The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-05

priests, who, 1t says, instigsted the assassins
and demands their Punishment when they
shall be found guilty.
WHILE King Charles of Portugal was
driving in an open carriage, last Thursday,
q man stepped forward and threw stone
at him with great violence. The stone
missed His Majesty and struck an aide-de-
camp who was in the carriage with him.
The officer jumped from the carriage and
seized the man, holding him until the po-
lice, who were near at hand, took him into
custody. AS the prisoner was taken away
he shouted cheers for anarchy and social
revolution.
The young duchess Of Marlborough is to
have her life insured for S3,000,0OO for the
benefit of the duke. An application has
been made, and a medical report submitted,
but so far as known the insurance com
panies have not passed on it The prob
| rbiities are that they will accept the risk,
for they will receive big premium and get
| other benefits Besides, British companies
| like to mortgage the lives Of the arstocracy.
This will be the largest risk ever taken, and
will be written by a syndicate.
AN American named Peters fell dead on
| the streets of Paris last week. An examina-
ton of his clothing and lodging owed that
he was poss essed Of S2000,0O0 francs in
American securities. During the past
twelve years he has lived as a miser In
Paris on less than thirty cents a day. 1t is
believed by the police that he was con-
nected with large CONNER >ial house 10
America, which he had ceased to direct
personally, and that his partners remitted
to him his share of the profit of the business.
The worst snow.storm in twenty years
has been experienced in Newfoundland.
The drifts were ten feet high in the streets
of St. Johns and business was at stand
still. All the telegraph lines were blown
down and the colony was shut off fro N com
munication with the outside world for forty
eight hours. The severity of tue storm has
aggravated the miseries of the destitute,
and hundreds of men are begging labor )r
bread. The public offices are crowded with
the unemployed, and many business con-
Germs are discharging their employees, ow-
ing to the depression.
GREAT loss OF life and very large destruc
ton of property have been caused by recent
floods in the northern portion OF Queens
land. 1t is impossible to tell how many
persons lost their lives, but it is known
that great numbers were drowned. The
! damage to property is estimated at " 800,
600. Several coasting vessels are missing,
and il is believed that they have either
foundered or been driven ashore and that
all aboard of them we're lost Townsville
a seaport on Cleveland Bay, suffered mo re
than any other place in the districts at
fected. There is scarcely building IN
. town that escaped damage.
WITH view to pacifying the public, and
the newspapers that have been irritated by
, the Cuban resolution introduced in the
United States senate, the official organs a
: Madrid are saying that the hitherto per
fectly correct aud friendly attitu o
President Cleveland and his cabinet toward
: Spain contrasts strongly with the popula
. sympathy in the United States for the insur
: gents. Some Of the newspapers urge tn
}, government to maintain a resolute attitude
u and show the United States that Spaniard
. will not tolerate interference with thei
o affairs.
r The stories of the great slaughter tina
/. occurred in the recent battle between tn
v Turkish troops and the Armenians, VIII
had captured and held the town of Zetouu
are confirmed. The exact number OF tn
i dead is not known, but it can be state
:, with certainty that it will be very larg'
. Twelve hundred men have already reache
u Marash and many more are following thel
% to that place. Many of the wounded hav
=, died, either in Marash or along the roa