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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-09
Mr.. Atkins and the Phoenix.
ARGUS AND PATRIOT jon PRINTING OFFICE

ARGUS AND PATRIOT Jon PRINTING OFFICE,
MONTPELIER, Vt, April 7, lsSs.
Editor ofhe PhVnir Brdttieboro, W.-DEAR
SIR: When the PhTniT first began to make
the statement that was receiving S1l per day
as superintendent of the public building at
Montpelier it was rather amusing to me;
but it has kept it up so long that l almost
feel as if ought to have it, Are you will
ing to make good your statements? III so,
please send me the difference between the
amount you say | receive and the amount |
actually do. My pay is So per day, and if
you will kindly remit the IS per day it will
be gladly received. Yours truly,
HIRAM ATKINS.
To the above the Phunir makes the
following reply. 1--WE are sorry that there
has been little unavoidable delay about
oblging Mr.. Atkins with the publication of
the above letter. We have now to say to him,
however, with regard to it, that the files of the
treasury department show that he is receiv-
ing SO per day as superintendent of con-
struction of the new public building at Mon
pelier. He has clerk, at salary of 81 per
day, and a foreman, at a salary of So per
day. His clerk is his brother, George At
kins, who is also his clerk and general as
sistant and factotum in his newspaper, sta
tionery and printing business. II Mr.. At
kins will kindly remit to us the difference
between the $3 per day which he says he re-
ceives and the S13 per day of government
pap which actually falls into his hands it
will be gratefully received"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-09
Another Strike Fails.

1t is announced that while the en-
gineers' strike on the Chicago, Bur-
lington e. Quincy railway system has
not been declared off formally, it is
practically ended, and the men are al
lowed to secure their old places with
the company at the best terms pos
sible." Most people will at once
query what the strikers have gained
Nothing whatever for themselves, but
they have caused obstruction to trade
and travel and inflicted great amount
of loss and injury upon the railroad
and the public in the section of country
involved. Their strike was unreason-
able, for it was projected to force the
company into an abandonment of its
plan of graded salaries according to
experience and merit. They had no
complaint to make that their wages
were precarious, that their employ
ment was not steady, or that the pay
day was not regularly observed. Their
demand was for the adoption of an un-
business-like method and was based
upon no sound principle. They wanted
the classification of engineers abolished,
so as to check the promotion of fire.
men and secure the preference for full
fledged engineers out of work. If
their case had any merits at all the
public has evidently failed to appre-
ciate them. The people have become
utterly weary of the whole business.
In fact the public has ceased to have
any sympathy with strikes or for
strikers. 1t has come to think, and not
unreasonably, that nothing is really
gained on either side, even in success
full cases, by these disturbances of the
order of the business world. They do
not pay the people who are directly
engaged in them; they do not pay the
country which is affected by them.
Their recurrence simply emphasizes
the need that differences between labor
and capital should be adjusted upon
principles of equity by disinterested
parties. Until this principle is put in
force there will probably be no end of
social feuds, business antagonisms and
labor trOuh1es
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-09
Senator Ingalls, Second Speech.

Since Senator ingalls, made his cele-
brated speech on March he has been
the subject of many bitter and malevo-
lent attacks from democratic and mug
wump journals and alleged statesmen.
There were some things in that speech
that were liable to misconstruction. In
his second speech, last week Tuesday,
which was delivered to a full house,"
Mr.. ingalls, took the opportunity to
explain what he meant by his illusions
to Mcclellan and Hancock, which have
been so widely misrepresented. He
said he had only spoken of these gen.
erals as allies of the confederacy in
their civil capacity and not as soldiers.
Nevertheless, he had some doubts of
McClellan's complete loyalty while he
was at the head of the Army of the
Potomac. Mr.. ingalls, then proceeded
to make the climate of the senate
chamber tropical for Senator Voorhees,
and ex-rebels and their sympathizers.
He recalled Voorhees, speech in 1862,
when the latter, without excepting
Mcclellan and Hancock, had said Union
soldiers should have iron collars placed
around their necks inscribed: "My
dog. A. Lincoln" and at the same
time had referred to Union soldiers as
Lincoln dogs and hirelings. Mr.. In
gals, referring to Voorhees, remark
about the electoral commission of 1876,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-09

IN the United States senate, last week,
Senator ingalls, made political speech,
and there were debates on the pleuro-
pneumonia and other bills. Senator
Morrill, introduced bill to establish an
educational fund and to provide for a
more complete endowment of colleges
for science and industrial education.
Senator Call introduced a bill appro-
priating 100000 for the prevention
and extirpation of yellow fever. In
the house the tariff debate occupied
the whole week. The house has passed
the river and harbor bill by vote of
one hundred sixty-one to sixty-nine.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-03-25

In the House last Monday Wilkins Of
Ohio moved to SUSPEND the rules aud
pass the bill authorizing the issue Of
fractional silver certificates. After q
long debate tho hill WAS passci--yras
IFS nays 60. Following is the text:
That the Secretary OF tho Treasury hc
md il hereby authorized and directed
TO issue silver certificate Of the dcnom-
nations Of 81. IL aud 10 cents. 10 In re-
ceived. redeemed, paid and fcissuol In
the same manner rs silver certificates OF
larger denominations aud to DO c
changablc for silver certificates CT other
denominations; and the Secretary Of tho
Treasury ~ authorized and directed to
make such rcgul ,tions ns tuay seem to
him proper for the distribution and re.
deoming OF the denominations of silver
certificates herein mentioned.
On motion OF Bland the rules wcro
suspended aud tho bill passed disccn.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-03-25
NEVADA Live STOCK AssoCE.
ATl0N.
OFFICERS Eiectca for thc Mex Year.


OFFICERS Elected for thc Next Year,
The annual meeting Of the Nevada
Live Stock Association wns held in the
Courthouse yesterday. fnys Wednesdays
Silver State. President George Russell
OF Elko, presiding. In consequence OF
the nou-arrivat OF tue passenger trains
from the west, the attendance from that
part of the State was limited to u few
who arrived OH Monday.
The Secretary and Treasurer submit
tel their annual reports. which were nc
C pied. mud the election of officers for
tao ensuing year being next in orlor.
the following were chosen: President,
n. H.. \. Mason, OF Lyon county; Vice
President, o. North, of Humboldt coun-
ty; Secretary. G. S. Nixon, and Treas
urer. +. D. Sweetser. Of Humboldt
county.
The following Executive Committee
WAS selected: n. II. a. Mason, Of Nal
heur county. Oregon; George Watt, Of
Lander md Nye COUNTIES, New; A. O..
Cleveland, White Pine and Lincoln; j.
d. Bradley. George Russell, J.D Moore
aud j. d. Garratt, of Elko;J j.. ID. Ford,
oil Eureka; o. North, Joseph Mnrzeu,
+. ID. Sweetser, Is. +. NlcCurdy and j.
Ii. Thies, Of Humboldt: L. b. hickey.
Douglas aud Ormsby; Lewis Dean and
A. G. Brugg, Washoe: q. II. L. Hardin,
Lyon and Esmeralda; 1saac Foster,
Grant county. Oregon; ". s. Bailey,
Chuchill county, New.
The secrctary's report showed that
the total receipts for the year were &c.
400 "a, and the disbursements S6,l33-
81, leaving n baltuce Of S21l 40 in the
treasury Mt date of meeting. There are
one Luudrud members i'll good standing
representing 1927 cattle, 1921
horses aud so. 900 sheep, the valuc OF
which is esti mated at over $4,000 600.
The officers III their report say:
''In the way Of prosecutions, several
cases have been handled aid n good
deal of money expended to bring the
guilty 70 JuStiCeg huu uiLiot5h " NcH
v~ictions have heen made. We feel that
indirectly a great deal of good has been
accomplished, as the simple knowledge
that the Association vii! assist in the
putting down OF thievcry. has n quiet.
ing effect on certain parties that other
wise would. consider it Il small matter TO
ct away with every thing in reach, but
n ! it is now the cost Of getting clear
with the Association on their heels, is
800 great for the gain to be made by
stealing. The one reward paid by the
Association in the past year WIS for
horse stealing, and the party got three
years in the Oregon State Prison"
The next annual meeting will be held
nj E ko Oh the third Tuesday i'll MMch
1889.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-03-25
Conl nnd Iron Ore.

The Ways and Means Committee is
rather intolerunt of amendments to the
tariff bill. but there are at least two
changes TINT should be made before the
bill is reported to the House. Coal and
iron ere should be put on the free list.
The failure to put them there was the
ons great mistake OF Mr.. Mills mud his
c~oadju:ors. It was the result Of n tim
idity that is always more dangerous
than courage. There is no hope Of con-
cilinting the coal nud iron trusts; they
will support the Republican policy in
any event, aud the rcformcfs should
look only to the effect of their measure
upon the people.-TEInminer.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-03-25
THE NEW CHINESE TREATY

The treniy which has been for some
time in negotiation is, in fnct, much
stronger thun it was expected to be. 1t
absolutely excludes Chinese immigra-
al III. 1t cuts of the Hong Kong stream
u, its source. II also ends the prior
residence IL "A and nullilies the promis.
cious return certificate. II closes this
,;ounlry completely to new immigrants.
1t does this, as we believe. without re-
curing my Act of Congress. The
treasury Department needs only to cou-
fran its regulations to tho terms Of the
etty. or nll the Chinese now here,
C,!y those have the right OF return who
IL I've families or who have $1,000 in real
property. This confines the right OF re-
rGn to a few hundreds only, for we
,'JuLt whether the two classes will ag-
rrcgate a thousand people.
Republican Members of Congress
i;om the Pacific Coast object to the
t.cuty rs n matter Of course. They
s.,end The time playing with the Chinese
Il ~iss,ion, trying to put the President in
Il false position, and pretending to
, rnggle for things which they know to
h., impossible OF accomplishment. The
~j;epublicun press here is engaged in the
sune iguoble business. 1t is dccrying
I re treaty md demanding that the mat
Ter bc settled by legislation, when tho
/ K Is hardly dry in which they have de-
nunced the insuficiency OF ntl past
legislation in the premises. Wc resent
sich Treatment OF tho treaty and Of the
State Department. 1t Is brutal and in.
~tincerc. II proves that those RESPONSE.
lie for it havc no further interest il
Chinese exclusion than to mako politi'
Il use Of it.
Mr.. Bnyard hns ably lnhorcd for g
ic,ilcinent. Ills critics forget that there
,re two parties to u trenty, and they for
gel that the fleet Of the treaty is rccip
,'cal and IN felt by Americans ia China
suppose that Mr.. Bnyard should make
u treaty denying to an American doini
ciled In China mud owning rcnlty tho
tight to return 10 that country! wlia
l. yeip would rise from these politicians
Yet they attack the treaty hcchusc /
nntids against TINT very tiiiut whicl
il,cy wouIl denOuucc. Is. f.. Alta.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-03-25
Suicides.
Times.

The dead body Of ID. G. Sohl was
found last Wednesday on the Jordnn
River bank, Utah. Deceased Ind CON-
mittcd suicide by shooting himself in
the mouth with n pistol. Hn was until
recently n resident of Virginia City.
where he leaves n wife and two children.
Business reveTses WAS given rs the
cause of the act in n note found on his
person.
James G. Loor,r was found dead in
bed Tuesday morning. at S%usanville,
California. The Corouer's jury rendered
u verdict that lie came TO his death
from au accidental overdose OF NOR
phinc, and was aged 40 years. He was
arrested some years ngo for the murder
OF one Shaw OH Madnliue Plains. He
had been foreman for years for Theo-
dore Winters.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-03-25
\ u,TnER C0iN CEHTIfiCATE
BILL.

.,'n'or Stewar, has introduced n bill
e. ".ti t. the dcpositIng Of gold and
4. .lHlon ut minis and assay Offices
Z" t,m',d States. II IL intended az
~,utr,tmcnt 10 Bcok's bill, which
80 Tor the retirement Of United
81 ias legal tend r aud national bank
. 4, ,ot nm,li denominations. and for
/ issue Of coin certificates in lieu OF
Il and silver certificates.
Senators Stewart and Beck are ngisat-
:thc I'll rer Question IN tho Senate
~ the view Of enhancing tho value OF
" tnIliou to something near what
9 50. ap TO the passage Of the dcmone-
- y, nc. OF 1913. Tho task which
rlg We undertaken is difficult TO &C.
,oa ii 5. for, tsi;haihrding the fact
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-03-25
California Elections.

Municipal elections were held i'll sew
crnl California towns and cities last
Monday Al MarysNi!Ie the city elrc-
ton was holly contested by both par
tics. especially by the Drmocr ats. and
their successful canvass has astonisLed
even themselves. The total vote pciled
was SIG. which is less than Mt the last
city election. The Democratic leaders
and followers celebrated their victory.
At Va!l"jo the election passed of
quietly and resulted i'll the election OF
the entire Democratic ticket. These
elections indicate that Cal fornin is not
so thoroughly and uncompromisingly
Republican that its political inspect may
not be entirely changed Mt tbs next
general election.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-03-25
The Smith Family.

Some days ago II letter addressed to
John Smith, Akron, Ohio, was received
Mt the Akron p~ostoGiee. A carrier took
it and delivered it to the first John
Smith he came TO. The neIt day the
letter was returned with the statement
that it was intended for some other per-
sou. The letter was then tried oil an
other John Smith. He, too. opened it
and then returned it. This thing OF
sending il out was kept up until the
fourteenth John Smith got it. aud he
claimed it as his. while every John
Smith in town had read it,.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-03-25
Dcutlstry,

br. II. u. K~cclrr. Surgeon Dentist.
Inns returned from Tuscarorn md wilt
attend 10 all calls for Dental Work IN
Tuy Of ito branches. First class work
guaranteed nj reasonable prices. Office
next door 10 Drug store. in the rooms
formerly occupied by Russell & Brad
ley, ltai!rond Street, ElkO Nevada.
CYAN communications by mail will
receive prompt attention. 3-i0.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-03-25
Hybschmnn's Liquid Luxury,

h'i1uiu uT9
You mny rail overland, you muy sail
over seas,
In search OF enjoyment, OF comfort, OF
health;
You may feel the sweet pleasures OF
living ut ease,
And know all the joys to be pur-
chased with wealth.
You may travel the east, you may 60
through the west
Aud iure on the choicest in both
hcInisphcres;
But Of all tho worlds pleasures, you'll
tuste not the best,
Until you taste HyLschman's, the
best of all Beers.
You may drink the rich wines OF Opor-
TO, or Spain,
The praised Usquebaugh. or IIiber-
MAS putheen;
Tho luscious ToGay, the enchanting
champagne.
Or the famed Mountain Dew, as dis
titled for the Queen.
You may drink OF the vintage produced
OH the Rhine;
As bright as the sunshine, and mel
lowed by years,
DuL you VI Know not tue naSOE VI hcetuI
divine,
Unless you drink nybschnan's
%npothcosis Of Beers.
Tuke the rare OLD MADEIRA, the spark
ling Mosellc,
Kcntucky's sour-mnsh, Pennsylya-
MAS Old RYCs;
Or those %wondrous decoc;ion4, whose
type few cnn tell,
The hitters,-by crnnks lauacd up to
tn" skies.
You may try tue whole list of the wines
Of OId Cane;
The Medoc, ~. Julien, burgundy
aud Hook;
Take the drinks Of the world, when
you've Sampled them all.
You'll nglcu there's no equal fol
lIyb,chmnn's Grand "BUck."
Is.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-03-25

A Sacramento dispatch Of tho Goth
instant says:
Yesterday afternoon II collision oc-
cured between two freight trains be-
tween Cisco and Thmhrack. Two en-
gines were badly wrecked, n number OF
cars were smashed to atoms and gnow-
sheds shattered. John f'ickon was in.
stnntly killed, d. +. Wooley, the engiu,
ccr on tho rear engine, was severely
scalded and otherwise injured, Engin-
Ger T~rincnuo was badly cut abou, tho
head, Brakrmcu NcMastcrs aud Cos.
grove and Fireman Hooper are missing
4 fireman AMI II man from Rocllin,
whose name il unknown, are also miss
ing.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-03-25
8 kSuG.

There is found il South Africa n bug
which OF b.ins touched cDits 4 delight
full perfume. Two or three OF these
bugs carried in q wagon will scent it
delightfully."- for werks-l E-.
Pooh! We can go one letter in East
ern Nevada. There * found in the
eastern portion of this State n bug that
e'nits ut its pleasure n perfume that cr-
cells the skunk's for its searching aud
fnr-reuching qualities. Two or three
Of these bugs i'll n house will cause II
sensation OF disgust. We do not think
tho man will ever be found who will
want to carry one round with him for
the sake OF its SMELL Belmont Cour-
ipr-
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-03-25
s. Roaring Democrat.

Col. Jerry Moore, the veteran war
horse OF the Republican party OF the
Great East Of the State OF Nevada, is at
the Baldwin.-[S. +. Republican.
When the editor of the Republican re-
sided in Nevada. Moore was II RePuhli-
can. but disappointed in not getting Of
fee, he ''ilopped," and is nov a roaring
Democrat.-I Nevada Tribune.
And it hath been demonstrated in
Elko county that when the Colonel
"roars" he ronreth to some purpose.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-03-25
Tho J~aynawhcr,. nIurf.

Senator Ingalls, closed his diatribe in
advocacy of the pension bill in the
Senate recently by proclaiming that the
raid of the pension agents and political
demngosncs will not cease "uutil every
surviving soldier OF the Union is put
upon the rolls for service only. And
when such n bill is passed." he tx
claimed. '.let the President OF the United
States veto il n. his peril!''
Where will the peril" come in? asks
the n. Y. World. The constitutional
right and official duty of the President
to veto a bill which he docs not approve
are just as clear rs the right Of Con-
gross to pass any bill that it does AZ
prove. President Cleveland might as
properly threaten Congress with a Croln-
wellian bayoue. charge for passing
measures that he does not like M for the
presiding officer of the Senate to menace
the Executive with ''peril" for e~xercis-
ing the veto power.
Senator Ingalls's bluster has nj scnre
in it. President Cleveland vetoed las,
year n much less sweeping and cItrava-
CANT measure than . service pension
bill. The claim agents fumed and the
dcma3ogues Inved, but the President
was sustained by tie public sentiment
Of the country and by his W. State at
tho next election. \. President OF the
United States can afford to risk any
peril that comes from doing his duty.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-03-25
Accident, or HIurdcrY

With reference 10 the fire aud death
at Tuscarora VIZ hive gathered the fol
lowing: Yesterday morning about 2 ..
,lOck several shots wric heard sums.
where Ou North, Maiu street aud suoil
inter Are wns discovered ia tue cabin Of
q mnn named Friend. n miner. who Ind
recently drawn his rny. On repairing
to the spot tho cabin was found 10 be- IN
fumes, aud in order To prevent q spread
Of the iiro tho cabin was turned over
when the charrcd remains Of Friend
were found within. Whether the fire
and death was the result Of accident, OF
whether n crime has been committed IL
q subject for Investigation.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-03-25
tinuing the coinage of 81 aud 50 gold
wanted naxed EazIc.

A number OF friends Ind been enjoy
ing james Gordon Benne.t's princeiy
hospitality in his Newport rilla. and in
his efforts to fulfill satisfactorily his
duties as host Mr.. Benueit nrose to u
rather viyacious mood. This impellcd
him to jump astride u horse while still
wearing his evening attire aud to gallop
wildly down the roadway. He soon
espied q bakery bearing the legend
Eagle Bakery" Iu trout oil the door
stood the brker with staring eyes.
Bennett, still astride his horse. rushed
up to him and shouted: zone baked
eagle. and be quick about it." The
startled man shouted in alarm and a
crowd gathered. To their Inquiries and
representations young Bennett answered:
''This man that he conducts
an eagle bakery. aud l want my bird"
But he didn't get it.-(PhiladelDhiu
Times.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-03-25
An Lazy place TO FIND.

4 sympathetic female visiting the
Texan Penitcntiary, nj Huntsville. said
TO one Of the inmates:
"Unfottuuutc creature, how did you
come here?"-
finding my way here. ] couldn't have
lost my way il 1 had been rs blind as n
bat. Two deputy s!IerifTS brought me
hero OH the cars, one holding onto each
nrm. / never had less trouble in find
ing u place in my life"
"Did whisky have anything to do
with your coming?"
ayes. Both deputies were drunk"
-tTe1as Siitings.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-03-25

that Senators admit that the purport Of
the act Il 1873 was not understood by
those who voted for it, with the excep-
ton Of Sherman who was Chairman OF
the Committee ON Finance. they eUinco
no disposition to right the wrong then
perpetrated upon the public to benefit
the bondhollers.
II Congress sincerely desired to re.
store silver to it's former standard. it
could easily do so by making its coin
rye free at the mints AS it had been
from the time the mint was established
in 1892 until the passage of the act Of
February IL. lS73.-lSilver State.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-03-25

A San Francisco dispatch Of the 22nd
instant says: .
Detective iIumo received information
that after u fight between the pursuing
party Of railroad officers. aided by Mex.
lean troops, md tho Stnin's Pass, New
Mexico, train robbers, the officers found
on tho bodies OF the slain robbers all
the diamonds and other jowclry stolen
from The express train, and all OF the
money taken bnt 500.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-03-25

The great sculling match between
Peterson, OF San Francisco, and O'Con-
nor, n Canadian. came or nt Alameda
last Sunday. Forty thousand people
witnessed the race and it IL snid TINT
nearly $1,000 0O changed hnnds on tho
result. O'Counor crossed the home
line 10 seconds la advance OF his com.
pc,etitor, much to the chngrin d San
Franciscans who had backed Peterson
in large amounts.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-03-25
CyClOn cH.

4 cyclone passed over Calhoun,
Georgia, and East Tennessee Wcdncs-
day night and did great damage. Sew
cral lives were lost near Lendirs. The
east of Lendirs, was completely swept
away. ard carried or Williams in the
wreck and killed him. The body OF
Mrs. Williams was found to-day in
Tennessee.
A cyclone struck Lumber City, Ga,
Thursday morning. II. o. Holland
and W. u. Whidlong. both prominent
men, were killed.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-03-25
Accident ON the \. Il.

A San Francisco dispatch Of the 10th
instant says:
On the Southern Pacific between
Cotton and Indio last night the west
bound freight train WAS backing and
struck some cattle on the track. The
caboose turned over and the train piled
on top Of it. A fire broke out and l3
cars, loaded with freight, were burned.
Conductor Mcclure and Brakeman Van
Mater were killed.