The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-01
DOMESTIC.

Oyster Bay, l.. l., Dec. 26. Every |
pupil attending the Cove Neck dis |
trict school in this village, received
gift from the President of the United |
States There was but one disap-
pointment in store for the little ones.
Heretofore President Roosevelt has
appeared in person as Santa Claus and
distributed the gifts. This year the
governments business demands his
entire attention. A check was receiv-
ed from Mr.. Roosevelt by Miss Sarah
Provost, teacher in the school, on
Monday, with which to provide gifts
for the pupils. The amount of the
check was not made public. For more
than fifteen years President Roosevelt
has looked after the children in Cove
Neck school at Christmas time.
Washington, Dec. 26.-Among the
recommendations made by the Phillip
pine commission in it's annual report
| to the President are that Congress be
asked to confirm the legislation the
| commission has already enacted and
to provide for a permanent form of
government to be instituted Jan. A.
1904, with Filipino representation
before Congress that the commission
be authorized to issue bonds to pur-
chase the property of the Friars that
the commission new tariff act be
confirmed by Congress and that the
tariff on tobacco, hemp and merchan-
disc coming from the Philippines to
the United States be reduced fifty per
cent; that the commission be author
lied to issue homestead rights; that
the commission be permitted to pass
corporation laws and have special au-
thority to issue railroad charters and
donate land that Congress enact a
general coinage law for gold standard
with local silver currency; and that
Congress enact general banking laws.
| Pittsburg, Pa, Dec 26.-Eddie Bon
l nett, lad fourteen years old, was
} run down by car last night and his
life was only a question of a few mo.
ments. He asked for priest. Mean
while the police patrol arrived and
5 Bennett was placed upon it. When a
2 priest arrived the police through q
mistaken sense of duty refused to per,
| NIT the priest on the wagon to admin
lister the last rites. The patrol start
ed off and the priest followed on {
r run. When the hospital was reached
$ the lad expired before he could BE-
e. placed OH a cot.
Canton, o., Dec. 26. Mrs. McKin
> ley spent Christmas day alone at he
home. She was urged to join thu
:, Barber family at their Christmas a
- the old SaXton homestead, but declin
= ed. She did not wish to be so forci
:, bly, reminded of the Christmas days o
y the past as she would by such a din
- ner. Mrs. McKinley's condition is a
" good or better than it has been sine
the tragedy. She received flowers ant
presents from all over the country.
D.. Hudson, N. Y, Dec. 26. - Pete
+ Hallenbeck, an aged and wealthy farm
. er living near Greenport Church, wa
: summoned to the door of his home las
= evening. Upon opening it four mask
a ed men fired upon him, eleven bullet
l. entering his body and killing him in
= stantly. -Four men, Berton, Willie
/. and Fred Vanwormer and Harve,
. Bruce, are now under arrest. TIL
s three former are nephews OK hailen
= beck The whole country is aroused
: and lynching is threatened.
New York, Dec. Eek presiden
Cleveland has accepted his appoint
ment as member of the industrial de
artment of the National Civic fedora
II tion. Mr.. Cleveland has written t.
b president Strauss of the committee t.
!, this effect, apologizing for his della,
in accepting because of illness ant
: adding that because of his intense de
j sire to remain in private life he woul,
u decline were he not afraid that there
u by he would disregard an importan
!; duty.
Y New Milford, Conn, Dec. 26.-Th
d explosion of a supposed meteor whicl
the superstitious pretended to be tn
a beginning of the worlds end was moth
S ing more than huge sky rocket Sc
. off by A. L. Cockney, music dealer
Y in celebration of Christmas. TIL
Q rocket was left over from the fourtl
n of July.
? Washington, Dec. Ex-senator Mon
. ey of Missouri, is preparing to figh
=. Senator Hoar's bill giving the fedora
. government jurisdiction in cases o
lynchings and attacks on foreigners il
!, the States, according to the desires o
!. the Italian government. Money claim
= it interferes with States rights.
Boston, Dec. 27.-Capt. Richard P
Leary, U. S. N, died at the marin