News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-02-21

| lnently l0enUl1eQ WlUn Une NOJHHelu
Savings bank and with mercantile
affairs of that town, died at his home
Sunday. and s.
IfChina can save herself from total
dfsintegration for few years longer
there is some hope that she may take
her place among the wealthy and
prosperous nations of the world.
The Kentucky election squabble is
now to be carried to the United
States Supreme Court, to decide
whether the federal courts have iuris-
diction, and, if so, whether Taylors
position will be sustained.
The firm Of Knott & Closson. which
has been doing a stock and broker
age business in Burlington for several
years, will make an assignment in
favor of their creditors tomorrow
Iiorning. An assignee will be ap-
pointed to close out the business.
The Democratic voters of Burling-
ton held a caucus in the city hall
Thursday night and nominated
James E. Burke for mayor by accla-
nation. The name of E. M. Sutton
was also placed before the conven-
ton, but Mr.. Sutton withdrew from
the contest.
Postmaster General Smith and
Third Assistant Postmaster General
Madden have perfected a plan to sell
postage stamps in book form. Two
cent stamps will be offered for sale in
books of II stamps at % cents.
The books will be of size convenient
to slip into the vest pocket, with
wax paper between the stamps.
Gen. Wade Hampton is the latest
to advise Bryan to drop free silver
and make the anti.expansion issue
uppermost in this years campaign.
Whether the advice of the venerable
South Carolinian is good or bad it is
not at all likely that it will be fol-
lowed. Bryan has delivered so
many harangues for free silver that
he has probably come to believe his
own arguments.
Lord Roberts has undoubtedly
scored success for the British arms
by relieving Kimberley, but in one
sense it is a fruitless victory. The
Beers, commanded by the shrewd
Cronje, have slipped away and eluded
capture, which was one of the main
objects of the British movement.
1 They will live to fight another day,
and are pretty sure to make good
deal of trouble for their enemies.
The British Embassy at Washing
ton upon inquiry last night author
lied the statement that there was no
truth whatever in the story contain
ed in the Paris dispatches that Presi
dent Mckinley had sounded Lord
Pauncefote, the British ambassador
here, to ascertain how an offer in
mediation in the Transvaal difficulty
on the part of the United States
would be received by Great Britain.
Judge Clifford of the Circuit cou4
has rendered decision holding that
wages, after the finding of creditors
bill, cannot be reached by the bill.
In deciding the case, Judge Clifford
, said: Plaintiff can only get what the
defendant has at the time of filing
the bill. At law such accrued wages
cannot be reached by garnishment
/ proceedings and the analogy holds
r good in equity in the case of credit
or's bill.
Bicycles are becoming numerous
I in Havana, and, strange though it
, may seem, the most enthusiastic
riders are not Americans but The
= Cubans themselves. The people OIL
. Havana have always been pictured
7 as too lazy to indulge in any form Of
F.. athletic exercise, and if this unfortu-
nate trait has been overcome in any
degree by the introduction of wheel.
; ing then the bicycle must be acknowl-
/. edged as great public benefactor.
Now that outsiders are permit
! ted to learn something of the interior
of the country it is discovered that
: the mineral wealth in those vast re-
! gions is enormous. All that is
needed is a progressive administra
> ton to take advantage of the bene-
fits which nature has so lavishly
= bestowed. The carving up of Chine
u has been accomplished thus fal
= because she is a week power and E
;, debtor to the European nations
but her gold, silver, copper, iron, tin
l. coal, etc, will give her a standing
that she has never had before.
The Washington county cour
a house at Montpelier was damaged b,
, fire to the extent of $1,000 Monda,
n afternoon. Therear end of the build
. ing, in which was located the Judges
4 and LAWYERS rooms and the granC
!, jury room, was practically ruined
. rhe fire caught from the overheate,
furnace in the basement, which wa
being driven to it's fullest capacit
e to dry out the dampness in the build
II !, ing caused by the recent flood. 1t i
Il not hardly possible that the buildin,
le can be repaired in time for the open
u ing of the March term of court o.
Z Wednesday March 7.
- Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Andrews hav
. completed eleven years of service a
~ superintendent and matron of tn
=, industrial school at VArUennaa Tho