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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-08
Concerning Witnesses.
Says an overzealous Grout organ

Says an overzealous Grout organ:
MANY OF Mr.. Stickney's overzealous
supporters have furnished the democratic
party with some of the best of campaign
literature, and as the Brattleboro Reformer
suggests from democratic standpoint:
: The Montpelier Waterman and ex-Gov-
ernor Barstow will be good witnesses to
keep on the stand all through the cam
paign.'"
That is to say, if burglar breaks
into the house of an overzeslous be-
lever in the sanctity of the rights of
property, and he is knocked down or
shot by the householder, the latter is
culpable because he has furnished the
enemies of law and order with pre-
text for indicting reputable people gen.
orally for assault or murder. This APP
pears to be the logic of this particular
member of the gang that burglarized
the Burlington convention, and it is on
level with their ideas of morality as
they exemplifed them in the recent
canvass.
The contemporary adds: "This is
far too important a year to talk of bolt
ing, and loyal republicans should sup
port the republican nominee to a man."
1t was good time to ponder upon
these things when the members of
powerful combination were moving
heaven and earth to force the nominal
ton of Josiah Grout upon unwilling
republicans, and when its leaders, after
they had been beaten at the primaries,
were frantically wiring their candidate
to I" Leave no stone unturned" to Sc
cure majority of the delegates. Thou
sands of young republicans, and other
thousands past middle life or verging
on four-score-and.ten, who are in the
first flush of young citizenship when
they recall the late canvass and its out
come, are not receiving in humble or
patient spirit the impudent admoni-
tons of the beneficiares of the late
coup to support the nominee to
man." They do not require or care for
any tutoring" of that kind, from that
quarter.
On national grounds the WATCHMAN
will urge republicans to vote, to a man,
in September, though the nomination
of the head of the state ticket was pro-
cured by means that discount the prac-
tees of Tammany Hall. The crime at
Burlington will not be condoned. Its
chief beneficiary may have his punish
ment. The governorship may be for
him vestment compared with which
the poisoned shirt of Nessus was as
balm of Gilead. But the national cause
is paramount. Patriotism demands that
it shall not be sacrificed, or imperilled,
or suffer any detriment, because
candidate for governor of Vermont got
his nomination by corrupt and un-
scrupulous means and combinations.
If, as the Grout leaders and editors
seem to apprehend, the majority in
September shall not be up to the high
water mark when Vermont republi-
cans are aroused, the answer of every
supporter of Mr.. Stickney to the quak-
ing coalition shall be "Thou cans't not
say l did it; never shake thy CORY locks
at me-"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-08
ARTHUR ROPES. General Editor.

AT a meeting of sound-money dem
ocrats in Chicago Franklin McVeagh,
the rival of Altgeld for the democratic
nomination to the governorship of Hi
nois in 1894, solemnly declared that
ga democratic convention may turn
populistic, but a million democrats will
remain democrats" This plain init
nation of an intention to bolt excited
a storm of applause.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-08

GET genuine DIR. LIE Bruins s. & p. Pills
for ladies'. Sold only by authorized agents.
One dollar, at store or by mail, Lester H
Greene, Montpelier, VT, sole agent.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-08

A PROMINENT Louisiana democrat
says: Louisiana is by no means GER
tain to 60 democratic this year, although
the nomination of the free-silver can
didate will undoubtedly strengthen the
party in the state. A great many of
our people are partial to Mckinley on
account of his protection policy. They
want protection for their sugar, and
the democratic free-trade programme
is anything but popular among them.
Though a lifelong democrat, 1 would
be glad to see the republicans carry the
state and the country this year."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-08

IT is generally believed in Washing
ton that Mr.. Cleveland and a majority,
if not all of his cabinet, will refuse to
support the ticket named at Chicago,
assuming that all the probabilities will
be realized and that free-silver coin
age candidate, on 16 to l platform
will be nominated. Mr.. Cleveland is
said to personally favor the nominal
ton of democratic gold ticket, but
that is something which will be deter
mined later. AT least one prominent
democrat who is now at Chicago has
suggested that Mr.. Cleveland lead the
forlorn hope by accepting the nomina-
ton of the gold democrats.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-08

AT the regular meeting OF the Board of
Aldermen held last week, $500 was appro-
priated for the use of the overseer OF the
Ing permits were granted TO A b. Averill,
the Barre Granite Company, Charles Tenn.
pleton, p. j. Lavery and Alexander Rob
ertson On the favorable report of the
water committee it was voted to grant the
petition for a hydrant at the corner of Hall
and Elm streets. The city treasurer was
authorized to borrow $1,000 for immediate
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-08

How are the mighty fallenl George
Fred Williams--pride of the mug
wumps, pet of the Bay State democ-
racy and their last candidate for gov
ernor, incarnation of everything in pol.
itics that was lovely and of good re-
port-a champion of the free and indie
pendent coinage of silver in the ratio
of 16 to Il George Fred and five other
Massachusetts delegates, it is reported,
will vote for a free-coinage candidate
in the democratic convention now in
session at Chicago. The free-silver
grub is beginning to infect the democ-
racy of the East. The democrats seem,
indeed, in the prophetic words of Billy
Russell, to be going to ga great and
lasting defeat" Let them 90. After
the attempt to break up the Union by
bloody war at one end of a generation
of time, and at the other an attempt to
destroy the nations industries and ruin
its financial credit. the party should be
consigned to it's greatest and its last
and permanent-defeat.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-08

REPUBLICANS don't care CONT
mental whether the populists swallow
the democrats, or the democrats the
populists, at Chicago this week. They
cannot see how any ticket on any plat
form that could be gotten up by the
Chicago convention can prevent the
triumphant election of Mckinley and
Hobart. Consequently the worrying
and fretting which the democrats and
populists are going through on account
of what the Chicago convention may
do, or not do, merely furnishes re-
publicans amusement, as they fan them
selves and try to keep down the hui
Nudity which accompanies the present
warm weather. This is republican
year. Nearly four years of deficits,
bond issues and hard times generally
have caused a majority-an overwhelm-
ing majority, as will be seen in Novem.
ber-of the people to decide definitely
that the party which gave the country
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-17

able to buy as much as possible with the
money that they receive for their services.
Their wages are now higher than those of the
working people Of any other country, and
the money in which they are paid has a
greater purchasing power than has ever be-
fore been known.
An increase Of the prices of all commodities
implies a reduction Of that purchasing power;
or, to state it in another way, the cheapeu-
ing of the money received for labor means a
lesscning Of wages, and there is no reason
whatever to believe that such a loss would be
made good by a general increase of wages
equal to the advance in the cost of living.
So when Mr.. Bland proclaims that he and
his party are striving to increase the prices
of all commodities, he practically admits
that no wage Garner can afford to vote foI
free silver.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-17

LANCASTER, Pa, Aug. 17.-Because she
had sued him for desertion Charles Gund-
aker on Saturday night attempted to muir
der his young wife at Conestoga Park, a
summer resort a mile from town. Guhd-
aker fired three shots, only one Of which
took effect, and this making but a slight
wound. Gundaker believing he had killed
the woman, hid for several hours in an adj
%jacent corntleld, but ultimately made his
way TO the house of a woman named Unle-
man, where he was arrested, As soon rs
the would-be murderer saw the officer he
pulled the same pistol with which he had
attempted to kill his wife and fired three
shots at his own head. Two Of the bullets
glanced off, indicting ugly gashes in the
scalp, but the third caused "A fracture of
the skull. He will probably recover.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-17

IL his great speech at Alfred, Maine, last
month, Speaker Reed combined history and
prophecy in this telling epigram: ''The man
who is deceived once is human; the man who
is decei we'd twice by the same persons is a
fool The voters were human in 1892; they
will not be fools in 1896. The rosy-huod
promises of plenty and prosperity made by
the Free-Trade leaders in 1892 ave dulled
to the dark reality of hard times, lower
wages, and no work. The colors ON the Free
Trade palette are a, bright to-day as they
were in 1s02-brightcr against the dark
background of these Tariff Reform hard
times-but the voters are better informed in
regard TO the staying qualities of the color.
of Free-Trade promises.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-17
May Release oscar Wilde.

LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE widely circu-
lated report that Oscar Wilde has been re-
leased from prison is premature. But the
home secretary doubtless will let him
out before the end of his term next march,
on the condition that ne shall leave the
country. After the legal termination of
sentence the secretary would have no
power to require it. Wilde, on release, is
likely to go either to Florence, where there
is quite "a collection of kindred spirits
from England, or TO Paris, where a petit
ton circulated last year for his release was
signed by a number of French literary
people of n certain class.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-17
Not a Cnse of Mnrder.

EGG HARBoR, n. j., Aug. 17.-Coroner
Senft, Prosecutor Perry, six jurymen and
the facts Saturday decreod that John Mil
Ter, of Egg Harbor City, killed himself,
He had been found the day before prop
ped up in "A chair, and an old fashioned
single barreled holster pistol in his hand,
bleeding from the mouth and dead. Mrs.
Miller was arrested, but it was Shown that
Miller first tried to kill her, and then COM
mitted suicide. Miller was an idler, while
Mrs. Miller is n hard working woman,
who has supported him.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-17
The British i'm Africa.

LONDON, Aug. II. Referring to the
statement recently made in The Weekly
sun that President Kruger, of the Trans
wal republic, had concluded a treaty with
an European power contrary to the con-
vention of 1884, and that Great Britain
had asked for an explanation, The Chron-
icle this morning says that 1t imatines
that The Suns statement refers to an UNI
important eXtradition treaty between
iransvaal and Holland. Continuing its
references to matters in Africa The Chron-
icle says that it is learned hat the British
government has decided not to stop at
KhHrtoum, but to advance eventually
with the Egyptian forces to Lago or
Wadclai, the object being to effect u juno
ton with troops from Uganda.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-17
Eyste, No pea.h by Poisson.

LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 1I-Docto~s per-
formed an autopsy on the body OF Hon.
w. F. Eystcr, If Chambersburg, Pa, who
was found diving Fridly night from the
effects of foul play. They are convinced
that morphine poisoning caused death, al
though there was Commissions on the scalp
that might have been fatal. There is not
the least question that Eyster wa robbed,
and but little d9uht hat he wa first ia
tally drugged for that purpose Il IS not
believed that murder was intended Cliff
Hagey, who was around with Eyster dur
ing the afternoon on Friday, was arrested
Mt Valparaiso On suspicion and brought
back to Lincoln.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-17
Knled by a Negro nurglnr.

SPARTANBUBG, 5. c., Aug. 1I-Captain
John II. Blassingame, one of the oldest
and most respected citizens of this city
and state, was shot and killed yesterday
afternoon by Chris Cannon, a negro boy.
Captain B~lassingame was alone at his
sisters home, and Cannon entered the
house for the purpose of robbery. Captain
Blassingame was shot twice through the
heart. The negro was tracked to a house
half a mile distant, where he was found
shot through the chest. Two empty pis-
tolls found in Blassingame's room indicate
that both parties engaged in shooting. The
negro was taken to Jail His wound is not
thought to be fatal
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-17
Thlevlng English POSTAL clerk Held.

Boston, Aug, 17-Henry Berfleld, of
London, England, was arrested yesterday
as he landed from the Cunard steamer Pa
vonia on u complaint of British Vice Con
sui Heating, charging him with the en-
bezzlement of e4l5 from the London post
office. Berfield was "A postal employee in
London, and is charged with taking the
money from two packets. His wife, who
is n bride of only a month, is detained by
the immigration officers as an undesirable
person, while Berfleld is in Jail awaiting
%extradition. Berfield made n confession
and turned overS1 600 of the stolen money.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-17

C~ERNUsgHI, the leading bi-metallist Of the
world, and the man who first used the term
shortly after Germany and the Latin nations
had lost confidence in the stability of silver
as money, has frequently expressed the
opinion that no one nation was competent
alone to handle so large a question as the free
coinage OF silver. Ceruuschi is a distin-
guished Frenchmau and EXPIRE sed this opinion
years ago. Every writer of political economy
whose views are Of any weight concurs in
the belief, yet every obscure m~ud-slinger on
spurious Democratic sheets knows better
than such authorities as these, Of course, and
the less he knows the louder his views aIC
proclaimed and the more numerous are the
choice epithets he applies to all who differ
with him.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-17

LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE Daily News this
morning asserts that Hon. Joseph Cham
berlain, secretary Of state for the colonies,
has mailed an invitation to Cecil Rhodes
asking him to come to England next Janu-
airy for the purpose of testifyiug before the
committee Of inquiry into the British
South Africa company. Mr. Chamberlain
has also invited President Kruger, Of the
Transvaal republic, to submit to the com
mite any evidence which he may possess
relative to the origin and the execution of
the raids conducted by DR.. Jameson and
bis Assncintes.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-17
FlREMEN KILLED AND INJURED.
4 Motorman's Error Results in a Fatal
Collision.

BUFFALO, Aug. 17.-Early yesterday
morning fire truck No. 9, with q crew con-
sisting of Lieutenant Hedden and seven
firemen, while responding to an alarm,
collided with a trolley cur at the corner of
Woltz avenue and Sycamore street. The
truck was stretched across the street car
tracks when the trolley, which was run
ming at full speed, struck it. Every fire.
man on the truck was injured. John f.
Clark was pinned under the wreck and
crushed to death, his lungs being perfor-
ated by the rung of a ladder. Fred Jackey
went under the truck and received a CON
nussion of the spine. Hecannot recover.
The others injured are; Lieutenant
Hedden, hip bruised; Michael Rosen-
berger, left leg sprained and contusions
John w. BrechteI, knee sprained Nicholas
Nocller, hip bruised; Anthony Manhard,
bruised. The motor car was smashed to
pieces, but the motorman escaped with
but slight injuries. Both the motorman
and conductor of the car AVE been ar
rested. James Cowan the motorman,
says he heard the fire gong, but did not
slow up, rs he thought he could cross the
street ahead Of the truck.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-17
Dead from Eating TondstonIs.

WuLAMsPoRT, Pa, Aug. 1.-Two per-
sons have died at Kinzua, near here, from
eating toodstools for mushrooms. f. Col
Inns gathered what he thoughtto be mush-
rooms, but his wife threw them out, say
ing they were t~OadstOOls. The husband
picked them up, cooked andHto them, Civ
ing his child and two children Of his
brother, Morse Collins, some Of the sup
posed food, One of Morse Collins chill
dren died and on Saturday Collins died.
The other two children are in a critical
condition.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-17
Free snyer and nc Ml,.Inns.

The foreign missionary board are very
properly agitating a question which may
confront them in case the gold standard
should not be maintained In this country.
Those familiar with the organizations al
luded to know that the salaries of mis-
sionaries, the expense of sustaining the
missions, their schools and churches. in
Guiding everything, must be paid in gold.
The boards are forced to do business on u
gold basis. 1t is stated that even banks
in China will not recognize u draft for the
payment of missionary expenses unless it
is marked gold" or course, II the silver
craze succeeds AZ the approaching cleo
ton, the missionary societies Of all denomi-
nations will have to cut down their ex-
penseS one-half OF receive twice as much
from their constituents. Nearly all these
organizations are still struggling with
debts. Take the American hourI. for ex-
ample. Six months ago It was free from
debt, but the figures JUS; mtie public Civ.
ing the receipts for the last ten months
show a falling off Of some S2S, 400, with no
hope that it can be made up, as the cur
rent year win soon close. No wonder the
Missionary societies are Ul.rmod.-BOston
Transcript
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-17
FREE-sILVER PRICES.

The free coinage advocates not only
admit" says Mr.. Bland, but claim that the
benefits to be derived from the free coinage of
silver would be to increase the prices Of
property and commodities" Thus, he goes
on to declare, there would be an immediate
revival Of business, boarded money would lie
invested, and the debtor would find it easier
to pay his debts.
This plan of restoring prosperity begins, 1t
will be observed, with the idea of increasing
the prices Of all things that the people have
TO buy. That is TO say, the first step in the
scheme Of making life easier for those who
are now sorely pressed in the matter of pay
ing for the uccessaries Of life is to raise the
prices of all such articles.
If a man can not prosper under the present
cost Of living, how could he hope to do so if
that cost should be doubled The answer Of
Mr.. Bland is that there would be more money
in the country with which to pay the higher
prices.
But the additional currency would not be
gratuitously distributed TO the people, They
would have to work for it just as they dc
now, aud would receive only so much Of il
in exchange for their laboras their employers
were willing to pay them. In other words
the prices Of food, fuel, clothing and so on
would be raised, but it would not be in theil
power TO raise their wages.
As a matter Of fact, therefore, the claim
that the result of free coinage would be al
increase Of prices may be regarded as "A con
elusive reason why those who work for wage
or salaries should vote against il. Mr.. Blanc
tells them that they would certainly have t.
pay more for everything that they buy, bu
he does not give them any assurance o
increased means to meet this additional ex
pense. They have nothing to sell bat thei
labor. That is their only source Of profit
their only dependence for a living.
Obviously, their advantage lies in beinl
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-17
What the Convention Could Not Do

The ardent advocates of the white metal
can unseat regular sound money Demo-
cratic delegates they can ignore the two
thirds rule; they can, as they did in this
state, throttle the voice of the minority
and bind them under protest with the unit
rule, but there are some things they can
not do, They cannot, thank God, change
our honest convictions or compel us to
cast our ballot for any candidate Alex
andria (Va.) Times.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-17

BURLINGTON, N. j., Aug. 17-Six or
seven tough characters Of this city have
Lcan living Of late on a , lseboat on AS
sicunk creek. They cxhG1-tel every means
of getting supplies, and becoming very
hungry, went into several farm houses
and obtained cats. Fourthey killed, boiled
and ate. They declared the meat equal to
chicken. The men were evidently trying
to be brave, but it wa noticed that some
of them looked sickly after indulging in
the meal. They say they will repeat. it.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-17
An A~eronauts rerrrble ran 10 death.

QUINCY, Ills, Aug. lib Frank jacobs,
an %aeronaut, travelling with a circus, met
with n horrible death here yesterday in the
presence of his wife and young child and
an assembled throng. He wa having a
balloon race at Baldwin Park with Pro-
fessor Dudley, when his balloon burst 200
feet from the ground. His parachute
failed TO open and he was dashed to the
ground, breaking almost every bone in
his body. The same balloon burst Fri
day night, and he then had n narrow es-
CAPE from death.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-17
rerriac STORM in Alabnma.

FLORENCE, Aug. IA terrific storm
passed over Florence about 3 o'clock last
evening. Great damage was done, but nc
fatalities have been reported. Two frame
houses were blown down and awnings,
chimneys n trees wrecked. Trees were
uprooted all over town, and on Court
street large plate glass windows were
broken by the fury of the wind. 1t is
thought that considerable damage has
been done in the country. The storm
lasted less than twenty minutes and was
accompanied by rain and hail.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-17
Another victory for Cretan Insnrgents.

LONDON, Aug. ia dispatch to The
Daily News from Canea says that II fresh
Turkish battalion arrived at the Island of
Crete last week. There was sharp fight
ing throughout Friday in the province of
Alalerizi, just outside of Beraklion. The
insurgents, sO0in number, were victorious.
They drove the Turkish troop to the mil
itary zone of Heraklion, capturing -four
cannon and a considerable quantity OF
urms and war supplies.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-17
Readlng's ALLEGED BoodIer,,

READING, Pa, Aug. 17.-Reyelations of
bribery in connection with the brick pay
ing ordinance were followed on Saturday
last by the arrest on "a charge of bri-
berry of William Abbott Whitman, select
councilman from the Thirteenth ward.
The mayor has issued a call for a special
meeting of select council this evening to
take up the matter. AT that time he will
send in "A special message and urge a rigid
investigation with "A view of declaring the
seats OF several members vacant.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-17
Clnnhhnrst nnh Storm.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Aug. 17-Scvcrc
storms all over western Iowa have done
considerable damage. The river is out of
its banks,and a cloudbursta and wind storm
are reported along the line Of the Rock
Island from Council Bluffs TO the city.
The most serious damage is at Dexter,
Stuart and Earlham. AL wires are down
and details are hard to oh-'in. More than
one inch of rain fell io this city in ten
minutes. Serious dama-H is reported at
Dawson by flood in the Coon river. 1t is
not known that any lives have been lost.