Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-01-11
DOMESTIC.

OOMGO lNs
The government building at the Allan
ia exposition is to be made one-third
larger than was originally planned. This
increase is necessary to accommodate the
exhibits.
Nine hodies of persons who persisted
in the fire which destroyed the Delavan
House in Albany, n. Y, last week have
been found in the ruins. They were not
recognizable.
The Deuber watch works at Caution,
o., resumed operations Monday with a
full force In nearly all departments. The
Canton steel company also resumed OPP
erations Tuesday.
The price to be paid for the 10000 tons
of steel rails recently ordered by the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad company is SD Il
ton. Last year the company paid S24 a
ton Tor its rails, and the present price is
the lowest on record.
The Massachusetts supreme court has
rendered decision holding that the
State law of 1891 does not allow cleo
margarine to he made or sold when col
ored to resemble pure yellow butter,
whether the purchaser was advised of its
real character or not
The Ontario (Cal.) bank was robbed
bv two unmasked men Friday morning of
$1,000. The robbers drove Cashier Stamm
INTO the vault, and one kept his pistol in
readiness while he gathered up all the
money in sight. Then he backed out and
shutting the door locked it, making the
cashier Il prisoner.
A prominent Armenian in Hartford,
Conn, has received Il letter from friend
in Uarpoot, Armenia. saying that 20
congregational churches in Armenia have
been closed by the authorities. lie be-
lieves this to be the result of the attitude
of the United States regarding the alleged
atrocities in Armenia.
Sacramento, Cal, is having "A reign of
terror. Fifty special officers and 200
private citizens have been appointed to
p ,trol the city and drive out the criminal
element. An association calling itself
the "Committee of Safety has been
formed, with an eX-police captain at its
head, whose avOwed purpose is to lynch
all known criminals who refuse to leave
the city.
Lawyer David Mcclure of New York,
who. in March. 1893, was appointed APP
praser Ivy the surrogate to fix the amount
of the estate of Jay Gould at the time of
his death. with view to determining
the amount of tax that should be i'm
posed upon the personal property, has
made his report, by which he finds the
value of the personal estate of the late
millionaire to be upwards of $4,000, 900.
\ SaE Francisco paper prints state
mcnt that the estate of the late Senator
James q. Fair, which at the time of his
death was estimated at $40. 600, 900, would
realize not more than $4,000, 900 to Sl5,-
DOC, 900, Fair having sustained some heavy
losses recently in wheat. Large quanti
ties of wheat are stored in various store
houses on which Fair owed S3,000,000
for advances. TO pay of this indebted
ness would take the entire income of the
estate for nearly five years.
Anderson Gray has been sentenced to
death at Wellington, Kan. according to
the verdict of the jury finding him gull
ty of murder in the first degree for the
killing Of Thomas Patton. Thomas Me
Donald, while under the alleged hypnotic
Influence of Gray, did the killing, but
was discharged after Trial. Gray is a
well-tO-dO farmer. Patton had incurred
his enmitv, and Gray is said to have hyp-
Noticed Mcdonald II farm hand, and
while the latter was in that condition
compelled him to commit the murder.
Henry S. PETER met "A horrible death
at Camden. \. j., Sunday night. While
walking along the street he stepped upon
a broken electric light wire that was
trailing on the pavement. AS the shock
Of the current passed through him PETER
fell to the pavement. In falling he was
thrown upon mass of broken telegraph
and telephone wire that had been left
lying in the street since the recent storm,
and his feet remaining across the live
wire, his body completed the circuit and
the current constantly passed through
him into the heap of wires. A crowd
speedily gathered, but no one dared &c
to the mans assistance. AS the current
passed through the body it distorted the
features into horrible grimaces and the
terror-stricken spectators were uncertain
whether the man was alive or dead. AT
| ter an hours delay the current was final
ly turned off and the body was picked
up. The soles of his shoes were burned
through. and his face where it had resteC
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