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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-05-14
MANAGER CLARK,
The Man So Often Referred t. Gives Ills
Evidence.

II. N. Clark said that he was manager of
the Van Ness house and had been there as
clerk or manager ever since Gov. Woodbury.
owned the house and some years before.
The house used to have 5000 guests a year
or so. but now had $4,000 or 10000. His ex-
animation proceeded thus:-
@. What talk had you, IL any, with Gov.
Woodbury. at the time you went into his en-
ployment respecting the traffic in intoxicat-
Ing liquor. A. The talk when he came In
with Mr.. Bowman was there would be no
liquors kept or furnished In the house what
ever, no intoxicating liquors to be used or
furnished the guests or anything kept at all.
That Is as ! understood it, and IL has been
carried out.
Q. Since that time has there been any in.
t0xicatlng liduor kept for sale? A. No, sir.
Q. Or sold In the Van Ness house. A. No,
sir.
Q. Whenever wine has been served at
banquets at the Van Ness house, what con-
neetion, IL any, has the Van Ness house had
with the wine. A. No connection whatever.
Q. Who has sold the tickets for the
banquets there. A. The treasurer OF the
asso, iation-secretary of the association sold
the tickets.
Q. Did you ever sell a ticket. A. Not to
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-05-14
Vacations of Our Rulers.
From Harpor's weekly.i

The president and cabinet are al law
yers, except Mr.. Lamont and Mr.. Nor
ton, who are editors.
The vocations followed by senator's
are indicated as follows: Lawyers, O. /;
business men, -; farmers, 3; doctors,
/; clergymen, l; editors, 2; no data
given, @.
The occupations followed by repre-
sentatives are as follows: Lawyers,
24S; business men, IL; farmers. 10;
editors, O.; doctors, 6; preachers, 4 (;
printers, 3. Five give no data as to w.
cation. More than three-quarters of the
Senate and more than two.thirds of In
House are lawyers.
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La Fountaine's; / think so; / won't saw
positive, but think it was.
/ q. Where was it that YOU usually got the
! stun with which you accommodated these
insistent guests that wouldn't take "NO" for
/ an answer.
| Collection interpOsed.)
q. You testified that IL a man stuck TO n
long enough you sent out and got something
| Tor him. A. | didn't testify that.
| z. Ordinarily when you sent out, where
/ DID you send. A. As a rule, or rather sent
the boy as a rule,-my own boy; If not, l
sent bell boy.
Q. Did you tell the boy where to go. A.
No. sir, / did net.
Q. The boy went where he wanted 70.
A. Yes, sir.
Q. So you can testify with considerable
/ comfort that you don't know where it was
got. A. Yes, Sir.
q. You have testified several times that
you would send out your own boy, what do
you mean by that A. That is the boy that
works In the dining room.
2. Did you ever send any other boy.
A. On very rare occasions | have.
Y. About how many times do YOU think
you have sent the other boy. A. eoul Int
tell you.
Q. just run back over the last three years
ana say how many times you sent out the
other boy for this liquor. A. | couldn't tell
YOU,
Q. You have stated that during the first
seven or eight weeks you were there, when
ever man asked you for anything to drink
you made speech TO him and finally took
his maney and went out aud got his beer for
him and served IT, and you have stated that
after that seven or eight weeks you didn't do
that with reference to lager beer, but You
didn't do itwth reference to claretand wine
What was the reason that you left of making
that speech about lager beer and continued 10
make it with reference to claret. A. Because
it was very rarely that | got any calls for
caret, and it was usual for some one to ask
for beer.
q. Was there any reason why you should
have served claret and not beer. A. sup
pose not in regard to the law.
q. | am not asking about the law. Was
there any reason why you, 10 your capacity
as head waiter, did serve claret and did no
serve beer A. Yes, sir.
q. What was it, A. Because there were
several calls for beer and very rarely calls for
claret or wine. | didn't wish to deal with it
more than ] had TO; it was rarely called for.
q. So yOn knocked off on the beer and
kept on with the claret and wine. ! think
you have testified may be wrong, that the
great majority of people who called for any,
thing there in the summer, called for claret.
A. Yes, sir.
Q. And they are tourists. A. The major
ity of them.
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ton oft.
Q. What is your judgment as to whether
you did or not. A. My judgment Is 1t never
occurred; my Judgment is that,
Q, You didn't examine the register with
reference to Mr.. Clement, so you are not able
to testify-you are not able to tell what time
was covered by the examination. A. No.
O. During the time that you have been
there has the Van Ness house bad any
glasses, whiskey, wine, champagne glasses
or any except the ordinary table water
glasses. A. No, sir, not to my knowledge.
Q. During the time that you have been
there, have you had or have there been any
poker chips about the hotel to your knowi-
edge. A. Yes, there was box of poker
chips found up 10 room one day, and the
chambermaids have orders to return what
ever they find in the rooms after the guests
have gone away, and the chips were sent
down. | never saw them before; they may
be there now, don't know.
q. Have you ever played poker. A.
never had the reputat on of playing poker,
and never played 1t In the hotel / never
play cards anyway only once in a great
while; | have played game of whist. L
have not played game of cards in four
years, not since | was married, and never
allowed myself to play cards In hotel, and
| haven't played.
q. Was you ever party to game of poker
NhNiN 1NN Hu'S hupitl VI puhOi
chips. A. Never, sir.
Q. Or did you ever give any poker chips
into the charge of Aubrey. A. No, sir, not
TO my recollection.
Q. Did he have any other privileges there
than the ordinary privileges OF bell boys. A.
No. he did not.
Q. Are you able to state as TO whether he
could read or write A. used to call him
as | do sometimes when my relief Is not
there, so | could get my dinner. would say
TO one of my bell boys, "You watch my
office while ! get my dinner" Dinner Is
called at half-past ~, so would go in early
so as to get out before any Of the guests got
out to settle; AMI | remember of speaking
to Aubrey and saying, Erred, watch my
Office till come OUT but know he couldn't
i don't think he could read or write when
he was with me there, so understand.
Q. Was that your understanding at the
time. A. Yes; he never made scratch Ia
my cash book; he didn't know the combi-
nation of my money drawer, and II he ever
took 30 cents for dinner, told him to put
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VOICE FROM THE SOUTH
EX-SENATOR EvERsTON's OPINION
OF M'kINLEY's STRENGTH.
He May Carry the States of West vir-
Ginia, Maryland, North Carolina,
Tennessee and Kentucky.

CANTON, o.. Aug. 3.-Hon. B. X. Bruce,
of Everston, Miss. ex-United States Sena-
tor. called on Governor Mckinley to-day
treasury and recorder OF deeds at Wash
ington He said
1.-The outlook for Governor Mckinley and
the Republican party is highly encouraging
in the South. He will carry West Virginia,
Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee and
Kentucky, besides making gains in other
Southern States. The Demccra ic politicians
in the Southern States have until recently
been able to keep the South solid. Here
after you will find the progressive element
of the South taking such action as will ad-
vance the material prosperity OF that sec
ton. They want a protective tariff that
will build up that section; that will invite
the manufacturers and will do for the
States what 1t has done for the great
North. East and West. They look on Ma
jor Mckinley as the apostle of protection.
They also want sound money instead of de-
preciated silver dollars. They regard Major
Mckinley as the embodiment of that idea
also The colored voters of the country,
both North and South, are enthusiastically
supporting Major Mckinley. They know
him to be their friend. There has not been
n single public issue touching the rights OF
the coiored people for the last quarter of a
century in which he has not shown his
interest in their behalf
. David S. South and George b. Clemmer
of Trenton. N. j., are in the city, the guests
of friends. They are intimate friends OF
candidate Hobart and visited Major Nc
for Atlantic City, where they will spend
the summer.
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Johnston's Estimated Majority in Ala
bama Election Yesterday

MONTGOMERY, Ala. Aug. 3.-The size
CT the Democratic majority seems to be
about all that remains in doubt with re-
gard to the result of to-day's State election
Because of the slow process of counting
the votes under the new ballot law. re-
turns are necessarily slow in coming in,
but there is no doubt of a complete Demo-
cratic victory. Incomplete returns from
about half the counties so far received in
dicate Democratic gains in all but Mobile
and Macon. In the former the Democrats
appear 10 have lost some 800 votes by stay
Democratic column by 500 majority. In
Macon county. which gave Oates a majori-
ty of 500 in 1894, the result is close and
doubtful. The Democrats. on the other
1,000 majority. II gave KoIb 200 majority
two years ago. Marshall county, which
went for Kolb by 600. Is close and probably
Democratic. Lee county. which had Pop
Chambers county. with 400 majority for
Kolb in 1884. is in the Democratic coiilrnu
Tallapoosa with eco majority for Kolb at
the last election is close and may be Demo-
is in the doubtful column, as are also
Coosa and Dekalb.
In the counties which Governor Oates
carried two years ago, there have been in
as heard from. except two In the black
belt every county will roll up its usual
large Democratic majority. from s.cOo TO
less less than 100 msjorty. viii give ye JohDsaon
probably 500 majority. Green County in
creases its Democratic majority The same
is true in nearly every north Alabama
are stronger than elsewhere In the State.
that party lost heavily. BY careful estf-
mate at 10 p. M. from reports received so
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PRICE CENTS A assnSs ssS :gsS.fs sss ss 8s

years. Mackey attended the worlds fair
as representative from the principality or
Monaco. He took apartments at a fashion
able boarding house kept by Mrs. Houston.
One morning his jewels were missing. Mrs
Houston was arrested pr suspicion. but
there was no evidence against her and she
was released. The banker returned 10 Lon
don and the search for the Jewels ceased
A few months ago the suspected woman's $
neighbors noticed that she wore a hand
some diamond brooch The police were no.
titled. and they sent word 10 Mackey. Ey-
idence was collected. and. as a result. Mrs.
Houston indicted by the last grand
jury on the charge of larceny. "A Warrant
was issued but ii was not until to-day that
the woman was arrested Mackey returned
TO England. but will come back TO pros
ecute the case
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DONE WITH MR.. BRYAN
OLD DEMOCRATIC ACQUAINTANCE,
WILL NOT SUPPORT HIM.
Edward Thurston, of Union City
Joins the Ranks of Boilers Who
Are for Mckinley.
| to the Indiananolis Journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
UNION CITY, Ind. Aug. 3.-Edward
Thurston. formerly of Nebraska, and
all his life Democrat, and who has per-
sonal acquaintance with William ]. Bryan
has openly severed his connection with the
Democratic party and announced that he
will vote for Mckinley and Hobart. Hav-
ing written that fact to his father who
lives at Lexington. Neb., and who for many
years has been a prominent Democrat in
that State, he received a response from his
father which indicates that the father and
son are not widely apart in their political
views this year. His father says:
II am en- the State central committee for
this senatorial district, and was a delegate
TO the convention that sent the anti-Bryan
delegation to Chicago. The delegation was
unseated by the Bryan windblowers, who
also overturned every principle the Demo-
cratic party has advoca ted since Jefferson
They scruDled at nothing to Keep out the
men who were the backbone of the Yarty
they overrode the will of the party in Mich
igan; they adopted a plank so much worse
than the free-silver plank that even the
Populists looked aghast. L mean the Alt
geld plank opposing the government put
ting down riots. Now all this is more tina n
/ can stand, and. in common with thou
sands of other Democrats. l am against
Bryan. The fact is that while the Chicago
venton' it's platform and acts were the
most undemocratic OF any convention ever
held In this country. AS to my future
course have not yet fully decided nut my
present intention is to come out bef )re the
campaign ends fiat<footed for Mckinley and
Hobart. / cannot conceive of a greater dis
aster that could befall this Nation than to
have such men Altgeld Tillman end
Waite at the head of the government. As
for the free-coinage craze, l have lived
through several other crazes, such as The
greenback craze. the anti-mOnODOly craze.
the paternal government craze, the Grange
craze and the Farmers Alliance craze, and
now comes the free-silver craze, but
Greeley campaign in 1872. IL the election
had been held the 1st of July of that year
he would have carried almost every State,
but as November approached the whole ex-
citement gave way to common sense. and
he got the smallest vote of any leading
candidate for half a century. This cam
paign appears to be very much like that.
There is a large opposition TO Bryan IN Ne
braska among the Democrats. The Popu-
lists always did support him..
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far. Johnston has carried forty-eight coun-
ties and Goodwin fourteen. with four In
doubt Johnston's apparent majority Is
The negroes In North Alabama generally
voted for GOODWIN, but the number of
Populists who voted for Johnston was
wyn. Captain Johnston tonight said that
he stands TO his original figures OF 10000
as the lowest estimate Of his majority.
From reports which he has received he
feels like increasing these figures TO $1,000,
cratic.
State Democratic Chairman ]. b. Knox
tonight said: .'Johnston's majority is
probably larger than that of Gov Oates
two years ago, which was 1900 / think
We have che Legislature by an increased
At Popu,ist State headquarters the chair
man was not on hand. being absent from
the city. The Secretary. Frank Valtzelie,
said: I'VE have received no returns what
ever from the State. We feel that IL we
have had a fair count Goodwin has won.
The size of his majority would be gov
erned by the number of votes the Demo
Gratis steal in the black belt. am not
prepared TO give out my figures, but l. be-
ieve we will carry eight counties which
oates got two years ago. and lose two
which Kolb carried. We expect the horse
back mails to show Goodwyn's election.
p. G.. Bowman. another Populist said he
believed Goodwin would have from l5,eOo
to 600 majority. but had seen no returns
on which TO base his claim. which was
founded altogether on opinion.
A dispatch from Birmingham at IL
o'clock tonight says: William Vaughn.
chairman of the State Republican central
committee, made the following statement:
THE news of the election In this State Is
meager and nothing like an accurate esti-
mate can be made. But 1t is evident that
the returns will give Joseph f. Johnston,
Democratic candidate for Governor. a ma
Jority of some 10000. The usual count-out
has evidently been resorted to in order TO
defeat Congressman A. L. GOODWIN, the
candidate of tho Pon,lists and Renublic-
ans, for Governor. By this means the Dem
ocrats will probably secure the State Legis-
lature. The GoodwyH State ticket has
doubtless carried considerable majority of
the counties where the white voters are
in the majority and the Democrats a ma
jority of the black counties"
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BRYAN is NOT TALKING.
Nothing to Say About Senator JOnes's
Latest Information.

LINCOLN, Neb.. Aug. 3-Mr. Bryan to-
night declined to be interviewed on the
rumor that he would decline the Populist
nomination.
Il have nothing to add" he said, Ito the
statement which l gave out at the close Of
the convention"
Mr.. Bryan to-day announced a change
in his trip TO next Friday. Instead of
leaving here Friday evening over the Bur-
lington, he will leave at 2:05 p m. Friday
afternoon over the Rock Island, and will
reach Des Moines about O'Clock the same
evening. He will stay over night in Des
Moines, where a reception has been
planned The change was made al the i'm
portunties of friends in that city. The
party will include Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan.
Hon. and Mrs. X. p. Bland and press rep
resentatives. They will leave at about s
a. m. Saturday, reaching Chicago at 1880
D. m. They will remain in Chicago until
IL 80 p. IN. Sunday. at which time they will
start East over the Pennsylvania, as al
ready contemplated.
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PATRIARCHS MILITANT.
VIII Have 5000 Swords at the Buff
falO Cantonment.

BUFFALO. ~. Y. Aug. 3.--It is expected
that there will be fully 5000 swords at the
cantonment OF the Patriarchs Militant, /.
o. o. F., which will convene in this city
this week. The National Cantonment will
not really be in working order before
Wednesday. but the hotels are already fill-
ing I'D. The parade will take place
Wednesday afternoon, and cantons from
Ontario, Quebec. the New England States
and as far west as Denver will partici-
pate; Nearly al OF thursday Will De taken
prizes are offered, and for the best drilled
chevalier or officer in each of two classes.
The prize money aggregates over 81. 700
The local cantons keep open house all the
week.
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Fusion Talk in Kansas.

HUTCHINSON, Kan. Aug. 3.-Demo-
cratic leaders have already begun gather
Ing for the State convention, which will
open Tomorrow. There has been absolute
~ no talk regarding the personnel of the
State ticket. Interest is completely alb
sorbed in the probable action of the joint
committee which will be appointed by the
Democratic and Populist conventions to ar
range Tor fusion. All of the Democratic
leaders believe that fusion on some basis
will result, but as to just what that basis
viii be no one is willing to venture a guess
to-day. The strong claims of victory by
the Harris faction in the PoDulist county
convention Saturday strengthens the prob
ability or fusion, as Colonel Harris has ex-
pressed a willingness concede to the
Democrats the Bryan and Sewall electoral
ticket on fusion basis. II was strongly
asserted to-day by several of the most in
nuential party managers that under no cir
cumstances would any fusion arrangement
be agreed to unless the Populist indorse-
ment of the Chicago platform with Bryan
and Sewall should be made first.
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MOB OF LYNCHERS
Now Chasing Amos Decker, Who
Killed Geo. Miles. mt FindIay.

FINDLAY. o., July 3.-During quarrel
over a girl this evening Amos Decker shot
and killed George Miles. The Murderer
fed from town and was soon followed by
a mob of citizens armed with shotguns.
revolvers and ropes. The entire police
force. augmented by a number OF deputies.
also went in pursuit Of the murderer. he
having a short start of the mob. Decker
is a young man of bad reputation and IL
the police do not capture him he will un-
doubtedly be 1ynched. So intense was the
feeling against him that effort was
made TO hang his father and two brothers
but they were rescued and taken to the
city prison for safe keeping. AT midnight
Decker had not been caught.
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worreII I'm Fayette County.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
CONNERSyILLE. Ind. Aug 3.--Tle Key
note of Fayette county politics was struck
Friday and Saturday evenings by Capt. ].
W. Worrell. a most able exponent of the
sound-money doctrine, whose arguments
were convincing and made favorable i'm
preston. His first meeting was held in
Highland Hail. west Of the city. and was
attended by five hundred people: on the
gathering at Columbia, in the southern
part of the county, The people are fully
aroused TO the importance Of the present
campaign and never before in the history
of this county have they expressed such
an eager desire for knowledge upon the
subject of gold and silver. Many are be-
ginning 10 realize that sound money, with
protection, Is their only hope Of safety.
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BIG PIECE OF ENGINEERING.
Sault ste. Marie Mn nmmOth EiEht-Hun-
drcd-FOOt Lock Opened.

SAIyLT STE. MARIE. Mich. Aug. g.
The new s0O-foot lock was officially opened
this forenoon at 1890 o'clock, when revenue
cutter Andrew Johnson and river and har-
Dor improvement steamer Hancock were
locked through. No official programme
marked the opening of the largest lock in
the world. and the completion of one OF
the greatest engineering feats in the his
tory of the country. Col. Lydricker. who
succeeds the late Gen. Poe, Lieutenant ].
E. Cavanaugh and Miss Poe, Superintend-
ent E. ID. Wheeler and his corps of en-
gineers were among the party on board
the Hancock when the first locking was
made The lock was commenced in 1853:
it is 500 feet in length between the gates.
LOO feet in length over all. AZ feet high,
100 feet wide and will accommodate boa Is
drawing twenty-one feet of water.
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GENE FIELDS ESTATE.
An Inventory Filed Showing He Was
Far from Well on.

CHICAGO. Aug. Am inventory of the
estate OF the late Eugene Field has been
filed and approved in the Probate Court
The value of the estate cannot be es;i-
mated. as the royalties coming from copy
rights of the deceased author cannot yet
be ascertained There is no real estate
belonging to the estate. but there Is an
equity OF $l.c00 In the house and lot at
Buena Park. which Is worth sl1.50Q. The
cash belonging TO the estate amounts 10
800. goods. furniture and books. 81, ,5o3. and
royalties received. S. sos. Among the house
hold effects are a Gladstone axe and a
Jefferson Davis chair.
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MIR. HANNA's COMMITTEE.
Conference Regarding the Fractional
Differences I'm Virginia.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-A conference be-
tween Chairman Hanna and Messrs. Clay
ton Scott and Gibbs of the national ex-
ecutive comInittee. took place late this aft
ernoon at national Republican headquar-
ters. The conference was. brief and. it is
said. was devoted entirely TO discussion
of the factional differences in Virginia be-
tween Bowden and Lamb. Nothing definite
was decided on and the conference was ad-
iourned until tomorrow. Notwithstanding
reports to the contrary, Assistant Secretary
Perkins stated tonight that Mr.. Hanna
would positively remain in this city until
the end of the week. instead OF leaving
here on Wednesday night for the West.