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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-21
Mrs. Craven Must show the Deeds.

San Francisco. Nov. en-JuaSe Slack
ordered today that The deeds to half a
Ts4tllio, dollars OF Fair estate property.
held hy Mrs Setsie Craven. Ne produced
" court Monday for the inspection OF the
a..orrevx interested In the case. The deeds
ara IN tne custody OF Lawyer peluas
and he has signified his willingness 10
pso.flcs them.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-21

Phoenix. Arix., Nov. a.--Rurai free de-
livery has been established by the post
Office department in the vicinity of Tempe.
covering a thickly settled farming coun-
try This is one of seven stations select
cd In the United States for a trial of ex-
periments.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-21

Washington. Ncs. @-A ngeesi of honor
RAJ been awarded TO Ordnance Sergeant
Moses wiilazEns. Fart Stevens. Or, for Dis
sSnSafsiscd xAlsanfry sn al seisoa with
Apaces Inssans Angus. Is. .0l-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-21

guards OF the insurgent leaders and the
capture of the rebel captain. Valdez. With
his followers, nothing OF great conse-
quence has been accomplished. although
the Spaniards have lost several prominent
generals and many men killed or wounded.
An apparently weil-authenticated report.
which Ii was said emanated from high
military Official In Havana. says the city
OF Puerto Principe has been bes!eged by
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-21
who Kills weyier Gets $4,000.

Atlanta, Nov D.--AD agent or noWder
ard dynamite firm passed through here
yesterday on his way to Cuba. He went
over on the last expedition OF the Daunt-
less. was transferred with the tugs cargo
TO fishing smack in the gulf and WAS
landed at point sixty miles from Havana,
He gave his name as Philip Carol. Carr
roi accompanied a cargo OF ammunition
ard bore letters 10 Cuban leaders on the
island. He says that the insurgents have
set a price on Gen. Weyler's head. and
that he viii be taken or killed if he gets
near the insureent lines. A company Of
sixty Texas rangers. armed with rifles
which will carry a bali FIVE miles. landed
on the island three weeks ago. and these
men are on the outlook all the time for
Spanish officers. The rifles, which are
Sharps needle guns, with wind gauges
and teiescopic sights. weigh twentv-eight
pounds each. The natives cannot use
them. but an insurgent accompanies each
sharpshooter and carries field g.ass.
With the glass the native scans the coun-
try for officers. When one IS found. the
ranger gets in action with his rife firinx
from rest These Texans operate chief
Is from tree tops For every officer they
Kill or fatally wound they get 81 90. and
the man who kills Gen. Weyier is TO get
S5.Ga Carol left Havana on one OF the
Plant steamers four days ago. He SAYS
the seat OF aiIbustering viii be transferred
from, the South Atlantic coast 10 Loufsi-
ana and Texas coast on the gulf. as the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-21
ONLY RUMORS FROM CUBA.
Havana Suppresses the News-In-
surgents Set = Price an Gen.
Weyler's Head.

Havana, Nov. 2n.-1ne coasting steamer
Triton arrived here today from Pinar del
Rio with 167 sick soldiers and two insur-
gent prisoners. Owing to the precautions
taken by the government. no definite news
could be obtained from this source. and
The officials at headquarters say hey
have no news at present which can be
given out concerning Weyler's move
ments. although Il IS intimated there Is
not much change in the situation.
An editorial IN La Lucha makes a COM
par.son between this island and Spain and
recalls SPANS sacrifice for the island.
adding that the island has failed TO re-
spond TO the proposal TO take a share of
the national loan. The island" this
newspaper says. must contribute TO the
war expenses by subscribing to the patri-
oiic donation which has been opened. and
thus make manifest It's oft-repeated viii
lngness 10 give life and fortune for the
cause. In consideration OF SPANS efforts
TO save the national honor and the islands
fortunes says the paper. they are
obliged TO show their gratitude 10 the ma
ton
Report of Armtstice Unfounded.
There is no official verIfication OF the re-
ports which have been current here and in
London of a Spanish-Cuban armistice. ard
in fact every avenue OF official tnforma-
ton In Cuba is closed The United States
in the previous Cuban wars has sought
TO have adopted an agreement for an
armistice. AT that time one OF the chief
difficulties in conducting peace negotis-
tions was In securing tho consent OF the
snsursents. and to this end. Secretary
Fish. on June "a 1850. secured the sigma
ture of Morales Lemues, as "the author
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-21

American revenue cutters are keeping too
sharp a watch on the southern coast.
Terror Firm Rock.
Atlantic Highlands. y. j.. Nov - Tho
coast defense monitor Terror. Of the
United States navy. did today what no
other ship in the United States navy has
done. In one vo!ley she fred solid shot
at sea from her four ten-ipch guns. ali as
II one piece. They were fired by electric
ify from the bridge Nearly 1850 pounds
OF powder was burned IN dosng II. and a
ton OF metal was hurled out over the
deep. TIE voiIsy represented SO worth
% materiss- The reeotI OF the four guns
sas equal 20 no less than 100 foot foss
and yet the Terror showed scarcely a
trensor IA the guns plunged back from the
ssscharga and then sid into their places.
That same energy would have lsffea ore
ton $50 feet tn the air. The result shows
the possibility OF such a craft - the Ter
ror. whose largest guns are of the ssn-tnesi
size IL is because o. sbe fact that Tire
Terror may mark another distinct sa-
vance IN naval Affairs ny Americans that
this trlA, trip Was OF unusual significance.
Hassts ia Iavade Asia Nfnor.
London Nov. T--Tte Daily Mails zser-
I'm correspondent reports that Russia -
r-sobs sxtng TIE Caucasus army ~fsz sbe
intention OF invading Asia Minor on the
sretext that Srsxanssags makes tne ose1-
patton c: the country . necessity.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-09-04
The Treasury's Bill nacerators.

The end of these old bills that have
served their purpose so faithfully has
a certain amount of pathos. II one
is fortunate enough to be present
when committee of three officers of
the treasury send them to their de-
struction, a curious, almost indie
scribable sensation will creep over
one. This destruction takes place
in a room in the treasury building.
There is a small table in the center
of the room, and on this the bundled
bills are piled in reckless confusion.
Through two holes in the floor at
the end of the table can be seen the
large cylinders or macerators into
which the bills are placed. They are
about the size of locomotive boilers.
A large funnel is inserted in one OF
the holes, and it connects with one
of the macerators. The bills are
then united and thrown into the
mouth of this funnel. 1t is amusing
to see one of the committee take
stick when they become jammed and
prod them through. When the last
one is safely in, mixture of lime and
soda.ash is placed in the macerator,
cover is clamped over the ventricle,
and each member of the committee
fastens it with a separate lock.
Steam is then turned on, and the
cylinders are set in motion. When
the bills have been thoroughly mac
Grated the pulp is drawn off and
taken to paper-machine, where it is
made into sheets of paper and after
ward sold.
Some one suggested the idea of
using part of the pulp to make little
fancy images. The idea was adopted,
and dainty little knick- knacks made
of the pulp can he bought in the
stores in Washington. The statesmen
often induce the possible purchaser
to buy by telling him that the image
at one time represented large sum
of money, To pick up one of these
images is to give rise to thought, for
here embodied in a small compass is
that which was once part of the
greatest power in the world
Harper's Round Table.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-09-04
A Letter From Bohemia.

The Bible society's correspondent
in Austria is Vermonter, whose
life abroad has not loosened the ties
which bind him to New England.
For many years children and youth
in his native state have been accus-
toned to send to him through the
Vermont Bible society and the
American Bible society their contri-
button for Bible work, and in return
he sends them letter. Many of the
readers of the MISSIONARY, Young
and old, may be glad to see a part
OF one of those letters.
PRAGUE, Smichov, $50, Mar. II, 90.
DEAR BROTHER ELLIOTT Delay
in replying to your esteemed favor
does not diminish my gratitude for
the generous help of the Vermont
children in Bible work in 1895. We
are old friends-these Vermont bows
and girls, and their missionary in
Bohemia. Iprize their gifts, and
still more their prayers. | am sure
more of these dear Vermont helpers
than usual pleaded for Gods blessing
upon this needy field in the past year.
A very large number of Testaments
were sold, and thanks to the Green
Mountain LADS many were given to
the poor and destitute. Inyour crcu.
lar | notice with interest how the
helpers in Bible work earned
their money. 1t brings back to my
mind very wildly how l earned
money for benevolence years ago in
that same dear Vermont. | am sure
one of your prominent Vermont
pastors has not forgotten our Bur
dock business" and the hard gath
cred seed which was sold to Boston
man for "bitters." Nor has he for
gotten those mixed beans and the
toll we had in sorting them for
market. And so we earned our pen
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-09-04

MES. 1t is good to bear the yoke in
ones youth. Please tell the children
how glad am to serve them in this
land of Huss. People of my native
state are very practical, and they
naturally ask, does this Bible and mis-
sion work in Bohemia yield any fruit
You will be glad to hear about two
earnest young men in Christian work
who years ago received one OF your
Testaments. One is a tin smith,
the other a shoemaker. While
learning their trades they each re-
ceived from some of our workers
New Testament. The former heard
of the young mems meeting at my
house, and begged to be admitted to
such gatherings. His interesting
face and the green apron just as he
came from the shop attracted my
attention. From the first he was in
earnest to find the truth and Him
who is the way, truth, and life.
Presently he was happy follower
of Christ, and today he is one Of the
best workers in the Young Mems
Christian association. He holds
Bible services that are much appre-
ciated, and writes short articles for
our monthly papers.
The young shoemaker was not so
fortunate at the first. He was much
opposed in the shop where he was
learning his trade. His first Testa-
ment was torn up before his eyes by
a bitter enemy Of the Bible. He
secured second, which he concealed
in his bosom and read it on the sly.
At length he ventured to come to
our Bible services. His secret req ding
of the Scriptures had prepared him
to be an earnest listener. 1t was not
long before God heard his prayers
and gave him peace and joy. Since
that time he has been a growing
Christian, and today, in one of our
Prague suburbs, he is most helpful
in Sunday school and Young Mems
Christian association work. We
often send him to some little village
to hold a cottage Bible reading.
Whose pennies helped these young
men to their first Testament? 1t may
have been yours, OF the gift may have
come from John or Mary or Alice.
May the dear Lord touch the
hearts of many in the home land so
that it will be JOY to assist in this
promising land of Bohemia.
am, fraternally yours,
ALBERT w. CLARK.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-09-04
"Where Are We At?"

The Des Moines Leader observes
that at Colorado Springs there is an
avenue where over thirty millionaires
have built their homes. These men
without exception made their for
tunes out of silver mines, which is all
quite right and proper if our govern
ment has not been overmuch
loaded with silver in the process of
making millionaires of these men.
What concerns us most is the
reported antipathy of our populist
friends to the eastern millionaire.
Has any one yet discovered any suf-
fcient reason, other things being
equal, why an eastern millionaire is
any better or any worse than a
western millionaire?
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-09-04
glove One Another"

Dean Stanley was fond of quoting
the spirit of a Catholic prelate in
England who insisted that there
was an eleventh commandment
which every one was continually for
getting: "A new commandment |
give unto you, that We love one an
other" Every American, sooner or
later, must learn fundamental
principle in American politics that
everything must be above board. 1t
is the only possible way in which
this nation can hang together
Catholic and Protestant, Christian
and Pagan, Jew and Gentle must
understand that all are equal before
the law. To be blind to this princi-
pie is to side track the wheels of
progress.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-09-04
Vermont Has Spoken.

Vermont was heard from Tuesday
and its voice Enthusiastically points to
a great republican victory in Novem-
Der. A majority of 3S, 900, or almost
twice as much as in 1862, is
immensely significant. When in
the past Vermont has had majority
of IS, 900 orupwatd in a presidential
year there has been republican sue
cess in the country. The result of
the Vermont elections in the last four
presidential years follows; 1892,
majority, 20,542; 1888, 25,867;
1884, 20,723; 1880, 1854. Mr..
Bryan thought the result was signifi-
cant and the press dispatch says he
was dumb when the returns came to
him. For once in his lite the boy
orator could not talk. But no one
has seen or heard of a republican
who was speechless since the election.
The result shows what the Vermonter
thinks of the free silver craze, the
Chicago platform and the populistic
tendencies of the democratic party.
The prohibition vote was much
lighter and the third party men are
gradually coming back into the
republican fold and on Tuesday
helped swell the vote for sound
money. Major Grout is elected by
the largest majority ever given a
governor in this state and we are
glad of it. Both the congressman
go back to Washington with in
creased majorities. The senate is
wholly republican and there are only
seven democrats in the house. Verify
this is great republican year.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-09-04
We Are Afraid.

"If you are afraid of a flood Of
money, support the other ticket"
said Mr.. Bryan, the other day, when
passing through Ohio. Yes, Mr..
Bryan, we admit we have some fear
of the kind and quantity of money
you intend the people of this country
shall use in payment of honest obi
cations. The 100000 holders of
life insurance policies, the 100000
savings banks depositors, the 300,-
900 owners of bank stock, the
100000 owners of railway shares,
the 1,746,000 people who have an
interest in building and loan assoca-
tions to the extent of $450,000,000,
the people who work for others and
become creditors thereby, are going
to be heard from next November and
over SO 900 in Vermont were heard
from last Tuesday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-09-04
Cats and London Sparrows.

If left to himself the London sparrow
would probably multiply exceedingly, for
there is enough waste from every human
household to keep at least one pair Of
sparrows. That would give something
like 100000 sparrows to the area of
greater London. But these figures, do
not represent actual facts, The sparrow
population is vigorously kept down, not
by want of fecundty, for, at the Zoo, for
instance, where food and shelter abound,
the birds seem to breed at all seasons of
the year, but by the operations of the
natural enemy, that great fact in all wild
life, which even the progressive London
sparrow cannot avoid. The natural en-
envy in this case is the London cat. If
any one will count up the number of
houses in his or her knowledge which do
not possess a cat, the numbers and
ubiquity of the natural enemy will be-
come apparent.
Poor people keep more cats than rich
people, so the small houses abound in
cats. Rich people S cats, which have large
pouses as rule, only catch the sparrows
on their own estate; but poor cats have
opoach at large and eirravages among
the young sparrows are prodigious.
1t has been observed that sparrow
killing cat bags on the average two young
birds a day. No amount of correction
seems to prevent their indulgence in this
form OF sport. They know it is wrong
but it is too fascinating, One young cat
OF the writer's acquaintance went into a
tit after mild beating for killing ofvoung
sparrows, and as soon as he recovered
went off to catch another. A cat in the
same house which was surprised with
two naked nestlings in it's mouth slipped
them underneath mat on the stairs
when it saw it's mistress approaching
Nature is too strong for them, and
the drawing-room pussy seems no
more able to resist the taste for sport
than the stable cat.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-09-04
"HERE's RICHNESS FOR YOU"

Letter to Republican Candidate for Senator
Asking for Funds to Run the Democratic
Campaign. Committee Thought lie was q
Democratic Postmaster.-A Very Spicy
Reply.
The democratic state committee in
their despair at the number Of sound
money democrats who were boiling the
Chicago ticket did not hesitate to violate
the civil service law in regard to assessing
postmasters, but even went so far as to
send one of their illegal circulars to one
of the soundest republicans in the state
Captain George P. Blair Of Barnet, who
was elected Tuesday state senator from
this county. They supposed Captain
Blair was postmaster and so sent him
their letter. We give below their letter
and Captain Blair's spicy reply:
VERMONT DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE.
MONTPELIER, August 25th, 1896.
DEAR SIR The state committee is
soliciting funds to carry on the present
made on basis or 10 per centum of the
income Of the office for oneyear On this
basis we shall expect from you $24.
They are in pressing need of money to
pay the bills and to carry on the cam
paign and the only way by which this
can be done is for every one to pay his
part. Hoping to receive your check, l am,
Yours very truly,
A. A. STEBBINs, Executive clerk.
WEST BARNET, W., Aug. %, 90.
Mr.. A. A. STEBBINs,
My DEAR SIR received a request
from you to send my check for the sum of
$24.0O, being 10 per centum of the
income of the post office in this place, to
assist the democratic committee to carry
on the campaign in this state. In reply
will say that have been connected with
the post office in this place as assistant
postmaster or postmaster for more than
26 years, and this is the first request OF
this kind ever received. | will say also
that being republican, democrat
received the appointment as postmaster
in October, 1895, and took possession of
the office in July, 1896. | suppose and
believe that he was appointed post
master for the express purpose that he
might be assessed by the state democratic
committee. There can be no other
reason. for this appointment, for it is a
fact well-known to all that the people
did not want him appointed. Now
will let you apply to him for the amount
asked for, and it looks as if he could and
would be glad to assist you that amount,
for it is reported that he has sold the
office for the magnificent sum of ten
dollars, and you can see that he can
well afford to pay the other $14 for the
honor and name ofpostmaster. There
fore you apply to him for the amount,
for | prefer to spend my money in the
cause of patriotism protection, sound
money and prosperity.
Yours Respectfully,
GEO. P. BLAIR,
Late postmaster at West Barnet.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-09-04

have been able to pride ourselves on
having roads that it would be hard to
surpass anywhere. There is no economy
in poor roads. They are expensive lnxu-
ries and our farmers are beginning to
find it out to their cost. every mile Of
good road built in the country will
increase values, improve morals, elevate
citizenship, stimulate trade, beautify the
country, promote education, raise the
standard of religion and add to the
health, wealth and happiness of the
people," "The great need of our country
roads is daily care" says Col. Roy Stone,
head Of the department of road inquiry.
"For want Of that care, tritiing
depression which a shovelful OF gravel
would fill, fills with water instead and
deepens, widens and lengthens with every
wheel that dips into it until it becomes
an impossible mudhole. For want of
that care, when rain storm comes, a
little stream of water which the stroke
of a hoe would turn aside, follows the
wagon track down long incline, grows
into torrent and makes dangerous
gully or a stony hill face; for want OF
care and a little work. loose stones accu-
mulate in the wagon way and stay there
until the annual season of road repair,
while fast ones grow out Of the ground
apace for want of hammer stroke to
knock off the first point that shows;
weeds and rubbish choke the bitches and
sideways and costly washouts occur
or standing water soaks the road bed
and turns it into quagmire."
But not only do we want good roads,
but beautiful and attractive ones. AS
summer resort, Vermont is fast taking
the place once held by New Hampshire,
which has ruined herself in the eyes of
ery'lover of nature by the wholesale
and wanton destruction of her forests.
Do not let US follow in her footsteps.
Let us have rational system OF forestry
and let us spare the trees along the high
ways. Hilly roads are easier to keep in
good condition if somewhat protected
from wind and weather Where thinning
out is necessary for the good of the high
way, let it be done with discrimination.
Wholesale destruction is not necessary.
Remember that it takes a very short
time to cut down a tree; it takes coed
share of a mans life togrow one. A.
Danville, VT, Aug. %, 1896.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-09-04
How the Democratic State Committee
Raised Funds.

We print in another column of our
paper circular letter sent out by
the democratic state committee
assessing the Vermont postmasters
10 per cent of their salary for cam
paign expenses. These letters have
probably been sent to every demo-
cratic postmaster in the state and in
this instance they were sent to a
staunch republican. The letter is a
strict violation of the civil service
law, but in their utter hopelessness
OF the situation the committee was a
law unto itself and its circulars were
sent broadcast over the state.
"Whom the gods would destroy
they first make mad"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-09-04
Silver Dollars.

The amount of standard silver
dollars outside of the treasury on
July LIST, 1896, was only $50 49,
$685. That is to say this amount
only was in circulation among the
people; while on the same date there
were 1878, 614,0 in hard silver
lying in the vaults of the treasury
and sub.treasuries, awaiting the
order of any one who wishes to pur-
chase it in amounts to suit the
customer, The government is so
anxious to get silver out among the
people that it offers "to pay the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-09-04

V. A. Billiard of Winooski, who
has been stumping the state for free
silver and included Caledonia county
in his tour, does not practice what
he breaches. He offered to negotiate
a note for 5000 for Matthew Dorr Of
Underhill, but wrote in the note
payable in gold" Mr.. Dorr dis
counted his note elsewhere and Mr..
Billiard gets the credit of being a
political fraud. He has been telling
the farmers that silver was good
enough for them, but it was not
good enough for Billiard, it seems.