The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-05-26
Domestic.

A FIRE in a tenement district at Jersey
City, n. j., last Wednesday. rendered sixty
families homeless and destroyed property
valued at 100000.
ALBERT M. KING, messenger for the Boyls-
ton National bank OF Boston, skipped last
Wednesday with $4,000 in cash and
United States certificate for $4,000.
JOSEPH H, EARLE, United States Senator
from South Carolina. died last Thursday at
his home in Greenville. Governor Eller-
bee will have to appoint a successor to
serve until the general assembly meets
next winter when it will elect senator for
the unexpired term. sGJsSa
THE Belknap Savings Bank Of Laconis,
n H.. announced last Wednesday that no
| business would be transacted in future, and
that the bank will go into voluntary
| liquidation. From the last statement of
the treasurer it is shown that about 81 ,000,-
| 600 is due depositors.
GENERAL HoRATIo KING, who was Post.
master-General under a portion of Pres-
dent Buchanan's administration, died at
Washington, ID. c.. last Thursday. He
was in his eighty-sixth year, and died from
the effects of an attack of grip. His sons,
General Horato G. King of New York and
Henry King of Boston were at his bedside
when he passed away. His wife survives
him.
THE lumber camp of Zealand, in the
The flames spread from mill to mill and
from house to house until the whole village
was ablaZe. In short time the vast piles
of lumber were feeding the flames, and it is
estimated that 100000 feet of logs,
| together with 1000, 900 feet of sawed lum-
Der were destroyed. 1t is estimated that
1925 900 will scarcely cover the loss.
No Intoxicating liquor will be sold in the
parks at Buffalo, n. Y, during the Grand
Army encampment in August. Captain
| Guthrie of the United States army, who
will be in charge of Camp Jewett, made
application to the park commissioners to
permit the sale of liquor by the camp sutler
| during encampment week. On one OF the
commissioners stating that Commander
| Clarkson objected to the sale OF liquor at
the camps, the request of Mr. Guthrie was
| refused
| SECRETARY OF STATE SHERMAN has d.
rected Consul Lee at Havana to draw
| $4,000 for the immediate purchase of sup
| plies and medicines for the relief of Ameri-
can citizens and transportation for such as
are without means and who wish to return
| to the United States. Gen. Lee is instruct
ed to furnish United States consuls in Cuba
with funds for this purpose at his discretion.
| Consul Brice at Matanzas has been instruct
ed by the Secretary of State to apply to
Gen. Lee for funds to relieve Americans
there.
THE temporary roofing over the western
approach to the state capitol at Albany, N.
Y, caught fire last Thursday afternoon. A
stiff east wind was blowing and in five
minutes the entire capitol was filled with
sitting smoke. Great excitement was &C.
casioned throughout the departments. The
fire was put out with hand extingushers
after half hours work without its having
done any damage to anything but the roof
ing and some scaffolding. 1t Is believed to
have originated from the upsetting of
plumbers furnace.
SECRETARY SHERMAN has formally mott.
| fed the British Government through Sir
| Julian Pauncefote, that the United States
having failed to ratify the treaty providing
| for general arbitration that document has
| failed The Secretary was unable formally
| to inform Sir Julian of the reasons why the
Senate had rejected the treaty; indeed. he
| is in the dark himself in that matter, for he
has no notice save the statement of the vote
| in the Senate, of which he must take cog
nizance. OF course it is actually known to
all parties just why the treaty was rejected
but the absence of official objections pre-
| vents any attempt being made to meet the
| objections to the amended treaty.
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN has reopened his
claim to the city OF Omaha and intends to
| press 1t to a finish. III he wins he will be
worth $20,OO0,0 900; II he loses he will be no
poorer than he is now. Certain OF his
friends have investigated the matter and
they are convinced that his cause is just and
that the claim, growing out of the old Union
Pacific litigation and subsequent pro-
ceedings, in which he was legally de-
clared a 'lunatic is valid. Those friends
have employed large syndicate of eastern
and Proprietor Mortified Of the Continental
Hotel, where Citizen Train lives, and for
mer Mayor Bemis OF Omaha, are protect
ing his interests.
CATTLKMEs from the corn states in the