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Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1895-02-23
Dynaxaite in a Cotton Bale.

A stick of dynamite was found in
cotton bale being loaded on a steam
ship at New Orleans. The vessel was
being loaded by colored labor.
1t was later learned that the sub
stance was not dynamite. The sup
posed dynamite was taken up.to the
United States court to be used as evil
dence against man named Oakes, or
Oates, who was arrested on suspicion
of placing it in the bale. 1t was
placed under a glass case, and when
the ucase was looked into the next
morning the supposed dynamite was
gone. 1t had ignited, and only few
ashes We're left. Instead of being an
explosive, it was sort of Greek fire
ball, and its purpose was not to blow
up the ship, but to start fire in her
hold. What it vas composed of is not
known, but an analysis will be made OF
the ashes. It is snrmised that the sub
stance has been the cause of fires in
ship holds loaded with cotton, as it
seems to ignite when the air is ex-
cluded.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1895-02-23
Bad Blaze at Rayne.

Fire at Rayne. Acadia parish, caused
the following losses: P. F. Besse,
three buildings, loss, $4,000; insurance,
$500. Mrs. Sophie Levy, of Abbeville,
one store building, loss, So, 500; insur-
ance, $1,000. David Levy, stock of
merchandise, $4,000; partly insured.
DIR. R. r. Lecourse, livery stable, loss,
$1,000; no insurance. G. Deranew,
dwelling, loss, $500; insurance, $500;
groceries damaged $3.50, no insurance.
Raymond Clark, of Crowley, store build
ing, loss. $500; no insurance. Ferdinand
Gumble &, Co.. of New Orleans, two
store buildings, loss S1,500; insured.
Sam Haas, of st. Landry, saloon build
ing, loss 81, 200; with insurance. Paul
Iiebert, saloon fixtures and liquor,
loss $3.50; no insurance. E. Deputy,
dwelling, damaged S15o; with insur-
ance. O. Broussard, stock of drugs.
damaged $500; with insurance. G..
Oudin store dwelling $3.50; with insur-
ance. Ranger printing outfit, loss $500;
no insurance. Ed Smith, groceries,
damaged $500; no insurance. F. j.
Bernard, cotton, damaged $50.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
lri. Rns.sia. IcelnnA. BeIgium Swelen

lri, Russia, Iceland, Belgium Sweden
and Greece. The United States leads, rs a
matter of course, there being 7.Gil societies
md 45S GAO members n this country Canada
has 2.4lG societies, and Great Britain 2,i42;
Australia comes next with 9i3 /; India follows
with llG; Madagascar with O3: Japan with
50, and other lands with less away down to
Laos, Asia, with one.
Every available room in every hotel has al
ready been taken for the EndravOrerS for
convention week; many school buiIdin Is,
which will then be vacant, have been en-
gagged and cots have been rented; house
holders, both in the city and suburbs, have
agreed to receive guests. and ii Is now be-
licved that the $4,000 delegates can all be
properly cared for. OF course, they will
pay their way. The cost Of the convention
to the society will not be much if any less
than s2O,0OO This large sum has been
mostly raised by contributions from the So
eieties of b )ston and Massachusetts chiefly.
four days visit of so. 900 guess cannot fail
to result in the leaving of many times so 900
In the Golfers of Bostons merchants. board
ing house keepers an hotels and restau-
rants.
If the attendance is as large as is expected,
and each guest cXpends but 81 day, tho
sum total will be 53OO,OOO, and the chances
are that it will be nearly double that.
The plans of the convention have been
quite generally exploited. That there will
be- three great audtoriums- Mechanics Hall
and two great tents-a feature, on Saturday
July u, will te an Op"n-air patriotic mass
meeting on Boston Common. Less has been
said OF the big meeting of ''juniors' to be
held after the patriotic mass meeting, but
perhaps, this will be the me st interesting of
"a IA . l.. !.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
JUMPED THE TRACK.


The worst freight wreck that eyer occurred
)n the western division Of the Eric happened
between llornGsv ic. y. y. and Almond,
when fast freight train " jumped the track
Three men were Killed Uutri ,ht and two men
we're terribly injured. Ten horses were also
iilled Train Vg is the fastest cast-bouud
'rcight on the western division. 1t was com
.ng down the big grade, at thr rate OF 40
niles IN hour when this side OF Almond and
running ut that high rae Of speed a wheel on
he second ear from the engine broke.
In Il second 10 cas- We're all in Il heap, oc.
,upying no more room than two ordinary
1rCight cars. In the center of he train was Il
norsc car, loaded with 10 trottng and run
ling horses from Mercer Penn, bound for
he eastern states, where they were cntcre
for races. Accompanying the horses were
four men. who were taking care Of them
when the crash came. This car was COM
pIetely pulrertHcd between two heavy iruisl t
:ars even the flooring was smashed into
iindling wood. Three Of the men who were
u the car were dead when takeH out, and one
: badly injured internally. but the physicians
.hink he will live. Two Of the men killed
we're l., p. Foster Of Sandry Lake and Austin
Platter of Grcenville. Penn.
The 10 horses killed were scattered about
under the cars Many of them were dssn-
yoweIed. Six Of the horses escaped uniu-
iurcd. but how they did is a mystery. They
were liberated from the wreckage ana ran
into the woods, The wreck occurred in Il
cut and it does not seem possible that freight
,urS could tear the earth up in way tie;
aid. Some Of the ears turned in such way
hat they dug into the bank many feet. When
.he wheel broke the truck dropped down On
he ties and for 500 feet the ties were cut COM
oletcly in two. Directly under the wreck the
rails were spr' al - feet The majority OF the
,ars were loaded with dressed beef and beer
rom Chicago, most OF which can be saved.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
BOMBS FOR TOM REED
Filled With Nitro-GlyCcrinc and
Placed Near His Home.

The finding OF a white envelope containing
piece Of paper covered with curious hero
glyphics and three oddly shaped glass bulbs
containing yelowish substance has causei
much excitement in Portland, Ne. The
package was found near the resi-
dences of Representatives Thomas Il.
Reed and Mayor james p. Baxter and
the only decipherabIe words on the paper ARE
the names of those men. Policeman McCor-
mick, who nightly patrol, the street on which
the great Republican leader lives, saw
several men in the neighborhood Of Mr..
Reeds house and walked up to the group to
see what they were doing On his approach
the men moved up the street, Hrnd rs they did
not act suspiriously the patrOlman did not
follow them. About an hour later McCor-
mick, while stantng under mn electric light.
saw an ordinary white envelope lying on the
ground near the curbstone. This he picked
up and examined. In the envelope were
three glass bulbs about the size Of goose
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18

feet, the " dth Of the bottom s6 feet, the depth
largest vessels ailOat An ordinary passage
will require about thirteen hours The Burns
buttcl llarbOr is | $50 feet in length, and 32S
feet wide, but Its uses are merely transltOry.
The inflow of the EIbe, where the canal de
bOuches, runs with enormous rapidity, COM
pclling the closure of the canal gates when
vessels are not passing.
-Four railways crossing the canal have been
bridgcd at such height, or provided with
draws, that will admit the largest vessels aud
highest masts ailoat. Ten highways are sim
ilarIy provided. Beside these. sixteen new
ferryways have been added
The highest span is at Gruenthal, near the
Elbe terminus l37 feet above the canal level.
The mass eNcavated from the 63 miles Of
waterway amounted to $1,000 900 cubic yards.
The estimated cost was 237, 40 900 and the
excess will not reach II million. The time
stipulated was eight years
The immediate and tangible gain derived
from the Baltic Canal is the absolute security
Of the merchant fleets, hitherto forced to navi-
gate the perilous passes between Denmark
and the North. Since 1858 there arc records
of $500 total wrecks and about the same
number of mishaps OF a less serious character
all. however. destructive to commerce. Since
1875 more than 1000 lives have been lost II
is confidently reckoned that the new canal
will reyolutioni2e Northern traffic In mill
tary sense the canal more than doubles the
effectiveness of the German fleets. The canal
in case OF war is protected by arsenals and
forts.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
WOODSTOCK. W., SATURDAY, MAY IS, 1898.
TERMS OF THE TREATY.
War Correspondent Writes OF Impor'
tnnt Affairs in the Fast.

Col. John A. Cbrkcrill writes us follOw-
from Toxic; | derive from sem-olilrial
)urcc the following rs tine terms Of the Shl-
uOhoselii treaty.
l. China recognizes the independence OF
Korea.
.. China crdns to Japan the following
territory, namely In Mauchnrla, the whole
Of the district lying south of line drawn
from pO mt whore the Anping river enters
the laIu river to the mouth OF the Liao river,
so rs to include Fcnwang- lIaincheng and
Iihkow; also the island Of FormOsa and it.
adjacent slets and the PeScadores group.
;. China pays Japnn an indemnity OF
300, 900 0O) tanlS, that Is to say 5000, 900 yen,
the payment to be effected III seven yearly
instaImrntS, and the portion unpaid to carry
interest at ) per cent per annum. Should
the whole sum be paid in three years, inter
est will bo iurcgoue.
/. japan shall he entitled to all the priyi-
legs and all the trade advantages possessed
i'll China by western powers under the ptO'
visions OF the most favored nation clause.
There are sub-CauseS Hs follows (l) Jap
aEcsc ships will have free access to the poIts
OF Shashih, Chung King, Hang CHOW aud
500 CHOW and shall he entitled to enter ana
freely navigate the rivers AZ Chung King, 500
Chow and Hang Chow. % Articles pur.
chased by Japan in the interior Of China, OK
imported articles carried into the interior,
may be stored free olalI tax. 49, japanese
subjects shall lie free to carry on manufacture
ing industries in China.
3. Articles manufactured in China under
sun-clau-e three sAuiI be treated as imported
articles. and shall be handled under specia
permits.
6. The new commercial treaty bewecc
China and Japan shall be based on China,
present trcutie. with western states. SO long
rs the subject, or citizens of the latter retaln
the privileges OF extra territorial Jurisdiction
ana tariff. Japanese subjects, also, shall
fully enjoy the same privileges.
BY way of security for the payment of the
above mentioned indemnity, Japan shall hoId
Wei-Hal-Wni and China shall pay the cost OF
the OcrupntiOu
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
AN UP TO- DATE BIBLE.
Women are to Revise Book in the
Interest OF SEX.

A woman in the person OF Eli2obcth Cady
Stanton has laid her hand upon the Bible and
is about to bring forth new version that will
place the sex in better light than that
accorded her by the King james AMI
r yised versions. Mrs. STATIONS coiabor-
e:s i'll the preparation of the work
include Lady Henry Somerset. Miss Fran
ce3 Lord. Mrs. Stanton BIatch who
is Mrs. Stantons daughter, and Mrs. Alice
Il # Scatchard, Of England. and the
following of Am"rica Frances L. VIII
lard, Rev. Phrbe Hanaford, Rev. Olympia
Brown, Mrs. Robert IngersoI, Ellen b. Die
trick, Frances T.. Burr, Matilda Josylyn
Gage, Sarah A. Underhill Mrs Mary A.
Livcrmorc, Lille d. Blake Mrs l.. Il Chand-
ler Carrie Chapman, Josephine X. II nry.
b. A. +. Strbbins, Helen NJ Gardner. Cara
Bewick Colby. and Mrs. f. b. Grannis.
Mrs Chandler i, to have the revision OF
the book Of Timothy. Matilda Gage will re-
wise Matthew and Revelations while Mrs.
Stanton herself vii! edit expurGate and inter-
pOIate Genesis. She hopes the book will be
completed this year and she thinks it will
contain about 400 pages.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
N0RTHW WEST PASSAGE.
New Bedford, Mass, Whalers Be-
lievc That There IS One.

Since the barks Tucker and Canton be-
longing to j. Il W. r. Wing & Co., of New
Bedford, Mass arrived from Hudson's bay
last year with good catches of whaebone,
which sold at from Sl.7j to 81 per pound, in.
terest in whaling in that latitude has greatly
revived.
The belief is almost a certainty that n
northwest passage exists, and that whale.
which have been hunted in the vicinity of the
mouth Of Mackenzie river and become shy
have come through into Hudson's bay and
been found on the coast of Greenland. Irons
nave been found in whales killed on one side
which were struck in previous years on the
other side, II the outlook for whales does
not prove to be what is expected this year, one,
II not more, Of the whaIcrs will look for
Lieut.. Pcary ana party, and attempt to rescue
and bring them back to civilization.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
in NEW ENGLAND.
Interesting Items OF News From
Maine to Connecticut shores.

Lewis aud Poor, held upon the charge OF
burning summer house at BOothDay Me-,
were convicted.
Wm p. Burbank, a son Of the late million.
are. Abraham Burbank, and on Of the best
known men in Pittsilcld, Mass. attempted
suicide.
Roger Kennedy of Middleton, Ct, lost a
valuable team OF horses by their falling lIJ
feet down a quarry hole Mt Smaller Il iialI'-
quarry in Portland
Among those who sailed on the Hamburg.
American line steamer Columbia for
Southampton and Hamburg We're Emil Paur,
director OF the Boston symphony orchestra,
and wife.
4 shocking railroad accident occurred in
East Boston. The victims we're Jennie Davis,
whose head was severed, an | Matthew Doyle,
both of whose legs and one arm were cut off,
and he was otherwise injured.
Brakeman owen j. CafIrey was instantly
killed on tho New York. New Haven Hart
ford railroad at Hyde Park, Mass, by the
bursting Of Il steam pipe in the cab OF the
engine attached to freight train No. ITO.
Work has been commenced on the new adj
dtional building at the Vermont state asylum
ut Waterbury. When completed the entire
building will be 800 feet in length composed
of ten wards. The contract for the addition Is
for nearly SlO0OOO.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
FREAKS OF THE MERCURY.
SNOW, Frost and Low Temperature
in Middle and Western States.

Frost has ruined the entire grape crop of
the Chautauqun, n. Y, grape belt The loss
is at least II, 100000. The ChUutauQua grape
belt extends from Erie county westward to
Erie. 1t occupies Il strip from live to
eight miles in width along the southern
shores of lake Erie The number Of
acres bearing grapes last year was 10000
This year 5000 acres would have been
bearing had it not been for the
the frost. At Dunkirk the thermometer fell
to % degrees, Gerry Hickman, the Million
airc grape grower and wine manufacturers
says the loss in the belt will reach at least
52,OOO,00O. His own loss he estimates at
-OIO OpO
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
SHE SKIPPED OUT.
Mrs. Hammond Fled From the Mys.
tic School.

Mrs, Margaret Whipple Hammond, pro.
prietor OF the Whipple school for the deaf al
Mystic, Ct, has disappeared. She is alleged
to have deirauded the state ont of thousands
Of dollars for serious of years by maintan.
ing bogus lists of pupils, for which she
charged the state 5l7j a year.
Soon after Gov. Coffin began his investisN-
ton into the schools affairs Mrs. Hammond
was sent for to explain the Irregularities.
The reply from the school was that she had
gone TO Philadelphia to visit her daughter,
This quieted suspicious that Mrs. Hammond
might have skipped out. The frauds are now
placed as high as $4,000 to $4,000, Mrs.
Hammond's property and bank accounts
have been attached by Mystic merchants
whom she owed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18

eggs. They contained dark yellow fluid
that seemed to be very heavy. The bulbs
were wrapped in cotton atting.
The policeman carried the package TO "A
police station. There another discovery was
made. Attached to the envelope by u
pin was n sheet of paper, on which were
written in strange characters four lines that
none of the scholars or linguists in the city
have so far been able to read The writing
was evidently the work Of a foreigner, as the
paper and the ink were similar 10 those used
by Poles and Armenians. Following the
herOglyphics were the following lines.
written with different kind Of ink and
with finer pen M. James 7. Baxter,
Few. /, 9, 3. Aut % q + M. Reci aout lie %
%" This was signed by name that
the police interpret as MOrrise L. Mors-
row, and appended to it was cabaIistic
sign. evidently intended as n seal. The
glass bulbs were taken to Il chemist, who
Mt once said they contained nitro-glyr-
crime of sufficient quantity to wreck a
house or blow man to atoms. No
such person as Morrise l.. Molsrow lives
in the city. Many people are inclined to be-
lieve that plot to blow up the house of Il
possibly future president of the United States
and the chief municipal officer was frustrated
by the timely appearance of Mccormick.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18

The continued warm weather apparently
influences the price Of all sorts OF produce,
especially green stuff, which is now coming
in most plcntiiully in excellent condition,
and finds ready sale at reasonable price.
Butter is quoted shade lower than last
week and eggs have also declined. Garden
truck is unusually fine for this season Of the
year and reaches the market in prime condi-
ton. Native produce brings good prices.
Fresh fruits, especially strawberries, are get
ting very reasonable, and the majority Of the
fruit il excellent. Foreign fruit is nothing
extra. Meats are lower, poultry of cent
and grain the same.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18

The mercury at Nashua, n. H., dropped VI
degrees within 2l hours.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18

A Dairy Division has been created in the
Bureau Of Animal Industry OF the Agricultural
Department, at Washington, ID. c., Henry T..
Ayord now Of Durham, n. H., has been ap-
pointed chief at $500 II year. The object Of
he division is to collect and disseminate in
formation about the dairy industry of the
country. Thn organization will probably be
Effected on July /. For the work $4,000
will be available annually. Major Alvord is
III eX-army officer, Il native of Massachusetts
former resident Of both New York and yir-
sinia, and eX-Presidcnt Of the Maryland Agri-
cultural College.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
Addicks Elected President,

The directors Of the five local gas compan.
les of Boston, comprising the Bay State com.
bination, has elected J. Edward Addick9
president of all the computes Thoma. w.
Lawson was elected vice president Parker
G. Chandler has been appointed general
counsel. Addicks, Lawson and Chandler,
together with Gen. Sam Thompson of New
York, will control the situation, and with the
assistance Of New York capitalists, will ar
range to bring about IN early settlement of
the existing difficulties with the Brookline
gas company. 1t is believed that Mr.. G. p.
Huntington will be one of the capitalists in
tnr tnl
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
UNLOCKSTHEN ENORTH
Canal at KieI a Stupendous
Undertaking.
Fleets OF all ChristcndOm to Assem-
bic at Opening.

The arrangements for the opening ahout
July |, Of the North Sea are canal now com
II t.. The official "Rechsan1eiger' has ub'
lishcd list Of the foreign vessels that
will attend, showing u total of 53. Great
Britain will send 10, Italy 0, Denmark 6,
Norway and Sweden ), the United states aud
Austria each, France Russia and Spain :
each, RoumaniH and Holland 2 each. and
Turkey and Portugal each.
Most OF the fle is OF Clristcndom and an
impressive array Of the potentialities Of Eu-
rope will assemble at Kiel to witness per
haps the most imposing pageant in the deyei-
opment of the new German Empire. The
stuprndOus undertaking now completed, TIE
North sea and Baltic canal forever unlock1
these wntry seas, that makes ltnssin and the
Baltic ports as accessible rs the Mcditcrra.
nean. The width Of the canal from is 2l7
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18

A man who gave his name rs Jay Gould,
Jr., was committed in the Tombs police
court in New York. lie was arrested in eX-
Mayor W. II. Gracc's Office after his failure
to collect $1,000 which he said jay Gould
asked him to draw. jay Gould's correct
name is Lawrence Carroll. He lives in Wash
ington. He is Il heavy set man of 40, and
fairly drassad-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18

Besides California, all church real estate
above ten acres is taxed in Kansas: in Ne
vada, where the value exceeds s5,0OO in New
Jersey, where the land exceeds five acres; in
Rhode Island, where the land exceeds one
acre and in Washington all real estate and
improvements valued at over $500 Parson-
ages are taxed in all the states except Della
ware, Florida, Iowa. Kentucky, Mary and
Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina
south Dakota, Virginia. Wisconsin, Wyoming
md West Virginia In Connecticut parson-
iscs are exempt up to $500. Kansas exempts
1arsonages owned by the church and occu-
lied by the pastor. Maine cXempts parson-
iges up to 10000 New York exempts par
gonages up to II 800
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18

\ correspondent in st. Petersburg say:
that Russia has separate understanding
with China. This does not cede ManchuriaI
territory wholly to Russia bat allows Russig
to prolony the Siberian railroad from
NcrIschlnsk, through the valleys of the Non
and Sungari, inthe KIrin province, ,toBrough,
ton bay, in .he sea of Japan. China has
agreed also to let Russia build Il branch rail
road from Kirin city 10 New Chwang.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18

Glorious news Games from New York.
Edgar SaltuS is engaged to be married
20 Il French Countess of great beauty,
distinguished lineage and immense
wealth, The Castcllancs have gone,
and with them shipload of good
American gold. but Saltus may save the
day and restore the commercial balance
between this country and the land OF
the frogcatera. But before this matter
goes further we hope Edgar will imi.
tate the example of the prudent Nam,
ma Castellane and inquire by cablel
"What settlement;'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
CHIEFS OF POLICE.
They Meet in Convention at Wash
ingtOn and Elect Officers.

of police Of the leading cities of the country
was held in Washington, b c. Fifty chiefs
were present, including W. $. SeLvcy of
Omaha, president of the convention; Harvey
D. Carr Of Grand Rapids. secretary AMI
treasurer; Benjamin Murphy. jersey CITY;
Charles A. Donavon. lIoboken; Harvcy Hop
per, Newark and W. J. McKclvey, Brooklyn
Among the topics discussed was pro-
posed plan for the establishment OF bureau
of Identification, to be operated by the Fed
eral Government in connection with the De-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18

Spanish troops, killing and capturing more
than thousand men and great quantities of
ammunition aud army stores. The battle
lasted four hours and was hard-fought.
Men from the plantations are joining the
insurgents hourly. Fifty from the sugar
plantations around Conselaccon del Sur well
armed with rifles, joined the revolutionists
recently. The ranks Of the insurgents are
filing Up from the small towns and planta-
tons. All labor has been stopped in the
Province of Puerto Principe. LabOrers are
llocking to Gomez Thousands are joining
him. All work in the outlying provinces is
at II standstll. The Cuban patriots are
jubilant over the news,