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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-10
The Elections.

The WATCHMAN briefly announced
last week the result of the elections of
November 2. In Ohio the Republicans
elect their State ticket by satisfactory
majority. The legislature is Republi-
can on joint ballot by narrow ma
jority-reported to be five in the later
understanding the election of a
Republican Senator for the full term of
six years, to succeed Senator Hanna
who is filing out by appointment to the
vacancy made by the transfer of Mr..
Sherman to the Office of Secretary of
State. There are always slumbering in
Buckeye politics the embers of factional
fights. Senator Foraker and his follow
ing are currently understood to be hos
tile to Mr.. Hanna. There is talk of
possible combine between the Foraker
Republicans in the legislature and the
Democratic members to elect Governor
Bushnell, but what good end would be
served by defeating Hanna, or why
Foraker and his friends should seek to
compass his defeat, is not clear to Re-
publicans outside of Ohio. In the con-
tests to come, Republican unity will be
one of the essentials of success. Re-
publican knives should be drawn only
against the common enemy, not against
party leaders and friends.
Maryland adheres firmly to the Re-
publican political faith which she en-
braced with 30 much fervor year ago,
Notwithstanding the disgruntlement of
Senator Wellington who had been SUBJ
jected to discipline because of his as
sumption of the role of the political
boss" The State is Republican by a
staying majority and the legislature,
which will choose Senator Germans
successor, is also Republican on joint
ballot-as we'll as in each branch indi-
vidually. The election of Republican
to succeed Mr.. German will be q gain
of one vote to the side of the national
Republicans in the United States SEN
ate, but the gain will be greater in the
loss to the senatorial Democracy OF
their ablest Senator and most astute
leader.
Iowa, the "Vermont of the West"
holds fast, like her eastern prototype,
to Republican principles. Nebraska ia
still the victim of the confederate forces
of populism, and Kentucky, having
once lifted her head above the miasma
of her traditional bourbonism and feebly
declared for a sound currency and good
government, has taken a header back
into the abyss of Organism. The re-
doubtable Henry Watterson, of the
Louisville Journal, hitherto a
stesdfast supporter of the true demo-
cratic faith in finance and government,
loses heart and editorially declares that
his paper will henceforth follow the
fortunes OF the Organized democracy.
Alack, poor Henry In the outlying
regions of politics in which elections
were held the expected happened, and
the result does not materially affect the
general situation.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-10

ducers, and superior methods of manu-
facture, the prices are lower than ever
before. American cutlery and hard
ware are among the most notable de-
velopments of The policy of protection.
THREE weeks ago the WATCHMAN
expressed the hope that the action of
the first mortgage bond-holders of tie
Central Vermont railroad, in giving,
so far as their vote was able, the con-
troll of the Central Vermont railroad
absolutely into the hands of the Grand
Trunk for period of twenty-one
years, would not be carried out. The
WATCHMAN also took issue with other
leading newspapers of the state that
had already accepted the thing as final,
had conceded that the Grand Trunk
would secure immediate control of the
road, and that the shops and general
offices would be moved from st. AL
bans to Montreal. The announcement
has been made in Boston during the
past week that while the vote in favor
of the 30 called Grand Trunk scheme
of reorganization was adopted at re-
cent meeting, held in Boston, by de-
cisive vote of the first mortgage bond
holders, the trustees for the estate of
the late Benjamin p. Cheney, which
estate holds first mortgage bonds of
about 100000, did not vote al all.
The trustees of that estate and of the es-
tate of James r.. Langdon have with
drawn the first mortgage bonds of these
estates from deposit under the pro-
posed reorganization plan, and it is an-
nounced that other nd-holders have
decided to take like action. This an
announcement is very gratifying to the
people of Vermont, inasmuch as it
gives them the assurance that the fight
for the control of the Central Vermont
which was apparently settled for the
time being in favor of the Grand Trunk,
is to be reopened and an entirely new
plan of reorganization will probably be
affected, which it is hoped and be-
lieved will still leave the Central Yer
mont railroad under its present eff
cient management.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-10

A SEVERE financial crisis now exists in
Venezuela. The payment of coupons OF
the German loan has been postponed. the
pension of the widows and some of the
veterans 10 suspended, and the salary OF The
thirty per cent In fact nobody has been
paid, nobody imports, and the banks refuse
to discount or advance money. The Care.
nero Railroad and Steamship Company has
suspended traffic. Everyone Is waiting the
to General Crespo, believing or hoping that
the new president will turn out TO be the
savior of his country.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-10
The Result In New York,

In New York, State and city, fac
tional and most reprehensible divi-
sions-not to say treachery to party and
principle-sent the Republicans to in
evitable defeat in the recent election.
Folly so monstrous seldom invades q
mass of men who should be actuated
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-10

tural conditions of the country to which
he is accredited. The secretary claims
that he has great difficulty in obtaining
specific and technical information from
most foreign consulates when informa-
ton is wanted by the department for
The benefit of the agriculturists of this
country. All foreign countries, he
says, have their representatives OF ag-
ricuture here to gain the benefit of the
experiments conducted by this govern
ment and the prominent agriculturists
and horticulturists throughout the
United States. We, he says, are far
behind the nations of Europe in this
important matter.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-10
zone less at homei
The charmed circle broken
A dear face
Missed day by day from its
Accustomed place,
But cleansed, and saved, and
Perfected by grace;
One more In heavenW

To cure catarrh do not depend upon
snuffs inhalants or other local applications.
Catarrh is a constitutional disease, and can
be successfully treated only by means OF q
constitutional remedy like Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, which thoroughly purifies the blood
and removes the scrofulous taints which
cause catarrh. The great number of testi-
monials from those who have been cured Of
catarrh by Hoods Sarsaparilla prove the
unequaled power of this medicine to con-
quer this disease. II troubled with catarrh
give Hoods Sarsaparilla fair trial at once.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-10

WHATEVER men may individually
think of Henry George and the move
meuts he advocated, he will surely
have a place in American history. He
was man of strong qualities and men,
tai gifts of a striking character. With
his pen he caught the attention of the
world, not an easy thing to do when
the subject is the social and political
conditions of mankind. Mr.. George
was sincere and scrupulously honest in
thought and action and sympathetic in
his nature. True it is that he was viz
ionary and more eager TO go into radi-
cal experiments than seemed wise or
prudent, but his heart was in the right
place and he meant well. His iuflu-
ence was not that of an ordinary dema-
gogue. But with all his insight he
over-strained his powers and the eli
max of his career was also prematurely
its end. Far above that of the corrupt
politician was the station that Henry
George made and filed for himself.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-10

OFFICIAL figures taken from the re-
ports of the last administration show
that the farming element of this coun-
try lost by decreased consumption and
decreased values during Mr.. Cleve.
lands last administration about four
hundred million dollars.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-10

HISTORY has chalked up one more
score against free trade. Now that the
Wilson law has been oblterated from
the statute books and the protective
tariff law enacted and put into opera
ton, which has brought prosperity TO
the country, it is demonstrated and
will be recorded by future historians
that the cause of the depression from
1893 to 1896 was due to the Wilson low
tariff measure.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-10

LINCOLN FOUNTAIN PEN for one dollar.
Publishing Company, Montpelier. VT
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-10
Obituary.

ABBoTT-Mrs. Laura B. Abbott died in
Worcester, October %, aged sixty.eight
years, seven months and seven days. Mrs.
Abbott, whose maiden name was Bruce,
was the widow Of Timothy Abbott, who
died October %, 1875, 30 that she had lived
q widow twenty-five years lacking one day,
during all of which time she had lived In
Worcester. She was left with three child
rem, all girls, caring for her family by means
Of her income from millinery business, in
She was kind and faithful mother, be-
lieving that next to her duty to her God,
was her duty to her family. She had
formed wide circle OF acquaintances in
which she was held in esteem. She was,
while health would permit, often called up
others in times Of sickness and death, and
her kindly and benevolent regard for the
poor was at times expressed in doing work
In her line for them without pay She had
been an esteemed member of the Methodist
church for the past seventeen years. The
controlling principle OF her religious life
was expressed jim few words, in a letter to
her daughter but short time before her
death in which she said, IT am trying to
live every day and hour 80 as to be accepted
of Him." And how important this was,
was shown in her very sudden death. She
will be much missed in the community and
in the church Of which she was member,
and by her many near friends and relatives,
but most of all by her three daughters who
survive her, and who feel indeed that there
is
some less at hOmei
The charmed circle broken
A dear face
Missed day by day from its
Accustomed place,
But cleansed, and saved, and
Perfected by grace;
One more In heaveni"
The funeral services were conducted in
the Methodist church, Rev. George Deuel.,
the pastor, officiating, and assisted by Rev.
church, and Rev p Fl. Carpenter c.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-10

AN evidence that the South is putting
in a bid for her share of the worlds
market is shown by the fact that Ala
bama has recently sent one hundred
thousand tons of coal to Mexico for use
in railroad locomotives, and this is di-
rect competition with English coal
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-10

Mr.. BRYAN felt the return of pros
perity during the last week of the cam
paign in Ohio. He made twelve speech
es in that State inside of four days, for
which he was paid 5000 speech and ex-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-10

George made and filed for himself.
THE New York Sun having repub-
lished what is commonly understood TO
be $50" to wit, that Seth Low bolted
the nomination of Blaine in 1884 and
voted for Cleveland, the renegade Tri-
bune vehemently denied the truth of
history" in this particular. At the
same time the, World, the Iribune's
dsreputable ally in the infamous bust
ness of stabbing the Republican organ
ization, was enumerating in staring cap
itals the great and good things Mr.. Low
had done and, 10, the fact that " he
had twice shown his independence of
his party" Tin 1884 and 1889 "by vot-
ing for the Democratic candidate for
president" led all the rest. The varied
standard of merit and virtue that pre-
vailed among the supporters of Mr..
Low was one of the humors of the late
municipal canvass. To the treacher-
GUS Tribune, for example, its treason to
it's party in great crisis was account
ed an honor by the uncomfortable mug
wump, and what one organ maintained
Seth had not done, another glorified
him because he had done this same
thing. Mr.. LOWS advocates were all
things to all men but they did not win
enough, not even by clutching at the
shroud of Henry George, to elect their
idol. -
WASHINGTON Republicans are much
interested in the selection of Repub-
lican successor to Senator German by
the Maryland Legislature. Location
makes that interest perfectly natural,
but in addition is the fact that four of
the gentlemen who are being talked of
as probable candidates are as we'll
known to Washington people as any
citizen of Washington. They are
Judge McComas, who was put upon
the bench of the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia, by President Har-
rison, after having made an unusual
record in Congress for the length of
time he served; Postmaster. General
Gary, whose business-like administra-
ton of his great department has made
him hosts of new friends and admirers;
Governor Lowndes, who has always
been popular in Washington, and
Representative Mudd, whose qualities
as an all-round nervy political fighter
have made him liked by the rank and
file of the party. Others have been
named in connection with the Senator
ship, but it is the quartette in which
Washington Republicans are most in
terested. With such men to choose
from, there is no likelihood that the
Maryland Legislature will make a mis-
take.
A MARKED falling off in the imports
of cutlery and hardware is noticeable
as a result of the new tariff law. The
average monthly shipments of these
products from Great Britain to the
United States during the first seven
months Of the present year exceeded
in value $4,000 For August the ship
ments reached only S15,520. For Aug
usl, 1896, they were $7O,710. "The loss
of our United States trade, which has
from the most important of our mar
kets next to Australia become one of
the most insignificant" says Hard,oars
Metals and Machinery of London,
"tells heavily upon business in hard
ware and cutlery, and fully accounts
| for the reduction of Valuea for Lat
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-10

ducers, and superior methods of manu-
facture, the prices are lower than ever
before. American cutlery and hard
ware are among the most notable de-
velopments of The policy of protection.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-03
CHAPTER 124-s. F. NO. 455.


sofa for the year 1894, relating to village
assessment districts.
Be it enacted by the Legislature OF the
State of Minnesota:
Section l. That section twelve hundred
nine Il ,209) Of the general statutes of the
State of Minnesota for the year one thou
sand eight hundred and ninety-four 1S94),
be amended so as to read as follows:
Sec. 1909. ANY incorporated village in
this state may, at any annual or special
election by an affirmative majority of the
votes cast at such election, be made a
separate election district and a separate
assessment district, and separate from
the town or towns in which such village
is situated, for all purposes.
Provided, that where the territory in
cluded in such village is located in more
than one county, the said village may pc
made separate assessment district IN
the manner above provided, without be-
eral election district.
Provided, Also that it shall be lawful
for any township in which any such VII
lage so separated is situated to hold its
town meeting and elections within the
limits of such village at a place TO be de-
signated therefor but no resident Of such
village shall have the right to vote at
such town meeting or election.
In cases where village lying IN mora
than one county is SO made separate
assessment district, the provisions OF sec
ton one thousand two hundred and elgh-
teen Q21S), general statutes of the state
of Minnesota for the year one thousand
eigh hundred and ninety-four, lS94l,
down to the proviso therein, shall be ap-
plicable, as in the case OF villages consul
tuting a separate election district.
And a duplicate of the assessment, as
equalized by the village council, shall be
duly returned to the auditors of the re-
spective counties, and shall show the
property subject to taxation in each
oG Sec. 2 This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
Approved April A. 1897.
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CHAPTER 122-s. F. NO. 1913.

AN ACT relating to the taxation Of GER
tain lands which have become subject
to taxation, under the provisions Of
chapter 1888, general laws 1895.
Be it enacted by the Legislature OF the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That in the taxation Of any of
the lands which have become taxable
under provisions of chapter 1853, general
laws of the year 1895, it shall be proper
and lawful for the proper officer or Off
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-03

GERS OF any county or subdivision OF this
state in which any OF the lands which
have become taxable under provisions OF
said chapter may lie for the year 1871,
and any subsequent year during which
the taxability of such lands or any in
terest therein or the legality of said chap
ter 1853 may be in litigation in fixing the
rate for assessment or taxation in such
county or subdivision of the state, to Tx
such rates so as to raise the sum re-
CURED to be raised for all general and
special purposes, as If the lands or in
terests referred to in said chapter Were
not taxed for such year, and so that the
sum or tax levied or assessed on the 9TH
err property in such county or subdivision
of the state shall be sufficient to meet all
the sums to be raised by tax for that
year; provided, that the lands or inter-
ests in the chapter referred to shall be
assessed and taxed as other property in
such county or subdivision of the state
and shall be collected as such taxes are
collected.
Sec 2 This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after it's passage.
Approved April IA, 1897.
CHAPTER 123-S. F. NO. 204.
AN ACT to establish state weighing and
inspection of grain at the city of Fergus
Fails in the county Of Otter Tail ard
the city Of Winona in the county of
Minona, and making e, said cities OF
points, and making all laws of this
state that are applicable to the weigh
ing and inspection of grain at the ter
minal points of st. Paul, Minneapolis.
Duluth and st. Cloud, applicable to
Fergus Falls and Winona.
Be ii enacted by the Legislature Of tna
State Of Minnesota:
Section l. The cities (city) of Fergus
Falls in the county of Otter Tail and the
city of Winona in the county Of Winona
are hereby made and established as ter
minal points for the weighing and inspec'
ton of grain.
Sec g All laws of this state applying
governing and regulating the weighing
and inspection of grain at ST. Paul, Min
neapolis, Duluth and st. Cloud shall ap-
ply, regulate and govern the weighing
and inspection OF grain at the cities OF
Fergus Falls and Winona.
Sec. g. This act shall be in force from
and after its passage.
Approved April IA, 1897.
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CHAPTER 121-S. II. NO. 513.
AN ACT to provide for the division OF
the funds in the town treasury when
any regularly organized village sepa-
rates itself from the town in which 1t is
situated.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State of Minnesota:
organized village in this state decides to
separate itself from the town in which 1t
is situated for all purposes, and has com
piled with the laws of this state for the
purpose of effecting such separation, and
there remains any money in the town
treasury, exceeding the floating indebted
ness Of said town, which has been col
the property within said village and said
town, said village shall, upon said separa-
ton becoming complete, be entitled to
demand and receive from said town such
proportions of said moneys on hand as the
taxable property of said village bears to
the taxable property of said town, accord
ing to the last preceding assessment
thereof. And all taxes which have been
levied, by reason of any assessment there
tofore made on behalf of said town, but
not yet collected, upon the property with
in said village so separated from said
town, shall as soon as the same come into
the county treasury be separated from the
moneys belonging to said town and passed
to the credit Of said village; and there
after any taxes levied by said town. ex-
cept for the payment of principal or in
said town, shall be extended against said
property within said town, but outside
the limits of said village only.
Sec. g This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
Approved April IA, 1897.
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composed or all the F1rSt (ISC' ware vi
the city of Minneapolis and that portion
of the Third (3d) ward of the city of Min.
neapolis lying east of the center line OF
Fifth street, commencing at point where
north, and extending northerly to the
boundary line of the Third and Tenth
wards Of said city of Minneapolis. and
shall be entitled to elect one % senator
and two (2) representatives.
THIRTY-NINTE DISTRICT.
The Thirty-ninth (39th) district shall be
composed of the Second C2nd and Ninth
C9th) wards Of the city Of Minneapolis and
the town Of st. Anthony, in the county of
Hennepin, and shall be entitled to elect
one "a senator and two CO representa-
tives. -
FORTIETH DISTRICT.
The Fortieth doth district shall be COM
rosed of the Fourth (4th) ward of the
City 1 of Minnea polls, and shall be entitled
to elect one GD senator and two ca rep
'eSe''' FoRTY-FIRsT DISTRICT,
The Forty-first 41sD district shall be
composed Of the Fifth (5th) and Sixth
9th wards of the city of Minneapolis,
and shall be entitled to elect one % SEN
ator and four (4 representatives.
FORTY-SECOND DISTRICT.
The Forty. Second (42nd) district shall
be composed of the Seventh 9TH, Elev-
enth (11th) and Twelfth Q2th) wards of
the city of Minneapolis. the village of
Edna and the towns of Richfield, Bloom
ington, Eden Prairie and the village and
town Of Excelsior, in the county OF Hen
nepin, and shall be entitled to elect one ~
senator and two ~ representatives.
FORTY-THIRD DISTRICT.
The Forty-third (43rd) district shall be
composed of the Eighth (Sth) and Thir-
tenth Q3th) wards of the city Of Minne-
apolis and the towns of Corcoran, Green
wood, Medina independence, Minnetonka,
Plymouth Minnetriesta,- Maple Grove,
Orono and the villages of Golden Valley,
St. Louis Park, West Minneapolis, Min
netonka Beach and Wayzata, and all viii
lagos included within the limits of said
towns in the county of Hennepin, and
shall be entitled to elect one ~ senator
and two Coy representatives.
FORTY DISTRICT.
The Forty-fourth OATH district shall be
composed of that portion of the Third
(3rO ward of the city OF Minneapolis lying
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-05-30

PITTSBJRG May 29.-Pittsburs took
,vo s,rajghts from the Brooklyns to-day.
The morning game was won by good hit
ting in the sixth. Killen pitched good
game i'm spite Of many errors behind him.
The afternoon game was smuggling con-
test and some nice plays were made on
both sides The feature was a triple play
bv Griffin and smith BrCdie was on
second with Donovan on first when Pad
den knocked shor, c5nter Fly. Griffin
trapped i, and running in touched Brodie,
threw 20 smith. forcing Donovan at sec
0ud smith then touched Padden. who
Rad tried 10 steal second. II was bril-
liant play and received hearty applause.
Attendance at morning game. 1000. after
.... ". IL Z 10 S.nrs morning gamc.