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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01
Domestic.

FORMAL charges have been lodged with
President Mckinley against John U. Smith,
United States Commissioner for Dyea,
Alaska. Specific allegations are made of
usurpation of unwarranted authority of
taking extortonate fees for his services,
and other grave irregularities. An investi-
CATION has been begun and 1t is probable
that his removal will follow. Smith, who
came from Portland, Ore. was appointed
last July,
In a report to the state department, Con-
sui Denison at Woodstock, N. B., says that
since the United States tariff of 1897 went
into effect trade relations between that part
of Canada and the United States have been
at stand still. While freight rates and
the natural inclination of the people are
favorable to the United States the Canadian
manufacturers are more active than hereto
fore, and the trade formerly enjoyed could
be gained only by concessions.
FoRTY-EIGHT men from the interior of
Austria, who were arrested last week by
United States inspectors in the swamps OF
the Mississippi charged with violating the
alien contract law, were taken to Baltimore
and locked up in the immigrant house OF
detention at Locust Point. They will be
sent back to Bremen on the steamship
"Muenchen" of the North German Lloyd
line. The men arrived at Baltimore Sep.
TENDER g. last, and were engaged in cutting
barrel slaves.
FIVE hundred coal miners at Itar City
Ind, have gone on a strike because the
companies refuse to put in inch and a-hali
screens instead of three-inch screens. State
President Knight of the miners organiza.
ton has taken hand. He says that the
strike will be hard one, and that all the
miners in Indiana may again lay down theil
tools. Three hundred block coal miners al
Carbon have also gone ON strike because
the company employed non-union men
Great suffering exists among the miners in
that state.
j. W. WILSON of Louisville, KY, general
manager of the Alaska Commercial Com
pany Of San Francisco, has just returned
from Alaska, having made many trips tc
that country in the past few years. Mr.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01
Foreign News.

The spread Of the bubonic plague shows
no signs of abatement at Poonah, Surat and
elsewhere in India. 1t has extended to
Belgium and Ahmennagur. At the latter
place two-thirds of the inhabitants have al
ready sought safety in flight.
A PASSENGER and ballast train, running
at a high rate Of speed collided at Tourney,
France, last Wednesday. A dense fog pre-
vailed at the time. The shock was terrific
and several cars were ground into splinters.
Twelve persons were killed outright and
many others were terribly injured.
CHINA has appealed to Russia to exclude
Germany from Russian territory. The Ger
man government considers the land occu-
pied by the forces OF Germany at Kao
Chou Bay, Shantun Peninsula, China, to be
insufficient for naval station, and proposes
to enlarge its holdings there, automatically,
II possible.
In speech delivered last Wednesday at
Birmingham, Eng, Right Hon. Joseph
chamberlain, Secretary of State for the
greater part of the coming session Of Par
lament would be given over to the govern
ment measure granting local government to
Ireland. Mr.. Chamberlain also announced
that the government would introduce a
comprehensive measure of army reforms,
based ON a careful consideration of En-.
glands military needs, though without at
tempting to rival Continental armies or to
alter the system of recruiting He said he
considered the army ought to be strong
enough to meet the possible, though inn
probable, emergency Of break down in the
navy.
THE hostility between the Christian social
lists and the social democrats which exists
in all parts of Austria and frequently leads
to sharp collisions between rival partsans,
has recently ended in serious riot at Graft,
the capital city of Sierra, the seat OF i'm
portant cotton and wooden manufactures.
While the Christian socialists were holding
a meeting there last week, the social demo-
Gratis forced their way in, broke up the
meeting and pelted the Christian socialists
with beer glasses. Some of the invaders
threw chairs and several of the Christian
socialists were badly hurt. The promoters
of the meeting rushed from the hall and the
disturbances was continued on the street
outside. The police and military were sum-
moned but were stoned by the rioters.
They then charged the mob with fixed bayo-
nets, killing one person and wounding
many. Ten of the ringleaders have bsen
arrested. Five policemen were badly hurt
during the rioting. Stringent measures
have been taken to prevent recurrence OF
the disorders.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01
Artificial Silk.

Artificial silk is now an article of
trade and as 1t is advisable for buyers
to be acquainted with the means of de-
tecting ii the following from the Deco
rator and Furnisher is worthy of note :
The most effective test is combus-
ton. While natural silk burns slowly
and turns up like horn, at the same
time emitting characteristic odor, ar
tifcial silk burns rapidly when once ig-
nited and smells like burned cotton.
Sometimes the two kinds of silk are
mixed in the same article. Mention is
made in an Austrian paper of fabric,
alleged to be of English make, the warp
of which consisted of natural silk, welt
of artificial The origin of the latter
could not be detected by the eye even
by the most expert connoisseur. Up
on the combustion test being applied,
however, the material burned with ex-
IRENE alacrity.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01

THE most disastrous fire that has visited
London, Eng. in three hundred years ragged
there recently. The fire broke out in a
large block Of buildings lying eastward OF
Aldersgate street and between that
thoroughfare and Red Cross street just
after one o'clock Friday afternoon. The
flames were famed by a strong wind and
were fed by highly infiammable stocks of
fancy goods and flimsy dress materials of
all descriptions, crowding every floor OF
the six story buildings in the old streets, in
view Of the coming Christmas trade. Con-
sequently the confagration gained Roadway
with alarming rapidity and was soon far
beyond any possibility of being checked by
the few engines early on the spot. For four
hours and half the flames had their own
way, and 1t was only after more than q
hundred engines had worked an hour that
the chief of the fire brigade sent the signal
that the fire was under control 1t Ia Off
cially reported that 100 blocks and ware.
houses were ruined and the damage is esti
mated at 1926 900. More than 1900
people were thrown out Of employment
Nearly all the British fire insurance com.
panies are heavily involved, as are many
American companies. The old church oil
st. Giles, build in 1545, in which rest the
ashes of John Milton, was badly scorched
and the general post Office on St. Martins
LIE Grand narrowly escaped destruction.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01
Steering by the Nose,

French newspapers are suggesting a
new system for the prevention of ma
rine accidents, which proposes to place
strongly smelling chemicals in floating
receptacles to be attached to the exist
ing light buoys and bell buoys. Cliffs
and dangerous shoals are very often
hidden by thick fogs, which does not
allow light to penetrate nor sound to
be heard until too late, while the strong
smell of some chemical substances
would be carried far away and would
indicate to the seafarer with keen oil.
factory sense at great distance that he
is nearing dangerous coast.
There are number of strong-smell-
ing salts that might be used, but it is
feared that the distribution of the odor
would depend too much upon the wind.
While sound travels, at least to some
extent, in an opposite direction to that
of the currents of the air, the odor of
aromatic chemicals would never be
waited any other way but that the
wind was Observation-Disclosures Rec
ord.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01
Alaskan Vegetation and Climate.

was surprised to find that a large
number of things are grown in the
section of Alaska which l visited, and
| am certain number of other things
could be grown if interest would be
taken in this respect. People do not
seem to wish to bother with agricultural
pursuits. They are willing to pay 1926
a ton for hay, when they might raise it
there themselves. 1t has to be obtained
from San Francisco or Puget Sound.
g found large number of native
berries growing in the part of the
country l visited, These comprised
blueberries, cranberries and straw
berries. The latter have the finest
flavor for the wild variety that / ever
tasted.
found that southeast Alaska is
very thickly timbered. In the interior
and southwestern section grass grows
luxuriantly. Most of the timber is
spruce.
There is generally mistaken idea
in regard to the climate of the south.
ern coast of Alaska. The popular idea
is that it is very frigid. The coolest it
gets in the coast region is only ten OF
twelve degrees below zero. The cold
est l ever heard a report of there was
thirteen degrees below zero. The an.
nual temperature is not much colder
than it is here. Of course, this is only
the coast region where the Japanese
current washes and warns things by
tropical heat. 1t seldom gets down tt
zero In that region.
Fish and game are pretty plentiful
There are two syndicates engaged in
the salmon canning industry, and they
have their sienes all through the
waters. Washington Star.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01
A LITTLE SUFFERER

Face, Hands and Arms Covered With
Scrofuous 1umors - How a Cure
Was Effected.
"When five years old my little boy had
scrofula on his face, hands and arms. 1t
was worst on his chin, although the sores
on his cheeks and hands were very bad
1t appeared in the form of red pimples
which would tester, break open and run
and then scab over. After disappearing
they would break out again. They caused
intense itching and the little sufferer had
to be watched continually to keep him
from scratching the sores. We became
greatly alarmed at his condition. My
wife's mother had had scrofula and the
only medicine which had helpd her was
Hoods Sarsaparilla. We decided to give
it to our boy and we noted an improve
ment in his case very soon. After giving
him four bottles of Hoods Sarsaparilla
the humor had all been driven out of his
blood and it has never since returned"
WILLIAM BARTz, 416 South Williams ST.,
South Bend, Indiana.
You can buy Hoods Sarsaparilla of all
druggists. Be sure to get only Hoods.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01

Wilson says that the people in the East and
the middle West have but q faint conCep-
ton Of the great number of persons who will
join the rush to the Klondike next spring.
He says that the rush to the gold fields of
California was nothing to what the wild
stampede to the Klondike will be. AL
ready thousands OF people in every state are
getting ready for the trip. His advice to
these prospectors is that they go prepared
to withstand the rigors OF the following win
ter.
A solid gold life size statue of President
Mckinley is to- be exhibited at the worlds
fair in Paris in 1900, If the consent OF the
President to pose for it can be obtained.
This will be the most costly lump of prec-
ious metal the people OF modern times has
ever seen. So says r. ID. Highly of Chicago,
who has been retained by western million
aires to furnish such statue. Mr.. Highly
has gone to Washington to get the consent
OF President Mckinley to pose for the
figure. AS Mr.. Highly took a prominent
part in the headquarters management of the
late national republican camp align, and has
asked for no office, he is confident of success
in his mission. The statue, with the base,
will be about seven foot in height and will
contain bullion to the value of 81 ,050 600.
A REPLY from the Dominion government
has been forwarded to Washington in re-
spect to the negotiations which are now 60
ing on between both countries. The gov
eminent refuses to say what the reply is
until such time as it reaches Mr.. Fosters
hands at Washington, but it is understood
that it is refusal to stop pelagic sealing
for year as the United States requested
The whole question depended upon this
and therefore it would appear that the
negotiations are to fail in their object
However there is report that the Canadian
government has proposed an alternative
proposition for the consideration of the
United States which could be laid before
Congress at its next sitting and passed in
time to deal with pelagc sealing and the
questions of dispute next season.
FRED r. KETCHAM of Chicago was award
ed verdict of $21 666 in Chicago last week
in his suit against the Chicago and North
western railroad for $4,000 damages for
blacklisting. The case Of Ketcham against
the Northwestern company has been on
trial for nearly three weeks, and has been
Of great interest to railroad men. During
the great strike of the American railway
union Ketcham was employed as conduc.
tor for the Northwestern railroad. He
joined the strikers, and the evidence showed
he attended some of the meetings in the in
terest of the American railway union.
Since the strike Ketcham claims he has
been unable to secure steady employment,
owing to the fact that he was blacklsted.
He obtained several positions with other
roads, but after working short time he was
discharged, he alleged, without cause. Not
long ago Ketcham secured employment
with the Michigan Central elevator compa-
ny at Kensington, and moved his family to
that suburb. He worked a short time there
and was discharged.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01
The Old Maid.

She gave her life to love. She never knew
What other women give their all to gain.
Others were tickle. She was passing true,
She gave pure love, and faith without stain.
She never married. Suitors cana and went;
The dark eyes flashed their love on one alone.
Her life was passed in quiet and content.
The old love reigned No rival shared the throne
Think you her life was wasted2 Vale and hill
Blossomed in summer, and white winter came;
The blue ice stiffened on the silenced rl;
All times and seasons found her still the same.
Her heart was full of sweetness till the end.
What once she gave she never took away.
Through all her yonth she loved one faithful friend
She loves him now her hair is growing gray.
George Barlow
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01
Monster Check for Duties on Tea.

Upton, the English tea merchant,
whose name went round the world in
the recent Jubilee season because of
his 1875, 900 dinner to the poor, has just
added another item to the news OF the
world. He has drawn the largest
check ever paid for customs duties. II
was for ESQ, 5l3, lis, 3D., or somewhat
more than quarter of a million dol
lars. 1t represented the duties on one
weeks importations, about 1900 tons.
The weekly consumption of tea in the
whole of Great Britain is about 1900
tons, so Mr.. Upton has business that
can afford II 1926 900 charity once in a
while.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01
Powers of the New Mayor.

The Mayor of Greater New York will
have personal power far exceeding that
of many kings who rule over states no
greater in population. 1t is literally
true this is second in Importance only
to the President of the United States.
He will hold almost supreme power
over population of more than 5000 900
people. The employees of Greater New
will number about $4,000 including
1000 policemen and 1000 in the de-
partment of streets. The salary and
wage list will amount to 1913 900, 900,
and the total expenditure of the city
will be $40, 900, 900 in round numbers.
The trainers of the charter of Greater
New York deliberately placed in the
hands of the mayor centralized author
ity of the most absolute kind. Through
his membership in those boards and
his power of appointment, he controls
ne-fifteenths of the board OF public
improvements and three-ffths of the
board of estimate and appointment. He
appoints the members without need OF
confirmation and has absolute power OF
removal with or without stated cause,
at any time during the first six montl 8
VI
Besides this he appoints great num-
Der of other officers, and these officers
appoints their own subordinates, so
that the personal composition OF almost
the entire city government depends upon
the mayor. He may direct the police
in the enforcement Of the laws, and in
time of tumult or riot he may demand
the assistance of state militia located
within the city. In addition to his
purely executive functions he has an
enlarged veto power upon the munich
pal assembly, and he exercises quail
fed veto power over the state legislation
relating to the city.
1t is literally true that such power for
good or ill was never before placed in
the hands of any one man in this
country.-Selected
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE.

Heat of tenderness and swelling OF part
are all indications that there is need Of instant repair
the stitch in time. Where these symptoms exist
the left the right side Of the womb, disease of the
ovary is setting in and there will be, if there
is not already established, discharge, trihing al
first but later copious and irritating. Soon, also
there will be felt dull, dragging pains radatng from
the ovary.
Do not, my sister, let your maady go SO far, but
those of you who already suffering in this 4
way should begin at once course of treatment II
with Lydia e. Pinlxhams Vegetable Compound. J
1t will restore the organs to their normal con- I
dtion.
In this connection MRS. e. L. MYERS, QUAKE
ake, Pa, says: "My ovaries were badly dis
aased and almost a | su ffered with
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01
THE SUNDAY SUN

Mr.. Cumrox's wife entertains very
brilliantly, said young woman. She
is always being spoken of in the news
papers, but her husband is never men.
toned. There are different kinds of
fame, returned Miss Cayenne. It's
true that MIR. Cumrox's name doesn't
get in the newspapers, but it is to be
found in more ledgers than that of any
other man in the city.
You can tell how old tree is by it's
rings. Yes; and that's the way you
can tell how young girl Is, too.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01

There had been little family jar, and
she was sulking. You have no right to
refuse me, she said. When promised
to marry you l told you that always
wanted my own way and you said that
made no difference. Well it doesn't,
does it? he retorted. You don't get it
do you? Thus it happened that she
called him a mean thing.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01


The doctor told
had not used half bottle
worked with
those who suffering
they need"
her at Iynn
a
who willing
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01

Mrs. Bridewell-I'm glad 1 wasn't
born in France. Just think of having
your husband selected for you by some
body else Mrs. OlAham-I know; but
there's the consolation of having some
body to blame it on to.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01

Willie, what does that man want out
there in the hall2 He's waiting to see
you, but he says there's no hurry.
How long has he been there? About
half an hour. Who is hep He's the
plumber. He's come to do some work
you spoke to him about the other day,
but he says he'll wait till you're-what
are you hurrying for, papa.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01

Snodgrass-My grocery bills are so
heavy that when l saw an advertise
ment which promised to tell how to
save grocers's bills, sent the dollar
right away for the information. Snive.
ly-What method of saving did the re-
ply advise? Snodgrass-It told me to
file them away carefully.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01

PILL-SENsE-It stands to reason that DR..
Agnew's Liver Pills will crowd out OF the
market many of the nauseous old timers.
A better medicine at less than half the price
is all the argument needed 10 keep the de-
mand what 1t has been-phenomenal-forty
doses ten cents. They cure sick headache,
biliousness, and allay all stomach irrita.
tions. AT all druggists.-2S. W. e. Terrill
q Co. and Collins Blakely,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01

Mammal wonder why it is that
George plays and sings 80 much for
Albert since they've become engaged?
She never seems to cease from the time
he comes into the house until he de-
parts. Papa-I guess she wants TO
make sure that he really loves her.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01

He-What homely girl that is, over
there in the corner. She--That is my
sister. He--Is it possiblel Still, Pm
not surprised. You must have been
granted monopoly of the beauty that
was set apart for your family.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01

Maud-Ethel Garlinghorn married.
Well, WE'LL She is one of the last
women in the world ever expected to
see struck by matrimonial lightning.
IreDe-She wouldn't have been only
she married conductor.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01

Ali said the clustering lawyer,
whose client had just been acquitted.
Now that it's all over, would you mind
telling me how you reached your ver-
dict? Certainly, replied the juryman.
We felt sure that ii he had been guilty
he wouldn't have hired you TO defend
him.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills, Bill
Iousness, Indigestion, headache.
Easy to take, easy to operate. 26c.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01

No need to fear the approach of Group II
you have Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil in the
house. Never was a case that 1t wouldn't
cure II used at the outset.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01

Gadsby--Your hair will be gray If il
keeps on. Woolfn-Oh, well, if II
keeps on I'll be satisfied.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01

We know Of no review published in this
country or in Europe, which combines so success
fully as the AMERICAN MONTHLY :he alertness,
sound earey " opinio %'e e, ,s
I knowledge. and we'll chosen English Of the purely
literary periodical The Outlook.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01

the month, Of the political, the
economic, and literary happenings
which are Of value to intelligent
men and women. The Editors
progress of the World " tells SIC
cinetly an illustrated story of the
month. The Leading Articles "