Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-06-05
DOMES TIC.
third term.

Inc ROck1Ord (lll.) Naucn company
has gone into the hands of a receiver.
The Chicago postoflice census gives
the cty's population at 100000, an in
crease of 100000 over that of last year.
Free silver carried the State of Ken
lucky Saturday in the democratic county
primaries to select State delegates, by a
good-sized majority.
1t is believed that Rev. Francis Her
mans, who is wanted at Salt Lake City
for the murder of two women, has been
located in the wilds of Idaho.
"Brcl" Pomeroy, otherwise known as
he was named Marcus Mills Pomeroy,
died at his home in Brooklyn. n. Y,
Friday in his ODD year. He had brief
career as a sensational journalist.
Three hundred feet of the roadway of
the Northern Pacific railway has sunk in
Bumar's lake, near Atken. The grade
was built upon the north shore of the
lake. The track simply dropped out of
sight.
Six horseless carriages started Satur-
day in race from New York city to
Workers. None of the carriages could
make the hills on the road. The opera
tors had to get out of the carriages and
push them.
The Oklahoma territorial democratic
convention passed resolutions in favor
of the unlimited coinage of gold and
silver at a ratio of l6 to l, and six dele
gate to Chicago were selected and in
structed in favor of free coinage.
Burt L. Taylor, ex-town treasurer of
Lancaster, n. H., is held in $4,000 bail
for trial on an allegation that he has
embezzed the town fund. He was 20
years in office and is in good financial
circumstances to all appearances.
Stewart Wear of Rockaway, L. l., was
killed, Friday, by a base ball. He was
playing with two companions. One threw
the ball into the air. Wear ran under it
and pat up his hands. The ball passed
through them and struck over his heart,
and he fell dead.
A cyclone accompanied by cloud
burst of rain fell upon Seneca, Mo-, at
o'clock Friday night. twenty-five
buildings were wrecked by the wind and
dozen others swept from their founda-
tions by the deluge of water. AT least
20 lives were lost.
A late estimate of the damage done by
the great tornado which struck st. Louis
and neighboring places last week We'd
nesday afternoon is as follows: st.
Louis, identified dead, 1856; unknown
dead, IS; missing 80; fatally injured, in
hospitals. 40l estimated injured outside
of hospitals, 1000. The property loss is
estimated at S20,000,000. At East st.
Louis the identified dead number 10;
unknown dead, G; dying, 6 missing, l;
seriously injured, in hospital, 200; esti-
mated injured outside of hospital, 2O00.
The property loss is estimated at $4,000
600. Reports from towns along the
storms track show the following losses
Vandalia, Ill.,, and vicinity, 10 killed. 10
Injured Centralia, ILL.,, and vicinity, 40
killed, 80 injured; Mount Vernon, H.,
and vicinity, killed, 20 injured; New
Madrid, H.. and vicinity, killed, 30 in
jured Richfield, H.. killed; Rushvile,
H., killed, 26 injured; New Baden,
H., killed, 10 injured; jefferson City,
H., killed; Harmony, H., killed
Brinker Station. H., S killed, 30 injured
Breckenridge, Ill.,, , killed; Fairfield,
ILL.,, and Mascoutah, H., each l killed;
Gratiot, Mo-, killed Mexico, Mo-, and
vicinity, 6 killed, 30 injured; Warsaw,
Ind, , killed, 3 injured. The tornado
proper was preceded by a fierce wind
from the east. 1t swelled to tornado
and there were three distinct attacks,
which ripped up roofs and wrought
death and destruction. 1t struck st.
Louis on the southwest, at point just
north of Tower Grove park, and trav-
ersed in a northeasterly direction till it
reached Grand avenue. From there it
followed Mill Creek valley clear to the
river, veering slightly to the north when
it reached 10th street. At the levee it
swung around almost at right angle
and swept straight up the river to be-
yond Venice and Madison streets, where
it veered to the east again. The path
of the storm was on an average of 10 to
y blocks. The city bears the appear
ance of having been shelled by an enemy.
In some places structures have been en-