Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-03-25

A board of trade was organized at Ches-
ter last night with F. w. Pierce president,
Z. j. Davis secretary, G. o. Fullan
treasurer, and board of management.
An event of special interest in Washing
ton last Saturday was the arrival in the
city of several survivors of the Maine, fol-
lowed by their visit TO the White House
and extended conference with President
Mckinley and Secretary Long.
A. L. Blinn of West Windham, n. H.,
is under arrest, charged with poisoning his
housekeeper, Mary f. Blnn, who died
March l3 under suspicious circumstances.
Hannah Case Of Hollis former Salvation
army captain, died in great agony last No
vember while on visit TO Blinn's house,
but the authorities were unable to find
sufficient evidence for prosecution.
Elizabeth Bosworth, an eccentric spins
ter of Berlin, Conn.,, met horrible death
Monday. She had often threatened TO
commit suicide, and on this occasion had
quarreled with her brother, whom she con-
sidered eXtravagant. After he had left her
she took an oil can and went to the hen
house. She threw the oil about the build
ing, locked herself inside, and set the
building on fire. Her screams were heard
by neighbors, but they were unable to res.
cue her, and the flesh was burned to her
bones.
\ convention representing the CONNER
cial and industrial interests of the New
England states, to consider methods of
securing proper display of manufactured
products at the Paris exposition, met at
the Vendome in Boston Tuesday. The
governor of each state was present with
large delegations. The delegates from
Vermont were H. n. Turner, St. Johns
bury; Gen. j. j. Estey, Brattleboro; John
B. HOLSTER, Rutland; w. w. Walker,
Burlington; C. p pitkin, Montpelier; A.
ID. Farwell, Montpelier; II. S. Root, New
port.
Search for the missing Andree is to be
pursued in Franz Josef Land next sum-
mer by party of Swedes sent out under
the auspices of the Swedish government.
They will depart from Tromsoe, Norway
on June 20 nearly year after Andree's
balloon sailed away on nOrthward blowing
winds, with no signal from him on their
returning tides. The chances of finding
him or any trace of him or his compan-
ions or equipment are manifestly very
slight, but the effort will be accompanied
with the interest and sustained by the
sympathy of all nations. 1t may be nee
esSdTy 10 senu out second expedition for
the relief and deliverance of the first one.
that being familiar sequel of Arctic ex-
plorations, but if so the men and the back
ing will not be wanting.
The Spanish navy is made up of few
excellent modern vessels, a considerable
number of torpedo boats, and large pro-
portion of ships either obsolete or too
small to be of any Importance in a naval
war with any nation of importance. OF
battleships Spain has one in commission,
built ten years ago, and another fitting
out. She has perhaps a dozen vessels
which may be reckoned as modern first
class cruisers, about 40 torpedo boats, and
for purposes of contemporary warfare
nothing else. Among vessels reckoned in
the Spanish navy list as armorclads are
two vessels built more than 30 years ago,
light y armored, and recently fitted with
new boilers to replace those worn out in
long service, but otherwise substantially
in the same condition as when they were
launched in days when plates were print
tive and high-powered guns but little
known.