the county officials the State
and county have been defrauded out of
nearly S2.000,000 in revenue during the
past eight years.
Thomas Hewitt, rendered insane by
typhoid fever, fatally wounded his wife
and brOther-in-law with knife and
seriously injured the eldest of his four
small children at Kearney, y. j., Sun
day. He then plunged headforemost
from a second-story window, and re-
ceived INJURIES which caused his death.
c. p. Simmons OF Halifax county, y.
c., has proposed "A novel scheme foi
building number of cotton factories in
That State. His plan is to open subsCrip-
ton books in each congressional district
for subscriptions to be paid monthly
ranging from 81 per month up. When
the total amount of subscriptions is suf-
ficient proposals from the dllerenl towns
and communities for its location will be
invited, and the place which offers the
best inducements will secure the factory.
1t is proposed that every subscriber shall
be stakeholder.
Debs and his felow-directOrs of the
American Railway union filed an answer
in the United States court, Saturday. at
Chicago, to the information against
them charging contempt of court. The
defendants deny that the directors have
any power to order a strike or compel
its discontinuance. The defendants deny
that there was an illegal conspiracy to
tie up the railroads, but allege that there
was conspiracy on the part OF the rail
road companies to reduce the wages of
their employees and break up the Ameri-
can Railway union.
Gov. Altgeld e Illinois. who has been
Investigating affairs at Pullman, reports
22O0 men employed at the works, against
$3.50 before the strike. OF these 600 are
new men and 1900 are old hands, leaving
about 1900 out OF work, of whom 800 to
600 live at Pullman and have families.
The ratons of the relief committee to
those people last Saturday were two
pounds of cOrnmeal and two of oatmeal.
Marshal Arnold's bill against the gov
eminent for putting down lawlessness
during the strike and protecting the gov
eminent property is about 100000,
which will be paid out of the deficiency
appropriation.
Thomas Harper of scarborough,
near Pttsburg, Pa, went away for a
vacation. leaving his wife and two child
rem at home, as the woman intended to
visit her mother in Pittsburg. Monday
night he returned home, and finding the
house locked, went to her mothers in
Pittsburg, but did not find her there.
Tue day morning he went again to his
house with his father, and forcing open
the door, found his wife dead, covered
/ with blood and the BODY badly decompOs
/ ed. The children were asleep by their
mother. They had had no food in two
weeks and were nearly covered with YER
min. The father picked up the children
and carried them to a neighbours house,
/ Dul lutlI COlulllOI II ScIlOuSs lilc DuN
sican fearing blood poisoning. The
cause of Mrs lIarpers death is unknown.
William Stanley, a farmer of Pendleton,
Ind, is preparing to sue Congressman
Bynum of Indiana for $500. During
the last presidential campaign Stanley
heard Mr.. Bynum deliver a speech, in
which he said that if the Democratic
ticket was successful wheat would be
worth 81 % a buShel. Stanley went
home and sowed wheat extensively
and raised crop of 2OOO bushels. This
he declares, he has been compelled tC
sell at different prices between 45c. and
soc. bushel. lie will sue the congress
man for the difference between what he
realized and what he would have receiY
ed had the congressman's assertions, OF
the strength of which he was led to SOW
so much wheat, been verified. Stanle!