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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-12-24
Fraudulent Widow Pension Claims.

Homer Riggs, a special examiner Of
the pension office, was in Montpelier
and Waterbury last week, Investigating
the pension claim of Lucy p. Demmon,
as widow of Harper A. Demmon. The
claimant now resides in Massachusetts,
but from 1866 to 1869 lived in Moretown
The testimony taken by Mr.. Riggs
shows fraudulent case. 1t was nearly
completed when ordered for investiga-
ton. Mrs. Demmon testified before
the examiner that she was the widow
of Harper A. Demmon, had not re-
married, and was never divorced from
him. George w. Kennedy, Esq, of
Waterbury testified that he procured
divorce for Mrs. Demmon from her
husband, Harper A. Demmon, in 1869.
On examining the records in the county
clerks office, in Montpelier, Mr.. Riggs
found the record of her divorce given
at the August term of the supreme court
in 1862 This, of course, defeats her
claim for pension, and makes the
claimant liable to punishment for try
ing to procure pension through fraud.
An interesting pension case was on
trial in Boston last week, and several
witnesses from Vermont were in at
tendance. General b. F. Butler APP
peared as attorney for the respondent.
Mrs. Carrie L. Johnson claimed pen
sion as the widow of Edgar G. John
son, to whom she was married Novem-
Der 25, 1868. The government claimed
that at the time of her marriage TO
Johnson she was the lawful wife of
Samuel G.. Stevens of Newbury, VT,
to whom she was married in 1858. II.
w. Bailey, town clerk of Newbury,
was called as a witness, with his rec
ords, to prove the marriage. The
records for 1858 were so mutilated that
the marriage could not be found. Mary
E. Stevens of Newbury, VT, testified
that she attended on September 10,
1858, the marriage of her brother to
the respondent, who was married I'M
der the name of Clara E. King. She
told the witness she was between six.
teen and seventeen years old A child
was born in 1859, who is living. The
records of Nashua, n. H., showed
claimants marriage to Johnson, No
vember %, 1868. 1t also showed
marriage. Testimony was produced
showing lnaI III lOoO the cIdllndnl went
to the town clerk and claimed there
was a mistake in the record and had
" second erased and first inserted.
Samuel G.. Stevens of Newbury, VT,
was brought into court, identified the
respondent and testified that he mar
ried her September 10, 1858, in Yer
mont. A child was born in Bradford,
VT, September 20, 1859. They moved
to Barnard about 1860, and Stevens en-
listed to serve in the war of the rebel
lion. "When did you next see her?'
he was asked. The answer was, "To-
day." You brought up the boy?"
d" Yes. He is living somewhere. l
don't know where. / married twelve
years ago and have one child. heard
that my first wife had secured d.
vorce and married again. / did not
receive any notice of divorce proceed
ings.n
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-12-24
Survivors of the Conflict.

An estimate recently made of the
number of soldiers of the late rebellion
surviving July /, 1890, shows grand
army of 1,246,0S9. The number en-
listed during the war, excluding re-
enlstments, was 2,230,365. OF these
it is estimated 1854, JIG died of wounds
or diseases during the war, and p, 2S4
died after discharge prior to July /,
1865. Deducting, also, 12l 500 deserters
left / ,702 ,O69 survivors on July l, 1865.
Some of these by reason of wounds or
disease contracted in the service were
subject to a greater death rate than the
ordinary " life tables" Making allow
ance for this calculation shows that on
July /, 1890, there were probably
l ,246 ,OS9 survivors. -Erchange,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-12-24
Suloiers' 8uo9et.
Pensions Granted.

To Julia M. Gusha, East Montpelier,
as the widow of b. II. Hines, covering
the time she remained the soldiers
widow, $40 month and $500 arrears
Charles II. Foster, Nashua, N. H., $l2
a month and $40 arrears; Almon
Holmes, Worcester, increase from $40
to SIC month; Thomas Henly, Rich
mond, increase from 800 to S72 a
month; Cyrus Prior, Underhill Center,
increase from S12 to SIG a month ;
Oliver Wheelock, Berlin, increase from
SIG to S24 month; Ira Pierce, Mont
pelier, increase from $12 to SIG a
month,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-12-24

THE moment catarrh becomes chronic
it is difficult to overcome. However,
Old Saul's Catarrh Cure will cure the
most obstinate case.
IT is hard work for the baby to cut
teeth, and it should be assisted by the
use of DIR. Bulls Baby Syrup, which
will cool the inhamed gums.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-09-27
THE WEEK IN IRON CIRCLES.
GENERAL FEATURES OF THE rRADE-moN
ORE-PIG IRON.

oRE-PIG IRON.
The Cleveland Iron Trade Reviews
resume OF the week in iron circles. Cen
eral Feat res.--The conspicuous fact in
connection with the business of the coun-
try, announced during the past week. is
the enormous cotton field al 1890. The
official report OF the New Orleans Cotton
Exchange states that the total crop
amounts Co 1911 ,322 bales, exceeding
the largest crop ever grown by 200, lS9
bales, and the crop OF last year by 3d.
O32 bales. Not only Is the crop al 1889
90 the largest ever produced, but IL has
moved of with unexampled rapidity and
brought full prices throughout the year,
netting TO the farming interests ~ hand
some surplus. In iron, active buying all
along the line seems 20 be the rule ut
present. AT Cincinnati, for example, an
active demand has been experienced for
mill iron ne prices current a week ago,
and some liberal sales have been made
but the supply Of these grades is scarcely
equal TO the wants of the buyers, and "A
firm feeling has resulted. There has been
a steady consumptive demand Tor the
lower grades oiioundry irons for delivery
during the remainder OF the present year,
and in not lew instances orders have
been entered into for the first two
months OF next year, but the furnaces
strive Co secure, and In some instances
obtain, an advance for such deliveries
The movement OF iron from furnace
yards and other places uf storage. on
back orders, IL heavy, but still there il
much complaint Of lack OF ears or other
facilities In the south, TO make the ship
ments required by consumers. There
have been moderate sales OF southern
charcoal brands, but less inquiry for Lake
Superior irons. The furnaces In the lake
regions, however, have little iron 10 dis
pose OF. the full capacity Of such stacks,
on ordinary grades having been previous
~ sold. The demand for muck bar has
continued extremely active, and for
orders already placed. the mills crowded
with orders are urging deliveries antici-
pated, but with little success. because OF
the over-burdened capacity Of the pud-
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-09-27

NOrRs FROM THIS AND OTHER
MINING DISTRICTS.
4 DESCRIPTION OF THE YOUNGSTOWN AND
MANovNArE MlxEs-Bl0 LENsE or oRE.
WORKINGS, Erc.--rHE IRON ORE MAHxEr
IN ALL Irs DErAILs-sHIPMESrs ny
BOATS OF ALL THE RANGES.

A recent issue Of the New York Engi-
neering and Mining Journal contained
the following relative To two prominent
properties In this district:
The mines operated by Youngstown
and Claire Mining companies were opened
by the Briar Hill Coal and Iron Com
pany. They are now owned by the
Schlesinger syndicate, Milwaukee. These
two properties ARE located about two
miles north Of Crystal Falls. They are
in the same Tense Of ore. which consists
al solid bed with an east and west
trend and n slight dip TO the south. 1t
u about / 800 feet long, 200 feet deep
and from fifty 10 200 feet wide. The
black slate In found TO the south, the
lean ore formation and the diorite to
the north. The ore carries fifty-four TO
fifty-seven per cent. in iron, from four to
five per cent. In manganese and from one
60 two per cent. in phosphorus. The
mines stood idle inst prior To last year
FOR want OF market for the ore. Up to
the time OF re-opening 102 ,5S7 tons had
been turned out. The two properties
were divided in February OF last year.
The east and smaller portion OF the tense
being styled the Youngstown. IL IL on
the west half OF the southwest quarter
al section twenty. IL il worked by G.. Il.
Roberts on lease. The tense il 200 feet
long to the west line Of the property, 200
g.. L.. -. a
lance in depth. There are two shafts
into the property, No. 3 being 200 and
No. 4 seventy-ive feet in depth. No. 4
is the only one used as n working shaft.
post is worked by caving. no timbering
or filling being employed; 40-foot pillars
are left between 30-foot rooms. The
mine has contract for 80, 900 tons, 40
900 Of which have already been shipped.
1T Is not probable that this contract will
lie filled during the shipping season; il
not, the remainder will go by rail. The
Claire, now known as the Manganate, on
the west section 81 this tense, is operat-
ing the east hall of the sonth-east quarter
OF section nineteen. The deposit has
been traced distance Of $50 feet on the
property, and has been opened to
depth OF 100 feet. Three shafts penetrate
the lense- At the present time large
force OF men are at work near the east
line, stripping twenty-seven feet Of sur
face from space 450x160 feet. On nc
count Of the vertical lay Of the tense il
is thought this system Of mining will be
the best means of working the deposit.
Tn the mining operations. the Tense has
been roomed in squares of thirty-five
feet, supported by pillars OF the same
The company employees
1876 men. The estimate OF the seasons
output cannot he made, as the stripping
has not been finished. T.. j. Gilbert,
Crystal Falls, is the superintendent; j.
N. Porter, Stambaugh, Mich, is the gen.
eral manager of the two properties.
IL now looks az though the road will
he completed into the Crystal Falls mine
in about two weeks. There is n stock
pile OF 500 tons and the property is
showing up greater than was first
supposed.
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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-09-27
IRON ORE SHIPMENTS.
respondence solicited.

ORE SHIPPED FROM THE FOLLOWING PORT
FOR THE SEASON.
EscANABA, September "a.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-16
SEAL FISHERIES.
The Terms of the Lease to the North
American Commercial Company.

American Commercial Company.
WASHINGTON, March 10th. - Secretary
Window to-day made public the terms OF
the lease to the North American CONNER
clal Company, for term of twenty years
from May l, 1890, to the exclusive right to
engage in the business of taking fur seals
on the islands of St. George and st. Paul,
in the Territory of Alaska.
The company agrees to pay the annual
rental of 100000, and a tax of 50 62i on
each skin taken and shipped, and fifty
cents for each gallon of oil sold.
The company is to deposit United States
bonds of $4,000 face value, as security for
the rental. The company is to furnish to
natives such quantities of dried salmon,
salt and salt barrels, as the Secretary of the
Treasury shall determine; eighty tons of
coal annually; comfortable dwellings, to be
kept in proper repair; school houses, and
competent teachers eight months in each
year; house for religious worship; physi-
clans and medical supplies, and all the
necessaries of life for widows and orphans,
and the aged and infirm.
The payments are to be made on or be-
fore April LIST each year, beginning April /,
1889. The company is to furnish to the
natives employment and to give them a
just compensation therefor. The company
binds itself TO abide by the regulations of
the Treasury Department and by any limi-
tatlons on their right to kill seals that the
Secretary of the Treasury shall Judge
necessary under the law for the preserva-
ton of the seal fisheries.
The number to be killed during the first
year is not to exceed 10000. The agents of
the company are not TO keep, sell, give or
dispose of liquors to the Indians. The
Secretary of the Treasury can terminate
the lease on proof that its provisions have
been violated
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-16
WOOL TARIFF,
What the Ways and Means Committee
Propose.

"hat the ways ana Means Committee
Propose.
WASHINGTON, March 15th.-The follow
ing is said to be the duty on wool adopted
by the majority of the Ways and Means
Committee in the proposed tariff bill:
Worsted or other wooden yarns worth less
than 40 cents per pound three times the
duty on pound of unworsted wool of the
hrst class and IS per cent. ad valorem
Yarns worth 40 cents per pound three and
half times as much as the raw wool of
the hrst class and As per cent. ad yalorem.
Yarns costing 40 cents per pounds four
times the duty on the raw wool of the first
class and so per cent
Ready-made clothing and wearing ap-
parel, plush, knit goods and goods made of
felt, wholly or in part worsted, of wool or
other animal hair, four and half times
the duty on the raw wool of the first class
and 60 per cent ad valorem.
Ladies' cloaks, dolmans, jackets, etc,
same duty as for wearing apparel Bind
ings, braids, etc, 20 cents per pound and
to per cent. Administer, moquettes and
chinilli carpets so cents per square yard
and 80 per cent. ad yalorem. SaIony, Will
ton and tourney so cents per square yard
and 80 per cent. Three ply ingram dyed
IN wool IL cents pei square yard and 80
per cent. Venetian and two.ply ingrains
II cents per square yard ad valorem.
Druggets and backings, dyed, printed,
colored or otherwise, 20 cents per square
yard and 80 per cent. Carpets or carpeting
of flax, wool or cotton, not otherwise spe-
Gifted, II cents per square yard and 50 per
cent. Mats, rugs and other portions of
carpets or carpetiDgs shall pay the same
duty imposed on carpets of like characters
and DESCRIPTIONS
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-16
KNOCKED our,
The Baseball Reserve Rule Cannot bs
Enforced.

ASAAOiCcus
PHILADELPHIA, March 15th.-The Court
OF Common Pleas this morning rendered a
decision in the suit of the Philadelphia
League Club against William Mailman.
The Court refuses to grant the Injunction
asked for, to restrain Mailman from play
ing with the Philadelphia Players Club.
Hallman played with the Philadelphia
League Club last season, and the latter
claimed that, under the reserve rule" the
club held an option on his services for
1890.
In the course of his decision, which is
lengthy one, Judge Thayer says careful
reading of paragraph Is discloses there is
nothing whatever contained in ii to bind
player to sign another contract. All that
is exacted was that the club should have
the privilege of reserving him for another
year, but they failed to state upon what
terms. This failure renders the contract
incomplete and inefficient, and the fault
lies with the Philadelphia Baseball Club,
as the contract was drawn up in their inter-
est.
If it were true, as claimed by their coun-
sci, that the contract birds the defendant
to sign similar contract each year, it is
then apparent that he must sign it so long
as it may suit his employers.
Paragraph II of the contract states that
the club has right to discharge player at
ten DAYS notice for any cause, and by this,
in conjunction with their reading of para.
graph Is, Mailman has sold himself for
life to them, at salary of 81, 400 year.
He has no further hold on them than ten
days notice, and is at their mercy. Ii is
perfectly apparent that such contract Is
so unfair and lacking in mutuality, that no
Court OF equity would lend itself to its en-
forcement,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-16

tinued with as little interruption as prac
ticabie by the other business of the House
and the committee will proceed to con-
slider the bills for the enabling Acts for
Arizona and New Mexico, and both shall
be reported fayorably or adversely at an
early day.
The Democratic members of the CON-
mitiee did not regard this resolution as
sufficiently binding on Republicans as TO
take up the New Mexico and Arizona bills.
and Springer offered resolution. which
was lost by party vote, that on Wedpes-
day, March 25.h next, the House will take
up and consider in the House several bills
providing for the admission of Wyoming,
Idaho, New Mexico and Arizona as States
into the Union in the order named, and
this order shall continue from dav to day
thereafter until all such bills have been
considered and finally acted upon. This
order, however, shall not interfere with the
revenue or appropriation bills, but when
entered upon, it shall not be in;erfered
with by other business until all such bills
are finally disposed of by the House, and
at least one day be allowed for the con-
sldefation of each bill.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-16
A BIG SCHEME,
The Armours Talk of Going Into the
Beef Business on this Coast.

The Armours Talk of Going Into the
Beef Business on this Coast.
OAKLAND, March 15lh-The property at
Pinole purchased several weeks ago, for the
site of meat canning plant, turns out to
be the ToTmey ranch of 400 acres. 1t
is stated upon reliable authority that the
scheme is backed by the Armours and the
syndicate OF packers which has for its pur-
pose the control of the beef market of the
United States By squeezing out the small
butchers.
The syndicate will build extensive abat-
TORS near Point Pinole, where they will
have their stock yards and packing houses.
The fresh beef will be sold to the markets
or direct to consumers, as may suit the
plans of the syndicate, from refrigerator
depots at San Francisco, Oakland, Sacra-
mento and perhaps other points on the
coast.
In this manner it is hoped to control the
price TO be paid the seller for live stock and
make the market for meat. The company
will have its own refrigerator cars and
manage It's own transportation of meats
The cannery will enable them to utilize all
parts Of The animals so that there will be
no waste.
The enterprise is causing considerable
anxiety to the small butchers, but it is said
that the syndicate will meet with strong
opposition from some of the big whole-
salers and slockmen, who may form rival
com olna,loD 10 fight the hrmours if thew
attempt any cinch business 1t is consid
cred that the movement means cheaper
meat for the consumers, but also cutting of
prices for live stock
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-16
SECRETARY TRACY.
He is Stirring Things Up in the Navy
Department..

WASHINGTON, March 18th. - Secretary
Tracy is making it lively for the delin-
quent bureau officers in his department.
He assisted in rather an interesting scene
at the department yesterday afternoon
during which be and the Paymaster. Cen
eral OF the Navy, Commodore Fulton had
some warm words that led to the presenta-
ton of the latter's resignation ss Chief of
the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing.
The Secretary did not hesitate about &C.
cepting it, but forwarded it at once to the
President for final action.
This morning, just before he left the city,
he designated Commodore Dewey, Chief of
the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting,
to act as Paymaster- General pending the
appointment of Commodore Fulton's sue
cessOr.
The exact reason for the disagreement
cannot be learned. Unnecessary delays on
various works have come sharply to the
the notice of the Secretary, and it is con-
sidered likely that the scene at the Depart
ment yesterday, and his departure this
morning for Norfolk, indicate his intention
of making personal investigation into a
system that may result in some radical
changes.
His visit to Norfolk is understood to be to
investigate the causes of delay in the COM
pletion of the new cruiser Baltimore, which
is receiving her finishing touches at Ports
mouth. This expedition is thought to be
the precursor of an extremely vigorous
policy in the future with relation to the do
mestic affairs of his department.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-16
ANOTHER PROPHET,
Virgins, the Canadian Professor, Has

Broken Loose Again.
OTTAWA, March 15th-Profess scr E. Stone
Virgins, the Canadian weather prophet.
has cast his usual pessimistic horoscope,
and now predicts violent storm, which he
says will be felt all over the world and will
reach Europe from the 18th 10 the 10Th
instant. He threatens to let it burst over
this continent between the 21st and ODD
inst. Nothing short of miracle, he saws,
will prevent the destruction of shipping
that may be caught out of harbors. He
will also furnish volcanic eruptions and
earthquakes which will take place in the
south, and he likewise promises not to for
get the Pacific Coast or Europe.
During the last two years, he says, there
have been unusual planetary actions over
our Northern Pacific ocean, and in Japan
and China. This powerful attraction has
contracted those parts of the planet, caus-
ing earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and an
overflow of the Yellow river, which swept
over large area and drowned thousands
Of people.
The erudite prophet is quite certain that
his universal patent compound world
destroyer will originate in the Northern
Pacific, and it will be most dangerous on
the ocean on account of tidal waves.
The Virgins storm will be very heavy in
America. One part of it will move up the
Mississippi valley and the northeast cur
rent will move over to Quebec to meet and
welcome it. The gale will blow as heavily
as its prophet has been wont to do, but
from the southeast and east in the maritime
provinces and the eastern United States.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-16
POLITICAL EXILES.
A Russian who Says the Gar Fears
America.

o
America.
LONDON, March 15th.-The attention of
Sergius Stepniak, the Russian Liberal, was
called to-day to the fact that some portion of
the press expressed doubt as to the authen
ITCHY and trustworthiness of the recently
published accounts of outrages to which
the political prisoners of Siberia were sub.
jected. StepnIak said the main features of
these accounts were fully corroborated by
such portions of the official report compiled
by the Russian Government as has been
given to the public.
Speaking in reference to the views of the
Russian administration of prisons, as pub
lished in the London Times Yesterday.
Stepniak says it is almost impossible to ex.
aggerate the suffering of political prisoners
in Siberia at the hands of the prison
officials.
The great merit of Remnants accounts is
that they are based on facts, learned not
only from the prisoners. but also from the
prison officials themselves.
The Russian view is that Western writers
have idealized the Nihilists beyond all re-
semblance to reality. This view, Stepniak
says, is the grossest calumny. The politi.
cal exiles, he asserts, are drawn largely
from the most cultivated class of Russians.
If seli-sacrifice is any proof of tie moral
sentiment, it must be looked for among
them. The tortures and degradations
which they have experienced in prison
has not been able to extinguish their moral
sense.
Stepniak expressed a conviction that the
agitation in America in behalf of reform
in the treatment of political prisoners in
Siberia cannot fail to have its influence
with the Russian officials from the Czsr
down. He feels confident it will result in
/, - r. Al
which is now enforced against political
exlles.