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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-12-28
LOCAL ADVERTISING.

Advertisements and notices, as promenades
shows and other entertainments will be pub
Tished under this head for ttUo cents word
for first insertion, one cent word thereafter
We shall no advertisement among local
items. Cash must accompany the order. No
charge 1UiLL be made of less Than FORTY Genus
To MERCHANTS AND DEALERs.-Send
us your mail orders for crackers and save
yourselves money and get one of the best
crackers on the market. l. A. White q
Co., Morrisville, VT.
A lot of Meat Barrels for sale at o. D..
Owens.
A lot of secondhand parlor heating
stoves for sale cheap. Barton Hotel Co.
Call on Geo. II. Davis.
For SALE.-To close the insolvent es-
tate of w. w. Person I offer for sale the
following property: 1 second hand Port
land sleigh, 1 pleasure harness, 1 slat
wagon, and q mortgage of $3.50 upon a
good farm in Bloomington. This farm is
set in the list at $500, and is well worth
$1,000. F. w. Baldwin, assignee, Barton,
VT. 52-1-2
Doz English walking hats at so cents.
All millinery marked down. L. G. Col
burne.
GOOD wood WanGeO IN exchange IOr
goods at Barton Wooden Mill. H. c. Gay,
Rartoo VT OIL
The musicians throughout this whole
, section should attend the Musical Con-
vention to be held at Craftsbury this week.
For particulars see Craftsbury local items.
The people are expecting big thing over
there.
G. T. Collins, the. East Albany black
smith, announces that his shop will be
closed the last three days in each week
during January and February. tt
Taplin & Rowen have just received a lot
of heavy horses which are on sale as their
stable in Barton Landing. OIL
One dozen children's coats, and MILL
merry regardless of cost, this week. Come
and secure bargains. E. L. Barstow,
Ovens Block.
Attend the Benefit Concert at Newport,
tomorrow tuesday evening. 1t will be a
good thing. Prof. Blaisdell will lead, and
there will be the best of talent. The
Priscilla Quartette is to be there. Fine pro-
gram.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-12-28
ORLEANS COUNTY MONITOR.
Barton, VT, December as, 1896.
PROBATE COURTS.

Probate Courts will be held at the Probate
Office in Newport each Monday. At the Office
of +. w. Baldwin in Barton on the second
Friday of each month; al the Office of b. F.
ID. Carpenter at Barton Landing in the after
noon of the third FRIDAY of each month.
Parties having business with the Court at
Barton or Barton Landing concerning pend
ing estates will please inform the Court in
advance that he may take the necessary
papers with him.
F e. ALFRED, Judge of Probate.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14
GIGANTIC BUSINESS PROJECT
Tour Of South American Republics to
Promote Reciprocity.

Tour Of South American Republics to
Promote Reciprocity.
Philadelphia, May IA great tour
Of more than a score of the leading
business men of the United States has
been arranged, with the object of car.
rying out the features of James g.
Blaine's reciprocity ideas. They will
spend several months in South Ameri.
ca, the purpose being to promote trade
with the various nations there.
This gigantic business project has
been brought about by the National
Association of Manufacturers Of the
United States, whose headquarters are
in Philadelphia and of which Theodore
Search, of this city, is president.
Every large city in the country will be
represented. Chicago, Philadelphia.
New York and Boston will have promi-
nent business men in the party.
Concerning this international trade
movement, President Search says:
"This plan is in response to invita-
tions which have been extended by the
governments of Brazil, Uruguay. and
the Argentine Republic. The visitors
will be considered as the guests of the
nations and will be honored as such.
The tour will cover July, August, and
September. 1t is intended that the
party shall sail from New York July l
on the steamer St. Paul. After visit
ing the important manufacturing es-
Establishments in and around Buenos
Ayres, there will be tour through the
principal provinces of the Argentine
Republic. The party will then proceed
to Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro.
1.-The object of this trip is to convey
to the people of the United States.
through the members of this party, a
more thorough and practical knowledge
of the resources of the countries visited
and to indicate the means by which
trade between the nations interested
can be enlarged and extended. Each
member of the party will be expected
to represent some particular branch of
business, the interests of which he will
consider throughout the trip, and upon
returning each member will be expect.
ed to prepare report embodying the
result of his observations and study
during the tour"
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14
travelled again, and there is talk of q
stage line being put on.

traVeleu again. and there is talk Of 8
stage line being put on.
Joseph Parr was sentenced to one
and one half years in the penitentiary
by Judge Lowell, at Pendleton for as
sault with deadly weapon.
One of the examiners of the civil ser.
vice commission was in Ashland las,
week superintending the examination
of applicants for the railway mail ser.
vice and for teachers at the Indian
school.
About 100 head of cattle and 1 ZOO
hogs are being fed at the Grant distil.
lerv. There are 500 hogs in the fat
tening pens, and like number in out
side lots. The company turns out
about 500 head of fat hogs every sixty
days.
April 16 a new 20-stamp mill was
put in at the Bonanza mine, in Baker
county. and April rs the mill was
closed down for the first cleanup. The
result of the run was $4,000 IN bull
hon, that was taken to Baker City.
The recent cold weather has retarded
strengthening and has delayed the PEN
dleton securing mills from starting up
as soon as was expected, as the man
agement at the mills has not as large
stock of wool on hand to begin with
as it wishes.
Last week Mrs. R. K Springer was
badly burned at Weston She was
about to retire when the lamp that was
upon the table by the bedside exploded
setting fire to her clothing. She was
badly but not fatally burned about the
breast and face.
Perhaps the last lot of dried prunes
from last seasons crop went out of
Benton county last week. The ship
ment contained 1000 pounds, and
went to the San Francisco market. The
shippers were paid an advance Of 3
cents per pound.
School Superintendent Newbury, of
Jackson county, last week made the
regular semi-annual apportionment of
the school funds, amounting in the
aggregate to $12, 435. 40, or a per cap
tia of 81. 65 and $50 to each district,
as provided by law.
Three carloads of balm lumber and
two of hard wood, destined for San
Francisco market, were shipped by
the Corvallis Lumber Company, over
the Oregon Central & Eastern last
week. -Four carloads of ash and maple
will follow the shipment soon.
J. H. Law, a detective. has gone to
Heppner to look for Wolf, who is al
legged to have killed his sweetheart
three years aog, while she was going
to chucrh at Mount Tabor. The shot
was instantly fatal. Wolf escaped,
and there is a reward of 81, 900 for his
capture.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14
LAND OFFICE INSPECTION.
To Be ndertaken With View to Re-
vision of Methods.

To Be Und ertaken With q View to Re-
vision of Methods.
Washington, May IA trip of in
spection of many Of the local Offices in
Minnesota, Montana, Idaho, California
and Colorado will be made during June
by Commissioner Lamoreaux, of the
general land Office. The main object
is to secure a thorough revision Of
methods throughout the service.
One of the main objects is to reduce
the amount Of cases behind hand in the
surveying branch of the service. Since
the beginning Of the administration,
the delay in attending to surveying
cases has been reduced from two years
or more to about one year. The com.
missioner believes this should be fur
Their reduced to about there or four
months with the new methods and the
Intelligent cooperation of local officers.
The tour, which will not be made at
government expense, will be begun
during the first week of June, and to
extend few days into July. 1t will
begin at Duluth, Mimi, and Crooks
ton will be the next Office.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14
is BOUND TO VETO IT
River and Harbor Bill Does
Not Suit Cleveland.
MANY CONTINUING CONTRACTS
me PRESIDENT Frankly Says the Present
Is the Worst Congress He Has
Ever Known.

Washington, May There is not
the least doubt now that Cleveland
will veto the river and harbor appro-
priation bill. The main reason for
such action is that it contains 80 MANY
continuing contracts, and provides for
large expenditure in the future.
Cleveland has always been opposed to
river and harbor appropriations He
thinks 1t an NECESSARY expenditure.
He thinks results could be obtained by
a much less expenditure. Cleveland
is particularly against the proposed
harbor at Santa Monica. 1t was dur.
ing discussion of the river and har.
Dor bill with several senators that the
president gave expression to his opin-
ion of the present congress. He said
that this was the worst congress he had
ever known, either during his or any
other administration. Mr.. Cleveland's
opinion of congresses in general has
never been very good He did not
have much use for the congress which
was elected with him, but which, un-
der his direction, effected the repeal
of the silver-purchasing clause, but
this congress has been especially obnox-
ious to him. Cleveland, no doubt,
thinks he could do more injury by de-
feating the river and harbor bill than
by any other punishment he could in
f1ict, but even his veto could be over
turned. There is little doubt that the
bill has been made up so carefully that
two. thirds of both senate and house
can be depended upon to vote to pass it
over the veto.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14
HAMMOND IMPOSED UPON.

he Refused to Take Part in jane
sons Raid.
New York, May 6.-Samuel Lich-
tenstadter, man who has just return
ed here from johannesburg, says:
1.-THE johannesburg reform commit
tee met last Christmas day at Cecil
Rhodes house to receive instructions
from him for the movement against the
Beers. 1 was present. Rhodes in
structions to the reformers were that
they should march into Johannesburg
under the British flag and when the
town was captured, triumph of Brit
ish arms should be proclaimed.
"The reading of the instructions
was followed by a silence of some min
utes. Then Hammond arose and said:
Not for all the wealth this land
contains, not if you were to make me
the absolute ruler, would 1 have a
hand in carrying out these instructions.
can pull a trigger to shoot down an
oppressor, but / cannot and will not be
a party to a revolutionary intrigue. If
am going to take up arms under any
flag, it will be the one that is flying
today over the ocean under the banner
of free people, who believe in revo-
luton as a remedy for oppression, but
who hate, with a Kafir's hate, the
rape of free peoples territory. You
can count me out.
"The reformers, nearly all of whom
are Britons, were thunderstruck. They
needed Hammond. After he had spo.
ken, they realized that Cecil Rhodes
order must be reversed. Jameson.
however, refused to be put off. He in.
sisted on carrying out his part OF the
original programme of conquest. But
when he invaded the Transvaal, the
Uitlanders, Influenced by Hammond,
gave him no aid, and the raid failed
miserably.
"Rhodes and Jameson, being En-
qlishmen, are now enjoying the pow
erful protection of the British govern
ment, whose agents they were, while
Hammond and the other American
are made to pay the penalty OF TIT
others crimes. Z"
4 L. 1o~roe% U1NhY1 a
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14

The prisoners at the Astoria Jail
were badly shaken up the other day
while scrubbing the jail floor. The
floor had been flooded. and the prison
ers were scrubbing away when sudden.
" all began dancing and jumping and
screaming, and pandemonium reigned.
Il was found that an electric light
wire had crossed car wire and charg.
ed the iron work Of the Jail. The evil
was soon remedied. The prisoners
thought they were to be electrocuted.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14
ARCH FIEND HANGED
Execution of Murderer Holmes
at Philadelphia.
HIS LAST DAY UNEVENTFUL
From the GallOws He Protested His
Innocence Goodness
of the Assassin.

Philadelphia, May II. - II. II.
Holmes was hanged at Moyamensine
prison this morning The drop fell at
10:l21a. Half an hour later he was
pronounced dead. His neck was broken
by the fall.
Even on the scaffold he was probably
the coolest person in the solemn Assem-.
blage. In a few well-chosen words he
proclaimed his innocence of any muir
der, including that for which he was
convicted and hanged. He declared
that the only wrongdoing in taking
human life for which he could be held
responsible consisted in the death of
two women, who died as a result of
criminal operations at his hands. He
did not name these victims. Holmes
spent his last day of life uneventfully.
The gates of the prison structure
were opened at 9 o'clock, and the party
filed in. Sheriff Solicitor Wagrew
read the list of jurymen in the super
intendent's Office, at the head of the
corridor continuing the scaffold. The
sheriff administered the oath, and at
1902 the procession to the gallows
was begun.
Holmes, his eyes fixed upon a cruel
fix which he clasped in his hands,
walked steadily to the scAffold. There
was pause as they reached the trap,
and then Holmes stepped forward and
delivered his speech. 1t took him
exactly two minutes to utter what
every man there regarded as the last Of
series of lies.
Holmes speech on the scaffold was
as follows: Gentlemen, l have very
few words to say, in fact, would
make no remarks at this time except
that by not speaking would appear to
acquiesce in my execution. only wish
to say that the extent of my wrongdo-
ing in taking human life consisted in
the death of two women, they having
died at my hands as the result of
criminal operations. wish to state
here, so there can be no chance of mis-
understanding, that am not guilty of
taking the lives of any of the Pitezel
family, the three children and Ben
jamin the father, of whose death was
convicted, and for which 1 am to be
hanged. That is all have to say"
During the delivery of his speech,
the voice of the condemned man never
quavered; the hands clasped on the
railing of the scaffold did not tremble.
The nerve, which all along character
lied this most marvellous of assassins,
did not desert him at the end.
After shaking hands with his lawyer
who then left the scaffold, Holmes
turned and babe farewell to Superin-
tendent Perkins and Richardson and
the priests. Then he and the clergy
men knelt in silent prayer. They
arose at 1919.
In another half minute the end had
come. Holmes hands were manacled
behind him, the black cap was adjust
ed, and the stiffness was broken by a
sound that echoed all along the corri-
doris like the sharp crack of pistol.
The body shot up and then hung with
out tremor.
|, Five minutes later six physicians ex-
amined the body. They gave no off,
cial opinion, but DR.. Butcher pri-
vately stated that a broken neck had
undoubtedly caused death. The body
was allowed to hang until 1915
O'Clock.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14

Milk with the largest globu es
contains the most butter.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14
Oregon.

A pair of new rollers were put in at
the Pendleton Touring mills last week.
A plan is on foot for the reorganiza'
ton of the carriage factory at Cor
Wallis.
The Dufur school will hold it's an
nual May.day picnic on Friday. May
90, at the baseball grounds, just above
-Dufur.
The Wilson river road, from Tilla'
nook to Forest Grove, will soon b
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14

]. Simons, the cook on the pilot
boat schooner San Jose, was washed
overheard and lost while the schooner
was crossing the Columbia river bar
bound in. The weather was rough
outside, and hearvy swell on the bar
tossed the little schooner about con-
siderably, one huge wave striking her
midships and turning her over almost
on her beam ends Simons was stand
ing at the time in the cockpit, and the
receding wave carried him over the
side. The crew was unable to render
any assistance, the unfortunate man
disappearing as soon as he went over
the SCI cc--uc--s SIZE.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14

1T is said that by the aid OF Roent-
een's K ray one can sec the heart beat.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-14
Idaho.

Five new cases of scarlet fever are
reported at Moscow. Active measures
are being taken to prevent an epidemic.
Mail messenger service has ben dis
continued on the route in Idaho, be-
tween Osburn postoff1ce, in Shoshone
county, and the Oregon Short Line &
Utah Northern Railway depot.
| The Lewiston Water & Fire Com
pany is settling Lewiston Flat, which
they are developing by an extensive ir-
rigation system, on plan that is CO.
operative in it's nature. A creamery
and a cannery are features of the
scheme.
At no distant date the New Colum-
bia Gold Mining Company operating
in the Yellow Jacket mining district.
will be absorbed by the new company
organized for that purpose and known
as the Idaho Chemical Gold Mining
Company.
Colonel w. Fl. Dewey is expected to
arrive from Pittsburg in about ten
days, and shortly thereafter active
work will be commenced on the con-
struction of the 500, 900 twenty stamp
quartz mill his company will erect at
Bonneville to work the ore from the
rich Bonneville, Florida Hill, Seventy
nine and Mother Lode mines.
From all indications this year will
be an active one in mining in Custer
county, says the Challis Silver Messen-
ger. Our mines are not doomed to any
great extent on the outside; they do
not require it, as they show for them
selves. Just how much work will be
done on them this year depends greatly
on the price of lead and silver.
| Montana.
It is now definitely known that Phil
lipsburg will have custom smelter.
This is badly needed for that section
az it is a we'll known fact that even had
the ores of the great Granite Mountain
mine been treated by smelling the
! profits would have been greatly in
creased.
The copper market is quite satisfac-
| cory TO I'LL COuC0Tuou' VAeA 0AA0 WIZ
ing spring it is thought that consum'
ers will be more active buyers. as their
stocks on hand are rather low. The
market is in strong position, statistl.
cally speaking. and should advance on
any increase in the demand. Dealers
are confident that a better inquiry is
about due and express belief that the
next movement will be in the direction
of higher prices.
The Butte Mining World says:
Railroad building in Montana and Ida
no is quite satisfactory in two or three
instances. Work will be begun at once
on q road from Nampa, Idaho, to the
Snake river. This road will be an out
let for the great gold mines in the
Owyhee mountains. The road now
under construction by Mr.. Hammond
of Missoula, from a point where the
Northern Pacific crosses the Columbia
river OF Astoria, Or, is expected to be
completed by June 1. We are assured
that the Castle road from Helena will
reach Castle by June 1. This road
will be about seventy miles in length
and will rehabitate the deserted camp.
Ii will furnish an outlet for q rich
mineral district.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
FULL REIN FOR SILVER MEN.
Mr.. Trimble Would Permit Stone ct
al TO Run the Missouri Delegation.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Jan. 2~3.-Judge ].
Med. Trimble, of Kansas City, is at
the Planters. On the Democratic
situation in Missouri he said: "I have
no doubt that the Democratic delega-
ton to the national convention will
be solidly in favor of free silver. ]
am not aware of any agreement or
arrangement to abandon the fight
against Stone and Bland, but I think
it expedient and in the line of good
politics to stand aside and let Bland
and Stone have a solid delegation to
Chicago. They cannot win in the
national convention, but they viii
have been accorded the Democratic
privilege Of exercising all their
strength and thereafter they must, as
honest men, abide the consequences.
It was believed, several weeks ago,
that upon the harmony basis estab-
Iished by the reunited state COM
mittee, some concessions would be
granted the single gold standard adj
herents and that perhaps ex-Gover-
nor Francis and Chairman c. G.. Maffitt
would be permitted to go to Chicago
as associates of Governor Stone and
Mr.. Bland in the capacity of delegates
at large. But the attitude of the sill
yer leaders now signifies that there
will be no compromise whatever, and
that the free silver men have every
| thing in their control"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
MISS BARTON'S WORK.
She Will Be Permitted to Distribute
Aid to Armenians.

WAsHINGToN, Jan. 24.-Owing to
the energetic representations of Unit
ed States Minister Terrell Miss Barton
and her party will be permitted by the
Turkish Government to distribute re-
lief to the distressed Armenians, al
though the Red Cross will not figure
in the work.
This news came to the State Depart
ment to-day in a cablegram from the
Minister to Secretary Olney, in which
he says that while the Porte refuses
such permission to the Red Cross or
to the members of the Red Cross, as
such, and thereby declines to officially
recognize that society, it will permit
n person who the Minister names
and approves to distribute relief in
the interior of Turkey, provided, the
Turkish authorities are kept informed
Of what they are doing. There can be
no question that Miss Barton and heI
party will be so designated by Mr.
Terrell.
But it is apprehended that they viii
encounter almost insurmountable OBJ
stacles in reaching the field of action
rs the mountain passes between the
seaboard and the interior are nov
practically impossible owing to tn,
deep SHOWS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
THE FULTON Y L
Has Five Hundred and Ninety Pa
tients-Fifteen Thousand Dollars
Expended in improvements.

FULTON, Mo-, Jan. ga Chronicle
representative visited the State Lun-
attic Asylum recently. R. s. Wilson,
Nj. D., is Superintendent; William
Lloyd, Steward. officers of the board
are: DIR. D. H. Young, President; G..
E. Bell, Secretary. Board of Man
ayers: DIR. Frank R. Newberry, Fred
ericktown;F.L. Marchand, Monticello;
B. L. Locke, Mexico, DR.. D. H. Young,
Fulton; DIR. M. o. Biggs, Bowling
Green.
Fifteen Thousand dollars has recent
ly been spent on the Missouri Lunatic
Asylum at Fulton and it is SO mater
tally improved that it is almost a new
building, at least that part devoted to
patients.
The tax payers of Missouri may be
pleased to learn that not one dollar
has been used of the appropriation
made by the last General Assembly
for the purpose of this institution, yet
the supplies in all departments will
compare f~avorably with those of any
preceding year.
The number of inmates at present
is about 500. The last count showed
$50, but several have arrived since.
At the last report there were in the
asylum 321 male patients, and 225 fe-
males.
There were treated in all during the
year lust closed 725. OF this number
up to the first of the year SO had re-
covered, SO died, % were improved, s
unimproved.
Thomas Quinlan, a murderer, wal
discovered to be feigning insanity and
was taken to the State penitentiary
He killed Gsottfried Kloppenstein in
Audrain county two years ago. he
played the insanity dodge to keep out
of the penitentiary.
The daily average number of pa
tients for the year was $40. The daily
per capita cost Of maintenance, in.
Guiding all expenses except perma-
nent improvements, was A 5-6 cents
which is the lowest in the history oil
the institution. Forty-nine per cent
| of the patients recovered.