Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-08-09
Worlds Trottlna Record 2.o2M.

Cresceus. champion of the trotting turf
added more laurels to-his fame at Column
bus, o., Friday, by trotting a mile in
2O2h reducing by half a second his week
old record of 202&, made at Cleveland
July &C. The first half was trotted in
59% seconds, the first time that the dis
lance has been covered in less than one
minute by a trotter. The time by quar-
tiers was: Quarter 292i half, 59A; three
quarters. 1904 mile, 2.02h. only a stiff
wind blowing directly up the stretch kept
Cresceus from stepping faster than 202.
More than 1900 people journeyed to the
driving park to see the great trotter in
action. 1t was a brilliant assemblage,
and intense enthusiasm for the horse was
manifested.
A package of 81 diamonds was seized in
New York because II was sent through
the mails. The law forbids importation
of diamonds In such a way. The stones
were cut, but unset. and their foreign
value is said to be about $1,000.
Admiral Howison has been named to
serve on the Schley court of inquiry in
place Of Admiral Kimberly who was ex-
cused on account of his physical cond-
ton. Admiral Schley's counsel has APP
proved the selection.
Gold bullion valued at s2SO,OO0 was stolen
recently from the Seby smelling works
in Vallejo. Cal. The thieves secured the
gold by digging a tunnel 800 to 400 feet
long into the smelling establishment.
The bullion was probably carried away
in boats
An explosion caused, II is alleged, by
the use as fuel Of an old wagon which
had been used to transport nitroglycerine.
and which had become saturated by the
chemical. wrecked the carriage factory OF
Rhoda Bros. at Lima, Ohio, Monday, and
injured several Of the employees.
George II. Phillips. the young corn king,
like Letter and others of meteoric fame.
has come to grief. He Is in financial
straits. and says that combination of
bad bookkeeping, losses through lack OF
margins, and speculation of his employees
caused a change of S35o,000 in his fortune
in a few weeks.
Acting Assistant Surgeon S. II. Hodg-
son of the marine hospital service. in
report from Mexico to Surgeon General
Wyman states that yellow fever can be
cured by a specific tincture OF cedron
beans used hypodermlcally. He first dis
covered that this tincture was an antidote
for the sting of insects and the bites of
snake.
The Under Secretary of the British
Foreign Office. Lord Cranborne, in the
House OF Commons has announced that
the official date fixed for the evacuation
of the Chinese capital by the allied
troops was August Is. subject to a few
days extension. If necessary. The evac-
uaton of the other sections of China de-
pended on circumstances.
The Dowager Empress Frederick died
at Cronbergm Monday, surrounded by
her immediate relatives. including her
son, Emperor William She was 60 years
old, and was the eldest daughter of
Queen Victoria Of England. She was the
wife of Emperor Frederick of Germany,
or
and sister of King Edward of England.
In reply to a criticism of the South
African war policy made by Sir Henry
Campbell Zimmerman in the British House
of Commons. Secretary Chamberlain
| said farm burning had been replaced
by the use of refugee camps, and that the
| vast Majority of the Beers would sur
| render but for the comparative handful
| of irreconcilables who are carrying on
guerrilla war which is degenerating into
| brigandage."
Mrs. Lizzie Sinners of New York, wife
of a young piano tuner. to whom she has
| been married three months. while curl
ing her hair Sunday evening accldently
set fire to a bottle of naptha which was
| standing on a table. Her clothing was
| ignited, and before the husband could
extinguish the flames Mrs. Sinners.
wreathed in fire, leaped from the fourth
| story of the house. She struck the side
walk head first. and died two hours later
of the burns and the fall.
Consul General Mason. at Berlin, cor
reefs the statement widely published in
America to the effect that trains on
new electric railway between Berlin and
| Hamburg have been run at the rate of
| 125 miles an hour. There is no electric
railway between the two cities Expert
ments are now being made with a high
| speed electric railway system on a short
| line between Berlin and Zossen, on which
an effort will be made to attain a speed
| of 125 to $50 miles an hour.
The Central Vermont Railroad company
has completed its arrangements for build
ing an elevator of a million and a half
bushels capacity at an expense of $780,,
| 900 in New London. The Grand Trunk
| railroad will cooperate with the Central
Vermont in this enterprise. The city
authorities in New London have voted to
| abolish two dangerous grade highway
crossings that now impede railroad traf-
fic in order that the extensive changes
may be made with a view to increasing
the Importance of New London as a ter
minal point