Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-01

Through carelessness water was turn
ed ON full force in "A large conduit i'm
which men were at work ten miles from
Kingston, jamaica, and 80 who were I'M
able to reach the manholes were drowned.
The final summary of the disaster to
the steamship Gen. Slocum shows that
out of 14i6 persons on board 1881 are
dead, 179 injured, 80 are missing, and
only 236 escaped uninjured. About so
bodies have not been identified.
Archbishop Gudi, the apostolic delegate
To the Philippines, died of heart disease
in Manila Monday. He went to Manila to
aid in the settlement of the questions
concerning the friars' lands. He was long
a close adviser of the late pope.
The London Mail claims to have au-
thentic details of the recent massacres
of Armenians by the Turks. The story
is to the effect that 2S villages We're plum
dered and destroyed, G000 people killed,
and that the survivors are suffering from
famine.
Hon. Henry C. Bates, a member of the
court of the first instance in the Philippine
Islands arrived in st. Johnsbury last week.
He is enjoying a five months leave of alb
sence and will remain there until the latter
part OF August, returning to his post at
lloilo in time to preside at court October
!.
Ion Perdicaris, the American, and
Cromwell Narley, the Englishman. who
We're captured by the bandit chief. Raj
suli, were released at the end Of last week.
and We're allowed to return to Tangier.
Morocco. The department Of state in
Washington took prompt action in the
matter. directing Warships to proceed to
Tangier, and calling upon the government
at Morocco to produce "Perdicaris alive
or Raisuli dead"
Santos DuNont, the young Brazilian.
Nrln hos +ar iona .- .r r.,r.r 18th.
his dirigible balloons in Paris. has ar
rived in this country, and expresses con-
ndence in his ability to win the 500. 600
prize offered for a race for airshtps at the
st. Louis exposition. Sir Hiram Maxim.
the wonderful English inventor, who is a
native Of Maine, is said to have built a
machine especially for the contest at st.
Louis. Lehaudy brothers, who have lone
brilliant work in Paris, have not signihod
their intention to come to St. Louis. Dr.
Greth of California. whose airship has re-
peatcdly made successful ascensions in
san Francisco and vicinity, may be a
competitor. The Wright brothers Of Day
ton, Ohio, who have apparently perfected
the gas bag type OF flying machine, may
also bc represented.
Frank II. Burmese. the confessed slayer
Of ten men, and one Of the most remark
able criminals ever imprisoned in Sing
Sing. went smiliugly to his death on
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religious consolation. and assisted the Off
Gals in arranging the apparatus for his
execution. He was anxious to die. showed
no emotion whatever. and refused to tell
his true name. He admitted that in his
| youth he killed a man and fled from home
to escape punishment. He became n rover
at sea and was engaged in many brawls
and crimes. and was finally arrested last
winter for killing Capt. Townsend of the
schooner Charles II. Buckley in South
brooklyn. The act was committed de-
liberately. as he believed that the captain
had withheld a part Of his pay.
Startling Durham, a negro. wanted on
the charge Of criminally assaulting Miss
Wilson. Ii. white, near Be~llefountaine,
! Miss, and attempting to criminally as
sault three young women near Europa,
Miss, on the same day, was hanged in
the public squar at Europa Sunday by a
mob. The moose was placed about the ne
gro's neck by the little Wilson girl, who
positively Identified him as her assail-
ant. The negro was then placed on the
back Of a large black horse and at a sig
nal from the leader Of the mob, the girl
led the horse from under him. over 5000
persons. both white and black. witnessed
the hanging. The lynching was as or
derby as a legal execution. After being
assured that the negro was dead, the mob
cut down the body and turned it over to
relatives for burial. The Dunn girls whom
he assaulted witnessed the hanging. Dun
ham was shot twice in attempting to es-
cape from the officers and after being
taken to the Jail was carried away by
the mob.