Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-12-30

Two cases of yellow fever in a mild
form were discovered recently near San
tiago. Cuba One man who was i'll was
an American and the other a Spaniard.
both recent arrivals.
Two ice boats which were travelling at
great speed before a 30-mile an hour
breeze collided Sunday on Onondaga lake,
near Syracuse, n. Y, and the five
cupants in each craft were thrown high
into the air. Three were killed by hav-
ing their skulls fractured when they
struck the ice. and the others We're Sc
riously injured.
Secretary Hay. in a note to the powers.
said that the attitude of Russia neces-
STATED a postponement of the proposed
second Hague conference, the program
for which, he suggested, should be for
INFLATED by an interchange of views eff
fected through the international bureau
under the control of the permanent adj
mnistrative council of The Hague.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company is
prepared to spend $50, 900, 900 in the con-
struction of a new railway station in
Chicago. Twenty millions of this sum
will be used in acquiring land adjoin-
ing the present union station, and sl0,-
000 900 will be spent in buildings. Plans
and specifications for an elaborate group
of structures devoted to railway pur-
poses have been completed.
The train known the governors
train on the Boston & Alany railroad was
wrecked Monday morning between Spring
field and Westfeld, Mass. by a collision
with hog train. The engine went down
a steep embankment and was demolished
Engineer Merritt was seriously injured
and Fireman Wheeler hurt. The passen-
gers escaped without serious injuries
Many hogs were killed and some were
roasted in the wreckage.
A portion of the Arcadia Powder com
pany's works at Waverly, ten miles from
Halifax, n. s., blew up Monday morning
and the concussion shook the country and
broke windows for 20 miles around. For
tunately no one was killed or even Sc
rously injured, although about 90 of the
employees, who had scarcely left the
building which was demolished, were
thrown to the ground and stunned.
Sioux City. Iowa, awoke the day before
Christmas with two of its best business
blocks in ashes, causing a loss which may
reach 80 500. 900, throwing hundreds out
of employment and entailng the loss of
one life. The fire originated in the base
ment of the Pelletier Dry Goods compa-
nys building on Fourth and Jackson
streets, one of the main corners of the
city A strong wind was blowing from
the west and the fire spread rapidly. A
man was killed by jumping from a
fourth story window
Many pathetic stories were reported
from New York city Christmas day A
neatly dressed young woman about p
years old was found near a bench at
Riverside drive nearly covered by the
drifting snow She died from starvation
and exposure while being taken to the
hospital Jeanette Mccoy, nine years
old, died from diphtheria after an illness
of a few hours. Her father was sick and
she had been caring for her younger
| brothers and sisters while her mother sup
ported the family by washing. The doc
tors say she had starved herself to death
in her endeavors to keep the other foul
| children alive. George Sasson was at
| tackled on the street in Brooklyn by three
| men, one of whom knocked him dowr
| with a base ball bat. fracturing his skull
| The footpads were frightened away while
attempting to rob the man. Two Other
men i'm Brooklyn We're beaten by high
| waymen and robbed of S100