Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-11-19
NEWS NOTES.

Seth Low has withdrawn his resignation
as president Of Columbia college at the
unanimous request OF the board Of trustees.
The lIfe-saying service last year rescued
| 1892 people aud saved property worth So
pol l7j at a total expenditure Of Sl,473,-
943
\ Shanghai despatch says that serious
tension exists between Japan and Russia
owing 10 the latter's efforts to control the
Corean customs, and tina, come OF the lead
ing japanese ministers are urging the
adoption of strong measures, even to the
extent OF war with Russia. Marquis Ito
! dscOuntenauces this step, and urges that
Great Britain, the United States. and ia
pan make joint representations to Russia
on the subject.
The richest town in The United States is
| Brooklne, near Boston. It's population is
| II 900, and its valuation 10000. 600. vet
ii is governed through the typical New
| England town meeting. II has a public
| library containing 40 600 volumes. a 800
| 900 High school, a 500, 600 free bathing
establishment, and spends 500, 600 a year
on its parks and welsh AIDED streets. Bos-
ton would gladly annex il, but Brookllne
| prefers to 90 on as 1t is, combining city
life with the pleasures Of the country, and
no aldermen on the metropolitan plan.
Some Kansas Populists were holding
| political love feast, funeral, or something
Of that kind the other day, when a wicked
Republican appeared among the assembly
with banner upon which was inscribed:
Vote for Mckinley
Means
p ceuts Tor Wheat
ami
cents for Corn.
II was one OF the campaign banners used
last year by the aforesaid Populs's, aud lis
redppearance at this time caused good
natured laughter among those on whom
the joke was played.
Mayor Warwic, Of Philadelphia has
signed the bill recently passed leasing the
city gas works to the United Gas Improve
mem company The terms Of the lease
are that the company is to pay rental Of
81 900 600 year for 80 years, and TO spend
5000 600 on the improvement of the gas
works The value OF the plant is estimat-
ed al $50, 600, 900 and much opposition to
the lease has been manifested by ci liens.
Mayor Warwick files a message with his
approval in which he withholds the eXecu-
tion of the lease until injunction proceed
ings brought by the Cilz-n's Municipal
Association and individuals, designed to
prevent the contamination of the lease,
have been settled in court.
The waste heat of the street gas lamps
in London is to be utilized TO supply hot
water, from the base Of the posts, at the
rate of a gallon half penny-the coin to
be deposited in a SLOT The temperature
of the water will be indicated by a Their
mometer outside. The reservoir is con-
nected with the water main of the street,
and is to be fed, heated and delivered auto
matically. Near by the lamp-post another
slot machine /, to be established contain
ing pennyworths of tea, coffee, cocoa and
fluid beef done up in packages, so that at
any hour of the night a wholesome bever-
| age may be mixed at total cost of I'D.
Paper napkins and soap powder for ablu-
tion purposes are now under discussion as
an extension to the hot water scheme,
| Mark Twain's publishers in Hartford
have Just received a cabegram from the
author, in which he emphatically denies
! the report that he recently wrote letter
| to a personal friend in this country stating
that he had made $50, 900 the last two
years and had paid his business debts in
| full. The facts are that Mr. Clemens still
owes $500 on account of c. L. Webster
Il Co. debts, which represent about one
Hdll Vi tue WlGludl luuthltAhtea VI lldt
firm, the half of which the author need
not pay, but which he says he will pay dol
lar for dollar. He has great faith in the
staying qualities of his new book, Fol
lowing the Equator" and hopes soon to
realize enough from its sale to be able to
turn over a handsome sum to his creditors.
The Philadelphia Press calculates that
within the last six months 100000
worth of shares in American railroads
have been returned to this country. That
is about One-siXth of the ownership of five
great roads of the country has been re-
transferred to America. In this estimate
no account is made of the railroad bonds
which must have suffered a similar change.
1t is also probable that other American Sc
curities have been returned To us in the
same proportion. The effect of this trans
feral of securities to America is noted in
the comparatively small imports of gold
at time when our great excess of eXpoTta-
tions of merchandise and silver would
naturally have led to large importations of
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