Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-14

Twenty persons were seriously in
jured Saturday on a train bound from
Washington to Philadelphia, just out
side the latter city, by box car of
freight train which jumped the track
and was struck by the passenger cars.
Three men of different types who
have been conspicuously in the public
eye are suffering from typhoid fever
ex-Gov. Wolcott of Massachusetts,,
Lieut.. Hobson of Santiago fame, and
F. p. Dunno, author of the Dooley ar
ticles.
Ii Hung Chang has informed Gen.
Chaffee that he and all the people of
the province of Chill are extremely
pleased and gratifed at the behavior
of the American troops toward the
| Chinese. From all sections of the
portion of the city under American SUI
pervision come words of praise, thank
fullness and concentration regarding
the behavior of the Americans.
The new Indian lands that are to
be opened for settlement are said to
compose one of the richest tracts in
the world. The Apache, Comanche
Kiowa and Wichita reservations,
which are to be opened, contain about
100000 acres of land of which two
thirds is available to white settlers.
The Comanche News estimates that
the lands will furnish 10000 prosper
Gus homesteads.
The official appraisal of the estate of
the late Cornelius Vanderbilt was COM
pleted Saturday, showing that he left
fortune of $72, 500, 000-$52 SOC, 900 in
stocks, bonds and securities, and S2O,-
100000 in real estate. Albert G.. Van
derbilt, the residuary legatee and by
his fathers expressed wish his sue
| cessor as the head of the house of Van
derbilt, will receive the princely for
tune of $44,50O,OO0.
The relations between Portugal
and Holland are strained and the min
listers have been withdrawn from the
respective capitals. The trouble arose
from the action of the Portuguese gov
eminent in withdrawing the exquater
of Herr Pott, the Dutch consul at Lo-
renzo Marques, on the ground that he
used his Office to assist the Beers, and
exposed Portugal to a dispute with
England.
Thomas w. Lawson, the Boston
tinancier and horse fancier, will build
yacht to compete for the honor of
uSlSnulu6 Tue Am6Ilcd cup. IL Is
said that B. B. Crowningshield of Bos-
ton will design the yacht, and that it
will be built by George Lawley of
South Boston. builder of the cup de-
tenders Puritan and Mayfiower and
outfitter of another cup defender, the
Volunteer. Capt. NAT" Watson, one
of the best sailing shippers in the
East, will be the sailing master, and
several college yachtsmen will assist
in handling the boat
DR.. Angel Bellinzaghi, a young spec
ialist whose success in the treatment
of sufferers from yellow fever recently
attracted much attention in Mexico,
is in New York on his way to Brazil.
DR.. Bellinzaghi has been offered the
100000 prize set aside by the Mexican
government for the discovery of a
serum that would cure yellow fever,
but he says he was unwilling to accept
the prize on the terms proposed by the
Mexican government, although he was
ready to give all sufferers from the
dread disease the benefit of his cure.
Although DR.. Bellinzaghi spent only
two months in Mexico, he treated
about so cases 70 yellow fever, and eff
fected = per cent of these
cases.