The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-27
DOMESTIC.

Washington, Aug. 20-The Times |
this morning states that it has inform
alton of the engagement of Senator |
Fry of Maine to Miss Ellen May of |
Portland, daughter of the late Ellery |
May The wedding will probably |
take place the coming autumn. Sena-
tor Fry will be seventy one next |
month Miss May is about thirty
one years his junior
New York, Aug. 20. Eight persons
were seriously hurt on Tuesday. a
street car left the tracks on jerome
avenue and turned completely over in
the ditch OF those injured S. w.
Reyes died this morning. Policeman
Palmer may die. The others were
taken to the hospital and are doing
we'll
Washington, Aug 2O.-Asiatic cholera
continues to reap from the American
army in the Philippines. a report re-
ceived this morning from General Chaffee
announces, between June % and July 30,
thirty-fve deaths from the dread disease;
among those enlisted, during the same
period, other deaths occurred as follows
dysentery II, tuberculosis >, malarial
fever ), other causes 10, total 50.
Duryea, Aug. 20. The washery of
Wrenke Bros, which was compelled
to close down last Thursday resumed
operations this morning without
molestation. The washery, which is
under guard of the coal and iron
police and ten sheriffs and deputies,
! started work at six O'Clock, and,
though strikers gathered in numbers
along the railroad tracks nearby there
was no trouble. Officials of the Mine
Workers Union are now persuading
the striker from violence.
Wilmington Del, Aug 21.-Eight
workmen are known to have been
killed. six are missing and three
others are badly injured by the eX-
plosion of two steel digesters in the
Delaware pulp mills of the Jessup &
Moore Paper company yesterday after
noon. The digesters were located in
a two story building and were used in
reducing wood pulp. Eighteen zen
were at work in the building. There
were two terrific reports and the next
instant the building and other mills
about the structure were completely
wrecked. One digester was blown
into the air and fell to the ground two
hundred and fifty feet away. a dense
volume of smoke for time prevented
the outside workmen from going to
the immediate rescue of those who
were caught in the ruins of the fall
ing buildings. Several escaped with
out injury. Those not killed outright
were mangled and burned by escap-
ing acid that flowed over their
bodies from the broken digesters. To
add to the horror of the disaster the
wreckage took fire but after some
difficulty the fire department managed
to subdue the flames and the work of
the rescue was continued.
San Francisco, Aug. 21.-At the
session of the supreme lodge of
Knights of Pythias Monday the prop.
osition to erect sanitarium at Hot
Springs, Ark, for sick and disabled
knights was defeated by vote of 90,
to &c. The supreme lodge held that
it had no rights under the constitu.
tion TO tax the members of the order
for such purposes.
Washington, Aug. 21. The division
of Forest Extension, which was or
ganized in the Bureau of Forestry on
July l to supersede the Section of
Tree Planting, will have charge Of all
work which deals with the creation
of forests where at present there are
none. Several important lines of for
est work which have only recently
been taken up by the bureau have
been placed under this division. The
field work of the division is now be-
ing carried on with force of 80 men.
Field parties are working in New
Hampshire, Massachusetts,, New Jer-
sey, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Arizona,
Washington and Oregon. In addition,
planting plans are being prepared by
representatives. of the bureau, working
individually in number of other
States.
New York, Aug 22.-There is no
longer common price for anthracite
coal in New York. Though the re-
tail dealers have agreed to charge $40
a ton, it is admitted on all sides that
the price is merely nominal, and that
during the last 4S hours as high as
Sl2 ton has been demanded from Gus
toners. One of the authentic quota
tions today at No. l Broadway for a
cargo of anthracite stove coal was
$40 80 ton alongside. " The cost
of hosting is fifteen cents ton, so
that the net price was $10.65 At
retail this coal would have to bring
Sl2 a ton. This is the wholesale high
water mark of the year.
Oyster Bay, Aug. 22.-The Presi-
dent left today on his New England
tour. The party consisted of the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss
Ethel Roosevelt, DR.. Lung, Secretary
Cortelyou, two stenographers and two
messengers. The presidents salute
was fired by some residents as the
President departed. The Sylph is due
at New Haven about 80. I
Hartford, Conn, Aug. 23,-Presi-
dent Roosevelt's stop at Hartford on
his New England tour was marked by
great enthusiasm by the crowds and he
showed his pleasure at the reception