Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-03
EDWARD G. DANA.
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Nov. 3 last from injuries said to hav.
been caused by falling down stairs,
was the victim of II most cuwardly AND
brutal murder; that the oil. ect of the
murder was the ealing of his lips.
because he had obtained information
of IL most in nuous plot which had ioI
its object the assassi latinn of SUI
perintendent of Election John Nc.
Cullagh, former chief of police.
ON Nov. 4 last--electiol day; that
when details of the plot are made
public they will involve several Demo
cratic politicians in New York, and
that the proof tending to establish
these startlinS statements will soon
be torthcomin IS is anon; the sensh'
lions here. The intent oE those who
originated the plot, according to the
statements made. was to cause m ns'
sassinatlon similar in many to the
killing of Robert Ross at Troy, n. y,
on March 4, 1896, by the notorious
"Bat" Shca.a political "heeler,' who,
it was said, had planned with certain
politicians to kill Ross and his
brother. William. because o. their activ-
ity at the polls in their attempts topre-
vent the operations of "repeaters
who had gone to Troy from New York,
Albany and Syracuse to carry the cleo
ton for those who employed them.
"Bat' Shea was tried and found guilty
of the mn der of Robert Ross, and
on Feb. IL, 1897, was put to death.
The new facts which throw light on the
death of Captain o keefe, it is stated,
have been brought to the attention OF
members of the Mazet committee,
and the circumstances will be fully
! inquired into soon after the commit
tee resumes its sessions.
With the average man the me norv of
Roswell p. Flower. whose recent fun
era liIlel to Nertlowing one oi ON
leading churches with Il congregation
remarkable in many ways, is marked
chiefly by the irresistible optimism
which was his distinguishing
characteristic. This optimism, visi-
bic IN like degree in both business
and political life, was naturally and
happily combined with generosity of
hunI, liberalty of heart, n sturdi-
ness of mind and an unfaItering 10y
,lty to friends that made him pecu-
liarly loved by all who knew him in
timately and admired by all who were
privileged to study the methods which
guided his career. Meanness OF
thought or action was 80 for
eign to his nature-duplicity and
ii MT To In
that he commanded in politics the I'M
wavering respect of his opponents,
and in business the confidence of other
men of millicns in Il measure probably
unequaled in the history of financial
leadership. His occupancy of the
guhernatorial chair was marked by
mistakes, but If ever there was man
whose life as a whole justified forget
fulne of such errors, that man was
Roswell p. Flower. His was singu.
larly forceful and lovable character.
He is "a good man gone"
A company which was organized
here three years ago with a capital of
-, 600, 600 has recently made its re.
port Although as yet only 81, 0OO,-
900 of the capital has been invested,
the returns show II dividend of B per
cent. on the entire capitalization, and
when all the money is invested it is
practically certain that 5 per cent.
will be earned. This company is in
the business of furnishing comfort
able sanitary homes for working men
at reasonable rates. 1t was organ
izel under the belief thai the average
men would prefer to pay rs or 81 a
month for II well-lighted, well-ventil-
atel and wellbuilt fiat than to pay the
same money for two or three rooms i'll
foul, noisome tenement building.
The project pays so well that it might
be asked why owners of real estate
IN other cities do not build more
houses of the better tene nent class.
The answer is, however, that it is
cheaper to build or to own the worse
olass of tenements, and yet these ten
sments pay profits of 10 per cent. to
20 per cent.
1t can be positively announced that
Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley Martin. who
gave the recent farewell elbow out"
tat $l16 platel, have turned their
backs upon their old friends and left
these shores forever. The day before
they sailed for Europe they appeared
ut the tax office and swore off their
personal taxes and their allie yiance to
the United States. Mrs. Martin
spoke freely of the reasons which
had led the family to leave the land
where the millions she had ipher-
tied from her father were made by
selling barrel slaves. She made clear
her belief that the social set in which
she had spent part of her married
life suffered greatly when compared
with the highest social circle in Eng
Ian in which she expected to live
and move 1t is also said that rea-
son for their renewal is that their as
sessment on their real and personal
property had been raised 81, 900, 900.
Thy paid $50, 900 taxes.
There is just complaint here that
The United States government is pre-
pairing to violate the smoke nuisance
ordinance. This ordinance was passed
in 1895. In controvention, the fed
eral officials are running their fur
naces III the federal building with soft
coal, by treasury department order.
What the local authorities can do to
bring the United States to book in
this wanton disregard of city ordi-
nance is a question. But as a matter
o. fact, many corporations are burn
ing soft coal, fouling the atmosphere
and violating the ordinance every
lay. kNIcKERBocKER.
Crazy From Overstudy.
London, June IA canadian nurse
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