Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-08-04

William Waldorf Astor has renowned
his American citizenship and become a
British subject. He is said TO be the larg-
est real estate owner in New York city.
He has been living in England several
years, owns fine country estate there and
publishes magazine in London. He is
81 years old and was United States minis
ter to Italy from 1882 TO 1885.
Edward Marshall, the newspaper CORE
spondent, who was severely wounded in
the battle al Las Guasimas, near Santiago,
more than year ago, had TO submit TO the
amputation of the left leg on Saturday.
The leg had become affected by creeping
paralysis, and amputation was the only
means of checking the progress of the dis
ease. The limb was taken off just below
the knee.
New York society gives another recruit to
the Salvation Army this week, Miss Cora
Langdon Van Norden, beautiful and &C
complished heiress to millions, the daugh-
ter Of Warner Van Norden, president Of
the bank of North America and member of
many exclusive clubs and societies. She
has followed her equally beautiful sister,
Miss Emma Van Norden, who has been
hard-working officer for seven years in the
fold.
Major Taylor, the colored cyclist, rode
mile, paced by a steam motor, at the Gar
field park track in Chicago last night in the
phenomenal time of l % 2-5, thereby beat
ing the worlds record by 3-5 seconds.
The first quarter was made in 20 1-5 sec
onds; half in 80 2-5, and three-quarters in
so 3-5. Taylor's performance was not
aided by wind shields or any other device.
The Garfield track is a half-mile in cir
conference.
Miss Jane c. Yatman of the Century
Road club of America, has the distinction
of being the first woman cyclist to ride
quintuple century. Starting on Long Isl
and at an early hour on Thursday morning,
without attendance, Miss Yatman rode
steadily until she had completed a double
century, and from that point to the finish
of her quintuple hundred on Saturday
evening she was accompanied by expert
enced road riders. Her elapsed time for
the trip was So hours.
We hear nothing these days about the
declining cotton manufacturing industry of
New England. The mills everywhere ap-
pear to be actively employed, prices are firm,
the export demand is good, the home mar
ket is strong and the business is generally
profitable. Mills which had suspended
dividends are resuming a distribution of
profits, and many others are increasing
dividends. The Amoskeag's current semi
annual dividend is five per cent against
four per cent paid six months ago and two
per cent in the first half of 1885, Spring
field Republican.
Twenty-Five years ago the Third Ma
tional bank of Chicago closed its doors, a
victim of hard times. Today its stock is a
gilt edged security and cannot be bought
for twice its value. During all these years
the bank has had no home, no deposits, no
drafts, no clerks, no offices, no banking
business at all, yet its stock has more than
doubled. The nominal assets of the bank
in 1877 were $500, 900, its debts about
$1,000, 900, leaving on paper $500, 900 to
pay $4,000 in stock. Much of the as
sets, however, was real estate, taken by
mortgage, and could not be realized upon.
Some of the real estate was of little
value, but the growth of the city made tn e
land valuable lots.