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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02

No. 1O5.-AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A PERMANENT
CAMP GROUND FOR THE USE OF THE MILITIA
IS hereby enacted By the General assembly Of the State Of
Vermont:
SECTION The quartemaster general is authorized pur
chase lease for of years. for the of the organized
militia track of land of less than 40 for permanent
campround Fort Ethan Allen in the county of Chitten
den the site to be selected by the and nspectogen
era commander of the brigade and colonel of the regiment
subject to the approval of the governor
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02

NO. 1OO.--AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBER NINETY
THREE OF The ACTS OF 1886, ENTITLED CAN ACT
TO PREVENT THE SPREADING OF CONTAGIOUS DIS
EASES, AND TO ESTABLISH A STATE BOARD OF
HEALTH"
Vermont:
SECTION l. Section of No SO, of the Laws of 1885, is
amended so to read as follows
Each member shall receive five dollars per day and actual expen
while in discharge of his official duties and the and
allow the such
services times extraordinary peril they deem
reasonable but the whole of the board including the
rea for services and shall exceed four thousand
dollars for biennial except in extraordinary public
peril which the order said board perform
service for the safety of the State and her people of said
but to exceed six thousand dollars biennial
SEC. g. This act shall take effect from it's passage
Approved November 26, 1894
No. 1O1-AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF ACT MUM
Der EIGHTY-TWO OF TIE LAWS OF 1892.
It. hereby enacted by tile General assembly of The State of
Vermont
SECTION l. Section of Act No So of the Laws of 1892
hereby amended by inserting after the words removed
words y the State Board of Health who shall have author
lily to make such removals"
SEC g. This act shall take effect from its passage.
Approved November 81, 1894.
No. 1o2-AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS FOUR THOU
SAND AND TWENTY ONE, FOUR THOUSAND AND
TWENTY-FIVE AND FOUR THOUSAND AND TWEEN
TY-THREE OF THE REVISED LAWS.
It's hereby enacted By tho General assembly Of the State
Of Vermont
SECTION l. Section 1921 the Revised hereby amended
70 as read as folowsi
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-26
WATER EVERYWHERE.
1T IS RECEDING A LITTLE AT
FORT SCOTT.
Twelve Inches Of Snow in Kansas
and More Coming-Mississip
Way up.

Fort Scott, Kan, Dec. 21.-The high
water here is receding, although it is
still raining. The Neosho river is six
miles wide here and the flood is worse
than for many years.
Dispatches from Kansas points
show that snow is still falling and is
from 20 II inches deep on the level.
Train service is generally impeded
and streams are out of their banks.
There are no signs of the storm let
ting up. AS far as known no lives are
lost
st. Louis, Dec. 21.-The unprecedent-
ed rain of the past three days, has been
general throughout Missouri, filling to
overlooking all creeks and rivers with
in it's confines. The streams tributary
to the Missouri have added to the
height Of the river which in turn has
swollen the Mississippi. The guage
last evening showed a rise of 16 feet
The riVermen were unprepared for the
sudden rise and say that in forty
years this is the biggest sudden rise
they ever saw at this season of the
year. Large forces of men have been
put to work on the boats, bringing
order out chaos.
A house boat was seen to capsize
almost in mid-stream and fears are en-
tertained that the occupants were
drowned.
At Alton, ILL.,, forty families on the
lOWlands were forced to flee for their
safety to the higher ground. Much
damage was done to floating craft and
corn in the shock was carried off in the
bOttOm-lands.
A report from st. Charles states that
all small bridges along the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railway are washed
away and traffic delayed.
Kansas City, Dec. 21.-No trains
into this city lately. 1t has been
showing here for the past II hours.
Alton, ILL.,, Dec. 21.-The rise of the
Mississippi river the past twenty-four
hours is unprecedented. The gauge
shows rise of 14.5 feet, making the
I record for the twenty-four hours rise
and for the stage of water at mid-win-
ter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-26

of dining all the new senators at diff
ferent times, but will probably aban-
don the custom of extending the same
courtesy to the new congressman.
There are too many of them.
Next in importance to the white
house dinners, in the dinner line, will
be the eight dinners to be given by the
members of the cabinet to Mr.. and
Mrs. Cleveland. These will be given
on Tuesdays at the homes of the cab
met officers. They are the only din
ners outside of the white house which
the president will attend in Washing
ton this winter The dates for them
have just been set, as follows: Janu-
airy Z. secretary Of state; January IA,
secretary of the treasury; January u,
secretary of war; January %, attorney
general; February 4, postmaster gener-
al: February II, secretary of the navy;
February IS, secretary of the interior;
February 25, secretary of agriculture.
There are more dinners yet. The
secretary of state will given one to the
diplomatic corps, and this will be little
the same guests by the president. The
cabinet officers will try to dine one an
other at least once during the winter.
and the embassies and leading lega-
lions will exchange such courtesies
freely.
Dinners will not alone constitute the
social excitement in the capital. TheYe
will be receptions galore. At the
white house the first will be the new
years day reception. The next, the
diplomatic reception, at night from 9
until II o'clock. Following this will
be the judiciary and congressional re-
ception, during the same hours; next,
the army and navy reception, and final
" the second reception to the people,
wFich closes the season. The diplo-
matte and army and navy receptions
will be elaborate, by reason OF their
costumes At the army and navy re-
ception the officers will come by the
hundreds. uniformed within an inch Of
their lives.
There are three distinct sets in
Washington society-the official set,
comprising office holders and their
families; the diplomatic set, compris
ing diplomats and their families, and
the real set that is the old families,
who consider themselves exclusive and
above the official set The old families
sometimes let down the bars to the
diplomats, but the Office holders, the
people "in the service" or lin Office"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-26

their observance of the occasion was
suggested by the invitations to this
dinner in New York. The idea be-
longs to Chauncey M. Depew; The full
fillment to the whole country.
Chief Justice John Jay gave the
American merchants the same privil-
eyes at sea which General George
Washington provided for American
citizens on their own soil. Justice
Jay was selected by President Wash
ington' to go to England in 1894 and
there make a treaty which would give
American merchants the same rights
of commerce in all parts of the world
that every other nation had. He was
chosen because England felt kindly to-
ward the chief justice, because he re
fused to sustain a decision OF the
state courts giving citizens the right
to repudiate their Indebtedness to
British subjects when the debts were
incurred and the credit given in good
faith.
The chief justice returned in 1895,
and on Dec. 9 Washington sent the
treaty to congress for ratification. 1t
was finally signed with a few unim-
portant changes, and within five years
American commerce had improved to
such an extent that merchants and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-26
QUAKERS CAN ONLY RIDE UNDER
GUARD OF POLICE.

Philadelphia, Dec. 19.-The second
days traction strike ended with every
wheel yet at a standstil. The excite
ment has been at a high pitch, but the
formidable army OF police prevented
any serious outbreaks. The calm is
not natural and more violence is ex-
pected at any moment.
A few cars were run over the branch
lines, guarded at all points by armed
policemen. In many instances they
carried revolvers drawn. The mobs
we're no smaller, but they respected
the cleaning steel. Some few at
tempts to stone cars were made. but
they had no grave results.
The universal opinion is that trou-
bic will surely come at any moment an
effort is made to run cars without a
heavy guard.
Both sides appear TO be frmer than
ever. The strikers declare that they
are gaining recruits every hour.
Mayor Warwick has been in his Of
fee almost uninterruptedly for IS
hours. Special troops are ready to be
on the streets of Philadelphia within
an hour after request to the governor
is made
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-26

as they say in Washington, are totally
tabooed. The old families have a So
cial life of their own which they keep
under cover.
There are to be two permanent or
CARNATIONS in Washington society this
winter that promise to take away the
halo that rests above the old set. They
are the bachelors association and the
society of navy officers They will
confine themselves to germans exclu-
sively, each giving a series of a half
dozen brilliant ones during the season.
There are to be two prominent new
organizations in Washington official So
ciety this winter. The first in import
ance e Mrs. Harmon, wife of the at
torney general, who is an accomp-
lished society woman, and Mrs. Wilson,
wife of the new postmaster general,
who is not so much Ge oted to social
life. Each has an accomplished daugh-
ter of the proper age to enter social
life, and much is expected, from the
Harmons particularly. Besides, the
second daughter of the vice president is
to enter society this winter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-26
THE MARKETS.

Late Figures on Stock, Grain and
Provisions.
Chicago, Dec c1-Wkeat: Dec, "a
15c; May, 5715c. Corn: Dec, Csc; May,
2778c. Oats: Dec, 1870; May, 1880.
Rye, 39&c. Barley, No. 3, 23037c.
Flax, 93@931ac. Timothy, 3.35. Glover,
100.
Pork: Jan, S.571a; May, SIZE. Lard:
Jan, 5.2214; May, 5.45. Ribs: Jan, APO;
May, 4.4212.
Hogs: Receipts, 10000; market
steady; light, 8. 35@3.55; mixed, $50
3.55; heavy, 350@3.55. Cattle. Re
ceipts, 1850; market steady; beeves,
3.0O0485; COWS, 1.50@3.75; Txeans,
2.7O@3.4o; stockers and feeders, 1900
3.45. Sheep: Receipts, 5000; market
steady.
Milwaukee, Dec. 21.-Flour very
dull. Wheat weak and lower; No.
spring, 5412c; No. 1 Northern, 56A
May, 571sc. Corn quiet and steady;
No. 8, 25c. Oats steady; No. white,
1SAc; No. 8, 17&c. Barley nominal;
No. ?, 32c; samI ie, 21@31c. Rye dull;
No. 1, SEC.
Provisions lower: Pork, $40. Lard,
SIS.
Receipts: Flour, $500 bills; wheat,
o., 900 bus; barley, $4,000 bus. Ship
ments: Flour, 1000 bills; wheat, 12,-
400 bus; barley, 720 bus.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-26

government as host. These dinners
are given precisely at the same hour
8 o'clock-and it is the custom for the
guests to present their compliments
and leave the house when dinner is
finished.
The first in the series of white
mouse dinners will be given to the
members of the cabinet and their
wives, and a dozen or more mutual
friends asked by the president, with
the consent of the cabinet officers, who
are the real guests. This dinner will
probably be given Thursday, Janu-
airy 8.
The next dinner is to be given to
the members Of the diplomatic corps
and their wives and ladies, exclusively.
Il will probably be on the following
Thursday This will be the largest
and grandest dinner of the season.
The diplomats will appear in full
court dress and make the scene spec
tacular in effect. At this dinner there
will be present all the ambassadors
and ministers. The deIe~ation from
the Chinese legation will be the larg-
est, consisting of sixteen, and the
grandest, for the Chinese eclipse all
others of dress.
The third and last grand white
nUuoe uinnor IS TO be eivan the jus
tees Of the supreme court and their
wives and such other guests as are
mutually agreeable. The president
will adhere to his custom this winter
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-26

traders alike began to appreciate the
benefits which it had conferred upon
America, and it made the victories of
the war of 1912 possible by reason of
the growth of the maritime resources
of the country.
Mr.. Depaw has edited q book which
is to be published under the title Of
One Hundred Years Of American Com
merce, and the thought occurred to
him that with all the celebrations and
holidays which this country has there
was none which could be regarded as
distinctively belonging to the mer-
chants.
Mr.. Depew was POSTMASTER. There
were only four speeches, each thirty
minutes in length. The toasts and
speakers were: Senator William 2.
Frye. on The Merchants Union; Don.
NJ Dickinson, on American Commerce;
General Charles H. Taylor, on The
American Press, and General Horace
Porter, on The American Business
Man.
The guests from outside Of New
Yory city were formally received 0y
the following committee: Chauncey NJ.
Depew, Col. Daniel Appleton, NJ. G. D.
Borden, Andrew Carnegie, Samuel D.
Babcock. Henry w. Cannon, John Olaf
lin, William D. Cutting, Charles H
Coster, Charles a. Dana, A. H. Green,
Henry B. Hyde, Woodbury. Langdon,
Charles H. Marshall, Richard A. Nc
Curdy, Whitelaw Reid, Theodore
Roosevelt, DIR. Albert Shaw, John
Sloan, a. P. Stokes, Mayor Strong, Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, John Jacob Aston,
William E. Dodge, G. A. Griscom, Rich
ard Irwin, Seth Low, John A. Mccall,
F. T. Olcott, John D. Rockefeller Sam
uel B. Schieffelin, 3. D. Stillman, John
A. Stewart, Albert Storer, Martin L.
Sykes. William H. Webb. Stewart L.
Woodford.
Conspicuous among the guests was
Col. William Jay, great grandson Of
John Jay.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-26
THREE PRISONERS ESCAPE FROM
DANE COUNTY BASTILE.
Madison, December 81.


Three prisoners broke out Of the
Dane county Jail Friday afternoon
about 2:30 and have so far eluded the
sheriff and force who are pursuing
them. Their names are Clarence
Dresser, serving a sentence of five
months, and Charles and Henry An
derson, serving six months each.
1t has been the custom of Jailer
Green to turn two or three prisoners
into the basement of the Jail daily to
saw and split wood. This basement is
supplied with iron bars on doors and
windows and is otherwise equipped
for the purpose of preventing the es-
cape of persons who may be confined
there. Dresser and the two Ander
sons worked there during the morning
and nothing seemed amiss when
Jailer Green took them upstairs for
dinner. At 1:30 he led them back to
the basement where he locked them
securely, as he thought. When he
went after them at 5 o'clock he found
that they had flown. They gained
their liberty by taking an ak and
breaking the lock from the door.
When they were once outside the
prisoners who occupied the cage on
the first floor with them, passed their
coats to them through the bars. Then
the escaped prisoners started off down
South Henry street to the railroad
tracks. About $50 they were seen in
South Madison.
AS soon as their escape became
known officers started in pursuit. They
were traced south, and it is thought
that they may be oyertaken, notwith-
standing the fact that they had good
start of their puTsuers.
The Andersons were serving time
for attempted robbery Of a. Van
Deusen's store. Dresser was serving a
sentence for enticing Mary c. Ring
from her home in Spring Green.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-26
NEW BADGER COMPANIES.

The following articles of incorpora-
ton were filed with the secretary of
state Thursday
st. Joseph's Congregation, of Fort
Atkinson, by Archbishop Frederick
Xavier Katzer: Rev. F. X. Schneider
is pastor.
st. Plus congregation, Of Little Sua-
mico, by Bishop S. G. Messmer. Rev.
F. Laslaw is pastor.
The Badger Publishing company, of
La Crosse; capital $4,000; incorpora-
tors S. NJ. Irwin, F. S. Nash and W. w.
Powell.
South Side Cycling club, of Milwau
kee; incorporators J. G. Cordes, J. R.
Cornell, G. Simmerling and W. E.
Milbrath.
Domestic Remedy company, of Mil
waukee; capital $4,000; incorporators
H. G. Segur, J. W. F'lack and H. W.
Nickerson.
The Quaw-Gumaer Lumber COM
pany, of Wausau, filed an amendment
changing it's name to Quaw Lumber
company and reducing it's capital from
$4,000 to 100000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-26
NEW LINE TO CHICAGO.
COMBINATION OF THE 500 AND
THE WISCONSIN & MICHIGAN.
A Canadian Pacific Scheme-Marinette
Citizens Hope IL Will Greatly
Benefit Their City.

Marinette, Wis, Dec. PA gentle
man of this city is in receipt of a letter
from a prominent attorney Of Sault
Ste. Marie concerning a great project
the Canadian Pacific railroad has on
foot. The attorney wished to obtain
any information that could be given
him in regard to the scheme which, he
said, he understood was nearing COM
pIetion. In fact, the letter states that
the Canadian Pacific railway has al
ready begun operations on a branch
road that will pass through Marinette
county.
The project is to connect the SEQ
with Chicago by continuous road con-
trolled by one corporation. The Cana
dian Pacific practically owns the 500
road and in connection with it could
make quick and direct union with the
great western metropolis. The 500 at
torney intimated that the enterprise
was not only formulated but that the
work had already begun. LAS the
road will surely pass through Marin
cite, perhaps you could give me some
valuable information in regard to it,
he writes.
The plan is not a new one, but the
tenor of the lawyers note induces the
citizens to believe that there is some
thing back of his assertions. The
Canadian Pacific road, since it controls
the 500, could easily buy the Wisconsin
& Michigan line and in this way get
its direct connections with Chicago.
This looks very plausible and it would
not surprise the roadway world if the
great Canadian road should make a
move of this sort.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-26
A TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.
FORTY PERSONS IN THE MINES
AT THE TIME.
Eight or Ten Probably Killed Out
right-Disaster in Large
Coal Mines.

Raleigh, n. c., Dec. 2O.-Yesterday
morning a terrible explosion occurred
in the Egypt coal mines at Cummock,
n. c. The place is isolated and correct
information is hard to get. Some forty
persons were in the part Of the mine
where the explosion occurred. Eight
or ten are reported having been killed
outright, although the names of the
dead are not given. The explosion was
heard distinctly for distance of four
teen miles From the force of the ex-
plosion it was first supposed that
every one in the mines had been killed.
The coal mines are the largest in
North Carolina.
Later-It is reported that 43 men
persisted
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-26
JACK RABBIT DAY.
GREAT SPORTING EVENT SOON
TO OCCUR IN COLORADO.
Thousands of Creatures Killed by the
Many Hunters Who Take
Part

Lamar, Col, Dec. 22.-The annual
jack rabbit hunt will soon be held
near here, and the sportsmen antici-
pate splendid results. They expect to
Guido last years record, when 5,542
jack rabbits were brought TO this
place as the result OF the hunt. This
is not rabbit drive" such as they
have in California, Kansas and other
western states where the rabbits are
slaughtered. Each man has a Win
chester, which gives them a rare test
of skill in rapid sharp shooting. Each
year after the hunt the rabbits are
brought here from the fields and are
stretched upon rack two hundred
feet long and six feet high. They
are photographed and then taken
down and sent to the hospitals and
here and in Denver. Jack rabbit day
is a great day for the people around
here; the merchants close their stores
and business is generally suspended.
The special trains which run into the
town from Denver and other cities are
filed with enthusiastic visitors who
are anxious TO try their skill on the
uncertain and frisky jack. When the
hunters are gathered on the prairies
near here where the rabbits are the
thickest, and the command fire is
given, there is a sound as if squad
of gattling guns is being discharged
for the rapid firing of the Winches-
tiers, as the hunter sees the jack be-
gin to hop, would cause an old soldier
to prick up his ears in real bellum
fashion AS the hunters go over the
sandy hills killing almost every rab-
bit in sight, they are followed by men
with wagons who gather up the slain
and cart them to Lamar, where the
cleaners prepare them for shipment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-26
THE AMENDMENT KILLED.

Cleveland. Z &c. 19.-Several days ago
a letter was written by the Cleveland
chamber OF commerce to the national
republican Committee asking why the
demand of the business men from all
sections of the country for a shorter
presidential campaign had not been
given recognition. A reply from Chair
man Carter, of the executive commit
tee, says that the matter was brought
before the committee but an amend
ment to shorten the campaign was
voted down.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-26
SENATE IS ALERT =.
No Adjournment Until Committees Are
Named.
persisted

Washington, Dec. 19.-The greater
portion of the time of the caucus of
the republican senators Wednesday
was devoted to a discussion of the
Venezuelan question as presented by
the presidents message. The matter
brought up was in connection with the
suggestion of Mr.. Lodge that the SEN
ate should Hot, in view of the critical
state Of affairs, adjourn for the holi-
days until the committees should be
completely equipped for action in case
necessity should arise. A large num-
Der of speeches were made, after which
it was announced that there should
be no adjournment until the commit
tees should be perfected.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-26
BODY-SNATCHERS ARRESTED

Topeka. Kan. Dec. i9.-The police
last night caused the arrest Of NJ. E.
Lowe, ex-city scavenger, who is be-
leyed to be guilty of the body-snatch-
ing that recently came near to provok-
ing the people into mob violence. The
police have arrested J. H. Martin and
L. C. Duncan. students of the Kansas
Medical college. who are charged with
receiving stolen bodies at the dissect-
ing room. and DR.. Minney, dean of the
college. who was accused of having ar
ranged with Lowe for the procuring OF
the bodies. County Attorney SANFORD
says the case against Lowe is con-
elusive.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-26
EMULATTNG MADISON.

Neenah, Wis. Dec. 20.-Several new
ice-boats are in the process of con-
&truction here. and will be ready for
use or or before Christmas day. 4
boat is being built by James Kimber-
ly. John A. Kimberly, Jr.. and J. c.
Jones. The Nodaway Yacht club con-
templates building a fleet of ice craft
and holding regattas similar to those
held on the Hudson river and upon
Lakes Mendoza and Monona. The west
shore of Lake Winnebago is admir-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-26

Washington, Dec. 22.-The social
season this winter at the capital will
begin with the presidents reception to
the people of the white house on new
years day, from II until 2 o'clock
From that time on until the middle of
February, when lent begins, there will
be a continued series of festivities. The
greatest functions of the season will be
held at the white house. The presi-
dent will give three grand dinners
there in which he will represent the