The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-12-24

proper discipline and a desire to rule the
teacher.
OVER one hundred Farmers Alliance men
on last week Tuesday night forCibly re-
moved three loan company tenants from
farms near Wichita, Kansas, recently sold
by sheriff under foreclosure proceedings,
and placed the original owners in possess
sion. The families were driven from their
homes at two o'clock in the morning, and
they, with their household goods, were car
ried ten miles in wagons and dumped ON
the road in the biting cold.
Congress.
TUEsDAY.-In the senate the Dolph reso-
luton, providing for an investigation as to
whether the right TO vote had been denied
or abridged in any state, was discussed
short time, after which the election bill
was taken up, and Mr.. Kenna spoke on it
for three hours. He was followed by Mr.
Dolph, who spoke in favor of the bill. 80
In the house the apportionment bill was
brought up by Mr.. Dunnel of Minnesota
who explained its provisions. The bill and
the census enumeration were bitterly at
tackled by the democrats
WEDNEsDAY.-The senate resumed con-
sideration of the force bill after the morn
ing hour. Mr.. Dolph closed his remarks,
begun on Tuesday. Mr.. Kenna finished
his argument against the bill. Messrs.
Reagan and Butler made speeches opposing
the measure. - The house took up the
apportionment BILL which was passed, 1877
to ",
THuRsDAY.--In the senate the committed
on finance reported the caucus bill to pro-
vide against a contraction of the currency,
and 1t was ordered printed and recommitted.
The election bill was taken up, and Messrs.
Coke, Cullom and Bates spoke. 80 In
the house, in committee of the whole, the
shipping bill was taken up, and Mr.. Far
quhar spoke in favor of it,
FRIDAY.-The senate passed the printing
deficiency bill. The election bill was taken
up, and Messrs. Bates, Gibson and Stewart
| spoke The latter was the first republican
to oppose the bill, and his speech was lis
! tened to with careful attention. - In
| the house Mr.. Grout spoke in opposition to
a bill giving the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
certain powers in the District of Columbia.
The conference report on the bill amending
the act for the division of portion of the
| Sioux Indians in Dakota into smaller res
ervations was agreed to.
! SATURDAY.-The senate occupied the
morning in passing private pension bills.
Mr.. Platt introduced joint resolution APP
propriating 500, 600 to enable the president
| to take action to obtain from the German
government a supply of the remedy dis
covered by DR.. Koch and the formula for
| the manufacture of the same. The resolu-
ton went over. - The house, in com
mittee of the whole, cOnCurred in the SEN
ate amendments to the urgent deficiency
bill, except the amendment providing for
payments to senate session employees.
MoNDAY.-The senate adopted the confer
ence report on the Sioux reservation bill.
The election bill was taken up, and Messrs.
Higgins, Gray and Voorhees, spoke. Mr..
Hoar made an unsuccessful attempt to fix
| time for voting. - District of Columbia
matters occupied the house. A resolution
was introduced for an investigation into the
death of Sitting Bull
Foreign.
GREAT restitution is reported from Ire
land.
A BIG railroad strike is in progress in
Scotland.
THE bursting of a canal at Cordova, Ar
gentine Republic, destroyed hundreds of
houses and hundred lives.
IT is reported that Sir John Pope Hen
messy, the anti-Parnell candidate at Kill
kenny, is elected by majority of at least 500.
In the famous Eyraud case at Paris in
which the murder of Gouffe was the crime,
Eyraud was sentenced to death by the gull
lotine and Gabrielle Bompard to twenty
years Imprisonment at hard labor.
EIGHT men who were working on Mount
Sachard, in the Alps, were swept Sy the
wind over precipice. Six of them fell a
distance of $500 feet and were horribly mu-
tiated. The other two managed to cling TO
rocks and they escaped
REM LA MONTAGUE, who killed his
brother-in-aw, Napoleon Michael, was
hanged at Sherbrooke, p. O. on last week
Friday Sheriff Webb who had charge of
the execution, died suddenly, of heart dis
ease, shortly before the execution.
The sentence against a number of China
men for burning to death fourteen salt in
spectors was recently executed. The chief
criminal was sentenced to decapitation, but
committed suicide before the day arrived
and according to law his body was exhumed
and the head struck off and exhibited as a
warning to the public Four others were
strangled and four were exiled after being
heavily fined.