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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-03-09

During my residence in Heidelberg a
lamcutahIc and terrible affair took
place that threw a profound gloom
over the university and the entire
town. Two German students. having
qUArrrlvd. decided the earth was not
large enough fer both of them to live
in and rcSortCd to the diaholical prac-
ti,r called the ".Imrrican duel"
In dar.rucd room the two young
men drew lots. having sworn that he
who drew the black ball would commit
suicide. The unhappy loser went to
his room and discharged n bullet into
his breast, but missed his heart and
fingered for several days on his death
bed ~l!iS parent We're summoned by
telegraph and hcSought him on their
knees to disclose the name of his an
taGonlSt, Eut lie steadfaSuy refused
and died with the secret in his breast.
The students not only excused his
conduct, but praised his courage. and
when his remains We're taken to the
/ railway station to be TRANSPORTED 10 n
, distant city they accompanied the flu
neral cortcgr with torches and music.
The students claimed he was not n sui
cl'", for he was killed in an honorable
duel. and they maintained that his Oh.
poh"nt WAS not accessory to his death
because he shot himself | had many
arguments with them and never could
/ convince them Of their extraordinary
prgiVUrSatiOn. Science.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-03-09

:;J.Gna lahorrrs. 70 these wage earners
is paid ON monthly about Sl3oo.ooO
This i an Increase over the number Of
mon cmuluyrd year ago If H. per
c"ut. AMI The wages paid To labor have
l,ra incrru ed something like an aver.
age Of - Irr cent. That there Is work
fn do aul money coming from II is evi.
drnl from he condition Of the street
railways. which run Frequently aud IN
crowded stat" most Of the time over
luu miles of line.
Public >u'rit is being awakened by
vrlapmrui following the premature
'houm" Of few years ago Is being
taken up. With all the rush Of huSl.
hess. m" appearance Of the city Is not
10 hr long overlooked clubs and soci.
cites having for their object the slim
ulation Of civic pride and social i'm.
yruycmrut are doing their part To make
evident the willingness and ability OF
TIE builders Of birmingham to make
IL worthy t. I've ranked with the best
cities Of its population. The evidences
Of this ruaWakcnrd public spirit are
sccn in IN" columns Of The Agc-IIer
ald the leading newspaper. which eX
presses the utmost confidence In III"
/ public spirit Of the city to meet the
/ highest expectations of those who hope
to src Birmingham a second M&ucheS
ter not only IN its productive capacity.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-03-09

It rom l." ~ W bhl 'tIt'sI
the farmers alone to provide a general
system of good roads. The cities are
the great ctnterS Of wealth. They are
the great distributing points fer both
manufactures and agriculture! prod
ucts. Agricultural America AaS built
them up and maintains them. Their
union with the farming districts Is
close upon hundred different chan
nelS of trade. Each depends upon the
other. What is more prupvr, then.
than that the city should unite with
the country in constructing aud MAIN
tanning suitable and efficient means
of communication and transportation:
And the cities are willing. too, 10 join
hands with the farmer in doing 81.
These two important considerations
are both properly observed in the sys-
TEN of state aid to roads. M0,&acuu-
sets. New York, New Jersey and Con
necticut are probably the states which
have made the greatest progress in
country road building, They have all
levied state highway taxes and have
built roads by system Of state aid.
While the rate of taxation has been
low the amount collected has been con
siderable. In New York Il state taN
Of ] 10 cents upon every thOuSHuu
dollars assessed valuation created a
road fund of $4,000, four-htthS Of The
whole amount being collected in the
cities. where most of the property III
the state Is situated. The state aid
system does not interfere with present
road building methods. but simply pro.
videS a means by which an cNterpriS
Ing community desiring to possess first
class highways may obtain financial
assistance for the purpose. In New
York the towns complying with the
state aid law receive from outside
sources a sum four or five times Il,
large as the amount they raise them
selves for road building purposes. The
state contributes to the expense OF
road building just as it contributes t
the cost Of maintaining public schools
which are. conducted by local officials
but which to receive such state as
sistance must be up to certain stand
ard
This system Of state aid is mectin.
with general approval from farmers
wherever understood. 1t IS deserved
~ popular in the east. especially il
New Jersey, where it has been in ct
feet since 1892 or 1893. The farmers
national congress, the most powerful
and influential agricultural body in tn
world has strongly Endorsed it. Min
nesota has adopted a constitutions
amendment authorizing state all t
roads by popular vote Of almost tW
to one. 4 similar constitutional amend
ment spending in Wisconsin. y stat
convention of 800 farmers, held at Mil
waukee at the time Of the last stat
fair, unanimously Endorsed state ai
in road building. Similar resolution
were passed this fall by 80 good road
conventions held in Wisconsin, Mir
nesota, Iowa. Illinois, Texas and NJ
kansas, al! Of which were controlled b
farmers. OTTO BORNER,
Chairman L. A. w. Highway Improve
ment Committee.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-03-09

A certain woman, says the Wichi-
tn Eagle, desired the arrest of the
saloon keeper who had been selling
whisky to her drunken husband. Hay
inc conducted the officer to the saloon,
she was told by him to pick out the
proprietor. Seven men. all looking
alike and dressed alike. were stand.
Ing motionleSS around whisky
barrel, and she could not tell
which was the one, but she stepped
to the barrel and turned the spigot.
and the liquor began to pour out on
the floor one of the men Sprang out
of tn" circle and turned the Spigot off.
Arrest that man" she said.
But was she right? Was it more
likely TO- be the proprietor who wonld
thus plead guilty and go to jail or some
innocent man with an unquenchabe
thirst who was Mortified at seeing the
awful waste!
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-03-09

=, Is Tom. The dear boy! | wrote
him my fctc would be spoiled If he did
not come, and he has come"
She glidcd swiftly through the hall
ana stood ut the rear entrance, a radi-
ant vision, smiling, glad, With expect
ant hands uutStrctched.
Tom, dusty and travel stained.
mounted the steps nj Il bound. clear
eyed Young giant. flushed with exercise
and expectation.
lie waved her back lau:hingly.
Il am not hit to touch the hem Of
your shining garments. olivia | must
postpone that luxury for half an hour.
And circliug OBVIOUSLY through the
we'll remembered pasSagrWayS, he dis.
appeared up stairs, bag in hand.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-03-09

The kathr makes an interesting
study l,u cannot understand him nj!
a; once. 1t requires time. and a good
deal Of it. \ new arrival thinks the
kat'ir is a born prcyaricator of the
truth and has his reasons for SO think
ing
Suppose you catch boy" commit
t.- msdrmrauor. Ask him what
lie has been doing, and he will look up
in your face, picture of Innocence
and reply. "lkona, haas"-a plump de-
NAL Tell him you saw him do it,,
threaten HIM with punishment; he VIII
still persist in maintaining his limo.
ccuce.- He Mn still plead ignorance Of
the mi>drcd and mutter in aStOnish-
mcnt or FEAR "Ikona, baas." In fact,
h" knows nothing whatever about it,.
II the UttruNc be one that cannot De
overlooked. You proceed to administer
repruuf with the foot if YOU are not
particular and wish 10 be impressive.
What does he dof If he is a raw
"buy' and not used to it, he runs off
with n terrified look on his face; If lie
is used to it, he retires precipitately
with Il satisfied smile, not necessarily
because he has got the thra>hug but
because he no longer has it to look for
ward To.
The only explanation for the system.
ate lying OF the native in face of the
most convincing proof is that>the Ia.
tive mind is totally unable to form a
conception Of what we understand by
tIutAiulnrSS.- London Mail.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-03-09
THE FARMERS SIDE.


he >huuid Iasisi 90 fielar f-..srri
ta urterHtu- " aut i,"....H d. tu'-
prove aud that th- ts.r, -a.ussi
BrIp Rap the 'oSt.
There ar" two lui9 Ta.r .laS
which ihr farmer -huu.4 ..l .... .. :,
ulsn lea discussing Inr r ...a r.....r .i..r-
lion.
Ia the first place, uu "a. ..F ..r
IA himself should Boz lH..u. .s.... -
determine the Improvements .a ..E.~
which are Ia De- UulcGna.u U I.~
benefit. Little good viii u.rtI q. H.a
from the construction uf l"u..N...'.s
connecting the larger CITIES. They
would not Ice used hy the iIs...r. a.g
farmers roads are the rrais g..atuE
from the railway sjati#.~. ir.u '."
county seats and country .....t
towns, The roads which ,..Hsei lis
farm with the postuilirc. lae village
store. the schoolhou>o. the ,#r.v. aad
tile railroad depot. If tn -nHi roads
u ,oplr have The farmer Interest uan-
cSlly at heart. if they really #raa to
direct their efforts toward lav ...uG.'-
mcut Of agriculture and 10 ru,GD.lS
the cost of hauling crops. th.~" Vrr I..e
roads they will seek to improve. Farm
cgS have opposed almost EVERY mtEH-
mcnt for the constructor ii drives
and buulevardS intended tu conn. the
cities. and properly SO. Farmers should
moi he pNnpctrd Ia COul"lhvfr Go tG"
cost of building them.
Secondly. the farmer should insist
that any general plan of road Improve
ment must provide for placiu- a l'h.
rral share of the cost upon the cities,
1t is simply out of the question for
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-03-09
wisdom of the West.

I'VE find" said the foreman Of the
western jury, that IT, as the prisoner
says. the shootin was accidental, then
he ought to hang, fer in these gun af-
fairs n man oughter know his own
mind. 1t oughter be shoot to XIII or
no shoot. A man who has accidents
happen to him with gun is dangerous
to our society an oughter be put out of
the way fer the safety Of respectable
folks. "-Philadelphia North American.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-03-09

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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-03-09
Boston & Maine R. p.
TIME TABLE. wI>TTR sCHEnULE.
l., .r..t f,...l 80. . r-tg
Trains leave Newport.

Trains leave Newport.
For 81. 1ohus'urv at'l2 auH cor,
90. GO, an 10 20 p. ~. r. turr pl - "a
r. !" and ] 4" y q. i1.. 2 - end - .. m.
lur Wells Fir,r ct 'l2 10 rrG : 90 an
HuG % - o.. ru . ~ end 3 ap.u. m
Tur White River Igt ~ 90 e. m. ! c0nrd
10 - = m. Return a. AZ 90 and = 90 a. m.
''-r rlymoutr a. 'I2lo and ooa. IN
- pm. FcturH at - All, = - u. MI 10.
For Concord al ~ 10 and = 90 m o.
and 10 80 p. m. Return ~ 6 Uo.1lI5.ll 20
and II 80 m. 90 sud 20 10 p III.
For Manchester nj ~ 10 and : co ii. IT
10 30 q. M. 10 and - - %. IN.
For Lowell at - 10 and 60 a m. ! 80
and o 20 p m. Return AT 40 m. 5 10
+ For Springfield. Mass. ~ : 90 q m. ,,d
/ l" 2" p. IN. Return at as Il. m, and : 90
+ Flr Hoe,,ua runc. at.12lound : ooom
; % hhr 10 30 p. ma Return at 10 % II. H..
/ T.or Boston at - O and : 90 a m. q
I 1"5 10 20 p. n. Return at 60 Il m, : 80
- 'R5n, daily. trauy except Monda,
/ Al other trains run daily except sunday
Trains leave Grovctou Tor
/ "ncastcr TT : "n = m, = -. : 60 p m
/ ,tnrn ct " go. - p q M. ard . 20 p m.
-, , III, t.. "a or %" q. ~, -. 90 p. m
! Wells Ftrei at 600 a. m, - -, : co p ~
. Return at g - e. r1.. @ 20 T.. NJ.
Plymouth ~ : 90 a r.. = -. 90 p. IT
. Return at - %. m. : p. ~.
concord at : 90 a. u. l227 90
Return at and J ! "a Q N.
/ Manchester At : o y. M. / = 81 : 90 p. N
+ ttturn al . 10 and 10 % It. m.
Nashua let at : 90 u. m l. -. 90 Z n,
I E,.uTu Mt 10 80 O M
Springfield at 90 a. M. 90 .. m. Return
I ~ q : Il. IN.
Boston AT 90 a m 70 o. = % -, p, ..
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-03-09
Not n Hard Question.

They had dispute, and they had
agreed to leave it to the military eX-
pert.
consider the deadliestY'
For several minutes he remained in
a brown study. Then be looked mp
with the air of one who has settled the
matter finally and definitely.
THE one that hits" he said Chica-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-03-09

The invention of the locomotive
would never have amounted to much If
no one had ever invented track for it
to run on. One Of these items IS as
essential as the other in securing good
and rapid transportation.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-03-09

Hr Shuuid Iasisi 90 felar f-..sfri
ta urtrrtaIu- " aut t,u. e. 81. iH'-
prove aud that th~ ts..e. -..ussi
Rrlp Isuy the o~t.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-02
THE COMMISSIONERS.
Proceedings of the Board of County
Commissioners February 9Th,
9th, 9TH, 9th and 9th.

BISMARCK, Feb. 5, 1900.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present, Commissioners WEIGH and
johnson.
On motion the personal property as
sessment of 800 assessed against Angus
Nicholson for the year 1899 was can
celed, it being an assessment.
On motion the treasurer was instructed
to receipt to Edith Wakeman for her
tax on lots 4, 5 and 6, block "a, o. p, for
the years 1895 to 1899 and q of lot 2,
block l, N. 2. addition, for the years
1895 to 1899 for the sum of $50.
On motion the treasurer was instructed
to receipt to r. Ullum for his tax on lots
1, 2 and 3, block IS, Williams addition,
for the years 1896 to 1899 for the sum of
$40; also his tax on the southwest quar-
ter of section 18, township 139, range 70,
for the years 1896 and 1899 for the sum
of $40.
On motion the acreage in section 5,
township 1873, range so, assessed as 5O4
acres, was reduced to 1926 acres, that be-
ing the actual acreage in said tract.
On motion the following bill was
allowed:
Mrs. G.. Larson, keeping needy poor.s2O 90
On motion the board adjourned until
10 o'clock a. NJ, Feb, 6, 1900.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-02
NEW TRAINS.
New Transcontinental Trains of the
Northern Pacific will be Models
of Beauty.

When the double train service goes
into effect on the Northern Pacific April
20 the morning train will leave st. Paul
at 500. On the same running time as
the present trains it will reach Bismarck
about II o'clock in the evening. The
evening train will leave at the same hour
as at present, 1895, reaching here at
noon. The new train service will be in
operation until November l, and longer
if the business demands it.
The new train will be known as the
North Coast Limited. 1t will be one of
the handsomest and most complete pas
senger trains in the country. With it's
new 7O-foot baggage and express cars,
combination smoker, new tirst-class
coaches, new Pullman tourist %sleepers,
handsomely upholstered in dark green
leather, thoroughly modern. first-class
sleepers and elegant dining cars, all wide
vestibuled, the train might be considered
complete. Its chief attractions, however,
will be the thorough lighting of the train
throughout by electricity, including two
berth lights for reading in each section,
and an observation car more complete
than anything of the kind heretofore
constructed. This car, which will be
seventy feet in length, with a wide
and handsomely rallied rear platform,
will have fourteen upholstered plush
chairs, with writing desk and reading
table in the rear end; a carefully Sc
lected library of l25 volumes: bath room,
barber shop and buffet in the center,
while in the rear, in addition to toilet
rooms for men and women, there will be
two smoking and card rooms, each fur
nished with six comfortable chairs and
Il folding table. These smoking or card
rooms will be shut off from the remain
der of the a and so thoroughly venti-
lated that those addicted to the weed
may indulge at pleasure without attract
ing undue attention.
Thus, for the first time the transconti-
mental traveller is to have, and without
extra fare or charge, a daily tr%ansconti-
mental passenger service absolutely su-
perior to anything HERETOFORE offered him
either in the west or in the east.
The Northern Pacific people feel conf
dent their enterprise will be appreciated
by the public and that the large bust
ness they have heretofore enjoyed will
be greatly increased.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-02
WOULD ANNUL A CONTRACT.
Stockholders of tho HI. C. Frick Coke
Company File q Bill in Equity.

Stockholders Of tho H.. C. Frick Coke
Company File u Bill in Equity.
P1TTsBURG, Feb. 2S.-John Walker.
guardian Of Andrew Carnegie Wilson,
S. L. Shoemaker and John Ponte.
tract, on behalf Of themselves and such
other stockholders of the H. 9. Frick
Coke company as may choose to join in
the suit as plaintiffs, filed the much
talked-of bill in equity to annul the
coke contract held with the coke COM
pany by the Carnegie Steel company in
common pleas court No. 2. The action
is remotely connected with the trouble
now existing between q. O. Frick, for
mer chairman of the Carnegie Steel
company, and Andrew Carnegie and
was precipitated by the filing of Mr..
Tricks bill in equity in common pleas
court No. l to secure an accounting Of
the affairs Of the Carnegie Steel COM
pany.
In this case the plaintiffs seek to re-
strain the defendants by injunction
from selling, shipping or delivering n
coke to the Carnegie Steel company un-
der contract dated Jan. 1, 1899, at a
price Of $1.35 a ton, the contract to run
for a period Of five years, and from set
Ting with the steel company for coke
already delivered under the contract. It
is also asked that the court annul tho
contract and order an accounting.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-02
ON H SLOPE.
Someone is Telling of the Progress
of Settlement and Immi-
grafton.

The Fargo Argus says: With the APP
proach Of spring, the demand for North
Dakota land steadily increases. The
building of the Washburn line of rail
way from Bismarck to Washburn, forty
five miles north on the Missouri, will
open up fine farming and grazing lands
in Burleigh and Mclean counties and
the government land office at Bismarck
is besieged daily by prospective settlers
who are filing on government lands along
the line. Thirty homestead entries were
filed the first three days of the past week
and the demand for the Washburn lands
is increasing so rapidly that fifty driving
teams have been purchased by the COM
pany, to take landseckers over the route
as soon as the weather becomes milder.
The German capitalists are much
pleased with the experiment on the Sat-
terlund coal, both as to its composition
and qualities for the production of coke.
The company have decided to install a
temporary plant at Bismarck, where they
will carry on their experiments farther,
and as soon as the new road is opened to
Wilton, which will be about June |, Il
large plant will be built there at an esti-
mated cost of between $4,000 and $780,
600, and later in the season, when Wash
burn is reached, another plant will be
started there. The company claim that
they can compress the coal into any con-
venient form, at a cost not to exceed 81
per ton, thus placing the fuel within the
reach of st, Paul and Minneapolis, as
we'll as North Dakota, at an exceedingly
low rate. Machinery for the plant at
Bismarck is already on the ground. and
a contract closed with the Hughes Elec-
trio Light company at that place for
power. 1t is thought that the plant will
be in operation within a month.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-02
LEIsT1Kow CHANGES FRONT.

LEISTIKOW CHANGES FRONT.
The democrats are gradually leaving
the sinking ship. w. G. Leistikow,
formerly democratic national commit
teeman for the state, says in an inter-
view in St. Paul:
l have always been a democrat. l
stuck by Bryan because l did not l:e-
lieve the free silver issue would develop
into a law. In the last year, however.
| have changed my mind considerably
under the tendency of the democrats to
oppose expansion as we call it. I
think IT there is one country more than
another that ought to expand it is the
United States. l am with Mckinley
on the Philippines and Puerto Rico
tariff.
think the tariff question is settled.
That will take care of itself. We can
compete with any nation. believe
the financial question is settled. | am
an enthusiast for expansion as anyone
can be. l believe this country has the
resources, the railroads and the geni1ls
to trade with the world. favor
holding the Philippines, Puerto Rico,
hawaii and l believe Cuba will ask TO
ne annexed. ! also believe that if
bryan, an~ti-expansion and free silver
is the policy of the democratic party
they will not carry many states in the
union. l believe the trade of this
country will expand more in the orient
than anywhere else for the next CEN
tury. The Philippine islands will he
OF more value to this country than we
a now possibly believe.
am too enthusiastic an American
to believe that the flag of this country
u be pu4-ed down when it has been
ralsed-I don't care where.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-02
Contest Notice.

Department of the Interior, United States
Land Office, Bismarck, n. D., January 81, 19OO.'
in this office by Elizabeth A. Jones, contestant,
against John B. Simmons entry No. 1876, made
October 2, 1898, for VIZ swA, ne4 swA and
nwA SEX, Section II, Township 1877. Range 70,
by Elizabeth A. Jones. contestee, in which it is
alleged that said John 3. Simmons, the said
claimant. has never established a residence on
said land. nor built a house thereon, or erected
any other building thereon, and has never bro
ken any of said land or in any way cultivated
said land; that his absence from the land was
not caused by his being either in the military or
naval service of the United states. said parties
are hereby notified to appear, respond and offer
evidence touching said allegation at 10 o'clock
a. m. on March 81. 1900. before the Register and
Receiver at the United States Land Office in
Bismarck, North Dakota. The said contestant
having, in a proper affidavit. filed January 81,
1870, set forth facts which show that after due
diligence personal service of this notice can not
be made, it is hereby. ordered and directed that
such notice be given by due and proper pnblica-
ton. A. G. McGlLLIVRAY,
Register.