Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-07-14
MINOR NOTES.


Democracy will make him presidential
candidate when it is ready to commit hara-
kiri.
The Boston d Maine railroad has this
week asked the Massachusetts, railroad
commissioners for approval of the pur-
chase of the Portsmouth & Dover rail
road; the Saco & Portsmouth railroad;
and the Portland & Rochester railroad.
Hon. F. D. Hale of Lunenburg, late au-
ditor of accounts for Vermont, has been
appointed assistant to Major Ladd, re-
Gently made treasurer of Cuba. Major
Ladd is himself a Vermonter. Mr. Hale's
friends offer congratulations both to him
self and Major Ladd.-L Montpelier Record
Gov. Roosevelt was at the White House
Saturday, at the Presidents invitation.
His advice was sought in regard TO the or
ganization of the provisional regiments for
the Philippines. The governor afterward
declared that the President was determined
to appoint as officers in the new regiments
only men of experience and knewn ability.
Charles Frohman, the American theat-
rical manager who also controls theatres
in London, is said to have secured the act
ing right for Hall Caine's new and un-
christened novel. Mr.. Caine is now in
Italy hard at work completing the novel,
for which his publishers are paying S75,-
GOO, the largest price ever paid for an un-
written novel.
Horace Chamberlain has resigned the
SUPPLEMENTARY of the Concord division of
the Boston & Maine railroad. He held
the position 20 years and has been a con-
spicious figure in railroad circles. Mr.
Chamberlain is native of Newbury and
was educated in this state. He was station
agent at Littleton, n. H., seven years and
held similar positions at Rutland and Bur-
lington before going to Concord.
Capt. Watkins's report of the stranding
of the American Line steamship Paris
was made public in New York Tuesday.
He says the accident was owing to an un-
accountable error on his part in calculat-
ing the position of the vessel. He was
10 l-2 miles ahead of his reckoning. The
United States local inspectors of steam
vessels have suspended Capt. Watkins's
license as master of ocean steamers for two
years.
Mason A. Stone of Montpelier, state
superintendent of education in Vermont,
was elected president of the American In
stitute of Instruction at the annual meet
ing held in Bar Harbor, Maine, this week.
The Montpelier Journal says: This in
stitution directs the educational sentiment
of the country more than any other organi-
cation in existence, and contains among
its membership some of the brightest edu-
cational minds of the age.
Charles B. Browne recently filed the
largest schedule of liabilities of any per-
son who has sought relief through the ma
tional bankruptcy law in the district at Chi
cago. He had debts aggregating 81, $780,
O7S, with assets of only So. His princi-
pal occupation seemed to be in acting as
''anger' for INDECENT young friends with a
knack of telling hard luck stories, al
though he was supposed to be engaged in
the advertising novelty and promoting G
business.
w. S. Isham, former Burlington boy,
has perfected an invention which may
revolutionize warfare. The Isham shell,
loaded with the most destructive COM
pounds chemistry has produced, was fred
Tuesday at Sandy Hook from an ordinary
seacoast rifle, charged with $50 pounds OF
ordinary brown powder. An Isham shell
detonating in the hull of the most formid-
able battleship aloat would send her to
the bottom. Ordnance experts and in
ventors have tried unsuccessfully for years,
to produce a shell with the merit of the
lsham invention. Mr.. Isham has been
one of the foremost figures in the Ameri-
can colony in the city of Mexico for many
years
Three officers of the 1st Vermont Vol
unteers have received appointments in the
new Goth United States Volunteer In.
fantry, which will be organized at Platts.
burg under the command of Col Edward
Rice, who commanded the 9th Massachu.
setts regiment in the Porto Rican cam.
paign. Capt. Brownell of company NJ
Burlington, is named as captain; Second
Lieutenant A. NJ. Mason of company B
St. Adams as first lieutenant; and Second
Lieutenant Sanford E. Worthington o.
company X, Bennington, as second lieu
tenant. Mr. Mason went to Chieka
mauga as sergeant, and received his com
mission after returning to Vermont. NJ
statement has appeared as to whether tht
Vermonters will accept commissions in
the 26th regiment. This regiment will b,
sent to Manila as soon as fully recruited
Charles Dewey of Montpelier received {
letter Monday from Admiral Dewey, hi
brother, written under date of June 6, tn,
day before the Olympia sailed from Hons
Kong. The Admiral stated that he haC
felt slightly better since reaching Hon.
Kong, as he had been quartered at In,
| Peak House, which is some 1000 fee
above the level of the sea, and transform
the extreme tropical heats.to PRACTICAL,
temperate climate. He stated that he wa
about to sail for Colombo, Alden and Por
Said. He could not say as to his move
ments in the Mediterranean sea, but h
expected to arrive at New York either th
last of September or the first of October
He said he had been obliged to decline al