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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-13

Eastern stranger-What are they
lynching him for?
Quick Drop Dan-Attempting suicide.
Eastern Stranger-They might just as
well have let him kill himself.
Quick Drop Dan-No, stree. The boys
out here don't believe ina Teller being
so selfish.-Life.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-13

ADMINISTRATIONS, daughter, what an
outrageous costume! And those stockings
are ,shoeking
Daughter-Well, you see, ma L hadn't
a bathing suit and was compelled to
wear my bicycle costume.
Mother-Oh. well. that's all right.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-13

A te.-Son-in-law-All the trou-
bles married people have in life are due
there is an exception to the rule.
Mother-in-law-How about Adam and
Eve? Where was the mother-in-law in
that case?
Son-in-law-Weu, in thsA case the SER
pent took the place of the mother-in-law.
Texas S:ftfhgs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-13

''Do you think you could learn to love
me- Maud?'
Il don't know. George" she answered
softly II might. 1 learned German once"
It'd N3ts
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-13

She (dreamily)-only fancy-a month
from today we shall be married
He (absently). Dwell. let's be happy
while we can.-Illustrated Bits.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-13

Uncle-Wen Bobby, what did you learn
Bobby-I learned that the world is
round and turns on hinges, like the globe
in the library.
Bobby think, uncle, they are asking
me to believe good deal for small
boy.-Tit-Bits.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-13

Eyes, sir, seer observed the stenog-
rapher, this is the denial of your last
interview"
Great Polit;can-W kind of a head
have you got? This is a denial of the de-
nial.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-13

She-She ought to if you ring her up
Bazaar.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-13

Father-You may as well give up
thinking about that young man Dashing.
He does not love you.
Father-I met him AT the club last
night. and he refused to lend me ten dol
lars.-Truth.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-13

Hell believe [ will propose to her by
telephone. Do you. think she will accept
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-13

His Stinginess.-Mr. Kneer (who is
reading magazine article)--They must
have had some pretty tough times in
Richmond during the war. This author
says boots cost $50 a pair. blankets $1,000,
a good horse $500, a cow $3.50. coffee SIS
pound, tea 500, and" Mrs. kneer-
What did bonnets cost? Mr.. Kneer-Let
me see 'N[-Yes. here it is: "A plain black
velvet bonnet sold for SIZE Mrs. Kneer-
And yet you made an awful fuss when 1
wanted to buy a bonnet the other day
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-13

FOR COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF
SCHOOLS.
OSCAR VAN COLT,
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-16

shortened. It also promotes the secretion OF
en- abundance of nourishment for tho child.
Mrs DORA A. GUTHRIE, of Oakley. Ouerton
CO.. Tenn writes: "When l began taking
your Favorite Prescription was not able
to stand on my feet without suffering almost
death. Now do all my houscwork, washing,
cooking, sewing and everything for my family
Of eight. am stouter now than l have been
in six years. Your 'Favorite Prescription 10
Il proved so with me. l never suffered as little
with any of my children as did with my last,
and she Is the healthiest we've got. Have in:
duced several to try 'Favorite Prescription
and it has proved good for them"
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-16

deed, " and never refer to it again? 1t
is a cheap and inartistic device to
secure mystery. Story writing of this
species is not the highest form of art,
but it has it's rules.
But even with thorough workman
ship the story could not have been an
closely from the Borden case, and Miss
Wilkins's homespun style is too much
of the same stuff as that to make lit
erature of it. De Quincy, to be sure,
made fine literature of the Williams
murders, but then he wrapped them
in splendid and transfguring imagi-
nation which puts the assassin with
his orange hair, palid cheeks and
nameless horror in his look among the
great portraits of literature. Celia
Thaxter was evidently under his sway
when she wrote a striking account for
the Atlantic of the Wagner murders on
the Isles of Shoals, under the title "A
Memorable Murder. y closely suggested
in DeQuincev's Three Memorable
Murders. - Poe too, transferred the
murder of Mary Cecilia Rogers to Paris
and called it ''The Mystery of Marie
Roget" but then Poe made a brilliant
piece of analytical reasoning, which
subsequent events in measure justi
fled. But the quality of Miss wilkins
reasoning may be judged from the ex-
amples given above. 1t is certainly
not likely to throw any new light on
the Borden case. The story is SO de-
void of merit in its class that one al
most shoulders to think of the 2999
that, were inferior. What. must the
last of them be
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-16
VOL. Xxx. NO. 3.

Fiske He has succeeded in tracing
the family back to 1900 and has con,
nected all the early emigrants in this
country in one family. Persons by
this name will confer favor and assist
him in his work by sending their
names and addresses and such informa.
ton they may have of the family to
him as above.
The Western Organ Co. factory, Of
which o. G. Merrifield, Brookline
boy, was one of the owners, was nearly
destroyed by fire July p, at Ottawa,
ILL.,, The loss is $50, 900 with only
s., 600 insurance.
Col. Abiel Stoddard, a native of Wind.
ham and brother of the late Judge
Abaishi Stoddard, died last week at
Saratoga, n. Y, where he has lived
since 1874, where he built the Albion
and Waverley hotels and where he has
for a generation past been one Of the
leading citizens. He was born at
Windham in 1901 and obtained his title
of Colonel by commission when only
% years old at the head of the I'd Reg't
of the Vermont militia. He first went
to Saratoga to drink its waters for
his health and liked the place SO well
that he decided to remain there.
Aaron W. Spencer, one of the best
known financiers of Boston, died at
Sharon Springs, N. Y, last week. He
was born at Springfield, this state,
about 60 years ago and went to Boston
at the age of 20. He began as mes
senger boy with A. j. W. Clark d Co.,
bankers and brokers, and in few
years was admitted to the firm. Ii
1856 he formed the firm of Spencer,
Villa g. Co.. He was for eight years
president of the Boston stock exchange
md director in several important cor
He was one of the first to
AXE an interest in the now famous
Calumet and Hecla property, and it is
aid that he had held for many years,
IS an investment. 1000 shares of that
took. which at one time was worth
My s. a share, and is now quoted
round $3.50.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-16
INVESTMENTS!

me panic of 1898 is over and the depression
Of 1894 thing of the past.
The new year has promise of better times
anu with confidence restored are sure to come.
The VERMONT LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY has won the confidence of in.
vestors by going through the panic safely
snh meeting its obligations promptly. which
'nows us securities have been conservatively
'eIected anc carefully looked after. The fu-
nire will show no less care in the conduct OF
H. business.
FIRST MORTGAGE LOANS bearing
per cent. constantly ON hand. also
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-16

SONS OF VERMONT.
A son OF DUMMERsToN.

,,n,,,.,w = stodsInrd, President Of thu
New orleans Produce Exchange rather
of the Louisiana Public scnooi Sysus"
and Author of Our story TINS .,,
nnv and Union Veteran In HIS Career
In the south,
Dur story this week "The Super
natural, from the New Orleans Daily
fem. is "A narrative Of an actual oc-
currence, Jan. II, 1913. ''Ihe brother
referred to, who was half brother, Is
A. C.. Whitney who still lives IN DUN
merston and the man, Goss, whom ne
was so impressed into rescuing from
death, died in Guilford shortly before
the war, and the lesson of this affair
was such that he never drank much
afterward. In addition to the facts
narrated in the story it might be men
toned that Mr.. Whitney was so i'm.
pressed by his dream that he did
what he never could have done in
waking moments. He didn't put on
his boots when he ran to the rescue
but went in his slippers, over long
stretch of ice in the open--duc 70 a
thaw that had melted about foot of
snow followed by freeze-on which
he couldn't have stood 10 seconds
when awake He couldn't after his
return from the rescue.
"Pog Woggin" the author Of the story
is the nom de plume, under which he has
written much, of Ephraim $. Stoddard
"A son of Dumme, stOn and now distln-
guished citizen of New Orleans. Mr..
Stoddard is direct descendent of
David Stoddard, the revolutionary
officer of Chesterfield, who died in the
service, and is also brother OF the
late Horace r. Stoddard, of West
Dummerston who represented the
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-16

The jury that will try Theodore
Durant in San Francisco for the church
murders will consist of fourteen men,
all of whom will sit in the jury box
Two of this number will be regarded as
substitutes and will have nothing to do
except listen to the evidence. unless
one or more of the regular jurors are
compelled by illness or other cause to
leave the jury box. This is to be done
in accordance with an act passed by
the California Legislature at the last
session. making provision for the trial
of important and protracted cases.
Now the wholesale grocers are having
trouble with the sugar trust. because
the trust claims that prices have been
cut In accordance with the practice
of trusts, the sugar refining concern
has sought to fix the prices. az which
the product shall be wholesouled and
retailed, by giving rebate of Is of a
cent a pound to those who would sign
certificate that they had not. directly
or indirectly. sold below the trusts
daily quotations. But this sort of
rascally scheme never works in practise
and it is found that in some way and
at some places the sugar is being
marketed at cut prices.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-16

factor at the conference, is an interest
| ing one. He is son of Rev. j. b.
Webb, who owned Garnston castle,
Herefordshire, and who afterward took
the name of Peploe. His mother was
the famous Mrs. J. b. Webb who wrote
Naomi, or the Last Days of Jerusa
| lem, and other popular books He
was born in 1897 at Woebbly, Here
fordshire, and prepared for college at
Marlboro and Chelentham. He enter
| ed Pembroke college, Cambridge where
he became the champion jumper and
swimmer of the university. When
jumping one day he fell and was so
badly hurt that he lay on his back for
three years, except on two occasions,
when, contrary to all advice, he went
into jumping contest and swimming
and diving contest and carried off all
the prizes. He took his degree with
only six weeks reading and not long
after, while skating in Dresden he fell
and was laid up again for six months
In 1876 he became vicar of ST Paul's
church, Onslow square. London, where
he has remained since The church is
the largest supporter of mission work
of any church of England. Eighty-one
y
trained for the ministry, of whom Is
important work done by him is adj
houses. He and his church workers
have on an average 10 speaking en-
gagements every week.
Tuesday afternoon an enthusiastic
meeting was held in the auditorium
,,,b i
of South Africa spoke about the edu
cational work there. The need of
funds was specially mentioned, and at
the end of the meeting nearly 5000
was raised to meet the expenses of
furnishing all the new rooms in one of
the new buildings of DIR. Murray's
school and also to support missionary
in South Africa for one year. Since
the beginning of the conference Mr..
Moody has had $1,000 given him for
the Mortified schools.
Wednesday morning the auditorium (
was crowded again when Prebendary |
ebb-Peploe andDr. Andrew Murray !
spoke. Dr. Webb Peploe talked of the
Peace of God, taking as his text Co |
lossians ills. DR.. Murray spoke on
faith. He gave three phases of faith
idlth slFuSS ing, idlih resllilS' anu
faith conquering. NJ the platform
in the afternoon Rev. DIR.
James Wilbur Chapman of Albany
spoke and PRAYER meeting for Mrs.
Betsey Moody, led by DR.. Murray, was
held in front Of Mrs. Moody's house
late in the afternoon. OF Mrs. Moody's
children five have been ministers and
four ministers wives. DIR. Murray
lad charge of the evening platform
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-16

With all due appreciation to Miss
wilkins literary style. do not think
that her story approaches in sustained
mystery some of Anna Katherine
Green work. You know long before
the end that Phoebe Dole committed
the murder. and her confession comes
as very tame conclusion. indeed.
II DIR. Ponglass in Boston Traveller.
TX Speaker Crisp SAYS he finds no
such interest in bimetalism in Eng
land as he had been led to believe ex-
histed there. He is told that the mem
bership of the bimetalic hague is ran
idly increasing. bat sees no outward
evidence that the idea is taking hold.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-08-29
G, c, BENGENER & BRO.

Mount Arbor of Fremont, Neb, IL
Virginia, Peoria of Illinois, Mary of Ten
nessee, Calvary of Defiance, o.; Reed Of
Toledo,O.; Palestine of Ohio, Oswego, ST.
Bernard and Cour D'Alene of Kansas.
and Muskogee of Indian Territory.
The following communicates arrived at
the New York, New Haven and Hartford
station:
Memphis, Tenn, 80 Knights and IS la
dies; South Carolina of South Carolina,
25 knights and 10 ladies'; Grice of Virginia,
St, Albans of Pennsylvania, 80 knights
and an 20 ladies'; 0ld d Dominion of Virginia.
90 knights and 20 ladies': Richmond Of
Virginia, 20 knights and 40 ladies'; Colum.
bus, De Molay and Washington of Wash
ington, ID. o.; Georgia of Georgia.
Among the Communicates that came
over the Boston and Albany were:
Mount Vernon of Ohio; Vincennes oe
Indiana, Paladin of Minnesota, Ascalos
Of Montana, rerre Haute of Indiana, For~
est City of Ohio, Knapp of Pennsylvania,
Dunkirk of New Jersey, Wisconsin OF
Milwaukee, Ivanhoe of Wisconsin, La.
fayette of New York.
A telegram was received at the head
quarters of the triennial committee that
the st. John commandery of Providence
had reconsidered its determination not
to parade tomorrow and that it will pos
itively appear in line with ranks full. 1t
was stated that the whole affair resulted
from Misunderstanding.
Henry u. Palmer, NJ. p, sovereign
grand commander of the supreme council
of the thirty-third degree Ancient Accent
ed Scottish Rite. for the northern Pa
| cfic jurisdiction of the United States, ar
rived today, and is making his headquar-
| ters with the Wisconsin delegation at tho
New England conservatory Of music.
Chicago Apollo commandery is settled
at the Parker house. In addition to the
regular headquarters ladies' parlor has
been opened in which the wives Of the
| sir knights are entertained lavishly. This
commandery has no special plans for the
week other than to give every visitor a
royal welcome. The cOmmandery will
| disband at the close of the conclaye, and
many of the members intend to spend
the early autumn at the New England
resorts.
Chicago commandery Of Chicago is at
Hotel Huntington, and st. Bernard Of
Chicago Is at Copely Square hotel. The
headquarters Of Chevalier Bayard aud
Montjoie Communicates are at Oxford
hotel.
Among the western Communicates that
arrived this afternoon and this evening
are the following:
Hugh DE Payns of St. Joseph, Mo,
| st. Johns of Springfield, Mo-; st. Louis
of St. Louis, Mo-; st. Albemarle Of ST.
Louis; Toledo Of Toledo; Oriental of
Cleveland, o., and Montana Of Butte,
| Mont.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-08-29

her to fall to the floor, where, with hard
ly a struggle, she had ceased to breathe.
"At first Minnie thought her sister had
only tainted and tried to revive her, but
she found her lifeless and let the body
remain in the position in which found
her. Then came the question of what TO
do?
"We clothed Mamie in a light dress
she had liked to wear, and taking a large
trunk she had brought with her from
Texas placed her therein. l went to
livery stable and obtained a covered con-
veyance, and upon my return engaged
a man to accompany me to the house and
help me place the trunk in the carriage
then drove to the lakeside and waited
until night had fallen, thus appearing 10
parties noticing me, in any, that was
waiting the return of some belated boat
ing party. Then l procured boat at
some distance and took 1T near my walt
ing place, and later, with considerable
trouble, l placed the trunk in the boat
and proceeded about one mile from the
shore. There, in the darkness, passed
beyond the light of this world into the
ever grasping depths of Lake Michigan
all that was mortal of this beautiful
Christian girl. Coming toward the shore
[ Thought it wise ito deposit the trunk
upon another and more remote portion OF
the beach. l did this, and after return
ing the boat drove away and later came
back for the trunk. g,
'aThe housekeeping was broken up and
very shortly thereafter Mr.. Hatch took
Minnie Williams ito Milwaukee, where
she remained in private institution until
later in the summer. The cause that pro-
dueed her unsound mental condition had
then been removed.
'We kept Nannie's things several
weeks, until 1 could obtain time to dis
pose of them. gave some of them to
Pietzel, telling him they were some that
Miss Williams had sent to his children.
The others burned in a stove.
"Another trunk containing books and
pictures was not taken from the express
company's Office when it had arrived,
| and this was the one later returned to
Fort Worth.
"The last I ever saw of Miss Williams
| was in Detroit last fall. and my belief IS
| that she is alive and we'll"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-08-29
FALSE RUMORs CAUSED TT.

Washington. Aug. 26.-NIinister Mion-
light, in dispatch to the state depart
ment from La Paz. Bolivia. July %.
gives the first official explanation of the
disturbance at La Paz on the 18th of
July. which came near resulting in a con-
flict between Peru and Bolivia.
He says it grew out of false rumors
circulated at La Paz to the effect that
the government of Peru had declined the
demand of the Bolivian minister in Lima
for reparatiOn for Peru for injuries in
flidtetlunOn Bolivia during the late revolu-
ton in Peru: that the Bolivian minister
had been given his passport; that the
latter had taken refuge on British
man-of-war and that finally he had been
assassinated. The circulation of these
erroneous statements caused much eX-
citement among some Of the young men
pf Ia Paz who went in a mob to the
building occupied bv the Peruvian consul
general. Victor r. Benavides. stoned the
building. broke down, carried away and
destroyed the consular shield. broke al
the windows and used insulting language
They also stoned the house of Angel M
Del Solarfi Just annointed consul general
brt not officially recognized, broke in the
windows Of the Peruvian club and out
houses stores and business places of
nearly all the Peruvian residents of La
Paz and then subsided.
Mr. MOONLIGHT adds that the press of
La Paz and all the thoughtful, law
abidin" citizens condemn the proceed
ings He also says:
eve can obtain here no further news
from Lima nor from Sucre. so that we
are in the dark as TO the future between
Bolivia and Peru. but I am inclined to
the belief that there will be friendly
settlement of affairs soon"
Gable adyices have since reported an
amicsb.e settlement - -he tronble. ..
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-08-29
CUBAN WAR NEWS.

Havana, Aug. Pa column of 300
Spanish troops, commanded by Lefuten-
ant Colonel Terue, it is announced, re-
Gently attacked the Insurgents Stella and
Angela, who have following of about
$50 men, near Doloritas, in the Remedies
district, in the province of Santa Clara
The so-called American company of the
column charged with bayonets and cap
tured three insurgent positions. The in
surgents lost three killed and the troops
captured twelve saddled horses and one
prisoner, the father of Angela.
Three railroad bridges in the district of
Sancto Espiritu, province of Santa Clara,
have been restored.
During the attack on the fort at Nj
guerra the nsurgent lieutenant Magan
Perez, was killed. The troops lost two
men killed and three wounded. Acord-
ing to details receiver from official sources
regarding the fight at Niguera, Rieter, the
insurgent leader, was wounded in both
arms. 1t is also stated that the insurgent
leader, Alonzo Rivero, with 700 men, has
arrived in the neighborhood of Niguera.
"A column commanded by Lieutenant
Colonel Vale, numbering about $50 men,
has had skirmish with the insurgents