Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-01

Fla, because of the recent wbitecan.
ping of the postmaster there
Manila, Aug. 2S.-Four men of tbe
Twenty-third Regiment stationed nj
Cebu have been ambushed bv natives
in the hills. Three of the Americans
were killed. but the fourth man suc.
ceeded in making his escape.
London, Aug. 2s.-A special dis.
patch from Cairo says that Sirdar Lord
Kitchener of Khartum opened success.
fully the Atbara bridge. which was
constructed Ivy PHILADELPHIA firm
after competition with British firms
for the contract.
Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo. Aug.
2S.-Popular sympathy with the revo.
lutiOnary movement Is undiminished
There has been some rioting by paid
rioters, but no bloodshed. and the vic.
tory of the revolution is assured. The
whole nation Is fast becoming n unit
in favor of change of government
Cleveland, Aug. 2S.-The steamer
which burned off Fairport Saturday
night was the Sir S. II. Tilley, a Cana
dian vessel of $50 net tons. The fire
started in the engine room, and II
spread so rapidly that the engineer did
not have time to shut off steam. The
crew and passengers, about twenty in
number, had difficulty in ecapIng.
Grinnell, Iowa, Aug. 2S.-Five him.
dred men are under arms ten miles
south of this place in the timber of the
Iowa River Valley surrounding two
unknown tramps who killed the two
brakemen at Marshalltown. The muir.
derers appear to have IN Unlimited sup.
ply of shells and each has three large
revolvers.
Pittsburg. Pa, Aug. 2S.-The negro
who shot and killed William Lawler.
white, an engineer employed at the
new tunnel at Wilcox Station on the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad has not
been captured. The murderer is sun.
posed to be Jesse Reed of whom the
county authorities and the police of
Wheeling. Pittsburg, Connellsville and
other towns have good description.
Orange, n. J., Aug. 2S.-Three chill.
dren of Adam Diefenbach. a halter OF
Mountain View avenue, West Orange.
were bitten by pet dog that went
mad. After biting the children the dog
escaped, and although hunted by big
party of men and boys. succeeded in
biting a dozen or more dogs and got
away from its pursuers by making for
the woods in the direction of South
Orange. s
New York, Aug. 2S.-James r.
Keen's Charcohac, bay gelding. by
Juvenal-Laetitia. won the twelfth
Futurity at Sheepshead Bay in the
presence Of twenty thousand persons.
August Belmont's Brigadier was sec
ond. and Bromley & Co. s Windmere
was third. The race was worth $50
900 to the winner. Charconac coupled
in the books with the Keene entries.
was strong 8 to favorite.
Camden. N. ]. The Composite Fibre
and Manufacturing Company. capital
81 .000.O00 has also been Incorporated
TO manufacture a composite of rubber.
leather and stone for interior decora-
lions.
Trenton. N. J.. Aug. 2s.-The inter.
state OIL Company, with an authorized
capital of $12,O0O,0C0. has been incOr-
porated here to operate oil wells. The
tncorporators are Thomas s. Moffit. J.
L. Westcott and Rodney Wells. all of
Chicago, Aug. 2S-Demetri Fried
lander, agent for the Russian Greet
churches In Chicago. private banker.
and agent for the brewing firm of
Wacter & Birk. is alleged to be a de-
faulter to an amount variously estimat-
ed al 100000 to 100000. A mob COM
posed Of the persons whom he is said
to have defrauded surrounded his
house. bent on seeking vengeance for
the loss of their money. and a strong
force of police was required to protect
the house.
Philipsburg, n. J., Aug. .S.-The
Morris Canal broke from its banks and
did much damage here. There was a
most violent thunderstorm lasting sew
eval hours and the rain fell in tor
rents The canal wall on the river side
was weakened by the strain and gave
way in three places.
! The first break appears to have oc-
cured in Plane No. 10. The oSier two
7Aere Mt lock II. The water. released |
from the two levels of the canal. rush |
ed out on the lower lying lands. sweep. |
Ing all before it. The small houses and |
several barns were carried from their |
and damaged. Out-build- |
ings of small size We're swept away In |
The food and lost
L. w. Hagerty's sawmill was ex-
posed to the full force of the onrush of |
waters and was carried away and |
washed into the Delaware River. 1t |
is a complete wreck.
The barn of T. HeitZman was struck |
by lightning and burned down, with its |
contents, which included the summers |
harvest of grain and hay. Three valua-
BILE horses were burned to death. The |
total damage done by the storm and |
flood will amount to many thousand |
dollars.
Mt Kisco, n. Y, Aug. 20.-Albert T.
aged -, wealthy farmer |
residing near this village, committed |
suicide by drowning himself in a we'll |
near his residence. He was a promin-
emit member Of the Friends Society.