The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-22
Domestic.

A PIECE of ore was taken from the Grip
pie Creek mines in Colorado last week that
weighed over one hundred pounds, which
was full OF free gold, and which will carry
values aggregating fully 800, 900 to the ton.
The ore was taken from new find made
few days ago and is in many respects the
most sensational ever made in Cripple
Creek The rich rock was discovered at
a depth OF only six feet
IT Is the understanding OF the State de-
partment officials at Washington that Sir
Julian Pauncefote will return in the au-
tumn with instructions to resume negotia-
tions for another general arbitration treaty,
on the same lines as the one signed by the
last administration and rejected by the Sen
ate, and IL his time has been extended, as
reported, 1t is believed to be for the express
purpose Of enabling him to carry the new
treaty through to successful issue.
THE Secretary OF the Treasury and the
Postmaster General have decided to change
the color OF the current two.cent postage
stamps from carmine to green, of the shade
now used on government notes. The ten
cent postage-stamp, which is now printed
in green, will be changed to some other
color, possibly carmine. 1t is thought that
the green is more desirable color than car
mine, besides saving the government about
$4,000 in the difference in cost between the
two inks.
THE cage in which ten men were being
lowered last Wednesday into shaft OF the
Alden Coal Company at Nanticoke suddenly
dropped to the bottom OF the shaft Eight
OF the men were severely injured and the
injuries of four may prove fatal The cage
had started down the shaft and the engineer
losing control OF the machinery it dropped
to the bottom at terrific speed. The steel
cage itself was broken and twisted and the
men narrowly escaped instant death. The
four men most seriously injured have been
removed to the Wilkesbarre Hospital.
A. I:
has had an investigation made at the differ.
emit Indian agencies of the number OF insane
Indians at each OF them The poll shows
only sixty-eight insane Indians in the
country, and some OF these are regarded as
idiots rather than lunatics. The largest
number reported at any one agency was
eight, and White Earth, Mimi, and Flat
head, Mont, each returned that number.
The census was taken in order to furnish a
reply to question from Congress as to the
advisability Of establishing an insane asy-
lum for Indians.
SEVERAL newspapers have OF late pre-
dicted trouble with Austria over the recent
killing OF Hungarian miners at Hazelton,
Pa. There will be no trouble; nor will that
government have any valid claim against
us for an indemnity. The Hungarians and
Poles who lost their lives at Hazleton came
TO their death through the action OF the law
full authorities, and through disobedience OF
the orders OF the officers of the law. There
is no more settled principle OF international
law than that aliens within any jurisdiction
are bound to obedience to its laws except in
the rare event of special exemption by
treaty. These aliens deliberately resolved
themselves into mob, babe defiance to au-
thority and came to grief in consequence.
ADvioEs received at Washington by Sur
Reon.General Wyman OF the marine hos
pital service indicate the spread OF yellow
fever in the state Of Mississippi. They
contain despatch showing four new cases
at Scranton and some cases at Pelahatchie
the character OF which has been determin-
ed. In addition to the telegram from DIR.
Guiteras to Surgeon General Wyman re-
ported in the Jackson, Miss, dispatches,
the former sent word to the surgeon general
from Edwards that five other cases OF yell
low fever had been seen making total OF
eleven. The report from acting assistant
surgeon, Porter, is that there were no new
cases OF fever at Mobile and no new suspi-
cious cases Yazoo City, Miss, has issued
orders for shotgun quarantine to be en-
forced. NO trains are allowed to stop OK
cept to exchange mails at the quarantine
stations.
PREsIDET ANDREWS will remain with
Brown University for the present. In
letter to the trustees, he says: 1.-THE reso-
luton OF the corporation OF Brown Univer-
sity on the first instant communicated to
me by you has been carefully considered. 1
take pleasure in assuring you thas the ac-
ton referred to entirely does away with the
scruples which led to my resignation. AT
the date, however, when you laid the COM
munication before me had undertaken to
perform the coming year certain work
which, after learning the judgment OF the
corporation on the subject, came to regard
as incompatible with the duties of the pres
idency. l therefore felt obliged at first to
adhere to my resignation. But being now
free to give to the university my undivided
service, have withdrawn my resignation