Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-08-31
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
A Hidden CITY
'i"'med to Have Been Discovered nv nm
English Archaeological.

"eu 10 Have Been DiscOvered ~, -
English Archaeological.
t. d. Lonark, an English archeolopist.
oia.- 10 nave discovered the ruins of
Guy IN the state of Chiapos, Mexico. He
laue discoveries among the ancient ruins
S SHsI VIII throw much light upon the early
history OF this country and will create a
SENSATION IN archaeological circles. He
soys In Lne city had a population of fully
oVv'VOO souls at the time of the whole
sale killing OF its inhabitants; that the
sCreets were broad and the buildings as
large ana OF as handsome architecture as
are now to be found in Mexico.
~ Miners Killed by an Erp,os,ou
Ihirty-seven miners of mixed rationale
tles, were killed Friday by an explosion in n
coal mine at Franklin, King county. "a
miles southeast of Seattle, Wash. The
miners were trying to save the mines from
destruction by fire when the explosion
occurred. Those who rushed to the gang
way when the fire was discovered escaped
several of those caught were not in
stantly killed and desperate ATTEMPT was
at once made by their comrades to rescue
them from the flames. The entire mining
community of Franklin aided to flood slope
", in which the bodies of the miners Law.
Heartrending scenes were enacted about
the entrance of the mines when the list
OF killed and missing miners was made
out. This is the mining district into which
colored miners were brought two years ago,
resulting in running fight with the strik
ers and several deaths. The fire in the
mine is supposed to have been incendary
New Gold MInes in Australia.
Stories are told of the discovery of new
gold mines of fabulous richness in western
Australia. They were accidentally found
last May by party of discouraged miners
on their way home from a prospecting
tour. One of the miners, stroling mile
away from camp, leaned for a moment on
projecting rock which stood few feet
out of the ground. He rubbed his hand
over the face of the rock, and was startled
to see that he had uncovered flakes of gold.
He knocked off large piece of the reef
and found the rock to be full of coarse bits
of gold. The find was kept a secret, and
in month the party had taken out 5000
ounces of gold. One block of rock which
was taken out was worth $4,000. The
whole region near this new mine is now
staked out in claims, some of which are
Sotu W NC NCly iiSi, uuC hOI SqualluS Iue
original find.
The Chinese-JRpanese War.
The most significant piece of news from
the Orient is that the king of Korea has
declared himself independent of China
and called upon Japan to assist him in
driving out the Chinese. This declaration
is also of consequence as showing that the
king believes in the success of the Japa-
nese, and is confident of their ability to
drive the Chinese out of his kingdom.
Many reports of conflicts that have taken
place and that are impending have been
sent out, the Chinese claiming important
victories, but little is really known about
the engagements.
| The First RattlesnaIxe Didn't Kill Him,
and He VIII Now Try Another.
Prof. Chas. Boyer of New Orleans, who
allowed himself to be bitten by rattle
snake last week in order to test his theory
of protective incubation, has fully recov-
cred. He will probably submit next week
to a second bite from an older and more
venomous snake. He expects to suffer
| less inconvenience from it than from the
first bite. His medical friends have no
confidence in his theory, and have warned
him against making the experiment.
BIg.XVheat Crop in the West.
All the threshers' representatives concur
in the statement that the wheat and all the
small grain crops are turning out much
better than was expected when the harvest
began. Taken as a whole the wheat croI
of Minnesota and North Dakota this veal
is one of the largest ever harvested. Tha
of Minnesota will come fully up to the es
innate of 100000 bushels. This is no
far from equaling the big crop of 1892.
A Thousand People Perish.
A terrible cyclone swept along the shor
of the Sea of Azov in Russia Friday
working immense damage. In some in
stances entire villages were swept into tn
sea. Many steamers were sunk or driver
ashore and wrecked, and it is believed tina
at least 1000 persons persisted.
A Young bicyclist at Jacksonville, Ind.
was Initiating hisspneumatic tire one da
last week when it exploded, and fragment
struck him in both eyes, causing tota
blindness.
The brakes of crowded trolley car o.
the line between Orange and Eagle ROCK
n. j.. failed to work Sunday evening, an
the car was overturned at the foot OF
steep grade. Fifty persons were injured
three seriously.
An Elizabeth, n. j., woman left he
infant daughter and her son three years OF
in a bath tub. When she returned sh
found that the boy had opened the faucet
letting the water run into the tub. IN
babv was drowned and the boy was sinkln
lust as his mother appeared.