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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-01
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Many WOrkmen Crushed.

Twelve Big Arches OF the Coliseum
Building mt Chicago Collapsed with
out Warning, Burying the Men Be
meath Tons or steel.
Twelve steel arches, each weighing SO tons.
which were to have supported the superstructure
Of the Coliseum building In course Of erection on
Wabash avenue, Chicago, fell to the ground Mon
day. 1t is known that nine lives were crushed
out The bodies of two men are supposed to be
under the wreckage. Fourteen are in the hos
pital with injuries received IN the accident, and
Of these four will surely die.
All of the IL arches were standing, the 18TH
and last having been completed Monday. 1t was
the Intention Of the steel contractors, the Pitts
burg Bridge company, to turn over its work to-
the general contractors Monday night The inn
mense traveller" or derrick which had been used
in the erection of the arches had been removed,
and the agents of the bridge company were ac-
counting their work as practically completed,
when suddenly and without tue slightest warn.
ing the arch last put in place suddenly fell over
against the one next to it. The weight was too
much for this, 1t gave way, crashed against the
third and then one by one the great steel span
fell over to the south, precisely in the same man
ner as number Of cards would fall.
Fully so men were at work in the space GOV.
cred by the arches as they fell number of
the men jumped into small excavations, of which
there are many in the ground beneath the steel
works, and were saved from the great masses Of
steel that crashed down over them Several of
them were standing under the arches when they
began to fall, and, running to the side walls, by
great good fortune happened to stand in the
pace left vacant by the curve of the arches
away from the side walls.
Nearly all the men who were killed were at
work on top Of the arches, 40 feet above the
ground. Some of them made futile attempts to
slide down the side OF the arches but before they
could save themselves they we're hurled to the
| ground. Many of them uttered piercing shrieks
| for aid as they fell Most of them were killed
| outright. The skulls of the unfortunate men
were crushed; their limbs cut off if by a
monster knife, and they were manged beyond
recognition.
The direct cause of the accident is not known
and 1t will probably be several days before it is
determined. One theory is that a shifting sand
beneath the foundation caused the collapse OF
the first arch, which brought all the others TO the
ground A story which cannot be substantiateC
| is that number of workmen were using pulley
| on the north arch while they were taking down
| some scaffoldinR that had been erected arourC
| it. They caused the arch to sway and finally i
swayed too far and fell over
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-01
MASSACHUSETTS, NOTES.
Sites of Forts Marked.
POcumtuck Memorial AssOcIRtlOn'
Field Day Held Wednesday at Charlie

POcumtuck Memorial AssOcIRtIOn's
Field Day Held wednesday at CHARLIE
mont.
The annual field meeting of the Pc mtuck
Valley Memorial Association of DeerHeld was
held 1t Charlemout wednes iay with large
attendance The meeting was held at the invita-.
ton of the people Of harlemont to assist in the
dedication of the memorial stones which have
Just been erected by the town, marking the loca-
lion of the Taylor, Rice and Hawkins forts, which
afforded protection against the Indians. The
exercises In the forenoon were held on the fair
ground of the Deerfe Valley Agricultural
society. Hon. George Sheldon, president Of the
association. presided. A report was submitted by
Rev. Lyman Whiting, d. d , Leonar c. Rice and
c. p @. Miner, the committee on behalf OF the
town, stating In detail the cost OF the monuments
and their location. An address OF welcome 10
the association was delivered by Mrs Kate Epson
Clark Of Brooklyn, n. Y, who for many years
has had her summer home in Charlemont. The
response was then given by Hon. George Sheldon,
there was singing by Miss Annie Ten pie and a
poem by Miss sadie Maxwell. The historical ad
dress was delivered by DR.. Whiting, who review
ed the conditions as they were in 1755 few
years after the French and Indian war, he stated,
the so called forts we're block houses surrounded
by pickets Of logs, and he gave history of the
attack upon several Charlemont settlers, June II,
1755, in which Captain Moses Rice and Phineas
Arms were killed, and Asa Rice and Titus King,
two boys, werD taken captives.
In the afternoon the stone marking the fort
was unveiled. Senator Herbert Q. Parsons, the
corresponding secretary of the association, pre-
sided over the exercises, and Mrs. Lucy Cutler
Kellogg of Greenfield delivered an address, speak
ing particularly in relation TO the three forts and
people of the settlement Short addresses were
also given by Samuel o Land and Rev. P. Y.
Finch OF Greenfield, Charles E. Ward Of Rock
land, and Others The audience later visited the
Moses Rice monument and a brief history Of IL
was given.
Samuel o. Lamb the veteran Gre enfield DEM
ocrat in the course Of his short address, took oc.
casion to allude to what he called the policy of
carrying to the Fipnos the Bible in one hand
and the shotgun in the other. IL was only pass
ing reference, but il was enough to canse two
other speakers when their turn came, to talk of
the history making OF the present in no uncer
tain terms Arthur A. Smith OF Colrain, eX de
partment commander of the Grand Army, and
Charles +. Ward Of auckland, former Demo
crat, declared themselves emphaticaly in favor
of expansion, and the policy OF the administra-
ton The applause VIII Oh followed showed that
the audience was overwhelmingly in favor of the
administration.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-01
New Arrivals at ihe Woodstock Jail.

The Windsor county jail is fast filling up
Thursday morning Wallace Fletcher Of Ripton
and Edith whitmore Of Brookville, were put in
Jail charged with living together as husband and
wife. The woman has with her child less than
three months old. The couple have until recent
~ been living in Bethel, but we're arrested in
Swanton, waived examination and we're brought
here in default of Daii. Willie Perkins, aged II,
of Weston, was brought here Thursday by Con
stable +. G. Coleman, In default OF $500 bail, on
the charge of assault with intent to tavish an IL
wears old Weston girl. Two colored gentlemen,
Newell Willard and Edward f. Willard, were
brought to Jail Monday. Newell Willard is Ut der
$500 bonds on a charge Of rape, $500 for horse
stealing, and $500 for adultery-Sl5OO in all Ed
ward Willard is under $1,000 bonds, on two
charges-S500 for rape and $500 for adultery.
The WillaI DIS arrived in LUDLOW last week from
Charlestown n. H., obtained room and board at
Atwood Lawtun's on Andover street and went
from house TO house looking for work as chirop
odists. II is claimed that while there they as
saulted Mrs. Kirstead, after enticing her frem
home Both left there Saturday. Edward by
train and Newell with borrowed" horse. Sher-
if Howe went in pursuit. arrested Newell at AS
cdtDe, vile ard had Edward captured in
Charestown.-L Woodstock Standard
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-01
VERMONT NEWS.
Rev. Thomas Lynch.
Sudden Death OF the Vicar General OF
the Roman Catholic Diocese of YER

Sudden Death OF the Vicar General OF
the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ver-
mont.
Very Rev Thomas Nv nch of Fair Haven, vicar
general of the Roman Catholic diocese of Yer
mont for the past 40 years, died suddenly in his
carriage Saturday afternoon. Father Lynch had
been to make a sick call at Representative John
Delehanty's at Hydeville, two miles east of Fair
Haven. He appeared in bis usual health on leav
ing Mr.. Deehanty's house. He had not driven
far however, before his hat fell off. Two young
ladies riding by on their wheels noticed that
there was something wrong with him and called
the attention of the people In the neighborhood
They stopped the horse and were helping him out
of the carriage when he died.
Father Lyncn was a native Of the county OF
Meath. ireland. He was ordained at Bombay,
India, in 1855, and that year came to America
He first located in Vermont at Burlington In 1858
In 1869 when Rt. Rev. bishop De GoesOriand went
to Rome to be present at the Vatican council he
called Father Lynch to Burlington to become rec
tor OF st. Mary's cathedral and administrator OF
the diocese during the absence of his lordshp
On three subsequent occasions Father Lynch Off
cated in the same capacity during the absence oil
the bishop Since 1896 he had been pastor of the
Roman Catholic church at Fair Haven. Father
Lynch was prominent in church affairs outside
his own diocese and was a man Of note both as
an orator and administrator.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-01
Be SURE.

Be sure you need medicine before you take it,
but having once found out that you need it.
lose no time in getting the best. If it's for the
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By special and particular arrangement with
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The publishers of this paper guarantee the
! genuineness of this liberal offer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-01
Bennington Boy a Deserter.

The Bennington Banner says: "A letter was
received by Deputy Sheriff Godfrey a few day s
ago written by the LIST lieutenant commanding
Company f, 10Th United States infantry, and
stating that Private George Martin, formerly a
resident of this village, had deserted from the
company May 10. Mr.. Godfrey is ON the look.
out for the man, and if he is found he will be ar.
rested and court martialed 1t is report d that
Martin, in company with another member of the
regiment from Bennington. are near that town.
having arrived some few days ago on the mid
night train. No word has been received concern.
ing the desertion of any other than Martin, how
ever. The deserter is the Of respected citi
zens of the Centre village and had some little
military experience before enlisting in the 10th
infantry, having served as private in Com
pany X LIST Vermont Volunteers during the span
ish- American war"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-01
Locked Up the Court officials.

Prisoner Escaped from Essex junction
by n Clever Ruse, but Was Soon Re-
captured.
Burglars entered W. s Teachouts hardware
store at Essex Junction Monday night and stole
abe ut.S25 worth Of cutlery. They broke a pane
of glass in one Of the front windows ia the store
when electric lights we're burning In and outside
of the building. Sheriff J..H Allen took two men
into custody in the morning on suspicion. They
were taken before Justice S. A. Brownel They
gave their names as Charles Wilson Of Montreal
and sWm Smith of England, and were given
six months and thirty days respectively for va
Rrancy, search falling to reveal any OF the stolen
property.
Wilson was in a particularly ugly mood. After
making several short answers he finished by say
ing that Essex Junction would hear from HIM
again. Will the trial Of his partner being
conducted In another room he was left Tor a mo
ment unguarded and closed and locked the door,
making prisoners of the court and officers. He
then fled to the street and boarded moving
freight train. The door was quickly torn from
its fastenings and the shrrihs posse was soon IN
hot pursult He was soon in custody again,
Switchman Henry Barnes aiding Sheriff Allen In
making the capture. In the flight he tore one OF
the han cuffs from his hands
The officers are looking for the real culprits In
| the robbery. Sheriff Allen took Wilson and
| Smith to Rutland on the flyer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-01
Boys Burned a House at Hawley.

Richard Parry, IS, of Holyoke, and Harry
Sturn, O. Of Boston, two cha ges Of the state
board Of charity, burned the house Of Mrs. r se
DJ er Of Hawley Sunday The boys were placed
with a farmer in Plainfed about four weeks
ago. They ran away Sunday while the farmer
was at church They broke into the house Of
Hugh Harold Of Hawey aud stole s., some post.
age stamps and trinkets. After going several
miles in the direction of Charlemont they came
children the oldest Il years old and the young
est a baby. II r husband, who was u veteran sol
der. died last spring. The people were away and
fully TO explode kerosene lamp. They then set
fire to an overcoat which they hung on the wall.
Neighbors saw the fire but were unable TO save
the house or contents. The boys were arrested
in the evening and taken to Springfield for safe
keeping. Thev said they wanted to see 1.-THE
flames, the engines and the horses"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-01
Marshall Field Will Give Conway a
Library.

Marshall Field, the Chicago millionaire mer-
chant, is arranging to build public library in
Conway, his native town. He has secured a site
or the land occupied by the dwellings of Mrs.
BENJAMIN Wells and Mrs. Franklin Pease, facing
the central street of the village at the eastern
end. These houses will be moved TO adjacent
lots.
The architects of the new library are Shepley,
Rutan & Coolidge, who were the architects of
the new south terminal station and also OF the
Ames bull ling Of Boston, Of the Chicago city H.
brary and of many notable structures In the
country. Their instructions from Mr.. Field by
letter were that tn Conway library should be as
small as is demanded by appropriateness, but
the finest in New England" The material will
be granite.
Mr. Field left Conway at the age Of Il to make
his own wsy in the world. He is now regarded
as Chicago's weslthiest it'zen. and his company
has branches in Paris, YokNhoma, Manchester
and other foreign cities, and does a business ag-
gregating $50, LOCO 900 year.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-01
Telephone COmpany's Methods DE
nounced.

The business men IF St. Adams do not propose
to submit to thu advance from Sl2 to S2l and $50
in the annual charges of the New England Tele
phone company, which goes into effect today. A
mass meeting at which over 100 telephone sub
scribers were present has adopted resolutions de
nouncing the New England company methods,
and advocating the removal of an IT'S telephones.
Dr. I. r, Waugh, Col. Z. A. Chttenden, II. Z.
Lewis, q. II. Harvey and S. q. Greene have been
appointed a committee to investigate the matter.
The committee has voled to ask the city council
for franchise for a new telephone company g.,
and also to hold a conference with the people OF
Swanton, l. the New England company refuses
to lower the rates, stock company will be form
ed to operate a telephone system on a co-opera-
tive plan
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-01

half take care of themselves Early
decay and wrecked lives abound mainly
through neglect. Every woman should
have the book called Health and
Beauty" which the Pe-ru-na Medicine
Co., Columbus, o., will mail on request.
1t tells women some easy things to do
TO protect health, and all about the
virtues ofPe-ru-na for women's peculiar
ills. Miss Lizzie Peters, Mascoutah,
ILL.,, writes:
liam perfectlycure of female weak
uess by taking Pe-ru-na and Man-a-lin.
l have gained thirty-seven pounds
since 1 began taking Pe-ru-na. My
friends are wondering what makes
me look so bright and healthy. L
would like to let the world know what
wonderful medicine Pe-ru-na is"
Woman's diseases are mainly catarrh
Of the pelvic organs. Pe-ru-na drives
out every phase of catarrh.
Mrs. Eliza Wike, No. 100 Iron Street,
Akron, o., writes:
II would be in my grave now if
it had not been for your God-sent
remedy, Pe-ru-na. l was a broken.
down woman, now am we'll"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-01

The London Daily Telegraph estimates
that the number of Americans visiting
England this year will be 10000, greater
number than ever before in single year.
Maitre Labor, counsel for Dreyfus, has
brought libel proceedings against the In
transigeant, Patrie, Croix and Libre Pa
role, French newspapers, also against M.
Drumont, the proprietor and director OF
the Libre Parole, for insinuating that the
recent attack upon M. Labori's life al
Rennes was an 'impudent fake" on the
part of M. Labor, designed to draw sym.
pathy to Dreyfus and himself. M. Labor
deposited with the procureur at Rennes his
bullet-pierced and blood-stained coat and
waistcoat as evidence.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-01
Bodies Not Recovered from Greensboro
Pond.

The bodies of Rev. H. l.. Veazey of ST. Johns
bury and Miss Calhoun of Chicago are still at the
bottom Of Greensboro pond, despite the strenu-
GUS efforts that have been put forth during the
past ten days to recover them. Dynamite has
been used with no result. The fact that the
searchers do not know what part Of the pom Mr..
Veazey and Miss Calhoun were on when the acct
dent occurred makes any such means as dynam.
iting hopeless proceeding The lake is more
than 200 feet deep in some places and the water
very cold. force of 100 men from Craft bury
arrived at Greensboro Monday to prosecute the
search. They are equiI ped with diving appa
ratus and every appliance for dragging in deep
water.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-01
More Ruin.

Cyclone of Unparalleled Fury Caused
Death and Destruction I'm the Lee
ward Islands.
A cable despatch from ST. Kits, West Indies,
under date of Aug. IS, saws that a rotary storm
of unparalleled fury has visited the Leeward
Islands.
The cyclone appears to have started on its ram
bles somewhere to the northeast of Martinique,
Desirable, Marie Galante, the Saintes and the
northern seaboard of Guadalupe suffered con-
siderably. In Desirable 102 deaths are reported,
Montserrat, Antigua, Nevis and St. Kits
have suffered severely. The island of Montserrat
was practically wiped out.
The same pitiabe desolation meets the eye at
every turn. A few of the churches remain. but
these have been badly damaged. Factories have
been RACED in every cirecJion, and the growing
concs i've that anything can be saved for the next
harvest. More than 1000 people are homeless
and many of them starving.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-01

branch of the Vermont society, Sons of the
American Revolution, has been organized in Ben.
nington with 80 members.
Winfield Bosworth, stone cutter in good stand
ing employed at the Pioneer village, was arrest
ed at Montpelier Saturday on the charge of burg
larizing the store of K. L. Cross in Mortified on
July 81.
Frank Dozotelle, II, was drowned Sunday near
his father g home in Fairfax. He got beyond his
depth while in bathing. The two boys with him
could not swim, and one OF them rushed TO the
house for help. Mr.. Dozotelle recovered the
body.
Fremont Titles house on East HILL Williams
town, was burned Tuesday while the family were
away. Neighbors saved a part OF the furniture
corn barn was burned, but the large barn was
saved. The property was Insured for $1,000 in
the Vermont Mutual company.
The two 800 bonds stolen two weeks ago from
the residence of Prof. ]. b. Johnson at Mortified
were returned intact by mail Tuesday. The en-
velope bore the Boston post mark. These bonds
were easily negotiable, but the thief evidently
was afraid to attempt to convert them into cash.
The folly of getting drunk is being forcibly i'm.
pressed upon the mind of Charles Brooks of
Bradford. He completed last week a sentence of
| 10 days in the Jail at Chelsea, and Immediately
afterward was arrested on the charge of breaking
| out of the tramp house In Bradford while await
| ing trial He pleaded guilty and was placed I'M
der bonds In the sum OF $500, in default Of which
he was returned to jail 10 await the action of the
| December term of court. Brooks stated that he
| had an accomplish In Joshua Hill, and Hill was
arrested but the court held that the evidence was
| insufficient ana Hill was discharged.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-01
Treachery in the Philippines.
Native Mayors who Were Found Aid
ing the Insurgents Are Now In Prison.

Native Mayors who Were Found Aid
ing the Insurgents Are Now In Prison.
A Manila despatch says that recent events have
proved somewhat discouraging to officials who
are trying to accompany war with a policy Of
Cancellation. Two new municipal governments
have collapsed through the treachery of the
mayors. The mayor of San Pedro Macat who
elected by the people under the direction of
Prof. Dean Worcester of the United States adv
sorry commission, has been lodged in jail In Ma
Mia. The United States officers at san Pedro
Macati found that he was using his Office as a re-
cruting station for the Philippine army and four
disguised insurgent officers were helping him.
The mayor of Balinag was also arrested and is
confined in the same prison. The Americans
caught him assing between the lines of the two
armies with discriminating docnmr nts, which the
authorities secured.
After native mayor of linus had been elected
it VAS found that he in Jail on suspicion of
being revolutionist. He was released and in
stalled, but is under surveillance, a matter of
course The trend of affairs makes the policy Of
eniency unpopular with the Americans WHIT n
they abandoned Morong they burdent d the whole
town.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-01
Aged Fisherman Missing.

]. King, river fisher imam, who claims to be 1906
years old, is among the missing. For the past
year he and his l5year old daughter have lived
in a shanty at the mouth Of the Winooski river
near Burlington, gaining livelihood by the sale
Of fish. For several weeks his absence from the
fishing grounds had been noted, but il was sup
posed he had gone up or down the lake for a sea
son, as has been his custom. Last Friday his
boat was ound in Porters bay, his folded tent,
hat, four loaves Of bread and the oars securely
tied in il. The middle seat of hard wood had bet n
broken He was known TO have nearly S75 with
him.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-01
Ex-senator Jswstt Died from Injuries

Ex-senator Gilbert S. Jewett of North Adams
died in the North Adams hospital Friday from
the effects OF a fall from window in the Normal
school building Wednesday, distance of 20 feet.
He was janitor Of the building and was washing
windows at the lime OF the accident. One leg,
his law and two ribs were broken and he suffered
a severe shock Mr.. Jewett was veteran OF the
civil war, and spent six weeks in a rebel prison
He was a representative to the general court
from the North Adams district two years and
WAS senator for one year.