The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-02-02
Domestic.

THE steamer "Citv Of Duluth" loaded
with oats, was wrecked last Wednesday off
S.. j ,s-ph, Mich The ife saving crew
brought the t~sengers and crew ashore.
The engineer says that when the boat
struck the engine was Immediately torn 10
pieces. The wa'tr rushed in, exit guish-
ing tn fires, the tirrmrn b trely csc p ng up
the ladders The cabin floor gave H mighty
hesve upwar !, throwing the p tssengers
into the widest confusion.
A. A. HEARD of Buff, N. Y. western
p ,sseug' agent of the Lrhigh Valley rail-
road, and one of the twelve heirs v no are
joint ON ntrs of valuable and extensive
sugar plantation known d. the Tayl, plan
taion, located at Santa Amals, near
Havana, Cuba, has filed with the state de-
psrtm-ut at " ashingrun claim If S9l 900
against The SIP nish government for pIop
ery destroyed on the plantation and for
loss OF revenu. for three years.
THE relatives of Cassius and Anthony
Chitick of Iudisnspolis have received
word hat tn have p rushed with ap+r'y
in the Klnndike region Tn" two left for
the GOLD fields in August. William Gosser
of Piitsburg and Melville S iovel of Syra-
cuse Joined III, III at Seattle. The last let
ter written ho;ie stated that they were
within thirty miles Of StewAr river. Re-
turning miners " rite from Sea tie that the
whole party ptrished in n snow storm.
A TER, IFIC thunder storm sweep over st.
Louis, Mo-. last "Wednesday morning. The
sky cleared after "A time shortly after day
break, hut the wind continued to blow.
H. increased in intensity until, ~ 10: 40
M. when the weather bureau officials re-
ported velocity Of sky hrre uirs an
hour had been gained. August Weymey er
WAS blown 1, # the Shields Building and
died in ten minutes from his jurts. A
woman, nam. unknown, was killed In La
cledr II euut, aud boy Was killt by be-
ing blown from p)' CHI roof in another part
of the city II was apparently straight
blow. and not "A tornado.
A-sI.TANT SECRETARY DAVIS of the in'e-
! riUr d-IiHIi me 1t has rendered a decision
/ holding that there is no law providing a
pension for the widows of soldiers " no die
] Of disease cOnIracttd in the service in time
of peAce prior to MAJ CHI 1861 The pro-
/ visions pensioning the widu~- of soldi rs
! whose death has resulted from disability
COZ tracied ! rior TO March 1861 Spply only
to cases where the d,a II Cause WAS IN
curred or contracted while in the perform
! auce OF military service, during certain
wars spec ic lily named and designated in
the several acts granting such pension.
ACCORDING to reports in trade circles in
Louisville, Ky. E, the POOL of distllleries AMI
stocks of bourbon liq1or there is nearly
pr rf-cted. Nineteen nrms have agreed e.
| the terms Of consolidation. The distlleries
are to r. ctive twtnty-il rec p r cent in cash
for their plants and stocks aud the It m ain
der in pool shares. A big corporation with
a capital Of 100000 is planned, and a
leading grain ulan ~ said TO he at The head
of The organz tliun. A number Of Louis
Vile disllltrits were asked regarding The
RIP ri, hut denials were received from al
| /, Is known, however, that the di-iillers
who were interested in former cousOlida
ton schemes have been working hard tC
get another deal through.
CURES Group, sore throat, pulmonary
troables-M" omar CHI over paih of every sort
DR.. Thomas Eclectric Oil.