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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-05-24
LvndOn'A New Underground Rail-
rOOd.

The new underground railway, which
is to relieve the street traffic both in
the city and the West end, is to be
worked upon novel principle, which
will offer every facility for quick jour-
neying along the route Of the line. The
tunnel is to be made deep down in the
earth, far below the deepest vaults
practically IN no mans soil. where
rights do not penetrate. The trains
are to be reached from above by lifts
constantly working, and there will be
no delay in taking tickets and having
them clipped. The passengers will en-.
ter the lift, which will descend to the
cars below, where the fares will be
collected.-L0ndon Court Journal,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-05-24
Why His Watch Wouldn't G..

I wish you would see what is tho
matter with this" said the customer
handing his watch across the showcase
ut has stopped. Perhaps there's Il hal.
tangled UP in the balance Wheel
The jewrlar opened it, screwed bis
eyeglass into place, and made the Gus.
tomary horrible grimace at the helpless
watch.
"a hair?" he said. "There's a lock
Of EN-"
II will give it a champoo. "-Chicago
Tribune.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-05-24
Georgia Populi.t. mammal.

Atlanta, Ga, May 1S.-The Populist
state convention to-day nominated J. X.
Hints OF Atlanta for governor. He was
ohiliated with the Democrats until few
days ago, when he published letter an.
nouncing his conversion to the doctrines
OF the POpulist party.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-05-24
A Guilty Conscience.

Edith think Tom Manners is a
flirt. ..a...r
Maude-Ilow so:
Edith-Why, after I've refused him
only three times he is making love to
that odious May Takem!-Truth.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-05-25

Officials of the United States Navy
Department have found curious
typographical error in the Bering Sea
law recently passed by Congress, and
are wondering what its effect may be.
1t is feared, states the New Orleans
Picayune, that it may invalidate the
whole law. The award of the Paris
Tribunal prohibited the capture of
seals at all times within zone of sixty
miles round the Pripyloff Islaods,
Inclusive" of the territorial waters.
The bill. as introduced by Mr.. Nor
gan, Chairman on the Senate Com
mittee on Foreign Relations, con-
tained the correct phraseology, but
when it was printed the types made the
word exclusive, and the bill was so
passed. What the legal effect of the
error may be still remains to be seen,
but some people think that the Senate
will have to reconsider its work and
pass the bill again formally before it
will be properly operative. There IL
a good deal of red tape about legal
matters.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-05-25
MILL NOTES.

New machinery is being added to the Tee
umseh mills, Fall River.
The carpet mill at Palmer, Mass. which
shut down nearly year ago. Is expected to
start again next month.
A stock company IL being organized at
Marlboro Mass, by II. Hill and Others to
| manufacture "A newly invented shoe.
The Currier building at Biddeford, Me-,
has been leased by Mr.. Dearborn and will bs
used as n shoe factory, work to begin at
once.
The Baltic mills at Enfield. NH ,snnounce
to their help that on June /, they will restore
the 10 per cent cut last made Ia wages. aud
will pay on fortnigltly.
A break in the shafting at the Somerset 4
Johnsbury Manufacturing Cumpany's plant,
Fall River, Mass, has accustomed n partial
shutdown for few days.
The cloth market closes steady, about 200
OOO pieces Of odd goods having heen disposed
Of during the week on IA basis OF %. cents, |
per cent on, for 64s. No spot 64s have been
sold.
The Sawyer wooden mills at Dover. n H..
have been shut down to make repairs In the
dry house. No. mill of the Coch eco Manu-
featuring Company Is to 'hut down for an in
definite period.
The strike In Russelrs mills. Pittsfeld
Mass, inaaguratcd month ago by the weav-
ers and spnners, was declared OFF by the
striker. The strike was for the restoration
OF 10 per cent. reduction In wages, and was
abandoned because the strikers have been
deserving and going blck to work. Only a
small percentage OF the men will be taken
back, most OF their places having been filled.
The cotton mills of New England report
moderate orders for their goods OF late Com
yerters have been using more material for
dress goods recently. and the mills making
brown drills, ducks and osnaburgs have been
shipping more Of them than was the case few
weeks ago. The concerns making denims
and ticks are also disposing OF some
goods, while extensive sales are
reported OF canton fiannels. The
mills running on ginghams and
woven wash fabrics are operating their ma
chinery at moderate speed. as the demand
would not warrant any extra output Just
now. The closing down OF the Barnaby mill
at Fall River for an indefinite time, shows
how one factory, at least, manufacturing
these speclalties In grades. considers the out
look for them.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-05-25

The death of David Dudley Field,
the eminent New York jurist, recalls
to the Philadelphia Ledger the most
remarkable story of four famous
brothers, all of whom led useful lives.
Cyrus West Fields, one of these
brothers, who died in 1892, was the
protector of the Atlantic cable; David
Dudley Field distinguished himself as
a lawyer and acquired national repu
tation by his codihcation of the laws
of New York. Other brothers are Su-
preme Court Justice Stephen J. Field
and DR.. Henry NJ. Field, the editor of
the Evangelist. They were sons of a
poor, but distinguished Berkshire
clergyman, who managed to give three
of his sons collegiate education, of
which they made excellent use.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-05-25

The rapid development of the lifo
insurance business OF this country lie
one OF the most remarkable economic
facts of the time, asserts Frank Les
lies Weekly. "And as indicating the
growth of provident spirit and habit
among our people, it is fact of i'm
mense significance. Some conception.
of the magnitude of this interest III
afforded by the returns of the thirty
two old style life insurance companies
now doing business in this State. The
total amount of premiums paid into
these companies last year was Sl92,
7O6. S3S. The death claims paid dur
ing the year amounted to S7o' '9o3' S2o'
The surplus, as regards policy holders,
held by these companies at the begin
ming of the present year was sll6,.
$40, 1885, These figures leave no room
for doubt as to the steadily increasing
popularity of life insurance as means
of assuring reasonable protection
against the accidents and adverse
fortunes of life to those who would
otherwise be defenseless. 1t is no
doubt true that the cost of insurance
in some of the standard companies is
excessive, and that the business could
be safely and proftably conducted at
much lower charges to tho policy
holder, but even at the extravasant
rates sometimes exscted, the life in
surance system offers advantages
which few persons with Others de-
pendent upon them can afford to aiS'
regard"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-05-25
A RAILROAD WAR
Results in n Pitched Battle Between
Employes of Rival Roads

The South Jersey railroad succeeded In lay
ing its tracks at the Woodbine crossing,
Millville, N. J. 1t effected this move by
crossing the tracks of Its rival, the West
Jersey road. Notwithstanding the injunction
issued by the supreme court.
At midnight the South Jersey company
brought big gang OF laborers down to the
crossing The West Jersey watchman, who
slept in the security Of the injunction, was
seized, bound and gagged and the crossing
quickly effected. Supervisor-in-chief Cheno-
with OF the West Jersey road ordered his
men to tear up the South Jerseys tracks
when he arrived at the spot. The gangs OF
the rival roads were lined.
Words followed and then blows, and then
all hands pitched In with spades and picks,
while a number drew their knives. The bat
tie waged was fierce and determined, the
South Jersey men being finally routed and
put to flight. Eleven men were found to have
been badly injured, among them Superinten.
dent Lutz OF the South Jersey road.
Justice Cheeseman and a force of deputy
sheriffs arrived on the scene later, armed
with warrants for the arrest OF tho South
Jersey officials for provoking riot and dis.
obeying the mandates Of the courts. Super
visors Stubs and Chenowith were arrested,
but the others made their escape on the
train which brought them. The justice held
court in freight car and held both prisoners
in $500 bail, which was furnished.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-05-25
MANY LIVES LOST
In the Great Storm of
Last Week.
Twenty-Eight Vessels Reported
to Have Gone Down.

Thrty-two lives are known to have been lost
and % vessels cciel in the great storm
which swept over the lakes last week. The
loss will not exceed 5200, 600 None OF the
schOOners which went down or were cast
ashore were of more than 800 tons burden
and the majority were much less than
that.
Darkness came down on y men cruuching
in the Une-mile crib ut Lake View, drenched
by the surgcs which swept down from the
north and cut from all hope of outside sue
cor Their only shelter u timber tower, con-
strurted on the crib was washed away shortly
before two O'Clock. and until uightfall the
unfortunate men strained their eyes In vain
for some sign Of answer to the flag Of distress
which they waved from the partially wrecked
crib
All efforts to get a crew to 20 to the relief
OF the men were without success, 1t being i'm
possible to get anyone to go out in the face
Of the fearful gale. The white flag Of dis
trcss had been replaced by red lantern,
which was still yisable at daybreak.
Twenty men spent the day and night on
the two cribs Of the SiNty-eighth street tun-
mel. The telephone to the crib would not
work and no one would venture out in boats.
From the shores the waves seemed to be
running over the two mile crib most Of the
time. The lake seemed roughcr in that part
were presented in the awful panorama from
the tower Of the ifesaying station. For hours,
with glass. one could not look in any direc-
tion out in Lake Michigan without seeing
some man. or dozen men tossed hClplessly
on the waves. Man inability to cope with
the elements was never more wildly shown
than when during the raging storm he was
seen rising and falling like IA little speck on a
merciesS sea.
Clouds flew across the skv SO low a. al
most to touch the masts Of the schooners
lying Just outside the brcakwater. The gale
pushed the water ahead OF 1t until the break
ers rolled over the decks and beating against
the break water were thrown llfty feet In the
air.
Twenty-Five vessels were living scattered
about as Tito guard the city, while farther on
could be seen the furious storm approaching
rs II to make an attack. charge after charge
was ma e the vessels were driven together
In confusion and grinding their massive tim
bers here and there would succumb and be-
come n total wreck.
A little tug would pun out every few min
utes to bring in some OF :he wounded. All
along the shore were scattered floating pieces
of timber, large cargOes OF lumber and broken
and scattered hulls which just few minutes
before had held the men whose lives had now
gone out.
Twelve fishermen were rescued by a vol
untecr lifc-saving crew from the government
pier. Tugs assisted in 4natching sailors from
sinking vessels. Others were dragged
ashore rs they noated in on spars or in the
shattered hulks Of their own vessels. Nearly
100 persons wer" in imminent peril Of their
lives. yet all but ten were saved.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-05-25
THE NATIONAL GAME.

THERE Is no cessation In the baseball boom.
4 ABALL team has been forme in the city OF
Maxl3o.
TwrrcHELL is batting better than any Of
the Louisville players.
Tue University OF Pennsylvania baseball
team defeated Yale at Philadelphia.
Buck EwINa' last fielding for Clevetan
is the subject OF quite general comment
ANsoS, the twsnty-ysar hero OF thu da-
mond, Is once more playing first base for
Chicago.
JouS CLARKsoS is pitching for Cleveland
AS we'll as he ever did In his best days on the
diamond.
McALEER, OF the Clevslanis was the first
player this season to announce that he hal
Charley horse.
TUCKER. of Boston. Is playing the fielding
game OF his life this Year AMI has yet TO
make an error.
The New Ioris can maze mora ats an
get fewer runs than any other team In the
League except Pitts5urE.
BUCKLEY has fully recovered the uss Of ais
arm, and his lne work behind the OF is one
cause OF Vt. Louis success.
SHUaARr's rsco-I o. three home runs in
one game at Cincinnati Is liable to be the
home run record oithls season.
IT Is a pleasure to see McGraw, the Balti-
more third baseman. throw. He hardly
makes an effort, but the ball goes like shot.
THIS seems to be the day OF small men
physlcally-ln the League. Nearly all OF
the star players are men OF small or medium
size.
NEW sliding pad has been invsntei by a
Cincinnati man. 1t is constructed on the
pneumatic-tire principle. The Clncinnstis
have adopte them.
CooaAS, the young catcher OF the Univer-
sty OF Pennsylvania, is slated to join his
clubmate, young GOockle, on the Phlla lei
phia team at the end OF his university ca
reer
START, the veteran eX-proiessional first
baseman. probably played ball longer than
any other man connected with the National
game. He played ball for twenty-elght coh-
secutve seasons.
The sun Is more bothersome In Washing
tons right field than on any other grounds
In the country. II has killed off lot OF
right feders Radiori alone mastering II
by using smoked goggles.
A rELEGRAPHrc baseball system has been
invented in st. Louis by man named Vel
laris BY u system OF keys in the scorer
stand, the instant a decision Is made by the
umpire, strikes, balls, outs, fair and foul.
are shown instantly to the public. Th,
scheme can be worked by electric connec
tlon In number of places at one time.
WHILE our National game Is this year en-
ioying at home perhaps II greater popularlt,
than ever before, 1t is also winning extrnor
dinary favor abroaL. Not only has 1t be
come permanent and conspicuous instltu
tion In Canada Australia and New Zealand
but In conservative old England itself It ha
won a forward place among out-of-doo
sports.
A GOOD authority records that there ar
now more baseball clubs In England thai
there are cricket clubs In America Howeve
that may be, there are between forty an,
fifty organized mines in England, united In
National Baseball Association, with splen
did field In the metropolis, known as tn
London Baseball Park, IN which three o
four games can be played at the same time
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-05-25
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
sro1, the Russian novelist, was born at

ToLsroI, the Russian novelist, was born at
Tuba, August q, 1923.
PROFESSOR HENRY MORLEY died recently at
Carlsbrooke, Isle Of Wight.
Mn. PRYCF, rising London novelist, Is a
clerk in the Bank Of England.
THE King Of Grcece is an excellent swim
mer and has a perfect passion for fishing.
PRINcE BIsMARcK would rather have sure
cure for rheumatism than all the titles In
Europe.
PRESIDENT CARSor, OF France, reiterated
his decision not to present himself for re-
election.
GENERAL o. o. HOWARD has been elected
President o. the National temperance So.
clety. TO succeed John Wanamaker.
MRS U. S. GRANT says that she has not
yet decided whether she will reside perma-
nently in New York or in Washington.
TREATMENT with beladonna has so
strengthened one OF Mr.. Gladstones eyes
that he is enabled TO read and write without
difficulty.
The King OF Dahomey was educated in
France and speaks French luently. He be-
came barbarian because he was disappoint.
ed In love affair.
THE Austrian Empress's brother, Duke
Charles Theodore, OF Bavaria, has resumed
at Meran his free practice as an ocullst for
the benefit OF the poor.
PRoFEssoR ONKRS, a celebrated German
historian, is vegetarian, whose favorite
dinner Is buttered rolls and radshes, washed
down with cold water.
THE Czarowltz OF Russia Is said to be dis.
inclined to marry He wants to renounce
the succession to the throne in favor OF his
youngest brother, the Grand Duke Michael.
UNITED STATES SENATORS PRocroR AND
DUBOIS are as ardent trout anglers as Sena-
tor Quay is a tarpon fisherman. The former
took In the opening OF the season In Yer.
mont
EREK JoRdENsEN, the firearms inventor IL
portly, we'll polsel man, with dark eyes
| and full gray beard. He occupies the posi-.
| tion in the Norway Armory OF bessemager,
or gunmaker.
LIEUTENANT PRARYs title Is one o. courtesy
only He Is civil engineer and not line
officer. He has spent moro than one-quarter
| OF his time since he entered the navy In the
Arctic regions.
NJ. f, INGALLS,, President OF the "Big
Four railroads, worked his way through
Harvard Law School, sleeping on the floor
OF friends law Office and eating his meals
wherever he could get them.
| CARL ZARRAHN's record OF forty years
leadership OF the Boston Handel and Haydn
| Society Is said to be unsurpassed In the his
tory OF music. no other conductor ever hav-
ing had charge for 80 long time OF any
musical society.
| GERHARD GADE. the American Consul at
! Chistiania, Norway. who was appointed In
1869 by General Grant, is the oldest consul
| In the service, with the exception OF Consul
Sprague, at Gibraltar. He will celebrate hi.
jubilee on June 25.
DB. JOHN A. ANDREWS, OF Worcester,
Mass, has been In practice over sixty years,
during forty-eight OF which he answered
calls day and night, and now, at the age OF
ninety-one, he still has large Office prac-
tice, and he includes among his patients
some Of the third generation he has treated.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-05-25
JUN|ATA FLOODED.
Heavy Losses in Penn
Sylvania.
Williamsport and Huntington
are Deluged--No Lives Lost.

Wllliamspor. Pa, is passing through a
state OF flood excitement unequalled since the
memorable June /, 1889, when the river
reached the unprecedented height 0f 331S
feet and inundated two-thirds OF the city.
Forforty-eight hours rain fell heavily through
out the west branch watershed. and at this
writing the river IL about twenty-fl We feet high
and rising rapidly. The widest rumors are
ahoat. ,fhe situation is discouraging, for II
Is still raining hard and all the streams west
OF the city are still raging torrents.
The boom ut Linden broke. There were
about 1000 900 feet OF logs In the structure
and they fioated down stream. 1t was al
first thought that most Of the logs could be
caught in the main boom, which holds $50, :
0C0. 100 feet, but 1t was not deemed advisable
10 do this as the pressure on the structure
was then almost too much for II to bear.
The LOckhaven boom was reported to have
given way under the pressure Of high water,
aud it WAS stated tht Is 900 900 feet started
down stream on II ten-fOot food. The logs
and boom at Two Mile and Cooke runs.
branches OF Kettle Creek broke loose at ten
o'clock and are on their way down stream.
The great food has been exceeded only
once in the history Of the Juniata Valley. The
last four days rainfall has raised the Juniata
river and Raystown branch Il feet above low
water mark. entailing great destruction OF
flooded the lower streets, driving the people
from their homes and in the lower farming
districts whole families are imprisoned In
their houses, unable to he reached owing to
the turbulence OF the streams
Three new iron bridges spanning the Juni.
ata and Raystown branch have been swept
away The destruction OF scores OF minor
bridges and washouts on public roads have
closed all rural approaches to that place.
rh.. l..
and the lower floors of many business houses
are flooded.
Mrs. Jacob Miller was drowned at Saxton
while trying TO save some property.
A landslide at Ryde station ON the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, covered the south track for
nearly a mile. aud portion OF the track was
washed away. Great damage 10 property and
farm lands along the kaystown branch is re-
ported.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-05-25
Foreign Notes Of Interest.

Owing To coal famine the Grand Trunk
railway shops over the entire system have
closed down.
Two Frenchmen, who were engaged In
sketching the forts mt Mayence, Germany;
are under arrest.
The Earl OF Dunraven will sail the Val
kyrie two special races against the Vigilant
Two gold cups will be created for the event.
The Grand Duke Paul, the youngest brother
Of the ear, will shortly be bethrothed to
Princess Maud, the youngest daughter OF the
Prince OF Wales.
Mayor Villeneuve of Montreal, Can, has
issued proclamation ordering compulsory
vaccination Of all citizens and strangers en-
tering from the United States.
Rev. Richard Morris, NJ. A., L. L. D.. presi.
dent OF the Pathological society, died In Lon
don. He had written many books on etymo-
logy and early English literature.
The court OF appeals at Cairo, Egypt, has
confirmed the decision authorizing the Suez
canal to permit the passage through the canal
OF vessels carrying petroleum in bulk.
The Miners International congress In $685.
sion at Berlin, adopted a resolution advocat-
ing general eight hours OF labor a day for
all countries represented at the congress.
Ranouille. quartermaster OF the steamer
Equateur, charged with having caused an
explosion on that vessel In order to remove
traces Of robbery, was acquitted at Bour-
deaux. Spain.
Governor O'Brlen, OF st. Johns N. F., has
been forced to withdraw the proclamation
for by-election in st. Johns east. owing to
the informality OF the judgment against ex-
Receiver General Fox
Admiral ia CANA has returned to Monte
video. He had boarded the steamship Iberia
for Lisbon when he was handed N cablepram
from Senior Ruy Barbosa, saying that it
would be useless for him 10 proceed to Lis
bon.
An official OF the Brazilian legation, refer
ring to the rupture of diplomatic relations be-
tween Brazil and Portugal, said that he ex-
pected that the trouble between Brazil and
Portugal would soon be ended by the medi-
alton OF Il foreign power, probably great Brit
ain.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-05-25
TWO BOYS SHOT.
The Man Who Did Ii Says He Mis-.
took One of the Bows For n Rear

George and Edward Norton, aged 3 and IA
years respectively, we're shot by oliver La
rose, aged %, at Benson, VT The younger
boy is mortaly wounded and the elder serl-
ously injured. Larose has been arrested.
The Norton boys, who live with their pa.
rents on the shore OF Lake Champlain, started
to go to the house about half mile distant.
They took path leading inland from the
lake through the brush. About three quar-
ters OF a mile from their house they met three
men, John Lafeur, his son, Arthur, and La
rose, his son. .in-law
Young Larose was carrying a loaded mus
ket, and as the boys approached the party,
Larose took the gun from his companion and
fired, the charge striking both boys. George
fell to the ground, but Edward retained his
feet. Ten OF the shots had hit him In the thigh
while one had penetrat a ills hand.
Larose claims that he mistook the boy for
bear. Larose had recently been married,
and the only theory that makes the shooting
Intentional Is that he mistook the boy for an
older brother, OF whom he In said to be er-
tremely jealous.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-05-25

AT the annual meeting of the Han
nemann Hospital Association in Phil
adelphia the other day an interesting
explanation of the crowded condition
of the hospital WAS made. Secretary
Lewis said the institution had been
crowded beyond its capacity, and the
number of typhoid fever cases was in
excess of all previous years. This
condition the physicians ascribe to
the business depression and conse T.
quent worry Of men over financial
matters.