The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-07-28

SllNtT uutbblOH anu llb controversy IDHJ |
followed led to President Andrews resig- |
nation. This action of President Andrews |
has caused much discussion in financial and |
educational circles and throughout the |
press of the country.
The new tariff law which has just been |
signed by the President may be appropri- |
ately considered an Industrial Declaration |
of Independence. An official text of the
law has just been published by the Ameri- |
can Protective Tariff League, and should be
carefully examined by every citizen. Pro-
tectionists ought to have few copies OF
this law for distribution. Five copies will
be sent to any address for ten cents. Ask
for Document No. 30, and address w. f.
Wakeman, General Secretary, 1876 West 23d
street, New York.
THE President and Secretary Alger have
decided to detail an army officer and COM
pany of soldiers from the regular army for
service in ALASKA. The matter is yet in
very indefinite shape, but details will be
arranged as soon as possible in order that
the soldiers may get into the vicinity OF the
gold country before navigation closes on the
Yukon river They will be sent to their
destination via the Yukon river route and
the offer of one of the shipping companies
on the Pacific coast to transport the men
and their baggage and stores and will prob
ably be accepted.
A RACE war is on at Riverton, Ala, and
| serious results are feared. A negro attempt
| ed criminal assault on Mrs. 8. l.. Vaughn,
an estimable white lady, but was beaten off
| and the neighborhood aroused. A search
| ing party is said to have caught the negro
| and lynched him, but this the members OF
| the party will not admit. After the sup
posed lynching the whites became further
| incensed and threatened to exterminate the
| negroes. Both sides are arming and one
white man has been seriously injured. Mrs.
| Vaughn's injuries proved fatal which makes
the matter more serious.
THE Federal Government has been par
ticularly good to the city Of Portland, Maine,
this year. Not content with sending the
big war-ship Massachusetts, " to represent
the National Power on the Fourth OF July
it will send six of the finest vessels in its
fleet, headed by the magnificent flagship
New York" to stay in Portland HarboI
during the week Of the New England Fair
The crack cavalry regiment OF the regular
army has also been detailed for duty al
Rigby Park on this occasion, and the garri
son at Fort PEBBLE (the Fifth United States
Artillery are close at hand. This ensures
the finest naval and military display since
the war.
NAPOLEON VENo OF Plattsburg, N. Y.
was drowned last Thursday while attempt
ing to save the life of his son. The lad was
in the lake for swim, when he was taker
with a cramp and went down. His father
was on the bank about twenty rods
away and ran to the boys assistance, jump
ing into the water with all his clothes on
When the boy came up he grabbed hi
father and both went to the bottom. TIL,
| bodies were recovered within five minutes
The boy was dead but there was still lif'
in the father and physicians worked for two
hours to restore consciousness but 1t was o
no avail and he was at last pronounced
dead. The drowned man leaves a wife ant
five small children in destitute circum
stances.
The main building Of the Peoria Crap
Sugar Company at Peoria, ILL.,, was de
, stroyed by fire last Thursday night entail
ing loss of $500 900. The total insuranc
carried was $780, 600 OF which nearly $500
600 was on the burned building and con
tents. Negotiations have been in progress
for some time for the transfer of the CON
pany to the new Glucose trust, but it is nc
-. known whether the deal has progressed g
: far that the loss falls on the new combins
ton of the original company. The fir
broke out in the sulphur room, apparentl
: with an explosion. The immense eigh
= story building was mass OF flames in fiv
r minutes and was completely destroyed, tn
. walls soon falling in. 1t contained grea
Q deal Of valuable machinery, the vacuum
g pans alone costing $4,000.
i A TERRIFIC cloud-burst struck Youngl
8 town, Ohio, last Thursday night, filling tn
entire valley and causing great damage
, property both to that city and along tn
railway lines. Many persons are suppose
I | TO Do drowned. Inc enUlrb country ths
:. and west for twenty miles was flooded an
:. the damage will be enormous, the railroad
! being the heaviest losers. The Erie raj
n road, west of Warden fourteen miles an
a north OF Sharon the same distance was ell
= tirely flooded, and orders were issued
: discontinue all trains. Many residence
? were surrounded and the occupants wer
;. taken away by the police and fire depar
. ments. The Mahonning valley electri
y lines were disabled and all the bridge
:, washed away. The Catholic church 6
Niles was struck by lightning at the sam
!, hour and nearly destroyed by fire, Will
business houses and manufacturing COZ
Germs were flooded.
a THE summer theater at Ramona Parl
q Paducah, KY, was burned last Saturday
a The presentation OF the " Streets OF Ne'
4 York " was in progress, and about six huI
n dred people were present. The fire caugt
, on the stage during the fire scene and tn
= audience was at once panic stricken. Man
:, were trampled almost to death and severe
were seriously burned. The building a
4 though about three hundred feet in lengt
n was a mass OF flames in three minute!
i Mothers and fathers in the wild scrambl
y to save their lives were lost from their chi
y dren. Many children were rescued froI
i the burning building by heroic men, VIII
= themselves were terribly burned about tn
a face and hands in accomplishing the under
;. taking. Those not injured rushed PAM,
i stricken through the woods toward the city
a not even waiting for the long trains
n street cars in waiting to take the crow
home.
BEFORE the adjournment of the Hous
last Saturday evening Speaker Reed al
nounced the House committees The chair
men of the more important committees ar
as follows: Foreign affairs, Mr.. Hit of Ill
:, nois; appropriations, Mr.. Cannon of Illinois
/ judiciary, Mr. Henderson Of Iowa; bankin
q and currency, Mr.. Walker Of Massachu
4 sets; coinage weights and measures, MI
d Stone Of Pennsylvania interstate and fol-
eign commerce, Mr. Hepburn OF Iowa; rive
n and harbors Mr.. Hooker of New York
8 agriculture, Mr.. Wadsworth Of New York
o naval affairs, Mr.. Boutelle of Maine
n post office and post roads, Mr.. Loud c
8 California; public lands, Mr.. Lacey G
J. Iowa; Indian affairs, Mr.. Sherman of Ney
York territories, Mr.. Knox of Massachu
: sets; public buildings and grounds, MI
y Mercer OF Nebraska Pacific railroads, MI
! Powers OF Vermont; immigration and mai
= uralzation, Mr.. Danford of Ohio; labor, MI
: Gardner OF New Jersey; militia, Mr.. Mars
of Illinois; expenditures in the war de
partment Mr.. Grout Of Vermont.
9 THE monument in honor of Gen. John A
,, Logan was dedicated at Lake Front Park
a Chicago, last Thursday. John A. Logan
= | Jr. pulled the silken cord releasing tn