The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-06-03
Domestic.

THE ferry-boat Katherine" capsized in
a storm at Cairo, ILL.,, last week. All the
passengers and all except three OF the crew
thirteen in all-were drowned
EIGHT HUNDRED men employed by the
Brown Hosting & Conveying Company of
Cleveland, O., were discharged last Wed
nesday. During the morning committee
from the Machinists' Union waited on the
officers of the company and demanded that
they be granted nine-hour work-day.
They had heretofore been working ten
hours Superintendent Hess announced
that men employed by the company must
work ten hours day, six days per week
ALL the rye whiskey distillers in the
Eastern States will suspend operations Sep
TENDER next for one year. This will
throw out of employment 1000 workmen,
coopers and laborers. This action was re-
solved upon at a meeting representing, it is
estimated, S25, 100000 capital held last
Thursday at the Waldorf hotel, New York
Wholesale dealers and jobbers say they
cannot now handle whiskey at profit, and
they ask that operations cease in all the
distilleries.
THE members of the Venezuelan bound
ary commission are considering the advis-
ability of transferring their headquarters
from Washington to some quiet place where
uninterrupted attention may be devoted to
the matter Of formulating decision on the
question which the commission has been
delegated 10 SolVe' InlS lnaugufates tne
beginning of the end in the commissions
work and 1t is not unlikely that the find
ings of the tribunal may be given before the
end of the summer.
THE seventh annual convention of the
Medal Of Honor Legion will be held at Fan
eul Hall, Boston, on Wednesday, June II
next. On the previous Tuesday evening
receptions will be held at the American
House to members of the Legion and to
Major Nelson A, Miles. A banquet
will be served at the American House on
Wednesday evening, and during the after
noon an excursion to Fort Warren and
Bunker Hill will be made. The members
of the Legion will pay their respects to the
Mayor of Boston Thursday morning, June
18, at the City Hall.
THE negro students Of the Tillotson Nor
NAL School at Austin, Tex, are in rebellion
against DR.. Winfield Scott Goss their pres
ident The trouble commenced some days
ham, instructor in mechanics, in lecture
used language which was considered in
sulting to the female students and for which
he was assaulted by the young men. The
removal of President Goss has been de-
manded, and, to restore quiet in the insti-
tuition, one of the largest in the South, the
de uand will have to be acceded to. Pres
ident Goss is native of Vermont.
IT is stated that, owing to the failure OF
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad to meet its
divided obligations, the Johns Hopkins
University at Baltimore is in bad financial
shape. Altogether the University holds
about 81 900 of preferred and common
stock OF the road. A general meeting of
the citizens of Baltimore has been held for
the purpose of starting a subscription list,
with $250,000 in view. Should the Balti-
more & Ohio receivers not pay the stock in
terest due July !, it is certain that the uni
versity will be embarrassed, probably to
the extent of $4,000 a year, unless outside
aid should be forthcoming.
A TORNADO passed over st. Louis, Mo-,
last Wednesday afternoon, that left death
and destruction in its pathway The loss OF
life at St. Louis and East st. Louis was ter
rible to contemplate. To add to the con-
fusion, the tornado was followed by del
uge of rain, accompanied by vivid flashes of
lightning Telephone wires were useless
and livery men refused requests for con.
veyances on account of PROSTATE electric
wires. The scene in East St. Louis was APP
palling. The tornado struck that city with
terrible effect, and it is estimated that 800
persons are dead in that place alone as a
result of the wind flood and flame. The
storm was particularly severe in other parts
of Missouri, and in Indiana and Illinois
The latest reports compiled from the scene
of destruction in these three states point to
the loss of over 700 human lives, and the
probabilities are that later reports will
swell the total death list to enormous pro.
portions.
A, L. WOOSTER, a prominent citizen OF
Osseo, Mich, after suffering overwhelmingly
from piles for twenty years, was cured in 6
short time by using DeWitt's Witch Haze
Salve an absolute cure for all skin diseases
More of this preparation is used than al
others combined W. E. Terrill & Co.
MOntDelier, Vt,