Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-04

Mrs. o. II. Spickles of Stratford, Conn,
gave birth to four babies Thursday. The
quartet, consisting of one boy and three
girls, weighed 20 pounds. Mother and
children are doing WELL
Carl Becker and James Cregan, the we'll
known forgers, convicted of completely in
the Nevada bank swindle of $4,000, were
each sentenced in San Francisco on Satur-
day to imprisonment for life.
Red Lion Inn, the famous Berkshire
summer resort at Stockbridge, Mass, was
burned Monday, causing loss of 50,000
The fire departments of Lee and Great
Darlington saved the National bank, town
Office and business portions of the village
In the official trial of the cruiser Brook
Ign Thursday off the MASSACHUSETTS coast
the vessel developed an average speed of
q 92-100 knots per hour. She earned a
premium of $3.50, 900 for her builders and
is the greatest naval vessel of her class in
the world.
Hugh L. Wade, 25, Bridgeport, Conn.,,
bicyclist, was racing with an electric car
Sunday when he seemed to become con-
fused and turned his wheel directly in front
of the car. He was thrown high in the
air and before the car could be stopped the
Edward Cole, an eronaut, was drowned
at Toledo, Ohio, Sunday. His parachute
| dropped into the bay and in the descent
lost his life preserver. Miss Carmel, who
accompanied him, wore lifel preserver
and was saved. This was her first ascent.
| Cole had been making ascensions for II
years and this was his first accident.
The crew of the ship Tam O'Shanter
from Portland Maine, which has arrived
at New York after voyage from Hong
! Kong, report that off the coast of Borneo
the vessel passed through about so miles
of water literally covered with snakes of
all sizes and colors. Immense numbers of
snakes are frequently seen in the eastern
| seas.
An injunction has been placed on the
Wilton, n. H., savings bank restraining il
from doing business. The bank lost heav-
lily in western investments several years age
and since then has been in shaky condi-
ton. It's liabilities are S173, AT, and the
market value of its resources Sl69,S51
Over S13S, 900 of its investments are out
side New England.
The warship Bancroft has been ordered
to Constantinople. The Turkish laws for
bid the sending of a larger vessel. 1t is be
lieved in naval circles that this is the first
step in the administration program Il
compel Turkey to respect the peremptory
demand for full and immediate satisfaction
for 500, 900 indemnity, made last Novem
Der, for the destruction of the American
college and other property at Harpoot
and similar demand for the burning o
the college at Marash.
Ii Hung Chang, Viceroy of China, ar
rived in New York Friday on the steam
ship st. Louis. The steamer passed tn
double column of the warships of Admira
Bunce's feet and the flagship New Yorl
saluted. The guns of the other war ship
remained silent. Earl LII was received b
Gen. Thomas Ringer, commander of the de
partment of the east, as the personal repre-
sentative of President Cleveland, and wa
escorted to the Waldorf hotel by the Sixtl
United States cavalry. Ii Hung Chan
was received by President Cleveland Sat
| urday at the residence of former Secretar
of the Navy William G. Whitney. Durin
the week Ii has visited West Point an
other places of interest.