Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-10-09
General 1Iews.

VIM. Morris, the English poet is dead.
I The ear and czarna of Russia are in
Paris, after having visited in England.
As a result ofhlvlng eaten tainted fish
% students of COncOrdia college, Mil
waukee, Wis, are vigorously ILL.,
I Bicycle bandits Wednesday afternoon
held up the bank of Sherburne, Mimi,
killed Assistant Cashier George Thor
burn and Def Oestern, secured $1,000 in
cash. and successfully eluded a posse
sent out in pursuit
/ Floods have done great damage in
/ Sinaloa, Mexico. All the rivers in that
state were flooded out of their banks,
and number of villages and farm houses
were washed away. Over 100 bodies
have been recovered, and many others
are missing.
The storm last week in Florida, Geor-
gia and north to Washington killed
many people and destroyed much prop
erty. The town of Cedar Keys, Fla,
was almost annIhilated and at Savannah
seven people lost their lives. The prop
erty loss is estimated at 81, 100000.
frightful railroad wreck, attended
by serious loss of life, occurred near
/ Usage City, Kan, Monday. Seven per-
sons were hurt and many Injured. The
explosion of the locomotive boiler caused
the wreck. One of the passengers was
so scared that he shot himself in the head
with revolver.
The government receipts for Septem-
Der aggregate S24 100000 or $4,000, 900
less than in September. 1895. The eX-
penditures foot up $2G,O00,O0 or nearly
$2,000,000 more than in September, 1895.
The deficit tor September, 1896, is, in
round figures, Sl,500,000, and for the
fiscal year to date S24 100000.
George B. Anderson, alias Snyder, at
tempted to make parachute drop of
about 5000 feet at PaOla. Kan Monday.
When the parachute opened the rope
tied to AndersOn's wrist broke and he
fell to the ground. His ribs on both
sides were broken, as we'll as his right
arm. The force of his fall made n hole
in the ground II inches deep.
According to the annual report of the
commissioner of pensions the number of
pensioners is 97O,67S. There WAS loss
of n ,093 pensioners from the rolls dur.
ing the year. The mortality exceeds
that Of anv corresponding period in the
history of the bureau. This loss was
more than offset, however, by the addl-
ton of 40,374 new pensioners and the
restoration of 1878 who had been pre-
viously dropped, making net gain of
l54 names.
Georgia held its State election Wednes-
day. An Atlanta despatch says: Re
ports to the Constitution from all parts
of the State indicate that Atkinson's
: majority for governor will exceed 30, 00C
= with the probability that his majority
will go over 10000. The majority fol
the remainder of the democratic State
ticket will largely exceed that of Akin
son, the probability being that it will &c
, beyond 50,C COO, while AtkinsOn's majority
: will be from twelve TO fifteen Thousand
! larger than that received by him two
= years ago, when it was "a 900.
A despatch from Havana, Cuba, SAYS
, The Office of the chief of police has beer
/ given to Commander La Barrora because
/ no colonel of the army could accept thu
! office under the conditions of dishonesty
and cruelty imposed by Weyler. From
- Sept. l to Goth CD prisoners and suspects
have been drowned by the government
: outside the MORO at about 3 a. m, ant
= marked on the books as released.
!, Families of officers make complaint o
! the lamentations and cries they hear il
, the night. Prisoners are drowned out
: side that they may be devOured b,
= sharks. The Weyler system of tOrtur
i to eXtOrt confession consists of feeding
q prisoners with dry Goldfish and refusing
:, them drink