The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-10-29
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indianapolis, Oct. 23,-Mrs. Fannie
Bush, mother of James billiard. who
was lyncbed at Sullivan. Ind, on
November 10, 1902, has filed suit for
$40, 600 damages in the federal court
against John S. Dudley, sheriff of
Sullivan county, from whom billiard
was taken by the mob Sheriff Dud-
ley's bondsmen are made defendants.
New York, Oct. 23.-Maj. Gen.
Adna H. Chaffee relipquished COM
mand of the department of the East
today aud turned it over TO his sue.
cessor, Gen. H. O. Corbin. Gen.
Chaffee will Immediately assume his
new duties as chief of staff to Lieut.
Gen. Young at Washington.
Clifford, N. H., Oct 23.--Mrs.
Evangeline Jewett of this town,
convert to the doctrines OF John Alex
ander Dowie, has sold her farm here
for 81, 900. and of the proceeds has
sent 81, 400 to Dowie. Mrs. Jewett
says she believes in Dowie, and de-
clares God showed me that he was
best to dispose of the farm and send
the money, 1t was hard thing to
do, as it was the homestead, but /
am confident that have done right, "
Mrs. Jewett is considering plan for
joining the Dowie community.
Memphis, Tenn, Oct 23.-Dan
Patch, the famous PAGER, is now king
of the turf, having paced mile in
;564 yesterday afternoon, beating
the worlds record of 1 ;57 held by
Prince Albert and lowering his own
record by two and three-quatrers sec.
onds. No wind shield was used and
the pace was set by two runners.
Princeton, N. j., Oct. 20. Harry
A. Garfield, son of the murdered
President, has been elected professor
of politics at Princeton University, a
position formerly held by John H.
Finley, now president Of the college
Of the city OF New York.
Washington, Oct. 23.-The bureau
of statistics announces that imports
to Japan from the United States ex-
ceeds those from the United King
dom. In the SIX months ended with
June last the imports from the United
| States were over million yen in
excess of those from the United King
dom.
Butte, Mont, Oct 22.-The Min
ME Healy mine case, the famous cop
per suit growing out of a fight be-
tween great copper corporations, has
been decided in favor of Heinze.
New York, Oct 3D. A farewell
dinner was given last evening by
George Harvey, president of Harper
& Brothers. to Samuel l.. Clemens,
who will sail on Saturday with his
, family for Florence, Italy, where he
will reside for au indefinite period.
Colonel Harvey presided at the dinner
Port Jervis, n. Y, Oct. "a. Victor
E. Beavens, wealthy farmer, and his
wife, each about fifty years old, resid-
ing in Beavens County, while sitting
at the supper table last night were
two charges of buck shot through the
window. Mrs. Beavens died this
morning but her husband will recover.
The assassin escaped. The motive was
probably robbery.
New York, Oct. "a Dynamite
and gun powder in a car Of an east
bound freight train ON the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad,
exploded today, when the train was
just south of the trestle over Pelham
bay and residents of the Bay, Chester,
City Island and intervening villages
were thrown into panic. The explo.
sion blew four rear cars off the track
and set them on fire. Walls were
shaken and windows broken within
radius of two miles. and people
thought an earthquake was shaking
their homes about their heads. Fortu
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no caboose attached to the train.
The explosion was caused by the train
parting and the rear portion running
into the forward section.
San Antonio, Tex, Oct. 20. -Four
suspicious cases discovered here OIL
Tuesday night have been declared
positively to be yellow fever. There
were three deaths yesterday. The
town is excited and hundreds of peo
pie are leaving for Austin and other
places. A big fair in progress ha'
been called off.
Laredo, Texas, Oct. 22-In the last
twenty. four hours there have beer
thirty.five new cases of yellow fever
and three deaths. The total number
of cases to date is 474 with thirty-nint
deaths.
Houston, Texas, Oct. %. - Sells
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