The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-07-25


Secretary Farchid has instructed Surgeon
general Hamilton of the marine hospital
bureau to render all possible aid.
Mrs. i. j. SULLY, a young woman OF
Macon, Ga, and well known at Niagara for
her beauty, was carried over Niagara Falls
last week Thursday afternoon. She was
sailing above the falls with w. IL. Barber.
Their boat capsized Mr.. Barber was res
cued, but Mrs. Sully sank into the water.
The richest discovery of gold ever made
outside the Comstock lode was made at the
Lake Superior Iron Company's shaft, seven
miles from Ishpemng, Michigan. last week
Friday morning. Three hundred pounds
of quartz carrying free gold at the rate of
over 100000 ton was uncovered by one
blast, and taken into the city, where it is
creating the widest excitement
A DESTRUCTIVE rain-storm flooded Wheel
ing, West Virginia, last week Thursday
evening. A bridge over the Wheeling river
precipitated between twenty and thirty per-
sons into the river, and about half of them
persisted. Dwellings were swept away
and eleven persons were drowned. The
loss of property in the city is $4,000. East
of the city the ruin was complete. Six
large bridges on the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road were washed away and the road from
Elm Grove to the state line will practically
have to be rebuilt. The loss to the com
pany is estimated at S350000. The West
ern Union Telegraph Company loses forty
miles of line. Privates losses are immense.
The loss of crops in Ohio is 100000.
Congressional.
On Monday, July IL, in the senate, Mr..
Pugh spoke in favor of the fisheries treaty;
Mr.. Chandler opposed the treaty and at
tackled the administration. - In the
house the free wool clause of the Mills tariff
bill was sustained by a vote of 100 to 1872.
Amendments imposing a duty ON cocoa
mating and restoring the wool tariff of
1867 were lost. An amendment striking
out the clause imposing duty on carpet
stuffs and mattings was adopted. The
schedule of duties on paper was adopted
substantially as reported in the bill. The
consideration of the essentially tariff fea-
lures of the bill was completed. A motion
to repeal all internal taxes was lost by a
vote of ~ to 1876, republicans voting with the
majority.
Oh Tuesday, in the senate, the bill placing
General John G. Fremont on the retired list
was passed The bill providing for the pay
ment of back pay to worlSmen in govern
ment employ for excess of work over the
requirements of the eght-hour law since
June %, 1868, was passed. - In the
house, in consideration of the internal
revenue, amendments for the repeal of
taxes on cigars, cheroots and cigarettes
and on spirits distilled from fruits, were
lost by a vote of 43 to rs. An amend
ment for a tax OF SO on wholesale
dealers was lost. An amendment to abol-
ish the tax on oleomargarine was rejected
by a vote of 3 to 1O1. October /, 1888, was
fixed as the date upon which the tariff bill
shall 60 into effect.
On Wednesday, in the senate, extension
of the interstate commerce law to telegraph
and express companies was referred to the
committee on interstate commerce for in
Vestigation. A resolution was passed pro-
viding means for testing the Craig telegraph
invention in the capitol. The bill for the
admission OF Washington territory as a
state was considered. - In the house
iron and steel hoops were placed on the
free list. Duties were fixed on cement,
whiting, Paris white, Paris green, pottery
and glassware.
On Thursday, in the senate, a large num-
Der of bills was taken from the calendar
and passed. Among them was the bill
compelling land grant railways to maintain
and operate their own telegraph lines and
not lease them to other corporations. A
bill was introduced by Mr.. Blair restrict
ing the naturalization of aliens. Samuel
D. Bigelow was rejected as district attorney
of New Jersey. - In the house the
clause of the Mills bill fixing the duty on
tobacco at thirty-tve cents was stricken out
and the present duty. was restored on
tobacco and smokers articles After clos
ing speeches by Mr.. Springer for the bill
and Messrs. Dingey, Galinger, Butter
worth and Reed against it, the bill was re-
ported favorably by the committee of the
whole.
On Friday, in the senate, the nomination
of Melville c. Fuller to be chief-justice of
the United States supreme bench was con-
tirmed by a vote of Al to 20. A reso-
luton was offered by Senator Chandler TO
the effect that the presidents appoint
ment of the negotiators of the fisheries
treaty was unwarranted by the Constitution.
The bill to prohibit the immigration of
Chinese laborers was discussed favorably by
Messrs Dolph and Mitchell and opposed by
Mr.. Morgan. - In the house the senate
bill approprating $3.50 600 to aid state homes
for disabled volunteers was passed. The
conference report on the river and harbor
bill was agreed to.
Foreign.
THE Italian chamber of deputies has
granted 100000 citizens the right to vote
in local elections.
EMPEROR WILLIAM was received with
military honors on his arrival at Cronstadt
| Russia last week Thursday.
THE British ship Star of Greece has
been wrecked in Aldinger bay, off the
shore of Australia Twenty persons were
! drowned
In the French chamber of deputies, last
week, bill was introduced abolishing duel
ing and demanding urgency for the meas.
ure. The demand for urgency was rejected
STORMS, with heavy rain-falls, destroying
crops, prevailed in Europe last week. There
was heavy cyclone in Rome, resulting in
heavy damage to telegraph lines and other
property.
FIRE broke out last week Thursday in the
| Spanish steamer " Asturiano " at Rouen
France, from New York, and caused an ex
plosion of s, $40 barrels Of petroleum. Eight
| OF the crew were killed.
AT the inquest in the case of Mr.. Mande
vile, who died in Jail at Mitchellstown, Ire
land, when confined for taking part witt
the Irish in the recent riot at that place
evidence given last week showed tha
he was put upon prison rations wher
| i'll and had been deprived of his cloth
ing twenty-four hours when found dead il
| his cell.
THE tercentenary of the destruction of tn,
Spanish armada was observed at Plymouth
England, the 10Th, with appropriate cere
monies. Thousands of persons were il
attendance. The foundation stone of
memorial was laid a historical procession
took place and mayoral banquet, attended
by number of mayors and naval and mill
tary officers was held
A CAMPAIGN of eviction upon an ex
tensive scale opened in county Clare las
week Wednesday, A houSe al IZilrush xya,