Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-11


Bucksfield, Me-, Secretary Longs ma
tive town, to remain several weeks,
Atlanta. Ga. Aug. 1.-The members
of the City Council in caucus adopted
n resolution that Mayor James G..
Woodward resign, because he broke his
promise to abstain from excessive use
/ of whskey.
London. Aug. 1T is stated that Mr.
| W. II. Perot, who recently came to
England to secure his grandchild.
Gladys Perot, intends to apply to the
High Court of Justice for n writ of
habeas corpus in order to obtain a de-
cision as to who Is entitled to the
custody of the child.
New York, Aug. Tommy Ryan.
the middle weight boxer. who has fire.
quently announced that he drew the
color line in fighting. has evidently
changed his mind. Ryan has signed
with the Coney Island Sporting Club
to box Frank Craig, better known as
the Coffee Cooler" on Sept 4. The
men will meet in a twenty-five round
| bout.
Dallas, Tex, Aug. III. E. Ritter,
, raiser of fancy chickens in the east
ern part of the city, placed an electric
alarm on his chicken-house door and
connected it with his dwelling house.
The ringing of the alarm awoke him
about midnight. He ran out and fired
a load of buckshot into a man near the
chicken coop and the man fell dead.
The man was identified as William
Hall.
New York, Aug. S.-Tod Sloan. the
celebrated American jockey who has
Just arrived here from England, an
nounces that he is under contract to
ride for w. G. Whitney. He says he
may ride n race or two at Saratoga.
but cannot say definitely yet whether
he will or not.
Ottawa. Aug. S-Premier Laurier
was shown the Washington dispatch in
which +. w. Fitzpatrick describes his
reception in Ottawa to have been q
chilly one and gives the substance of
the remarks made by Sir Wilfred when
asked to visit Chicago. The premier
said that Mr.. Fitzpatrick's statement
was the sheerest nonsense.
Manila. Aug. S.-The steamer Satur-
ing under the American Flag. was
burned, and her crew is missing. The
details of the affair are not known
The captain of the Saturnus once OBJ
tanned possession of a ship belonging
to the Martina Company, held at San
Fernando by the Filipinos, by moor
ing the Saturnus alongside and haul
ing the other vessel away in the night
Newburg n. Y, Aug. S.-The schoon-
er Enterprise of Saugerties, loaded
with coal from this city, sunk off Mat
teawan. She left the Pennsylvania
Coal COmpany's dock here leaking,
which increased. although two pumps
worked, and before Capt. Lynn of Port
Even could run her over on Fishkill
flats she went down. She had on
eighty tons of coal. The Captain and
two men got ashore in a yawl
Seattle, Aug. S.-The White Pass and
Yukon Railway will be formally turn
ed over to it's owners-Close Brothers
& Coon Aug. 90, by its builders, the
Pacific Construction Company, Limit
ed, of London. The forty mile stretch
between Skaguay and Lake Bennett
was constructed at a cost of $4,000, 900.
This is exclusive of equipment and roll
ling stock. 1t is said that the work of
extending the line to Fort Selkirk will
begin at once, and continue until
winter.
Colon, Colombia, Aug. S.-The gov
eminent Of Colombia suspecting the
radicals of Cundinamarca and Santan-
der OF being concerned in a revolution.
airy plot, promptly ordered the i'm
prisonment of the ringleaders, Seniors
Martinez, Figuardo, Suarez, Pinaros
Ruiz. Neira and Tribe, at Cundia-
marca; Castillo, Cordoba, Aramburo
and Saa. mt Cauca Rivera; Muirgueri-
ito, at Palmira, and Diaz, at Carriage
The local officials here are without
further news. but the opinion is unani
nous that the attempt was futile and
without Importance. The lsthmus and
the neighboring cities are perfectly
/ tranquil.
Stratford. Conn. Aug. S-Thlrty pas
sengerS were killed and a dozen in
jurcd near here. by Il trolley car plung
ing over a trestle fifty feet high
The line had just been opened foI
| travel, and evidently the car was not
under control, as it approached the
trestle at high rate of speed. The
wheels left the tracks Immediately anC
: bumped along the ties, then the cal
, plunged over the side. the trestle moi
, being protected by guard rails.
In its fight of fifty feet to the mud
flats below the car turned completely
over. AS it struck the ground me huge
four-ton motor was torn from its fas
, Jennings and broke through the floor OF
I the car, crushing many passengers tC
death against the roof, which was i'm
bedded deeply in the mud.
Five minutes before that the pas
sengers on the crowded car, delighted
with their first opportunity of seeing
the beauties of the Housatonic River
: on such a lovely day, Were laughing
! and singing. When found by men who
:. hurried to their assistance they were
, simply damned into human mass be
:. meath the great motor.
There was only one eyewitness to tn,
scene. That was Young woman wh(