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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-09
Child's Dreadful Deed.
Burns out His Baby Brothers Eyes
with u Poker.

The Chicago papers tell a story Of peculiar and
almost unheard of horror Of its kind Russell
Freer, the two and one half years old son of poor
parents, living at 2l96 Thirty ninth place in that
city, burned out the eyes Of his ten months.old
brother with redhot poker Tuesday and the
doctors cannot tell whether the child will live.
The eyeballs and eyelids of the baby were de
stroyed, the checks and forehead badly scared
and the iron almost penetrated the brain. The
strange deed was committed during the absence
of the mother, who heard the infants screams Of
agony as she was returning home, ana running
into the room the boy sitting astride his
brother 5 body with the heated iron IN his hands
and laughing in fendish delight The child
heated the poker twice In the stove, holding it to
the infants eyes until ii became cold OF course
the child has no realization OF what 1t has done
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-09
An Indian Tribe Claims Title to a Part
of 100000 Acres of Land.

Simon Pokagon, chief of the Pottawattomie In.
dams, who at one time lived near La Grange
Ind, is preparing to prosecute claim against the
United States government on 100000 acres of
land IN Iowa, which was reserved by the govern.
ment by treaty in 1896. This land reserved for
the main nations of the Pottawattomes Chief
Pokagon and his Tribe by stipulation in the treaty
remained in Michigan but were given title 10
their share of the Iowa grant This Western land
was afterward sold back to the government by
the main nations but the tribe which remained in
Michigan was never paid for its share. They
also claim title to certain band reserves and indi
vidual reserves, which will be included in the
claim. Chief Pokagon a short time ago received
payment for a claim of Flls, 900. which was divid.
ed among his tribe.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-09
THE NEWS In BRIEF.
Collapse of the Apple Boom.
thousands of Barrels of the Fruit Are
ROttlng In the Pits.

Rottlng In the Pits,
Inc western states are experiencing one of TN,
greatest collarses in the apple boom ever known
80 great has been the fall in prices Of onnlss r.
Tue Iast lew weeks that local commission MOI,
are unable to sell the fruit brought ON from, ,t
North and East for enough to nav tbe sbinnin,.
charges Thousands of barrels are rottinnr "L
Colu storage IN tie East. Hundreds Of buS6ni.
2le ,tlhg DUMPED into the Missouri river Fi,,
.ue Iocal growers find that Il does NOT ua,, tbsn,
10 maui Their apples to town and ara alinvcin'
.nv.il 10 r. IN the pits. When the annie boom
was lauhched some time ago fruit growers ali
over the country thought that there would he M,
enormous rise 10 prices all over the West A.
!tsul the Northern and Eastern growers burrieJ
tler irut TO the Western Storages and nlornd
ne SAT- IN the hands of commission men Nrar
y every cold storage was Hooded
81 UesInhlng or the collapse in the boom was
we discovery that the apples were not krepini,
wen Gar loads Of them had to be taken ont If
ine storages and sold for what they wouid hrinl
IriSes negan to fall rapidly. Now the growers
~ ~ tIe North and East have made the sorro,yful
discovery That they will not get one cent for their
apples and they will be in luck if they do nnt
nave TO pay the charges for shipping The an
pe-RroWers OF Missouri who devoted acres To
the planting OF apple trees have learned that
thelr trouble was all for nothing, and are now
!eeulhg the fruit to the hogs. The loss caused by
Ihe collapse will reach millions and will be felt
West N''''S' ia 'hV
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-09
SRIlors Say She Is Haunted.

The American barkentine Herbert Fuller, the
theatre of a triple ocean tragedy, FOR which the
mate, Bran has been sentenced to die, sailed
from New York Tuesday for Port Natal, South
Africa She is to be commanded on this voyage
by Captain +. l.. Nash, brother of Captain Chas
/. Nash, who. with his wife, was murdered at sea.
Now they tell us the usual strange stories on the
Fuller, at which Captain Nash laughs grimly.
From the locked cabin Of the alleged haunted
barkentIne Seafaring men say, shadowy forms
emerge, night after night, chasing one another
up the ladder by the wheel, across the cabin roof
and down the poop ladder To the deck.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-09

The Westminster Gazette London says that
Father Smullen, the Roman Catholic priest, the
friend and legatee Of Isabel Murphy of Califor
MIA vino died in London from alcoholism on
March -, has refused to accept the fortune Of
500 900 left to him by Miss Murphys last will
and has requested that a former will dividing the
money among Miss Murphy's relatives be acted
upon Miss Murphy daughter Of the late
Daniel Murphy of san Francisco, and a sister OF
Lady Woseley and Of the wife Of Don Florenco
l.. Domnguez, first secretary of the Argentine
legation in London. She lived in the same house
friend
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-09
The Same...
Old SarsapariIIa.

That's Ayers. The same old
sarsaparilla as it was made and
sold by DR.. J. c. Aver 90 gears
ago. In the laboratory it is
different. There modern appli-
ances lend speed to skill and
experience. But the sarsapa-
rilla is the same old sarsaparilla
that made the record-5O gears
of cures. Why don'tw better
it? Wei, we're much in the
conditi'.i' of the Bishop and the
raspberry: " Doubtless, " he
said, "God might have made a
better berry. But doubtless,
also, He never did. " Why
don't we better the sarsaparilla?
We can't. We are using the
same old plant that cured the
Indians and the Spaniards. 1t
has not been bettered. And
since icc make sarsaparilla COM
pound out of sarsaparilla plant,
we see no way of improvement.
OF course, if we were making
some secret chemical compound
we might But we're not.
We're making the same old sar-
saparilla to cure the same old
diseases. You can tell it's the
same old SdrsdpdriIIa be-
cause it works the same old
cures. It's the sovereign blood
purifier, and-it's flyers.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-09

The human tenement is often haunted-to the
grievous discomfort of its possessor-by those
malignant spirits, constipation and biliousness
But the abominabe pair may be speedily driven
out with the potent help Of Hostetters Stomach
Bitters. This genial Alternative, while il relieves
the bowels and regulates the liver, never, as
drastic purgatve does, produces violent effects
and weakens the intestnes. On the contrary. the
action of the Bitters is precisely analogous to an
effort of nature seeking to resume her proper
functions This furnishes pretty conclusive evil
denCe that II is better TO use persuasive means, so
TO speak, than to endeavor to coerce nature to a
return to duty, Violent remedies produce only a
temporary effect, followed by hurtfu reaction.
For Indigestion, malarial and kidney complaints,
rheumatism and nervousness, the Bltters takes
highest rank among remedies of the philosophic
school,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-09
Chicago Savings Bank Fails.

The Globe savings bank at Chicago did not open
its doors Monday morning Later the Chicago
title and trust company was appointed receiver
The capital stock Of the bank is $4,000 A few
days ago an assessment Of 80 per cent its CAPT.
tai stock was made and II is supposed the tardY
on the part Of stockholders is the cause
of the collapse The stock of the bank is held en-
trely in the East. A large block Of it is held in
Nashua. y H. Several New Hampshire savings
banks hold stock in the Globe bank The Nashua
savings bank the Milford savings bank and the
Wilton savings bank are included in the list.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-09

David Jones. a wealthy bachelor, who was
assaulted and robbed by burglars of 5000 in cash
at his home in Waymore, Neb, last week, has
died from his injuries. The robbers burned and
bruised him horribly, thus forcing him to reveal
where he had secreted his money.
II. T. King, ~, had his left arm blown off at
the elbow, his right hand badly mangled. his face
lacerated and a fatal wound inflicted in his groin
by the premature discharge of a blast OF giant
powder, which he was using to blow up stump
In field on the Ellis farm, II miles north Of Sc
dalia, Mo-, April ?.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-09
"Dr. CORNWALL" docs" bennington.

Bennington people have been victmzed re-
Gently by an impostor who claimed to he DR..
Cornwall Of New York. DIR Cornwall" and his
wife secured quarters at one Of the most fash
onable boarding houses in the village and as
they were good looking people they made friends
quickly. Or CORVALLIS business was ostensi.
bly,, TO introduce new remedy. Last Saturday
he went to Rutland, as he said to get his medi-
cine. Before leaving he paid his board bill with
a draft on New York, receiving the balance in
cash. Three days afterNard the woman went
out and has not been seen since The draft has
come back from New York, indorsed mot
known"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-09

letter received from a reliable source in st.
Petersburg says that the Gar is mentally in a
very bad condition. According to common re-
port, he keeps himself shut up in his bedroom
day after day and has become very morose, speak
ing TO nobody unless compelled to do so in order
to make known his wants His mother, the do
wager cZarna, who formerly had more influence
over him than any one else, is now not only I'M
able TO control him, but is unable TO see him.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-09
AvaIanches In Cascade Range.

A Tacoma Wash, despatch says: An unprece-
dentedly heavy snowfall is the cause Of the ire
mendous avaanches which are sweeping down
the sides Of the Cascade mountains during the
spring thaws now in progress Two miners were
caught by an avalanche in Glacier Basin and kill
ed last Friday. At Monte Crsto there are 70 feet
of snow on the ground Several large mines in
the Monte Crsto, Silverton and Trail Creek dis.
tricts are shut down because OF deep SHOWS.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-09
Robbers Assault Messenger BOY and
Secure S35OO---One of the Robbers
CaDtured,

Christopher Schultz, IS. a messenger for the
wholesale clothing firm of Kuhn, Nathan & Fisch.
er of Chicago, was robbed of $500 Friday morn.
ing by Edward Wilson, driver Of delivery wag-
on for the firm. with two confederates who
Knocked the bow in the head with a billy Schultz
was afterward bound and gagged and was left
lying unconscious in the bottom Of the wagon,
while Wilson and his confederates escaped The
boy had been sent to the bank to cash a check for
$500 with which to pay the cutters of the con
Germ, and returning with Wilson as usual
carrying the money IN satchel. The police cap
tured man named Grant, one Of the robbers
He admitted his completely in the crime on his
person was found $500.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-09
Two Hens Eggs in Court.

The pettiness which can be shown and the
haste of people to rush into court was illustrated
Monday morning in the district court at Green
field when Dwight Billiard, an old blind man of
Rowe, complained of Charles Hicks, the son Of
AdnR Hicks, for the alleged larceny of two hen 5
eggs The boy was acquitted and reprimand
administered by Judge Lyman to Billiard for
bringing such trivial complaint The clerk was
ordered to withhold witness fees from Billiard.
The warrant was issued by c. c. Wheaton, one of
the Rowe seectmen The cost to the county was
nearly $40 for witness fees and several dollars
more for charges to officers.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-09
ONrord tic Winner.

The iith annual boat race between crews repre-.
senting the universities Of oxford and Cambridge
rowed last Saturday over the usual course. from
Putney to Mortlake, distance Of four and one.
quarter miles, was won by oxford with barely
two lengths to the credit Of the dark blues The
victory plra>es the Harvard men In the United
States as Coach Lehmauu's methods are closely
identified with those of oxford. The tim was
~ minutes, II seconds.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-09
ONT PHOENIX, BRATTLEBORO FRIDAY, APRIL g. 1897
Spanish News.

We have been told once during the past week
that Spain has crushed the nsurrection in the
Philippine Islands and is about to Withdraw her
troops and send them to Cuba. Yesterday news
came Of another great Spanish victory in those
islands, and side by side with il despatch from
Madrid saying that reports have been received
here from Manila that military operations against
the Philippine insurgents are about to be sus.
pended because Of the lack Of Spanish forces to
continue the campaign
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-09

Smith college gets $4,000 by the will OF Eliza \
Haven of Portsmouth, n. H., which was pro
bated Monday.
Lyman Cutting and wife, while driving across
Harris crossing in Shirley Friday, were instantly
killed by an express train for Boston, Their
MIR and Mrs. Cutting we're married about two
months ago and lived near the crossing Flag
man Curley narrowly escaped death in trying to
save them.
The horse barns on the grounds of the Frank
lin agricultural society at Greenfield were burned
Sunday afternoon. The high board fence sur
rounding the grounds took fire, and about a
fourth of a mile of it was burned. The barns
contained a quantity of lumber and various ap
planes that We're used about the grounds. The
fire was caused by boys playing with fire near
the barns The loss is estimated at $1,000 to
$780, insured,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-09

Constipation is positively cured by Carter's
Little Liver Pills. Not by purging and weaken
ing the bowels, but by regulating and strengthen
ing them. This is done by improving the diges
ton and stimulating the liver TO the proper score
ton of bile, when the bowels will perform their
customary functions in an easy and natural man
ner Purgatiye pills must be avoided. Ask for
Carriers Little Liver Pills. Price 25 cents
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-09

Prompt relief in sick headache dizziness
nausea, constipation, pain in the side, guaranteed
TO those using Carter's Little Liver Pills. One a
dose, Small price. Small dose. Small pill
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-09

Harsh purgative remedies are fast giving way
to the gentle action and mild effects of Carter's
Little Liver Pills If you try them, they will GER
tainly please you.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-09
Two Brothers who Would Initiate Jesse
James Hanged.

Ernest and AliX Bance, brothers, were hanged
at Lafayette, La, Friday. They displayed no
fear of death. Ernest made a speech from the
gallows in which he cautioned all bad people TO
listen to the advice OF their betters. The crime
for which the Blances were hanged was the muir
der of Martin Bagnaud, merchant, at Scott,
wear ago The boys we're working on farm and
had often been befriended by Bagnaud. few
weeks prior to the murder they read the life Of
Jesse James and resolved to become outlaws.
one night they found Bagnaud alone in his store
and at the point of a pistol he was bound and
gagged. They secured $500 from his safe and
then killed him by stabbing him 81 times. The
bows went to France and from there to Califor-
mia, and finally drifted back to Lafayette. Some
thing aroused suspicion against them and they
were arrested. They made full confession.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27

US, and send our bread and meat IN
ieed their people while they are man.
ulaclurlng our cotton? So far as
'rade ana commerce are concerned
our exports aud imports were greater
under high tariff than low one
some people say 81 am In favor of n
moderate tariff, but not so high as the
Republicans have made" am. bv
the lari1 as am by the levees. You
want a leVee for protection rom over.
How, Now, leVee that is not above
high water mark is not much on the
protection, and if the Ievee is bigb
enough to give protection, you don't
care how high t is. Now, am this
Kind OF prOteGtionlst. | believe in a
larn high enough to give our manu-
lacIurers full control Of The home mar.
ket, Mr.. Cleveland, in his celebrated
message in 'S7, said, "you must reduce
the duties below a rate that wouId
cover the difference in wages in this
country and give the manufacturers a
liylng profit" that is as much as any
prott clionist asks. But Mr. Cleveland
was an Eastern man, aud he wanted
Tree raw material-wool, iron and
Goas-so as 10 favor the East. If you
remember, Boston iron mauufac.
lurer closed in 1899, because he said
he could not manufacture iron, and
brlhg The crude iron from Pittsburgh
and compete with the Pittsburgh
manufacturer; but if he had free iror, |
be could, Mr.. Cleveland wanted TO help |
him, The same fact applies to wool |
and coal Now | am this kind of
mall believe IN protecting tue Uni
ed States against the rest of the world |
i believe in that policy thst Will fa-
lor the Mississippi Valley against the
East, aud the country West Of The Mis-.
lssippl against all the balance OF the
J. .S.-Arkansas against auy other
State, Phillips Comfy agsinst any
'lher County i'll be State, and Helena
gainst the world, the flesh and the
levil. | want high tariff on iron SO
s to induce capital to come West and
'Uuth to establish their Manufaclur
ss. l want duty on wool SO farmers
an make money laising sheep. A
lrlh on hides so that cur people will
c induced 10 take care of their hides.
am in favor of high tariff, or boun
on sugar, so as to iudYice our peo.
le to raise sugar instead Of cotton,
nd put in everything else as an ad.
antage to the cotton raiser In cou- ,
usion, | do not know that you will
ven read this, but it y III cost you
olhing. | hope you will read aud !
roit by It. OF course it is not for !
lbiicatlon, but that as you please. |
JAMES B. MILES. E
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27
MAHOMET AND THE MOUNTAIN,

Not only are the cotton mills OF the
Northeast beginning to move to the
South, but even IA England feeling
OF unf siness because of the competition
OF Southern mills is beginning to pre-
vail, and 1t is not improbable that IN
Time great part of the capital now
employed in English manufact ories
may be diverted to the cotton States.
The London Times makes the follow.
ing significant announcements in
this connections:
"Ihe capital invested in the cotton IN.
dustry of the North of England is esti.
mated at G60,0O0,0OO, Taken as
whole, 1t has been losing money for
some uncertain length OF time. The
executive of the Master Spinner's
Federation declares that the position
OF the Lancashire cotton trade as
Whole was never so ruiuous to EN-.
ployers as now, nor the prospect so
discouraging. The history of the
Trade, they say, may be searched in
VAIN for an adequate parallel of mis-
fertuue. The cotton famine of thIrty-
llVe years back was an appalling ekper-
lence for the wage-earners, for their fam
lilies, and for all in any way dependent
on them Tor he means of living: it
was disastrous time for capital as
well as for labor; but When the famine |
came to au end, alleyated as it had |
been IN some respects by The charity
OF be whole kingdom, there was at
least lbe cousolation chat Lancashire
supremacy in the world OF cotton re-
manned a fact, and the trade could re-
sume its course of expansion when the
material for manufacture was again
attalnable Now the case is changed
altogether, English traders Ind more
and more that the foreign consumer
Of their production is, however willing
to buy as Of old, barred from doing so
by protective tariffs in the interest of
Ills neighbors and compatriots. Con-
rary 10 British example, the foreigner
cts himself be taxed by the mil0wn.
BIS at his own gates, the cheaper pro-
tuct OF the English mills is sealed from
lin, and while foreign prices are thus
lpheld England finds rivals in place
If customers. These, of course, are
5eneralities, and to generalilies there
re exceptions England may for the
Inc being, do roaring busiues iu
he machinery exports that are so
ecessary to the foreigners enterprise.
Week by week these exports, 1t has ;
een said, equip new weaving or
pinulng mill somewhere abroad with
be best appliances for competition
With the cotton industry at home"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27
A Quite Absurd Young Lady.

Miss Jennie Taylor Of Fon du Lac,
a member of q society of that city,
made her descent last night on New
Orleans, The object Qf Miss Taylor
in visiting ls is alleged to be to nurse
he sick. The fair visitor will please
excuse US if we remark that she has
done very foolish thing. If her OBJ
ject in visiting our city were to enjoy
Its salpbrious climate, its novel aud
interesting features and Its delight
full society, we would esteem her
very seusible girl, But positively, we
have no earthly use for nurses from
abroad. Thore is no pestilence scourg-
ing our people. We have in super
abundance all the nurses, doctors aud
medicines we can tiud any use for, and
there was no earthly use In the young
lady putting herself TO the expense
aud trouble of coming here and per-
haps of contracting a headache a8d
haokaehe with fever.
Of course the.object of Miss Taylor's
visit Is notOriety. She imsgines she
has done very heroic act, while in
fact she has done very foolish act.
We admire heroism, it always cspti.
Yates our imagination apd commands
feeling. But we have a supreme ceu-
tempt Tor the growing desire of mod,
ern women for notorioty. 1t is quite
probable the young lady imagined
that she was inCurring great danger,
while in fact she is just as sgfe here as
she would be in Fup du, Lac. How
ever, she will get n0toriety and noto-
rietY is what the new woman wants
and will run the risk of death to Sc
cure. OF course, the States welcomes
Miss Taylor, but we cannot refrain
from telling her that she made an en-
lirely useless trip; that her imagined
escapade of heroism,was very foolish
and that, if she is disposed
to the sensible, she will repack her
trunk and scoot out for Fon du Lac
before some fool shotgun, quarantine
cuts her off from home.-N. D. States
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27

The newspapers Of tha state, with
striking unaulmity, endorse the APP
poinIment of Senator Money by Gov
ernor McLaurin. 1t remains for the
Port Gibson Reveille, Vicksburg Post
aud the Progress, published at Hatties-
burg, to do the objecung act. The
Progress is so much excited over it
that it actually predicts that the legis-
lature will rspudiale the appointment,
while the austere snd hypercritical
Reveile proclaims Money a "chesp
demagogue." We deeply regret the
displeasure which this incident has
gwen our esteemed contemporaries,
but it can't be helped now. The die
is cast and Money will be senator for
the next seven and half years surely
unless the Progress succeeds in induC-
ing the legislature to give him leave
of absence. To do that would be
hard on Mr.. Money AMI tough on the
governor. Some friend of Money
and McLaurln who has influence over
The Progress should endeavor to re-
strain its impetuosity. 1t will not do
to have matters busted up in that way.
Commonwealth.