The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-31

any such reratings have been made in vio-
lation of law.
THE report of the New York post-office ex-
aiming commission has been made pub
lie, and contains important recommends.
tions The commission recommends one hum
dred twenty.three additional clerks and ten
additional carriers, at an increased cost Of
$4,000. Numerous changes in the post
Office building, which would involve a
further additional expense of $4,000, are
also recommended. 1t also suggests some
thorough improvements as to the practical
operation of the postal service in the city.
Foreign.
THE report that Mary Anderson, the act
ress, il insane in London Is denied
THE Parnell commission adjourned on
Thursday of last week to October 2.
THE physicians attending Wilkie Collins,
the novelist, say that he is out of danger.
THE Belgian chamber OF deputies has
voted 100000 for the new Congo railway.
GENERAL BoULANGER will be candidate
in ninety-two cantons for the councils gen.
eral.
The new French army law extends the
age of liability to service from forty-fve
| years to fifty
THE Marylebone Cricket Club defeated
the Philadelphia cricketers, last week, by
an inning and eighty-four runs.
Mr.. LoR1NG, the new American minister
| to Portugal went to Cintra, Thursday, and
presented his credentials to the king
lie Sojr publishes report that General
| Boulanger is going to New York, fearing
! that the court-martial will condemn him.
II has been decided in Russia that women
may be physicians, but they must contne
their services to children and adults of their
own sex.
THE Spanish government has forbidden
any demonstrations calculated to encourage
the pope to go to Spain in the event of his
leaving Rome.
BY vote of go to rs the house of com.
mons has agreed to grant lump sum of
$500, 000--or, as an alternative, 10000 an
nually-to build railways in Ireland.
THE wedding presents received by the
Princess Louise of Wales were displayed at
Marlborough house Friday. The total value
was $4,000. The jewels alone are valued
at 100000.
REPORTS as to the condition of crops in
Manitoba and at many points in Ontario
are satisfactory. There seems to be no good
ground for the desparing reports that have
| been circulated.
THE son of United States Consul Twtchell
OF Kingston, Ontario, is under arrest for
| burglary The young man bore an excel
| lent reputation, and it is thought that he
committed the crime in a fit of temporary
insanity. u
A CABLE message received from the
European union of astronomers announces
the discovery of a bright comet in the south
ern heavens by Professor Davidson of
| Queensland on July u. 1t has daily
movement of three degrees north
A RECENT fire at Lu Chow, China, burned
twenty-three hours, destroying $1,000 dwell
ings. Over 200 persons persisted in the
flames and 400 others were killed. Nearly
10000 people were obliged to camp out,
without shelter, and were dying at the rate
| fNf Il fr, aud
THE Yellow river has again burst its
banks in Spantung, inundatng an immense
extent of country. There are twelve feet of
water throughout ten large governmental
districts. The loss of life and property is
incalculable. Owing to the incapacity of
the local authorities foreign engineering aid
in order to permanently repair the channel
of the river, is considered imperative.
THE trial of the strikers arrested at Bres-
lau, Germany, has resulted in the convic-
ton of thirty-two of the prisoners Henkel,
the ring-leader, was sentenced to seven
years penal servitude and to be deprived
of his civil rights for seven years. Nine of
the strikers were sentenced to terms of i'm
prisonment ranging from eighteen months to
five years at hard labor and twenty-five
were sentenced to imprisonment from a
year to four years without hard labor.
In the British house of commons, last
week RI. Hon. W. III. Smith, government
leauer laiu oh INC uaoie Vno leRVlU vi uhc
committee on royal grants. The report
recommends that the sum of $4,000 be added
to the quarterly grant of the Prince OF
Wales. The report maintains the right OF
} the queen to ask parliament to make further
provision for her grandchildren, and ad.
vises that at the proper time a law be passed
providing that future sovereigns shall have
, no claim to parliamentary provision for
their grandchildren. Mr.. Labouchere moved
the rejection of the report, and to substi'
tute therefor an address to the queen re-
citing among other things, that the sums
already voted by parliament to the royal
family should be amply sufficient for all
their proper purposes, and that, if further
supplies are needed, they ought to be pro-
vided through retrenchment of the expenses
of the royal family, not by such demands
upon the taxpayers. Mr. Labouchere's mo-
ton was debated on Thursday and Friday
and finally rejected by vote of 39S to 116.