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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-07-02
4 ROMANTIC STORY.
The Danger of Relying on Circumstantial
Evidence.

A travelling correspondent of the New
York journal Of Commerce, writing from
Manchester, this State, has the following ::
1t was near Manchester that half cen
fury ago occurred the circumstances lead
ing to Il celebrated trial in which two
brothers named Bourne were convicted of
numbering one Colvin who afterward
turned up alive. The story is a very fami-
liar one to all readers. 1t occurs to me TO
mention it now for the sake of saving that
it is often enormously cited as Illustrating
the danger Of relying on circumstantial
evidence. 1t is, on the contrary, a strik-
ing proof of the inferiority of direct and
positive evidence to circumstantial evil
dence There was little or no circum-
stantial evidence in the Bourne case.
and the jury found the prisoners guilty
on direct proof of confessions. They
doubtless believed that they had kill
ed the man, and no one was more surpris-
ed than they when it appeared that he
had survived the treatment they gave him
and wandered away a harmless lunatic.
There are people who still believe that
the murder was complete, and that the
man brought from New Jersey To Yer
mont was not the person he was repre-
sented to be, The story has become a
part OF the romantic history of Vermont.
1t forms the basis of a very stupid novel
by an English author, who heard it told
and failed In using it, because the
strange and romantic truth is in itself
more startling and exciting than can be
any variation of 1t by the Imagination of a
novelist. remember well having heard
one who was present describe the wild eX-
element which prevailed when the sup
posed dead man came into Bennington, ut
midday riding in a wagon from Troy.
The cry that went up from one and an
other brought the whole town into the
street. There was no doubt then as to
who he WAS
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GETTING HIS CASE.
THE SENATE VOTE TO HONORABLY
RETIRE Z-JOHN PORTER.
Logan Makes AN Eloquent and Emphatic
Denunciation of Him IA Traitor
His Cause Fathered by the South
erners-The Bill Passed 30 toll.

WASHINGTON, June 25.-Mr Logan be-
gan the discussion of the Fitz-John Porter
bill to-day. He said 1t has been said
that Porter had been good soldier before
the war So had jefferson Davis and
Robert +. Lee. The fact was Fitz-John
Porter conspred to make it impossible for
Western officer to command the armies
of the East The Eastern army was never
success till Grant took hold of it, and at
that time Porter and some of his kind
were not then in it. 1t was Il part of the
programme of Porter and his friends that
no Western man should command that
army. Mr. Logan asserted that Porter
was the cause of the first Bull Run defeat
by persuading Patterson to retreat from
Winchester with 10000 men. In support
of this he had the clerk read from his pub
lished work "The Great Conspiracy" He
denied he was endeavoring to prosecute
Porter, when he was only defending Lin
coin. LAS God is my judge, said he, 81 will
stand over the dust of Lincoln and swear
by all the gods to his act as being an hon
est and just act. you gentlemen that
were down in the cOnfederacy don't know
anything about this case, except what
you have read, and you come up here and
vote just out of sympathy for this man. :"
Mr.. Logan entered into an elaborate
analysis of the military situation in Au-
gust 1852, to show that Porter had not
done his duty and had been treacherous.
Porter would have been condemned to
death and shot had not the kindly Lin
coin said "fOr Gods sake don't require
me to SHOOT a Democrat at this time"
although Lincoln had said that evidence
warranted the death of Porter.
Mr.. Sewell asked Mr.. Logan whether he
could deny that in order to carry out Mr..
POpes order to attack Jackson
right, Porter would have to beat
$1,000 men. Mr. Logan did deny it, as
sorting that Lougstreet's command
except one division were engaged fighting
Pupe's men. He would have had to
/ whip only 5000 men. Mr.. Sewell asked if
statement that Generals Schotield, Terry
and Getty'S decision was Il deliberate
/ talsehood, Mr. Logan wished to 90 to the
country with the remark that their state
ment was not true. Mr.. Logan asserted 1t
was Peters duty to attack ithe enemy
when battle was going on and he found
/ the enemy in his trout, whether he had
orders to attack or not. Mr.. Logan udl-
Culed the idea of Porters "martyrdom -
y sharp debate followed participated in
by MessrS. Plumb and Logan and Blair
against Porter and Messrs Voorhees, and
Butler for him. Mr. Plumb said there
was nothing very strange in the fact that
/ every man VINO served in the Confederate
army would vote to pat Porter in the roll
of Union heroes The bill then passed
/ yeas 80, nays II.
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Constitutional Catarrh.

No single disease has cntaucd more sutferiD
or FASTENED the breaking up of the cOnstitl-
than Citerrh The sense of smell, of taste, o.
sight. Of hearing, the human voice, the mind
one or more. and sometimes all. yield to its de-
structivc influence The poison 10 distributes
throughout the system attack every E'tal
force and reallS up the most robust Of con-
situations. Ignored, because but little un-
dcrstood. by most physicians, impotcutly as
sale 10y quacllS and charlta0S, tho suffer
inI from il have little hope 20 bc relieved OF
II this side OF the grave. It is time. then, that
the popular treatment of this tciublc disease
by remedies within the reach of all pa s-cd in
to hands at once cOmpctc0t and trustworthy.
The new and hitherto uutricd method adopted
by DR.. sanford in the preparation %. his RAD
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the most oppressive svmntom>, clearing the
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JOHN BRlGHTS ATTITUDE.
HIS MANIFESTO EXPLAINS HIS HOME
RULE STAND.
Cannot support Gladstone's Bill-An Ex-
psrience of Six Years has Proved IL I'm
wise-The Irish Lack Governing Ca
pacity-Their Lifelong Friend.

LONDON, June 4.--John Bright has
issued a manifesto to the electors of Cen
tral Birmingham in which he says 1--WE
are asked to pledge ourselves to principles
which may be innocent or most danger
Gus, as may be explained in future bills.
l cannot give such pledge. The expert
ence of the past three months has not in
creased my confidence in the wisdom of
the administration or in its policy respect
ing the future government of Ireland.
We have before us principle which
Gladstone and his supporters do not ex-
plain. will not pledge myself to what
do not understand and cannot approve. In
1872 | wrote letter from which | extract
these short sentences to have two legis-
lative assemblies in the United King
dom would work intolerable mischief.
No sensible man can wish for two such
assemblies, who does not wish that the
Kingdom shall become two or more ma
tons, entirely separate from each other
| still adhere to this opinion. | can not
entrust the peace and interests of
Ireland, north or south, to the Irish
Parliamentary party to whom the gov,
eminent now propose TO make general
surrender. My SIN years experience
of them and their language in
the House of Commons, and their deeds
in Ireland, makes it impossible for me to
hand over to them the industry, the pros
perlty, and and rights of 5,0O0,0OO of the
queens subjects, our couutrymen i'll Ire
land leastwise :, zoo, 900 are as loyal as the
people of Birmingham. will be no party
to measure thrusting them from the
generosity and justice of the united impe-
rial parliament
| have written so that no one need be
ignorant of my views. For 40 years have
been a friend of Ireland. Long before
any Parnellite now in Parliament, or any
member of the present government
opened his lips to expose and condemn
the wrongs of Ireland, spoke for her peo-
ppnblic pini fdrms Ills brrnnSn am n' still
the friend of Ireland | refuse to give her
up to those to whom the recently defeated
bill would have subjected her"
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NAVAL COURT MARTIAL.
Facts Brought out in the Trial of Com
mander johnson.

BOsToN, Mass, June 25.-The naval
court-martial, of which Commodore
Gherardi is president, ordered by the sec
rotary of the navy, for the trial of Com
mander Henry l.. johnson, on charges
of scandalous conduct and disobcdience of
orders, convened at the navy yard at
Charlestown, Mass, on Thursday. Com
mander johnson appeared with his coun-
sci, John w. Bell. Judge Advocate Cap
tain Reid, L. :. NJ. c., read the charges
and specifications made by Secretary
Whitney. 1t is charged that Commander
johnson, while awaiting orders at Bur
lington, April II, 1884, was subpnnaed to
appear before the County Court that he
failed to appear, and for contempt of
court was arrested by the sheriff and con.
fined in the Jail in Burlington; that
through the efforts of Eugene A. Smalley,
an attorney, he was released, but failed to
pay the lawyer for services rendered that
Commander Johnson, on being written to
by Secretary Whitney, replied falsely that
he did not know that Mr.. Smalley had
anything to do with his release that in
July, lSS4 Commander johnson, while in
command of the United States steamship
Monongahela at San Francisco, contracted
bill for groceries, amounting to S3S6 IS,
and that Secretary Whitney addressed n
letter TO Commander johnson, which he
did not answer. Commander johnson
plead not guilty to each charge. The
counsel for the commander entered "A
plea in bar on the first specification, to
wit, that Commander Johnson having al
ready been punished for failing to appear
at the County court, should not he held
ansWerabe to this charge before another
tribunal. The plea in bar was over
ruled.
Hon. Henry Ballard, called as a witness,
testified that after the commanders ar
rest for contempt of court, he was sent
for by Commander johnson and appeared
for him as his counsel. His bail was fixed
at $500, and he obtained a bondsman and
was released. Witness heard 10 more
from him up to the time the case came to
trial. He was unable to state to the court
the reason of the nOn-appearance OF the
commander as he was in ignorance of his
clients whereabouts, and could not pre-
vent the forfeiture of the bail After Il
| time Commander johnson returned to
| Burlington and witness sent him a letter
III relation to his Indebtedness to which
| he received no answer. His bill for legal
services was $40. Another note received
no reply. Later On he met the defendant
| and he promised to settle the bill. As
/ he failed to comply witness placed HI,
claim in the hands of Mr. Engiesby who
had Mr.. Smalley's bill in hand to collect
| and that gentleman brought the attention
OF the naval department to the matter II
Is thought the case will occupy some two
weeks.
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THE EDITOR on TOP ANYHOW.
lie Grapples with His Assassin and Rolls
Him Down Stairs.

BUTTE, Mont, June 24.-Yesterday af-
ternOon man named George Miller of
Anaconda, conceived himself to be
wronged by the publication in the Daily
Miner of letters from that place concern
ing his daughter, who eloped and was
married in this city by a minister, with Il
slN-shooter accompaniment went into the
Miner office and asked to see the editor,
c. ;. Zigetfuss. At the head of the stairs
Miller pulled IA pistol and saying, "I'il fix
you here, fired shot. Xgeiluss threw
up his arms at the critical moment and
the bullet entered the wall over his shout
der, The two chnched and Xigeffuss
threw the would-be murderer down stairs,
falling on top of him. and almost crushing
the life out of him. He was hustled out
of the Office and arrested, but XigefIu>s
Will not prosecute him.
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ARCHIBALD FORBES MARRIAGE /.


Among the notable weddings of the
year says the Springfield RCpubUcd1t, is
that of Archibald Forbes, the famous war
correspondent, and Louisa X. Meigs,
daughter of Gen. NJ. G. Meigs OF the
United States army, which was solemniz-
ed in st. Johns Episcopal church, Spring
field, Saturday morning at II O'Clock. The
ushers were Count Glydenstolphe, secre-
tary of the Swedish legation Baron Won
Sternberg, attache of the German lega-
ton DR.. May and Tom Biddle of Phla-
delphia. Only informal invitations had
been given to the church. but all the lead
ing society people in town were present,
among them Secretary and Mrs. Endicott,
Gen. and Mrs. Sheridan, Mrs. Whitney,
Mrs. Don Cameron, Mrs. Robeson, Sir
Lionel Sackville West, Miss West, Mr.,
Helyar, Baron Alvensleben, Baron Iedt-
WITT, Baron SternberG. Count Guilden-
steffer and Count Sala. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. DR.. Leonard, and
the best man was Lieut.. NJ Macomb, the
brides cousin. The groom, best man and
the ushers all wore favors of lilies of the
valley and white roses. The groom Wore
a cutaway coat of black diagonal cloth
and gray trousers and white neck-tie
about standing collar. the bride wore
a travelling suit of stoue-cOlored serge,
Nllu II velvet COlltT, llSlue VI WHlCH was
a standing collar of linen. She wore a
small bonnet of a color to match the dress.
A small mist-coored veil was fastened
tight across the upper part of her face and
her gloves were stone color She carried
Il large bouquet of lilies of the valley and
white roses, tied with a viii satin rib
bon. Mr.. Forbes, who has been decora-
ted by the emperor of Russia, the kings of
Servia and Spain, the emperor of Germany
and the kings of Roumaniaand SaXony for
bravery and daring on the field, had made
a necklace of his decorations, and gave it
as wedding gift to his bride. He is tall
in stature, we'll formed, and wears only
a moustache that, like his hair, is quite
gray Mrs. Forbes is of medium height,
full figure, a pretty oval face lighted by
large, slumberous brown eyes, and crown
ed by II wealth of golden hair. Mr.. aud
Mrs Forbes have gone to the country
place of Jesse Tyson, near Baltimore, for
a few days. They will go to New York
next week, where they will be entertained
by Mrs Fred Whittridge, the daughter of
Matthew Arnold. They will then sail for
Europe, stopping II few days in London
and then proceeding to Mr.. Forbes home
in Banflshire, scotland, where they will
spend the summer They Will visit this
country IN February.
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DAVID DAVIS DEAD.


BLOOMINGToN, H.. June 27.-David Da-
Wis died at O'Clock yesterday morning
He sank into comatose state II hours be-
fore the end and passed painlessly away
surrounded by his family. The cause of
death was Brlghts disease of the kidneys
aggravated by weakened condition of
the system dating from the time when he
became afflicted with the carbuncle
David Davis was born in Cecil county,
Md, March ., 1873, and was educated at
Kenyon college, Ohio. In 1896 he settled
in Bloomington, Ill.,, where he has since
resided
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AHARvARD STUDENTS ROW.
How an Attempt of the Boys to Clean Out
II saloon Resulted.

BOSTON, June 21.-On Saturday evening
June 10, a party of Harvard students, out
for lark went into McEvoy's saloon on
Court street intending to "clean out" the
place. They were noisy and were remon-
strated with by McEvoy, when one of the
students struck McEvoy with his cane
over the head, making a wound that re-
CURED several stitches to close up. Nc
Evoy in defending himself struck one
student on the head rendering MIN I'M
conscious. The latter was taken to Cam
bridge and did not recover consciousness
for two or three days His condition is very
critical and it is reported that if his
injuries do not prove fatal, they will at
least be permanent. it is understood that
all the party interested were arrested
later, but 1t being shown that McEvoy
acted solely in self-detence. all We're dis
charged. The injured students name is
Whltelaw and he belongs in st. Louis,
Mo, The matter has been kept very quiet,
nothing has appeared of the affair in the
local papers, and but very few persons
have been cognizant of it, aside from the
principals and their immediate friends.
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WESTERN CROP REPORT.
Varying Prospects In Different Sections of
the Country,

CHICAGO, June 27.-The crop summary
in tins weeks issue Of the Farmers Re
view states the harvesting Of wheat is
concluded in Tennessee, Kentucky and
Missouri. In Fayette and Lexington
counties, Ky, whole fields are reported
ruined by the black rust, and in
Fayette fully one-half the crop was
ruined. The average yield in those
states is reported at from ID to - bush
els to the acre, where no injury
from rust occurred. The harvesting
is still progressing in Illinois, Indiana and
Ohio, under fair circumstances, though
scattering reports of rain aud rust are
made, but not such rs to Indicate any
wide spread damage. Rains prevailed
over large areas of Dakota, improving
the general outlook for spring wheat
greatly and apparently insuring an aver
age yield. The general average through
out the country OF both wheat and oats was
reduced toto ID per cent before the drought
was broken. The situation in Minnesota
is not materially improved. a need of
rain in Iowa and Nebraska is reported.
In Iowa the necessity of rain has been
very pressing and the prospective yield of
wheat and oats was already been lessened
fifteen to twenty per cent. The corn
prospects continue very promising in both
the North Western and South Western
States
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CHURCH DEBT.
Mr.. Ruslliu's Views on Worshipping in
Inpaid-fOr Churches.

tnpaid-fOr Churches.
Mr.. RuSlin has many admirers who en-
joy the brilliancy of hi, style and esti-
mate highly his critical faculty. His later
writings are perhaps less instructive than
those of his earlier years, but perhaps
they are more amusing. That merit at
least belongs to the following letter writ
ten last month in response to circular
inviting him to contribute to the payment
of a debt upon the Duke street chapel at
Richmond near London:
Sir: | am scornfullv amused at your
appeal to me, of all the people in the
world the precisely least likely to give you
Il farthing My first word to all men and
boys VINO care to hear me is Don't get
into debt. Starve and 90 to heaven-but
don't borrow. Try first begging-I don't
mind If 1t really notwithstanding But
don't buy things you can't pay for ~ And
of all manner of debtors piouS people
building churches they can't pay fol are
the most deteStaDle nonsense to me. Can't
you preach and pray behind the hedges
or in Il sandpit-Or Il coal-hole-tirst And
of all manner of churches thus idotically
built, iron churches are the damnablest to
me. And of all the SectS of believers in
any ruling spirit-Hindoos, Turks, Feath-
er ldolaters, aud Mumbo Jumbo, Log and
Fire WOrshippers-wh want churches,
you modern English evangelical sect is
the most absurd, and entirely objection
able and uncomfortable to me All OF which
they might very easily have found out
from my books-any other sort of sect
would before bothering me to write it to
them. Ever, nevertheless and in all this
saying, your faithful servant,
JOIN RUSKIN
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BOSTON UNITARIASS.
a New Church Building Formally Opened
and Presented Last Night

Boston, June 24.-The new building of
the American Unitarian association, No.
20 Beacon street, was formally opened to-
night in the presence of II distinguished
gathering of members and friends of that
body The exercises comprised singing of
the original hymn composed by Rev.
John w. Chadwick, prayer by Rev. James
Freeman Clarke, address by Rev. Grin
dali Reynolds, chairman of the building
committee, address by Rev John Cordner
OF the building committee. Hon. b. NJ
Morst, president of the Unitarian club.
handed the building over to GOV. Robin
son as president Of the American Uni
tartan association. Gov. Robinson re-
sponded briefly ana the exercises closed
with benediction by Rev, DR.. Cordner
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Father O'Sdllivan Sentenced to Eleven
Years imprisonment.

SYRACUSE, \. Y, June 25.-The Rev
John +. O'Sullivan was last night found
guilty by jury of criminal assault on
Abbie O'Connor at the Catholic parson-
age in Camillus in May, 1854 The trial
has been in progress three days past. and
excited great Interest in Catholic and 9TH
er circles. The evidence was sensational.
rms morning AT 10 O'Clock Judge Ken
nedy sentenced him to II years in Auburn
prison. stay OF proceedings for Il week
was granted, during which time he will
be confined in Onondaga penitentiary, this
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THE BLAME FINED.


BosToN, June 24.-rhe railroad commits.
sioners in their report on the collision be-
tween the passenger and freight train at
Pepperell ON the Worcester, Nashua and
Rochester, lay the blame upon the en-
gineer of the freight train who i'm his
haste to reach place of rest took his
chances" of collision with the regular
train rather than remain on "A siding in n
safe place. The conductor shared the
fault of the engineer as he did not remon-
strate against the risk which was run
The excuse given by the men is that they
mad been overworked and tired out and
the commissioners trust that all railroads
VIII learn IRON this occurrence that it is
wrong and hazardous to oyerwork tbe
men they employ.
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ST. Louis, June 25.-During the trial
this morning of Judge Advocate McGary
of the knights of Labor and several other
Missouri Pacific employees who partic
pated in the late strike charged with con-
spiracy, an alteration arose between the
former and the prosecuting attorney Me
Donald. The judge advocate who was
defending his own case was INTERRUPTED
by Mr.. Mcdonald and hot words followed
which were in turn succeeded by blows
McGary was fined so
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FIVE PERSONS DROWNED
A SqualI Capsizes Pleasure Boat nm
sad Kesults Attend.

PRoVIDENCE,Jun 27.-The schooner Mi
randa was floated at p. m. to-day in the
presence of 1900 people and towed to New
port with three pumps working. A pleasure
party comprising the principals and some
of the employers of the lithographing firm
of Farmer, Girisch X Co., of this city
went down the bay in the large cat.boat
Wanderer this morning. When in at
Potter's cove, on the east side of Prudence
Island, late in the afternoon, the boat was
capsized by a squall, and five of the eleven
so far as learned is Mrs. f. Farmer and
her young child, two young children of
Mrs Charles w. Girsch, William G.. Drag
ton, who was employed by the firm and
was in charge of the boat. The rescued
members of the party were taken to Pru-
dence island.
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