Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-06-12
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
The children's subscription for a monu-
ment to Eugene Field now amounts to
SS34.56, and 1919 subscribers are repre-
scented.
Mrs. Cleveland and her three children,
with their nurse and maid, arrived at
Gray Gables, Buzzard's Bay, Mass, Fri
day evening.
Gen. Rafael de Quesada, one of the
prominent Cuban leaders during the war
for independence of lS6Ss1S, who had
come to New York to conduct an eXpedi-
ton to Cuba, died in that city Saturday.
The Kansas democratic State cOnven-
ton bound its delegates to the national
convention to vote for no presidential
candidate who was not unequivocally
for the free coinage of silver at the ratio
of lG to l. The silver men were so much
in the majority that the few gold dele
gates were not even heard from.
A late summary of the loss of life in
the st. Louis cyclone follows: Burial
permits issued, 127; bodies not recovered,
-; wounded in hospitals, 90; missing
people, so; grand total 30. Revised
list of victims in East st. Louis: Identi-
fed dead, 30; unidentified dead, ,; mis-
sing, 2G; fatally injured I; total, 1874. 4
Sunday night tramps set fire to the
barns of Henry Chappell, a farmer liv-
ing near Elyria, O. Chappell's son-in-
law, VIM. HObill, discovered the fire and
when lie went to the barn he was shot
and dangerously wounded by one of the
tramps. Mr.. Chappell went into the
barn to release some cattle and was
overcome by smoke and burned to death.
The tramps escaped.
The mayor of st. Louis has decided
that the most feasible way to raise the
money needed to rebuild the hospital
remodel and extend the poorhouse, in
sane asylum, female hospital, worllhOuse
and house of refuge is by bond issue.
In order to issue bonds it is necessary
to amend the constitution of the State
and the governor has been asked to call
a special session of the legislature for
that purpose.
From Information received at Denver,
Col, by the chief of police it is believed
that Jacob Kurtz. the butchers clerk
,,,i,o s-,lo . I nOo I'm noeh aud SlO OOn In
diamonds from Mrs. b. 7. Hughes, a
customer in the store IN which he was
employed, was killed in the cyclone at
ST. Louis. Kurtz had been traced to ST.
Louis and list from there gives hi.
name. The description of the dead man
tallies with that of kurtz.
William b. Dunlap and William Tur.
ner, charged with stealing $50, 900 worth
of iewelry from the residence of |. Town.
send Burden in New York city several
months ago, were arraigned in court Fri
day. Dunlop pleaded guilty and was re-
manded for sentence. Turner pleaded
not guilty. The men were former ser.
wants in the Burden household and after.
wards fed to Europe, where they were
captured and about $50, 900 worth of the
jewelry recovered.
Twenty-eight diamonds, ranging in
weight from half to two and hall
karats, were found in Alleghaney, Pa
week ago by John Dunn, an Irish stone
mason. Dunn was engaged in tearing
away the foundation of house that haC
occupied the corner of East and FRS
streets for 80 years, and found the unse
sparkers wrapped in a piece of chamo
skin several feet beneath the surface
Their value is estimated at $500. n,
one has laid claim to the stones.
There have been just s. miles of street
INSTRUCTED at St. Louis by debris as
result of the tornado. All of thes
streets have been made passable an,
will be cleared up in ten days. In TN
city there are $50 miles of improve,
streets, so it can be seen to what exten
the tornado interrupted traffic. Al
adequate idea of the damage can b.
formed when it is stated that if all tn
houses damaged and blown down wer
on both sides of one street that stree
would be just So miles long.
Severe storms prevailed Sunda,
throughout Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa
Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota an,
Michigan, with heavy rain and In severa
sections cyclonic manifestations. Tire
heat storms passed over Colcago, accom-