The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-01-11
Domestic.

SEVERAL months ago Judge Tarvin of
Covington, KY, sent several councilmen to
Jail for contempt of court in dsobeying an
order of the court to furnish supplies. Now
the five councilmen i'm prisoned have sued
Judge Tarvin collectively for $4,000 for
false Imprisonment.
JUDGE MORROW of the United States cir
cult court at San Francisco has decided
that the stamp tax on telegraph messages
must be paid by the sender and not by the
company. The decision was rendered in
the case of j. Walders Kirk against the
Western Union Telegraph company. Kirk
rendered message TO the telegraph COM
pany, but declined to pay for the stamp re-
CURED by the war revenue bill.
The extension of American authority in
the Philippines, Cuba and Porto Rico will
lead to the abandonment of some military
posts in this country. While the abandon
ment will be only temporary in number
OF cases, few OF the posts will probably
not be re-established when the standing
army has been increased TO 100000 men, or
whatever number Congress makes provi-
sion for.
IT is announced in Sedalia, Mo-, that j.
@. Thompson, the fugitive cashier of the
defunct First National hank in that city,
now resident of the City OF Mexico, in.
tends to return to Sedalia in short time to
straighten out his accounts, He will pay
depositors dollar for dollar. He is now
prospecting and has extensive interests in
railroads, banking and mines. He is re-
trieving his fortune and is anxious to right
the wrongs he committed
SECRETARY LONG last week cabled orders
to the Oregon at Callsc to proceed TO Homo
lulu, taking the distilling ship Iris with her.
The Iowa was ordered to San Francisco to
make repairs to her boilers and replace a
broken cylinder head. With her will 90
the supply steamer Celtic and the GOLFERS
Scinda and Justin. The Oregon will get Or
ders at Honolulu to proceed to Manila if
the situation do 8 not change in the mean
time. The gunboat Cuisine has also been
ordered to Manila.
A PENSION of $50 per month was granted
last Wednesday to Mrs. Ida b. Haskell,
widow OF Brig Gen. Joseph T. Haskell, who
was wounded at the battle Of El Caney in
July and died therefrom in this country on
September IS. Gen. Haskell was Lieut.
Colonel OF the Nineteenth United States in
fantry and September last was commits
stoned a brigadier-general of volunteers.
The pension is the highest allowed q widow
under the general law, but Mrs. Haskell ex.
poets special pension legislation in her case.
By an explosion of an Internal machine
last Wednesday in the railroad station at
New Albany, Miss, five men were terribly
injured. some fatally. he machine was
cleverly constructed and was fixed in box
in such manner as to be set off by opening
the box lid. 1t had been sent from Holly
springs, MISE, 10 an lnulVluudl al NEW AL
bany, under indictment for murder and he
and four others were opening II when the
explosion occurred. The railroad agent and
telegraph operator were among those in
jured,
THE sovereignty OF Cuba passed from
Spain to the United States at noon January
g. The form OF the transfer was simple,
consisting only OF an exchange OF speeches
in the salon of the palace at Havana and
the hauling down Of the Spanish flag and
the raising in its stead of the flag OF the
United States on the flagstaff on the palace
roof Salutes were fred from the heavy
guns OF the forts and the warships, before
and after the change OF flags, and the rails
ing of the Stars and Stripes was greeted
with cheers by tbs people who covered the
roofs OF the buildings around the palace
and the plaza.
THE new fast mail train on the Burling-
ton and Quincy railroad, which pnlled out
OF Omaha at SAB last week Sunday after
noon, rolled into Union depot at Chicago Mt
2: IA Monday morning, ten hours and
twenty-nine minutes from Omaha, a dis
lance OF 592 miles. The train was drawn by
engine $50, called "Greyhound." The new
train Is designed to be one link In the new
Oriental mail service, which Is to cut. down