The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-05-29
Domestic.

AN engine house and four locomotives,
used on the Mount Washington railroad,
were burned last Thursday. Loss $50,
THE management of the Ohio Steel Com
pany at Youngstown, Ohio, advanced the
wages Of over 1000 employees ten per cent
last week
THE court OF appeals OF the state of New
York has reese utenced DR.. Buchanan to be
electrocuted during the week beginning
July l. 1895.
WHEAT went up in price five cents in less
than i've minutes in Chicago last Saturday,
as result of the weather bureau pre- lie
tions of widespread and killing frosts.
IT is stated on good authority that Joseph
Choate received retaining fee of 100000
for arguing the income tax cases before the
United States supreme court, and that his
contingent fee was also for similar amount.
The supreme court of the United States
has denied motion for a writ of habeas
corpus filed by Eugene V. Debs and his
associates of the American Railway Union,
and they will have to serve the sentence
imposed upon them by the court.
FOUR miners lost their lives by an explo-
sion last Wednesday in coal mine at Fair
mount, w. Va. The smoke caused by the
explosion was forced into the apartments
of mine No. 4, where ten men and boys
were at work, and four of them were suf-
located.
HENRY j. HASKELL, attorney general of
Montana, is soon to marry Miss Knowles,
his late competitor for office, The marriage
will be the happy elimination of political
contest famous in Montana and at the lime
pretty we'll advertised throughout the
United States
The state department of education Of
Texas has voted that nuns cannot teach in
the public schools of that state, and that
everything of sectarian nature must be
absolutely eliminated from the public
schools. Catholic nuns have been conduct.
ing free schools in southwest Texas, and
this ruling puts an end to it.
IT is settled that there will be no extra
session of congress because of the income
tax decision. Members of the administra-
ton fully acquainted with the presidents
purposes state unhesitatingly that an extra
session is out of the question. There is no
likelihood of bond issue, the largely in.
creased revenue from sugar Imports and
liquor licenses obviating the necessity.
The Florida house of representatives has
passed the bill prohibiting prize fighting in
that state. The measure has already passed
the senate and now goes TO Gov, Mitchell,
who will sign 1t. The measure Is drastic
one. Its violation is punishable by fine
OF 5000 or five years in the penitentiary
Glove contests are construed as prize fights
Sheriffs are empowered to enter any place
where they think it is intended to have a
contest and arrest any persons whom they
may suspect of an intention to violate the
law.
THE nitro lycerine house of the Cali
fornia powder works at Pinole, Cal, blew
up last week, instantly killing fourteen
men. The force of the explosion was tre-
mendous. Huge trees were thrown half a
mile into the bay. Nitro glycerne tanks
weighing ton apiece are 800 yards distant
from the scene Toes, hands and other
parts of bodies were picked up mile away
The nitro glycerine house, of which not a
vestige remains, was a th,ee-story struc-
ture, 200 by 80. 1t contained 5000 pounds
of nitro glycerine and 1000 pounds of Her
cules powder. The loss will exceed $3.50, 600