The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-19
Domestic.

EBENEzER p. DYER, managing editor OF
the Union of Springfield, Mass, died last
Sunday of pneumonia. He was a native OF
Stowe, Vt, and a graduate from Amherst
College in 1861. His age was fifty-six years.
The champion pacing stallion, "John r.
Gentry" was sold at auction at Madison
Square Garden, New York, last Friday for
81, 600. William Simpson of New York was
the purchaser. The animal was sold to
dissolve the partnership Of Messrs. Holt &
Scott OF the Alamace Stock Farm at era
ham, N. G.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has consented to
serve as arbitrator between Italy and Brazil
in the settlement of certain questions that
have been pending for several years grow
ing out OF the claims Of Italians for indem-
nifty for i'll treatment in riots at Rio during
the Brazilian rebellion. The arbitration is
to include all questions that remain open
between the countries after the expiration
of the next two months.
THE president took occasion to rebuke
the senate when he sent to that body re-
port requested by resolution introduced
by Mr.. Mitchell OF Oregon, asking him to
transmit to the senate a copy of the report
and accompanying documents of special
agent of the United States sent to the Fiji
Islands to investigate the claims of B. II.
Henry of Oregon and other American cit
liens, for compensation for lands alleged to
have been owned by them in said islands,
and claimed to have been appropriated by the
British government. In complying in part
with the request, the president takes occasion
to administer a rebuke to congress for these
indiscriminate calls. He says that to COM
ply with the senate resolution, so far as 1t
relates to accompanying documents, would
involve the copying of 115 foolscap pages of
written matter and 1853 pages Of printed
matter. 1t seems highly probable that, the
attention of the senate being drawn to the
subject, the call for accompanying docu-
ments will be greatly modified in the future
TWENTY young women persisted in a fire
in the collar factory of Van Zandt & ia
cobs at Troy, N. Y, last Monday afternoon.
For twenty minutes after the fire started the
scene was the most exciting ever witnessed
in Troy. During this time there was q
continuous panic, and in the rush for
place of safety many more were injured.
The crush on the stairway was something
frightful About 200 men and girls at
tempted to make their escape by this exit
at the same time. Many were trampled
under foot. The ones who were in front
were knocked off their feet and thrown to
the landings, and some are said to have
been left unconscious on the stair way. The
majority of the employees finally reached the
street, but they were 30 overcome by excite
ment that it was impossible to learn from
them how many OF them had been left in
the building. Quite number found their
scene here was a most exciting one. The
girls fairly threw themselves down the lad
ders to reach the ground quickly, and the
fremen had their hands full in carrying the
girls down the ladders from the terminus Of
the escape. The fire started from match
carelessly thrown by boy in the cutting
department. The bodies of the dead young
women are buried under tons of debris.
Probably the most heartrending scenes were
those witnessed on the streets. The moth
ers and other relatives Of the girls who were
at work in the factory soon earned of the
disastrous fire and hurried to the scene.
They gathered around the burning building,
distracted with grief and fear, making anx-
ions Inquiries for their loved ones. Some
of them attempted to rush up into the burn
ing building and the officers and by-standers
found it difficult to restrain them. A num-
Der of women were soon on their knees on
the ice covered pavements crying piteously
to Heaven for assistance. All Troy is in
mourning over the terrible catas trophe.