The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-16
Domestic.

A SYNDICATE Of Chicago and Milwaukee
capitalists has recently bought 5000 900
acres of coffee land in the territory OF
Topic, Mexico. The land is all in one
tract and the price paid was $780, 900.
ALFRED QUICK committed suicide in Gin
cinnati, o, last Thursday to escape mob
vengeance. He had been found guilty OF
an attempted felonious assault upon girl
ten years old, and the mob was after him
with rope.
THE jury in the case of John Powell, the
member OF the Cleveland base ball club,
who was arrested and tried for playing bali
on Sunday, returned verdict of guilty on
both counts. This was in the nature of a
test case and settles the fate of Sunday base
ball playing in Cleveland.
FRANCIS SCHLATTER, the healer, was re-
Gently found dead in the foot hills, twenty
five miles southwest of Grande, in the state
Of Chihuahua, Mexico. He had been fast
ing and apparently starved to death. While
in Denver from August % to November 10,
receive treatment.
AN English syndicate has secured options
on all the coal fields on the Cincinnati
Southern Railway in Southern Kentucky.
formerly owned by the Cumberland River
Railroad and Co Al Company. 1t consists of
enormous coal fields, with railroads along
the Cumberland River, near Point Burn
Cincinnati Southern Railway.
G. NJ. MAxoN, editor Of populist news
paper in jamestown, n. Y, met E. j.
Squires, who ran as populist candidate for
mayor, on the street last Wednesday and
assaulted him with heavy bar of iron,
causing serious but not necessarily fatal
wounds. Maxon has disappeared The as
sault grew out Of suit entered by Maxon
against Squires for alternating his wife rs
affections.
A CYCLONE struck northwest OF Lyle,
Mimi, last Thursday night, taking south
easterly course. Several people are re.
ported killed and injured, The cyclone tore
up houses and other buildings in its course
and the territory is now bare. The path of
the storm was about half mile in width.
Box cars on siding were smashed into
kindling wood and telegraph poles were
blown down.
GOVERNOR HASTINGS of Pennsylvania has
signed the bill passed by the legislature to
protect the employees of corporations in
their right to belong to labor organizations.
The bill provides for fine OF not less than
81 900, nor more than $1,000, and imprison-
ment not exceeding one year, for any officer
or agent OF any corporation to discharge any
employe for being member Of lawful la
Dor organization, or seek to dissuade him
from joining or belonging to any such or.
ganization, or to accept from any applicant
for employment any agreement or promise
not to join or belong to such organization.
THE Cheyenne Indians in Montana have
gone on the war path and it Is said they
have killed dozen men, including FIVE
United States soldiers. The Indians have
no reservation and roam over the southern
part OF the state near the Crow Indian res
ervation. White settlers are up in arms
and women and children are being sent in
to the northern towns for safety. Two
companies of cOlOred cavalry from Custer
were ordered to Lame Deer agency Wednes-
day and on Saturday couriers arrived with
information that George Walter, postmas-
ter, and Lou. Anderson, stockman, had
been shot and killed, also that the Indians
had shot into the cavalry and had sixty
cow boys surrounded. The Cheyennes are
being reinforced by renegade Crows.