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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-05-21
GLADSTONE DEAD.
Mourning Throughout Great
Britain and The World.
National Funeral Will Be Held but
Body Will Rest In Hawardrn.

Hawarden. May 19.-England's grand
old man and the worlds advocate of
liberty is no more. William l.. Gladstone
passed away this morning shortly after
dawn.
He had been unconscious practically
all day, though at times he seemed to
recognize for moment some of the
watchers about him. Certainly he did
recognize his wife, who was beside him
all day except when the physician pre-
vailed upon her To rest. She tenderly
clasped her husbands hand as she
watched him. Apparently he slept a
sood deal; and occasionally he uttered
a few words in an incoherent. dreamy
way, words which those who were watch
ing were unable to catch. Their only
consolation was that he was not suffer-
ing pain. No narcotics We're admins
tered.
At a. m. it was learned Mr.. Glad.
stone was on the very brink of the
grave. All the family had met in his
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THREE THOUSAND OUT.
Big Fire in AttlebOrO-Cata
Long Feared.

AttlebOro, Mass, May 1S.-The catas
trophe that for years has been feared
because of the crowded situation of the
jewelry factories of Attleboro came to a
dread reality early this morning The
fine factories ON Mill street caught fire
lat 1880 o'clock and We're burned to the
ground with their entire contents. Very
little of IA property worth GOO, coo was
saved. Three thousand skilled work.
men are thereby thrown out of employ
ment with little hope of soon obtaining
means of livelihood.
Four large factories. several smaller
ones. u dozen or 10 dwelling houses, four
or five barns, marble works carpen-
ter shops. and several other buildings OF
various character were destroyed at
1870 o'clock this morning-just one short
hour after the fire was first discovered.
The majority of the shops in the sec
tion destroyed We're in charge of a
watchman. who also has the care of the
fires in the boiler rooms. The watch
man was startled by an explosion. and
on investigation he saw the whole north
tnd of the Bates & Bacon watchcase
building mass of flames. In half an
hour four shops We're totally destroyed
and the flames had spread to nearly
score of buildings At 23O o'clock the
fire was under control but il had then
swept almost everything within an area
Of four acres.
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The bow of the boat was hung with
great festuons of magnolias, gray moss
and roses gathered by ladies of the state
Of Alabama and sent here for the oc-
casion. only few hundred people wit
messed the launching, as against the
tens of thousands that usually gathered
in the yard on such occasions. For some
time the yard has been closed to all
visitors, and the rule was not relaxed
to any extent yesterday. Fear OF Span
ish treachery has made the government
and the Cramps extremely cautious. as
single bomb exploded by hostile visitor
would do almost incaluable damage.
Key West. May 19.-It is believed here
that the task of cornering the Spanish
fleet will be lengthy one. Those best
informed think the enemy will go to-
ward south Cuba, probably heading for
Cienfuegos, but this is supposition only,
based on naval experience. According
TO advices received here, Rear Admiral
Sampson's cruise thus far has been
without remarkable incident except for
the attack upon San Juan de Porto Rico.
That the object of the squadrOn-the
meeting of the Spanish tleet-was not
accC mplshed was no fault of the ad-
miral. The failure has not diminished
the universal confidence in Admiral
Sampson's remarkable ability. 1t is be-
lieved that he will find the enemy as
quickly as any man living, and when he
does find it no one has the slightest
doubt of the result.
Seaman Feman. member of the
crew of the New York, who was injured
severely in the leg by the bursting of a
shell in the engagement at San Juan.
and who was removed to the hospital
ship. will probably not be obliged to have
the leg amputated, thanks to the splen-
did operation by the naval physicians,
though the limb will be somewhat short
ened. The three men of the Iowa who
were wounded in the fight and who
were also sent to the Solace are doing
well. The others who were wounded
are reported as having practically re-
| covered.
The New York overhauled the Span
ish bark Carlos f. Rosses Of Barcelona
bound from Montevideo for Havana
with jerked beef and garlic. A prize
crew was put on board her. This prize
will belong to the New York alone. Sht
will probably prove to he worth about
$50, 900.
Washington. May 1a.-ExSecretary
o: the Navy Tracy of New York. under
whose administration Of the navy de-
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ever had war il would be with one of
the great naval powers, capable Of
throwing their vast naval arnaments
against our shores. To meet this on
slaught we proceeded on the theory Of
having navy to protect our long
stretch of coast, and incidentally IL
scout the ocean and cause all the dam
age possible to the commerce which
most of the naval powers possess. For
that reason we built our battleships and
our unarmOred cruisers.
"'rhe armored cruisers New York and
Brooklyn are fine ships Of their type,
and are exactly fitted for this line of The
offensive work. They combine the fea-
lures of heavy armor. and protected
decks Of an ironclad, together with the
speed of d cruiser. but what we need is
more of them. The strength of the
Spanish squadron now in southern
waters lies in the fact that II has this
type of armOred cruisers, with speed and
protective armor, suitable FOR offensive
work. Under the new conditions which
have arisen it seems plain that congress
should provide at least six of these
armorcd cruisers. We are not only carry
ing on an offensive warfare, but we are
reaching out to the Philippines. Tie
entire theory of a defensive navy ON
which our present navy was formed has
been changed by this conflict with Spain,
and. being changed. the new conditions
should be promptly met by congress-
Washington, May l9.-When the SEN
ate went into secret session yesterday
on the quartermasters' bill. Mr.. Hawley
read letter from General Flag!er chief
of the bureau Of ordnance, requesting
that authority be given for the purchase
of ordnance without waiting to adVer-
tisa, saying that such delay at times like
these might be of very serious con-
sequence. The letter was not notable
in any respect except that it was an Off
Cial acknowledgment of the fact that
there are still many articles tn be Sc
cured for the equipment of the army and
that expedition is considered necessary
in securing them.
The reading OF the letter led to Il brief
discussion Of the status of the military
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Vineyard Haven. May 1.-THE Angela
of Franklin. Me. New York for South
Gardiner with cargo of birthstone. and
the ;. j. Lindsey of and from Rockland
for New York with lime, collided about
one mile west of Cross-Rip lightship
saturday night during Il moderate south
west wind. The Angela sank almost
Immediately in IL fathoms of water with
the mastheads just above the surface
captain Murphy and the crew OF three
men had barely time 10 escape aboard
the Lindsey before the vessel sank.
They saved nothing. The Lindsey had
about % feet of her starboard bow cut
DOWN TO the waterways. eight stanchions,
several chain plates. and forerigging
carried away and sustained other dam
age. The hull is tight.
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"Whrn the Spaniards found out I
was going to the United States" said
Captain Wood. they became wild with
rage and refused to put another pound OF
cargo into the ship A mob came down
to the dock and began rioting. They
were armed with sticks and stones. as
we'll as big knives. They expressed
hatred for Englishmen just as much as
lor Americans and declared they would
destroy my ship and all on board.
decided to get away Is soon as possible.
Il gave orders To get ready for sea and
visited rhe Venezuelan consul. who rep.
resents the United states government, tC
have my papers attested. ! no soonel
left the ship than Il crowd began fol-
lowing me. hootir & and jeering. Preached
the Albion hotel. where the consulate
Is located The fast increasing moi
"a thered outside the hotel, and wher
they discovered | was in conversation
with the consul of Venezuela they
SlOrmed the place. The American flag
which was in the consul's Office was
torn into ribbons and trodden upon in the
streets, and the American coat of arms
was shattered. The eagle was kicked in
the mud and spat upon. The mob went
for me. They hombarded the hot 81 with
stones and smashed every window in it.
They threw Il dozen or more huge stones
at me, several Of which just graZed my
head. They then drew murderous.
looking knives, and. declaring | was AT
a merican. tried to kill me. slipped out
of the back way, and by making detoul
reached my ship unmolestcd.
AS soon as | got aboard heard the
mob coming down the quay yelling like
mad to renew the attack. / ordered the
lines cast off. and as the tug was along.
side we We're soon out of their reach
We went out Il little way and anchored
/ Il fter which got back ashore on the tug
and secured my papers. and we sailed
Immediately.
/ Soon after we left Gibraltar. two
small craft We're sighted astern. and we
soon made them out to be Spanish tor
| redo boats. For 80 miles they followed
us but when night came We put On full
steam ana kept going lively oll thai
night. When day dawned our pursuers
/ Mere now here in sight"
| Washington. May 19-In beginning hii
address on the bin for war revenue yes.
! trrday. Senator Turpie declared that II
was very easy tn say that the country
I was at war and that the congress must
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before II struck and rushed to their
cellars. Nobody was seriously injured.
A great deal of stock was killed. The
storm was preceded by rain and hail.
Cunningham is small town on the
Wishita and Western railroad, 50 miles
west of Wichita.
In Clinton and Jackson counties Iowa,
trees and Outhouses were torn to pieces.
Roofs OF farmhouses were lifted like
straws and carried half mile along the
path of the storm, and then hurled
against the walls of big stock barns,
cutting them in two and Killing hundreds
OF cattle which had taken shelter from
the fury of the elements in the sheds.
Half dozen school buildings are known
TO have been destroyed. but 1t IL not
thought that any Of the pupils perished.
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ON BEACON HILL.
What Massachusetts Solons Did on
Monday.

Boston, May 1.-The state senate
passed to be encrossed the bill providing
for the election of one alderman and two
councilmen from each ward i'm the city
of Boston. An amendment providing
Cor a referendum To the voters of Boston
was defeated.
There was a hot fight on the bill pro-
viding for the appointment of assessors
for Il term of three years. and the ap-
pointment of u state deputy collector,
but it was ordered to a third reading.
The bin To allow the restoration To the
public service of persons leaving it for
the military service in the war was
passed to he engrossed on the first call
of the calendar.
A long and animated discussion fol-
lowed on the bill to prohibit associa-
tions or combinations from issuing
stock or other securities upon the prop
erty, franchises or stock OF gas or elcc-
tric light companies. The whole gas
situation was pass in rrview. and
companies as we'll as individuals We're
attacked and defended The measure
was passed tu be enproSsSl.
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evidences VI sympathy have been almost
as universal, Mr.. Faure, president Of
the French republic, daily enquired and
regularly received every bulletin. The
press of Be!gu France. Italy and
Greece. in a spontaneous outburst. re
calls how many oppressed peoples during
MIR, Gladstone's life have offered hymns
Of praise for his intervention in their be-
half: while in Madrid the prospect of his
death caused .! hours susps nsion of
war animosity against England. Not
the least point in this tribute to Mr..
Gladstone has been its profound una
nimity.
Though national funeral will proh-
ably be accepted by the family. there is
little doubt that the re mains of Mr. Glad
stone will he laid to rest in the peace
ful graveyard at Hawarden ADJOINING =
The church where he was married more
than half century ago. At Hawarden
the happiest portion of his life was spent.
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squadron now in southern waters, but
also that her great fighting strength
would be added to Admiral SIMPSONS
force in the near future, If indeed it had
not already augmented the admirars
strength.
The Oregon left San Francisco about
six weeks ago. before the war had opened
and at that time it was not admitted
that she was to join the ships in the At
lantic waters. She stopped at Callao
for dispatches and then went around the
horn and then up the coast of South
America. In all the trip covered more
than $4,000 miles. The last stretch from
Eahia to the Windward islands has been
followed with anxiety by naval OFF,
cials for. by a strange coincidence. the
formidable Spanish squadron of armOred
cruisers and torpedo boats approached
the Wmdward islands at the very tine
the Oregon was due there. 1t had been
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A FEW NEWS ITEMS.
What the Wires OF Thursda
RrOu4 ht Forth

What the Wires OF Thu rsday
Brought Forth.
Several candidates were admitted to
the naval academy in Annapolis yester-
day. including Robert Henderson Of
Massachusetts.
The following fOurth-class postmasters
We're appointed yesterday: At ElmwOod
Mass, Loren A. Flagg: at Nasonville,
r. J.. Frank Perkins.
Edward Remick, As years. committed
suicide by hanging In his barn at Ber-
wick, Me. He sold his milk farm week
ago and afterwards regretted the sale.
Robert Marstan. sea man, fell from
the crosstree of a schooner at Hyannis,
Mass, to the deck, and was killed.
Marstan belonged in South Shields. Eng
land.
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Wreck by Cyclone.

kingman, Kan, May ia destruc-
tive tornado swept over the western part
of this county Tuesday night. The
town of Cunningham was almost de-
molished. The cloud travelled in a
northerly direction, wrecking hotel.
two livery barns, part of the Wichita
Il Western depot and part of the busi-
ness and residence portion of the viii
lage. There are only five houses left
standing.
Th, track of the storm was 200 yards
wide, and everything was swept clean.
People saw the cloud about 20 minutes
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(ilaQStOn6, MI. fnlllllnOre, u Ilfe-IOnY
friend, and, on the outer fringe of those
near the dying man stood. almost as
much affected, the doctors and two faith
full nurses. One hour later the end
came.
Every topic in Great Britain yester-
day droppetl out of sight before the pass
ing of Mr.. Gladstone. Hawarden
focused the attention which from the
highest to the man i'm the street, was re-
spectful. sincere and profound. The
time had come when. as Mr.. Chamber
lain said last evening at the Civil Service
olub banuuet. the grea test statesman of
our time and generation was passing 10
his rest In two places perhaps was
the tension most keen and most heart.
fe,t-the house of commons and Ha.
warden
lust before the bouse rose q telegram
from Harbert Gladstone rsacbe1 7 J.ord
cton,ar onnoupc;ng that b;s f,tber wo @
s,uLjng In tho minds nf all ;t VOC ths
Iast of q LONG ser;es of bulletins anx.
,nus,y owoited .pd mournf,,I,y recsiyod
AIrao dv hef,ra III, ao.th tho hush 80
,r,as so.r,ad to f,iI o,,o,. tho soana ~ hi.
t,.,,,,,,,hs. ond f,on, tho nrs.ont MAN
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The Elk's Elect Officers.

New Orleans, May 1.-THE grand
lodge Of Elks has elected the following
officers: Grand exalted ruler. John Gal
win, Cincinnati; leading knight. C. A.
Foote, Minneapolis; loyal knight. w. i.
Saxon, New Orleans; lecturing knight.
Henry d. COzzens, Des Moines; secre-
tary, George a. Reynolds, Sagi'"w.
Mich, reelected: treasurer, f. s. Orris'
Meadville. Pa, reelected: tller. George
Meyer. Jr., Pittsbu"S.
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Berlin. N. H., May 16.-'The main fly
wheel in No. mill Of the International
Paper company burst last night, and
considerable damage was done to prop
erty in line of the flying fragments. The
wheel was IA feet i'm diameter and had a
24-inch face. The accident was caused
by the engine running wild. The engine
room was wrecked but the paper ma
chimes We're only slightly affected. A
fragment OF the wheel flew across the
river and crashed into livery stable.
killing n horse. Two men who We're
near the engine were hurt.
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Old Orchard Badly SinCeO.

Old Orchard. Me-, May ia fire of
incendiary origin was discovered in the
st. elmo cottage at 1880 O'Clock last
night. and for two hours the flremen
fought desperately to save the large
number of hotels and cottages near the
sea wall. The total loss Of the buildings
destroyed is about $4,000.
The st. Elmo was quickly destroyed
the flames spreading to the Granite State
cottage. the Lawrence cottage, and two
other cottages. which were all destroyed.
The Cleaves house was damaged to the
extent of about $500, while a cottage
owned by Edward Morst of Barre, VT,
suffered Il damage of nearly $500.
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partment many of the battleships and
cruisers of our new navy were projected
and built, was at the department yes
terday meeting his old associates and
talking with the officials on the status of
the present war. General Tracy was
asked if our ships in their present active
service met the expectations he had of
them when the new navy was being
developed.
ITO judge from Manila. they are meet
ing every expectation" said the general: {:
land yet believe 1t to be the plain duty
of congress to authorize Immediately the
construction of six large, armored cruis-
ers of the most modern type. even larger
than the New York and Brooklyn. These
should be ordered In addition to the
ships authorized by the regular naval
appropriation bill. Now that we are
called upon to carry on offensive war
fare. the need of armored cruisers is i'm
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Boy Held for Mansla tighter.

Holyoke, Mass. May 17.-In the police
court yesterday John ]. welch. the
young son Of the ex-leaGue pitcher, was
bound over to the grand jury on the
charge Of manslaughter for the shoot
ing of his playmate, Raymond Martin.
week ago. All the testimony indicated
that the shooting was accidental, but
Judge Chaplin held that It was a case of
manslaughter. and that crime is not
within the Jurisdiction of his court.
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operatiunS and some impatience was eX-
pressed regarding the apparent delay in
getting the military expedition to the
Philippines started. Senator Lodge
made O. brief speech on this point ex
pressing the hope that, that if the pass
age of the bill would expedite in any wise
the movement of this force it would be
put through without further delay. He
referred to the battle of Manila as the
most notable naval triumph of the world
because Of it's remarkable one-sidedness,
and expressed surprise and disappoint-
ment that Is days should have been al
lowed to elapse before troops sufficient
to enable us to follow up the naval vic>
tory with an attack upon the Spanish
land forces at Manila had been put In
readiness to start upon their mission.
London, May 19-The correspondent
at Manila of The Daily Telegraph tele-
graphs as follows: "Despite the wor-
ries of the blockade. the spirits of the
Spanish officials are well maintained.
The vessels Of Admiral Dewey's squad
ron keep their positions and content
themselves with preventing all supplies
from reaching the beleaguered city. In
addition to the Callao. the Americans
have taken some steamers which were
making for the port, and several coast
ing vessels. Nothing has yet succeeded
I'm running the blockade. Admiral
Dewey Is credited with a desire to cap
ture the Spanish steamer Leyte, as his
launches have been scouting around the
coast. The Ieyte Is at present anchored
in the Pampanga river.
1.-The rebel forces have not yet sum-
moned up courage to attack the city
They are in no condition tn do So but
they ravage the country outside. The
foreign residents believe that If the city
fell into the hands of the rebels II would
he deplorable. The governor is Great
ing a loyal native legion to assist in cop
ing with rebel attacks while the Span
ish regular troops are reserved I" meet
! any American forces that may lie
| landed"
Baltimore. May 19.-Captain Wood Of
a British steamship. which has arrived
here from Huelva. reports that he had
an eventful experience in the Spanish
port. He reached there April % to take
on n cargo of 600 tons of sulphur 70;
! Baltimore. Public sentiment was run
ming high against America and Ameri-
cans. and he gave 1t out that his cargo
was destined for Rotterdam. He hao
loaded 1900 tons by April -, when he
thought 1t discrete to leave.