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FOREIGN NEWS.
TIE MONETARY CONFERENCE.


PARIS, May 4-Nlessrs. Horton and Ger
nuschi, delegates TO the monetary conference
have withdrawn their proposals as a COM
nsittee. and decided to leave all questions of
theory to general discussion. The commit
tee adopted the following programme, which
WAS submitted by Vrolick, the Dutch dele
gale:
First-Ilave the diminution and great
oscillations in the value of silver, which have
occurred especially in late years, been in
furious TO commerce and consequently To
general prosperity; and is it desirable for
the ratio of value between two metals TO
have great fixity?
Second. Are the phenomena indicated in
the first part of the foregoing question to be
attributed TO the increase in the production
of silver, or to legislative measures?
Thirds il probable or not that if large
group of states accords free and unlimited
coinage of hg'd pieces of both metals
having full paying power, i'll uniform pro-
portion for gold and silver contained in the
monetary unit Of each metal, stability, if
not absolute, at least very substantial, will
be obtained in relative value IT, those metals ::
FOurth-ln case tine preceding question
is answered aflirma,ivcly, what measures
should BE- taken for reducing TO minimum
hlt IN iatlp anu Nsiiut btNNCNu
the two metals: For instance would il be
desirable to impose on chartered banks
Of issue the obligation of always accept
ing at II fixed price the ingots of gold
and silver offered them by the public ?
Could the public be assured the same privi-
leges in countries where there are no char
tered banks of issue? Should mintage be
gratuitous, or at least uniform in all coun-
tries for the two metals Should there be an
understanding TO leave free of all obstruction
International commerce in the aforesaid me
tails
Fifth.-In adopting bi-metalism what
should be the rate between the weight of
pure gold and silver contained in monetary
units.
This programme will be submitted al the
plenary sitting Thursday, when Thurman
and Fremantle will make declarations on
behalf of Germany and England, respec-
lively.
NlHILIsr ARRESTED
a st. Petersburg letter states that the con-
ditions on which the Nihilsts are willing to
cease their their agitation were communica-
ted To the Gar by delegate Of the revolu-
tionary committee. The Gar listened 10 all
the messenger had to say and then had him
arrested.
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Ex-Assistant Postmastcr-Gcncral Brady,
in letter TO the New York 11tu"', makes
prominent the fact that Congress has been
in possession of the facts about the Star
routes, and failed 10 apply any corrective,
He says:
All the figures quoted by you and other
newspapers were communicated 10y me 10
Congress. and thus made public. Congress
investigated examined both officials and
contractors, listened 10 disappointed bidders,
and those patriotic newspaper correspon-
dents who every hour of their lives sustain
"A painful load of snlctudc for fear that the
Government may bc cheated; granted am
Pile time for II full and fair discussion, and
voted by decided majority 10 sustain the
action of the Department
That is all 50. In 1876 an investigation OF
these Star routes took place. The COM
miltec on Post road. took testimony winch
made a volume Of some eight hundred close
ly printed pages. aud they came 10 the CON
clusion and reported that ''eXorhltant prices
were allowed for mail service CON the Star
Routes that services not rendered accord
ing 10 the contract, either in spirit or meas
urc, were nevertheless fully paid for; that
when fraud va detected on the part OF con-
tractors no Idr4uaic action had been taken
TO either punish "a correct the fraud, and that
ton of law and through corrupt practices.
millions Of the public money, and the guilty
parties in Office and out II nllicc have gen
orally gone free both Of prosecution and
punishment" Bat the majority Of the Com
mittec which made This report was Dem
ocratic majority. There WIS minority
repor; 10y the Republican members, made
byJ. G.. Cannon. :. i. Miller and W. IL.
StowclD, in which, while admitting plenty
of rascaliiy in nnoclinn with straw bid
ding for mail contracts and other
Irregularities. they insisted that the
wrongs existed in spite OF the
efforts Of poslmasisrGcneral Ores
well to prevent them, and not with his con
nivancc. The investigation having been ann
ed mainly at Mr. Crcswell, and for phrtihap
ends, the Republicans pretty Generally ac-
ceptcd the confusion of the Republican
minority of the committee, and rvcent where
as in this district some local controversy
brought the facts INTO notice, they received
little attention from the patty nj large.
But no public iguoring -, the results can
wipe out Tho drWniu- facts which appear in
PAGE after Iar, 81 iho-c 800 pages of trsti-
mony That ihr Public treasury was outra-
geously punGsIod 10y rings of favored mail
contractors Vas liYrudiully established On
one side, AMI not denied on tie other. Con
gross permitted tloc plumber 10 ." "n. 1t
went on all through President llayrs's ad-
mnistration But a day OF reckoning has
come at last That Congressman were privy
to, and that Congress as body condoned
the thicvcry. docs mol alter the facts of the
case. Th,.y are now likely 10 come on, in
Il way to stay ont, and We trust That the
motto of President Garfield and Fostmas-
tcr-Gencral James will hc 10 ''lcl no guilty
man escape
a IT 4 L.
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DAE1MoUIH COLLEGE is in trouble of for
which appears 10 be the president, the Rev.
DR.. S. {. Bartlett. An investigation of the
colleges affairs has bern ordered by the
trustees upon the petition of graduates liv
ing in New York city, and majority of
the members of the faculty have presented a
paper to the trustees, setting forth their
opinion that the interests of the college
would be promoted by the resignation Of
President Bartlett. From Il Hanover letter
to the 7i0'eS, it appears that the principal
grounds Of complaint urged by those who
want change are that President Bartlett is
rude and overbearing in his intercourse with
the members Of the faculty; he is greatly
dlslikeh BY the students; he has shown a
positive hostility to the scientific, engineer
ing, medical and agricultural schools con
nected " ith the COLLEGE; lac procured the
appointment of n Western man ms Greek pro-
fessor by falsely representing to the trustees
that this man was the unanimous choice of
the faculty; under his administration the
number Of undergraduates has fallen of. On
the other hand, President Bartlett told the
correspondent that the attack on him Is
prompted 10y bitter personal spite and en-
NIFTY that the means employed by his i'll
wlshcrs to effect their ends have been base
and dastardly that his administration Of the
colla-e has heen .tin every substantial re
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-05-06

TuE unsettled state of European affairs
has helped to swell the tide of immigra-
grafton to an unprecedented extent. Accord
ing to the quarterly report of the chief of the
bureau of statistics, for the last three months
of the year 1889, it appears from this report
that the number of immigrants into the
United States during the year 1880 was
59S, .0S, being greater than during any pre-
vous ye@r in the history of the country, or
more than twice as great as that of the pre-
cedins year Nearly 100000 immigrants,
made up of all classes of people under the
sun, more than 1000 coming from Asia,
constitute an addition of little less than
1-s0h to the entire population of the couu-
try
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A Visit 70 tho Sta.e's Prisol.

WINDSOR, Vt, May lst, 1881.
Extensive and much needed Improvements
in and about the States Prison are now in
progress. Tbs old contract expires the 10Th of
MAY, ISL, when the entire force Of prison
labor will BE- concentrated upon the CON
struciiou of the new buildings. n portion
Of the convict labor is now employed in
building the new wall of the prison yard.
The South side wall is being removed IN IA
southcrly direction 80 feet, and constructed
of stone hid in mortar, and will be carried
To the height, when completed, of 20 feet.
A temporary wooden wall OF the same
height. has been built outside of this, to
prevent escapes while at work, and sen
tinels with loaded muskets patrol their beats
on its top night and day. The convicts at
work on the new wall are furnished AN cx-
ira lunch twice dry, AMI seemed 10 enjoy
their increase OF ratiOns,
The contemplated improvements embrace
radical changes in interior rs well rs exterior
OF the prison buildings. The old workshop,
together with the present unsightly and in
convenient buildings adjoining. will he en-
tircly removed, and in their place will hc
constructed n connexions and convenient
work shop. 40 by IL feet, with basement
and attic, built mainly Of brick, and con
tanning under one roof ample facilities for
the employment of all the convict labor, and
requiring less care 10 keep them under con
troll 4 wide space is left between this
building and the outer wall OF the prison
yard, where only two Guards will then hc
required to patrol, VIII" can from their posi-
iinn command a full view of the yard aud
prison. This shop will lie devoted cnilrcly
Ia contract work, the manufacture of boots
and shoes The present clumsy and eNpcn-
sivc method of heating by wood will he
abolished and all the buildings will br heat
Ell by steam, furnished 10y two hoilers ui 10
horsc power each.
The dwelling, built in 1908, and used for
the officers quarters, Will lac taken away en-
iirtlv, anil "a new building erected in its
place, connecting the "pld Prison" with the
new This building will hc 40 lay II feet,
extending to Il height of about 70 feet, com
prising three stories, with basement and
attic. The design of these buildings, ms
shown us by the courtesy of Superintendent
Wendell T. Rice, presents "A beautiful and i'm
posing appearance, and when completed
will he II credit to the State.
The basement will he divided into dining
room, kitchen, etc, for the use OF the Off
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c.Is. Tie first story will contain pa
ions aia,droo 81 by 10 feet, also wv"
ofli., ;, suicrintcndcnl's AMI physician :
offices
Tie second story will comprise the
mairon's apartments AMI Two large rnanoci7
for the guards The fourth story VIII nave
four chambers for the female conVlcts anu
two chambers for the use ol the guards or
officers.
The ate will also be- ilr.i up into cham
hers il fuund necessary. The building VIII
lr fu.nishr, with all the modern CON
vcnicncts including wafer closets, nati
rooms. tlc Like all the other buildings, II
will Ice constructed of brick, thus combining
durability with SAFETY. In front of this and
cobnuclrd with it, will he built dwelling
house for the superintendent: 40 by AZ lcet,
ais of brick and constructed upon the same
general plan with the rest of the buildings,
and adapted to the necessities Of the sltud-
i.3r \ suitable drainage from the prison
To the Connecticut river, distance oil 200
ieeI, will also be provided.
There are nov confined in the prison "a
c6uricts the small ST number for over hvc
ycai-. ii ounveleatiun with the superln-
tcndcnt, hc assured MS thai the indications
are that liia IrcsCn, numb'r Will be further
decreased. There Is nit one ltiliaie Coh'icl
confined hcrr-Mrs. Clara Champeau OF
/ Burlington whom Superintendent Rice
sag. "shr is conducting herself very well
indeed"
After May 10Th, The expiration OF the pre-
| sent contract will enable the superintendent
! to place 100 men on the constr lotion Of these
/ imr,G- Lmcrts. whi"h he expects 10 com
plctc hy the 1T nf December. 1851.
! In conclusion, your correspondent would
aid that frequent visits To this institution dur
/ ing the past two years have enabled him toob-
, serve carefully the condition of the prison
its cells aud shops MS well as all the depart
meni-, and ho has frequently nad Occasion
| to examine the food furnished the prisoners
1 and the conduct of the officers in their rela-
| tions with their more unfortunate fellow
MORALS; and ii seems but just TO say that
the food furnished is of excellent quality and
ample In quantity, perfectly clear and wei
| cooked the rooms and cells are scrupulous
| ~ clean and healthy, and he officers al
Ways manifest a kindness and regard for thu
rights Of ;h.ise nnder their charge which i:
highly commen!itbic, while they relax none
OF the watchiuibess Necessary for thoronsl
discipIiue and control. J. I.
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BREvITIES.

Lconard's boiler and engine works at Lon
don Ont, were burned yesterday. Loss,
5000 The fire throws IS men out of en-
ployment.
The jury in the case of Carson, the bur
slar charged with robbing the Middletown.
Conn. bank, failed to agree The bank OIL
cials identified Carson, but he proved an
alibi
There were two cases of highway robbery
in New York city Tuesday night, the assall-
ants in both cases being arrested.
fishing boat containing two men was
run down by the tow of an Albany steamer
north of Newburg, n. Y, yesterday, and one
II the men drowned.
DIR. John Ruth, the celebrated rifle shot,
died yesterday at Oakland, Cal.
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Tue PIANETs N MAY.-Ncnus is morning
star Ia December, 1882, she will he seen all
over America making transit or crossing
the suns disc. Astronomers are already
laying their plans for the observation OF this
transit. the greatest astronomical event an
ticipatcd in This country in the present cen
tury Jupiter ia morning star close Ia the
sun and close 10 Saturn Mars. Mcr
curry and Nc,,tunc are morning stars, the
Iirsi rising IA few minutes after J O'Clock,
the SECOND ri I. 30 and the last, rising with
the sun f;inus is The only evening star,
rising now a quarter before O'Clock.
The MAY moon fuils on the 18Th.
The most beautiful celestial picture of the
month occurs un the morning oi the 10Th,
for the waning moon will ihcnhc near Venus,
Saturn aud Jupiter, though she pissed her
conjunction with Them all on the previous
dny. As Venus rises on that morning about
ten minutes after three o'clOck, Saturn ten
minutes later, and Jupiter about ten minutes
after Saiarn, if the sky is clear, 1t will hc
safe Ia promise IA superb planetary show,
well worth taking pains 10 witness. The
new moon Of the eth throws her shadow
over "A portion of the earth, and causes a par
tia' eclipse Of the sun. Ii is invisible here,
but visible in the northern part OF North
America and in Northern Asia.
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Commercial Fertilizers as soli in Verm'1s'
ANALYSIS OF SEVEN POPULAR FEEliLi|tES IN
PROF a. II. sABIS, OF TIE L. V. NJ AND
$ q
LABORATORY OF TIE UNIVERSITY or
VERMONT AND STATE Agricultural
CnrIrGF MAY . 1881.


With the purpose of finding ont what tue
farmers of this State arr putting On the'r
land. the chemist of the University anu
State Agri, ulural College has aralyzrd some
of thu most generally used irr'ii-
zcrS. The results of the analysis
are given below The work has Dcen
danc without the knowledge OF the mann'dc-
turcrs or dealers The samples for anaiy
sis w,Ia purchased ly farmers In different
parts Of tie STATE, and 10y them sent to the
laboratory. The samples aualyzcd were oil
the following brands Bradlei's Nj Super
phosphate, Soluble Pacific Gnano, 81 Johns
bury Bone Meal, Darlng's Animal Felt
iizrr, StockLi;,lge Corn and Stockbrdse
Potato Fertilizers, and bcsidrs these. analy-
SEES w,rc made iy NJ. ". J.. Van NoS'rand,
student in the University, 81 iha SloCN-
bridge Onion Fertilizer and Bowkcrs Hill
AMI Dill Fertilizer The latter analyses are
believed bv ,i.r Professor Of Chemistry to he
accurate and are included IN the rcput.
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NOTES AND NOTES.

Sis.s Of Keep aif the Grass' are begin
ming to show above The snow drifts out
west
Ncs.ra address your conversation to per
son engaged in footing up column of figures.
There nothing 50 deaf as an adder.
Sarah Bernhardi is reported to have said
that she will be back in America in three
years. and then render her plays in the Eng
fish language.
"Our wife" remarks Western journalist
lis fairly crazy over the spring fashions.
She's got the dclirum irimnins.'
If You are slandercd never mind ii F.; 1t viii
all come or when il is dry. -P1tSdfHt Fn-
Heq.
\ stone baby has been found at Eureka
SpIin2~, Arb Probably been rocked TO
death Plild,lpLm Baittin. Stuff There
is Little Rock in Arkansas. GHPhie.
A London letter says that the loncliest girl
in England is Beatrice confidential daughter
of the Queen. She is tied 10 her mother 5
apron strings like bunch of keys.
An Arkansas grl refused Ia marry her
lover unless he performed some heroic deed.
He clipped with her mother.
Sic itur al astra," suggests line Albany
JourHai to Star Route Brady but per :.stra
al aspcra would he better R,lHtEcnH.
A hrrc is a man who spends So much time
talking about himself tina; you can't talk
about Yourself ri PtrkGnS
The latcs; lhia.s in wedding arrmscH.. nj
is aiicr small wedding Tor the bride :
parrnls 10 send an engraved card ann"unc-
inc The ma1i anc t. all their acquaintance.
y \. Lttfsr.
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against him" Mccullough responded
I'VE freely forgive him and we hope to be
ourselves forgiven, don't we, Frank = said
the sister
"fcs. replied the dying man
Sunday morning Mccullough made a
statement TO sheriff Drew and later on a
second one to other parties; and in the after
noon States Attorney Bingham and City
Attorney Ballard took his dying declaration
1t corresponds in the main to his allegations
given above He manifested great anxiety
not to say anything that would criminate
Lavigne OF violation of the liquor law, or,
indeed, Mercier of the homicide, and it was
only with great difficulty that anything
could be extracted from him. McCul-
lough's reputation was very bad lie had
several times been arraigned in Ci,y Court
and had served one term in the House of
Correction and he was very generally held
in low esteem. lie is twenty eight years of age
and unmarried For some tins previous to
the atrray he hal worked in J. r. Booths
lt,n...ct yard.
MCCLLOUGH5 ASSOCIATES
Are very retic2nt about the aifray, and it
was found almost impossible ny the officers
and every one else to extract anything Of con-
sequence from Them and in what meagre par
ticalars they did give they differ widely from
each other, no two telling the same story
Mccullough in one statement sail that the
first sign of trouble he ne!cod WIS II person
al conflict between Fasset and young Merclcr.
One of his party, however, male a signfi-
cant admission Sunday as To the origin of the
alteration. He said that the Frenchmcn
on leaving 1lvisne's shock hands with all
the party. just rs they had passed out of
the door something was said about IL French
man. when the elder Mercier stepped back
into the room and MCCullaugh struck him,
whcreupon general engagement began. On
general principles, indeed, there is little doubt
bu, that the Mccullough party struck the
first blow, for it is extremely unlikely that
the Frenchmcn would attack a crowd two or
three times their own number, headed by a
powerful man like Mccullough
After lingering twenty-s hours. McCul-
Tough passed away ut ten minutes past two
o'clock Monday morning.
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SOMETHING ABOUT TIEETNO MEN.
MERCER na Il Mccullough.

i
THE FoRNEE AN INDUSTRIOUS WORKMAN THE
LATrER's BAD RECORD.
Mcrcicr. as before stated, was seized by
the officer !. short time after he reached his
home, having gone TO bed n few moments
before, and was lodged in Jail. lie came to
this city from Broome, p. q III April. 1850,
and has ever since been employed us assist
ant engineer in Linsley's mill. He is a mar
ricd man and has one Child. lie bears a
good reputalionas a sober and industrious man
and has never heretofore brought him.
self under the notice of the police. lie claims
that lac not only did no stabbing but had no
knife; and it is one OF the singular things
about the case that the knife which made the
fatal cut can not be found, though the most
dlisent and careful search was made for 1t.
The officers were at one time rather inclln-
cd 10 the theory that the siabbng was done
in the aiIray in front of Lavsnes, possibly,
in the darkness and confusion, by one Of
McCulough's own gang but contrary to this
il the almost utter physical impossibility
that Mccullough could have pursued MERCER
AS he did with So dreadful wound. A
FREE PEEss reporter interviewed MERCER
at the jail yesterday morning and found him
steadfisl in his declaration Of entire inno-
cencc. lie also solemnly stated that he had
statement was subs,antiated by his
wife, VIZ, was also present. Both
appeared greatly distressed, but both were of
one opinion, and that opinion the certainty
of the prisoners vindicaiion. MERCER is a
triilc below the medium height /; has light hair
and muStachc, blue eyes and sandy complex
ion and certainly does not look like muir
dercr All the circumstances of the case,
however, are strongly against him.
McULLoUGm.
Mccullough after being taken to the h IS
pital was made ms comfortable as circumstan-
ces would admit. At the moment of writ
ing, however, he was kept alive only by the
administration Of stimulants and his dissolu-
ton is only question of II few hours. Men
twenty -four hours, but seldom OF never
longer time Ills faithful sister was with
him SUNDAY and Rev. Father O'Sullivan of
st Mary Cathedral remained with him sew
cral hours administering the last consold-
lions of the religion he had long neglected.
lie exhibited certain curious forgiving
spirit moi the spirit of dying christian who
forgvrs his enemies, hut oi II desperate man
who would moi give away his fellow
dcspcrado,s and who would expect the same
treatment of them.
Il don't want YOU. said he TO sheriff
Drew, "lo do anything Ia this man who
stabbed me.
I'VE will attend to that ourselves, re-
piled the sheriff
well, remember | don't put anything
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%. ~, 1rI., 4, - N .,-,--,-,,r
iht h'Sh OF iENiN DOWN \ ""' N'N-
The most HAIR raising episode that ever
b,r,r.s,d Ia a New Mexican mountain rail
,r,',' ,,,;, ,,u,o,I.cI,o r C,rdn,,nr III, .ss-
way -. ,..,,,I. an
in.'ha'h ih"iA''"S a''i h'"''i' at Ct - NV ~ VI"
the west sl"lT ol "loricia summit. The
train, comprised nearly thirty lnais. and as
it entered upon the descent, Jake Brown,
the ,nrlnccr, Threw un the brake. hut found
il " IS broken. and would moi work Grown
caI.,,i for brakes hut the trainmcn had nj
really sci every one. and realized that the
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THE FLOODS INCREASING.

EAST ST. LOUIS, May 4-The situation
in consequence of the flood becomes serious.
A break is reported in the embankment
north of the railway depot at Vandalia, and
the track is flooded some distance Many
people have already left and others moved
to the upper stories of their dwellings.
Some merchants are moving their goods to this
city. Several railroads have taken movable
stock and property from their yards and
some decline 20 receive more freight. The
Chicago and Alton, Ohio and Mississippi.
and Chicago, Burij r on AMI Quincy dykes
across thr slough from the island to the
mainland have settled to such an extent as
to he no longer sci viceable, and the roads
will remove their rolling stock from the
yards to safe ground. The yards will have
10 be abandoned. The Cairo and St. Louis
narrow guage railroad is submerged IN many