The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-28
DOMESTIC.

San Francisco, May 2l.-An earth
quake shock was felt all over Cali
fornia at 10 80 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing, In San Francisco it lasted TWEEN
ty seconds. The only damage report
ed was at Vacaville, where goods
were shaken from the shelves and
much glass broken The weather
conditions on this coast have been re.
markable during the last two days.
High winds have prevailed every.
where. Snow has fallen in Arizona
and Utah. In the interior valleys of
California there have been severe
sandstorms.
; Poughkeepsie, May 21.-An auto
mobile stage line will be operated be-
tween Rhinecliff station on the Hud-
son River Railroad and Rhinebeck vii
lage, which are about three miles
apart At one time an electric rail
way was talked of and franchise
was granted, but as no work was done
Col. John Jacob Aston took under con-
sideration the feasibility of running
automobiles between the two villages,
and on Tuesday it was announced
that a company had been formed The
promoters are Col. John Jacob Aston,
the Hon. Levi P. Morton, and A. Lee
! Wagner, President of Rhinebeck viii
| lage.
st, Paul, MINI. May 81. Twelve
persons lost their lives yesterday
through cloudbursts and lightning.
The rain fell in torrents over large
area, and in southern Minnesota, be-
| fore the inmates could escape from
their homes they were overwhelmed
by the water and drowned. Three
children were drowned at Spring Val
ley before their father could get them
to safety. Alderman A. McConkey,
a horseman, was killed by lightning
at Preston.
Coal Creek, Tenn, May 81 1t is
now known that the number of vic
tins of the mine explosion will reach
227. Forty more bodies were located
last night. Letters found on some of
the bodies show that the men suffered
a lingering death by suffocation and
bad air
London, May 22.-The newspaper
Kodak says that the general effect of
the combine of the Kodak interest, is
the sale of them as whole to the new
American corporation on the basis of
an exchange of shares. The Ameri-
canization is due entirely the direct
ors say, to the difficulty which has
arisen with the British authorities in
regard to the payment of income tax
upon the shares held by Americans, a
matter which is now before the courts
Salt Lake, Utah, May 22.-Dead
sheep by the thousands are piled up
in heaps on the plains of Uintah coun-
ty and on the Utah farms which skirt
the Wyoming line. A snowstorm
which has been raging for the last
two days has killed fully 300, 600 lambs
and ewes that are valued at$1, 500, 600.
Washington, May %. = case of
great Importance in that it concerns
the status of natives of the Philippine
Islands born of foreign parents was
the district on Wednesday, The court
is asked to compel John r. Young, its
clerk, to allow Atomic NJ. Opisso Y de
Ycaza, born in Manila of Spanish
parents to declare his intention to be-
come citizen of the United States
and to record the declaration among
the records. Justice Clabaugh directed
that the writ issue, returnable the
) 9th inst. Mr.. Young declined to al
low the petitioner to declare his in
tentlon to become citizen of the
United States for the reason that the
petitioner, under the terms of the
treaty with Spain, is held to have
adopted the nationality of the terri
tory in which he resided at the time
the treaty was adopted and his right
has not yet been determined by Con.
gress.
Lincoln, Neb., May % The Mis-
souri, Pacific Railroad company was
relieved on Thursday by decision OF
the Supreme Court of the payment OF
1876, 900 sought to be enforced by the
State as penalties for violations of the
frpinht Low Tho
Court holds that the 1000 per day
penalty cannot be collected, because
the law was held up by an injunction
! in the Federal Court and obedience
to its provisions was not compulsory.
Seattle, Wash, May 23.-Theophile
Collier, an attache of the legation al
Toxic, who has just arrived from Japan
says Japan's minister of finance is now in
the United States to negotiate the loan o.
SlOO,OOOOO to build ships and railways
and to carry on mining operations in
Japan.
Boston, May 23.-John Cassidy of
Chelsea, known in the ring as "Tom-
my Noonan" whose skull was fractur-
ed last night by blow on the jaw
from Tommy Dixon, colOred boxer
of Chicago, in the fourth round of the
six round bout at the LenoX Athletic
club, died at 8 II this morning. Dix
on is under arrest. Two officials of
the club are held and others will
probably be arrested.
Chicago, May 3-Eustin J. Batch
elder was arrested yesterday charged
: with being the leader of gang of
counterfeiters. Spurious coins valued
at $1,000 were found in his rooms.
Letters in his possession indicate he
has son who is prominent manu-
facturer at st. Johnsbury, VT