Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-08-23

author of Mascot, Olivette and other
successful operas died in Paris Tuesday.
Trains are again crossing the Isthmus
of Panama without military escort,
several stations along the line having
been garris6ned.
The new census of Canada places the
population at 5.S3S, SS3 an increase of
5O5.6i4, or less than lO1a per cent in ten
years The result is disappointing TO
Canadians.
The Beers surrounded and captured
a party of so of Gen. French's scouts
in Cape Colony. An important engage
ment between the British and force
of 1900 Beers is impending on the from
tier of Zululand.
\ force of Ecuadorians is ready to In
wade Colombia, and a battle is imminent
on the frontier OF the two republics
President Castro of Venezuela is send
ing men and supplies to aid the Colom-
bian rebels. while parties of revolution
aries are landing on the coast of Ven
ezuela.
John Dion, who was knocked out in
the ninth round of a boxing match by
Charles Armstrong of the Knickerbocker
club in Lowell Mass. Thursday night,
died Friday morning. He never recover
ed consciousness after the fatal blow was
struck. Conclusion Of the brain was the
cause OF death. Armstrong, the mana
ger of the club, and the officials at the
match were arrested.
1t is reported in San Francisco that C.
NJ. Hays has resigned as president of the
Southern Pacific railroad. He was under
contract to act as president five years
at an annual salary Of $4,000 1t is said
that he was dissatisfied with the cur
tailment' of his authority since the trans
fer Of the road to the Hartman interest
Mr. Hays made his reputation as general
manager OF the Grand Trunk railway
system, and he became widely known
to Vermonters through his identification
with the Central Vermont railway.
Adams. Mass. was visited Tuesday by
the worst rainstorm in years. The Hoo
sac river overflowed its banks at several
points, overturning number of houses,
and causing a damage or $4,000 to the
big plant of the Berkshire Cotton COM
pany. The electric cars We're tied up,
and the Boston & Albany railroad was
washed out for a distance of 200 yards.
Thomas Fitzgerald was drowned on the
meadows between Adams and North
Adams in attempting to save a horse
that had been carried away by the cur
rent.
Adam Kest and Joseph Engine, two
of dozen or more workmen who were
trapped in the waterworks tunnel 200
feet below the surface of Lake Erie
by the burning of crib No. ., last We'd
nesday morning, were rescued from their
horrible prison late Monday afternoon
and are now lying semi-conscious at
Huron street hospital in Cleveland.
With careful nursing the physicians say
they Will soon recover their former
strength and probably be none the worse
for their thrilling experience. They were
in total darkness, without food, unable
to advance on account of the gas. They
tapped~on the water pipes, and thus gave
the signal that they were alive.
STEAMBOAT, 2.O7la, the great trotting stall.
lion, the unbeaten champion of the show
ring, known as the handsomest horse in
America, dropped dead Saturday In
Goshen, n. Y. STEAMBOAT was owned by
f. II. Hartman, the millionaire, who
bought him of the Hobart estate in 1892
| for $4,000. STEAMBOAT was the winner of
the $4,000 stallion race in California in
1888 and had won many prizes at the
big horse shows. STEAMBOAT was foaled
in 1882 and his sire was the famous stall
lion Sultan, dam Fleetwing, by HANDLE
tonian; second dam Patchen Maid, by
George M. Patchen, He was bred at San
Gabriel, Cal, by the late l.. j. Rose.
In November, 1892, he trotted a mile in
2,071a, the fastest mile ever covered by
trotting stallion at that time. SIAM
boul was bought by the late Mr.. Hobart
of San Francisco, who paid $4,000 for
him.