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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-12-04
The Vote for President.
Details OF the Result So Far as They
Can Now he Given.


Can Now He Given.
Although nearly month has elapsed
since the election, it is not yet possible to
give the official vote for presidential cleo
tors, nor the popular vote as officially
computed. Several states, New York
among the number, have not yet canvassed
the vote. A rumor was started few days
ago that California, like Kentucky, had
elected one Democratic elector, but the ru-
NOR is denied. The vote of that state,
also, has not yet been officially computed
or declared. From nearly all the states
however, reliable, if not official, returns
have been obtained, and they show that
Mckinley and Hobart will have 272 electo-
raj votes, against 175 for Bryan and Sew
all or Bryan and Watson, an electoral plu-
rality of 81.
Twenty-Five states were carried BY Nc
Kinley and % by Bryan. Kentucky's
vote was divided, Mckinley getting IL and
Bryan one vote. McKinley's popular plu-
rality exceeds 1000, and he has clear
majority over ALL Palmer, Sound Money
Democrat, polled 1926 votes.
1t has been said that a change of $4,000
the result, but that is not true. There
were eight states in which the parties we're
nearly equally divided. OF these five were
carried by the Republicans, giving them 46
electoral votes, and three were carried by
the Democrats, giving them 10 electoral
votes. 1t will be seen that all the really
close states might have gone for Bryan and
yet Mckinley would have been elected by
an electoral majority of FIVE
The result was at least as decisive as any
that has yet been recorded. Mckinley has
majority of the electoral votes, a major
ity of the popular votes, and a majority of
the states, counting Kentucky. His col
umn has in it states from every section of
the Union, the North, the East, the South,
the middle West and the Pacific coast.
Bryan, on the other hand, has no state
north of Virginia and east of the Mississ-
ippi river. The only effect of the sectional
campaign which he inagurated was to con-
solidate the North and East against him.
without securing for him the undivided
support of any one section. The Sound
Money Democrats undoubtedly contributed
largely to the result, though their influence
does not show in the returns, as many of
them voted for Mckinley instead of Pal
mer. In Kentucky, however, they held
| Iue odldnce Vi power. In tnat SJaJe Jne
votes cast for Palmer, if gwen to Bryan,
would have turned the scale in favor of
the latter; but the general result would not
have been altered if all the Palmer votes in
the country had been given to Bryan.
The total vote of the country was very
nearly 100000. Both, parties increased
their vote, but the reserves who were called
out are always conservative, and the great
majority of them voted for Mckinley. In
the three states, Ohio, Indiana and Illi-
nois, the Democrats gained 154, 900 votes
over 1892, but the Republicans in the same
| states gained 379. .UG0 rAssalalz7',a
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-12-04

The latest cure for dyspepsia is an old
one revived. 1t is simply to 60 without
breakfast, and the theory is that the stom-
ach sleeps as well as the other members of
the body, does not store up gastric juice
during the night, and is not prepared to
assimilate food until several hours after
waking. So many people are ready to take
up blindly any new cure, without regard
to attending circumstances, that 1t may be
worth while to say a word of warning
about this one. 1t may be very good one
to adopt in certain cases-an excellent one,
probably, when people have dined late and
retired with a mass of undigested food In
their stomachs-but when they have dined
SO lightly or so early that they have gone
to bed with empty stomachs, nature de-
mands fresh supply of food to start the
new day. Nature, by the way, is pretty
good guide in such cases, if people will on
ly obey her, instead of humoring their ap-
petites and trying to make her obey them.
philadelphia Ledger.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-12-04
Russia,s Novel Proposal.

The Russian government has made a
proposition to our government to cooperate
with it in keeping the price of wheat up to
certain point. The suggestion is some
thing new in diplomacy, and any attempt
to comply with it would furnish an object
lesson of the difference in characteristics
of the two nations. In Russia it would be
comparatively easy to carry out such an
agreement, because, if the government
should decree that wheat should be sold at
certain price, every seller would have to
obey, but it would be impossible for our
government to secure equal obedience to
such law. The only way that it could
keep the price at any set figure would be
to buy all that was offered at the figure.
That was the way in which the Populists
asked it to help the farmers few years
ago, and that is the way they proposed in
the late campaign to have it maintain the
price of silver. There is no other way for
our government to fix prices, and it could
only do it in this way with the consent OF
Congress, which would not be given, even
if the administration were disposed to ask
it. 1t may be remarked, however, that
Russia ought to be satisfied with the way
the price of American wheat is keeping it.
self up, just now.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-12-04

Fifty or more sticks of dynamite ex-
ploded Wednesday while being thawed out
by Italians at work near Jay, Me-, on the
Portland and Rdmford Falls railroad ex-
tension. Orlando La Rocca, an Italian,
aged about Is, was killed almost instantly,
and several others were injured.
The door of the vault in the National
bank of Belleville, Kan, was blown off
with dynamite by burglars on Tuesday
night, but they failed to get into the money
safe. Diamonds worth about $3.50 and
considerable amount of money belonging
to private parties were stolen.
President Cleveland issued proclama-
tion yesterday revoking his order of Jan. 26,
1888, suspending the collection of the whole
of the tonnage duties on German vessels.
1t is claimed that Germany has violated
the treaty with the United States and has
imposed upon American vessels in German
waters higher duty than the United
States has imposed upon German vessels
in the waters of this country.
Chippewa Falls, Wis, has been threat
ened with destruction by flood this week,
and the danger is not over yet. The waters
in all the streams in that state have been
at an unprecedented height for this season
of the year. An immense gorge of ice and
logs over five miles in length, and 80 to so
feet in height, threw the waters back upon
the city. The water was 27 feet above low
water mark yesterday and still rising. The
damage thus far is very great and many
buildings are surrounded by water. Mer-
chants have moved all their goods and
many families are homeless and in great
distress. Hundreds of acres of land along
/ the streams in Wisconsin are inundated.
The report from st. Petersburg that the
czar has given his assent to the DEGREES
necessary to prepare Russia for going on
the gold standard will surprise only those
who have not kept the run of financial
events in Europe. Russia has for years been
gathering in all the gold she could collect or
buy. The American consul general at st.
Petersburg few months ago was shown in
the Russian treasury vaults millions in
American gold coin, stored there awaiting
the edict for recoinage. Russian buying
had good deal to do with drain of our
gold that at the time appeared inexplica-
BILE. How rapidly the accumulation of
gold has been pushed by Russia Is evil
denced by the returns of the Bank of Rus.
sia, which held $444, 900, 900 specie Oct.
16, 1895, against $382, ,0O0, 900 at the same
date of 1895. At the other end of the
world from Russia, Chile is preparing for
the transition to the gold Standard re-
form which will give her financial lead
ership in South America as marked as is
her prlmacy In arms and progress.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-12-04

This from the New York Sun is OF in
terest in connection with the article printed
elsewhere in this paper on mckinley the
soldier" "How many other men of note
the Twenty-third Ohio turned out we can
not say, but it had for its field officers w.
S. Rosecrans, Stanley Matthews and r. b.
Hayes, while in its ranks was Private Will
liam Mckinley, who afterward received
the chevrons and then the shoulder straps,
finishing the war as captain and staff Off
Ger, and receiving the brevet of major for
gallantry at Fishers Hill and Cedar Creek.
We have had Union soldiers before in the
White House, but William Mckinley is
the first who blazed the way from private
in the ranks to president"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-12-04

The "ex-Slaves Pension association of
the United States" has just held three
days convention at Birmingham, Ala, to
discuss methods of pushing its scheme for
having the United States government pen
sion all former slaves. The petition which
was adopted sets up the claim that 20, 900
dependent former slaves should be pen
stoned because they helped to create the
wealth and fight the battles of the country
and the promoters of this raid are evil
IDENTIFY going into it in earnest!
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-12-04

On the first day of December the gov
ernment gold reserve stood at $3.50, 407, :
23s, or more than $9O,OOO,OOO above the
reserve limit. The reserve has increased
$12, 100000 since the election, and the
treasury now discourages rather than 9TH
erwise the receipt of gold, as it reduces the
supply of currency.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-12-04

Two points will be looked for with spec
ial interest in President Clevelands mes
sage next week. Both will be under the
head of "Our foreign relations" the first
will relate to the settlement of the Vene-
zuelan controversy, and the second to the
situation in Cuba and what the admins
tration thinks about II.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-12-04

The Burlington Free Press quotes "a
probate judge of much experience" as esti-
mating that the new collateral inheritance
law, taxing bequests to others than direct
heirs five per cent on sums exceeding $1,000,
will yield about $4,000 for the state treas
ury. The repeal of the law paying boun-
ties for killing noxious animals saves about
$4,000 in state expenses.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-12-04
Gbe Dermunt Dbemin.
TIE N PAG e s.
BRATTLEBORO:
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1896.

The United States treasury debt state
ment, issued Dec. /, shows a net increase
in the public debt, less cash in the treasury,
during November, of IS, 200, 339. The de-
ficit in the public revenues for the fiscal
year to date is $50, ,o46, $40.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-12-04

The assignment of judges for the sever
al county courts in the state from Decem-
Der, 1896, to December, 1897, is as follows:
Ross-Grand Isle, Feb. 16, '97, Franklin,
March 0, '97, Bennington, June l, '97,
Windham, Sept. IA, 81; Taft-Caledonia,
Dec. l, '96, Orleans, Feb. 2, '97, Grand
Isle, Aug. "a, '97, Franklin, Sept. IA, '97;
Rowell-Lamoille, Dec. 1, 90, Washing
ton, March 8, '97, Caledonia, June 1, '97,
Orleans, Sept. s, '97; Tyler-Addison,
Dec. 1, '96, Rutland, March 8, '97, La
mOille, April 27, '97, Washington, Sept,
IA, '97; Munson-Windsor, Dec. 1, '96,
l, '97, Rutland, Sept. IA, '97; Start-Or-
ange, Dec. l, '96, Essex, March 16, '97,
Windsor, May 25, '97, Chittenden, Sept.
IA, '97; Thompson-Bennington, Dec. l,
'96, Windham, March 8, '97, Orange,
June l, '97, Essex, Sept. 81, '97.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-12-04

in away to have its horribly tangled af-
fairs set to rights-but the new broom
must be given an absolutely clean sweep.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-12-04

kidney education starts with: Backache
means kidney ache lame back means lame kid.
neys, cure means Doan's Kidney Pills. Read
at + r; Durgin's, Pharmacist, l19 Main street,
diooeettleboro' I'd
NOR West {
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-12-04

More than 80 members of the Chicago
bar are negroes. The first negro to be ad-
mitted to the bar in the state of Illinois
was Lloyd G. Wheeler, who was admitted
in 1869.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-12-04
VOL. LXIII.
THE VERMONT PHENIX.
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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-02-15
ASKING ABOUT KO0TENAI
The Bright Outlook Causes
People to Turn this Way.
SHORT NEWS ITEMS

This office receives more in
quiries about the Kootenai country
at present than it did at any time
during the boom days. Our sub
scription list has received numer-
Gus additions from people anxious
to learn about this country. The
inquiries come from mining men,
lumbermen, ranchers and business
men. By far the larger number
come from people who desire to
come here and locate in business.
showing that the business world has
faith in the ultimate outcome of
the American Kootenai. There is
every indication that there will be
a general revival of business in this
region this coming summer. The
mining outlook is most encourag
ing. More work is being done, and
with better results, than in all the
previous history of the country.
The indications are highly favor
able that the Moyea. the Yahk and
the Cabinet districts will have pro-
ducing mines before snow flies
again. Then will come a boom in
the lumber business, and ranching
will come to the front; and from all
of these Bonner's Ferry will enjoy
fine trade. The town of Bonner's
Ferry has one great natural advan-
tage over any other town in the
American Kootenai-it is not a
one-industry town. 1t always has
been the town of the American
Kootenai, and as the country comes
up again on its merits, it will not
only be the town of the American
Kootenai, but a very important
town as we'll The country has
boundless natural wealth. Develop.
ment has commenced. The man
that stays with it and grows VI
with it, will never regret it. Simply
gel in and rustic as you would in
any county and fortune will smile
upon you.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-02-15

There was a meeting of the eX-
ecutive committee of the republican
county central committee at Rath-
drum last Monday. Among the
business transacted was the selec-
ton of a member of the state cen
ira committee for Kootenai county.
James Il, Dolan of this place was
unanimously recommended to
Chairman Mark Patree of the state
central committee. Mr.. Dolan has
been serving in that capacity in
formally since the last campaign.
His formal selection was just re-
cognition of a good republican and
a tireless worker for republicanism.
Judge Meyhew has fixed March
23rd as the time for converting the
next term of the district court in
Kootenai county. The judge is now
holding court in Shoshone county,
The present term in Shoshone
county will be an interesting one il
for no other reason than that the
trial of Walter A. Jones for muir
der will take place. Jones was the
,,onrlist candidate for district
attorney two years ago and only
lacked few votes of being elected
The Kaiser house gave another
ball last evening which was attended
by large crowd. The country
folks were out in large numbers. L
was a very enjoyable event. Mr.
and Mrs. Beeler seem to have grea
success with their dancing parties
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-02-15
Highest of all in Leavenng U. s. Govt Report
R9!H:aI! B bs%asg':
ABSOLUTELY PUEsE
More Kootenai Surveys.
ABSOLUTELY PURE

BOISE, Idaho, February 14-Sur-
veyor General Stranighan will omen
bids next Monday for surveying the
following lands in the Ceur d'Alene
district: tip. 30 north, range 2 west;
tip. SO north, range 2 west; tip. So
north, range east; tip. 81 north,
range west; tr. 81 north, range 5
west; tip. So north, range 4 west; tip.
SO north, range 3 west; tip. SO north,
range west; tip. 60 north, range 5
west; tip. 81 north, range 2 east:
tip. 65 north, range 2 west; tip. Sc
north, range east; tip 81 north,
range 1 east; tip. 56 north, range
west; tip. 81 north, range l west.
The contracts will be let as early
as possible, and will provide that
all surveys must be completed and
final reports filed by June 30, 1897.
This is good news for settlers
living between the Pend d'Oreille
and the Boundary Line. The line
of township So runs neal Sand
point and that of 65 is near Ocko-
nook, in the Kootenai Valley.
There are thirteen townships in all
within this limit.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-02-15

Louis Boyker arrived last Wednes-
day from the st. Maries district, in
the Fort Steele country. They have
been developing some mining prop
erty they have in that locality.
They have been absent three
months. Their claim is looking
well, but they we're compelled to
shut down operations for lack Of
supplies, it being impossible to
pack in at this time of year. They
will return in the spring. They
report much activity in mining
matters in the Last Kootenai.
John O'Hogge went through
ice while crossing the Kootenai
yesterday. He was crossing over
from a point where he had been
cutting ice. The ice is becoming
honeycombed and he struck bad
place and went down. Assistance
was close to hand and he got out
with nothing more than thorough
ducking. At about the same time
one of his horses broke through
while taking a load of ice over
the sleigh road. Jack decided that
it was about time to close down the
work.
We have just received new
price lists from Jas. Mcmillan q
Co., Inc, 20O-212 First Avenue
North, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
the largest hide and fur dealers in
the Northwest, and they can be
obtained at this Office at any time
Their advertisement appears regu-
larly in the HERALD.
Maj. J. l. Barnes and wife came
in from Spokane last Monday, on
their way home to Ockonook. The
major had been out to Spokane fol
ten days on business and to meet
Mrs. Barnes, who was returning
home from a winters tour of Cal
ifornia. She reports a very pleas
ant time.
On the Keystone they are com
| mencing to run tunnel $50 feet il
= length, which indicates that tn,
$1,000 payment due this week ha
: been put up. The shaft on tn
: claim had to be abandoned OWN,
. to trouble with water.
MIR, W. L. Kinnear, manage
D of the Bonner Mercantile Co., spen
e several days in Spokane this week
He informs us that his brother, L
? NJ Kinnear, is opening up larg
l. dry goods and clothing house il
: Rossland.
The ladies are preparing TO Civ
a supper on the evening ofthe 22n
u to raise funds to apply on det
e owing by the church organization
II 1t is a worthy cause and should /
" we'll patronized.
= Col Malone, general ager
. 20 of the G. NJ. & st. P. Ry., was
i town last Monday, the guest
'0 Judge J. c. Callahan. The colon
is Montanian and an old acquain
10 ance of Mr.. Callahan.
" d. Epstein, the Spokane clotl
! Ter, has made an assignment. NJ
~ Epstein is a member of the firm
y Epstein & Co., who have a sto
at Ockonook.
1t 1t looked like old times arour
r. town last Monday morning to S
at big four-horse loads of suppl
IS. pulling out.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-02-15

The little daughter of Fred.
Weber, Holland, Mass, had a
very bad cold and cough which he
had not been able to cure with any
thing. gave him a bottle of
Jhamberlain's Cough Remedy, says
w. p. Holden, merchant and post
mister at West Brimfeld, and the
next time l saw him he said it
worked like a charm. This rem
edy is intended especially for acute
throat and lung diseases, such as
colds, Group and whooping cough,
and it is famous for its cures. No
danger in giving it to children for
it contains nothing injurious. For
sale by J. F. Cook, Jr, druggist.
-%cRae Bros. will reopen the
SLOGAN saloon in a short time.
They are putting the finishing
touches to the repairs on the inside
of the building, and it will be
simply out of sight when completed.
Ed. Ensore is down from the
Tails, and says the ledge continues
to improve right along and has now
widened out to nearly four feet,
while the ore is also improving.
MIR. T. w. Mclaughlin, one of
our popular ranchers, has been on
the sick list this week, but is up
and around again.
Frank r. Little has purchased
a cut ter, and it is safe to say that
it will not get much rest as long as
the sleighing lasts.
j. F. Cook, Jr., Bonnerport's
mayor, was transactlng business in
Spokane for a short time this week.
i. J. and VIM Brant disposed
of forty-two martin to the Bonner
Mercantile Co. this week for 1925.
Tim Callahan returned from a
two weeks trip to San Francisco,
Friday.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-26

the department has undertaken In re
spect of the extent and character of the
nitrifying ferments in the typical soils
of the United States.
FERMENTs oXIDIzING FREE NITROGEN.
In the preceding paragraphs the at
tention of the reader has been briefly
called to the action of those species OF
ferments which attack nitrogen in some
of it's forms of combination. Since nj
trogenous food IS the most expensive
form of nutriment which the plant con-
sumes, it is matter of grave import
ance to agriculture TO know the full ex-
tent of the supply of this costly sub
action of nitrifying ferments finally
tends to exhaust the stores Of this sub
stance which has been provided IN the
soil. The quantities Of oxidZed nitro
gen produced by electric discharges in
the air and by other meteorologlca
phenomena, and which are brought to
the soil in rain waters, are of consider
able magnitude, but lack much Of sup
plying the ordinary wastage to which
Even with the happiest combination of
circumstances it is not difficult to see
in what way the available stores Of nj
trogen cou'd be diminished to point
threatening the proper sustenance Of
plants, and thus diminishing the nee
cessary supplies of human food. The
examination of the drainage waters
which come from fertile field in full
cultivation is sufficient to convince the
most skeptical of the tact that the grow
ing crop does not by any means absorb
all Of the products Of the activity of the
nitrifying ferments. Nitric acid and it's
compounds, the ntrates, are exceed
lngly soluble in water, and for this rea-
son any unappropriated stores of them
in the soil are easily removed by heavy
downpours of rain. Happily the living
vegetable organism has the property of
withholding nitric acid from solution,
either by some property of it's tissues or
more probably by some preliminary
combination which the nitric acid un-
dergoes in the plant itself. This is
easily shown by simple experiment.
If fresh and still living plants be sub
iected to the solvent action of water,
very little nitric acid will be found to
pass into solution. If, however, the
plants are killed before the experiment
is made, by being exposed for some
time IN an atmosphere of chloroform,
the nitric acid which they contain is
easily extracted by water.
The losses, therefore, which an arabic
soil sustalns in respect Of its content of
heterogeneous matter must be supplied
either by the addition Of heterogeneous
fertilizers or by some action Of the soil
whereby the nitrogen which pervades II
may be oxidized and fixed in form
suited to the nourishment of plants
The discussion in regard to the pos
sibility Of fixing nitrogen in the soil has
been carried on with great vigor during
the last two decades. The proof, how
ever, is now overwhelming that such
fxatlon does take place. 1t would moi
be proper here to enter into discussion
of the processes by which this fxatior
is determined, and in fact they are moi
definitely known. One thing, however
is certain, viz: that it is accomplished