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

CHIEF JUSTICE BAKER OF the Supreme
Court of Arizona is charged with malfeas-
ance in office. The charge is drunkenness
and levying tribute upon his appointees.
A TERRIFIC boiler explosion occurred last
Wednesday morning at Offerman's Mills,
eleven miles north of Savannah Ga. -Four
boilers were wrecked, and also good deal
of machinery. Five negroes we're instantly
killed, and three have died since.
AN express car on the West Shore rail-
road, bound from New York to Boston, was
entered en- route and robbed of everything
valuable 1t is believed that the robbers
had confederates at several small stations
on the West Shore road where the train
stopped.
A BOILER in the large rolling mills of the
Hollidaysburg Iron and Nail Company at
Holiday sburg, Pa, exploded las Thurs
day, with disastrous and fatal results. The
boiler was blown through the roof, dis.
lance of 300 ieet, and crashed through the roof
in another part Of the works. Three per-
sons were killed, four may die and twenty
] others are more or less injured.
THE house committee on agriculture has
reported bill which carries an appropri
alton of SO, l59, 1872, which is about 1884 800
the amount for the current fiscal year. The
bill contains no general legislation. The
| committee inserted an item OF SlO,OOO Tor
seeds, the wording OF the clause being
| similar to that in the present law, which
| Secretary Morton declined to carry out. An
appropriation of 100000 for the ex.
tension and enlargement of the present de-
| partment building was inserted. This sum
is reappropriated from upexpended bal.
ances now in the treasury to the credit OF
the department.
4 s ,PAULDINa the protector of the
| Hawaiian cable, who has exclusive right
for twenty years to land cable on the
Hawaiian Islands, subject to the assent OF
the United States government, met the sub
committee on foreign relations last week
Mr.. Spaulding made long argument
showing the commercial and military ad
vantages to be derived from such cable
and told what he wanted this government
to do. Several alternate propositions were
submitted but the one upon which thu
committee looked with the most favor con
templates the payment of a lump sum p~l
year for the use of the cable for govern
ment purposes. This sum was fixed b!
M. Spauding at $50 900 per annum.
MAJOR. GENERAL NELSON A. MILES, com
mander in-chief of the army, appeal ed be
fore the nate committee on coast defence
last week. He stated that he had examined
Senator Squires bill and approved OF 1t
provisions 1t was absolutely necessary
he said, that appropriations be made for tn
protection of the sea coast cities OF tn
United States The only places where pro
vision had been made for any considerable
defence were at New York, San Francisc
and Boston, and the defeuces of thes
places were entirely inadequate. He rec
ommended the immediate Increase OF tn
artillery by two regiments OF at least wv
thousand men. The entire cost OF coast dt
fence Notifications for adequate protectio
of the country he estimated at about $50
100000.
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hours. w. E. Terrill & Co., Montpelier, V