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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-17
shot a Man at Her Door,

A fatal shooting occurred in North Bill
lerica, Mass, Friday night. Arthur Con-
roy of North Billerica was shot through
the head and instantly killed at the front
door of the house of Mrs. Letitia Blenner-
hasset. The woman claims that she was
alone in the house, and, hearing some one
fumbling at her door, she fred her revolver
twice through the glass panel of the door.
She says after firing the revolver she sat
by the door until morning, when she went
to her father and told him she had shot
a man. Conroy was shot almost directly
in the centre of the forehead. He was
about 20 years old. 1t is supposed that
the man was drunk and that he went to
Mrs. Blennerhasset's house by mistake.
Mrs. Blennerhasset was arrested on a war
rant charging manslaughter. She was
taken to Lowell, where bail was fixed at
$500, her father, James H. Adams, going
security for her.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-17
Three Negroes Lynch.d.

Three negroes were taken from the Jail
at Leesburg, Ga, Saturday night and
lynched by mob of armed men who came
from Macon, Ga, on a special train. The
Jail officials received warning early in the
evening of the coming of the mob and tele-
graphed Gov. Gambler at Atlanta for as
sistance. The governor at once ordered
the militia at Albany, a town about so
miles distant, to go by special train to pro-
tect the Jail, and he also ordered that the
train bearing the lynchers be stopped. For
some unknown reason the latter order was
not carried out, so that the mob reached
Leesburg before the soldiers had left AL
bany. The negro for whom the lynchers
we're hunting could not be found, but three
other prisoners were lynched on their con-
fession to having taken a part in the
crime.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-17
VERMONT LOAN & TRUST CO..
BrattlebOrO, VT.
A TESTIMONIAL.
UNITED STATES POST OFFICE.

Burl rgton. Chittenden, Co, Vermont
WILLIAM L. HALL. W. H. II. CONNER
Postmaster. Assistant Postmaste,
August Is lss
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-17
The Andree Party Found =?

Reported Discovery of Balloon and
Three Bodies In siberia 80 Russian
Police 10 Investigate.
A gold mine owner at Krasnovarsk, ST.
IBERIA, is reported to have received letter,
saying that a tribe of Tungusos, inhabit-
ing the Timur Peninsula, North Siberia, re-
Gently informed the Russian police chief of
the district that on Jan. Z last, between
Kamo and Pit, in the province of Won
iseisk, they found a cabin constructed of
cloth and cordage apparently belonging to
a balloon.
Close by were the bodies of three men,
the head of one badly crushed. Around
them were number of instruments, the
use of which were not understood by the
Tunguses. The police chief has started
for the spot to investigate, as it is believed
that the bodies are those of the nronaut
Herr Andree and his companions.
The balloon Eagle, with Prof. Andree
and two companions, Strindeberg and
Frenkel, in the car, left Danes Island of
the Spitzenbergen group on July IL, 1897,
in an attempt to cross the north polar
point. No definite news of the Pronauts
has been received beyond the message, at
tcahed to a carrier pigeon, found by the
whaling ship Falken, which arrived at Co
penhagen on Sept. 2. The message read
July 10, 1890 p. M.-Latitude 81. OF
north, longitude 1914 east. Good voyage
eastward. All we'll"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-17
TIE VERMONT NEWS.
Vermont Maple sugar MAKERS, MARKET

Vermont Maple Sugar Makers Market.
The stockholders of the. Vermont Maple
Sugar Makers Market met at Randolph
Feb. 9 and perfected their organization by
the adoption of bylaws and the election of
officers as follows: Directors, V. l. Spear,
A. j. Croft, Josiah Grout, G. l.. Mcmahon,
Alpha Messer, E. L. Bass, j. A. Steward,
II. W. Vail, g. w. Pierce. The directors
chose; President, Alpha Messer, Rochester;
vice president, Frank Kenfield Worthwhile;
clerk, E. L. Bass, Randolph; treasurer and
manager, V. l. Spear, Randolph; auditor,
II. W. Vail, North Pomfret
The directors are authorized to issue GER
tihcates Of stock at $40 per share and non
assessable.
Stockholders and all members of the Yer
mont Maple Sugar Makers association are
entitled to the benefits of the market in the
sale of their maple product.
Agencies have already been established
in Boston, New York, Springfield, Provi-
dence, Waterbury and Hartford. The
dealers are highly gratifed with the pro
posed market idea, and are willing to take
hold OF it. They predict that it will sue
coed, and promise their best efforts in that
direction. They have been disguised with
the immense amount of spurious maple
syrup they have been obliged TO handle, and
look with pleasure on the prospect of being
able to point to the trademark on the syr-
up or sugar put up by this market, and as
surfing their customers that it is guaranty
of purity.
Good prices are assured for high grade
goods.
The market will furnish barrels or other
packages for shippers when desired.
The market will be equipped with the
best of apparatus for grading and putting
up maple goods in such form as the demand
of the market calls for.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-17
Played Doetor---TwIns Ar. Dead.

Three-year-old James Edward, son of
Mrs. Mary Hughes, colored, of Reading, Pa 4,
has taken deep interest in his twin
brothers, They were sick Friday. When
the mother was away from the house for a
few minutes Jim climbed to the cupboard
and took down two vials. One contained
laudanum, the other arsenic. He took a
little of each, mixed them in his toy tin
box, and gave the twin boys some. When
Mrs. Hughes came in she saw that the
mouths of the twins were soiled and
smelled the laudanum. She called doctor
but it was too late. The children died soon
after. Jimmie says he thought the medi-
cine would be dood for de little ids"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-17
Twelve Miners Crushed by a Snowflake

An avalanche of snow swept down Cher
okee Gulch, near Silver Plume, Colo, Sun
day, carrying away about a dozen cabins
and covering % miners, 12 of whom were
later found dead, the others being rescued
alive by their comrades. The cabins car
ried away were all occupied by Italians,
who were employed at the Dives Pelican
mine.
The slide started at $50 O'Clock one
mile north of Silver Plume, in Pelican
Gulch. From this it swept into Cherokee
Gulch, striking the Corey City shaft house
and carrying the house and machinery
along with it on one great mass of wreck
age. The avalanche stopped just back of
the schoolhouse in Silver Plume. All the
miners of Silver Plume and Georgetown
fastened TO the rescue, and 400 of them
were at work shovelling out the bodies
within two hours time. By noon six
bodies had been recovered and two men
and one woman rescued.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-17
Alumni OF the University OF Vermont
Dine.

AAu"u OF the UniVersty OF vermont
Dine.
The New England association of the
alumni of the University of Vermont held
its annual meeting at the Parker House in
Boston Friday evening with about 40 pres
ent.-The topic for discussion was: "The
Relation Of Preparatory Schools to the Col
lege." Among those present were Prof
J.:H. Sawyer, head of the Williston sem
mary OF Eastha npton; Prof G. H. Nor
ril of Brigham academy of Bakersfield,
Vt; Rev. Chas. F. Dole Of Jamaica Plain,
President Lewis H. Meader Of the Vermont
association Of Rhode Island, Prof Edward
Ellery of Vermont Academy, Vermont.
The retiring president, Rev. +. H. Bying-
ton, presided.
Addresses were made by Prof. Sawyer
Prof. L. H. Meader, Rev. Charles F. Dole,
Prof. Morrill, and Prof. Ellery, DR.. H. c.
Tinkham. officers we're elected as fol-
lows: President, Charles A. Catlin, Provi-
dence, r. l.. vice presidents, Prof. Davis
R. Dewey, Boston; Prof. F. F. Woodruff,
Brunswick, Me-; Dr. Frank H. Clapp,
North Grafton, Mass; Hon. Elias Lyman
Burlington; DR.. Albert Mott, Newton,
Mass; secretary andi treasurer, Karl A.
Andrews, Boston; assistant secretary and
treasurer, G. P. Anderson, Boston; chap
lain, Rev. j. W. Buckham, Salem, Mass {;
executive committee, George W. Benedict,
Cambridge, Mass; DR.. Almon Cooper,
Brookline, Mass: DR.. e. H. Deavitt, Mont
pelier; George W. Stone, Boston; DIR. A
A. Gibson, Somerville.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-17

The business portion of Digby, n. s.,
was destroyed by fire Monday
The Manufacturers and Merchants
Storehouse company's six story building on
West Water street, was burned at Chicago
Tuesday morning, causing a loss of $780,
000
The house of A. c. McClurg & Co., the
book publishers, was destroyed by fire at
Chicago Sunday. The loss is $640, 900.
The stock included many priceless literary
treasures. On the ground floor was the
Saints and Sinners Corner" holding a
stock gathered from the old book stalls of
the European capitals, valued at $50, 900.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-17
Developing v.rmonrs Copper Mines.

Garretson, Smith & Ogden of New York,
who now control the copper mines at Cop
perfeld, have begun working over the
dumps. By new method Of extraction it
is believed that a large amount of copper
can be taken from the many tons of mate
rial in the dumps. The firm now employs
25 hands, but this number will be increased
to 40. 1t is believed that there is a large
amount of copper in the mine at Copper
field, and the boom in the copper market
may lead to an extensive working in the
mine. The copper mining property in the
towns of Vershire, Corinth and Strafford is
valued at 5000, 900.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-17
Massachusetts Soldier Murdered by a
COmrade,

Stephen Crotty of Boston, a private in
battery l, I'd heavy artillery, killed Rich
ard Orpin, also of Boston, member of the
same battery, Thursday night, at the camp
at Castillo Principe near Havana. The
men became involved in dispute, and Or
pin called Crotty liar, This so enraged
the latter that in a fit of uncomfortable
rage he choked Orpin's life out. Crotty
was arrested and imprisoned He is over
come with remorse. He will be tried by
court-martial.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-17
Red River
Farm Loans
e. In North Dakota, inetting the
purchaser 6 per cent
Are the Safest
Investment
To be Found Today

Farms In this section are constantly increasing
In value. thus adding to the security.
We have on hand very choice line OF loan,
secured by mortgage on farms in this section.
Call and examine what we have or write ior
new list Of loans.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-17

Several men of wealth in Rutland are
interested in the project for the formation
of fire insurance company with $20G, 900
capital
Geo. F. Dumas, truckman, who disap-
peared from Randolph last week, failed to
turn over $50 which he had collected for
the American Green Mountain band. 1t
is said that he was fond of card plavin0
and INDUCED in this pastime despite the
fact that his losses affected wife and five
children, who were left without means of
support when he disappeared.
Spectators have made offers in vain n
buy farms in Plymouth, Windsor county.
with view of prospecting for gold. The
present mines there have been Welding
fairly well. Gold is not found in large
Quantities, but the work is remuneratiye
The digging for ore has been in progress
for the past Is years. Some of the more
successful have introduced the most i'm
proved mining apparatus.
The trustees of the Kellogg Hubbard
library at Montpelier after expanding all
the available money in their hands have
unpaid bills amounting to about $500. Dur
ing all the years since this library was on
ened until about two years ago the CITY has
voted $500 annually to aid in maintaining
the library, but for the last two years this
amount has been refused at the annual citv
meeting. Unless aid comes from some
quarter it is quite probable that the trustees
will be obliged to close the library for
time.
The Barnet Bottling works fled petition
in bankruptcy recently with liabilities of
$50, 900. The company has done a large
business, but it last heavily lost summer,
both on its plant at Barnet and on one
which it bought in Lynn, Mass. Among
the prominent stockholders are w. M. Sis,
by of Newbury, DR.. R. T. johnson of West
Concord, Crawford Ranney, w. W.
Sprague, E. w. Blossom of st. Johnsbury,
e. Z. McGaffey of Barnet. The stock
holders will probably be assessed SIS a
share, as only $40 of the $25 share has
been paid in.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-17
Army and Navy Appropriation Bills.

The House committee on military affairs
has completed the army appropriation bill,
and by pretty severe cutting of numerous
items, has brought it down to $40, 033, 872.
The bill is framed on the basis of an army
of about 100000 men, and contemplates
the enactment of the Hull bill for the in
crease of the army, or the retention of vol
unteers and regulars up to that number.
Specific provision is made for nine major
generals and IL brigadier generals. The
House naval committee has struck a total
on the navy appropriation bill about to be
reported, showing that it will carry some
thing over $40, 900, 900, of which about
$ll 200, 900 will be for the first years ap-
propriations on three new battleships, three
armored Cyl isers and six small cruisers /. ,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-17
school Teacher Charged With Stealing.

E. S. Tewksbury. who was teaching
school in Willismstown, was arrested there
Friday while the school was in session by
Deputy Sheriff Nichols who was accom-
panied by Police Sergeant j. F. O'Dowd of
Manchester, N. H. Tewksbury is charged
with stealing bicycle at Manchester last
April. 1t is alleged that he sold the wheel
for $12. Tewksbury has lived in different
parts of Orange county several years. He
has a wife and two children living at
Williamstown. He spent last summer at
Chickamauga as a member of company F
Of the LIST Vermont regiment.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-06

man of his great age TO recover, from
the disease which caused his friends so
great anxiety last summer. He had
preached for the first time after his pro-
tracted Illness on the first Sunday in Oc-
tober, and on the day he met with his
accident ne declared that he felt better
than he had done for many months.
The effects Of the accident were more
than painful. A partial, examination
disclosed the fact that one Of his ribs
was broken, but the examination hurt
him so much that DR.. Hunter Mcclure
could not pursue it. He was bruised and
scratched from head 10 foot, and his
ankles were swollen and powerless
AFFECTION OF THE HEART.
When DR.. Hoge was i'll in the summer
he suffered with attacks of palpitation OF
the heart and during his last illness these
attacks occurred with alarming frequency.
He suffered most between the hours Of
and ) o'clock in the morning, and for days
before his death IL was feared that the
end would come about this time. Night
after night between these hours he was
delirious, and subject to strapsest delu-
sions. 1t was characteristic Of him That
he never gave up hope until he grew 50
weak and feeble that there was no room
left for hope on the Goth of November
he sent for several Of his most intimate
friends, and gave them "a printed copy of
his last sermon. lie was calm and ~
signed. and waited patiently for the call
of his Master Though his sufferings were
intense he was never heard to murmur,
and was most thoughtful for all about
him, whose glad duty it was to wait upon
him.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-06
SKETCH OF DIR. HOGE's LIFE.
Career and Work Of the Christian
Gentleman, Scholar, and Preacher.

Rev. DR.. Moses Drury Hoge was
born in the county of Prince Ed
ward. Va, September IS 1878. He
was descended on his fathers side
from ancestors who emigrated from
Scotland and settled i'm Frederick county.
Va. in 1876, on the domain or IhoHas
Lord Fairfax. Of Colonial memory His
grandfather was DR.. Moses Hoge, presi-
dent of Hampden-Sidney College, one or
the most eminent among great and good
ministers. who have so richly blessed the
PRESBYTERIAN Church in Virginia. John
Randolph says in one of his let
ters that the Doctor was the most
eloquent man he ever heard IN he
pulpit or out Of it. Three of his
sons became ministers Of the Gospel
DIR. James Hoge, of Columbus, o.; John
Blair Hoge, Of Richmond, Va, and Sam
uel Davies Hoge, Professor Of Natural
Sciences In the Ohio University at Athens.
The last named died early in life, leaving
two sons. who became ministers OF the
Gospel, the younger of whom was the late
Rev. w. j. hoge ID. d., and the elder the
late Rev. Moses ID. Hoge, ID. d., OF TINS
city.
FAMILY WENT TO OHIO.
The youngest son of DIR. Moses Hoge,
of Hampden- Sidney College, was Dr.
four sons who did not become a minister
of the Gospel He was popular physl-
clan. and at one time large planter IN
Halifax county, and an elder in the Pres
byterian church He had two sons-oho
of them captain of an artillery company
bofh of whom were killed in the same
battle during the war.
when DR.. Hoge's uncle, DR.. james
Hoge, was young man. he removed 10
Ohio. then frontier State. lie went
as a domestic or home missionary anu
settled at Franklinton. where there had
been n fort for protection against the
indians. He purchased farm on tho
opposite side or the Scioto river, and
built the first house where the ci'y OF
Columbus now stands. IL was through
his influence that the asylum for the
deaf and dumb and other philanthropic
institutions were built in Columbus. He
induced DR.. Hoees father, soon after he
had been licensed to preach, to remove
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-06
Letters Of Affection From Ihoy
Who LoVedthe Great Preacher,
GOV. TYIEB'S TENDER WORDS
As the sun That Sets So VIII He
Rise Again.
HIS GREAT LOVE FOR EDUCATION
DR.. McIlWalns Tells Of The Interest
Thus Shown.
IMPRESSIONS FROM CITY CLERGY.
Rev. Drs. Kerr, sweeney, Jones,
whitehead, Carmichael, Calisch'
Mcneil, and others Lay Tributes Of
Love on His Bier.

Many men become good; many become
great: many are beloved only after their
names are carved on a tomb.
In the prime OF his manhood Dr. Hoge
had the admiration and the love or the
people of Richmond, in his old ago they
crowned him with every honor which the
world can bestow upon good man: upon
his bier they are ready 10 lay their tri-
butes of love-
Like the garland of bay leaves. with
which the ancients decked the brow OK
the victorious warrior. is this garland OK
affectonate remembrances OF the OLD
soldier who has fought the good night,
woven by those who in life knew him
best. and in death are but the spokesman
OF their fellow-citizens in expressing sor-
row and appreciation OF the lofty CHAR
acter OF the man whose noble life has
just ended.
In the letters that follow lifelong
friends Of DR.. Hoge, ministers OF almost
every sect represented in Richmond tes-
tify of the rich worth OF the man. and
nav homage to his earnestness. to his
beauty of manner, to his grand life. to
his simple goodness. Several or these
letters were written for the Dispatch
while DR.. Hoge was so i'll at the White
Sulphur last summer. In this number are
| those OF Rev. Or. Hartley Carmichael.
who is now in Canada for the benefit OF
his health; Rev. DR.. Paul Monzel, who
| Is at present in Jerusalem.
| 1t seems eminently proper that the let
tiers should open with that OF Governor
Tyler, a lifelong friend and admirer OF
! DIR. Hoge, and an attendant upon nus
| church:
Tribute of Governor Tyler
| Like the setting sun is the going out
| of the life of Rev. Moses ID. Hoge. ID. u
| 1t sinks TO rise in greater glory, and tho
beautiful many-tlnted rays linger 10
brighten long after the~orb has sunk be-
meath the horizon.
! His character was unique. such gifts
OF mind and heart are rare. His COM
mand of language was 20 great that at
will he could paint the lovliest pictures
on the brain. His apprehension and COM
| prehension of Christ enabled him 10 stir
the purest aspirations Of the listener. ana
| like the noble racer the goal In sight,
the grander the stride, for after passing
his eightieth milestone his sermons
caught all the beauty and strength OF
| his youth His frail-lookng body was
capable Of great endurance, and his at
tention 10 and observance OF all tho
sweet amenities OF life was felt by all
with whom ne came In contact
A popularity which he possessed might
I'm others be called vanity, but In him
was only the craving for approval from
those whose good opinion he valued. HIS
wide. various and extensive travels. his
association with titled rulers or Earth.
never untitled him 10 comfort and cheer
/ the humblest mourner. Ills best loved
and most cherished work was among
those whose lives have known chill
TCONTINUED PAGE.I
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-06
THE TRIBUTES OF FRIENDS TO. DR. H0GE.

ed. So large did the WORK become that
DR. Hoge found II Impossible to continue
to preach three times every Sunday, ana
personally to satisfy the requirements Oh
two congregations. as he wished to DO,
and in consequence the Rev. l.. u. Turn
bull was called as an assistant TO Ut.
Hoge. his chief charge being the Old
Market-Hall Mission. No better choice
could nave been made. Mr. Turnpuii
became pastor of the ld-Market-haii
church. after its organization anu ~
fiourished greatly under MS care. Uw'ns -,
20 ,mnaired health. he was compelled TO
resign his charge, and Rev James r..
cook one of the young ministers VINO
grew up in the Second Presbyterian
church, and who had just competed,
his theological course. was ordained anu
installed az pastor Of the Old-MarKee-
Hall church.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-06
TbsG1insnt and Greatly Beloved
Nd5HPassesto HisReVaId'
| DEATH DUE TO AN ACCIDENT
/ g.b Injured bya Car When Just
/ Recovering from Illness
a1rH Of HIS LONG LIFE,
vo Fourcore, and One Of the
S.uth'S Greatest Men.
n,.rop OVER 4 HALF \ CENTURY

a., ruled one Passionate 90 Years
Cant work for Richmond
...o in Europe and America as
m Eloquent Preacher and Orator
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-06

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