The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-26
DOMESTIC IN BRIEF.

The steamer " Majestic" which sailed
from Liverpool to New York last Thursday,
carried 672 sacks of mail, This is said to
be the largest mail ever carried from Eng
land to America in a dhgle steamer.
JOHN f. BELLY, cashier of the Central
National Bank IF Rome. n Y, is a de
faulter in the I'm of S27, 900. Speculation
in stocks led to his downfall The bank is
fully protected by the cashiers bond.
Two Usage Indians who are attending the
business college at Winfield, Kan, eloped
recently with two white sisters They
were overtaken twenty miles away and
taken back. The bucks declare they will
marry the girls
Miss HELEN NJ. COUGAR of Lafayette, Ind,
has brought suit to test the validity of the
Indiana statutes relating to suffrage. She
contends that women are admitted to prac.
tice law in that state, and for that reason
they are entitled to the right of suffrage.
The 800 men who have not been able to
obtain employment at Pullman ILL.,, since
they joined the Pullman strike have drawn
up socialistic petition, which will be sub
mitted to the city council, county commits
sioners and legislature, with the double OBJ
ject of soliciting change of he constitu.
tional Fright to live" and calling attention
to their deplorable condition.
ADv1cEs from Denver, Colo, state that
Davis II lines and John Burns. the English
labor leaders, are n vt working in harmony.
The former is disgU sted with Burns, he
say $, aud styles him a gigantic bundle OF
conceit. He was not commissioned Holmes
says, to come here and pick out the evils he
could find in public and private life, and,
according to Holmes, it has been bit of
advertising for John Burns.
DISTRICT assembly 16, Knights of Labor,
in Northeastern Pennsylvania, comprising
about 5000 members, has decided to pay no
more Cues TO the national assembly, thus
practically Withdrawing from the order.
The national society officers are accused OF
using the funds of the order. The trouble
grew out of an unseating OF the delegate of
district assembly 16 at the last general as
sembly, so that an ant-Powderly majority
could be obtained
A PASSENGER train on the Chicago, Mil
waukee and St. Paul railroad was held up
by train robbers near Sioux City last Friday
night. They used no revolvers, but wore
masks. Two tC ok each side of the car, and
nearly every passenger was relieved of
watch or a pocketbook. The job was done
so quickly that no one seemed TO realize
what was occurring until the men had gone.
Not hand was raised against them and
hardly word was aid by the robbers.
A TRAIN on the Sioux City and Pacific
railroad created havoc among drove OF cat
tie near Sioux City last week. The train
had rounded a curve, running at the rate of
fifty five miles an hour, when the eng heer
saw herd Of cattle on the track ahead OF
bim He realized he could not stop the
train and that to slacken speed would make
matters worse, so he pulled the throttle
wide open and ran through the herd. The
train killed twenty-five OF the cattle and did
not leave he rails.
THE lopg.standing suit between the Cen
trail Transportation Company and the Pull.
man Palace Car Company is settled, and an
immense sum of money, said to aggregate
nearly S 100000, will soon be collected by
the transportation company, The suit grew
out of the consolidation of the two systems
on February H. 1870, under which arrange
ment the pullman Company was to pay the
Central Transportation Company S264, 900
year, subj set to certain contingencies. The
stipulated rent has not been paid since jan
n Try, 1885.
A RIOT was precipitated in the court of
criminal correction at st. Louis Mo, last
week William Wright a negro, bad just
been acquitted of charge OF msdemeanor
and was leaving the court room Officers
attempted to arrest him on another charge,
when his friends believing that he was
victim of police persecution, resisted and
attempted to release the prisoner. A strug-
gle ensued, during which clubs were freely
used and revolvers drawn. A prominent
attorney n narrowly escaped death from a
pistol shot. AS result of the riot six per-
sons were badly injured and two detectives
have been suspended from the force pend
ing an investigation.
SECRETARY GRESHAM has furnished the
house of representatives full information
touching the payment by the United States
to Great Britain OF $685. 600 for damages
growing out Of the Boring Sea controversy.
Among other things, he says: I" 1t will APP
pear from the submitted correspondence tn At
| the agreement to pay a lump sum OF S425, 600
| in full settlement OF all demands authorized
to be made under the treaty and award was
PROPOSE by this government The amount
| is considerably below the damages claimed
by Great Britain exclusive of interest for a
number of years. III this agreement does
not receive the approval Of congress and
the disputed questions are submitted to an
international commission, it is believed that
the amounts allowed and the expense of the
tribunal will exceed 1925 ,00)."
HENRY LOOMS NELSON of Boston sue.
ceeds the late George William curtis as ed
itor of Harper's Weekly. The new editor.
in-chief, who assumed the editorial helm oil
the weekly on Monday, is wellknow po-
has been identified with contemporaneous
political literature He began his news
paper career in 1878 as Washington CORE
spondent for the Boston Post and the Bos
ton Herald. He remained at the capital
until 1886, when he returned to Boston and
became the editor Of the Post. He soon re-
signed this place, went to New York city
and entered into active journalistic work
which he has since continued. Since the
death Of George William Curtis, Mr. Nelson
has been a constant contributor to the edi
torial columns of Hdrper'S Weekly and fol
many months has been virtually its man