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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-06-19
State 11epS.

\ new fire-alarm system, to cost $500.
will be put in at Bellows Falls.
The salary of the postmaster at Mont
pelier has been increased 800.
While James Bedell of McIndoes was
out hunting. Thursday, his gun went oft
accidentally. killing him.
\ New York company will establish a
$4,000 condensed milk factory at New
port, provided local capital can be inter-
ested in the enterprise.
VIM. Freemans house and barn at
Richmond were burned Thursday NOR
ming. The loss is abou. $1,000. The
buildings were fully insured.
Vermont raised 10,5lS pounds o. to-
bacco during the census year. Windham
county producing 10,391 pounds. The
crop was worth S7S43 to the 81 planters.
\ young quarryman named William
Milan of Cohoes, y. Y, was fatally
crushed between moving freight train
and the depot platform at West Pawlet
the other day.
DR.. Kits, an ex-preacher and English
man living in Burlington, tried to shoot
himself with a revolver on Sunday, but
was prevented. He was crazed with NOR
phine at the time.
The directors of the Rutland railroad
company held a special meeting in Bur-
lIngton the other day. \ mortgage was
approved on the road for 100000 and IA
semi-annual dividend of per cent de
clared.
Virgil Lane. a carpenter employed on
the new opera house building at st.
Jonnsbury. fell 30 feet Tuesday after
noon and received Il broken neck. He
cannot survive. He has wife and two
small children.
Wakefeld's store at North Danville
was burglarized Monday night, presume
bly, by tramps, who stole about s. in
cash, a goodly number of knives. half a
barrel of crackers and other articles.
There is no clue.
W. j. Potter of Rutland had an old
musket burst in his hands when he shot
at a cat Saturday evening. \ bit of the
barrel gave him a rap over the right
temple and his face was blackened with
powder. The cat escaped.
The Vermont Marble Co. of Rutland
and Proctor on Monday paid its employees
nearly SIS. 900 for work in May, and the
Howe Scale company of Rutland $4,000.
Other manufacturing companies are esti-
tiaA'N w iio'N 'S'iiputNt SpAiN Ni''N'"
in the place.
Lyman g. Clark is on trial at Wood
stock for the murder of his mother-in-
law, Mrs. Miriam Marston. The counsel
for the State are State Attorney W. W.
Stickney of Ludlow and eX-State Attor-
ney W. b. c. Stickney of Bethel; for
respondent, Hon. VIM. f. johnson of
Woodstock and Hon. Henry Ballard of
Burlington.
The secretary of agriculture is in
earnest in his determination TO enforce
the law of the last Congress relative
to the importation of neat cattle and
in the establishment of quarantine
stations. st. Adams, Newport and
Island Pond have been made quarantine
/ stations for Vermont, and at such points
/ only can neat cattle, sheep and other
ruminants and swine be imported into
the United States under the new law.
Considerable damage was done to st.
Luke's Episcopal church in Fair Haven,
the other day, by lightning. 1t first
struck the large wooden cross on the
spire, tearing it into pieces and throwing
J the splinters into the street. 1t then
ran down the steeple, tearing OFF part
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-06-19
NEW HAVEN.

b. F. Palmer of Chicago was in town
over Sunday.
Mrs. q. ID. Human and daughter have
returned from California.
c. W. Rogers and family have taken
up their residence in Barre.
Parties are holding wool for higher
figures, % and "a cents having been
offered.
The bridge on Beaver brook between
Town Hill and the village is under re-
pairs this week. The road just beyond is
being put in much better condition.
Dea. j. C. Wilder attended the general
convention of ministers and churches at
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-06-19
EAST MlOOlEBURY.

A. p. Topper is repairing one of his
tenement houses.
Mrs. Lydia Day has newly painted her
dwelling house and store.
Mrs. DR.. n. ID. Ross is again able to
ride out, and is visiting sister in Sails
bury at present.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-06-19
WEST SALISBURY.

Preparations are being made for a con-
cert at the Union church in the near
future, the exact date of which will be
announced later. An elaborate pro-
gramme is being prepared. The work
of repairing the church is progressing
satisfactorily and the concert will be held
as soon as 1t is completed.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-06-19
LEICESTER.

The Ladies' Cemetery association will
meet on Thursday, June %, with Mrs.
j. q. Barker.
DR.. Ned Stanley, prominent dentist
of New Bedford, Mass, and Fred l..
Stanley, student in the Harvard Law
school, both sons of Hon. A. +. Stanley,
are expected here the coming week.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-06-19
RIPToN.
Streams are getting low.


On the 11th the mercury indicated 9G : &.
Measures are beng taken to have a pic
mic of all the schools at some point near
the village on the Fourth. A gathering
of this kind. if well conducted, is GER
tainly a rational way of celebrating the
day. though it does not involve quite so
much noise and smoke as were deemed
requisite some years ago.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-06-19

Miss Jennie Walker, Cora NJ. Roy, Ada
and Kate Crosby. Refreshments were
furnished by the alumni of the school.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-21
whatcom County Postoff offlces.

FAIRHAvEN, July 20 Especial AFTER spend
ing day here Congressman Wilson left last
evening for Anacortes, where he will be engaged
upon postal matters today, and then go to La
Conner, and thence to Seattle He says he will
return to this city the latter part of August and
spend several days studying the various postal
routes from the bay cities, with view to ma
terially lettering the country service He has a
voluminous package OF letters, petitions etc.,
in relation to the Whatcom- Sehome postoffice
fight, which will probably be settled in two or
three weeks by the discontinuance of the Sehome
Office, the consolidation of all business at the
New Whatcom Office and the appointment OF a
new postmaster, though both of the present in
cumbents are applicants for the place, which
will be one of the best in the state There Ia
now no difficulty here, though it was not until
the first of this month that the order making
this second class office and establishing just
compensation for the postmaster went into ef-
feet. For several months the expenses of the
Office considerably exceeded the total allowance
made by the department. The records show
that the percentage of its increase of business
during the last fiscal year was very much greater
than that of any other Office in the United
States
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-21
THE HAMILTON CASE.
Another Chapter-The Townsite Pro
prietor and His Abandoned Wife.

ANAcoRTEs, July 2o-rSpeciall-A very in
tricate and perplexing legal problem is lust now
occupying the attention of the people of Ana.
cortes and is being discussed throughout the
county generally. 1t is involved in what is
widely known as the Hamilton case. and will
come up before the superior court of Skagit
county on Monday next.
The following are the facts in brief. Some
twenty years ago William Hamilton LEFT his wife
in Kansas, whom he had previously married in
Indiana, and taking her sister came tn Skagit
county, in this state, where he settled upon
skagit river on the present site of the town of
Hamilton.
Less than two years ago the sister with whom
he had lived as his wife ali these years died
In August last two real estate men. W. B.
Alverson, of La Conner, and s. c. Hargrayes. of
Hamilton, both of this county, having pre-
yiously discovered that Mr.. Hamilton and his
ola wife, Serena Hamilton, whom he had
abandoned in Kansas and is now living
in Indiana, had never been divorced, they
hunted her up and brought her to La Conner
telling her that they had bought some land
from her husband and desired her to give them
a clear title by signing quit-claim deeds en-
braeing all OF her husbands property in this
county.
They stated that as they had paid her way out
here from Indiana, they would get what they
could for her from Mr.. Hamilton.
They then sought Hamilton at the town which
bears his name, and after some parley he agreed
10 give the sum OF sl2,5oo If Serena would sign
a quit-claim deed releasing all claim upon his
property. Alverson and Hsrgraves then repre-
sented TO Serena that Mr.. Hamilton would give
her $1,000 TO sign over her interest TO him 81 600
in cash and 5000 in two notes of 81 900 each,
due in the following April or May. Upon this
representation she signed the deeds and received
from Alverson 81 600, With the statement that he
had two notes of sl,00o each which he would
hold and collect, after which he would forward
that amount 10 her. She was then sent back 10
Indiana
In the meantime Mr.. Hamilton had paid TO
AIverson and Hsrgrayes $1,000 in cash aud hsd
instructed the Hamilton Townsits Company,
which was indebted to him, to execute two
notes for the sum OF 4,75o each. under the direc
tion of those gentlemen, which was accordingly
asas, oae note being made payable TO Alysrssn,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-21
: ROTTEN CALIFORNIA POLITICS.
State Senators Sued by Lobbyist to
Recover His SaIarv

SAN FRANCISCO. July 2o-The case of George
Taylor against q number of state senators, who,
he claims collectively owe him $1,000 for ser
vices performed as lobbyist during the session
OF the late legislature, came up before Judge
Wallace to-day. Among the witnesses examined
were L. l. Brownell, Hon. Thomas Maher and
Frank Freeman, commercial traveller. who
testified to conversations with d. NJ Burns,
regarding certain bills before the legislature,
but denied paying the latter any money for his
influence.
In answer to the objection raised as to whether
Senator Maher had met Phil Crimmins at Sacra-
mento, Attorney Clunie said that he proposed to
show that the combination had divided hun
dred thousand dollars, and that Crimmins was
to have been agent for the combine, but Burns
had been substituted as custodian of the funds.
Freeman testified that he had seen Burns in the
interest of the Glenn county bill. The latter
had said he would have nothing to do with any
money proposition. Witness had deposited S20,-
coo with Banker Gerber, but, SO far as he knew.
none of the defendants had received anything
of that amount. There were three or four per-
sons authorized to draw this money Clunie
said he would show that witness had received
this check for $4,000 from his father, who re-
ceived it from the widow OF DR.. Glenn.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-21
FORAKER RANDSHERMAN
Open Rupture Of Ohio Candi-
dates for Senatorship.
EACH DEFINES HIS POSITION.
Clarks0n Says Quay Has for Years
Been Anxious to Resign.
EACH DEFINES HIS POSITION.
Blaine Growing Stronger Every Day,
the Change Being Manifest to Every
One-Pessimistic View of the Far
mer's Condition by Kansas Politician.

CINCINNATI, July Ex-senator Sherman
arrived in this city this evening, and in re-
sponse to queries by reporters, said his
visit has no political significance. Ex-
Governor Foraker, when seen by a re-
porter, said that Mayor Smith had come
to see him at Sherman's request to know
what his (Foraker's) position was. Fora
ker said further:
This talk about holding conference for the
purpose OF citing me to appear aud compel me
to explicitly define my position, is only another
way fsaying "Get out of somebody else's road, =
andlall that kind of stuff 10 simply nonsese
When these remarks were repeated to
Senator Sherman, he said:
lnever requested nor desired any one to re-
quest Foraker to withdraw from the candidacy
for the Senate. He has as clear and unquestioned
right to aspire to this position as have. Ac-
cording to his statement he is q candidate a.
much as am. will not scramble for the sup
port of the members of the legislature, but If
should be reelected to the Senate, would ac-
cept the trust and perform 1t as best could
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-21
Chehalis News.

CHEHALIs, July 2o.-GspeeiaL Ll-superinten-
dent McCabe, of the Northern Pacific railroad.
was in the city today looking over the lay OF the
land with regard to railroad matters. The pas.
senger trains through Chehais are generally
heavily loaded, and passenger traffic seems to be
on the increase
The new drop curtain of the opera-house is
nearly finished and looks very fine.
About sixty couples attended the dance given
by the engineering department of the Yakima &
Pacific Coast railroad, and most delightful
affair il was. Everything was conducted in a
sumptuous style, and spoke well for the pluck
and enterprise of the boys of that department
On Friday evening five dances, all well at
tended, where held in and around Chehalis, and
testified as to the social standing of this city.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-21
SEATTLE WASHINGTON, TUESDAY

me other to Hargraves, and both due in April or
MAY, making s1250o in all.
oahcs then, Mr.. Hamilton, discovering the
s pa.s tna. mad been played, has brought suit
ssalnst Aiverson ard Hargraves to recover s.. coo
sasn, sno 20 restrain the townsite company from
paying sne notes to them or their assigns. Mrs.
nainhson, from Indiana, reappears upon the
see, nies an intervening complaint against all
"a. ~ asking that Aiverson and Hargraves pay
M ne. sL'veo cash, and that the townsite company
~ ~, ~ her the amounts named in the two notes
Inc court granted her restraining order to that
enc, pending the suit.
= beautiful three-cornered fight, and
nss ahterest Is manifested in the outcome
Mr Hamilton is represented by Me.srs. Prswitt
= As ssuier, OF this city: Mrs. Hamilton is rep
rssen,so by Judge Calkins, of Tacoms, Judge
...a, , OF indiana, and Wildly E. Jones, city
s., ssaoinsy, and Seymour Jones, county attorney,
Do'n u this city. Alyerson aud Hargraves are
ssplsssnsed ss by Ronald & Piles, of Seattle, and
s1 ns sssiectuai spsrring amid such sn array of
go So, aient which is anticipated during the
"ssA VIII attract many to the forum.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-21
Bellingham Bay Mills Idle.

FAIRHAvEN. July 20.-Ispecial. 1.-The depres-
sion in the lumber business continues to be felt
here as well at other points on the Sound.
The big Bellingham mill is still idle, and il is
reported on good authority that the great Corn
wall mill at Sehome, which has been running to
iis full capacity for several weeks, loading seven
vessels, will close down in q few days. or as
soon as the last of the vessels there receives
its cargo. The impression that many seem to
have that the Bellingham mill is owned Dy the
Fairhayen Land Company is erroneous. Half
of it is owned by Hon. Edward Eldridge, OF
whatcom, and Erastus Bartlett, of San Francis
co. both of whom are old men, to whose wishes
in regard 20 the mill Mr. Larrabee seems dis
posed to defer. He is ready to resume opera
tions whenever they are.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-21
MILLIONS IN AN OLD CASTLE.
Jesuit Treasure Found in Brazil-Boxe
Full of Gold and Diamonds.


NEW YoRR, July 20.-Seventy million dollars
in gold and 81 900 600 worth of gold dust, orna-
ments and precious stones is the comfortable
find which q contractor of Rio Janeiro, Brazil
is reported to have made. He was engaged in
tearing down the old castle OF San Antonio and
discovered this gold mine, where it had been
hidden since some time in the last century
El Cdrreo, published at Caracas, Venezuela, on
July /, gives a detailed report of this discovery
as follows:
Before it was converted into q castle San An
tonic was monastery under the control of the
Jesuits. During this period the treasure is sup
posed to have been hidden underneath the
castle vaults. In one OF these q number OF
cases. chests and bundles were discovered. The
contract for the demolition of the castle stip-
uated that in the event of the discovery
of any precious metals half the treasure should
belong to the state. The engineer promptly
notified the Brazilian government His mem
oranda enumerated the following articles
taken from the vaults: One hundred aud
twelve wooden boxes. with iron clasps, weigh
ing $50 kilos each; four cast iron chests, weigh
ing 6l5 kilos evch: sixteen leather sacks sewed,
weighing 80 kilos each; sos packages of
parchments, with total weight of
l,457 kilos. Three boxes containing papers
OF twenty-six packages were slightly
damaged. An examination of the contents of
these chests and packages resulted in a most
astonishing nnQ- Oue nunurcu ana Twelve
wooden cases contained gold and money to the
value OF s700O0O 900 in the shape of old Portuguese
cruzades (sncient mitles, worth about SO
cents each) and the accounting OF
the treasure is verified by the documents
found in the cases. Among the papers
found was q receipt OF Frisr Decarte
Anton, superior OF the order of Jesuits, acknowl-
edsine the receipt of 20,000O00 cruzades in gold
to be turned over TO Don John V. as tribute
cf honor upon his voyage to Brazil. These
20 co., together with ,256 kilogrammes of gold
powder contained in four iron chests and 945
kilos of gold bars vessels and richly worked orna-
ments were to go TO Portugal aboard the royal
souadrons OF carsvels and Ealleons which, under
the command of Don Sebastian, was to touch al
Brazil enroute to Lisbon. Ii is said when, in
the last century, Marquis Pombat, the great
Portuguese statesman, demanded the remittance
of the above-nsmed sum, Father Anton buried
the treasure in the vaults OF his monastery
and denied that il had ever been in his pos
session, declaring il had been taken away
during the previous reign. In consequence OF
this denial, which did not deceive the marquis,
the Jssuits were expelled from Brazil and Por-
tugal The twenty-six packages found contain
variety OF precious stones, whose value cannot
be stated, as they have not yet been appraised.
1t is something enormous, however. The exca-
vatious about the castle have not yet been nm
ished. and the discovery of new treasures 10 not
impossible
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-21
Notable Masonic Event at Aberdeen.

ABERDEEN, July 20.-[special Friday even.
ing marked an era in Masonry in the Gray's har-
DOT country. West Shore Chapter, No. l3. R. A..
anu De Mofier Commandery No g. K T.. have
iof several months been working under dis
pensation, but at the last meeting of the grand
uooies In Seattle charters were granted, and
tney were received last week. Friday evening
tne ohapter and commandery were duly insti.
tute0 and their officers installed, the ceremonies
ueihg PUBIC and the work under the direction
OF U, n Alexander, OF Seattle, right eminent
oepVty grand commander X. T., OF Washington,
andfEd K. Hare, of Tacoma, right excellent
oepnt grand high priest, K. Fl NJ. The follow
Ing efe the officers: Chapter-J. Weatherwax,
nign priest; s. J. Weatherwax, king; ". f.
keyes, scribe; C. s. weatherwax, r. S.; C.B.
"eatherwax, captain host; Thomas Trethrake,
royai arch captain; \. w. Bush, master third
vaii, feter +. Clark, master first vail; w. W.
"eatnerwax, secretary; A. ]. Kroenert, treas
urer. Commandry-J. Weatherwax, eminent
commander; John g. Lewis, captain general:
w. ~. Keyes. prelate; r. X. Drake, senior war
den; Z. s. Weatherwax, junior warden:
George ID. Allen, recorder; George Weather
wax, standard bearer; r. Fl. Evans, warden:
After the ceremonies the company adjourned to
the d1ning-room of the Hotel Sargent where
eighty covers had been laid for midnight
luncn, which took on more the character of
banquet, champagne flowing freely and toasts
anu witty speeches holding the guests until
g. M Visiting Masons were present from other
harbor towns as well as the Sound cities, and
one and all expressed their pleasure and
gratitude for the handsome entertainment
It was stated by Mason who was visiting
all parts of the country in the interests of the
order that there is not another city in the world
of the size of Aberdeen with a commandery of
Knights Tempiar, and it was universally ac-
knoWledged that the commandery here has the
q
the Rocky mountains The fraternity has
good and well-furnished meeting room, but
prominent members of the order are pledged to
erecta new home for it that will be second to
none in the state, work on which will be CON-
menced soon. 1t is needless to remark that the
fraternity here comprises many OF the best and
most energetic citizens, and that they are well
up in the secret work. For this last they re-
ceived high compliment from the instituting
.oeSeers
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-21
worlds Fair Delegates in England.

LONDON, July 20-The council of arts today
received the Worlds fair delegates. Among
the councillors present were Sir Frederick Abel,
Sir Richard Webster Sir George Birdwood, sir
p. Cunliffe Owen, Brudelle Carter. sir
Frederick Bfamwell, hr. Dredge, sir
Douglas Galton, Chandler Preece, Sir
Owen Burne and Lord Alfred Churchill. After q
collation., Sir Richard Webster proposed the
health of the commissioners and the success of
the Worlds fair. He said every assistance that
could be afforded would be cordially given, and
ali hoped the fair would prove a great success
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-21
THE COUNTRY GOING TO RUIN.
A Sockless Statistician Proves it In an
Alliance Circular

TOPEKA, Kan, July Pop. B. Maxon. chair.
man of the finance committee of the Farmers
Alliance, is preparing circular to be sent to
Alliance lecturers, fortifying them with srgu-
ments to show that the country is going to ruin
at lightning speed. Maxon attempts to show
that for SS2 years the annual gold product
has averaged only 5S-lo0 per cent. per capita;
that the farmers are getting less each wear for
their products. and that the increase in popula-
tion for the past ten years in the United states
is smaller in proportion than for any OF the ten
years preceding. He argues from this that
unless there is a speedy change, the United
States will be depopulated.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-21
Mataafa Yields to King Malietoa.

MELBOURNE, July 20-Advices from Samoa
state that King Malietoa ordered Chief Mataafa
to come to Apia. Mataafa refused to obey the
order, declaring that he feared Malietoa would
cause him to be arrested Crowds of
the malcontents gathered around Mataafs, and
it was feared that they would attempt
raid upon Apia. The authorities consequently
took vigorous measures to prevent such raid,
the German gunboat Sherber assisting to main
tain order. The United States, British and Ger
man consuls have issued a proclamation sus-
tanning King Malietoa- The uneasiness which
prevailed was thereupon relieved, and at last
adviees Mataafa's followers were paying the
taxes due TO King Malistoa.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-21
walIa Walla News.

wALLA wALLA, July 20.-[special. Enforce
ment of the Sunday law is creating
much excitement Since the killing of
Hunt by the soldiers the saloons of
the city have been closed on Sunday, and
lately the saloons have concluded TO make q
strong effort TO defeat the law. This morning
the city marshal arrested Charles IL. Rose,
Adolph schwarz and Henry Retzer, who will be
tried tomorrow. They express the intention of
carrying the matter to the supreme court OF the
state il necessary.
Julius studer was arrested yesterday while
wandering about in q demented condition. On
examination he Yves declared not insane.