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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-11-13
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.
Republican Celebration.

1000 Men in Line and the whole VII
lsge Ablaze with Light and Fire
works.
The Mckinley celebration last Friday
was the largest and best display Bellows
Falls has ever seen. Notwithstanding it
was not decided until Wednesday night to
have it, everything was done in thorough
and elaborate manner. From one end to
the other, the village was blaze of light,
there being very few houses or business
blocks which were not decorated or illu-
minated. OF the business portion of the
town, probably the New York Racket pre-
scented the most attractive appearance,
with its window full of dolls in appropriate
costume, representing, independence"
"Protection" and Liberty" "The United
East, West, North and South" 1.-THE Re-
publican states, all presided over by an
imposing Columbia" On Westminster
Terrace was the most elaborate display of
fireworks to be seen. A public-spirited
resident had said that If the parade would
come to that street, he would paint the whole
terrace red. And he did. From the lower
part of the village, the scene was wonder
fully beautiful. AS it crossed the brow of
the terrace, the moving lights of the process
sion had, as II background, the rockets and
other elaborate fireworks, with the blaze of
red light 1t would be hard, when all ex-
celled, to specify any one display as finest
At the residence of j. G. Day, on School
street, 10 little girls and one poor boy illus
trated the "16 to ~ doctrine. At the resi-
dence of Hon. A. N. Swain 13 young la
dies in appropriate costumes formed a
pretty tableau, as the Is original states,
with Miss Caroline Arms as Columbia.
From 1880 to 7:45 every bell and whistle,
including those of the locomotives in the
yard, combined with cannon crackers, can
mons, ETC., loudly announced their APP
proval of the election results.
The parade included 65 horsemen, a
large body of Bellows Falls infantry, band
and drum corps, 175 from Brattleboro,
with drum corps, Vermont Academy ca
diets, wheelmen, Baptist boys brigade,
High school broom brigade, Saxtons River
zouaves, about 40 from Walpole, with drum
corps, and 10 men from Chester. Hand
somely decorated private carriages and
floats formed the last half of the process
sion. OF the latter, that of the High
school girls was largest and most elaborate,
containing 40 young ladies gowned in
bunting, representing the Union. d. M.
Thayer brought up the rear, bearing in his
wagon, tall monument, with the inscrip-
ton, "In memory of free silver buried
Nov. 3, 1896" The parade was a half
mile long and must have contained nearly
a thousand persons.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-11-13
Much in Little

Is especially true of Hoods Pills, for no medi-
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so small space They are a whole medicine
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-11-13
THE LEGISLATURE.
Continued from the first page.)

different bills prohibiting the placing of
sawdust and other refuse i'm streams. A
good many interested parties appeared who
GAINED that the bills would work great
hardship to them If enacted in many cases
making their property comparatively worth
less. The testimony seemed to be nearly
all one way, and the impression seems to
be that the matter will not go further.
School Laws Legislation.
Quite a contest is in progress before the
house committee on education over a bill
introduced by Mr. Prouty of Newport pro-
vidng for changing the manner of divid-
ing public school money in towns con-
tanning incorporated school districts,
between the incorporated districts and the
town district The present law provides
that the division shall be made In proper
ton to aggregate attendance. The bill
provides that the division shall be made
in proportion to the number of schools
maintained by the town districts and in
corporated districts, respectively, leaving
out the High school. The bill was framed
to meet the case of Newport which is pecu-
larly situated in having two Incorporated
school districts, leaving the town dis
trict quite small and with a high
rated districts have sent representa-
tives to protest against the passage Of the
bill claiming that it would do them
great injustice and unduly favor the town
districts. The case is evidently one
where 1t is impossible to frame a general
law working justice to all under such wide
ly varying conditions. 1t is not likely
that any action will be taken this session
unless possibly the committee recommend
the division of the proceeds of the five per
cent state school tax upon the same basis
as the money is raised, that of the grand
list.
This committee held a public hearing
this evening to consider the Normal school
question. The principals of the Randolph
and Castleton schools were present and the
question was well presented from their
stand point. No action unfavorable to
the schools, at least, is expected at this ses-
sion.
instantaneous Death.
The bill permitting towns so voting to
return to the district system of schools
was knocked dead so quickly today that
it didn't know what hit it. Not even a
peep was heard in its favor. This is in
| quite striking contrast to the attention
| given similar bill two years ago, which
was perhaps the leading measure Of the
session, reckoning from the stand point of
amount of time consumed, and which pass
ed the house by fair majority to meet its
fate in the senate. The bills extending
the number of permits authorized TO be
granted in each town still remain to be
heard from, but it would probably be well
for prospective teachers to be preparing
for the county examinations.
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Poor Goods Dear
at Any Price.

BY admxure of cotton and shoddy 1t
purchase clothing made from inferior goods the
quality which thus expose misrepresena-
ton
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will know about case in court. Then
read the following statement compil
from the state auditors report:
Amount paid state witnesses for the
year ending June 30, 1895, Sl3,ss1
For year ending June 80. 1896 1923
Amount paid state witnesses for the
two years in Justices and mu-
nicipaI courts, II .Oss
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1896-10-21
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
COrnerstone of the First of the Group of
Buildings to BE Laid Wednesday.

Cornerstone of the First of the Group of
Buildings to BE Laid Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Oct. ia significant
event in the advancement of American
education will take place in this city on
Wednesday afternoon when will be laid
the cornerstone of the Hall of History,
the first of the great group of buildings
to form the home of the now well
known American university. President
Cleveland has been invited to lay the
cornerstone, which will be according to
the ritual of the Methodist Episcopal
church. Over 100000 will be spent in
the erection of the Hall of History and
when completed the structure will be
worthy to rank among the foremost of
the magnificent buildings for which
Washington is celebrated. 1t will be
constructed of white marble.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1896-10-21
stop Distributing Documents.

WASHINGTON, Oct 1.-the silver
party and Popnlists have ceased the dis
tribution of campaign documents. The
Republicans and Democrats will con.
tinue to meet demands practically un-
til election day, but they are not send.
ing out documents so literally as a few
weeks ago. The Republican congress
sional committee has distributed from
Washington about 81 600, 900 pieces, the
Democrats about 100000, the Silver
ties about 100000 and the Populists
about 900, 900.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1896-10-21
CAUSED BY RABBITS.
Deadly Epidemic of Diphtheria i'm Iowa
the Work of the Animals.

Deadly Epidemic of Diphtheria in Iowa
the Work of the Animals.
WEBSTER CITY, Ia, Oct. 19.-Rabbits
have caused an epidemic of diphtheria
in the eastern part of the county, and
it has spread to Dows, Iowa Falls,
Jewell Junction and Alden. No fewer
than dozen deaths have been reported
For the last five years diphtheria has
annually broken ont in the immediate
vicinity of Tybithra Lutheran church,
which is used as a school building. A
large number Of rabbits have been hi
bernating in that building for a long
time, and the physicians have reached
the conclusion that the timid animals
have planted the germs of the disease
which spread among the children The
church will be burned.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1896-10-21
WIPED OFF THE EARTH.

Mexican Mining Town Obliterated by a
Tidal Wave and Cloudburst.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19.-On the last
trip of the Pacific Coast steamship
Orizaba up the Gulf of California the
officers and crew of the vessel were sur
prised TO find one of the ports they
make regularly wiped off the earth.
When the ship reached the mouth of
the river Culiaca, in the state of Sina-
loa, the little mining town of Altata,
which had stood there OH the Orizaba g
last trip, was gone. Not a building
was left standing This was the result
of tidal wave and cloudburst. Tor
rents rushed down from the hills back
of Altata and met the tidal wave car
ried in from the sea and the town was
obliberated. Fortunately the loss of
life was slight.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1896-10-21
oRK OF THE CHOLERA.

FRA hundred Thousand Hogs Dead in
southeastern South Oak ota.
ihkkE, >. d., Oct. 19.-It is estimat-
Oy the stock handlers in the coun.
~ the southeastern portion of the
70 .nat cholera has up to the present
Aiiied 80 per cent of the hogs. In
IA'on and Bonhomme counties,
ele the disease is the worst, the loss
s'inated at $4,000 for each county.
ne 'here are smaller losses in the
u'ies OF Clay, Union, Lincoln and
ienaha' In the worst affected dis.
some farmers report losses of
VIC nerds. Prices have advanced %
y per hundred, and if the disease
ho. abate will further advance, as
ms,.., y farmers will be compelled to
p'o'eiy restock their farms. The
. are already into the thousands
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1896-10-21
WANT A FLAG DAY.
Republican Central Committee Recon-
mends Raising Stars and Stripes.

mends Raising Stars and Stripes.
CHICAGO, Oct. 19.-Chairman Hanna
Of the Republican national committee
has suggested flag day" in the cam
paign. He believes in the efficacy Of
the display of the Stars and Stripes and
has promulgated the idea as "sug.
gestion to good citizens"
1t is further suggested at the head
quarters of the Republican national
committee that state, county and city
committees and clubs encourage the
display of the national flag on the last
Saturday in the campaign in every
part of the country, especially on resi-
dences, and have flags and bunting on
sale at convenient places for farmers
and others who live in localities remote
from popular trade points, and that the
display of flags and bunting be contin.
ued until after the national election.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1896-10-21
CClDENT TO THE PARIS.
fakdown Believed te Have Been Due
to Flaw i'm the Shaft.

eakdown Believed te Have Been Due
to a Flaw i'm the Shaft.
SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. l9.-The Amer
N line steamship Paris, from New
lrk Oct. Z, reached her dock in this
at ga. m. She reports that at 9
Pm. on Oct. 8. while going at mod.
tie rate of speed, and in calm wealth
her starboard tail shaft broke. The
glnes were Immediately stopped and
Roat lowered, and an examination
Pde from which it was ascertained
the propeller had been jammed
broken. The shaft was secured,
the ship proceeded with one en-
pe' There was not the slightest un-
lness amongst the passengers over
turn OF affairs, and the officers were
perfectly COOL No cause is assigned
'ne accident, but it is thought to
Se Deen due to flaw in the shaft.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1896-10-21
MANY ARRESTS TO FOLLOW
Riot Caused at Portsmouth, o., in At
tempting to Break Up a Ball Game.

PORTSMOUTH, o., Oct. ia riot was
caused here Sunday afternoon by the
Sunday Observance league attempting
to break up ball game between the
Portsmouth and Chillicothe teams.
Constables who tried to serve the war
rants were chased off the grounds by a
bowling mob of spectators and narrowly
escaped alive The crowd then sur
rounded the Office of Squire Cole where
the ticketseller, Richard Thornton, was
held They threatened to release him
and the riot alarm was turned in. The
police finally dispersed the crowd.
Over 100 arrests will be made on the
charge of riOtinp
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1896-10-21
Kansas Grain for Mexico.

Topeka, Kan, Oct. 19.-Owing to
the fact that the drought this summer
damaged to a considerable extent the
wheat crop of Mexico and that the
Mexican government has removed the
duty on grain for period of several
months. Kansas grain is now on the
move into Mexico. The Santa Fe is
handling great amount of this grain,
and the officials of that road expect to
ship over / 200 cars into that country
within the next two months.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1896-10-21
THE SPANIARD AROUSED.
RumOrs of Possible Intervention i'm Cubs
Stirs Up The Imparcial.


Stirs Up The Imparcial.
MADRID, Oct. Recommending upon
the statement contained in dispatch
from Washington that President Cleve-
land intends to intervene in Cuba in a
manner tantamount to the recognition
Of the independence of the insurgents,
The impartial declares that Spain ought
to demand full explanation of the
Washington government. 'She cannot
brook such threat over her head" !"
continues The impartial, "even for a
single day. BY what right do the
United States define the time for Spain
to settle question of her internal ad-
ministration? 1t must be affirmed be.
fore the whole world that the American
government cannot impose any sort of
terms upon u.s."
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1896-10-21
Civil Service Investigation.

WASHINGTON, Oct. l9.-Formal com
plant of the attempt of the regular
Democratic state committee of New
York to collect campaign funds from
the custom house employees at New York
was made to the civil service commits.
sion by Thomas Babcock, chief of the
board of civil service examiners at New
York. The charge undoubtedly will be
Immediately investigated.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1896-10-21
Reports a Big Deficiency.

DEs MONIES, Ia, Oct. 19.-J. M.
Zane, expert accountant hired by the
new council to investigate the books of
ex-City Auditor Waters, and ex-City
Clerk Hooker, reports deficit of So, 600
and 500 worth of lead pencils pur-
chased on several occasions. The city
hall laundry runs into the hundreds.
The city solicitor will be required to
commence suit against these parties.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1896-10-21
,yilv Armed Outlaws Raid
carney, O. T., Terrorizing
the Inhabitants.
letoffice and Stores Robbed
and Citizens Forced to
Turn over Cash.
.,y If One Hundred Armed
Men Now in Pursuit OF
the Bandits.

s,rup,r O. t., Oct. l9.-Further
.;onlars have been received OF the
4 of the little town of Carney, about
niles east of here. About 8 o'clock
riobt six masked and heavily
ned outlaws, supposed to have been
Ided by the notorious Dynamite
4 rode into the place and literally
BID up" the town.
carney is town of about 300 people.
4 robbers entered the village from
I north with q great show of firearms.
10 Of the outlaws entered the general
he of B. Fouts & Co., and compelled
h and his son to open the safe. After
kuring about $500 from them they
pnd both the father and son, threw
bm upon horses and carried them
but two miles out of town, where
Tied Them to a Tree.
1.-The meantime the rest of the gang
entered the postoffice, but falling
kecure anything of value, they raid
the hotel, compelling the proprietor
b several travelling men, who were
piping there, to turn over their mon.
watches and jewelry. Several
kaller stores were also raided. Before
kering Carney the outlaws had taken
precaution to cut the telephone
fes leading to Chandler, so that there
Eght be no chance of a failure. Dur
! the raid the bandits kept up fusil-
/ of bullets in all directions, terroriz-
J the inhabitants, so that very little
brt was made to resist the raiders.
|Ortly after the bandits left about 100
hed men pursued, but the chase has
fn so far without result.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1896-10-21
CAPTURED an Chic Defaulter.

VANCOUVER, B. c., Oct. l9.-Sheriff
Barnes of Park county, Ohio, has ar.
rived here to take back G.. w. Legg,
the defaulting treasurer of that county.
Two days before Legg's term of office
expired he disappeared, leaving de-
ficit of $4,000. Legg was much over
come when caught, and said that he
had been tOrmented ever since he left
Ohio.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1896-10-21
iHE RISE IN WHEAT
Present Advance the Greatest
Known i'm the Market
Since 1891.
Foreign Demand for the Ce-
real Alone Responsible
for Results.
SpeCl, latorS Have Been Wary
and Few Have Profited
by the Rise.

CHICAGO, Oct. 19.-The Times. Her.
aid, in its review of the wheat trade,
says: There has been no such wheat
market as the present since 1891, when
the Russian crop failure advanced
prices about 30 cents bushel and re-
suited in such an enormous export
movement of American grain.
That rise five years ago was started
up by the foreigners and was in their
control for some months. Yet there
was short interest at Chicago in that
year which hastened the rally along
and helped to make its extreme prices.
The foreigners have not only been be.
hind this wheat advance this fall but
it has been more completely their affair
than five years ago.
Spectators Have Been Wary.
There has been surprising absence
of short interest all through the past
60 days. The advance, for that reason,
has been slower and more regular than
if Partridge and Rosenkranz and the
old-time short selling contingent had
been alive, and been at critical times
compelled to take back their lines.
This absence of short interest has been
one of the circumstances which has
kept the ordinary professional hesitat-
ing about the advance and skeptical
about its permanency, he could remem-
ber so many rallies OH the mere running
in of the short seller and so few where
short interest had been altogether
lacking, and it is not remarkable under
the circumstances he has
Not Profited by the Twenty-Cent Rise
already made. There have been a few
operators who have had the luck to in
tuitively feel the situation, to believe
the queer claims of crop calamity from
Argentine, Australia, India and Rus
sia, and to even believe the claims in
regard to the shortage at home. But it
has been largely matter OF luck with
these few fortunate ones. The whole
science of the pit this fall has been set
at naught. Prices have been lifted by
the sheer force of demand. The farmer
or the grain trader who has had actual
grain has profited by the rise, of course,
but the wild Western speculator who
has had most to do with the great mar
kets at Chicago has been as skeptical as
the shrewd scalper of the pit, and has
now as much to regret.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1896-10-21
Paid Depositors and Quit.

CHAMBERLAIN, S. D., Oct l9.-After
paying all its depositors the Bank of
Pukwana closed its doors and went out
of business All notes due the bank
have been transferred to the Bank of
Iowa and Dakota of this city. The bank
closed owing to lack of business.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1896-10-21
California Wheat Market Excited.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10. This was
another exciting day ON the floor of the
produce exchange, wheat taking a
further upward jump of eight points.
The market was very excited and bid
ding brisk. The first session of the call
board closed steady. December wheat
reached as high as $l.4S and closed
at 81 463L
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1896-10-21
THE NEW REPUBLIC.
Nicaragua, Honduras and San Salvador
United.

United.
WASHINGTON, Oct. ia copy of the
treaty of union between Nicaragua,
Honduras and Salvador, by which they
become the greater republic Of Central
America has been received here. 1t
establishes diet as the legislative body
and gives to it the direction of diplo-
matte affairs and the appointment OF
diplomatic and consular officers. The
The diet is now in session at San SAL
vador and is expected to name a min
lister to the United States and take the
initiative toward new treaty relations
with this country. The new republic
has additional Importance, because of
its control over the Nicaraguan canal
route.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1896-10-21
Egg and Butter Men Adjourn.

CHICAGO. Oct. l9.-The National
Butter, Egg and Poultry association
concluded its work at the Palmer House.
An effort will be made during the com.
ing months to induce the Eastern rail-
road lines to make more favorable
rate to carload shippers than to smaller
shippers.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1896-10-21
"h the Track of the Rohhar.

\ sa A' oct, l9.-It is believed that
h Ju'e wn VINO are looking for the rob-
IN, sno t held up the Union Pacific fast
Lsa iil ns near Ogden Wednesday are
|,boa apon Their trail. Chief Canada
ea.., s special service bureau received a
savin sa rom one of the searching par.
hs,his slas ne had good reason to believe
Fery short time, "
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1896-10-21
Crushed by q Horse.

BOYD, Mimi, Oct. l9.-John Bowen
koemp, farmer living about 10 miles
southwest from here, was run over by
his team. One of his horses stepped on
his head and he died three hours later.
He was 40 years old and leaves wife
and five children.