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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-02-26

his customers in Chicago and other cit
les. In this wxy she earns So every
week and x21 and SD per week from
the other sales Of her mice. Ii would
be hard TO imagine easier money than
the S. which SHE receives weekly TO,
her dwarf cattle" no work. and the
proceeds are for the most part pure
gain.
She has at her home part of large
room partitioned off and the floor GOV.
cred with straw and earth. This is hei
mouse farm. 1t must be cleaned up
now and then and now straw and
earth put in for the mice, but aside
from this her only care is to feed them
twice a day and keep their basins full
Of fresh water. The mice increase at
such rapid rate that by selling fifty
every week she is able to keep the
number down to about the original
limit
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-02-26
MEMS Fashions IN 1904.
Delegates to National Taiiors' Con-
ventfon Tell of Proper styles.

Delegates to National Taiiors' Co.'S
vention Tell of Proper styles.
"koyal dukes may wear plum color,
ed waistcoats. lavender fall dress coats
and knickerbockers with ruffies, but
the American man who prides himself
upon being In the height Of fashion
need have no fear of any such freaks
Of sartorial art on this side of the wa.
ter during 1904" So aver those despots
Of fashion, the delegates to the recent
annual convention OF the National Tai
lors' Exchange at Atlantic City, n. j..
the cartoonists and the humorsts to
the contrary Notwithstanding. says the
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
styles for the we'll dressed man will
differ this year but slightly from those
considered correct during 1903" said
q New York tailor, in which opinion he
was sustained by Robert Stewart OF
Philadelphia.
Trousers will be tighter for one
thing" said another authority on mas
culine dress Not so tight as those
articles Of masculinity's apparel were
few years back. but decidedly more
shapely than have been worn OF late.
The waistcoat will have no limitations
in color. They will be made of all
kinds Of materials, and the color will be
simply question of taste. 1t is prob.
able the summer season will produce
rvn af Il
gated hues. fairly dazzling to the eye,
and men Of unquesti0ned standing will
wear them and have no fear Of conse.
quences. Such is the decree Of the
dictators of style.
THE right Tuxedo need not neces
sarily be of black broadcloth this year"
decisively stated a delegate from the
Philadelphia Merchants Tailors' Elk,
change, and the, approval bestowed
upon a dinner coat Of soft gray worst.
ed that at first glance appears black
bears out his assertion.
The dinner jacket will have a shaw
collar, fat braid trimming. straight
lines down the front, very slightly
rounded corners and breast pocket
The latter is an innovation carried out
also in the frock coat. one of the fea
lures Of the exhibit being carmen,
of the latter kind constructed of gray
Shetland, with two buttons TO button
and three to show.
The top coat of covert cloth will be
as popular as ever for springtime wear
The fashionable top coat will be longer
than last year, with patch pockets and
straps For business wear the plain
everyday sack coat with straight front
four buttons and almost square corners
will be the right thing
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-02-26

Mrs. Julia Work. the Indiana sociol.
ogist who has come into national
prominence through her scheme for
providing orphan girls with husbands.
says that 1.-The country is in need Of
wives who know the difference be-
tween battenberg lace and biscuits"
And that really is an important point,
says the Boston Transcript. Most
young women will not allow the baker
to fool them in the matter of biscuits
but how few have sufficient knowledge
Of fine laces to buy intelligently.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-02-26

The ages of officers now commanding
our battleships are so, 80, SO. 81. 81, 81,
So, SO. 56. 55 and 55, and this will be
about the age Of officers who will re-
lieve them, says the Navy League
Journal. The ages Of officers now Sc
lected to relieve four of these are 81.
81, 81 and 55.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-02-26

Device to Make War More Deadly
Military science has advanced an
other step. Lieutenant l.. vittorio Sa
poretti Of the Sixth battalion. Alpine
chasseurs. has invented Il new and
vastly improved telemeter, which will
accurately measure the distance Of
fixed objects, as well as Of those NOV.
Ing away from the observer. says the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-02-26

Rome correspondent of the New York
World. Besides, the new instrument
Is simple and portable. a soldier can
easily carry it slung over his shoulder.
and the proper range for guns can be
determined quickly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-02-26

FORMER EFFORTS TO REDUCE
STATE EXPENSES.
Now am not finding fault with the ac-
ton of the Republican conventions or
with the action of the legislatures. l nave
had some acquaintance with the legisla-
tors of other states, and know that YER
mont has had the most honest legi 7iatures
W with. a. '"'' nave 'e'0"e
Various feeble efforts have been made
to reduce state expenses. Gov. Smith
called attention In a forcible message, TO
the condition Of things, but the movement
did not get anywhere. Gov. Suckney
made reference to the necessity of greater
economy and better system of accounting.
but the movement did not get anywhere.
When | had the honor to represent Rut'
land county in the Senate. ] introduced
bill providing for new system oil ac-
counting and purchasing, which would
have gone long ways toward producing
large saving in state expenses. fhat
bill passed the Senate. but when it struck
the pOthouse politicians IN the House OF
Representatives, 1t was killed.
THE DEMAND FOR RETRENCHMENT
SHOULD COME FROM THE PEOPLE.
The reason that all such movements ar
futile Is because they don't come from the
people. 1t Is not a demand made by the
people for something. and the legislature
without giving such matters much atten.
ton turn them down because economy VIII
interfere with graft. That's the whole
SITUATION. w UdteNei 10 uo'N ',''' Spt W
be done I'm the same way that the prohib-
itory law was repea led. 1t has got to come
up as a demand from the people, and
then there will be no difficulty about it.
LOCAL ISSUES LOST SIGHT OF.
l glory in the republican party and the
long line of ilustrious patriots who have
been it's leaders in its glorious achieve
ments during the last 10 years, and In the
part Vermont has taken in creating and
sustaining 1t. 1t is toward us that repub-
licans all over the country have looked
every four years lin our september elect.
ions), to give the first note OF approval
to the national republican platform. am
proud of the answer Vermont has always
returned to the republicans OF the nation,
but while we have been doing that, we
have neglected our own affairs and have
allowed gang of political shysters and
grafters to rob the state treasury, and
no one has been able to stop them, al
though we have sometimes had good men
i'm Office who have made valient effort TO
do no. The trouble has never been
brought to the attention OF the people;
and We have been Indifferent and per-
haps negligent. You can assign any cause
you have mind to,-the result is there
and cannot be disputed.
DECREASE IN MARKET VALUES.
Now while the expenses of operating me
state government Dave been increa. !. .ng
l25 per cent in the last so years what las
been the course of all values? Va ues
during that time have decreased - .c.pe
cases more than SO per cent. =, IN,
which In 1870 was worth $4,000, can be
.. bought today for 5000, and farm prop
erty generally throughout the state has
. decreased N value tremendously, Tue
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-02-26
MOUSE FARM THE LATEST.

Proves Profitable - . Woman who
Breeds Fancy Rodents.
Breeding white, piebald, black and
Japanese mice Is the latest household
industry which Is receiving attention,
says the Chicago Post. A woman liv.
ing OH the northern outskirts Of Chi.
cago has embarked in the business
quite extensively. The mice sell whole.
sale at the rate Of $40 per 100. and reg.
ulariy once every week she delivers
fifty Of them to the leading bird and
animal dealer. who sends them out to
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-02-26

terS There has been. except two years
ago. no particular platform upon which
campaign for state officers has been
based. merely the time had come around
when we needed some new men. and we
have assembled and nominated them
Once IN q while the convention will pass
1 resolution advocating economy in state
expenses, and then after the summer
.smpaign we have taken that o.d resolu-
tion and hung Il up behind the door TO
nerve for the next convention. We
would have our election. send lot Of
new green men up 10 Montpeler,-men
usually who had no experience in legis-
lation.--charged with no duty in particll-
lar. except 10 20 mp there and draw 81
day and have as good a time as they
an, aud We ought not to complain il
'he state expenses have increased under
these conditions l25 per cent. with little
no apparent benefit to the state. It's
iur awn fault.
CONVENTION PROMISES AND IN
CREASlNG STATE EXPENSES.
In 1894 the Republican convention
Resolved, That in state affairs We
tromise q continuance of wise economy.
here economy is wise, and where the
hest interests Of the state demand"
They then went to work that fall and
the biennial term over what they had
been the two years before. Apparently
these resolutions were never kept for
any purpose except 10 use on or about
the time OF the biennial convention: but
they served their purpose al that time.
they did not throw dust into anyone's
eyes. no one regarded them as meaning
anything. except a form of words. and
they never deferred the succeeding legis-
lature one moment from spending the
peoples money right and left without
proper consideration OF the benefit TO the
state.
That same convention also resolved -
We denouncs the increase Of the tax
on the poor mans breakfast table"
These were high sounding words. aud
We might naturally suppose that they
would influence the legislature toward
economy Well let us look at the re-
suit. The state expenses. less lines,
court fees and receipts from state penal
and other institutions for the biennial
term preceding the passage of this reso-
iution. were SSs2. 1911. The same class
of expenses for the biennial term OF
1855 the two years succeeding the pas
sage of this resolution. We're 81. 900, l52. II.
an increase of 3ll7. .372.s4. Apparently
that simple little form of words cost the
state Of Vermont tllT 900. And in addi-
tiOH to that increase in current state ex-
penses the state paid out S2l2.4lS.45 for
the new insane asylum at Waterbury,
and ia 500 for the house of correction at
Rutland.
EXPENSES. LESS FINES. COSTS
COURT FEES. RECEIPTS OF STATE
PENAL AND OTHER INSTiTU-
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-29
THE MOB STORMS JAIL Brave Sheriff Pleads for Life of Prisoner Pending More
 Satisfactory Proof. SUSPECT CAPTURED SUNDAY. Saloons Are Closed By Request of the Mayor to subdue Excitement
 New Clue Offered.
SUSPECT CAPTURED SUNDAY.

Newport was shocked Saturday night to learn that a black fend had attempted to assault one of the city's most popular and Iowa. ble young ladies, and as the story sped from mouth to mouth upon the heeted wings by which bad news always travels, realization of the aWfulness of the crime brought indignation yelling up in the hearts of an outraged peo- pie, who sWore vengeance against the guilty brute.
 fiss Emma Beard, a sister of c. w. Beard, manager of the St. Louis compress, and clerk in the store of Charles Meyer, was returning home alone from her work Saturday evening about 9.30 o'clock, when she noticed 8 man following her, but thinking. it might only be some one who lived in that direction, she paid no particular attention to him.
 She followed Hazel street as far as the residence of Capt. J. H. McHugh at the corner of Fourth and Hazel streets, when she turned on Fourth across to Walnut and had almost reached the south gate at George Hays yard when the man following her ran up from behind and sought to drag her away to the alley, but fighting bravely and alarming the neighborhood by screams she managed to escape his vile clutches and flee.
 Defeated in his lustful designs, the black criminal ran II 0 Tt h through the alley between Hazel and Walnut streets and did not emerge u n til reaching Second street almost opposite the jail, where he was seen to emerge and walk toward Hazel street by Flannigan, the carpenter, W h Q lives at the corner of the alley. Blood hounds were immediately pEaceN upon the trail and followed the tracks to this point, but there lost the scent.
 The villain is described by the young lady as yellow negro of medium height and build, rather sportily dressed, wearing a square cut coat, dark in color, white standing collar, felt crusher hat and tooth pick shoes. The tracks in the alley show the shoes worn to be have been No. z 1-2 and were of the pointed toe style. The print of a shoe heel was plainly discernable.
 SEARCH FOR PEND.
 In half hour after the awful crime had been attempted, sev- eral hundred men had assembled to aid the sheriff in his work ot Investigating every possible clue
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-29
ATTEMPTE ASSAULT
 BY A NEGRO FIEND.
Populace Stirred to Ven geance--Several Arrests,
 No Convincing Proof.

and in case the guilty one were found, to mete out summary punishment.
 The streets were soon deserted of negroes, who feared that the vengeance of an infamed people might be visited upon all alike. Their homes were searched by the sheriff and his assistants wherever 1t was suspected the guilty one might be in hiding. Louis Skates was brought before the crowd and questioned in re- gard to his whereabouts, but soon released.
 Sumner Johnson, the negro porter who has long been in the employ of Charles Meyer, was questioned closely, but the crowd was inclined to the view that he was withholding information that would throw light upon the iden- tity of the guilty negro. He had little to tell. Dr. M. M. Erwin had seen him talking to a negro several times who had hung about the store suspiciously for the past week. He described the different negroes with whom he had talked, but denied that he knew of any suspicious circum- stances pointing to the guilt of fany of these parties. Sumner is being held in jail, not because he IS thought to be connected with the crime, but because some think he has not not shown a proper disposition to tell all he knows.
 CAPTURE SUSPECT NEAR MINTURN.
 A report reached here Satur- day night that anegro answering the description of the one wanted had been locked up in a refriger- ator car on a north bound freight by a crew who suspicioned him, but had escaped through the top ventilator between Alicia and Minturn while the train was run ming at a high rate of speed. He was reported to have stood the crew off with gun, though this has never been verified.
 A party of armed citizens with l blood hounds accompanied the sheriff to Minturn on No. 2 early Sunday morning, from which point they walked back to Alicia. The whole country turned out en masse and the fugitive negro was captured five miles north of Min turn making toward the home of the only negro resident of that section of the country, in which they are warned never to let the sun go down upon them there.
 The negro, who proved to be Bush Duggitt, was minus coat and shoes and dressed in a suit of bib overalls. Another crowd from Newport went up to join the party on No. 4 Sunday afternoon and all returned on No. 7, which did not reach New port until after 4 o'clock. There must have been thousand peo- pie awaiting the arrival of the sheriff and his prisoner at the deoot, and when he was brought in handcuffed and closely guard ed, the crowd surged about him, anxious to catch a glimpse of his features and threatening venge- ance upon his head.
 The fact that the day was Sun- day and that the saloons were closed is perhaps all that saved the suspected negro's life then and there, for the leaders of
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-29
NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 2e t9o4.

mobs are nearly always embol- dened by drink, and this part was lacking upon this Sabbath day.
 The prisoner was safely lodged in jail, where he was closely questioned by Gustave Jones and other leading citizens who found that the negro's story corrobo- rated with what are known to be facts and throws grave doubt upon the case as to his guilt, pending further investigation.
 MT. Jones addressed the crowd assembled as to his finding, stat ing that Trainmaster Hobbs had promised to send the crew upon whose train Duggitt claims to have left Newport here Monday morning and advising them to disperse and await a fuller inves- tigation.
 MOB FORMS IN EVENING.
 As night came on it became evident from the murmurs of the crowd that the sheriff might look for trouble. Gathering about him a few deputies he calmly awaited the inevitable. About II o'clock the mob, which had congregated on the Wilmans cot ton platform, began it's advance upon the jail, but was apparently without a commanding leader. Armed with pick and sledge and carrying a rope they rushed into the outer apartment of the jail and demanded entrance to the interior.
 Sheriff Randy threw himself against the door and facing the threatening mob implored them to await better proof before averaging this awful crime. Elo- quently and with great force did he fulfill his full duty as sheriff in defense of his prisoner, ex- horting his hearers to disband and await the developments of the morrow, promising to keep fin close custody and within the confines of the Newport jail the sought-for prisoner.
 One-armed though he was and necessary as was the remaining member to him, he said he would rather lose it than see the mob wreak vengeance upon 3 negro, whose guilt was not established. With tears in his eyes and his voice trembling with emotion, he finally broke down, but he had conquered the spirit of the mob.
 Shell Simmons and c. w. Beard came to his support, ad- vising the crowd that they be sure of the negro's guilt before committing the crime of lynch ing an innocent man, and vote was taken upon whether they should go ahead with their plans or desist. Probably two-thirds declared by raising their hands that they should aN ait the evil dence of the freight crew.
 FACTS ABOUT DUGGITT.
 There is a grave doubt that D1ooi+t ic tha ol1iltv neorO and
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-29
SEARCH FOR PEND.

In a half hour after the awful crime had been attempted, sev- eral hundred men had assembled to aid the sheriff in his work of Investigating every possible clue
Newport daily independent., 1904-02-29

Continued cn Page Four.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-02-23
Race Suicide Sure Enough.

The Boston Globe regretfully notes
the fact that Massachusetts,, which real
ly ought to rank first, holds fourth
place among the states that have en-
acted particularly beneficial legislation
in behalf Of children consigned to fac
tory labor. There was a time
when that grand old Commonwealth
lied all the rest" in labor legislation
generally. and especially in statutory
protection Of women and children. She
should have maintained that honora BILE
pre-eminence. But the Globe re5oiees
that ssachusetts is still very far in
advance of New Jersey and some other
states in the matter Of child labor. 1t
states that Chief Garrison, Of the New
Jersey bureau Of statistics, has just
been furnishing accounts Of some Of the
scenes in the New Jersey glass factories
inspected by him personally at mid
night, where young children were con-
fined at labor, it being claimed that the
work can only be done in the night
He found sitting there little children
he says. in cramped positions. meohani-
cally performing the work of opening
and shutting the molds with an over
powering desire to sleep that is most
pitiable. He reports that when work is
done these little ones throw themselves
in spite Of their efforts to keep awake
asleep upon the ashes or wherever they
happen to be and sometimes drop tc
sleep on their way home. Such things
Chief Garrison says, are common. Tht
Globe correctly concludes: Where
such conditions are perpetrated. an6
such inhuman scenes are possible, race
suicide is inevitable. We need 90 ~
further. r."-Washingto Post.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-02-23
BASIS FOR A UNION.
Committees Action, III Raune,1. VIII
Make Presbyterian Church National
in Character.

ST. Louis. February 19.-After oon-
ferences extended over the past three
days. the committee on church Co
operation and union OF the Presby-
terjan churches OF the United States
and the committee on fraternity and
union of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church, unanimously adopted an
agreement as a basis for the union
OF the two churches. II Ii In the
shape of a report TO the general as
semblies of the two churches and Will
have to be ratified by both those
bodies before Il becomes operative.
Both general assemblies meet May
10Th, the Presbyterian branch at Buff
falo. and the Cumberland branch at
Dallas, Texas
The action of these committees IL
ratified by the general assemblies. will
make the Presbyterian church nation
al in character. with n membership
approximating 1,250,O0o.
The report recommends that the
two churches be united under the
name OF the Presbyterian church I'm
the United States of America and that
1.-The union shall be Effected On the
doctrinal basis of the confessions OF
faith of the Presbyterian church in
the United States of America, as re-
vised in 1903, and OF its other doctr1n-
al and ecclesiastical standards"
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-02-23
DROVE ON THE SIDEWALK.
Mr.. E p. Bailey Did Not Let Paving
the Streets Stop His Progress.

Ar. E. p. Bailey was on yesterday
afternoon indicted for driving on the
side walk. He was bound over on his
own recogniZance and will be tried be-
fore Mayor Springer this morning
The place at which he drove on the
side walk was Market street. between
Second and Third. Market street is
being paved and q force OF hands were
busy yesterday laying brick between
Second and Third streets. Not being
able to drive UP Market street for the
paving Mr.. Bailey drove on the side
walk at the grocery store Of s. W. San
ders and went up the side walk to
Mrs. Potter's boarding house
1t is said that there were a number
OF people on the side walk at the time
and that there was a considerable
scramble to get out Of Mr.. Bailey's way
as he was driving at a fast rate.
In speaking OF the matter Mr.. Bailey
stated that he wished TO see Mrs. Potter
on some business and as the street was
blocked, on account OF the paving ne
decided that the quickest way TO reach
her house was TO drive UP the side walk.