The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-17
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ar-bOne and was bruised.
FRIDAY morning the Jail at Jacksonville,
Oregon, containing three prisoners, was dis.
covered to be on fire. Before the cells could
be reached the prisoners had suffocated.
The fire originated in the front room, where
the deputy sheriff slept, which made it inn
possible to reach the prisoners until after
the fire had been extinguished
THE president last week made the follow
ing appointments of consuls Emmons
Clark of New York, at Havre; Archibald
j. Sampson of Colorado, at Acapulco; Ros-
well G.. Horr of Michigan, at Valparaiso;
James f. Hartigan of the District OF
Columbia for the port of Trieste and all
other ports in the Austrian dominions.
II. w. CUMMINGS, a mail-carrier at New
Haven, Conn, has been arrested on war
rant charging him with violating the civil
service law, which provides that no person
shall, in any room or building occupied in
the discharge of official duties by any officer
or employee of the United States, solicit
or receive contributions for political pur-
poses.
THE refusal of the railways to grant re-
duced rate to Grand Army men who wish
to attend the national encampment has
brought out a caustic circular, advising that
only delegates attend the meeting. Com
mander.in-chief Warner, however, has
issued general circular to all Grand Army
posts, urging the members to attend the ma
tional encampment at Milwaukee, despite
the refusal of the railroads to grant a rate
of one cent mile.
THE owners of the American schooner
Matte Winshp," which was seized some
months ago for illegally fishing within the
Canadian three-mile limit, have notified the
department of justice at Ottawa that no de-
Tense can be entered. In consequence of
this admission the department of Justice has
under consideration the advisability of i'm
posing mitigating fine, instead of pressing
the proceedings in the vice-admiralty court
for the forfeiture of the vessel.
Mr. PORTER the superintendent OF the
census, says that no more applications for
offices in his bureau will be considered and
no more appointments made. except those
already decided upon, until after Septem-
Der /. Mr.. Porter says that all his time for
some weeks will be taken up in mapping out
the work of the special agents of the bureau.
After the work of the special agents is well
in hand, Mr.. Porter will take up applica-
tons for appointment as supervisors of the
census. There are one hundred seventy
five supervisors, and each of them will have
the selection of about three hundred emu
merators.
STRIKERS in the Clyde ship-yards have
made a compromise.
The wooden and cardng-mills of John
Moody & Son at Ridgetown, Ont, were
burned July 10.
ONE-HALF of the town of Diarkend in
Semiretchinsk, Russia has been destroyed
by an earthquake.
THE French chamber OF deputies has
adopted bill providing for the purchase of
telephones by the state.
THERE has been heavy fall in sugar in
London on the refusal of the German syndi-
cate to continue purchases.
GENERAL GRENFELL has arrived at As
souan, Egypt, to prosecute the campaign
against the Soudan dervishes.
A MOTION to permit children under ten
years of age to perform on the stage has been
rejected in the house of commons.
SIX thousand of the striking spinners at
Brunn, Germany, have resumed work. The
workmen of three mills continue the
strike.
THE Kennel Club of London has decided
! that henceforth dogs with clipped ears
shall not be admitted to dog-shows held
under its rules
A FIRE which broke out recently among
some hemp warehouses on the docks along
the River Pragal, at Koenigsberg, caused a
loss of half million marks.
THE inquiry into the recent mine disaster
at st. Etienne, France, has resulted in es-
tablishing the fact that the explosion was
| due to the negligence of a man who failed
to notice the presence of tire-damp.
Mr.. STANHoPE, England's secretary of
war, stated in the house of commons, re-
Gently, that the official estimate of the
number of the invaders of Egypt under
| Nadeljumi was 5000 men and 800 camels
MAJOR T. NJ. FIELD, assistant secretary
of the British and American Mortgage Com
pany, has been arraigned and remanded to
prison in London Tor fraudulently issuing
coupons of the company to the amount of
5000
ONE of the biggest commercial ventures
that has taken place in a long time is the
purchase by Wright, Butler & Co of the
whole of the Avon valley, one of the most
promising of the undeveloped mineral dis
tricts in South Wales.
THE sudden appearance of many assures
near Matanzas, Cuba, has caused some
alarm among the residents of that city and
neighborhood. The general belief is that
the geological phenomenon must be of a
volcanic character. Some of the crevices
measure six hundred by twenty-four by
twenty feet
NJ. THOMSON, member of the chamber OF
deputies for the department of Constantine,
Algeria, became involved in a quarrel last
week in the lobby of the chamber with NJ
Laur, member for the department of Loire
and struck and severely kicked him. A
duel resulted in which pistols were used
but neither one was hit.
The French senate has adopted the
Panama Canal relief bill. 1t appended a
clause to the measure, however, which
necessitates the return of the bill to the
chamber of deputies for adoption by that
body. Baron De Lareinty and Senator
Lalievre became involved in a quarrel
which resulted in the latter sending the
baron a challenge to fight duel.
Mr.. PARNELL authorizes the announce
ment that the Irish party will Immediately
form Tenants Defense League for protec
ton against the landlord syndicate. Mr.
Michael Davitt says that this league viii
give a new start to the Irish cause which
will be of immense Importance. 1t will
bring men of all shades of opinion on tn,
popular side into fighting line under Mr.
| Parnell