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presented to the Venezuelan Commits
sicn as we'll as to the British Consul, to-
cay, is the most important paper that
has so far appeared III the case. MIR.
Storrow demonstrates that there never
had been any British sovereignty in the
disputed territory; the Dutch never
gained the slightest foothold in the
Crinoco Basin, and therefore never
transferred what did not exist to Great
Britain, and caps his argument by dem
onstrating that the Schombergk line, as
held by Lord Salisbury, was forgery
perpetrated by the British Government
twenty years after Schombergk's death.
Mr.. Storrow says the British claim
has confessedly no basis except occupa-
ton, and the rules of law applied even
to the facts alleged not only give no
support to the British attempt to ex-
tend the boundary, but are specifically
and affirmatively fatal to it. He de-
moliShes the so-called temporary posts
in the Cuyuini Basin and at Barrina
Point by showing that they were trading
stations quickly destroyed by the Span
1sh, who maintained sovereignty over
the region, and proves that the actual
settlements of the Dutch and Spanish
were always separated by $50 miles OF
forest
Mr.. Storrow refers to the Schombergl1
line, and traces its history. Incidentally
he finds that the British blue book leaves
part of sentence out of Schombergk's
memoir therein quoted, which shows
that Schombergk had no idea his line
would amount to anything until its ter
mini at least was agreed upon by the
disputants. Venezuela never agreed to
any of it. The lines marked by Schom-
bergk on the maps published by him
self and by the Government were de-
clared at the outset to be the definition
of British claims merely, but now, says
Mr.. Storrow, no discussion is allowed
by Great Britain
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CALIFORNIA DELEGATION
Issue an Open Letter to the Demo-
cratic Nominee.

ST. LOUIS, July 20.-The California
delegation to the Populist Convention
has issued an open letter to the Demo-
cratic Presidential nominee. w. J. Bry-
an, urging him to go before the country
as the nominee of the Populist party.
1t says in part:
IF you will accept the nomination of
the Peoples party, declaring yourself
Populist, you will become a leader to
whom will rush every citizen, be he sill
Yer Democrat or Republican, and not
only be elected yourself, but also elect
the Congress and law-making people.
II is the opportunity of your life, taken
advantage of, and will, like Lincoln
with the Republicans, send your name
down to history as a savior of our coun-
try by means. of Populism. If you do
not do it, we must in defense of our
principles, put another nominee in the
field. Can you thus be elected?'
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS.
Question of IndorsIng the Democratic
Nominees Discussed.

ST LOUIS. July 20.-The Executive
Committee of the Populist National
Committee were in session the greater
mart Of the afternoon and evening. All
of rho members were present except Nc
parlin Of New York, who is expected to-
morrow. The meeting was CALLED to
consider certain matters of routine
businsss. but when these were disposed
of Senators Stewart and General
Weaver. who are both working jealous
Nv in Mr.. Bryan's behalf, addressed the
committee
senator Stewart asserted that the SEN
.ine.nts of the Chicago convention
were strongly Populistic; that Popuilsm
prevailed there, and that the conven-
ton could have nominated Popuilst
standing on platform made by Popu-
lists. Senator Stewart paid high trlo-
ute TO Mr.. Bryan He explained that ne
had known Mr.. Bryan for long time,
and to his knowledge he had been IN en-
tire sympathy with the Peoples party
for long time.
"Cyclone Davis responded TO Senator
Stewart. particularly remarking that
the stories in the newspapers charging
that the Southern delegates were being
''harmonized'' in their opposition TO the
nomination Of Bryan were having a
very deleterious effect upon the pros
poets of reaching an amicable agree
ment. And if ever these stories take
a personal turn, If anyone be mentioned
by name, there will be - TO pay, said
Davis. A union of the silver forces had
been repeatedly proposed by the Popu-
lists and the Bourbon Democrats had
prevented IL each time. Now" con-
tinued the Cyclone" they propose
union, but it is union wholly within the
Democratic lines and upon Democratic
candidates. We have parted the waves
Of the Red Sea; the Democrats propose
10 walk through dry shOd, and let the
walls of water cover the Populists. but
we do not intend to play the Egyptian
mart in this march to the promised land
we want our candidates upon our own
platform. and we'll divide electors with
the Democrats, but nothing more"
General Weaver spoke in the same
strain as Senator Stewart, and he was
followed by Mr.. Patterson of Colorado
who also urged the committee to use
their personal and official influence tc
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MANY LIVES WERE LOST.
Details of the Late Railway Accident
i'm Jamaica.

BALTIMORE, July 2O.-The steam
ship America, from Jamaica ports,
brings details of the accident on the new
Jamaican railway, recently reported in
these dispatches, and in which severn
teen persons lost their lives and twenty
two were severely injured. 1t occurred
July 18th, near Annato Bay. A loco
motive drawing six fiat cars loaded with
colored laborers, male and female was
descending steep mountain grade.
when the air brakes failed and the train
began a wild flight. Near the bottom of
the grade it collided with locomotive
standing on the track. Seventeen men
were instantly killed and twenty-five
men and women injured, ten fatally.
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Mrs. rlackav's Father Dead.

ROME, July 20.-Colonel Daniel T.
Hungerford, father of Mrs. John w.
Mackay, died at his home in this city
al 1 l a. m. to-day in the presence of the
members of his family, who were sum-
moned to his bedside because of the
serious character of his illness. Colonel
Hungerford had been suffering from a
tumor of the liver, the cause of his
death, for some time. He was born in
New York State, but had resided in
Rome since 1881
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Destructive Fire.

HENDERSON (ky), July 20.-The
Pythian building. Park Theater and
Barrett House were destroyed by fire
this morning. Loss $3.50, 900. The guests
lost all their effects.
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secure the nomination of the Chicago

ticket.
There was some general discussion OF
the subject after these speeches were
made, and an understanding was
reached whereby the delegations which
represent the extreme elements should
be brought together with a view to find
ing some middle ground upon which all
could meet. The effort in this direction
will take definite shape tomorrow
morning.
The full committee will meet tomor-
row morning
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STEEL BUILDINGS AND CYCLONES
(From Harper's WceklvD

The appalling calamity that has fallen
upon St. Louis has given Chicago some
thing serious to think about and consider
ably weakened the hasty assumption that
we need have no fear of cyclones. The as
sumption has been based for the most
part upon the theory that the buildings Of
n great city would so break the force of a
tornado that little damage could result
This theory does not seem to have much
value in the light of the dreadful experi-
ence of st. Louis, and we are forced to
fall back upon the less satisfactory theory
that the proximity of Lake Michigan gives
immunity. But the meteorologists saw
that this view is unsupported by fact: and
we can all remember that Racine, also on
the shore of the lake, was badly damaged
by cyclone not many years ago. Perhaps
the question of greatest practical interest
raised by the ST. Louis disaster Is that of
the stability of the modern form of steel
construction, so largely used In business
structures here and elsewhere Buildings
of this type do not seem to have suffered
much at st. Louis, although It Is cd
that In one or two instances the roofs were
torn away. The architects have a good
deal to say upon the subject, and are gem
orally of tho opinion that the building of
modern skeleton construction would with
stand the fur ~f any cyclone that ever
swept over the prairies. The brick or
terra-cotto sheathing of such n building
would probably suffer and the steel frame.
work get twisted, but the building would
stand, as whole, in the face of any con.
cevable wind pressure.
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THE APPROPRIATIONS.
The EIpensiveness of Both Bodies CritL
cissd by Demo

Washington, June lin speaking of
the work of the present session Mr.. Can
non discusses the various appropriation
bills in detail and says: "As against this
record of reformatory legislation inaugu-
rated by this House 1t has developed that
the present administration of the treasury
department under the discretion vested in
1t by law, has increased, since July /, 1895
the number of employees in the customs
service 33l and raised the compensation of
PSI others, at total cost for nine months
for both of $2O6 3S5,02; that 1t has expended
or incurred expenditures amounting to 81
377i4O for the present year in collecting
the revenue from customs estimated at
Sl65, 5000; whereas for the last whole fis-
cal year 1892 under President Harrson's
administration there was collected under
the Mckinley tariff act sl77,452, 900 of GUS
toms revenue at total cost of only So
607,5l or or 81, 900 more OF revenue and
$4,000 less of expense in collecting It,
when Mr.. Harrison retired from the
White House on March 4, 1898, there was a
net cash balance in the treasury of SPA
12S,O8,SS. On the first day of June of this
year, but for moneys derived from the sale
of bonds there existed an actual deficiency
in the treasury of $40, POI ,062 2s"
Mr.. Sayers. DEM, Texas, the representa-
tive OF the minority on the appropriations
committee, also presented a statement
The appropriations made this session, he
states, as estimated. amount to S5l5 759, $50,
exceeding by S23529,135 the appropriations
made during the first session of the 53d
Congress, and being $1s,75i,329 in excess
of the appropriations made at the last
session of that Congress.
The action of the Senate on appropria-
ton bills he sums up as follows: "The
Senate, organized at the beginning of this
session by a combination OF republican
and populist votes, placing the control Of
the committees of that body in the hands
of the republicans by Its amendments to
the general appropriation bills as they
passed the House. proposed to increase the
sum total Of appropriations by SO, 800, 442
BY conferences between the two houses
this aggregate increase was reduced to
s122S3, 81S So 1t will be seen that IL the
Senate had been allowed It's way in in
creasing appropriation bills, the sum total
Of appropriations at this session &puld
have been raised $10,636,624 above the ag-
gregate as 1t now appears.
II the present Congress had rigidly re-
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fused authority for additional contracts,
and had appropriated only to meet the i'm
mediate or fiscal year requirements under
existing ones, the next Congress and adj
minstration would have been in position
to largely reduce appropriations and ex-
penditures and the administration of the
government could easily have returned to
an economical method of governmental
expenditure. This, however, has not been
done; ana the majority in Congress must
he held responsible for this grave dcrelc-
ton in public duty
The appropriations made by the past
three Congresses and at the present scs-
sion haE been as follows:
Flfty-First Congress, both ses-
SlOnS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81 ,U30 6S0, 100
Fifty-Second Congress both
ses OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1,027 104, Ji7
Fifty-Thlrd Congress, three
sessions OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 9S9,239, 200
Fffty-Fourth Congress, first
session ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. b15,759, 500
BUSY DAY FOR CLEVELAND.
Washington, June 11--Presdent Cleveland
was busy to-day considering and signing
bills rushed to the White House from both
houses OF Congress. His cabinet officers
were with him to give advice on measures
connected with their several departments.
number of bills were not signed and
therefore failed to become laws. These
and those approved will be announced
from the White House tomorrow
How soon the president will leave Wash
ington for Gray Gables cannot be ascer-
tained. 1t was stated to-day that he had
made no plans and that public business
would keep him here for some days at
least.
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JUNE DRILL AT NoRTJrGELD.

Mortified, juno l2.-Thc juno drill and
inspection of the second battalion, first
regiment, Vermont National Guard were
held to-day. Major O. u. Clark command
ing the companies, reported n good at
tendance. There were present Gen. 7. S.
Peck, adiutant general; Gen. ". II. Gil
more, quartermastcr general Col. George
~. Bond, Major ]. n. Mimms, Capt. II. T..
Tutherly, T. S. a., Capt Wells, Cant. l..
n. Wright, Capt. Browncll and Lieut.. II.
w. Hovey. L. s. a. In the afternoon there
was target practice, n review and dress
parade, the companies returning home this
evening. Scrgt. c. y. Tiden OF r. com
pany and Sergt Pattie were promoted
to be lieutenants.
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Headaches should DO cured. not relieved.
Neu-Rol uure1
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OF INTEREST TO vERMoNTERs.

Hoag & Hibbard of Grand Isle have
started the manufacture of barrel hoops in
a shop near S. w. Hoags The hoops
seem to be all right and there Is talk of
putting in stave and barrel head ma
chnery which will be an Industry much
appreciated here as there is a demand for
about 10000 barrels In good apple season,
and there is plenty of good barrel timber
here. AS they have no machinery for
making slaves, an order has been placed
for slaves enough for 10000 barrels, to be
set up for this falls crop, which promises
to be a large one.
Merritt Stow of Middlebury has an oak
cane with an ivory head which was made
In 1866 from part of the cid rigging loft
In New York where the first Methodist
Episcopal meeting was held in America.
1t was once the property Of Philip EN-
bury and Bishop Asbury, coming from
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VERMONT PENSIONS

Washington. June 1.-THE following pen
sions have been granted: Additional Will
liam T. Howard, Brandon; increase, Or
Vile w. Eaton Watsfield; Lucius S.
WhItcomb, West Berkshire; Andrew G.
Squler, New Inven; reissue and increase,
Frances Ash West Randolph; original,
John A. Lochln. Montpelier: original,
widow, Emily II. Bacon, Cabot
Washington, June 12.-The following Yer
mont pensions have been granted: Re
newal and increase Oscar u. Davis of
Hartland Four Corners; restoration and
increase. Orvin r. Ward of Enosburgh
Falls; reissue, Charles w. Ransom of
Hardwick; reissue and increase, Lorenzo
Cheney of Felchville.
Headaches should DO cured. not relieved.
Neu-ROl t,lIrel
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did not hear or see the train in time to get
off from the track.
nnMCIrIl NINn NIrn NfnNrr DIrnI,1 Il

Prof. G.. G. Bonett of st. Johnsbury,
has engaged to make eight balloon ascen-
sons at Lakewood and Lincoln parks,
Worcester, Mass. Two of them will be
night asccnsions with a display of fire.
works He will also make asccnsions at
the Eastern Maine fair, at Bangor.
Miss Mabellc Biggart. daughter of the
late James Biggart, a well known former
resident of Pawlet, and at zone time pro-
prietor of the Bigg1rt hotel at Mort Paw
let, has carried the reputation of being
one of the gifted literary women of the
day She is a native of Kingsbury, N. Y,
leaving there when a child. She was edu-
Gated In the State Normal school at Free
donico, n. Y. became a pupil of Dion
Bouccault and others in dramatic read
ings, and for some years she has held
positions in prominent colleges in the
West, occupying the chair of rhetoric and
oratory in the Colorado state college. For
the past few years she has been gathering
material for her book on the industrial re-
sources of the South.
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ANOTHER CHARGE AGAINST MEDIC

brick OF Kecne. y. H., was here last night
looking. for n Mr.. Neddo who stole a suit
and team here and was captured In Can
ade. Ncddo stole a bicycle and got money
under false pretences in Keene. n. II.
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Rorntgen', Rays

In an interview with a New York
Commercial Advertiser reporter. Mr..
Thos. A. Edison is reported rs saying:
II believe that Roentgen's rays will cf-
feet marvellous cures. feel certain.
for example. that the rays will reach
hydrophobIa cases. If my hypothesis
is correct we shall he able TO put n
stop to the effects OF mad dog bites.
Why may not these wonderful rays
lombard death-dcalinC bacteria which
are found in the lungs Of consump-
tivcs and give them an electric static
quietus: And with regard TO typhoid
fever. yellow fever, malarinl and other
fevers that are largely caused by mi
crobes. rs the doctors say. we may he
able to reach this bacteria and destroy
them by the rays. You can see what Il
tremendous service Roentgen's discov-
er. will be to mankind. If my hypo-
thesis should prove to he correct, the
result will he Il godsend TO the afflicted
and suffering, and especially TO those
who have what is regarded ut present
as incurable diseases"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-03-12
For Country's Sake.
AN INDIAN FIGHTER SUFFERS AGoNlEs
FROM DISEASE.
He Was In the Battle with the Apachss
when Geronimo Was Captured

From the Press. New York City.
Worn with the exposure OF army lift
on the frontier. and poisoned by the
continual drinking of alkaM water
Joseph Flegauf returned to Philadel'
phia eight years ago. broken down In
health and unable to do any work.
He had served nve years with the
Ninth United States Infantry in many
q desperate fight with the Indians In
Arizona and other frontier states and
had won an enviable record. In the
fierce conflict when Geronimo. the
famous chief OF the Apaches. was cap
tured. Mr.. Fleugauf was among the
brave soldiers who. forgetful OF every
thing but duty. charged upon the hos
tile Indians.
Life on the plains sent to an untimely
death many soldiers who were never
touched by redskins bullet or arrow.
and Mr.. Flegauf came near such fato
as that. A long time before his time
was out he was taken seriously Ill, but
he stuck to his post until an honorable
discharge was finally given to him.
When he reached Philadelphia. the
Indian fighter was scarcely more than
skin and bones, and for three weeks he
lay desperately III in hospital. He felt
dizzy, and his stomach felt as IL II had
dried up. These symptoms We're accom-
panied by bloody dysentery, which no
medicine seemed to relieve.
After two years or suHer1nK, Mr.
Flegauf came to New York and was
treated by several physicians. These
did not agree. some calling his disease
catarrh of the stomach, and others
chronic diarrhoea.
In speaking to reporter about his
illness Mr.. Flegauf said the doctors
helped him. but. with all the money he
spent for advice and medicine. he was
able to work only small part OF the
time. Since moving to his present
home, No. 5l7 West Forty-second street.
In New York. about year ago. Mr..
Flegauf has been so Ill that his voice
and hearing almost left him.
Then all medicines failed. and the
sick man had little hope of recovery.
At this critical time DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People were recommended
to Mr.. Flegauf. and. almost as last
hope, he began taking them.
THE beneficial effect of the medicine
was felt at once" Mr.. Flegauf told the
reporter. land before I had taken box
I began to eat with relish. Three boxes
made me so much better that l began
work and have been able to keep At 1t
since, for five months"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain all
the elements necessary to give new life
and richness TO the blood and restore
shattered nerves. They are for sale by
by all druggists, or may be had by mail
from DR.. Williams Medicine Company.
Schenectady. n. Y, for soc per box. or
six boxes for s25
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.,,nror. ,h. wor., of Criminals.

Such exhibitions as we have lately had
as we are now haylng-of public men OF
note making deliberate appeal to the most
brutal Instincts of the populace by ad-
yocacy OF policy OF national aggression
and OF war. afford the plninest evidence of
the low estimate which these spurious pa:
trIots set upon the public intelligence and
morality. II needs, however. but little
training OF the ear to detect the false tone
OF selfish ambition In their blatant drclam'
TO be nearer than It i to deserving the con.
tempt In which they hold 1t before Il could
he deludcd by their dema.ogic arts. But
these political swaggcr>. who seek to breed
suspicion and I'll will between friendly ma
tons, TO cultivate the spirit Of animoslty
and to stimulate evil passions. who dis,
among men. are among the worst Of Grim
lnais. for they aim their blows AZ ciyillxa-
tion ltself.-The Forum.
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Eject of tn. Coal War.

Erie, Colo, Feb. 5.-This place is ex.
periencing a time Of great depression,
even worse than in 1884. Work had
not been plentiful before the coal war
and the cut in prices, and when tina:
came it practically closed some of oui
mines, and now those operated by ths
Peoples Coal company are shut down
altogether.
On the last pay day, February Is, the
company paid only fifty cents on the
dollar, and the men quit work. Several
dates have been named since at which
the miners would be paid, but so far all
have failed, and between fifty and sixty
men are idle as a result.
So there is but one mine, the Longs
Peak, employing about fifty men, now
running, apd it only part time
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One of tho vasarIe. of Memory,

A child Of American parents was
born in Spain, and, although the Lam
guage Of the family was English. she
learned to speak Spanish fiuently. She
then returned to America and went into
a boarding-school where French was
the only language spoken. OF course.
hearing no Spanish, the child gradually
seemed to forget it. Her knowledge of
French was perfect, and that she used
as well as English. When she became
an elderly lady her health failed her.
and she sank into condition of phys
ical and mental weakness. After time
her attendants observed that she seemed
not to understand anything that was
spoken in English, but conversed in
French with ease, and comprehended
whatever was said to her in that
tongue. At last she lapsed into long
interval Of semi-consciousness, during
which she understood nothing. During
the last days Of her life she suddenly
rallied, and her command of Spanish
came back to her, so that she talked
fuently in it and thoroughly understood
it. AS case of mental lapse and pe-
culiarity of memory, this is considered
quite worthy of note.
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Ha IN mond Feels Etsy.

Washington. March 5.-John Hays
Hammond, the American mining en-
gineer, who is under bail at Johan
nesburg, awaiting trial on charge OF
treason, has cabled Secretary Olney as
follows:
please record my appreciation OF
Consul Manion's efforts in my behalf
He has shown wisdom and good judg
ment, rendering me great service.
am well treated by the government
preliminary trial begins next week
l have no fear of the ultimate result
as am innocent of attempting to over
throw the government, although par
ucipatng in revolutionary move
ments."