The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-12-16

1t is understood to be the policy OF the new
speaker to give the East, West and North
west substantial recognition. The commit
tee on coinage will probably be perplex-
ing one TO select.
ABOUT the only business done Tuesday of
last week was the reception of the presi-
dents message, after which the house adj
journed unil Saturday, with the under
standing that a further adjournment should
be taken until Wednesday,
NEARBY seven hundred bills were intro
duced in the senate on Thursday, among
them several from Senator PETER. The ter
ritories OF Arizona and Mexico will make
an earnest appeal for admission to the
Union. Commissioners from the British
West Indies are negotiating with Secretary
Blaine for reciprocal trade relations.
SENATOR PROCTOR was assigned to the
place in the senate's military committee
made vacant by Senator Stewards transfer to
the appropriations committee. Mr.. Proctor
is also chairman of the committee to estab-
llSh the university of the United States, and
he is a'member of the committees on the re-
vision OF the laws, immigration, private land
claims, organization, conduct and expend-
lures OF the executive departments Sem
ator Morrill, is given the charmanship OF
the committee on finance and his other
appointments are Public buildings and
grounds additional recommendations for
and retrenchment
Foreign.
DURING row at Waterford. Ire, last
Sunday, Michael Davitt received bad cut
on the forehead.
ADoIPH ALBERT, a prominent banker of
Garlitz, in Prussian Siberia, is charged with
embezzling over two million marks. He is
peIleVed TO be on his way to the United
States.
ANsTN ,.,u; l..
Wednesday night and Thursday, causing
disasters along the coast, and also in many
districts ia Ireland. The Norwegian mail
steamer, Frithjof was wrecked off Hauge-
sund.
HUNzA NaGHER tribesnen having men,
aced the Chalt fort near Gilgit the garri-
son of which is COMPOSED of Cashmere
troops with British officers, desperate fight
ing occurred, and the hosties were defeated
with heavy loss.
The outlook in Russia continues very
gloomy, and every one is preparing for a
sad winter. Faith in the minister of finance
has been badly shaken, and it is said that
ne was instrumental in causing the car to
TAIL to meet the emperor of Germany.
LIEUTENANT MANSFIELD, an aeronaut,
met terrible death at Bombay, last Thurs
day. His balloon burst when he was 400
feet in the air, and before Mansfield could
get out his parachute he had reached the
ground, where he was battered cut shape.
The French senate decided last wednes-
day by significantly large vote that the
Catholic clergy must respect the republic
and submit to its laws. NJ. Dide described
the bishops as working to establish the
temporal power of the papacy. 1t was high
time, he said, that the government put a
stop to such anarchy.
GERMANY is alleged to have made, last
week, treaties of commerce with Austria
and Italy hostile to France and Russia
Through negotiations with other nations,
the unions, of which Germany is the inven-
tor will embrace the whole of Europe ex-
cept France. Russia, England Sweden, Nor
way, Spain, Portugal and Greece. This is
regarded as clever move to hamper France
and Russia.
DISPATCH from Pekin states that the
recent victories of the imperial troops sent
against the rebels in Mongolia have brought
the insurrection to an end. BY order of Ii
Hung Chang, the Chinese viceroy, sum-
mary punishment is inflicted on the cap
tured rebels who are convicted of having
taken part in the massacre of Christians
Forty-two insurgents, who were proven
beyond doubt to have had a hand in the
been have beheaded at Pakou.