The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06
Domestic,

The Great Western distillery at Peoria,
Ill.,, the second largest in the world, was
struck by lightning a few days ago. Every
thing was burned except the bonded ware
house. The loss Is estimated at $500, 900,
fully covered.
A LETTER received last week at Warren,
O., from John Muldoon, now in the Alas.
kan gold fields, says that Of the one humid
red and one men who left Seattle with him
in March, only four survived. Two were
drowned and the others persisted from cold
and hunger.
A LUTHERAN church at Minnewauken, n,
d, was struck by lightning last week
while dedic alton ceremonies were in prog
ress. One end was torn out OF the building
About 800 persons were present and two
were instantly killed. In the panic a mum
Der OF others were injured but none fatally,
A SEVERE wind storm struck Sioux City
Ia, last week Friday, blowing down the
main tent Of the Sells-%F orepaugh circus,
while a performance was in progress. The
collapse OF the canva caused a panic In
which about forty people were injured
One of them, Adolph Halverson of Sioux
City, died soon afterward OF his injuries.
THE steamer Newport that sailed last
Wednesday from San Francisco with Gen
eral Merritt for the Philippines, carries q
large sum OF money for the payment OF sol.
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supplies. 1t is said thai the steamer carries
from one to three million dollars in gold.
General Merritt recently asked the presi-
dent for 500, 900 to be used by him for
emergency funds at his discretion, and this
sun is probably included in the shipment
on the Newport.
IT is said in official circles at Washing
ton that the passage OF the Hawaiian an.
nexation resolutions will be the Presidents
signal for the issuance OF a third call for
volunteers. The troops will be needed to
garrison the islands. 1t seems to be a fore
gone conclusion that this call will be made,
and there is already talk Of a fourth call, 1t
having been determined by the administra-
ton that before the summer months have
passed the United States will need 100000
additional men.
Two near relatives of President McKin-
ley have enlisted as privates in the volun-
teer army. They are his nephews, John d.
Barber and James Fuller Mckinley, both
of whom have been his guests at the White
House for some time. The President was
urged by some OF their friends to appoint
them second ~lieutenants, but he declined
to exercise his prerogative in this matter in
favor of his relatives. They were willing
TO enlist as p.ivates in the eighth Ohio
regiment volunteer infantry, now encamp-
ed at Falls Church, and were last Friday
mustered into the service of the United
States.
The Clifton House at Clifton, Ont, on
the opposite side OF the river from Niagara
Falls, n. Y, was dest Dyed by fire Sunday
morning week. The guests, including a large
party from Indianapolis, escaped uninjured.
The loss is 100000, partially insured. The
Clifton House covered nearly an acre OF
valuable land fronting on Victoria Park
and facing the American and Horse Shoe
Falls. 1t was the largest of the hotels on
the Canadian side of the river and members
Of the English royal family and the nota-
bles of Europe have been its guests. L. was
in this hotel that the peace congress OF the
North and South was held during the clos
ing days of the civil war.
IT is stated on authority in diplomatic
circles in Washington that no steps have
been taken thus far in the direction Of peace
oyertures from any quarter and it Is not
likely such overtures will come either from
one power or from combination powers I'M
til the military situation materially changes
by a decided victory or decided defeat.
The most of the diplomatic representatives
Of he powers likely to take part in peace
o%vertures have left the city for their sum-
mer vacations. The Austrian minister is
at Nav London, Conn, for the summer and
the French ambassador will soon leave for
a trip in the Adirondacks. The British am
bassador is going to Pequot, Conn, the
German ambassador will also leave before
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last Thursday in a hospital in Chicago.
Schwab was held responsible, with Parsons,
Spies, Liengg, Fisch, Engel and Noebe, for
the firing OF the dynamite bombs on May 4,
1888. which caused the death Of seven po-
liceman In the Haymarket riot. The pun
ishment melted out to him was imprisonment
in the Joliet p~enitentiary, but June 26, 1893,
he was pardoned and returned to citizen
ship by Gov. John p. Altgeld. Returning
to Chicago he resumed his position as ed.
torial writer on the Arbeiter Zeitung, but
became involved in a quarrel with its d.
rectors and was forced to resign in 1896.
His life was marked by extreme poverty
and he finally fell a victim to consumption.
A PASSENGER train on the Chicago. Bur-
lington and q lincy railroad was held up
last recently near Whitehall, Ill. Fred
Dempsey, the engineer, was shot and
killed. AS the train stopped at the Chicago
and Alton crossing a masked man climbed
over the tender with a leveled revolver.
Fireman George Savage jumped from the
engine Just as the robber fired, the bullet
taking effect in the engineers side. The
robber then sprang from the engine and
fed. II is thought he had a confederate,
but both took alarm at the shot and ran.
Engineer Dempsey was carried into the
baggage car unconscious and died within
twenty minutes. He lived at Beardstown,
Ill.i n had been on the Burlington road
ten years. Bloodhounds were Immediately
put on the track Of the murderer.
SECRETARY PORTER has refuted the ru-
NOR that President Mckinley intends to
spend the month Of August at Hotel Cham
plain, Bluff Point, N. Y. Such was the
Presidents intention when he left there
last summer, but Secretary Porter says that
he not only has no plans for the summer
but that he has not aver considered any.
So long as the situation in Cuba continues
critical it is said TO be the Presidents inten-
ton to remain in Washington where he can
direct better the operations OF the war thar
he could at any other point, Despite the
tremendous strain which he is undergoing
the President is in excellent health. The
construction of the executive mansion rem
ders 1t a pleasant residence even in the
hottest OF weather, and President Mckinley
has announced his purpose to ema in
Washington throughout the summer II his
official duties can better be performed there
than elsewhere.