The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-11-26
DOM ESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
Boston, Nov 10. The doctrine of
reciprocity was opposed in the report
of Col. Albert Clarke, the secretary,
at the annual meeting of the Home
Market Club yesterday. Another tea-
ture of the meeting was the non.
appearance of the name of Eugene N.
Foss OF Boston in the list of officers.
His term as director expired this year
and he was not reelected Mr.. Foss
was a candidate for Congress in 1909,
in the 18th district, on a reel procity
platform and was defeated at the
polls. Secretary Clarke reported a
net loss of fifty three in membership.
Robert 7. Davis of Fall River was
elected president Among the vice.
presidents was Henry Fairbanks of st.
Johnsbury, VT.
Peoria, ILL.,. Nov 90. - Thirty-one
men we're killed and at least fifteen
injured in head end collision be-
tween freight train and work train
on the Big Four railroad, between
Mackinaw and fremont Thursday af-
teruoon. Bodies of twenty.six victims
have been taken from the wreck which
is piled thirty feet high on the tracks.
Five bodies remained buried under
the huge pile of broken timber, twist
ed and distorted iron and steel.
All the dead and most of the injured
were members of the work train, the
crews of both engines jumping in time
to save their lives.
Norfolk, Va, Nov. 81. Fix Presi-
dent Cleveland, on his hunting trip,
is the guest of Joseph Seelinger,
president of the Back Bay Cunning
Club, and the law requiring non-resi-
dent sportsmen to pay ten dollar
license does not apply in his case.
The law provides that resident of
the State may invite guests to hunt
on his own grounds without mourning
a fine. There are no warrants out
for the nonresident hunters of Mr..
Cleveland party, as has been pub
lished, and there are not likely to be
any.
Durham, N. G., Nov, Nov. 21.-
Because in an article in the South
Atlantic Monthly he said that with
the single exception of Gen. Robert
E. Lee, Booker Washington is the
greatest man the South has produced
in the last century, Prof. Spencer
Bassett, of the chair of English in
Trinity College, created such stir
among the friends and supporters of
the Methodist institution that he has
been practically forced to resign. His
resignation has been given to the
board of trustees, who will act on it
at special meeting. There is little
doubt that it will be accepted. Parents
Of students had threatened to with
draw their SONS from the college if
Prof. Bassett continued as a member
of che faculty.
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Federation of Labor today reelected
Samuel Gompers president, over
Kreft, socialist, his only opponent.
The latter polled only 1,134 votes
against 1884 for Gompers. Kreft
represents the Philadelphia Central
Labor Union at the convention, and il
one of the most prominent socialis st
labor men.
Washington, Nov. 81. Represents
tive Morrell of Pennsylvania has in.
troduced bill to prevent disorimina
tion on account of race or color by
common carriers. 1t proposes tt
make it an offense under federal law,
and punishable by $4,000 fine, fol
common carriers to provide separate
cars for either white or colored pas
sengers.
Washington, Nov. 81. The Senate
on Friday, debated motion to refer
the Cuban reciprocity bill to the com
mittee on foreign relations Tit
|. | OCluOOloup SOhtChoOu tbuV GiiO mOdb
ure should go to the committee OF
finance while the Republicans were
tenacious for the other. The motor
prevailed without division.
At caucus of Democratic SENATOR
it was decided to discuss the bill OF
its merits and confine their discus
sions to the bill itself without bring
ing in collateral questions.
Senator Dillingham; has introduced
concurrent resolution providing tina
the secretary of state request the gov
eminent of Great Britain to unit,
with the United States in revision
and amendment of the regulations nov
in force for the protection and pre-
servation of fur seals of Alaska, known
, as the award of the tribunal of arbi
tration at Paris, the present regula
lions having proved wholly INSULT