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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16

general appreciation Of the phenomenal
progress that has been made especially in
the last twenty-five years. hy the Hungarian
nation.
The millennium festivities commenced ON
the I'd of May. On that day the exhibition
was opened by his imperial and royal apos-
tolic majesty Francis the First, king of Hun
gary and emperor of Austria, in the presence
of the princely guests. the members of the
dynasty. the ambassadors of all the civilized
nations accredited to the imperial and royal
court, the members of both houses Of par
lament the Hungarian ministers. the joint
ministers of the monarchy, the members of
the Austrian Legislature. the deputation of
the residential city OF Buda-Pesth. and dep
utatons from all departments and muniri-
pal bodies in the country, and representa-
tiyes of all scientific and literary societies
and institutions of fine art.
On the following day thanksgiving ser
vices were held in all the churches of the
country; all the municipal bodies, institu-
tions, and societies assembled at special
meetings gala performances were given at
the theatres, the programs of which com
prised dramas. plays. and operas which
were written for the OCCASION and which
have horn awarded first prizes in the com
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16

i Egypt. May y The sanitary au-
end medical specialists here regard
Ase in cholera, after the unsuccrss-
made last wint"rto stamp out the
as Indicating an approaching cpl
Fhc chance of an outhrcak is in
y the present heat anl the falling
il.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16
Later.
SDain Yields.

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 1.-THE state
department gave out the following this
morning: "In the Competitor case it can be
authortatively stated that, at the request of
the United States, the Spanish government
will postpone execution of the death sem
tence upon American citizens until the
views of the United States respecting the ap-
plication of their cases of the treaty of 1195
and the protocol Of 1877 can represented and
considered
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16
Favorable Crop Conditions.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 1.-THE May
returns of the statistical division of the de.
partment of agriculture on the condition Of
winter wheat show an increase of sc points
above the April average, being S2.7 against
I'll last month, and s2.9 in May, 1896. The
averages in nine principal winter-wheat
states are Pennsylvania GA, Ohio 55 Michi-
gan 10. Indiana S5, Kentucky n, Illinois 80,
Missouri 81, Kansas 96, California 10O
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16

READING, Mass. May l3 Assistant eng.
neer William L.. Grove retres this week
from active duty As member of the Read.
ing fire department. "f which he has been
member more than l3 wears. For nearly r.
years of the latter par OF his service he has
been n valued member of the board of engi-
necrs. Mr.. Grove is Il veteran fireman He
was born in Halifax \. S.. March 10, 1927.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16
HIS LIFE IN DANGER
Rudyard Kipling Seeks the Prn-
lection of the Law.
Alleges That His BrOthcr.in.Law
Has Threatened to Kill Him.

BRATTLEBORO. VT, May 12-RuLyard
hipllng is in danger of being numbered with
his ancestors, to the sorrow of countless
readers of his mystic stories. His life is in
danger, and he seeks the protection of the
laws of this bCaslly country
hiPling wife was daughter ofan old and
respected lamilyi her elder brother now
dead, was, IN conjunction with Kipling. the
author Of several stories. One member of
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16

For this work NJ. Bouvard was given q gold
medal. His plans for the exposition are
said to omprehrnd the finest in the history
of France.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16
Was i'm Her Tooth Year.

CHELSEA, Vt, May 13-NIrs. Lydia 7, l.
som Hood died suddenly aged 30 wears. 2
months and 90 days. She was n kinswoman
of Mrs. Frances Folsom Cleveland, and was
held in high esteem. Mrs. Hood was born
in 11rAridge: Feb. II, 1897. and was the
third of II children of deacon Jacob and
Mary Fifeld, early settlers,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16
Peace in Nicaragua.

spondent, who is with the Ncaraguan army
in Leon, telegraphs that president Zelaya
has left for the capital. accompanied by II
large body of the federal troops. Many
prominent citizens Of Leon who took part in
the rebellion have pledged their alliance To
the government.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16
American Meats In Germany.

WASlllNGTON. ID. G.. May lit ap-
pears, from information furnished the stat.
department hy consul Warner at Cologne.
that the publication in Germany Of informa-
ton concerning the official inspection of live
stock and their products by the United States
government has had Il good effect Bust
ness in American meat products has recov-
cred. and importers of these products are
printing the Information,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16
COL. D. R. BALLOU,
Candidate For New Commander OF
ThC Grand Army.

PROVIDENCE, r. L., May l2-One of tho
strongest candidates for commander-in-
chief of the grand army of the republic is
colonel Daniel II. Ballou, of Providence, Il.
|. He is one of the foremost grand army
men in the country. He is past commander
of the department of Rhode Island, and will
be Il strong candidate at the annual en-
next September. Colonel Ballou
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16
Compromise in Newark, Nd.

AEk, Y. j May IL The carpenters
lniel in a compromise. and /, 200 men
firn io work. fnc bosses agreed to
h mcn 500 day until Aug. /. and
lereaftcr. with eight hours on Sa.lir-
[he men asked for S2.75 per day, ths
y price.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16
Death of JOseph II, Abbot.

CONCORD, y. H.. May lO-Joseph H. Alb
bot, one OF the best known citizens. died this
afternoon. aged 81. He was n native and
lifelong resident of the city. He had been
actively identified with the Concord ear
riage industry. He leaves two brothers, Ed
ward A. Abbot of Boston. and Francis l..
Abbot Of Concord. and one sister. Mrs. Ger
aid Wyman of Boston.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16

|ORp, \. H., May II Albert |. Foster.
: embez2ling eN-collcctor. pleaded
Atendrre on two indictments in III,
} court at Concord. y. H.. and was
fd hy judge Chase to flvc wears in
D one indictment and two wears ON the
ltter to begin atthc expiration of the
sputcncp
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16

nitaries of the established church, with the
lord mayor of London and other distn-
guished civilians celebrated the establish
mcnt of the Sunday school in Great Britain.
Here in the United States, with its simpler
democracy. the leading clergy. men of all
denominations and the most famous of our
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16
eCk to Recover &IO.NOO.

lON. \. H.. May II The srlrctmcn
Ftiluted suit against Bert l.. Taylor.
htl wears town treasurer. to recover
1t is reported that shortage of
las been discovered in a hasty ex-
on OF treasurer Iaylur's books.
z few recent years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16

FALL RIVER, Mass, May 13-Another
attempt was made to start fire at the cor
ner OF Fifth and Morgan streets, in the CEN
tire of the tenement house district. The
blaze was discovered in John Sloan's livery
stable, about five yards from the spot where
flre was started few nights ago.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16

resulted in an open declaration of hate on
the part of Balestier.
A short time ago kipling was coming from
his retreat on Putney Hill to trade in town.
Balestier had business on the same road and
IT suit of the meeting was the opening of
hostilities 1t is intimated by the prosecu-
tion that Baestier threatened to take Kip
ling's Life Thereupon Rudyard came to
Brattleboro related his grievances, and Bal
estier was brought before Judge Newton, and
a preliminary hearing was held. Balestier
has got 1900 up to not do inj jury to Kipling.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16
When Life Was Sweetest.

GREENVILLE, y. H.. May 1.-THE first
case of diphtheria that has terminated ia
tally occurred yesterday afternoon, when
Hattie NJ. wife of Chas. f. Sawyer. proprie-
tor of the Columbian hotel, succumbed after
brief Illness of n weeks duration. The
case is sad one Il Young wife, who has
been welded just Il year and a week, taken
away in the prime of life.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16

tocol is one of the recorded pretexts through
which Caleb Gushing, under the instructions
Of the late secretary Fish, of the state de-
partment. sought to avoid giving offence to
Spain, while pretending to protect the rights
OF American citizens within the rights of
Americans within territory controlled by
the corrupt Spanish government
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16
Murdered Mt 20.

DURHAM, Ct, May 14-Mrs. Eliza Muir
ply, 20 years old, was brutally murdered in
her home ut night or early morning. Sus-
picion rests on her son. Clarence. There
were four wounds on Mrs. Murphys he ad,
apparently caused by some instrument like
an axe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16
EARTHQUAKES i'm COlombia,

PANAMA, Colombia, May 10-A corre-
spondent in Guayaquil, Ecuador, ,telegraphs
that earthquakes Of some violence continue
at intervals in the mountain provinces OF
Manobi and Bahia. Two slight shocks were
ielt In GuayaQuil last night
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16
Soon Tired OF Life.

JUNCTION. Me. May l2-I.estcr Reed
pn. a boy of II wears. committed sui
hanging himself in an clubhouse on
fn of L. l.. Hardy, for whom he
No cause is assigned for his act.
b good home.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16
Kent at His Post.

HAVANA. Cuba, May 3-The report that
captain general Weyler threatened 10 resign
in case the Spanish government interfered
in the Competitor case is probably true. 1t
Is understood. however. that his resignation
was refused and he ordered to remain here
and prosecute the work of suppressing the
revolution.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16

PROVINCETOWN. Mass. May PA
granite and bronze tablet. marking the spot
where the Pilgrims first landed on these
shores, in 1920. has been unveiled with ap-
propria g ceremonies in front of the town
hall.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16
Favor Nicaragua Canal.

WASHlNGION.D c.. May 1.-THE house
committee on interstate foreign commerce.
by a vote OF seven to four. ordered fav,
ably reported tn" Nicaragua canal hill
amendments.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16
Commanded The Tennessee,

SAVANNAH. Ga. May 12-Captain J. b..
johnson. commander of the confederate
ram Tenn ssee. and the ranking surviving
officer of the confederate navy died here
recently.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16
Adams 4 Pettinpell ASSIGN.

AMESBURY. Mass, May 12-Adams 4
Pettingell, the big shoe firm which has been
in financial difficulty for week past. made
an assignment TO {. NJ. Burnham, of Chand-
Ter Burnham Of Hayerhill. The liabilities
are about sl2S.O The assets are unknown
At the present time
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16
To Kill King Hum bert.

LONDON, England, May PA dispatch
received from Naples 10y news agency
says that an anarchist plot to murder king
Humbert has hecn discovered there, and
that n number of arrests in connection there
with have been made.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16
TRIENNIAL GATHERING.
Eighth international Sunday School
Convention in ROSton

BOSTON, May 1.-THE eighth nterna-
tional SUNDAY school convention. which is
ais" the thirteenth national. will he held in
the new and beautiful fremont temple Bos-
ton. June 23-G. 1t is II tricnnial gutherin.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16
500 Acres of Woodland RurneL

NEW BEDFORD. Mass. May I2-Fores,
fires destroyed about 500 acres of woodland
In East Fairhaven. BY hard work the fire
departments of Tairhaven and Mattapoise:,
succeeded in saving several houses AMI
barus.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16
To Bridge the Morse River.

BATH, Me-, May l4-At town meeting
at Phippsburg, it was votedt to build a bridge
over the Morse river, thus making continu-
Gus beach drive from Popham beach to
Small point.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16

fought bravely mt fredericksburg and was
promoted lieutenant in 1868 for gallant con-
duet in the Kentucky campaign. He has al
ready occupied many official grand army
positions and his friends believe he will ba
acceptable as commnnder-in- chief to the vet
Grams in September.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16

her family is younger brother, whose csca-
pades have caused her and her noted hus-
band much trouble.
Beatty Balesti"r. the alleged burr under
the saddle carries on II small farm Il short
distance above this town. He is a bright
capable man. Some time ago Kipling made
brOthery advances toward him. and offered
to straighten his affairs which had become
somewhat tangled. if he would leave his
path of roses and thistlcs. To Kipling's en-
treaties Balester turned Il deaf ear and was
sadly ruffied In temper. the rri1les inrroas-
ing until open rnmity was apparent, and
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-06-17
Republican Number One.

The adjournment of congress to-day
or tomorrow will release Mr.. Reed of
Maine for time from engagements
which he has steadily regarded as more
important than the promotion of his
own political fortunes. The nominee
of the convention at St. Louis will owe
to the speaker of the republican house
of representatives in the Fifty-fourth
Congress a debt of gratitude which can
not be expressed in Arabic numerals or
measured with yardstick. The re-
publican party itself will be under obi
cations to Mr.. Reed for service of
the first magnitude, not the less con-
spicuous because it has been rendered
ungrudgingly AS matter of course,
and in a spirit of loyal, stawart, gener-
Gus sef-sacrifce which has no recent
parallel.
When congress met, in December,
Mr. Reed was candidate for presi-
dent. He was also the choice of his
party for an office of extreme difficulty,
that of speaker of the house at SEES
sion preceding a presidential election,
and manager of an unwieldy and eager
majority elected in tidal wave year.
In the preceding house the democrats
had numbered PIT and the republicans
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-06-17
SOLDIERS BUDGET,
John Wilkes Booth.

SO many stories have been published
concerning the final disposition of
Booths remains, writes an old soldier
in an exchange, that / must state what
saw and know about it. Some ac-
counts have treated the subject as q
mystery the government was deter
mined to maintain, while others in
sisted that the body was carried down
the river and bay by night, and thence
out to sea, where it was sunk forever
out of the sight and knowledge of men.
Nine years after the assassination met
in Europe an Englishmpn who declared
and offered to wager that Booth was
then alive aud in India. He "knew
all about it," of course; but he eventu-
ally decided not to lose tue considerable
number of pounds sterling be had Of
fered to risk when / engaged to pro-
duce an authenticated extract of the
proceedings of the commission. The
facts, with which / was well acquainted.
are these: After the adjournment of
the commission the remains were, in
my sight, sewn up in navy blanket
and passed over the side of the vessel
into a small boat manned by two per-
sons, one of whom was rowing, and who
had been detailed by Colonel Baker,
with instructions which they kept to
themselves. The boat proceeded down
the Anacostia and disappeared around
the point in the direction of the United
States arsenal, now the artillery bar
racks. In these grounds was the old
penitentisry, within the walls of which
the conspirators were subsequent fly
confined tried, and four of them exc
cuted. The officers on duty at the
arsenal were we'll known to me, two Of
them being my relatives. A short
time subsequently one of these told e
of the receipt by him of the body, and
its interment in cellar under the peni-
Tertiary building on the day saw the
last of it. Several years afterward, as
is now well known, the govern.
ment turned it over to the family, and it
is now resting in their cemetery plot in
Baltimore.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-06-17

121. When he took The ~, axe $ Oh ir
and brought down his gave, On he
desk, Mr.. Reed fac d a house in which
there werr 24S republicans aud only
104 democrats. 50 huge was the ma
jority for whose acts Mr.. Reed became
in a certain sense responsible that one
half of tie republican representatives
might have remained away from Wash
ington from the beginning OF the ses-
sion until its end, and yet have left
safely working margin of votes over the
entire democratic strength. That, in
deed, would have rendered the speak
er's task comparative easy. As it was,
all Of the restraints and incentives to
cautious and concerted action that go
naturally with narrow majority were
absent.
What wonder tina the Hon. Thomas
Bracket Reed has hardly had time
since the first of December to remem-
Der that he was q candidate for the re-
publican nomination in Junel With
characteristic self-abnegation aud fidel-
ity to trust, he has devoted his inn
mense energy to the performance of
his duty to his party, regardless of con-
sequences personsl to himself. How
we'll he has performed that duty the
record of the session already shows;
and the value of his services will be-
come even more apparent when the
presidential canvass begins in earnest.
If mistakes have been prevented, if
Scylla has been avoided without run
ming into Charybdis, if schism and dis
ruption have not occurred to weaken
the party for its approaching contest,
if the dangerous quantity of dynamite
there has been in the republican house
for the past six months is stil unex-
ploded and available for use against the
democratic party this summer and au-
tumn, if the republican cause has been
safeguarded so far as the repu )lican
congress is concerned, the nominee of
the St. Louis convention and the whole
republican organization can thank the
Hon. Thomas Bracket Reed of Maine.
True, his own private candidacy
for the nomination for president has
suffered while he was looking out for
the interests of all the other candidates,
but the speaker does not seem to care
much for that.
Very likely he will fail to get the
nomination himself this year, but he
has made possible, if not certain. the
election Of another republican. This
is Mr. Reeds achievement for 1896.
He is probably content with it. Incl
dentally, he has become the most con-
spicuOus parsonage in his party, no
matter who shall be the PRESIDENT
New York Sun.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-06-17
Republicans in the Last Congress.

In summing up the work done at the
session of congress just closed, writes
our Washington correspondent, the
republicans find nothing to reproach
themselves with, although they may re-
greet that the senate did not pass sew
eral important bills which the house
passed. The republicans of the house,
the only branch of congress controlled
by the party, can return to their con-
stituents with the proud boast-if it be
Boosting to state the literal truth-that
so far as their votes are concerned
they have filed every pledge made by
the party platform upon which they
were elected. Needed appropriations
have been made for internal improve
ments, although it involved the over.
throw of the presidential veto to do it;
harbor defences and the continued
strengthening of our navy have been
provided for; the pension laws have
been amended in the interest of Justice
to the old soldiers, and other desirable
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-06-17
Obeyed His Orders.

An Irish member of the Sixth Regi-
ment, South Carolina Infantry, was
stationed on the beach of Sulivan's
Island, with orders to walk between two
specific points, and to let no one pass
without giving the countersign. He
was one of those soldiers who believed
in obeying orders to the letter. Two
hours after Hugh had thus been sta
toned, the corporal with the relief APP
peared in the moonlight, and was as
tonished to see Hugh walking to and
fro up to his waist in water. The tide
had come in. who goes there?"
demanded the sentinel. "Relief,"
answered the corporal. Halt, reliefl
Advance, corporal, and give the coun-
tersign." "But l am not coming in
there to be drowned. Come out and
let me relieve you" "Never a bit,"
said Hugh. "The liftenant told me
not to leave me post" swell, them"
said the corporal, starting to move
away, "you may stay there all night"
Haiti" Numbered the sentry. "Pll
put hole in We if you pass without the
countersign, "and he cooked and leveled
the gun. "Confound you and the
lieutenant" answered the corporal.
" Everybody will hear it if bawl it out
to you" "Yis, me darling, and the
liftenant said it must be given in
whisper. In with ye; me fingers on
the trigger" There was nothing for
the corporal to do but to wade out
where the faithful sentinel stood. Be
jabbers," said that worthy, it's well
you've come! The dirthy tide has al
most drowned me-"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-06-17
Wise Words of Lincoln.

GOLD is good in its place; but living,
patriotic men are better than gold.
GOD must like common people, or he
would not have made so many.
l AM indeed very grateful to the
brave men who have been strugglin
with TIA, "semy in the field.
THIS country, with its institutions,
belongs to the people who inhabit it.
GENERAL GRANT is copious work er
and fighter, but very meager writer
and telegrapher.
LET US have that faith that right
makes might, and in that faith let us,
to the end, dare to do our duty as we
understand it,
THE reasonable man has long since
agreed that intemperance is one of the
greatest, if not the greatest, of all evils
among mankind.
THE purposes of the Almighty are
perfect and must prevail, though we
erring mortals may fail 10 accurately
perceive them in advance.
OF the people, when they rise in
mass in behalf of the Union and the
liberties of their country, truly may it
be said: The gates of hell cam OF
prevail against them"
IAPPEAL to you again to constantly
bear in mind that with you (the people,
not with politicians, not with presi-
dents, not with office-seekers, but with
you-is the question, Shall the Union,
and shall the liberties of the country be
preserved to the latest generation2
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-06-17

He that knows nothing doubts of
nothing.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-06-17

legislation, such as the bill providing
an educational test for immigrants, the
bankruptcy bill, the labor commission
bill and the revenue bill, which would
have wiped out the deficit had it be-
come law, have been passed by the
republicans of the house. Mr.. Dingley
truly said: "The house has been
working steadily since the session
began, and has done more work than
many sessions which have lasted three
months longer" IT the republicans
had controlled both branches of con-
gress the fear that there will be another
issue of bonds before congress meets
again would not exist, because there
would have been legislation to make it
unnecessary.