The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-15
Domestic.

The ak days long-distance bicycle race
came to an end in Madison Square Garden
last Saturday night with Charles Miller of
Chicago the winner. He made 2,093 miles i
in the six days, slept four Of the one hum
dred forty-four hours, and had been off the
track ten hours.
REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON of North Da-
kota is preparing a bill, providing for the
complete determination Of seals in Behring
Sea. His bill is framed on the lines of the
bill introduced last year by Representative
Dingley, but is much briefer and makes the
determination unconditional, whereas Mr..
Dingley's measure provided determination
as an alternative IL pelagic sealing was not
stopped.
THOMAS BRAN, mate of the brig Herbert
Fuller, who was recently convicted of the
murder of Captain Nash and his wife over a
year CO., Is to ave a new trial. Justice
White Of the United States Supreme Court
rendered an opinion in the case on Monday
reversing the verdict of the circuit court for
Massachusetts at Boston and setting it aside
on the grounds that Bram's testimony ought
not to have been admitted.
In the Senate on Monday Mr.. Lodge of
Massachusetts made an effort to secure an
immediate vote upon his immigration bill,
which is substantially the same measure
that was passed by the Fifty-fourth Con-
gress and vetoed by President Cleveland.
Mr.. Allen of Nebraska objected to an i'm
mediate vote and suggested that the final
vote on the amendments and the bill be
taken on Monday, January II, at three
P. NJ. This suggestion was accepted by Mr..
Lodge, and the order for the vote at that
time was made.
WHILE Michael Purseli Of San Francisco,
a boiler-maker, was making repairs inside
the smokestack of a last Thurs
day six fires were started below. Pursell
was strapped to a chair SUI pended from the
top OF the stack about forty feet from the
hampers below. 1t was impossible for him
to ascend or descend without assistance
which meant that he must roast alive.
Dense volumes OF smoke poured up and
Pursell shouted loudly. As the heat in
creased his clothing caught fire. Then he
beat upon the iron sides with all his
strength, screaming loudly for help. Martin
Philpot, a helper outside, realized his
plight and rescued Pursell just as the rope
supporting him caught fire. Pursell's con.
dition is critical.
In an attempt to hold up the west-bound
southern Pacific train at st. AIMS Pass,
New Mexico, last Friday night, "Sandy "
Collins was shot and killed by express
guard, Thatcher. Previous to the arrival OF
the train four bandits rode into the station
and held up and robbed Agent St. John
and section foreman McMullen, and at the
same time cut all the wires 80 no warning
could be given when the train pulled into
the station. The robbers attacked the ex-
press car anu ordered messenger Jennings
to surrender. With him in the car was ex-
press guard Thatcher land they opened fire,
killing the leader Of the robbers. The
other bandits mounted their horses and fed,
The body of the dead bandit was taken to
Tucson, Arizona. 1t was ident fed as that OF
"Sandy " Collins, until recently a cowboy
in the San Simon valley range in eastern
Arizona.
Mrs. NANCY ALLISON MCKINLEY, mother
of the President, died at two o'clock last
Sunday morning. Almost two weeks had
elapsed since the stroke of paralysis which
had been at once pronounced fatal. Her
wonderful vitality had kept death at bay 80
long that the friends and relatives had been
deluded into the belief that the aged woman
might perhaps recover despite the verdict
Of her physicians. Since Sunday morning
of last week the President has been almost
constantly at Ter bedside, and was present
with other members Of the family when the
end came. The funeral was held on Tues.
day afternoon from the First Methodist
church in Canton, of which Mrs. Mckinley
had long been a member All the members
of the cabinet whose official duties would
permit their leaving Washington were pres
ent at the funeral. The president left Can
ton for Washington last evening and will
reach the White House before noon today.