Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-06-11

out at sea. They found patches sc
thick as TO make 1t necessary to slow
down the engines to half speed.
The atmosphere in the locality Of
Geneva, n. Y, was filed with smoke
and atoms Of ashes, evidently the re
suit OF the great forest fires in north
ern New York.
Friday, June s.
Danger of war between Japan and
Russia over Manchuria is apparently
increasing.
English polo players have abandoned
their proposed visit to the United
States this year.
1t Is officially announced that King
Edward and Queen Alexandra will Wis
it Ireland in July.
The French Academy has given a re-
ception to Edmond Rostand, author Of
"Cyrano de Bergerac."
Ten thousand children are reported
sold in exchange for food by starving
people in Kwangsi, China.
Sentences Of most Of Transvaal Beers
convicted OF military offenses during
the war have been RENTED.
The German emperor and the car OF
Russia will visit Vienna simultaneous
ly at the beginning Of September
The Equitable Life Assurance society
Of New York will stop taking fresh
business in Germany after June 80
next.
Extensive forest fires are burning in
all parts of Nova Scotia, and hundreds
Of thousands Of dollars worth OF tim
Der is being destroyed.
Miss Laura Biggar, the New York &C.
tress, has been sued for 100000 dam
ages for alienation of her husbands
affections by Mrs. Charles c. Hen
drick.
Water Commissioner Monroe OF New
York has explained the water supply
situation and asks for caution in the
use Of water while the drought con-
tnues.
The Hamburg-Amerlcan steamship
Deutschland stuck fast on a mud bank
in New York harbor and was hauled
off, and she put to sea after a delay Of
twenty-four hours.
Smoke and ashes from forest fires in
New York and neighboring states has
obscured the sun as though by some
heavy yellowish mist for three days,
and a pungent odor of burning wood
permeates the air.
The Building Trades Employers as
ISOLATION Of New York has submitted
TO all the unions in the building trades
a proposition for arbitration which
provides for n court of appeals on ev-
cry question involved.
Thursday, June 4.
The village Of Briggs Corner, n B.,
was destroyed by fire.
The state pawnbroking establish
ment at Naples has been burned; loss,
$240OOOO,
For forty-elght consecutive days no
rain has fallen in and about Platts-
burg, N. Y.
A fire destroyed twenty-elght houses
in the suburbs Of the city of Hull, OPP
pcsite ottawa
A large portion of the business sec
ton Of North Emporia (Belfeld) was
entirely destroyed by fire.
One passenger was fatally and 9TH
ers severely injured in a wreck on the
Rock Island road near Alta, III.
Mayor Low has been told by Con-
tractor Mcdonald that the Jerome
park (New York; reservoir won't hold
water"
The British steamer Arequipa has
foundered in a storm at Valparaiso.
The captain, his wife and most of the
crew We're lost
The death list from Mondays lorna
do in Gainesville, Ca has passed the
100 mark The situation has at no time
been exaggerated
The Duke Of Argyll is said to have
sold Iona island, Hebrides, to Carthu-
sians expelled from Grande Chartreuse
monastery in France.
An excursion train loaded with ne
groes bound from Fair Bluff 70 Column
bia, s. c., went through a washout If
teen miles from Sumter, S. c., and is q
complete wreck. Three dead.