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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-12-21
The Panama Canal Collapse.

The expected crisis III the affairs of the
Panama Canal Company has come. For
week. NJ. de Lesseps mas been making
every possible effort TO dispose of enough of
the company's bonds to meet its pressing
immediate demands and to allow the work
ON the Isthmus TO 20 on. His dependence
mas been ON the people of the rural districts
of France, on the peasants and small farm
ers who have heretofore come 70 his aid
with their small savings Wednesday of
last week was the time for the close of the
subscriptions, and IN the afternoon, either
misled bv encouraging reports which came
ia from agents, or with purpose 10 favor
ably influence the market 10y the means
the old man leaped upon a table at the com
panvs office in Paris and with tears stream
ing down his cheeks in true emotional
French fashion shouted The subscription
is safe our adversaries are COMPOUNDED
We do not need the help Of hnanciers You
have saved yourselves 10y your own eXer-
tions The canal is made Whatever was
the origin or intention of this report. It
'was a false one, for less than "a quarter Of
the required number of bonds had been
sold. and when the facts became known the
market value of the company's stock fell
upon the bourse 70 the lowest point vet
reached-S21 80 for shares whose par value
Is 500
On Thursday the market opened in a
state of great depression, and the excite
ment on the part of the stockholders may
be imagined Mr. Charles de Lesseps, son
of the engineer and contractor. was called
upon to explain He frankly announced
that only 1870 600 of the bonds, instead of
500 600 as the subscribers had been en-
couraped TO believe the previous day, had
been subscribed and that as the money
was of no value To the company, IN the cir
cumstances, the deposits would be returned
10 the depositors The Young man confess
ed himself much less sanguine than his faith
err, saving My father is younger in spirit
than His remarks were made ON the
strength OF a hopeful report that l made
hun The result is bankruptcy or the
winding up of the company" He urged
the people 10 petition the government 10
come % the assistance of the company.
A bin presented boy the government 70
postpone for three months the payment Of
the interest due ON the company's bonds
was re lected IN the Chamber of Deputies
on saturday 10y a vote of 262 TO lss The
rejection of tins measure appears 10 have
been foreseen boy de Lesseps and ms asso-
ciates for before the fate of the bill was f.
ualiy decided they resigned and a commit
tee of three persons was appointed 10y the
tribunal of the Seine 20 wind up the com
pnny affairs The committee of the Cham
beer was unwilling % discuss the govern
meut plans for the company relief Al
though the Minister of Finance declared
that a temporary organization would IN d
few DAYS bee ready ~ carry on the present
con plny work until a new company could
bee formed. the committee held firmly 70 its
opinion that the Chamber mad no right 70
legislate m the manner proposed but should
leave the company to the courts After
the adverse report had been received iu
the Chamber the government again urged
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-12-21

Frank 7. himball was drowned last Sat
urday evening about eight O'Clock. III the
river, near Mr. Fitzsimmon house A
number were enjoying the skating which
was nne. The ice was clear. so II was I'm
possible 10 See open water 1t being above
the dam, the water Is comparatively still
although "a strong undertnw kimball
with James Connors and Thomas Lynch
mad Just started up river towards south
Charlestown. when all three skated into an
open place Connors said swim up river.
ana he aud Lynch did So and soon arrived
10 solid ice and got out kimball for some
reason, went down steam. the ice breaking
at every hold Connors and Lynch. with
plHnks and poles endeavorei 10 rescue him
aud Connors got IN again. but he swan up
stream and got out once more. The alarms
attracted others near, Geo. A. Brown and
!. L. Ryan, who went for a boat which
was brought within - feet Of the unfortu
nate man, when he said Iu answer u ell
cOuragIng words 10 hold i can Z any long
er, pray for me. good bye kimhalI mad
been breaking ice about twenty minutes
and was chilled aud exhausted The body
was found about ] ] O'Clock SUNDAY morn
ing within ten feet of where he went down
A special train was furnished bv Division
Superintendent Goodwin aud the body was
taken to his home at st Aloans Young
kImball was , years of age on the dav Of
his death He worked for the Connecticut
River railroad company IN the division Of
nee here He had been here over three
years and was much esteemed Times
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-12-21

During last Monday storm to. trieste
nrro-- the D-erti-ld river al the -a-, porto.
Hi the hpuslc tuuncl. here tine FItcuuu--
railroad b. putting m anew iron bridge va-
washed out. delaying all passenger train
Mliiers river was very high and Ath1. an
Orange manufacturers were Obliged t. SHIT.
down.
k"v n. * GIazier. pastor OF tine Baptl,-
church al Greenfield. was happily surprise
hy ms people at the close Of the reguu-
edneodat evening meeting last week
Ihe vestry was filled and after Nj 1lazis-
pronounced tine Denedictl0u Dra Butler Do.
'ited all to remain tu congratulate tn, pa
tor upon ms titueth birthday anniver,arr
Later others came III. filling yestry ana sIi.
rooms. ana after rousratulatiou and 81.
clai time. followed by music readings an
cAh" eating, Dea Butler presented Mr Ola.
zier "a handsome breakfast jacket pur--
oI money. one armed tabie-knife. an o.
bouquet OF flowers, IL tokens of the love
ahd esteem of M people and friends NJ
rlAzier responded IA suitable words
Agent Anderson is looking after violatsr-
pi the law against cruelty u animals b.
went out 10 Lock Pond with Othcer 81,
ant. and they killed "a horse belonging G.
> o. Cole, VINO carries the mani between
Lock Pond and Montague Cole Wa,
brought before Justice Williams and fine
$40 ana costs On THURSDAY Garrett v or,
n~r was arrested toy Officer Bryant al Ne..
non. de was arraIgucd before tine sau.
magistrate, AMI the case continued 20 next
Wednesday. He is charged with cluboin-
d co" 30 Mortified. fracturiu. her ss4
ami leaving ner iu the pasture until ue.g.
n'rs put her out of the way -Grer.rr. .
Gu-cfit.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-12-21

We send TO our reader, this week, as "a,
did last "a supplement- which increases by
oue-half the usual size of the paper This
week issue is filled with selections which
have in them the real spirit of Christmas
time With It we send our best wishes and
Il sincere Merry Christina" To- everyone
into whose hands the paper falls That the
day will be CHEEKY and merry one in the
great majority of Vermont homes we have
not the least doubt and our best hope Is
that there is no one of our readers what
ever the -riefs or hardships OF disappoint-
ments of the year have been. who does not
find something of the Christmas spirit ris
ing up in his heart as the great festival
raws near-a spirit Of kindness of help
iulness. of forgiveness, of onward looking
70 faithful earnest living in the days 10
come The real gift which the Christ-chid
friends and the only gifts which are worth
having or making in the Christmas time Of
today are those which have IN them a thought
of selt-sacrifce real desire to minister 10
the happiness, or the kind remembrance of
another If the gift involves the sacrifice
or the forgetting for the time being, Of one $
own griefs or selfish or anxious thoughts so
much the better for then 1T hIesseth him
that gives and him that takes
We hope the homes are few and far be
tween where next Tuesday will not be made
a happy day for the children. And they
will be if the older ones remember that very
little gifts 90 a great way with plenty Of
love and good will, and that those homes
are byno means the happiest ones IN which
the value and number of the gifts are made
the measure OF the days joys or pleasant
memories
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-12-21

that the proposed relief should bee granted
for the benefit of "the $40 900 subscribers
TO the company stock and bonds, but the
apiaAl was made n vain
The outlook not only forebodes complete
disaster for the canal company and its
shareholders but the crash may bring seri
Gus trouble To the French government The
people of France have already invested ia
the enterprise no less than 5000, 600, 600
When the scheme was launched ten or "a
dozen years ago it was with the roseate es
innate that the entire cost of construction
would not reach more than Sl60, 600, 600
just how much money has been spent no
one clearly knows, for the financial state
ments Of the company have always been
mysterious and misleading but 1t is admit
ted that the funded debt amounts to more
than $3.50 OOO. 600, and the unfunded debt
probably to 500, OOO. 600 more. For several
years the enterprise has existed chiefly as
a huge confidence game for the delusion Of
investors and the extraction of large sums
of money from the confding French PEG
pie 10y lottery loans and similar devices
For some time the money realized in this
way has been no more than enough to meet
interest charges. leaving nothing for actual
construction
The end promises 20 be the worst finan-
cial disaster since the bursting Of the great
south sea Bubble In 1870
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-12-21
srGGEsrlrE ElGrREs
which show the source Of cleveland.
Plurnlitp.

'Irom The New York Tribune
Finding mo- comfort iu the fact that Gen
Harrison will receive the votes of 233 elect
ors. or 81 more than is necessary To- seat
him in the White House, some of our Dem-
ocratic contemporaries are pointing with
pride to President Clevelnnls large plural
ity Of the popular vote They are discreet
enough, however, TO be silent as to the eN-
act source of this plurality 1t came from
the south, where fraud and intimidation of
various kinds have cut down the Republi-
can vote immensely and increased the
Democratic pluralities to a startling total
la North Carolina. Tennessee, West Nir-
ginia aud Virginia there has been more
freedom Of action on the part Of Repubh
cans and their votes have been counted
with greater fairness than in Alabama.
Arkansas Florida, Georgia. Louisiana,
Mississippi South Carolina and Texas u
is TO these eight Southern states. in which
the North at present does not look for "a
free ballot and a fair count that the Demo
cratic party owes its apparent plurality
They have given Mr. Cleveland 46s. ASP
plurality, the Republicans being allowed
BAG. 06l votes and the Democrats S14 j43
In the other thirty states, which cast 81 BIB
per cent of the total Republican and Demo
cratic vote Harrison has jOg2 3g1 votes
and Cleveland 4.11g.s2l. a Republican plu-
rality Of 372 l73 trihe over 90 SO per
cent Of the Republican vote and Sj.2s per
cent Of the Democratic vote, was cast in
these thirty states In other words. eight
Southern states. casting 147l per cent
Of the Democratic vote. have, by fraud
and intimidation. counted out "a plurality
for Cleveland of 46s ASP, large enough with
his plurality in four other Southern states
two Northern and four border states 106-
SOB to exceed by %. $40 Harrisons plural
ty of 1880 in twenty Northern and
Western states
In the eight Southern states named above
the increase in the Democratic pluralities
this year over those OF 1854 is l32 ~
while in the twenty Republican states Har
rison has plurality only a. 100 larger than
Blaine had in eighteen states, although the
Republicans made large gains in the rapid 8
growing states of the West and Northwest
and regained Indiana and New York from
the Democrats by handsome plurahtie,
People who deny that the Southern elections
are marked 10y extensive frauds will do well
to study these figures. and explain how it
happens that the Republican vote mas fallen
off In every one of these eight Southern
states while the Democratic vote has m
creased largely in all except south Carolina
The increase of l32, 112 in the Democrat
plurality in these states over that of 1854
may safely be taken as close meas
ure of the extent of the frauds upon
the ballot box and the effect of intimida
ton If this fraudulent increase were tax
en- from Mr. Clevelands apparent plurality
in the eighteen state, lj15. 2Sll. he would
have left only 442. jl3. or 30. SG9 less than
ten. Harrison received an twenty STATE.
having free ballot aad a fair count
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-12-21
MINOR NOTES.

Vice President-elect and Mrs Morton paid
Gen. and Mrs Harrison a visit last week
Tn Thursday evening they We're given e
public reception by the people of Indian
apolis which was largely attended
Boston lost one Of her most excellent and
admirable citizens IN the death on Monday,
from apoplexy, of Nathaniel j. Bradlee, an
architect by profession and a man who had
held positions of trust and responsibility al
most without number He was the soul of
resentative of one Of the oldest Boston fam
lilies
A bill for the division of California into
two states has been introduced into Con
gress by a California representative He
alleges that the interests of the northern
and southern parts of the state are incom
patibe, but as there Is no general home de
mand for such a step the passage Of the bill
is not expected
Congressman Butterworth of Ohio has
introduced a resolution IN the House of Rep
resentatlves looking to the promotion Of a
political union Of Canada with the United
States He proposes the appointment of a
commission from this country 70 act with
a similar commission ON the part of Canada
One Of the Washington correspondents
mentions that Mrs Morrill, and her sister,
Miss Swan. we're pleasantly at home to call
ers on Thursday afternoon of last week
and saw a number of their neighbors and
friends. Senator Morrill,, the correspon-
dent adds, mas recovered his health, and
Mrs. Morrill, is much stronger than she was
last year-which Is good news for all Yer
mont people,
Prominent members Of the House express
the opinion that little else than the appro
priation bills, and possibly bill for the al
mission of the territories will pass the
House at this session
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-12-21
A Daily Paper for - a Wear.

Under arrangements made during the past U-rf
We uhrr the New York Daily Press Boo connect.
with The Phoenix al Only - n year. maEIH-
the price Of The Phu,niN and the Daily Pres on.
year only S35l
We also offer the Boston Daily Evening ktI
az oniy > 80 a. year, making the price ut lht
fhnniN and the baIly Record ONE yearuuly :
Inc h'ely, entertaining and newsy charnctr' "
the Evening Record Is well known iu BraitIe1'T'
Inc Ne" ork Press Is a paper which has ariar'
eu remarkable success in Journalism anu A''
lone u strictly on its merits Although SOLD i"'
cent a. gives all the news OF tine day, discnss- A
public questions with vlgor aud ability. and 10
complete and satisfactory daily newspal-r DO No.
as-ressively Republican iu politics. and was d.
important factor On the success of the krpnhi'a
Gauss IN the late campaign. lt is clean ami uN
sensational in tone. and rightly claims Go be- il'
brightest and nrEsiesi of New York kepuul'"A
daily newspapers
The price al which We offer the Press ali ..
RECORD. % is needless Go say. is the lowest ,'.
gwen ON uanY paper, and % piucr- uir "' lu'
papers " ltnlu the reach Oi every body.
ms oiIci Is NOT expected 10 REMAIN olfL p.
manenti}. ana Is necessarily restricted ." shu' '
hcfH living ln Vermont
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-12-21
CHRIsTMAs SERVICES

On SUNDAY the services at St Michael s.
Episcopal church viii boz m the follow
ing order Morning PRAYER aud sermon.
1870 A NJ SUNDAY school l1.4i A 81
evening PRAYER. pm ON Christmas Eve
oath service at 7.3O p ~ Ou Christina.
day, morning PRAYER. sermon and holy com
muuion at 1920 ~ with singing Of car
OILS hy the children ON THURSDAY evening
9th. the annual parish festival with O.
Christmas tree for the children. will be held
In Red Mems hall, beginning at O'Clock
Christmas services will be- held at the
congregational church SUNDAY morning
aud IN the evening the SUNDAY school will
give "A concert Tuesday evening the chill
dren give an entertainment 10 the church
after which there will bee Christmas tree.
IN the chapel Articles will bee brought t.
furnish a tree for Italian children 10 New
York CITY
The Universalist Christmas exercise.
will consist Of appropriate services SUNDAY
morning, and "a concert hy the SUNDAY
school III the evening Thursday evening
at the town hall STATE Geoluvist Ge1 "
Perry, of Rutland will give ms illustrated
lecture De trip o. the moon. Universal
Ist sunday school scholars vii. be admitted
free and tickets will bee on sale for the pub
hs
At the Roman Catholic church high mas.
will bee observed al midnight Monday. aud
Leonard mass will bee rendered los tn,
choir low mass will Doe held at q and hieE
mass al 1880 TUESDAY morning
The Christmas obseryaures at the Meth.
dist church viii include appropriate SUNDAY
morning services. with concert iu TIN.
evening Monday evenu. the Sunda.
school Will have Christmas tree suppc-
and brief exercises at Harmony hall
The services III the Unitarian church ON
sunday will have special reference to th,
Christmas season Mr. phaieu will preach
in the morning on The Birth of Jesu,
The Myth and the Reality I'm the even
ing there will be a special Christmas ser
vice Of song for the SUNDAY school and con
gregatlon ami a short address, o. the cha.
dren on The Manager Child
The Sunday school will have % Christina
tree in Red Men nail ON Monday evening
AT the Baptist church Mr Parry will
preach Christmas sermon iu the morning
and IN the evening the SUNDAY school will
have concert. the words ami music of
which were prepared ny Mr. Hal ON the
evening Of Christmas iay there will be d
supper IN the yestry with tine presentation
OF Cantata. The Waits CHRISTMAS
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-12-21

The Presidents statement in his annual
message that the efficiency of the postal
service has been greatly improved during
his administration was read with undisguis-
ed amusement by everybody who has had
even slight occasion 70 know what botch
of hlunders the new Democratic appointees
have made Of the railway mail service and
now annoying Is the constant succession Of
errors and delays TO which the public is sub
iected Since the President made this state
ment, which seems more like sarcasm than
anything else. figures have been gathered
the last three wears Of the Republican ad
ministratiou. an increase Of A per cent i'm
the total number of pieces handled, there
was an actual decrease IN the number of
error, under this head but during the
first three years of the Democratic admin
istration these errors increased 9s per cent.
although the total number of pieces handled
increased only b per cent. In other words
the bluuders multiplied more than three
times as fast as the business increased The
record Of the number Of packages Of mail
matter ''missent' makes a showing Of the
same character With great increase of
business during the last three Republican
wears the increase IN the number of errors
was SO slight - OF one per cent as to be
almost imperceptihe but with smaller
increase during the Democratic years the
blunders grew - per cent The fact is
that the mail service mas been demoralized
10y the appointment of incompetent Demo
cratic employees to an extent which is dis
graceful, and one Of the most pressing du-
ties of the new administration will be 70
restore the service to its old time efficiency
at the earliest day possible
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-12-21
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


A bridge over the Merrlmac river. on the
Suncook branch of the Concord railroad
near Hookset n H. suddenly collapsed
"Wednesday while men were repairing II
Nine Of the men were carried over the
falls a short distance below and three of
them were drowned
Two hirbwavmen stonnad a passapr.s,.
train ON the Illinois Central railroad iasr
Friday night. robbed the express chr of
S3OOO and shot a psssenper desd who il,
terfered with the work
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Tue Aohuoh Ia" courts, On MohuaN' pho
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oooAs III We" 10TH Will reach one ill4lluh
NoIuiile9'
The elephant Chlei who mas killed u
men was executed at the winter quarter
of Adam torepaugh menagerle at Phlla
delphla' sunday. Last sunday the Chief
became so herceIy enraged that 1t was
deemed best To- klll mn AT once. Adam
Forepaugh, Jr, ieariessly entered the stall
ana Shipped toPe on uhe great beast -
'runA anu n'"'heu u WIN SIP kh''
arouhd uhe teuuer part oil lhe neck leaN
my lhe ems uaNsHnt upon eiVhei sac.
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Piaceu over the shouiaers OF the trained
elephants, p pas ana hlsilarch' ana at I"
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-12-21
The District Attorney of Indiana Re
signs.

Much political gossip has been occasioned
Ia Indiana by the resignation of United
states District Attorney Sellers of that
state. Several reasons are suggested for
the retirement of Mr. Sellers from MS i'm
portant office, but the chief one is said to
be his dissatisfaction with the case made
before the Federal grand jury against Col
". W. Dudley, the treasurer of the Re
publican national committee, who is charg
ed with writing the famous blocks of FIVE"
letter. 1t Is said he was averse To entering
upon the prosecution of a case of such i'm
pOrtance with what, 10 him. seemed an in
sutiiciency of evidence In this connec
ton it Is also asserted that certain promi-
possess specific and damaging evidence
touching the alleged Dudley letter have
either failed or refused 70 produce the evi-
dence Ii is even stated that Mr. Sellers
does not know, and cannot ascertain the
name of the Republican county chairman
from whom the Democrats claimed in the
public prints they had obtained the letter
As the successor Of Mr.. Sellers the Pres
ident has appointed man whom it is be
lieved the Senate will not confirm on &c
count Of the way in which he slandered
and traduced Gen Harrison during the
presidential canvass This is l. o. Bailey
who Is the only man who went on the
stump IN Indiana and invented and report
ed malicious stories representing Gen. Har
rlson 10 be an enemy of the workingmen