Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-17
General News Items.

In an explosion at the Seaefel lead
mine, on the Isle of Man, 20 miners
were entombed, and it is feared that
they have been killed.
Queen Victoria arrived in London
last week in order to hold the draw |
ing room at Buckingham palace. Her |
majesty was loudly cheered at the
railroad station and while on her way |
to the palace.
Fire broke out injthe tannery of A. |
morning and two hours later there |
was little except ruins left. The loss |
to plant and stock is estimated from
$500, 900 to 1925, 900, with insurance of |
100000. The buildings destroyed |
numbered 10, all frame structures.
It is reported in Vienna that Tur-
keys terms Of peace with Greece in
clude the payment of an indemnity
of $15, 100000, re arrangement of
the Greek frontier, the annulling of
the treaties favoring the Greeks, the
cession of the Greek feet to Turkey
and the settlement eff the Cretan
question.
The bodies of two negresses, Nellie
Smith and Manda White, were found
hanging from tree on the outskirts
Ol VIC Village Oh J0Il, Aid, IaSU w ed
nesday. They were hanged for the
poisoning of Joshua Kelley, we'll
known citizen. They confessed to
two attempts on the lives of Kelley's
family.
Capt. Dunn of the government
cruiser Petrol, between Rondeau and
Port Stanley, gave chase to three
United States vessels found fishing in
Canadian waters last week. The yes
sells succeeded in escaping, but the
captain of the Petrol seized II nets
and about two tons of fish which the
Americans abandoned.
1t is announced in Paris that Baron
ess Hirch is the donor of the 1857, 800
received by the committee of the
charity bazaar, the scene of the ter
rible fire Tuesday last. This sum, to-
gether with the proceeds of the first
days sales, SO, 600, aggregates the ex-
act receipts bazaar in 1896, thus en-
aiding the committee to distribute
its funds to charitable purposes as
before. The Baroness made this gift
IN order to commemorate the ami
versary of the death of her husband,
which occurred April 81, 1896. /.
News of terrible suffering from
drOuth comes from Australia. The
different governments are proclaim
ing days of prayer in consideration I
of the very serious calamities from
the protracted drouth. In western
Australia the greatest sufferings ex- Z
perienced. Within ninety miles of 4
the coast all timber, with the excep-
ton of the river gums, has entirely
died out. The last summer rain that 7
fell there was in February, 1892. With
the exception of fair fall of six inch
es in the winter of 1894, there has been
no rain since to more than keep the 5
stock alive, although inland stations
had fair falls. I
An express train on the Acthison, t
Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, which {
left Denver for Chicago last Friday
night was wrecked at two O'Clock |
Saturday morning near Lamar, Col. i
warning the engine, tender o
and baggage car plunged in treach-
erous stream that had become swoll- [
en- evidently from a cloudburst. For 6
for the passengers the air
brakes closed down and held the re-
of the train on the track
which prevented a terrible slaughter +
as almost every seat in the train was
occupied. Engineer Thomas Madigan X
stuck to his post and went down, as
did also number of tramps who were
stealing rides on the baggage car Two Y
we're crushed. Engineer Madigan !
was buried under his engine.
With box con tanning 200 pounds
IF dynamite on fire ten feet away +
rom him, John Thomas, a lad who
runs the compressed air hosting ma S
chine in the Tamarack mine at Houh- n
Jon, Mich, stuck to his post last Fri
lay and saved the lives of the men at
work in the mine by his wonderful ;,
bravery. Ten seconds after Thomas Il
lad hoisted the men to the level, the t.
dynamite exploded, smashing the en-
zine and doing other damage, but the
men and the boy to whom they owed
heir lives were in place of safety.
The miners working in the twenty \
bird level had put seven cases of dy- |
1amite in box for future use. At
loon miner accompanied with the
BOY went to the box and found it on
ire. Thomas went to his post and a
saue the alarm to the miners below t;
Ind ran his engine until he had hoist >,
I'd them ont. then he Hpd III