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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-20
Assaulted on the street.

Claude Miller and Harry Brandon, who
were walking on New Jersey street about
o'clock last night, were assaulted by two
men whom they claimed were unknown
and of whom they could give no descrip-
ton. Miller was badly cut about the head
and face. His injuries were dressed at the
City Dispensary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-20

SALT LIKE. Jan. 1s-The National
Wool Growers convention met here to-
day. with 300 delegates present. Acting
President frank p. Bennett. OF Boston. de-
livered an ADDRESS. a paper on Tariffs
was read bf George III. Wallace. OF New
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-20
J. P. MULLlLLY, IS Monument Place

district. Tiis other Tammany senators
present camG in for like pleasantries.
Senator Mirda bore up well under the
ordeal. He taid he had always supposed
Hall TO be ! man and had often helped
him personally and politically. He was
dumfounded ,when he learned the sex of
Hail. as disclosed at 'his'' death.
Hall was. petite in stature" said the
senator. "anii had small feet and hands.
but never Once suspected that he was cot
a man"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-20

II Is announced that Frank NJ. Andrews,
the architect whose plans for the new In
dianapolis Federal building were thrown
out because OF distinguishing mark will
be at the Bates to-day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-20

William NJ Richards was yesterday APP
pointed administrator, with the will an
nexed of the estate of William Padden,
and gave bond of $500.
George Noerr was appointed guardian of
William L. Noerr and gave a bond Of $500.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-20

The Commercial Travellers Club held q
social last night In their clubrooms.
in Persons Hall. which proved ts
be a most enjoyable occasion to
the more than ffty members an6
guests present. The early hours Of the
evening were spent In playing cards, and
at 1870 . luncheon was served. After
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-20
Ohio Channel BIockaaed.

MARIETTA, o., Jan. ia barge loaded
with $500 brick sprung a leak opposi.s
Kerr's islan.i. In the Ohio river. and sank.
blocking the, channel. The steamer Baketer
had The barrie in tow
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-20

luncheon the floor was cleared of chairs
and tables and the remainder of the even
ing was spent I'm dancing.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-28

Why great surprise should be ex-
pressed by the New York Yacht Club
at the possibility of an Ocean yacht
race as proposed by Sir Thomas Lip
ton, does not seem very clear. Mr..
Ashbury's LivOnia which was beaten
for the America cup in 1871, raced
across the Atlantic and in 1887 there
was an Ocean yacht race from New
York to Roche's point, Queenstown,
Ireland, between the Coronet and the
Dauntless. The yachts started on
March II and reached their destination
March 2S, the Coronet being about
eighteen hours ahead. There probably
is no surprise as to the possibility"
that is in the correspondents brain
but the question is whether the syn
dictate that owns the American yacht
is not bound to sell her as soon as the
race is over. Later kilograms will
throw light upon the subject.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-28

which is liable to cause a deadlock and
throw us back upon the old appiopria-
ton bill to the manifest disadvantage
of the Territory, is it at all likely that
it will do anything useful If the time
of the session were to be extended
thirty days more. The proposition is
manifestly absurd.
There is an old proverb that it is nc
use throwing good money after bad. II
is better to cut off and bear a loss than
to go on indefinitely striving to patch
up something that is absolutely worth
less. That is what the present Legis-
lature is. 1t is absolutely worthless
and we may as well accept the mat
ter durinp the session, and believe that
if it is 0iven an extension it will really
go to work, they are very credulous in
deed The majority and individuals of
the majority have broken their word
time and again. Indeed one might say
the truth is not in them. To rely on
any promise these men might make is
to rely not even upon a reed, but upon
a rope of sand. To give this present
Legislature any extension of time is
merely to waste public money. Bet
ter by far suffer as we are than allow
any further vagaries and nonsense
why should time and money be vast.
ed?
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-28
AN MERCHANT CASE.


The case now before Judge. Gears
court in which Choy Look See sues the
Royal Insurance Company is very in
teresting one, in that it brings forward
mucl. evidence with regard to the great
fire in Chinatown which has either been
forgotten, or which has never come be-
fore the public. The question upon
which the insurance cases hinges is
whether the fire through the main part
of Chinatown was due to the action Of
the Board of Health in ordering the
burning of block fifteen, or whether the
sudden rise in the wind, thing which
neither the members of the Board of
partment could foresee, was the cause
partment could fore see, was the cause
Of the wide spread destruction.
The results of the trial will have a
very considerable effect upon the
rulings OF the commission upon fire
claims. Should it be found that the
Board of Health was not responsible for
the general destruction of Chinatown,
the number of claims would be very
materially reduced, and the remedy for
those who lost the majority of the prop
erty, would be against the insurance
companies These claims are likely to
occupy the attention of both legisla-
lures, commissions and courts for prob
ably several years to come.
This is an instance of what a tangle
people can get into when they step out
of the beaten track. To the Board of
Health of that period the destruction
of plague stricken houses seemed the
only course to take and the city was so
panic stricken over the plague that it
applauded its act. But when the bills
began to come in for the damages done
it was quite another thing, and many
of those who had applauded the Board
were very ready to object to it's actions
and to criticize it severely.
The fact is the Board was no more to
blame then the whole city was. There
was an unreasoning and an unreason-
able fear of plague and the Board was
merely carried forward upon a wave
of popular alarm, which conceded with
its own views as to how to eradicate the
disease. In doing this the ordinary
legal methods We're overstepped, and
the question is how far the law, taken
in its unaccustomed bearing, supported
the action. There will be work for the
lawyers for some years to come.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-28

The condition in which butter is ship
ped from some of the other Islands is
very unsatisfactory. Moreover it is
often kept on the ranches when the
market is over supplied. A recent con-
sular report gives the following sug-
gestion: "A light wooden case or box
is lined thoroughly at the bottom and
sides with a layer of plaster of paris
One-fourth of an inch thick, on which
common glass slabs, with their edges
fastened together by gummed paper.
so as to make a perfect-fitting box,
are placed In this box the butter is
placed, packed in good waterproof pa
per- in lO-pound packages. The glass
top is then put on and sealed carefully
with gummed paper bands, so as to
make the boX-air-tight A one-fourth
inch layer of plaster of paris is then
put over this and the wooden cover
nailed on. Each of the cases is made
to contain about 200 pounds of butter
The plaster of paris being a non-con-
ductor, very little heat reaches the
butter, which arrives at its destination
in good condition. Very successful re-
suits have been obtained by shipping
butter packed in this manner from Mel
bourne to Kimberley-rather a severe
test" Butter packed in this way would
last in good condition for very long
time.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-28

This is the third year in succession
that Hawaii has been represented in
the Harvard freshman ere V at New
London in the great race between that
University and Yale. This speaks
highly for the physique of the Island
boys. 1t must be remembered that from
or so go up annually, while hundreds
go from Massachusetts, Connecticut
and the East generally. With such
strong and overwhelming competition
it is surprising to see a man picked an
nually from the little group of Hawai-
ians, who first tried for aquatic honors
upon the waters of our own harbor or
lagoon.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-28
NO EXTRA SESSION.

Better bear the ills we know than
fly to others that we know not of. We
do know that the present Legislature
spent sixty days in caucus, at least
the majority did, that is to say the
Home Rulers both in House and SEN
ate. 1t then spent sixty more days in
session. and produced nothing That
makes one hundred and twenty days.
with absolutely nothing done. The
great flourish of 'trumpets which an
nounced the advent of the Home Rule
party ended in not one of the main
Home Rule measures, measures upon
which they were elected, being carried
Then as they had failed to pass any
appropriation bill, they had to be call
ed together again.
Upon this appropriation bill, the two
houses have now been working for some
forty days. The method employed is
unheard of in Legislative annals. Each
House went to work independently up
on a plain of it's own The Lower
House chopped and changed, put up
salaries one day put them down the
next, read, and reread it's bill, and fin
ally after the bill had been gone over
about eight times, it was decided to
call the last thejthird reading and the
bill was passed, And this was the bill
for salaries it; must be remembered.
The bill for general expenses is only
now looming up with but twenty days
to get it through
This forty days work, however
might just as well never have been I'M
dertaken it was absolutely waste of
time, for when it reached the Senate
so glazing We're it's inconsistencies so
plainly had the incumbents of offices
been considered, and not the offices
themselves, that even the Home Rule
majority in the Senate could not
stomach the dose, and turned the bill
down with extraordinary promptitude.
The Senate has now passed It's own bill
which goes to the House. Whether the
House will accept it's medicine and pass
the Senate bill is a question a day or
two will decide. If it is rejected a dead
lock is reached and the Territory will
have to get along upon it's old appro-
priation bill, which would make the
whole session a waste of time.
We have paid for this already $75, OOC
and an additional $4,000 is in the course
of being voted, which will bring up the
cost of getting nothing from the Legis-
Iature up to 100000. This is just about
$3.50 day, which is pretty steep price
to pay and no goods delivered. Indeed
in any other line of business the payers
that is the taxpayers would consider
themselves buncoed, and there would
be an appeal to the police court, but
against the Legislature there is no ap,
peal, it can loot the public treasury al
it's own sweet will.
Now with this record behind it, wha
is the use of talking about an extra
session. Is the Territory likely to be
any better served in the future than
1t has been in the past. If a majority
which has been now working, includ.
ing its caucus work, for a period of
Dne hundred and sixty days. has been
unable to pass a'single useful measure
and has now an appropriation bill
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-28

1t is not very much satisfaction to
the litigant when he finds that justices
differ, however valuable the minority
opinion may be as IAN opinion" to
quote from in future cases. 1t is a
curious fact that though law is re-
garded as an exact science, and no
doubt the principles of law are scienti-
fic, yet the Interpretation of the law
is most ineXact. In the celebrated
cases before the United States Supreme
Court the other day, the court was
divided five to four, of whom the Chief
Justice, presumably the highest au-
thority, was in the minority, while of
the majority two justices reached their
result by totally different method of
reasoning from the other three.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-28

There has been a succession of
wrecks and minor disasters to the in
ter-island sailing fleet of late. They
fortunately have not resulted in any
loss of life. 1t is very rarely indeed
that loss of life occurs on wrecks be.
have been some narrow escapes. On
the other hand vessels from abroad
when they get wrecked, as the Tanner.
lane on the coast of Puma few years
ago, lose a part of their crews. This
Hawaiian crews know how to swim
and are accustomed to the water.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-28

The question of tide lands and fish
ing rights is a very interesting one to
the general public as well as to the
owners of the various rights. There
are two cases involving these questions
shortly to be argued before the Sup
RENE Court. Our fishing laws come
down from the feudal times of Hawaii,
but it has been found impossible to
alter them. Now they will be altered
and how far the organic act goes is the
cases will probably settle the lot.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-10-16

service CT expensive wines. In the
case of Jack Daley, who was arrign.
ed last Wednesday on complaint of
Mr.. and Mrs. George BoycA, the
drinks were doubtless expensive, but
they came before the feast andshould
properly con under the heads OF
extras" AS IMr. and Mrs. Boyce
tell the story, Jack and a fellow work
man, named Snow, stopped at their
place a week ago Sunday afternoon
and arranged that Mrs. Boyce should
prepare a meal for them, the compen-
sation therefor 70 be twenty i've
cents each. But the pair proved to
be long on hunger and short on the
disposition to settle, taking their
leave without paying Mrs. Boyce and
after creating considerable amount
of disturbance, Daley plead guilty
to intoxication and was fined accord
ingy. Snow declared that he was
sober and bis hearing was adjourned
to Monday of this week. As the evil
dence against him was rather con-
hicting, he was discharged. bailey
was taken to Hyde Park yesterday
by Sheriff Burt that he might refresh
his memory as to where he obtained
his liOuOr.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-10-16
NORTH HYDE PARK.

Chas. Knee1and spent most of last
week in Cambridge on business.
r. c. Christy started for Boston and
Worcester on the excursion Wednesday.
Leon Bailey and mother are visiting
friends in Chittenden county for few
days.
Leon Griswold and Cassius Gray have
returned from Albany, N. V, for few
weeks.
D. O. Sargent moved into his new
home on Johnson Plains last Saturday.
He is not feeling very well at present.
R. Holbrook and family of Fairfield
have bought and taken possession of
their new home on Manly street, known
as the Allen Stowell place.
Mrs. c. Hayford is having her house
newly painted white. Arthur Foss is
doing the artistic work, with the assist
ance of Rolla Holbrook and Jack lib
belts.
Edward Cove, who has been working
for E. w. Smith during L. w. Bailey's
absence, started for Worcester, Mass,
Monday, the 9TH inst, where he expects
position as letter carrier.
Profanity, vulgarity and stealing APP
pies are not quite i'll keeping with peo-
pie in the employ of Uncle Sam-wheth-
er they be stage drivers or U. S. Sena-
tors. Uncle Sam expects those in his
service to be courteous always.
Prof. Parren returned Sunday last
from Orleans county, where he has been
advocating the cause of temperance.
He has given the good people of that
county rs lectures during the past year,
and yet they won't let man choke to
death if he has ten cents.
Mrs. Hartley Souther returned last
week from her vacation trip. She spent
most of the time while absent in Con-
cord, N. H. Mrs. L. P. Butts also re-
turned last week from her New Hamp-
shire tour, where she has been visiting
friends and enjoying the beauties of the
Granite State.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-10-16
Blood.

We live by our blood, and on
it. We thrive or starve, as
our blood is rich or poor.
There is nothing else to live
on or by.
When strength is full and
spirits high, we are being re-
freshed, bone muscle and brain,
in body and mind, with con-
tinual flow of rich blood.
This is health.
When weak, in low spirits
no cheer, no spring, when rest
is not rest and sleep is not
sleep, we are starved our blood
is poor; there is little nutri.
ment in it.
Back of the blood, is food
to keep the blood rich. When
it fails, take SCOTS Emulsion
of Cod Liver Oil. 1t sets the
whole body going again-man
woman and child.
If you have not tried it, send for free sample
its agreeable taste will surprise you.
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists
4oo-4Is Pearl Street, New York.
soc aud $500; all druggists.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-10-16
Riverside.

Mrs. Sarah Styles and daughter
Maud from Stowe, are visiting at Edwin
Styles.
Clayton Styles, who has been on the
sick list for long time, is not as we'll at
this writing.
Mrs. L. B. Philips of East johnson
spent several days last week with her
neice, Mrs. Flora Hooper,
Albert Philips and wife from Dux-
bury, Mrs. Griffith from Waterbury, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson from Barre were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Almon Crow
Ell several days last week.
There was large gathering at the
hvsking and dance at Mrs. Grimes last
Friday evening. After the corn was
husked the crowd repaired to the spac-
ious dining-room, where fine oyster
supper was served, after which "the
light fantastic" to the accompaniment
of Crowell's orchestra, was INDUCED in.
All had fine time.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-10-16

Charles F. Ploof is an unassuming
young fellow, little given to discuss
ing his private affairs, and, as he
goes about his daily work, one would
hardly suspect that his life contains
a romance in the bud compared with
which many a brightly colored fairy
tale would prove tame and uninter-
esting. And yet if things happen as
Charles hopes and has reasons to be
lieve they will happen, that old adage
that Truth is stranger than fiction"
will be illustrated anew.
Charles is the second son of nu-
merous family, French Canadian de-
scent, which has been resident in
Stowe for many years. Thrown
mainly upon his own resources at a
tender age, by the accidental death
of his father, Charles has found en-
ployment at the tub mandatory of
P. D. Pike & Sons.
There he was approached few
weeks since by stranger of prepos-
seseing appearance, who introduced
himself as Mr.. Woodburn of New
York City, stated that he was a rep
resentative of a well-kbown private
detective agency and told Charles
that he had been looking for him for
month. Mr.. Ploof was naturally
little dismayed at this, but was re-
assured by the detectives further dis
closures.
1t appears that when Charles arriv-
ed in this vale of sorrow the Ploot
family was living in small town
near the Canadian border, the iden-
tity of which is not necessary to
this tale. Being devout Catholics.
the child was taken in due course oil
time to the parish priest, to be chris
tened. For some reason the good
father took an unusual interest in the
little boy and not only requested
that he should be christened Charles
Fyles Ploof, but promised that the
favor should sometime be remember
ed in substantial form. The story
of that christening of little Charles,
and it's attendant promise has been
cherished as a tradition in the Ploof
family, but the lapse OF years and
change of locality had caused it to
lose it's significance. But Father
FyIes never forgot the child whom he
christened nearly twenty-three years
ago, and whom, when he died with
out kin some three months since, a
will was found leaving his entire es-
tate. which, as Mr.. WOODBURY. told
Charles, was valued at nearly sixty
thousand dollars, TO Charles Fyles
| Ploot-should he then be living. De.
tective Woodburn stated that after
some advertising a Charles Ploof had
been found, apparently correspond
ing in age etc, with the much wished
| for heir of Father Fyles. The appear.
ance of this claim out upon the scene
complicated matters for time, and
several weeks elapsed before the pre-
tensions of Charles the first could bt
investigated and found wanting
Then Mr.. WOODBURY. learned in some
way of Charles Ploof OF Stowe anC
his visit resulted. Mr.. Ploof consult
ed an acute business man concerning
the matter and the various docu
ments submitted by Detective Wood
burn were carefully gone over. Their
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-10-16
HydePark Center.

Lizzie Hubbard is visiting her father,
A. c. Hubbard.
Flora and Arthur Perry spent Sunday
at N. ]. Perry's.
Mr.. and Mrs Edgar Billiard returned
from Conn. last week.
Mrs. Harriet Whitcomb has gone to
R. 1. to spend the winter.
Will Clapper has hired his mother-in
laws, Mrs. d. r. Sherwin's, farm.
+. A. Wedge and wife of North Hyde
Park were guests of Leo Gates last Sun
day. Mr.. Wedge has just returned from
the Pan American Exposition and he re-
lates some very interesting events about
his trip.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-10-16

Probably the most systematic and
at the same time the most compre-
hensive plans ever started for the
erection of a monument by popular
subscriptions have been mapped out
by the Benjamin Harrison Monu-
ment Association, which was formed
in indianapolis soon after the death
of the former President. 1t is be-
lieved that the plans now agreed on
and which will be put into active
operation at once, will swell the
amount easily to 100000 and
$50, 900 may be reached.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-10-16

There is great attractivenesS in
the plan which has been submitted
to the President, and which origi-
mated with a resolution of the recent
encampment of the Grand Army of
the Republic at Cleveland, for a
bridge across the Potomac at Wash
ington, which shall be memorial to
the late President Mckinley. The
symbolism of the memorial would
deeply impress the popular mind.
President Mckinley had nothing
more at heart in his latest years
than the perfect union of North
and South, and his endeavors in this
direction were heartily appreciated
by the southern people. This bridge,
over the Potomac, linking North and
South, would be the enduring en-
blem of the reunion which Mr.. Nc
Kinley helped in so noble way to
effect.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-10-16

A new shipping subsidy bill is be-
ing prepared by leading members of
Congress, which is to be so drawn
as to obviate some of the objections
urged against the measure introduced
last winter. 1t is proposed to omit
the provision for the payment of
subsidies for foreign built ships owned
wholly or in major part by Ameri-
cans, restricting the subsidy to Amer
lean built vessels. 1t is probable
that the new measure will shorten
the period Of operation of the pro-
posed law from twenty years to
twelve or fifteen. Other changes of
minor Importance are proposed and
the bill will be simpli6ed.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-10-16

The settlement of the great labor
strike in San Francisco, which has
clogged business there since July 81,
was welcomed by both employers and
men. The strike has been a very
costly one for both sides. For ten
weeks 90, 500 men were idle. They
lost in wages over twenty million
dollars. The employers lost nearly
as much.