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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-03
American Fire Engine comnany Incornoratsd

ALBANY, N. Y, Dec 2.-What appears TO be
combination OF four companies who manu-
facture hand and steam engines, etc. was in
corporated to-day under the title of the Ameri-
can Fire Engine company with principal
offices at Seneca Falls and works at the same
place, Hudson and Waterford, in this state and
Cincinnati, OHIO. The capital stock is 5000, 600.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-03
secretarr Dickinson Denies He Has Resigned

CHICAGO, Dec 2.--John II. Dickinson secre-
tary of the national commission of the Colum-
bian exposition. denies he has resigned his po-
sition TO accept an office with q railroad com
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-03
Net Increase in the Circulating Medium.

WASHINGTON, Dec. "A statement pre-
pared by the treasury department shows there
has been net increase of S12 7s9 900 in the cir
culation since the LIST of November The
circulation per capita December /, is stated at
S24 49,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-03
Union Pacific Loss by the Field FAILURE

NEW YORK, Dec. 2.-The loss of the Union
Pacific by the hypothecation of securities bv
Field, Lindley. Weichers & Co., is estimated
t ms morning to be 100000 Of which it is said
the road has recovered the greater part.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-03
The pope and the French B,sbons.

PARIS, Dec. 9.-The Steele today says it IN
derstands the Pope will issue a declaration dis
approving the agitation being carried On against
the government by the French bishops.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-03
The Vatican Wants Christians In China Pro
tected

LONDON, Dec. 2.-The Chronicle says the Vat
lean is making semi-official overtures to the
| powers to protect Christians in China
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-03
The spciete de, Metaur Sold ort.

PARIS, Dec. 2.-The factories, plant and good
will OF the Soceue des Metaux were sold al
auction today for S36O0,00O
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-03
Silver Purchases

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-The director of the
mint to-day purchased $4,000 ounces of silver
at figures ranging from $500 TO .9i75
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-03
Chicago burlington Quincy October
Eartnirrrr

Boston. Dec. 2-The Chicago Burlington
& Quincy October statement shows net earn
lngs OF IS 6, 600, an increase of $4,000
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-03
T. Driscoll, Jr., to Publish the New York
World.

| ST. PAUL. Dec 2.-Frederick Driscoll, jr.
| for some years secretary of the Pioneer Press
| company, has gone to New York to assume the
duties Of publisher of the New York World
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-03
Three Children Burned to Death.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Dec. 2.-Capt. Man
wells store at Dewitt was burned last night
Three children persisted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-03
THE Chicaro Anarcbists Fined

CHICAGO Dec. 2.-Justice Woodmau before
whom the cases of the Anarchists arrested at
the meeting held November II are being tried.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-03
Comptroller Lacey's Report on Banking Asso.
Citations.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-The annual report of
Comptroller of the Currency Lacey shows that
during the year ending October 81, 1893 new
banking associations were organized, with an
aggregate capital of $50 100000 thus exhibiting
a growth largely in excess of the annual aver
age of past years.
Forty-one associations went into voluntary
liquidation and twenty-five became insolvent.
leaving the number of gain for the twelve
months 1s7, with capital of BIZ, $4,000
THE NUMBER OF BANKS IN OPERATION
was 1904 having capital stock OF 1854 755. S45.
Bonds deposited to secure circu alton, Sl52 49,
$50 Bank notes outstanding, sl71, 35S Sq8 in
Guiding $35, 400 I'll represented by lawful money
deposited for their redemption. OF new asso-
Citations, ninety-one were located west of the
Mississippi river and ninety-five in the southern
states The increase is we'll distributed how
ever, new banks having beon organized in
fOrty-One states.
In the number OF failures the present exceeds
any previous ear. Six banks which were
closed during the year were restored by volun-
tary contribution of the stockholders, The af-
fairs of 102 insolvent banks have been closed
at an average expense of 92s per cent. with an
average dividend to creditors OF x. II per cant
Attention is called to the need OF legislation
more clearly defining
THE DUTIES OF DIRECTORS
Also to the need of some further restriction
upon accommodations which may be lawfully
afforded to officers and directors by way OF
loans and discounts.
The comptroller discusses the causes of the
monetary stringency of 1890 and the issue of
clearing house loan certificates in New York.
Philadelphia and Boston. The failures re-
corded are looked upon as the result of the col
lapse of the speculative spirit which has been
generally prevalent for the past five years, and
were greatly aggravated by the monetary
stringencies experienced by most of the
nations with which We sustain commercial re.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-03

An Engineer and Fireman Burned to Death.
CLEVELAND, Dec. 1.-TWO men, an engineer
and fireman, lost their lives to-day by the burn
ing OF the steam barge James E. Pease.
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-28

or~wD - ssspecssnx settlements and eli
such thins&
The intending bridegroom b not per-
uitted 70 zee kss G4neee for Hao1aenk
before tbs wedding. As soon a. that
event has tzik<n place there Is . we'd
dag ore r&kt2st. ADD. usually without the
1sruallty ef . preliminary tour. the
essple .es<ie down 10 living, either in
"a establishment Of their ows or more
often il the houae Of the parents Of The
bride or the groom
One drawback ahoss marriage In
South America. says ths Cincinnati coca-
nereial GaEette. 10 that tn taking . gfrl
- s.fe IL " apt 20 be eonsidered = mat
ter of course that the yoasg man msr-
rses her whole family also. He has no
occasion for sarpriss or dssgruntlement
II, tc,gethsr with his bride. fifteen or
twessy people eoms 10 share his house
hold sad domestic comforts, including Z
eli her sssiiabls relatives and their
servxntA
These L~tins are very ciannish race,
and . father Is apt TO be willing 10
adopt Z raft Of sisters snd cousins and
aunts. not 70 mention = rnother-ln-ixw
rather than have his son or danghter
leave the family roof IL 10 due 10 the
strength Of family attachment among
them that hotels in south America are
only for strangers from afar; the ma
tives always ind hospitsble entertain
usnI smsns the Kindred.
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-28
Rssdy-MsSso Clothes.

In spite of the marked improvement
In the method Of cutting ready-matle
clothes, men above six feet In height
still find IL exceedingly difficult TO be
fitted in msdc-up garments There are
plenty Of coats and trousers Tor men
with abnormal abdomens. but very few
coats and trousers for men with un.
usually long legs and arms. The shirt
makers pay no heed to any measure.
ment save that of the neck. and the six
footer whose neck measurement is be-
low sixteen iuchca dnds the sleeves oi
the rcady-made shirt nearly half way
to his elbows. Shocmskers do better
A man wearing . shoe anywhere below
eleven may be fitted as almost any
price. The cheapest shoes. though run
ming ~ hiyh - twelve, ere nearly a1l
too bread for slender feet
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-28

Unlike fog. haze commonly occurs
during an unusually dry STATE Of the
lower stratum of siA In eonsideriug
its cause IL has been suggested that the
smail qusntity ef non-trsnspsrent mat
FER required N produce the dimming
effect should always be borne In mind.
III the eye can observe tho change that
comes over drop Of water when the
fr,s-msksnfA 81 . rranms OF fuschine
is introduced. possibiy . weight OF
water or dus. not much greater would
suffice for visibility In . column Of air
4. coo feet long The air " at all times
charged with dsss particles TO degree
difficult 70 realize. The purest air tested
by Mr.. A.xins when making his meas
uremeats On the top of Ben Nevis con-
tanned about $4,000 dust particles te
each cubic inch. which would give
IS. 2sa. 600 particles IN every cubic foot,
or rs. 80, seo. soo to horizontal colamn
OF f.ooo feet This being the case. u d
manifsue that . condemnation upon Z
snail pre-srfion ~ those or . mo-
ne~sary adhesion by electric attraction
wsula sue7c~ - produce the optical ef.
feet called hsss er hasin<~a
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-28

An Anostonn's Experience n . boo1oo
"About eight years ago." said sr
American traveller. II was In London,
Eng One day bought = stall 70 zee
Patti st the Royal. A stall corresponds
20 our boxoa When the evening came
took the ladies around and walked In
~ the door. But did not get far.
You cannot cesns u here. said the
doorkeeper.
why notr ssled. In surprise;
hero are my seat tickets.'
Well. you cannot enter, be replied,
decisively; your coat u . frock, and
nothing but dress suits are allowed
''I expostulated. told him that my
hotel was long way Oh and that the
ladies would be greatly disappointed.
was an American and did not know the
rule Of the thcater
Finally he told me TO 60 into the
dressing-room, where the attendants
might ts able 10 ok me out all right.
II went expecting 10 pay two or
three crowns for the loan Of . coat.
The fellow looked At me . second,
whipped pin from his lapel and pinned
my coattails back. and found myself
IN evening dressl
IL gave the man half . crown"
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-28


s.rvrsssss Iassnlss.es DaspssysA ~ ~
tss~css
All sorts of wonderful stories are told
Of the works Of snts and especially Of
their engineering powers II is OF
course within she knowl ledge Of the
most casual observers, says the Brook
iyn Eagle, tAst the ant Is . most sur
prising insect in point Of what We call
intelligence. and its simpler feAts are
incidents we have seen related of the
ants power in the way Of engineering,
planning and building Is that which Ia
credited To Glasgow source. 4 pastry
cook IN that city fsusd his shop invaded
by q colony sf ants. who feasted night
ly on the delicacies deposited ON . GER
tain shelf. After cudgeling his brain
plan for stopping the dspredations Of
the active insects he resolved To lay q
streak of molasses Arouad the tray
containing the coveted food In due
time the ants came forth In their hun
dreds, and were lea toward the feast
by their chief. On reaching the line
scouts were then SAINT out 10 survey.
and eventually the word OF command
was passed round, and instantly the
main body Of tho ants made for a
part Of the wall where the plaster had
been Broken BY = nail. Here each
snatched up tiny piece Of mostar and
returned tn the spot indicated, where
their burdens were deposited upon the
molasses. BY this means and after an
infinite amount Of labor . bridge was
formed. and the triumphant army
marched forward 10 partake of the
fruits of victory, the baker meanwhile
standing BY Allied with wonder.
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-28

Elees<seisy u employed h . BeriIn
eafe ~ sosi coHe~. A platinum wire
passes sn srtrai form through several
glass jars. she esccs~iesi current anish-
" rsxxsng sAs water contained ~ h~sl-
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rosm syssii electric rsaawsy esnseyu
the en1se - ts~ several tshi>s - thss
sse xs~sss nss3 selp themselves - thsss
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-28

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snnss - sar~ied en shrenph . shird per-
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Telegram-herald., 1891-12-28


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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-07

THE statement that Minnesota has
changed her jury system so as TO allow
less than twelve jurors to convict needs
some modification. The only step that
has been taken in this direction in
Minnesota thus lar is the adoption of a
constitutional amendment which au-
thorizes the legislature to empower
juries 10 return verdict to which only
live-siXths of their number have agreed,
hut this can be permitted only after
the full Jury has deliberated six hours
without reaching an agreement. The
chances are that the legislature will
avail itself of the privileges conferred
by this amendment, thus RELOCATING the
obstinate jdrymen to inocuous desue-
tude.-BOStOn Herald.
THE releasing of the Rutland rail-
road to the Central Vermont for an in
definite period puts an end to the
speculations as to the extension of the
Delaware & Hudson system over the
Green Mountain State. Having three
years ago bought majority of the
Rutland stock, the sale to take effect
on the expiration of the Central Yer
mont lease, it was expected that the
Delaware Company would now take
the road and begin the building up of
a system west of the Connecticut as
all-embracng as the Boston & Maine
east of the river. The outcome, how
ever, leaves the Central Vermont in no
closer corner than it was before
Springfield Republican,
THERE is no doubt that after the
present year section eighteen will make
the school year begin and end with
March, and there will be no practical
difficulty involved. But to apply it to
the present year necessitates going back
to the school registers prior to last July
and collecting pay on the attendance
shown on them when it has already
been collected once. Doesn't this, as
much as the opposite construction, in
volve an absurdity that is not permits
sible unless the words of the statute
compel ito? In fact, the thing is a
monstrosity and absurdity, however you
look at it, There is not legal genius on
earth enough to construe it into con-
sistent and harmonious statute.-Br0t-
tlebOro Ref0rmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-07

but Secretary Blaine insists that this
country acquired the rights of an en-
closed sea from Russia when Alaska
was purchased, and that arbitration on
that point is out of the question. If
this is the status of things, one of two
results must appear-this very ques-
ton must be referred to arbitrators or
the government must defend its posi-
ton by force.
Such being the case, it is pertinent
to ask whether the claim of our govern
ment is sound, and again whether it is
worth fighting for, 1t is claimed by
Secretary Blaine that we purchased
from Russia a right to the waters as
well as the islands of Behring sea, and
that jurisdiction over these waters is
absolutely essential to the preserva-
ton of the seal-catching business.
Now the generally-accepted view of
international law on this point is that
no nation ever had jurisdiction Of any
portion of the sea beyond league from
the shore, except in the case of en-
closed seas. If Russia never had iuris-
diciion, it certainly could not sell juris-
diction to us, and to call Behring sea
an enclosed sea is a palpable fiction.
From the standpoint of international
law, Mr.. Blaine is wrong. Nor does it
appear that the seal business is import
ant enough to call for a resort to arms.
The country, it is true, is getting
good round sum from the company that
is catching the seals at present, but, as
has been frequently pointed out, EGG
land buys the greater part of the skins
and is therefore as much interested as
we are in regulating the destruction of
the seals.
If international difficulty should arise
over this matter, it would seem on
sober thought like a most foolish pro-
ceeding-one that ought at least to
have been settled in some other way.
This country has been one of the lead
ing advocates of arbitration as a means
of settling disputes. 1t has been our
profession, both from principle and
policy, that we prefer to adopt any
method of compromise that does not
involve loss of national honor rather
than to engage in war. Now is the
time to test our profession. This
Behring sea question should be settled
once and for all time by arbitration.
We are standing on untenab!e ground,
and we may as well admit it now as
later on. We do not care to fight, we
are not prepared to fight, and there is
really no need of fighting.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-07
Let Us Arbitrate.

The negotiations between Secretary
Blaine and Lord Salisbury regarding
the Behring sea question seem to be
reaching such strain that something
is likely to break soon. Lord Sails
bury wants TO arbitrate, but it is under
stood that he and Secretary Blaine can
not agree on the questions to be re-
ferred to the arbitrators. Right there
is the rub. Lord Salisbury wishes to
have the question of whether or not
Behring sea is an enclosed sea settled,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-07

To the Editor of the Wdtchndn:--We ar
rived at this place December 90 leaving
Philadelphia on the 10Th and coming South
via the Shenandoah valley. From Harris
burg to Knoxville the snow was from three
to ten inches deep, and much drifted in
places. The Alleghanies were beautiful in
their snowy whiteness. We saw the Grant
University, and the city water works where
the water used in the city of Chattanooga is
filtered. After passing New England City
and Fort Payne, the hundred glazing fur
naces of Birmingham, Ala. illumined the
darkness of the night. At Button, Pied
mont, and on the hills around Lookout Noun
tain, furnaces are building, and branch rail-
roads are rolling in the coal and iron ore.
Pig-iron is corded beside the tracks, ready
for transportation. This whole region Is
the Pennsylvania of the South. At Cor
dova and Patton Junction, Ala. they were
shipping coal in abundance. At other sta
tions one could see piles of the best railroad
ties, new school and dwelling-houses beau
tiful churches and other signs of the rapid
development of the New South. One could
also see the effects of local option, some
counties being "dry " and some wet"
At stations in " dry" counties hundred or
more jugs would be placed on the platform,
and was told that coffin-shaped boats, full
of something, were tOwed along under water
in the Tombigbee river to their destination.
will tell you about our schools in my next
letter. ALoNzo b. CoRLIss
Columbus. Miss, Dec. %, 1890.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-07
Some Expressions of Opinion.

During the past year, and particu-
larly during the past few weeks, the
WATCHMAN has been receiving an in
creasing number of voluntary and very
hearty expressions of commentator
and particularly of its course in respect
of certain important matters of state
policy. These Communications come
both in verbal expressions and in more
tangible written communications from
various parts of the state and country.
AS they have direct bearing upon
certain much mooted questions vitality
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-07
field in person, thinks he is hemming
the hostiles in.

The Boston policeman named Kear-
ney who fatally shot John Davenport,
a boy who was out on marauding eX-
petition at night, has been tried and
found not guilty on the charge of
shooting with malicious intent. On
the second count, that of irresponsible
and UNIV arrantable use of revolver,
the jury disagreed. The community is
to be congratulated on this verdict.
The boy was one of those young roughs
who infest large places and commit all
sorts of crime. They are the terror of
the respectable element of every place,
and how to handle them is one of the
puzzing problems of the day. 1t is
true that they are irresponsible, but
that is one very good reason why they
should be held in check with tight
grip. The officer was doubtless head
strong, but it is safer to excuse him
than to give the hoodlum element
license to do as it chooses. No one
would have thought of trying him had
not a sensational newspaper made
cheap capital out of the unfortunate
affair.
THOSE newspapers and individuals
who have been quoting DR.. Hoskins,
the sturdy agricultural editor of the
WATCHMAN, as expressing the opinion
that "no separate agricultural college
is wanted" are referred to brief
article in the doctors department on
the second page of this issue. The
papers espousing the cause of the
University of Vermont in the late con-
test before the legislature have garbled
the DOCTORS articles, and in this way
have sought to array him not only
against himself as the staunchest of
the friends and most active of the add
vocates of separate institution, but
also against the political and general
department of the paper in this par
ticusar. No man has struck harder
blows on the side of the people in this
long fight; no man has been more
shamefully abused or grievously perse-
cuted for his faith and works, and no
man knows so well, by bitter expe-
rience, how once and again the people
have been betrayed-as they were by
the senate at the recent session of the
legislature. Let the farmers heed the
DOCTORS words and act upon them till
sunset of election day, 1892.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-07
Mattbmm T. Sournal.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1891.

PROFESSOR WALTER BALENTINE of
The Maine State College will soon visit
western colleges to study the various
systems of instruction in agriculture.
What are the professors of agriculture
at Burlington doing TO get "points,"
or do they know it all7
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-07

A DISPATCH from Governor Page to
the WATERMAN, Tuesday afternoon,
announces that the supreme court
holds that for purposes of dividing the
public money the school year began
March 20, 1890, and will end March 10,
1891" So mote it be. 1t is far better
thus than to call an extra session of the
legislature. The bare suggestion of re-
assembling that body filed the state
with alarm. Possibly the judges, in
giving legal sanction to this school year
fiction, had prudent regard for the
judicial status quo. Had the S0lons of
1890 got together again they might have
resurrected the judge bill and passed
it, and the last dilemma would have
been more bewildering than the first.
The point raised by Superintendent
Palmer was well and seasonably taken.
1t was all'important that the law should
have judicial construction. There
was no safety to the state or school Of
ficials, and no relief to the districts, in
any other course of procedure. Prob
ably no one is better satisfied with the
outcome of the judicial consultation
than Mr.. Palmer himself. The small
districts and the state at large are under
obligation to him for his wise precaution.