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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10
NO. G..
A Gn-IlN Errnr.

An wears of vain enl.avor to as
certain how the gypsy moth Obtained
4 funtholl ia New England, the fact
has just come to light. Ii is qaite
common knowledge that the moths
were brought to this country by Prof.
Truuvelot, naturalist, astronomer
aud artist, then at Harvard university.
His object, too, is quite generally
known. He hoped to produce, by
crossing the gypsy moth with the silk
worm, hardy specimen of silk-spin-
ming worm. which would thrive in a
temperate climate. Whether through
design or accident the gypsy moth, on
which the state has already expended
1915. 900, was permitted TO escape, has
always been mystery. A few days
ago Prof. Forbosh, the ornithologist
OF the state board, was given was
what appears to be the authentic
version of the story. The infor.
nation comes through gentleman
receutly travelling in France. He says
that he met and talked with Prof
Trouyelot in Paris, and secured from
him a statement concerning the entire
affair, how he brought the moths to
this country, his purpose, and the man
her in which the insects escaped.
1t appears that he had a num-
Der Of the moths under a tent
or netting fastened to q tree
for cultivating purposes, and imagined
that they were secure. In this suppo-
sitiou he erred, and the error is likely
to cost Massachusetts more than Sl,-
900, 900 before II Is rectltied. One
night, during a somewhat violent
storm the netting protecting the moths
was torn from its fastenings, and the
insects scattered on the ground and
adjacent trees and shrubbery. This
was in Medford, about % years ago.
The infected area now comprises more
than 200 square miles. The legisls-
ture will doubtless pass TO be engrossed
the bill appropriating $3.50, 600 for the
work this year, and the committee on
gypsy moth, insect and birds, com
monty called the gypsy moth commits
cAOA4s 10 LAhhlLS aSNAfN PAN 'SA
renewing the work which was sus-
pended owing to lack Of funds. The
committee hoped to be enabled to be-
gin work early in March, for at that
time the egg clusters could be more
easily found. When the trees take
on their foliage it is more diff
cult matter to find the nests, and
when it is stated that the number of
eggs in a cluster varies from 500 to
1,J0O, each OF which may develop q
perfect moth, the necessity of begin
ming the work early i'll the season is
apparent At the experimental sta
ton of the state board of agriculture
at Medford experiments have been in
progress for some time TO establish
the cause of this, and the chemist IN
charge has expressed the opinion that
the arsenic eaten by the insect Is ex-
hailed through the body by means OF
the respiratory organs, in the form OF
n gas. This is simply an hypothesis,
but il seems to be the most reasonable
theory yet advanced. Further expert
ments will demonstrate whether or
not this assumption is we'll founded.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10
Guard Wires Coming Down.

The commissioner of wires has sent
out notices for conferences on the part
of the various corporations and indi-
yiduals who are to place their wires
under ground in the 1895 section.
The plans have been perfected for the
West End railroad, and their feed
wires will be buried as far as Adams
square. The policy of the wire de-
partment, states Commissioner Muir
ply, is, where no wires cross street,
and there is no possibility of any cross
ing the trolleys, to permit the COM
pany to remove the guard wires By
SO doing, two things are gained-the
number of wires in the air is decreased,
and the wires that are apt to fall on
trolleys are removed.
BEN MARoATo.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10
Out of Office Now.

The commissioners to investigate
the subject of the unemployed have
gone out of business. The term of
the commission expired in March, and
the Legislature was asked to continue
it for another year, but declined to
comply. The executive council came
to the aid of the commission and con-
tinued its existence for six weeks, in
order that the members might have
time to get out their report. The
six weeks has expired, and the names
of the commissioners and their en-
ployes will be erased flom the pay
rolls of the commonwealth. 1t can be
said, to the credit of the commission,
that the appropriation of $4,000 has
not been wholly expended. An un-
expended balance of respectable size
will be turned into the state treasury.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10
rom San Francisco, and has called on the
= Inllarinr nf tn. nnrt u asaIst him

from San Francisco, and has called on the
Collector of the port 10 assist him.
The above despatch shows that the revolu-
ton, which has been threatening Ecuador ever
since the scandal attending the sale OF the
cruiser Esmeralda, has broken out at last
Three weeks ago Gen. Alloy Altar o, the leader
Of the Radical party, sent from Nicaragua,
where he was in exile, q proclamation, In
which he said that the honor Of the govern.
ment was at stake and the only way to set
themselves right before the other nations
would be to depose those who were responsi-
BILE. President Cordero is one of the officials
against whom the revolutionists protest. All
the students at the college at GuayaQuil, and
even its municipal employees, have issued pro-
tests against the present administration and
asking for the resignation Of President Cor
dero.
Adyices state that Gen. Alfara Is now on
his way to Ecuador, and that even without
him hi followers, who number between |, 900
and 10000, are making great headway. The
Eeports say that the revoluttSnists have taksn
IDarra, u town OF about z, 900 population,
situated near Quito, the capital, where the
force under Isaac Acosta was put to flight
and the mayor made d prisoner and de-
mand made on him for money. The treas
urer fed. FL Republicano, OF Quito, the
official organ aDd controlled by Cardero.
says that it was the work of gang Of
drunken mllitiamen, who turned against
their officers.
An Ecuadorian in San Francisco, who took
an active part in the revolution of 1885, being
one OF Alfaros most trusted lieutenants, said
that this revolution would end oAly when
AlfarO had succeeded in driving Cordero and
the Independent party which he represents
from power Should the Conservative party
after he had done that. try to wrest from him
the control OF the government he would set
about to defeat them,
OF no man is Ecuador more afraid than OF
Alloy Ataro. 1t was for his part In the reyo-
luton of 1885 that he was exiled to Nicara-
qua. He is said 10 be a good fighter, and Ii
is said that he has the financial backing of
many prominent merchants In Guayaquil and
Quito. One of the feats that made Alfaro IA
nous in the revolution of 1885 was the cap
ture Of a cruiser with almost five hundred
men on board at Guayaquil. Alfaros force
numbered only seventy-flve. Should Alfaro
succeed in ousting President Cordero, Senior
Seminarlo will be put forward for the office.
The London Times correspondent In
Shanghai says the Chinese Emperor ratified
the treaty with Japan and Viceroy Ii Hung
Chang will proceed 10 Chez Foo at once to
exchange the ratitications.
Englands attitude continues to arouse hos
tility from newspapers in Russia. In Russian
official spheres the determination is expressed
that contrary to the proposals of the English
press, Great Britain should not be allowed to
take any part in the elimination Of the Rus
sian Chinese frontier on the Pamirs. The
Russian papers do not cease to deplore the
conclusion of the treaty between England and
Russia with reference to the Pamirs.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10

1t is pretty widespread belief that
the middleman is a meddlesome and
unnecessary interloper between pro-
ducer and consumer, taking what
rightfully belongs to each; but here
is the account that one retailer gives
OF the matter in the New York Sun:
He had endeavored in the matter of
eggs to deal directly with the owner
of the hens, but had given up and
gone to the middleman because there
was too much loss in cracked, small
and dirty eggs sent in by the produc-
er. The middlelnan was able to pro-
duce at very slight advance over the
producers price eggs of a uniform
size and quality. The middleman
sorts his eggs, washes them if need be
in slightly acidulated water, sells the
small eggs to restaurant keepers and
the cracked ones to bakers, and puts
up in neat fashion the clean, sound
large eggs for regular retailers. The
interposition of the jobber adds. a
trihe to the cost of eggs to the cen
sumer, but gives him exactly what he
wants and saves trouble all around.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10

The state board of health Is prepsr-
ing for the free Use of anti-toxine
throughout the state Last fall the
board began preparation, for the
manufacture of the new remedy for
diphtheria. Five horses we're inocu-
lated at the Bussey institute, Jamaica
Plain. All but one of the animals
stood the repeated inoculatious. Since
March IS the board has been sending
through the state packages of anti
toxIue to the various hospitals, boards
of health aud practicing physicians,
whenever application was made for it.
More than 200 packages have besn
distributed within a month, every
package containing one cubic cent?
meter of anti-toXine. II seems likely,
ti.toxine will reduce the price of that
remedy, especially when it is known
that the same quantity that the board
Is giving away costs shilling in Lon
don, and Is selling for S3. 80 a bottle
in many places in this country. The
preparation TINT is sold 10 the trade is
graded, according TO its strength, but
the preparation that the Massachu-
setts board OF health is giving away is
all of one grade The board hss
stipulated that everyone taking the
remedy shall make ii full report to the
board rs TO its efficacy. The work 60
far has been highly satisfactory.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10

A Cambridge England lady has
determined, the Chicago Times Herald
announces, to start lodge Of Free
Masons on her own account, and she
states that the number of applications
she has received from sisters anxious
to become acquainted with the ancient
secrets of the mystic order testi y to
an earnest desire on the part of many
women to assist men in the working
of the craft. From what quarter she
is to receive her warrant does not ap-
near
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10

In the latest official report concern
ing the Paris Monte-de-Piete, or
Government pawnbroklng establish
ment, it was shown that on All aver
age 100000 watches are pawned an
nually. OF these it is reckoned that
about 5000 had been stolen, aud only
$50 could be traced to the robbers,
and restored to their overs. 1t is
shown also that the stolen watches do
not remain long in the hands of the
thieves, but are pawned within from
one to eight days; only one watch was
taken to the Mont-de-Piete one year
after it had been stolen.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10

Col. Frederick T. Greenhalge has
disbanded battery A of the NJ. v NJ
The pet Organization of Maj. Dexter
II. Folsom went out of existence as an
unattached company of the state
militia. In the same order the gov
ernor gave permission to William d.
Ewing TO reorganiZe the battery. This
was the outcome of an investigation
of the battery at the instance of its
commander, Maj. Dexter H. Follett,
but he little thought where the light
ming would strike when he asked for
the said investigation. 1t will m
doubtedly be severe blow to the ma
ior, as he has been in continual ser.
vice in the state militia since 1851,
serving in the infantry, cavalry and
artillery, having been in command OF
the battery since 1885. For many
years there have been dissensions and
lack of harmony in the command, and
last fall Maj. Follett preferred charges
against Lieut.. Ruddick, and also asked
for an investigation of the affairs of
the battery. Long and protraced
hearings were held before Judge Ad-
vocate General Champlin, with the
result above stated.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10

Bostons subway neel have no
further fear of the state Legislature,
aud the transit commissioners may
now continue their work without the
apprehension OF any interference from
Beacon Hill. BY vote OF lO4 to u,
the House of Representatives refused
to engross the bill for the repeal of
the subway act of 1894, and the re-
peal bill is dead. The defeat which
the bill received was the natural end
of the anti-climax, down which the
opponents of the subway have been
rapidly sliding. Each succeeding vote
on the bill has shown decided di-
minution of the strength of the oppo'
sition to the subway.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10

The announcement that there are
to be two more steamers placed upon
the Boston list by the Cunard Co.. is
OF general interest to Boston business
men. simultaneously comes the news
that the Warren line will put a twin
screw steamer on its Boston service,
this being the first vessel of that type
to be assigned to regular service at
this point. This development in the
trade of Boston is especially notice
able in view of the corrected returns
published by the treasury department,
in reference to foreign commerce
with American ports. 1t is true that
Boston is not yet able to rival the
totals shown by the commercial statis-
tics for New York; yet as regards the
percentages of increase it is worth
some notice that Bostons commerce
is expanding at greater rate than
that of New York and as regards
the other Atlantic ports it is also
noticeable that even within the past IL
years the commercial growth of Bos-
ton is more marked and healthier than
that of such cities as Philadelphia and
| Baltimore. Taking the exports fol
the years 1879, 1884 and 1895, it will
be found that New York exported II
years ago 1895, 900, 600 worth of mer.
ch hlndise, as compared with 1929, 900,
600 in 1888 and S469, 900, 600 last year
Boston exported $40, 900, 900 worth o.
goods in 1879, $53. 000,0 600 worth il
1884 and $83, 900, 900 in 1894. Th,
rate of increase for New York, in the
Is years, was about 10 per cent; tha
for Boston in the same period wal
! about 80 per cent.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10

Torpedo boats have come to take Il
very important part in naval warfare.
France has 2l7 torpedo boats in ser.
vice and forty-two authorized and
building; England has 165 and sixty
four respectively; Itat IT'S and
eleven Russia 163 and fourteen, aud
Germany 119. The comparison be
tween the United Ststes and foreign
navies is significant, thinks the Ameri-
can Agriculturist. At present the
United States has three torpedo boats
and three building.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10
To Prevent Blockades.

Boston has newly created squad to
its police force. 1t was created by
the board of police, and is to be known
as the special street squad. The duty
of the squad is to look out for block
ades in the streets. Inspector of car
riages Lieut.. Thomas c. Evans is put
in charge, having as his assistant
Charles W. Boyer, who for many
years has been in command of the few
men on the force who patrol the
streets and look out for blockades.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10
SUTTON BROTHERS
- Dentists -
COaticOok, P. .. and Island Pond, Vt.
At Essex House, Island Pond, VT, frsi
Monday and Tuesday and the 18th and 1911
sf each month.

Upon New York City has been
forced the solution of the problem of
Fairgrounds for the public school
children by utilizing the roof of the
schooi-houses. Grammar School No.
l. now under contract to be erected
at Henry, Oliver and Catherine streets,
will have the hrst of the public school
roof gardens. All new schools erect
ed in the districts where land is high
priced will be topped off with safe,
airy playground
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10
BOSTON LETTER.
SPECIAL coRREsPoSDESCE. !
EIerIrir MniIGnrs.

The work of fitting up ears for the
new electric mail service Is giving en-
ploymon. to several men. SIX or
seven of them will be used All will
be painted white, with the letters L 5
mail in gold letters on their sides. A
postal clerk will accompany every car.
He will have all the conyeniences at
his command, such as reversible letter
racks. Harrison bag rack aud news.
paper table. The care will approach
and leave the postofiice building by
way of Washington and Water streets.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10
Gresham a Very Sick Man

Sec. Gresham is very sick man. Those
most intimately concerned as to his health
make no denial OF their anxiety as TO his con-
dition. His main affection has been dag.
nosed as gladstone and this is complicated by
the weak physical condition from which the
secretary has suffered for some time past.
No visitors are admitted to see the patient,
who Is confued to his apartments at the Ar
lington hotel Washington, d. G..
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10

1t looks to the Hartford journal as
though somebody was trying to give
woman's rights black eye when the
stockholders of Nebraska bank
elected woman President two weeks
before the bank suspended.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10

Twenty-Five per cent. of the Japan
ese students in the higher commercial
school at Toxic are studying Spanish.
The japanese expect increased com.
mercial ntercourse with this country
AMI the Philippine Islands.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10

The Louisville Courier Journal
thinks the best indication of the re-
turn of better times is the advance
that Is being made in the prices of
farm products and manufactures.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10

The owner of sheep is justified in
killing a dog to stop him from mang.
ling them, but he can't kill the dog
sfterward. Then the law gives him
other redress. So decides a Maine
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10

1t is said in the New Orleans Plea
yune that not newspaper of note in
any of the American republics is un-
favorable to the cause OF the Cuban
patriots
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10

The Dallas News predicts that
Texas will have no timber in fifteen
years if the present rate of cutting L.
900, 900, 900 feet year continues.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10

1t is said that most of the 5000
horses shipped from America to Eu-
rope recently were intended for
slaughter as food. Electricians think
this a sign of the coming triumph of
electricity as motor.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10

In 1860, England and Nicaragua made q
treaty, by which Nicaragua was given sover-
eignity over the Mosquito territory, but the
latter retained the right Of self government.
This latter right was broadly construed as
to coming money, collecting duties etc. So
much trouble resulted, that Francis Joseph
OF Austria was called in as arbitrator in 1881
His decision was largely sentimental. 1t al
lowed the Nicaraguan flag TO be raised in the
country, and also the Mosquito people their
own flag. The contention as to who gov
erned the country continued until last year,
when Nicaragua took forcible possession
expelled British Consul Hatch, who was ac-
cused of encouraging rebellion against the
Nicaraguan canal Of entry. The expulsion
OF Hatch and other British subjects has been
the cause of the trouble just settled.
The new state extends along almost the en-.
tire Atlantic coast line of Nicaragua. The
southerly portion Is near Greytown, the east
ern terminus Of the Nicaragua canal, and
this fact has given the country its chief i'm
portance.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10
VOL. XXIII.
Essex County Herald.

Out of l7,O0O,OOO inhabitants ol
Spain, over 1000, 900 are ignorant
OF the art of reading or writing.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10

The enormous deposits in the Post
Office Savings Bank of Great Britain
show the saving propensities of the
British poor.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10

The Michigan Supreme Court has
decided that man may not Iun for
office on more than one ticket at a
time.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10
Venezuela's Revolt Serious

Troops have been sent to Venezuela, where
tho revolt has assumed serious proportions.
The rebels defeated one column sent against
them.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10
WHAT WILL ENGLAND DO?
Nicaragua Wipes the Mosquito Res.
ervation OFF the Map.

The Nicaraguan government has recently
done away with the Mosquito reservation,
which has been the cause OF the re-
cent trouble, and has incorporated 1t as
of Department of Zelaya," named after
the president of the republic. This
action has been officially Communicated
to Washington, D. C. The significance of
the movement has attracted little public at
tention, but it is stated by officials that it
involves graver considerations than the
armed occupation of Corinto.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10
NEW YORK LETTER.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE. I

Investigation of the evils OF the
"sweat" shop system and the employ.
meut of child labor Is attracting great
attention. Factory inspectors have
stated there were not more than 5000
Sweat" shops in the city. The num-
Der is said to he twice as large. The
factory law instead of being a factor
to put down unlawful child labor, Was
Il barricade behind which "sWeat''
shop keepers found refuge and con.
tinued to violate the law. A large
amount of perjury was committed b.
parents in swearing To the agesof their
children. Surely something needs
looking into when the majority of the
cash-girls of this great city between
the ages of fourteen and sixteen years
can earn but little over - per week
and saleswomen get from 81 - to 81
per week. These are starvation wages
with a vengeance.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10
f. ECUADOR TO ARMS.
Gen. Alloy Alfaro Inau-
gurateS a Revolution.
Has 10000 Followers Who are
Making Great Headway.
Insurgents Reported To Have Capt
ured a Town Near Ibarra.

A. +. Bllen, Consul for Ecuador at San
Francisco, Cal. has received cablegram an.
nouncing that q revolution, conducted by
Gen. Alloy Aliaro, is in progress In EuesdOr
He Is instructed TO see that arms and ammu-
nitions are not shipped to the revolutionists
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10


Aud still human life is being for
feited to the criminal negligence of the
trolley companies of Brooklyn. An
other home has been darkened by the
sudden and hideous death of one OF
its members under the wheels of an
INTENDED trolley car. One more
mothers heart has haen broken, and
one more household mourns over a
cluI wrong for which there is as
vet no remedy. The chartered man
slayers of Brooklyn will not heed the
cry of the people for Tenders, and the
arm of official power is paraly2ed
either by corruption or cowardice, or
both. Wellmny the lament of lsrael's
prophet be on the lips OF every Brook
lvn family as its members go out into
the streets shadowed by this daily and
hourly menace of their lives: "How
long, 0 Lord, how long?'
How long, o Lord, how long?"
The people themselves must answer
that question. 1t depends upon their
own efforts. Their mayor has failed
them. Their grand iuries have failed
them. Every resource has failed them
except the power to make themselves
heard, felt and feared, and finally
obeyed. Roll up the signatures to
Citizens League petition, and make
the coming mass meeting demon
stration of public opinion too impos-
ing to be ignored either by the troll
ley kings or their serylle tools in
office.