Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-05-07
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week Briefly
ChroPicIed.

will join the president at Santa Fe.
A fireman was killed in a passenger
train collision near Mayville, Mich.
The battle ship Maine has been sent
to Cramps shipyard to be repaired
Chicago is suffering from clean linen
famine because Of the laundry workers
strike.
Another rock slide is feared at Frank,
N. W. r., and the mountain may have
10 be blasted away.
j. b. Marcum, an attorney, was shot
and killed as he was entering the court
house at Jackson, Ky.
President Roosevelt sent telegram
to Admiral Dewey on the anniversary
Of the battle of Manila Bay.
The Chinese minister to the United
States has discussed the Manchurian
situation with Secretary Hay.
The second reading of the Irish land
bill was moved in the house of COM
mons. John Redmond spoke in support
of the motion.
The Liberals are leaving Colombia for
Europe and Mexico. They say the Con-
servatives are determined to reject the
Panama canal treaty.
Monday, May 4.
Yale beat Princeton in six a side
golf match at Garden City, n. Y, by 10
holes to 4.
The Reliance had practice spin in
strong breeze and acquitted herself
very satisfactorily.
The first ladies' automobile club has
been organized in London. with the
Duchess Of Marlborough as president
Quiet now prevails throughout Santo
Domingo, and political prisoners have
been released.
A fire destroyed the building on Wa
bash avenue, Chicago, occupied by the
Waterbury Clock company and the
Spalding company, causing loss Of
S150,OOO.
There is much alarm at Mazatlan,
Mexico, over the temperance Of the
plague. Two persons who were serving
a quarantine at the observation station
were attacked.
Automobiles going from France to
the international cup contest in Ireland
have hired a steamer to carry their ma
chimes and to be their headquarters
while in Dublin.
The Rev. George Sanderson. chaplain
at Sing Sing prison, has sent in his
resignation II is asserted by officials
Of the Childrens society that the min
lister had been cruel in his treatment
of his little girl.
Andrew Carnegie has pledged 81, O0O-
600 and more, if necessary, toward ar
filiating in handsome adjoining struc-
lures the Engineers club OF New York
and the four leading national engineer
ing associations Of America.
The Thor Manufacturing company
powder explosion was one of the most
disastrous that ever occurred in Cleve-
land, resulting in the death of FIVE per
sons. Nearly all the houses In the Inn
mediate vicinity are vacant because OF
their greatly damaged condition.
As a result of the bursting Of a u
it was fred for the one hundred and
twenty time the ordnance ex-
perts Of the navy realize that the guns
must be strengthened near the end OF
the muzzle, which was the place the
Iowa's gun burst The accident, which
cost three lives, demonstrated that the
gun is subject to a greater strain
throughout its length when smokeless
powder is used than when brown pow
der is the charge. The gun on the Iowa
was designed for brown powder
saturday, May 2.
The Reliance has reached New Ro-
chele from Newport.
Engineers on the Clyde are on strike
against a reduction in wages
The Deutschland arrived at New
York after the toughest trip in her his
tory.
Secretary Hays note to Count Cassi-
nj relative to the Manchurian situation
puts RUSSIA on record as having no sin
lister designs.
A passenger train on the Little Mia
mi railroad was ditched at Columbus
O., to prevent collision. Five train
men were hurt
The winners in the second round for
the presidents cup in the Garden City
golf tournament were Reinhart, Knapp.
Robbins and Kenneday.
]. Wells Champney. the painter and
pastelist Of New York, member Of the
National Academy of Design, Ameri-
can Fine Arts society and Metropolitan
Museum Of Art, fell down an elevator
shaft and was instantly killed.
Friday. May /.
Paterson, n. ~, had the first death
from sunstroke this season.
President Loubet has arrived at
Marseilles on his return from Africa.
Mariquina, Philippine Islands, has
been destroyed by fire. A thousand
families are homeless.
The party Of FIVE Americans and FIVE
Tonauaqp attacked 0t Yugntpn nv Chi