Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-05-05
MINOR NOTES.

The payment of S20,O00,O00 due to
Spain in settlement of the terms of the
peace treaty was made on Saturday. Four
treasury warrants of s., 100000 each were
given to Jules Cambon, the French embas-
sador, who has represented Spain in all
the negotiations.
The fight between the gas companies in
New York city has resulted in a reduction
to so cents per 1000 feet by the New Am
sterdam company. Russell Sage, president
of the Standard company, says "We are
determined to meet them and will fight this
out to the bitter end"
A story has been sent out from Prince.
ton, n. j., that ex-President Cleveland
will be offered the professorship of genera !
politics in Princeton college. This pro
fessorship was endowed recently with an
anonymous gift of 100000. Benjamin
Harrison was lecturer on internationa
law at Leland Stanford university after
serving the nation as chief executive.
The report of the Wade court Of inquiry
was made to the secretary of war on Sat
urday but its contents will not be made
public until it has been perused by the
President 1t is known, however. that it
finds that the charges of Gen. Miles against
the refrigerated beef are not sustained by
the evidence, and that the canned roast
beef was good when supplied to- the gov
ernment, being spoiled by unfavorsble con-
ditions
Henry b. Hyde, 50, president of the
Equitable Life Assurance society of the
United States, died from heart disease at
New York Tuesday. He was son OF a
prominent Boston insurance man, and was
cashier of the Mutual company in 1859,
when he took an important part in organ
izng the Equitable company. He was at
first its vice president, and had been presi.
dent since 1874. For years he has re-
ceived one of the largest salaries ever
paid, 100000 year.
Secretary Alger is candidate to succeed
Senator Mcmillan of Michigan. Alger
said at Detroit Sunday that Senator Nc
MILAN had told him repeatedly and en-
phatically that he would not be a candidate
again and added: al would not become a
candidate in the sense Of making rough
and tumble struggle for the senatorship.
do not believe that the election of the
senatorship should come in that way, but
| if it appeared TO me TO be the wish of a
majority of the people of Michigan | would
be glad to make fair contest for that Of
fee"
A representative of the estate OF the late
Edward Austin of Boston called upon
James d. Gill, the collector of internal
revenue, recently and paid, with certi
fed check, the $2OO,OOO which, under the
war revenue law, was assessed upon this
estate as an inheritance taxation. This is
the largest individual war tax revenue
paid into the office of the collector of in.
ternal revenue in Massachusetts. The
largest inheritance tax received previous
TO this was $50, 900, paid by the Stone es-
tate in Salem. Edward Austin made his
fortune in the West India trade, through
which he accumulated about $4,000, 900
He gave literally to educational and char
table institutions where he lived, and in
his will he gave to Harvard college $780,.
600, Massachusetts Institute of Technol
ogy 100000 Radcliffe $4,000, Roanoke
college $4,000, Tuskegee S30,000 Har
ward Medical school $4,000.