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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24
The History of Reeds Rule for Count
ing n Quorum.
From the Washington Post ]

1t is not known to five out of a hundred
statesmen in Congress how Speaker Reed
came to count a quorum in the fifty-first
Congress. 1t is known to still less that the
only man in the Speakers confidence on
the subject was Joe Cannon, chairman of
the,committee of appropriations in the pres
ent Congress.
Mr.. Reed conceived his purpose TO count
quorum as the only alternative of main
tanning his authority in the House and the
position of the Republicans at very early
stage of the session. His only contidant
was Cannon. He and the speaker were
closeted on the proposition for several days.
Everything was considered and every
chance was carefully weighed. Reed knew
that he was taking desperate responsible
| ity and that nothing was sure as to what
| the position of the Republicans would be.
| The fact that without consulting his party
associates he determined upon his first con-
ceved purpose is an illustration of his fear
lessness. Cannon, after a long session, APP
proved the program, and promised to stand
| by the Speaker, but kept his counsel. 1t
was TO be a surprise alike TO the Repub-
| licans and the Democrats. There was TO
| be no council of war of the leaders, with
| prospects of friction and division, but a
| coup d. tat, pure and simple. ii 1t sue
ceeded it would prove great thing in par
liamentary history; if it failed everything
was lost.
What occurred when the Speaker count
ed quorum in the contested election case
then pending is known to every reader.
The Republicans were panic stricken.
They thought Reed had gone daft. In the
supreme moment of thu, uproar and confu-
sion which ensued Representative Ander
son of Kansas, a Republican member,
rushed up to the Speakers desk and in the
greatest excitement said:
"Reed, what in heavens name are you
doing?"
Reed smiled coldly, and told him he wa;
counting those as present who refused 10
vote. Anderson was too dumbfounded fol
a moment to speak. Then he said
"It's the riskiest piece of business evel
saw, but if you have made up your mind tC
do it, by the gods, I'll stand by you"
In discussing the matter with friend
afterward, the Speaker said that the words
of Anderson convinced him that the Re
publicans would support him in his posi-
ton. He was right. There was quicl
rally among his party associates, and in {
short time the political lines were tautl,
drawn on the question of sustaining tn
Speaker and he won.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24
A Great PhIIanthrOpist.

Baron Maurice de Hirsch, the great He
brew fnancier and philanthropist, died
Monday on his estate at Presburg, Hun
gary, from stroke of apopleXy. At the
age of II he entered a Belgian banking
house and while young man made for
tune by buying the assets of bank which
had failed. He was the first to plan the
system of railways leading from Buda
Pesth, in Hungary, to Varna, on the Black
sea. By dint of sheer will and financial
capabilities of the highest order the baron's
plans were carried out, and he became one
of the richest men in the world.
In Egypt and European and Asiatic
Turkey many schools, educational and in
dustrial, have been founded and main
tanned by the baron. For instruction in
Gallicia he has given S2,000,000 To Rus
STA he made the munificent offer of S1O,-
100000 for public instruction, with this
sole proviso, that no distinction should be
made in the application of the funds as to
race or religion. The Russian government
declined. The baTon's principal residence
was in Paris, but great part of his time
was spent in England.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
The Flood in Canada.

The Immense Damage Under Peculiar
CondItIons---Iund reds of People
Homeless.
The floods have wrought great havoc
east and south of Montreal. At least 100
buildings, farmhouses and warehouses have
been swept away; many cattle have been
drowned; hundreds upon hundreds of peo-
pie are temporarily homeless, and the re-
ceding of the water is awaited by hundreds
of miserable people, who have weary task
ahead of them in clearing up the debris ac-
cumulated along with and mingled amongst
their household goods. Two causes were
assigned for the disaster that has overtaken
many parts of the provinces: The river st.
Lawrence, to which the swollen streams
are tributary, has, up till today been a
solid mass of ice. The hot sun had tell
ing effect on the st. lawrence tributaries
and the smaller streams feeding them,
whereas the effect upon the st. Lawrence
itself was barely noticeable. When the sun
melted the snow and ice the water rose
very quickly, and the ice in the small
streams started st. Lawrencewards. No
outlet for the ice, however, could be had
there, and it piled under and above the sol
id bridge that still held in bounds the st.
Lawrence. This backed up the water at
the junction points and soon flooded the
villages and towns there situated This
was the case at Three Rivers, Sorel, Ste.
Anne de la Perade, Grondines and else
where.
An extraordinary condition of affairs pre-
walls in Beauce county, centrally situated
between the cities of Quebec and Sher
brooks, to the south of the St. Lawrence
Here the Chaudiere river browns the
county in many places. 1t has overlooked
its banks, and dozens of farmhouses, mills
much live stock and lumber and barns, in
short, everything loose, has been carried
down in conglomerate mass along with
the ice to the outlet on the St. Lawrence
seven miles above Quebec. Piled high on
the thick ice of the great waterway are
huge masses of debris, reaching height o
fifty feet. Underneath the ice the water
is some 40 feet deep, and the wreckage vom
tied forth from the Chaudiere has been car
red underneath until it forms solid mas
beneath the ice extending to the bottom o.
the river, and so solidly is it jammed that
the ice in the st. Lawrence is heaved up il
that vicinity.
Below Quebec peculiar manifestation
of the power of the sun, ice and water wa
given near Tadousac, where at junction
of two large streams these combined force
moved bodily a tract of ground to the ex
tent of some 500 acres, and new bed wa
formed for the river at that point Thes
reports give sample of what has been go
ing on over the districts mentioned, an,
when the water shall have Teceded and tn
cost is counted up, the sections of the prov
nce damaged by the visitation will b.
shown to have received blow from whcl
it will take many years to recover.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24
Millions Have Disappeared.

The sum of S12, 100000, belonging to the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad company, has
disappeared, and problem confronts the
reorganization committee of that great cor
poration. Until the mystery is cleared up,
no practical steps can be taken toward get
ting the system out of the hands of the re-
ceiVers and the courts. 1t is not claimed
that the So, 50O,0 of increase of floating
debt represents the loss to that amount by
the Baltimore & Ohio, but it is stated to be
the opinion of the members of the re6rgani-
cation committee, as it is also alleged to be
the belief of bankers who are conversant
with Baltimore 81 Ohio affairs, that in the
neighborhood of 100000 has gone into
the pockets of persons who were in no way
entitled TO it.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24
Bicycle Trust.
IL Is Said That a Syndicate Has Been
Formed Which Has 100000
Available Cash.

IL Is Said That Syndicate Has Been
Formed Which Has 100000
Available Cash.
rumor of big bicycle trust has agi-
tated the dealers for several days, says a
Toledo, Ohio, despatch. Some strong in
fluence Is at work in that direction, al
though the big manufacturers are loath to
say much about it. 1t is known, however,
that a syndicate has been organized, which
has $10,000,000 available cash, with the
object of purchasing enough of the larger
concerns, such as bicycle factories, rim
factories, tube mills and rubber factories,
to practically control the output of high
grade wheels in America. Several of the
leading manufacturers of Toledo have
been quietly approached, and it is rumored
some of them have money in the trust.
1t is known that much of the money comes
from Boston and Worcester, Mass, but
the object is to make Toledo the general
headquarters for the business, owing to its
present immense bicycle interests, as well
as extraordinary facilities for shipping by
both rail and water. Branch houses are
to be established in Chicago, New York,
New Orleans, Boston and San Francisco
for distributing purposes if the deal goes
through.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24
The Burden Diamond Thieves Captured

William Robert Dunlap and William
Turner were arrested in London Friday
for stealing diamonds, valued at $5S, $50,
from l. Townsend Burden, in New York
city, on the night of Dec. p last. They
were employed as servants by Mr.. Burden,
the one being butler and the other foot
man. A reward of $4,000 has been Of
fered for the capture of these thieves. A
search of their lodgings in London by the
police revealed jewelry estimated to be
worth $150,000. The men were suspected
of the crime and were Swallowed in this
country, but no direct proof was found
against them, and they were allowed to
leave for England by separate steamers.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24
Poor Indeed

There are degrees and kinds Of poverty, just as
there are differences of opinion among those who
compute and measure poverty and riches by diff
ferent standards. Some men deem themselves
poor because they are less rich than Others again
there are comparatively poor people who are sat
isfed With a competence. There Is kind Of pow
erty for which no amount of wealth can compen
safe namely, poverty of bodily stamina, evinced
by nervousness and arrangement Of the func-
lions of digestion bilious secretion and the bowels
To restore vigor upon permanent basis there is
one remedy that fully covers the requirements,
fills the BILL" and this is Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. By restoring digestion, giving health
full impulse to the action OF the bowels and liver
and tranquilizing the nerves. 1t fulflls the condi-
ton necessary to a resumption of strength by the
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24
See Through the Throat.

The British Medical Journal says that
some important advances have been made
in the application of the new Photographic
process to diseases of the throat. 1t APP
pears that the cryptoscope is likely to af-
ford much assistance to laryngology in dis
covering the whereabouts of foreign bodies
lodged in the air passages. 1t is now pos
sible to see through the throat and at the
same time watch the passage of an instru-
ment intended to seize an offending parti-
Gle
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24
Freshets I'm Quebec.

The freshets caused great damage last
week throughout the province of Quebec.
The Quebec Central railway will lose $780,
600 by the wreck of the bridge at Sher-
brook. Every store in Richmond, town
of 1000 inhabitants, is flooded. The tele-
graph Office and many other buildings are
abandoned. Great damage has been done
at Sorel, Three Rivers, st. Anseleme, Mic
olet, Yamaska, Acton and other places,
where bridges and houses have been swept
away.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24

Two children were killed, two other
persons fatally injured, and two others
still seriously injured by two bolts of
lightning which struck the dwelling of
Andrew Olsen in Wallace, Michigan, on
Friday.
The factory of the Dauntless Bicycle
company in Toledo, Ohio, was burned
Sunday. The losses are estimated at SlS5,
600 and $50 hands are thrown out of
work. About 2000 finished wheels were
burned.
Seven men were killed and six injured,
four probably fatally, by an explosion of
dynamite in the Broadwater mine at Nei-
hart, Montana, on Saturday morning.
Four miners were instantly killed and an
other was injured by fall of rock in the
Eddy Creek shaft at ELEPHANT, Pa, on Sat
urday.
Rev. Joseph E. Eben-Powell, who was
indicted for false registration, was convict
ed at Findlay, Ohio, on Thursday. He i:
a native of England, and registered anC
voted without being naturalized. The ac
was done with the intention, he himsel
stated, of showing that the election law
were not enforced.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24
Stubborn
II Ulcers

due to disease, or an impoN
erished condition of the blood,
are a source of annoyance to the
medical fraternity. While con-
tinually growing deeper and
larger the circle of diseased flesh
surrounding them is all the time
extending, closing up the ducts
through which replenishment
of tissue should come. For such
troubles physicians everywhere
are praising the results obtained
by the use of
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24
Cyclone I'm Ohio.

A cyclone passed over the country north
west of Fostoria, Ohio, Monday, destroy
ing hundreds of gas and oil derricks and a
large amount of other property. The roof
of the Hatfield brick schoolhouse was
blown off and the gable ends fell in while
school was in session, breaking the arm OF
the teacher Miss Belle Norris. Several
children were injured, one boy being blown
several hundred feet. One man was ia
tally injured by the fall of a derrick.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24
John stetson, Theatrical Manager.

John Stetson, 60, one of the wealthiest
theatrical managers in the country, died
at Boston Friday. He had been engaged
in the theatrical business 30 years and had
managed the Howard and Globe theatres
in Boston, and the Booth, Star, Standard
and Fifth Avenue theatres in New York.
A short time ago he built the elegant Ilo-
tel Savoy on the site of the old Globe thea
ire in Boston. He leaves wife, who was
Katherine Stokes, an actress.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24

Prof. II. P. Pratt and Prof. Hugh Wight
man of Chicago claim that diphtheria and
typhoid germs are absolutely killed by the
Roentgen rays
A forest fire in the vicinity of Sandwich,
Mass, last week destroyed from p, 900 to
10000 acres of woodland. Two or three
villages were in great danger two or three
days.
The bank at Pioneer, Ohio, was robbed
by burglars one night recently. They sue
ceedsd in opening the vault without the
use of explosives, and then changed the
combination so that the vault could not be
opened. 1t is believed that they got at
least $4,000 in currency.
The old passenger station of the Penn
sylvania railroad company, at Thirty-sec-
ond and Market streets, was destroyed by
fire on Saturday, causing loss of nearly
half a million dollars, of which more than
$500, is on rolling stock. Assistant Chief
Engineer VIM. Staiger and Hugh McGran
igan, tillerman, were killed, and dozer
fremen were injured by falling walls.
John F. Smith, member of the firm o.
Patel, Smith d Co., painters and decora
tors, was murdered Saturday at his place
of business in Chicago by three men, who
escaped. The firm had trouble with theil
painters last winter and strike tool
place. The feeling was very bitter, AM
the murder is supposed to be result o
the unsuccessful strike.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24
A shovel Trust.

Representatives from all the II shovel
factories in the United States met secretly
in Boston few days ago and formed a
combination. The factories are situated
in Philadelphia Pittsburg, Beaver Falls,
St. Louis, Terre Haute and Anderson.
The trust has already advanced the price
20 per cent. 1t is proposed to limit the
output to 100000 dozen year, which is
about the limit of the demand.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24
rheumatism Cured In a Day.

mystic Cure" for rheumatism and neuralgia
radically cures in one 10 three days. Its action
uuon the system is remarkable and mysterious
II removes at once the cause and the disease inn
medately disappears. The first dose greatly
benefits; 20 cents. Sold by Geo e. Greene, Drug
gisL, 5rattleboro, Vt.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24
BOVinine

In the first place the system
needs re-invigorating, new flesh
tissue should be formed, new
and pu5e blood created, in fact,
new and we'll nourished body
where room for disease does not
exist. Food is the thing, and
Bovinine, that greatest concen-
tration of the vitalizing elements
of lean beef, is the most fitting
nourishment of all for speedy
results. Then applied externally
it nourishes by absorption,
where the disease is most appar-
emit, thus striking the enemy on
all sides. Ask any Druggist.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24
The Pole Not Found.

The governor of Yakutsk reports Off
cially that the inhabitants of Ust-Yansk
have heard nothing from Dr. Nansen, the
Arctic explorer, who was recently reported
to be returning after having discovered the
north pole. The rumOr of DIR. Nansen'
return originally came from Ust-Yansk,
which is near the coast of the Arctic
ocean east of the Lena Delta, and the trad
ing post nearest to the New Siberian isl
ands.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-12-29
FOR SUGAR-BEETS.
California Men Sharp After Tariff
Legislation.

Legislation.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 1S.-Res-
olutions, memorials and appeals are
being received daily by the members
of the California delegation asking for
the protection of California industries
in the new tariff bill, and the passage
of the Dingley bill The latter were
sent by mail before it was known that
the Dingley bill was dead. The fact
that no tariff legislation is possible at
this session gives the advocates of q
higher tariff more time to prepare pleas
for duties. The hearings to come dur
ing the holidays, while fixing the
schedules for the report, will be prac-
tically only the basis of the report.
Senator Perkins today received a
message from the Alvarado Beet Sug-
ar Company asking if each factory in
the State needed representation. He
says this is not necessary, as all the
facts are now in his hands, and will be
presented by member of the delega-
ton. Henry OXnard, now in New York,
will come on to take part in the ar
gument.
H. Krebs, Jr., of San Francisco, who
has been visiting friends in Pennsyl-
vania, arrived hurriedly today. Mr..
Krebs is one of the partners in the
San Bernardino Borax Works on the
Mojave Desert, 70 miles from Mojave.
He will represent before the commit
tee all the borax industries of Cali
fornia, Nevada and Oregon. One point
he will make is that the Wilson bill is
really responsible for the Borax Trust,
for while under the Mckinley tariff
small concerns could operate, under
the low tariff only the trust was able
to produce the article. He will argue
for return of the Mckinley duty. Pos
sibly ]. H Flickinger of San Jose will
be in the East at the time set for the
hearings, in which case he may appear
before the committee in the interests
of California fruit.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-12-29
ARBITRATION TREATY.
Negotiations Between United States
and Great Britain.

Negotiations Between United States
and Great Britain.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 13.-The
negotiations between the United States
and Great Britain for treaty of gen
eral arbitration covering all subjects
of difference between the two English
vpeaking nations, present and prospec-
i've, has advanced to a stage of COM
Oleteness far beyond what the public
has had reason to believe. The purpose
of Secretary Olney and Sir Julian
Pauncefote is to conclude the negotia-
tions within the next three weeks. All
of the substantial features of the
treaty have been agreed on. From
the present status of the negotiations
it is believed the following will be the
important terms of the treaty:
First-A term of five years from the
date of the exchange of ratification
within which the treaty shall be ope-
rative.
Second-A court of arbitration of six
members, three to be drawn from the
Judiciary of the United States and three
from the Judiciary of Great Britain.
Third-The submission to this tri-
bunal of what differences between the
two nations now pending or to arise
within the period of five years, this
not to include the Behring Sea ques-
ton or the Venez -ela question now be-
fore independent commissions, but to
include the question of the boundary
between Alaska ana British North
America.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-12-29

new section providing that the ex-
clusion shall not apply to persons ar
irving from Cuba during the continu-
ance of the present disorders there.
The strength of the bill was greater
than had been expected, the final vote
being % 10 10.
As passed. the bill amends the immi-
grafton law so as to exclude from adj
mission TO the United States all per-
sons over 16 years of age who cannot
read and write the language of their
native country or some other language.
but an admissible immigrant over the
age of 16 may bring in with him or
send for his wife or parent or grand
parent or minor children or grand
children, Notwithstanding their ina
bility to read and write, as required by
the foregoing section, the inspection
officers shall be furnished copies of the
Constitution of the United States print
ed on numbered, uniform pasteboard
slips. each containing five lines of the
Constitution printed in the various Ian
guages of the immigrants in double
small plea type These slips shall be
kept in boxes made for that purpose
and so constructed as to conceal the
slips from view, each box to contain
slips of but one language, and the i'm
migrant may designate the language
in which he prefers the test shall be
made. Each immigrant shall be re-
quired to draw one of these slips from
the box and read and afterward write
out in full view of the immigration
officers the five lines printed thereon.
Each slip shall be returned to the
box Immediately after the test is finish
ed, and the contens of the box shall De
shaken up by the inspector before
another drawing is made. No immi-
grant failing to read and write out the
slip thus drawn by him shall be adj
mitted; but he shall be returned to the
whence he came at the expense
of the railroad or steamship company
which brought him as now provided
by law. The inspection officers shall
keep in each box at all times a full
of these printed pasteboard
slips, and in the case of each excluded
shall keep a certified me-
of the number of the slip
which the immigrant failed to read or
copy out in writing.
The Cuban section added to the bill
provides that the act shall not appiY
to persons arriving in the United States
from any port or place in the island of
Cuba during the continuance of the
present disorders there, provided that
such persons have heretofore been in
habitants of that island.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-12-29

various places, and found everything IN
a very satisfactory condition.
y. K. Farley is the superintendent
of the short cut now being built be-
tween Lihue and Maxwell. Work up
on this road is just beginning.
while on Kauai 1 arranged for a
site for the new Court House at Ko-
loa This is not far from the Post
Office
Il examined the new light house at
Koloa. This was first lighted a week
ago last Wednesday, An old Portu-
guese fisherman and his wife are in
charge
"At Waimea an examination was
made into the damage done by the
recent freshet. The road leading up
into the valley was cut away pretty
badly A line of work at repairing
damage was laid OUT
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-12-29

m. Wednesday, December 23d. The
men were all aboard ship eating their
supper, and had tied the two boats
One of these got adrift, and
five men put off in the other boat to
catch it. They succeeded so well as 10
get a rope fast to the escaping boat,
but the wind was so strong that both
went on the rocks. They were so badly
damaged as to render it necessary to
borrow boat from the Kauai and an
other from the w. G. Hall.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-12-29
NEW IMMIGRANT,

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the Senate