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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15

Mr. Robertson told me the story of
Cornell University and the investments
in Wisconsin pineries, writes corre-
spondent of the Chicago Times Herald.
In 1S62-63 the Federal Government
appropriated unsold public lands for
the use of agricultural colleges in the
proportion of 10000 acres for each
Congressman. Much of the scrip was
soon frittered away by most of the
States at less than sixty cents an acre.
The territory apporhoned to New York
State amounted to 10000 acres, and
the Legislature of that State jumped
at the proposition when Mr.. Cornell
offered to buy the lands then available
at the highest market price, sixty cents
an acre. The bulk of this estate was
in the pine forests of Wisconsin, and
has been so judiciously managed that
the property is now said to yield some
thing like thousand dollars a day.
Cornell University has already re
ceived from the sale of timber and re-
sale of certain lands between four and
five millions of dollars, and still pos
sesses $3.50, 900 of most valuable prop
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15
Seventy Years a Sister.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Oct. l2-Sister
Gonzaga, the oldest sister of charity in the
United States and for over so years supe-
rioress of St. Joseph's Orphan asylum here.
has just died at the asylum. She was born
near Emmettsburg. Maryland in 1912. Her
name was Agnes Grace. When she was but
Is years of age she entered the church, and
from that time until her death has been sis
ter of charity. In 1880 she came to Philadelphia
and in Il very short time took upon herself
the responsibility of superioress of St. Jo-
seph's Orphan asylum. For 80 years she
was at the head of the management of the
asylum with the exception of the years of
the war of the rebellion. During those
times she took the ileln as an army nurse,
and it was while acting in that capacity
that she was able to give consolation to
many dying soldier relieve those who were
not sc, seriously wounded and make friends
among those on both sides of the conflict.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15
A MANY SIDED MAN.
Death Of Ex-senator Mcpherson
UnsCathed by Investigation.

JERSEY CITY, n. j.. Oct. l2-Ex-Sena-
tor John Il. Mcpherson Of this state has Just
died suddenly in Taylors's hotel here. He
had been living at the hotel since Sept. /,
His widow and family were in Washington.
Mr.. Mcpherson WAS born in York, Livings.
ton county, n. y, May 9, 1888. He
was for Il time engaged in farming and
stock raising. He became a resident Of
this city in 1858. and entered largely
into the live stock trade. and soon be-
came one OF the most prominent dealers.
He invented. perfected and put into practice
new and hitherto unknown devices and
principles in the treatment of animal matter.
He designed and put in operation in this
country the great abattotr system in use in
France, and improved that system in many
material ways. Mr. Mcpherson was mem
ber OF the board of aldermen of Jersey City
from 1864 to 1870, and during more than
three years Of that time he was president of
the board. He established in the city the
Peoples Gas Light company and was elected
its president. He was also president ofseveral
boards. In 1871 he was elected to the New
Jersey senate by an unusually large maj iOrity.
and served three years. In 1876 he was a
presidential clectOr and in 1877 he was
elected t. :. senator to succeed Hon. +. +.
Frelinghuysen. lie was elected for "A Sec
Und term in lsSj. and for third term in 1882
In 1884 he was Il delegate to the national
Demnrratlc convention III hl'AgO, ana sup
ported Thomas +. Bayard for the presidency,
but when Cleveland was nominated he gave
him his support. He was also delegate to
the national Democratic convention in st.
Louis in 1883 and in Chicago in '92. In these
he supported Cleveland for the nOmina-
ton. His term as United States senator eX-
pired March ,, 1898, and he was succeeded
by William j. Sewell a Republican. Senator
Mcpherson came under the general inyesti-
CATION in the famous sugar trust scandal but
came ont unscathed. His estate is valued
at $4,000, 600. every dollar which has been
honestly made.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15
WEYLER RECALLED.
ReinforCementS to Accompany
His Successor to Cuba.
Spanish Again Defeatcd-I;uryin ing
Grounds Overcrowded.

Madrid. Spain, Oct. l2-The cabinet has
decided To- immediately recall General Wry-
Ter from Cuba, and 10 appoint Captain Gen
eral Blanro y Arenas. Marquis of Pcna
Plata. governor general OF the island. Gen
eral Blanro will be accompanied by General
ArderinO "a vice governor of cuba. General
Gonzales pairal- as chief of stalr. and Gen
erals PandO. Brrbal and Canela. Twenty
thousand reinforcements will accompany
General Blanco. He will sail for
Cuba on Oct. 10. and Captain Gen
eral Weyler will return to Spain imme-
diately. General Castillo assuming the
direction OF affairs in the island until BlancO's :
arrival. The Marquis de Ahumada, who
was Captain General Weyler's second In
command. has resigned. At the meeting
OF the cabinet II was also decided to send
reInforcements to the Philippine Islands
Marshal Primo Rivera. who succeeded Gen
eral Blanco as goyernOr-seneral Of the
Philippines, will be recalled immediately.
Lieutenant General Ramon BancO was
born "a years ago in san Sebastian, Spain.
He did active service during the 10 years
war in Cuba. He also fought in the Carlst
war in Spain. 1t was owing to his
success in storming and capturing the
castle of Pena Plata, during the Carlist
campaign. that he was granted the title OF
Marquis Of Pcna Plata. Gen. Blanco was
appointed Governor General Of Cuba in
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15
The Atlanta Constitution says it is

The Atlanta Constitution says it is
gratifying to note that some progress
has been made in railway building and
that for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1897 nearly 1000 miles Of railway
track has been laid in the United
States. The figures are taken from
Poor's Railway Manual for the current
wear. In the growth which they rep
resent some States have shared more
literally than others, but there is
nothing to excite astonishment in this
unequal distribution. The only thing
to be wondered at is the fact that any
growth at all could have been realized
under the depressing circumstances
which have prevailed during the year.
The following table shows how the
growth indicated in Poor's Manual for
the current year has been distributed:
California, 191 miles; Pennsylvania,
$50; Louisiana, 142; Michigan, III;
Wisconsin, 1O7; Illinois, 1903; Indian
Territory and Oklahoma, 81; Ohio, rs;
Georgia, 75; Arkansas, 73; Texas, &C.;
Minnesota, 81; Montana, 81; Alabama,
55; Florida, 43; Utah, 81; New York,
2S; North Dakota, %; Maryland, 28;
North Carolina, 90; Tennessee, 20;
Vermont, 20; Indiana, IS; Maine, l5;
Oregon, 70; Kentucky, IL; Delaware,
8; West Virginia, 8; New Jersey, 8;
Missouri, 7; Colorado, 6. Had better
conditions prevailed during the twelve
months covered by the foregoing table,
better results would have been real
lied. But, in view of the hard times
which have paralyzed both trade and
industry, the figures contained in the
above table are highly gratifying.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15

The Marine Hospital service of the
Government, in collecting statistics us
to the public health and the death rate
of cities, has made some very valuable
estimates as to the growth of leading
American cities since the census was
taken in 1890. While these figures
may not be as exact as the enumera-
tion made by the census-takers, they
are, to an extent, official, because they
are furnished by the authorities of the
cities for which they are given. The
figures reported are for the year 1896,
six years later than those published
in the census reports. The estimates
show that of all the large American
cities Chicago increased the most rap
idly in its population. In 1890 the
number of inhabitants was |, ,009, $50,
and in 1896 the population is reported
at 1,619, ,226. New York ranks second
in its growth, having increased from
1,515, ,3O1 in 1890 to l, 1896, 600 in 1896.
Next comes Brooklyn, with SOC, ,343 in
1890 and HOO, 100 last year. In the
six-year period Philadelphia increased
her population from 1,046, 964 to L.
1873, 1893. Fifth in the list is St. Louis,
which gained from 451, no in 1890 to
$40, 900 in 1896. Boston shows a less
increment than St. Louis and has only
50, S28 more inhabitants now than in
1890. Baltimore, the last in the list
of cities having a population in excess
of half a million, increased from 434,-
439 in 1890 to 506,37S The smallest
cities show proportionate gains in pop
ulation, which shows the continued
tendency of the people toward the
cities.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15

The Republicans have nominated for
mayor of Greater New York, Hon. Benjamin
+. Tracy, who was secretary of the navy
under President Harrison. General Tracy
is from the same town and county as Sena-
tor Platt, and is law partner of Mr.. Platt's
son. He is u native of Tioga county and
achieved his early successes at Owega. He
is now 67 years of age At u he was ad-
mitted to the bar and at a was district at
torney of Tioga county. In 1861 he was
sent to the Legislature. The following year
he WENT Binghampton and organized three
regiments. One of these, the 109th, he lead
to the front. At the end of the war he es-
tablished himself in New York for the prac-
tice of law and has been very successful.
He was counsel for the defence in the
Beecher-Tilton trial. In 1881 he was cand-
date for mayor of Brooklyn but withdrew in
favor of Seth Low. In 1889 he was made a
member of Mr.. Harrson's cabinet His wife
and daughter lost their lives in u fire at his
residence in Washington.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15

NEW YORK, Oct. 12-Fanny Bellkiser,
otherwise known as Fanny Blanchard. has
been sentenced tothe state prison for women
at Auburn by Recorder Goff, for term of
five years. She was convicted of perjury
because she made false affidavit that she
was the widow of Colonel William Blanchard
in order to get possession of his estate worth
$4,000. The woman is colored and was un-
doubtedly the mistress of big Bill'' Leggett,
a famous gambler, and who at Portland
New York, Saratoga and elsewhere
was known as Colonel William Blan-
chard." The latter, who was an Irish
boy and giant in stature came over here
just before the war and worked in the iron
toundries in Braintree and Weymouth Mass
Then he went to war and blossomed out into
an all around sporting man and later became
Colonel Blanchard" He died about u year
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15

The return of "Old Ironsdes" to her
birthplace, to the harbor where first
she kissed salt water, and where. in all
probability, she is destined to eventually
lay her bones, is and should be, source
of joy to all BoStonians, but to none is
it more so than to Mr.. Benjamin +.
Stevens, president of the New England
Mutual Life Insurance company of this
city, and well known as a literateur and
raconteur on both sides of the Atlantic
For it was on old lronsides "A Yankee
ship, manned by a. Yankee cleW-that he,
then a Yankee lad of L. sailed around
the world in her ever memorable voyage
lasting from June of 1874 to Sept. o. 1876
From Boston she sailed, and it was to
the same port that she returned after
circumnaNigating the globe. Captain
John Percival, known in the navy of his
day.as Mad Jack" Percival, sailed under
special orders to visit certain ports on the
west coast of Madagascar, Mozambique
and Zanzibar in Africa, where American
Whalers were in the habit of stopping for
supplies, to visit the Seychelle islands for
a like purpose, and to purchase an ISL
and, Labuan, off the coast of BOrneo,
which was known to be rich in coal.
Upon her arrival at Singapore, Captain
Percival was informed by the American
consul that the purpose of the govern
ment had leaked out, and that a British
man of-War had preceded her by few
days. Upon arriving at her destination
the island had been bought from the
rajah of Borneo, and was then held by
Sir James Brooke, afterwards the rajah
of Sarawak.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15
RETURN TO OLD RULE.
Liquor Dealers Not Eligible to Mem.
bership in knights of Columbus.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. II. The ma
tional council Of the Knights of Columbus in
convention here has ordered that hereafter
no liquor dealers are eligible to membership,
This action on the part of the national coun-
ell puts an end to a cause of some friction
in the order. As originally estab-
liShed liquor dealers were excluded from
membership. A year or two ago,
however, great pressure was brought to
bear upon the national body, principally
from New York state, looking to the aboli-
ton of this rule The result was that the
rule was relaxed to the extent that liquor
dealers were admitted as associate members
under certain restrictions. The change was
not popular with some of the councils. which
urged return to the Old rule. This step
has finally been taken. All liquor dealers
whose applications We're pending at mid
night Tuesday, Oct. s, and all who have ap-
piled since then, are excluded from member
shin,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15

street below. As a matter Of fact the
civilized world has been aroused
by the imprsoning of the girl,
who and whose family were prosecuted be
cause the girl. who is very handsome, would
not crafty the lust Of one Of the Spanish
generals. The girl was thrown into prison
among thieves and prostitutes Of the lowest
degree. So great has been the outcry that
she has been an elephant on the hands Of the
authorities. and they have taken this method
of getting rid Of her.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15

France Is not SO overwhelmed with
her own woes that she has not time to
listen to the woes of others. 1t is not
generally known that there is in Paris
a Franco-Scottish congress, the object
of which is to continue the agitation of
adjusting Scottish wrongs, although it
was thought that Scotland's greatest
trouble was settled long ago by the
thoughtfulness of the late duke of Ar
gyle. But there is a strong pan-Celtic
movement in France, and one of the
late results has been the establishment
Of Il newspaper having for It's object the
freedom of Ireland. 1t is called Irlande
1lbrr. ANA it is trying to impress upon
the people Of France the justice of the
Irish cause. The traditional hatred Of
the French for the Englisl is still
strong enough to gain for the new pub
liCation an attentive ear.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15

TAMPA. Fla, Oct l2-Detais Of defeat
inflicted on the spanish, under Colonel Rot
ger, by General Castillo on Oct. ). are just
ut hand. General Castillo, Major Miyares
and Colonel Andres Hernandez We're en-
camped in the Carmen hills. Colonel Rot
ger, with $500 men, appeared before the
rebel position. early in the morning, and
was at once attacked and repulsed. After
ralying his men ROtger ordered another
charge and in this attack fell wounded, and
his men lost heart and retired. The Span
iards lost 46 killed and 60 wounded. includ-
ing their commander and seven officers.
There have bee1 so many deaths from dis
ease ana starvation in Guanabacoa, a suburb
of Havana that in order to bury the dead
in the cemeteries the authorities have been
compelled to eXhume bodies which have
been less than a year under ground,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15
NO. 27.
Fam rus Prisoner Escapes.

HAVANA, Cuba. Oct. l2-Senorita
Eyangelina Cossio. who has also been re-
ferred TO as Evangrlina COssio y Cisneros.
owing To her having assumed the name Of
her mother. has escaped from the prison
wherein she has been confined, and caused
quite "a sensation in Havana. The young
Cuban lady escaped between IL o'clock
and midnight ON October over the roof Of
u neighboring house and through it to tho
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15

March, 1879. During his command of the
island occurred the unsuccessful uprising
known as the little war. which was headed
by Gems. CaliNto Garcia and Antonio MaceO,
shortly after the termination Of the ten
years war. For his services during that
short-lived revolution he was rewarded by
the government. He received the cross of
san Fernando with a pension of $1,000
and title Of Grandee Of Spain.
The Madrid government in October,
1881, disapproved Of Gen. Blanco's con-
duet Of the affairs in Cuba. and his resigna-
tOn followed. Gen. Blanco was governor
of the Philippine Islands at the time the
present war started there, and at once took
active measures to suppress the outbreak.
The general was suddenly superseded by
Gen. Camilo Polavieia. Since his return to
Spain n" has several times been mentioned
a. the probable successor Of Gen. Weyier in
Cuba. II has often been charged that Gen.
Blaucu has been weak where he should have
been strong and vice versa. 1t is, however.
admitted that Gen. Biauco is man who
knows how to veil his purpose in his cam
pagn,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15

WASHINGTON, d. c.. Oct. l2-The ad-
ministration has determined to keep the
North Atlantic squadron away from Cuba,
and thus refrain from giving any evidence
of any purpose to intimidate Spain. The
negotiations between the two governments
are SO delicate in their character that the
president does not want to affect them by
making what might be considered by the
Spanards as Il display of force.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15
VOL. XIV.
Essex County Herald.

According to the st. Louis Globe
Democrat, last year the American crop
of cotton alone was worth five times as
much rs the silver output.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15

PORTLAND. Me-. Oct. l2-Gcneral Neal
Dow left no will, and his sou, Colonel Fred
y, Dow, has applied to the probate court
for letters Of administration. The estate is
estimated at $3.50 900.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15

King Leopold of Belgium offers
prize of $4,000 for the best military
history of Belgium from the Roman
invasion to the present day. 1t may
be written in English, French, Ger
man, italian, Spanish or Flemish, and
manuscripts must reach Belgium be-
fore January 7, 1901.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15

CONCORD, N. H., Oct. 12-The first sem
tence ever passed on II New Hampshire
offender under the habitual criminal law of
1898 has just been passed on George True.
the Hopkinton burglar, who took his third
state prison penalty, getting 45 years liz all
upon three counts.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15

Is the cpizootic among horses to
break out again? \ revival of it in a
small way is already noted at Boston
hy the New England Homestead.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15
Rear Admiral Clitz Dead.

WASHINGTON, d. G., Oct. 12-The navy
department has been informed of the death
at st. Elizabeth asylum of Rear Admiral
John Mellen Brady Clitz who was placed on
the retired list in 1888. He was rs years old.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15

A Philadelphia contemporary thinks
that Bates, the Chicago bigamist,
must have been an admirer Of the new
woman" Extremely so; he was an
ardent admircr of eight Of her at Il
time.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15

Whenever anything unusual occurs
IN Copp's liill burying ground the Oldest
Inhabitant begins To tell the story of his
life. with enough digressions To- TN his
turicaI extra" There is an oppurtu-
nifty for him now. Four tombs on Snow
hin street have been wide open FOR 4
number of days. and the sight is a little
.crcws umr. In one there is a heap of
ieoayed coffin boards and bones and
skulls Some of these bones and skulls
belonged tu folk who walked the earth
I'm wigs in the 18th century. All the ter
ritury about Copps Hill is sacred in
American history. The cemetery is the
resting place of the fOrefathers. The
part of il that is bounded by Snowhill
street contains many brick tombs
which are closed on the street side by
a high brick wall. They are arched.
on the inside of each there is a flight
Of brick steps that leads down from n
small entrance. covered or capped or
scaled with a stone slab. like a hatch.
Recently the sup srintendent of the
burying ground employed number of
masons to relay about - feet OF the
Snowhill street wall, because it had
bulged out and threatened to collapse
When the brcklaycrs opened the wall
four tombs We're exposed. The walls
and roofs of them are little out Of
l,!umb. and the mortar that has held
them together for a century or more is
crumbling. There are bones and skulls
in each of the tomhs In the most in
teresting one, SO TO speak. which a per-
son may look into from the opposite
sidewalk on Snowhill street. there is a
heap of decayed wood, bones, skulls
and ShaVings. They are piled indis-
orimnately, and to contemplate them
suggests thoughts Of iweverence. on
the ilOur of the tomb away from the
heap, a cracked and stained skull lies
!ilio a broker shell. Sticking out of the
pile is a WOmans skull with red hair.
and the hair is tangled in the shavings.
Two or three coffin plates are on the
heap, COrrodcd and twisted out of shape.
Lying loose on a dingy looking board is
4 silver plate, we'll prescrN ed, with this
inscription in script; Mrs Maria wild.
!)ied Feb. g. 1899. Act. O. years" Once
this tomb belonged to John wild and
Asa Iiulbrook, according to lettering on
the stone slab that seals it, These men.
ana probably others beside Mrs Wild,
We're inferred in this tomb. In the
three other vaults which the brick ma
sons have opened there are collins in 4
good state of preservation--even to sill
Yer handles that seem to be only tar
nished. These names on the slabs Of
two of these tombS are Francis and
Enoch James and "Jcphaniah Samp-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15

Harry Stone, an old actor, saved tnree
children from drowning at Paterson
N. j. That's the best act in which he
ever assumed the star part.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15

Boston merchants are much interested
in the project for q new line of steamers
between Bristol, England, and this port
gnd things are looking favorable for its
establishment. f. b. Girdlestone, the
protector of the line, says that the Bris
tol dock board will eXpend $7,5OO,OOO fer
improved dock facilities, and that the
Great Western railroad will run a fast
service from that port to London,
AS the guest of the harbor and land
commissioners he has been making an
inspection of Boston harbor and says
that its possibilities are far beyond what
he imagined.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15
FOE GIRTS:
FOR GIRLS:
Bishop Hopkins Hall,
Hiss E. n. CLARK, Principal.
II. ii. ROSS, Business rIan'gr

Por terms and catalogues apply TO shs
Principals.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15

Another section of the subway is
opened to public travel, and the sub
way, as a whole, is now an old story, eX-
citing no comment.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-15

G. w. Townsend, who took the con-
tract to remove the wreck of the big
ocean steamer Venetian, has completed
his work. He has been nearly two years
about it.
OBSERVER,