Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-18
NEWS FLASHES.

The Massapoag lake hotel, one Of the
largest summer hostleries in New Eng
land, was burned in Sharon, Mass, Sun
day.
Gov. Curry of the island of Samar urges
the American authorities to eXterminate
the Pulajane outlaws and fanatics. There
are about 300 Of these men hidden in the
mountains and 95 per cent of the people
of the island are anxious to have them
killed.
The British Policy Holders committee
of the New York Mutual Life agreed to
plan to turn over their insurance to the
North British and Mercantile Insurance
company. About 100000 in policies,
subject to immediate full surrender value,
is available under the project
What is almost certainly the body of
the Russian ex-priest, Father Gapon,
was found hanging from a nail in a lonely
villa in Finland. There was no evidence
Of strangulation, and II Is conjectured
that the man was killed elsewhere and
his body carried to the place where 1t
was found.
Four magazines containing 100000
pounds of powder exploded Monday in
the storage grounds OF the Union Metal
lie Cartridge company in the northern
part of Bridgeport, Conn. Six other mag
azines were not destroyed. The shock
was felt like an earthquake in many
parts Of Connecticut and on Long Island,
and the windows in hundreds of business
houses and dwellings in Bridgeport and
vicinity were destroyed.
James b. Felker, treasurer of the city
of Newburyport, Mass, was arrested
Thursday night charged with embezzel
ment. The shortage in mis- accounts is
not less than SS5,0O0 A large part of
the money was lost in mining stocks.
Notes for the city were signed only by
by the mayor and treasurer. When n
large number of notes were to be signed
Felker put in several new ones, and the
mayor signed the entire bunch, thinking
all were renewals.
Mrs. Lena Hupser. So, was choked to
death at her apartments on East 18th
street, New York. While the murderer
was strangling, beating and assaulting
the woman her husband was lying in bed
so completely crippled with inflammatory
rheumatism that he was unable to lift a
finger to assist the struggling woman or to
make an outcry. The condition Of the
room when the police arrived showed that
Mrs. Hupser had made a desperate fight
for her life. Hupser is so badly broken
down by illness and his nervous system is
so racked by being compelled to watch
the death struggles OF his wife, that he
can give no accurate description of the
assailant but James Flattery employed
as a night Waterman in the building in
which the tragedy occurred, has been
arrested on suspicion.
F. E. Borges, formerly of Indiana, was
placed on trial at Boston Monday on an
Indictment of 126 counts charging lar
ceny in connection with the operations
of the Ubero Plantation company, OF
which he was the alleged promoter.
| Borges has been in jail several months
in default of S75, 900 bail. 1t is alleged
| that losses aggregating 81, 500 900 were
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company which had stockholders al
over New England. people from Brat
| tleboro and st. Johnsbury being among
| the investors. The grand jury reported a
! bill against William d. owen, a former
| Congressman from Indiana. in connection
with the case. The government contends
that the company was amalgamated viii
| several other concerns, and that II wa:
fraudulently conducted
Mrs. Myra Bemis was arrested in Barre
Mass, Friday charged with the murde
OF her former employe, John Hammond
who died Nov. 81, 1905. The cause o
death was given as alcoholism. Ham
mond was employed ten years as porte
in a hotel in Ware previous to going L
| Mrs. Bemis's to work, and was not known
as a heavy drinker. Some time after hi
death Mrs. Bemis presented at the saw
| ings bank in Ware, an order signed b!
| Hammond directing the payment to he
of all the money standing to his credit II
the bank The sum was about $1,000
Hammonds brother. on learning abou
the money, started an investigation. Tn
body was exhumed and the stomach ana
lived by Prof. Whitney OF Harvard. Whe
arraigned before Trial Justice Walker i
Barre Mrs. Bemis pleaded not guilty an
her case was continued until May 10.
Vice Admiral Kuzmich, commander c
the port of St Petersburg was assassin
ated Monday at the admiralty works by
workman who drove a long dagger int
his back The admiral fell forward o
his face, which was badly cut by stones
and died Immediately. The assassin es
capped in the crowd OF workmen, hi
comrades protesting ignorance of hi
Identity The admiral had aroused bite
feeling among the 1000 men in the work
by refusing them permission to parte
pate in a May day parade. other de
velopments OF the day in St. Petersbur
J were as follows: A police captain blow
! to pieces by a bomb in Warsaw; a scol
of peaceful citizens shot down. by soldier
= In Warsaw, four being killed; the couno
of the Empire, led by Count White, d.
t cided to support liberal policy and d.
4 mand amnesty; the lower house OF pa
r lament framed a demand for more r.
\ forms and adopted a threatening tor
toward the Car.