The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25
DOMESTIC IN BRIEF.

GOVERNOR TILLMAN OF South Carolina Is
defiant, and announces positively that state
dispensaries will be opened August l, de-
spite the recent decision of the supreme
court. The publication OF his purpose has
created sensation and much apprehension
of trouble.
Four HUNDRED pounds OF loose powder
exploded at Fort Pulaski, Ca, last Friday.
The accident fatally wounded Ordnance
Sergeant William CHM, seriously injured
Mary Washington, bis mother-in-law, and
set fire to the fort, causing intermittent explo-
sions of ammunition and doing much dam
age to the fort.
STRIKERS have committed wholesale out
RACES in Oklahoma Territory of late. One
bridge was blown up with dynamite, one
was burned and dynamite bomb was
thrown under a train carrying soldiers.
Telegraph wires were cut, train guards fired
upon and section men driven from their
work at Enid and Round Pond. A reign of
terror prevails and both local officers and
soldiers are afraid to act. Governor Lowe
has offered $500 reward for the arrest Of
any party guilty of arson.
A HORRIBLE accident occurred at mine
in Hazelton, Penn, last week. Two hun
dred sticks of dynamite exploded among a
crowd OF men who were preparing to go to
their days work, and all were shattered
and torn to fragments. The exact number
placed at between eight and eleven. The
true cause of the explosion will never be
known. 1t took place 800 feet below the
surface, and the shock was felt in mines
more than three miles distant None Of
the bodies of those killed could be denti-
fed.
WHEN the cruiser Minneapolis reached
the wharf at Philadelphia last week, after
her successful trial, two workmen ran up
the gang plank, and, seizing Edwin s.
Cramp, member of the firm, placed him
upon their shoulders and marched up the
ship yard behind the band, which was play
ing" See the Conquering Hero Comes"
The two original enthusiasts were soon
joined by several hundred other cheering
employees. Charles III. Cramp issued an
order to the heads of the different depart
ment to give the 5000 employees a holiday
with full pay.
A TUNNEL under the East river at New
York connecting that city with Long Island
was formally opened last Thursday, and a
party OF adventures travelled through it.
The purpose is not transportation of pas
sengers and freight, but the conveyance Of
gas from the smaller city to the metropolis.
Nevertheless, the excavation is large enough
to admit curiosity seekers in an uncomfort-
able position. it being at most points about
ten feet wide and eight and half feet high.
The work is a magnificent piece OF engi-
neering and illustrates the possibilities Of
modern science.
UTAH has present population OF 100000.
She will not be admitted as a state until
July a, 1895. Her admission has been de-
layed by reason Of the practice of polygamy
by the Mormon Inhabitants but 1t Is said
that congress has had satisfactory assur-
ances that the practice has been abandoned.
The state will be entitled to one member Of
the house of representatives and two sena-
tors. Its constitutional convention will
meet in March of next year, and its work
will be acted on by the people in the sue
ceeding November, and the president will
subsequently issue proclamation declar-
ing it to be member of the Union.