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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-10-06
NEW MODEL MlY,Ne TOWN.
Chicago man WIZ Uui:d Ons In
pcnnsS CyaIGcIds.

Ellsworth will be- the name Of
new model Industrial city founded
on n plan similar to that OF Pullman
and either experimental towns that
have been built ON one plan James
W. Ellsworth, formerly of Chicago.
now of New York. Is building the
town in coal mining district lG miles
Couthcast oC Pittsburg.
There will be the usual features al
ways made much OF in such towns.
bay and night schools will be estab-
llshed at the expense Of Mr.. Ellsworth.
He will furnish a library and an ath.
letic field Two churches are to he
built and number Of store buildings
No liquor will be sold In or near the
cl,y, as a large amount OF contiguous
land belongs to Mr.. Ellsworth.
Mr.. Ellsworth owns 10000 acres Of
roal lands in this region, and it was IN
developing plans for getting out the
roal that the idea of a town suggested
itself. Mr.. Ellsworth expects ultimate
ly to mine I.OOO,0OO to J.oOO.UOO tons
OF coal year. Within Is months Els
worth is expected to have Il population
Of 5000.
The plan Of the town, according to
the Chicago Tribune, is said to he su-
per.0r to that Of most industrial towns.
Each miner Is to have II house on a
quarter of an acre OF land. He will
lee able to buy In house on easy terms.
and renting will be discouraged The
houses are to be plainly and solidly
bu.lt il the colonial style Macadam.
IzeG streets and gravel walks. lined on
either side 10y hedges and flower gar
denS WI give the entire place the ap-
pearancr ~ . park.
Mr.. Ellsworth Is interested in the So
"ial side Of rs experiment as we'll as
the commercial. Ii" says he hopes the
town Will solve some phases OF the
trust problem. The town Is not being
built a. 4 social rXpel,u~nt pure and
simple and to be considered q success
Will have 10 pay
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-10-06
GRANT A POPULAR LEADER.
His Soldiers In the Philippines Al
most Worship Him.

The following is from the Manila
Daily American OF Aug. =. says Il New
York dispatch 10 the Philadelphia
Press:
Brigadlcr General Fred u. Grant
who was seriously injured by the
stumbling of his horse at Bacour the
other day, is an officer who Is almost
worshiped by his men.
One hot afternoon the general OBJ
served a little squad come marching
slowly into camp. The squad halted
and the men told him that they had
been out on scout since early morn
ing. They were almost too tired 10
walk, but they were anxious to get 20
their quarters, some little distance
further on.
When asked the cause OF their hurry
when they were SO tired. the sergeant
explained that they had eaten but n
scanty breakfast and had missed their
dinner.
Then | suppose you are hungry
enough" said General Grant. Come
with me"
They went. In Il few minutes the
squad occupied seats Mt the table. AMI
the boys were being served with the
best that the generals cook could dish
up for them
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-10-06
NEW MAIL POUCH CATCHER.
Invented by Hiram J. Brown, IA Long
Island station Agent

\ new mail pouch catcher has been
invented and patented by Hiram J.
Brown, the station agent of the Long
Island railroad at Queens, says the
New York Times. The contrivance Is
for taking and delivering mail bags at
stations where trains do not stop.
The arrangement consists of wire,
fastened at one end to post near
enough to the track to admit of q
hook attached to the arm on the mail
ears falling over it. The wire then
runs away from the track At an angle
and draws the hook to which the
pouch is attached away from the car,
leaving the pouch suspended on the
wire. At the same time similar hook
catches the pouch, suspended on a
post and takes II aboard the train.
An exhibition of the workings of the
new patent was given recently ut
Queens for the benefit of the govern
mCnt officials. 1t was very sutiSfac
tory and was witnessed by a large
number Of railroad officials.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-10-06

The sugar trust has made another
cut in prices-that is, 1t has fixed
things so that wholesale dealers can
make 81 more on 100 barrels. This
necesstates a concession on the part Of
the independent refiners. Thus the war
is kept up, and possibly the consumer
may get some temporary benefit from
the persistent fight between the trust
and the independents, though in the
long run they would be more benefited
by Il wholesome competition in which
the trust factor was wholly eliminated.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-10-06
Br:sk CourtinE In tile Choctnw Ma
fIOn,

There Is q great rush fOr brides in
the ChOctaw nation and thousands OF
white men are now plying their suits
with great fervor, says the Chicago
Record. The stakes are hlCh-a5U
acres of land, n thousand or more dol.
lars In money, IN interest in tribal
privileges and woman. Most of the
Choctaw women are pretty too, and
most of them are we'll educated. The
Dawes commission has just announced
that the citizenship rolls Of the Choc.
taw nation will close about the 1St OF
next month and thereafter no white
men who marry ChoCtaw girls will be
allowed to join the tribe and share in
the funds and annuities. During the
past five years thousands of white men
have married these ChoCtaw bellies and
all are now rich. The demand for
Choctaw girls increases yearly. Atncar-
ly every town In the Choctaw nation
many white men are now stopping
with no other end in view than to mar
ry Choctaw girl.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-10-06

There seems TO be an impression
abroad that the United States is not q
musical country, but for some reason
or other foreigners appear TO like our
musical instruments. The Musical
Age publishes au interesting table
showing the exports of musical instru.
ments from this country during the
last fiscal year. This report shows
that our pianos and organs are going
to all the countries of Europe, even
Turkey. 1t is one Of our boasts that
we make better pianos than the Eu-
ropeans, and it is to be hoped that If
they continue to import them the con
cert of the European powers will here
after be more harmonious.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-10-06

1t has recently been made public that
find of incalCulable value to science
was made at stone quarry three miles
northwest of Akron. q. The find con-
sistS Of the skeleton of gigantic man.
believed to have lived in prehistoric
times, and relics of time when civil
lization was just beginning to dawn.
In clearing away refuse Quarrymen.
according to the Cleveland Plain Deal
er, found the almost complete skeleton
OF n man. The skull was entire and
the lower jaw bone Of such proportions
as TO easily fit over the outside of the
jaw Of the largest modern man. Yer
tebrae were found. as were also ribs
and femurs and the large pelvis bone,
which was broken in two. 1t is be
lieved the man must have been at least
10 feet in height.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-10-06

1t looks as If the emigration of Films
to the Dominion of Canada has but
just begun, says the Kansas City Star.
Agents from Finland recently arrived
at Winnipeg state that 100000 Of their
people will follow those who have al
ready made their homes in North
America. The United States is now
in condition 10 furnish any climate
and a first class article Of liberty to all
who come
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-10-06

A year ago Professor l.. r. Weeks Of
Winfield, Kan, was climbing n noun
Ain in Switzerland when he lost his
pocketbooll containing $l25 in gold.
He notified the authorities of his loss,
but had no hope whatever Of recover
Ing the money, says the Kansas city
Journal. The other day he received n
letter from the officials in Switzerland
Informing him that his pocketbook had
been found and that its contents would
be forwarded to him at once.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-10-06
IndIscreet Sympathy For Dreyfu..

So sweet and high sentiment as
sympathy may be Ovcrworkcd Take
the nrcyfus case. for example. In
England, Germany and the United
States a great majority Of the people
believe that Dreylus Is the victim Of a
conspiracy and that the man really
guilty of the treason charged has been
shielded 10y cahal of high military
officials. II Is also believed that the
religion Of the accused man has been
potent incentive in the injustice done
and cruelty practiced against him. In
these views IL Is natural that all fair
minded men should sympathize with
the unfortunate captain and his family
and hold feeling of Indignation
against his prosecutors. But these
sentiments should not be permitted TO
carry us 10 extremes.
The Chicago employer who dlscharg-
ed half a dozen French painters be-
cause OF the Rennes verdict and the
ebullicnt citizen of Indiana who pro-
ceeded to burn a French flag in pub
lie place made of themselves absurd
pie, while the Chicago man was guilty
of a piece OF the injustice and pcrsecu-
tion of which he professed TO com
plain.
More serious was the threat made In
England, Germany and this country
(but which, happily, ends with the
threat to boycott the Paris exposition
in 1900.
The French people themselves were
and are divided on the Drcyfus Ques
ton. He was not prosecuted by the
civil authorities, but by the representa-
tivcs OF the army the spirit of militar-
ism. The president Of the republic and
others high in government office have
shown marked fairness and fricndli,
hess toward the accused man.
The exposition has nothing to do
with politics or the army. 1t is COM
mercial, industrial, artistic, and our
part in II, as that of the other countries
mentioned, is merely a matter Of buSl-
ness. To withdraw our commissioners
aud boycott the exposition would not
mend matters for Captain Dreyfus nor
make France more amenable to our in
- l. - atl N
deed. i is not at all unlikely that the
demonstrations of disapproval made
in other countries have angered
Erance, and especially the generals
nnd the judges 1T Rennes. and reacted
upon preyfus,
NJ Max O'Rell Paul Blouet', the fa-
nous French Journalist and litterateur
has written TO the London Chronicle
expressing the hope that there will b"
no public expression of sympathy, 'aS
II will so against Dreyfus." He adds:
For Gods sake use your influence 10
stop it. But for the universal sympa-
thy shown for Dreyfus, whom ! per-
sonally believe TO be innocent, in Eng
land and Germany he would have been
acquitted. 1t is terrible thing to say,
but say 1t and am not afraid Of con-
tradictiOn."
O'Rell may draw 1t little strong,
hut there can be no doubt that Dreyfus
!S in great danger of being injured by
too much sympathetic friendship.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-10-06

The judges in the court martial at
Kcnnes which found Captain Dreyfus
guilty of treason and sentenced him to
ten years Imprisonment accompanied
their verdict with the statement that
there were extenuating circumstances,
The principal "extenuating circum-
stance" was the fact, patent to every
one who read the farcical proceedings,
that they did not lind particle of evi-
dence against the prisoner.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-10-06
WHEAT Ar SIOCA POUND
E. P. McCaslia Of Scott5burg,
Ind, Develops Valuable Grain.
WONDERFUL sTOO3IEG CAPACITY


f' """ ii"'i ROUNDS soid roe
Seed For S5oO-Product ls trosa
Between Gcnesce GInnt and FuItE.
Yield May Reach One Hundred
Bushels Per Acre.
.''v 'H'U'o'e P.'11
O' '"''' '"iScu III '''e 'H'''u ''d''S
'l'> H'A' WIS 'uat pr"uhceu on lIttle
pioi q ground In ScottSburE Ind. IL
was raised by +. L, McCaslin, a scicn-
titic farmer -ud eSpcrlmcntcr one
thousand dollars Tor few handfuls or
wheut seems . urodirious nrice v.t
that T.. ,I,,. .,...n,.rr,.,, -, ,.t, ,,.,,o,. :,
iu3o.I :, ~
''''''' 81 a. o'''
'''''' ~ '''' '''"' !''I" Vi IT,
"h!'n WIS uuI II !'"uA"s' Sold Tor
S'uo.
lhlS amount was paid ~ = wealthy
lehhesSetah from lullahoIi-. after 4
persoilal Inspection of the wheat Mh!!t
growing under an agreement 10 t.gLl>'.
additional capital sufficient 10 raise IT,,
wheat on large scale. Mr.. McCaS.u
received many handsome offers for the
entir" crop. including one Of $l.Hs'
cash but he refused 10 sell at amy
price.
ms remarkable wheat Is an acci
dental hybrid. being cross between
Tue Grnrs"r Giant and the Fultz. and
MI. Mc'"Slin has given 1t the name OF
HooNlrr Giant, says the Chicago Trib-
un'. HE Hoosier Giant Is n square
smooth bearded wheat. with Il prarly
red berry, partuking more strongly Or
the properties Of the lllltZ than Of the
GehrS"e. The distinctive ana valuable
leatur" OF THIS wheat, however. i lis
"ohd"rfNl StroIinS capacity, which is
beyond comparison with any other va
riety known. In this respect ii i un-
Ike either of its gcnitors.
It's great practical value in wheat
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-10-06

Are you able to support my daugh.
terT asked the old gentleman. You
know she has pretty expensive tastes,
and | don't mind saying that the bur
den has been pretty hard for me mt
times"
That's just the point" exclaimed
the prospective benedict. III marry
her, we can divide the expense."-.
Chicago Post.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-10-06
AME ERICAN JINRIKtSAAS.
All Are improvements on the japan
ese, and some Have Bicycle Wheels

Hit on bhe -
ese. and some Have Bicycle Wheels.
bicycle factory ut Reading. Pa.
has just completed number OF jim
rikishaS for South Africa. China. ia
pan and the Philippines 1t is believed
that this firm Is the only one in Amer!-
ca making this odd vehicle On large
scale for the orient. TO the New York
Sun correspondent ons Of the Trm said:
Yes, | believe We ar tie only firn
in America now manufacturing this
buggy "a foC7 different patterns, The
bodies of the carriages are of wood
and the wheels are Of steel tubing. As
you Will note, some OF the wheels are
Of bicycle finish. with rubber tires, in
stead of steel tires. All have tops to
protect the users from the intense heat
Of the tropical countries where We
send them"
Where and how did You get on to
the first pattern?" was asked.
1--WE first got the idea Of making
these vehicles some years ago. The
idea was suggested to us by an Ameri-
can firm now in the orient. There was
n japanese tea garden on the board
walk at Atlantic city. They had a
rude jinrikisha there on exhibition, in
which patrons could take a ride. We
tried hard to get hold Of the buggy to
get the pattern, hut II required n long
time and considerabl" diplomacy to
get the loan OF it to take the measure
mcnts. Finally we succeeded in hor-
rowing IL for time, and in this way
We got the first pattern, on which we
have considerably improved since
then. might say that we ship all
such vehicles now TO one firm. An
drcws & George OF Yokohama, Japan.
They have their agents who distribute
them"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-10-06
NEW ILLUMINATING POWER.
Electroid Gas Equals the Light OF
Two Hundred and sixty Cnndles

According to London dispatch 10
the New York World new illuminant
called clcctroid gas has been tried with
much success in Humanity. near Scar
borough. 1t is composed Of acetylene
with an admiNture Of inert matter and
proportion Of oxygen.
The light is perfectly white and
equals 250 candle power as against an
by ordinary coal gas. The manufacture
Of the new gas Is very simple.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-10-06

1t is announced that at the coming
session Of congress Representative
loss of Illinois will boom the navy"
There seems to be pretty general con-
Viction that the navy has Of late amply
demonstrated the ability to do its own
booming.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-10-06

Another automobile in France has
broken the record. In this country
the automobiles are too busy breaking
the machinery to pay much attention
to the record.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-10-06

To put 1t mathematically, If Terry
McGovern Is to the Columbia as Ped
lar Palmer Is to the Shamrock the
Americas cup Is safe.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-10-06

or course II John Bull Is determined
to penetrate the Transvaal we are pre-
pared 10 quote figures for the bridge
wsrk. Washington Post.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-10-06

With cornhusk millinery perhaps the
head Of the house would not have to
shell OUT so frequently.-St Louis
Post DispatCh.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-10-06
0. H. HENDERSON.
TICKET AGENT
Boston and Maine Railway,
ST, JOHNSBURY, VT.

Tickets via the first class routes to points
west and south and via transatlantic lines
TO and from European points. Baggage
checked through. Sleeping car aCcommO Oda.
tionS secured in advance.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-10-06

A VAST Variety of Designs Necessary
TO Meet the Demands of the Trade.
An IntercstinE Business and How
Ii Is Conducted.
The true northerner., 1899-08-23

only for a very few days. The ministry
has issued definite number 10 the corps,
and these corps are responsible for them;
each officer Is obliged TO return his copy
after the maneuvers. If. therefore, you
wish me TO take from il whatever may in
terest you, and ho,d IL afterward at my dis
posal, will take It, unless you do not want
me 10 make copy in eXtenso and address
IL to you.
i am just leaving for the maneuvers.
According to Esterhazy's voluntary
confession, made to a London news
paper, and repeated since then, it was
he and not Dreyfus who wrote this
bordereau. Esterhazy states that he
wrote it at the instigation of his SUI
perior officers, intimating but not say
ing so In so many words that Gen. Mer-
cier, then minister of war, ordered the
bordereau written. In letter written
TO the Steele March 25, 1898, Paniz-
zardi, military attache of the Italian
embassy, relates that Count Schwarz-
koppen received the articles enumerat-
ed in the bordereau, but was entirely
unaware of the existence of the MEM
orandum itself, for it had been stolen
before it reached him.
The true northerner., 1899-08-23
Observation-Disclosures ocAkocAzocskoA
THE DREYFUS AFFAIR )
History Of the Sensational Case Told Succincty 8
and in Chronological Order.
The Bordereau. the Secret Dosser and \
the Conspiracy. M
SESG7SSG5SSS7SSSaSSG7SSSSSSK

prisoner guilty and sentenced him to
transportation for life, after being sub
jected to military degradation.
On the morning of January the
condemned man was ordered TO put on
a captains uniform that had been spe-
cially prepared by having the lace on
the cap, the red seams of the trousers,
and the buttons and trimmings on the
tunic taken off and then stitched on
again loosely enough to stay in place,
but so loosely that they could easily be
torn off. The sword that he was made
to buckle on had been filed on each side
about half way down the blade. He was
then searched, handcuffed, placed in
prison van, and taken by military es-
cort to the Ecole Militaire, where he was
marched between guards into the cen
ter of hollow square of troops in the
large courtyard of the school. He had
already twice asserted his innocence to
Capt. Lebrun-Renaud, who commanded
his guard. The morning was misty and
rainy, and the courtyard was muddy
waste, round which loomed the build
inss with windows filed with faces,
while a vast crowd that surged and
The true northerner., 1899-08-23
THE SECRET DOssIER.
Records of the Trial Preserved by the
Department of War.

department Of war.
The secret dossier, which figures so
prominently in the Dreyfus case, is a
collection of papers belonging to the
war department and collected in con-
nection with the case. These papers
are said to contain proof of Dreyfus'
guilt even beyond the bordereau. The
latter was admittedly written by Ester
hazy. During the first Dreyfus trial
this dossier (Which in free transla-
tion would mean record Of the case')
was submitted to the court-martial in
executive session, not even Dreyfus' at
torneys being permitted to be present
during this examination. There are,
all told, some 400 documents in this col
lection. These papers are examined in
secret session, but Dreyfus' attorneys
are present, so they may be informed
of the record of the charges based upon
these papers. Secrecy is demanded by
the government because il is claimed
that publication would cause compli-
cations with foreign governments.
The secret dossier has been in exclusive
control of the general staff up to the
present trial, and there is, OF course, no
saying what it may contain. So far
the entire nasty Dreyfus mess has
shown so much corruption, conspiracy
and forgery that the value of this Sc
cret dossier is very problematical.
The true northerner., 1899-08-23

MAY, 1s99-M Ballot Beaupre finishes his
report TO the court.
JUNE. 1S99-Paul Deroulede acquitted
Court Of cessation decides in favor Of
Dreyfus on the revision. Esterhazy con-
fesses having written the bordereau.
JULY, 1S99-Dreyfus returns TO France on
the Sd. Governor of DEVILS island dis
missed for cruelty to Dreyfus. Esterhazy
refuses 20 testify before the new court
martial which is to retry Dreyfus.
AUGUST, 1S99.-New trial OF Dreyfus be-
gins on the 7th
August z, 1899, the court-martial held
its first session. The court was com
posed as follows:
Col. Jouaust, director Sn the engineer
corps, president
Lieut.. Col. Brongniart director Of the
school Of artillery.
Mai De Breon, Of theEeventh regiment
OF artillery.
Maj Profillet. of the zenith regiment Of
artillery.
Maj Merle, of the sc eventh regiment of
artillery
Capt. Parfait, Of the Seventh regiment Of
artillery.
Capt. Beauvais. of Tie Seventh regiment
OF artillery.
Counsel for Dreyfus were Maitres
Labori and Demange 1.-THE latter one of
the most celebrateI criminal lawyers
in France. Maj. larriere represented
the government as counsel for the pros
ecution. Early rn Monday morning,
August Ia, Will Maitre Labori. one
of Dreyfus' atto rneys. was on his way
to the court, ho.was shot by an assassin
and seriously Wounded.
The true northerner., 1899-08-23

every movement and expression could
be seen by everybody present. Du Paty
then dictated to him the memorandum
which afterward became famous as the
bordereau. At one point Du Patty sud
denly asked Dreyfus what was the
matter, and asserted that his hand
shook. Dreyfus replied that his hands
were cold. Then he was left alone in
the room and found loaded revolver
lying among some papers on the table
beside him. Half an hour later NJ.
Cochefert, head of the detective police,
accompanied by Commander Henry, or
the second bureau, entered, and Drey-
fus was placed under arrest on the
charge of high treason and taken 70
the Cherche-Midi prison, all the time
protesting his innocence. The order
committing him was dated October IA,
the day before he was arrested or eX-
amined.
On October 2s hint of the arrest was
conveyed to one of the Paris newspa-
pers and the next day an ambiguous
The true northerner., 1899-08-23

martial, read the text Of dispatch re-
ceived by Count Won Munster-Leyden-
burg. the German ambassador at Paris,
from Prince Hohenlohe, the German
imperial chancellor. which the former
communicated TO M. Casimir-Perier
during visit to the Elysee palace.
"His majesty, the emperor, having
every confidence in the loyalty of the
president of the republic and the gov
ernment of the republic" IL ran, "begs
your excellency to tell M. Casimir-Per-
ier that it is proved the German en-
bassy was never implicated in the
Dreyfus affair. His majesty hopes the
government of the republic will not
hesitate to declare so. Without for
NAL declaration the legend which here
continues TO spread regarding the Ger
man embassy would compromise the
position of the representative of Ger
many"
The communication is signed "Ho-
henlohe."