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The Molineaux Case.

The failure of the second grand jury
to indict Roland b. MolineauX after
the Indictment of the first grand jury
to consider this strange case had been
summarily quBhed by n judge remote
from the scene of the original hearing
opens the door to some disquietlng re-
Elections. When young MolineauX was
first charged with the poisoning of Mrs.
Adams there were intimations that If
money could save him he would go
free. The wealth and social position
of the defendant, his influential family
connections and the assertion that
linked with this particular crime were
many scandals ramifying through the
high life of the metropolis all prepared
the public for a legal struggle Of Ii
tanic proportions.
1t does not become any outsider to
affirm that in this latest disposition of
the case injustice has succeeded in
scoring a signal triumph. If there ex-
lists a reasonable doubt of MolineauX's
guilt MolineauX is entitled to the bene-
fit of it. The fact is, however, that a
crime of the meanest and most villain
Gus type remains unpunished. The fact
also is that in the original hearing
enough circumstantial evidence was
brought out to throw upon Molineaux
a suspicion hardly to be forgotten in
spite of the second grand iury's rever-
sal of the first. The public does not
relish these twists and turns in the
treatment of cases of this kind. 1t is
willing to look upon Molineaux as in
nocent in the absence of indubitable
proof to the contrary, but it is extreme
ly reluctant to believe that money and
influence can operate to blockade or to
nullify the due processes of the law.
Suspicious like these make for social
ism and anarchy.
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work on anything that is sold in the
open market but the work is only fur
nishcd the state and reformatory in
stitutions. The insane asylums of the
state have $4,000 inmates. ana are the
hest customers of the prisoners. The
articles are paid for. but in no case
are they allowed to be sold in the mar
kct in a way 70 affect the price Of other
similar articles. The number of pris-
oners now in tho prisons indicates that
the desire for prisoners in order TO
make money out of them has stopped,
for in the past three years the increase
Of prisoners had not kept pace with
the population. All the prisoners are
now kept as busy as formerly ana
learn more trades because they do
more hand work now than formerly
Under the new system there is also
more opportunity to reform the pris-
oners, and there is not the incentive for
fraud and corruption when prisoners
were a source of profit to the con-
tractors.
In Mr.. McDonough's opinion it is alb
solutely necessary to keep convicts em-
ployed even though it may not he eX-
pedient to permit the products of their
labor to compete with free labor. This
opinion is shared by all students of the
prison problem and the time is not far
distant when an idle convict will be a
public shame.
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The Convict Labor Problem.

The secretary of state Of New York,
John T.. McDonough, who for three
years prior to Jan. / had been state
commissioner of labor, gave before the
industrial commission at Washington
recently some interesting testimony
concerning convict labor as tested in
New York.
Prior to January /. 1897, the system
in vogue i'm New York prisons was
known as the piece price plan in the
working Of convicts. Under this plan
articles We're manufactured at a given
price per piece, and sold in the open
market, often fixing the market price.
In one prison $500 pairs Of shoes were
turned out daily, at a cost Of so cents
a day for the labor. The business was
regarded as profitable for the prisons,
and they actually began to bid for
prisoners from all parts Of the country.
Contractors made money out of the
system, and it was said that the police
were instructed i'm Albany, when the
number of prisoners Were not sufficient
for the work on hand. to arrest more
men, and 500 had been offered as q
special reward for a long term prison.
er in good condition.
When the new state constitution was
adopted this system was changed,
largely owing to Mr.. McDonoughs ef-
forts. Under the changed system the
number of prisoners from the city of
Albany has fallen off greatly. Under
the old system shoes were made for 6
and cents pair in the prison, and
then went into competition in the open
market with free labor. Under the pro-
vision of the constitution prepared by
Mr.. MoDonough since the LIST Of Janu-
sry, 1887. no prisoner is allowed to
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UNANSWERED.

'Is that Gods ribbon I'm the sky
TO tie the worlds together"
A sweet child asked
On seeing Natures rainbow-helt
Worn after rainy weather,
"Or is 1t some of heavens light
A-peeking through the floor
Or at the open door;
i wish 1 knew,
Don't youg"
She paused a moment.
Wondered, thought;
Then, with a long-drawn sigh,
Was heard the old. old cry,
IL wish God told us more,
Don't youY"
Elizabeth Porter Gould IN Boston
Transcript.
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REXFORD'S,-
Nav IL.

WAY IL
Did you ever need something
fixed? Pass place a thousand
times where they do such work
if it was in order, you would
gladly use it-cost so trifling you'd
never miss it. Moral-bring it in.
This is a No. 1 hospital for run
down and tired watches, disabled
and crippled jewelry.
On our staff is -
A truly skillful Matchmaker,
An experienced jewelry mender,
An artistic Engraver.
Prices as moderate as elsewhere,
and work better.
THE REXFORD CO.,
I32 Wyoming Ave.
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More than two years ago Captain
Carter of the engineer corps was con-
victed by court martial of having been
a party to the swindlng of the govern
ment in sum exceeding S1,6O0,0O0, and
sentenced to be dismissed from the
army, to pay a heavy fine and to un-
dergo period of imprisonment. Sew
eral rehearings have been granted and
the sentence yet remains in allegiance.
Is it not time for the president to act?
If Carter is innocent, his suspense
should end: If guilty, the sooner he is
landed in Jail the better.
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Competition in the west has forced
the Pullman Palace Car company to
make certain small reductions in the
rates for sleeping car berths but Off
cials of that company say the reduction
will not extend to eastern traffic, "as
there is no demand for a reduction in
the East" on this point the public
begs leave to differ
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tary United States navy, who writes
valuable article on what the law
has to offer to men and women seek
ing vocation in life.
Imperial Democracy is the title OF
rev book by David Starr Jordan, pres
ident of Leland Stanford Junior uni
versity which is to be published
soon by d. Appleton & Co. The book
is said to present series of striking
studies of the subjects so much dis
cussed at present.
A new edition of Conkling's success
full "City Government in the United
States" with an appendix containing
q list of questions for teachers, has
just been issued by the Messrs. Apple
ton
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TEN PAGES.
SCRANTON. MAY II, 1899.

Jury duty is a disagreeable task, but
almost any man would be happy to
drop business for few days and serve
in case a suit is instituted against
General Miles by the meat packers.
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Inasmuch as the British delegates to
the czar's peace congress have agreed
to cooperate with the American dele
gates in advocating plan for interna-
tional arbitration, the czar has only
to pull the strings to make his congress
wind up in a blaze of glory.
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Another indication that the world
is growing better and Wiser is the an
nOunccment in Philadelphia papers to
the effect that the Kecly motor is a
thing of the past.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-11

In the matter Of astronomical SIM
plicity Dewey raises jefferson $40 a
plate.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-11

Boiled canned roast beef will prob
ably not be on the menu Of the 800
Dewey dinner.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-11

The Filipinos are weakening but the
''antis" will probably talk on forever.
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TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe Cast: 2.35 a. m, for Thursday,
May il, 1889.

child born on this day will not take
much stock in man who does not be-
licve that he is better than his neghbor.
Street cleaners evidently believe that
We want the earth in the form of dust.
The councils insist that the new fire
department chief must be able to distin-
guish the difference between cast-iron
trolley poles ana rubber hose.
The work CT tho umpire at Athletic
park these days is becoming as hazardous
as the famous charge up San Juan hill,
Borrowed trouble is often more annoy
ing TO our neighbors than the unsolicited
article,
Insomnia and dyspepsia are responsible
for many reform movements.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-11

After his return Admiral Dewey will
serve as an advisor to the president on
Philippine matters. He will make a
good one.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-11

Hon, John ID. Long, secretary of the
navy, is the author of a very notable
contribution to the forthcoming Uune)
number of Frank I.eslie's Popular
Monthly. 1t is entitled The Building
of the New Navy" and is illustrated
with nearly forty elaborate pictures
and official plans, showing types of
all the classes of United States war
vessels, from the torpedo boats and
destroyers to the most formidable first
class battleships, such as the new
Maine, the Kearsarge and the Ken
lucky.
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In view of our recent acquisitions in
the colonial line, a paper by Oscar p.
Austin, chief of the United States
bureau of statistics. in the May For
UNI, on The Colonies of the World
and How They Are Governed" is
particularly apropos. Mr.. Austin de-
scribes the methods of colonial govern
ment adopted by the principal cOloniz-
ing countries of the world, and gives
his reasons for assuming that our new
possessions will prove a good invest
ment commercially.
The authorship of the Buckingham
Letters" which has been running an
onymously as a serial in The Living
Age since the first OF January, is now
disclosed. The letters are the joint
work of Mrs. Fuller Maitland and Sir
Frederick Pollock, a combination
which goes far to account for their
range and cleYerness. The publica-
tion in The Living Age is by special
arrangement with the authors. The
letters will soon be published in book
form.
The last literary work, Of the late
George Parsons Lathrop, an American
romance called 1.-The Elmtop Mystery"
is to be published serlally in The Gem
tlewoman. the first instalment appear
ing i'm the May issue. Among other
important contributors to the May is
sue is General B. +. Tracy, ex-secre-
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DeWitt's Collie & Cholera Cure,
Pleasant. Quick Pesults. Safe to take
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UNION VILLAGE.

Miss Jessie Isabel Pierce of the
Randolph State Normal school has
been at home the past week for vaca-
ton.
Miss Della Kendall of South STRAIT
ford was the guest of her brother, Fl.
E., last week.
Mrs. M. A. Lord and J. Erwin were
at Woodstock Monday on business.
Miss Mabel Cooke of White River
Junction has recently been the guest
of Miss Jessie Seaver.
Sullivan Barton of Meriden, N. H..
was at J. HI. Clouds Tuesday of this
week.
H. A. Clogston has moved from his
fathers tenement to Eugene Wilmot's
home and will carry on Mr.. Wilmot's
farm.
Frank Garfield moved from L. s.
Patterson's tenement to that of Clar-
ence Root Tuesday.
G. G. Preston has closed his labors
at Patterson's mills and moved to his
farm at South Strafferd last week Fri
day.
Mrs. Richard BALKAN, who has been
very poorly of late. attended by DIR.
Gustin is reported as eonvalescent.
Mrs. j. S. Campbell recently visited
friends at North Thetford.
Mr.. Moore of McIndoes Falls and
Mr.. Stephens of Oxford were in town
last week looking for cattle.
Miss Maud Cloud was the recipient
of a gold watch and chain April Sd as
a souvenir of her Dist birthday.
Will H. Clogston has closed his la
bors at Pattersonyille and will carry
on his fathers farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Barrett of Wild
er were guests of their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. William Clough over Sunday.
The Ladies Benevolent society was
very pleasantly entertained at the
home of Mrs. Truman Waterman
Wednesday afternoon.
S. E. Campbell went to his work at
Gen. Gilmore's at Fairlee last week
Friday.
Miss Charlotte Thomas, teacher in
the public schools of Gardner, Mass,
is at home for the Easter vacation.
John Cleveland is quite i'll at the
home of his niece, Mrs. III. b. Kendall,
attended by DR.. Gustin.
The Easter program which had been
prepared by a committee was very
successfully carried out last Sunday
morning, each of the little folks doing
themselves credit The church was
very prettily decorated and many
thanks are due E. M. Fullington for
his collection of flowers and arrange
ment of same After the program had
beef carried two candidates were re-
ceived into the church in full connec-
ton aud eight on probation, seven of
whom received the ordinance of bap-
tism.
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WEST NEWBURY.

EFF. Corliss of Howard, R l., is in
town caring for his father, Nathan e.
Corliss, who is seriously i'll.
Sixteen of the neighbors of R. E.
Bailey, who has been sick nearly all
winter, sawed, split and put his wood
in the shed one afternoon last week.
DR. J. B. Darling was called to see
Mr.. James Allen, who is critically i'll
of heart and kidney trouble.
w. G.. Carleton celebrated his Saith
birthday last Friday. N, E. Corliss was
so the same day and David Eastman
So the second day of April.
Dudley Carlton, who was quite bad
ly injured by a fall in Prichard &
Hays store, is still confined to the
house.
Misses Lena and Julia .Rutledge of
Bath are visiting Mrs. Fred Sawyer.
Rev. w. C. johnson of Lyndonyille
will exchange with Rev. Mr.. White
next Sunday and will preach in the
Union church at 100 p. m. Mr. John
son comes highly recommended. Rev.
Mr.. White will preach at this pace
Sunday, April 16, at the usual hour
AS this will be the last Sunday of the
conference year 1t may be the Nst
time we shall be privileged to hear
him.
The Ladies Aid society will meet
with Mrs. j. B. G. Tyler Thursday,
April 10.
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SICK WOMEN

are invited to consult Dr. R. v. Pierce,
chief consulting physician to the In
va1ids' Hotel and Surgical Institute,
Buffalo, N. V. by letter, without fee or
charge of any kind. DR.. Pierce is a
specialist in the diseases of women. He
has treated over half-a-million women
for diseases of the womanly organs and
ninety-eight out of every hundred women
he has treated have been absolutely and
perfectly cured. Every letter received
by DIR. Pierce, is treated as purely per-
sonal and private communication and its
contents guarded as a sacred confidence.
All answers to these letters are sent in
sealed envelopes bearing upon them no
printing or advertising whatever.
Write to the doctor. 1t is no use for
sick women to write to man unless he
is doctor. 1t is no use to write to
woman F" unless the woman is doctor.
Write to a woman about cookery or any
branch of housekeeping, because she is
a woman and knows. But it is of no use
to write to a woman about disease unless
she has doctors training and diploma.
A woman who isn't doctor is just as dan
gerous as a man who isn't doctor, when
she undertakes to treat disease.
60 far as is known connected with any
proprietary medicine put up for women.
Even the "bearded woman" the man
who advertises "write to woman " is
not qualified physician and stands too
much in fear of the law to claim that he is.
There is no other physician, male or
female, who, like DR.. Pierce has record
of over thirty years. as chief consulting
physician of a we'll known institution,
making a speciality of the private treat
ment of women's diseases.
Write to the doctor-Dr. R. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Women realize DR.. Pierce's ability
when they read his great work the Com
mon Sense Medical Adviser, Ioo8-pages
sent free on receipt of stamps to defray
expense of mailing only. Send Fl one
cent stamps for paper-bound edition, or
81 stamps for cloth. Address DR.. K. V.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
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SOUTH NEWBURY.

Miss Mary E. Smith is spending a
weeks vacation at home from Randolph
Normal School.
Miss Edith Knight returned from Barre
Tuesday, where she has been nearly all
winter with Mr.. F. w. Cilley and wife
Mr.. Cook of New York visited his sis
ter at G. N. Abbott's this week.
Ernest Brock drove to Barre last week,
while there he sold his horse, carriage
and sleigh.
Mr.. Fortier has come from Newbury
Center in a sleigh with the mail every
day since Nov. 2sth, with the exception
of one trip he used wagon on the last
mile.
Some maple sugar is being made but
very little as yet in this section.
The woodchucks and chipmunks are
out so we will probably have summer
sometime, but at present the fields look
about the same as the middle of the win
ter.
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An Embarrassing Druggist.

There are few men more wide awake
and enterpristng than j. NJ. Taylor who
spare no pains to secure the best of every
thing in their line for their many custom
ers They now have the valuable agency
for Dr. Kings New Discovery for con-
sumption, coughs and colds. 1t is the
wonderful remedy that is producing such
a Juror all over the country by its many
startling cures. 1t absolutely cures
asthma, bronchitis, hoarseness and all af-
fections of the throat, chest and lungs.
Call at above drug store and get a trial
bottle free or regular size for SOC. and
81. Guaranteed to cure or price refunded.
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GROTON.

Senator Griffith has been in town
looking after his mill and fish hatch
cry at Darling's pond.
D. n. Mckay and wife have return
ed from a weeks visit with relatives
in Concord, n. HI.
Rev. 7. Teller has moved to Felch..
VILE where he is to locate as pastor OF
the Baptist church.
C. E. Chaplin has moved his family
to Fairlee where he has a position as
agent for the Grand Union Tea Co.
We are sorry to lose them but trust
they will meet a warm welcome In
their new home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alec Cochran were in
St. Johnsbury Tuesday and Wednes-
day,
Miss Della Hatch has returned from
Hartford, Conn.
The literary meetings prove to be
very enjoyable.
Lumber is being drawn to the Ira
Blake lot for his new bouse.
F. P. Downs is recovering from a
severe attack of the grippe.
Thomas Corruth is very i'll.
Minnie Halburt of st. Johnsbury is
visiting her brother, Charles, and his
wife.
Monroe Welch and F. W. Page have
traded farms.
F. W. Coffrin took trip to Mass.
achusetts on business last week.
In Raveuwood, Chicago, Jan. Sd,
son was born to DIR. and Mrs. Alben
Young, weighing pounds. Mrs
Young was formerly Fannie Knight
of Corinth. Now take the germ and
make it bud of mortal beauty. Let
the dews of knowledge and the light
of virtue wake it in richest fragrance
and in purest hues.
Mrs. Phebe Sly is very i'll at he1
sisters, Mrs. p. Sargent's.
Snow storms have occurred on an
average of every other day during the
entire month of March. At the pres
ent time snow is nearly two feet deep
making it the best sleighing of the
winter Eve rything now points to 9
late spring as compared with. 1875
when on March 23d the ground was
, settled and the farmers were wei
along with their ploughing and plant
ing. Truly this has been an exception
al winter with continuous sleighinG
since Thanksgiving and more thar
average zero weather.
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BOLTONVILLE.

Sherbic and Nettie Tucker of West
Newbury were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
S. S. Tucker over Sunday.
Ethel Gardner is working for Frank
Bolton, at Bertha Sly is at Norman
Perkins in Wells River.
The League gave sugar party at
James Vance's on Thursday evening.
Grace Hanson has returned from
Bradford where she was visiting the
first of the week.
Mrs. Joseph Mcnamara is to go to
the hospital at Burlington for treat
ment. Her case is considered quite ser
ious. The subscription paper to enable
her to go is meeting with much success
as it deserves.
Clark Holmes of Newbury Center is
working for Frank Bolton making re-
pairs on the saw mill and building an
addition for the single mill which
Mr.. Bolton has lately purchased.
The remains of Leonard w. Miller
were brought b re from his late home
in Wood sville on Wednesday and CUR
led i'm his family lot at the cemetery.
Although he has lived in Woodsville
for some years he has always remained
a part of us, and his cottage at Ryegate
pond brought him frequently among us.
He was the youngest living son of John
Miller and was about SO years of age
The burial was under the direction of
the 1. o. o. f. of which he was mem.
Der.
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Deafness Cannot be Cured

By local application as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that
is by constitutional remedies, Deafness
is caused by an inflamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is inflamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed, deafness is the
result, and unless the Inflammation can
be taken out and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be destroy
ed forever; nine cases out of ten are caus-
ed by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
TANNED condition of the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. send for circulars; free.
+. j. CHENEY d Co., Toledo, ..
Sold by druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
Halls family Pills are the best.
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ROYAL r. VESTS ESTATE.

u-HE undersigned, having been appoined
by the Hon Probate Court for the dis
trict of Bradford Commissioners to receive
81 ali nersons against the estate of Royal
r. West late of Vershire, in said distTid
deceased. and all claims exhibited In offset
thereto, hereby give notice that we VIII meet
for the purposes aforesaid, at +. w. Farm
hams store in Copperfield on the 18th day
May and 18th day of July from 10 o'clock a. M
until O'Clock m of said days; ana th aus sly
the time limited by said Court for said cred
itors to present their claims to us for exam
ination and allowance.
d, 1899
F.. FARNHAM' Comms
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We the undersigned do hereby agree to
refund the money on fifty cent bottle Of
Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar II II
fails TO cure your cough or cold, we also
warrant a twenty-five cent bottle to
prove satisfactory or no pay. 5l-A
CUNNINGHAM's PHARMACY, Bradford.
w. II. BUCK, Wells River.
q. A. CARR, No. Haverhill.
A. q. DARLING, So. Ryegate.
i. b. BLoDGETT & Son, Piermont.
q. ADAMS, Post Mill Village.
F. w. ABBOTT & Co., Fairlee..
GFoRGE & DUDLEY, West Fairlee.
q. A. FIFIELD, Thetford Center:
WARREN Bros, North Thetford.
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For frost bites. burns, indolent sores
eczema, skin disease, and especially Piles
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve stands first
and best. Look out for dishonest people
who try to initiate and counterfeit IL. It's
their endorsement of good article.
Worthless goods are not initiated; Get
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. q, l.. An
drews, Newbury; Cunningham's Pharma-
cy, Bradford.