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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-11-26

town" a famous success. Many good
specalties are introduced throughout the
play, and pretty women who sing well
and dance acceptaby are leading
feature. A quartette OF fine singers are
immensely entertaining-their songs very
tuneful and admirably catchy. The
play is furnished with perfectly appro
pirate scenery, and world Of properties
familiar to the ticket office portion OF the
play. Among the mechanical effects is
an electric street car with full equipment
There is an amusing satire in the sale Of
suburban lots on the nstallment plan
and the methods Of railroad ticket
scalpers are well taken off. Burt Haverly
and Laura Biggar have parts that suit
them perfectly and are seen at their best.
AS special feature they will present
their new and widely discussed travesty
on "Camili," besides introducing their
usual specialties. The dialogue through
out is witty and bright, aud it is one
laugh from start to finish. 1t is an enter
tainment that should draw a large
house and the tickets are only 25, 80, SO
and rs cents. Box seats 81.
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"a Railroad Ticket" a bright far,

~ Noho"u AiSNCt, pilBHt 'oTce
comedy full of life and laughter, will be
given in the Howe Opera House tomor-
row evening. The company is good
one, numbering % Vaudeville graduates
and vocal celebrities, headed by the
famous favorites, Burt Haverly and
Laura Biggar, who for three years past
have made Hoyt's "a Trip to China.
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FRATERNITY MEETINGS.
KotUt,fs of Dvff,tas

Regular convention of Apollo Lodge No. 2
Tuesday, November %.
The rank Of Page will be conferred at this
time. A full attendance is desired.
w. o. SHAW, c. c.
H. T FISHER. K. r. S.
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The Dickens Party.--The ladies of the

The D1ckenS Party... The ladies OF the
North church who arranged for Dickens
party last Friday evening deserve much
credit for the success of their entertain
ment. The characters were splendid and
the party was attended by large num-
ber. The net receipts were over $25. Be-
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Miscellaneous.

c. r. GIBBS, -.
poadoct Street. st. Johnsbury, VT.
Gu, Flowers and Floral Designs
Ior sole Mt ali seasons of the year on snort
notice. For immediate attention order ny
teIeoraph. telephone or special delivery
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WEATHER RECORD.

At Bingham's Drug Store, for the week
ending November "a. 1897.
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slIRvEYoR AND CIVIL ENClNEER'
l. M. PERHAM, q. X.

Drafting Office, Scale works,
st. Johnsbury, ~
The times., 1897-04-08
The Senate Mystery.

For various reasons we have not felt
particularly sanguine as to what Congress
would do during this extra session, in
the line Of redeeIning past national dis
honor in connection with Cuta. We have
entertained some hope that the instructive
American sentiment favorable to liberty
and humanity might become aroused and
exert an irrestible pressure upon our
legislators, and that something effective
might result in consequence; but hopes Ike
these have been greatly depressed by ind-
cations of the dominant power of adverse
Influences. and by the fact Of the forcible
s,,ppression OF the House of Representa-
tives.
1t is satisfactory. therefore, TO reflect
that the spark which Mr.. Hanna pre-
dicted Knight fall.' has, in fact, fallen
in the Senate, with such accompanying
phenomena as must satisfy the country
that one body at least OF our legislative
branch is not deaf to the agoniZed cry
or heipitbs priSOueis, Woi.icu dhu ShiAoi vi
diving under the cruel knives of Spain S
| hired torturers.
Aside from that consideration, the cur
rent debate Of the Cuban question in the
Senate already has proven of valuable
service. in bringing to the surface the
elements of opposition to a policy Of
Justice and mercy which, although long
suspected and more or less generally
identified, have been able to exert theil
influence under the cloak of Senatorial
circumlocution, or have masked their real
purpose with the hypocriueal pretense
of devotion to assumed treaty obligations
or a horror of giving offense TO friendly
| nation.
One of these elements has been exposed
to scorn and contempt by Senator Gal
iinger, In his statement that the only
| native interests opposed to justice in the
| Cuban matter were certain business in.
terests," one exponent OF which had de
nounced him for daring to plead for out
rared women and children who are being
hacked to death with Spanish machetes
The times., 1897-04-08
who Is the Obstructor?

on the basis of present conditions it is
o,,ite itnp possible to estimate the net amount
of concord, or discord, that may be ex-
ist ent between the President of the United
States and the statesman who has sWll
lowed, digested and assnilatcd unto him
self all the rights and functions of tie body
formerly known as the House of Repre-
sentatives If we lsnew that, it would
be easy to find solutinn Tor the question;
what is to tie done about the suppression
of that House by Illegal usurpation?''
The Autocrat has intrenched himself in
strong position, offering but one prac-
ticabie opening for attack. That opening
is Rule X which declares:
'Unless specially ordered by the House,
the Speaker snaii appoint. at tie COM
menceInent of each Congress, the iolio"-
ing standing committees, VIZ
The mandatory character of that rule
speaks for itself There is Republican
majority in the House, latent, crlnging
and strapped down at present. we VIII
admit; but still potentially able to enforce
that rule il it Lad the wish and the conr-
age. The country will recognize this fact
In day or two. and unpleasant questions
will be asked, and still more unpleasant
things said.
One OF the questions will he: Who is it
that says to the people of the United
States. there shall he no general Iegis-
lation in the House OF Representatives. ="
What answer can he given? We ask for
information. Is it the Speaker alone, and
against the views and desires Of the
members and of the Administration" Is it
the Speaker, re-en forced by the Administra-
ton? Is it the Speaker and the Republican
ma iority. against the Executive; or are all
! three high parties in secret agreement?
Something speedily viii he done to find
this out: because great public and private
interests are clamoring to he heard in the
Congress Because, heretofore, they have
been eaten up by a wide open King storR,
| they will not, therefore, remain stupid
| and silent under the Woouen ol'pIessloh Va
Autocrat Log. Their agents and exponents
will quickly reach certain obvious con
clusious, which are: Cd That, If the
Speaker is the only obstruction, and the
Administration wants the door unboted, il
can he done by the majority, under Rule X
(2) That, if the Administration does want
it, and the majority fails TO attend &c
il. their masters, the business interests,
will make thin gs lively for them at home In
short order. 81 That, if the Administra
ton is in accord with the Speaker, il
suppressing the House of Representatives,
and blocking the business OF the Nation, the
sooner that becomes apparent, the better
tits a condition that oonfronts US, and
not theory
The times., 1897-04-08
The Trust Program.

1t would be merely trite to say that
lhe political reyulsion in the great cities
OF the Central West Monday and Tues
day was a severe blow to the Republican
party and its component gold ring, trusts
and monopoles. To the majority of the
party it may have been an unexpected le-
verse We are not so sure that 1t was
altogether So TO the business manager
or to few other great magnates within
the charmed circle. They are too wise
ami experienced not to know that they
have not. and never nave had, any hope
from the unfettered action of popular ma
3orities.
They know onI Y too well by what means
they secured the victory for their party in
1896. and they are too shrewd not to un-
derstand that only by the application Of
the same methods they can hope TO retain
power. That understanding has been plain
ly in evidence in every feature Of their
policy and program since last November.
The policy and purposes of the Combina-
tion, as exemplified ali Ike in its necessities
and actions, are plainly before the people
II included the scheme 10 gam through"
the trust protective tariff before the coun-
try had a chauce for reorganization against
its oppressors. That being done. the mil
Hons wrung out of the masses would begin
10 flow into the Golfers Of the trusts, aud
thence into those of the Republican national
committee. Thus, after the sinews of war
had been provided, the greater designs OF
the conspiracy would seem cas- of accom-
nlishment. While these are terrible in con-
ception. they are simple in detail, and in
mart have been shown feasible in the past.
They amount to just this:
uD To gain control OF the Senate before
the Presidential elections of 900, by max.
ing successive fights in every Senatorial
election and securing the elevation Of SEN
a,orial candidates openly or secretly
pledred TO the trust and monopoly interests
no matter at what cost in money. In this
way they can hope to block Legislation
in matters of the tariff and the currency
shn,lidt he House OF Representatives. az an!
firne chance to become Democratic
f2l To use as many millions, and to apply
as much coercion TO the working classes. In
the campaign of 1898 as may be necessary
10 maintain Republican trust majority IN
the House OF Representatives This policy
To- be applied with all the force and expendi'
The times., 1897-04-08
Gen. Rivera.

1t is quite possible that, out of con-
sideration for American sentiment, Gen.
Weyler may refrain from shooting his pris-
oner. Gen Rivera, and content himself
with killing him by poison.
Suspicious that exactly such a course
is being pursued crop out ccincidenly in
reports from different sources News
from san Cristobal. where Gen.
Rivera : confinedin a close room without
sanitary conveniences, is to the effect
that his wounds have grown worse, that
he is suffering from fever. and that the
idea gains ground that he is being slowly
poisoned A cablegram, received at Jack
sonvilIe night before last. makes the direct
charge. and the crime suggested is so en-
and practices shat there is grave reason
for fearing that il is well founded.
II is too much to believe that the Span
ish butcher would allow an enemy, once
fn his grasp, to escape alive. His only
military successes in the war have
been successful betrayals and assassina-
tions He is engineering a grand one now,
under the pretense that he desires meet
ing with Gen. Gomez, under a flag oftruce.
But the brave old patriot chieftain has
been warned in advance Of the well-laid
trap 10 catch and murder him, and will
have none Of it.
There appears to be a chance that peace
ful and even human conditions will be en-
forced in Crete and Armenia from this time
on That would release a great deal of
American sympathy from the active ne
cessity for exclusive application in those
directions, and some Of this national feel
ing might be utilized in promoting meas
ures for the relief of a people suffering
from wrong, outrage and fiendish butchery
In Cuba
President Mckinley once was reported as
stating that he wished to ''do something
for silver" Perhaps at this time he
may be willing to take the country into
his confidence and express like will
fngness to .'do something for Cuba"
The times., 1897-04-08
MIR. RoosEvELT's SUCCESSOR.
He Ia Certain to BE Strong
Auti-Platt Man.

New York A priI Police Commissioner
Roosevet's friends say that he will ac-
cept the Assistant Seeretaryship of the
Navy rendered to him by President Nc
Kinley AS there is little doubt of his
confirmation, 1t is regarded as good as
settled that Mr. Roosevelt will go 90
Washington.
The question that is now puzzhng the
politicians and the police is, who will Sue
ceed Mr. Roosevelt as u member OF the
police board?
Those WHO probably could have the job
f they wished it are Fire Commissioners
james X Sturgis, jr. School Commissioners
James G. Agar, or former United states
District Attorney Edward Mitchell.
Subway Commissioned Thomas l.. Ham
iiton is spoken of, and William Brookfield,
too The latest gossip is about John T.
MiIholland.
MayDr Strong would rather have William
BrookfieId take the place than any OF the
others. All of them, with the exception or
Edward Mitchell, are anttIlatt men, and
would carry out any orders the mayor
might give
There viii in any event be nice row
when the board attempts to organize, for
the law is that when vacancy occurs III
the board 1.-The board shall reoIganize.'
With Commissioners Grant and farker
preserving their lines the question is, Low
Will the new commissioner vote? In he
Joins with AndIews-a deadlock VIII result,
reorganization he an impossibihty, and
work, SO far as the board is concerned, VIII
be at an end.
An understanding between the new COM
missioner and Grant and Parker would
straighten matt ers at once, but as Mayor
Strong mas practically made up his mind
to appoint d strong anti-Platt man, this
outcome is doubtful
Mayor strong's guarded utterances re-
garding Mr. Roosevelt may have greater
significance than was at first attached TO
them He said: ''Mr ROosevcltis not con-
firmed yet And when questioned re-
gardng Mr. Roosevelt S successor, he said;
II have not Mr.. Roosevelt's resignation
yet, and don't expect it for some time to
come. -
This may mean that he expects Senator
Platt To fight Mr. Rooseveit's Confirmation
The times., 1897-04-08

There may be others. andif there are. they,
too, should have ventilation aud exposure.
In the natural growth of American sus-
picion, that the government OF SPAN,
through its representative in Washington,
has exerted direct Influence in suppressing
the American sentiment in the Congress,iI
NAV be that enron eous and unjust thoughts
have occupied the public mind, In con-
nection with individual Senators or mem
bers But IL has been and still is difficult
to bring the course of several public men
into agreement with any tenable theory
other than that they have been so IN
fluenced; although it is possible that they
could explain their attitude ON different
grounds
A remarkable case in point is presented
in the colloquy between Senators Morgan
and Hale on the resolution declaring
state OF war in Cuba. In the course OF the
debate Senator Morgan, according to the
Congressional Record, said: The Senator
from Maine cannot conceal the fact THAI
he is in constant communication with the
Spanish government for the purpose oi as
them Senator Hale. in reply, denied that
any item of the Information he had re-
caiyed as to the condition in Cuba origin
ated with the Spanish authorities or any
representative Of them; and there the
episode closed for the time being,
1t is not to he expected that either
party 10 this passage at arms VIII allow
the matter TO remain where ii was dropped
on the occasion referred to- Public in
disposed of In some more comprehensive
manner than il was in the disclaimer OF
Senator Hale. Senator Morgan's startling
accusation may amount only to words
spoken in the heat OF forensic discussion,
| but they cannot the less fail to create a
painful impression throughout the country
They even may he taken in connection
with general rumors and suspicious, very
rife during the closing days of the olney-
de Lone regime, suggestive OF spanish
cahal within and extending beyond the
| precincts OF our state Department. Their,
| is not any record that the name of the
| Maine statesman was connected with theac
rumors; hut in consequence of them the
| position of almost any public man, mex
! of Christianity and humanity, in connee
tiou with Cuba, mi ght Toe open tG doubt.
The situation may he clearer before
| final disposition OF the question IN the
| Senate.
The times., 1897-04-08
SENSATIONAL DISCLOSURES MADE
\ Legislative Committee Investigat-
ing Bank Failures.

BHk fthDh
st. Paul, MDn., April The jointlegis-
Iatiye committee investigating iDsolyent
banks in this city and Minneapolis has
made public the testimony secured during
the past two months. Some OF the dis
closures are highly sensational
AS To the Bank Of Minnesota, or which
william wSop, ST., was the president,
and william Dawson, jr-, cashier, W IL
Llghtner, one Of Tie receivers, stated that
on October Sl35, sos was due 10 the bank
from the Fort Dearborn National Bank
or Chicago The balance, he said, was
incorrect, accounts between these two
banks being falsfied to the extent Of
500, 900 AT the time of the failure OF
the ba nk there was owing to ii by the
officials the following sums:
william Dawson. ST., about $40 900;
William Dawson, jr., $50 $50; r. A. Smith.
$50. 900, of which he has since paid $780,
900 In addition to that, William Dawson,
jr., was guarantor of $4,000. OF which
$50. 900 WAS oyerdrawn. As to the cause OF
the failure OF the bank, i5 was testified
that william Dawson ST, owed it $751;
900.
The schedules of assets and liabilities of
william Dawson. jr, have been filed in the
district court The assets are placed at
S239, I6s rs. and the liabilities, $685.
45247 Tie face value OF the assets is
much higher.
BY far the largest portion of Mr.. Daw-
son s direct liabilities consists OF in
dividuaI notes \ few OF these are secured,
but most OF them only by the indorsement
of william Dawson, sr.
AS TO the Scandia Bank, Of Minneapolis,
the committee sta ties that its failure, ac-
cordiug to the evidence. was honest, and
it may yet pay in full.
The committee says that the Washing
ton Bank, Of Minneapolis, went under for
want of paid-up capital, direct and in
direct loans 10 its officers. and from
lack of supervision.
Dwelling upon the affairs OF the ALE
mania Bank, of st Paul, the report says
| that the assets, or a large portion Of
| them, were worthless The directors, il
| states, were heavy borrowers, and We're
guilty OF nlissta tements.
| As to the affairs Of the Minnesota Saw
/ ings Bank of st. Paul, the committee
| states the officers were borrowers. directly
| or indirectly. to an amount more than
| double the capital stock.
The times., 1897-04-08
Last Lines.

No coward soul is mine,
No tremblcr in the worlds storm 'iniDiea
sphere,
see heavens gloTies shine.
And faith shines equal, arning me from
fear.
O God, within my breast,
Almighty, eyer-present DEITY!
Life-that in me has rest,
AS I-undying Life-have power in thee!
Vain are the Thousand creeds
That move mems hearts: unutterably Yain'
Worthless as withered weeds,
Or ,dlest froth amid the bOundless nam.
To waken doubt in one
Holding so fast by thine infinity'
SO surely anchored on
The steadfast Rock of Immortality
With wide embracing love,
Thy Spirit animates eternal years.
Peyvadcs and broods above:
Changes. sustains, dissolves, creates and
rears.
Though earth and man were gone,
And suns and Universes ceased 10 De-
And Thou vert left alone,
Every existence would exist in Thee.
There is not room for Death,
Nor atom that his might could render Void'
Thou-Thou art Being and Breath,
And what Thou art may never be destroy ed.
Emily Bronte.
The times., 1897-04-08

In view of the gravity Of the case, the
Su,reme Court has advanced the Joint
traffic test case on the calendar; but that
only m cans that it viii reach hearing in
October. In the meantime the railway
i,;erest is in a bad way The Senate
may be willing to do something, but the
House OF representatives is under arrest
and deprived of its constitutional functions.
Anything done in behalf of the railways
might open the door to general legislation,
and the Autocrat will not permit that
until lie has finished Furnishing the influ-
ences that failed to flock to his standard
at St Louis. That may take long time
and involve many important interests and
people, public and private.
The times., 1897-04-08
Relenting n Little.

The action OF the President in sending
message to the Congress asking for an
appropriation in aid of the flood sufferers
will be universally commended.
SO will the prompt action of both Houses
In passing resolution appropriating $780,,
600 for the purpose.
That tae House Of Representatives should
consider the matter at all will create wide
spread surprise, as il must be regarded as
measure of general legislation. This
breaking of a strong precedent may be ac-
cepted 10y the country as evidence that the
Autocrat has relented, and the business in
terests demanding a hearing before the
House will be likely to renew pressure with
increased force
They will say: If you open the door for
the relief of flood sufferers; why not for
the relief of Supreme Court decision suf-
ferers, and such things?'
The Autocrat has tolerated the little
rift within the lute,' that, by and by
may make his obstructive music mute. >
The times., 1897-04-08

ture requisite, in case the Senate is not
already safe; otherwise most Of the power
and ammunition to be saved for the grand
effort in 1900.
90 Adjunctively TO suppress the House
of Representatives,; fixing upon it sys-
TEN under which legislation, not ordered
by the recognized agent of the trusts and
monopolies, will become impossible.
(A Finally, in 1900, III necessary, to
spend q hundred or a hundred and fifty
million dollars, realized from trust profits
under the Dingley bill. to carry the Presi-
Dental election, and at the same time to
use the experience OF 1896 in perfected
scheme of coercion applied to all wage
earners In the United States.
We do not believe that the Democratic
successes of the present week will have
the effect of changing modifying this
program. On the contrary we are satisfied
that they will he accepted as imperative
reasons why il should he carried out per
SiSUenOlg anu TelllOfSeicSslf 10 tit bitotf
end. The combination only needs to buy
one more Presidential election, in order to
firmly fasten upon the country the collar
of n system which would render any further
pretense OF popular suffrage unnecessary.
The combination of Republican Gold,
Trust and Monopoly nagnates believes
that its sole chance to carry out this pro-
gram, TO accomplish these designs and to
replace the institutions OF the United States
with its own unbridled, oligarnhical power,
rests in its ability to pass the Dingiey
tariff bill 1t viii continue to organize,
influence, spend money and fight to gain
that strategical victory which, from it's
standpoint, involves all else.
The times., 1897-04-08
HIS REMARK NO JEST.
A Business Man Expires After JOk-
ing About Death.

Boston. Mass. April I'd. b. TaTr, an
elderly man who lived on Columbia ave
nue., was joking about death in State
street restaurant this morning. Il guess
I'll poison myself with Il cup of coffee"
he said in a joking manner TO the waiter
He was served with the coffee, drank it,
and in a moment fell back in his chair,
dead.
Mr TAR had been in the habit Of drink
ing a cup of tea. in the restaurant each
morning He had kept this custom w
for ten or twelve years. That is how he
happened to make the remark abOutp poison
ing himself with coffee Ne died OF heart
disease.
The times., 1897-04-08

And so Mayor Carter Harrison had clear
majority over the combined vote for his
seven opponents of ,222! If this shows
anything. it is evidence that Silver Delnoc-
racy can claim visible ma ajonty of all the
citizens of Chicago. So much for Mr.
Hanna's educational results!
The times., 1897-04-08
SUICIDE OF AN AGED COUPLE.
Husband and Wife Each Seventy
Yeurs Old.

Chicago, April THE bodies of William
H. Gage and his wife, Maria, each seventy
wears old, were found lying on bed in
their home, at No, 2o3 Southwes estern ave-
nue., today The death of the aged couple
was brought about by their own hands. An
eupty two-ounce bottle labeled ''lauda-
num- was found lying on the floor near
the bed, and two letters, one addressed to
H G. Jeamereati, the employer Of Gage, and
the other to the coroner, showed conc!u-
sively that the husband and wife had COM
uitted suicide.
From the appearance Of the bodies death
must have occurred several days ago. 1t
is not known what caused them TO commit
suicide.