The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-23
THE VERMONT wATCHMAN.


take effect as soon as the governor is nOt
fed that congress has repealed the act levy
ing tax of ten per cent on the circulating
notes of state banks.
CHIEF JUSTICE TURNEY, governor. elect o.
Tennessee, is lying dangerously i'll at his
home near Winchester. Judge Turney !,
quite an old man. There is no provision in
Tennessees constitution or statutes for III,
successor in the event of the death of q
governor.elect, and should Judge Turney
die before he is inaugurated it might bt
that Governor Buchanan would hold over.
THE presidents of the Eastern trunk line;
assembled in New York last week to dis
cuss the rate TO be charged for railway
tickets to and from Chicago during the
Worlds Fair. 1t was decided 0) to maintain
present rates ON all regular trains scheduled
at thirty-five hours or less between New
York and Chicago; (2) 20 per cent reduc
ton during exhibition on trains scheduled
at more that thirty-five hours.
AN engine drawing train of empty Goa
cars blew up at Corners crossing neaI
Schuyklim Haven, Pa, last week Tuesday
killing five men, tearing up tracks, dis
mantling the locomotive and hurting thu
machinery for several squares around.
large crowd gathered and assisted in get
ting together the remains of the victims o
the accident. The bodies were horribly
dishgured.
JESSE SYKES, an old farmer residing tire,
miles from Newport, Ind, met with horri
bic death on a recent evening. He WA
subject to epieptic fits, He went out I,
feed lot OF hogs, and, as he did not appea
for supper, one of the members of the family
went out to see what was the matter. II,
found the hogs tearing out the entrais o
the old man, and devouring them with
greedy appetite. Both legs and hips wer,
nearly stripped of flesh. Help was calleC
and the badly mutilated remains were re
moved to the house.
THE first big break in the strikers rank
at Homestead, Pa, occurred Thursday
when some 80 men applied for positions a
the mills. The second break came Fri
day morning. Up to ten o'clock over 25
men had applied and very few We're turned
away. The mechanical men and day labor
ers had a meeting Saturday and decided
to declare the strike off so far as they wer,
concerned but the amalgamated men pro
pose to continue the fight for the recogni
ton of the association believing firmly TIN,
company will finally accede to their de
mands
SUPERINTENDENT OF CENSUS PORTER ha
discharged Ivan Petroff, the special ageu
who prepared the reports of Alaska for TIL,
tenth and eleventh census, and who it, il
stated gave false information in his worl
for the state department in the Behring sti
case. Secretary Noble approved the actor
taken by Mr.. Porter. Professor James III
Blodgett of the census office has been PLACED
in charge of the Alaska work. Mr. Porte
had known Petroff for twelve years o.
more. He did excellent work in the tentl
census, and he believed him incapable o
deliberately or purposely giving false infor
nation.
The democrats of Mountain View, Ark.
had a presidential election celebration il
the district school house, last Wednesday
night, and terrible disaster ended the pro
ceedings prematurey. During the speech
making, and while the building was packed
two kegs of powder exploded. The school
house was wrecked and a number of il
occupants buried in the ruins. Shrieks ant
means issued from the mass of wrecke,
timbers and it was evident that the calamit,
was terrible. The debris took fire in severa
places and it required hard work to proven
the cremation of the persons who We're i'm
prisoned. Fifteen persons We're injured
some fatally.
PRESIDENT MCLEOD of the Reading rail
road lett Philadelphia last week Tuesday OF
another trip of inspection over the Boston
Maine road IL is reported he has abOu
completed his plan for the operation of th
newly acquired property in connection Will
the Reading system, and will make some .
the contemplated changes during his preSeu
visit. When all his plans have been pu
into effect the Eastern system can be oper
ated without any Inconvenience. The head
of departments will be located in Phiadel
phia, aud important orders will be issue,
from lie main office in that city.
A MEETING of the leading men compris
ing the advisory boards at Homestead
Beaver Falls and Lawrenceville was bel,
at Pittsburg recently, to determin
whether or not the strikes at the place
named will continue The members of ia
advisory committee refused to say any
ing viii be held soon. The prolonge,
strikes at the big Carnegie plants, the heav,
expenses incurred through supporting Tia
idle men, and recent troubles have rem
dered il absolutely necessary for the lead