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W York, Nov, 15.-The weekly
ment OF averages of the associated
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MANTI.
OFFICIALACCOUNT OFELECTION
Voting Went One Way-SaDpete JUS
tees and Constables.

Special Correspondence.
Mantl Sanpete Co., Nov. l3-The
canvass Of the election returns, COM
pleted by the county commissioners
yesterday, shows the following result:
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-04
TEMPERANCE PROGRESS.

A Swedish temperance society has
been organized at Milbank, S. D.,
with 6S members.
1t is stated by Mr.. Pinhorn, of the
London Temperance Council, that,
taking London as a whole, drink was
the direct cause, at the very lowest
estimate, of $4,000 deaths during 1901.
The report from Picking is that the
Chinese authorities have ordered all
foreign saloon keepers to close
their saloons and to leave the city
within three days, thereby removing
from the city one disgrace to west
ern civilization and a hindrance to
mission work.
There is a statute in Pennsylvania
which provides that saloon keepers
shall be held responsible in damages
for injuries resulting from their sale
of liquors to intoxicated persons, and
the supreme court of the city has
lately made a decision which sus-
tains the law as constitutional and
equitable.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-04

cry. I threw myself full length on the
couch and sobbed out a sort of
prayer; Lord. il you'll help me. I'll
Efeser touch liquor again" In little
w bile Esther came running in, saw me,
and said:
1'apa, you've made up your mind to
xromise, haven't you? | know it."
Yes. have, little girl. l am going
TO ny never to drink again. and more
than that, l am going~to put a penny
In your bank for every time | refuse a
glass."
Do you know that in seven weeks I
had Pr pennies in that bank? But
election time came on, and one morn
ing ! found that some one during the
might had rolled keg of beer to my
door. That settles the penny propo-
.sition, Esther" l said when | saw it..
guess there are more glasses in that
hsg than | have pennies. Children.
EUN it over there on the commons"
They did so. and it remained there a
couple of days, but was gone the third
morning. My old boon friends have
given up trying to get me to break my
promise. When | saw that man there
IN saloon, last April, one of the men
al the bar, to test me, put a gold piece
Is the bottom Of a glass and told the
bartender to fill the glass with beer.
-'Do you mean it?" he said.
~''Of course | do. Go ahead"
lie did and then my friend turned
81 me and said: 80, drink the beer and
Keep the gold"
Not if you filled my pockets with
Gold," l answered.
Not long ago my five children were
sftacked with diphtheria l lost a
sweet little siX-year-old girl. Before
.she died she threw her arms around
rn9 meek as | sat at the bed and said:
Papa, you kept your promise, didn't
Sou?"
Will any sane man tell me that I'll
ever drink again?-National Advo-
cate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-04

lumbia college and the hulks of old
ships o. war were also pressed into
service. A few days ago the hull Of
one of these cid prison ships-the Jer-
sey-was discovered in the Brooklyn
navy yard. 1t was buried 20 feet be-
meath the soil upon which is being
built the ways for the new battleship
Connecticut.
But 1.-THE Provost" as the old Hall
| OF Records prison was called, was re-
served for the most important cap
tiyes of war. Among the famous
American prisoners confined there
was Ethan Allen. Cunningham, who
was placed in charge, rapidly de-
veloped into most cruel and oppress-
i've tyrant. Not only was he insulting
and coarsely insolent, but he devised
some of the most exquisite forms of
torture ever known in fendish in
genuity. Among the fearful instru-
ments to break the wills of the
stubborn Yankees" as he expressed
1t, were the CATO nine-tails, the
soaring irons and the slow gallows.
In the basement of the building may
be seen low vaulted arch. 1t was
there where the slow gallows was
erected, and never was a more terri
BILE machine of torture invented. 1t
was different from the ordinary in
strument of death in the fact that it
permitted the moose to slowly tight
en- around the necks of the victims,
thus prolonging the frightful agony
of strangulation.
If one will take a walk through the
dark basement of the building he will
see on every hand the signs of cruel
ty. The walls are of thick masonry,
the roof low and arched, and on
either side the space is divided off
into little cells. In one of the cells
in the northeast corner is large eX-
| cavatiOn in the heavy wall of brick
and stone. 1t marks the place where
some revolutionary prisoners at
tempted to escape. One of Cunning
hams men discovered them, however,
before they had penetrated the ma
sOnry, and they all met death on the
! slow gallows and their bodies were
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-04
IRWIN TURNED DOWN
Kentucky Congressman Defeated Be-
cause He Snored.
His Successor Elected on q Platform
That Requires Him to Stay
Awake While Representing
His Constituents.

To sleep in church has long been
considered a perfectly legitimate oc-
casion for physical recreation among
some people. The name of the good
man or woman who seeks rest
from weary sermons in slumber is le
giOn. From time immemorial tho
practice has been countenanced by our
very best people, and although it is in
the highest degree reprehensible it
has been smiled rather than frOwned
upon.
Kentuckians are very much like
their fellow citizens of less distin-
guished commemorative. As a general
proposition they don't object to a
quiet little snooze in church or in the
halls of congress, but they could not
forgive one of their illustrious sons
who was accused of snoring in the
dignitied house of representatives at
Washington.
Irwin snored!" So the voters of
the Fifth Kentucky congressional
district have formally decided, and it
has cost him his seat in congress. Rep
resentative H. S. Irwin was defeated in
the election November 4, and the
weightiest charge against him was
that he went to sleep during sessions
of the august but sometimes tedious
body to which Kentucky had elected
him.
Swager Sherley, his successful OPP
ponent, now faces a fearful fate. He
must sit through all manner of long
drawn out debates in the house and
listen to hour long oratory with wide
open eyes. The solace of the tired con-
gressman-a quiet nap in his seats
denied to Swager. He is elected on
platform that requires him to stay
awake.
There are knowing persons in the
Fifth Kentucky district who would
rather be Irwin the defeated than Sher-
ley the elected under the conditions.
When the campaign became hot in
the district the opponents of Irwin cir
culated a story that he had been ac-
Gus stoned to fall asleep in his seat in
the house. Was that the kind of a man
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-04
THE OLD HALL OF RECORDS. NEW YORK.

The original hall Of records was
built in 1856 as a suburban prison
and later on during the early days of
the city, when the law for imprison-
ment for debt was in full force, many
an unfortunate debtor was confined
within its gloomy walls. Its appear
ance then, however, was far different
from to-day. The Doric columns now
in the front and rear were not then in
place, and the third story had not been
added.
After the evacuation of the city by
the British and till the year 1882 the
building was used as a debtors prison
At that time its convenient location to
the city hall resulted in its being
transferred into a hall of records,
for which purpose it has been used up
to the present. 1t was the decision to
make it one of the buildings of the city
that brought about the change in its
architectural construction. 1t was at
the time when the custom house and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-04

the intelligent voters wanted to repre-
sent them? they asked the good folks
of Kentucky. In vain Irwin tried to
quiet the rumor. He made the mistake
of taking it seriously, and the people
finally decided that it was a serious re-
Election on the Fifth district to have as
representative a man who could not
keep awake.
If Mr.. Irwin had said that it was a
common thing to go to sleep during a
dreary debate, and if he had laughed at
the story it might not have carried
weight against him. 1t is not unusual
for member to go to sleep during a
session. In fact, there are some party
leaders who believe that no member
is quite. so good a member as when he
is peacefully asleep in his chair.
But the democratic spellbinders of
the Fifth district made a capital crime
out of Mr., Twins peaceful snores and
held him up to ridicule. Every time
this method of attack was chosen IT.
win denounced his antagonists for in
dulging in unseeming personalities.
"Any person who says 1 was asleep
les" declared Mr.. Irwin at his polite
a meetings in a vain effort to stem the
tide against him. 81 want it distinctly
understood that l was not asleep. If
/ had been asleep l would admit it. Mr..
Grosvenor, who was presiding, says
was not asleep. He was not disturbed
because of my slumbers, as has been re-
ported. l showed him a statement of
the charges and he said it was ridicu-
lous. Mr. Hill, who was making a
speech on the river and harbor bill at
the time, says l was not asleep, and he
is a democrat. Mr.. Cromwell, who sat
next to me, declared the next day that
was not asleep"
But it was no use. The intelligent
voter decided that Irwin had been
asleep and elected Sherley, who is
pledged not to sleep.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-04

subtreasury were being constructed
and stately Parthenons were being
erected along the Hudson. So, in
keeping with the architectural ideas
of the period, the stiff columns were
addeL along with another story.
Just before the old prison was
turned into hall of records, however,
another chapter was to be added to
the long chronicle of sufferings that
had been endured within its walls. In
1882 occurred the cholera epidemic in
New York, and, on account of the lack
of proper accommodations, the newly
altered building was utilized as a hos
rital for several months, the patients
being placed on mattresses which Gov
cred the floor.
But it is the revolutionary period IL.
which we are the most interested.
The building was the principal mill
tary prison of the English, although
several churches, sugar houses, Co
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buried under the floor of the dungeon,
1t was to such acts of atrocity as
these that Cunningham doubtless re-
ferred in this statement, said to have
been made by him on his death bed
at Tyburn, England shortly after he
returned to that country:
Il shudder to think of the muir
ders l have been accessory to, both
with and without orders from gov
eminent, especially while in New
York, during which time there were
more than 1000 starved in the
churches by stopping their rations,
which | sold. There were also PTS
American prisoners executed and
hung without ceremony, and then
buried in the Black Pioneer of the
Provost
Cunningham called the northern
part of the second floor of the prison
Congress Hail. in a spirit of irony,
because it was there he herded the
bulk of his prisoners. In this apart
rhent they were compelled to lie SO
close together on the floor that when
one became tired and desired to turn
over he had to awaken the others,
ard the word for all to turn at once
was given.
When the happy days of the British
evacuation of New York came there
were still several prisoners in the
cid building, and as Cunningham and
his deputy, O'Keefe, were preparing
to leave hurriedly, one of the Ameri-
cans cried out:
What is to become of us?"
You may go to the devil" eiacu-
lated the provost, as he threw the
prison keys to the floor.
''No, thank you," was the response
of the American. "We have had
enough of your company in this
world"
In 1880, when the provost" was
turned into debtors prison, the
bell, which had hung in its cupola
for over three-quarters of century.
was taken down and, after doing SER
vice in the Bridewell, was presented
to the Naiad Hose company in Beaver
street.
1t will require several weeks of in
cessant labor to transfer the records
from the old hall to the new. Few
realize the extent of the work in
keeping the records of the metropo-
lis. There are no figures available as
to the actual number of papers re-
corded until after 1868. An indica-
ton of the immense business done nv
the register may be obtained, how
ever, when it is known that durino
the last year the total number of pa
pers and instruments which passed
through the recording department,
and which represent hundreds of mil
lions of dollars, was 1850. OF this
number 1926 were recorded in Ii.
bers by the folio writers and 1854.
were chattel mortgages.
FREDERICK BOYD STEVENSON.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-04
Belgian Criminal Statistics.

According to DR.. Masoin, professor
ar medicine at the Louvain university,
Belgium criminality is much increaa-
TrIg on account of the present drink
Dig habits. In one penitentiary pris-
on Chat of Louvain), out of tn :
criminal perpetrators of heinous of
fenses II per centum were habitual
drunkards. Out of the convicts SEN
fenced to bard labor "a per cent
were notorious drunkards. Out of the
beinous offenders condemned to death
OF per cent. had been too fond of
IN toxica ting drinks. AS TO mior of
Tenders punished by Imprisonment
from one to five years and whose Of
lenses have been committed under
the influence of liquor: Men, 40 per
cent; women, 10 per cent. Offenses
E,y habitual drunkards: Men, As per
vEeat.; women, "a per cent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-04
9 Y
..7h'l'zz4z{t\p5E3
HOW HE WON.
True Story of n Drinking Fathers
( Rescue from the OverpOwering
Curse of Rum

A man who has rescued himself
Prom drink describes the climax of
his fight with his appetite:
Ii was two years ago the seventh
day of June, my little girl, Esther's
birthday. l was getting ready to go
10 my work, when she came into the
rOom where l was.
Il am ten years old to-day, papa"
she said.
'Yes, l know it, little girl and I've
got just Is pennies in my pocket.
What will l get you?"
Il don't want you to get me any
Ching, papa"
oh" l answered.
But I want you to promise me
something, papa" she said.
"WeIl, go ahead; let's hear it,"
81 want you to promise me you
wont drink any more. That will be
xuy birthday present she said.
"Oh, run along. little girl" l an
severed; your mother has been talk
ing 10 YOU"
! heard her go outside, and l
stPllNh AllAO inc hllNutlls NHtl I III
wife was, and asked her why she had
Been talking to Esther about my
drinking. She said she had not, and
bnrst out crying. Then l got little
confused. l never suspected that my
children knew | drank. 1t is true that
L reeled home many a night and that
I scarcely ever drew a sober breath,
eat they were in bed, and by morn
f9g | was always over the worst eff
fects of the liquor. l do not know how
she learned it; possibly by instinct.
But it was a shock to me, and I'M
nerved me. | went back into the sit
King room and began to choke up. l
#Tied to clear my throat by swallow
fog, but couldn't do it. My eyes were
EilIing with tears, although l couldn't
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-04
The x-Ray In Dentistry.

The N-ray is being used IN dentist
ry with considerable success. 1t
sometimes happens that the perma-
nent, or Second" teeth are not prop
erly cut. The mouth is thus disfg-
ured by the loss of the first set of
teeth and the nonappearance of the
second teeth. With the X-ray the
dentist can determine whether the
second tooth is in the gnm, and if
so, why it has not appeared. The
obstruction is removed, a passage
opened and the tooth works grad
ually down to it's place. An opera
ton of this kind was recently per-
formed on a -'irl Of 20.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-04
Plan Temperance Campaign.

Members of the board of govern
ment of the Catholic Total Absti-
nence Union of America, at a meet
ing at New York, have mapped out a
campaign in the interests of temper
ance. A general appeal will be made
to hierarchy and clergy of the United
States % behalf of total abstinence.
Lecture bureaus will be esta blished,
and another body, to be known as
the national committee, will be Sc
lected from the most prominent tenn
perance workers of the church.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-04
THE NEW ARMY RIFLE,
MusketS, But Has Far Greater
Penetration.

Gen. William Crozier, chief of tho
bureau of ordnance, in his annual re-
port to the secretary of war says
the improved musket has been com
pleted and tried with very satisfac-
tory results, the various changes not
only improving the weapon, but cheap
ening and accelerating the production
The rod bayOnet is feature of the
new rifle. Its advantage is said to
lie in the fact that it lightens the
weight of the gun and dispenses with
the bayonet and bayonet scabbard
now in use, and in the place of which
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-04
LOVERS OF LIBERTY.
Many Were Put to Cruel Death in
Old Hall of Records.
Razing OF One of New YOrk's Historic
Buildings Recalls Some of the
SRddest Days of the Rev
OlutiOn.
Especial New York letter.
WITHIN six or seven weeks one

Of the mos. or historic isseH T b9di Dgs
in New York will be RACED to
the ground. 1t is the old hall of rec
ords, which was known during the
time of the revolution as the provost
prison. Directly in the line of the Rap
id Transit Tunnel, on the east side of
City Hall park, it is necessary that the
solid walls of masonry, which have
been the scene of terrible tragedies
and untold miseries, shall be demol-
ished.
Across the way on Chambers street
a magnificent new hall of records has
been erected of white stone and mar
bic which is in strange contrast to the
old building with its tall Doric pillars
reaching to the projecting roof and its
dull, grim walls and dingy win
dows. But with the passing of the old
prison the unhappy days of 70 are re-
called to US. Only the other day work
men unearthed human bones in dig
ging in the trench near to the founda-
ton walls on the east side of the build
ing-the remains of those unfortu-
nate Americans who were prisoners I'M
der the infamous Irish provost mar
shall William Cunningham. 1t is be-
Heved that when the real work of tear
ing down the building is begun many
skeletons will be found, for in one of
the dungeons below ground Cunning
ham erected his SLOW gallows" where
American soldiers were tortured to
death in a spirit of wanton cruelty
only equaled by the Spanish inquisi-
ton
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-04

plans to exploit the islands by es-
tablishing a bank, encouraging agri-
culture and starting steamship lines.
This is not the first venture of
this kind in which the princess has
been interested. a year ago she en-
gagged in real estate speculation. Sc
cured plot near Copenhagen, which
she cut up into building lots, with
the sanction of the city, and erected
villas, which she rented to wealthy
people. She is interested in the de-
velopment of the Danish commerce
in Asia and has secured valuable con-
cessions from the Russian govern
mani
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-04

States Army)
intrenching tools may be carried by
the soldier.
The new piece weighs but a little
less than 91a pounds, considerably
lighter than the German and the
Mauser, yet has greater velocity and
greater penetration. 1t is noted that
opinions differ as to the value of the
rod bayonet. The construction of
5000 of the new muskets has been au-
thorized.
Gen. CrOzier embraces in his report
the conclusions of the board of ord
nance and fertilization on the recent
tests Of the several systems for new
field gun to show why the ordnance
department model is superior. He
says the bureau is proceeding with the
manufacture of field material from
designs which it has prepared concur
rently with the development of knowl-
edge by tests. Generally speaking the
new gun will have a caliber of three
inches and will fire projectile weigh
ing 10 pounds with an initial velocity
OF LOO feet per second. The breech
mechanism will be of the ordnance de-
partment type with certain mQdifica-
lions for securing safety, The piece
will have a recoil Of from As to 4S
inches. Defects developed at the tests
on the proving grounds are to be reme-
died. y new feature will be the bull
let-proof shields with which the pieces
are to be provided. Capt. Charles B.
Wheeler is given credit for the design
Of the gun carriage.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-04
HAS BUSINESS HEAD.
Princess WaIdemar of Denmark
Who Prevented Sale of Islands
to the United States.

Princess Waldemar of Denmark,
who is credited with having secured
the defeat in the landsthing of the
treaty ceding the Danish West In
dies to the United States, is pos
sessed of great business ability. 1t
is said that she acted in the interests
of a syndicate of bankers and mer-
chants with whom she is believed
to be associated. This syndicate
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-04

War balloons are frequently made Of
the bladders of oxen, which are prefer
able to silk. The rents in skin bal
loon close almost automatically. and
therefore the leakage is slight. 1t re-
quires the bladders of about $4,000
oxen to make medium-sized balloon,
and the cost is about 5000.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-04

Garlic juice, inhaled under certain
conditions, is the remedy which DR..
W. c. Uinchin, of Kells, Ireland,
claims has cured many cases of ad.
vanced tuberculosis.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-22
PUBLIC NOTICE

WHEREAS, there has been pre-
scented to the Board of Aldermen of
the City Of Barre, an application by
the incorporators of the People IS
Lighting, Heating 4 Power Com.
pany, and also an application by tie
Capital Gas Company, for a right,
permit or franchise to lay distributing
mains along, in and through the pub
lie streets and highways of the City of
Barre.
THEREFORE,, the public are here
by notified that there will be hearing
on said applications on the evening OF
Thursday, April 3, 1902, in the Coun.
Gil Chamber, in the City Hall, at
which time all persons, whether they
are for or against the granting Of any
such rights, permits or franchises,
can then be present and be heard
thereon.
Dated at the City Of Barre, this 20 tn
day of March, A. D. 1902.
BURT Fl. WELLS, City Clerk.
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