The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30

arInb ana lace DelnR 1eartuIly burned IN the
attempt to save his children The property
loss was trifing.
CHRISTIAN X. Ross, father of "Charlie
Ross" whose abduction July 1, 1874, from
his parents home became matter of world
wide interest, and still remains an unsolved
mystery, died on Monday last at his resi-.
dence in Germanton, Pa, aged sixty-fve
years.
THE Pickwick hotel at New Orleans and
the building adjoining, occupied by w. II.
Moore, dealer in fishing tackle, guns, etc.,
were Quilted by fire last week. The two |
upper stories Of the Pickwick hotel were |
burned, the guests in the hotel escaping |
without injury. Total loss, 100000; fully |
insured.
BY the explosion of can Of benzine last
Thursday in cleaning aud dyeing estab-
lishment in New York city, Mrs. Julia
Martin, the proprietress, was Instantly
killed. An employee named Dunnell was
so badly injured he will die. The force of the
explosion threw st. Bernard dog through
window and instantly killed it.
Two sharp and severe shocks of earth
quake were felt in San Francisco last week,
each lasting from twelve to fourteen
seconds. The vibrations were from west to
east. Clocks were stopped and suspended
lamps and decorations were broken in some
places. The shocks were the most severe
experienced there for many years. The
earthquake was general throughout the
state.
THE United States flag was deliberately
torn from a string of flags displayed last
week by Thomas Lowndes Of Halifax, N. s.
The flag was large one, and only the band
of it was left on the rope. Some time ago
Mr.. Lownes received threatening letter
concerning the United States flag which
was displayed by him on another occasion.
The act was committed before dawn, and
the perpetrators got away.
was adopted providing for the considera-
ton of the bill approprating S100, 600 for
the repair of the dry dock at the New York
navy yard. Mr.. Boutelle of Maine ex-
planned the necessity for the appropriation,
saying that leaks had appeared which
threatened the collapse of the dock. Mr..
Boutelle read letter from the Secretary of
the Navy in support of that statement.
WHEN an old trunk was opened last
Thursday in the home of Joseph Nation of
Bordley, KY, the father found his two
girls, aged seven and five years, inside
smothered to death While their parents
were absent the children had been playing
hide and SEEK" with three other tots
While searching for good hiding place,
the two evidently thought of an old trunk
in the cellar, crawled in and closed the lid
A spring lock made it an air tight tomb.
| TORNADO passed over the central and
southern portion of Logan county, Illinois,
| ldsb Wooh, lodNlDR ubdJu Ill lUb DdUD, anu
| destroying much valuable property. The
immense barn on the farm Of the state in
stitution for the feeble minded was demol-
| ished. Twenty-six persons seeking refuge
| from the storm were buried in the debris.
| Four of the refugees, boy pupils from Chi
cago, were taken out dead. Five others
were severely injured, one Of whom, the
farm superintendent, will probably die.
For the next two years Colorado will be
| distinguished as the only state in the union
where the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving,
Christmas, New Years, Washipgton's
Birthday and Memorial Day are not legal
holidays. The discovery has Just been
regard to the negotiable instruments re-
pealed the statute establishing the above
named holidays. The only legal holidays
left in Colorado are Arbor Day, Labor Day
and the Saturday half-holiday.
GOLD has been discovered on Oak Point
nesota and Canada, which will undoubtedly
lead to an international boundary dispute
between Great Britain and the United
States. According to the maps of the geo.
logical survey, the island is in Canadian
territory, but, according. to the wording of
| the treaty OF Client, the island is part of the
state of Minnesota. Canada has issued
| patents to several valuable mining loca-
tions on the island, and vigorous protests
are being sent to Washington by American
prospectors.
THE worst hail storm in the history OF
Kansas struck the city OF Topeka last
| Thursday night. Hail stones weighing
from twelve to sixteen ounces stripped the
| trees of their foliage and smashed window
panes, including the finest plate glass store
fronts and cut down telegraph and tele-
telephone wires. Dogs were struck in the
knocked to their knees. When the fury
Of the storm had passed, dead birds were
found everywhere. Frequent and terrific
lightning accompanied the storm.
The Columbian line steamer Finance ~
arrived at New York last week. with three
cabin passengers down with yellow fever
There were also three death during the voy.
age to New York Two Of the bodies were
buried at sea, and the other dead body was
brought to port. The health officer learned
that all the sufferers from yellow fever were
taken sick within three days from the time
to remove all saloon and second-cabin pas.
sengers to Hoffman Island for the full incu.
bative period of five days, and the three pa
tients were removed to the Swinburne
Island hospital. The entire ships crew was
transferred to Hoffman Island, where they
were bathed and their baggage disinfected
AT the Iowa democratic state convention
held last week at Des Moines, the three
factions were after much controversy, able
to agree on one platform with free silver as
the main idea and one ticket composed OF
two democrats, two silver republicans and
one populist. The ticket will be placed or
the official ballot under the name democrat
When this became known there was spill
in the populist convention, the middle o.
the road faction under the leadership of w
A. Weeks, walking out. Gen, j. B. Weav
er's faction remained with the democrats,
whereupon he was bitterly denounced
But for this rupture, the union of all the
free silver forces would have been complete
F. E. White, democrat is the nominee fol-
governor.
THE graduating class of the High Schoo
at Neponset, ILL.,, held a picnic last Wed
nesday at Kewanee Lake. On the way
home in the evening, the driver, L. o
Gardner, asked one of the girls to sit on the
front seat with him. This she declined tc
do. Enraged at her refusal, Gardner dashed
the horses into gallop. Up hill and down
the horses dashed for more than a mile till
at turn in the road, the wagon upset and
the occupants were thrown out, some OF
them being hurled as far as the hedge by
the roadside. Every one of the girls was
hurt more or less, and four had broken bones
and were hurt internally. Doctors from
| Kewanee were summoned and the nearest
farmhouse was turned into hospital. The
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