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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24

Has . viii Of Her Own.

Mrs. Johnson appeared TO pay little at
teItion TO her husbands admonition. bus
ratified on at will. She Is a thin. shrewd-
looking woman OF between 70 and 50 years
of age. Her hair is reddish brown. she uses
considerable color in her dress. and wears
many finger rings.
The idea of saying that I am Mrs.
Snoddy, the eA-wife OF Hitchcock" Ms.
johnson exclaimed. It's simply prepos-
ferrous. l regard II as an outrage TO con-
nee, my name with his. Why. he got into
q scrape while he was teaching school at
Dayton. O.. and had TO leave town. That's
why his wife left him. She was a Cana
dian woman"
L. Acquainted With Hitchcock.
you say you dom know Mr.. Hitchcock
weil?"
NO. knew him seven or eight years
ago when he lived in Kansas City, and ne
knows Just enough about us to rig up this
story. which is false as can be-"
'How do you happen to know so much
about Hitchcock
Mrs.. johnson hesitated . moment at this
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-29

The clear conception which Admiral
Dewey has of the work that lies before
him in the Philippines, and the thor
oughness with which he goes about it,
are shown in his repeated requests for
light-draught vessels. These will have
two uses, one being that of getting
close inshore for Smelling insurgents
operating near the seaboard, and the
other that of patrolling all ports through
which they could receive munitions of
War.
AS result we shall soon have an ex-
traordinary feet in Asiatic waters, re-
markable both for numbers and for ag-
gregate efficiency. 1t will include of
armorclads the battleship Oregon and
the monitors Monterey and Monadnock,
and we could add the lowe, now at
San Francisco, when repaired. The
cruisers will be the Olympia, Baltimore,
Boston, Buffalo, Charleston; the gun
boats, some of them classed as small
cruisers, the Concord, Bennington,
Yorktown, Monocacy, Helena, Prince
ton, Wheeling, Castine, Petrol, Don
Juan de Austria, Isla de Luzon, Isla
de Cuba and Vixen, while the May
flower may join them. OF miscellane-
GUS vessels there will be the Callao,
Culgos, Iris, Manila, Naushan, Solace
and Zafiro, while the Scindia, at Homo
lulu, belongs to the squadron. There
are also the Brutus and Celtic that go
to and from Manila and the Yosemite
will go first to Manila and then to
Guam. Ocean tugs, it is said, are also
to be sent to Manila. The Philippine
navy is very varied and interesting
force
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-29

THE whole country was glad to have
the report of the death of John Sher-
man 30 promptly contradicted, with the
assurance that the veteran statesman's
condition had so much improved that
there was promise of recovery. He is
the nations patient and no means or
skill known to science or to nursing
will be spared to bring him safely
through this assault upon vital forces
weakened by age. John Sherman and
Rudyard Kipling have been given a
post mortem glimpse of themselves as
their fellowmen see them, and they
ought to be satisfied with their stand
ing in the world.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-29
AguinaldO and Washington.

1t is hoped that Mr.. Hoar and some
others who have been weeping over
the woes of the Filipinos are sufficient
ly enlightened by recent dispatches to
enable them to dry their tears and re-
cover part of their appetites. 1t was
the wish of these benevolent anti
expansionists that our troops should be
Withdrawn from the late Spanish pos
sessions, that the natives might estab-
lish free government of their own
and enjoy the same blessings for
which Washington fought. Some of
them, indeed, borrowed the name Of
the father of our country to wrap
around Aguinaldo, and he made brief
attempt to get himself into history as
the George Washington of the Philip
pines. In the name of truth and de-
cency let US have no more of that. 1t
is uockery. Washington never sold
his country or his cause to the enemy
Never accepted fund from foreigner
and put it in a bank to his own ac-
count; never, after offering to make
peace, killed foreign officer and re-
sumed his war; never gathered the rag
tag-and-bobtail of the land about him
on false representations and sent them
out to bear the brunt of hopeless
conflict while he stayed in his head
quarters a dozen miles away; never
assumed to be the head of either an
army or government without request
or election; never burned and tortured
a captive; above all, he never killed his
own officers for using freedom OF
speech in urging measures they con-
ceived to be for the best Interests OF
their country.
There was o hope few months ago
that Aguinaldo was superior to his peo-
pie; that his foreign travel and educa-
lion had enabled him TO see things with
a clearer eye and had given wider
view to him than to his associates; it
was hoped that he was pretending hos
tiity to the United States in order to
pacify a turbulent element in his island
that he would presently argue into ac-
cepting the inevitable. But he has
displayed himself without reserve at
last, and with all Difference to Mr.. Hoar
ct al. we submit that no man on earth
is better qualified not to be a president
or dictator or representative of peo-
pie than is Aguinaldo. He has kept
his rebellion alive by false representa-
tions to his people, false representa-
tons to us, false representations to the
powers; he has attacked under flag of
truce; he has attempted massacre of
non-combatants he has made captives
of defenseless priests; he has attempted
to extort money from the impoverished
Spaniards, and now he has discouraged
the inevitable detection among his
forces by chopping off the head of
general who had proposed peace, in the
interest of humanity. There will be
no farther talk of humanity toward peo-
pie like Aguinaldo. The humanity we
wish to show is not toward adventures
of his class, but to the thousands of his
deluded followers. The career of re d.
bellion in the Philippines will be short.
1t is brains against savagery, and brains
will win. Wouldn't Aguinaldo be a
fine president of a Philippine "repub-
! lic?"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-29
IN THE FAR EAST.
Events and Matters Of Interest in the
Philippines.

MANILA, Mch. 22.-The views of the
President were put in the form of an
address by the commission and made
public to the Filipinos today. The
salient points are these: The Amer
leans intend to develope the powers of
self-government in the people; the
United States will be responsible to
the whole civilized world for the stable
government of the Philippines; the
United States is bound to restore peace
to the Philippines; the insurgents are
invited to lay down their arms; the
commission favors tribal autonomy
under central American government,
military or civil.
MANILA, March 23.-Three hundred
head of cattle, sheep and hogs brought
from Hong Kong for the troops were
afflicted with rinderpest and all were
thrown into the bay.
MANILA, March 23.-The st. Paul,
which arrived from Iloilo to-day con-
firmed the report ofifighting on the out
skirts of the city. American losses,
one killed, fifteen wounded. Signed,
Ed L. Keen.
The gunboat Bennington arrived this
morning towing two steamers and a
brig seized at Sorsogon on suspicion of
being filibusterers.
MANILA, March 24.-Sergeant Nor
ris Cohen and Private John Muhe,
Twentieth Kansas, were killed in a
skirmish at Caloocan to-day. Insur-
gents are strengthening their position
north of Manila, preparing for the adj
vance of the Americans, now regarded
imminent. English refugees who ar
rived on Saturnus from Dagupan, in
the northern part of Luzon, were sur
prised that Manila is in existence, the
insurgents of the north alleging that
the city was in ruins and American
army destroying.
MANILA, March 24.-The Oregon
volunteers and Twenty-second regulars
marched to the front to-day. Troops
debarked from the Sherman to-day.
Gen. Otis brigade struck tents this
morning. An early forward move is
probable. Two Spanish prisoners who
escaped from Polo 10 the lines of the
Kansas regiment say there is great
food shortage among the rebels.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-29

range, overpower all but our turret guns,
and then send in their torpedo boats 1t
was upon the Marietta that he had previous
ly depended, in measure, to thwart the
attacks OF these small vessels; but in such
a contest as that with four armored cruis-
ers. she could scarcely count, and she was
delaying his progress in the run immedi-
ately before him. The torpedo boat, he
continues, was rattlesnake to me, that
feared would get in his work while / was
fighting the tiger; but felt that the chances
were that Cervera was bound to the West
Indies, and 80 that the need of the Oregon
there was so great that the risk OF his turn
ing south to meet me should be run, so
hurried to Bahia, and cabled to the depart
ment my opinion Of what the Oregon might
do alone and in a running fight. q.
My object was to add the Oregon to our
feet, and not to meet the Spaniards, il it
could be avoided 1t may be added that in
this his intention conceded with the wish
of the department. 80 when, in Barba-
does, the reports came off that the Spanish
feet land rumors had greatly increased its
size) was at Martinique, that three torpedo
boats had been seen from the island, Or
dered coal to be loaded till after midnight;
but left soon after dark, started west, then
turned and went around the island-that
| is, we'll to the eastward-'and made to the
northward.' This was on the evening OF
May 18th, Six days later the ship was of
the coast OF Florida and in communication
with the department"
Referring again to the Oregon in the
course of his discussion Of the prob
lens presented to the navy by Cervera's
appearance in West Indian waters
Captain Mahan says of the battleship'f
completion of her long cruise, May "a
her engines reported perfectly ready
for the arduous work ahead, coaling a
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-29

Key West and departing, May 2S, for
her place in blockade or battle line.
cit is difficult TO exaggerate the honor
which this result does to the officers re-
sponsible for the condition of her ma
chinery. The combination of skill and
care thus evidenced is of the highest
order"
The whole country justly regards
the Oregon as the ideal warship, and
Captain Clark the ideal officer, of
the war with Spain in American waters.
Ship and commander are the subjects
of perennial interest. The mention of
either anywhere, at any time, produces
thrill of patriotic pride and senti-
ment. To the modern navy and it's
achievements the Oregon is what "Old
Ironsides" was to the old. Ship and
commander enjoy universal immunity
from criticism; ship and commander
are recipients oil universal acclaim,
from comrades in arms and from the
great public. Unique in his achieve
ments in active war, Captain Clark is
equally distinguished in peaceful re-
tirement. His are the chief glOries of
the service of the Atlantic fleets. He
can afford to resign to others the SQUAD
bles over the titles. Gladstone's inn
perial fame would have been sullied by
a peerage. Clark needs no title of
commodore or admiral to fix his rank
in the naval history of his country
Long ago, in the hearts of the people
he was made full admiral by higher
nomination and confirmation than by
President and Senate.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-29
Mckinley and Reed,

1t is quite probable that the alleged
differences between President McKin-
ley and Speaker Reed have been ex-
aggerated in the newspapers. How
ever serious they may or may not have
been it is gratifying to hear that the
two men are about TO get together, ar
engagements having been planned for a
meeting down in Georgia.
Equally as much as the President,
Mr.. Reed is supposed to be solicitous
of the welfare of his party and OF the
country. What the future has in store
for them, respectively, only the gods
can tell, but it is of moment to the ma
ton, considering the relative import
ance of their positions, that they
should stand together. The war is
over and has brought responsibilities
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-29
To Rudyard Kipling, ESQ.,. from
Thomas Atkins.

There's regular run on papers since we card that
you was i'll;
An you might be in 'orspitali the barricks is so
Nv still
We ave all been mighty anxious, since we card 1t
on parade;
An we 'aint no towards neither, but own we was
o. afraid.
g-1 An we all prayed ard and earnest:
-4 80 Gawd, don't take i'm yeti i. On
Y { Just let i'm stop aud 'elp us; ! LIZ
rs An wan, Lest we forget" "a
The Sergeant said: 'E won't get round. It's three
rounds blank for i'm
e won't write no storiesl" And our 'Opes was
boomin' dim
But you ad always 'elped T. Atkins, an though
things did look blue
Well we amt much 'ands at prayin', but we did
our best for you.
"'E mustn't die; want imi
Gawd, don't take him ye.;
Spare i'm little longerl
'E wrote Lest we forget"
We card that you was fghtiu 'ard-justas we knew
you would
But we ardly 'oped you'd turn is flank they said
You 'ardly could
But the news 'as come this mornin', an Pm writn'
ere to say,
There's no British son more appy, than your old
friend Thomas A.
so Gawd, we're all so grateful
You ave left I'm with us yet,
To old us in, and ALT us,
Lest we, Lest we forgetl"
10. c. in London Times.
West Derby, Liverpool March e.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-29

that were never contemplated at the
time of his commencement. Apart,
however, from these responsibilities
there are matters of domestic policy
that are of prime importance, and one
of them is the proposition TO put our
monetary system on scientific basis.
Currency reform is due. In the last
Congress nothing could be accomplish
ed in that direction because Of the po-
litical complexion of he Senate. The
highwaymen, "held up" ali the reform
legislation attempted. Such changes
have taken place, however, in the COM
plexion of the Senate that it may now
be fairly assumed that currency re-
form bill OF some kind will be passed
by the next Congress and Mr. Reeds
assistance in getting it through the
House is very greatly to be desired.
The Speaker may possibly think that
to him rather than to Mr.. Mckinley
the nomination Of his party at ST.
Louis is due. Reading the signs of the
times he may regard it as inevitable
that the President will be renominated.
Certainly, he will be renominated if
the latter part of his administration
comedies with the former in the favor
able impression it has created on the
public mind. And life is uncertain,
and six years is long to wait, even for
presidential nomination, when at the
end of that time there is no certainty
of getting it. Mr.. Reed must realize.
however, that he has nothing to gain
by antagonizing Mr.. Mckinley or his
policy, while on the other hand he has
much to gain by being the ardent sup
porter of both.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-29
"H That Stays
Does the Business. "

All the qvorfd admfres
staying poaUer. - On this
quality success depends. The
blood Is the best friend the
heart has, and "faint heart
never 4uon anything. Hoods
Sarsaparlla is the best friend
the blood ever had: it cteanses
the blood of everything.
If you would be strong in the race of
life and do the business" you must
"stay." Hoods Sarsaparilla makes
the struggle easy. 1t gives clear, strong
blood; hence perfect health ensues.
HiVes-"The itching OF hives which
troubled me last summer was terrible;
blotches came all over my body. Hoods
Sarsaparilla and Hoods Pills cured me-"
Mrs. MARY IBDoTT, 235 South Wolf St.,
Baltimore, Md.
All Run Down - al was as tired in the
morning as at night, had no ambition weak
and run down. Three bottles OF Hoods
Sarsaparilla built me up and cured me.
Can eat well and sleep we'll" MRS. CHAs.
MoLz, AIS Madison st., Sandusky, Ohio.
Female Troubles" would have well
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catarrh Of the womb and other serious
troubles The best physicians said my
case was helpless ] stopped taking every
thing else and took Hoods Sarsaparllia.
New life came to me and gained until 1
am perfectly well and strong" MRS. EMMA
j. FISHER Lonedell. Missouri.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-29

BosToN, Mch. 23.-The will of Ed
ward Austin, bequeathing 81 100000
to public charities, was admitted to
probate to-day by Judge McKim. The
estate is valued at 80 1853 900.
Several wealthy New York gentle
men were before the Legislative COM
mittee today, booming Alex Dow's
project for a ship canal across Cape
Cod. One of them, Dewitt G. Flanni-
gan, said he would give 100000
towards construction.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-29
An Authoritative Declination.

Mr.. Richard Croker, Perry Belmont and Other
Ten Dollar Dinner Gentlemen-sIRs
My name is Thomas Jefferson.
And I'm that worthy he
who first invented Jefferso-
Man simplicity.
have some little history
Which might call to mind,
But ignore it all, to stand
The simplest Of my kind.
Twas who made economy
A party platform plank,
And did my level best to down
All pomp aud show and rank.
These being my first principles
hardly hink there's reed
TO say I can't consistently
Eat Democratic feed.
On which your invitation
Has hidden me to fare
phen I'm informed ten dollars is
The price of eating there.
For every man who takes plate,
Gee whizl Ten dollars Why,
At such a whopping price as that
The whole thing must be pie
But pie or not, l won't be there
Such feed will not agree
In any case with Jefferso
Man simplicity.
And when you use my name for such
A feed as that, you do
Much dirt to Que who never has
Done nything to you.
Good-byi
,urs truly, THOMAS JEFFERSON (per W j. L.)
New York Sui
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-29
M II a RLF
Fifty-Eight Years 0Id!!

It's long life, but devotion to the true
interests and prosperity of the American
People has won for it new friends as the
years rolled by and the original members
of it's family passed to their reward, and
these admirers are loyal and steadfast
to-day, with faith in its teachings, and
confidence in the information which it
brings to their homes and fresides.
AS natural consequence it enjoys in
its old age all the vitality and vigor of it's
youth, strengthened and ripened by the
experiences of over half century.
1t has lived on its merits, and on the
cordial support of progressive Americans
1t is "The New York Weekly Tribune"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-29

Acknowledged the country the leading Family
on the publisher THE our yoe home paper has
Weekly Tribune which enables
him to furnish both at the trhng cost 81 90 per year
Every vag himself family
his
his
which should be found wide
family.
think Of it'll Both of these for only $500
Send all subscriptions The WATCHMAN, Montpelier VT
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-29
POETRY.


Some sing o the "man behind the gun"
And his urelcrested brow,
But here's TO the man that starts the fun,
The man behind the plow.
You may fire the gun
Till the battles won
Where Dewey steers his PROV,
But for beef and bread
10 heave the lead
Thank the man behind the pillow.
You may pillow the seas
And raise breeze
That will last from then till now
But for pork and cans
And stout marines
Thank the man behind the plow.
Then here's to the man behind tho pillow,
From morn till setting sun,
And praise the Lord that he's close behind
The imam behind the gun" II. G,
Niddlesex, VT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-29

DOUGLASS, WEST VIRGINIA, March
23,-Charles Bowman, a miner, Went
home late last night, found John Jack
son with his wife, beat him to death
with bed slat, and beat his wife so
badly that she soon died. Bowman
was twice arrested, but escaped both
times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-29

IN the last week in March, this re-
gion of Vermont presents Siberian
aspect. The recent snowfalls give
assurance of the traditional "six weeks
sleighing in March,"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-29

o NO. No such good thing as the
nomination of Richard Olney to the
presidency can come out of the Demo-
cratic Nazareth.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-29

and surest cure for those dangerous affec.
tions OF the little ones-croup, whooping
cough and measle cough. Physicians pre-
scribe IL, children like 1t, and doses are
small. Price 20 cents
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-29

81 had a running, itching sore on my leg.
Suffered tortures. Doan's Ointment took
away the burning and itching instantly,
and quickly effected "A permanent cure"
9, W. Lenhart, Bowling Green,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-29

BY the sale of the Central Vermont
railroad on Tuesday the perfection of
the plan of reorganization that had
been formulated, and to insure which
laws had recently been enacted, lie as
sured. This road which, in q certain
way, has been more widely advertised
than any other in the country, and
whose affairs, for quite half a century,
have been conspicuously before the peo-
pie ofVermont and adjoining States, will
start on new tack for q business
career that everyone prays may be sue
cessful and without endless side excur-
sions to the Legislature, or to the
courts of the State or the United States.
The schedules of debt and liability, in
their extent and completely, the wheels
within wheels that make up the organ
ism of the propertys business and
financial affairs, defy the understand
ing of the ordinary observer. The
average man-and great many far
above the average, apparently-must
walk by faith and not by sight in
speaking or acting on Central Vermont
railway affairs. All Vermonter's wish
the road well; all want it to remain
under Vermont control, to become
prosperous and to continue to be the
important factor it is in the States
growth aud development They want
the road operated for the benefit of the
people of the State, as well as for those
who have their money in its securi-
ties. The two interests ought to be
inseparable, and the objects of the
earnest solicitude of any management.
AT the outbreak of the southern re-
bellion Nelson A. Miles was clerk in
dry goods store in Boston. He laid
down the yard stick and took up the
sword in his country's service. He
came of a fighting ancestry, and his
fighting blood brought him continuous
and rapid promotion. The dry goods
clerk was a major general of voiun-
teers when Lee surrendered at Apo
mattox, and he had borne a conspicu-
GUS part in the campaign that brought
to bay the army that was the Confeder-
acy's main stay. General Miles re-
NAMED in the military service of the
government, and won great fame in
his campaigns against the hostile Indi-
ans, the fame not merely of an Indian
| fighter but of an able and adroit mana
ger of Indian affairs also. On the re-
tirement of Lieut.. General Schofeld,
the command of the army was assigned
to General Miles, the post he held dur
ing the Spanish war, and still holds.
Thus the visit of the general command
ing the army to Boston, at this time, is
an event Of more than ordinary inter-
est to himself and his hosts. A soldier
who was not educated at West Point
in command of the army is an unusual
thing. In this instance every step in
the ladder of advancement has been
earned by meritorious service. Honors
to General Miles are rewards of true
merit. Boston gives them with no
| stinted hand,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-29
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HZazzd. lEIl21lErDr

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