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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-08-17
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George Lyman of Rutland is in town for
a few weeks.
Wallace Allis Of Norwich, Conn. is maxi
ing visit at his old home.
Misses Alice and Mary Gaylord spent
last week with their brother in Waitsheld.
The Woman's Relief Corps had pleas
ant social at Union Hall last Friday even
ing.
Mrs. Sarah Freeman has taken the place
OF companion for Mrs. Daniel Page OF Brain
tree.
G. L. Hood is making quite extensive re-
pairs upon the house he recently purchased
of the Upham estate.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coburn Of Springfield were
among the visitors in town last week TAX
ing board at William G. Clark's.
Uls and Mary McWhorter of Barre are
taking vacation Of two or three weeks in
town, boarding at Fred Durkee's
Miss Bates daughter of Joseph Bates OF
Waltham, Mass, with her friend, Miss EN-
erson, visited relatives in town last week.
Mrs. A. l.. Follansbee went last Thurs
day for visit of two or three weeks among
friends in New Hampshire and Massschu-
sets.
Rev. G. II. Morse with his son. Charlie,
were in town q few days last week for the
purpose of removing his goods from the par
sonage.
Mrs. Marcus Peck, who has been spend
ing few weeks in Rutland with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Arthur Lyman, returned home
last Saturday. She found Mrs. Lyman
| somewhat improved in health.
The Blodgett brothers, Mr.. and Percy
Coleman and Mrs. Della Case were among
the excursionists to Ausable Chasm last
week. Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Haggett and
Louis Bigelow went to Highgate.
East Brookfield.
Mrs. George 1. Ford and son, Robert OF
Braintree, visited at W. f. Medcalf's last
week. - W. G. Holmes Of Chelsea is
spending his vacation with relatives and
| friends in town. Miss Alma M. Clark
OF Concord, n. H., is visiting friends in
this place. her former home. - Waldo
Perkins with his wife and son, BASIL and
Mrs. o. NJ. Harrington Of Gaysvile visited
friends in town the first of the week. So
j. w. Parmenter, l.. b. Kitty, George f.
Newell and W. III. Sprague attended the
| Milo Hood auction in Vershre last Satur-
| day. - w. II. Richardson was seriously
| i'll last week, but at this time is GONZALES
| cling. w. 8. Bannister is driving stage
during Mr.. Richardson's enforced vacation.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-08-17

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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-08-17

Z DeWitt's Witch Hazel SaIve
Cures Piles. Scsids. Barns.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-08-17

One Minute Cough Cure, cures
That 10 what u was made for.
The times., 1898-11-08

two Jets OF gas. The escaped gas becom-
Ing dense was ignited by the jet Of fame
and the explosion followed.
No survey of the damage done to the
Supreme Court records has been made,
but 1t is reasonably safe to say that none
has been lost
The fire burned nercely In the record
room of the Supreme Court and destroyed
the woodwork. The manuscripts and
transcripts from lower courts were dam
aged. but all may be readily copied. In
most Instances even this will not be
closely together. and the margins only
to 1899 were preserved In tin file cases,
and are reported to be in good condition
The documents from 1892 to 1888 were on
the wooden shelves. and these were in
some cases seriously damaged. but of
these documents there are printed and
bound copies In the office of the clerk of
the Supreme Court
There Is strong talk of the need of
separate building for the Supreme Court,
its records and the law library. Mr.. Jus
tice Mckenna called on President McKin-
ley yesterday and presented the needs of
the Supreme Court 1t is said that Mr.
mckinley In his forthcoming message to
Congress will urge that an appropriation
De made Tor the erection of temple of
justice for the accommodation of the Su-
preme Court. the Department of Justice
ana the law library of Congress 1t is
the opinion of many of the officials at the
capitol that there will be no objection on
tne part OF Congress to this proposition.
The times., 1898-11-08

fenced him to serve five years imprison-
ment besides fine of $500. and dfshon-
orable discharge from the army. the ac-
tion of the President in eliminating the
imprisonment clause from the sentence
is regarded by many as proving that
there is an unwritten history to this case
that would make very interesting read
ing.
There Is, however. another phase of the
case which will have ito come In for its
share of reviewing" and one which is
at present causing perpiexity in the De-
partment of Justice. and that is the ad-
visibility of bringing civil action against
the Atlantic Construction Company.
Messrs. Gaynor & Green. of New York,
who are the legal representatives of this
company. are expecting and preparing
for such action by the Department of
Justice.
In the four charges which were brought
against Carter the findings of the mi j.
tary court were unanimous against him.
The charges were as follows:
l. Conspiring to defraud the United States. in
violation Of the sixtieth article of war.
2. Causing false and fraudulent claims TO be
made against the Urited States, in violation OF
the sixtieth article of
g. Conduct unbecoming officer and a gen.
tlemen in violation of the sixty-frst article OF
L. Embezzlement, as defined n section 54ss,
Revised Statutes.
Capt. Carter was shown to be stock
holder In the Empire Construction Com
pany, which afterwards merged into the
Atlantic Construction Company, which
has done all the work, with the excep-
tion OF one small contract, in the Savan-
nah district since its organization ten
years ago.
The testimony also established the fact
that contracts were let to employees of
this company for the company. Bonds
for the performance of the work were ar
ranged by the company. and in one case
Capt. Carter admitted a small Havana
grocer as bondsman for 81, 900.
No inspection of the work Of this COM
pany was made, according to the testfs
mony. Excessive prices were charged
and estimates from other contractors
were not taken. The reports of Capt.
Carter are declared to have been fal<ified
Intentionally by him. and he is also
charged with leaving the country with
out leave, and also of being away from
his post of duty and reporting differ
emily.
The times., 1898-11-08
FIGHT WITH TRAMPs.
Fifty Desperadoes Rounded I'm br
Trenton Police

Trenton Police.
New York. Nov. IA cross-country
chase after gang Of tramps by a posss
the capture of fifty men, who will nut
in their time for the next thirty days
puiverizing stones for the public roads
at the county workhouse.
A pitched battle was fought with re-
volvers in clump of woods. where the
tramps took refuge when they saw ths
policemen coming.
There was lively fusiIlade for ten min-
utes and then the tramps retreated- They
started TO escape across the open fields,
They were fieet-footed, and the police
men couldn't stand the pace. One of the
policemen stopped at a farmhouse, and,
getting horse, went after the neeina
tramps in regular fox-hunt style, jump
ing bitches and fences. Another police
man, meeting a wheelman on the high.
way, took possession of the bicycle. and.
jumping into the saddle, went down tho
road at a cracking pace He soon reached
a point opposite the tramps. and ths
horseman was on the other side Re-
volvers were again drawn, and half a
dozen shots were fired over the heads os
the tramps. who then surrendered Soms
of them threw their pistols into a nearby
stream
The tramps were loaded into a box car.
and Justice of the Peace Richardson sent
for. He established court in the car.
and, finding the men guilty, sentenced
them to the county farm.
This is the third raid within week on
the tramps that make their headquarters
near the coal chutes. In the three sorties
13o men have been rounded up and sent
to Jail.
The times., 1898-11-08
51ITrH.

as illustrated in plates Nos. ! and 2.
Adjoining the Supreme Court to the
north is the library of the Senate. all of
which is filed with highly inflammable
| material. The close proximity of these
infiammable portions of the Capitol to
| the dome above mentioned is regarded
as constant danger to its total de-
struction or irreparable damage by fire
as is particularly shown in plate No. 2.
This plate also shows the relative posi-
tion of the Supreme Court chamber to
the marshafs office and the clerks Of
flee on the north side, and of the rela-
tive position of Statuary Hall to the
House document rooms, and the rooms
of the engrossing and enrolling clerks,
together with the committee rooms OF
the Committee on Enrolled Bills on the
south side.
To the west of the dome lies the now
vacated Congressional Library portion.
Plate No. 3 shows the various wooden
roofs of the center or old portion OF
the building.
Col Smithmeyer. In speaking on the
subject yesterday. said that the
superior quality, AMI therefore resisted
the force of the explosion 10 the extent
of diverging into three directions. Had
it not been for this the force of the ex-
plosion might have gone upward, there
by doing untold damage. This solid
masonry in his opinion is the only thing
that prevented what might have been
Ia lv.
destroying the central portion of the
building, and in all probability would
have resulted in wrecking the dome
though the structure might not have
been destroyed by fire,
Col. Smithmeyer takes the view that
the promptness and efficiency Of the fire
department unquestionably kept the
fire from reaching the wooden roofs
and the inflammable matter just be-
meath them. Had it not been for this
very efficient service he predicted that
the central portion of the Capitol might
now be lying in ruins. and the mag
nificent dome would have been very
much damaged, If not entirely destroy
ed.
In 1881 Congress authorized the ap-
pointment of a commission of three ex-
perts, consisting of Edward Clark, then
as now architect of the Capitol; Alex
ander R. Esty. architect of the Govern
ment buildings in Boston, and Col. ]. L.
Smithmeyer. of this city. to examine in
to the feasibility and practicability of
extending the Capitol building with a
view to affording better conditions for
the Congressional Library, which. at
that time, it was the intention to locate
in the Capitol building; in other words.
to make an extension to the Capitol
building for library purposes.
The gentlemen comprising this COM
mission opposed that plan, and recon-
mended that separate building be
constructed for library purposes, which
has since been erected, and today is re-
garded as one of the handsomest build
ings in the world.
The commission was also further in
structed to make thorough examina-
tion of the building with reference to
improving the lighting. heating, and
The times., 1898-11-08
FATE OF CAPT. CARTER.

PRESIDENT Directs Mr.. AIger to Pro-
muignte the Reduced Sentence.
The findings in the court martial case
OF Capt. o. NJ. Carter with the sentence
as reduced by the President, were yes
terday turned over to Secretary Alger
for PRONUNCIATION and execution. As al
ready stated in The Times, the sentence
approved by Mr.. Mckinley provides a
dishonorable discharge from the army
and fine of 5000. or in default, five
years Imprisonment.
The original sentence provided expul-
sion from the army. a fine of 5000 with
five years Imprisonment. and the accused
to be placarded and advertised.
1t is stated that Secretary AIger will
carry the revised sentence into effect at
once.
In view of the fact that the court mar
tial found the officer guilty of the
charges preferred against him. and SEN
The times., 1898-11-08

duty, but the force Is SO depleted by the
absence of the men who have gone home
to vote, by those on their annual leave,
and by those on sick leave that only half
a dozen men were within the white walls
when the upheavaf occurred. Had the
usual number of men been about the
building the gas leak might have been
discovered and the accident ayerted
There are no. new theories. That which
receives general acceptance is that the
gas meter under the center building
leaked and filed the vaulted chamber. In
this room there burned. it is said. one or
The times., 1898-11-08
French want the ADVANTAGE.

Commercial Agent Atwell writes to the
State Department from Roubaix. France,
that the local chamber of commerce ad-
dressed a plea to the French minister Of
commerce in behalf of favoring the tex
tile products of this region in reciproci-
ty treaty with the United States. Vol
luminous statistics on the subject are to
be submitted to the French government,
which will be urged to do all In its power
to secure for the manufacturers Of Rou-
baix the benefits to be derived from the
application of the reciprocity clause.
The times., 1898-11-08

pump room. electricians room, the north
air-well. and the intervening passages.
Loads of plaster were stripped from the
walls OF the office of the marshal of the
United States Supreme Court. and the
ante-room between the marshals office
and the hallway leading into the Supreme
Court chamber.
Elliott Woods. assistant architect of the
Capitol. last night completed his formal
and critical survey of the damage. but
he has as yet made no Official report. He
has stated in an informal way that no
structural injury has been sustained by
The times., 1898-11-08

ventilation. and security against fire.
which was regarded as the most inn
portant. The commission made re-
port indorsing the previous report made
by the commission appointed by Presi-
dent Hayes, in 1877, above referred to.
Included in this report were the Illus
trations or charts made by Col. Smith
meyer. which are reproduced with this
The times., 1898-11-08

the Capitol. and that the foundation has
not been weakened. The repairs will be
pushed with all possible haste.
startling fact in connection with the
explosion became public last night. Al
though the Capitol police force Is about
sixty strong. there were only six men
on duty in the building on sunday even
ing. More than one-haIf the guardians of
the Capitol have gone to their homes to
vote. The men are divided into three
platoons. Each platoon does eight hours
The times., 1898-11-08

OF shattered masonry from the depths be-
meath the Capitol to the plain of gray
concrete on the east front.
The contract for the removal of the
debris heaped in the basement corridors
and the subterranean passages by the ex-
plosion on Sunday night. was let to the
Crawford Paving Company. and up to
midnight last night twenty tons OF brick
and mortar were taken out from the
The times., 1898-11-08
CAPITOL NOT FIRH-PROOF
Central Portion of the Build
ing in Danger.
GREAT DOME MIGHT FALL


The Explosion Sunday NiEht-Mu.h
InnammabIe Matter In the Old Part
of the structure-wco oden Roofs
Shelving of Tindcr-Support to the
Dome-Itx Great WeiRht-In Great
Need of Mcpair-Ii,ustration of the
Edfnce-Is Not Free From Danger
superb MasOnry-what Prevented
the Possible Destruction of the
Building Opinions of Col. J. L..
smithmeyer, the Weli-Known
Archftect-Removin the Debris
Records Not Destroyed - Damage
Not Estimated.
The times., 1898-11-08
A Horse Burned to death.

Lowell. Mass.. Nov. THE house and
barn of Frank H. Farmer, at Tewksbury
Center. were burned early this morning.
together with a horse and thirty tons OF
hay. The loss is about 1900. partially In
sured.
The times., 1898-11-08
THE ELECTION RETURNS.

The Times Will bulletin the
election returns tonight from
n mammoth screen in front of
the Hutchins building, so that
all who choose may get the
news with accuracy and dis
patch.
The Times' magnificent news
service ha. never yet failed TO
stand the test when Important
events were to be chronicied,
and this occasion Will prove
mo- exception to the fufs.
The times., 1898-11-08
A Can.d,an yin.x,r Trn,,

Consul Culver has transmitted to the
State Department from London. Ontario.
a report to the effect that the principal
vinegar factories in Ontario are to be
amalgamated under one management. In
Toronto. The company II to be capital
lied at $4,000. 1t is expected that a very
large saving in operating expenses and
consequently in the cost Of the product
will be effected.
The times., 1898-11-08
CLEANING AWAY THE DEBRIS

None of the Supreme Court Records
Are Destroyed.
A gang of laborers. whitened by the
dust of fallen plaster and crumbled NOR
tar. toiled under the lurid glare of gaso-
line torches till midnight in wheeling tons
The times., 1898-11-08

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The times., 1898-11-08
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ERIE RAILROAD.


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train for Chicago arrives Cleveland TAO ~ SeinsaL
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RAILROAD OF NEW JERSEY

Anthraclte coal used exclusively
Four tracks. Electro Pneumatic Signals.
Stations In New York. foot 4 Liberty ST.,
and South Ferry. Whitehall :.
Trains leave foot of Liberty ST.
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"RIACK DIAMOND EXPRESS"

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