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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-05-06

PEACE reigns on the Isthmus. Aiz-
puru, the rebel governor of Panama, has
surrendered to the Colombian govern
ment and the United States marines
are coming bone. Notwithstanding
newspaper criticisms, the United States
officers on the scene of action seem to
have behaved with discretion, and to
have interposed their authority wisely
and with effect.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-05-06

VERMoNT's first Arbor Day was
success. Governor Pingree should feel
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-26
Paris i'm May.
Paris Letter to the London World.


In these days of welfare of armies and
warfare of millions and warfare of opinion,
Paris, while taking part in the general
movement OF the world-building schools,
laying down telephone wires, combating
prestcraft, and reading newspapers-re
/ tains, nevertheless, certain peculiaritieS
which make it a unique city, In the opin-
ion of Anacharsis Clootz Prussian, Paris
was 1.-The Vatican of reason;" Victor Hugo
has called it the city of light and the ''brain
of the universe;" but for most men Paris is
the mecca of pleasure" the city to which
all make pilgrimage in Imagination or in
reality. Now, to all who wish to see Paris
in its glory, and to astonish their more sed-
entary compatriots by their glowing MARIA
tives, would say, come to Paris in May.
The season is then at it's height, the con-
course of pleasure-seeking pilgrims puts the
Parisians Oh their mettle, and in the streets,
fragrant with mountains of flowers, under
the fresh green foliage of the boulevards
and the Champs Elysees, and in the shady
avenues of the Bots Gle BOulogne they do
their best to show the stranger how to be
happy The recipe is simplicity itself-you
do nothing, and appear to be enjoying it:
and the eternal establishment OF the OBJ
servant foreigner is that Paris contains so
very many people who appear to be in
chronic state of doing nothing with serenity.
The fact is that Paris and Partisan life are
arranged with a view to avoiding friction
and to promotiong calm enjoyment. The
broad streets and avenues, lined with anus
ing shops and animated by incessant move
ment, become, in fine weather. an immense
democratic salon. From the Bastile to the
Cascade there is abundance of public sitting
accommodation, and hence thousands and
thousands of Parisians pass the greater part
of the summer in the peaceful occupation of
..hoding down chairs in the open air. All
the details of life are sinlplitied; rapidity in
business transactions, for instance, is adj
mired, and remarked, but not considered
necessary, and the tradesman who fails to
keep his promise does not lose cOnSidera-
tons; the newspapers are so small and their
type is so large that a dozen of them may be
easily read in half an hour; the streets are
so clean that you never get your boots dirty,
and the shoeblacks, unable to live by their
brushes, are obliged to carry love-letters III
order to earn their bread; the very amuSe-
ments, such as the theaters, the concerts,
the circus and the hippodrome, can be en-
joyed without mental fatigue, for the pro-
grams remain unchanged for years together,
and everybody KNOWS tileH ny heaft. AS
for the Parisienne, that quinteSsence of
femininity, who plays the leading role in
the life of Paris. the experience of ages has
shown that her varieties are innumerable,
her nature undefinable and the analysis of
her manners and customs subject so OBJ
yiously ineXhaustible that it is useless to
adopt any other attitude but that of serene
admiration-an attitude which harmOnizes
perfectly with the Partisan taste for calm
material enjoyment.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-26
Punishment of a Newspaper Man for Pub
fishing an Offensive
Article.
Seventeen Thousand Dollars Secured
by Burglars in Raid at
Philadelphia.
James Martin. a Missouri FARMER
Killed Because He Would Not
Become RObber.
Alton. Ill. Visited by Tornado
Inquest on the Victims OF 'ne
Cincinnati Fire.
Well punished.

CLEVELAND. o.. May GA snoTt time
AGO Raw S. Hathaway, city editor o. the
Toledo Democrat. visited NorwalK. When
he returned to Toledo he prepared an article
Of 4 column in length, which appeared III
last weeks Democrat. of a very gross and
obScene character, and which was a libel on
the character of several young married men,
charging them with robbing the affections
of a certain young married lady Ia former
resident of cleveland, and OF being the
direct means of breaking upthe once-happy
home of this young married couple
He mentioned the names OF the
Young men and the lady as well:
This morning Hathaway was discovered at
the st. Charles hotel. and three or more OF
the abused parties being apprised OF the
fact made their preparations quietly, and
going 10 the hotel found Hathaway, seized
him. stripped him OF his clothing and took
him 10 a ward in the rear OF the hotel,
robed the Young man ina close fitting coat
of tar and feathers and then left him alone
in his glory. He managed to scrape enough
of the mixture off his person. to put on his
clothes. and took the first train for Toledo,
but not before he had sworn vengeance on
The parties who had succeeded III disgrace
ing him
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-26
Maine Prohibition.

Special to the Globe.
NEW YORK, May 25.--Gen. Neal Dow
of Maine addressed Temperance meeting
in Chickering hall this afternoon and
bitterly denounced the New York
Tribune and its 5 criticisms on
the liquor law in Maine.
Mr.. Dow said the prohbitory law in Maine
was confirmed success; that not more than
$500, 600 worth OF liquor Vas struggled into
the state in a year, and that the
people saved S12, 900, 900 annually by leav-
ing rum alone while their homes were in
better condition and the state as whole
more prosperous. He admitted that the
population did not increase, because the
poor soil and worse climate drove
people away, but he said that Maine fur
nished brains for the politics and business
of the west. In conclusion Mr.. Dow said
that the Republican party in the city of Port
land is in alliance with the liquor men. A
year ago the rum dealers there voted the
Republican ticket, 50 at the last election the
Temperance men put an Independent ticket
in the field and the Republicans were de-
feated. AS a consequence the grog shops
had to close The Republicans in Maine
have been afraid to come ont openly against
the liquor law for being afraid of injuring
the party in other states. Consequently
the Republicans are on the fence.
During the Garfield campaign
we defeated their candidate for governor
and since then they have been more eau
tious. The Republican PARTY cannot live
on its great and glorious past.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-26
A Great Strike Imminent.

PITTsBURG, May 25.-The scale confer
ence of the iron manufacturers and the
amalgamated association, which has been
in daily session since last Friday, adjourned
sine die this evening, without having
reached settlement. The turn affairs
have taken is great surprise, as it
was thought that the proposition
OF the Amalgamated association, to accept
a 10 per cent. reduction, would meet the ap-
proval of the manufacturers. The latter
were not satisfied with this, however, and
demanded other concessions, which the iron
workers refused to grant. and the conference
broke up. A general strike on the 1st of
June now seems inevitable. Both sides APP
pear determined to hold out and a bitter
struggle is anticipated. The Amalgamated
association will have their scale printed inn
mediately and sent to all the manufacturers
in the West on Wednesday. The
officers of the association claim that
a number of mill owners will
accept their scale, and continue their mills
in operation. This is denied by the iron
masters. who assert that they never were
as strongly united as at present. Secretary
Martin of the Amalgamated association in
speaking of the conference tonight, said:
Perfect harmony prevailed, but the
manufacturers wanted too much. In
the interest of peace the
iron workers committee made concession
after concession, until finally, they were
compelled to refuse to make any more
changes" Concluding, Mr.. Martin said
they would stand out for six months, if it
was necessary to, to gain their point. If
the mills close down nearly 900 men
will be thrown out of employment.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-26
Amendments.

WASHINGTON, May 25.-Zach Montgom-
cry of California was to-day appointed as
sistant attorney general for the interior de-
partment.
The president to-day appointed the fol-
lowing named presidential postmasters: j.
E. Eichholtz at Sunbury, Penn, vice
Jacob Rohrbach, commission expired;
Jacob Odeu at Youngstown, n. Y, vice
NJ. D. Raymond, commission expired;
Samuel NJ, Smead of Fond du Lac, Wis,
vice George E. Sutherland, suspended upon
an inspectors report showing that the post
master had paid to clerk employed in his
office, his nephew the sum of IS week as
salary for him as clerk in the postoffice,
when his services as such in the postoffice
were only nominal and unnecessary; John
Dudley at Newport, n. H., vice George
W. Nourse. suspended for selling money
orders Oh credit in violation Of the postal
regulatiOnS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-26
Investigating indians.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, May 25.-An In
dian territory special says: The senate
committee on Indian affairs has arrived and
their visit is creating great interest. They
began their work at AIuSkogee, Greek ma
ton. The most important question: other
than the sale of Oklahoma and the Chero-
kee strip, will be that of citizenship. The
Indians claim that their territory is being
overrun by whites claiming Indian blood.
Many hundreds have been de-
cided intruders and ordered to
leave, but the interior department has in
terfered and prevented their ejectment The
proposed sale or lease of the western Dor
ton of their territory is being warmly dis
cussed. An outright sale is generally op-
posed, but its advocates claim it is gaining
ground in the Cherokee nation. There is a
wide diversity of opinion, and commune
cation signed by many leading Cherokees
has been sent to the president asking
that he defer sending the special commit
tee who will negotiate for the pur-
chase of the reservation until
after the election of the new legislature in
August. so that the measure can be brought
before the people and deliberated Oh during
the campaign. Although there is no de-
cided stand yet taken by the leaders of the
five tribes who must unite on decision.
the opinion prevails that Bushy Head,
principal chief of the CherOkees. and j. NJ
Perrman. chief of the Creeks, favor sale.
McCurtin, governor of the ChOctaws. is also
said to be in sympathy with the move to
dispose of the lands.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-26
A Touching Epistle.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, May 25.-The personal
mail of Commissioner Black frequently con-
tains some curious communications A few
days ago he received letter from a little
girl Of IA years. whose father, a Republi-
can, is president of the board of surgeons in
a Western town, and she was afraid he
would be removed. She said her
father was in the army; that he
brought home with him from the war dis
ease which would ultimately prove fatal to
him; and asked Gen. Black not to discharge
him. She enclosed postal card addressed
to herself, and said: MY pa does not
know that l am writing this letter. If he
did he might not like it. so if you grant my
request please mark a big on the back OF
this postal. Nobody but me will know what
it means, but will know my pa will not
be discharged. The letter received Gen.
Blacks attention and he wrote, in reply:
1 have received your little letter and have
read it with interest. | will file it carefully
away and when l come to take up for
action the matter of the reorganiza-
ton of the board of examining
surgeons at will give it just as careful
consideration as / would like to have given
to letter from my own little girl. written
under the same circumstances. If your pa
is a good man, good surgeon and faith
full officer of the government, | will try to
keen him.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-26
CASUALTY RECORD.
Tornado i'm Illinois.

ALTON, H.. May 25.-Last night this
city was struck by tornado which burst
from the southwest sweeping across the
river with terrific fury. Several large build
ingS On the river front were damaged, some
Of them seriously. Among them were the
National mills, the Roller mills and others.
The most serious damage was to Ryres
store, the third story being wrecked and
half of the roof taken off. wooden awnings.
fences and shade trees were blown in all
directions. Three freight cars on the Chi
cago q Alton siding were blown off, block
ing the main track. The minor losses
throughout the city aggregate a large
amount and it is feared the damage in the
lowlands across the river was serious.
Large planks and timbers We're carried
long distance. Several pieces of stone cop
ing on the fire wall of the Roller mills each
weighing 400 or 500 pounds were carried
over on the roof. In the city during the
storm tbsre was CONSERVATION nearly
amO.nting to panic.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-26
bankrupt SeedPortfolio.

WASHINGTON, May 25.-The bankrupt
department" is what Commissioner Col
mans branch of the public service is COM
monty called since the revelation was made
that the funds were nearly exhausted
more than two months before
the end of the fiscal year.
Speaking of the efforts to get out of the
hole, Nh. Colman to-day said: Il am cut
ting down my force i'll every direction, so
that we will come out just even at the end
Of the fiscal year. If l can
not do it in that Way l
will shut up the department, for it would
never do to run over into the appropriation
of another year. After that 1 shall turn
over new leaf and begin afresh with an
an entirely new system Of management. l
shall try to run the bureau on
strictly business principles. The expenses
of each month will be made prOportionate
to the total expenses of the year, and will
be kept within those limits. The salaries
of the employees of the bureau outside
of Washington will have to
be reduced in order to
make the fund.-, hold out in the future; and
beside this, each division will have to be so
conducted as to pay for the employees in
that division. | almost wished myself
back in St. Louis when found the condi-
ton the department was in, but guess we
will pull through"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-26
Victor HugOe Funeral.
CONDENSED TELEGRANfs.

The queens birthday was celebrated yes
terday throughout Canada as a holiday.
John l.. Sullivan, the pugilist, has en-
tered counter suit to his wife's suit for di-
vorce. He charges her with cruel and
abusive treatment and gross habits of intox-
ication.
Fire at Vermontville, Mich, Saturday
night destroyed seven business houses.
Loss $4,000
At Cairo, ILL.,, Officer George Dunn shot
and killed William Howard, colored, While
attempting to arrest him.
Mrs. John A. Halderman, wife of John
A. Halderman of the Louisville Courier
Journal, died yesterday.
The Simpson-Gault Manufacturing COM
pany, at Cincinnati, manufacturers of flour
mill machinery and hardware specialties,
assigned Yesterday. Assets and liabilities
not known.
DR.. n. l.. Brock, highly-respected citi-
zen of Oakland, was shot dead at his door
Sunday night by Henry D. Premdle, amem-
Der of the Joe Hooker post, G. A. r.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-26
Chicago CrOOkednesS.

CHICAGO, May 25.-The whereabouts of
Alderman Appleton of this city, who left
here one week ago with the election re-
turns of the Third precinct Of the Third
ward, and upon which depends the result
of the canvass of the votes and
installation of city officers, has
not been heard from, and the date
of his return to the city does not appear to
be known. The story is related that while
in saloon the night prior to his departure
the returns were stolen from his overcoat
pocket and destroyed. The city council
met tonight, had an excited and
long wrangle over the Third ward
election difficulty, and finally adjourned,
having done nothing nor made any provision
for the future. Numerous motions were
made to finish the canvass, but each was
promptly headed off by motion to adjourn,
which was finally carried at II o'clock.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-26
Rough Or the Jury.

PHILADELPHIA. Penn, May 25.-In the
court of oyer and terminer to-day, Judge
Mitchell upon the bench. Mary Mcmillan
was charged with the murder OF her child
Oh the 9th of A pril last. The dead body of
the infant was found wrapped i'll piece Of
brown paper in trunk in her room. The
commonwealth held that the child
had been born alive. The de-
tense maintained there was no
proof of that fact, and that all the indica-
lions and conditions discovered could have
existed had the child been born dead. The
jury rendered a verdict OF not guilty. Judge
Mitchell said to the jury: i do not under
stand what your standard of evidence may
be. but this is as clear a case of murder as l
ever heard tried. 1t is such verdicts as
these which shake the public confidence III
iury trials"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-26

ordinary styles (which will be printed en-
tirely by steam), and S2,442.79 for
postage due and other issues
of stamps, making a total Of
$1O3, 969 81 per annum. The gross bill of
the bureau of engraving and printing, which
was the next lowest bill, was STA, 1865
and the work was to have been executed by
a combination OF steam and hand work.
Samples of the steam work of the Ameri-
can Bank Note company were found to
be fully equal to the spec-
mems of the department. The price
paid for ordering stamps under the new
contract will be SO 9-100 cents per 100 as
against 1900 cents under the present
contract, as nearly 100000 of stamps are
required annually to meet the needs of the
service. The saving OF cents per 100
during the next four years will show con-
siderable reduction in this item of ex-
OeOSe
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-26
An Irrelevant Question.

81 do not -aw-see," said he, as he with
drew the head of his cane from his mouth,
''wlly there should be so much objection to
-aw-roller-skating; it is harmless
amusement"
''Some physicians say it is injurious: Ito
the health" she observed as she pliedsher
crochet needle
Perhaps So" he rejeined, "but-aw-
they all seem to agree in the opinion that"
here he blushed SLIGHTLY that-aw-it
strengthens the calves
''Ah indeed,' she said with an arch
smile; do you feel any stronger sinceyou
began to skate?''
He is still wondering what she meant'by
putting her question in that form.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-26
Lumber Matters.
Special to the Globe.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis, May 25.-The rains
of last week had more effect on the logging
streams in this part of the state than
was expected. Over three feet of a
rise was shown in the Eau Claire
and Black rivers, while the Chippewa came
up proportionately. The Eau Claire and
Northwestern LAUNDERING companies, that
virtually control logging operations
on the Eau Claire, took adj
vantage of the rise and sent crew
of over 100 to start the hung-up drives.
Their work was a complete success, having
drove in the five-mile dam on that river five
million feet, where they will be harbored
until required for manufacture. This
teaves some IL, 900, 900 of old and new logs
aacll on the river all of which are widely
scattered. The success of this last
drive will afford plenty Of stock
to keep the mills of Eau Claire
DO d Northwestern companies running
lntheir full capacity till late in the fall.
A marked activity prevails in the lumber
market through that section of late and
lumber cars Oh any of the roads are not too
plenty to fill the demand.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-26
More Icebergs.

HALIFAX, May 25.-The Norwegian
bark Alma, Capt. jacobsen, from
Rochefort. April 9, for Bridgewater, n. s.,
arrived here to-day in badly damaged
condition. having been in collision with an
iceberg OH the 10th inst. The bOwsprit,
foretop gallant mast and all her headgear
are carried away and her bows stove. The
damage is all above the water line
and she is making no water.
Several days after the accident occurred, a
Swedish bark bore down on the Alma and
asked Capt. Jacobson to abandon his vessel
and come with them, but this the captain
refused to do, preferring to stick to his ship.
After considerable difficulty and hardship
the captain managed to reach this port IN
safety. The Alma presents very dilapl-
dated appearance.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-26
Big Bear Ready for a Fight.

Specldl 10 CuG
VICTORIA, May IS, via Calgary May a.
Maj. Steele's scouts found on their az
rival here that everything had been stolen
There were but few potatoes and the place
was deserted. It will be guarded until the
main force arrives on its way to Fort Pitt
Alarming reports are current regarding the
number of Big Bears men. There has been
so much unavoidable delay in the eXpedi-
ton that he has had time to recruit from
every tribe in the district. Restless spirits
and young men eager for reputation have
left their own chiefs and joined him, until
now he has force OF 800 men
FAIRLY ARMED.
Most of the cattle he had butchered and the
meat was dried. and with this and large
quantity Of provisions and plumber taken in
raids he is too much encountered to move
He declares he will make stand at Big
Hills, between Frog Lake and Fort Pitt.
Scouts say he intends placing his captive
women and children at the front so that the
troops may not fire upon him. However
we have artillery, and from what has been
shown at drill flank movement could be
made as quickly as by cavalry. There will
also be with us mounted force of $50 men,
so that if Big Bear does make the stand
proposed he will give us the best possible
chance of defeating him. The general has
an escort of twenty mounted
POLICE INFANTRY.
numbering $40 and teamsters are an armed
reserve of ITO. 1t is hoped an immediate
advance will be made, since we are distant
scarcely 100 miles from Big Bear and his
white captives. Rev. Canon Mackay,
It
here has gone alone into Big Bears camp
to do what he can to alleviate the sutferings
of captives and try to arrange for their re-
lease. He is Cree half-breed and person.
ally acquainted with Big Bear. Anxiety
prevails over the announcement that we
have only ten days provisions with us now,
and that we must be delayed here until
supplies comes from Edmonton. Settlers
are holding cattle for 25 cents per To.
dressed. Some beef and potatoes have been
secured here, but the supply is limited.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-26

They laughed when he told them of this
mode of escape, and said they could easily
get OIt that way. He had not spoken to the
recently-employed girls about this escape.
Even if the ladder was not there the girls
could have piled up books and paper and
easily have reached the roof His brother,
who ran to the fifth floor, escaped that way.
In the other part of the fifth floor was
skylight leading to the roof. The inquest
is not yet ended. Some feeling has been
aroused by statements that the telegraph
and telephone wires prevented the putting
up OF ladders in time to save life, and at a
meeting of citizens one of the speakers IA
vored giving the companies thirty days to
put the wires under the ground, and offered
to lead a crowd to cut down the poles ii it
was not done. Chief Fire Engineer Wisely
says those lives could not have been saved
by ladders if there had been no wires on the
street. Death came too soon after the ben
zine fire started, as before stated.