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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-23

Peter F. Rothermel, SO, who painted
'the Battle of Gettysburg" and other ia
nous pictures, died Thursday at Linfeld,
Pa.
Samuel S. Prescott, p years of age, at
tempted to kill his wife and then took his
own life in Worcester, Mass, Monday. He
had been respondent for some time and 1t
is supposed that melancholia resulted.
Twenty-Five of the 20 of the Spring Val
ley men arrested for participation in the
mob that drove the colored people from
their homes in Spring Valley have been
bound over to await the action of the grand
jury.
The bank of Tacoma, formerly the Ia
coma, wash Trust and Savings company,
made voluntary assignment for the bene-
fit of the creditors Monday The state
ment shows the cash on hand to be S444,
and total liabilities $4,000, of which
1929, 900 is city money.
A despatch from Marquette, Mich, says
that "orders were given Monday to all
large mines involved in the strike for the
fires to be drawn out, and, in some cases,
for the pumps to be raised" This step
was taken because of the final rejection of
the companies ultimatum to the strikers.
John Walsh, who says he has walked all
the way from San Francisco, arrived in
Boston yesterday. He was to do the dis
lance in 100 days and says he is week
ahead of time. He wins $500. He has
lost 81 pounds, but beyond some stiffness
of the limbs and very pronounced tired
feeling, he is apparently all right.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-23
Death of Ex-Justlce william strong.

Ex-Justice William Strong of Washing
ton, who retired from the supreme court of
the United States in 1850, died Monday at
Lake Minnewaska, y. Y. Judge Strong
will be remembered most widely because
of his connection with the famous electoral
commission which decided the disputed
presidential election of 1876. He contended
that Congress had no power to canvass a
state election for presidential electors-the
great question then at issue-and that in
the cases he specially reviewed Chose of
Florida and Oregon the canvass of the
state authorities was clear and decisive.
He thus stood with the minority. He was
born in Somers, Conn. He graduated from
Yale, and began the practice of law at
Reading, Pa. In 1916 he was elected to
Congress as a Democrat and served three
terms. He was elected justice of the SUI
preme court of Pennsylvania in 1857 and
served IL years. He was appointed a
justice of the supreme court in 1870.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-23

ID. l.. Moody will be one of the speakers
at the state Christian Endeayor convention
at Burlington, Sept. 2S.
James O'Nei of Montpelier and James
Mcdonald of Victory are matched to wrestle
for S1lOO at st. Johnsbury October IL.
The post-ofiice department has made the
following allowances for clerk hire: Barre,
$1,000; Bellows Falls, $500; st. Johns
bury, $1,000.
August Carlson, employed by the Yer
mont marble company at Proctor, was
crushed by block of marble Tuesday and
died soon after.
Burglars entered the house of Willis
Wright at Newport, Saturday, and took
$50 in money and considerable silverware.
Mr. and Mrs. Wright were away from
home when the robbery occurred.
A meeting of the Kings Daughters of
Vermont will be held at Burlington Sept.
? and 3. Among the speakers from out of
the state will be Mrs. Mary Lowe Dickin-
son and Mrs. |. G. Davis, officers in the in
ternational circle.
The large barns of Judge G. +. Jones in
Waitstield were struck by lightning and
burned during the storm of Saturday. Tue
cows and horses were saved, but six hogs,
farming tools, ETC., were burned The loss
exceeds $4,000, with about $1,000 insurance.
Lightning struck large hay barn near
L. S. Belden's house at Benson Saturday
and it was burned with its contents of hay
and grain. The loss is $1,000, with an in
surance of $780, Mr.. Belden was seriously
burned about the head in protecting his
house.
A 14.year-old youth giving the name of
William Blair and claiming to be from
Burlington, is under arrest at WATERFOWL,
n. Y, on a charge of stealing bicycles in
the city and taking them into the country
and selling them. He says he followed the
| Wild West show to Watertown.
The Lincoln Lumber company has re-
built its dam and penstock and resumed
work. 1t is thought that there must
have been a cloudburst on the noun
tain, causing the recent high water in thai
town. The river at Seneca Aliens mil
rose over three feet Monday morning in &
very few moments, The damage to prop
erty will reach fully $4,000.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-23
Minister Ransom's Appointment was
illegal.

The acting attorney general of the
United States has given an opinion which
practically declares vacant the Office of
minister to Mexico, held by eX-United
States Senator Ransom. The auditor of
the treasury for the state department de-
clined to pass Mr. Ransom's vouchers for
salary on the ground that, as the minister
was member of the Senate when the sal
AIRY of the Mexican mission was increased,
and also when he was appointed to the
diplomatic post, the appointment was in
violation Of the constitution. This view is
sustained by Solicitor General Conrad.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-23
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
A Hotel Horror.
Twenty-Five Persons Killed by an Ex-
plOsiOn i'm the Hotel Gumry at Denver,

Twenty-Five Persons Killed by an EN-
plOsion in the Hotel Gumry at Denver,
Colo.
Twenty-Five men, women and children
persisted by the explosion of the boiler in
the Gumry hotel at Denver, Colo, Monday
morning.
With deafenng sound and terrific force
the entire rear portion of the building was
demolished. The rear and side walls
crumbled like a toy house. Soon after
wards the mass of timbers, brick and fur
niture caught fire, cremating many of the
victims who lay pinned and helpless amid
the blazing pile. Their piteous appeals
for help could not be responded to because
of the flames. Among those who persisted
were Senator Charles Adams of Denver,
Peter Gumry, owner of the hotel and SUI
perintendent of construction on the state
capitol, and his wife; f. French, treasurer
of Gilfin county, Colo; and James Muir
ply, prominent Democratic. politician of
Omaha.
Elmer Pierce, aged II, who was tempo
rarily placed in charge of the boiler, was
responsible for the explosion. With the
boiler almost white heat he turned on the
cold water injector, causing an immediate
explosion. Pierce had just returned from
a picnic and is said to have been under the
influence of liquor. How he managed to
escape is a mystery. The hotel was on
Lawrence street and the destruction
wrought by the explosion is in evidence
everywhere within three blocks of the
scene. Stores in the neighborhood have
their fronts demolished OF windows dam
aged Along Larimer street, in the rear
OF the building, there is not whole plate
glass for a block, and the street in front of
the hotel shows the same effect of the eX-
plosion. The financial loss will hardly ex-
nnnd 81 AAA
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-23
Civil Service Reform.
The Progress Which Has Been Made I'm
spite of All DiscourRgements.

Splle OIL All
Theodore Roosevelt in the August number of
ScriOner's magazine.
No question of internal administration
is so important to the United States as the
question of civil service reform, because
the spoils system, which can only be sup
planted through the agencies which have
found expression in the act creating the
civil service commission, has been for sew
enty years the most potent OF all the forces
tending to bring about the degradation of
our politics No republic can permanently
endure when its politics are corrupt and
base; and the spoils system, the applica-
ton in political life of the degrading doc
trine that to the victor belongs the spoils,
produces corruption and degradation. The
man who is in politics for the offices might
just as well be in politics for the money
he can get for his vote, so far as the gen
eral good is concerned
People sometimes grow a little
| downhearted about the reform, When
they feel in this mood it would be well for
! them to reflect on what has actually been
gained in the past six years. BY the in
clusion of the railway mail service, the
smaller free-delivery offices, the Indian
] SCnOOl service, llle INTERNAL revenue service,
and other less important branches, the eX-
tent of the public service which is under
the protection of the law has been more
than doubled, and there are now nearly
fifty thousand employees of the Federal
government who have been withdrawn
from the degrading influences that rule I'M
der the spoils system. This of itself is a
great success and great advance, though,
of course, it ought only to spur us on to
renewed effort. In the fall of 1894 the
people of the state of New York, by popu-
lar vote, put into their constitution a pro-
vision providing for merit system in the
affairs of the state and its municipalities
and the following spring the great city OF
Chicago voted, by an overwhelming ma
jority, in favor of applying in its municipal
affairs the advanced and radical civil ser
vice reform law which had already passed
the Illinois legislature. Undoubtedly, af-
ter every success there comes moment OF
reaction. The friends of the reform grow
temporarily lukewarm, or, because it fails
to secure everything they hoped, they neg
lect to lay proper stress upon all that II
does secure. Yet in spite of all rebutfs, in
spite of all ppoinitments and opposition
the growth of the principle of civil service
reform has been continually more rapid,
and every year has taken us measurably
nearer that ideal of pure and decent gov
eminent which is dear to the heart of every
honest American citizen.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-23
Highway Robbery
Attempted Four Times ia One Evening
Near WInOOski.

Near NlnOOskt.
A highwayman attempted to hold up
four teams at Sunderland Hollow, about
mile and one-half north of Wnooski, sun
day night. Three men who had been
hunting but whose guns we're not loaded
were frs ordered to stop, but by whipping
their horses they escaped. g. W. COsgritf
and Edward Macomber and ladies of Bur
lington were next intercepted. The high
wayman stepped out of the bushes and told
them to stop or he would fire. Mr.. Cos
grff struck the horses aud as they bounded
forward the highwayman fired, the bullet
passing behind the carriage. Mr.. and Mrs
Oliver Monegan of Winooski were halted,
and after parleying the robber allowed
them to pass, as he was satisfied that they
had nothing of value. Mr.. and Mrs. Philip
Landry of Winooski had an experience
similar to that of the Monegans, during
which Mrs. Landry tainted. An officer
from Winooski and friend went to the
Hollow as soon as the alarm was given but
could find no trace of the robbers. Mr..
Landry saw two men a short distance from
where the highwayman appeared and they
are supposed to have been his associates.
Two or three other attempts at highway
robbery have been made near Winooski
within a short time.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-23
Tie Speedy st. Louis.

The American lines new steamer St.
Louis had an official trial Tuesday in the
English channel and maintained a speed of
% $40 knots an hour for over four hours,
carrying the stars and stripes faster than
any flag had ever been carried through the
English channel, The course was from
Portland Bill to Start Point, a distance of
80 knots. The st. Louis made a flying
start, due west, with the tide. The time
consumed was 2 hours, Il minutes, sec
onds, showing a speed of $50 knots. The
return trip was made in , hours, Is min
utes, 81 seconds, a speed of u knots.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-23
Bold Robbery i'm Roston.

Two crooks robbed the White commisi
sion company of % Congress square, Bos
ton, of 5000 in currency by the use of a
commonplace subterfuge one day last week.
The cashier was called from the office,
where he left the money lying on the desk
covered with a paper His caller with a
firm grip on his arm as though to whisper
in his ear, pulled him out of the doorway,
and just out of sight of the desk. When
the cashier was able to free himself, after
a struggle, he rushed back into the Office
to find the money gone. The robbers are
known, but they have fled from the city.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-23
Handcuned the Turnkey and Walked
out.

A bold and successful Jail delivery was
made at Toledo, o., Saturday, when six
men walked out of the Lucas county bastile
Turnkey Mosher went into the Jail corri-
dor to get shaved by the prison barber.
He was no sooner seated and lathered than
the prisoners bounced upon him, took
away his keys and handouts, put the hand
cuffs on the turkeys hands and locked
him in a cell. The rest was easy sailing,
and the men got an hours start before the
alarm was given. Among those who es-
capped was John Mundy, awaiting trial for
wife murder.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-23
Train Robber Perry Had Outside As
sistance.

William A. Hopkins of Low Point, n. Y,
is locked up in the Jail in Poughkeepsie on
the charge of aiding and abetting the COM
mission of felony in bringing about the
escape of Train Robber Perry and five
other convicts from the Mattewan asylum
last April Hopkins has admitted his
guilt and duplicates Mrs. Amelia Haswell,
a Troy woman, who poses as missionary
and friend of Perry's, in the plot to let
the men escape Hopkins was a keeper
in the Mattewan asylum. He received a
quantity of jewelry from Mrs. Haswell, in
return for which he provided Perry with
KEYS.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-23
4 Unique Monument.

Wilson Brothers, of the Bristol Herald,
have erected in the Bristol cemetery a mon
ument to their father and mother in the
shape of the arch of an old Washington
hand printing press into which has been
set a slab of marble recording the names,
dates of birth and death of their parents.
The appropriateness of the monument lies
in the fact that the father was a printer,
and the four sons follow in his footsteps.
The press was first used in Burlington in
1897, having been taken there some years
previous. 1t was purchased by the Will
sons in 1879. The first issue of the Bris-
tol Herald was printed on it in 1879.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-23
THE VERMONT NEWS.
Vermont Legislators
VIII Hold Their Second Decenninl RE-
union at Montpelier, Oct. ,.

VIII Hold Their Second DeCenniRl RE-
union at Montpelier, Oct. ,.
The second decennial reunion of ex-sena-
tors and Representative of the state
legislators will take place at Montpelier,
Oct. 2. The first reunion of surviving
members of the senate and house was held
in October, 1885, when nearly 1000 legsla-
tors assembled. The preliminary arrange
ments for the coming reunion were made
at meeting of the members of the present
senate and house during the session of
1894 A committee of arrangements was
then appointed, which met at Camp Gov.
Woodbury. at Fairlee during the annual en-
campment of the National Guard. The
committee organized by electing ex-senator
f. ID. Hale of Essex county as president
and Speaker w. w. Stickney of the house
as secretary. 1t was decided to make the
occasion a notable one, and an interesting
program of exercises will be arranged.
The exercises will probably include gen
eral meeting, brief speeches and banquet.
Members of the committee by counties
are as follows: Addison, Representative c.
ii. Lane of Cornwall; Bennington, Repre-
sentative II. 5. Bingham of Bennington
Caledonia, Senator l.. ID. Hazen of St.
Johnsbury; Chttenden, Representative G.
p. Smith of Burlington; Essex, Senator f.
d. Hale of Lunen0erg; Franklin, Repre-
sentative T. NJ. Deal of st. Adams; Grand
Isle, Senator n. w. Fiske of Isle La Motto /;
Lamoile, George NJ. Powers of Morris
vile, secretary of the senate; Orange, Rep
resentative r. Robert j. Kimball of Ran
dolph; Orleans, Senator Josiah Grout of
Derby; Rutland, Senator Henry F. f.
Field of Rutland; Washington, Represen-
tative L. Bartcross of Montpelier Wind
sor, w. w. Stickney of Ludlow; Wind
ham, Senator Daniel Sherwin of Jamaica.
The executive committee met at Mont
pelier Tuesday, The resignation of 7. D..
Hale was accepted and eX-Gov. Dilling-
ham was chosen in his place. These other
officers were selected Rev. f. NJ. Haynes
of Rutland, chaplain; T. c. Phinney, ser
geant-at-arms; Robert j. Coffey of Ben
nington aud Herbert f. Taylor of Brattle-
boro, assistants; G.. L. Stebbins of Shell
don, George G.. Martin of Ferrisburgh, w.
j. Sperry of Cavendish and F. II. Skinner
of Barton, doorkeepers.
The reunion will be In the Golden Fleece
rink. Each member will be taxed 81 to
defray expenses.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-23
The Vigilant Won
Because the Defender Withdrew on Ac-
count of the High wind.


The first of the appointed trial races to
decide whether the Defender or the Vigi-
liant shall be selected to defend the Amer
cas- cup, which was sailed at New York
Tuesday, resulted in a disappointment.
The Defender, after outsaling her rival de-
cisively over the first round and continuing
to increase her lead for several miles on
the second, suddenly withdrew from the
race and stood off for a run back to her an
chorage. This was due, apparently, to a
Discrimination to risk the sloop further in
the strong and steadily increasing breeze.
This made the Britishers who were watch
ing the contest jubilant, as they believe
the Valkyrie III can stand nearly all kind
of weather.
After the Defenders retreat the Vigilant
kept on her course, beating up into a 40
mile wind and pounding through a rolling
and tumbling sea. Even after she had
split her new Herreschoff iib, she set an
other in few minutes and continued
sticking to her work When she had COM
pleted about three-quarters of the wind
ward beat, she was recalled by the judges,
who assured Mr.. Willard that the race was
ended and the Nigilant was the winner.
Then the old champion ran for her an
chorage. The unprecedented result was
afforded of an important race and $1,000
cup being won in a contest in which
neither of the contestants went over the
course or finished. The Valkyrie III has
arrived at New York and is attracting
much attention. The first race for the
Americas cup will take place Sept 7.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-23

p j. Fox, SO, fell on the sidewalk at
Providence, r. l., Monday, his head strik-
ing upon the curbing and causing instant
death. The fall was caused by stepping
upon banana peel.
The export of Oleomargarne during the
last fiscal year rose from less than 4,000,-
600 pounds to over 100000; while the
export of dairy butter fell off from nearly
100000 pounds to less than 100000.
Oleomargarine's gain was thus made al
most pound for pound at the expense of
butter. And the victory apparently was
not honestly won, oleo being sent out very
generally under the guise of butter.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-23

During a squall Saturday night yacht
containing a fishing party composed of
nine persons capsized in the Isle of Wight
bay, seven miles north of Ocean City, Md,
and seven were drowned. William Stores,
his wife, Laura, their two daughters, Eda
and May, who resided in Philadelphia
Misses Lula and Lima Hall of Bishopville,
Del, and Myrtelle Stevens of Selbyville.,
Del, were the victims.
Private advces received at Key West,
Fla, report that Mirabel, bandit, was
offered $4,000 and free pass from Cuba
by Gen. Compos, the Spanish commander,
if he would kill Maxine Gomez, the leader
of the Cuban insurgents. The Spanish
counsel at Philadelphia denies the report
and says the Cubans are accorded the re-
spect that would be given to any nation at
war with SDain
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-23
White Man Lynched.

First One in Florida so Dlstinguished---
Native of Vermont---Jailer shot Dead
by the Mob.
A mob stormed the Dade county Jail at
Juno, Fla, Sunday, killed Jaler Kaiser
and took out Sam Lewis and hanged him.
The lynchers appeared at the Jail with
sledge hammers and demanded entrance
Inside the jail were Deputy Sheriff Per-
kins, Jailer Kaiser and a negro. The
lynchers fired several shots and began bat
tering the jail door. Jailer Kaiser then
threw out the keys, the lynchers promising
to harm no one but Lewis. As the lynch
ers started to return Deputy Perkins fired
on them without effect. A volley from the
lynchers followed and Kaiser fell dead
The lynchers then took Lewis from his cell
and strung him to a telegraph pole. They
riddled his body with bullets. Three weeks
ago Lewis murdered ex-TaX Collector John
Higsmith and his nephew, John Davis, be-
cause they refused to apologize for an al
legged insult. He is the first white man to
be lynched in Florida. Lewis was ma
tive of Vermont, but came to Florida from
the West.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-23
800 Killed by an Explosion in Russia

An explosion occurred Monday at the
artillery barracks at Toola, capital of the
government of that name in Russia. Three
hundred persons are said to have been
killed, including many officers. The bar
racks are heap of ruins. An eXamina-
ton into the cause of the explosion led to
the discovery that the barracks had been
undermined everywhere. Many arrests
have been made of persons suspected of
being implicated in the outrage, which is
supposed to have been the work of Nihi-
lists.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-23
An Importnnt DecIsiom.

Granite dealers in Barre are greatly in
terested over the decision of Judge Wheel
er in the United States Circuit court for
New York regarding the patent right of
the pneumatic tool for cutting granite, of
which the American Pneumatic Tool COM
pany of New York claims to be the sole
owner. The decision sustains the claim of
the company, and many dealers who are
using the infringing tool will now be sued
unless the users settle satisfactorily.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-23
Six: Men Killed and Eight Injured by a
Furnace Explosion.

Furnace "H'' of the Edgar Thomson Steel
works, (Carnegie's plant, at Bessemer Pa,
Tuesday, exploded, killing six men and
badly burning eight others. A large bar
row, loaded with raw iron ore, had fallen
through the huge bell on the top of the
furnace stack. Fourteen men were engaged
in an effort to remove the barrow from the
bell, so that it could be closed. While
thus engaged the explosion occurred, and
not one of the men escaped either death or
injury.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-23
New Works Best Record for IA Dry Sum
day.

Recorder Goff's sentence of saloon
keeper Mullins to 80 days in the peniten-
tiary had the effect of making last Sunday
the dryest Sunday New York has seen
since its aboriginal inhabitants sold their
birthright to the early Dutch settlers for a
measure of schnapps. The best idea of the
extent of the observance of the law may be
gathered from the fact that in the whole
city but SO arrests were made, or less than
half the number made the previous Sun
day. The liquor dealers appeared to have
arrived with one accord at the conclusion
that the day of taking chances" was
passed, and that their only safety lay in
passively submitting to the law. From
end to end of the Bowery all the saloons
were tightly closed In the tenement
house region in the East Side few small
saloons did business. In the tenderloin
district not more than three or four saloons
attempted to sell.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-23
Discovery of Gold Near the Famous
COmstOck Lode.

There is much excitement in Virginia
City, Nevada, over the discovery of gold
quartz in the Padroli mine in Silver City,
six miles from Virginia. Emanuel Pa
droli, rancher, has ledge on his ranch
working 500 per ton. He made clean
up of $4,000 in a single day. Plenty
more of the same ore is in sight, and assays
going up to $3.50 per ton have been OBJ
tanned.