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, 1881-09-29

'fnE Albany ErcnfnN Journal says that
OF tho lDa Delegates cl,osen to tile Republic
an State Convention III are opposed to tho
machine, i've aro conktlngltcs. md iye aro
doubtful. 1t 1ooks rather ba,l for Conklin4
nrtl the machine With thu exception, Of
Utlca nnd Syracuse nonu OF tho largo cities
hnse yut elected dclcgntes, aln1 t'1c +" nm
chine" men are working very vigorously to
control the organization uf the convention III
these places. Tile odds nrf against tllanl,
lsoweyer, ard there IL every Indication TINT
Conkltns will bo bully beaten ut the forth
coming State Convention.
, 1881-09-29

TIE a1lnncsota Republican Convention.
which met at st. Paul yesterday, nominated
tho following Ticket: Governor, Gen. l.. +.
crnor, Chailcs 4. Gilman, Ut St. Cloud;
Secretary Of State, Fred Won Baumbncll, Of
Alexandria; Treasurer, Charles Kcttleson,
Of Albert Lea; Auditor, " ". Dradcn, OF
ll.lslton; Attorney-Gencrai, w i. Ifahn,
of Lake City; Rallrnad Commissioner, Gen.
J. II. Daker, OF Mantato; Supreme Court
Judges, Charles Vamlerburg OF Alinneap-
olts, William Mitchell of Winon., and d.
y. Dlcklnson of Mankato. Tho convention
WIS orderly at!I enthusiastic. Tlc ticket Is
NIL excUlient one, and Its election Is fore
gone conclusion.
, 1881-09-29

TltE Ang1o-Frcnch TnriT Commission dis
cllsscI tho question Of French dulles on Eli
gllst cotton tissues yesterday. The Frc,tcl,
members Of tho commission were treated to
some plain talk by Alr. S1egg, ono OF tho
Radical numbers Of Parliament from Mum
chester. villa headed u delegation Of 1ler-
chants from tint city. lilo told thcm that llll-
lcss trcnty Which would pur,nlt Ii ro,lsona-
blo anount Ut trhllp III cotton fnbrEes bo.
tween Franco ard England WIS negotiated
tlu Manchester Chamber OF Com
lnerce would prefer TINT tlle Mcgo-
t'atlons should collapse, and u.ued
uIas tho PROPOSITIONS of tic French vera
very unpopular III England iii consequence
Of their prul1ibEtiYo allu protective character,
lia sald TINT tho cost Of production was about
tiu snnIa III Franco and England, mud e,lscd
by tIcclaring that any Increase Of duty would
lead 10 tie extinction Of the English cotton
trade with -Frunee.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-03-04

persisted in a fire at East Liverpool,
Ohio, Wednesday morning. They
lived over drug store, in which the
FIRE was started. The father and one
child were saved. The former jumped
from a window, breaking one of his
legs in the fall.
The Catholic Orphan Asylum at
Hyde Park, Pa, was burned Sunday
night; seventeen children persisted in
the building.
A young man living near Blooming
ton, ILL.,, was cleaning his revolver Sun
day evening, and, supposing it was
empty, playfully pointed it at bis sister
and shot her dead.
One week ago last Saturday, Charles
Merrill, young man residing in China
Village, Maine, about twelve miles
from Augusta, deliberately murdered
his mother without provocatiOn, cut up
her body, burned portions of it, and hid
the remainder in the forest.
Fifteen thousand uniformed and
armed men will take part in the inau-
guration pageant of March 4, exclusive
of the fourteen batteries of the regular
artillery and the sailors and marines
from the ships and yards.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-03-04
Death of Senator Carpenter.

Senator Matt Carpenter of Wisconsin
died at Washington OH Friday from
Bright's disease, which grew out of an
attack of diabetes two years ago. Sew
eral times he has been down with no
expectation of his recovery, but a nat
urally strong constitution enabled him
to rally from these several attacks. He
has been almost a wreck for the past
six months. Last Friday he was out i'll
his carriage and called upon the Presi-
dent and several of the departments.
He went to bed again the next day and
never rose again. Flags hung at half
mast at Milwaukee, and there was great
public memorial demonstration at the
chamber of commerce. Mr.. Carpenters
life was insured for $25, $50 in the Mu-
tual life of New York, $4,000 i'll the
Equitable mutual of New York, and
$1,000 in the Connecticut mutual. The
question of his successor is already agI-
tating politicians, and the general be-
lief at Milwaukee is that Angus Cam
eron or Horace Rublee will be chosen.
Senator Carpenter was born in More
town, VT, in 1924. His bOyhood was
very straitened, and at - years of
aye TIC WIS 81 lOl LuIttIC as ~ bC tANA'lA
ed into the family of Paul Dillingham;
of Waterbury (the next town., lead
ing lawyer, subsequently governor of
the state. Through his assistance, prob
ably, young Carpenter was appointed
to West Point, where, however, he
stayed but two years. He went to
Massachusetts and studied law with
Cheate, after which in 1913 he removed
to Wisconsin. He rose rapidly in his
profession, and when he was elected to
the U. 5. senate in 1869 he sOOn became
prominent as one of the Grant wing OF
senators-then including COnkling, Ed
munds and Cameron. In Grants sec
ond term, however, Carpenter early
sensed the danger of the popular revo-
luton which later defeated his re-elec-
ton and swept the country i'll 1874.
While he was an able political leader
he was not always wise and safe par
ty counsellor. He was not without per
sonal faults, which impaired his infu-
ence and made him the object of bitter
detraction of a private nature whenever
he sought official station.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-03-04
Some Late News.

Gen. Garfield and family have ar
rived at Washington, receiving great
demonstrations along the route, and
the General making felicitous speeches,
as is his wont. He was called upon on
his arrival by Blaine, Conkling, etc,
and was to give reception last even
ing. Washington is crowded with
people from every part of the country.
The latest rumors are that Robert
Lincoln (son of our lamented President)
will go into the cabinet as secretary OF
war Blaine rs secretary of state; Levi
p. Morton, the navy: the other port
folios uncertain, but prominently named
are Senators Allison, Window and
Kirkwood. and Gov. Foster. Before
we print again these questions will DC
settled.
The funding bill, which was said tc
be impossible to pass on Tuesday, was
reported on Wednesday as pretty sure
to pass. We may soon know whether
the debt can be foated at three pei
cent. or not.
President Hayes has called special
session of the Senate March 4.
The Minnesota State House caught
fire Tuesday night while the Legisla-
ture was in session, and burned to the
ground, eutailing a loss of 100000 on
the building in addition to the destruc-
ton Of a valuable library. The mem
bers had narrow escape.
A mother and six of her children
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-03-04
Mr.. Beecher's Change of Purpose.

Mr.. Henry Ward Beecher surprised
his congregation last night by an
nouncing that he had cancelled his lee
ture engagements, and proposed to be-
gin a series of meetings in the church.
He desired that Plymouth church should
carry the torch of light above the werld
when he first took hold of the work,
and now he wanted to develop personal
religion in the hearts of the people. He
was ready to carry on the work and to
do all that he knew to aid his people
in the Lords work. He did not want
to work alone, but he had no fear of a
lack of sympathy and support. Meet
ings will begin week after next, and
will be held every day, beginning at 4
o'clock in the afternoon.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-03-04
The State Press.
HAYDEN, THE MURDERER.

st. Adams Messenger: Murders are
now generally but the brutal outcome
of beSOtted minds, having nothing in
them but the record of that downward
course of moral degradation coming
from the cause of drunkenness wretch
ed, objectionable crimes. A short re-
sumo of the tieudish and cowardly muir
der for which Hayden has justly paid
the penalty of his life will contain moth
ing new, but serve to fix upon the pub
lie mind the justice of the sentence
which he has suffered. In such cases
we are all too apt to forget the otfense
in Il maudlin sentimentality over the
man, whom we pity, without thought
of the miserable life and terrible act.
REFORM IN THE PARTY.
Burlington Free Press: Harmony in
the party is the Juggernaut that crush
es private conscience and public virtue.
Inseparably connected with this abnse
is the prostitution of the civil service,
which has been potent means of de
bauching the public mind. Once the
qualifications for office were cOmpe-
tence, industry, faithfulness. Now they
are summed up simply and solely in
party zeal and activity. In former days
too the salary of public Office was enc
of the minor considerations.
THE NEW TAX LAW.
Montpelier Waterman We appre
bend that a large share of the misap-
prehensiOn arises from lack of infOrma
ton as to the exact terms of the law;
and to some extent self-imterest and in
dividual bias come in to prevent "A fair
and impartial construction of its aims
and intentions. That the law opens up
no new sources of taxation, or allows
any deductions or offsets not permitted
bv former laws, has been cOnclusively
shown in these columns by reference to
laws in general statutes not repealed
or changed by the new law. The sole
purpose of No. 20 of the acts OF 1880
was to lay requirements upon tax pay
ers and listers SO strict that such per-
sonal property as slipped through the
meshes of the old law would he caught
by the more closely woven texture of
the new act-a sort of drag-net design
ed to scoop in the slippery eels that lay
low down in the bottom of the stream,
ard have hitherto escaped the efforts or
the disposition of the listers to take
them in.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-03-04
Important Change in Classification OF
Mail Matter.

Bv a new ruling of the p. o. Dept,
large amount of mail matter which has
hitherto been sent at third class rates,
or the same as printed matter, Is now
restored to the first class or letter rates.
Nothing can now be sent as third class
matter which contains any writing, with
the following exceptions: !. Corrected
proof sheets and manuscript copy ac-
companving same. ,. Date and name
of the addressed, and of the sender of
circulars. 3. Upon matter of the third
class, or upon wrapper enclosing same,
the sender NAV write his own name or
address with the word from above
and preceding same. i. There may be
placed upon the cover or blank leaves
of any book a simple manuscript, dedi-
cation or inscription, as a mark of re-
spect. and must not contain anything OF
the nature of personal correspondence.
All printed commercial papers filled out
in waiting, such as papers of legal pro-
cedure, deeds of all kind, way bills, or
bills of lading, invoices, and the various
documents of insurance companies,
bank notices, monthly statements, etc,
must now be sent at letter rates.
The substance of this regulation is to
restore the classification of mail matter
as it was eighteen months ago, and will
cause much annoyance and confusion
among business men until its provisions
are fully understood.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-03-04

helm, that particular line is not likely
to be cleft" | may, in my next, be
able To give you few hints about the
relative merits of some other of the
lines. Your RADIX has had the OppOr-
tunity of getting pretty thoroughly
posted about the ms and outs of this
profitable business, and knows a thing
or two. Immigrants can now be
brought across the Atlantic for S12,
and as the railroads are cutting, too, it
is an obvious fact that the newcomers
who are to make the land blossom like
a rose all over are doing pretty we'll by
this conglOmerated series of squabbles.
Real estate is booming, and the as
tute landlord, even at this early date, is
beginning to bulldoze his tenants with
demands for increased rent from May
LIST, and when met with protest, insists
on "mOre or get out" In Wall street,
as a consequence. no doubt. of the
erection of the new Stock Exchange,
and sundry immense tireprOOf office
buildings in and about the famous cen
ter of money, rents have doubled and
even quadrupled. This is turning ia
bles with a vengeance. Ever since the
panic landlords have been singing
mighty small, and have been very ac-
commodating to gilt-edged tenants.
just now, however, they are getting
bumptious enough, and the tenants are
getting their turn at being squeezed.
And as it is with stores and other bust
ness quarters, so it is with private
dwelling houses. This sort of thing is
hopeful enough, for real estate is al
ways one of the very first things to
shrink when panic comes, and a very
slow affair indeed to work up again.
But, as | said before, business in this
line is very brisk now. RADIX.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-03-04

Jesse G. Gray constable and collector,
Henry Hoffman agent, Chas. Rogers;
auditors, VIM. Chase, Joseph Patch,
Fred Hoffman; informing officers, Lo-
reno Sulloway, Horace Bradley supt.,
Sam'l A. Jones CON-, VIM. P. Hough-
ton 9. Charles L. Morrill, AZ; court
grand jurors, NJ. S. Staples, Thomas
Chandler.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-03-04
The Execution of Hayden
AT WINDSOR FOR THE MURDER OE HIS
WIFE.

E. c. Hayden was hung at the state
prison in Windsor Friday for the muir
der of his wife. He was allowed to in
spect the gallOws in the morning, and
indicated how he desired to be piniOp-
ed. in order that there should be no
failure in the execution. On arriving
on the scaffold the sheriff asked him il
he desired to say anything. He said
that he was not surprised at the result
of his trial, as every effort had been
made to prejudice public opinion, and
that he had not been fairly treated.
The friends of his wife had especially
worked against him. He denied that
he had ever abused his wife, eXtOTted
money by threats, or horsewhipped her,
saving that she was too much of lady
to submit to that, but he always treat
ed her kindly. 1t was wrong, he said,
to leave my case of insanity to one man
alone, DIR. Dwyer of BrattlebOrO. If
could have been permitted to bring my
45 witnesses before competent jury,
the result would have been far differ
ent. / wish to thank all who have aid
ed me. He then shook hands with the
chaplain, and bidding Supt. Rice good
w. sdlu, OOOu-ON, MY SOOu lIlcuu,
gOod-by.7 He then stepped upon the
drop, put out his hands to be pinioned
and adjusted his feet, giving directions
about it all the time, and looking up,
said, ''GOod-by, Mr.. Ballard, good-by,
Mr.. Cakes" The moose was then plac-
ed around his neck, which he arranged
to suit himself. Then the black cap
was placed over his face, and Sheriff
Amsden, saying, The time has now
come when the extreme penalty Of the
law must be passed upon you, and may
God have mercy upon your soul,n the
spring was touched. The body was
dropped at 2.07, and at the end of nine
minutes the prison physician pronouc-
ed him dead. After hanging "a minutes
the body was taken down and placed
in caskst.
HAYDEN's CRIME.
The crime for which Edwin C.. Hay
den paid the penalty of his life was
caused by combination of circumstan-
ces resulting from an unhappy mar
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-03-04
The New Occupants Of the White
House.

The presence in the White House of
the venerable mother of the President
will be an interesting and unique addi
ton to the home life of the nations
chief magistrate. 1t is impossible not
to think, in connection with all the pa
geantry of the Inauguration and the
peoples natural interest in their new
ruler, of the mothers pride in her son,
and the sons tilial devotion to his moth
er. 1t ought to help a man to do the
thing he knows to be right, and to be
true TO his best self-even though that
man he a President-to feel that the
eyes which watched over his cradle still
rest in love upon him, now that he has
attained to more than kingly dignities.
The advent of the Garfield family into
the White House will emphasize, even
more, perhaps, than did the entrance
there of Abraham Lincoln, the con-
trasts possible under our wonderful
free system of government, wherein the
highest places are open to the lowest
born. Gen. Garfield is less of an acci-
dent in the presidency than Mr.. Lin
coin seemed to be. He has fairly earn
ed his promotion, and in training, ex
perience, scholarship and intellectual
power, he is the best equipped Presi-
dent since the younger Adams. But his
early home was only less humble than
Lincoln's, and like his lameDted prede-
cessor. he is too great a man to be
ashamed of it. The vista from the
White House to the lowly cabin in the
west, in which she set bravely to work
to do battle for her fatherless boys
alone, must seem a long and strange
one to the mother of the President.
Men who revere their own mothers, and
mothers whose lesser joys are great to
them, will rejoice that this venerated
gentIewoman has been spared to see
the day. We dare say that "James's"
success is no surprise to her. The moth
er-heart never finds anything too good
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-03-04
Signs of the Coming Storm.
A PANIC IN WALL STREET.

The storm that has been threatening
the money and stock markets ever
since the funding bill was passed and
the banks began the withdrawal of cir
culation broke last Friday, and there
was more excitement and anxiety in
Wall street than there has been before
since the panic of 1873. Money was
alarmingly stringent early in the day,
and in consequence stocks declined
sharply. Secretary Sherman came to
the rescue with an order to purchase
Sl0,000,000 of bonds, payment to be
made for them at once, and for a time
there was less alarm, but later the pan
icky feeling was revived and brokers
began throwing stocks overheard more
rapidly than ever, so that not only
were the lowest prices of the day made
in the last hour, but the lowest prices
for many months. There were never
theless, no failures. There was CORE
spending excitement at Boston, Phila-
delphia, and other important money
centers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-03-04
Fire and Fatality at Windsor.

William Solsine's large two-story
house in the center of the village of
Windsor, formerly occupied as private
boarding school for boys, was burned
yesterday. While one of the engines
was going rapidly to the fire, Frank
Buckley of Lebanon, n. H., an appren-
tice at Harlow g. Kelsey's foundry, was
run over and killed, his neck being
broken.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-03-04
Political Notes.

The Wisconsin legislature will elect
Senator Carpenters successor March &.
Angus Cameron is said to have a clear
majority.
The most picturesque, and as a rule,
the least deserving of the claimants at
Washington are the descendants of re-
spectacle southern families, who, being
too proud to work, have managed to
resurrect some ancient claim for ser
vices rendered the government by a fa-
Their or a more remote ancestor, and
have come on to press it in person.
Washington is full of men of this class,
who 90 about in threadbare garments,
broken boots and battered hats, always
however preserving the grand manner
and splendid address which character
lied the southern aristocracy in its
prosperous days Washington Letter.
The whipping post is a live question
in current Kentucky politics just now,
and candidates for the legislature are
frequently called upon to define their
position with regard to it.
NOT so HAPPY AS HIS BROTHER.
dispatch from Mentor.l
Gen. Garficld's isn't such an easy
berth, and in spite of his good humor
and big nature / believe his brother,
who is chOpping wood to-day at : a
cord, has happier existence and inf
nitely less worry than the president
elect.
If Gen. Garfield wants to make bis
administration popular in the south,
the New Orleans Times advises him to
adopt a policy that has no connection
with politics, but which has fer its OBJ
iect the development of the resources OF
the south.
The Senatorial agony in the Pennsyl-
vania legislature came to close ID the
election, on the thirty fifth ballot, of
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-03-04

II A '.libeIal education" costs some
thing. The Juniors eff Dartmouth had
a class supper at the Junction House
Monday evening of last week, and the
Sophomores took their class supper the
same evening at Pease's Hotel, Hart
ford. The Freshmen went to the Pa
wilton, Montpelier, and the Seniors to
the Revere House, Boston. The Fresh
men were so late home as to seriously
interfere with their duties the next day,
and were for a time, if not still, under
bonds to do better. So much nonsense
and worse than useless expense Is
creeping into the modern college course
as to seriously affect it; or at least the
views of parents who have children to
educate.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-03-04
Car Works Destroyed in Laconia.

At $40 Friday morning fire was seen
in the machine shop of the LacOnia On.
H. ear company, burning the machine
shop, foundry, setting up shop and the
building owned by the car company.
The loss to the car company is $4,000.
Insured for $4,000. The car company
is having plans drawn for new shops to
be ready May !, when it will proceed
with large contracts on hand. The
cause is unknown.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-03-04

~ One of the purest and best adj
ministrations in the history of this Re
public goes out of Office to-day, and
one OF the greatest, most brilliant and
sagacious of men takes Mr.. Hayes's
place. Gen. Garfield has ability and
everything else apparently necessary to
well fill the Presidential chair. If he
has moral stamina and backbone, we
have no fears for the result. If he shuns
the political tiicksters and policy men
which will surround and infest him,
and shows the moral courage OF PresI-
dent Hayes, we shall have a good ad-
ministration. If he cOunsels with the
Conklings and Camerons, goodbye to
all semblance of reform.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-03-04

- The Boston Herald is an exam
pie of remarkable success in indepen-
dent journalism. 1t illustrates that
the public will buy a newspaper that
gives the news when it is news, and
that treats live issues candidly regard
less of political or religious bias. The
HeraITS news is fresh, its editorials
discuss present and important events,
its comments are pointed, and its cir
culation and success is immense.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-03-04

John |. Mitchell of Wellsboro, the pres
ent Representative in Congress of the
Sixteenth District. He is said to he a
Cameron maB and it is certain that
though he has served in Congress four
years, no one outside of Pennsylvania
ever before heard of him.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-03-04

Y The career and end of the wife
murderer Hayden, should be a warning
to the young men of this time. He was
but 81 years of age and was naturally
bright, but was brought up without
learning any trade and accustomed to
lounge about bar rooms. This is a fear
full lesson; let the boys of to-day pom
dor II
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-03-04

II Our "Radi1" hits the bulls-eye
this week when he says that Spanish
bull fight is superior refinement to the
cruel and brutalizing walking matches
now SO much in vogue.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-03-04
No Free List.

The expense OF printing paper is such that we
feel Obliged to require q'rd pro quo FOR all papers
sent from ths office. As much would like
TO sontinue the Calsdonidn " slergymsn and 9th
srs free or at a nominal price, shall after Janu-
airy 81 adhere 20 published terms given on first
page. 64-oo
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-03-04

or too great for her boy. Aspeedy set
Element and a happy time to the new
tenants of the White House Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-03-04

a regular London fog, which seems to
settle down and envelope everything.