Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-05-04

Gen. LLOYD Wheaton reports that ST hor
Palermo the former President of the Fill
Pine so-called cabinet, was captured in the
mountains, near Trinidad, Province Of Ben
guet, April %.
By the collapse of a condemned foot
bridge belonging to a side show in the ex-
position grounds at Paris Sunday, caused
by the overweighted towers, six persons
were killed and about 40 injured. The
structure, which was not in use, crashed
on the great crowd passing below burying
many in the debris.
Charles A. Morse tripped over a rope
and fell heavily in front of his home in
Beverly, Mass. Friday. The rope had
been placed across the path by mischievous
boys. Mr.. Morse managed TO get into the
house and physician was summoned, but
Mr.. Morse died in a few hours. He had
been suffering from heart disease some time
and the shock from the fall fastened his
death.
Payson Tucker, go, for many years man
ager of the Maine Central railroad, died
Friday at st. Clair, Mich. When he as
sumed the management of the Maine Cen
trail its mileage was $50, and its gross year
| " receipts 81 500, 900. When he severed
his connection with the road in 1896 it OPP
Grated about 900 miles of road, besides
steam boat lines, and the traffic had as
sumed immense proportions.
Frank Tracey and Henry Archie, shoe
operators, formerly Of Haverhill, are be-
| Teved TO have been drowned in Lake Win
nipesaugee. AS a boat in which they started
ont for a sail from Wolfboro, n. H., Sun
dav afternoon was found bottom up by
searchers, who went out when the men die
not return. Archie was about 80 year
old. He leaves a widow and one child
Tracey was about 25 and unmarried.
Breaking of the port shaft of the Fal
River line passenger steamer Puritan cause'
that vessel TO drift for half an hour Saturday
NIGHT in the waters of Long Island sound
The shaft is 80 inches in diameter and the
ragged break was near the journal bearing
The Norwich line steamer Rhode ISLAM
and the Stonington line steamer New
Hsmnshire towed the Puritan into New
7 london. There was some anxiety anon
the ZOO passengers when the accident oC
Cured, but their fears we're quickly allayed
w. F. Miller, manager of the Frank
Ivn Syndicate" who was recently cor
yicted of grand larceny, was sentence
Monday by Judge Hurd, in Brooklyn, {
serve 10 years imprisonment. Motion
for a new trial and a stay of proceeding
we're denied. The indictment on whic
Miller was convicted charged him wit
swindiing Mrs. Catherine Moeser out
$1,000 and there are 20 other indictment
now standing against him. The tot
smonnt which he secured by offering
ner cent a month interest was ~, 0OO,O OO
When a bold, bad and desperate ma
Dointed a revolver at Miss Harriet l
Hongbton, cashier of the Five Cent Sa'
mos bank of Lynn, Mass, and handed III
a note demanding $500, TO be paid instan
~ N him, and stating that the penalty Il
rafnsal would be death, she neither scream
"A nor tainted nor paid over the none
She nnsbed button which sent an alar
to police headquarters and caused IA, bell !,
yine in the bank building. And then-sl
snoIled the situation by informing the mol
n ~ man of what she had done and tn
u .bling him 10 escape just before the p
v lice arrived.