The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-04-07
Domestic.

was last Monday sentenced to four years at
hard labor in state prison. The crime for
which DR.. Moore is to serve sentence is that
OF over-ssue of the stock Of the Union Pub
fishing Company of Manchester.
The debate on the Dingley tariff bill in
the House was closed last Wednesday by
Mr.. Dingey and the measure passed by
vote OF 205 years to 12l nays. Speaker Reed
voted in the affirmative. The vote was
strictly on party lines. The new rates are
to take effect April l.
A sLooP owned by John Constantine of
Pensacola, Fla, capszed last Wednesday
few miles off that port. Eight lives were
lost. Constantine and Ben Mote CO.. stituted
the crew, and two women and five children
were on the boat. Two of the women were
sisters OF Mote, and one of them was the
wife Of Constantine.
A CYCLONE destroyed the town OF Chan
dler, o. T., last Wednesday. Twelve peo-
pie were killed outright and $50 badly in
jured. The storm broke without warning
and few had time to hunt for a place of
safety. Judge Dale was holding court and
the building was rolled off its foundation
and turned over, but the court attaches all
escaped
THE worst blizzard and snow storm of
the season visited western Nebraska last
week. The storm lasted thirty.five hours,
and completely stopped all railroad traffic.
The snow was four feet deep in many places.
l. Nc W6dtuor WAS COlu anu d ulBu Wluu pre-
vailed. In Wyoming 1.-THE storm was the
worst experienced for twenty years. Many
head of cattle and sheep died from the eff
fects Of the cold weather. The snowfall
was immense.
THE total number of prisoners now in the
State Penitentiary at Joliet, ILL.,, is 1888,
which includes sixty-seven females. The
percentage of prisoners who would be re-
leased by the invalidity of the indetermin-
ate law, II enforced, would be about 600
There have been 967 received since the in
determinate sentence law was observed.
Seventy are now out on parole. Eight re-
leased on parole have been returned.
Warden McClaughrey does not see how he
could give each of the 600 prisoners $40 in
money, $40 for a suit of clothes and 50 each
for travelling expenses, total of $4,000.
The receipts of the federal government
for the month of March were SO, 004 664 in
excess of the expenditures for the same Pc
Rod. This increase is attributable to the
large importations and the rush of import
ers to take goods out Of bond by the pay
ment OF duties before the Dingley bill went
into effect. For the month the total re-
ceipts were S36, 217 1852 and the total expen-
ditures, $27, 2l2,9 9S. Since July /, 1896, the
beginning of the current fiscal year, the de-
ficiency in revenues has amounted to $685.
905,2S1. For March, 1896, the expenditures
exceeded the receipts by more than a mil
lion dollars. Customs duties for the month
they were for the corresponding period of
last year
The President has sent to the Senate the
following appointments: Andrew d. White
of New York, ambassador to Germany;
William f. Draper of Massachusetts am
bassador to Italy; Chandler Hale of Maine,
secretary of the embassy at Rome; Samuel
l.. Gracey Of Massachusetts. consul at Flu
chan, China; Arson Burlingame johnson
OF Colorado, consul at Annoy, China Ben
jamin Butterworth of Ohio, commissioner
OF patents; Oliver l.. Spaulding of Michi-
gan and William B. Howell Of New Jersey,
TO be assistant secretaries Of the treasury;
Withdrawal, Arson Burlingame johnson,
consul at Fuchan: the President has de-
cided to nominate DEW. w. Thomas of
Portland Me-, for the position of minister
to Sweden and Norway.
THE Mississippi river is still rising. 1t
was fifteen feet above low water mark at
quincy, ILL.,, last Sunday. Reports from
northern points are very discouraging
The situation is growing worse hourly.
Hundreds of families have been driven out
OF the lowlands which are unprotected by
levees. The water has inundated the Mis-
souri, bottoms for a distance of seven miles
back from the river banks. Up in the levee
districts things look gloomy. Although the
water has not yet reached the top of the
levee break is expected at any time and
a big force OF men is working night and day
W suenBJnen Jne weak places. Another
force is engaged in patrolling the levee.
The damage already done by the flood is
great, but will be nothing compal ed to what
1t will do to the thousands of acres of cul-
tlvated land between Quincy and Warsaw
should the leevee break.
TEXAS railroad circles are considerably
agitated at pre- sent over the fact that the
Texas railway commission is preparing a
big sensation. The interstate railway COM
mission will meet at Austin April 16, to
hear several Texas cases, and the Texas
will sit with them upon that oc-
casion. In the meantime the Texas COM
mission has summoned nearly 200 jobbers,
cotton men and lumbermen to the city for
hearing, and have made their subpoena very
strong, 80 as to make all put in an appear
ance. 1t has been intimated for some time
that Texas roads were violating both State
and interstate rights in the matter OF dis
and as the Texas commission
is said to have several cases in view OF this
kind, il is believed they will be laid before
the Interstate commission when it meets at
Austin. Much speculation is going on
about the probable outcome of the COM
investigation.
MY husband had two cancers taken
rom his face, and another was coming on
his lip. He took two bottles of Burdock
Blood Bitters and it disappeared. He il
we'll" Mrs VIM. Kirby, Akron,