Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-07-20
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city Friday.
Erastus Wiman. who was recently con
victed of forgery at New York, has been
released or bail.
COMMANDMENT Chief Adams of the G..
A.. Il. has issued general orders announc-
ing the date of the 2Sth national encamp-
ment of the order at Pittsburg as Sep
TENDER II.
The sentence OF Mrs. Halliday to be
electrocuted has been committed to i'm
p-isonment for life by Gov. Flower, she
having been found insane by a commits
sion appointed by the governor.
Twenty small dwellings were burned
Sunday on North Beach" near San Fran
cisco. The property loss is $4,000. At
ter the fire the bodies nf two little boys
were found burned to a crisp.
Mrs. Robert Donham of West Union,
ILL.,. died Saturday night in great agony,
poisoned by Ice cream eaten at a church
sOciable. Three others are in dangerous
condition and % have suffered more or
less from the poison. 1t was thought to
have been the work of some fiend.
There was a horrible accident IN a coal
mine at HaZelton. Pa, Tuesday. Two
hundred sticks of dynamite exploded
among a crowd of men who were pre-
pairing to 90 to their DAYS work. and
all were shattered and torn to fragments.
The exact number killed is not yet pos
itivelv known, but is placed at between
s and II.
Miss Mary A. Rice, aged 20, was butted
to death by a ram at LangdOn, y. H.,
Thursday. She was living in the family
of Mrs. William Chandler and was alone
in the farmhouse. She saw the ram get
out of the pasture into the ward and
went to drive him back, when he attack
ed her, knocking her down and con
t~inuing the attack until fatal injuries
were inflicted.
The 18th annual convention of the
society of Christian Endeavor closed
Sunday night at Cleveland, o., in "A wave
of enthusiasm. 1t was the greatest on
vention ever held by the society, both in
point of numbers and in the interest
manifested in the meetings. The total
registration reached 10000. of which
number II, 100 came from points outside
of Ohio.
A hailstorm broke $4,000 worth of
glass at Newport, II. l., Sunday. Hail
stones larger than hens eggs fell and
covered the fields. Horses were unman-
ageable during the icy and destructive
tornado, and there were many serious
runaways. Boats were capsized, but no
lives were LOST, and several persons were
cut and bruised by the falling hallstones.
The steam launch Margaret, owned by
Frank Taylor of New York, ran on a
rock IN what is known as "The Gut, in
Lake Champlain. near Plattsburg. Fri
day, and stove a large hole in her side.
There were II persons aboard, including
two children. a full head {. steam wa.
put ON, and. despite the fact that the
boat was rapidly tilling with water, they
managed to reach Il shOal near the shore.
The Minneapolis, the latest of the
United States new armOred cruisers,
made an average speed of 23.73 knots an
hour at her trial the other day. She i,
not only the fastest armOred vessel OF
this government, but the fastest in the
world. Her speed makes the premium
gained S4l4,6O0, the highest premium
ever earned, and makes the total cost ol
the vessel to the government 50. POI 900
The contract was S2.745.00O and S5O,O0D
for every quarter knot above twenty
one knots of speed. She was built by
the Cramps.
\ passer ger train on the Chicago ant
Grand Trunk railroad was wrecked Mon
dav morning at Battle Creek, Mich. Tn,
fireman was instantly killed and thu
engineer, a brakeman. the conductor ant
the h-aggageman were cut and badl,
bruised. \ woman named Roberts o
Chicago was badly cut about the hea,
and face and also injured internally
, The wreck was the work of train wreck
ers. The bolts were removed from tn
fishplates which held the rails togethe
and the plates were taken from the rails
There were - passengers on the train.
y caisson attached to a Hotchbiss gun
in charge of United States troops, eX
ploded Monday on Grand boulevard
/ Chicago. Four United States soldier
lost their Lives, two wounded soldier
are not expected to live. eight other
were burne | and struck with leaden an
wooden missiles and half-a. dozen or NOR
civilians were injured. At least $500
worth of damage was done to tn
property of the residents on both side
of the street. The explosion is suppose
to have been caused by a fuse on til
~caisson becoming lgnited by gettin
under a loose screw.
a Vice President Wickes of the Pullma
company said Tuesday that if any nun
2 Der of the old employees made applies
| ton the works would be opened an
1 work begun. No day has yet been ST
s for the opening. but it is evident fro
the number of Pullman cars or the sid,
tracks in need of repairs that somethiu
o will have to be done very soon or NJ
, Pullman will not be able to fulfil his col
tracts with the railroads and suppl
n them with cars. Mr.. Wickes said that
= the investigation which is to be made.
:. it should appear the wages IN any of Il
departments when the works were close
were considered too low, they would
: raised.
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