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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-07-11

Republican state Ticket.
For Governor,
CARROLL s. PAGE,
Of Hyde Park.
for Lieutenant -Governor,
HENRY A. FLETCHER,
of Cavendish,
For Treasurer
HENRY ]. FIELD,
of Rutland
For Secretary Of State,
CHAUNCEY W. BROWNELL, Jr.,
Of Burlington.
For Auditor,
E.HENRY POWELL,
Of Eichford
For Member Of Congress, 1st District.
Il. HENRY POWERS,
of Norristown.
For member of Congress "a Dist,
WILLIAM W. CIRCUIT,
Of Barton.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-07-11

VHT-AFl-
. Fl OUR-pa'cnt fancy, sie57stoi bakers s32Jg
S u; StIolEht SA,5oli.2i winter wheat, si,pa sigj
NHEAT-N spring si}4; No. red SIC
CORN No Mt aLiGc.
OATS-No lat q.
RYE-NO Rat s.
BARLEY 40. nominal
PORK Sl2i
LAkD-eJ.i,lS $3.50.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-07-11
Local Retail Markets.

BURLINGTON, July Q, 1900
Prices in the local market at this season of
the year are quiet and steady, with few
changes to note from last week.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-07-11

Mutton, hind quarters is % cents mound, forequar
ters - cents pound; mutton chops, - cents
lamb chops, ~ cents Beef, best cuts IVES
tern, for porter house IS quoted at N
at FIX to 10 cents pound. Vermont beef Is
quoted at lt 10 II cents pound. Hams sugar cured
are Ply 10 Is cents pound: breakfast bacon - To-
cents California hams I'D to Pig cents pound: smoked
shoulders 10 to l2e cents. Trpe l2le cents pick
led pigs feet, l2 cents picked lambs Tongues are l5
cents per pound. Corn beef is l2lp cents. Pork
roast is 10 20 Is cents hound steak Ply Is cents salt
pork Is 10 cents pound lard 10 to l2le cents
roast veal is l2e is cents; veal steak, a. cents
cod, l2p to 10 cents pound; haddock to 10 cents
pounds haihut fresh and smoked 20 To % cents pound
salt salmon, ID to l2e cents pound: salt mackorc 70
TO ~ cents Goldfish to I'd cents. HerrnCs, 81
mackercl fresh ~ 20 % each; blue fish Is cents
pound; Spanish mackcre p cents per pound; striped
bass, ~ cents per pound Oysters 81 per quart
Fresh salmon 40 cents; pike picSerel l5c; black
bass ~ cents a pound. Dressed perch Is cents per
dozen. HOLSTERS are -c per pound; sword fish 9Uc
apound. White fish IS cents pound. Shad. salmon
trout - cents. Ham sausage, p cents pound; blood
sausage, - cents pound; Boston sausage Is cents
German bologna sausage, l2lp to Is cents; Albany
sausage, II cents headcheese, Is HOLSTERS
cents pound. Geese, 10 to IL pound, ducks %
cents turkeys ~ cents. Fowls ~ cents; spring chick
ems Sl5O per pair.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-07-11
Edmnnds ana 40 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Edmuuds and tho Appropriations
Some time ago Senator Tdmunds gave
notice that he should call for report as to
the aggregate amount of money that will
ue taken from the treasury by tho appro-
Niation bills Of this session. Last Thurs
day he offered resolution in the Senate
calling for this report. 1t is understood
| such statement was made up two or three
weeks ago and that Mr.. Edmunds saw it,
and that he knew when he offered his reso-
| luton just what the statement would show.
From this it appears that he is not seeking
information himself. but is DESTROYS that the
people shall know what is being done and
whittier we are tending. Furthermore it is
said that the Vermont senator has init
mated his intention of antagonzing
the river and harbor bill There
are many items in it which he thinks
ought not to pass, and unless these are
stricken out and the bill greatly reduced
he will oppose it vigorously. The aggre-
gate amount of money that will he taken
from the treasury by the appropriation bills
of the session, and other legislation contain
ing large appropriations, should in his
Judgment, cause Congress to pause in en-
acting bill appropriating nearly so, 900,
600 TO very questionable improvements. If
all the measures pass he predicts. there
will he a deficiency in the next fiscal wear
Of several millions. 1t is not always safe
to trust Washington dispatches when they
attempt 10 say Just what a certain senator
or representative will or will not do, but it
is pretty well known TINT Mr. Edpupds
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-07-11

For the first time since the war tho net
national debt is represented 10y nine figures.
Our Obligations as nation are ont OF the
BILLIONS into the millions. At the close of
the war, in 1868, the debt Of the nation was
moro than $1,000, 000 600. In twenty five
years it has shrunk by actual payments to
its present proportions of less than 81, 600. -
600, 600. The Boston Advertiser reckons
that at the rate Of decrease during the
month of June the entire net indebtedness
of the nation should disappear in less than
five years Leaving out the cents the debt,
less cash in the treasury on June !, 1890,
was 81, Dos, SOS, SIS. During the month the
debt was decreased $50, 6S3, 1876, leaving the
net debt July /, 1890, less than a billion, or
TO be more exact, S9SS. 17J112.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-07-11

Terms-si.ooa Year, Always in Advance
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-07-11
Judge Powers for Congress.

What every voter in the First Congress
sional distric in Vermont expected, and
what an overwhelming majority of them
dosirod occurred at the district convention
at Middlebury yesterday, in the nonina-
ton of Judge II. Henry Powers of Morris
town as the republican candidate for Con
groSs from this district to succeed Hon.
John W. Stewart The nomination of
Judge Powers has been for a long time re-
garded by his friends as Il foregone conclu-
sion. Probably at no time since the can
Vass opened have his chances been seriously
threatened, although the activity of an OPP
posing candidate early in the canvass led
some to expect a closer contest. Mr. Batch
elder fought valinntly for tho nomination,
but recognizing that Judge Powers ma
iority IN the convention was too great to
be overcome he did well to withdraw from
the field.
The nomination is an eminentlv fitting
one Judge Powers is representative
Ncrmonter a native Of the State. educated
within her borders and all his life
long has been closely identified with her in
teres.s. lis ability is unquestioned As IA
public speaker be Las few if any equals
in the state. lis experience has been such
as to prepare him for the duties he is about
to assume, and which come to him while he
is i'm the fun yigor of his powers As he
ha5 had much TO do in the councils of our
own State i'll the framing of some Of Yer
mont's most bencncent laws, so may we
reasonably expect tina; he will be equally
wise and equally yiglout in caring for the
Interests OF his State in the councils of the
nation The Vermont delegation in Con
gross will not be weakened by the accession
of Judge Powers. The first district repub-
licans did well yesterday and We congratu-
late them.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-07-11

BURLINGTON. FRIDAY. July II.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-10
Pins and Needles.

Two leHes of Lewiston, Me, take six
mile walks before breakfast for their
health.
Water solutions are difhcultto mix With
yaseline, but it Is said this difficulty can be
overcome by means CT q little castor oil.
Can American genius invent a pot for
boiling cabbage without pertaining tho
neighborhood?
Another cdniraflIe stir1uIant for ex-
haustion Is q mixture Of FIRE drUys of chic
in glass Of water.
The official directory of the New York
Central shows thar Of the 25ostation agents
on the road twentF-gix ere women.
a turtle teapot made Of blue and white
Dwarf ware, its Upturned lead and neck
serving for the spout, is imported from ia
pan and costs 81.
Boiling water should not be poured on
tea trays, japanned goods, etc, as it Will
make the varpish crack and peel of
The magnificent and wonderful frosting
with which the caterers art covers the
wedding calze is now removable before
the cake is cut, SO that it may be used
again and again.
Sponging the face With water containing
q few drops of carnosic acid viii drive awny
flies and other insect pests.
Although q man Marry but once he al
ways has as many wives asehildren. Every
child briggs bis w1fe a new mood. Have
you three children you have four wives.
4 novel lace pin representing thefour
faces, or different phases, Of the moon is
very pretty. The faces ege enameled on
rolled gold and ve~y-in, color.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-10

New Orleans. Some months ago the mas
ter in chanccry at the city named, pursuant
to IN order Of the United States supreme
court, awarded s576, 7O7G 81 to the heirs Of
Mrs. Gaines A number of exceptions were
taken and desperate efforts were made by
tho city to have the amount of the judg-
mcnt reduced. All but two OF these ex-
captions were overruled in Judge Billings
decision. These two involve the sum O.
S16501 court costs. Deducting this, tho
amount of the judgment against the city
and in favor Of Mrs. Gaines heirs remains
over $500 900, with interest from Jan. IS,
1881, at tho rate Of 5 per cent. The $780,
7.92 mentioned above is the sum allowed
the heirs by the United States supreme
court in May, 1859.
The case came before that body on ap-
peal from judgment entered in May,
1888, by the United States circuit court at
New Orleans, under the terms of which the
city was declared to be indebted to Mrs.
Gaines to the extent OF 81, 1925, 667S3. Judge
Billings had issued an order Selling all
money in the hands of the mayor, and di-
recting the city council to levy tax of 3
per cent. on all the property of the city to
pay the judgment. An appeal was taken,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-10
A Funeral in Germany.

A German funeral procession impresses
an American as being a rather curious af-
fair It is invariably led by an elderly
woman, clad in black, who is hired to carry
lugubrious wreath. This antiquated fe-
male is frequently followed by number
Of men also hired to carry wreaths and
other floral devices appropriate to the sol
GIn occasion. Then comes the hearse,
drawn by two or four black horses and
driven by man wearing a flowing black
robe and low, wide brimmed black hat
Beside the hearse walk the paIlbearers and
behind the hearse come the mourners, all
afOot and all wearing black silk tiles. Then
follow the carriages, all empty, for it is an
imperative rule that none except the dri-
vers OF the vehicles shall ride in the funeral
procession; moreover, no woman save only
the old woman who precedes the hearse
can participate in the procession. When
the female relatives and friends of the de-
ceased wish to see the burial they 20 to
the cemetery by devious route and return
in an equally modest way. After the fu-
neral the mourners ride home in the car
riages, -Euzeae Field in Chicago News,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-10

me neIrs anve GoG=! IncluCe SIX ssrHnuI-
children and daughteril-law-Mrs. Har~
riet l.. Whitney.
Some time ago New York paper told
an anecdote of Mrs. Gaines that illustrates
her character. It was in the last days Of
her life when she was so poor that she
could not afford street car fare that syn
dictate OF spectators offered her several
hundred thousand dollars for an interest
in her claim. Mrs. Gaines stated one side
of the case to them.
''Thc people who occupy this property"
she said, bought it in good faith from the
city Of New Orleans, which guaranteed
the titles. Now, suppose the city should
say to you, as it has to me, we cannot
come to the relief Of these people because
the northern carpet baggers have depleted
the treasury what would you do thenF'
eve would take the property" was the
reply.
Then" Mrs. Gaines rejoined, 'I de-
cline your proposition. l have made a VOW
to my heavenly Father that if he would
sustain me in this great battle Of more
than forty-six years duration would de-
vote the remainder of my life to doing all
the good [ could with my money. He has
answered my prayer, and before would
do this thing which you ask would give
up everything and beg my bread from
door to door"
The pictures of Mrs. Gaines herewith
presented are from authentic sources, and
show the famous litigant IS she appeared
when girl, when the bride Of Gen. Gaines
and when lonely but undaurted old wo
man of Is
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-10

Madam" said the grateful census cru
neratcr, You have replied courteously
and kindly to eli ny questions Unlike
nearly every person have net since be
gan this work you have net treated me as
II were a enemy and az lntrUeer- You
have answered satisfactorily all the ques-
tons as 10 aGe, physical condition and
ownership Of property. Your conduct
meets ny hearty approval not o1ly as q
government officer bat SIS a citizen, and
with your permission VIII Gs& yoI q
question not down II ny Es1- Arc you en-
gagged 70 be ueric5 70 szySo-,-.
4 an ST., replied r. handsome TTllo7y,
blushing and smiling.
i feared 50, = said TIRE cersB tzk-V, VIII
a sigh.
And be put On BIS Ia s-i w1ut CT into
the cold world again, f-ss fElch Il human
nature restored hZt Es ts1-s broken
CHICAGO Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-10

Mrs GAINES JUST BEFORE DEATH.
later deed Of bequest executed in 1873. On
this document and on the proposition that
she was a legitimate child she based the
great contest that lasted longer than her
life. The defense was desperate from the
start. Young Whit1e.. Myra's husband,
was claPped IN Jail for criminal libel. After
his release he died frem yellow fever and
the widow married Gen. Edmund Pendle-
ton Gaines, the hero of Fort Erie and the
second IN command OF the United States
army. lie and Daniel Clark had
been bosom friends. He espoUsed his
wife's cause with the enthusiasm
of implicit belief, and m her behaIf ex-
pended his entire fortune OF S21J5Go0. He
die3 ia 1877, ana Mrs. Gaines wcat on with
the fight alone and unaide3. She rFas sin
gle against & city. hU1 she Won. At the
polls she defeated By her. e-oqusnce the re-
election OF judges hostile 70 her interests,
and in the courts she net defeat un6is-
mayed. She died bafore the 6aGI vicVory,
but not before establishing the reasonable
ness Of her claim ana the honesty OF Der
birth.
The properly involved includes 3 big sec
ton Of the city OF No7z ORLEANS. which had
passed il G=e coIrzE o. purc1Ese TO tie
Municipality through dseSs from the II
kerlto-s u1dsr tSe i4rst MI, I1ovy declared
to Dc void, - bS- tzzo marriages Mrs
Gaines had Gye c-aIl6-s =, fETce CO vG7Ta,
son and f0c dsGgELszz, sE-<.:od adult
years. It's go, N-liE11o Z. YattBry. was
killed b rs b@osz:cs-s.i-s:s-v, JgEss y.
Christmas, ni2e ySSEs sg9. rs ias1er<yas
sc1I,it8ed On thp c-G-;:I Q. SSH Gefs1Se.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-10
A Pretty Story,

The Germans have story which the
home loving people love to repeat A
father, when his daughter became bride,
gave her golden casket with the injunc-
ton not to pass it into other hands, for it
held a charm which in her keeping would
be of inestimable value to her as the mis-
tress Of the house. Not only was she to
have the entire care Of it, but she was to
take it every morning to the cellar, the
kitchen, the dining room, the library, the
bed room, and remain with it in each place
for five minutes, looking carefully about.
After the lapse of three years the father
was to send the key, that the secret tails
man might be revealed. The key was sent.
The casket was opened. 1t was found to
contain an old parchment on which was
written these words: 1.-The eyes of the
mistress are worth 100 pairs of servants
hands" The wise father knew that
practice of the inspection followed faith
fully for three years would become habit
and be self erpetuated-that the golden
casket and the hidden charm would have
accomplished their mission.-Somerville
JoT7rDa1
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-10
The Thunder and lightning.

Pointers On thunder storms now being
in order the following from the Cincinnati
Enquirer may be Of interest: III you can
count three slovly-that IS, one count TO
the second-between the fash OF lightning
and the peal Of thunder. you may know
that destruction has not been wrought In
your own locality, The fash and the crash
are really simultaneous, Only the light Of
the former travels much more swiftly than
the sound Of the latter. L It takes three
seconds for the noise OF the thunder 70
reach you then the storm il 8,2To. feet
two-thirds OF m!le-awzy. But vixen the
fash and the peal come chose together then
shake yourself TO see II you are hic"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-10
The Soap We'll Applied.

The leading lady ofan amateur theatrical
company at Bloomfield, Ia, has by one act
achieved a sensational fame many pro-
fessional pighte envy. The other night she
discovered some of the "Johnnies'' of the
hamlet peeping into her dressing room.
Loading a property pistol with a blank
cartridge and soap she lefty at the party
and brought downa person named Tool.
The young man, whose flesh was filed with
soap and his soul with wrath, caused the
girls arrest, but on learning the particu-
lars the justice dismissed the suit, with a
severe lecture to the young nan, and in
timatinS that he may well feel satisfied
that there was nothing more solid IN the
pisrol
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-10
Largest sum Ever Paid for a Book

The report that a syndicate of rich Jews
has offered go, coo, or almost $780, 200, for
the Vatican copy Of the Hebrew bible rem
ders interesting the history of previous ne
gotiations for the purchase of this very
book.
In 1912, when Pope Julius II was des-
peratelyia need of funds TO keep up the
Holy League Gguinst Louis MI of
France, he was approached by the Jews as
his successor in the chair of ST. Peter is
now, They offered q comparatively small
sum at first, but subsequently, increased the
amount, rendering at tue same time
blank order on one of their number in
Venice TO be filled up in ducats according
to the weight Of the Bible as against an
equal weight Of pure gold.
The pope SOt so lar IS to weigh the pre-
cIous volume, and found that it scaled S25
pounds avoir9upois, or 43s pounds odd
troy, which At 81 the OUNCE, then about
the value OF gold, represented the eror-
nous sum of 42so, sS4 ard fraction This
amount Ia its -equivalenssthe jews pressed
On the pope, who, however, either because
be found himself unable TO part with
property IL VsiEch be would not seem 10
have moro than life interest, OF on ac-
count Of the pressure brought TO bear on
him, declined after much hesitation to part
with the volume. Should the present ne
gOtiatIons be more successful the amount
now offered viii be the largest sum ever
paid for book, whether in manuscript or
in print, according 10 Pau Mali Budget,
authority fer the fSTVf-ninr statistics. The
nearest approach yzs The z1o, GO Tor nearly
$50 01o1 Isala by tho German government IN
1854 for me AkSSal formerly given by Leo
X 10 HeHTy-VIIi, along with i p&rchmenz
comforting On tht.s sovereign the title Of
-Defence- OF the Filth" TIE aiisszl was
given by Charles u 70 the then Duke OF
Hamilton, is-Ehose family il remained fcr
mnrR than go xea
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-10

MRS. GAINES JUST Ar If,ts MAEkIAOk.
and the printed record sent to Washington,
bound in one immense volume, weighed
over 200 pounds and contained 5000 pages.
Mrs. Gaines died in January, 1875, before
the case had been 81 omitted on final argu-
ment, at the age of 70.
1t is a romance oft told, but always in
teresting-this story Ola woman's lifelong
battle TO establish her legitimacy and a
right to herfather's estate, AZ now proved
by the ruling OF the courts after nearly
sixty yearsof litigation Mrs. Gaines his
tory is this:
She was born Dec. 81, 1896, at New Or
leans. Her mother was Mary Julie Car
riere, otherwise known as Nine. Zulime,
and her father was Daniel Clark, we'll
known resident Of the Crescent City. Five
days after birth the infant was placed in
the family-of Col. S. B. B. Davis and did
not know her parentage until 1892, when
she married William Wallace Whitney.
Although a loved and loving bride she
could not rest under the imputation Of
illegitimacy and the feeling that she was
the victim Of causelesS injustice and
promptly sought legal redress.
Her fathers estate had been divided &C
cording to the provisions of will made in
1911, but in her first suit, brought in 1884
Mrs. Whitney claimed the existence Of a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-10

The fnst. quickest and most direct EDs
from Wichita 70 ~. LODis and ali prl8cI-
pal eastern. southeastern and northern
cities
The Frisco lire runs two daily express
trains frsTu Wichita - st LOUIS without
change. equipped with Pullman p44ace
sIeepers and free reclining chair ears No
other line does IT, Close connections IN ~
Louis union depot with solid vest5bule eI-
press trains, without change. 70 Chicago.
Louisville. Cincinnati. Cleveland, Pits
burg Philadelphia. NesT OK and Boston
The popularity q this lne being MI
versslIy acku0v lee ged b. ali competitors.
al passenger trains q other railway lines
entering Wichita from the north south
and west arrive IN tine % connect with
the Frisco lIue fast eTpress trains % lie
east
II you carnot purchase through tickets
reading VIA Frisco line from your starting
point, i VII pay you 20 purchase % "ien-
ia "A order 70 secure the advantages ard
comforts q this line
kor further information REGARDING rates.
time, connections and through recreation
q Sleeping car accommodation cal upso14
or address ". d. Murc0ck. ticket agent.
II North Man street orDouE-zs ETsz1rss
UEIon cepCt- D N1HAAT.
Gen. Pzss. Agent.
65S~tt ~ LgL-s. 10
Bank cha-Tg-- ard a. kind q legal
blanks Tor ale oy
TIE WICHITA EAsLE.
S-Ig wichita. hAos2s
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-10
Narigatisa of the nIississspsi.

The first.1stesIa vessel which sailed on
this mighty staet1n was In 1870 and the
enterprise WIS considered extraordinary
In 1896 the steam navigation of the Mis-
sissippi had so improved in respect to IA
cility and quicbness that ffty-one boats,
Of 2S,916 tons, were enployed.-New York
Ledger
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-10

ton. He reported some of the greatest
speeches that have been made in congress,
and did some fine WORK in the tumult and
confusion during the electoral count con-
troversy. He was necessarily perfectly
familiar with parliamentary usage. and
his knowledge OF several foreign languages
was occasionally Of great advantage to
him.
When a mere boy he reported debates in
the senate, and his pen handed down to
posterity the utterances of such men as
Clay and Webster From there he went
over to the house as an empioye of The
Congressional Globe, which subsequently,
gave place to the present Record. He was
the Washington correspondent of The
Philadelphia Press when that paper was
first started, and wrote letters for it for
some time after he began taking the pro-
ceedings Of the house. He was born in
Philadelphia, and was q great friend Of
the late Samuel J. Randall, whose death
affected him severely. Mr.. McElhone left
a wife and family Of ten children, one of
whom, young man of 90 years, is a coed
stenographer and has a position on the
house corps.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-10
Rfdnst Like the Idea.

an Ohio nlan-who was traEeling in Spain
Peneritp remark shat the United States
i'd probably bay Cuba some day, and
-sreiEed three Challenges from hot head
SnznigrTS within an hour. He got out
Of il by saying he meant the Sandwich
ISlznSs instead Of Cuba.-Deroit Free
praSa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-10

when Bsby was sick, we gave her Castoia,
When she was Child she cried for Castoria,
When she became Mss she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them CastoriA.