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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-01-11
NEWS CONDENSED.
Terse Dispatches From All Over the
Country.

Edward Albro one of the most prominent
citizens of Halifax. N. S., having been for 5O
years engaged in the hardware business dled
recently aged SO.
IA. Huntoon, treasurer of Lyon county,
Neb., was found dead at his house at Dayton,
shot in the head. Huntoon committed sui
eide and is short in his accounts over "a, OOo.
Workmen have begun to tear down the
great walls of the Delavan House ruins in
Albany, n. Y, preparatory to beginning
search for the bodies OF the 10 hotel employees
who perished.
Twenty-Five men went to the county jail at
Mt Sterling, KY, ,oyerpowered Jailer Best, Sc
cured the keys and took from the jail Tom
Blair of Morgan county, and hanged him to
railroad trestle.
There was collision at Yorktown, Ind,
between two freight trains on the Big Four
road. Engineer W. A. Shull was killed. Fire
man Joshua Walsh was fatally injured, and
Fireman Hurst and Engineer Sutton were
seriously injured.
The Adams Express Company, which for
the first time appears in the Rocky Mountain
country as an independent company has just
opened quarters at Denver, Col. The Adams
from this point is to operate over the Bur
lington and Pennsylvania systems.
Three lives were lost in fire at 25 Pitt
street, New York city. The victims were Mrs
Lena Lehman and her two children, SaraE
and Henry, aged respectively two years and
two months The woman lived on the fourth
floor, and was trying to escape to the street,
when she and her infants perished in the
flames
James Gray, James Alexander and James
Fletcher, colored laborers, excavating for the
foundation OF the new state penitentiary at
Nashville, Tenn, were engaged in thawing
out box of dynamite. The combustible be-
came overheated and exploded. All three
men were instantly killed, their bodies being
mangled and torn almost to atoms. The eX-
plosion shook the ground for miles.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-01-11
MAY CLOSE THE PLANT.
Trouble Anticipated At Carnegie Steel
Works at Homestead

The people at Homestead, Pa. have fear
that the entire plant of the Carnegie steel
company will be closed before the end of the
week. The employees OF the 1l9-inch mill
who struck are still ont. The 33, So, 81 and
several other mills are also idle. The com
pany officials claim the employees OF these
departments had signed the new wage scale
and had gone to work. Despite these asser-
tlons, it can positively be stated that the
mills are not in operation.
An effort was made 10 effect a COM
promise with the day crew OF the Il9-inch
mill. The output of the mill was fixed at ll0
tons per turn, and the men were promised
pay for thi, amount whether it is produced
or not. The employees thought this was a
trick, as when more than 40 tons are pro-
duced they will not be paid for the excess
They refused to sign. Under the proposed
compromise, shearsmen's helpers will receive
about Sl.60 per day. Two years ago they
earned from - TO - per day. An effort is
being made to get the employees of other de-
partments out and make the strike general
The town is quiet and no trouble has oc-
Cured Extra police have been sworn in by
the Homestead ari Braddock authorities.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-01-11
The Chicago Record states that in a

The Chicago Record states that in a
very able and scholarly address de-
livered before the Kansas Irrigation
Association Judge j. S. Emery, of the
National Irrigation Society, put for
ward some facts of vital interest not
only to the inhabitants of arid States,
but to the whole Nation. 1t will
doubtless be a surprise to most read
ers to learn that that portion of
America which may be considered as
practically arid and unproductive is
nearly half as big as all the United
States, save Alaska. Judge Emery
vouches for this fact and also for the
other fact, sustained by the opinions
of expert geologists, that of this enor-
nous area 100, 900, 600 acres can be re-
claimed by the use of proper methods
OF irrigation.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-01-11
Essex County Herald,
W. H. HSH0P. PU6iishsr
ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY
Ar
ISLAND POND, VT.
fhhS: $50 Per Year, in Adyancs.
The Gold Fever.

singular fact, which should be of
interest to all men who delight in
stalking their money or their property
on the chance - increasing it, is
brought ont in recent report from
an officer of the Diplomatic Service
stationed at Melbourne, Australia
There is no gambling SO fascinating
as the search for gold. When thou.
sands of men took their families across
the continent during the gold excite
ment of 1S49, few of the adventurers
had any practical idea of mining.
BY far the greater part OF the forty
miners settled in the West, or came
back to the Eastern States richer only
in experience. Many took up the
rowing life of the professional miner,
wandering from camp to camp, max
ing precarious living, always hoping
yainly for that stroke of luck which
was to make them wealthy.
Now there is some talk among the
miners of California and Nevada of
emigrating to Australia, where re.
Gently new "inds" of gold have been
made; and the news of their plans has
reached far-off Melbourne, with the
result that our Consul General there
has sent to the State Department a
letter concerning the conditions
which American miners may expect to
find if they visit the new gold field.
Gold is the chief product of the
colony of Victoria, next to wool; and
prior to 1875 it was the chief product
of that colony without exception.
Yet, great as the mining industry
was, the official statistics show, accord
ing to the Consul Generals report,
that the value of gold to the working
miner has never been greater than
$3.50 in one year; and the minimum
production to the working miner was
$3.50 in 1876. Nothing could be
palmer than these figures. They
mean that for every man who made a
fortune there were enough men in
poverty to bring the earnings peg
man below $3.50 year.
But this feature of the report of the
Consul-General is not the one which
will fix the attention of the Western
miners. Rather will they form their
judgment on the paragraph which
tells of the discovery of the "Bailey's
Reward" mine in August, 1892, OF
which it is told that "six men working
for four weeks, with the use only of
the toughest tools, raised $500 ounces
of gold, which is valued at $48, 700."
To the peripatetic miner, drifting
from one field to another as new dis
coveries are reported, it is never the
$3.50 fortune that looms on the
horizon. They see nothing but the
bonanza ''fnds" that make million
aires of the few. -Harper's Weekly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-01-11
RAVERH|LL STRIKE.
Women Feel Success
Depends on Them.
The Present Conflict Daily Be-
coming More Noticeable.
Leading Citizens Suggest Some Peace
able Means of Relief

Considerable activity has been caused at
Ilaverhill, Mass, by an attempt made by
three OF the manufacturing firms to break
up the sttchers' ranks. Several emisSarieS
were about visiting the strikers at their homes
and Offering them. in some cases, an advance
of wages as well as the repayment of the
money claimed to have been forfeited 10y
them under the contract. If they would re-
turn.
The women feel now that the success or fail
ure Of the strike depends almost wholly upon
them. This is especially so in the ease OF
Chick Bros factory. 80 OF whose stllchers
were counted among the best in the city, and
who have no grievance on prices but will
stay out to help the men, although they
could be entirely free from the contract If
they would return.
At the meeting Of the stitchers James F..
Carey and Miss Mary Nelson were the
speakers, and they impressed upon their
audience Of over 800 women the importance
of their position and declared that by their
action they could win the fight or lose it..
The present conflict is becoming more
notable for this one fact, and is said to
be the only one ever waged in the shoe
industry in which the women have played
such an important part. In all there are
over 400 female stitchers out in the city and
the union officers report that they will need
but little outside assistance in taking care of
them as long as the strike may last
The courage of the women more than any
thing else gives the men and the leaders hope
of winning in the end. even though the fight
is a long one. Several leading citizens and
real estate holders have also brought every
influence that they could to bear upon the
three leading firms to induce them to meet
the state board in the nope that some peace
able relief should be suggested.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-01-11
PACKED HIS TRUNKS.
Emperor Kwang Su is
Ready to Fly at Once.
Another Attempt is Made to
Raise Big Chinese Army.
Some 5000 lin Plate Workers Dis
charged in Swansea. Wales.

Dispatches from Japan, via San Francisco.
Cal, say there seems to be little doubt that
Emperor kwang Su has conferred on Gen.
Won Hanneken a commission such as no
foreigner ever before held in the middle king
dom. Hanneken is said 10 have been placed
IN such position that he has direct access 10
the throne He is empowered to raise and
equip an army competent 10 defend the en-
plre,and to I'LL its upper ranks with Euro pean
officers.
Niceroy Ii Hung Chang recently submitted
to the throne most imposing statement of
the military bulwarks surrounding the
throne. 1t appears that His Majesty hwang
Su, rendered solicitous for the safety of his
capital by constantly arriving reports of the
Japanese victories, asked the viceroy what
measures had been adopted to check the
final advance OF the foe Niceroy
Ii replied that they had a quarter
of million men at the northern ap-
proach to the capital. $4,000 at the east
ern, 100000 ut the southern. an unstated
number of thousands at Tien 1sn at the
headquarters of the viceroy himself and a
big Tartar army in Pekin. In short, Lis re-
port shows half million of men under arms
to protect the capital. Nevertheless, Emperor
kwang Su has packed up his trunks and Is
to fly at a moments notice.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-01-11

The annual report of Governor
Renfrew, of Oklahoma, furnishes an
interesting picture of the wholly
unique American way of colonlzlng
and State building, according to.whlch
new commonwealths grow up into the
Union as naturally as younger child
is born into family. on equal terms
with the rest from the beginning.
Oklahoma, it is true, Is not yet "a State
but it is getting ready to become one.
As the Governor remarks, at the orig
inal opening of Oklahoma proper the
world beheld the strange spectacle OF
a city of 10, 900 inhabitants built In a
day, and a Territory of 94oO square
miles settled in half day. That was
four wears ago. Its present popula-
tiop is given as 25O,OOO and the value
of its property as $2O,Ooo,ooo. Moth
inc there was begun more promptly
than provisionior churches and schools
Already there is school house conven-
lent to every family, e Territorial uni
versity, Normal School and an agrl-
cultural and mechanical college. As
for churches, there are nlnety-nVe
Baptist, ffty-fve Congregational for
ty.two Methodist, thirty-one Presoy-
terian, twenty-four Catholic, and so
on. As to Statehood, some desire to
have Oklahoma admitted at once
others would wait little, hoping that
indian Territory may yet be joined
with Oklahoma, both making one great
State in which case, says the ooVefh'
~ .;t would be equal to the greatest
and, in my opinion, the finest State
west of the Mississippi.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-01-11
Deep Water Fishing.

A fish trap invented some time ago
by the Prince of Monaco, one of the
most enthusiastic and scientific deep
water fishermen the world has pro-
duced, could be sunk to a depth of
two miles and lighted electrically at
any point in its submarine course.
The lighting device is described as
consisting of three-candle power in
candescent lamp placed in a weighted
quart bottle, and protected from
breakage against the sides of the bot
tie by piece of wire wound about it.
The two small wires running upward
to the boat were covered with light
brown Insulation, this color having
been found to be the invisible one for
water. A small battery was fitted
into box in the boat, and so ar
ranged that by pressing down the han
die the lamp could be made to glow at
any depth, entlcing into the trap the
fishes living at that level. - The Path
| finder.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-01-11
A Remarkable Coincidence.

81 notice that in q certain Office in
New York something occurred in the
way of a rather remarkable coinci-
dence in the matter of names," said
J. W. Walker, of Philadelphia. "a
certain K. Fl. Stone was introduced to
Mr.. Kilbourne and to Mr.. Hoyt.
Whereupon Mr.. Stone remarked:
This is strange. Here I have been
introduced by Mr.. Kilbourne to Mr..
Hoyt, while my own name is Kilburn
Hoyt Stone This reminds me of
peculiar combination of names which
found a place among the chief men of
one of the leading dailies OF New
York. The head man was Mr.. White;
next to him came Brown, next to him
Green, next to him Black, and fifth
came Mr.. Reid. A gentleman was
once requested to call to see Mr..
White. 'Mr. White is not in,' said
the clerk; perhaps Mr.. Brown would
do YOU Yes, said the caller. 4 be.
lieve he would The clerk asked if
Mr.. Brown was in, but found that he,
too, was out. will Mr.. Green do
you?' he asked the caller. The caller
thought Mr.. Green might suit. But
Mr.. Green was not in, neither was Mr..
Black. Perhaps Mr.. Reid would do
you, said the clerk. The word Reid
was unfortunately pronounced as if it
were red, so at least the caller thought.
Hitherto he looked skeptical as the
colors were called in their turn. Now
he exploded. What do you take me
for?' he asked, with anger. In vain
did the clerk assure him that no joke
was intended to be perpetrated. The
caller would not listen; he turned ON
his heel, quit the Office, never did
business with it again. The Browns
and the Whites were soon removed,
and the combination of colors has no,
since been allowed to find place on
tbs staff of the paper in question. p
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-01-11

PAPER BURNED OUT.
The Globe Plant at Toronto. Canada,
Totally Destroyed by Fire.

A fire originating in the basement Of the
Globe newspaper Office in Toronto, Can,
proved 10 lie one of the most disastrous in
the history of the city. The Globe building
and several others were burned to the ground
Robert Bowery, fireman, was killed, and
the following firemen were injured by falling
walls; Chief Ardagh. cash in forehead and
back injured Charles Smedley, serious inter-
nal injuries, may die; Francis Forsyth. cut
about head and injured internally; Robert
Foster, legs broken and injured internally ;
James Davidson and Harry Saunders. badly
crushed and otherwise injured.
The total loss will probably reach the
ncighborhood of million dollars. All the
files and records of the Globe office were
burned. The paper has secured temporary
quarters and will issue as usual. \ severe
snow storm prevailed throughout the prog
ress OF the fire and the wind blew gale from
the north, carrying embers several miles
away, but the snow eXtinguished them and
prevented more serious conhagration.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-01-11
VIGILANT'S PARADE.
Citizens of Sacramento Organize to Rid
the City of Criminals.

In response to the action OF the City Board
of Trustees of Sacramento Cal, fifty special
officers and two hundred private citizens
were appointed, the latter to serve without
pay. These men paraded the streets of the
city armed with the authority of the law, and
their intention is to thoroughly cleanse this
town of the criminal element.
In addition to the appointment by the
board an association calling itself the Com
mittee of Safety has been formed with al
ex-police captain at its head. These people
announce themselves as determined to head
a movement to lynch all known crimi-
nails who refuse to leave the city An
other meeting was held by the Citizens
Protective Association. AN organization formed
during the late strike. Their purpose is SINH
lar to that of the others. 1t is believed that
the three will act in conjunction. The result
of the work has been "A general exodus from
the citv of the criminal element and it is be-
leyed those found in the city will be dealt
with very severely.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-01-11
in NEW ENGLAND.
Interesting Items of News From Maine
To Connecticut Shores

+, Z. Wood has been elected president Of
the Hampshire. Franklin and Hampden
Agricultural Society
At meeting of the governor and council
of New Hampshire, Alfred r. Evans of Cor
ham was confirmed as judge of probate OF
Coos county,
The Rhode Island state commission voted
to reject all bids, 80 in number, for building
the new SAC, 900 courthouse at WoonsocRet,
and will advertise again.
Edward Ferguson, Fitchburg railroad
brakeman, had his right arm badly crusheG
and the injured member Was amputated at lhe
Fitchburg Mass, hospital.
Frenchman named Satarte was struck
by an electric ear between Deering ana
Westbrook, Me-, and I'M jured so badly that II
is doubtful if he will recover.
David Wagner, trackmau for the Water
bury Traction Company, was hit by trolley
car at Waterbury, Conn, receiving COM
pound fracture of the SIX ull but he may re-
cover.
Burglars broke into a factory at Provi'
dence, r. l., and stole copper boiler worth
$500. Tuesday night burglars broke into
James OBrien's house at Providence and
stole $500.
In the supreme judicial court at Batn, Me-.
Thomas J. Reed pleaded not guilty to an in
dictment for assault with intent to kill upoI
Benjamin Hanson, and the jury returned
verdict of not guilty.
The Vermont state board of pharmacy me
at Montpelier and permanent organization
was formed with the following officers Presi
dent, A. W. W. Higgins; secretary, j. q. Bel
rose; treasurer, L. W. Pierce.
President Eliot of Harvard University ha
gone abroad. He will proceed to Egypt
where he expects to spend some thre'
months. He is going for pleasure trip
though the rest he will get is a secondar,
consideration. He expects to spend most o
his time in and near Egypt. His plans viii
regard to the management OF the unlverslt.
have not been announced as yet.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-01-11
TO STEAL WOOL TRADE.
New York Dealers Trying TO. Stake
THAT CITY the Center OF the Business.

The wool men of New York have carried
into effect scheme which they expect VIII
make New York the centre Of the wool trade.
instead of Boston. The plan is many-sided
involving the building of an immense ware.
house for the storage OF wool, the forming ol
a wool exchange, the establishment oi a
bank which will be primarily identified win
WOOL interests and the organization of a club
which, by bringing wool merchants INTO
closer personal relations with each other, Will
concentrate the trade in that city.
When the warehouse is completed, whlch
it is expected will be about May l OF
this year, the wool exchange Will at
once begin work on the ground floor, the
bank will move into the building and the
Wool club will take possession of the top
floor. Practically the whole of the wool
trade of New York is interested in thescheme
which was conceived about two years ago
and which began to go into effect in July
1898 when the New York wool warehouse
company was Incorporated with capital OF
-100 000
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-01-11

A Las Vegas New Mexico) news
paper calls the attention of patriotic
New Mexicans to the fact that Arizona
has 119 inmates in its State insane
asylum, while New Mexico, with nearly
three times the population of Arizona,
has only fifty in its asylum. Further,
Arizona's insane population has in
creased thirty per cent. in the last
eighteen months. The newspaper
urges that "the next Legislature
should remedy this crying defect
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-01-11

Expert Moore estimates that it will
require about 1000, 900 per year for
the next five years for the physical
needs of the Atchison railroad system.
This amount is considered moderate,
as it amounts to less than $1,000 per
mile and includes many extraordinary
expenses, such as replacing wooden
with iron bridges, and contemplates
putting and keeping the road up to
the highest standard.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-01-11
MORE WAR SHIPS.
House Committee on Naval Affairs viii
Favor Grant of sS,OOO,OOO.

So far as can be learned, the members OF
the house committee on naval affairs are dis
posed to incorporate an appropriation for
two, and possibly three new battleships. and
II torpedo boats in the naval appropriation
bill, which will be reported to the house
within few days.
The belief that the treasury receipts will be
considerably in excess of the expenditures
before the close of the fiscal year; the GER
tainty that not more than 10 per cent of the
amount appropriated will be needed for Is
months from the present time, and the neces-
sity for continuing the work of creating a
more powerful navy are the considerations
which lead the members to think that the
country will approve an appropriation of
$1,000 900, or thereabouts, at this session for
new ships.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-01-11
HE HAS A PAPER NOW.
Spreckles and Friends Have Bought
the san Francisco Morning Call.

The auction sale of the San Francisco
Morning Call for S360,000 to Charles NJ.
Shortridge, means that sugar magnate Claus
Spreckels has secured newspaper organ.
in Hawaii Spreckles was roughly han
led by The press of San Francisco because he
opposed annexation. He then swore he
would have newspaper to defend himself
in.
He has formed syndicate composed OF the
Southern Pacific Company, William Alvord Of
the bank of California, w. W. Montague,
John s. Clarkson of Iowa and Isaac Thumbs,
who have taken stock in the enterprise. The
Call will thus be backed by this syndicate,
but its policy will be largely controlled by
Spreckels.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-01-11
JUST A FEW EAGLES.
Philadelphia Mint to Coin $4,000, 200
Gold Bullion.

Director of mints, Preston instructed super
intendent Townsend of the Philadelphia, Pa.
mint to begin the coinage of S22,0O0,O0O OF
gold bullion now stored In the mint and which
is part of the gold reserve. The gold will be
coined into eagles and half eagles, and the
work will occupy a month. The director
stated that there is enough silver bullion IL
the mint to keep the forces busy for five
years were it to be coined. The disposition
of the metal, however, is subject to the order
of the secretary of the treasury, and no state
ments have been issued regarding 1t.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-01-11
BECAUSE HE LOVES US.
John Burns Tells Why He Criticises
Americans and America.

About 400 people attended the reception of
the New York trades unions given to John
Burns in Clarendon hall, New York. In re-
gard to the charges that his criticisms were
too caustic. he said: SIN the near future
may come back for more extended trip, but
/ shall still speak my mind, though | may
possibly make a few more enemies. 81 have
criticised you Americans because love you,
he said. Mr.. Burns has sailed for Europe.