The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-18
Domestic.

The Kansas republicans held their state
convention last week, and declared, by
formal resolutions, their preference for Nc
Kinley as the nominee of the party for
president The resolutions adopted had no
reference to the monetary question.
The legislative committee on constitu-
tional amendments in the Massachusetts,
legislature has referred to the Legislature Of
1897 the petition of Mary Livermore and
others for an amendment to the constitu.
ton giving women the right to suffrage.
THE monument to General U. S. Grant
in New York will be dedicated Saturday,
April 25 Colonel Fred d. Grant and his
family will be present. General Horace
Porter, who was military aid to General
Grant during his last campaign, will de.
liver the grafton. The ceremony will be
under the direction of the Grant Monument
Association of New York.
The house committee on post-offices and
post-roads has ordered a favorable report on
the bill introduced by Mr.. Linton of Michi-
gan to reclassify railway postal clerks and
redistribute their salaries. Under this bill
these clerks are divided into ten different
classes, with salaries ranging from $500 TO
81, 80C Leave Of absence for fifteen days
each year, with pay, is allowed.
EVERY precaution has been taken to frus-
trate the designs OF Sauro Aguirre and
Flora Chopa, who, with their followers, are
on the way from the interior of Arizona to
the Mexican border to organize revolution
against the Mexican government. The gov
ernor of Sonora has ordered the gendarmes
to hold themselves in readiness to head Oft
the revolutionists should they attempt to
enter the state. Colonel Fenercheo of the
Mexican army says the whole party will be
killed before 1t gets thirty miles into Sonora
! If the plotters CROSS the line.
SENIOR VALERA, former Spanish minis
ter at Washington, has issued pamphlet
entitled "The United States Against Spain"
The work dilates upon the injustice OF the
American congress towards Spain, and pre-
diets that there will be revulsion of pOpu-
lar feeling in the United States when the
truth becomes known. The writer says he
expects favorable outcome of the trouble.
He eulogizes the American women, and de-
clares that he admres the American men
who, he adds, are amiable and and hos
ptable, unless they are blinded by self
esteem.
SUIT has been brought against Armour &
Company in Jefferson county, Mass, to re-
cover penalties amounting to 1910 600 for
violation of the law in selling oleomarga-
rine in different places throughout the state
during the past seven years. The suit is
the outcome of the attempts made by the
commissioners of agriculture to suppress the
sale Of oleomargarine. About year ago
the United States Supreme Court held that
the law was constitutional thereupon the
commissioner of agriculture sought to begin
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the summons until about two weeks ago.
THE Albion Paper Company of Holyoke,
| Mass, was unable to meet its obligations,
and suspended business last Wednesday.
| The failure was entirely unexpected, and on
last Saturday notes of the company were
| hoated All notes at the bank had been
met up to Thursday night, and no attach
ments we're recorded, but the officials said
there is no prospect of relief and refused to
borrow more, although money was offered
by those who did not know their condition
Those close to the company say the debts
amount to much over half a million, and
some place the liabilities at 100000.
BILL was introduced last week in the
house providing that pensions shall not be
reduced or discontinued except for fraud,
clerical error or mistake of fact. Where
the first is charged, the pension may be
suspended until an investigation is made
and decision rendered. Where the second
il charged, the person making the charge
shall file statement OF fraud in writing,
and within thirty days of that date the COM
missioner shall give thirty days notice Of a
hearing ON the charges, and the pensioner,
or his attorney, may be present and ques-
ton all witnesses. If all the charges are
sustained, the pension shall be annulled
OF erwise, the pensioner shall continue to
receive his pension.
Don't invite disappointment by expert
mentng. Depend upon One Minute Cough
Cure and you have immediate relief. 1t
cures Group. The only harmless remedy
that produces immediate results. w. K.
Terrill & Co., Montpelier, Vt.