The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-09-28
Domestic.


THE sovereign grand lodge of Odd Eel
lows met at Portland, Oregon, last week.
DELEGATES from all parts of the country
met at Baltimore, Md, Thursday of last
week, to reorganize the order of the Iron
Hall. Supreme Justice Somerby presided
The Fifteenth Pennsylvania regiment,
which had been on duty at Homestead
seventy one days, broke camp on last week
Monday, and started for home. This leaves
but one regiment now on duty
THE Presbyterian church of Cincinnati
has voted by large majority, TO put on
trial for heretical teaching one of its men,
bers-Prof-ssor Henry p. Smith of the Lane
The"iu.dcM Seminary. The trial will begin
October 8.
A TEMPORARY injunction was granted
last week against the American Protective
League of Boston. The complainants claim
that the order is insolvent, and it is alleged
that IL liabilities are S2,7S1, 900 and its assets
but SlOl 500.
SOLOMON JOHNSON, convict in the
Auburn \. Y, state prison, was murdered
in cold hlood last week Tuesday, by fell
low convict-William G. Taylor, negro.
Johnson's throat was cut with knife used
in shaving broon-corn.
The president and Mrs. Harrison left
Loon Lake at noon on last week Tuesday,
and arrived at Washington at a quarter of
nine Wednesday morning. Mrs. Harrison
stood the journey WE'LL and was removed at
once in an ambulance to the White House.
y PROCLAMATION issued by the Six Chi
nese companies at San Francisco states that
the Geary law degrades the Chinese, and
urges all Cinnamon to refuse TO obey it. The
proclamation declares that the United States
in this law has treated China with contempt
and Cinnamon with insult.
THE schooner which has gained consider
able notoriety in shipping circles because
of the thieving operations of its captain and
crew in making away with cargo of wheat
valued at 81, 500, has been located in the
harbor of New Haven, Conn. The wheat
was stolen in a Virginia port. The captain
and crew have fled.
The will of the late John Greenleaf Whit
tier is dated February H. 1890, and the
property disposed of is worth $4,000 or
100000 1t is divided among a large num-
Der of relatives and friends, and few be-
quests are made to public institutions-as
81 600 to the Haverhill hospital. A certain
sum is also left to the Hampton (Va) In
| titute.
OVER 100 frame buildings were burned at
Rockaway Beach, Long Island, early last
week Tuesday morning, and the ruins ex-
| tended over 100 acres. Among the build
ngs were about a dozen hotels. One
woman is said to have lost her life. The
supply of water was wholly inadequate.
Help was summoned from outside. A great
many merry-go-rounds, refreshment build
ings. ETC., were destroyed.
BURGESS McLUcKIE of Homestead went
before Alderman King of Pittsburg, last
week Thursday afternoon, and filed in
| formations against Chairman H. c. Frick
Vice-Chairman Leischman, Secretary Love-
| Joy, Superintendent Potter and Messrs.
Curry and Childs, all of the Carnegie Steel
| Company, limited, charging them with ag-
| gravated riot and conspiracy 1t is pre-
ON ba ph al II based
| tempt to land the Pinkertons on July g..
Warrants were issued for the men.
Two railroad wrecks of unusual horror
occurred early last week Wednesday morn
| ing. One was on the Fort Wayne railroad
at Shreeve, Ohio, at which an express col
| lided with freight. Six persons, at least,
were killed, aud eight injured. Fire was
communicated to several of the cars, and
| two or three persons were burned in the
presence of by ISLANDERS. The other wreck
! was ON the Santa Fe road at Usage City,
There was Sl,000,000 in the express car,
being shipped by the Mexican Central rail
road TO Boston, and robbers wrecked the
train by removing rail. They were unable
! to accomplish their object, however -Four
persons were killed and twenty-five injured.
A BOLD daylight robbery was successfully
accomplished at the post-offce at Newton
Highlands, Mass, last week Wednesday,
| during one of the busiest hours. The post
master was called from his office by man
very neatly dressed. He stated that his
business was to locate an advertising sign
in the post-office, and occupied some time
in choosing suitable spot. On returning
to the inner office the postmaster found the
till had been opened and the contents
stolen during the conversation in the outer
office. The thief had entered either through
the door, or through a rear window. The
amount stolen is estimated to be between
$50 and 500 in cash and about $500 in
stamps.