{ title: 'Watertown re-union. (Watertown, N.Y.) 1866-1918, August 22, 1894, Page 1, Image 1', download_links: [ { link: 'http://www.loc.gov/rss/ndnp/ndnp.xml', label: 'application/rss+xml', meta: 'News about NYS Historic Newspapers - RSS Feed', }, { link: '/lccn/sn85054450/1894-08-22/ed-1/seq-1/png/', label: 'image/png', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/sn85054450/1894-08-22/ed-1/seq-1.pdf', label: 'application/pdf', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/sn85054450/1894-08-22/ed-1/seq-1/ocr.xml', label: 'application/xml', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/sn85054450/1894-08-22/ed-1/seq-1/ocr.txt', label: 'text/plain', meta: '', }, ] }
Image provided by: Northern NY Library Network
Mt,i.'ajKffjU^*-\* ,, *Tc-, WATlkTOtm »E-TTMOK WEDlfESDAy, ATOtHST 22,1894. '1.7. ».'•- ' <: I 'V, ;v:v } :: f -.J i ,*-• f » ' * 1*. Iff- • v K I *. y * L 1 !,; I': 1\ - \ ; ! 1 my r > f •!• ! -). WW «=?-•• * • •••. ••••*<—_ forme $1.50 Per Year in Advance. Democrati c State Convention. The Democratic electors o£ the State o£ New York are requested to unite iu sending three alter- nate delegates from each assembly district to a State Convention to be held at Saratoga Springs on Tuesday, September 25, 1894, at IS o'oioofc, noon, for the purpose of placing la nomination candidates to be.voted for at the ensuing general election and to transact such other business as may properly come, before the convention. County Convention. Tne Democratic electors of tbe several towns and wards of Jefferson County are requested to send three delegates each to tne County Con- vention to be held at Democratic headquarters, Watertown, N. \X\., \Wednesday Sept. 5tn, atlp. M., for the purpose of electiug three delegates to the State Convention, delegates to the Con- gressional Convention nominating a County, ticket, and a member of Assembly, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the Convention. In pursuance of the decision of the State Com- mittee, all caucuses must be called upon at least six days notice, to be given by posting sis notices thereof in the most public places in each of said towns, so that a fair and full expression of the Democratic electors in each town can be had. A meeting of the Democratic County Com mittee will be held at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, for the purpose of selecting the officers of said committee for the ensuing year. JOHN N. CARLISLE, Chairman. H. W. STEKLE, (.qp-mt/irina JOHN COKDQY, f secretaries. Democratic City Caucuses. The Democratic electors of the several wards of the city of Watertown, 'are requested to meet in caucus at the places herein designated on Sat- urday, Sept 1,1894, at 7:30 p. St., to elect dele- gates to the Democratic County Convention. First Ward—Engine House No. 1, Factory street. Second Ward—Engine House No. 2, Goodale St. Third Ward—Engine House, Stone St. Fourth Ward—Democratic Headquarters. OHABLES S. KELLuGG, Chairman. family is starving. The law is not to blame. It's the man himself. Here's a physician that makes $10,000 a yesr. There's a little doctor over in that corner who can't make his salt. I preaoh every day to 8,000 people and here's four little preachers sitting behind me who can't average 800. The trouble is not in the .dif8rencftis,o.r£anje,si If,gU the i wealth; in the Unitea'S'tates'Were'xiivide'd bntto-day, each man would get about $1,100 and in lesa than six months some fellows would be riding in palace cars and the others would be walking cross-ties and howling for another divy.\ * * * ONE ofjthe developments of a recent cen- sus bulletin on \Farms Homes and Mort- gages,\ shows this situation in New \Sork as to mortgaged property. Those who have been howling about Kansas farm mortgages stand back amazed when they find that the people of New York have a greater indebtedness than those of Kansas or any other state, There is no state in the Union in which the amount of indebted- ness is so great. The total amount of money so secured by mortgages on homes and farms is $1,607,874,301. This is more than two and one-half times as much as in any other state. Hot only is the total much greater than elsewhere, but the amount per capita of population is also larger. The av- erage amount of indebtedness secured as above indicated is $368 per capita, against an average throughout the country of $96 per capita, It is more per capita than in any other state, the next highest being the District of Columbia, $326 per capita. Kansas has a total mortgage debt of $348,- 164,836, and a per capita of $170. * * * GOOD THINGS IN IT. A CALIFORNIA wine syndicate has been formed in San Francisco with a capital stock of $10,000,000. It will control fous- flfths of the grape product of California for the next five years. Two and a half mil- lions of dollars will be advanced every year to vineyardists for expenses in cultivating vines, gathering grapeB, and making wines. The syndicate consists at the start, of seven of the principal wine-making establish- ments in the state. * * A SOBT of practical high license system is said to have been established in Maine by convicting a liquor-seller again and again, until he has paid what the officials consider a proper sum, and then letting him run his business in peace. This sys- tem is said to be followed in four counties, while others are looking at it with favor- able eyes. Perhaps this is the method to which Gen. Neal Dow alluded, in a recent letter to the Portland Press, in which he spoke of officers being influenced by money considerations, though he seemed to imply that these were for the benefit ot the offi- cials rather than for that of the county treas- ury. * * * THE Democratic majorities in this 8tate kept steadily increasing from 7,181 in 1886 to 47,987 in 1891. There was a .slight fall- ing off in the presidential election of 1893 when the Democratic majority was 45,518, and last year the Kepublicans carried the state by 25,000. But if Governor Flower consents to run again, there is no reason why he may not obtain as large a majority as he had in '92, for, as the Sun justly says, \his administration of state affairs has been square and straight. He has Bhown himself to be a courageous execu- tive, firm, diligent, painstaking, unselfish, and thoroughly Democratic. His adminis- tration will be endorsed, and popular sup- port will be invoked upon his record and jhat of the last Democratic legislature.\ * * # THE wheels of justice revolve slowly in New Tork. According to Eecorder Smythe there are now 273 prisoners in the Tombs awaiting trial. Some of them have been there from six to ten months untried —a great hardship and a preliminary pun- ishment which the law does not contem- plate. RMordsr Smythe was highly indig- nant that prisoners in the Tombs should be allowed to increase to this number. Some are cnarged with misdemeanors, for which the puh'ishment would only be a year's im- prisonment at the most. The recorder and Judge Fitzgerald, who is the only other criminal judge sitting during August, have decided not to try any more bail cases until after those of the unfortunates in the Tombs shall have been heard. \WHATEVER may be the fact as to the civil service, it is found that scholastic ex. animations are not the best lest of fitness for admission to the naval and military academies. Harper's Weekly, which has always been a strong advocate of civil ser vice examinations, says it is the unanimous opinion among naval officials that the method of appointments to Annapolis by competitive examination does not secure as good material as the old system of personal selection. Scholarship wins the competi- tive appointment, but very much besides scholarship goes to the making up of good officers, and the official records have been found to back the opinion that lads person- ally chosen for appointment because of general fitness turn' out better than lads who have won their chance by superiority jn studies. * * SAM JONES in a recent lecture said: \We hear a good deal of fool talk about the rich getting richer and the poor poorer under our present laws. There never was a greater lie, and I'll prove it. There's nothing the matter with the law. It's the man that's at fault, There's a lawyer on that side of the house that makes $20,000 a year, Here is a titled pettifogger whose POLITIC*!. AND PERSONAL, f WHILE the senate tariff bill does not meet the full requirements of tariff reform for reasons with which readers of the RE-UNION are familiar it cuts down by a considerable percentage, as a rule, the tariff taxes of the McKinley act, whore those taxes are not wholly re- moved, and enlarges the free list by the ad- dition of several very important products. Even in the case of refined sugar the trust's protective duty is reduced, accord- ing to the accepted Republican authority, from the McKinley tariff's 60 cents per 100 pounds to 42} cents, and nothing but the existence of a conspiracy on the part of a little group of senators—whose purpose was to prevent the passage of any bill— prevented the Democratic\party from GuttiogiOff every particle of this protection. With respect to two other products con- cerning which there was contention, it should be noted that the McKinley duty on iron ore and bituminous coal is reduced nearly one-half, or from 75 cents to 40 cents per ton. In making a comparison the New York Times says: \First in importance is free wool. The senate as well as the house put wool on the freejlist. A tariff act making wool of all kinds free of duty would be a memorable and very beneficial act, even if it provided for no other changes in existing tariff schedules beyond a corresponding reduction of the duties on woolen goods. The value of wool imported in 1893 was $18,500,000, and the duties paid were $8,- 200,000. \Withfree wool we have free raw lum- ber. The senate bill removeB the duty on logs, hewn and sawed timber, squared timber, sawed boards and plank, clapboards hubs, laths, shingles and staves—in short, substantially everything in the McKinley wood schedule except furniture, the duty on which is reduced to 25 per cent. The value of the imports of these articles, now placed on the free list, was $10,000,000 in 1893, and $1,143,000 were paid in duties. Bait goes on the free list. In 1893 there were imported 312,000,000 pounds, and the duties were $300,000. Binding twine is free of duty also bagging for cotton, bur- laps, and grain bags made of burlaps. With these are Chinese matting for floors and the iron bands (cotton ties) used in baling cotton. The value of the burlaps imported in 1898 was nearly $7,000,000, and the duties amounted to $2,000,000 Upon imported grain bags valued at $1,- 200,000 the tariff tax was $530,000. \Plows tooth and disk harrows, harvest- ers, reapers, agricultural drills, mowers, horseralr.es , cultivators, threshing machines and cotton gins are made free of duty. The manufacture of some of these implements is controlled by trust combinations. The senate bill removes any duty that could as- sist them in exacting high ring prices at home while selling implements- at lower prices abroad. The absurd duty imposed on tin, the metal, by the McKinley act, -is repealed, and thus the cost of a raw ma- terial largely consumed in many important industries is considerably reduced. The enlarged free list exhibits a notable reduc- tion of the burden of tariff taxes. \In many of the dutiable schedules a considerable part of the McKinley tax has been shorn off. The removal.of the duty on wool is accompanied by a very large reduction of .the duties on woolen goods. The value of the women's and children's dress goods, coat linings, and similar fabrics imported in 1893 was nearly $18,000,000, and the duties were more than $18,250,000. The average ad valorem rate under the McKinley tariff was 103} per cent. The Senate bill reduces this to 40 and 50 per cent. The duty on imports of woolen and worsted cloth valued at nearly $13,000,000 was 1G0 per cent.; the senate bill's rates are 40 and 50 per cent. The duty on woolen knit fabrics (imports $1,- 456,000) is cut down from 94 per cent, to 35 and 40 per oont. \In the McKinley tariff the duty on plain China is 55 per cent.; the senate bill reduces this to 30 per cent, and the McKin- ley tax of 60 per cent on ornamented China comes down to 35 per cent, There is in the dutiable schedules, as well as in the free list, much that earnest and consistent advocates of tariff reform can regard with satisfaction.\ The nomination of William ; A! Beach Bench was reported favorably from the fin- ance oommittee to the executive session of the senate on Friday, but Senator Hill ob- jected and it was referred back to the' com- mittee. The nomination of Mr, Beach for internal revenue colleotor for„the 21st dis. it?iqt«jra^»9nfins»#^g«y.iiwwI,-Sf i hn<: \oM v,aI)UL'9 jVii'u' ill Hi V jtA 'riswini i },., atiThctmas !lSBake'»rv,editQrajiof jtUBUUtica\ Saturday Globe, and John H. Sheohan with their families have arranged for an extend- ed European trip. They leave New York, 8ept, 6 and will visit London* Paris, Lour- des, Zurich, Luzerne, Milan, Venice, Floronce, Rome, .Naples, Pisa, Genoa, Turin, Geneva and Antwerp and return to Paris. Their homeward passage is engag- ed for November 38d on the steamer Colum- bia of the Hamburg line. The Commercial Travelers' Home at Binghamton has received $100 from Gov- ernor Flower, and the same amount from Mrs. Emma Keep Schley. When the bill for its establishment was signed by the Governor he Baid that he must do something for the boys as soon as they began ' to ask for subscriptions, and when William Hamil- ton of The Commercial Travelers' Maga- zine saw him a few days ago the Governor gave his check. An effort is being made to establish a ladies' auxiliary to the home, and Mrs. Schley will probably be offered the presidency, as she is the first woman to make a subscription for its erection, Attorney General Hancock, in answer to a communication from W. H.Bancroft of Rochester, asking for an opinion as to eligi- bility of a justice of the peace to election to the office of a justice of sessions, his elective term expiring December 81, 1894, and having been also appointed to. a va- cancy in the office of the justice of the peace to take effect January 1, 1895, to fill a vacancy, which will that time occur by resignation of a justice of the peace, has written an opinion in which he holds that this justice of the peace is not eligible to the office of justice of the sessions. This opinion if sound will .bar all justices of the peace from holding the office of justice of sessions, a point that Jefferson county candidates will do well to remember. KILAED ON THE KAIb. Governor Flower, in discussing the in- come tax feature of the tariff bill says: \The majority of the Democratic party opposed to the income tax conies more from the eastern states than from the south or west, because our incomes are larger. We must remember that $160,000,000 are col- lected for pensions for our northern soldiers who engaged in the rebellion. Second, that the treasury must have at least suffici- ent money to meet expenses, or the con- stant unrest and fear that the government can not redeem its obligations in gold will not be quieted. With our present revenue we are $70,000,(100 short each year, and this constant drain of gold from our treasury will continue. If by taxing our incomes for five years, as is provided by the Senate bill, it will alleviate that evil, it would be worth all it cost to all the men who have an income of $4,000 or more in the .stability it will give to the business and currency of the nation.\ ,n Senator Hill in giving his views on the tariff bill passed last week says; \As ev- erybody knows, I was opposed to the sen- ate bill because it contained an odious and unnecessary income tax_, because it taxed raw materials, because it taxed sugar and other necessaries of life, and because it was otherwise an inadequate expression or ex- emplification of Democratic principles. Neither the people, the Democratic party, the president, nor the house of representa- tives wanted the senate bill. The. houBe was 'buncoed' into accepting it by studied efforts which misrepresented the real atti- tude of the true democrats of the senate. The cry of \The senate bill or no bill,\ which some senators industriously circu- lated, had its effect upon the house, whose members stampeded worse than a defeated and demoralized army. The bill will of coarse disappoint the country. I have no intimation or idea what the president will do with it and he alone must be the judge of his duty in the premises. It is a pecul- iar situation, which is full of embarrass- ments. The Wilson letter must prove a stumbling block, which will stand in the way of approval. If the president sees fit to veto the bill the country and the Demo- cratic party will approve his action. If, however, under all the circumstances, he concludes to accept it as the only obtain- able relief at this time, notwithstanding its objectionable and inadequate features, the Democracy must accept the result with equanimity, and defend it as best they can.\ John Cleary of tills City Crnnuoa Under tlie Wheel* of ait Knglne Dies of His Injuries. John Oleary, whose residence was at the the comer of Cedar and Prospect streets, and who for gome, time, pasjj, has been em- isRiPSsiftS'tiie-. Wj'aJfiBteWfl, hre^er^ waBirun^ .Wftte a a-«^gWe.neaE^he ls r s ,i}rQa4. ityjc&e on the Cape Vincent branch in this city Sunday afternoon, receiving injuries from which he died at the hospital a few hours later. After dinner Sunday, Gleary started from his home to go to the brewery to at- tend to the fires and do other work about the premises. He took the shortest and usual route—across the railroad bridge. When he Btarted to croBS the bridge shift- ing engine No. 851 was at work on the oil switoh near the bridge. Cleary had gone about a rod on the bridge when he no- ticed that the shifting engine was ap- proaching and going to cross over the structure. There is a step on the front of the shifting engine and no cow- catcher. The shifter was in charge of Engineer J. Tait and Conductor O. Greg- ory. Oleary had often jumped on the front of a shifter when it was mov- ing, and, as it was going slowly Sunday, he thought he would jump on the front step and ride across the bridge. A number of the crew were riding on the step and watching Cleary, who was perfectly sober. The engineer could see him. Cleary grab- bed the iron rail above the step and jump- ed on. He got one foot on the step, but the other dropped and caught between the ties on the inside of the rail. He exercised great presence of mind by throwing hie body to one side of the track and dropping his head, so that the engine would not run over his body and crush him to death, As it was the wheels passed over his right leg just above the ankle and nearly severed the foot from the leg. It hung by a few threads of flesh. Had Oleary attempted to cling to the iron railing he would have been forced under the engine and horribly mangled. Cleary was picked up and taken to the hospital on Benedict street, wbere the Drs. Spencer amputated the mangled limb. He had lost so much blood, however, that he did not rally from the operation and died at 9:20 P. M. Mr, Cleary leaves a wife and eight chil- dren. The two oldest children, James and Thomas, reside at Amsterdam, and they were notified of the accident soon after it occurred. The youngest child is only 8 months old. Decased was a brother of James Cleary, who resides on Superior St., and William Cleary, of No. 6. Smith street. in XlieJEiKl't Hour law Onuses Trouble. W. Stuart Smith, Jr , superintendent Of the Warren-Scharf Asphalt Paving com. pany, was arrested in this city Wednesday on a charge of violating the eight hour labor law, He appeared in court repre- sented by his counsel, City Attorney E. R. Wilcox. District Attorney Kellogg and James J. McDonough, a labor leader ap- peared for the prosecution. Smith waived examination and was held for the grand jury, giving bail in the sum of $1,000. It is believed, however, that this will not put a quietus on the agitation for observance of the eight hour law in Watertown. The paving company, which has a $30,000 job on Public Bquare, has not changed its plans in regard to hiring men by the hour for ten hours work. Sewer contractors and the city itself are violating this law and it will be no surprise if the labor people extend their fight to cover these cases. The case of the JJowville waterworks contractors who are airing Italians who- are aliens has been taken up by the Watertown TradeB Assem- bly and the matter will be pushed through with a view of determining whether the eight hour labor law is coustitutional or not. The contention is that the prevailing day wages should be paid for eight hours work. The Paving Company assumes that $1.50 per day is the prevailing rate in Water- town and pays its men 15 cents per hour. If they work eight hours they get $1.20 per day. The eight hour discussion has waxed hot during the past few days and the Attorney General has been asked for an opinion. If his opinion gives any en- couragement the question will probably go to the courts. All alienB on the paving job were discharged several days ago. AMTISEIHCENXS. JOE OTT. Aware of the fact that the theatre-goers are over-burdened with threadbare plays, Joe Ott, who comes to the Watertown City Opera House next Thursday evening, Aug. 23,'has replaced \The Dazzler\ the Tunny comedy in which he has been starring dur- ing the past three seasons with a new satire entitled \The Star Gazer\ and it is said where the new play has been produced to be excruciatingly funny and decidedly origi- nal. The theme illustrates the whims and foibles of a peculiar type of gentry whose insane desires to revolutionize the heavenly bodies and build a founda tion upon which he can originate and com- pile a new book on astronomy, is indeed a very happy idea. There are few, if any comedians upon the stage who have created more loquacious endorsement and hearty press comment than this latter-day fun ex- tractor. As perfect as the glove fits upon the hand, just so admirable is Mr. Ott ad- justed into the character in his new play. He has surrounded himself with an un- usually clever support, while the mount- ings, music and general scenic display is another leap ahead ot the farce comedy world. Crayon .Portraits For SI. You can secure a full crayon portrait, 17x20 inches in size (outside measurement with durable frame, back, and glass front, for $1, by sending your order to this office if you are a new subscriber or your sub- scription to the RE-UNION is paid in ad- vance. This offer iB made by a leading portrait house. A sample of these portraits can be seen at the BE-UNION office or par- ticulars can be obtained of Mr. Charles Baldwin. These portraits can be made from any good photograph. Write your name and address on the back of your pho- tograph, to insure its return, enclose with it $1, and and your order will be promptly attended to. All portraits sent by express will be subject to express charges, usually about 35c. Parties desiring crayons made from tin- types should remit 50 cents extra to cover additional cost of making them from such originals as they aie difficult to work from. Genesee Factory Filled Salt for butter and cheese sold only by Fred Fuess, 38 Court street. OBITUAKV. MBS OHAitLES H. TUBBS, Emma A., wife of Charles H. Tubbs, commissioner of. the board of public works, died on the evening of the 18th last after a long illness from consumption, Mrs. Tubbs was an estimable lady, and was charitable and active in churoh work. She was , the daughter 'merchant, -was* '. ..„ . - She began to fail with consumption about three years ago, and, despite the best medi- cal care and attention, the progress of the disease could not be stayed. Her death will cause sincere sorrow wherever she was known. Besides her husband she leaves a mother and one sister, Mrs. W. J. Tower, of Rochester, to mourn her death. The funeral took place at 4 Thursday afternoon, and the interment was at Brook- side cemetery. DB. WILLIS BAWSSSB. Dr. Willis Sawens, formerly of Water- town, died Thursday at the residence of his nephew, Dr. W. S. Anderson, No.757 Mon- roe Ave, Detroit, Mich, Dr. Sawens was 70 years of age. He was born in this part of the state, and tor a number of years kept a drug store and practiced his profession in Watertown. In 1864 he removed to Utica with his brother, Gilbert S. Saw- enB of Antwerp, and Edward Ander- son, and purchased the drug business of the late Dr. J. B. Marchisi. They con- ducted business very successfully and their proprietary medicines were known the world over. Dr, Sawens retired from busi- ness ten years ago. PIcIrpocketB on the St. Lawrence. LouiB Peterson, of this city, is probably one of a gang of pickpockets, that is now engaged on the St. TLawrence river. In 1891 Peterson was sent to Elmira reforma- tory for stealing ladies purses in broad day- light on Genesee street, Utica. Peterson and his pal would enter a crowd; the con- federate would engage the ladies attention while Peterson stole the purses. He is now supposed to be picking; the pockets of excursionists at the Islands. More than $250 was stolen in this way on Tuesday at T. I. Park. Among those who had their pockets picked were E P. Morseman, of Hounsfield, who lost $35 and a check on the Union bank of this city. Payment was stopped on the check. Rev. Mr. Irwin, of Syracuse had his pocket picked, but the thief dropped the money and it was re- covered. J. D. Wodell of Ellisburg, had $30 picked oat of his inside vest pocket. The vest was cut open, where the pocket lay, with a razor, A little girl, Miss Hat- tie Barnes, of Sodus, also had her pocket picked, losing $15 in money, besides a few little trinkets. This is the first time that pickpockets have been known to trouble Thousand Island pleasure seekers. An Exciting Incident. In one of the flats of the third floor of the Smith building in this city resides a family named Graham. Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Graham sat at a window overlooking the Public Square. Her little child was at play beside the window, which was raised. In the window was a screen. In some way the child pitched towards the window and went through the screen. The mother caught the child by tho feet just in time to save it from falling to the pavement below. She hung on, but was unable to lift the child back to a place of safety. The cries of the infant and mother attracted a large crowd of men who rushed to the building to catch the child if it should fall. Their services were not needed, for Mrs. Oathrine Bex, who was near, showed great presence of mind in rescuing the child from its peril- ous position. The child's narrrow escape caused much excitement in the block and on the streetfor a few minutes. Fell on the Buzz Saw. A horrible accident occurred in the saw mill of S.L. Clark &Son at Parishville.St. Law- rence county, Monday of last week. Fred Jennings, an employe, was carrying a board from the edger to the clipping saws, when the board accidentally became caught in one of the hooks on the endless chain and crowded him back upon the saw. The saw entered his body at the right hip and cut slantingly up to the left shoulder. Six ribs were cut in two and the back bone nearly torn apart. The gash was about 26 inches long and so gaping as to expose the lunga and heart. Mr. Jennings was at once taken up and carried to the Commercial hotel, when Dr. Allen was summoned, who dressed the wound. Mr, Jennings' widowed mother, Mrs. Mary Jennings, who resides in Waterville, Maine, was notified by wire of her son's critical condition. Horse Thief Arrested. Charles York who stole a skiff at Dexter and sold it at Henderson, then hired one of John Lovelee's horses which he tried to sell in Oswego county, returned to Adams last week and was promptly arrested by Officer Huson. He was taken to Hender- son, where he was examined last week be- fore Justice of Peace Olin F. Buell, who held him to await the action of the grand jury on the charge of larceny in the second degree. He was brought to jail by Deputy Sheriff George Collins, of Henderson. York is about 40 years of age and says hia home is in Adams. Mrs.M. Schaenberger, Beaver Dam, Wis. writes: \We have used Dr. Thomas' Bc- lectric Oil in our family for Coughs, Colds, Croup and Rheumatism. It cures every time.\ 3 pounds jell 25c street. Fred Fuess 38 Court Reciprocity or n o Shooting. Since the Watertown Fishing club leased the fishing privilege on Kimball's Oreek.in the towji of Rutland.and began to make it warm for those who poached on its preserve the farmers in that vicinity have felt that their old time sport was being spoiled. Now they have hit on a scheme for retaliation\ and are going to carry it out. As the hunting season is just opening they propose to post notices forbidding any shooting on their premises. It is under- stood that the following have agreed to post these notices: Frank Parker, Philo Ham- mond, Will C. Baker, Starr Thompson, Wesley Henderson, W. H. Montaney, W. Hammond, E. S. Pool, Sherman Johnson, Oatriian •'. Tread way, \William Luther, Charles Tollman, Joseph Jones, Herman Allen, Oscar Johnson, Samuel Mooney, Charles Matthews, Hiram Bronson, Gaines Ryel, the Staples' estate, John McEwan, the Wilcox estate, Charles Burnham, John Stebbins and Harley Stebbins. This means that the Watertown boys cannot go up into Rutland and Watertown and hunt unless they believe in reciprocity. Death of a Fioneer. Harvey Hubbard, whose death occurred in this city on Tuesday, the 14th inst., was said to be the last survivor of that historic company of eighty men who helped carry the cable for the ship New Orleans, which was being built at Sackets Harbor to fight the British. In 1814, while the work on the ship was progressing, the cable arrived in a scow off the mouth of Sandy Creek. It was considered a foolhardy undertaking to attempt to land it at Sackets Harbor by the water route, as there was danger of capture by British cruisers. So it was de- cided to perform the gigantic taBk of carry- ing it overland. As much of it as possible was loaded on a cart and three yoke of oxen were hitched The remainder of it was carried on the shoulders of eighty men from the point where it was landed, near Woodville, to Sackets Harbor. Mr. Hub- bard rode a horse for his father, who was one of those who carried the cable. The distance was 20 miles, Mr. Hubbard came from Middletown, Vt., in 1804, when 3 years of age. He was therefore, one of the county's oldest residents. Hogle miller Found In Kingston. Hogle Miller was arrested last Tuesday in Kingston. Miller was formerly a wealthy builder of Three Mile Bay. About six years ago, while working on a building, he met with a serious accident, which was said to have affected his brain, and relatives had him sent to an asylum. When brought be- fore a magistrate Miller was charged with having escaped from the asylum at Ogdens- burg, and also with having threatened to kill Dr. P. M. Wise of that city. Miller de- nied the charges, and refused to return to the asylum. He declared he had been kid- napped when put in the asylum. The case was adjourned to await the arrival of the of the asylum officials from Ogdensburg. When the officials arrived it was learned that Miller's case was a peculiar one. Though he had been in Kingston for sever- al weeks and all the time appeared to be perfectly sane his mental condition was said to be such that he was a dangerous person to be at large. He has been an in- mate of asylums at Utica and Ogdensburg since 1886 Fire alliowvllle. Fire broke out Tuesday evening in the bara attached to the Windsor hotel. Low- ville. The barn was completely destroyed. A horse belonging to an agent named Frank Dimmick was burned in the barn. The hotel building was badly damaged, The Smith & Starr block and J. 0. Brace's liv- ery stable also suffered considerable dam- age. The dwelling house of Mrs. Henry Hickox, on Elm street, caught fire and was burned to the ground. There were feara of a general conflagration, but after hard work the fire was finally checked. Remarked by R, O. Joiner, of Allen, P. O., Hillsdale Co., Mich.,: \Nothing gave my rheumatism such quick relief as Dr' Thomas' Eclectric Oil—believe it infallible or rheumatics.\ A DOCB1LE fclFB. A Watertown man Elopes With Bi« Hired Girl, and Is Arrested and Hold For *»lal Jn Springfield. JMasaachn- sotts. E. Root, who lives with hia wife and- child at No, 20 Munson street, in this city •>flgureslarBa'Sohiestio«8cahdal!*{he.aet'ailsof l which came out through.;dSb,e* seaprt in a Springfield, Mass. paper of a trial recently in that place. Root, under the name of Edmund Baker, was tried there Aui», l(>. oh the charge of abandoning his five months old child in Springfield in February last. He was arrested together with a wo. man known as Alice Raymond, at Little Falls, and taken to Springfield on\ requisition paper by State Agent Burt. The complaint against the man was for abandoning and failing to perform a con- tract made for the maintenance of a child less than two years old. The woman was charged with aiding and abetting in the abandonment. 8he pleaded guilty. Baker ploaded not guilty and his case was contin- ued for trial. He was held in $800 bonds for trial in the superior court. When seen at his home in this city by a reporter on Saturday last, Root made a clean breast of the whole affair. His story waB that the woman with whom he eloped and who made the charges against him is Mrs. George Maitland. Her maiden name was Jennie Carpenter, and she was born at Pillar Point, this county, 26 years ago. At the a?e of 15 she was married to George Maitland and they lived together nine years. Root says that she that she learned that Maitland had another wife living and she came to Watertown and lived with her sisters. She also has a sister living in Carthage. Her mother now re- sides with the married sisters in this city. , When Mrs. Maitland came to Watertown she was employed as a domestic. She went to work at Root's house on Munson street about three years ago and lived there all one winter. Root and the hired girl planned to elope. A young Welshman was then boarding with the Roots. Root wanted his wife to get rid of the Welsh- man but she refused and boarded him, although he had no means. Root and Mrs. Maitland ran away to- gether three years ago and went to Glovers- ville, where they lived together more than a year. In the meantime, he says, Mrs. Root and the Welshman lived together here until the lellow was taken crazy two years ago and taken to the Ogdensburg asylum, where he is now confined. After his commitment Mrs. Root went to Qloversville and asked her husband to come back. He did and remained six months. Then he again abandoned her and went to live with Mrs. Maitland. They went to Albany and 8chenectady and finally to Springfield, Mass. Root settled in Spring- field first and Mrs. Maitland followed him there in June, 1898. The child was born last February. They lived with a Mrs Vickers there and when the child was five months old they left it with her and returned to Gloversville. When Mrs. Vickers learned that they had abandoned the child she placed the matter in the hands of the authorities and war- ranto were issued. They were both found near Fonda, about two weeks ago. Root admitted that he had passed under different names and at the time the child was born in Huntington, Mass., he was known as Ernest S. Brown. Root,says that he and his wife are now reconciled and will con- tinue to live together. Mrs. Maitland is at the present time an inmate at the county house at Springfield, Bush, Bull, Roth. & Oo's Special Sale. Bush, Bull, Koth & Co. announce « spec- ial sale for circus day, Aug. 34. Prices will be made so low on certain classes of goods that out of town- people will be able to make a good day's wages and their fare be- sides. We will place on sale one lot of 6c. lawns 10 yards for 10c.; best shirting prints at 8£c.; good dark print at 4c.; 10, 15 and 30c. ginghams at OJc.; 25 and 35c. dress goods at 15c.; 40 and 50c. dress goods at 25c.; 75 pieces all wool and silk mixtures at 50c,; 65c. all wool ingrain carpets at 50c. About 300 medium weight capes and jackets sold at from $3.60 to $30.00 for 98c $1.89 and $4.98, juBt the article for fall wear. We have hundreds of specials not mentioned here. You will best appreci- ate the goods and low prices when you go to see them circus day. Cheap Grain Rates. CHICAGO, Aug. 16.—The Chicago and St. Paul lines have been authorized to place in operation a rate of 22J cents per 100 pounds on flour and grain products from St. Paul and Minneapolis to New York, via Chicago or Milwaukee. The authority came from Chairman Midgley, of the Western Freight association, and is the inevitable result of the demoralization in rail and lake rates. The reduced rate will also apply to Boston, at 24} cents; to Philadelphia, 20i cents; and Baltimore, 19}. It is an all round cut of 5 cents on the hundred pounds. Lake lines are contracting from Duluth at the rate of 15 cents per hundred pounds, Henderson's Imlco Captains. In addition to the one hundred sailors who have a residence in the village and town of Henderson, there are also twenty- five captains who hail from the same place. One thousand eight hundred dollars is the highest salary paid. They are A. E. White, Wm. Butts, Clark Stevens, M. A, Boyce, Leslie Boyce, 0. B. Joiner, Capt, Penny, Capt. Sherry, (old sail), William Kilby, George Smith, Charles Howard, Clarence Howard, James White, Reuben Warner, Charles Egglestun, Boynton Sea- ton, Walt Boyce, John Ramsdeil, John Mc- Cleary, Washington Stevens, Edward White, Henry Harris, Charles Nobles. Lewis Hollister, and Frank Johnson. A Canton Thief Oanght. Canton merchants have for a long time suffered from small thefts. Recently G. E. Sims has missed small sums ot money from the'drawer in his music store. The money was deposited in the safe nights, and Mr. Sims decided that the money was taken in the middle of the day, Wednesday his clerk, Julius Rawaon,stayed in the store to watch, but was not visible Some one came in the store through a window and wont to the money drawer. Mr. Rawson confront- ed the thief who proved to be George Sev- erance He was arrested by Sheriff Wil- son and will probably serve a long term as he has a bad reputation. He had been sus- pected of the thefts for a long time. A Good School. Those who have not yet decided what school to attend during the coming fall and winter, Bhould remember that the Utica Business College is one of the best, and that its reputation for thorough instruction is second to none. Thousands of successful business men owe their success to the in- struction received at this school. The at- tendance last year was larger than ever be- fore, The next term opens September 3d. Sheep dip at Felt's Court St. drug store, I '
