The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-01-18
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WARRINGTON, Jap.16-The war department
has decided to courtmartial Gen. Eagan.
Gen. Merritt will be president OF the court
which will sit at Washington. On account
OF the impossiblity of getting enough gem
eral officers to make up the entire detail,
there will be some officers OF junior rank in
the court.
WARRINGTON, Jan. 16-It has been de.
cided at the Navy Department not to send
the diamond studded sword, which is to be
presented to Admiral Dewey with the
thanks of the Nation, to Manila. SO many
naval officers desire that demonstration
should accompany the presentation that
the plans have been changed. The cere.
mony will take place at the White House or
the Capitol.
WASHINGTON, d. O., Jan. 16.-Senor
Felipe Agoncillo, representative OF Aguin.
aldo in Washington, has filed with the State
Department memorandum setting forth
at length his reasons for demanding the
recognition OF the Philippine Government
by the United States. He asks for hear
ing by the President and summarizes his
argument as follows: 1.-THE American pre-
cept and example have influenced my peo-
pie to desire independence. They rose and
drove out their foreign masters. They es-
tablshed, and for seven months have main
tanned, form OF government resembling
the American"
Hone KoNa, Jan. 16.-The censorship OF
the press here is of the strictest kind, and
this lends color to the stories OF refugees
that there is dissatisfaction among the
American volunteers in the islands, 1t is
explained that the Americans control only
the territory actually occupied by their SOL
diers. The rest of LuZon Is under the sway
of Aguinaldo. Filipinos here claim to h we
proofs that the United States agreed to the
independence of the Philippines. British
officers say that unless compromise is
made with the insurgents it will require
10000 American soldiers to conquer and po-
lice the islands
Charles La Chance of Sharon, aged
twenty three, a Central Vermont brake
man, was struck by the locomotive of the
South bound mail at Randolph Saturday
morning and fatally injured He was taken
to the Red Lion Inn, but died shortly after.
The freight train on which he was brake
man had been switched on a side ira ck to
allow the morning local to pass. The en-
GIN OF the freight was blowing off steam
and az he stood beside it he did not hear the
whistle of the approaching train, nor the
warning cry of the bystanders. He leaves
mother and two sisters at Sharon.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 16 - Briefly put,
the commission to investigate the conduct
of the war will place the blame as follows:
Secretary Alger in his relations with Ma.
jor General Miles for permitting General
Miles to go to Santiago; General Miles for
his conduct in selecting certain army camps,
for telling Secretary Alger he was in the
bringing unfounded charges that bad beef
was supplied to troops in Porto Rico; Cen
eral ShAfter for certain points which he adj
mitted in his ties imony; General Brooke
for conditions at Camp Thomas; medical de-
partment, for lack of inspections, for failure
to carry out proper sanitary regulations;
congress- for failure to make appropriations
for smokeless powder. President Nick in
ley will have possession of the full report
OF the commission within ten days.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 16-Just before
the Senate adjourned to attend Mr.. Ding
= ley's funeral, Judge Jonathan Ross was
hsworn in as Senator from Vermont. He
was escorted to the desk by Senator Proctor.
Judge Ross has the most luxuriant beard,
almost snow-white, that has been seen
among the august senators since Mr.. Pfeffer
of Kansas retired.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 16.-The obse.
quies over the body OF Nelson Dingley were
most impressively begun in the House of
Representatives at noon. Speaker Reed
called the House to order, and Rev. Con-
den offered prayer. The clerk read the
journal as on ordinary days. Resolutions
of regret and coincidence from the Senate
arrived Immediately after the approval of
the journal and within a minute Vice
President Hobart and the Senate filed into
the chamber and took seats on the Demo-
cratic side of the House. The ambassadors
and diplomats then folio ed, taking seats
with the Senators, following whom came
the chief and associate justices of the Su-
preme court. The President and his cab
met, the family of the deceased and the
honorary pail bearers from the Senate and
House were seated last, before the Speaker
to tight and left and the services began.