Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-04-21
ISLAND POND VERMONT APRIL 81 1893

preparing the case for trial. He was very
reticent about his career and always claimed
to his counsel that he was Amy. Finally,
one day they told him that II they
were going to defend him he
must make clean breast OF his past, must
Withhold nothing and must tell the absolute
truth. Then, and not till then, did Almy
break down. Turning TO them he said,
Gentlemen, am George H. Abbott"
Madame Dusp.
The two or three performances given at
the Globe Theatre last week gave ample
evidence that Nine. Duse is uuquestlonably
the greatest tragedenne the world has ever
seen. The house was packed nj every per
formance. the sons Of sunny Italy aud The
daughters as well, being present from nearly
all parts OF New England All the plays
were rendered in the ltalian language, but
this did not seem to detract ANYTHING from
he presentations even to those who could
not understand n word Of the plays.
One Dollar Gas.
Mayor Matthews has been after the gas
trusts with very pointed stick, and has
succeeded in making the price of gas one
dollar per thousand cubic feet in the city
proper. Not only this, but he has in his IN
vestigatons disclosed some things in connec'
ton with the gas commissioners which are
a little queer, to say the least. 1t seems that
the commissioners, in making their reports,
are required by law to state the cost Of
making gas, but since the agitation for
cheaper ga, began these figures
have not appeared in the reports
OF the commissioners; but Mayor
Matthews found out that il did not cost
the companies only about - cents per
thousand cubic feet TO manufacture ga-. and
hence it was decided that this action on the
part of the gas commissioners wa, intlueu ci
by the companies in o,dcr To prevent the
chelpcniug OF their product to consumers.
The gas trust. it ha. been disclosed during
these inve,tig cations, is a very rotten ami cor
rupt affair, and IN referring - the matter a
leading paper has thi, to say:
"If Mr.. AlIick- has hoaste,i that he owns
the board Of aldermen the gas commission
and the state senate he is liable to under
stand. before the investigation closes, the
real power OF Bo,ton's mayor.
People who hold this behct fail to take INTO
account a mighty factor, namely public
opinion which will uu,lity whatever hold
the Bay State Gas trust may have ON our
legislative bodies, for Il will mean political
death for any member Of the city or state
this trust and in opposition TO the people.
The mayor Understands this, and 30 do the
politicians, and the after are even now cast
ing about for means ~ nscape from this Bay
State yoke
4 Question Concerning Liquor Licen-
ScS.
A recent ruling OF Judge HALEY at Low.
ell, that liquor licenses which go into effect
on May and that is the beginning Of the
life Of all OF thcm) iti-sued before that day
are made void, has provoked much specuia-
tion a. to how 4 will influence the acts VI
Police Commissioner Osborne, whose term
of service Will have expired ut that time
The claim, of course, j. that the commis-
sioner is now engaged in signing licenses
which are not 10 take effect until after
he IS no longer u commissioner, and thft
he is depriyins his successor OF hls rtghun!
duty to say who are the proper persons to
hold licenses during the first year he is in
Office. II j. further claimed by tommis
sioner Osborne's opponents that the large
Republican vote cast for Governor Russell at
the last election was intended rs rebuke &c
the commissioner for using the high power
Of granting licenses in u corrupt manner for
the purpose OF securing his continuation In
ofiice, by making il part of the con
sideration for license that the
holder whatever his party affiliations might
be, must vote against Governor Russell. and
that he is engaged in paying of that debt by
taking good care that for year at least hl'
adherents in Boston will have good cause to
remember him as man who pays his poh'
tical debts in such coin as his few days OF
office allows him. On the other hand, Com
missioner Osborne says that the course he
and his two associates are pursuing is the
only practical one, where SO many licenses
have to be issued as are required in Boston
II the signing and issuing of licenses
should be DELAYED until May it would be
physically impossible to grant even com
paratiyely small number Of them II the law
should be strictly interpreted. As conse-
quence, every liquor dealer who had not re-
ceiyed license, although he had complied
with every requirement of the law, would
have to close his place aud keep 1t closed
until his license had been granted.
Now license issued to man in
April TO 90 into effect on May |, gives
him right to use It until the latter date
but II he already possesses license good
until MAY l, he is not unjustly required to
close his place of business on that day, wait
ing for the signature of the board of COM
missioners, which might not be received for
several days. Commissioner Whiting Is OF
the same opinion rs his associate, and be-
lieycs that they have a legal right to sign IL
censes up to the time that their commissions
expire. The case has been carried to the
supreme court on exceptions.
OZNoLA.
Has Cost Nearly s17,000,OO0.
Auditor Alderman has made report
showing that the building Of the Words
Fair has already cos. Sl6 7OS S96, twice the
sum paid for the Paris Exposition. and more
must yet be ptd ont The snow storms and