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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-03-31

John Burroughs writes OF the "SongI
OF American Birds 10 the Century. Mr.
Burroughs says have never yet seen q
Gagged bird that | wanted at less', not OF
account OF Its song-not a wild ti0wei
that desired TO transfer to my garden
A Gagged skylsrk will sing Its song sitting
on q bit OF turi 10 the bottom OF the cage
but you want to stop your ears. 1t is SO
harsh and sibllaut aud penetrating. Bnt
up there against the morning sky. and a
boSe the wide eIpsnse Of fields, what de
light wo have 10 i'll 1t is not the concord
OF sweet sounds; it is the soaring spirit OF
glsdness and ecstscy raining down upon
us from "hesyen's gate. Thep, to the
time and place, il one could only add the
association, or hear tue bird through the
vista Of years, the song touched with the
magic Of youthful memories
A mum Der OF years ago friend sent me
score OF skylstks In "a cage. | gave
them their liberty in field near my place.
They drifted away, and | never heard
them or saw them sgain. But one Sun
day Scotchman from q neighboring city
called upon nc, and declared with visible
excitement that on his way along the road
be bad heard skylsrk. He was not
dreaming; he knew it was a skylsrk
though be had not beard one since be
left he shores OF The Doom, = quarter Of a
century or more before. What pleasure
it gave him How much more the song
meant TO him than it would have meant
10 mel For the moment he was on bis
native heath again. Then | told him
bous the lsrks had liberated, and be
seemed TO enjoy it all over again with re
newed appreciation.
Many years ago some skylatks were
liberated on Long Island. and they be
came established there, and may now oo
csslonally be heard IN certain localities,
One summer day friend Of mine wss ont
there observing them, q lark was soaring
and singing IN the sky above him Au
old Hisbmsn came along, and suddenly |
stopped as if trsnsfIed TO the spot, a look |
OF mingled delight sDd increduiity came
into bis face Was he indeed bearing the |
bird Of bis YOUTH BE took of bis bat,
turned his face skywsrd, and With NOV
ing lips and streaming eyes stood long
time 10 srdlng the bird All. nv friend
though, if could only bear that song
With bis ears How 1t brought back bis
J youth and sll those lopg-gope days on bis
native hillsl The power OF song birds
over us is 30 much a matter Of association
Hence 1t is that every traveller to other
countries finds the ieatbered songs.ers Of
less me'It than those be left behind The
traveller dos not hear the birds 10 the
same receptive, uncrlticsl frame Of aiind
as does the native; they are not iu the
same way the voices Of the place aud the
season.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-03-31

II 10 only tecenlly that women have y
precistsd thevsluc Of GOOD cookery. Ih'
simple svsty-dsy th,nss hsvs been cor
slietei Of little importance sni Often el
I tireIy neglected. Even the COOK books
give but little i-totmstiou about some Of
the tllHss which every body thonli know
Amoug ibete Is eotumtst When il IL
foperly prepared It Iss healthy article
oi lood. Bot as II is usually eooted it's
iudIsestible aud ubdt even for strong
stsmacb. The common RAy Of making
cotume cal mush. iyr instance, is TO ttf
the meal wltboat meItnuBg il into boil
iug water until It ia .hict sud when 1t
has cooked five or tea miuntes II j, doue.
by tits process II is bard aud raw. and
wholly uull to eat II Is surprising hos
much It is improved by little eItrs ooot
Ing. and II oan DO made q dehcscy With
very little trouble,
Take one quart OF water, add tne tea
HIophlut VI ublt' uru ~ pVllu nN'i ~
one cup Of yellow corpmesl Let IL boil
Tor tea minutes, then set il back on the
stove, where II will cook slowly aud not
burr, for one hour aud stirring occasion
sllg. Pour into mold and let stsnd
over Dight, 10 the morning it will be
firm enough TO slice well, and when 1t ID
dipped 10 grated bread crumbs and quick
ly ired 1t will be = pleasant surprise TO
those who have been accustomed to eating
it the old-isthioned way.
Corn bread, or "iohany cake" as II is
often called is greatly improved by the
following directons
Put the milk that the recipe calls for
on the stove. and when II is hot stlr 10
be cornmeal and let it cook for ten OF
iiteen minutes Az easy way to prevent
i from burning is to s t the dish on an
asbestos pad 7 eh proceed with the
Mining in the usual way. The extra cook
ug removes the raw taste OF the meal aud
,restly improves the flavor OF the bread,
besides making it entirely digestlbIe.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-03-31

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great State Ol New York
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-03-31

Anew LlUcob sueciote is told by III
old iri-n5 Of Llooln, Squire Masters Of
Fe,ersburg. H. This oid gentleman Of
eighty ,lI has l-t been brought into
iice by the eiebrstioa ct the uIly
fourth suiversaty Of ai. marriage At one
tine baiars the c.wl gsr s41fs Masters
aas ibresteu,d sth Law suiL de vent
to syua. d ia, where LDcoi1 "a, located,
sui bsi = TAX sith L,m about tie csse.
Ltloala told utm Il he could not se,tle
tie cses be ~oalI undertake TIE defence.
bot be urged bis iriea8 to make 81 amies
Lleas .asusut Wbstliyo charge. Abe.
20 81 into c3url i.r 4ef ssii Mt Masters.
Well, vAs Liarsis reply, it will cosl you
80 Bat uoat charge you anything If
yen eau settle i, belseen yourselves. The
ether panty heard Of the s4uife's Wait 10
Lireola aud ssresd 10 settle.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-03-31
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The record-union., 1898-02-27
SEVEN PEOPLE KILLED.
Frightful Crossing Accident on
the Grand Trunk Road.

CHICAGO, Feb. 26.-An omnibus con-
tanning nine persons, eight of whom
were young men and women on their
way to attend party at a hotel in Blue
Island, was struck by Grand Trunk
passenger train at the Western ave-
nue. crossing, south Of Blue Island, at
8 o'clock tonight, and six Of the pleas
ure seekers were killed almost instant
ly. None escaped serious injury.
Dead: Mary Ritz, IL years old, So
phia Van Buren,, 10 years old; Jennie
Winette, Is years old; Louis Saur-
bier, IA years Of age, son Of the driver;
Fred Pelky, 20 years old; an unidenti-
fed woman.
Thomas Hayes had his spine injured
and several ribs broken. He cannot re-
cover.
George Saurbeir, the driver suffered
a fracture of the collar'bone.
The train was running at a high rate
Of speed, and approached the crossing
after rounding a sharp curve. The
team was going at a rapid gait down
grade, and owing to the ice and snow
the driver could not stop in time to
avoid the disaster. The horses passed
over, but the engine struck the vehicle
squarely in the middle.
Thomas Hayes, one OF the injured
died late tonight, making the seventh
fatality.
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Fire Causes a Terrible Disaster at
Kalamazoo, Michigan.
At Least Eight Persons Known TO Have Lost
Their Lives.
ing Of a Passenger Train on the
Grand Trunk Road Into q Car
riage at a Crossing at Chicago.

KALAMAZOO (Mich.). Feb. 26.-Fire
broke out in the Hall Chemical Works
at 10 o'clock tonight, and after burning
half an hour two terrific explosions
blew the whole top of the building off,
the falling wall and debris Beside
leaving two firemen at least within the
building, six men have been taken out
dead, and ten are injured.
The dead reported are: P. H. McHugh,
fireman.; James Quigley, fireman;
George Holiday, fireman; John Hast
ings, drayman; William Wagner, fire.
man.
Injured: l.. L. Holloway, druggist, will
die; Albert Labon, conclusion of the
brain; John McAllister, legs broken;
Eugene Dole, injured about head.
Several others, whose names cannot
be obtained at this hour, We're injured.
The fire broke out in Hall Brothers
laboratory at 10 o'clock. While the
firemen were trying to put out the fire
in the second story terrific explosion
occurred, blowing out the entire side Of
the building. The first explosion was
followed by two others. Firemen on
the ladders We're blown in every direc-
ton by the fearful conclusion. The
flames shot high into the, air, and it
looked for moment as if there would
be an awful confiagration. The crowd
was daZed by the explosion. Horses
were thrown down and windows in the
vicinity shattered. Work of rescue be-
gan at once, and the building was left
to its doom. Intense excitement pre-
vailed until / a. m.
The record-union., 1898-02-27

NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-The Holland
American line steamer Rotterdam, from
Rotterdam, arrived at quarantine to-
night with third officer George Uns-
worth and nine seamen of the overdue
French liner La Champagne, who were
picked up from a ifeboat on Thursday,
February 24th, in latitude 43.1 north,
longitude 81 west. The men when
taken aboard the Rotterdam were in a
helpless condition, having been in the
ships lifeboat for six days and nights.
The men were all more or less froStbit-
ten.
UnSworth stated that La Champagne
broke her tail-end shaft on Thursday,
February 18th, at ) p. m, in latitude
1857. longitude 51.52 The steamer
being in a helpless condition, Captain
Perrot anchored The steamer was on
the edge of the Newfoundland banks,
and there being a possibility of the
steamer not being picked up in her po-
sition. Captain Perrot decided to send
lifeboat in search of assistance.
On the morning of the 18th, the life
boat being fully provisioned. Unsworth
and his crew OF nine men left the ship,
in the hope Of intercepting some pass
ing steamer The weather proved
tempestuous, with intense cold A sharp
lookout was kept for passing steamers,
but none were seen. The crew kept
to their oars, and for six days worked
with might and main, but owing to the
cold and exposure, became we'll nigh
exhausted. On the oath at l p. m.
the Rotterdam bore down and stood by.
La Champagne experienced strong
head winds up TO February 18th, when
the tail-end shaft gave way. When the
accident occurred the best of order
prevailed. The steamer was perfect
ly tight, and not making any water
The passengers, on being informed of
the accident to the machinery, were
perfectly calm, and the best of order
prevailed.
La Champagne carried 304 passen-
gers forty-eight being cabin, fifty
three second cabin, 203 Storage and a
crew of 115.
The record-union., 1898-02-27
BLOODY BATTLE IN THE DARK
A Policeman Shot Down by a Gang
of Robbers.

SOUTH BEND Qnd.), Feb. 26.-Sil-
gle handed, facing disadvantages OF
numbers and a murderous ambush in
the dark, Officer Louis Keller Of the
South Bend police fought until his
death last night. One of the alleged
band of burglars who killed him was
mortally wounded The rest of Keller's
adversaries, four in number, are in jail,
and public Indignation is at fever heat.
Shortly before midnight Keller no.
ticed the back door of cigar store
unlocked, and the lights extinguished.
The policeman went in to investigate,
and a bullet whiZZed past his head. A
fusillade followed. Keller, sighting as
best he could by the flashes of the enc
my's guns, fired rapidly. A moment
later the door opened. Out rushed q
crowd of armed men, leaving Keller
shot through the heart and dead.
officer Derrent, alarmed by the shoot
ing, had just come up, and one Of the
men ran directly into his arms. Der
rent easily overpowered the man, and
found him to be MORALLY wounded. He
gave his name as Jack Burke Of New
York.
Four more of the midnight marksmcn
were soon captured-Robert Powers.
James Burns, Frank OConnor and
Frank Monroe-all said to be Eastern
crooks, whose field of previous opera
tons has been Montreal and Buffalo.
Burke, in his dying statement, said
that he fired the shot which killed Kel-
Ter.
The record-union., 1898-02-27
JOHN LYNN.
Makes Desperate Attempt to Es-
cape From Custody.

OAKLAND. Feb. %. = John Lynn.
charged with assault to murder his
wife, dashed from the prisoners dock
in the Police Court this morning and
threw himself headlong against the
heavy plate glass window on the north
side of the room. There was a crash
ing of glass as the prisoners head went
through the plate, but before he could
get his body through the opening the
police officers in the courtroom gathered
about him and half dragged, half car
ried him back into the dock.
Bruised and bleeding. Lynn struggled
hard to escape the officers, and it re-
Quired the combined efforts of Sergeant
Morrison, Court Bailiff Mitchell. Hugh
Aldrich, the prisoners attorney, and
Clerk of the Police Court Hennessey 10
place handouts on the struggling man,
During the entire struggle Lynn did
not speak a word. and he ceased strug-
Cling when the handouts We're placed
upon him. He was again placed in q
cell, where he maintains a sullen ST.
lence, and refuses to converse with jail
mates or keepers.
The record-union., 1898-02-27
HARE AND HOUNDS,
Result of the Coursing at the New
Union Park

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 26-The
new Union Coursing Park was opened
to-day. The result of the first round
in the all-ages stake was as follows:
Pretender beat Waratah, Rusty Gold
beat Douglass, Connemara beat Chart
list, Coralie beat Magic, Mountain Beau
ty beat Fear Not, Theron beat Noon
dyne H., Sky Lark beat just Eclipsed
in a bye, Carmen beat Sportsman, Me-
tallic beat Wayfarer Cavalier beat
Arapahoe, Blackstone beat Diana, Syl-
via beat White Lily in bye, Blackette
beat Sans Souci. Royal Buck beat Van
Cloie, Gilt Edge beat Chit Chat. False
Flatterer beat Lord Byron, Mckinley
beat Mercy May, Right Bower beat
Jimmy Cork. Gallagher beat Santa
Alicia, Pat Molloy beat Theodore, Emin
Pasha beat Sweet Lips, Susie beat
Sam, Rosette beat Mountain Lassie,
Patria beat Spry, Green Valley Maid
beat Minnehaha, Flying Buck beat
Firm Friend, Eclipse beat Forget Ne
Not, Jester lost a bye with Van Nida.
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COAST AND EASTERN RACES.
THE MALEWENSKY STAKE AT
INGLESIDE.
Captured by Corrigan's Milt
Young, Obsidian, the Favorite,
Running Third.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.-The spe-
cial attraction at Ingleside was the
Malewensky stake for two-year-old at
four fur,ongs, and was captured by the
Corrigan entry, Milt Young, with his
stable mate, Frank Ireland at his
throat. The Burns & Waterhouse colt
Obsidian was favorite in the betting,
but was beaten by the Corrigan stable,
and got third place. Results:
Six furlongs, selling, Jack Martin
(Stevens), to 1, won; Fortunate Com
ley), Z to 10, second; O'Fleeta CThorpe),
g to /, third. Time-1:1734. Silver
State, Viking, Hazard, Una Que Amo
and Startling also ran.
Six furlongs, Charles A. (SpenceD, 3
to 1, won; Benamela (Clawson), to l,
second; Daylight (Conley), 3 to 2,
third. Time-1:11. Veragua, Hum
bug, Last Chance, Mic Mac and Will
liam OBJ also ran.
Four furlongs, wo-year-olds, the
Malowansky stakes, value 1000, Milt
Young (Clayton), 3 to /, coupled with
Frank Ireland, won; Frank Ireland
(Clawson), second; Obsidian CThorpe),
4 to 5, third Time-0:501a. Semicolon,
Native Son and Rainier also ran.
Mile and a quarter, over five hurdles,
Captain Reese (Hueston), to 5. won;
Major S. (Peters), 20 to /, second; Mon
ito (McAuliffe). II to 5, third. Time
2:2S%. Tortoni and Reno also ran.
Seven furlongs. DR.. Marks Oh. MARTINI,
8 to 2. won: ODDS On CThorpe), to j,
second; Moringa Of. Devin), Is to 10.
third. Time-1:31A. Watomba, Rebel
Jack, Bonnie lone, Novia and Prince
RlaZeS also ran
Three furlongs, two-year-olds, selling,
Royal Fan &c. jones', to 20. won;
Mater Buck (Conley), to 1, second,
Canace (McNichols), 80 to 1. third.
Time-0:364. La Parasseuse, Racine
Murphy and Ocorona also ran.
AT NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 26-Weather
fine; track fast. Results.
Seven furlongs, Tom Kingsley won,
Percy F. second. Crystallin third. Time
i :32A.
Half mile, May Hampstead won,
Pansy H. second, The Diver third. Time
-0:521@
Six and a half furlongs, Jolly Son
Won. Black Brush second, Pop Dixon
third. Time-1: 2615.
The record-union., 1898-02-27

SEATTLE, Feb. 26.-The steamer
Topeka arrived here tonight from Ju-
neau, Alaska. The officers of the To-
peka report that during a terrific wind
storm at Juneau last Sunday the steam
er Oregon was blown ashore on Juneau
flats. She was lying in Juneau har-
Dor at anchor when the gale struck ner,
and after straining at her anchor for
some time she began to drag, and then
at tremendous speed she was hurled on
the flats. Several horses were thrown
against the side of the vessel as she
struck, and some were killed. All day
she lay in that position, the passengers
suffering terribly, as during the gale
a dense snowstorm ragged. The ther-
mometer registered eight below zero,
and the the fierce wind was piercing
cold. When the gale abated at high
tide the vessel was 1oated. Fortu-
nately the flats are soft, and the Ore
gon suffered no injury.
On the way down the Topeka spoke
the Corona, and brings word from Cap
tain GoodaH that she can be raised.
Divers found no large holes in her hull,
and what leakages found had been
stopped, and the water pumped out,
and everything being in readiness to
raise her
On Thursday the long overdue steam
er Scotia was passed, bound for Seat
tie from Skaguay, and reported all
well. The steamer Rustler had re-
turned to Juneau from another unsuc-
cessful search for the bodies of those
who persisted in the Clara Nevada dis
aster.
Juneau has a coal famine, and there
is only sufficient fresh meat in town
to last from one boat to Zlother
The weather has been sonnet hing ter
rible for week past. Cyclonic gales
have been blowing continuously, and
the thermometer has been from zero to
nine below.
The record-union., 1898-02-27

as City Justices is raised. They were
elected under an amendment to Section
lob Of the Code Of Civil Procedure,
which provides that cities Of over Ii, 600
inha bitants and less than $4,000 shall
elect one Justice, and over "a, 900 and
under 100000 shall elect two Justices.
When they were elected there had been
no census taken showing the popula-
ton Of Los Angeles to be over 1O0, 600,
but subsequently census has shown
it to be over 100000. The question
now raised is whether they have been
legally in office since the taking of the
census. 1t is conceded that after their
present term the city cannot legally
have City Justices.
Under the decision declaring the Po-
lice Judges Illegally in Office, the chain
gang must be done away with. A num-
Der Of persons now serving sentence can
be released by habeas corpus proceed
ings, and many other results Of like
nature follow.
The record-union., 1898-02-27
"IMPARCIAL" WARNS SPAIN.
War Inevitable If the Rebellion in
Cuba is Prolonged Beyond May.

MADRID, Feb. 26-The Cabinet has
considered the situation, and no Incl
dent was reported as altering the cor
diality of the relations between Spain
and the United States" though the
Ministers expressed regret at the pas
sion which has crept into public opin~
ion during the present Incident
Deputy Mesamena, an intimate friend
of General Weyler, has received a mes
sage from the former Captain General
of Cuba denying the report that Wey-
Ter took from the War Department at
Havana papers and plans connected
with the Notifications. The Deputy says
it is doubly absurd to suppose that
General Weyler placed mines and tor
pedoes in Havana Bay to endanger
navigation, without warming the ship
ping. 1t is further said that all the doc
uments and plans relating to the cam
pafgn in Cuba are among the archives
in the War Department at Havana
The 'Imparcial'' to-day warns Spain
ito distrust the pacific speeches of
President Mckinley and that of Gen
eral Woodford at the recent banquet
here" adding: America is actively pre-
pairing for the war; which is inevitable
IL tiiC iepcillOii III SQbd Is
beyond May"
The Spanish Government, ii is said
is equipping its forces at the different
arsenals, and is organizing its marine
and infantry
Senior Morel, Minister for the Cot
onies. declares that the fac smile of
the letter of Senior Gown, the Secretary
of the Interior published by the I'm
parcial' on Tuesday last is dissimilar
to the autographs of Senior Gown ex-
listing in the Ministry for the Colonies
Ell Nacional' insists upon the au-
thenticity of the fac simile, and offers
to prove it before the courts. This
paper also defies the Government to
prosecute it, and says that, if provok-
ed, it will publish more astounding
revelations
The Impartial on Tuesday last pub
lished a fac smile of a letter from
Senior Gown, the Cuban Secretary of
the Interior, to a friend, in which
Gown is said to have said: How could
you think that Sagasta a man inferior
to Canovas and Liberal only in name,
has inspired my attitude and not my
ideas and sentiments as a Cuban? Nc
Kinley as we'll as Cuba will determine
whether / am Spaniard. Long live
our country and liberty