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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-08-06
1898 APPRAISALS.
New and Old Appraisals on Proper
ty in Bellows Falls Some Inter-
esting Reading.

Below is given the appraisals OF 1894
and also of 1898 on some of the real
estate in Bellows Falls. Other INSTALL
ments of the list will appear in later issues
of the TIMES. The listers who made the
appraisal of 1898 are lima H. Allbee, Peter
Dorand, S. A. Whipple, H. E. Bean and
Dorr M .Thayer. Here is the oath to which
they all subscribe: We do solemnly swear
that we have set down all the real estate
situated in the town Of Rockingham ac-
cording to the best of our information and
we have appraised the same at its just value
- ,roorov
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-08-06
A skin healer skilfully indicated is
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1t is not merely busting powder, but soothes
and heals all skin troubles, and is recommended
by physicians and trained nurses universally. AT
Druggists. Is and SOC. q box. Best for baby.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-08-06
HALF SEASON SALE.

We now cut prices on all styles of Ladies'
Mems, Boys and Youths colored shoes. This is
not because tan shoes going out of stye on the
contrary they are increasing in favor, and we aim
to make complete change of styles twice year.
We are commencing in the middle of the season
that we may make clean sweep.
We make the following prices and it is well to
bear in mind that our former prices were lower
than the same grades of goods are usually sold.
lo ccAc0M,c NOOnC
The times., 1898-08-07
HOW BRAVE MEN BATTLE.
Graphic Description of the Fighting
Before Santiago July 4.

MiddIetown, N Y. Aug. 6--Dr. Frank
T. Winant. who was in the fight with the
Seventy-first Regiment at Santiago,
writes to his father in this city as fol-
lows:
''In the Field. near Santiago. July IL
Saturday delighted me with letters from
mother, wife and Charlie 1 have only
one envelope. and that the addressed one
sent me from Hasbrouck. While l am
writing an artillery fight is on.
Yesterday the truce was up between
the two armies We are resting comfor-
tably in rife pits. erected by the Fourth
Infantry. / am using my hat as desk.
This morning I had a good breakfast.
We have gone at times two days with
out anything to eat except two or three
hard-tack, but we could all of US do more
for Uncle Sam.
"On the 1st we had one of the greatest
fights in history You have no idea how
brave Americans can be. Even men from
my company broke away and we went
up the hill under one of the most muir
derous fires imaginable. along with the
regulars.
There never were more heroic men
than the blacks of the Twenty-fourth In
fantry. No one who saw their glorious
charge will ever regret that we set them
free. have the honor of being one of the
first men on the hill and one of the first
two hundred men actually fighting on
top. Our names were taken down and
We suppose are matter of record.
II saw one wounded man lying in a
| brook cheering our men on.
THE Twenty-fourth Colored Infantry
led the charge. followed by the Thir-
teenth, Sixteenth and part of the Seven
| ty-frst. The man who gave the order TO
charge never will get the credit of it,
| for he found his grave. Many will claim
| it, but the officer who cried Follow me,
| and the line he led, has passed out of
existence. No general ever ordered it,
| and the general in command was four or
| FIVE miles in the rear. overcome by the
| heat. as were very many others.
| Some of our poor boys were killed
| while held in reserve under killing fire
! from the Spanish. Imagine hill higher
| and sleeper than Hickory Point al
| Greenfield. with rife pits covering large
| plateau at the base, captured by infan-
| try, who advanced under cover of only
two or three Gatling guns. English and
| German officers who were present say
there never was anything like it in the
| history of the world.
1--WE are expecting Gen. Miles here al
any moment. as fighting generals are the
| ones wanted. So far, the privates have
| been in command.
| ''I have lost grandmother's Testament
Had to throw it away-everything in the
charge, except my rifle. ammunition anG
| clothing I had on-even my canteen.
The times., 1898-08-07
A COMING WAR BOOK.
zen. Wheeler to Write a History of
the Struggle With Spain

Gen. Wheeler is taking notes in the
midst of his other duties for book on
the war, which he will write in the near
future. In it he will pay particular at
tention to the work of the regular troops
at Santiago. He says in regard to these
men:
'In regard to the difference between
regulars and volunteers we must be
fair, just and honest in this matter
Many of the volunteers left positions
with large salaries and comfortable and
luxurious homes to serve their country
They were self7sacrificing; they were
brave; they were chivalrous. But truth
compels me to say that for effective
ness in battle they could not be expected
to equal trained soldiers. The regular
army officers and men had been trained
TO estimate distances by the eye and
to adjust their sights with great pre-
cision; consequently. when they went in
to action, every man was an expert
marksman, and they used their rifles
with most marvellous accuracy.
ut was touching TO see the regulars
get some of the American newspapers.
read of how redoubt after redoubt was
taken by the volunteers. and scarcely
any mention was made of the regular
army. How disappointed and disguised
they werei One captain turned TO me
and said: Depend upon it. the truth
will be told when history Is written.
The times., 1898-08-07
BELLAMY sToRER CHOSEN.
VIII Represent the District at the
brussels Exposition

The Secretary of State has selected
Benamy Storer. the American minister
to Belgium. TO attend the coming Brus-
sells convention as the representative Of
the District of Columbia.
The convention will be held in the Bel
gian capital from September "a to IS next
for the purpose of considering questions
relative TO the adornment of cities. Dele
gates will be in attendance from all the
large cities of the world, and in view of
the fact that Washington is one of the
most beautiful of the worId's capitals. an
invitation was extended to the District
Commissioners requesting them to ap-
point a delegate from this city.
The Commissioners had no way of
sending such delegate and referred the
letter of invitation TO the president of
the Corcoran Gallery Of Art. upon whose
suggestion the State Department was
asked to cooperate in the matter by de-
fraying from it's funds the expense of
a delegate from the District of Column
bia.
The national Government owns more
than one-half the property within the
District, and it was thought proper that
it should manifest an interest in the
matter
Secretary Day solved the problem by
instructing Minister Storer TO act as dele
gate. This was anticipated in The Times
last Thursday morning.
In his reply to the communication of
the Commissioners. Secretary Day says:
THE Department Is obliged to say
much to its regret. that II has no avail
able funds from which 10 compensate any
one who might be sent from here TO Brus-
sells for the purpose of attending the
congress 1t realizes, however, that the
city of Washington might materially
profit from the general discussion which
will take place on such an occasion, and
In order that the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia may, if possible, ben
! eft therefrom, L have instructed Mr.
Bellamy Storer, the Minister of tht
United States at Brussels, TO attend tht
congress and report"
President Wight, of the Board of Com.
missioners, yesterday informed Secretary
| Day that the attendance of Minister Stor.
er will meet the full wishes of the Com.
| missioners.
The times., 1898-08-07
AN OLD YACHT.
But the America VIII Cruise All
Around Cuba.

(Fr0m the New York Times-)
Ii is now forty-seven years since the
wooden. keel schooner yacht, America
came in seven miles ahead or the swiftes
of her seventeen competitors in a race
around the Isle of Wight. and thereby
won more fame than any of the much
faster boats since built have been able to
obtain; but old as she is the America is
still in commission. and few weeks hence
she is TO carry the family Of her present
owner. Gen. Adelbert Ames, down to Gu
ba, or to Porto Rico, if by that time the
fortunes of war have taken him to the
smaller island. The work of fitting out
the ancient yacht is 10 be done at Boston,
and when 1t is completed, about August
u, she wifi go to Tampa or Fernandina
TO take on her passengers. These
of the late Gen. 3. F. Butler; her three
daughters, Sarah. Blanche and Jessie; her
brother Paul Butler. and a few friends.
Capt William Canning will be the sailing
master of the America, as he has been for
many seasons. II was the intention OF
the Ames family TO cruise along the Maine
coast this summer but when the war
with Spain began Gen. Ames was called
10 the army.
So was his son, Butler Ames, who is
adjutant of the Sixth Massachusetts,
Regiment and with them went the Gen
erals other son, Adelbert. a boy of II.
The times., 1898-08-07
Emmons 5. Smith,
7O5-7-9 and If Penna. Ave.

who left Phillips Andover Acadamy to
bid his father good-by, and somehow
managed to convince the veteran that he,
too, was needed in Cuba. Ali the male
members of the family are thus at the
front and soon those of the other sex
will be as near it as circumstances will
permit. In discussing the proposed voy-
age, Capt. Canning said the other day:
"At first the audacity of it rather stag
gered US. We thought of the Spanish
gunboats, the hurricanes, the Gains, the
yellow fever. and all those things. The
America, you know is a sailing yacht,
and you have to reckon with the winds
when you go to sea. But we disposed
of them all in our minds. AS for the
gunboats, the navy of Spain has had
interesting experiences enough with
Sampson and Dewey TO respect anything
American which carries a gun. Now
the America has little brass cannon
which isn't intended to sink men-o'-wal
with. and-well there are few Spanish
gunboats that will show themselves out
side of the Cuban harbors. After August
the hurricane season is pretty well over
so we shall have little to fear from
them. The yellow fever seems to be vel
in hand So after all, there seems to be
no real danger in making the cruise tc
Cuba"
The times., 1898-08-07
ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.
A Britannia Omcer Charged with
Stealing Government Bonds


Jersey City. N J.. Aug 6.-Police JUS
tice Mccormick in the first criminal
court here, this morning held John Ry-
naston. third officer of the White Star
liner Br.tanic for examination on the
charge of having stolen Government
bonds in his possession. The owner OF
the bonds, which are 4 per cents of the
issue of 1885, has not yet been found. The
bonds are Numbered cOnsecutiveIy from
5S. $50 to IS. iss. The money value of each
bond is 81, go. Rynaston was caught yes
terday while trying 10 cash the coupons
due August L He attempted 70 negotiate
them at the Third National Bank. at
Grove and Morgan Streets. just before
the closing hour. when there was rush
of business
Something in his excited manner made
Cashier Ross suspicious. and he ques-
toned him closely. Rynaston became
very much excited. and fed from the
bank leaving the coupons behind him
Cashier Ross followed him. and forced
him 10 return to the bank
Capt Kelly. of the Seventh Street PO-
lice Station. was notified. and Ryanston
was made a prisoner At first he refus-
ed 10 disclose MS identity W heN pa
pers addressed to Mrs RynaStOn were
found upon him, however. he admitted
his identity. Inclosed in the papers was
S5I0 in greenbacks.
Rynaston was taken before Chief OF
| Police Murphy. and was Questioned
| closely, but would not tell how he came
/ by the bonds
II am in a hole" he said. 'and I don't
! propose to drag any one else in with
me-"
| description OF the bonds has been
/ sent out all over the country Chief Muir
/ ply said today that he anticipated little
I difficulty in finding the owner The
White Star Line officers have been noti-
| fed of RynastOn's arrest.
The times., 1898-08-07
TO GUARD THE CROSSINGS.
Twenty Additional Policemen Will
TnLe the Oath Tomorrow

Take the Oath Tomorrow.
The twenty additional policemen who
were recently appointed by the District
Commissioners for special duty at the
street railroad crossings of the city will
enter upon their new duties tomorrow.
Chief Clerk Kemp will administer the
oath to them early tomorrow morning
The assignment has been made as fol-
lows:
Fourteenth and U Streets. D. c. Hamil-
ton.
Fifteenth Street and New York Ave
nue.. A. R.. Brady and E. P. Lewis
Fourteenth Street and New York Ave-
nue.. w. S. Garter and T. NJ. Adams.
Ninth and F Streets, E. p. Carlin and
W. Z. Owen.
Seventh Street and Florida Avenue,
Thomas Buckley and F. A. Dyson.
Ninth and X Streets, j. HI. Geiabert
and 2. D. Lewis.
Fourteenth and H Streets, E. W. Manuel
and ]. H. Gillot.
Ninth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue,
B. F. Perry and A. Elliott.
Eleventh and Streets, c. P. Boss.
Seventh Street and Pennsylvania Ave
nue.. w. Galloway and L. B. Abernathy.
Seventh and Streets, c. l.. Grant and
D. c. Smith.
The nav which each of these special
noIicemen will receive will be SIS per
month. to be borne by the respective
railroad companies in pro rata shares
nropor ionate to the number of cars
operated by them at the crossings
The times., 1898-08-07
CAUGHT SMUGGLING.
What Was Supposed to Be Laundry
Was Valuable Lace.

New York. Aug. 6.-What the authori-
ties think will prove very important
seizure was made yesterday By Inspector
Kruckman. of the staff of surveyors Of
the port. 1t included the horse and wag-
on which was used TO take the laundry
from the White Star steamship Britain
mic. Instead of laundry Inspector Kruck-
man found that the wagon was carrying
away 900 pieces of valuable lace. The
driver OF the wagon and the steward OF
the steamship were arrested, charged
with smuggling
Special treasury agents made two other
seizures yesterday, On the bark Rachel
P, from Genoa. Inspectors Sullivan and
Hussey found concealed In the hold eleven
cases of gin. which were taken in charge
On the Hamburg steamer Palatia. lying
at her dock at Hoboken. Inspectors Fin
ley and Britton found 1.so0 cigars and a
lot of small statuettes. which are not on
the manifest or noted in the list of ship $
stores.
The times., 1898-08-07
improvements Ordered.

The District Commissioners have order
ed the following work to be done un-
der the provisions of the permit system:
Lay 42 feet of 10-inch pipe sewer in the
north side of Wyoming Avenue, between
Twentieth Street and Connecticut Ave
nue., estimated cost, S61; lay vitrified
block driveway in front of No SOl z
Street northwest, estimated cost, SIG; lay
vitrifed block driveway across sidewalk
in front of No. ii H Street northeast, esti-
mated cost S3S.
The times., 1898-08-07
CARS FOR C. & O. RAILROAD.
Contract With the Pullman COM
many Placed on File

An agreement between the Pullman
Palace Car Company and the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway Company. effecting the
transfer of 500 freight cars WAS fled yes
terday in the office of the recorder of
deeds The Pullman company contracts
to furnish the road with 100 flat-bottom
and 400 hopper bottom gondo,a cars for
s2i0, 900, the cars to be delivered in lots
of fifty, and 10 per cent of the total cost
to be paid on the delivery of the first lot.
The balance of the purchase money is TO
be paid in thirty-six equal installments.
An agreement between Messrs. Cowden
and Murray. receivers Tor the Baltimore
and Ohio Railway Company and the Pull
man Palace Car Company for the pur-
chase of 5000 freight cars was also re-
corded. The amount to be paid by the
Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company
for the cars is 81. Cos, 00o
The times., 1898-08-07
ANOTHER BoURGoGNE VICTIM.
A Body, Supposed to Be That of G.
Diaz, Is Found at Sea

Halifax, y. s. Aug Ga dispatch from
Canso. n. s. says: The schooner Flor
ence which arrived here this morning.
reports having picked up the body of q
man. supposed to be a Bourgogne victim.
in latitude 432S. longitude $50
In the pockets of the mans clothing
were found papers among whloh was a
passport and a draft for 215O00 francs.
made out 10 Dr. Candida Dias. aged 3S
years The draft was dated Habana.
April Is The body was buried at sea-
No life belt was on II when found.
New York. Aug. 6.-One of the passen-
gers on the La BOurgogne when that ves-
sci was sunk on July 4. was c. Diaz. He
was a member of the party which stayed
at the Hotel Martin, in this city. before
taking passage on the steamship. There
were seven in the party. and they came
from the City of Mexico. They were
bound for three months pleasure trip
around Europe.
The times., 1898-08-07
MunicfpaI Brevities

Harry G. Wilbur has been appointed a
clerk in the health office at $1,000 per an
mum, vice DR.. Stacy A. Ransom. who re-
signed to enter the naval service of the
Government.
John w. Douglas has been appointed
an agent of the Board of Children S
Guardians upon the recommendation of
that association. He will receive an an
nual salary of $1,000.
The resignation of HI. G. Wannel as
private of police has been accepted.
The times., 1898-08-07
PICKED UPlAF RANDOM.

81 believe my town is the only city in
the country that has West Point grad
uate on the police force" remarked J. L.
Say. of ST. Louis. at the Willard last
night. washington, | believe, boasts of
more regular army men on the police pay
rolls than any city, but 1t has not single
officer on the force who graduated at
the National Military. Academy. Sergt.
Charles II. Rea, who Is on duty as desk
sergeant at the Third Precinct Station,
st. Louis, was a member of the class of
50 and was In that year sent to Leaven-
worth, Kans., to join the famous Seventh
Cavalry as second lieutenant. AT that
time the regiment was engaged in pro-
tecting the Kansas Pacific Railroad, and
aside from what little amusement could
be obtained in buffalo hunting, the work
was both dirty and monotonous. The regi-
ment had a few Indian scares. which me-
cesSitated prompt work, but the excite.
ment was not enough for Rea, and after
two years of service and promotion to the
position of first lieutenant, he resigned
Since then Sergt. Rea has had reason
to congratulate himself on his action, for
in the battle of the Little Big Horn Capt
| Yates and every man in Troop f, oil
which he was first lieutenant. were left
on the battlefield, together with nearl,
| all the other members of the regiment
| During his two years with the Seventh
! Sergt. Rea became personally acauainte ed
with Buffalo Bill and scores of famous
frontier characters. and he has many in.
teresting tales TO tell of his life on the
plains. Since joining the police force OF
ST. Louis the ex-West Pointer has beer
| promoted twice. He has rendered his ser
vices TO the Government in the presen,
war and the adjutant general has assured
him they will be accepted If another cal
| for troops Is made"
The times., 1898-08-07
Wapueriau.
(From the Chicago News.

NfIulI Illt tJIIItdgO NeWs.J
She-Ab, how heavenly! / always love Wagner
so much. Where is the band located?'
He-Nadam that is not a band. The ma
chine shop and planning mill around the corner
are merely running night turns, owing to the re-
yival OF business
The times., 1898-08-07
SO Niagara Falls via b. & O. $40

Through train of coaches and parlor
cars from Washington $40 a. m. August
II, 20, September S. %. Tickets good for
ten days. and good for stop-over return
ing at Buffalo, Rochester and Watkins.
Glen aug5,7.S9.10.
The times., 1898-08-07
Unveiling Key Monument, August 0

On account of this occasion the Balti-
more and Ohio road will sell excursion
tickets to Frederick and return. August
s and 9, valid for return until August
49, at one fare for the round trip.
au6-3t
The times., 1898-08-07
S1C Duck and Crash Skirts.
5lEc Ladies' Shirt Waists.
hUC Children's Shirt Waists.

All on tabe-all at price. Chdren's fine Shi
,rth up to SI.oo marked for Monday at 69c.
The times., 1898-08-07
4VC Ladies' Muslin Underwear.

Dlinty-long and short skirts
b-elia drawers with bunch tucks anC
low neck corset covers, beautifully
they are made cost more money, TO
making and selling.
The times., 1898-08-07

A perfect paper in all the new
shapes and styles of finish; cheap
er than other papers at the PC
regular price. soc. Cheaper 80"
than ever tomorrow at. ...... fef 10.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-12-24
LIBRARY ROOMS.
A New Enterprise Put on Foot
by the Irish-American
Society.

For some time past a number of the
most progressive members of the Irish
American Society have been trying to
solve the problem of how to make that
body more useful and popular. Among
the different plans proposed was one to
establish a library and reading room.
The advocates of the reading room plan
argue that it would be a great conve-
nience for the members, who reside in all
parts of the city, to have a place where
they could meet and enjoy themselves
when in the business portion of town,
and believe it would prove effective in
increasing the membership.
The foregoing and other matters of
importance will come before the society
Thursday evening, when Vice President
Michael ]. Lawler, James Koran and
Thomas Drewry will report on changes to
be made in the constitution and bylaws
There are a number of newly elected
members to be initiated, in addition to 6
large list of names to be acted on.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-12-24
BEAR LUNCH.
The Treat John Hickey Has
In Store for His Friends
Christmas Day.

Among the many who will keep open
house Christmas day none have made
more lavish or fitting preparations than
John Hickey, who,will receive at Seventh
and Oak streets. Our reporter suspected
that the genial gentleman was preparing
an agreeable holiday surprise for his
friends and patrons, and after doing some
quiet work learned its nature.
Mr.. Hickey, who never doss anything
by halves, has procured and had placed
in cold storage fine young bear, weigh
ing over $50 pounds, which will be served
to his callers Christmas day. He has Sc
cured the services of an experienced Chef
from Arkansas, with national reputation
for the conducting of bear meat dinners,
who will supervise its preparation and
see that it is served in the most palatable
and enticing manner.
The bear will be roasted and served
hot from an early hour in the morning
until it is all consumed. In addition,
there will be an abundance of other hol-
iday edibles, and those who are so forum
ate as to partake of the bear dinner,
which will continue all day, will enjoy a
rare feast.
Mr.. Hickey has made ample arrange
ments to entertain all his friends, and
there will undoubtedly be large num-
Der of callers.