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The herald., 1896-05-23
A LONG SESSION
The House Of Commons Passes the AgricuIt-
ural Bill

LONDON, May 22.-At noon today the
house of commons was still in session.
having sat continuously twenty four
hours. The deadlock was over the agri-
cultural rating bill, providing for re-
duction of rates on agricultural land. At
4 o'clock this morning the closure was
removed. Several members refused to
enter division of the lobby. Speaker
Gully named John Dillon, anti-Parnell-
ite, leader, DR.. Tanner, Donald Sullivan,
David Lloyd, George and John Herbert
Lewis for disobeying the chair. Con-
servative leader, Balfour, moved sus-
pension of the members named. The
Michael Davitt and Daniel Macalesse
persisted in remaining in the house dur
ing the division. The sergeant-at-arms
was summoned by the speaker to re-
move them. This was done in the usual
formal manner, Davitt and Macalesse
repudiating any intention to show dis
respect for the chair Sir William Ver-
non Harcourt, Liberal leader, moved to
adjourn. claiming the house was not in
tit condition to continue discussion,
The speaker declined to accept the mo-
tion. Balfour said the government pro-
posed to continue sitting until the bill
should be completed.
Repeated closures followed, and at
$3.50 a. m. Sir William Vernon Harcourt,
Liberal leader, again tried to adjourn
the house, declaring the governments
Fatal passion for the closure had de-
stroyed good feeling and faith in the
house." adding: "It is an evil day when
the house can no longer rely on the
promises of the government. In my long
experience I never had known of bill
conducted in such an arbitrary man
ner." Harcourt's motion was defeated.
Finally, at 1:30 p. M, all clauses of the
bill were agreed to, and with many
sighs Of relief the house adjourned until
June.
The herald., 1896-05-23
BY POPULAR VOTE
Mitchell Of Oregon Win Push the constitu-
tiona? Anne endment


WASHINGTON, May 22.-According
to notice given by MIR. Mitchell of Ore
gon, the senate will be called upon on
Saturday to consider the proposed
amednments to the constitution for the
election of senators by the people This
amendment provides that the senators
shall be chosen by vote of the people
in the states, the voters to have the
same qualifications as are requisite for
electors of the more numerous branch
of the state legislature. When vacan-
cies occur in the senate they are to be
nIled by the governor of the state until
the next general election for representa-
tives in congress. The amendment was
reported favorably from the committee
on elections two months ago, and Sen
ator Mitchell, chairman of the commit
tee, proposed a. change in the mode of
election only and does not alter at all
the posotion of United States senators
as representatives of states in their SOW
ereign or political capacity. 1t is shown
by the report that the material interests
of the states suffer by reason of pro-
tracted senatorial contests in the leg
islature, which are of frequent occur
renee. Often these contests are carried
on not only for weeks, but sometimes
for months. and in many cases besides
the i'll feeling and actual strife, there
has been complete failure to elect and
the state has been deprived of it's rep
resentation.
The situation in Kentucky and Della
ware is cited by the committee as an ar
gument in favor of election of senators
by the people and that too, by a plu-
rality vote.
There is little doubt of the fact that
if the senate could be brought to pass
the resolution the house would adopt it
and the amendment to the constitu-
tion would therefore be submitted for
ratification by three fourths of the leg
islatureS, and if adopted it would be-
come the sixteenth amendment.
The herald., 1896-05-23

located at st. Petersburg. 1t has been
the czarina's desire to have her favor
lite sister near her. Count Woronozoff
Dashkoff will succeed Grand Duke Ser
gius as governor general of Moscow
The Daily News will tomorrow pub
lish a dispatch from Moscow which
says: Popular comments on the French
mission are in no way fiattering and the
French alliance is strongly deprecated
by the lower classes and even by the en-
lightened official classes, who have cas-
lily discovered that there is no depth Of
sincerity in the professional fellowship.
The French alliance is only regarded as
an exigency of the European situation
to be dropped when it has served it's
purpose. The time is probably not far
distant when Russia will be in posi-
ton to disregard all western European
alliances.
The Times Moscow dispatch, in de-
scribing the reception of the ambassa-
dors, remarks upon the striking con-
trast between the official simplicity and
the plain. ordinary vehicles of the Amer
ican suite compared with those Of the
French.
The herald., 1896-05-23
A NEW LIuHT
Edison Claims an Electric Dlscovery-He Is
jealous of Tesla

JtabOuS VI IeSlh
NEW YORK, May ga new vacu-
um light. has been invented by Thomas
A. Edison. Arrangements have been
made in their electrical show to drape
entirely in white one of the rooms now
used by Edison to show the effects of his
X-ray apparatus. In this room the
first view of Mr.. Edison's new light will
be permitted to persons outside of his
laboratory The inventor has as yet
made no announcement of his new light.
although couple of months ago he sta :
ted that he had made a new discovery
in vacuum tube lighting. This was in a
paper written for an electrical journal.
When seen last night in regard to the
great light claimed to have been made
by Nikola Tesla Edison said:
THE claim that Tesla has invented a
lamp which gives ten per cent more
power may be correct 1 have never
seen 1t and consequently cannot say
that he has or has not For some time
l have been experimenting with vacu-
um tubes and have lamps that give from
12 to Is per cent light. 1t is a white
light, and just what it is will not state.
l Will. however, show it. After it has
been seen l will tell what it is.
"One light will light q room in any
corner, and you can take photographs
by it. But that means nothing, as a
two-candle incandescent lamp of about
slx-candle power Will take a ph4o
graph.
1.-THE vitascope pictures are printed
by an incandescent lamp. One Of my
new lamps will give as much light as all
the Moore tubes scattered about the
exhibition.
'If Mr.. Tesla has a light why don't he
show it? He is in New York on Hous-
ton street, not so far away. Moore is
showing his light and will show mine.
Let Tesla come along and show his
What counts in the world is the man
who produces, not the man who talks
| found out long time ago that If I
talked about thing it was not remem-
bered."
rs the new light one that can be put
upon the market at a reasonable fig
ure?"
Yes" replied Mr.. Edison. IT think
1t is at the point right now: I believe it
can be manufactured cheaply AMI
quickly. Three are being made and
will show them, not to the public, but
to the people interested in electric light
ing. The booth will be draped in white
and you can take all the photographs
you want. The only thing I care to
say about the lamp at present is that
it gives a brilliant white light that is
from IL to 10 per cent light.
The herald., 1896-05-23
CULBERSON,
Purity of Elections

SAN FRANCISCO, May 22.-The su-
preme court decided today that the pur-
ity of elections law does not apply to
primary elections, and that any person
seeking to influence the result of pri-
mary election by bribery is not subject
to prosecution under the purity act for
q felony. The decision was rendered in
the case of B. w. Cavanagh of Sacra-
mento. who was indicted for giving
money to influence the vote of George
Vice at a Republican municipal primary
held in the capital city on August 25,
1894, Cavanagh demurred to the in
dictment and the demurrer was sus-
tanned. The people appealed and by the
decision of the supreme court today the
action of the lower court is sustained.
The herald., 1896-05-23
State Examiners

SACRAMENTO. May 22.-At a meet
irg of the board of examiners this after
noon the claim of a deputy sheriff from
San Francisco for money expended on
tips to steamboat employees while con-
veying prisoners to Whittier was strick-
en- out. 1t was decided to notify the
attorney-general that the law provided
for two meetings a month to be held
on Monday. and ask his opinion about
the legality of meetings held on Fridays
OF each week. 1t was also discovered
that the asylum at San Bernardino had
overdrawn heavily, and at the next
meeting the question of creating a de-
ficiency will bee onsidered.
The herald., 1896-05-23
Affairs In Cuba

HAVANA, May 22-It is reported in
Remedies that Maxine Gomez has re-
turned with an escort to the district of
Sancti Spiritus in Santa Clara, order
ing the main force of the insurgents un~
der other leaders to march to the west.
The fact of Gomez absenting himself
from his troops is much commented up
on, and many persons see in it a confir-
nation of the rumors that Gomez is
likely to die soon. From all over the
island reports are received that hun
dreds of political prisoners were liberat-
ed in observance of the kings birthday
ON last Sunday
The herald., 1896-05-23
Y. n. |. Officers

HAYWARDS, May 22.-The Young
Mems Institute convention today elect
ed the following grand officers: Presi-
dent, James Gallagher. Fresno; first
vice president, G. d. Pine. Virginia
City; second vice-president, c. ODon-
nell, San Francisco; grand secretary,
George A. Stanley; treasurer, John
ODonnell; chaplain Bishop Montgom-
cry. Los Angeles; inside sentinel N. c.
Callahan, Livermore; outside sentinel,
Frank Sullivan, San Francisco; grand
marshal, J. F. c. Henry, San Luis Obs
po. A resolution excluding from office
in subordinate as well as grand lodges,
Wholesale LIQUOR dealers was adopted.
The herald., 1896-05-23
Assessor siebe Arrested

SAN FRANCISCO, May PA. J. Clu-
ME today swore out warrant for the
arrest of Assessor Siebe, charging him
with perjury in swearing falsely as to
his duties as assessor. Siebe was arrest
ed and released on $1,000 bail. A prelim-
mary examination will be held Monday.
Clunie in an affidavit charges that Siebe
assessed the property of the Market
street Railroad company at 5000, 600,
though it is worth 81, 500, 900.
The herald., 1896-05-23
STORM AND FLOOD
Oklahoma Visited by a Cioudburst-Aid for
Cyclone Sufferers


PERRY, o. T., May PA cloudburst
occurred in this part last night. eight to
twelve inches of rain falling. Residences
and business buildings on high, level
ground We're flooded, while houses along
Cow creek were washed away. The San
ia Fe railroad tracks for long distance
are under water. News of great dam
age comes from the country, but owing
to the creeks being so high nothing def
mite is obtainable
LINCOLN, Neb., May 22.-Gov. Gull
berson of Texas this morning replied to
the telegraphic offer of assistance sent
him yesterday by Governor Holcomb as
follows:
AUSTIN, Tex, May %.
Gov. Silas Rolcomb, Lincoln, Neb.: :
The storm sufferers will gratefully ac-
cept anything your people may send
them. Communicate with c. Fl. Smith,
chairman relief committee, Sherman,
Tex. Accept my personal apprecia-
tion of your kindness.
(Signed) c. A. CULBERSON,
Governor.
Secretary c. E. Williamson of the Ne
braska club came down today from
Omaha and this evening was in consul
tation with Gov Holcomb. Some plan
for taking care of contributions which
the people will send in response to the
request of the governor will be agreed
on at once, SO no time will be lost in
getting relief to the places needing it.
The herald., 1896-05-23

sion of the office. Members of the board
who have urged McIInerney's appoint
ment received information today that
Gov. Budd would make the appoint
ment within few days. if not tomor-
row. The late Denis Spencer was ap-
pointed attorney for the board by Gov.
Budd and his right to the office was re-
sisted by George A. Knight, the incum-
bent. Knight insisted that he was en-
titled to the office because the act of the
Legislature under which he was ap-
pointed provided that he should hold the
office until his successor was elected.
The herald., 1896-05-23
A Broker Expelled

DENVER, May 22.-The board Of
directors of the Colorado mining stock
exchange have expelled Brokers Loren
20 Romans, who came to Denver re-
Gently from Los Angeles, III. l.. Prentice
and w. w. Hoag, who are accused Of
having defrauded the members of the
exchange by conspiring to give a fic-
titious value to Gregory gold stock. The
losses of other members through the
deal are estimated at $4,000.
The herald., 1896-05-23
Vacation at Stanford

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, May 22
Stanford University ended its instruc-
ton today at noon. Commencement
week will extend from the present time
until the S0th instant. Vacation will
last for three months. but summer
school courses will be given the first
eight weeks of that time,
The herald., 1896-05-23
PeraIta Again

DENVER, May pa special 70 the
republican from Santa Fe, N. NJ, says:
Judge Laughlin today set the case Of
j. Peralta-Reavisc charged with con-
spiracy and fraud in connection with the
notorious Peralta land grant, for trial
here in the United States district court
on June 2S.
The herald., 1896-05-23
Wants knights Office

SAN FRANCISCO, May 22.-Garrett
W. McEnerney is to be the attorney for
the board of health, providing the su-
preme court decides that George A.
Knight Is not entitled to retain possess
The herald., 1896-05-23
Reward for Bianther

SACRAMENTO, May 22.-Gov
ernor Budd has offered reward Of $500
for the Arrest and conviction of Joseph
Blanther, the San Francisco murderer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-10
A TRIBUTE TO DIR. TYLER.

The North Church Monthly, the new
paper started at st. Johnsbury, has the
following beautiful tribute to the late Dr.
Tyler:
"He was not old, but trihe more than
seventy-two years, yet much worn by the
heroic service of forty years among the
Zulus as a missionary of the American
Board. He had been a member OF the
North church not quite two years, having
retained, throughout life, his connection
with the Amherst College church, which
he joined when student. But after re-
turning from Zululand he came here to
live with his son, and in time found the
associations so agreeable to his heart
that he took his letter from Amherst and
became one of us. Since then, and indeed
for some time before, he has been con-
spcuous figure and an appreciated force
in the lite of the church. His voice has
been often heard in the pulpit and prayer
meetings anG always with something
more than pleasure. His ministry always
touched us agreeably and helpfully. He
drew us, old and young, to himself most
powerfully. He had learned when he
went away the complete mastery of our
hearts.
Father Tyler was stalwart man. His
mental characteristics were of that good
old New England type that dominated
the first half of this century. Born at
Hanover, where his father was for time
president, played upon in his boyhood by
the white light of Payson's influence,
whom his father succeeded at Portland,
and finally matured in the heat of Con-
necticut's controversies, where his father
led the force of conservatism against
'Taylorism,' such were the moulding
influences that pressed upon his young
life. No wonder he was strong.
There was iron in his blood. There
was love in his heart. His ruggedness
was softened by quietness that made
all beautiful. Thelove on his lips sounded
like the gospel. Sinai under his touch
grew warm with Calvary's light, and the
sternest threatenings as they fell from his
lips had an overtone of tender invitation.
We loved him warmly. We shall mourn
him sincerely. Long will his memory
remain to grid us in the day of trial, and
give inspiration in the work of life."
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-10
Miss Hypatia Royd.

Miss Hypatia Boyd is the first deaf
and dumb girl to enter a college in this
country. She has passed the Wisconsin
university entrance examination with
honor and will begin the regular course
this fall. Miss Boyd lost her hearing
when she was 6 years old and the pow
er OF speech soon after. She was one of
the first pupils at the Milwaukee school
for the deaf and dumb, where the oral
method is used exclusively, So effective
dld this method prove in Miss Boyd's
case that when she was graduated from
the school, in 1891, she was able t. en-
ter the regular high school and to I'M
uerS'and her teachers by following the
movement of their lips.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-10
License to Sell Real Estate.
4. S. CALDERWOOD'S ESTATE.

STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia District IS.
In Probate Court, held at the Probate Office
in st. Johnsbury, on the I'd day Of January,
A. d. 1896.
Chas. A. Calderwood. administrator
upon the estate of Harvey S. Calderwood
late of st. Johnsbury. in said district deceased,
makes application to said court for license
to sell he whole real estate of said deceased
except the Wild VS. right ofhomestead therein
representing to said court that the personal
estate is insufficient to pay the debts of said
deceased and the charges of administration
upon said estate. That said real estate con-
sists of a dwelling house, outbudings and
lot situated on Pearl street in the village of
st. Johnsbury, and standing in the name of
John 7. Richie.
Whereupon it is ordered by said court
that said application come under considera-
ton and be heard on the II 9Th day OF January,
A. d. 1896, at the Probate Office in ST.
Johnsbury; and, it is further ordered, that
all persons interested be notified hereof by
publication of notice of this application and
order thereon, three weeks successfully in
the Caledonan, newspaper printed at St.
Johnsbury, before said time of hearing, that
they may appear at said time and place, and
If they see cause, object thereto.
By the Court, Attest
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-10

ry Somerset, Annie Besant, Anna Shaw,
Belva A. Lockwood, Mary T.. Lease,
Lille Devereux Blake, Sarah Grand,
Mary Livermore and Mrs T. B. Gran
mis-
These women believe that nature fully
intended the female sex to be equal in
all respects with the male, and they
have devoted lifetimes in the effort to
make others, especially the men, believe
so too These women believe that, as
they constitute quite an essential ele-
ment in world which is kept peopled
by reproduction Of the species, they
should have just as much to say about
governing themselves, just as many op-
portunities for mental advancement and
for earning living, as men. They do
not totally disapprove of the cold"
woman, the woman who nursed you
when you didn't know where on earth
,ou were or what business you had
there the woman who soothed you when
you were consumed with the agony Of
cutting your first teeth, the woman who
has been and will be your refuge through
life.
The most utter novice in composite
matters of this sort will detect at once
the intellectual features that make the
countenance Of Mrs. Stanton instantly
attractive, mingled with the resolution
and enterprise of that forceful western
citizen, Mrs. Lease The picture is print
ed only to show what an intellectual
looking person the new woman is, and
what little chance there is, Judging from
facial indications, that she will ever
languish in the royal struggle for the
liberty Of her sex. Chicago Chronicle.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-10

A Linn Grove girl found a package
of love letters that had been written to
her mother by her father before they
were married. The daughter saw that
she could have little sport and read
them to her mother, substituting her
own name for that of her mother and a
fine young man for that of her father.
The mother jumped up and down in her
chair, shifted her feet, seemed terribly
disgusted and forbade her daughter
having anything to do with young
man who would write such sickening
and nonsensical stuff to girl. When
the young lady handed the letter to her
mother to read, the house became 30
still that one could hear the grass
growing in the back yard. Sioux Ran.
ids Republican.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-10
The Revival of the Motto,

The motto, whose revival is noted in
the above title, is the expression in ar
chitecture of some sentiment to the
place to which it is applied, and eternal
is its significance, writes Alice Graham
McCollin in The Ladies' Home Journal.
1t is more frequently and more notice
ably in domestic architecture than else
where that the motto is found. Scarcely
acountry house of sufficient size to boast
a hall and fireplace but announces in
script or text a welcome to all guests or
some appreciation of the comforts of its
four walls. The favorite place for this
motto is over the fireplace, either above
or below the mantel shelf, and of all the
old ones, East Or west, home is best, /"
with its variety of expressions, is the
favorite. "a man S house is his castle, :"
"Home is the resort
OF love, Of Joy, Of peace"
"a mans best things are nearest him, 1"
"Our house is ever at your service, /"
lyon are very welcome" "Take the
goods the gods provide thee"-any one
of these will as appropriately welcome
the stranger as the friend
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-10
Jan. 4. A. D. 1896.
Presentation of Account.

GEORGE L. LAWRENCE'S ESTATE,
STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia District IS.
In Probate court, held at the probate office
in st. Johnsbury, in said district, on the 9th
day OF January, A. D. 1896.
Ezra A. Parks, administrator with will an.
nexed upon the estate Of George c. Lawrence
late OF Waterford, in said district deceased
presents his administration account for ex-
animation and allowance and makes appli-
cation for decree of distribution and parti-
ton of the estate of said deceased.
Whereupon, it is ordered by said court
that said account and said application be
referred to a session thereof, to be held at
the probate office in said St. Johnsbury, on
the 25th day. of January, A. d. 1896, for
nearing and decision thereon. And it is
further ordered that notice hereof be given
to to all persons interested, by publication OF
the same three weeks successfully in the
Saledonian, newspaper published at st.
gohnsbury previous to said time appointed
Tor hearing, that they may appear at said
time and place, and show cause, if any they
may have, why said account should not be
allowed and such decree made.
By the Court. Attest:
WALTER p. SMITH Judge
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-10
Probate of Will.
JOANNA AYERS ESTATE.


STATE oFV ERMoNT, District of c aledonia IS.
IN Probate court, held at the Probate office
in St. Johnsbury, within and for said district,
on the 9th day ofJanuary, A. d. 1896.
-, An instrument purporting to be the last
viii and Testament of Joanna Aver,
late OF Sheffield, in said district. deceased,
6elng presented to Court by Albert ]
Probate.
1t is ordered by said court that all persons
concerned therein be notified to appear at a
session OF said court, to be held at the Pro-
January, A. d. 1896, and show cause, il any
they may have, against the probate of said
VIII; tor which purpose it is further or
dered that copy of the record of this order
6e published three weeks successfully in the
Caledonlan, printed at St. Johnsbury, previ-
Gus to said time appointed for hearing
By the Court, Attest,
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.
true copy of Record, Attest,
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.