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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-03-30
CAMBRIDGEPORT,

Robert Parker and 7. F. Bluitte went to
Massachusetts last week to look for work.
Mrs .Sophia Stratton is spending some time
at Grafton in the family of her grandson,
John Parker.
Guy Thayer has temporarily joined the
working force of one of Bellows Falls barber
shops.
Among those called here last week to at
tend the funeral of Mrs. Fanny ODER were
friends from Athens, Saxtons River, Bellows
Falls, Keene, son and daughter and two
nephews from Massachusetts,.
The annual meeting OF the church society
is called for Thursday evening of this week
at the chapel. All interested in the object OF
the meeting are most cordially invited.
Plymouth Rock hens are still believed to
be ahead. MISS Fannie Dimond has kept &C
curate account during the months of January
and February and finds that 40 IL per cent
of her pen of 10 Plymouth Rock hens laid
eggs on each day of these two months, as she
received during this time 293 eggs. Who
can surpass this {? Cambridgeport is interest
ed in Plymouth Rock hens.
The family of j. B. Ober desire to express
thanks to their friends and neighbors for the
help and sympathy extended at the time OF
their late bereavement; to all who in any
way helped to cheer the wearisome days OF
their beloved wife and mother in her long
illness to those who furnished flowers and
music for the funeral and to the three clergy
men who by prayers and remarks helped
them to bow submissively to Gods will. All
will be held in grateful memory with the
hope that similar needs may call forth as
willing and tender services.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-03-30
Sl0O Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis.
ease that science has been able to cure in all
its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is
taken internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation of the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative powers,
that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for list of
testimonials.
Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
D-Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-03-30
WESTMINSTER WEST.

Henry Harlow of Keene, who has been Wis.,
iting friends in town for several days, re-
turned to his home last Saturday.
Henry Lake of Keene is visiting his friend,
George Campbell.
Messrs. J. L. Ormsby and Fred Schwenk
are carrying on William B. Cuttings sugar
place.
Mrs. Tenney, who has been visiting at H.
M. Wilcox's, returned to her home in Grafton
last week.
Mabelle Goodhue is spending her vacation
at home.
Lione Butterfeld, who has been working
at W. A. Gorham's, finished her work there
last Friday and Saturday she went to Chester
to care for her grandmother who is sick.
Miss Ula Davenport of Putney visited at
Frank Shattuck's last week.
John Cook met with quite serious acct
dent last Friday night; while doing chores at
the barn he fell from the high beams to the
floor, breaking his left arm just below the
shoulder.
Lena Campbell entertained friends from
Saxtons River over Sunday.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-03-30
REPORT BOARD OF INQUIRY
Maine Blown up from The Outside-FuI Text of the Re-
port-President McKinIeys Message to Congress
Spain's Honor Appealed to-President Still Hopes for
Peace

gle similar to the angle formed by the
| outside bottom plates. This break is
now about six feet below the surface of
the water and about 80 feet above its
normal position
In the opinion of the court this ef-
rect could have been produced only by
the explosion of mine situated under
the bottom of the ship at about frame IS
and somewhat on the shore side Of the
ship.
The conclusions Of the court are:
That the loss of the Maine was not in
any respect due to fault or negligence on
the part of any of the officers or mem
bers of her crew.
That the ship was destroyed by the ex-
plosion of submarine mine, which
caused the partial explosion of two or
more or her forward magazines; and
that no evidence has been obtainable
fixing the responsibility for the de-
struction of the Maine upon any person
or persons.
l have directed that the finding of the
court of inquiry and the views of this
government thereon be communicated
to the government Of her majesty, the
queen regent, and I do not permit my
self to doubt that the sense of justice
IT the Spanish nation will dictate a
curse of action suggested by honor and
the friendly relations of the two govern
mentS.
1t will be the duty of the executive to
advise the congress of the result, and in
the meantime deliberate consideration
is invoked
William Mckinley.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-03-30
ALSTEAD.

Miss Rosine King is visiting friends in
Charlestown.
H L. Randall left Saturday for visit in
Newtonvile, Mass.
Mrs. Henry Whitney of Greenville is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Ruth Turner.
James Linsley is putting on an addition to
his barn.
E. M Smith was quite i'll the first of the
week and under the doctors care.
Clarence Newman is spending few days
OF his vacation with his friend, John Dickey.
Mrs. W. M. Richardson of Bellows Falls
and children are spending few days with
relatives here.
F. d. Messer has been appointed selectman
to fill the vacancy caused by the death of G.
K. Livermore.
Mrs. G. V. r. Watts was taken i'll Monday.
Her husband still remains very low. Their
son-in-law. Mr.. Rice, came up from Fitch
burg Monday night.
The funeral of Mrs. A. T. Dinsmore was
Saturday at P. NJ. Rev. Z. E. Marggraf Off
ciating. The floral offerings were many and
beautiful. The interment was in our village
cemetery.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-03-30
ANDOVER.

Charlie Forbes is helping G. S. Leonard in
sugaring.
Mrs. W. w. Ward had apple branch in
full blossom in her window on March %.
Miss Minnie jenkins of South London
derry is helping Mrs. G. M. Gutterson
through the sugar season.
Eddie Holton from Walpole spent Sunday
at j. w. Hazeltine's.
Curtis Derby will work for G. M. Gutterson
through sugaring.
johnnie Batchelder returns to Chester this
week.
Mrs. Mary A. Stoddard started on Monday
for Rochester, N. H., tor a two months visit
among relatives and friends.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-03-30
Free Pills.

Send your address to H. Z. Bucklen & Co.,
Chicago, and get free sample box of Dr.
Kings New Life Pills. A trial will convince
you of their merits. These pills are easy in
cure of Constipation and Sick Headache.
For Malaria sud Live troubles they have
been proved invaluable. They are guaran-
teed to be perfectly free from every dele
FERROUS substance and to be purely vegetable.
They do not we.ken by their action, but by
giving tone to the stomach and bowels greatly
invigorate the system. Regular size Is cents
per box. Sold BY ]. F. Pierce, druggist.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-03-30
EAST LEMPSTER.

Miss Mary Paige is failing gradually.
William Libby and Isaac Hodgeman are
helping HI. d. Nichols make sugar.
Elbridge Truell is at home for a short
vacation.
Lorenzo D. Moody has gone to Boston
where he has engaged to work on sound
vessel for the summer.
The w. c. T. U. will meet this week with
Mrs. Hudson.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-03-30
II the BABY Is Cutting Teeth,

Be sure and use that old and well-tried rem
edy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for
children teething. 1t soothes the child,
softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind
collie and is the best remedy for diarrhea.
Twenty five cents bottle.
1t Is the best of all.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-03-30

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combustibles of this nature were slowed
on or above the main deck and could not
have had anything to do with the de-
struction of the Maine.
The medical stores were slowed aft
under ter ward room and remote from
the scene of the explosion. No danger
Gus stores of any kind were slowed be-
low in any of the other storerooms.
The coal bunkers were inspected daily.
OF those bunkers adjacent to the for
ward magazines and shell rooms, four
Nere empty, namely ''B3, B4, BIZ, B6."
"A15" had ben in use that day and
'A16'' was full of New River coal. This
toal had been carefully inspected be-
fore receiving it on board. The bunker
In which it was slowed was accessible
on three sides at all times and the fourth
side at this time on account of bunkers
''B4' and BE being empty. This bum
ker. AIS" had been inspected that day
by the engineer officer on duty.
The fire alarms in the bunkers were in
working order and there had never been
case of spontaneous combustion OF coal
on board the Maine.
The two after boilers of the ship were
in use at the time of the disaster. but for
auxiliary purposes only, with COM
paratively low pressure of steam and be-
ing tended by a reliable watch. These
boilers could not have caused the ex-
plosion of the ship. The four forward
boilers have since been found by the div
ers, and are in fair condition.
z On the night of the destruction Of the
Maine everything had been reported Sc
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-03-30
THE TIMES.
WEDNESDAY. MAR. 80. 1898.
Vermont News.
Funeral of Gen. Veazey.

The funeral of Gen. Wheelock G. Veazev
was from the church of the Epiphany in
Washington, d. c., last Friday afternoon
with interment at Arlington cemetery.
The services were short and impressive.
The Scripture lesson was taken from First
Corinthians 20: Is, after which the choir rem
dered the hymns, "Lead Kindly Light" and
"Asleep in Jesus" The casket contained a
profuson of flowers and was covered with a
United States flag. At the cemetery the
ritual of the Grand Army was used.
The site Of the new grave is to the right
and just south of those occupied by Gems.
Sheridan, Crock and Baxter. The pail
bearers were: Honorary-Senator Morrill,,
Senator Proctor, Judge H. ii. Powers, Rep
resentative w. w. Grout, Gen. j. G. McCul-
Tough, Gen. Daniel E. Syckles, M. A. Knapp,
Col. l. F. Walker, ex-senator George F. Ed
munds, Representative Amos j. Cummings,
Gen. F. W. Smith, Gen. s. s. Burdette, Sec
rotary Alger, Gen. Goblin, commander-in-
chief of the G. A. r., and Judge James B.
Richardson; active, l.. s Emory, John
Tweedale, s. G. Robb, Arthur Hendricks,
Emmett Urell and Nathan Bickford.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-03-30
wi edicine

Only those who have been relieved
OF great suffering can fully appreciate
the gratitude with which the tcsti-
monials overflow written in favor of
Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-03-30

From present indications three special
trains of Wagner Palace Sleeping cars will be
necessary to care for the Fitchburg r. R.
Washington tour of April lst The demand
for accommodation is unprecedend, an indi-
cation that good things are appre-
ciated. j. r. Watson, general passenger
agent, or any agent of the company will give
full information.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-03-30
CHARLESTowN.

Frank Mcdonald passed Sunday with his
parents on River street..
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-03-30
ABSTRACT OF REPORT.

william Mckinley
Executive Mansion, March %, 1898.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-03-30
COURTS FINDING.

Full Report of Officers Who Investigated
the Maine Disaster.
The following is the full text of the
report of the court of inquiry:
United States steamship Iowa, first
rate, Key West, Monday, March 21.-Af
ter full and mature consideration of all
the testimony before it, the court fi9ds
as follows:
/. That the United States battleship
Maine arrived at the harbor of Havana,
Cuba, on the 25th day of January, 1898,
and was taken to buoy No. 4, in from
five and half to six fathorils of water,
by the regular government pilot.
The United States consul general at
Havana had notified the authorities at
that place the previous evening of the
intended arrival of the Maine.
2. The state of discipline on board the
Maine was excellent; and all orders and
regulations in regard to the care and
safety of the ship were strictly carried
out.
All ammunition was slowed in accord
ance with prescribed instructions, and
proper care was taken whenever am
munition was handled.
Nothing was slowed in any one of the
magazines or shell rooms which was not
permitted to be slowed there.
The mazagines and shell rooms were
always locked after having been opened,
and after the destruction of the Maine
the keys were found in their proper
place in the captains cabin, everything
having been reported secure that even
ing at p. m.
The temperature of the magazines and
: shell rooms were taken daily and re-
ported. The only magazine which had
an undue amount of heat was the after
10-inch magazine, and that did not ex-
plode at the time the Maine was de-
stroyed.
The torpedo war heads were all slowed
in the after part of the ship, under the
ward room, and neither caused nor par
ticipated in the destruction of the Maine.
The dry guncotton primers and deto-
majors were slowed in the cabin aft, and
remote from the scene of the explosion.
Waste was carefully looked after on the
Maine to obviate danger. Special or
ders in regard to this had been given by
the commanding officer.
VarniSheS. DRYERS alcohol and other
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-11-18
THE MARIA TERESA CANNOT
BE SAVED.

Captain McCalla, after examining the
Teresa, has wired the Navy Department
that, in his opinion, it will be impossible
to rescue the ship. Tine captain sends a
lengthy report, Governing a minute in
spection of the stranded warship. He
says that on his arrival on the wreck he
hoistcd the American flag. Continuing,
he says: After careful examination of
stranded ship and situation, and careful
consideration of instructions from de-
partment, approaching the great interest
taken bv our nation and government in
the fate of the Teresa, l regret exceeding
ly to express the opinion that it is hope
less to expect to rescue the ship. Craven,
Blow, Hobson and Crittenden confirm
nv opinion. The wreck is stranded in
from sixteen to twenty one feet, with
head to northward With exception of
few feet astern and forward. were cut
away, the ship rests on a rocky reef, coy
cred with coral stand, interspercd with
boulders, half-mile south of Bird Point.
wreck, both to northward and southwark,
the ship having been driven into slight
indentation in the reef. After striking
the reef, the main mast was driven up and
broken off short below the spar deck, the
military top lying outside bilge under port
quarter. The seas swept entirely over
her, the inner bottom was driven upwards
from one and a-half to two feet; the
patch on bottom abreast forward turret
has disappeared, the air ports have been
driven in The best way to illustrate
general condition of wreck is TO say that
the two sets of engines, boilers and other
foundations form part of the reef itself,
around which the rest of the ship works
laterally and vertically. The ship is al
ready telescoped, and as the rivets are
sheared by the constant working OF the
ship, the telescope process must continue.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-11-18
THE ACTING MAYOR.

The Baltimore american says: 1t is
extremely unfortunate that Mayor
Master is obliged to 60 South for his
health. AT time when he has special
interest in the city's affairs he is unable
to attend to them. In his illness he
haas the sympathy of the entire city,
and all the people will hope that his
journey for health and strength will lie
successful. One-half the battle in re-
CARING health is not to worry, and the
Mayor need not bother an instant about
Baltimore while he is gone, for he
leaves his office in competent hands.
Acting Mayor Samuel Eccles, Jr., is
one of the best men in the public life
of the city. He has had fine business
career, and his standing in the commu-
nifty is second to none. In addition to
helping to build Up Baltimore by his
ability and enterprise, he has always
taken keen and active interest in mu-
nicipal administration, and since his
service as 4 city councilman began he
has shown himself to be an intelligent
and progressive student of city affairs.
In addition to these qualities, he is an
cmnently safe man, and SO Mayor Nal
Al
while he is absent.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-11-18

Even Mr.. Hanna, says the Alexan-
dria (Va.) Gazette, now comedies that
the war tax is not exactly what 1T
should be, and that it requires amend
ment in at least some particulars.
Taxes once imposed, like power once
conferred, are rarely removed-never
without compulsion; and then, too, the
expenses OF large garrisons and fleets
to effect the expansion policy the re-
publican administration has adopted
and maintain law and order in the nu-
merous conquered provinces, and the
appropriations for keeping the country
on a war footing in consequence of the
danger of foreign complications Incl
dent to the Possession of those provin-
ces, will be so enormous, thai i can
hardly he possible TO reduce taxes on
the ncccSsaries OF the poor-certainlv
lot, until the surplus incomes Of the
rich be made to bear at least some Of
the taxation required for the support
of the government.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-11-18
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Till. are the only pills to take
llOOli , 1 IEAo with Hoods Sarsaparilla.
SPAIN ASKS ARIsITRATION

A joint meeting of the Spanish Ameri-
can peace commission was held Wednes-
day.
The Spanish commissioners presented
long document in answer IL ile A.ncri-
can argument, which was submitted last
week By mutual consent the memoran-
dun was handed to the Americans with
out being read, and the meeting adjourn
munication WIS translated, and its con-
tents was discussed by the United States
commission yesterday.
In their communication the Spaniards
reailin the POSITION which they have rs
sumed against the discussion here OF
SPANS Philippine sovereignty. They
insist that the words shall determine the
Dntrol. disposition and government of
tie Philippines in the peace protocol do
not warrant SPANS W ithdrawal from the
Philippines except on her own terms,
and, therefore, they propose arbitration
of the construction to be put on the words
1.-The control, disposition and govern
ment'
The American peace commissioners
have determined the exact amount of
money which the United States is willing
to ray to Spain on account of the PHILLIP
pines. What is proposed is cash pay
ment to the Spanish government. for the
J-nitoJ St.tac dnoS NOT intend tn enter in
to any relations with the holders of bonds
issued by Spain, notwithstanding the eff
forts of some of the European powers to
bring about this result As to the amount
which will be offered to Spain, the Off
cials here are mute, but it is believed to
r between O,OOO, 900 and SAC, 100000
The acquisition of an island in the Car
dine group, owned by Spain, will be part
of the work of the American peace com
mission. Cable communication between
the United States ard Manila by way of
Honolulu is regarded as desirable, and
the distance between Honolulu and Guam
Island, in the Ladrone group, is so great
as to make an inferno diary station neces-
sarv Officials believe that one of the
Caroline Islands would be useful as such
a station. The acquisition of either of
two of the Caroline Islands which are
considered suitable for a cable sta
ton would involve a money considera
ton, and the United States would pay
Spain reasonable price.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-11-18

Reports of somewhat lisquetinn
nature have been received from Gen
cral Otis, in command at Manila. He
says that the province Of Iloilio, in the
Island OF Panay, which is technically
occupied by the Spaniards, is sur
rounded by he insurgents, and that
fears are entertained that the Spanish
population and garrison will he mas
sacred.
The capital Of the province is 800
miles from Manila, but this and the
other islands; with the exception OF
Manila and its adjacent country. is not
under control of the Americans Here
tofore the United States officers have
tried to prevent disturbances between
the insurgents and the Spaniards
through good offices and counsel.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-11-18
TWO CATHOLIC DEGREES,

The New York He'al has dispatch
from Washington which says that Mon
signor Martinelli has just received from
Rome two important decress. One refers
to the funeral services of Catholics who
have joined Masonic orders, though this
is interdicted by the church. This de-
cree comes from the Propaganda Eide,
and allows priests to otficatc in case the
deceased Mason was not openly hostile to
the church.
The other is from the Con -regation of
the Index, and states that the book
Monks and Their Decline" by Rev.
George Zurichcr, pastor of St. Joseph's
Church, Buffalo, has been placed under
the ban of the church, and the author is
in danger of communication unless he
recantS.
Father Zuricher's book is said to be the
first book written by an American to fa,l
under the ban of the Index. 1t has caus-
ed Il sensation among Catholics for the
past tr,rce months, hot only in this coun-
try, but also in Europe
Tho book, as its title indicates, is an at
tack on the monastic orders, particularly
those which are now So powerful in Spain
and this country, rs the Jcsuits, Benedic-
tines and Augustinans. 1t maintains tina.
i'll the present system Of civilization and
enlightenment the orders have out lived
thair nj / II, II l., 4 1
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-11-18
THE WAR TAX.

The Washington Post states that the
war tax will not be abolished at the com
ing short session of Congress, and that
there will be no revision of the tariff what
ever. 1t bases this announcement upon
the positive statement made by Chairman
Dingley, of the ways and means commit
tee, who, in an interview, said
"The government will need for some
time all the revenue produced by the wal
taxes. During the month of October the
war expenditures exceeded the war reve-
nue. by some $14,0O0,O00, and this month
they will be $1O,OOO,O00 in excess. This
being the case, there will be no change, at
least this fiscal year. The war revenue
act will continue in force and unchanged
except, perhaps, in a few minor admins
trative features, for at least q year longer
1t is hardly necessary to add continued
Mr. Dingley, "that there will be no re-
vision of the tariff, although l have seen
some statement to the effect that such q
revision is contemplated