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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-04
WilliamstOwn Items.

The application for a guardian for Mr..
Oliver s. Walker has been withdrawn.
Mrs. Charles Walker of Chicago arrived
here Monday and is with her father-in-law,
Mr.. o. S. Walker.
w. s. Bosworth has returned from visit
to his home in Quincy, Mass, and is again
at granite work for the Nixon Brothers.
Mrs. Joseph Staples now nearly ninety
years of age, is very feeble with heart
trouble at the home of her daughter in
Marshheld.
Seldom do we have such a flood of waters
in this valley as that of Sunday last. The
principal damage was sustained by Elliott
Brothers, whose stone-sheds were full to
the windows.
Will Lougee cut his foot badly last week,
while at work for Lynde & Cheney, and is
wholly laid aside from work Not long ago
he allowed an accident insurance policy to
lapse most importantly.
Hon. v. 1. Spear of Braintree, was in
town last week with his veterinary, DR..
Wakefield, to test the fifty head of cattle
belonging to Edison S. Martin. No tubercu-
losis was found in the herd.
The bazaar antique, to be conducted by
the Methodist ladies', postponed from Feb.
ruary g. will be held March 10 and II. A
large list of ancient curios will be on exhi-
bition-liuens, garments, utensils, papers,
books and the like. Lunches at all hours,
with literary and old-time musicale ON
Tuesday evening, March 10. A rare good
time for all.
We have just learned of the decease OF
Mrs Laura Smith Parkhurst and her hus-
band, at Winona, Mimi, with only one day
between their deaths Mrs. Parkhurst was
the oldest daughter of the late Asa Smith,
one of the early settlers of this place, and
whose family, to the third generation, has
been one of the most prominent ones in the
history of the Congregational church here.
She was about eighty years Of age, and left
several children.
Friday last was a favoring day for the
the town Sunday-school convention here.
l. ID. Miller, field worker for the Vermont
and New Hampshire State Sunday-school
Associations, was present to assist in the
exercises. Brookheld and Washington
were represented by invitation. AT the
morning session excellent addresses were
made by Messrs. Miller, Rev. G. III. Morse
OF Brookfield and Barney ID. Flint OF this
place. In the afternoon there were good
addresses and papers by Dea Edwin @.
Smith of Washington, Mrs. Sprague OF East
Brookfied, Mrs. Irving Covell and j. X.
Stone of this place. All bore upon phases
OF Sunday-school work. In the evening re-
sponses to questions and an address by Mr..
L ID. Miller filed up the hour probably.
BY vote of the convention, an invitation
was given the towns OF Brookheld, WASH
ington and Orange Center to join with
Williamstown in the forming OF district in
the place OF the present town Sunday
school organization.
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ney, g. III. Guernsey, P. II. Hinckley, John
Mooney, Dennison Taft and Oughtney Jan
graw; petit jurors, Peter Badord, G. j.
Berry, G., B. Walton, j. w. Emery, A. ID.
Harris, 70. Il. Fuller, j, o. Livingstone,
Morton Marvin, N G. Tabor, p. j. Ledden
9. II. shipman, Charles Hathaway, G. L,
Smith, W. e. Harlow, II. s. Town, Il, #.
Pickett, Abraham Long, G. N. Arms and O..
III. Heaton.
The City Council was authorized to sell
Capital Hall az auction On motion of j, II.
Senter the City Council was instructed to
enter into negotiations for the purch Ase Of
the Golden Fleece building for a city hall
and, II the price seems to that body reason
able, they shall call special city meeting
to consider the matter.
The salary Of the city clerk was fixed at
$500; listers, twenty-five cents per hour;
auditors, forty cents per hour; ballot clerks
and assistant city clerks, So per day. The
constables and city sheriff were voted the
jurisdiction OF the state upon fling the
proper bonds.
f. l.. Laird introduced resolution, which
was adopted, that the City Council provide
for transporting the Catholic children living
in the outlying districts to school in the
same conveyances provided for Protestant
children.
Over 700 votes were cast, which, con-
sidering the fact that there was contest
only in one ward for alderman, was sur
prisingly large. The official vote cast is as
follows; For mayor, George o. Stratton
had 500; scattering, 26. For city clerk, 7. r.
Merrill had 634; no scattering For city
sheriff, Charles Def. Bancroft had 570j
scattering, II. For first constable, 7. j
Keegan had 397; w. e. Laird, 1913; scatter
ing, 3. For second constable, @. s. Whittier
had $50; scattering, 2. For lister, j. o.
Livingstone had 81 scattering, Ia. For
auditors, A. W. Ferrin had 577; M. e
Smile, 564, and L. H. Bixby, 56S; scatter
ing, /. For city grand jurors, o. L. Watson
had 525, f. P. carleton SOL, j. II. Sentel
535; scattering, 6. For overseer OF the poor
G. w. Parmenter had $50; scattering, IL
For city treasurer, T. r. Merrill had 62S
scattering. none. For commissioner o.
Green Mount cemetery, L. Bart Cross had
564, no scattering. DR.. d. G. Kemp re
ceived 231 votes for school commissions
in ward one, and Thomas Marvin
81 in ward two, In ward two G
A Smith had 80 votes for alderman
scattering, o. In ward three, w. r. Weston
had 100, no scattering In ward four, Rob
ert Whelan had lis; scattering, 8. In ware
five, j. W. Peck had 80, scattering l.
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denied. The senate finance committee
reported the house revenue bill, strik
ing out all after the enacting clause
and substituting simply provision for
the free coinage of silver. "God save
the Commonwealth" was the prayer
of the chairman, the venerable Senator
Morrill,, in reporting this betrayal of
the cause of the American people. The
senate adopted the report of the COM
mittee-" good evidence" according
to the cheap logic of the Monitor, that
Senator Morrill, was wrong and the
free-silver conspirators and their dem
ocratic auxiliaries were right. The
legislature, or one branch of that body,
has " adopted Mr.. CIRCUITS idea" in one
or two other conspicuous instances, to
the detriment of the state, and subse-
queut legislatures have turned down
the Orleans county statesman.
Wrongl Was the WATCHMAN wrong?
Well, may be; but we're going to stay
wrong, all the same. And later on
"There'll be something more to say"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-04
w. w. Stickney for Governor.

The Bellows Falls Times declares
for Mr.. Stickney for governor. After
reviewing the arrangements which have
been made to advance Major Grout to
the chief executive office after candi-
dacy of ten years. standing, the Times
says:
"We believe that the people will enter
vigorous protest against having everything
80 graciously arranged for them 80 many
years in advance by few selfapponted
leaders and in no way can they manifest
their disapprobation 30 pointedly as by
electing Mr.. Stiokney governor of the state.
He was not on the slate and his candidacy
comes in the nature OF surprise to the
leaders, He, too. might have stood in
waiting and thrown his strength to other
candidates for few years, and possibly his
turn would have come by and by, and
possibly not; but rather than thus make a
humiliating spectacle OF himself Mr.. Stick
ney is willing TO rest his case with
his fellow citizens now. To support the
candidacy of Mr.. CIRCUIT is to support the
policy of what is called ring politics.
The Times believes in fair geo.
graphical distribution of the offices. 1t
shows how the north end of the state
is loaded down with holders of import
ant offices while the south end kicks
the beam.
"Here is the list of the more important
offices that must be credited to the northern
counties: Chittenden - Governor, U. A.
Woodbury.; secretary OF state, G. W.
Brownell; commissioner OF state taxes, ID.
j. Foster; adjutant and inspector general,
T. 8. Peck; supreme court judge, r. 8. Taft
x-Lieutenant-Governo q. M. Mansur
state auditor, #. ID. Hale. Caledonia
Chairman Fish and Game Commission, j.
w. Titcomb; chief judge, Jonathan Ross
Orleans--CODgressma W. W. Grout; state
superintendent, M, b. Stone supreme
court Judge, L. II. Thompson; supreme
court reporter. @. A. Prouty. -" Or.
leans county, with congressman, supreme
court Judge, a supreme court reporter,
state superintendent of education and
prospective United States senator, no asks
for the governorship. Is 1t justice to this
section, which is unrepresented in the
| higher offices Of the state, to grant this
avaricious and unprecedented request?"
The Times insists that, by nature and
training, Mr.. Stickney is the better
fitted for the governorship, but Its prin
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-04
Hostile Attitude of Spain,

POPULAR feeling in Madrid is very bitter
against the United States because OF the
action Of the senate in adopting a resolution
favoring the granting Of belligerent rights
to the Cuban rebels. The stock market in
Spain has responded to the excitement and
there has been sharp decline in Cuban
securities. The Impartial advises prudence
and exhorts the ministry to await events
1t says: I" If matters reach the conclusion
the Americans desire the whole Of Spain
will rise against the United States Neither
in the Mediterranean, whose entrance we
command, nor on the Atlantic, will a single
American ship be safe, for we shall organize
privateers on a large scale. We must not
make noisy demonstration like the Portu-
guese at the time Of their dispute with Great
Britain. We conquered Napoleon by a
system of guerrilla warfare, and we shall
establish a system OF privateers that will
conquer a mercantile nation ON the sea.
The Americans are wrong to judge Spain by
her finances. There are considerations
superior to the revenues of the country"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-04
Right and Wrong.

The Barton Monitor, unwittingly of
course-for wit and the contemporary,
if they were ever associated, long ago
parted company-pays the editor of the
WATCHMAN high compliment by as
cribing to his authorship the various
communications on the subject of the
governorship that have recently been
published in this paper. This implies
versatility of talent that would indeed
be hattering, if it were true, but truth
and justice to our correspondents COM
pei US emphatically to deny the soft
impeachment. Now if the Monitor
will cease its worrying over the author
ship of the WATCHMAN's communica-
tions, and address itself seriously to
the task of answering them, success
fully and conclusively, it may begin to
stay the prestige ef its candidate, now
vanishing before the light that has been
turned upon its source and circumstances
and the ridicule its absurd and unfortu-
nate presentation is drawing down upon
it. In this connection the Monitor no.
ticed that, according to one of the letters,
the legislature adopted Mr.. CIRCUITS idea
and voted in accordance Herewith, a
good evidence that the WATCHMAN
was wrong and Grout was right" The
reference is to the railway commission
law, the one conspicuous instance,
during generation, of costly and far
cical legislation, and gross betrayal of
the plainly-expressed will of the people.
This, the Monitor confesses, "is Mr..
CIRCUITS idea" The contemporary is
ingloriously right. 1t is we'll to have
the Grout idea" located, and its re.
sponsible authorship 30 frankly con-
fessed.
AS to whether the WATCHMAN was
wrong, recent instance in national leg
islation may help to determine. The
senate finance committee was lately
constituted with a majority hostile to
the interests of the nation and the will
of the people in financial and indus
trial matters, just as the railway com
mittee was constituted by Speaker
Grout, in 1886, with majority hostile
to the expressed will of the people O
the state. The autocratic power of the
majority of legislative committee in
determining the course of Legislation
has been too often demonstrated to bt
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-04
INN U1L CITY MEETING.

The second annual city meeting occurred
yesterday. The meeting was called to
order at nine o'clock by Mayor Wing and,
on motion, the several articles in the warn
ing except the election of officers were
passed over until two o'clock in the after
noon. The voting progressed steadily until
that hour, when the polls were closed The
following officers, nominated at the citizens
caucus, were elected; George o. Stratton,
mayor; L. r. Merrill, city clerk; G. Def.
Bancroft, city sheriff; T. j. Keegan, first
constable; G. g. Whittier, second constable;
j. o. Livingstone, lister for three years; A.
w. Ferrin, M. e. Smile and l.. III. Blk by,
auditors; o. L. Watson, F. P. Carleton and
j, H. Senter, city grand jurors; George w.
Parmenter, overseer OF the poor; 7. r. Mer-
rill, city treasurer; LIS Bart Cross, commits
sioner Of Green Mount Cemetery for five
years; j. M. Boutwell,, alderman from ward
one; Charles A. Smith, 1st, from ward two;
W. K. Weston, from ward three; Robert
Whelan, from ward four; John w. Peck,
from ward five.
The only bolt was for alderman in ward
one, where nomination papers were filed
for @. F. Boswell against j. M. Boutwell,,
the caucus nominee. The result of the vote
in that ward was as follows:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-04

THE admirable speech of Senator
Proctor on coast defenses is highly
commended. The New York SW
takes exception only to the senator's
views in regard to the navy. The Su
believes that the limit of useful and
necessary expansion of the naval power
has not been reached. Senator Proctor
thinks it has. On the matter of land
defenses, however, there is no disagree
ment. The senator's discussion OF the
subject is pronounced masterful, and
his conclusions the result of careful
study and deliberation. A large part
of the speech is published on page
three. -
THE Barton Monitor has long been
afflicted with kleptomania, and has often
been in court for its offenses against
the law of meun1 ct tuunu The con-
temporary, among number of other
articles, recently concealed behind the
ample folds of the garment affected by
his class an editorial paragraph de-
nouncing Iowa lawmakers addicted to
"the soothing and balmy cigar" for
helping to make it crime to traffic in
the deadly cigarette. The keptoma-
MAC was thus guilty of double otfense,
one against his editorial brother, whose
work he had cribbed-and this offense
was enhanced by the fact that the
stolen article was mighty cheap thing
and another, which was one of Pc
culiar enormity, against society. Fol
these offenses the WATCHMAN ar.
raigned the Monitor before the bar Of
public opinion. The culprit does moi
deny his sin, but instead of doing
penance therefor, publishes an article
which is unquestionably original. This
publication is distinguished chiefly fol
its hangdog air and its craven attemp
to shirk on to Major Grout the punish
ment designed for his own back, at
tributing the animus of the chastise
ment to the circumstance that the Mon
itor twill support Major Grout fol
governor during this campaign" Alas
poor Yorickl
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-04

Hon. CHARLES CARLETON COFFIN, the
famous war correspondent, died suddenly
last Monday of apoplexy,. at his home in
niversary was celebrated February IS.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-04

ONE year from to-day, at high noon,
the winter of this country's discomfort,
under four years. democratic devasta-
ton, will be made glorious summer by
the accession of republican president,
sustained by a congress decisively re-
publican in both branches, and the
clouds that for four years have lowered
upon this goodly land will be Gin the
deep bosom of the ocean buried"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-04
cipal reasons for opposing MAJOR
CIRCUITS candidature are thus stated:

CIRCUITS candidature are thus stated:
"First, while not opposing staunon party
slate made ten years ahead, in the making
of which the people have no voice, and there
is No intention that their wishes shall be
consulted. Second, owing to the fact that
the northern end of the state now has all
the important offices, the southern end Is +
now, and inasmuch as Windsor county
man in every sense we'll qualified for the
honorable position is made candidate for
nomination to the governorship, he will re-
ceive our undivided support"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-04
@attbman 4 Journal.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH a, 1896.
ARTHUR ROPES, General Editor.

The Cuban resolutions which the
senate made concurrent, the house, it is
believed, will make joint, and the SEN
ate will concur. Then President Cleve-
land will have to concur also within
ten days, or, if he vetoes the resolves,
they will be passed high and dry over
his objections and he will be compelled
to take orders from congress and obey
than -
The Greenville times., 1896-04-04
THURSDAY. April 4
Grain and Provisions


ST LouIs-Flour-Tanc to extra fancy
se7sdsiJ; patents. 35bQ3os. wheat-No. Q
red, 60He; No. 2, hard, tsc. Curn--No .,
mixed, 20 .l6e26ssc, No. 3 white, s8s.c. Oats
No. 2, 1874 t1sAs Hay-pralrIe. a5.5ods,00;
mixed timothy. t6.5Od909; clear tim othy,
s9s01l250. Buttor-Creamery, i51elc; dairy.
iigi6,. Eggs-Fresh, skc ard-Prme
steam. 1905. Pork-Nsw standard mess 8 CRY.
bacon Longs h3iHc clear ribs, b45db SOC;
clear, h50 10 COS; all boxed. Wool-Cholce
tub-washed, isa2o
wheat-Falurss eiosedi May, 5aAc b; July,
epa6OAc d.
Corn-Futurcs closed; May, sslao6Nc si
July. 27ae.
New -Tlour-State and western quiet
and unchanged. Wheat-May. 70 li-I6 no
l5-l6c; July. 704 d70h September. 20 7-i6O
7)hc. Corn-May, 35sso; July, 3Ghc No. 2,
TNaasl.. Oats May,2is.c b; western, ibelssc.
Pork Mess, tS.isdg5u Lard-Steam-ren.
dered b37hc. Butter-western dairy. 100
l4c; western creamery, i3asie; western creain-
cry, held i2alSc; western creamery. factory,
eGisc; Elgins 2ic; imitation creamery, ls0
rci rolls, saiac Eggs Western, ilQiinc.
CHIoAGo-Opcningq quotations: wheat-May,
Ht1e44c; July, e4Al64hc. Corn-Nay,
2ekc; July, o0Nc September, 5lXc. Oats
May leAc; July, 20hc; September. eJsl
@elsc. Pork--May, is6sh; July, ss2Hc.
Lard May, bi2sG5.i5c; July, b2Tisc Scptcm-
ber, 5.40c. Short Ribs-May, A70c; July, 4s0
CHICAGO Closing quotations: Wheat-April,
6eAc; May, o3x063,sc al July, dic, Corn
May, eoHasoHc July, sOh 4 dsOxc; September.
3iYd3lAc. 0ats-April. isIc; May. 1875 q
lshc asked; July, 19k0l9.c September, s0Co
2Ohc asked Pork-April. IS. 35; May, ss.421s,
It.Itt IA n
The Greenville times., 1896-04-04
CUBAN VOLUNTEERS.
Nineteen Colonels Unite in a Letter
to Minister De LONE,
REPRESENTING SPAIN At WlsHIssToH,
Relocating the Loyalty to Spain of the
Cuban Volunteers, and Thanking
the Minister for Recent Utter
anees in Their Behalf.

WAsniNsrox; April .-seuor Dupuy
DE Lone received the following cable
gram fr, m Havana Wednesday:
HAVANA, March 81. ~ The under
signed, colonels Of volunteers. express
10 , iii exceliency the enthusiasm with
which they have seen your statement
regarding the unbreakable loyalty to
Spain OF the volunteers OF Cuba.
Making ourselves interpreters of
The patriotic Spirit ~ tie so,O,d v5luu'
teers OF the island, we declare that we
will give our lives and riches and will
shed our blood without hesitation in
union with the regular army to fight
rga'hst everybody who will attack the
sovereignty of Spain.
please your excellence; receive odr
warm applause and gratitude for your
true statements To the correspondent
Of the New York journal which are
the exact expression of the civic and
military spirit of the volunteers
The cablegram il signed by 10
colonies Of cavalry, infantry and artil-
lery.
1t is explained that the volunteers of
Cuba are similar Ia all respects to the
militia OF the United States, being a
burelr volunteer institution composed
bi native spaniards and Cubans, a large
number of the latter being enrolled in
the organizations, which Is entirely
Instinct from the regular army. 1t Is
composed of the battalions whose Off
GERS signed the above cablcgram with
the addition of two sections OF marines
In Havana and about sixty infantry,
havalrs and artillery battalions now
in the field in various parts df The
island. Its membership includes the
principal wealth and culture of the
island, owning, according to the Off
cial statistics, il3,50O rural estates, 5ii'
900 houses and representing an aggre-
gate amount OF over $500, ,O0o, 900 of
vested interests. The Urbanos bat
talon Of Havana, which Is similar to
the Old Guard Of New York, alone pos.
sesses more than 100000, 900 of prop
erty. The dispatch refers TO remarks
made by the minister In an interview
with Murat Tlalstead, about three
weeks age, in which II was pointed out
that the volunteers and not the insur'
rents represented Cuban sentiment.
The Greenville times., 1896-04-04
THE BERMUDA FlLlBuSTERS
On Trial In the United states Circuit Court
at Philadelphia.


New YORK, April shortly after 10
q. IN. the case of the government
against Bernadi ]. Bueono, Capt. Sam
Hughes, John y. Hart, Capt, Lawrence
Brabazon and Benjamin Guerra,
charged with having violated
the neutrality laws by aiding
and abetting an alleged Cuban
6libustering expedition on the
steamship Bermuda, was opened in
the criminal branch of the United
States circuit court before Judge
Brown. "1f we were not citizens of
the United States said the assistant
district attorney, in opening for the
prosecution, 'some, II not all of
us, might be glad to take part
in military expedition which
would aid the Cuban insurgents
who are to-day fighting against the
tyrannical laws Of Spain, but the re-
vised statutes forbid our dol ng SO, and
make our aiding or abetting such an
expedition high misdemeanor. That
is what the accused are charged with,
taking up arms against foreign
D jwer-the kingdom of Spain-with
which the United States Is now at
peace"
The examination of witnesses was
then begun,