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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-10-25
Some VeiaciOus Witnesses.

Among veracious chroniclers of events
and incidents in the Philippines, certain
OF the clergymen who have been there
and reported what they saw and heard,
or what they say they saw aud heard,
like Ben Adem's name in the vision,
lead all the rest
Some time ago one Rev. McCauley
was exploiting certain alleged sayings
of Admiral Dewey, and putting into his
mouth words which, if the Admiral
had spoken them, and even if they ex-
pressed his personal feelings, would
have been an exhibition of spirit of
gross characterization and a most in
furious example to his subordinates in
one whose official conduct should be
the perfect pattern of obedience to su-
perior authority. The Admiral is the
servant of the United States, as well as
every officer and private under his COM
mand. TO say that, in certain con-
tingency, involving the execution of
an order from the President, his COM
mander-in chief, he would sup anchor
and sail away from Manila" rather
than obey, was to violate the funda-
mental law of military discipline, ex-
pose himself to punishment and invite
characterization and anarchy to enter
into and take possession of the naval
service. And the Rev. McCauley did
not seem to be aware of the heinous-
ness of the offense he was saying Adj
miral Dewey was ready to commit.
Aud now comes the Rev. Peter Nc
Queen bringing crumbs OF comfort TO
the hungry and too gullible anti-impe-
rialist There is rottenness in the Gus
TOMS service in Manila. Mcqueen
knows this because private soldier out
in Colorado said so, and the private's
credibility is sustained by affidavits by
local judicial dignitaries that he is a
man of truth and veracity. All this is
entirely conclusive, and would hang a
man charged with murder, or convict
him of any other crime. 1t must be so,
or the mugwump and the anti.imperial-
list would not be citing such testimony
as conclusive proof that there is some
thing rotten in the Philippine Den
mark.
The Rev. Peter is further citing, in
proof of the anti-imperialist charge
that the soldiers of the United States
in the Philippines have no heart in the
war for the subsection of the Filipinos
to order, the case of a colored soldier
in Luzon who confided to the reverend
brother the information that it was his
firm determination not to wound or kill
in battle single rebellious Filipino, if
he could help it-and the anti-imperia.-
lists are again in ecstacy. Their joy
over one sailor or &c ldier who is--or is
alleged to be-false to his oath and his
duty as a servant of the United States,
is greater than their pride and glory in
ninety and nine who are faithful, even
unto death, in the performance of
every duty. These gentlemen of the
cloth seem to be queer lot.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-10-25
In South Africa.

CAPE Town, Oct. 18.-Further ad.
vance of the Beers into Natal is being
delayed by the failure of the transport
service. 1t is believed the Beers in.
tend to threaten Greytown. Gronge,
commanding the attacking force at
Mafeking, continues to shell that place.
confirmed.
CAPE Town, Oct. 1S.-Orange Free
State troops defeated British force
near Barkly, north of Kimberly, two
OF the British were captured. The
Beers cut off Mafekipg's water supply.
A report from Boer sources says the
Transvaal has lost 60 burghers killed
and wounded in fighting around Mafe-
king. Sharp engagement took place at
Rathlabama station north of the town,
Gen Sir George White commanding
the British forces. Natal refused to
arm the natives who wished TO fight
against the Beers.
Pretoria, via Delagoa Bay, Oct. 49,
Rev. Adrian Hoffmeyer, brother of the
Afrikander leader at the Cape and cor
respondent of the London Times in
Bechuaua land, has been made prisoner
by the Beers.
LADYsMITH, Oct, 10, 4 A. MA
general advance on the British position
at Natal has begun. Ladysmith is
threatened on three sides. The Orange
Free State forces have come through
the Drakenburgs az d is already engag-
ing the British cavalry patrols to the
southwest of this place on the north,
Gen. Joubert with the main body of
the Beers is hammering the outer de-
| lenses of the British strongholds at
Glencoe and Dundee. To the north
east, the Boer commands at VIyheid
have advanced through Rourke's drift to
cooperate with Joubert to isolate Dun
dee. Desulatory firing continued be-
tween Boer and British outposts at
Acton Homes all night.
CAPE Town, Oct, 19.-The authori-
ties at johannesburg have announced
that they will make a house to house
search next Monday and will compel
every British subject to leave the town.
The imperial authorities have impound-
ed $50 900 soverigns which arrived by
steamer today for the Transvaal. The
money will be kept here until the war
is ended. Mr.. Conyngham Greene and
Lady Greene sailed for England today
An enthusiastic crowd gathered to bid
them farewell.
LONDON, Oct. 20 "A spirited battle
has been fought at Glencoe. Accord
to official dispatches the Boer artillery,
stationed on hill, got the range of the
British camp, doing considerable dam
age. The Kings Rifles and Dublin
Fusieers were ordered to charge the
enemy's position, which they did under
cover of the British guns two thousand
wards distant. Dispatches from the
telegraph operator at Glencoe wiring tC
Ladysmith Gays the Dublin Fusileers
silenced the first Boer battery. The
Britishers are going clean over the hill
Five Boer guns have been taken. TIE
fighting is heavy.
General Symonds commanding AT
Glencoe, has been wounded. The
Beers are returning after their repulse
The British are hard pressed. The
British scouts have reported column
of nine thousand Bo RS advancing from
Hatton Spruit. The Thirteenth field
battery and Leicestershire regimen
have been sent to meet them.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-10-25
Points Of Interest.

The American public has become
tolerably familiar with the map of Lu-
zon and Philippine geographical names,
and now new set of odd-sounding
titles is precipitated upon newspaper
readers by the troubles in South Africa,
and new researches into distant geog-
raphy required for an intelligent fol-
lowing of the course of events.
Any geography shows the locality of
Cape Town. That is the southern ter
minus of the Cape to Cairo railway,
one of the factors in the ambitious
scheme of Great Britain for creating
British Africa. This railway passes
northerly, skirting the westerly regions
of the Orange Free State and the
Transvaal. On this iron highway, in
line due west from Pretoria, the cap
ital of the Transvaal, and just over the
border, is Mafeking, the fortified place
in the British African possessions in
which the Beers are besieging an Eng
lish garrison and arc nd which the
fighting mentioned in yesterdays dis
patches was going on.
A shart distance south of Mafekipg
is Vryburg, and still further south, in
Cape Colony, west from Bloemfontein,
the capital of the Orange Free State, is
Kimberly, two towns prominent in the
reports of operations in South Africa.
Along this Cape to Cairo railway the
British forces will be moved if the at
tack on the Transvaal and Orange Free
State is made from the west.
Durham is the seaport of Natal, a
British colony east of the Orange Free
State. If the English invasion is made
from the east, as was the case in 1881,
forces will be landed at this port. From
it railway runs northwesterly inland,
to the borders of both the Orange Free
State and the Transvaal. On this rail
way are Pietermaritzburg, capital Of
Natal, and, further inland, Ladysmith
the outpost of the British forces now in
the colony. Near Ladysmith is New
castle, recently abandoned by the
British, and to the north is the pass
Laing's Mex, through which The
Transvaal is entered from the east, ant
beyond is Majuba Hill where the Boeri
so severely punished the British il
1881.
North of Durham, on the east coast
is Delagoa bay, the port of Portu
gals possessions, Report has it tina
| England will lay her heavy hand oil
, Portugal and she will cede Delago
bay to Great Britain. The latter woul,
} thus acquire the entrance to the short
: est and most direct route into tn
! Transvaal, as Lorenzo Marques, tn
: Portuguese seaport town, is relativel
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-10-25

The gastronomic editor of the Bos-
ton journal discusses menu served
to Admiral Dewey while in the Hub,
and thus concludes:
A Tun bridge tart would have brought
tears to the Admiral's eyes. This delicious
dish is composed OF several fiat layers Of
doughnuts separated from each other by
Shaker apple-sauce. 1t derives its name
from the little town OF Tunbridge, Orange
county, Vt. Even Oh Man, the faithful SER
want Of the Admiral, tasting it, would con-
TESS that there is nothing like it in his be-
loved Shanghai
Tunbridge may now simper and try
to look unconscious, but Dewey has
discovered her. st. Adams Messenger.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-10-25

but short distance east Of Pretoria.
The entry to the Trsnsvaal from
Cape Town would be over a route of
some 500 miles in length, through a
comparatively level country. Either
Of the routes from the east, via Durham
or Delagos bay, though shorter would
be over mountain rampsris.
Like the benighted traveller, inquir-
ing at parting of the ways which road
he should take to his destination, if
England takes either of these she may
wish she had taken the other.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-10-25
Anti-Imperialism at Chicago.

1t is all right enough for men to
meet aud in proper way express their
opposition to any existing order of
things social, political, economic or re-
ligious. If men, or any combination
of men, having no other bond of union,
sympathizing on no other question, are
agreed that they do not like President
Mckinley, and, somehow or anyhow,
want to upset his policy in the Philip
pines or in any other branch of his ad-
ministration, and spoil his chances of
denomination and election to the pres
idency next year, they have the right to
meet and declare their common dis
like and purpose; and the rest of man
kind has an equally "unalienable right"
to disagree with these i'll consorted ele-
ments of opposition and place their own
estimate on the wisdom, disinterested-
ness and patriotism of the variegated
combination.
The Chicago meeting was some
what larger than the Hartford conven-
ton OF 1914, Reports place the num-
Der of delegates in attendance at from
so to 100. Among them were Edward
Atkinson of Massachusetts,, Horace
Boies of Iowa, Carl Schurz of New
York, j. Sterling Morton of Nebraska
and others who are made friends by G
bond like that which brought together
Herod and PLATE. The speakers ex
allied Aguinaldo again as the Wash
ington of the times, called the Presi
dent of the United States "Empero
Mckinley" and declared that "rum, 70
and lying" were the chief character
istics of Imperialism. AS anti.imperi
alism is chiefly broiing rhetoric, why
in this instance, was its chief meri
marred by breaking the alliterativ
characteristic, in its third member
Was the anti-imperialistic vocabular
of naughty words beginning with tn
rafting exhausted with "rot?" Dl
J the anti-imperialist intellect end i
: "rot2"
8 1t is the habit of the anIi-imperialiG
to critiscise the President for goin
0 abroad among the people, getting i
Y contact with them, learning their vie "
r and expounding the policy of the az
8 mnistration; and they would CRITICS
him if he remained shut up in Wasl
o ington for not going out into the worl
, aud discovering by personal observ
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-10-25
Central Vermont Railway.

Train, Going South and East ,oill Leave Mont
pelier as follotoS.
B:55A. NJ. MAIL, for Fitchburg, Boston, Spring.
cid, and New York Wagner PaTloI Oar to Bos-
ton without change.
1870 p. M. FAST TRAIN, for Boston via Low
I'll, and New York via Springfield or New Ii ndon,
and Worcester 'ts Nashua. wagner Parloi Csr TO
Boston.
$3.50 r. NJ. PASSENGER, for windso..
1910 A. NJ. EXPRESS. for Boston via Lowell
md ali points in New England, New YORK. sno South
Wagner seepers to Boston and to Springfield
Trains GOING North and West:
.2:5OA. NJ. EXPRESS. for Montreal and the
sest and week days for Ogdensburg Richford and
ottawa Sleeping cars Montpelier! junction to
Montreal.
lOIbA. M. PASSENGER, for Burlington. Rut-
land st. Albans and Richtold d, making connections
for Troy, Albany, and New FORK.
osns' Montreal Norwood and OVdensburg. Wagner
Psrlor Car to Montreal without change.
b:s5p 81 EXPRESS fpr Burlington, st. Al
%oStpeIier junction to Chicago without change.
uue u Chicago s:45 Pm, neKt night: Connects at
-sse' junction for Troy, Albany ann New York.
through tickets to Chicago sno sl points Vest for
~ the principal stations
sphu. han Tran Service.
Lenye Montpelier at S:s5 9:ls. 1850, 4. NJ. 3:a5.
1850, $50 P. N. Arrive At Barre twenty Eninutea
after leaving time.
II oO, P. M. Arrive at Montpelier. twenty min.
ltes after leaving time.
Trains leave for williamstown at 1858 P. M and
,s0P.A.
Daily, Sundays included. : Sundays only.
All passenger trains will stop at the Poneerwork
take or leave passengers when signaied'
BIB. BAILEY, Agent.
E. II. FITZHUGH. Vice Pres, General Manager.
). W. CUMMINGS, General Passenger Agent
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Boston & Maine Railroad.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
IN EFFECT JUNE IS. 1899.

IN EFFECT JUNE IS, 1899.
Trains Leave Wells River North bound.
as daily for ST. SShnssIry HG
25 A. NJ, daily, principal stations to Newport,
Sherbrooke and Quebec. Daily except Sunday
for Montreal.
6o A. NJ. for stations to Newport and Sher-
brooke. Montreal and Quebec
s.9b p. NJ, for principal stations to Newport ana
800 NJ, for stations to Newport and Stanstead
40 =. NJ, for stations to Lyndonville, Newport
sherUrooke, Montreal and Quebec.
IO.45 A. NJ, Sundays only, for St. Johnsbury.
SOUTH BOUND.
100 A. M daily, for principal stations to " r..
2 20 A. NJ, daily. for stations on W. NJ Div. to
Concord Manchester, Nashua, Worcester
Lowell and Boston.
rs 80 A. NJ, from Woodsville for stations to Con-
cord and Boston
$50 A. NJ, fer statonst to W. r. Junction, Con-
cord, Worcester and Boston.
OH A. NJ, for stations on W. NJ. Div. to Concord
Worcester and Boston.
for %sy W. YORK r. 'SOn: to
4 no p. NJ for stations to W. R. Junction, Spring
field, Concord, Worcester and Boston.
,eAhP NJ from woodsville for stations 70 Ply
mouth, Concord and Boston,
3.1OP NJ, for stations on w NJ. Div. to Concord,
Worcester and Boston.
7Ob p. NJ, for all stations to White River juno
ton.
I24bP, NJ, Sundays only, for stations to Concord,
Worcester and Boston.
Going North on w, NJ. Div. at
$50 A. NJ, daily, for stations to Fabyan and
Jefferson, except Sunday, for Berlin and Lam
caster.
9,b6 A. NJ, for stations to Fabyan. Berlin, Cor
ham, Groveton, Coebrook and Quebec.
to36 p NJ, for stAtiors to Fabyan, Jefferson,
Lanca. ter and Coebrook.
$50 p. NJ, for stations to Fabyan. Berlin and
GrOveton.
k4O p NJ, for stations to Tabyan and Jefferson
ION p Nj for stations to Fabyan jefferson, Lam
caster and Colebrook.
| 1000 A. NJ, Sundays only, for Fabyan and Lam
caster.
From woodsville only. does not stop at Wells
| River station.
| From Woodsve.
d. j. FLANDERS.
| Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agent.
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NESS SCHOOL, Kingston, n. Y. $50 students last
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-10-25

Apropos of The Mortified Ne,Us' call
to Vermonters to boycott New York
for "sassing" the Vermont staff and
treating Vermont in general with con-
tumely in the late celebration in that
city, the Neps of Burlington says-and
the JOURNAL adds its amen:
Don't fellow citizens. Let us give New
York one more chance. We ask it in the
name of humanity and justice. Then, if
the metropolis doesn't mend its manners,
we will boycott it and thus strike fatal
blow at its greatness. New York, beware |
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cline the presidency If it is offered to him.
"But who knows his politics." this man
man was asked.
Isn't it enough for any Republican that he
comes from Vermont that he is vouched
for by Republicans? And he isn't so much
of Republican but what Democrats could
accept him, satisfied to have him as Presi-
dent because he il man of courage and de-
termination, an honest man who would do
right and not be controlled by the politi-
clans. That kind OF man, take it, is the
kind of man the country would like to see
made President"
Thi: is all entertaining reading. 1t
is none the less interesting because it
is purely speculative and largely apoc-
ryphal. If it shall receive any degree
of serious attention at any time, that
time has not yet appeared. The emer-
gency that shall decide the Republicans
to put on the political market so valua-
BILE a presidential asset as is Admiral
Dewey has not yet arrived and may
never arrive. If it shall come, and Ad-
miral Dewey shall be needed to meet
it, he will undoubtedly be found on
the bridge of the ship OF state, repeat
ing in politics his achievements in war
and diplomacy when the Olympia and
Manila bay were the scenes of action.
He is that sort of man. And Vermont
could propably be trusted to support
her distinguished son in the new role
of prospective commander-in chief of
the army and navy of the Uuited States,
and thief administrator of the nalion's
varied and expanding interests.
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Clubbing List.

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RUTLAND RAILROAD
Time Table Corrected to May 18th, 1893.

'Daily fDaily except Sunday.
wagner Parlor Cars to Boston and n. Y.
SWagner Sleeping Cars to Boston and n. Y.
For detailed time tables consult folders.
O. L. PIERCE, II. A. HODGE,
Gen. Supt, Traffic Manager.
Il. Il. McKEEVER, Gen Pass. Agent.
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Montpelier & Wells River R. R.
II effect oct. 2, 1889 Trains leaving Montpelier
as follows-Boin east;
500 A. NJ. MAIL.

Connects at Wells River with Accommodation
Train North. and with Mail Train South over Pas
sumpsic Division Boston and Maine X. II.
Also connects with Accommodation Train north
via White Mountain Division, and with Mail Train
south which has ihrOu h Tran Serrtce f ON Wells
River to Boston, via Plyn outh, Concor' Manches.
ter, Nashua ~ Ltwtll, arr wing BOstOn at 1880 p.
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4.1OP. NJ. ACCOMMODATION,

Connects at Wells River with train north over
Passumpsic ! vision b. q NJ Raj road for all sta
tons between Wells River and LyndOnvile, with
Accommodation south for all stations betwe, n
Wells River and White River Junction, and with
Accommodation Train over " bite ~ untain Diyis-
ion b. & NJ. X. X. tor Lisbon. Litteton, Whiteield
and Lancaster. q. nsgs
80 g .-,.t TRAINS wEST;sgr13 2, ~
Leave Wells River-6.15. 0.6S "a. NJ $50
PM. ---r- ----ssS EkA
Arrive Montpelier-9,O8,ss 11.25 A. NJ. sos
=. NJ. 5esty "A - FRsns zssss ExZsz. Ill sNs
SUBURBAN TRAIN SERVICE. L mn
leave Montpeer-6.3O, 9.45, IL 80 A. NJ, l3.IB
4.3O, $50 =. Mi slas4e -
Arrive Barre-6.5O, 1905, 1I.45 A. ME $50
uaa 4.45, Dab +. NJ.
Leave Barre-7.3O, 1920, A. M. 1890. $40.
5.OB, 8 90 +. NJ.
Auive Montpelier-745, 1925 A. NJ. I24B
400 5.25, 6.1OP NJ.
w. A. STOWELL General Manager.
y. w. STANYAN, superintendent
f. W. MORSE, Genl Pass. Agent.
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I:1O p. NJ. FAST EXPRESS.

Conr ects at Wells River with E5p press and Mail
Train north over Passumpsic Division Is. q M. r. X.
500 Line Express to 81. Paul and MINI ca polls
Western Express for Chicago and Nisht Express for
Cars Wells River TO st. Paul Montreal to Chicago,
daily except Saturdays. Montreal to Pacific Coast
Connects with Mail Train for Lisbon, Littlet0n,
Nhitetield, Fabyane, Lancaster, GrOveton a. Der
lin. Also COM cts with Express Train for Boston
via Plymouth, arriving Boston at $50 p. Through
parlor Car Wells River to Boston.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-11-27

General Wheeler makes the sug.
eestion that congress, on the open
ing day Of its session, or as soon
thereafter as possible, pass a resolu-
ton declaring it to be the policy OF
this government to suppress the
rebellion in the Philippines. He
says It would have a good effect in
the islands. where the natives have
been made to believe that congress
will reverse the policy of the ad-
ministration. The general is no
doubt correct. If Aguinaldo holds
out long enough to hear from con-
gress his people should be advised
without delay that he has deceived
them respecting the sentiment of
this country concerning their resist
ance to its authority.