The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-04
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Domestic.

A FIRE In the manufacturing district of
Yonkers, N. Y, last Wednesday night de-
stroyed property valued at 100000 and
threw 1000 people out OF employment.
THE imposition of the American duty of
So on lumber will seriously affect the dis
trict Of Ottawa, Ont. During the coming
winter instead OF six thousand hands being
employed, only from five to seven hundred
will be working. j. r. Booth will employ
one quarter Of his usual staff. Mr.. Hard
man will have few shanties going and the
other lumber men none at all.
THE Baldwin Locomotive Works of Phil
adelphia have, within the past week,
booked an order for twenty locomotives for
Japan. This, with orders previously re-
ceived, makes total Of fifty for the Orien-
tai empire. Thirty have been shipped. OF
these eighteen were for government roads
and twelve for private railroad corporations.
The order just received is for the Japanese
government. 1t is stated by officials OF the
Baldwin works that there is practically no
| serious European competition in this trade,
| and that prices can be made much lower
than those offered by English, German or
| French manufacturers.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has promulgated
the following important amendment to the
civil service rules " No removal shall be
made from any position subject to competi-
tive examination except for just cause and
upon written charges filed with the head OF
| the department or other appointing officer
and OF which the accused shall have full no.
| tice and opportunity to make defence. He
| has also amended rule 3 so as to include
| within the classified service the employees
OF all custom.house offices without regard
| to the number OF employees. Hitherto the
classification embraced customs offices
| where the number OF employees was FIVE or
| more"
| DISPATCHES sent out from Seattle Wash,
, say that by August 10 five Thousand people
will be struggling over Chilcot Pass, en-
route down the Yukon valley to the Klon-
dyke. There are now fully five thousand
people at Dawson and vicinity. Ten thou
sand people will be sealed up In the country
by, September 10 with weather thirty degrees
| below zero. To get out will be practically
impossible, and many are asking what they
will do for food. The North American
Trading and Transportation Company has
publicly cautioned people against commit
ting the folly OF going into the country
tary Hamilton Of Seattle has issued another
circular letter warning people not to try to
| get in later than September 1.
EDITOR PATTERSON of the Argus, the col
ored peoples paper at Montgomery, Ala,
| was shot and killed last Wednesday in q
colored church in that city. A conference
was in progress and the admission OF Brown,
| tue u6pOS6u phbUOr OI Jn6 O6xJ6r Avenue
| Baptist church, was under discussion.
Patterson opposed Browns admission and
| Stokes pastor OF the Columbus street
church, favored it. Hot words ensued.
Patterson struck Stokes in the face, when
the report of pistol was heard and Patter-
son fell dead. Several arrests were made
and there was great excitement among the
negroes. Later negro named Pritchitt
was caught about mile from town by a
negro posse. He confessed to having shot
Patterson. He is in jail.
L. M. TURNER of Seattle, WASH. who has
spent eleven years in Alaska and the Arctic
regions in the employ OF the government,
says 1T is about time to call halt on
| this mad rush to the Klondike gold fields.
Hundreds Of men are going as far as they
can, relying on others to help them. That
| help will be meager enough, and scores will
certainly endure hardships that death alone
will relieve. The transportation compa-
Der going by way of st. Michaels. The
small river steamers will not afford room
for one-third the number going by that
route. The provisions will have to be fur
nished by the transportation companies,
and two thirds Of the passengers will board
| at st. Michaels or along the Yukon and they
will not see Dawson City until next spring,
| Many Of those who go by way Of Dyea will
| be compelled to winter at the headwaters
| OF the Yukon"
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY and party arrived
at Hotel Champlain, Bluff Point, early last
Thursday morning. 1t is the Presidents
| intention to remain at the hotel until Aug
ust 49, when he will go to the Grand Army
Encampment at Buffalo. From that city
he will 60 to Ohio to attend reunion OF
his old regiment and also to be present at
the marriage Of the daughter Of the late
President Hayes, on September 2. He will
then return to Buffalo and with Senator
Hanna make tour Of the Great Lakes.
During his stay at Bluff Point the President
will attend a dinner Of the Vermont Fish
and Game League at Isle La Motto August
6, and make an inspection Of Plattsburg
barracks and Fort Ethan Allen. Arrange
ments have been perfected for the Presi-
dent, Vice: President, Secretary Of War and
Secretary Porter to be present at Chester,
Friday, August 10, Governors Day. to wit.
ness the review OF the National Guard Of
Vermont. The President and party will
lunch to-day with Col. LIE Grand B. Cam
non and afterwards will drive to Fort Ethan
Allen, where review Of the First Squad
ron, Third United States Cavalry will be
rendered the party by Gen. Guy V. Henry,
commander.