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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-09
e. A. SPEAR,
UNDERTAKING
AND
Embaln1ing,
WOODSTOCK, VERMONT.
STILL FIERCELY RAGING.
Woods and Dwellings Melting Be-
fore the Flames.

Woods and Dwellings Melting Be.
fore the Flames.
South Harwich. Mass, Sept. -Four
teen dwelling houses, together with
numerous sheds and outbuildings. in this
town. were completely wiped out by a
fire yesterday. which, starting in the
woods to the northwest, swept through
he little hamlet, is still continuing un-
conquered to the south, famed by the
same gale that first started it on its de-
structive career.
The fire apparently started in the woods
near Long ponds, and as northwest
wind was blowing strong at the time, it
soon assumed large proportions. 1t is
thought the fire originated from SON
logs which were left burning. and the
underbrush. being very dry, causnt from
the sparks. Although "a large number
uf men were quickly on the scane. they
could not stay the flames. which rapidly
swept toward the railroad station and
the stores Of kendrick Bearse. The sta
lion master and two friends saved these
buildings. while wrecking train backed
down and took number of freight cal )
out of the line of fire.
The blaze continued on towards the
little Village, only half mile away, and
soon the people began to re" 'iZe that
many, if not all, of their houses were
doomed to destruction.
great rush was made by the fire
lighters to the village, and as much
lu'riture as possible was removed from
The Il OF the flames. The fire soon
reached the main street, where the
HOUSES We're the thckest. and by this
time the entire population was almost
pahic-stricken. The smoke was SO thick
that it was feared many women and
children would be lost and one aged lady
was carried out of a house just after it
caught fire. 1t is probable that she
would have been consumed If 1t had not
Lcen for the order of some men who
directed that all houses in the track of
The flames should be searched.
The hrSt house to so was unOccupie6,
but the flames soon continued to others,
and the following people had their homes
destroyed before their very eyes: A.
''lendon. Mrs. Luther Eldredge, Eben 1.
Eldredge. Zebina Eldredge Obid Nick
.lson. William Bearse. Watson Small,
Albert Crowell, Clement Small, Albert
Bartlett. Eben Taylor. Edward Hardy
and Thankful NickersOn. The general
stores and lumler yard of Fred Sears
were on fire at one time but were saved
Us We're other houses in the village which
also caught
1t looked at one time as IL every house
In town would be destroyed, but 800 me n
who gathered saved quite a number, and
the fire kept on into the woods to the
south, where 1t is still raging.
The loss Is estimated at $25. 900, and
will be severely felt as many of the oc.
rupants of the houses destroyed had
little or no insurance on their property.
There is considerable anxiety as to the
continued progress of the flames, for
they seem to be heading towards South
Chatham. and there is little prospect Of
their being extinguished. except by
heavy rain or lack Of fuel
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-09
After years OrEx,le.

New York. Sept. 1.-Edward r. New
man, who is under 20 indictments for
crimes alleged to have been committed
In 1886. and who has eluded the police for
Is years. surrendered himself yesterday.
Newman was confidential bookkeeper
for HevensOn Bros. clothing dealers, and
was accused by the firm Of having
swindled 1t out of 100000. He was ar
rested. but was released on bail Then
he fled. Up to about six months ago.
when he returned to this country. New
man had been roaming about Europe,
South America and Mexico. Since his
return he has been living at Arverne, n.
Y. under an assumed name.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-09

geputed to be worth 81 coo, 600 He was
Il prominent member of the Sheepshead
Bay Methodist church and superinten-
dent of its Sunday school. He made his
peace with the Democratic party in 1891,
and was then at the zenith of his power.
When William J. Gaynor was a candi-
da te for the supreme court judGeship he
determined to have the registry lists at
Gravesend, She eepshead Bay and Coney
Island inspected and copied. This led to
IA conflict Of authority. which resulted
in the Indictment of Mckane for wifully
instructing the inspectors to violate the
law in refusing to expose publicly their
registry list for inspection. He was tried
and sentenced to six years in Sing Sing
prison. He was liberated on April 30,
1898, and returned to Coney Island. but
he never resumed the reins of power.
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Host and Guests Drowned.

Bath, Me-. Sept. 6.-The yacht Ahadia,
owned by DR.. John II. Stadman. was
capsized in Sheepscott bay and five per-
sons were drowned. The victims were:
DR.. John II. Stadman. owner; William
Mason, aged 49, Harry Higgins. 10 years,
and Frank Avery, "a years all of George
town, and James a. Martin. "a, of Bos-
ton. They had been the guests of DIR.
Stadman during the summer. The ac-
cident occurred between McMahon ISL
and and Nursury Lodges, about a quar-
ter of u mile from shore. The yacht cap
sized and went down in five ia thoms Of
water
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ENDORSES MCKINLEY.
State Ticket Nominated ut Yester
days Republican Convention.

Baltimore, Sept. THE Maryland
state Republican convention nominated
the following ticket: For governor
Lloyd Lowndes; for comptroller. Philips
l.. GOldsborough; 1Cr attorney general,
John V. l.. Findlay. The nominations
were all made by acclamation. The pro-
ceedings were harmonious.
The platform in part says: We be-
lieve in the gold standard, and tina. all
our currency should be made by law re-
deemable in gold coin at the option Of
the holder.
We continue to favor such a system
of import duties as shall protect Ameri-
can industries and provide sufficient
revenue for the expenses of government,
economically administered.
I'VE commend the record made by our
country in the late war with Spain.
While we deplore the .nsu.rcc t:on in the
Philippine islands, wherein by cessioa
from Spain we acquired the right OF
sovereignty. duty demands that we re-
tain and pacify them and safeguard the
interests of commerce until the problem
of their final disposition be solved in such
manner that the glory of our fias be not
sullied nor the liberty it stands for re-
strained. We repose our trust for such
a solution Of the proolem IN our wise
and patriotic president ami lht RcpuiJ.
lican majority in congress.
Legitimate business interests, fairly
capitalized and honestly managed. have
built up our industries at home. g.,eI
employment to abor as neve before aud
have enabled us to succe ssfully Ompete
with foreign countries in the markets. of
the world. Such Industries must not lie
struck down by legislation aim. d at the
dishonesty organized trust which Hes
competition and oppresses 'Jbor.
I'VE are opposed 20 legislation rierel!
for popular effect in reckless disregard
of business revival after prolonged Ce.
preston. We strongly favor avs 20
successfully suppress trusts and all com.
binations which create monopoly. IT
was the Republican party which passed
the federal law against trust. and 'vhich
is enforcing 1t 80 far as state rights | er-
init"
The platform pledges the party to q
non partisan reOrganiza ton of the olice
department of Baltimore city
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New York. Sept. Fifteen thousand
enthusiastic spectators were at the EN-.
pire City trottipg track to see the great
race for the worlds championship be.
tween the star PAGERS. Star Pointer Joe
Patchen. John r. Gentry and Search.
light. Searchlight was hot in condition
and did not start. Patchen won the
race. 1t was announced that StaI
Pointer would never race again.
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Rum Did IL of C0urae.

Southboro, Mass. Sept. 7.-Oklahoma
was considerably excited by a shouting
affair which occurred between two
brothers. James and Edward Rafferty,,
the result Of which was the sending Of
the latter to Boston hospital ard lcns
but unsuccessful search for the former
by the police. 1t Is said that both had
been drinking heavily. From Edwards
account. 1t appears that his brother be-
came enraged at something that was
said and fired six shots. One shot struck
Edward in the abdomen. and doctors
think he cannot recover.
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Saved His Mothers Life.

Fall River. Mass. Sept. 5.-John Cas-
tare attempted to shoot Margaret Judge
at her home at North Tiverton when her
son. aged Is, jumped in front of his
mother and received the bullet in his
right thigh. Gastare Is still at large.
The boy is not dangerously wounded.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-09

will allow Colonel Schwartzkoppen and
Colonel Panizzardi to be examined by a
rogatory commission and their deposi.
tions to be sent to Rennes with supple
mentary evidence from the originals OF
Esterhazys reasonable communica.
tions.
The anti-Dreyfusards are extremely
exasperated at what they characterize
as Maitre Labori's trick" He had long
been seeking an excuse to invoke the in
tervention OF the German and Italian
sovereigns and seized the appearance Of
Cernuschi as his opportunity, declaring
that the admission Of the evidence Of this
foreigner justified his application re-
earding Schwartzkoppen and Paniz-
Zardi.
Maitre Labori insisted that the ap-
pearance of Cernuschi on the witness
stand was quite without precedent; but
the eanti-Dreyfusards point out. and with
a certain amount of reason, that the
counsel for the defense was really the
first to introduce foreign testimony. as
they summoned the English journalist,
Rowland Strong. on the question of
Esterhazys confession to having writ
ten the bordereau. Anyway it can be
safely asserted that the admission Of
Cernuschi as witness for the prosecu-
tlGn came as a veritable GOd-send to the
defense, giving them almost at the last
moment a more or less legitimate basis
for Maitre Laboris application to sum-
mon the German and Italian attaches.
The anti-DreyfuSards assert that the
members of the cOurtmartial will ignore
the affirmatons of Colonels Schwartz
koppen and PaniZZardi, because they
recognize that the testimony of these
officers will be given by order, with
view to save their own spy: but. in less
prejudiced circles it is believed that the
court cannot disregard the solemn dec
laratiOns of the two attaches without
giving rise to a still graver situation in
an international sense than now prevails.
Berlin, Sept. T.-The Lokal Anzeiger
publishes an interview with Colonel
Schwartzkoppen, which is believed to
define Germany's policy toward the
Dreyfus affair. When asked whether
he would go to Rennes to depose. Colonel
Schwartzkoppen curtly replied: mo,
l do not think the emperor will permit
me to make a statement. First. our
ambassador to France declared that he
had had nothing to do with the affair.
Then Count Won BuelOw, German min
lister of foreign affairs, confirmed that
statement plainly and distinctly in the
reichstag. What was the result? One
stuck to ones opinion. What good can
be done by further assurance that
would have no other RESULT" The Ger
man foreign Office will await the arrival
Of the French communication through
the ordinary diplomatic channels before
taking any step.
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where Wintry Winds Whistle,

Mt. Washington. y. H.. Sept. IA
furious gale PREVAILED here all day yes.
terday. the wind reaching a velocity OF
,5 miles an hour during the evening.
The thermometer registered "a degrees
above zero Just before midnight last
night. The wind was the highest and
the temperature the lowest Of any day
during the season.
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An UnenvIaDIe Distinction

Victoria. r. c.. Sept. 1.-Steamer
Glenogle. from Japan reports that
Robert Miller, the Anne rcan charged
with the murder Of H. II. Ward ard two
japanese women. was convicted and
sentenced to be executed at Yokohama
Sept. 10. TIE case was notable. owing
to the fact that it was the first trial of =
foreigner under the new treaties.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-09
Cherished Murderous Revenge.

Chicago, Sept. 5.-Before notary pub.
lie, Herman Hundhausen, who, with
Richard Honeck. was arrested. charged
with the murder of Richard Koeller,
their former schoolmate, made full
confession of the crime. The stabbing
Was done by Roreck with the knife
found by the police in his grip. The
motive fer the crime dates back to the
time when the three were companions
In the town OF Herman, Mo, several
Years ago. Hundhausen and Honeck
nere convicted of incendiarism largely
on Koeller's testimony, and the two
swore to get even.
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Fatal COllapse of viaduct.

London. Sept. THE Daily Mails
correspondent at Cairo says advices
from Berber, on the Nile. say that a
train returning from Wady Halfa. with
sc ldiers and workmen from the : TIARA
district. fell into a ravine. owing to the
collapse of viaduct. with the result
that "a men were killed and 80 others in
tared
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-09
TACKLED TOO BIG GAME.
John Y NC Kane and His Fight With
the Supreme Court.

New York. Sept. 6.-John Y. Mckane,
formerly the political boss of Gravesend
and Coney Island. died last night. He
was born in Ireland in lS4l. His parents
came to this country when he was lad.
and he learned the carpentry business
at Gravesend. McKane had been a
Democrat, but in 1887 he quarreled with
the party and the general committee eX-
PEELED him. He was then president Of
the police. health and water boards,
chief of police and president of the board
of supervisors of Kings county ard presi-
dent of the town of Gravesend, He was
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A Million and a Half Imperative.

New York. Sept. 5.-The central Porto
Rcan relief committee has issued an
other appeal to the people Of the United
States on behalf Of the sufferers from the
hurricane The appeal declares that
h5OO 200 will be required to procure for
The relief Of the destitute the bare neces'
ht!es Of lie. .. -.--.
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Two Young Men Drowned,

Torrington. Conn, Sept. 5.-Michael
Lynch. farmland. and Arthur Ahern.
who resided with his parents here, were
drowned in Battam lake yesterday by
the upsetting Of Soat. The drowned
men were each about % years Of age,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-09

There Is to be held grand interna-
tional military tournament in Montreal
next September. TO which all military
organizations from the United States
and Great Britain, aud the latter's pos
sessions, are to be invited.
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Death Only Thing Certain.

Woburn. Mass. Sept 5.-The body Of
Daniel Coughlin was found in Horn
pond yesterday. Coughiin was 10 years
old. He left his home Saturday bout
midnight, saying he was going out for a
walk. 1t cannot be determined whether
he committed suicide or fell into the
pond accidentally.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-09

Baltimore. Sept. 5.-Alrs. Mary Sansoni
died at the Johns Hopkins hospital Yes.
t-rjay of leprosy. Since April %, 1897.
Mrs SaEsoni has been in an Isolated
charity ward of the Johns Hopkins hos
rltal The body will be cremated.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-09

Haverhill. Mass. Sept. 5.--Steamer'
Merrimack which struck in the river
Sunday night, will probably be a total.
loss. She lies on the rocks with about
Two feet OF water on her lower deck at
nigh tide. 1t is thought her back 10
broken.
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Brave men.
Boston Enthusiastically Greets
Passing Volunteers.
FORMER WELCOME ECLIPSED.

or for Two Years in the Philippines
Cuban War IL Over Cadets Are
Given u Vacation as RecOmpense
for Restricted Diet - Detroit or
for Venezuela-HOspital Needs in
Manila Amply Suppiied-Scatter-
ing Notes of War and Warriors.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-09

Paris. Sept. 5-President Loubet has
issued a decree assembling the senate on
sept lsas high court. 1t is understood
That the trials will include charges both
% ,onspiracy and attempts against the
internal safety of the state.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-09
Rnrk Lost in TyphOon.

Victoria. b. c.. Sept 1.-Advices from
the Orient say that the bark Kitty wat
lost In a typhoon in the China Sea. The
captain. his wife and children and II
NJ the crew were drowned.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-09

A voluntary petition in bankruptcy
was fled at New York by Lewis NJ
Hornthal. dealing In clothing. Liabil.
tiles, $343.233, with no assetA
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-09
WAR CERTAIN.
Transports and Soldiers All
Ready for the TrdnSvaa|.
BOER ADVISES CALMNESS.

Government Will Take
No Step Contrary to Civilized In.
ternatiOnal Laws and CustOms"--
Transcript OF Reply to England's
Demands - Transvual Said to BE
Acting ON the Advice OF the
French Agent in Pretoria.
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IS GAGGED.
Terrible Handicap Under Which
0reyfus' Counsel labors.
THREE EXCITING EPISODES.

Evidence That Picquart Was Dealt
With TreacherOusIy sIy-LabOri Bit
terly DenOunces JOuaust and Ac-
OfDrey fMs Now Hangs on Word OF
Germany's Emperor - Anti-Drey-
fusards Incensed at IabOri's
"Trick"- The Testimony Which
Gave the Opportunity.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-09

The Chicago has sailed from Rio for
Rarbadoes. on her return t. the United
States. with Admiral Howison aboard.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-09

For the first time in 25 years Police
Captain James Dunn of the Adams
street station, Brooklyn. started on q
vacation on Sunday, intending to take
the 20 days granted to him. He went
to Ehineheck. Wearying OF idleness
he resumed duty on Wednesday night.
He said: "Four days satisfied me.
Holy Moses, but it was hot up the
river! What's the u,e of leaving
Brooklyn, anyhow? We have fresh
air, good roads, fine water, beautiful
parks, good fishing and the Atlantic
ocean at onr back door. What more
do we want? When you can't keep
cool in Brooklyn you can't do it
anywhere else, except at the North
Pole"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-09

Magistrate Meade was surprised
in the West Side police court the
other morning to find the docket OF
arrests for disorderly conduct clear.
The West Thirtyseventh street station
which adioins the Tenderloin, for the
first time since the West Side court
was opened in November, 1897, did
not have cae This prompted the
court officials to declare that the pre-.
cincts in the upper Tenlerloin wtr.
getting to be really good"
kNJCEEI porurp.
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The cake walk has gotten into socie-
ty. From merely appreciating it, there
has been progress to Il point which
makes some persons ANXIOUS t, do it.
One teacher uptown who has taught
fancy dancing to young women, who
were not on the stage, and had no de-
sire to become actresses, finds that her
pupils all want now to learn how to
walk in the technical sense of the
word. Square dances, which had
lost much of their popularity in socie-
ty, have acquired new vogue during
the last year from the opportunities
they give for blief indulgence in the
pleasure Of cake walking, AMI there
are other equally decorous opportnni-
ties for the display Of skill in this ac-
comrllshment.
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Miss NJ. Stanleyetta Titus OF this
city was the first woman to be ad.
mittel to the bar in New York, and
this was in 1894, and the first to win
prize in regular law school. 1t is
said shs has compelled the men. in
the short time she has been at prac.
tee, to acknowledge her ability and
to accept her as n lawyer worthy OF
re ,pect from the ablest OF the lawyers
in the new York bar. She is now
lecturer for the woman's law class in
the New York university.
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H1sssNz1Rsstt!ssS6s st!sS
4&2GEE0I
[sPECIAn CORRESPONDENTS. |

Is there hoodoo on the Dewey
triumphal arch in this city? Caspar
Buberl dropped dead few days ago
while working on medallion Of Cap.
tain Lawrence for the arch and now
We get news of the death Of Giuseppe
Turina, who was modelling statue Of
John Panl Jones. He had been
working assiduously, for the time is
short, and arose early one morning to
continue his lal ors; almost immedi
ately he staggered a.ross the room and
fell, dying in II few moments. Turina
was 60 years old; Il native of Verona,
Italy, a soldier under Garibaldi, he
came to New York in 1867, and had
wrought many works, among them
the new Bolivar equestrian statue in
Central park, the "Garibaldi" in
Washington square, and colossal
statue of Mazzini.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-09

The arrival of the British yacht
Shamrock in American waters alter u
remarkably short passage of only six
teen days will Immediately increase
popular interest in the forthco ming
races for the Americas cup, Ths
challenger is demonstrably splendid
craft, and her trip across the Atlantic
shows that she is manned by q crew
worthy in all respects of the great
competition in which she has come to
engage. 1t is perfectly evident that
she is swift one and that in defeat
ing her the Columbia will have achieved
victory well worth winning.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-09

A rival of John Most has come to
town and is going to stir up the anar.
chist brotherhood here. The new red
light is Errico Malatesta, IN italian.
He made his first public appearance
in Teutonia hall in Third avenue, adj
dressing IN audience of two hundred
Italians, Oh whom he made great i'm.
preston by declaring that he had
been in prison once and was ready to
go there again. Malatesta said he in.
tended to spend three months in or.
ganizing groups i'll and near New
York.
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Annapolis. Md, Sept. THE United
States training ship Monongahela. upon
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All New Workers will unite in the
welcome to Dewey, and if the corpor-
alton appropriate the money required
to build an enduring, artistic monu-
ment all New Workers will know that
they have contributcd-.th the arch will
be the gift of every man, woman and
child in this community. If an ap-
peal for funds were made, private
purses would be opened quickly, but
the Dewey arch should not be the gift
of few-it should be the spontane-
ous tribute of the whole people OF the
city.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-09

A clever thief lately died in tina
Jersey City Jail who for long time
has piel his trade in this city and
ended up in Jersey City where he was
arrested. Pis plan was to represent
himself as 'Dr. Wood, health board
inspector and as such he visited
residences and was allowed to 90
through them to ''inspect. He uti-
lized the privilege by abstrncting valu-
ables, the amount aggregating, it is
said, $4,000. This "doctor" could
diagnose case of jewels with neat
ness and dispatch.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-09

Gibraltar. Sept. 7.-Admiral Dewey
spent most Of yesterday at the Hotel
Bristol. where he is living ashore, re.
ceiving constant streams Of visitors
He has declined all dinner and public
invitations, as he Is suffering from in.
digestion. He will probably sail for the
United States on Sunday next.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-09

Chicago, Sept. 7.-Major General w.
r. Shafter, commanding the depart
ment of the Pacific coast. has written a
letter TO Rev. G.. o. Brown of Chica go,
fatty denying the charge that he was
not under fire at Santiago.