The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-10-15

through the influence, it is said, Of the
Jesuit priests, who object to the provisions
for public schools.
WILLIAM SHUM, a Muncie, Ind, printer,
became insane after setting up the descrp-
ton of a murder case, and beheaded him
self by placing his neck on the rail in front
of an approaching train.
TwENTY-oNE Chinese were arragned last
week at Seattle Wash, in the United
States district court, on the charge of being
illegally in the United States. The Judge
ordered them returned TO Victoria, Il. G.
THE president had an enthusiastic well
come at st. Louis on Saturday. There was
big parade of military, Grand Army posts
and Sons of Veteran camps. The presi-
dent passed Sunday at his home in Indian
apolis.
Mrs. A. E. RANKIN has presented the First
National bank of st. Johnsbury with an
excellent crayon portrait of her father, the
late Judge Luke p. Poland, who was presi-
dent of the bank from its organization in
1864 until 1886.
A PETITION signed by one thousand per-
sons has been presented to Mayor Hart of
Boston, asking that no public money be
spent on memorial to John Boyle O'Reilly,
and that no memorial be erected on ground
belonging to the city.
THE October statistical returns of the de-
partment of agriculture show material de-
cline in the cotton prospects-a fall in the
general percentage from S5.5 TO 80. The
cause of the deterioration is the excessive
rain in the bottom lands of the Mississippi
valley.
IN the late United Brethren confer
ence at Mountvile, Penn, Rev. u. G.
Mower was expelled from the conference
and the church for immortality and fraudu-
lent transactions. Rev. =. II. Garrett was
also expelled for conduct unbecoming a
Christian minister
CoRNELA V. e. MILLER and Priscilla
Field, the wives of two London bankers,
were arrested at a hotel in New York ON
Friday night Of last week for receiving
stolen property amounting to $4,000. Their
husbands firm had failed, and the money
belonged to the creditors.
A MAN named John McClintock of Hyde
Park, Mass having been refused a license
to preach on Boston common, predicts that
Boston will be visited by some great ca
lamity. He made the same prediction when
refused at Charleston, S. g., and ten months
later the earthquake came
WRIGHT PARKS of Indianapolis, Ind,
thinking a burglar was entering his ROOM
shot through the door, Immediately there
was a childs scream Oh, papal It's me-
You have killed mel" 1t was his own
daughter The ball went clear through her
body and lodged in her spine.
THE report of Lyman E. Knapp, COVER
nor of Alaska, says that the prohibtory
law there is dead letter, as juries will not
convict He recommends that a commits
sion be appointed to prepare a short code of
special laws to be approved by congress
Authorized representation in congress- the
governor says, should be provided.
G. NJ. LEWIS, mayor of Clinton, Miss,
has been assassinated in his yard, where he
went to turn his cow out Two loads of
slugs from a shot gun were fired into his
body producing instant death. Two ne
groes, named Harris and Hudson, were ar
rested as the guilty parties Harris SAYS
his uSp1. that he IOq1p1 il but
that Hudson fired the shots. During the
night Hudson escaped. Harris wife
cooked for Lewis, and he was assisting her
in securing divorce on account of bad
treatment.
A CoLD-BLooDED shooting affair occurred
at Dover, n. H., last week. A man, who
gave his name as Hott called at Edward
NJ. Cars furniture store and said he would
like to have him call at his home and buy
some goods, for he wanted to get out of
town in the morning. Carr went with the
young man, and when at the head of Park
street. Hoitt pulled a revolver and fired five
shots at Carr, four of which took effect,
saying " Take that-die." He then ran
away. The assailant's real name is said TO
be "Teggs - Holland. Carr's wounds may
not be fatal.
The postal authorities have seized the
weekly edition of the atlanta Constitu-
ton, which contained a prize distribution
to its subscribers to be settled by Christ
mas drawing. The paper offered to give
bonds for any amount to cover the verdict
which might be rendered, but the postal
authorities were obdurate and refused to
let the papers go through the mails. When
the law was passed the Constitution an
nounced that the newspapers ought to
assist the government in executing its pro-
visions and promptly stopped the publica-
ton of its regular lottery advertisement,
not thinking that the law was intended to
cover such features as that for which this
edition was seized.
THE new tariff bill provides for the old
duties on sawed lumber if the exporting
country has an export duty on the logs
from which it is made. Secretary Window
says it is understood that the government of
Canada now imposes an export duty on
spruce, pine and cedar logs and single
bolts made of pine and cedar, thus render
ing sawed lumber imported from that coun-
try in the United States liable to duties
under the old tariff. Representations have
been made to the treasury department that
the Canadian government has determined
to take no steps toward removing the eX-
port duty on logs until officially notified by
this government of the provisions of the
new tariff act; and with the view of grant
ing relief, Secretary Window requests that
such notification be given the Canadian
government at as early a day as possible
Foreign.
A NEW cabinet was formed in Portugal on
Saturday.
ALL the hacllmen and street-car drivers
| in Havana have gone on a strike.
In the general elections in Brazil the of
fetal candidates We're generally successful.
RUMoRs of "A fresh outbreak at Buenos
Ayres caused intense excitement, but they
are believed to be either untrue or greatly
exaggerated.
In the Lambeth police court at London,
Slavin and McAuliffe, the pugilsts, were
! committed for trial for engaging in COM
mon prize fight.
BY decree just published with regard to
Alsace-Lorraine, the teaching of French
must for the future be stopped in all the
primary schools.
FIVE Russian war vessels are now cruis-
ing in Behring sea, with instructions TO per-