The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-20
Domestic News

MANILA, Sept. 13.-Luzon's only
health resort has been seized by the
Americans, aud will shortly be thrown
open to the use of the soldiers and the
general public. The waters of Los
Renos are said to be even more efiica.
cious than similar ones in the United
States. The temperature of the water
when it first issues from the earth is
near the boiling point.
BALTIMORE, Sept 13,-The city was
in holiday attire yesterday, in honor of
Captain Dyer, who commanded the
crui.er, Baltimore, in the battle Of Ma
Mia Bay. After parade, the mayor, on
behalf OF the city council of Baltimore
and of the cillz rs generally, read a
commenGatory resolution and then
handed him magnificent sword.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 The Pres
ident today saved private Thomas Nc
Weigh of tire First Wyoming, sem
fenced to be shot by a court martial at
linus, Philippines, from execution.
He had been found guilty of striking a
superior officer, The President com
muted the sentence to dishonorable
discharge and confinement at hard
labor for three years.
MANILA, Sept. l3.-The reply adop-
ted by the Filipino congress to the
American Offer Of autonomy in govern
ment has been given out here. II is
written by Ambrosia Ranzares, who
was off red position in supreme court
but failed to appear. The document
! rectes in substance the recent appeal
to the powers and concludes: "No-
withstanding the foregoing, We could
have accepted your sovereignty and
autonomy if we had not seen, by the
behavior of the Americans from the
beginning, were strongly opposed 10 us
through race prejudice and We would
fear for our future in your hands"
CHATHAM, Sept. Thames F.
Whittemore, aged 10, employed as
driver on the bakery wagon of Gage Il
Rogers at South Dennis, was found
murdered by the roadside this morning
by Samuel Merchant, driver of a cram
berry pickers' team. No clue to the
rounding towns have been notified.
Investigation shows that Whitlemore
was shot through the head. R)b5ery
was the probable motive as bag OF
money he usually carried is missing.
NEW YORK, Sept. IA Que person
burned to death, several injured and
forty families homeless by a fire early
this morning in three or four story
tenements on Atlantic Avenue, Brook
Ign. The fremen had hard work to
restrain people from jumping till lad
ders could be raised. The buildings
were entirely destroyed. Loss $4,000.
KEY WEST, Sept. Is. - Thirty five
new cases of yellow fever were report.
ed during the past twenty four hours,
making the total to date two hundred
and fifty-three. No deaths have been
reported during the past twenty.four
hours. Nine new cases, with no
deaths, are reported today from jack
sonville.
WASHINGTON, Sept. l4.-The navy
department received the following ca
BILE from Manila this morning, an
nouncing the eff ective work on the
blockade by tie little gunboat Paragua,
commanded by Ensign William c. Da-
wilson. Manila, Davidson, command
ing Paragua, reports a sharp engage
ment with Boleano vessel. Struck
many times with rifle shots. No cas-
ualties. PAragua silenced the insur-
gent fire in twenty minutes. Range
400 to 900 yards. A Filipino sclooner
was captured which Davidson destroy
ed Signed, WATSON.