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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-12-28
IN NEW ENGLAND.
Latest Happenings and Items OF Gen-
eraI Interest

Joseph L. shipley, ex-editor OF the Spring
field, Mass, Union and ex-president OF the
New England associated press died recent:
Of heart failure.
Lena, aged 8 years, daughter OF Phillip
Beauohaine of Newmarket, n. H., was fatally
burned. Her dress caught fire from an open
stove, and she inhaled the flames before they
could be extinguished.
Leroy I. Bean, we'll known citizen and
veteran soldier, Of Manchester, n. H., died
suddenly OF heart disease, age So years He
was IA native OF Lowell Mass. where he was
born December 4, lS4l.
L. n. Whitney's store at West Derry, n. II.
was broken into and over 800 worth OF
goods and money taken. 1t is supposed that
the same parti stole horse and wagon be-
longing to Mr.. Stokes Of Londonderry.
Michael Keegan Of Lynn, Mass, is years OF
age, Of IL Harbor street, tell down the ele-
vator well in C. W VarneS 4 Cos shoe fac
tory on Broad street, receiving injuries TO his
spine and head which will probably prove
fatal
Patrolman John j. Ryan and reserve officer
Lewis G.. Smith OF station 2 have been
found not guilty Of bribery and neglect OF
duty by the board OF police OF Boston. The
officers are fully exonerated, much to the sat
isfaction OF every member OF the department.
movement is being made in the twin
cities OF Maine Tor the pardon OF Alfred Saw
age larm hand, who Is now serving q life
sentence in Thomaston state prison for the
murder OF Mrs. Rose Vincent, handsome,
finely developed woman of 35, who belonged
in PlaistOw.
George II. Peare, about So years of age, n
master mason by trade, residing at S3 Maple
street, Hyde Park. Mas. is reported missing.
He left town IN the early. afternoon TO
go to the Blue Hill bank at Milton, to draw
money to pay his employees. This is the last
trace that his family and friends have of
him.
Samuel NJ. Chase, city clerk at Lowell,
Mass. in 1886, died after a lingering illness
aged Gl years. Mr.. Chase was native OF
Andover and learned the printer trade. He
was n member Of the firm Of Brawn 4 Chase,
printers. and u reporter on the Lowell Morn
inS Mail before being elected city clerk. He
leaves wife. two daughters and a son.
Rufus 7. Hackett, u farmer living AT South
Auburn, Me, was killed by an afternoon
passenger tram on the Maine Central at a
crossing near Parsons, Just mile below Au-
burn The engine struck the horse, the
wagon was broken to peers and the horse
was thrown about five rods and killed. Hack
EFT was thrown about u rod, striking ON his
head. He was about IS years old and afflicted
with shaking palsy which ren 4ered him par
italy helpless. H. leaves i wife, son and
u daughter
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-12-28

there If also d Misunderstanding between
Mr.. Con and the doctor. This is caused by
the su9position that the doctor is anxious to
get the superintendent on the stand and that
Mr. Con has persistently refused to call him.
Capt. Max F. Schmittberger has told the
Lexow committee the most astounding and
complete story Of police corruption tnat has
yet been heard in the committee room. Be-
ginning with the time when he was promoted
20 the position OF round,man. hecqlse he had
found police commissioner VIII eler's lost
dog, he related a history Of brbod blindness
to law breaking on the part OF the police
extending down to the prcsen. day.
Capt. Schmittberger declared that he had
paid Inspector Alexander S. Williams bribes
OF $50 and s100 a mouth in order 10 allow
him to protect 10 policy shops and the score
or more OF excise law breaking bohemian
saloons In the East Sixty-seyenth street pre-
cinct; also that he paid Inspector Williams
600 month for tho same lack OF action
concerning 10 policy shops and three pool.
rooms in the East Eighty-eighth street pre-
cinct. He said the police department was
rotten to the core.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-12-28
THE WAR IS OVER.
China Gives Up the Use
less Struggle.
And Desires Peace With the
Empire of Japan.
Surrender Conducted Through the
Friend v Offices Of the United States.

The terrific loss N credit abroad, due TO the
uninterrupted success OF the Japanese, has
influenced China to take the advice Of the
foreign powers. She has determined to sur
render absolutely through the r!,ndly Offices
OF America The preliminaries have been ar
ranged, and two high plenipotentaries, names
unknown, have been appointed by the
Emperor, with instructions to proceed at
once to Japan TO arrange the terms OF peace.
Chang Chi Tung. the new viceroy of Lang
kiang at Nankin. has arrived at Shanghai
escorted 10y the Han Yang squadron, for the
purpose Of raising II war loan. British
squadron OF eight ironclads and cruisers is
now at King Tang, In the Chusan archipel
ago. Great alarm prevails among the natives
there. The Chinese irunclad Chen Yuen,
which ran ashore at the entrance to the har-
Dor Of Wei Hal Wei, is so badly damaged
that her repair is hopeless The people
everywhere are clamoring against the in
famlrS Of the mandarinS, and are ready to
welcome any change.
Louis Spitzel asserts that preliminaries
have been arranged with the Rothschilds Of
London for the issue OF a new Chinese loan
OF slO, 900 sterling. with the customs
duties are securities. Chang Chi lung is
known a. one OF the most progressive
men in the empire. When Viceroy Of Kwan
Tung ne established In Canton the largest
mint In the world, built by the Heatons
of England, and was transferred to Hupeto
(Wuchangl for the evident purpose OF
carrying out his pet dream. viz. TO establish
.oundries and shops for the manufacture OF
rails, etc, to be usel in the great network Of
railways projected II. northern and central
China. He has already made much progress,
not only in this but other directions, having:
established at Han Yang large cotton mills
and factories on an immense scale for the
manufacture Of small arms. cannons, etc.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-12-28

The beneficial effects of a iudicious
system OF tree planting have been
very marked in the case of deselate
Yorkshire moor near the large manu-.
featuring city of Leeds, England. Ten
years ago, according to the London
Timber Trade journal, this moor was
bleak, wind-swept tract Of ground,
as barren and useless as could we'll be
conceived. The place was Stunned
by all, and was of absolutely no value
In any way. Now, however, trees
have been planted, and this cheerless
waste has been converted into a place
OF pleasure, with charming sylvan
scenery, and it is known as Wood
house Moor Forest.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-12-28
GIVES HIS REASONS.
Gresham Tells Why sf25,O0O should
Be Paid TO Great Britain.

Sec. Gresham has furnished the House full
information touching the payment by the
United States TO Great Britain OF s425, 900 for
damages growing out OF the Bering sea con-
troversy. He says:
1.-The Paris tribunal Of arbitration held that
the United States had no right OF protection
or property In the fur seals OF Bering sea
outside the ordinary three-mile limit.
The arbitrators unanimously found that
a number OF British sealing vessels
were seized In Ber.ng sea or warned there
from by cruisers OF the United States on
DAYS and places specified, but left for future
determination the questions as to the value
OF the said vessels or their contents, or either
Of them.
"The question OF indirect or consequential
damages having been withdrawn from the
tribunal Of arbitration, the pending claims
are for British vessels actually seized in Be-
ring sea or warned out OF 1t by cruis-
ers OF the United States. The agree.
ment to pay lump sum OF s42b 600
in full settlement OF all demands an-
thorized to be made under the treaty and
award was proposed by this government.
The amount Is considerably below the
damages claimed by Great Britain, exclusive
Of interest for number OF years. The sec
retary submits that prompt and final settle
ment of the controversy by an appropriation
OF the lump sum agreed upon Is advisable
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-12-28
CRUELTY TO A CHILD.
Lad Forced to Beg and Compelled To
sleep Out OF Doors

A sad case OF cruelty to child hns come to
the attention OF Marshal SCOTT Of l.aconia y,
II and two arrests have boen Lade The
arrested persons are Thomas II. smith and
his wife OF PenacoOk. For several months
they have travelled over the northern part OF
the state with Mrs. smiths eighty ear-old
boy, Claude Murphy. They have forced the
boy TO beg from house to house and during
the recent cold weather he was poorly clad.
They have been sleeping nights In empty
Ice houses. One night recently they
sent the boy out for food and wood
and, losing his way, he slept in the open air
and froze both feet. After he was found he
could hardly walk. but his stepfather made
him hunt for wood while he remained beside
the fire. The boy has been taken to the
county farm and one foot will be auputatsd
tomorrow. He will lose all Of the toes on the
other foot. His stepiather aud his mother
were arraigned in the police court, the
former on the charge II extreme cruelty and
his mother on that OF vagrancy.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-12-28
THE PHON0GRAPH.
Validity Of Edison's Patents Involved
in Big Suit at New York City.

Arguments on motion for a preliminary
injunction against Cleveland Walcott, who is
at the head OF company now put
ting the phonograph on the market for
practical purposes. were heard by
Judge Lacomb In the United States circuit
court in New York city. The suit ia brought
by the American Graphophone company, and
II Is OF such u character as tolraise the sques-
ton OF infringement by Thomas Al Edison
upon the peculiar form Of recording cylinder
used In the present phonograph, patented by
G. A. Bell and Sumner TRintor in 1888
There is probably nj the present time $40,
0O0, 900 Interested in the phonograph indus
try. thoughout the country, 8" that the
adjS2cation Of this suit lnsolves a
yasf amount OF money and will settle the
status OF the "Menlo wizard as the inventor
Of the present commercial phonograph. Law
yer Mauro of Washington argued for the
American Graphophone Company and X. W.
Dyer for Walcott. and both handed in briefs
in support of their contentious, upon which
Judge l.acomb will render a decision.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-12-28

The Japanese have undoubtedly il
lustrated sfresh the value OF the sea
power, writes Hon. II. A. Herbert,
Secretary Of the United Statee Navy,
in the North American Review. This,
OF course. has been taught, time and
time again, in lessons familiar to ALL
The most powerful factor in the down
fall of Napoleon, one that operated all
the time from 1905 to 1914, was the
absolute control of the sea by his arch
enemy, England. He was shut of
from transportation by sea, compelled
TO rely on land communications, aud
there was no point in the circle of his
eonquests from the easternmost shores
OF Italy along the coasts OF the Medi-
terranean to Gibraltar, and thence
around the Atlantic and the Channel
and the North Sea into the Baltic,
where the English. could not assail
him. The genius Of the great con-
queror, and the wonderful impulse the
revolution had given to his soldiery
made him master OF continental
Europe, bat he could not hold it.
Wherever upon the sea there was q
strategic point in his conquered ter
ritory there were English fleets, En-
glish diplomacy, and English allies,
and these finally led first to the down
fall at Paris and then to Waterloo. A
more recent, possibly more forceful,
lesson is to be drawn from our own
Civil War. The Union fleets blockaded
the Confederacy and almost starved 1t
to death. They shut it in from re-
cruits and supplies and munitions OF
war. They cut it in two by their
fleets on the Mississippi, and pene-
trated its vitals along the lines OF
other navigable streams. They how
cred around it, as England lowered
around Napoleon and his satrapies'
and assailed 1t wherever it was weak
sst When the true history OF the
conquest of the Confedereoy is writ
ten il will undoubtedly appear that,
in proportion to numbers engaged and
expenses incurred, the navy OF t'e
limited States was far more emcien'
factor in the final result than even 'h'
field. Japan is illustrating the same
lesson. BY her command oil the sea
abe outnumbered the Chinese at ring
Yang, and by the battle off the lai'
.ha ssems now, at this writing Il
have acquired such further tn. domino, ~ .p'
ovsr the water as to justify her, In I'M
opinion Of her Emperor ".nr IN iana,h =
troops on Chinese soil ana unoef'"A
ing an invasion
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-12-28
NEW ATROCITIES.
Armenian Society OF London Has Re
cent Advices From That Country.

The Armenian Society Of London, has made
this statement The archbishop OF Madras
has been removed from the jail in Allepo and
1t Is feared, has been hanged. Enquirers at
the British consulate are informed iha. the
officials are not aware OF the archbishop's
whereabouts, The bishop OF Had]in
aud the archbishop OF Zeitoun, who
have long been victims of insult and
outrage, have Deen condemned to death, as
also Father Davork OF Marash. Sister Eliza
beth and % other Armenians OF Zeitoun, whose
term OF three years each have expired, are
still detained in prison. The government $ de-
claraton that the fires in Adana, Hadjin and
Beylin were caused by Armenians has excited
the Moslems, although all know that the
buildings destroyed had been occupied by
Armenians. The church In Beylin has been
closed and the priests and 15 conspicuous
members are In prison in Aleppo. The con-
vents at Hadjin Ieitoun and Fournouz have
been closed and the bishop OF Adam has been
exiled 10 Jerusalem.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-12-28
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

sEcBgTARY CARLYLE is ageing rapidly.
PRINCE BISMARCK regrets that he did mol
pay more attentlon TO music.
GESERAL GoURKo, late Russian Governor
General OF Warsaw, Poland, has been raised
to the rank OF Field Marshal.
EDWARD BULwER LrrroS DICKENS, the
youngest son Of Charles Dickens, Is men,
her OF Parliament in New Soutt Wales.
JEAs De REszKK's triumphs are not con-
fined 10 the stage. The tenor has just been
awarded the first prize for the best stud farm
In Russia.
THERE are no servants in the Tolstot
household. The Count cuts his own fire.
wood, and the Countess prepares their sim
pie meals
The King OF the Belgians offers prize OF
e5OO0 for the best plan OF supplying Brussels
with drinking water. Tho competition Is
open to all the world.
KAISER WILLIAM has earned his first du-
cat. His lode to Aegir' was recently sung
by the Vienna Maennergesangverein, and, In
accordance with it's rules, 1t has paid him
one duoat.
AooLIAoBo, the new King OF Dahomey, Is
tall AMI dignifed, with face which sug-
gests the conventional cartoons OF Weary
Wraggles. He wears silver sieve over his
iodtutcs 10 Keep on Rnh's'
ONE OF Gladstones little known accom-
plishments which he reserves for select oc-
casions Ia the singing Of comic songs. His
fre sympathetic voice stands him in good
stead when trolling a stave.
Mrs SARAH ULRIcH KELLY, OF Honesdale,
Penn. known In Washington and elsewhere
as the "Bard OF Shanty Hill. has announced
herself az candidate for Congress TO sue
ceed the late Myron B. Wright.
], PrxRposr MoaaLN. the banker, is one
OF the plainest and most unpretentious mill
ionaires In New York. He lives an unos-
tentatious life. and does a vast amount OF
charitable and philanthroplc work.
LONDON has a new literary favorite In
"Anthony Hope" Hawkins. Heis London
lawyer and an Oxford honor man. His face,
long, thin and beirdless, with close-shut
lips, gives him an ascetic appearance.
Ex-GovxRsos Cox, OF Ohio. who served
In Grants Cabinet, " still hearty In his old
age. He Is President OF the Cincinnati Law
School. and one Of the duties OF his private
secretary 10 to box With him In leisure
hours.
GxaEnAL LzE's grandson, Robert X. Lee,
lives on his fathers estate In Fairfax Coun-
ty, Virginia, but goes TO Washington svery
day 10 practice law. Mr.. Lee ID about six
feet Ave inches in height, and weighs over
900 pounds.
MUTsU Hfro, Emperor OF Japan, u forty
two years OF age. having been born on No
, vsmber 8, 1861. He asosnded ths throne In
1858, As O result OF revolution which re-
stored the Mikados During bis reign Mutsu
has introduced many reforms, and Laid the
Foundations Of Q new religion.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-12-28
MILL NOTES. =

The management Of the V -soria mills. New
buryPort, Mass have ordered a five per cent
reduction In wages.
@. +. CushmAn is making extensive re-
pairs on his mill at Passumpsi' Vt. and ad-
din facilities for the manufacture Cd! leither
board.
Frank Ashley, Of Acushnet Mass. has taken
;. l., Hawes Oox shop at Smith mills, lifted
II up with new machinery end is now engaged
in making boxes
The hew Union Improved WeHving Co, Di
Greene, n. \. recently organized with capita!
sOOu, ,OOO, Will commence operations Feb.l and
will make all kinds Of serges and other
woolen cloths, starting with 20 looms.
The American Manufacturing Co. will re-
sumo the manufacture Of rope and binder
twine at It's plant at Grccnpoint, y. l., after
Jan. /. Preparations ARE now being made to
produce 81, 900 tons Of manila and stsal goods
a day II necessary.
The Standard Wall Paper Co.. Of Sandy
Hill, n. T., has been Incorporated to manu-
facture wall papers and interior decorations,
capital slZ5, 600 and directors, q. |. Nhcy,
.. Griffin, j. ii. DOrby c. Worthman. W. A.
huppuch and ]. Jackson.
The Lewiston, Me Bra hery aud Dye
works has notified the city Of Lewiston Of
their intention ofpelitoning the Legislature
Tor charter to build a private electric road
from the Bleachery to the Maine Central
yard on the other side of the street few
hundred feet away.
At Pittsfeid (Me.) H. Dobson Co., are
running portions OF their plant overtime
three nights in the week. Walkers mill is
running full. The Wayerly mil are putting
in new machinery to increase their capacity.
while the East Pond Mfg. Co., at Newport,
Is running with two looms to a weaver.
Not only are Massachusetts mills busy, but
all through New England the plants engaged
in this class Of wooden manufacture are re-
ported as actively engaged. Mills OF this
class are said to be taking orders, however,
at extremely low prices, In view OF the COM
petition from abroad, but manufacturers hope
TO make profit Of some kind out OF the
business though it must necessarily be much
smaller than they have been accustomed to.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-12-28
NEWS CONDENSED.
Tcrse Dispatches From All Over the
Country.

Tcrse Dispatches From All Over the
Country.
Eugene Kelly, head OF the banking house
OF Eugene Kelly 4 Co., OF New York city, Is
dying at his home, S3 West 51st street
James Gilfallin. chief justice OF Minnesota,
died at st. Paul from complication OF kid
ney and liver troubles. He was 65 years old
George A. Minetree, one of the largest
wholesale and retail druggist In Petersburg,
Va, has assigned. Some OF the principal
creditors live in Boston.
David Slocum and his wife. living near
Edinboro, Penn have reputation OF being
miserly. Recently four men, heavily armed,
entered the house and took away slO, 600
which they discovered In an old trunk.
The Des Moines Northern & Western rail
way and one fourth interest In the Des
Moines Union railway company were sold by
the commissioner Of the United States court
to the purchasing committee OF bondholders,
for %, SAC, 900.
Six masked men tortured David slocum, o
money lender Of Washington township, Erie
county. Penn, and took about 5000 OF his
savings from an old trunk in which the money
was hidden. slocum. who is II years old,
lives with his wife on a road far out from the
town
An examination OF the books OF the Centra!
National Bank Of Rome, N Y, by national
bank examiner J. Van Vranken, disclosed
the fact that the casliei of the bank, John X.
Blelby, is q defaulter to the amount OF sN,
900, Of which sum he has sS, 600 to his credit
In New York, which he will return TO the
bank, leaving a net shortage Of sls,00o.
Judge Truax OF New York city in the su-
preme court handed down his decision In
the Fayerweather will case, involving seven
or eight millions Of dollars, In which he
finds for the plaintiffs. This knocks out the
deed OF gift Of s8,O0O, 900 which was distribu'
ted by the executors, and distributes the es.
tate according to Mr.. Fayerweather's do
sires, to tho smaller colleges.
Ellen Jefferson OF New York city, better
known as Old Granny Jefferson, died at thi
reputed age Of 100 years, months and II
days at the home OF her grandson. Charles
Davis, at l27 West 9th street. Mrs. Jefferson
according to the family record, was born OF
March !, 1876, in the Shenandoah Valley. Sh,
married Peter Jefferson, the colored body ser
want OF Thomas Jefferson. Until Abraham
L ncoln issued his proclamation freeing thu
southern negroes she and her family lived OF
the old Jefferson plantation near Charlotte
Wills, N.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-12-28
Benefits of Anti-TOXine.

Dlphtheria has been very prevalent in Wal
than, Mass, the present year, there being
up to date 30 cases. as against So last year.
Nineteen Of the cases have resulted fatally.
OF that number II occurred previous to Nov.
II. Since that time there have been 80 cases,
but only two OF the patients died. The de-
crease in the death rate was due to precau-
ton taken by the health board in having bac-
THEOLOGICAL examinations made OF the "cul-
ture" taken from the suspected persons
throat. The new remedy, anti-toxine, has
been used In Waltham with excellent success.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-12-28
CANADIAN CABINET.
More Details of AtroCi-
ties In Armenia.
Arctic Explorers and Party Tell
Tales of Suffering.
French Governments A}tsaude on the
Panama sessdaIs.

The new Canadian cabinet has been formed
thus:
Prime minister and president OF the privy
council, Hon. Mackenzie Bowel postmaster
general, Sir Adolphe Caron minister OF
marine and fisheries, John Costigan; finance,
G. Z. Foster justice, Sir Charles H.
Tupper; railways and cana's, J. G. Hag.
gart public works, s. A. 0uimet:
militia defence. J. <. Patterson; interior, r.
Nj. DAILY; trade and commerce, w. b. Ives :,
agriculture, A. X. Anglers; secretary Of state,
A. h. DIckey without portfolios, Sir Frank
Smith, d. Ferguson and Dr. Montague.
Not In the cabinet Solctor-general OF
Canada, Hon. j. j. turran comptroller OF
customs, n. c. Wallace; controller OF inland
revenue, j +. Wood.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-12-28
BANDITS UNDER TEN.
Lynnfeld Bad Boys III Court at Pea
body on Grave Charge.

Kenneth Belmcr aged l0.and Chester PALM
er, aged nine years, We're brought before
Judge Merrill in tn" Peabody, Mass. district
court to tell what they could about their at
tempt to wreck train on the South Beading
branch Of the Boston 4 Maine Railroad.
The boys were not under arrest owing
to their tender age. They are charged
with placing nSh-plate3 between the
rails at switch In such way
that the first tain that came along
would be derailed. The plates were
found by james Ramsdell, quarry owner, in
time TO save train leaving Boston. The Bel
mcr boy confessed and admitted that be at
tempted to wreck the train, in company with
the Palmer boy. and when asked his reasons
for attempting to wreck the train. he said his
only object for wrecking the train was to try
and xiii Miss Rowland OF Wakefield, who is
teacher in the iynnfield school, where the
boys attend. and who rides daily between
her home in Wakefield and Lynnfeld and re-
turn