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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11
MIR. Hobarps Letter of Acceptance.

Garret A. Hobart's letter accepting the
Republican nomination to the vice presi-
dency, which was made public Thursday,
is one of the strongest documents of the
present campaign. Three-fourths of it is
devoted to the currency issue, which is
handled from the point of national honor
and common honesty between man and
man. He brands the Chicago platform as
a proposition 'to repudiate the plighted
public faith, to impair the sanctity of the
obligation of private contracts, to cripple
the credit of the nation by stripping the
government Of the power to borrow money
as the urgent exigencies of the treasury
may require, and, in word, to overthrow
all the foundations of financial and indus
trial stability" In his impressive inven-
tory of the losses likely to follow the sue
cess of the free silver propaganda he shows
how destructive will be the disasters which
will overtake certain interests representing
the economics, sacrifices, thrift and indus
try of the people. He asks his country
men whether they are ready to repudiate
all existing public and private indebted
ness, almost to the extent of so per cent of
face values. There is no escape from Mr..
Hobart's conclusion that "by so much as
any dollar is worth less than 100 cents in
the market by precisely that sum will some
one be defrauded."
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11

The election of state officers took place
in Arkansas Monday. The Populists and
Democrats fused. The reports in regard
to the result are contradictory. The Dem
ocrats claim a majority of $1,000 to G5, 900
while the Republicans place the figures at
30, 200. The legislature will elect sue
cessor to Senator James X. Jones, who
will have no opposition in his own party.
Chairman Cooper, of the state central Re
publican committee, claims that garing
frauds were committed. The law prohib-
iting the selection from one political party
of more than two out of three judges of
election in each voting precinct was openly
violated, and in some of the counties none
but Democratic judges were appointed. In
these counties the frauds are most appar-
ent The silver agitators claim that the
returns portends as much for their cause
as the Vermont election did for sound
money. Hardly. The counting in Yer
mont has always been above suspicion,
while Arkansas reputation in this direc-
tion is deplorabe.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11

A. G. Coolidge, bright young Rutland
awyer, is a candidate for secretary of the
state senate. He was formerly engrossing
clerk in the legislature. He will be supported
by the four senators from Rutland county,
and his ability to discharge the duties Of the
o flee with satisfaction is not questioned.
The leading candidate in opposition to Mr..
Coolidge is from Burlington, the city which
now has the governor, secretary of state,
adjutant a and inspector general, secretary
of civil and military affairs, Judge of the
supreme court, tax commissioner, etc.
Rutland has not had secretary of the
senate for 30 years. c. W. Brownell of
Burlin gton was assistant secretary of that
body from 1874 to 1850 and secretary from
1850 to 1890 The son of the father has
had too much recognition in the Vermont
legislature in the past. 1t would seem
good time now to appoint a young man to
office because Of the qualities which he
possesses and the record he has made.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11
The State Fair.

The state fair opened at White River
Junction Tuesday with good attendance.
Major Wonder was driven to beat his rec
ord of 200, but went in , 144. There
was collision on the track in which as.
j. c." a trotter owned by S. j. Cray of
Bellows Falls, was badly injured, and E.
j. Muller of Keene, N. H., hurt. There
were bicycle races for both professionals
and amateurs. The fastest mile was 2.17,
by f. A. McDuffie.
The attendance at the second day of the
fair was 5000. Mrs. F. L. Winch of Mid
dlebury, the champion lady driver of
America, again drove Maj. Wonder an ex-
hibition mile. Charles Taylor, the driver
who is over so years old, started Factory
Boy in the 2.21 race. The 2.45 race was
won by John Utton's Tabita, one heat be-
ing trotted in 2.22. A. E. Batchelder's s
Parker John was a winner in the 2.35
class, the fastest heat being 2.214. W.
Patterson's Maple Valley took three
straight heats in the 2.21 class, trotting
the last mile in 2.13.
G. l. Hood of Lowell, Mass, and the
Billings farm of Woodstock make some of
the finest exhibits of Jersey cattle ever
seen in the state, and New Hampshire
contributes several large herds.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11

Senator Allison in a speech at Des
Moines, Ia, Friday, quoted statistics to
sustain his contention that there was no
diminution in the amount of metallic mon
ey in use in the world in the period from
1873 to 1895, and that, therefore, the fall
in prices in that period could not be attrib-
uted to such diminution. The success of
the free coinage movement, he said, would
result in huctuation and debased standard
of money, carrying in its pathway distress
and disaster to every interest and to every
location.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11

Major Mckinley, in a speech to the
members of the Ohio Editorial association,
Tuesday, said among other things: 1t is
the good fortune of the Republican party
to stand in this contest for what is best in
government, for what is patriotic in citi-
zenship, for what tends to the support of
the financial integrity of the government,
its credit and its currency. Fortunately in
this contest the Republican party is not
alone in its support of the Republican
cause. Conservative men of all parties
stand with it.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11

his residence by procession. He spoke
at length, principally upon the conditions
in the East as he saw them, the greatest is
sue of the campaign and the oppression of
labor. In the evening he received a formal
mott fcation of his nomination by the Sill
yer party. George A. Groot of Ohio made
the notification speech. Mr.. Bryan re-
sponded without using notes, and was often
applauded. He scored President Cleve-
land for his actions on financial questions,
and claimed that the Republican party had
shifted its position and was opposed to BIZ
metallism.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11

procured the wood and lumber, or a large
portion thereof, to be drawn and delivered
into their yards. The defendants evidence
further tended to show that under the laws
of the state of New Hampshire the mort
gage under which the plaintiff claimed
was void, and that the proceedings of
foreclosure instituted by the plaintiff and
carried on by his sheriff was invalid, not
having been conducted in accordance with
the laws of that state.
The case is still on trial with a fair pros
pect that it will not be closed before to-
night, and perhaps not until tomorrow
noon.
Fits and Read for the plaintiff, Has
kins, Waterman, Martin S Hit for the
defendant.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11

The speeches made from day to day by
the two presidential candidates reveal one
as a statesman and the other as vender of
alliterative phrases who may have oratori-
cal ability, but who is not thorough stu
dent or logical reasoner. Here are two
pointed extracts from the speech of the
statesman to the Pennsylvania delegation
which visited Canton last Saturday: Here
is a striking protest against the unworthy
effort to array class against class. have no
sympathy with such appeals, have you?
Patriotism is a nobler sentiment. 1t ex-
ats, but never degrades. Instead of seek
ing to work the masses it would be
worthier on the part of all of us to try TO
get work for the masses. We cannot fix by
law the wages of labor. That is a matter
of mutual contract between employer and
employe. But we can fix by law the
kind of money in which wages are paid,
and we will never decree that they shall be
paid in anything short of the best dollars
in purchasing power recognized through
out the civilized world.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11

In order to give the complete result of
this years election, and for the convenience
of future reference, we print on the eighth
page of this paper corrected returns of the
Windham county vote on the state, county
and Congressional tickets. We have also
collated and printed in connection with
those tables the state vote at every election
since 1860, with the majority and plurality
in each year. This table is especially val
liable and interesting for present and future
use
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11

A German professor has been investi-
eating the lives and character of the de-
scendants of a woman who was a con-
firmed drunkard, and who died early in the
present century. The five or six genera
tions of her direct posterity number, to
date, S34 persons. OF these he has ascer-
tanned the record of no less than 700. He
reports that 106 of them were of illegiti-
mate birth, 1852 were professional beggars,
GA were inmates of almshouses, ISL women
made trade of unchastity, 76 were con-
victed of serious crimes, and were con-
demned for murder, The total cost to the
state of caring for these paupers and pun
ishing the criminals, and the amounts pri-
vately given in aims and lost through theft,
are reckoned at S1,260,000, or more than
$12,500 year.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11

workingman, but simply to enable him to
stand financially in the same position that
he does today. If he is to improve his
condition-and that is what we imagine
the workingman would wish for-he
would need to secure a larger income than
he has at present, and yet this debasement
of money by going down to a silver stan
dard would force him to work so hard to
increase his pay so as to merely hold his
own that it would be utterly impossible
for him to make any real gain.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11
New Hampshire RepublIean..

The Republican state convention at Con-
cord last Thursday was the most harmo
nious and largely attended in the history
of the party. George A. Ramsdell of
Nashua was nominated for governor by &C
clamation, and this electoral ticket was
chosen: Stephen N. Bourne, Manchester;
John l. Busiel, Laconia; Frank P. May
nard, Claremont; Thomas P. Van Dyke,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11

The incoming trains were polled every
day during the session of the state fair at
Omaha, Neb., last week, with the result
of two to one in favor of Mckinley. This
vote is regarded as a very significant straw,
as the fair was attended by farmers from
all parts of the state. Predictions are
freely made that Bryan will lose his own
state by 10000.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11

Candidate Bryan said at Elkhart, Ind ::
81 have not in all my journey from Ne
braska to the sea found single lukewarm
person. | have found some against us, but
everybody was for or against us-no
idlers anywhere" Vermont's $4,000 plu-
rality tends to show that Mr.. Bryan is cor
rect and that the great majority are "agin"
him.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11
Gbe Dermumt pb@mi..
BRATTLEBORO:
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER II, 1896.
Republican National Nominations.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM MCKINLEY
OF OHIO.
FOR VICE. PRESIDENT,
GARRET A. HOBART
OF NEW JERSEY.

There was returning of confidence in
business circles and the stock markets last
week. 1t was attributed in large degree
to the Vermont election, which foreshad-
owed the success of sound money.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11

Henry Hildebrand, confidential bank
messenger of George Ringler & Co., New
York brewers, was held up by two men at
midday Wednesday in dark hall in the
block in which he lived in New York and
robbed of S19S9 in cash and $4,000 in
checks. One of the robbers is in custody,
but the other escaped.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11

The recent gold importations to this
country amount to S2O,OOO,OOO. Expert
enced observers predict that S40,000,000 to
$50, 100000 will be imported unless unfor-
seen business or political conditions inter-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11

Capt. W. S. Lurty, who heads the Re
publican electoral ticket in Virginia, says
there is not the slightest doubt but that
Mckinley will carry that state if the cleo
tion is fairly conducted. There are many
influential Democrats in Virginia who will
vote for Mckinley because they are op-
posed to reputation and debasement of
the currency.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11

Candidate Bryan returned to his home
in Lincoln, Neb., Tuesday after a months
absence. He was met at the station by
several thousand people and escorted to
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11
Your worst Enemy writhlng

With rheumatism is an individual whom, If you
had Christian spirit you would forgive. He is,
no matter what his delinquences, punished
enough. Nothing short of TQphet could enhance
his misery. Moreover, he is in serious peril. The
disease is always prone to attack his heart and
kill him instantly. As means of curing this dis
ease Hostetter's Stomach Bitters has the highest
reputation and the most authoritative professional
sanction. Its use in the preliminary stage Of the
complaint is the wisest precautionary measure
rheumatic nvalids can possibly adopt The Bit
ters are also a remedy of the greatest utility in
malaral and kidney trouble, dyspepsia ana liver
complaint, constipation and nervousness 1t
counteracts the effects Of hardship nd exposure
n damp or nclement weather and is a capital
ipromotor of appetite and sleep Give this fine
remedy the persistent trial to which all medi-
cines of standard reputation are entitled.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11

Harsh, purgative remedies are fast giving way
to the gentle action and mild effects of Carter's
Little Liver Pills. II you try them they win GER
tainly please you
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11

r. WILDER,
N. Manufacturer Of Book Cases and Desks,
Picture Frames. Alsoa ineline ofPictures. Flat
Street. Open evenings, 7to8.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-11

II L, RATHBONE,
Ds VETERINARY SURGEON,
Once at G. B. Whites Livery Stable, Brattleboro
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-18

Guatemala and San Salvador has proved
to be dismal failure. The natives per-
formed the work all right, but the climate
was against them and many died. Out of
$50 or 400 who came here from the Gilbert
group only 240 will go back. Of these 2lS
are adults, the remaining twenty-five
being children who have been born on the
coffee plantations.
Several years ago the idea of importing
South Sea Islanders into Central America
was exploited. The coffee planters were
pleased with the idea, and the brig Tahiti
was chartered to go on "black birding
expedition. She secured over 200 natives
in the Gilbert and Marquesas groups, but
on the run to San Jose de Guatemala she
turned turtle during gale in the Gulf OF
California and every soul on board was
drowned.
The planters were not daunted by the
failure, however and the steamer Mont
serrat was sent 10 the southern seas on
another man hunt Captain Blackburn
met with many difficulties, as the native
chiefs were suspicious and very few men
would volunteer to 60 into exile. By
means OF presents and specious promises
about 400 natives were finally induced to
take passage on the Montserrat These
were not all picked up on one island, but
from villages scattered all over the South
Pacific. Captain Ferguson, who ac-
companied Captain Blackburn, was the
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-18

an old South Sea Island trader that has
seen much service. Last season Captain
Luttrell refused to take her out again. and
she was tied up in Oakland Creek. Yes
terday she was pulled out of the mud and
towed to the Merchants Drydock. where
she will receive a thorough overhaullng.
Bunks for the natives will be put in, and
everything will be made as comfortable as
possible for the returning islanders.
The Helen w. Almy will be commanded
by Captain S. J. Wheeler, one of the Oldest
and best known masters on the water
front. 1t was he who took the steamer
Barcley Golden to Coquille River and back
to San Francisco, but when the agents of
Antonio Ezeta wanted him to take her on
filibustering expedition to San Salvador
he refused. WheI. the Amy arrives at
Butaritari he will land the natives and get
away again as quickly AT possible. Should
the bark remain any length of time, there
is no knowing what the relatives of those
who died in Guatemala might do.
Over 100 of those who left the Gilbert
group in the expectation of making for
tune are missing, and there will be
weeping and walling in many a native
home in consequence.
After landing her living freight, the
Almy will go on trading expedition, and
rumor along the front has it that her re-
turn cargo will be another load OF black
birds -
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-18
WILL DONATE A LOCATION
Mayor Sutro Agrees to Give to
the City a Pesthouse
Site.
He Will Thus Prevent the Building of
the Hospital Near the
AlmShouSe.

Mayor Sutro thinks he has found a way
out of the dilemma he finds himself in re-
gardlng the future site of the Pesthouse
He will donate block of land to the City,
and thus prevent the Supervisors from To-
eating the Objectionable hospital on the
Almshouse Tract in close proximity to
some OF his valuable residence property.
The matter came up before the meeting
of the Health and Police Committee ves-
terday, and the members evinced an in
clination to settle on the Almshouse prop
erty. which embraces some sixty acres, as
a site.
Mayor Sutro at once objected, and said
that the present building could be put in
good condition for $1,000. The committee
would not listen to any such proposition,
however, nor would it hear of putting the
patients in a hulk anchored in the BAY.
Then" said the Mayor. II think we
had best select site oil Angle Island"
Mr.. Sutro was not at all abashed when
informed that General Miles had put the
stamp of his disapproval on any such pro-
ject. but said that site might be pur-
chased on the bay shore. On his atten-
ton being called to the fact that the Su-
preme Court had decided that the Super
visors have no power to buy site for a
Pesthouse he said that he thought the In
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-18
WANTS HIS SISTERS COIN,
The Will of a Colored Woman
to Be Contested by Her
Brother.
Mrs. Wilson Kept a Pacifc.Street
Apartment.House Where Gay
RevelS Took Place.
There is prospect of contest over the

There is prospect of contest over the
estate of Mrs. Mary Wilson, a colored
woman who died in this City in Septem-
ber, 1894, leaving property valued at about
$50, 900.
Mrs. Wilson was a colored woman OF
rather prepossessing appearance, and kept
a lodging-hoase on Pacific street that at
tanned some noterety owing to the gay
revels that took place there.
Mrs. Wilson prospered and was during
her latter days possessed of comfortable
bank account which was augmented when
her mother, woman several shades
darker than herself, died, leaving a will
which bequeathed her daughter every
thing. The daughter invested much of
her money in Pacific-street real estate,
which advanced in value until il is now
estimated to be worth 1000 or more.
Mrs. Wilson finally died, but before her
death she called in Attorney Joseph E.
Barry, now Justice OF the Peace, and made
her will. She bequeathed her entire
estate, consisting of $4,000 IN bank and the
real estate, to Mrs. II. Cham berlain, a sis
ter of ex-Tax Collector w. H. Ford, who
now conducts the Sutherland and Beres-
ford apartment-houseS.
Considerable surprise was manifested at
the time that Mrs. Wilson should have
picked out Mrs. Chamberlain as her sole
legatee, but it was accounted for on the
hypothesis that Mrs. Cha M berialn had be-
friended her at some period of her career
and that she manifested her gratitude IN
substantial manner. The will was taken
into the Probate Court and the Public
Administrator took charge of the estate.
The settlement was apparently proceed
ing in a satisfactory manner when word
was received by local firm of attorneys
in this City that the deceased had relatives
in her old home in North Carolina who
were making inquiries about the estate,
having learned that Mrs. Wilson was
dead.
Correspondencerresu and it was
finally learned that negro who claims
to be Mrs. Wilson's brother was the one
who was making inquiries. The brother
believes that he is entitled to share of
the estate and will make an effort to get it
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-18

dustrial School Tract would be preferable
to the Almshouse property as site.
The members of the committee, how
ever, were not in favor of the Industrial
School Tract, and intimaUed that unless
means could be devised to procure site
without paying for it they would settle on
the Aimshouse property.
Mayor Sutro's face frightened up when
the talk of donating a site began, and he
finally said:
"Why, if that is all you want will give
the City fine site-a whole block, if neces-
sary."
The committee could not express their
acceptance fast enough, and the Mayor. at
once procured map and began looking
for suitable block. He soon pitched on
one in the sand dunes near the ocean, but
the committee objected on account of its
exposed position.
.'All right" said the Mayor. POSTPONE
this matter for two weeks and l will look
up site that you will be pleased with. "
This was agreed to by the committee,
the Mayor being given to understand that
If he could induce the owner of Shag Rock
to donate that islet to the City or could
procure a location near the bay shore,
either would be acceptable.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-18
BREAKING A BUTTERFLY,
Character and Practice O
Church Entertainments
Questioned.
Rev. Hobart Chetwood Says the Road
to He'll From Church Festivi.
ties Is Easy.

Breaking Butterfly for the benefit
of ST. James Episcopal Church. That is
the kind OF sign saw on public build
ing in San Francisco soon after / came to
the City. To say l was shocked at this ex-
hibition of what at the least was bad taste
is putting it mildly" said Rev. Hobart
Chetwood. The Episcopal divine was
talking of the character of the majority of
church entertainments and the practice OF
giving them.
Mr.. Chetwood was the rector of St.
Paul's Church, Oakland, for eleven years.
Prior to that time he had charge of
churches at Santa Barbara and San Diego
and at Newburg, n. Y. He resigned the
charge of st. James mission, this City, re-
Gently because of the insistence of some of
its mem bers in the matter of giving enter
tainments for the purpose OF raising
money.
''Bishop Nichols and understand each
other" said Mr.. Chetwood Yesterday. II
believe that he, like many other Bishops,
| deprecates the practice of giving pay
! entertainments, but does not see exactly
how they can be dispensed with at this
! time and in this place.
! II am with that Eastern Bishop who
! said: Our church is our spiritual mother.
How would it seem to beg people for
! clothing for our mother?'
Il am opposed to pay church entertain
ments on principle. believe in free
church and a free gospel But / have
practical objections as we'll. There are too
! many eart-burnings and chickering's as the
result OF church fairs. For instance, have
heard the remark: He has a new suit oi
clothes. He was treasurer of our church
fair One and one make two
! Il don't wish to be an extremist nor un-
| charitable to those who believe in such
things. but l have always got along
member the Latin proverb, Facilis Descen.
sus Averni-'the way to hell is easy.
That applies to pay church entertain
ments."
Mr.. Chetwood is editor of the Pacific
| Churchman, and points with satisfaction
TO an article that paper quotes from Rev.
| William Bayard Hale's structures on mod