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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-13

C8EC Tor industry. ne came OF May lNtn
with brood of 10 chicks ami IN july an
other brood of 10 and tho las Of SCI tenn
Der still mother of 10 chicks.
EAST CHARLOTTE.
The box sociablc at the Catholic hall.
last Friday evening. was success social
ly and financially. netting the Soc'cty ,e6.
Miss Stella Foot entertained several Of
her young friends. from four o'clock until
eight last Thursday afternoon. tho oc-
rasion being her lltn birthdly.-Mr. and
Mrs. G. l.. Van Welt LEI. Wcdno slay
morning for Boston where they arc TO
visit Mrs. Van NlcitS sister. Mrs. lIsta-
brook.-MisS Alice EHgan went to n"r
home in Nlliston Saturday evening
Mrs. Emma 1dggart bnde farewell to her
many fricnds here Tucsda" afternoon.
She leaves soon for Iuli, rton, Neb.. til"
home Of her daughter. Mrs. Kat" Thcmp-
sou.-Wiliam Ash died Tuesday molning
OF consumption after lingering Illness.
He was n great sufferer, but through out
sh wed wonderful patience and fort.tuGo.
The funeral tcCk place from the churt h
of our Lady of Mount Carmel Thur ,iay
morning at nine lock.-Wcslcy Powell
OF .LitChicld. Conn is making friends In
town Il short visit He returns Saturday.
r. y. Ellison, II. II. C!INt1n, G. y.
JCans of this place, and + ). Hazard and
Leon Bailey OF North HydH Park. started
early Monday morning on hunting TRIP
to Long Lake, y y.
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CHARLOTTE.

Mrs Ruth Harrison and two daughters
VINO have been pending the summer with
Mrs. G. S. Wooster, returned to their
home N La Grange, ILL.,, last Thursday
l.. f. Tucker and sister. Mrs. Ball have
Just returned from carriage drive hav-
ing visited old school mates and friends
at Eartons Landing. Newport and other
points.-rhc Congregational Vcstry is
being shingled.
We notice the Allen Shoe Co. At Burling-
ton are doins the business Of the town; low
prices must win.
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WHITING.

w. A. Learned of WATERFOWL, Mass,
Is spending Few days at their cottage.
lie is recovering from typhoid fever.
Their daughters have returned home 10
enter school.-Mr. Fred Lansworlhy made
Clyde ketchum short visit last week
returning to Middlebury Sunday evening.
The Bonnet sociable given in the hail
last Friday proved very pleasant but the
attendance was small, owing to the dark
night. Mr.. Langworthy and Mr.. Ketch-
I'm added to the enjoyment ny their BAN
| jo and guitar which was fine. The C, E
society realized hve dollars,-Mr. q. II.
Perkins family of Port Henry are stop
ping with Mrs. III. NJ. Parker a few weeks.
Mr.. Parker will move his family to Mt.
Pleasant Penn, where he is To have en-
ployment after Nov. list He has been in
Chicago since April.-R. ID. Needham
went to New York on the excursion.
SOUTH STARKSBORO.
Mrs. Phoebe Brettell has returned to her
home In Montpelier having spent the sum-
mer with relatives here~-Mr. and Mrs,
Myron Fales of Mlddlebury visited at
l Ia.x laA y e..
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WEYBRIDGE.

Mr.. and Mrs. II. l.. Thompson are visit
ing in Warren.-NiSs l.ibhie SprisE OF Adj
Olson is the guest of her brother, u. II.
Sprisg.-Theophllus Hayward OF Leigh
Mass, IS spending his annual vacation at
his fathers, Judge \. Il. Hayward s.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. p. Dodge are visiting
their sons IN Proctor.-Mr. and Mrs. II. A
Clark of st. Adams are making a two
weeks visit ut NJ, " Bakers.-Samuel
Bowles and Miss Carrie Atkinson are at
tending the State e, +. convention at
Bellows Falls.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-13

j. III. Fletcher Is in New York buying
his fall and winter goods.-The chicken
pie supper was complete success In
every way. About s25 was reallzed.--Mrs.
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week from Iiighsate Springs. Several
| from this ace attended a birthday iarty
at T.. O. Johnsun's Monday III honor OF
his mothers S7th biz thday.-A a. Hrrrick
has a plymouth Rock hon tn takes tho
cHiic for industry. She came or May 10Th
with brood Of 10 chicks ami IN july an
other brood of 10 AVID tho las Of SCI tenn
! Der still mother of 10 chicks.
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We offer a line of the new POLKA Do
l acy a-c the newcs. creations IN the Rib
ulas.y At 35c o.. yard.
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AFRO Martin and wife were in Brandon
two days last wcck.--lohn Edwards and
family went to Plymouth last week -'iIr-
~ Flint is very low with HrishtS disease.
Tine Ladies' "OliVc Branch" will meet
with Mrs. George Nichols oct. l1.--Abb!c.
licrniCc and Elmer Eaton have been stay
ing with their grandmother for a week
while their parents We're away en- Wis
it to- Fomfret.-M:S. Loren Spencer and
her mother and lIcruld have gone 10 Bar
re ana vicinity Tor Il short visit.-Wililm
Mlrtiu il quito sick.-Mr. and Mrs. :. H.
tucll have returned home from their Wis.,
it in Massachusetts.
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-28

ering the banking and currency history
of the country, brings to the surface
some interesting facts. The earliest fig
ures are those of 1774, which give the
specie at that date at $4,00O,000. The
same statement puts the specie in 1884
at $1O,OO0,0 ,00O the number Of banks three,
with capital of $2,1O0,OOO and cir
CulatiOn of $2,OOO,0OO BY 1897 the num-
ber of banks had increased to twenty
FIVE, the capital to $19,2OO,OOO, the bank
circulation to 10000, 900, and the specie
to $14,000,000.
The story of the century, 1797-1S97,
is told very fully in the elaborate series
of tables, both as to banks and their
currency and gold and silver production
and coinage. The number Of banks in
1897 was twenty-five, in 1897, 9,475. The
capital in 1897 was $4,000, 900; in 1897
it was 81, 1,O27, ,49S, ,65S The bank Circula-
ton in 1897 was $10,O0O,OOO, in 1897,
$19S, ,92O,67O.
The deposits in the first bank OF the
United States in 1909, the earliest date
at which reports on bank deposits are
obtainable, amounted to $500, 900; the
individual deposits reported by 9,451
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-28

banks in 1897 amounted to IS, 1913, ,765, ,8O7,
Of which $1,93S, ,376,O35 was classed as
savings deposits.
The increase in the number Of State
banks prior to the war Is shown to have
been very rapid, the number in 1880 be-
ing 329; in 184O, TAI; in 1850, 800; in
1860, 1862. The decrease from 1860 was
equally rapid, the number Of State banks
in 1863 being 1923; in 1864, $40, and in
1868, BAT, while the number of national
banks organized in 1868, 1864 and 1865
was 1901.
State banks again increased in num-
ber after 1868, the number in 1872 being
566; in 1885, 975; in 1888, 1,4O3; in 1890,
2,1O1; in 1894, 1856, and in 1897, the
number, including private banks, Is re-
ported at 1878. Prior to 1860 the depOs
its in State banks amounted to but lit
tie more than half the capital stock,
while since 1877 deposits have at all
times been more than double the amount
Of capital stock, and in 1897 were $723,-
Gao, ,795, against a capital stock OF $22S,-
677, ,088.
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-28
Chlna's Emperor a RefOrmer.

Hong Kong, September ga remark
able series of imperial edicts has been
published during the past few days The
edicts have startled the officials, while
making favorable impression upon the
old foreign residents, who are usually
skeptical as to the practical value OF such
orders.
The Emperor has addressed to the peo-
pie long explanation of his new policy,
declaring that in many respects Western
civilization is superior to the existing
order in his dominion, and announcing
his intention to adopt its good features
and discard the bad ones.
The most radical edict establishes
postal service throughout the empire.
In it the Emperor asks the people to CO.
o6erate with him in making the newly
established system a success, assuring
them that they will thus aid In strength
ening the resources Of the empire.
A fresh edict followed, extending to
practically everybody the right to men,
Orialize the throne, privilege heretofore
restricted to certain classes.
The latest edict commands that
monthly accounts be rendered OF the
government receipts and expenditures
everywhere, and that these accounts be
published.
The Emperor directs that the edicts be
posted throughout the country, in order
that the people may see the endeaVors
to promote their welfare which he Is
making. 49, -~Aas
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-28

tional Navigation Company, at Philadel-
phia, in payment for the use Of the aux
iliary cruisers st. Paul, St. Louis, New
York and Paris for an average period Of
12O days each The amount paid was ap-
proximately $4,000 a day, or $4,000 a
day for each vessel. The terms of the
contract were that the government
should restore the ships to the condition
in which it found them, but the officers
of the American line, desiring to make
some changes in the interior arrange
ment and to refurnish the vessels in
part, arranged for a compromise under
which the expense for necessary repairs
was appraised and settled in cash.
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-28
Center of Population.

The center Of population Of the United
States is gradually moving westward to-
ward the great agricultural valleys of the
Mississippi and Missouri rivers. In 1890
it was loacted twenty miles east of Bal
timore, Md. In 1920 it was sixteen miles
north of Woodstock, Va. In 1910 1t was
sixteen miles south of Clarksburg, w.
Va. In 1860 it was twenty miles south Of
Chillicothe, o. In 1870 it was near Gin
cinnati, O., and now it is near Westport,
Ind. II no great changes take place in
the geography Of this country in fifty
years from now the center of population
will be in the neighborhOod of St. Louis,
Mo-, and hundred years hence it may
be in the vicinity of Fort Scott, Kas
The geographical center Of the United
States is at Fort Riley, in Kansas, and
the center of population is gradually
gravitating towards this same great
State.
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-28
spanlards Leave Porto Rico.

San Juan, Porto Rico, September 21.-
The repatriation of the Spanish soldiers
began to-day Four hundred men, of
whom 200 were sick and 200 belonged to
the engineer corps, sailed to-day for
Havre on board the French steamer
Chateau Lafette. Eight hundred infan-
try will sail tomorrow on board the
steamer San Francisco.
The residents of Porto Rico and some
of the Americans here are alarmed be-
cause the Spanish ships returning from
Cuba stop at this port. They believe
there is danger of the introduction of
yellow fever into the island from the
Spanish steamer City Of Cadiz, as some
of the men sick on board Of her were
too i'll to proceed and were brought
ashore.
The volunteers have all been disband-
ed and the Spanish soldiers are engaged
in dismantling the armOries and bar
racks and in boxing the guns and am
munition. They are rejoicing over the
prospect of an early return to their
homes.
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-28
Bank Statistics for a Century.

Washington, September 1S.-The bank
ing, currency, coinage and production
of precious metals in the United States
during the last century are presented in
great detail by series of tables just is
sued by the Treasury Bureau of Sta
tistiCs as a part Of the July summary of
commerce and finance.
An examination of these figures, COW
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-28
rlarrled rlen nav Be Dlscharged.

San Francisco, September 26.-COlonel
Funston has wired to the War depart
ment for permission to discharge all the
married men enlisted in his regiment
who want to return to their families. In
reply to the question when his regiment
would sail, Colonel Funston said: 81
think possibly the first expedition will
be started in ten days and the last will
be ready to start in thirty"
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-28
Breidenthal
Indignant.
Stanley's Topeka Speech Dissected
By the EX-Chalrman In a
Vigorous Way.
POPULIsTsDON'THURTKA KANSAS.

81 would not vote for any man, Popu-
list Republican or Democrat who talks
about Kansas as Stanley does" said
John Breidenthal the other day.
At his meeting at Topeka Saturday
night Mr.. Stanley said: when that
splendid citizen, John Breidenthal, gets
into the voting booth, and is there alone
with his conscience and his pencil, he
will vote the Republican ticket"
This statement OF Mr.. Stanley has
aroused the Indignation Of Mr.. Breiden-
thai. 81 have no use for any man." con-
tinued Mr.. Breidenthal, "whO will say
that the Populists Of Kansas are respon-
sible for the evil reputation OF the State.
/ want to say to you, and II l see Mr..
Stanley | will tell it to him, that it is
not the Populist party that has given the
State a bad reputation, but the people
that are lying about the POpulist party.
l know why the Republicans have lied
about the POpulists When the Popu-
lists won and took the government OF
the State for two years they stood off
their creditors on proposition that they
couldn't pay their debts until what Stan
ley calls the blight Of Populism had been
removed from the State. They simply
took advantage Of these ewO years so
that their debts would be Outlawed. |
want to say to Mr.. Stanley that when he
insults the POpullsts of this State he Is
insulting the debt-paying people of the
State, and not the repudiatiOnists. l can
go with him into every county of this
State, including his own county and city,
and prove to him that majority Of the
debt payers are Populists or men who
are in sympathy with the Populist idea
of bringing about those reforms that will
enable them to remove the burden Of
debt. Mr.. Stanley says that Populism
had Its birth In short crops
HE does not know what he is talking
about. The Populists first success was
in 1892 when Kansas had the largest
wheat crop in the history of the State
He says that Populism was the product
of bad times, when discontentment and
distress prevailed. l want to tell him
that Populism was born under the ad-
ministration Of Benjamin Harrison, and
the Republicans told us in 1896 that the
administration of Harrison was the most
prosperous administration In modern
times. These are things that are fresh in
our minds If Republican politicians
would quit lying about POpulism do
not believe that Kansas would have the
bad reputation that 1t has. But lies
won't deceive the people Of the United
States much longer about Kansas Kan
sas is ContradiCting those lies in a way
that is effective and in a way that Is
convincing. The people Of the United
States realize that with Popullsm con-
trolling the State the people are paying
off more Of their debts than at any time
in the history of the State. l have no
patience with any candidate that insults
the people who raise the crops, dig the
mines, raise the stock and produce the
wealth that pays the debt and redeems
the credit and honor of Kansas"
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-28
Kansas Banks Have Blg Deposlts.

Bank Commissioner Breidenthal has
completed tabulatiOn OF the reports
sent in by the State and private banks
of Kansas under the last call. There are
S64 banks under his jurisdiction, having
deposits amounting to $22, 1894, $50 and a
reserve of $10,S35,9 915 The deposits are
the largest since the Office Of bank COM
missioner was created, but the reserve
fund has fallen per cent. below what 1t
was year ago.
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-28


summing experience hrty-tvo years
to the question: Would education and ability
to choose farming in Kansas under present conditions for life
From observation beginning when the State was very young and Its
that the chances for the agriculture favorable
az any I'll me S %n in my PesOna noWqg % we & ~ 3 Is S % @ OWe @ sce @
but the utilization Of brains perhaps brains better quality
rapid acquiring wealth money bonds
better other business because agriculture
S on the ob hand Success as @ined in his minds eve means
comfortable competence for his later acquired by honest and hon
the cold winter and the heat Of and the incidents
all lines busnesshe boundaries of udOuy
chosen Kansas farm afford him greater opportunity to attain his ideals
IF he expects prosperity by skmmng and knning and starving
the soil of his always robbng but restoring it, farming
shess pshod and family acquire all the land that
limitations with which nature has surrounded his condition he is likely
he easily better than farming only fall short
enough hard work occupying enough Probably
drudge too much and spread that were better
barring nfrequen accident dependent
study problems touch
takes of Noses " u are %sene @ their own thew are strong
national finance but mpotent Of the hateful person who
loaned them and uy holds their individual promises to pay
81 persuaded most expensive mistake large share make is not
beginning with fixed purpose and dherng to through the years
branches and striving in them for
na HGn @ b IN % auaS S anu h @ ina @ % Sv no makes @ 60 % anv cauges
in their plans that worked to finish and all their svngs end at
the farmer should Gonne himself to two specale and ignore all
0 little nothing.
should furnish most Of the
garden products he should
This practically living
whether silver maintained 6 ratio demOnez
Aside this think the anest easiest road conspicuous success
lies through having speciality and bending energy to its best and
oades development This speciality be some breed Of live stock va
should the possible
eQurng fetme let the world know he
thereby the best mindful that the world
the things much less grudgngy than
prices for things.
Undoubtedly the opportunities for the right sort of young man in g
culture vocation attractive than now in
OverproduciOn competition rObb freight tariffs combines
the Rotshs Wall street the octopus and other stock
seldom deadly
production widen slowly while
enargng ratio their
pet their highly cultivated will
higher The will be competent
regulate their commercial and political affairs
profitable agriculture
restu daily
capital would force him into early bank
Tptcy."
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-28
Auxiliary Cruisers Come High,

washington, September 26. 49, The
Treasurer OF the United States has sent
check for $1,475,OOO to the Interna-
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-28
The Young Man and Farming in
Kansas.
AN OPINION ON A LIFE OCCUPATION.

By F. D. CoDURN of the Kansas State Board OF
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an epidemic among the troops render It
probable that many Of them can be taken to
Porto Rico without fear. and It rests with
General Miles himself to determine wheth-
err he will take them with him or send them
to New England.
1t Is almost certain that most of the ar
tillery Of the Fifth corps will of necessity
accompany the Porto Rican expedition as
well as a good part of the regular infantry.
while nearly all of the volunteers and the
dismounted cavalry will return home. 1t
is also determined that Major General VII
sons division will embark for Porto Rico
from Atlantic points within the next four
or five days. This division, including the
commands of Brigadier-G Generals Ernest
and Haines, consists of the following vol
unteer regiments: The Third and Fifth IL
linois, Fourth and Sixteenth Pennsylva-
mia, Second and Third Wisconsin, First and
Third Kentucky and Fourth Ohio.
Major-General Brooke, commanding the
First corps. was summoned to Washington
today for consultation regarding the fur
Their composition Of General Miles, force
in case 1t became necessary. through the
rapid spread Of yellow fever among the
regulars at Santiago, to draw heavily up
on the forces at Camp Thomas, Chicka-
manga, Camp Alger. Va, and those at
Tampa, to secure 30 1000 men. Several of the
so-called immune regiments have also re-
ceived preliminary orders to hold them
selves in readiness to go to Porto Rico,
while the two regiments at New Orleans
and Galveston, recruited from actual i'm
munes, are to be sent at once to Santiago
to garrison tho country surrendered to
the United States.
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There was a slight accident to the machir-
cry on the latter on the way down, as a
result of which, she was hove to for seven
hours. AS soon as she arrived 1t was given
out that she would coal as soon as possible
and hurry on to Manila, without regard to
the other vessels of the expedition In port.
At $50 this morning the Indiana drew
anchor and moved outside the 4larbor She
was followed closely by the Ohio and the
Morgan City. At $3.50 the City of Para
moved outside and Joined the fleet. Just
before noon the Valencia and Newport
the latter with General Merritt and STAFF
on board. left the harbor, the signal to
sail was given and the vessels moved off.
Before dark the Indiana, the flagship, re-
turned, accompanied by the rest of the
feet with the exception of the Newport,
which went on ahead. The officers of the
Indiana reported that the boilers had
sprung a leak. necessitating the return.
1t will take twelve hours to make the re-
pairs. The fleet will make another start
tomorrow morning.
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Young Peoples Union

BUFFALO, N. Y. July 15.-Fully 10000
delegates and visitors to the annual con-
vention OF the Baptist Young Peoples
Union have registered at headquarters.
The banner for senior work In the Bible
course went to the Oakland church Of
Pittsburg; that for senior work in the
sacred literature course, to the Fourth
Church of Minneapolis.
During the morning the workers in
council held a number OF meetings at
which many interesting papers were read.
The convention proper was called to order
shortly before nine o'clock.
The committee on nominations reported
the following ticket. which was unanimous
ly elected:
President, John H. Chapman, Illinois, re-
elected; first ice-president, H. Pitt, D. D.,
Virginia; second vice-president, H. o. Row.
land, Nebraska; third vice-president, o. A.
Wells, Nova Scotia; recording secretary, Fl.
A. Reed, Wisconsin; treasurer. Frank
Moody, Wisconsin.
The executive committee tonight decided
to hold the convention Of 1899 at Richmond,
Va. and the convention OF 1900 at Cincin-
natl.