Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-04-05

Baliou, the well-known editor, publisher
writer and founder of BallUu's Monthly.
lie was born in Boston in 1920.
The drouth which had prevailed for a
number of weeks In Missouri, Illinois, In
diana and Michigan was broken Sunday
by heavy rainfall. causing decided
Improvement Ia crop prospects.
Langdon S. Ward, treasurer of the
American board of commissioners for
foreign missions, died at his home in
Newton Centre, Mass, Saturday. lie
was born in Saco, Me-. May 20. 1928.
The wind blew Is miles an hour in
New York last Friday. three miles be-
yond the previous record of March.
1876. which had stood untouched for ID
years. Much damage was done to ship
ping.
The Inter Ocean Electric Railway COM
pany, incorporated at Springfield, o.,
Friday, proposes to construct an elevated
electric freight railway between Chicago
and New York for the transportation Of
coal and grain.
Forty-six residences and stores and
many other buildings were burned at st.
Augustine, Fla. Monday, In the space OF
four hours. rendering about 100 families
homeless and leaving many tourists to
seek shelter elsewhere.
The Victoria Hotel OF New York closed
its doors Saturday. ! he theft of $53,-
600 bv Cashier w. p. Wentworth was the
first of series of misfortunes that Grip
pied the house and resulted In the final
suspension of business.
Andrew j. Campbell of Lexington,
X :, secretary of the chamber OF com
merce, and one of the most prominent
insurance men in Kentucky, was found
dead Friday morning on his back porchI
having been struck by an unknown as
sassn.
Passengers from Santiago de Cuba re-
port that two American citizens are dy-
Ing in prison in that city. According to
the passengers story the imprisoned
Americans have all passports and pa
pers required by law and their incarcera-
ton is considered an outrage.
The direct inheritance tax levied by
the last legislature has been declared
unconstitutional by the Ohio circuit
court, which held it was in the nature
of an excise tax upon the right or privi-
lege of succession TO property; also, that
1t was not uniform in its operation.
Eugene V. Debs will probably be the
choice of Indiana as the candidate of the
Peoples party for president in 1896
Debs clubs, having for their obirc. flIr
capture of the Indiana Dc legation 10 the
national convention, are being organized
throughout northern lndiinnd
The body of colored woman,
strangled to death and with both legs
cut off at the knees and IA large cash at
the right hip, was found at 6 O'Clock
Sunday morning in front of a building ON
Sixth avenue, New York. She came from
the South and is supposed TO have been
killed for $50 she was known to have
had on her person.
DR.. William Hotchkiss, alleged TO have
reached the age of 40 years, died Mon
day at st. Louis of heart disease. De-
ceased came to ST. Louis 40 years ago
and has always been know as the
color or magnetic doctor. DR.. \ j.
Buck says that his Masonic record has
been traced back 100 years, showing
conclusively that he was at least l2l
wears old.
The Wabash train east from Omaha
had IA narrow escape from disaster Mon
day. 1t had just passed Triplet. when
the engineer, after rounding sh rp
curve, saw a sheet of flame rising up a
few wards ahead of him. The train Wa
brought to q sudden stop. half dozen
feet in front of the engine rose a tongue
of flame. and beyond it yawned 90
foot gap in the Yellow river trestle'
which had just been made by fire.
A remarkable rifle mas just been
brought to this country from Germany
1t is of 81 caliber, and the barrel Is made
of three tubes, one inside the other. on
the same principle ~ the krupp gun
The inner tube i rfled and of hard, TEN
pered steel. The powder used is :
smokeless nitro-s lycerine explosive
which makes little report and no smoke
Fired at the height of the shoulder. the
bullet will 60 nearly two miles before
its force is spent, and at 2OOO yards /
would pierce the bodies OF seven mel
placed one behind the other.