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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-08-13
THE
WEEMS
Steamboat Company.
- -
PntmEent River Route
beginning Sunday Angus: LIST,
Steamer st. Marv's

Will leave Pier s, Light Street. every
Saturday and Wednesday at 6 .30a. m,
for Fair Haven, Plum Point. Dare's.
Governors Run and Patuxent River as
far as Benedict. Returning will leave
Benedict every Monday and Thursday
at 8 GOA M, Sctterly at s. 80 a. m. Mill
stone Landing at 1G a. M, Will leave
Baltinor for Fair Haven, Plum Point
Dare's and Governors Run, at 6 30 a.
m. Tuesday and Friday. Returning
will leave Governors Run at l 90 p. m.
Dare's 1.S0 p. m, Plum Point 2.15
p. m, and Fair Haven at 400 p. m,
Monday. Tuesday Thursday and Fri
day Freight received at Pier 8, Light
Street, daily.
Steamer Lancaster
will leave Pier 8, iSht Street for
Patuse River direct as far as Bristol
at 3 P. M, Sunday, Tuesday and
Thursday. Returning will leave Bris-
toll at 8 a. M, Monday. Wednesday and
Friday. Leave Lower Marlboro at II
m. Bendict at p m Williams at 4
p. m Sotteily at 6 p. m. and Milestone
at p. m. Calling at all wharves but
will take only perishable freight at
wharves below Benedict. viii call at
Clark's Wharf on Wednesday only.
Freight resolved at Pier s. Light Street
daily.
HENRY WILLIAMS.
May 2S-ly Agent.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-08-13

Nobody seems to be uttering a word
Of regret at the final departure of the
Wilson law from the statute books Of
the country.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-08-13
FRIDAY and SATURDAY August.
18th and I4th. 1897

E7E FFH1Ft H7FNIs NoOfs
All the personal property of which the late
George Luttrell deceased, died, seized and pos
sessed, consisting of One lot of Merchandise
as follows: Groceries, Notions Cigars, Hard
ware, Drugs, and such other goods as are
generally kent in a country store Also Bug
gy and harness, Ok cart, l Mare and colt. /
Black mare, Cow, Yoke OF oxen, 2 Yearl-
ings, 40 Cords Of wood on bank ana IS cords
Of same in woods.
TERMS OF SALE Cash, for all sums of
money under $40 over that sum a credit ofsix
months will be given the purchaser or pur-
chasers giving satisfactory security.
WIN. A, LUTTRELL
and ADRIAN POSEY.
Administrators of George LuttrelI.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-08-13
The very Best Embalming Fluid and
Disinfectants Always Kept in Stock,

Ten years experience in the business.
viii attend funerals in any part of the
county and make no extra charge for long
distances
Three Hearses always on hand
Thanking the public for past fayors re-
spectfully solicit continuance thereof.
Telegraph or postal cemm ication can be
had with me at Bel Alton Cha county, Md,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-08-13
Administrators Sale.
OF
Personal Property.

pY virtue of an order of the Orphans
ID Court passed on Tuesday, the 3rd day Of
August, 1897, the undersigned will sell BY
public auction to the highest bidder or bid
ders ON
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-02
Hides.

The Massachusetts boot and shoe
manufacturers are very much opposed
to the proposed duty on hides. They
are making very pretty fight for the
purpose of having hides kept on the
free list. Yet the Western cattle men
fail to see why they should not be pro-
tected. For the purpose of revenue,
duty on hides is beyond criticism.
1t can be defended as measure of pro-
lection and as measure of revenue.
The Western people will be likely to
say to their Massachusetts brethren,
" Because protection has been such a
good thing for you that you can afford
to be free traders, at our expense, are
we to give up our claims to protection?'
1t must be admitted that the Massachu-
sets brethren are inconsistent. Still,
they are not to be blamed. When new
taxes are to be imposed, everybody is
naturally anxious to save his own hide
and 80 Massachusetts just at present is
considerably more concerned for its
own hide than for the hides of the cat
tie on thousand hills.-New York
SIM
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-02
Story in Detail.

The darkest chapter in the history Of
Montpelier was written last Saturday, and
MemorialDay was Swallowed by the most ter
rible tragedy ever known in the annals OF
the town. Before eight o'clock Saturday
morning word was. telephoned to police
headquarters by Prof. D. s. Blanpied that
shooting affair had occurred just South Of
his residence on Seminary Hill Officers
and physicians and q large crowd Of people
hurried to the spot, and as the news Of the
dreadful occurrence spread, everything else
was for the time forgotten. A representa-
tive OF the WArcHMAN was soon on the
scene, and from mass of distorted rumors,
was able to CLEAN the following story;
Miss Mildred Brewster, twenty years OF
age, daughter of Wesley Brewster, q
wealthy farmer Of Huntington Center, shot
Miss Anna Wheeler, daughter Of Luther S.
Wheeler OF East Montpelier, and before any
one could reach the scene OF shooting,
turned the revolver and sent bullet crash
ing through her own brain. These young
women were both in love with John
Wheeler, young man twenty-one years
old, stone cutter in the employ OF Fraser
& Broadfoot of this city. Miss Wheeler had
been engaged to Wheeler for the past two
years and the engagement had been sane
toned by the families OF the young people.
Several months ago Miss Brewster became
enamored Of Mr.. Wheeler, although the
statements of many people familiar with
the facts go to show that this affection was
not reciprocated by Mr.. Wheeler. Miss
Brewster became insanely jealous OF Miss
Wheeler and has recently made threats
that she would shoot Mr.. Wheeler and Miss
Wheeler Last Friday evening she laid in
wait for Wheeler at the Armory where he
was drilling with Company III, with the
evident intention of assassinating him when
he left the hall. He was, however. &C
companied by his brother and was not mo.
Tested.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-02

The funeral of Anna Wheeler was held
Monday afternoon from the home of heI
parents in East Montpelier. The services
were conducted by Rev. j. Edward Wright
and were attended by hundreds OF
people from all that region, including many
from Montpelier. The white casket was
almost entirely hidden by floral offerings
and the face OF the dead girl gave no evi.
dence of the terrible scene so recently en-
acted.
The services were peculiarly impressive
Mr.. Wright dwelt upon the fact that al
though it is hard on occasions like this tc
point mourning friends to the fact that God
knows best, yet he could truthfully say that
the friends of the deceased had no feelings
of vengeance or OF hatred, but only Of sor'
row for her who did the deed. Referring &c
the young woman who fred the fatal shot
he quoted from Whittier's Snow Bound u
the paragraph commencing,
.'Wher'er her troubled path may be,
The Lords sweet pity with her co.
The outward, Maynard life we see.
Its hidden springs we may not know"
He called attention to the fact that it was
no time for severity or unkind feelings and
pointed the bereaved parents to the fact
that it was sorrow and not sin that needed
assuaging, q sorrow that might have fol-
them uplifting infiences in the years that are
to come, bringing heaven and earth nearer
together.
John Wheeler, the young man to whom
Miss Wheeler was engaged, sat with the
family, and his grief was most pathetic to
witness.
A WATCHMAN reporter visited the hospi.
tai on Tuesday to obtain, II possible, state
ment from Miss Brewster. She was re-
ported as bright and gaining strength, but by
order OF her physician and counsel, the mat
ron in charge allows no one but the physi-
clan and nurses and her father to see her.
Mr.. Brewster talked freely with the repor-
ter, and his statements were taken verbatim.
He is evidently feeling the strain upon his
nervous system, and he at once wins the
profound sympathy OF every one with whom
he comes in contact.
Mr.. Brewster said: Z" My name is Wesley
@. Brewster and have lived in Huntington
all my life. / married a daughter of Ar
mold Sherman OF Huntington. My wife
died five years ago and never have mar
ried again. Since my wife's death my two
wives have kept my house. have had two
sons and two daughters. One OF my daugh-
was scalded to death, the other one is here
at the hospital. Her real name Is Lena Mer-
rilla though she calls herself Mildred. She
will be twenty years old next Saturday.
My daughter was of bright lively. cheer
full temperament when she was at home
but since her mothers death she has said
she had no home. made things as pleas.
along very well with her sisters-in-law. She
was In the Burlington High School for two
years, and / want to say that / paid for
every day OF her schooling there, and what
the Burlington paper said about some par
ties there taking an interest In her and
sending her to school Ia not true. She said
she did not want to be teacher and would
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-02

not Rraduate; but she did teach ten weeks
in Huntington / think II was year ago
last fall. Lena then came to Montpelier
and l think she worked In the family Of S.
=. Shurtleff all that winter She went from
Montpelier to Mortified and worked in
the hotel there for q short time. From
there she wrote me about the young
man in Montpelier who visited her and
this young man l am pretty sure Is
John Wheeler. Since that time she has
worked in different places in Montpelier.
haven't seen Lena since last Christmas.
She was at home then for a few days and
we all noticed something was wrong. She
was very gloomy and respondent, her eyes
looked wild. She was not herself at all
The last letter 1 received from my daugh-
ter was written three weeks ago. In this
letter she said everything had gone wrong
since she came to Montpelier, but she
thought it would go better when the birds
flew over her grave. / think my daughters
mind was crazed and bewildered with love.
i feel sure John Wheeler had paid her more
ised to marry her. She told me this morn
ing that she was engaged to John Wheeler
and that she had letters from him in her
trunk, but have not felt like looking at
them yet. While we were speaking OF
these things this morning she said, oh
burst into tears. My daughter has never
begged me to bring her a revolver that she
might shoot herself, though she did ask
where her revolver was and said they had
taken 1t away from her. My wifes father
Lena's grandfather, while in an insane
frenzy, committed suicide by cutting his
throat; his brother was insane. Lena's
mother died with heart disease. Two Of
my aunts are insane and Peter Crane, who
lately died in the insane asylum at Water
bury was my cousin. think 1t very strange
Lena was not instantly killed as the doctor
tells me the bullet entered her ear and il
now lodged in her brain. He says it may
be two or three weeks before he will be
able to say whether she will recover or not
He fears an abscess will form. l shall stay
| with her as long as she needs me-"
Mr.. Brewster seems a kindly old gentle
man and the tears flowed freely as he talked
| Of his daughter. He said she was the frs
to disgrace the name OF Brewster. He re
peated his belief that she had been driver
insane and was, perhaps, as much sinnet
| against, as SHINING.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-02

drawer was a broken box OF cartridges
and the following note neatly written
in ink and signed Mildred Brewster:
Don't blame love-sick girls for they were
made thus loving. A handsome girl Is
something to one, real good, willing, self
sacrificing man. But one who loves almost
to distraction is the best. Take those luke
waym, Indifferent, lifeless beauties, you
would become marital martyrs but she is
the premium wife whose fervid, glowing
devoted, whole-souled love knows no limit,
who is spell bound, magnetized, entranced
and beside herself when beside her lover,
whose love, torrent like, sweeps all before
1t, making all possible allowance for imper-
fections in the loved one, and magnifying
to the highest degree all his desirable and
lovable traits OF character"
This note strengthens the prevalent be-
lief that .inordinate and unrequited love
for John Wheeler had unbalanced Miss
Brewster's mind.
Mr.. Brewster, father of the young girl, ar
rived Saturday noon, accompanied by his
son and since that time he has been at the
bedside Of his daughter He has repeatedly
said he hoped she would not recover and
has expressed regret chat his daughter did
not take her own life and spare that OF Miss
| Wheeler.
Miss Brewster regained consciousness at
the hospital Saturday evening, and Sunday
morning appeared quite bright. She con.
versed freely with the hospital physician,
| She was perfectly conscious OF what she
had done, and although she showed no pen.
itence, she expressed regret that the bullet
in her own head had not proved fatal. She
repeatedly declared she did not wish to
| live, and then she urged her father to make
it plain to everybody that John Wheeler
was in no wise to blame for what had been
done. This ante-mortem statement from
the young woman, refutes the stories that
had been freely circulated that Wheeler had
been unduly intimate with Miss Brewster
and because of his betrayal of her she had
made up her mind to these desperate
deeds.
Accompanied by physicians and an UNI
dertaker, States Attorney Rowland went
to the home of Luther s. Wheeler on Mon
day morning, where, under his direction
an autopsy was performed and the bullet
was taken from Miss Wheeler's head The
family of the deceased made no objection
to this unpleasant proceeding which was
deemed necessary by the States Attorney
1t has been learned that the revolver
with which Miss Brewster did the fata
deed was purchased by her last Friday
afternoon at the store OF G. j. Reynolds &
Son of Barre. She bought the revolver anG
a box of cartridges, telling the clerk who
sold them to her that she wanted to take
them to her brother in Huntington. She
told her father she had left severa
letters in her room, one of which
was addressed to John Wheeler. Mr.
Brewster went to the room but failed tt
find any letters. He is of the opinion tina
some person had visited the room anC
secured the letters but was afraid to max,
their contents public. The aged father re
mains constantly by his daughters bedside
refusing even to take proper nourishment
The strain is telling perceptibly on him.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-02

some of the newspapers have been
cribbng from the schoolmasters who
advocate the most abominable things in
the way of inheritance taxation, just as
impracticable and visionary college pro-
fessors used to advocate free trade, and
do now-some of them. The State
should make the rate just and reason
able, and should make 1t uniform. 1t
should act on the ground that the
former owner of an estate though dead
yet liveth in his right to be shielded
from robbery and injustice in the treat
ment of his property. 1t should scorn
to impose burdens upon that property
it would not-and could not-impose
if the person who accumulated it were
living and able to maintain his rights.
A levy upon an inheritance should
be tax imposed for revenue, in the
same spirit as the school or highway or
corporation tax is imposed, not as a
penalty for the alleged tax lodging of
the decedent when he was in the flesh.
But one of the strongest arguments of
the few defenders of the law of 1896 is
that it will recoup the State to some ex-
tent for the taxes property had lodged
during the life of the owner. A weak
measure is sustained by weak excuses.
Under the law collateral inheritances
only are taxed, and these are much the
smaller fraction of all inheritances.
Only personal property can dodge
taxes; lands and buildings cannot hide.
On these the tax is always paid. TIC
what extent then can the five per cent
tax on collateral inheritances of per.
sonal property return to the State the
taxes the dead man may have managed
to avoid in his life time? If the tax is
levied as punishment for tax-dodging,
what shall be said of the morality OF
the philanthropy of government that
promiscuously Furnishes the innocent
many in order to make sure that the
guilty few are amerced? All men are
not tax dodgers. We don't believe the
majority, or any reasonable approach
to majority, wilfully evade their share
of the public burdens. This plea fol
the inheritance tax, in any shape, in
respect of its morality, is on par with
the defense the ultra advocate maket
of this manner of raising public money
BY 1898 the Vermonters' ideas on this
subject will become settled, and jus
and reasonable law will be enacted.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-02
MiddleBeX,

John Smith is to occupy the lower Steele
tenement.
Justin B. Hills, former resident, visited
in town last week.
Miss Florence Greene visited at the home
OF her grandparents last week.
III. B. Nichols and l.. r. Wells were in
Waterbury on business Monday.
Miss Olive Guernsey of Montpelier was
guest Of Mrs. Ruins Leland last week.
II. B. Nichols and e. E. Campbell each
have a new bike. Look out for broken
records?
George P. Miles was taken quite seriously
i'll last Saturday evening, threatened with
peritonitis, but is now reported GONZALES
cling.
The Ladies' Aid held a we'll attended and
pleasant sociable with Mrs G. T. Miles last
Wednesday afternoon. There were forty
five in attendance.
David Ward continues to fail gradually,
and 1t seems to be only question Of q short
time with him. His only daughter, Ellen,
arrived Monday from the West.
At exactly 1916 P: M. last Thursday a
severe earthquake shock was felt at this
dishes, windows, and shake buildings in
good shape. The vibrations lasted four
minutes.
Smith Barnett, an old resident OF this
place, died last week. He had been a town
charge for many years. owing to the total
loss OF his eyesight. The funeral occurred
last Thursday from the residence OF Henry
Barnett, where the deceased had resided
for the past year. The burial was at the
Center cemetery.
George Sherman, the Oldest resident in
town, passed away last Thursday morning
in the ninety-sixth year OF, his age. De-
ceased was born in Richmond, and was
once married, his wife having long since
preceded him. There was born to him four
children, two daughters and two sons, the
latter now alive. Amos, living in Mich
igan, is the oldest of the children, and
Harry, residing here, is the youngest Mis-
fortune and loss Of money in extreme old
age, made his declining years intensely
sad, he being town charge long before the
sad intelligence that the one whose duty it
was to care for him, had forsaken him. Mr.
Sherman, In his younger life was thrifty
and prosperous. He was ever an honored
and respected citizen, and a kind. hearted
neighbor, friend and relative, and his death
carries away man who, though adversity
overlook him, was always cheerful. The
funeral occurred from the village church
last Saturday at eleven o'clock. The inter-
ment was at the Center cemetery.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-02
THE Senate has made good progress

THE Senate has made good progress
in considering the tariff bill by para
graphs, and the rule adopted by the re-
publicaps to have the steering commit
tee agree each night upon the nature
of the paragraphs that are to be voted
upon the next day is working success
fully. The committee has been sus-
tanned in every vote taken by the solid
Republican vote, and in every instance
has also been supported by some Popu-
list or Democratic votes. The tend
ency of the steering committee has
been to raise the duties above what
they were in the amended bill reported
to the Senate, and it now looks as
though the bill, when it becomes law,
would not differ very widely from the
Dingley bill as passed by the House.
SENATOR ALDRICH, speaking for the
subcommittee that prepared the amend
ments to the Dingley bill, including the
sugar schedule, in reply to Senator
Tillman's insinuations, made the most
positive denial that the subcommittee
was influenced by the sugar trust or its
agents, and stated that only one man
outside of the three members of the
subcommittee (himself and Senators
Allison and Plat of ConnecticuD knew
what the contents of the sugar sched-
ule were before the bill was reported to
the Senate. That man was Senator
Jones of Nevada, who is member of
the Finance Committee, having been
originally put on the committee as a
Republican and left on as Populist,
after his announcement that he had be-
come member OF that party. Senator
Aldrich also stated that the sub.com-
mittee would welcome the most search.
ing investigation of the manner in
which the sugar schedule was prepared.
The Senate will decide, probably this
week, whether the Tillman resolution
directing an investigation by special
committee of five Senators, shall be
adopted. 1t is probable that it will be,
although nothing was accomplished by
the other sugar investigation by the
Senate three years ago, and the head
of the sugar trust walked out of court
last week on verdict of "not guilty"
when he was tried for contempt in re.
fusing to answer questions asked by
members of the Senate committee.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-02
The Conclusion Of the Matter,

The discussion of the matter of tax
ing inheritances, started by the collat-
eral inheritance tax act of the Legisla-
ture at its late session, and promoted
by the legislation or attempted legisla-
ton on the general subject of inheri.
lance taxation in other States, particu-
larly New York, has served an excel
lent purpose. The subject was not a
familiar one in Vermont. 1t was 30
unfamiliar that although the Legisla-
ture was proffered law of some other
State relating to the subject to engraft
upon the statutory system of this State,
the lawmakers, in taking the step they
did, seem to have been walking by
faith, not by sight, for the donor of the
foreign measure was frank enough to
declare that he did not believe ten men
in the House of Representatives, when
the bill was passed by that body, knew
what they were voting to do. There
was more or less of evidence confirma-
tory of this statement after the public
discussion of the law began. We be-
lieve that the ratio of those among the
people who looked over the published
laws of the session that understood
what this particular law proposed to do
was even smaller. An expounder of
the statute was needed to make it's
meaning and intentions clear to the
average mind.
Although the press, with its custom
airy timidity in handling any matter of
real or vital importance to the interests
of the State, has only here and there
given any attention to the subject,
enough good seed has been sown to
insure more intelligent and broader
view of the question of taxing inheri-
tances when it shall come again before
the Legislature, as it unquestionably
will in 1893. Governor Blacks veto of
u that was passed by the New
Legislature, and his statement of
principles that should control in
taxation of inheritances as well as
property in general, will have whole
some influence in checking the decided
tendency toward communism or popu-
, lism that has gotten into, or is en-
couraged in, legislation of this kind.
A law taxing inheritances must rest
for its justification on the same princi-
Piles as the law taxing corporations and
the rates of taxation must be Just and
reasonable. One class OF inheritances
should not be taxed at one rate and
another class at a different rate. Col
lateral inheritances should not be taxed
five per cent, while direct inheri-
tances are not taxed at all; collateral
inheritances should not be taxed five
per cent while direct inheritances are
taxed one per cent or at any rate less
than five per cent, and the rate on both
should not be extortionate, an indi-
rect form of confscation.
The State cannot justify procedure in
this matter ON the communistic theories