The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-09
SUMMARY OF NEWS,
Domestic.


EVERY mill in the steel department of the
Edgar Thompson works of the Carnegie
| Company at Braddock, Pa, has suspended
work indefinitely. Lack OF orders is given
as the cause, but seven OF the nine blast fur.
| naces at the Carnegie Company Braddock
plant are in full blast. The report is cur
rent that six of the seven are to be banked
soon.
THE Banca Popolaras OF Providence, r.
L., has closed its doors and there is an ex-
cited lot of depositors in the Italian colony
on Federal Hill. The institution was run
by Valentino & Polambo, and the latter is
missing, He departed August 20, leaving
the sufferers Liabilities and assets are UNI
known.
SENATOR JOHN M. PALMER OF Illinois was
nominated for president at the convention
of gold democrats, held last week at In
dianapolis, and Ex-Governor Simon B. Buck
ner of Kentucky for vice-presdent. Palmer
was nominated on the first ballot and Buck
ner by reclamation. Both are natives OF
Kentucky. President Cleveland refused to
allow his name to be presented to the con-
vention. The platform declares for gold
standard and for tariff for revenue only.
A DOUBLE stream Of congratulatory mes
sages flowed in upon Mr.. Mckinley at Can
ton last Wednesday. The pleasant COM
ment on his letter OF acceptance was I'M
abated and at the same time fluctuations
over the republican victory in Vermont
were coming by wire in large numbers.
Major Mckinley is naturally pleased in q
high degree with the result In Vermont,
and has 80 expressed himself. He Is look
ing forward to another victory in Maine. A
letter received by him from j. III. Manley
gave assurance that there is every reason to
expect a phenomenal republican majority
in Maine.
The Lebanon Savings Bank, Lebanon, N.
H., has been restrained by an injunction
from receiving or paying out deposits. The
trustees make the following statement:
The bank was examined on July % and
had $968, 155 in assets, all of which were
considered good, with liabilities at $911 421.
Owing to hard times, deposits have fallen
off, and large Withdrawals have been made,
and in order to meet these IL would have
been necessary for the bank to sell its in
vestments at great loss. The bank is in
good condition, and the trustees have acted
wisely by protecting its depositors against a
run upon the bank. No one need worry, as
no person need lose dollar"
EDWARD L. SIMMONS, nineteen ears-old
inmate of the House OF Refuge at Balti-
more, Md, last week shot and killed B. It.
Thomas, one Of the keepers, and made his
escape Simmons, who has always been
looked upon as one OF the most unruly
boys in the House Of Refuge, broke into a
locker belonging to one Of the keepers and
stole two fully-loaded revolvers. Armed
with these he ran to the main entrance, and
pointing one of them at the head of Thomas,
who was on duty there, demanded the
keys. Thomas refused to surrender them,
whereupon the desperate young criminal
lowered the weapon and shot the keeper in
the lower part OF the body. Then he took the
keys from his PROSTATE victim, opened the
gate and fed
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