Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-01-11
1000 Unarmed Men Killed.


In the account OF the capture OF Fort
Arthur, given by James Creelman, the
American correspondent of the New York
World with the japanese army, he said:
"Women and children were hunted and
shot at as they fled to the hills with their
protectors. The town was sacked from
end to end, and the inhabitants were butch
cred in their own homes. ! saw
soldiers tramplng over the twitching
bodies of dying men to rob their houses.
There was no attempt to conceal the APP
palling- crimes. Shame had vanished. 1t
was heartrending to see men lodging
around corners like hunted beasts and
kneeling for mercy but getting none.
| am satisfied that not more than 100 Chi
namen were killed in fair battle at Port
Arthur, and that at least 1000 unarmed
men were put to death"
a Yacht Race Certain.
All yachtsmen will rejoice in the news
that came Monday that a race for the
Americas cup is now a certainty. The
Royal Yacht Squadron of England has
agreed to the terms and conditions pro-
posed by the New York Yacht club and
the first race will take place in september.
This is a signal victory for the American
yachtmen, but it is deserved one. They
insisted only upon their rights. The Brit
ish yachtmen were compelled to acknowl-
edge the justice of their claims, and will
now prepare for another defeat in Ameri-
can waters. The British yacht will be a
new Valkyrie built for Lord Dunraven.
Diphtherla Epidemic at SOmerswOrth,
Nh.
The board of health in Somersworth,
n H., admits that since early in October
there have been so cases of diphtheria in
that little city of 5000 inhabitants, with
40 deaths. The mortality has been great
est among the French Canadians, who
form fully one-half the population of the
city, and who furnish most of the 2000 OPP
eratives employed in the great mills of the
Great Falls Manufacturing company.
These people live in filthy tenements from
which it is very hard to eradicate the dis
ease.
A Record of s25, 900, 900 i'm EmbezzIe-
ments and Declarations in 1904.
The embellishments and defalcations
which cropped out during 1894, according
to the Chicago Tribune's record, aggregat-
ed S25, 234, 112. This is 2G per cent more
than the total for 1898. Very few of the
men who stole this SO 100000 intended
theft when Aley began their operations.
They just Borrowed" a tri6e on their own
hook, meaning to repay. How many boz
rowed and succeeded in repaying no one
| knows, bat morally their crime was as
| great as if they had lost the money.
Freshets on Several Rivers.
The Allegheny and Monongahear ivers,
the Ohio, the Conemaugh at Inflated Johns
town, the Susquehana and Potomac have
been at high pitch this week in conse
quence of heavy rains. Many buildings in
western Pennsylvania and in the Ohio val
ley were damaged, but the waters began tC
recede Tuesday. Prominent rivermen al
Pittsburg, Pa, estimate the damage on the
Allegheny and Monongahela rivers at $500
600, including wrecked coal barges, flooded
mills and mines, and for protection to eX
posed river property.
Riot in Moukden.
Moukden, China, is in state of an
archy. The Chinese and Manchu soldier:
frequently attack each other, and many
bloody fights have taken place. Within
short time Il, 900 additional soldiers hav
arrived there, and with each new arriva
matters become worse. Shops and dwell
ings have been plundered, women hav,
been outraged, and civilians resisting tn,
lawlessness of the soldiers have been muir
dered.
Jay GOuId's Estate Valued ut $4,000.
900.
Lawyer David Mcclure, who was APP
pointed appraiser by the surrogate to fl
the value of the property of the late Jay
Gould at the time of his death with view
to determining the amount of tax tina
Il,
erty, has made his report, by which he find
the value of the personal estate of the lat
millionaire to be upward of SS0,000,0 GOO
with real estate worth 81, O00,0 900.
Eight Negroes Burned TO Death.
A despatch from Savannah says that sew
eral days ago, Sin an out-ofthe-way place
near Willachooche, in Coffee county
Georgia, the house of Peter Nickers, co
ored, was destroyed by fire Tom Nickers
brother of Peter, three of Peters chill
dren, and four children of another colore
man, making eight in ALL were burned I
death. 1t is believed the fire was of incer
diary origin"
Killed Her Rival with Lamp.
During a drunken quarrel Sunday be
tween Bridget German, 26 years old, an
Eliza Began, 30 years old, two women oC
cupying apartments in the Chinese quartz
IN New YORK, the latter threw lighte
kerosene lamp at her rival, which, o
striking the woman, was smashed to pieces
scattering burning oil over her entire body
The woman died in great agony in lie;
than twenty minutes.
DestItutiOn in South Dakota.
A despatch from Vermillion, South d.
kota, says: "In a number of counties
the north and west the restitution is 81
we're. Many people had no crops at al
therefore have no supplies for the winte
Money is needed to purchase fuel.
many families the only provision is pot
toes and there is nothing to burn but gree
? willows"
An Anti-TOHine Cure in Connecticut.