Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-05-29

All the income-taX returns made TO the
treasury have been destroyed by commit
tee of clerks appointed for that purpose.
The Chamberlain syndicate, which has
stores in Keene, Nashua, Fitchburg, Bur
lington, Brandon and Vergennes, will open
a large department store in Rutland Sept. l.
The project of an electric railroad be-
tween Springfield, VT, and Charlestown,
n. H., is being agitated again, and the
stockholders are to elect directors June 4.
The "Ancients and Houorables" are in
high feather. The Prince of Wales has
accepted an invitation to dine with the
company in London Thursday, July 0.
Active work has been begun to raise the
fhnds for the memorial to Richard NJ.
Hunt, the architect, which is to be built
with Daniel c. French as sculptor and
Bruce Price as architect.
The bank of New England, at Manches-
ter, n. H., suspended business yesterday
by consent of the bank commissioners of
the state. The bank was one of the insti-
tutions which suffered during the storm of
1898.
The seventh annual convention of the
Medal of Honor legion will be held in
nan, DOslOl, vi NH uaN,
June II. Headquarters will be at the
American House, and an interesting pro-
gram of entertainment has been arranged.
A Chicago engineer has a project for
building an immense wall from the Rocky
Mountains to the head of Lake Superior,
and is confident that it will keep cold waves
out of the country. This is not a good
season to talk about such things, however.
During last year the town of Bradford,
England, increased its exports of coatings
to the United States from 81, 200, 900 to
$500, 900, and of "stuff goods" from 81
10000 to IS, 100000. 1t is hardly neces-
sary to add that the people of Bradford en-
Enthusiastically indorse our Democratic tariff
policy.
A fire in North Bennington Wednesday
destroyed two storehouses containing wall
paper and workshop belonging to the
Stark Paper company, also barns belonging
to George Morse and Frank Powers. The
Stark Paper companys loss is about $4,000
and the loss on the barns $500. The
losses are fully covered by insurance
The people who now owe or must Weld
allegiance to the Gar of Russia number
nearly double the population of the United
States, The empire extends over a seventh
of the earth's land surface. For the de-
fence of this vast realm Russia can bring
into active service about $4,000 900 men,
but the possible war footing is estimated
at 100000.
Mckinley pocket-knives, of the finest
tempered American steel, the handles con-
tanning photos of the champion of protec-
tion and the White House, are the latest
campaign tokens to make their appearance
in Washington. These knives were manu-
featured to order at Canton, Ohio, where
Mckinley lives, and those who have been
honored by receiving them are very much
elated at such distinction.
Lieut.. Peary will start for Greenland
again in July, but on a quest that will in
volve few risks or hardships. He is to 90
to Cape York to secure the great meteorite
which he discovered last year and which is
believed to be the largest in the world.
The trip will, therefore, be only a summer
one. With him will go a scientific party
from Cornell university, headed by Prof.
r. S. Tarr, the geologst.
Prof. G. E. Putney has resigned as
principal of st. Johnsbury academy. He
has been connected with the institution 20
years, the last IA years as principal. The
salaries of the other teachers at the academy
have been reduced. The prospect is that
the institution will be crippled by the re-
duction in its income. A large part of the
endowment of the academy is in the stock
of the Fairbanks company, which does
not pay as large per cent as formerly.