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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-19
RuMoR THAT SENATOR EyARTs MAY RESIGN

n hShaNFs AHn1 Df<NhAOh EVAN MAI hhN'ASN'
Albany, March Is gpcciaD.-lt was currently re-
ported here tonight that the resignation Of United
States Senator William NJ. Evarts might be expected
ct any time. The rumor was generally discussed
by leading members Of the Senate and Assembly, and
by them but Mtle credence was gwen to II. A
prominent Federal officer, who happens to be here
said tonight that he did not believe IT,
Senator Evarts,p he said, has told me two or
three times that he had been offered by the President
the appointment as Minister to England, but that he
did not intend to resign rom the United States
Senate
II was the runnr that Mr.. Evarts had been
offered bis appointment that caused the talk that be
had decided 10 resign and go abroad.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-19

prssicos of the Rspahlioan League 81 ana WI have
3ksnt,sI r,stions with him in his ne" oaP1O"'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-19

SENATOR SHERMAN IN TEST SUIT FOR TAXES.
Mansfield, Ohio, March Ex-senator sherman was
made defendant this afternoon when the couAy
Treasurer began two actions against him for unpaid
railroad stock taxes The first Is for $l,74S y.
due on his personal stock since 1882 and the other
is for S13o1s rs, due since 1885 on stock he'd
by him as trustee. The property is FHsburg, fef
WAYNE and Chicago Railroad stock, which by re-
sent decision OF the Supreme Court Is made taxshs
the same as any other stock The Senator agreed g
psy should the test case be decided against NM QUE
he has failed 10 do
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-19

sp0HMDtHt1e6 VI tnc VhlOos ohu AetfeS 49,.
needs and requirements. ),
John w. Mason, who is nominated Tor 'tne VI
fee of Commissioner Of internal Revenue, was
raised in Monongphela County, w. Va De rs
self-made man. in close sympathy with the common
reople, his father having been mechanic; re
* represented as being aflable good-naturea anu
of commanding presence, being over AK Ieep Saii
lie began early the practice OF the law ana y
known throughout his State as 2 man OF n ,s1
integrity and ability. He is Chairman OF me me
RepIbiican State Committee. lie Is now at nus
home but will, 1t is understood, return at oncc
Ia assume the duties OF his office
The apnojntxaent OF Mr.. Whitman, OF SewcmeA-
leo. 20 be Associate Justice vi the supreme Coust
Of that TERRITORY, Is in line with The Presldents
inientiou TO follow strictly the principles lalo
down IN the Chicago platform, and would seem
IN dispose very thoroughly OF the excuse SO ire
onently beard in the last ADMINISTRATION, ana
bshind which Mr. Cleveland was won't to hide
whenever convenient, that no good men could pc
found in the Territories Themselves TO MI Tine
Offices. 49,. - @f-.T'.-
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE RAILWAY MAIL
ia SERVICE
washington, March 1s.-The Postmaster-Gen-
eral to-day appointed j. Lowrie Bell formerly
Traffic Manager OF the Philadeiphia and Reading
Railroad. Supe rntendent Of the Railway Nail
Service, vice Bancroft resigned $40
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-19

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-19
AN APPOINTMENT FOB JAMES N. TYNER.

Washington, March ls.-The Postmsster-G enera3
has appointed James N Tyner Of Indiana to DO As
sistant Attorney General for the Postoice Depart
nent. Mr. Tyner was born at Rockville, Ind, on
January IL, 1929. He IS a lawyer and has long
been prominent as q Republican politician IN In
diana From 1857 to 1851, he was secretary of the
Indiana Senate In 1869 he was elected to Congress
and be was twice reelected, retiring in 1875, ne
ana IN 1870 10 succeeded MIR. JeRen as Postmaster.
General In 1877 he became First Assistant Post.
nsastaF General which position he resigned in 1881.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-03-28
Mrs. Watts is sick with pneumoni;
ST. JOHNSBURY EAST.
Jonathan Adams is very low.

MIR. and Mrs. Geo. Kelley of Little
ton were here with friends over the
Sabbath.
Rev. N. w. Grover of the Centre
preached Sunday in exchange with
Mr.. Henderson.
Marshall Knapp lost a valuable
colt last Tuesday. A nail caught in
its foot and produced lockjaw.
Byron Young is home again. He
has been working for the Brown lum-
Der company at Whitefield.
Geo. Wood has bought the old
Wright place of w. H. Nourse of ST.
Johnsbury for $3.50, and will move
as soon as necessary repairs can be
made.
At the school meeting Tuesday even
ing the district voted to raise 10 cents
on the grand list to support an eight
weeks school to commence April %.
George Wood moved into his new
home Tuesday. The same day Hen
nv Morrill, moved to Waterford, and
Mrs Merchant moved from Kirby
into her house in the village
One half of the R r. bridge was
torn away Sunday and the new half
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-03-28
GIVE AMERICANS 4 CHANCE.

There are some very pertinent Sug-
gestions on the inside of this paper
in regard to apprenticeship, Aside
from the wrong done American boys
in not being allowed the privilege of
learning trades by the tyranny of the
trades unions, there is another phrase
of the work problem scarcely less
detrimental to the interests of Amer
lea We refer to the protection idea
brought to a practical test. What is
it a tax upon foreign productions
which is a bar against their impOrta-
ton, while the American labOrer has
no protection from the foreigner who
comes to these shores and takes the
work away from the native-born citi-
zen because he can work for and exist
on a less sum per week than the
American can. Protection" is a
very pretty catch phrase, but the
way it is worked by the politicians
it mainly benefits the Carnegies and
millionaires and impoverishes the
working man
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-03-28
CHANGED HIS MIND.

Whitelaw Reid, just confirmed as
minister to France, besides being edi-
tor of the newspaper founded by
Horace Greeley, is a literary man of
no small merit. Several somewhat
noted addresses by him are in print,
and among them one entitled
'Schools of Journalism" in which
occurs the following paragraph =
when we come to esteem the direc
ton of a great newspaper that has
seen a dozen administration rise and
yet, as far higher than any four
years office any administration can
bestow; when we vigorously require
that the man who wants to hold of
flee shall quit trying to be an editor,
and devote himself to his vocation;
and when there shall be no relations
whatever between the government
and the press, save honest publicity
on the one hand and candid criticism
on the other, our journalism will at
last have planted itself on its true
plane"
That is good independent doctrine,
but will he take his own prescription
and ''require that the man who
wants to hold an office shall quit try
ing to be an editor?" Perhaps he
will claim that he has received new
light since that address was written.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-03-28
DEATH OF JOHN BRIGHT.

John Bright, the great English ora
tor, diplomat and statesman, died in
ROckdale yesterday at the age of "A.
For 30 years nc has been one of the
leading figures of British politics as
radical During our civil war he was
a firm supporter of the interests of
the North. In closing an editorial
upon his death the Boston Herald
SAYS, I'm England and America his
loss will be universally felt, and the
words will pass everywhere from
man oman, When shall we look up
on his like again > y
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-03-28
WHAT NEAL DOW SAYS.

Meal Dow, the great apostle of
the Maine law, confesses that the
prohibitOry liquor law is failure"
Words to this effect are printed peri
Odically and talked continually.
Hon. Alden Speare, president of the
Boston chamber of commerce, and
one of New England's most success
full and well known business men, di-
rector in the Passumpsic railroad,
etc, spoke at temperance meeting
III Massachusetts last week, and
while he admitted that prohibition
did not wholly prevent the sale of
liquor he claimed that it prevented
it as effectually as the laws against
theft, arson, murder and other crimes
prevented them. Replying to the as
sertion made by certain newspapers
that General Neal Dow had declared
prohibition a failure in Maine, Mr..
Speare read letter which Gen. Dow
had written him, under date of
March s, 1889, as follows: We
quote from the Boston Journal:
please tell your friend that the
Maine law is now and has been from
the beginning a great success. 1t has
swept away every distillery and
brewery in the state, and one, our
only great, wine factory. 1t has re-
duced the victims of the liquor traf-
fic to one-half per cent of its former
proportions, and saves the people,
directly or indirectly, more than 500,
100000 annually, which, under any
form of license, would be spent in
drink In the old rum time Maine
was the poorest state in the Union
now it is one of the most prosperous.
After more than 80 years trial of
prohibition our people put it into the
constitution in 1884 by the majority
of Al, O75, the affirmative vote being
three times the negative"
After reading this letter Mr.. Speare
said, Let no paper or man in Mas
sachusetts hereafter say that Neal
Dow does not believe in prohibition.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-03-28
PASSEMPSIC.

E. T. Ide lost a valuable COW last
Thursday.
Mrs. Ballow of Boston is visiting
friends in town.
Mrs. Leonard Kendall is visiting
friends in Lunenburg.
Ira Harvey has moved into Ezra
Parks tenement house in Waterford.
]. D. Gould has fine pair of one
year-old steers that weigh 1920 lbs.
Rev. ]. T. Buzzell exchanged with
Rev. E. T. Sandford of st. .Johnsbury
last Sunday.
Look out "Wine is a mocker,
strong drink is raging; and whose
ever is deceived thereby is not wise :"
Homer Brewsteris reported to have
sold w. A. Richardson's bay horse
Harry" for the nice sum of $500.
At special school meeting Satur-
day night the district voted to sus-
tain a spring term of school of 10
weeks commencing April 8. Miss
Eliza M. Harvey of Ryegate will be
the teacher
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-03-28
AVOIDS THE ISSUE.

This weeks Argus has a column
editorial article purporting to be an
answer to a paragraph i'll last weeks
CALIFORNIAN. The Argus article how
ever does not refer in the slightest
manner to the charge made in the
Caledonian. but eXhausts itself in an
attempt to bolster up the action of
Gov. Dillingham; III locating the in
sane asylum at his own home This
matter is not now in controversy
Everyone knows that the locating of
the asylum was a put up job; fore
gone conclusion from the time Gov.
Dillingham; picked his men. The Ar
gus Will not live long enough nor
print papers enough to convince the
people, on both sides the state, to the
contrary. That matter is settled.
The point last weeks Caledonian
made was this: After the Governor
had juggled with his commission and
settled the site of the asylum, his
right-hand man, DR.. Grout, wrote a
defamatory letter to political an
tagOnist of Representative Hazen in
this town, which letter was circulat-
ed about town where it was thought
1t would do the most good, (harTn)
with the name of the man to whom
it was sent carefully erased. This
outrageous conduct on the part of
one of the state commission was
brought to the attention of the Gov
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-03-28
FOREIGN APpOINTMENTs.

President Harrison made these for
eign appointments yesterday:
R. T. Lincoln, Illinois, minister to
Great Britain.
Murat Halsted, Ohio, minister to
Germany.
DIR. 6. B. Loring, Massachusetts,
minister and consul to Portugal.
Allen Thorndike Rice of New York,
minister to Russia.
Patrick Egan of Nebraska, minis
ter to Chilli.
Thomas Ryan of Kansas, minister
to Mexico.
John Hicks, Wisconsin, minister to
Peru.
Robert T Lincoln, ex-secretary of
war, is fitting successor to Minis
ter Phelps at the court of st. James.
Halsted and Rice are journalists of
national renOwn. DR.. LOring was
mentioned for secretary of agricul-
ture, and Mr.. Egan is one of the
leading IrishAmericans and a
staunch republican.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-03-28
CORPORAL TANNER.

To say that the Grand Army of the
Republic are pleased with the APP
pointment of Corporal Tanner of
Brooklyn, n Y, for commissioner of
pensions, is drawing it very mildly
1t is fitting recognition of the sol
der element in the party and an hon
the field of battle in serving his coun-
try But Corporal Tanners idea to
pension every soldier is a dangerous
policy to pursue. AS Col. Hooker
said here last week "Our government
has been more liberal with its soldiers
than any government that ever eX-
listed" But the new commissioner
declares that he is opposed to one,
two and three dollar a month pen
sions and to knocking out soldiers
claims because of technicalities. Cor
poral Tanners predecessor issued
ever held the office, yet all through
the campaign republican orators
urged the voters to help elect Harri
son that justice might be dealt out
to the soldiers. In the face of Cor
poral Tanners eagerness comes the
testimony of Gen. H. V. Boynton, the
veteran Washington correspondent
of the Cincinnati Commercial-Ga-
zette, republican paper. He says:
The pension system calls for sharp
revision. The pension roll is the
most sacred list of the government.
1t should not, therefore, be tainted
even in the name of patriotism.
There have been estimates made by
the best republican friends which the
soldiers ever had which indicate that
at least quarter of the pension roll
is what may be called, without
harshness, unworthy
There are many undeserving sol
diers yet without a pension We
hope to see these rewarded at an
early date. There are many others
who have no decent claim for a pen
sion and the new commissioner
ought to give them the cold shoulder
But it looks as if he would mt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-03-28
KNOWING THEIR MEN.

The people who do not support
prohibition can see what company
they are in by reading an extract
from the brewers organ printed on
the second page of this paper. In
the states where the constitutional
amendment is before the people for
adoption or rejection, there is no
middle ground that can be taken.
Men who believe in temperance must
vote for temperance, or vote with the
rum interests, or refuse to vote at all,
which amounts to about the same
thing as voting with the enemy. 1t
is as true now as it ever was, those
who are not with me are against
mo -
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-03-28
NOTE AND COMIIENT.

1t is remarked with no small de-
gree of satisfaction by all who believe
in keeping the Sabbath, that Presi-
dent Harrison's Sunday mail lies on
his table unopened until Monday
morning. Tally one for Benjamin.
Sam Small is going to run for Con-
gress down in Atlanta on a republic
can-prohibitory alliance. The dis
trict where he lives has generally
elected a democrat by 5000 majority
with no opposing candidate.
Not many readers of the Caledo-
Man are aware of the proportions Of
the business done by Carroll S. Page
of Hyde Park in the calf skin trade.
The Butchers Advocate of New York
in late issue gives q description of
this establishment and has some sta
tistics of the business done. 1t seems
that it has grown in a few years from
a total of 5000 skins a year to more
than 80, 900 month, until Mr.. Page
has become the largest dealer in calf
skins in the country. Mr.. Page has
the name of being one of the keenest
business men in the state.
There seems to be a deficiency in
the electoral laws which is rather
awkward. 1t is told that a man at
the late EMANCIPATION propounded the
following conundrum to Senator Ed
munds: "Who notified Gen. Harrison
that he had been elected president of
the United States? ~ he asked NO
body The law makes no provision
for such notification. The president
elect takes cognizance Of the fact by
general report, the same as the Su-
preme Court justices, and, " continued
the Vermont senator, with merry
twinkle in his eye, lin 100 years there
has never been a case of failure on the
part of the right man to learn of his
election in time to be present on in
auguration day"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-03-28
LYNDONVILLE.

Grand Musical Success.
The musical convention held here
last week was a great success. The
chorus numbered more than one hun
dred. Singers were present from Lit
Teton, Bradford, Newport, Irasburg,
Barton, Glover, Wheelock, Sheffield,
Sutton, Burke, st. Johnsbury and
other towns. Mr.. Blaisdell, as con-
ductOr, was very satisfactory He
knows how music should be sung
and knows how to make the chorus
sing it as he wants it. The soloistS
were accomplished musicians and
contributed much to the success of
the convention. Mr.. Parker, tenor,
has no superior in New England );
Mrs Gillette takes high rank among
Boston sopranos; Mrs. Hazen and
Mr. May are so well known in this
vicinity that any comment on their
ability is unnecessary, and it is suf-
hcient to say that they were never in
better voice than at this convention.
Blaisdell's orchestra and Mrs. Mar
tina Dana Shepard are also too well
known to require comment.
The music sung by the chorus was
difficult-the motel Hear my Pray
err" by Mendelssohn, being especially
SO. Other selections were by Handel,
Raft, Wagner, Hatton and Knox.
At the matinee on Thursday, Miss
Glover of Littleton, Miss Amidon of
Burke, Misses Hovey and Soule
and Mr.. Gibson of st. Johnsbury,
Miss Hart of Wheelock and Miss
LOOMS of Lyndonville, contributed
much to the success of the entertain
ment. At fridays matinee the en-
tertainment was furnished by the
soloists, Mrs. Shepard and the orches-
ira, except that Miss Dwinell of
Glover sung the song Burst We apple
Davis and Miss Walter of Barton
played a piano Duet which was
much applauded. At the closing con-
cert on Friday evening a whistling
solo by Mr.. Jones, member of the
orchestra, was one of the taking"
things of the occasion.
The audiences, though not as large
as they ought to have been, were
very appreciative. The receipts were
not quite equal to the expenditures,
but as thirty persons had guaranteed
to make up any deficiency the indi-
vidual loss will be very slight. The
members of the association are en-
thusiaStic over the success of the con-
vention, and the permanency of these
conventions is assured
Clarence Dodge has moved his stock
of furniture to MathewSOn block.
Mrs Thomas Moreau goes to st.
Johnsbury Centre to reside with her
daughter.
There will be a sugar party and
promenade at Good Templars' hall
next Monday evening.
A school meeting is called for next
Thursday evening to see if the dis
trict will vote to have q school this
spring and to raise money to support
the same.
The only child of Mr.. and Mrs. E.
{. Spaulding, daughter four years
old, died last Saturday after an i'll
ness of several weeks. She was an
exceptionally bright and promising
child and her parents have the SYM
pathy of the community.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-03-28
VERMONT NEWS.
A Double bereavement.

A very sudden and sad calamity
has befallen the family of DR.. ]. H.
Gaines in the death of both their
children; one a boy about seven
years, and the other a girl about
sixteen months old. The boy died
Monday morning and the girl Tues
day morning, from diphtheria,
though the immediate cause in the
case of the boy was a chill rapidly
followed by congestion of the lungs.
Both children were taken sick last
Thursday. In this case, as we learn
the facts, the disease was transmit
ed by a boy who had it in Derby and
was cared for DR.. Gaines. When suf-
ficiently recovered to do so the boy
came to the doctors to do chores,
and came in close contact with the
children. 1t appears that the boy
both in his clothing and person had
not been properly cleansed and fumi-
gated, and without question commu
nicated the dread disease II Newport
Express.
Rev. G. w. Gallagher of Keene, N.
H., is called to the Bethany Congre-
gational church at Montpelier.
Joseph X. Taylor, an aged and re-
spected citizen of Newport dropped
dead while at his work last Satur-
day morning. He was member of
the Methodist church and of the g.
A. r.
The railroad commissioners in the
matter of the accident to Mrs. Mar
garet S. Learey of Rutland in which
she had her left arm cut off by the
cars find that she was blinded by the
glare of the headlight at the crossing
and did not see the car which knock
ed her down.
Suit is commenced by Oscar Guy
cite of Burlington against G. w.
Kelley for $4,000 damages resulting
from the death of boy about II
years, who as the plaintiff alleges
died from the effects of being run over
by the defendant last March, the
boy dying the following June.
Dr. c. NJ Chandler died at Mont
pelier the 10th, after a sickness of
about one week. DIR. Chandler was
born in Orange county, graduated
from the Harvard medical college,
and has been a popular and respected
physician in Montpelier for about 80
years. He was a surgeon in the 9th
Vermont regiment for three years,
and has been president of the Yer
mont medical society. He was a
good samaritan to the poor.
Captain E. r. Morse of Rutland,
adopted son of Captain E. A. Morse,
who has been appointed secretary to
Secretary Proctor, graduated from
Cornell university in 1879, and until
recently has been actively engaged in
the management of the large marble
interests controlled by Mr. Proctor
He is also a member of the bar
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-03-28
THE DIsGRAcEFUL SCRAMBLE.

Senator Edmunds and Representa-
tive Stewart went South soon after
Inauguration and Gen. Grout fled to
the wilds of Kirby; but even there
the hungry office-seeker found him
and the man who wanted a post OF
fee surrounded him. 1t is said the
Gen. CIRCUITS farm reminded one OF
cattle-fair time. Capt. Ford's yard
was full of winded horses and mud
dy, bedraggled wagons, which would
have excited sympathy had not the
occupants of the wagons been in a
more pitiab BILE plight.
This scene was brought to close
however on Friday by the sudden
disappearance of Gen. Grout. One
report is that Senator Morrill,, who
is advanced in years and not so rO-
bust as he once was, telegraphed the
General to come at once to Washing
ton to his relief as the entire Vermont
delegation had deserted him and he
was likely to be devoured by the Of
fce-seeking cormorants that besieged
him. Another theory is that the
General has gone on to the capital
to ask to be locked upin the treasury
vaults that he may find a little res
pite from the ever-present, always
hungry, never-satisfied, persistent,
won't-take-no-for-an-answer, Office
seeker.
How do the patriotic, thoughtful
people of the country enjoy the pic
ture? Is not this clamor for office,
this claim of pay for political service,
one of the most discourag ing features
in the politics of today? All admit
that there has been nothing equal to
it from the administrations of Lin
coin to Cleveland, inclusive.