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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-17

There seems to be an impression with many
people that waite's sentence ia somehow af
fected, changed, or made lighter, by the fact
that the house of correction is named as his
place of confinement. The fact is that the
State house of correction at Rutland is also
the Rutland county Jail, the institution being
known as the house OF correction. The sem
tence is precisely the same as though the pris-
oner had been sent to any common jail. He
will have the freedom of a corridor or COM
mon jail room, with a prisoners ordinary
sleeping and other accommodations, unless
the condition of his health should require hos
pital treatment. The building is new one,
light, airy, clean and wholesome, and it is the
only Jail in the state of which so much can be
said.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-17

On the much vexed question whether the
existing New Hampshire legislature shall
elect United States senator to succeed Mr..
Rollins for the term beginning March 4, 1888,
the justices of the Supreme Court of the
state gave an opinion last week that this
legislature should elect senator, because the
next legislature, having no official existence
until June, 1888, cannot elect a senator for
the full term of six years beginning March 4,
1888. On Tuesday of this week the Senate
voted to have an election this year, in accord
ance with the courts opinion, and then voted
for senator as the law provides, but the
House decided not to go into an election, that
decision being secured by about third of the
Republicans voting with the Democrats. OPP
position to Senator Rollins's reelection by
this legislature is at the bottom of this action.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-17

We this week devote large amount of
space to very full and careful report of the
proceedings in the United States Circuit
on the sentence of S. NJ. Waite, and we also
publish Mr.. Waite's written statement in full
Our report of the proceedings is verbatim,
giving the exact language of the prisoner, of
his counsel, Mr. Phelps, and of Mr.. Has
kins, the United States attorney, together
with a careful abstract verbatim and other
wise, of the remarks of the court. THE
PHGNIx is the only paper publishing this COM
plete report, the proceedings having been
geographically written for our exclusive use.
We need not say that such work costs no small
amount of time, labor and money. We are
not greatly given to boasts of our own en-
terprise, but on this occasion it is legitimate
for us to remark that this work has been
done in pursuance of our determination TO
give our readers the earliest, fullest and
most reliable reports of all events of special
local interest.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-17

1t is to be regretted that General Grants
friendship for ex-senator Conkling leads him
to uphold the latter in his present course of
rule or ruin" and to cast reproach upon
President Garfield for his refusal to submit to
the dictation of the New York boss" But
General Grants genius does not lie in the d.
rection of politics. He looks at everything
through military eyes. Political principles
are something which, apparently, he neither
knows nor cares anything about. With him
the science of government is simply the sci
ence of running things to suit ones self and
to provide for ones friends. These ideas OF
the Generals may be correct, but they are
not popular at the present time, and their
enunciation now will help to reconcile many
Republicans TO the defeat of the third-term
project which they once looked upon with ia
vor.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-17

The race for the Grand Prize of Paris was
run last Sunday and resulted in victory for
an American horse-J. r. Keene's bay colt
''Foxhall." The time was three minutes, II
seconds. The "Grand Prix" is to France
what the Derby is to England 1t is the only
great race in which foreign horses are allow
ed to take part, and this is the first time an
American colt has walked away with the
stakes. The race is always run on Sunday,
which is the holiday of the French people.
The stakes are 100, 600 francs in specie, given
half by the city of Paris, and voted in the
budget of 1881, and half by the five great
railway companies, added TO a sweep
stakes of 1000 francs. "FoIhall" was bred
by A. ]. Alexander at his Woodburn farm.
Spring Station, Woodford county, KY, and
was bought by Mr.. Keene lin 1879, when a
yearling, for $3.50. This victory, coming, as
it does, Immediately after the winning of the
Derby by an American horse, causes great
elation among American sportsmen and is
sure to stimulate foreign trade in American
horses.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-17

Brady, of star route fame, has engaged Ave
lawyers TO defend him. Bob Ingersol and
Ben Butler are among the number.
Since the close of the war the republic has
wiped out One-third of its national debt and
cut down its interest charge two-thirds.
Every other national debt in the world has
increased in the same interval
1t is rumored that the court martial in New
York will sustain the charges against Cadet
Whitaker, although the report has not yet
been sent 10 Washington.
Abraham Lnooln's old law partner, William
IL. Herndon, is pauper at Springfield, Ill.
He was once worth considerable property, but
whiskey ruined him.
The government keeps collecting evidence
as TO the star-route frauds, which is carefully
briefed, indexed and locked in a safe. None
of 1t will be made public until the grand jury
meets.
The estimated revenues of the Post Office
Department for the next fiscal year were 81
376,642.55 less than the appropriation but
the star route exposure has already effected
saving OF one million per year, and 1t is expect
ed more than enough will be saved to cover
the entire deficiency.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-17

Judge Wheeler's ruling that Wsite's SEN
tence could not be cumulative was surprise
both to the prisoners counsel and to the
District Attorney-both sides having I'M
doubtedly entertained the belief that each of
the two counts to which Waite plead guilty
was to be regarded as a separate offence and
was subject to separate sentence. The Judge,
however, held that the several false reports
which Waite made to the government consti-
tuted only one offence under the statute and
subjected the prisoner to only one term of
sentence. Judge Wheeler's remarks showed
that he had given the subject careful study,
and his ruling aocords with the action of 9TH
err courts in similar cases. The reasons and
view of the law which led to his conclusion
in the matter are fully and plainly indicated
in our report of the court proceedings.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-17

The contest at Albany continues from day
to day with no marked change except grad.
ual loss for Conkling and Plat and gain
for Depew. On Wednesday Conkling had
81 votes for the short term, loss Of one
from the day before. VIM. A. Wheeler had
25 votes For the short term Depew had 81,
Plat % and Cornell TO- On Thursday Mr.
Wheeler's vote advanced TO 3s.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-17

The young emperor of China is said to
have been suffering from smallpox for 20
days, and is now in critical condition.
"A terrible cyclone struck Solomon Val
Icy, Kansas, Thursday night, 9th inst. Kin.
ing nye persons, and doing q great deal OF
damage to farmhouses, barns, etc.
The yomito is raging at Vera Cruz Mex-
leo, and all the Gulf ports are warned against
the spread Of the disease.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-17

We are indebted TO Mr.. j. R. Pember, of
Woodstock, the accomplished stenographer,
for very valuable services in the preparation
of our report of the proceedings at the SEN
tence of s. N. Waite
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-17
GBsUermpnt4 Benit.
BRATTLEBoRo;
FRIDAY, JUNE II, 1881.

The VERMONT RECORD AND FARMER Sods
combined eith TEE PHGsI1 May 1st, 1ssO-ihe sub
scription Hst and good iriU Of the Record and
Farmer becoming the property Of the proprtetors Of
The PhGnir oithoWt reserve.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-17
.SILAS M. WAITE SENTENCED,
HE PLEADS GUILTY IN THE u s.
CIRCUIT COURT,
And Is Sentenced to Six Years
Imprisonment.
HIS REMARKS TO THE COURT.
Remarks of u. j. Phelps and
u. s. attorney HdsTcins.
verbatim Report Of the Court Pro-
ceedings.

Verbatim Report of the Court Pro-
ceetings.
S. M. Waite, president of the ruined First
National Bank of Brattleboro, was taken
from Fayetteville to Windsor by Deputy
Marshal Sprague on Tuesday morning of
this week for appearance before the adjourn
ed term of the United States Circuit Court.
On Wednesday morning he appeared in
court, was arraigned on tho indictment for
making false returns to the Comptroller of
the Currency plead guilty, and was SEN
fenced by Judge Wheeler to confinement for
six years in the House of Correction at Rut-
land.
The Court Proceedings In Detail.
On the opening of the court on Wednesday
morning, in reply to Judge wheeler's ques-
ton IL there was any motion or special bust
ness to come before the court, United States
Distri ct Attorney Haskins arose and said that
Mr.. Waite was in court, and moved that he
be put to plead to the first indictment found
by the grand jury last November. The in
diotment, Mr.. Haskins said, sets forth 16
counts, founded upon six reports, which are
claimed to be false, made to the comptroller
of the currency, and one report made TO Geo.
W. Hendee, national bank examiner Mr..
Phelps, counsel for the respondent, stated
that il was understood by the district attor-
ney that a plea should be accepted on the
first and fourth counts of the indictment on
ly. Mr.. Haskins said that such was the ar
rangement and stated that the first count
was founded on a report made April 8, 1880,
and the fourth on a report made February
21st, 1880, by Mr.. Waite as president. After
interrogation of the counsel as to the dispo-
sition to be made of the other IA counts on
the indictment Judge Wheeler ordered that
those counts be entered mol pros.
The court then directed that the respon-
dent be arraigned on the two counts. In re-
ply TO the question of the clerk; "Silas M.
Waite, what do you plead to the first aud
fourth counts of the indictment against you p
Mr. Waita aroea and eoid
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-17

sin casting my mind about over the differ
ent prisons in the state suitable to confine the
prisoner in, 1t seems TO me that there is no
place so 1T for this purpose as the house Of
correction at Rutland, and inasmuch as the
law warrants confinement there II Is in my
judgment proper that the respondent should
be sentenced 70 confinement there. And in
view OF this question that has been raised /
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-17
The Plea OF Guilty.

After Mr.. Waite finished Judge Wheeler
asked both him and his counsel II the Court
was to understand that the prisoner pleaded
guilty, and both answered in the affirmative
The Court then ordered plea of guilty to be
entered. The U. s. attorney then stated
stage of the proceedings and moved for SEN
tence
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1881-02-19

We have fitted up the hall in
RECORD printing office building,
lately vacated by the Odd Fellows
and have made it as pleasant as pos
sible. There is an entire new
floor of the best Chicago lumber put
in and chairs enough to seat comfort
ably from 100 to 125 persons. The
hall will be rented at very moderate
rateto club dancing parties, church
sociables, town meetings, concerts,
lectures, etc. The floor is the
smootiiest in town for dancing and
in connection with the hall is a
large, well furnished parlor that can
be used as ladies' dressing-room and
smaller room for gents hat and coat
room. There is ample room in the
hall to dance three or four sets at one
time, and is well ventilated and as
safe as any building in town, having
very heavy stone walls to support
the floor. Persons wishing to give
private party whose residences are
not large enough for the purpose will
find this hall very convenient one,
it combining Il hall and residence in
one. For terms, etc, apply to II.
L. Blake, at RECORD printing office.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1881-02-19
BOILING ROCKS.
Two Men Killed and One Seriously In
jured.

Three accidents of a disastrous and fatal
nature occurred at Carico & Fey's grading
camp on the Silver Clif branch of the ID. g.
r. G., about nine miles from this city, on
Wednesday afternoon. The first took place
soon after noon and was the burning of the
sleeping tent with nearly all of its contents.
The second occurred exactly at O'Clock.
gang OF men were laboring around the
foot of n steep, rocky hill, when, without
warning 4 huge stone came rolling and
crashing down, carrying everything before
it. This stone dashed in among the men,
instantly crus hing the life out of Spencer
Kerksy, a colored man from Atlanta, Ga.
mangling his body in terrible manner.
At the same time and place by the same
rock. Thomas Harrison, also colored from
the same city, was severely wounded by
having his left leg and shoulder badly
bruised. He will recover.
just before six o'clock, in nearly the
same place, another rock came furiously
down the hill and into gang of men, and
striking J. NJ. Reed, white, from Independ-
ence, Kansas, mashed in his skull and man
gled his left side and shoulder so seriously
that he lived only about six hours.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1881-02-19

The report of,the peniteD tiary iuvestiga-
ting committee cannot be at all satisfactory
to 8Ir. Mcgrue or to his intimate friends.
That report could have very easily said
the man agement is completely yindicated
as we were led to believe it would be word
ed from remarks made by Senator Peck be-
fore he left this city, yet that gentleman al
lowed him self to BE Influenced by persona
feeling to slur the character of Nr. Megrue.
In that report his hand is plainly seen and
we believe it was signed in haste and with
out due consideration as to its effect by the
other members of the committee. Mess.
Prowers and Bowles both state that the in
tention of the report is not expressed in its
language. They intended 1T to be a com
plete vindication of Mr.. Megrue and of the
penitentiary management. Mr.. Peck, as
chairman of the committee, of course had
the selection OF any report which might be
written by him or dictated by him, to sub
NIT to his confcrrees and be by them signed
at n late hour without proper period in
which to digest it's contents. Mr.. Peck, we
have good reason to believe. thus imposed
upon others and used his official capacity to
| iniure man against whom he held petty
spite.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1881-02-19

\ The meeting for complete organization of
the Colorado Pioneer Association, of Free
mont County, was held as announced at
the Boyd house, Saturday, Feb. 12. The
constitution and bylaws adopted were sub
stantially like those of the Colorado Pio-
neer Association, at Denver. The objects
of the association are declared as follows :.
"To cultivate social intercourse, form
more perfect union among its members and
create q fund for charitable purposes in
their own behalf; TO collect and preserve
Information connected with the early set
Element and subsequent history of the eoun-
try, and to perpetuate the memory of those
whose sagacity, energy ard enterprise in
duced them to settle in the wilderness and
become founders of a new state" The
above must certainly meet the approbati o n
Of the very considerable class of our citizens
who were ''pioneers'' and it is hoped that
everyone who was here, both men and
women, who are declared eligible to mem
bership by the following article in the con
stitution-"All male citizens who became
residents of the district of country now en-
cluded in the state of Colorado previous to
the 3lst day OF December, 1860, shall be
eligible to membership-and all women
who were residents as above stated shall be
| eligible to become honorary MEMBERS
will hasten to sign their names and become
members without personal appeal. An
| early date Is spoken of for q Pioneers Re.
union in this city where. mixed with the
substantial props in support and honor Of
the occasion there will be "feast of reason
and flow of SOUL" in which all the ..Hoar,
Barnacles'' will be expected to take part In
detailing their trials. triDulations ant
"reminiscences, and swap lies with each 9th
cr upon all the particulars and essentials Of
their early experiences in the state. Tb'
following officers wore elected for the ensu
| ing year: President. Anson RudJ; vic,
president. Judge J. II. Terry; secretary
Eugene Weston: treasurer, w. A. Helm
marshal, IL. j. Frazier. With board 0
directors, five in number, consisting OF tn
president, secretary and treasures>, witt
sfcss. A. d. Cooper and Jesse Frazer.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1881-02-19
Paving the Bonds.

At last the Colorado Central Improve
ment company aud Canon City have clasped
hands across the bonded chasin. Last Sat.
urday evening the adjourned citizens meet
ing reconvened in the vacant room under
the Mcclure house and was called to order
by Mr.. w. II. Mcclure, chairman. Mr.. F.
A. Reynolds was made secretary. The
proposition made by our towns-people at
the former meeting to pay the bondholders
$4,000 cash and exchange the stock for the
bonds, was refused by the agents for the
bondholders, but another one was made by
Hon. I. T. Player, of Pueblo, for the own
ers of the bonds, who was present, in effect
as follows That the city pay $1,000 cash
and deliver up the stock, in return for
which the holders of our securities would
return the bonds with all unpaid coupons
attached, the city to have reasonable time
in which to procure the money. The pro-
posal to take up the track on River street
could not be entertained by Mr.. Player for
the reason that the bondholders and the
railroad company did not represent the
same interest. On the submission of this
last plan for settlement the meeting was
addressed by Hon. Jamas Clelland, Mr.. T.
A. Raynolds, Mr.. e. T. Alling, DR.. Craven,
Mr.. S. NJ. Davis and others. With one ex-
ception these gentlemen urged the accept
ance of the proposition. Upon its being
put to a vote it was unanimously carried.
The most noticeable incident of the meet
ing was the fact that the gentlemen who
spoke strongest for the acceptance were
once closely identified with railroad COM
pany competing with the Denver & Rio
Grande. They We're numbered nmonp tho
CanonCity and San Juan railroad company.
Before the meeting adjourned we believe
the sentiment was against the belief that
the D. Il II. G were yet discriminating in
favor of other towns to the detrment of
our business. We get simply the regular
mileage tariff rate on the road and our
freights are brought to us as cheaply as to
any town upon its line.
The action taken by cur citizens in thus
wiping cut debt of $4,000 by the pay
ment of 81 900 is, we believe, the most i'm
portant event in the financial history of
Canon City. The town has paid what it
received what they asked for The rail-
road company are not, nor have they been
for many months, hauling our freight to
the loss of our profit. Canon City has cast |
off load that no town can carry anu pros
per. 1t has refused to repudiate debt. |
In the future it cannot be said of US that |
we are not an honest people. The railroad |
will hereafter have no cause to |
treat us otherwise than fair and we have
every reason to believe that Canon City will
be as much favored by that corporation as
any other town in the state.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1881-02-19
The ParlOr Concert.

On Thursday night the Parlor Orchestra
gave very delightful entertainment at the
Mcclure house which has been voted one
of the best exhibitions of the kind to which
our Canon people have been treated for
many day. The audience was composed
of our best judges of music and most fash
ionabIe citizens and their applause was suf-
ficient evidence of the treat being rare
one. We trust that our enterprlsing frienes,
the Parlor Orchestra, will continue their
Entertainments through the season.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1881-02-19
Card of Thanks

To the following ladies and gentle
men: Mrs. DR.. Prentiss, Mrs. j. II.
Peabody, Mrs. r. S. Lewis, Mrs. o.
B. Myers, Miss May Peabody, Messrs.
j. Ill. Peabody, 4. NJ. Robinson, w.
ii. CASTILLO, and 7. J.DeHutf.
| would express our heartfelt
thanks for the favors conferred upon
us by lending your valuable assist
ance at the concert given in the Nc
Clure house on Thursday, and we
hope to be able to return the COM
plinent at some time not far distant.
With regards we are yours truly,
IKE STONE,
For Parlor Orchestra.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1881-02-19

Lougmont has a now, three story
brick hotel.
El Paso has an organized horticul-
tural society.
There were sixty-two deaths in
Denver in January.
Hundreds of sheep have died upon
the ranges this winter.
The d. 81 r. c., track has been
completed to Maysville.
I Recently Fred Herman was Killed
by foul air in mine near Rico.
Cattle are reported dying in all
parts of the state from starvation.
Wm. X. LOTUS, for a year past, ed
itor of the Evans journal, is dead.
Several hundred men are at work
Oh a railroad grade in Poudrc canon.
Leadville is in the embrace of
crime, from petty larceny to murder.
A new daily paper called the Press
is being issued at Leadville by MUIR
ply and Watson.
Marion Mclyin, the murderer of
S. ID. Kassarman, at Alamosa, about
one year ago, has been captured.
There are rumors of serious trouble
with Indians in the vicinity of Farm
ington in the lower Animas valley.
The newspapers i'll every town in
the northern portion of the state
complained of deep mud last week
Last week Johu Edwards and j (.
E. Jones were severely injured by a
blast in the Lead Chief mine at Ruby
The recent ore strike in the Little
Pittsburg mine at Leadville is forty
feet lower Than the former discover
les. The shaft is down 2G0 feet.
A new paper has made its appear
ance. The Poncho Springs Herald
published at the town of that name
by the Tompkins' publishing com
r pany.
\ Joseph Mason, an old resident OF
Lari,ner county, died recently from
injuries received by kick from a
broncho. He was one of the owners
of the Linden mills.
Messrs. II. A. Rislcy, j. E. Lund-
strom, Jas. Cory, 4. II. Cosson and
: r. B. Sawtell, of Colorado Springs
have recently filed the articles of in.
corporation with the secretary OF
state, for Mexican National Rail wa,
company. The capital stock Il
placed at $65. .00O, 600.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1881-02-19
The New Court House,

Yesterday, Mr.. Fisher, who is to build
the court house, signed his contract and
the site was surveyed. 1t will be built
upon the county's ground Immediately op-
posile the residence of Mr.. James II. Pea
body, upon the plan MS furnished by Cross
& Taylor somewhat improved upon. The
work will be commenced rs soon AS the
brick can be procured and the weather will
permit. 1t will be one OF the most elegant
and substantial buildings in Southern
Colorado.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1881-02-19
Strnck IL Rich

Just opposite the postofiice, at Nor
rison's, photographs OF children Of
all ages made in one second and guar.
aniccd as good as the chest IN FREE
mont county" Anentircly new out
fit OF instruments of the best make.
Photographs and tiniypes of all
sizes, made at any time. Views in
great variety of Colorado scenery of
my own and others taking. Don't
miss the place, opposite the post
office, Canon CITY.