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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-28

The New York political campaign is
now under full swing and the election
hgurers are busy The bosses on each
side are claiming big majorities. Sen,
sible people, knowing that New York
Politicians are the biggest liars on earth.
will patiently wait and see.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-28

An American syndicate, represent.
ing Detroit capital, has purchased a
large tract of land at Manzanillo,
where there are several good iron
mines. An agent Of the syndicate is
now there.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-28

Visitors to the City of Jerusalem
are apt to record "Jerusalem, the
Golden" as a mere figure of speech,
but those who come in contact with
the German Emperor know that
BILLY, the brassy," is living fact.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-28

1t is probably true that Spain is
trying to secure European inter
ference with the peace negotiations,
but there ere no reasons to suppose
that the efforts will be more success
full than those for European interfer
ence before and during tile war.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-28

The next eencus is likely to show a
population in the U. s., and its colo.
MES of nearby 9O,OOO,OOO, The sun
never sets upon our domain. who.
ever hauls down the American flag,
shoot him on the spot"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-28
GIVES WARNING OF POISON.
An Ingenious Device to Prevent People
Taking the Wronp Madeleine Hottie

Taking the Wrong Medicine Bottle,
The vital statistics of every city TEEN
with brief obituaries of persons who
get up in the night for cough medicine,
and, not having time to light the gas,
hit upon the wrong bottle, which is
usually found by the Coroner's ply
stefan to contain carbolic acid 1t
would appear that bottles containing
poison have mysterious power of pre-
senting themselves before all others to
the cropping hand. To obviate this
source of mortality various schemes
have been suggested, among them the
use of corrugated glass bottles, easily
distinguished by the touch, for poisons,
and the employment of luminous paint
to warn the midnight searcher from
the perilous dose.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-28

The alleged discovery by the Egyp
tan police Of an anarchist plot againsf
the life of the Emporer of Germany
was doubtless arranged at some Of
the European Capitals, as hint to
Billy against his getting too gay, Oh
his Palestine junket.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-28

Senator Morgan thinks Hawaii and
Porto Rico will eventually become
states. The Senator may be right
but it is to be hoped that it will be a
long time first.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-28
Imaginative Lnxmcr.

"Do you mean to say that manager
has engaged you for next season at
i've hundred dollars a week?' said
one actor.
That's what he promises
But, my dear fellow, that is a
fabulous salaryw
mo, wouldn't call it fabulous.
But I'm afraid it'll turn out to be
mythical"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-28

Howard Gould evidently believes
his actress wife to be worth more
than her weight in gold, or he would
not have paid $4,000, 900 for her.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-28

Admiral SIMPSONS report is made
public. Is doesn't contain anything
but what the news papers have told us
long ago.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-28

The following extract from an AS
ISOLATED Press dispatch from Havana
tells sad and significant story :
"Many planters and merchants who
recently returned here anticipating an
early resumption of business are go
ing abroad again to wait until affairs
are settled in Cuba, as they do not
care to embark in business ventures
or risk a cent in the present unsatis-
factory and indefinite condition of
political affairs. In the meantime
the country daily grows poorer The
sugar and tobacco crops are unsown.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-28

When we get that archaeological
'bratory in full blast all we'll have 10
Go when fellow mortal "elimbs the
golden stairs" will be to send in a loci,
OF bis hair and well be told just what
sent him on his upward journey. How
nice!
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-28

We are told that bolt of lightning
pulled woman's tooth up in Maine
but we are not informed whether or no
it was without pain.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-28

Secretary Alger has issued an order
changing tue post regulations and IaX,s
OF Porto Rico TO correspond with thoa
OF this couutry,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-28

The recent survey by the govern
ment of the mouth of the Yuk N Rive
viii add $500 square miles to U.c;.
Sans Alaska domain.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-28

Chicago has had its peace jubilee
and now Philadelphia is taking a turn
at the same crank. "Peace be still"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-28

Putting George Dewey and Fitz
Lee on Presidential ticket is proph-
esied for 1900.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-28

Now the "Assembled Wisdom"
proposes that a man shall not kill
more than five partrdges a day This
is on par with the six inch trout
law. Its intention is to keep out-of-
the state hunters away. Very nice,
But we notice these out of. the-state
fellows leave good many dollars in
Vermont, and as money is what
makes the mare go the question is
which is to be preferred the par
tridges or the mare, on a swinging
trot ? Wen take the mare. 'Glang.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-28
MRS. PINKHAM TALKS ABOUT OVARITlEEs.

Letter Suffering Women Should
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-28

Il is reported that Queen Victoria
yisi.es 70 ahdicat, hei,'g much depress
4 by @ca events.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-28
Sitter John. Editor.

Copies of this paper caa DC obtained
H} 3't|})rp va HlpB& EM OF
Street, Br0ttleboro.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-28

DeVitt's Collie s. Cholera Care,
CT; KY cures Dyseatssy and D:srrbea
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-28
-ann

Londonderry Sitter.
Issued Every FRIDAY Morning, Terms
$l.00 year at offices where bundles are
sent. sl,lo where sent in Single Wrap
pers. Address
The Sitter,
So. Londonderry, Vt.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-11-10


because it is cheaper than pine and will
last quite as long under the water as
would the more expensive wood.
The breakwater is 36 feet wide and
stands IL feet out of the water on the
lake side Finished, it presents the ap.
pearance, ON the harbor side, of three
immense steps. Each step is 12 feet
wide. The first is six feet above the wa.
ter, the second is four feet above the first
and the third is two feet above the sec
ond. This arrangement is for the con-
venience of vessel men who tie up on the
harbor side. The lake side Of the crib
is perpendicular.
The northern section of the breakwa.
ter is 9,700 feet long, 5000 feet Of
which, on the northern end, will be
constructed wholly of gravel and stone
and the remainder Of timber crib. Work
is necessarily slow on account of the
immense amount of material which has
to be carried to the spot and the natural
difficulties attending its adjustment.
Millions of cubic yards Of gravel and
stone will be necessary in the oonstruc-
tion of this ~, 600 feet of breakwater
Nine-tenths Of it is out of sight.
One of the most interesting things
about the work is the prodigious dredge
which scoops up the mud from the very
bottom Of the lake, 60 or 70 feet below
the surface. This dredge has the great
est capacity Of any machine Of its kind
ever put to work on the great lakes.
The ordinary dredge, employed in the
usual harbor and river dredging, is use
less at depth of more than 80 feet
The dredgo employed by the the con
tractors in this work can be utilized ut
a depth Of l2O feet. 1t is so flaXibly
constructed that it will ride out the
heavy seas which sweep that shore aud
which would interfere seriously with
the steady operating of an ordinary
dredge, and it has a daily capacity OF
8, 900 cubic yards of soft excavation.
The bucket resembles giant clam
shell. 1t weighs 5 tons and sinks into
the soft mud Of its own weight. 1t is
open when it descends and as soon as it
is filed closes, and the tension from the
elevating cable prevents an untimely
discharge Of its contents. There are / 5
cubic yards of mud in each bucketful,
and the dredge is now lifting about
2, 500 cubic yards day.
O. J. BowDEN.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-11-10
MARIA TERESA is LOST.
Went Down In storm In Souther
Wnterg--The Crew Rescued.

Went Down In q storm In Southern
Waters--The Crew Rescued.
CHARLESTON, Nov. THE ocean tug
Merritt put into Charleston for supplies
and reported the loss of the former
Spanish cruiser Maria Teresa, raised by
Constructor Hobson recently, off San
Salvador, Bahamas, Nov. /, in the
midst of furious storm.
The cruiser left Caimanera, Cuba, on
the morning of October 30 IN now for
New York. The storm opened rents in
her hull which had been patched to en-
able her to make the journey and she
began to fill rapidly. The Merritt took
of lieutenant Commander Harris and
the crew from the sinking ship and she
soon went down. The Merritt brought
the lieutenant commander and 1876 men,
who proceeded north by rail. No lives
were lost so far as known.
WASHINGTON, Nov. Upon receipt
of the news of the wreck of the Teresa
the naval officers attached to the navi-
cation bureau Immediately consulted
the charts to locate the scene of the dis
aster. The first glance satisfied them
the last had been seen of the illfated
Maria Teresa. AS near as they could
calculate the vessel lies in about 1000
fathoms of water, or nearly three
miles.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-11-10
MISS Emily vANpRRn1Lr SLOANE.


literary productions which have come
from her pen. She is the author of three
books, all Of them written to further
the altruistic idea
Like most Of the Vanderbilt girls,
Miss Sloane is a tall, dark brunette with
graceful figure and an attractive face.
That she is very much in earnest about
her altruism is shown by her engage.
ment to Mr.. Hammond While he is a
very estimable gentleman, he has not
been generally considered as a member
of the exclusive Fifth avenue set. I"
He has neither great wealth nor long
lineage. His father, however, was the
late General ,TOhn II. Hammond, who
was General Sherman chief Of staff
Mr.. Hammond is an altruist also
Ever since he was graduated from Yale
in the class Of '92 he has been interested
in philanthropic efforts and social re
form movements. It was this common
interest which drew the young people
together Tho wedding is expected to be
one of the great social events of New
! York; spring season.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-11-10
CONTROL OF THE SENATE.
Election Tomorrow Expected to Put
Ono or the other Party Suih-
cIsntly In Power.

WASHINGTON, Nov. THE control Of
the United States senate will be deter
mined very largely by the result of the
elections tomorrow, when % states
elect legislatures which will in turn
elect senators. The present party
strength in the senate is as follows:
Republicans, 43; Democrats, 81; Popu.
lists, q; Silver Republicans, 8. This
gives a ma jorty to no one party, and 1t
has proved fruitful source of doubt i'll
legislation influenced by party lines.
The terms of 30 of the present sena-
tors are about to expire, and in most of
these cases the legislatures chosen TO.
morrow will elect successors. In seven
cases, however, legislatures already
have been chosen and senators elected,
viz: AldriCh of Rhode Island, Daniel
of Virginia, McComas to succeed Cor
man in Maryland, Hanna of Ohio,
Money of Mississippi, Proctor of Yer
mont, and the legislature of Maine,
which has been elected, but has not yet
chosen senator. In Oregon also,
Simon has been elected to fill u vacancy.
These changes, already made, give "A
net gain of two in the Republican vote.
McComas of Maryland and Simon OF
Oregon. The remaining 23 senators are
vet to he chosen. Those who are about
10 retire are:
Allen, Populist, of Nebraska Bate, Demo
| crat, of Tennessee; Burrows, Republican, OF
| Michigan; Cannon, Silver Republican, of Utah
Clark, Republican, Of Wyoming; CoclSrell
| Democrat of Missouri; Davis, Republican, OF
| Minnesota; Faulkner, Democrat of West Nir
| ginia; Gray, Democrat, of Delaware; Hawley
| Republican, of Connecticut; Lodge, Republi
| can, OF Massachusetts; Mantle, Silver Repub
| hcan, of Montana; Mills, Democrat, of Texas
| Mitchell, Democrat, of Wisconsin; Murphy
| Democrat, of New York; Pasco, Democrat, o.
Florida; Quay, Republican, Of Pennsylvania
| Roach Democrat, of North Dakota Smith
| Democrat, of New Jersey Stewart, Silve
| Republican, OF Nevada; Turpie, Democrat, o
Indiana; White, Democrat, of California, anC
Wilson, Republican, of Washington.
In several of these cases the election
of the present incumbents is expected
but in quite large number of then
much doubt exists. The Republican
managers are placing reliance on tn,
fact that they need only few votes t
assure them clear majority, while tn
Democrats, Populists and Silver Repub
liCans would have to carry most all o
the doubtful legislatures in order T.
prevent Republican majority. Th
states considered most in doubt ar
West Virginia, New York, PGnnsylva
MIA North Dakota, New Jersey, lndl
ana, California, Washington and Ne
braska, conflicting claims being mad
in each case.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-11-10
BUILDING A HAkbOK.
HOW UNCLE SAM is SPENDING So, ,ooo,-
900 AT BUFFALO.

Line Of Breakvnt"rz Three ana
Thr-c-uunrter Miles In Length.
win he the Finest on the Lakes
when Completed.
Uncle Sam is spending 81, 600, 900
for rocks and timber to dump on the
bottom of Lake Erie in front of Buffalo
When the work is finished, that city
will have one of the biggest and finest
artificial harbors in the world.
Having no natural harbor Of its own
Buffalo has long been handicapped.
Shipping at the Buffalo wharfs las
been exposed to the stpims which sweep
mp the lake. As Buffalo is one of the
most important ports on the great lakes
this lack has been severely felt. Being
the terminus for several lines of rail
roads and situated at the eastern end
of free lake navigation the port is as
busy a one as some Of the largest on the
| Atlantic seaboa1d, Into Buffalo are
brought every year mountains of grain
and other produce from the west and
its great elevators line the water front
for miles.
To protect this shipping the federal
government is building line of break.
waters 83I miles in length They form
O sort of semicircle off the water front
and are pierced at intervals with ship
channels. Inside of this line Of break
waters, when they are finished, the
navies Of the world can ride at anchor.
The work was begun early in the
summer of 1897 and continued until
cold weather. 1t was resumed last spring
and will soon be interrupted again by
the closing Of the season. 1t will be fin.
ished in about two years more.
The brcakwaters are of two styles Of
construction, the timber crib and rubble
mound. The timber crib style is most
in vogue on the great lakes, 1t has an
advantage in that it is available to tie
up to- but it has disadvantages which
will probably soon relegate it to the
past with many other old fashioned ap.
purtenances of lake commerce. 1t is
neither so stable nor so enduring as the
rubble mound, it is constantly in need
Of repairs owing to decay and injury,
} and its cost is altogether disproportion
ate to its comparative permanenCe.
The timber crib begins at Stony point
and runs lakeward. 1t will be 1906
: feet long when finished. Two Thousand
eight hundred feet will be completed
. by the end Of the present season. Tha
will mean the completion of the first o
the two sections into which the whole
= new addition to the breakwatcr is di
vided.
The crib is constructed Of homlOcl
and pine timbors IL inches square, th
former being utilized below the waite
and tho latter above. HemlOck is uset
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-11-10
HAS tanned THE SIOUX.
Bishop Hare and His Wonderful
Work Among the Indians.

Bishop Hare and His Wonderful
work Among the Indians.
William Hobart Hare, bishop of South
Dakota, who recently surprised the
Episcopal general convention by pre-.
senting the facts Of his successful work
among the Indians, has probably done
more to tame the warlike spirit of the
once savage Sioux than any other liv-
ing man. 1t was just 20 years ago that
he left Philadelphia, young and mex.
perienced clergyman, to become an
apostle to the Sioux. At that time the
tribe was one of the most dangerous in
the west, and the undertaking seemed
hopeless.
Today South Dakota is by far the
largest Indian mission of the Episcopal
church. 1t reaches l3 tribes, and out of
population of 20, 900 Indians over
5000 have been baptized and nearly
5000 confirmed. About 90 churches and
ohapels have been built and four board.
ing schools.
AS indicating the sincerity of the
Indian converts, it may be mentioned
that they not only aid in supporting
their native clergy, but also send con
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-11-10
MAY BEGIN WEDNESDAY,.
General Movement OF Troops South E1-
peoted From Camp Meade Young
Opposes the Plan.

CAMp MEADE, MGDDLETowN, Pa, Nov.
THE general movement of the Sec
ond corps is expected to begin Wednes-
day with a shipment to Atlanta of the
Thirty fifth Michigan. The Two Hun
drcd and llr-t New York is expected to
leave Friday for Spartansburg, S. O.,
and tho Third Connecticut on Thursday
Tor Summervile, N. Q. The four Penn
sylvania regiments will hardly likely
get away before the latter part of the
month. One OF them will probably be
retained here to guard the government
property.
General Young is opposed to shipping
the Second corps south and from there
to Cuba. He went to Washington to
ask Secretary Alger to retain his COM
mand here until he is ready for them in
the West Indies. A hospital train in
charge of officers of the National Relief
ASSOCIATION took to Philadelphia 20 sick
soldiers Colonel Charles X. Greenleaf,
assistant surgeon general of the army,
made tour OF inspection on the SAM
tary arrangements of the camp. He
congratulated Chief Surgeon Girard on
the splendid health of the command. A
recruiting office will be opened in Har-
risburg to recruit the reserve ambu-
lance corps up to 500 before the move
ment to Cuba begins.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-11-10
SHE - an ALtnUiof.
Hias Emily sloane. NnnGaTbilI
Granddaughter. u Co Wed.

Miss Emily Vanderbilt sloane, the
announcement of whose engagement to
John II. Hammond has greatly inter
ested New York society, presents the
unusual combination Of an hGiress who
Is also an altrust. Miss Sloane is a
granddaughter Of the late William II.
Vanderbilt and niece Of the three liy.
hg Vanderbilt sons. She will inhGri,
wealth from several sources, but in
spite of her So, 600, 600 and the othor
millions which will come to her she be-
lieves that her mission in life is to
make the world better ana happier.
This is not only her belief, but she at
tempts to live up to it.
While Miss Sloane has been promi-
nent in many of the notable social func.
tions Of New York -Four Hundred, she
is noted among her friends for her un.
ostentatious charities, her enthusiasm
for mission work and for the oroditable
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-11-10
NEW GIFT TO CATHOLICS.
The Caldwell Sisters Join In Another
$4,000 Donation.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.-The Catholic
University of America, through its rec.
tor, the Right Rev. Thomas j. Conaty,
d. D., was the recipient on Saturday of
q gift of $4,000 for the establishment
of fellowship in the faculty of divin.
ity. The donors are Mary Gwendoline,
Byrd Caldwell, Marquise De Mernville
and her sister. Mary Eliza Breckinridge
Caldwell, Baroness Won Zedtwitz.
The Baroness N. Won IedtwItI, who
is in Paris, cabled her sister in Wash
ington her desire to unite with her in
the establishment of this fellowship,
which is in perpetual memorial of their
deceased parents and is independent of
the scholarship founded few days be.
fore by the Marquise De MerinVille.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-11-10
WADE TO BE IN COMMAND.
He VIII Likely Have Charge OF the De-
parLment OF Cuba.

He VIII Likely Have Charge of the De-
partment OF Cuba.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.-Since issuing
the order designating the troops to go
to Cuba there has been considerable
talk at the war department about the
probable commander of troops in Cuba
and the organization of government,
civil and military. The probabilities
now are that Cuba will be designated
as one department and placed under
the command of one officer. The gem
eral impression seems to be that the
officer will be Major General Wade,
now chairman of the Cuban military
commission.
General Lee, in command of the
Seventh corps, will be in actual COM
mand of the district of Havana.
The command of the Second corps is
still unsettled. General Lawton was
at one time selected for the place. but it
was found that two officers at least
ransed him. and this proved rather un.
satisfactory.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-11-10
Repair Ship vulcan Arrived.

NEWPORT NEWS, Nov. THE repair
ship Vulcan has arrived in Hampton
Roads. She started from Santiago with
the Maria Teresa, together with the
tugs Merritt and Leonidas. The night
the Teresa went down she lost track of
the two tugs and after fruitless search
for them started for Hampton Roads.
The men on the Vulcan were gratified
to learn that the Merritt had arrived at
Charleston, as they feared that she had
hppn lost
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-11-10

.Nutions for domestic and foreign
missions. Not one Of their churches or
ohapels is incumbered by debt or mort
gage.
The spirit of this change is strikingly
shown in the great COnvocation which
the Sioux churchmen hold every fall,
From all parts Of the reservation dele.
cations from the Ogallalas, the Sisse.
tons, the Blackfeot, the Santees, the
Wahpetons and the other Sioux tribes
journey to the convocation.
In long trains they wind over the
hills and plains, some Of them being on
the road for 10 or l2 days. Now and
then there is heard floating above them,
not warwhuop, but hymn Each
delegation has banner bearing its
name When the meeting place is reach.
ed, tents are pitched, and by the time
the conyocation opens the Dakota prairie
looks as il an army were enoamped on
1t.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-11-10
Thought They Could Rob.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Nov. 7.-An in
surgent captain and lieutenant have
been arrested at Guantanamo for hold.
ing up man on the street and taking
away his machete, which they after.
ward sold for $3.50. They claimed ex-
emption from trial and imprisonment
ON the ground OF their rank in the Gu
ban army.