The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-06-08
Domestic.

THOMAS w. KEENE, the tragedian, who
recently underwent an operation for APP
pendicitis, died last Wednesday in New
York. Mr.. Keene was fifty-eight years old
and leaves a widow, son and a daughter,
the latter being the wife OF Edward Arden,
an actor.
THE Delaware legislature adjourned last
Wednesday after being in session since jan
uary 3. The last important bill passed was
the new ballot law. 1t abolishes the So
called Australian SYSTEM under which Del
aware has been voting for several years,
and provides for a separate ticket for each
party.
The calculations made at the war depart
ment at Washington show that the District
OF Columbia and the states of Delaware and
Vermont have already exceeded their quota
of troops under the calls for $4,000 and
states named and the District Of Columbia
are not to be included in the apportionment
OF troops under the second call.
The Westminster Gazette OF last Thurs
day publishes long interview with Henry
George OF New York on the war and Anglo
American relations. In conclusion Mr..
George is quoted as saying, $50 far as l can
see, the feeling which now thrills both
countries is that republican American and
democratic England shall march forward
together in the path of progress"
THE schooner Jane Gray which sailed
from Seattle, Wash. May 10, for Kotzbue
Sound, foundered about ninety miles west
of Cape Flattery, while lying to in a moder.
ate gale under foresail. Ten minutes after
the alarm was given she lay at the bottom
of the ocean with thirty-four Of her passen-
gers. The remainder succeeded in embark
ing in a launch and reached Seattle the
next day.
WILLIAM A. PINKERToN, of Chicago, son
OF the famous detective and government
spy Allan Pinkerton, has been called into
the government secret service to hunt for
Spanish spies. Mr.. Pinkerton was called
to Washington in much the same way that
Allan Pinkerton was summoned by Presi-
dent Lincoln 81 years ago. He started on
almost the first train after receiving the
message
THE Supreme Court of the United States
has decided the famous case Of the Central
Transportation Company V. the Pullman
Palace Car Company, in which it was ex-
be given against the Pullman Car Company.
The Supreme Court decides in favor OF the
Pullman Company. The court fixes the
amount due the Pullman Company by the
Central Transportation Company at $727, =
900.
DURING an entertainment in the opera
house at Schenectady, n. Y. last Thursday
evening the orchestra started TO play the
"Star Spangled Banner" and in moment
James Troop, British Consul General at
Yokohama. Japan, who is visiting in that
city, was on his feet cheering. His wife
and daughter both helped him cheer. When
1t became known who he was, Mr.. Troop
was given an ovation by the large audience
France will please take notice.
UNION labor received a hard blow last
Wednesday in superior court at Milwaukee,
Wis, from Judge Sutherland in the case OF
Erdman Schultz against the Schlitz Brew
Ing Company, granting temporary injunc-
ton to restrain the company from interior
ing with Schultz in the employment of nom
union labor in the execution Of building
contract. The court held that speciica-
ton in a contract requiring the contractor
to use only union labor is void.
FIFTEEN convicts overpowered the guards
and escaped from the United States peniten-