Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-07
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the old passenger station in Woodvile
and received injuries from which he died
early in the afternoon. Little was run
ming along side the moving train when he
tanning severe laceration of the muscles
and flesh OF the thigh. lie was unmar-
rled.
A revised Est OF the dead in Thursdays
accident to a crowd of men and boys
witnessing the Stanford California foot
ball game from the roof OF a glass manu-
More than 100 persons fell into the fur
mace OF the factory when The roof COL
lapsed. The injured now being cared for
In hospitals or st their homes number S.
and Of these several cannot survive.
The discovery OF a supposed error of
Sl6oJ in the looks of George Griffiths de-
ceased, clerk OF the board of education OF
animation OF his books and the discovery
u is said, that Griffiths was an apparent
defaulter TO the amount OF 100000
His estate Will not meet more than one
nth of the shortage, and his bondsmen
will have to make up the remainder.
Acre, the rubber republic OF South
America has been crushed by Bolivian
soldiers. II was organized as an indie
pendent republic last December by Bra
Zilians Interested in the rubber industry
%h9 ISpk 81 ,Se h Of an TRACT
Bolivian territory. A minister from
Acre arrived in Washington recently, but
his credentials were not recognized nv the
state department.
Government revenue last month reached
AS344,5l4, customs receipts being some
S6oi.OOO less than in the same month last
year, but internal revenue receipts being
1856, 800 larger--a surprising record, due
In considerable part, no doubt, to the un-
precedented volume of stock market
transactions which are taxed under the
war revenue act. Expenditures in No
vember amounted to A1. 27S, $50 leaving
for the month the large surplus OF 1905,
The latest rich gold strike in Alaska
is reported from Cape Dryer, coo miles
north of Cape Nome. on the southern
shores OF the Attic ocean. The summers
at Cape Dryer are shorter than at the
other gold fields in Alaska, and very low
temperatures are reached In winter, but
there is a supply of coal there and It is
believed that the hardships OF Cape Nome
VIII not be experienced. II is believed
mat there will be stampede from Cape
Nome TO Cape Dryer next season.
Wine drinking was followed by a free
fight In which several Italians took part
al Hackensack, N. j., Sunday, and dur
Ing the melee John Gambola stabbed
ed man staggered into the yard and fell
dead. Several men said they would es-
| cort Gambola TO jail. but on the way
Four times the points OF Tih Knives Knives
pierced his lungs, and his face, neck and
| back were full of holes. His assailants
| fled when a crowd gathered in response to
his agonizing shrieks. Gambola is not
expected TO live.
Sixty men have died and more than
1000 are III in the area in a radius OF 100
miles with Manchester, England as the
centre. The cause OF the poisoning is ar
| senic in the sulphuric acid used in the
manufacture OF glucose or sugar, which
| the English brewers use in the place OF
malt and hops in making cheap beer All
| the poisoning has been traced 10 one es-
Enlistment which supplied the sugar for
several breweries. Thousands of barrels
OF beer have been poured into the sewers
in Manchester and Liverpool. The scare
has caused an agitation in favor of COM
pulsory use of malt and hops in beer in
stead of cheaper substitutes.