The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-01-18

Wednesday. The residence portion of the
town being some hat isolated, suffered very
little in comparison with the business CEN
ter. Terror, however, spread in the homes
and women and children rushed into the
streets to gaze helplessly at the scene OF
conflagration, expecting at any moment
shift of wind might render the population
homeless. An estimate places the loss at
$500, coo, with insurance approximating
800, 1000
In duel at Metz last week Lieutenant
Schlckmann, of the Bavarian infantry shot
and killed Herr TillmanD, civilian. In
accordance with the Emperor's decree,
duels are only allowed in exceptional cases
and by consent OF the court OF honor. TIL
mann, who was showed off the sidewalk by
some officers last May, struck one with
stick and boosted of it in the restaurants.
The court of honor decided that as he was
member OF wealthy family he could give
satisfaction and selected Lieut. Schlick'
mann to represent the regiment; Inc
father of Tillmann vainly appealed to the
police to stop the duel.
FAILING to obtain from the imperial gov
eminent a prohibitory import duty on
American bicycles which they 30 earnestly
and persistently dema lded, the members OF
the German Bicycle Manufacturers Asso-
citation has decided upon the following
simple but ingenious plan to kill the Amer
| lean cycle trade in Germany. From this
| time forward they will unanimously refuse
| all credit to any dealer who handles as a
| part of his stock OF trade bicycles OF Ameri-
| can origin. The association includes in its
membership nearly one hundred of the
| most important bicycle makers of Germany,
who have been accustomed hitherto to give
retail dealers from two to four months
credit and very liberal terms in respect to
parts and repairs.
| A RECENT issue OF Ia Discussion" a
newspaper published in Havana, has story
| OF the finding of fifty human skeletons In a
we'll on a plantation near Manguito. The
| writer of the story asserts that these people
were undoubtedly thrown in while alive.
| He saws that in some cases the finger bones
are severed and the supposition is that this
was due to the efforts of the victims to raise
themselves out OF the pit. The body OF Sc
nor Pedro Alayon, a prominent Cuban, who
disappeared mysteriously during the insur-
rection has been identified. In Discussion
accuses the guerrilla Chief Antonio Reyes,
| Sergeant Juan Peres and Vicente Zilgo, a
schoolmaster, of regiment authors OF ter
rible crime La Discussion prints also a
story from MatanZas of the finding there oil
| the remains of from two hundred to three
| hundred persons in a we'll near the head
! quarters of the civil guard.
THE second-class Japanese cruiser Kai.
mon Kan reached Amory recently partial
wreck as the result of fire during storm
at sea- Several of the crew Of the cruiser
were burned to death and many badly in
| jured. The Kaimon Kan was a wooden
vessel OF the old style and had on board a
number of soldiers beside the regular crew
| When few days out and in the midst Of
a gale fire was discovered in one Of the
bunkers to the rear of the engines. The
Japanese crew behaved with great bravery
and streams of water were soon playing or
the fire. At this juncture an accident to the
| Inn IL fnr NM
to go down the gallery. 1t was case O.
almost sure death but two men volunteered
to go down. Before they got to the ma
chnery in need of repair the smoke over
came them No one would go in after then
and the fire consumed their bodies.