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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-09
COURT CALENDARS FOR TO DAY.


Appellate Divsion-suprsne Court Before Van Brunt
r. g. Jarrett. Rumsey. llams and Patterson, J. j.:
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supreme cOur,-Trsi Term-Psr v---Be.ore Book
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Supreme cour,-rrisl Term-Par vr-eefore Parker J.
Causes son, from Part Ill for trial Case usen'
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snpr-m. cour,-Trsl Terrn-psr, Ix-Betore MeAasn.
to he SEN from Part T 10! 'rs Tl..
man Jcauses to h sent from Part VII for trial Case
supreme co1r,-rrial rerm-Psrt xr-Adjourned f~
cour-chamters Arnola Sour,
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Rehscra r. Tauer. Joseph ". Dury~a. AT 1880 n. n.
Patrick Duncan susan Thompson Msryeie W. Cooper.
Lucy g. belgian at p. m
SUR Gates Court-Tris Tern-Before Fiifgerald. : -
No 1854 viii OF John H. nayilsnd. a. 10 ~ a. 40.
iiai viii 81 charles Bo,'lSheimer. at 2 p m.
II,v Court-ap~cia Trrnn-BSfors schuchmsn. j.-Nour
opens at 10 A. N. Motions a, 10 ~ a.
CITY Cour,-Tral Tern-Part f-R~'ore Mccarthy. j
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7sp sTS tOt, a3: 49,. 9i oi' iots. 1901 isois case
unfinished
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Nos iias il2o i.0i, i,5 1852 1919. il57 ii7i 900
Sss iii ica? ii2s 20 100. 1854 $50 iea icai, 1901
clear.
CITY Csurt-Trial Term--par fiT-Before Van WICK.
q / Nos is2 i2ii Ss. sts COZ s3. 212 1913. i21t.
1870 i31S 1871 i2Ts 1910 1881. i2si. 1893 1874 l2pd
ic9T aas 1920 1870 1901 1901 1879 iSoa 1904 1909.
1901 Clear.
CIV Court-Trial Term Part IV-Beforc Consn J.
short causes Nos s2Ss sco7 3Is5 +oid set ss.7 <oS.
li.3 ,ieI GOO clear
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-09
HE VNLOChED A SHOWCASE

few minutes before 10 o'clock Yesterday morn
ing Ofrcer Mallory OF the Church.st station saw
small boy unlock tho showcase In from, of Bier
man. Heidelberg a Co.'S clothing store al No isi
broadway. Before the boy had a chance to secure
any OF tho contents the oficer arrested him At the
station the lad declined to answer any Of Acting
captain Brennans questions. hut gave his name as
l.uisl Bous'. eight old, OF No. IL Roosevelt
g. When searched two punches Of small Keys were
stolen from the showcase MacIstrat" Moi con-
mitt"d The lad 10 the ~ the Gerry Society
untll his character can be Invest lRated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-09
Not GUILTY OF THE ASSAULT

Coroner Hoeber held inquest yesterday into the
cause Of the death of Henry Horstman. OF No 40
East Forty eghth-st.. who died at Flower Hospital
March q from meningitis. following a fracture Of
the base NJ the skull, which he received March in
front OF Flisch's saloon. at No $50 First-ave.
Horstman made an ante-mortem statement that
Charles Albert. who lived over the saloon. struck
him. He was a little deiirious. however and the
name Albert seemed TO be uppermost In his mind
The jury found that Horstman came TO his dea IN
from injuries received In a manner unknown to the
jury. Coroner Rocber discharged Albert. who was
arrested on Horstmans ante mortem statement.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-09
DINNER or EXETER ALUMNI.

The fourteenth annual dinner Of the New-York
Association of the Alumni of Phillips Exeter Acad-
envy Will be held at the Windsor Hotel tomorrow
evening. Representatives from the faculty and
Board Of Trustees OF the school and many we'll
known alumni will be present. and there will he
speeches. music and jolly reunion. Graduates or
all those who have been students at Exeter may
obtain dinner tickets. price s. from the treasurer OF
the association, Hector II. HitchinEs No. f32 Mas
", HaWkins.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-09
HUDSON RIVER NAVIGATION RESUMED.

Tho Hudson River Is free from ice. and nav!-
cation between this city and Albany Is now open
Tho Peoples Line steamers have resumed their
trips for the OF 1885, and the Drew and Dean
Richmond will again ply this popular course. Dur
Ing the winter these boats were thoroughly renewal
ed and all comforts have been provided for the
travelling public The boats leave their wharf foot
OF Canal-st., every evening at o'clock except
Sunday, and make close connection at Albany with
trains for all points north east and west
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-09
SUCCESSFUL LECTURE ON "NORWAY."

An extremely interesting lecture on Norway was
given Tuesday night by Miss Ragna Boyesen at the
home OF Mrs Theodore Connoy. No. 30 East Thir-
ty-ffth-st There were numerous admirable stere-
optcon illustrations, and Miss knight sang some
Norwegian songs. Miss Boyesen, who is sister
of the late Professor Hjalmar II. Boyesen, is an
extremely interesting speaker. and her choice OF
material was excellent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-09
THE COURTS.

DIVORCE IN AN UNDEFENDED ACTION
Justice Pryor In the Supreme Couft. yesterday
granted Charles f. Hansen an absolute divorce
from his wife. Emily L. Hansen. Hansen charged
that the defendant had been guilty Of improper
conduct with DR.. Frank lie Compile Dove. who
lives with his wife at Southern Boulevard and
Brggs-ave The action not defended by Mira
Hansen After the trial OF the case. Dr. Dove made
an application to Justice Pryor to be permitted 70
defend himself against the charges.
The Justice In his decision. says that II DR.. DOVE
had been permitted to intervene and defend the &C.
ton at the time Of the triAl the case might have
Of no law which accords him this privilege. and
without statutory authority ] cannot presume 70
Introduce the practice however instrumental II might
be to the interests OF Justice. To such an amend
ment of our method Of procedure the Legislature
alternative but to award judgment TO the paInu6'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-09
STEINITZ-SCHIFFERS CANES.
DETAILS OF CONTESTS IN THE CHESS TOUR
NAMENT IN ROSTOW.

Following are the of the missing third
fifth and sixth games. contested by Schiners ana
Stentz In Rostow on the Don Russia. on March D.
II and 10. respectively. The games are translated
from the st Petersburg Zeitung:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-09

j. Kennedy Tod John A. Stewart. G. l.. Rives.
James Speyer William T. Hornblower. W. Harris
Roome John Crosby Brown. Frederick Taylor and
William Travers Jerome.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-09
COURT OF APPEALS CALENDAR.

Albany April s-The Court OF Appeals calendar
for Is Nos l.l02. As. 4ss. as. 49, 49, ~
and 495.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-09
MRS. scHNEcKER GETS A DECREE.

Mrs Louise Schneider. sixty years old. who
sued her husband William. eighty-four years old,
for separation and slrnony. was on the stand when
the called before Justice Slower in the So.
preme Court yesterday. She continued her test.
mony in regard to her husbands alleged cruelty and
failure to support.
The son OF tle coupe testified in corroboraton Of
his mother. The defendant then denied the charees
against him. AMI two other witnesses appeared Tor
the defence.
The Justice decided that the plaintiff had made
out her cause Of action He said he would give her
decree. and that a referee would decide the amount
Of alimony.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-09

Justice Andrews. Of the Supreme Court. handed
down a decision yesterday in favor Of Mrs Fannie
Ogden butcher, who was the defendant in suit
brought by Mrs. Elizabeth X. Bachrach for $1,000
Mrs. Bachrach is the Administrative OF the estate
OF her husband. Henry y. Bachrach. and the
amount sued for the value OF two ire-nsurance
policies which Mrs. butcher had been a..
signed to her by Mr. Bachrach when he lived at
her boarding house The consideration. IL was tes.
fed was 81. Bachrach at the time was legally sepa.
rated from his wife.
In his decision Justice Andrews says that Mrs
butchers testimony as to the assignment not
contradicted. and that as no question OF fraud
introduced the consideration was sufficient for the
assignment.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-05-28
She Is in the Masonic Secret.

The story of how woman once OBJ
tainod an Insight int the secrets of
Free Masonry - the most jealousy
guarded secrets in the world-has of.
ten been told, but there are go many
versions of the story that the authentic
account Of " how it happened may not
be uninteresting The lady was Hon.
Mrs. Aldwor!h, the daughter of the
first Lord Doneraile, who was person
age among Masons and the master
of "lodge" held at his house. On
the occasion of their meetings at Don
eraile Castle they were assembled in a
room or hall communicating with a
similar room, the door of which hap
pened o be open. This young daugh-
ter, being occupied, quite bv chance, in
the inner room, unwittingly heard all
that was going on. Too much alarmed
to know how to act, she at first thought
that the meeting would shortly disperse
and that her accidental presence would
never be known; and then again it oc-
Cured TO her that she had far better
escape if it were possible 10 get away
unperceived. She accordingly stole
out and, keeping close along the tapes
try of the vast hall, in the cleaning
successfully passed the gentlemen
seated at the table in the middle of it.,
who were too absorbed to notice her.
She had reached the door and opened
it when, to her dismay, she found her.
self suddenly confronted with an un-
expected sentinel called the "tyler,"
whose office it is to guard the ap.
proaches whenever a lodge is held.
This functionary, as in duty bound,
brought his prisoner back into the mid
die of the hall and presented the terri
fed girl TO the assembly. A unanimous
regret was frankly expressed for the
fate the young maiden had incurred,
but they agreed there was only one is
sue. con, no, gentlemen" said Lord
Doneraile, :" am not going to lose my
only daughter; you must find some
other way out of it," "There can
only be one other way" replied the
poSesman, "but she is not man; if
she were she might be sworn in Free
M ison." "Then," said Lord Don
eraile, " she must be sworn in without
being a man." The conclusion was ac-
cepted; the young lady was sworn in
then and there, and proved as loyal to
her oath as the best man among them.
New York Advertiser.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-05-28
BOyhOOd Of Lincoln.

The Kentucky home into which the
child came was poor one. The cabin was
not 'the picturesque, vine clad one of tho
story books, says resident of the coun-
try who has followed in detail the scenes
of the presidents early life, "but ono
standing out in clearing with only one
small room, door, but no window, a
stick chimney, with open cracks, through
which swept the winds, the rain, the
SHOWS of winter and tho swarms of mos
quitoes in summer. We take an inventory
of the furniture of that cabin-bunks, the
mattress of dry leaves, the slab stools, the
open fireplace We note the absence of
even the necessities of life-neither stove,
window nor floor" The only one of Mr..
Lincoln's early acquaintance now living
Mr.. Austin Gollaher, said to a representa-
tive of this magazine in describing the
poverty of these early surroundings:
"At the time of Abraham's birth his
father was away from home. Some of her
neighbors who were with Mrs. Lincoln at
the event learned that she was destitute of
anything in the nature of food Some OF
the ladies called upon Judge William Cess
ma, ono of the most prominent men of that
time In this section, in Mrs. Lincoln's be-
half, and he donated -four and other arti-
oles of food
The picture is dark, but fortunately
there are those who remember pleasanter
things about it. Christopher Columbus
Graham, whose statements have already
been quoted, says of some of the stories OF
the poverty in Thomas Lincoln's family:
"It is all stuff about Tom Lincoln keep
Ing his wife in an open shed in winter
when the wild animals left the woods and
ha cti Oh a,,a
clay ohimneys so as not to freeze to death,
or, If climbers, they got on the roof. They
had COW and calf, milk and butter
good feather bed; for 1 have slept in 1t
while they took the buffalo robes on the
floor, because l was doctor They had
home woven kiverlids, big and little pots,
a loom and wheel, and William Hardesty,
who was there, too, can say with mo that
Tom Lincoln was a man and took care Of
his wife. Ida M. Tarbell in McClure's
Magazine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-05-28
The Texas Rangers.

There are at present about 200 rangers
In Texas They are separated into oompa-
MES and are kept on the borders for the
most part. They live in tho open air the
year round. Nearly every night in the
year, rain or shine, they have only the sky
for roof and the bare ground for bed.
Their pillows are their saddles. They live
the hardest, toughest of lives, and danger
Is their delight. They are all young men
too young to count the cost when duty
Is to be done and odds faced. They are
made up of the flower Of Texas manhood.
A wild, yelling, oursing cowboy is looked
upon with contempt by them. They de-
pend upon their six shooters and oarbines,
their GOODNESS and Workmanship, the
known courage of their comrades and tho
fact that they are backed by the law of the
state, and opposition to their will is q
thing to be put down at all hazards with
an iron hand.
The governor of Texas is the chief officer
of the rangers. What he says Is law to
them. The sheriff, the police, the militia
must not stand in their way If the rangers
have orders from the governor. The ran
gers hold individually as much power as
any sheriff in Texas. They hold more
They are not bound by county lines. They
may summon posse at any time to assist
them in making arrests.
The section which the rangers police Is
larger in area than all Of New England
and it is of such q character that were it
not for their work 1t would be given over
to lawlessness and disorder. The rangers
are sent to those sparsely settled sections
of the country where opportunity for es-
cape from the regular peace officers is af-
forded. Whenever u sheriff is unable to
cope with lawlessness, he calls on the gov
ernor and the rangers are sent to take
charge. Many times in the past has the
governor of Texas ordered the rangers to
go to counties where the sheriff was in
sympathy with the lawless element, and in
such cases they have acted independently
and without regard to the wishes of the
sheriff or other officers.
The rangers are paid $40 a MONTH and
their rations and arms and ammunition
are furnished by the state. They provide
their own horses, the state paying for
them if they are killed. They are unin-
numbered with baggage They will take
the saddle at "a moments notice to go on
scout of months duration. They have
no uniform. They have no military disci-
pline, as discipline is generally understood,
but they obey their officers and will go
with them to certain death without q
murmur. ur.-Memphis Avalanche.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-05-28
The Vermont Watchman.
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"In ddUance" must be taken to mean pre-
cisely what the words signify. Subscribers
who renew one month, two months, ETC.,
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the time they are in arrears. Thus:
a subscriber toho renetoS one month after
expiration Of his paid subscription loM pay
for the year, S1.55; tloo months, S1.60; three
months, $163; four months, $1.67; and so on.
To this rule the publishers must adhere
infexibly.
The difference is small and unimportant
to the individual subscriber but to the pnb-
fishers it is important, and very large in the
aggregate.
The red label on every paper shows date
of expiration of subscription, which is the
first day of the month.
If subscriber desires to discontinue when
paid subscription has expired, timely notice
should be given. Without such notice, SUBJ
scription will be considered as continuing.
The great majority of subscribers object
to having their subscription interrupted
arbitrarily when the period for which they
have paid has expired. The foregoing plan
has been adopted as a fair compromise be.
tween the advance payment and the credit
systems.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-05-28
Efficacy of Hot Milk.

Hot milk for the complexion has proved
to be of the greatest benefit, and many
women say they owe an improvement of
their complexion to the constant use of
hot milk applied every morning and night
to their faces. Here is what woman
prominent In the literary world, and whose
complexion is equal to young girls
says; when I am frightfully fatigued
from the rush of the life 1 lead, get
gallon of milk for 30 cents and put
1t In my bathtub, adding sufficient hot
water to cover the body. I lie In this
mixture for ton minutes and come out
feeling thoroughly refreshed and with a
new life to tho skin, which, previous TO
the BATH had dead look"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-05-28

At the last Burlington city election,
a very close one, 1,247 votes were cast.
At the caucus last night, 62S votes,
fifty per cent of the vote at the city
election, were polled. That is a very
wholesome exhibit, the complaint of the
Free Press to the contrary notwith-
standing. The real seat of the con-
temporary's distress is that 399 of these
votes were for the Stickney ticket, and
only 230 were for the Grout ticket.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-05-28

The Free Press editorial accounting
fol the slump at Burlington constitutes
a high compliment to the influence of
the press of that city. Every republi-
can paper-6ve of them, two dailies
and three weeklies-have been boom
ing Grout for months, and yet the
Grout men were "apathetic," "did
not attend the caucus!" The explana-
ton is rather dismal piece of good
cheer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-05-28
Congratulations to the Free
Press!
"DIDN'T KNOW 1T WAS LOADED!"

The Keystone Of" "the ranged arch :"
of the Grout canvass for the re pull lcan
nomination to the govern orship was
knocked out at Bm mlington last night
and the whole fabric has tun bled 10
the ground.
The caucus for choosing delegates
to the republican state convention,
June II, resulted in the choice of dele
gates in favor of William W. Stickney
for governor by the decisive majority
of 16S votes. The ballot-box was kept
open one hour and the Stickney ticket
was headed "For Governor, w. W.
Stickney.' The delegates are: G. P.
Smith, A. o. Humphrey, F. E. Burgess,
H. j. Gutchell, Elias Lyman, G. G.
Peterson, B. S. Jones, B. M. Lambkin,
j. W. Goodell, G. J. Ferguson, Don A.
Stone, Frank s. Lanou, F. G. Ken
nedy, j. E. Cushman, A. G.. White
more and E. B. Kimball.
We say the majority was decisive"
Any majority would have been conclu-
sive; large vote for the Stckney
ticket would have been full of encour-
agement, but when that ticket is
elected by majority of such dimen-
sions, under all the circumstances of
the canvass, the result must be ac-
cepted as conclusive of the result in the
state at large.
This is net exactly the kind of feast
to which the Free Press has been in
viting the people of Vermont, and
which the contemporary was compla-
Gently contemplating in its issue on
the very day of the caucus. The con-
clusion is inevitable that either the
Free Press knew nothing about public
sentiment in Burlington and the state
at large, or it was putting up bluff of
the largest dimensions. 1t is welcome
to it's choice to either branch of the ex-
planation. Neither is entirely flatter-
ing to its reputation as ewspaper.
There is but one fair and rational ex-
planation of the result of the Burling
ton caucus. 1t is the unbiased ex-
preston of the will of the pee pie, of
the industrial and business classes, of
the great body of the voters among
which are the springs of political
power; it is the work of their hands
without taint or twist of political boss
ism. 1t is an exhibition of the spirit
OF independence as remarkable and
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-05-28

gratifying as that which occurred at
the recent state convention.
Now let the good work 60 on in
every corner of the state. Let not
labor and vigilance be relaxed till
every caucus has been held and the
last act performed in the convention at
Burlington, June II. Barre and Mont
pelier will soon follow the splendid lead
of Burlington, and the final outcome
will be grand roundup for the modest
man from Ludlow.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-05-28
Jericho for StiCkney.

The republicans of Jericho held their
caucus last evening and elected Stick
ney delegates to the state convention.
This news, from Chittenden county
town, apparently did not reach the office
of the Free Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-05-28

ton of five for the man from Ludlow.
Colchester adjoins Burlington. Tally
one more for the "inhuence of the
Free Pressi
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-05-28

The outcome of the Burlington caucus
makes heavy draughts on the stock of
cheerfulness the Mark Tapley of the
Grout cause has laid in. Mark may
be forced into mental and moral in
sOlvency.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-05-28

julius CESAR couldn'nt eat peri
Wrinkle, and Alexander always tainted
at the sight of a black bet tie. Chaucer
would be unwell for several days if he
heare the cry of Mackerell' and
Spencer never saw a leg of mutton
without shivering all over.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-05-28

years. Scores are in use in
the banks, insurance Of
fees, and business houses
of Montpelier. Hundreds
have been sold by this Of
fee in all parts of the
state and country. 1t is
durable, good for years OF
service, always ready to
go" but never drips, the
ink f1owinU piforuo1v opd
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-05-28

MANY timid woman would will
ingly and unfiinchingly stand before
the cannon's mouth, provided the piece
OF ordn ance were church canon and
the charge simply to love, honor and
obey.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-05-28
Christian EndeavOr.
CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS,

We have in type, in convenient and at
tractive form, Constitution and Bylaws
for the Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor, which can with slight changes
be adapted to the requirements of any par.
ticular society. We will send a sample
copy and make prices to applicants.
WATCHMAN PUBLISHING Co.,
Montpelier, Vt,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-05-28

in the right measure. 1t gives perfect salts
faction. Buy one. The price is the only
thing cheap about the Lincoln" By mail
on receipt Of price.
WATcHMAN PUBLISHING Co.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-05-28

NEARLY 10000 horses--aged, in firm,
weak from overwork, starving and
fl fstigued-are said to be fed TO leeches
annually at Bordeaux.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-05-28
Colchester to the Fore!

Colchester elects four Stickney dele
gates and one, an old soldier, who is
independent-practieally solid delega-