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EPISCOPAL RECTOR DEAD.
Rev. Francis W. Smith of st. James Par.
ish, Woodstock.

Woodstock, June 12-The Rev. Francis
Wyman Smith. rector of St. James par
ish, passed away early this morning Mr..
Smith has ben i'll since Christmas and
was for some months a patient at the
hospital at Hanover connected with the
Dartmouth Medical school, and later at
st, Lukes hospital. New York, He re-
turned to Woodstock early in May.
Mr. Smith was born at Eden. lie grad
uatcd at the University OF New York City
in 1851 and at the General Theological
seminary in 1854. He was ordained both
deacon and priest by Bishop Horato Pot
ter of the New York diocese. After years
ministry in New York city as an assistant
in the large parishes Of the church of he
Holy Communion, the Ascension and Trim
ity church, Mr.. Smith returned in 1860 to
Vermont, where with the exception of a
short time in Massachusetts the whole
of his ministerial life for the last 80 years
has been spent, largely In Franklin coun-
ty, where In his younger days he was an
active missionary, but also at Brattlebor 0
and Arlington, and then at Woodstock,
where he has been rector OF St. Jamess
church since 1877 Mr.. Smith has at differ
ent times held various positions of reepon-
stbility in the diocese as member of the
standing committee and deputy to tho
general convention. At the time of his
death he was one of the two clerical trus-
tees besides the bishop the other lang
the Rev. DR.. Bliss of the Vermont Epis-
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ASPARAGUS.

Aspara gus, besides boiling, may be cook
ed in the oven. Boil bunch of asparagus
for twelve minutes. Lay it in a baking
dish, moisten it with half cup of the
water in which it was boiled. Crate Par
mesan cheese over It, season 1t we'll with
salt and pepper, sprinkle a tablespoonful
of fresh bread-crmts over the top with a
tablespoonful of butter cut In bits, and
bake in moderately hot oven for fifteen
minutes. Cold boiled asparagus is very
nice served as a salad with a French dres-
sing or with the following sauce: Pound
the yolk OF hard-boiled egg to paste,
add two teaspoonfuls of good vinegar, a
tablespoonful of salt, and half as much pep
per, and a small onion minced fine Toss
all together thoroughly and pour over the
cold asparagus.
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THREE DEATHS IN BENNINGTON.
Two Old Residents and One Victim of
Wood Alcohol.

Bennington, VT. June u.-Mrs. s. IL.
Brown, the oldest resident in the town died
last night. She was in her ninty-siXth year
and about week ago had d shock of para
lysls from which she never recovered.
She was born in Southbury Conn. She was
married in 1896 before she left school,
came to Bennington immediate after
and has resided here since. Her husband
died about a dozen years ago. She was
a representative of wealthy families In
both Connecticut and Vermont, and tor a
number OF years was prominent in social
and church circles. She maintained her
own establishment until about four years
ago when she went to live with her daush-
ter, Mrs. W. Il. Hawkes.. She is survived
by a son and daughter, several grand
! children and great grand children. Her
funeral will be attended rueeday after
noon.
Richmond BURG esq, one of the oldest and
most respected residents of the village died
this morning. He was born in White Or elk,
y. Y, but has resided in this place over
sixty years. He was the fourth of family
Of nine children, of which four survive
him. He has been in his usual good health
until about two weeks ago when he was
taken with an attack of cholera morbus,
but he was on the street as late as Thurs
day. He is survived by his wife to whom
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TERRIBLE DESTRUCTION

Milwaukee Wis, June ia message
was received at the Wisconsin Central Of
fees here late tonight from Stevens
Point, from Mr.. Horn, division supern-
tendent of the Wisconsin Central at that
place as follows:-
stevens Point, wis, June 12.--It COM
menced to rain on St. Paul division about
this evening and the wires went down
west of Jewett Mills about 1880 D. m. At
S:45 we got a message from Robertson Of
the Omaha, via Marshall that cyclone
struck New Richmond about 1880 killing
and wounding from go to 800 people.
eve have staC'ted special from Irvine
leaving at 10 o'clock with surgeons and TO
pick UP what other surgeons they can be-
tween there and New Richmond Also sent
section men from Jewett Mills, with what
help they can carry on their cars. I will
leave hcra on a special as soon as | can
get crew out and will take all assistance [
can get in the way of surgeons. Am try
ing to get 81. Paul 10 start from there"
A second message from Mr.. Horn reads:
stevens Point, Wis, June 12.-Party
just came to Jewett Mills and reports that
DR.. Ware was killed and Or. Eply has
both legs broken and that they are much
in need of doctors. This received at ten
o'clock. Don't you think we should start
a special from Milwaukee with nurses and
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FIRE FOLLOWS STORM

Minneapolis MINI. June ia special to
the Tribune from Saltwater, Mimi,
says
This was a terrible night for New Rich
mond, the village being almost wiped out
of existence by one of the most severe
cyclones that ever visited that locality. 1t
carried ruin and death in its path and at
this hour it is impossible to give an even
partial list of those who are seriously i'll
jured. 1t is thought many are dead.
Tho news of the disaster was brought
here by j. A. Carroll, travelling man
from Portage, Wis, who was stopping at
the Nicollet House in New Richmond
when the cyclone struck. He saw the fun
mel shaped cloud It came up the prlnc-
pal street and took refuge in the basement
of the hotel which was completely wreck
ed together with every other business
house in the city.
In terrible sheets of rain following the
cyclone Mr.. Carol and his comrades sue
ceded in recovering the proprietor, Cha5.
Mckennon, wife add one child from the
debris and they also removed the laundry
girl, who was so seriously injured that she
will probably die. They also removed two
men named Barrett and Newall who were
very severely injured Mr.. Carroll drove
to saltwater by team for relief and the
train with doctors will leave here al 12:l5
a. m. Mr.. Carroll further says that fire
followed the storm and that all that was
left is being consumed by fire. Many peo'
pie are doubtless killed and the damage
will run into hundreds of thousands OF
dollars.
! GREAT DAMAGE AT LACROSSE.
Lacrosse, wis, June 12-The worst rair
storm in Y years swept over this sector
last night and to-day. Nearly five inches
of rain fell 1t came down in torrents do
ing great damage 10 railroad property
1yr,lts q
c. 3. and n. from South Dubuque and the
southern Minnesota division of the Mil
wauliee line is cut off. Fifty families ir
North Lacrosse were compelled to desert
tEeir homes in boats and the river is still
rising. Much live stock was drowned
Nearly every bridge in the Lacrosse rive'
valley Is gone There will be no mai
trains on the Milwaukee, Chicago anc
Northwestern or Burlington roads to thi!
| CITY to-day.
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nearly completed.
WINDSOR COUNTY COURT.
A FATAL CHARiVARI.

Wichita, Kan, June 11.-Mrs. Ray Hic-
gins, a bride of two hours, is dead and her
husband and young brother badly injured
as the result of charvari party giveu
them at their home meas Watonga, Okla
homa Friday night. The charivari party
composed of about twenty friends of the
young married people, We're making deaf
ening noises by beating on pans and fir
ing shot guns.
One of the party Harry Randall, DELHI
erately pointed his gun at the young cou-
pie and fired, The brides face and breast
We're filled with buckshot. She fell shot
through the lungs and died an hour later
After the accident the Charivaring party
fed. No arrests have been made yet
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KIDNEY AND BLADDER
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A Sample Bottle Sent Free By Mail

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The mild and the extraordinary effect of
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If you need a medicine you should have
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and its great cures, both sent absolutely
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Bnghamton. n. Y. When writing men
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Miss Georgiana Dean was for three
years missionary in Liberia under the
M. E. Church from the training school
In Chicago. After her return she stud
led nursing, graduating from the pres
ent Frances e. Willard National Temp
erance Hospital Of Chicago. She is an
enthusiastic friend Of Pe-ru-na, as is evil
dent from the following letter:
CHICAGO, ILL, Jan. 20, 1899.
Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg Co., Columbus, o.:
Gentlemen-You will be glad to know
Of the happy results obtained from the
use Of Pe-ru-na among the patients un-
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physician. have seen some very re-
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zoo REPORTED KILLED

ST. Paul. June IA very heavy storm,
possibly tornado tonight is reported to
have swept over Hastings, Mimi, and
Hudson and New Richmond, WIS. being
probably the centre of the hard storm
that gave St. Paul and Minneapolis such a
hard rain and blow from to O'Clock.
One report places tho number OF dead at
the last named place at two hundred.
Wires are down from here and it is diff
cult to verify any of the reports
COUNTRY FLOODED FOR MILES.
Elroy, Wis, June 12.-Heavy rain has
caused the Baraboo River to overflow and
the flats for miles around to be flooded.
The Milwaukee road north of here is
washed out and trains are delayed. The
Northwestern tracks arc also washed out.
Nearly a mile of track is washed out at
Kendall. The iron bridge at Wilton was
carried away and the abutments destroyed.
The Sparta yards are under water and
both tunnels between that city and Elroy
are completely filled. The lower portions
of the city are flooded and should the wa
ter continue rising the residents will be
compelled to resort to boats to reach high
lands. Cellars are full of water and in
places families were compelled to move IN
to the second stories. Farmers will sus-
tain great loss to stock
WHOLE VALLEY INUNDATED.
Viola, Wis. Jne 12.-One of the heaviest
wind, hail and rain storms in many years
occurred here and almost the entire Kick
apoo valley is inundated. A cloudburst
occurred on Bear creek, ten miles north
east of here and the entire fertile valley
was swept by raging torrent. The storm
broke upon the valley rain descending IN
torrents. accompanied by hail and heavy
winds. Cultivated fields are covered and
almost ruined some being washed to a
depth of six feet AT ockton, ii miles
above here the Kickapoo river IL u feet
a hove low water mark and stll rising
raridly and all mill dams are being carried
before it like straw. Wagon roads are in
undated, bridges gone and travel made
impossible. 1t is the largest flood since
1881. when the entire valley was Hooded
from end to end.
ANOTHER TOWN DESTROYED
Minneapolis, Mimi, June ia specla
to the Times from North Wisconsin june
ton says:
A courier from Boardman just in report:
that the whole town has been destroyed
While no definite news of casualties car
be obtained at this time it is presumed
that many were Injured and possibly some
killed.
1t is known that Dave Hefferen Is Sc
verely injured and his wife killed.
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copal Institute and also one of the board
OF land agents. and the registrar of the
diocese. Mr.. Smith married a gran1daugh-
ter OF Bishop Hopkins, Miss Laura Fay,
daughter of the Rev. Charles Fay, former
ly rector of the parish at St. Adams. MIR
Smith leaves with his widow three sons
and daughter.
The funeral services will be held at
Woodstock Tuesday at o'clock, Bishop
Hall, assisted by Rev. Chas V. Hale OF
Claremont, N. H., and Rev. Mr. Goddard
of Windsor officiating. The interment will
he at st. Adams Wednesday.
DOUBLE DROWNING AT FA1RHAvEN.
Fair Haven, June 12.-The bodies of Mrs.
John Quinn and her ~ year-old son. John.
were found in the river at Eagle Bridge. n.
Y, this forenoon From tho appearance
of the bodies II Is believed they had been
in the water since yesterday The lad was
subject to fainting fits. He went fishing
Sunday and is supposed to have fallen in
to the river. 1t is thought Mrs. Quinn at
tempted to rescue her boy and thus lost
her life.
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markable cures Of cases Of very obsti-
nate catarrh of the stomach, where Pc
runa was the only medicine used. I
consider it reliable medicine.
Georgiana Dean.
The symptoms Of catarrhal dyspepsia
are: Coated tongue, pain or heavy feel
ing in the stomach, belching of gas,
dizzy head, sometimes headache, des-
pondent feelings, loss Of appetite, palpi-
tation of the heart and irreg clarity Of
the bowels.
Send for free book written by
DR.. Hartman, entitled "Health and
Beauty" Address DR.. Hartman, Column
bus, %.
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STOLE MAIL.
A Bellows Falls Lad, Son of
Mail Carrier Gould, Ex-
tracted Checks.
WAS ARRESTED MONDAY
Made . written Confession That He Had
Opened Two Letters and Secured Six
Checks-Jossph Greene Theatre
Company ColIspses in
Montpelier.
WAS ARRESTED MONDAY

Bellows Falls. June 12-Henry I. Gould,
aged is years, was arrested here to-day by
United States Marshal Fred A. Field of
Rutland on a charge of stealing letters
from the Bellows Falls postoffice. The
first known letter stolen was taken May
16. Chas. II. Simmonds, a Saxton's River
merchant mailed to a Keene, N. H., bank
a letter containing five checks for depo-
sit. This letter failed to reach the bank
and the matter was reported to the pos
office authorities
A week later young Gould who is the son
assistant to his father and who
has had access to the inside of
the office was seen. while wait
| ing for the mail bags to be locked, to
abstract letters from the mailing table
and 60 to a closet in the building. Being
followed the envelope was found in the
waste basS and on being charged with
the theft the boy confessed and gave up a
check taken from the letter.
Later he went to his HON and brought
back the five checks that had been taker
from the Simmonds letter stating that he
had destroyed the letter itself. Goult
claims and 1t is generally believed that the
two letters were the extent of his thievins
and to The marshal to-day signed a writer
confession. He was taken to St. Johns
bury whero he will be brought before Uni
ted States Commissioner w. p. Stafford
for examination this evening.
THE SAGINAW HOUSE BURNED.
Bradford, June 12.--The Saginaw House
at East Corinth, was burned this fore
noon. The village was without protection
from fire and at one time it was though
the whole village would be lost the fire
having reached several other buildings. Ar
engine was sent from here in response tc
call for help. By hard work thc
was confined the hotel Othe
buildings being slightly injured. The fire
caught in the attic from defective chin
Iney. The furniture was saved. Loss $500
partially insured.
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he was married IS years ago, three sons
and one daughter, eighteen grand children
and fifteen great grand children. rhs
family have long been prominent In Dusi-
ness offices in the town. His funeral VIII
be attended Monday afternoon
Frank Meyers, aged thirty and unmarried
was found dead in the loft of a harm in
Woodfoid this morning. He was driver of a
team that drew lumber to this Village. and
was down with a load Saturday, When
found there was lying by his side a bottle
in which was a small quantity Of y God
alcohol. The deceased had been drinking
quite hard of late. As far as known he
has no immediate relatives in this section.
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WIDOW OF JEFFERSON DAVIS
Has Arrived in Montpelier to spend tho
Summer at tho Jewett Residence-To
Move Sen. Morrill's Remains.

Montpelier, June 9.-Mrs jefferson Davis.
the widow of the late President OF the
Southern confederacy, is visitor In this
city where she will remain for some
weeks. She arrived Thursday night in
company with Professor and Mrs. j. ".
Burgess of New York who have opened
"Redston." their summer residence here,
for the season. Mrs. Davis has rooms at
the Il. p. Jewett house. occupied by GOV.
Smith during the last session of the Legs
lature, and will take her meals at the
Riverside" She was slightly i'll yeSter-
day and was attended by DR.. a. b. BIS nee
and her recovery will be speedy.
BODIES TO BE TAKEN TO STRAF-
FORD.
Montpelier. June 9.-James S. Morrill, of
STAFFORD was in the city to-day to make
arrangements for the removal of the re-
mains of Senator and Mrs. Justin S. Nor
rill, his parents, to STAFFORD, where n
beautiful mausoleum for their reception is
nearly completed.
WINDSOR COUNTY COURT.
Woodstock, Vt, June 9.-The verdict in
the Harvey kendall case In county court
was for s23l, 40 and costs.
The following respondents were arraign-
ed and pleaded guilty: State vs.. Maggie
Danforth. adultery; Herbert Watson. for
breaking into railroad premises, was sen
fenced TO one year and six montls in the
House of Correction James J. Parks.
petit larceny, sentenced to three
months in the House of Correction. The
case of State VS.. Horace Jordan and Daisy
Walker, under the blanket act" was
taken up Friday morning.
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side the house there were two large barns
machine sheds and outbulldngs and all
were destroyed. Forty cattle and about
100 sheep cannot be found at this hour
The storm passed on to the northeast
destroying everything in its wake and
was followed by rain in torrents and ter
rble lightning. The Gi1dley barn which
was left standing was struck by lightning
by the later storm and burned. Telegraph
and telephone wires are all blown down
and ad iolnIng towns canot be heard from.
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DR0WN NED.
Edward Staples of Bristol Got
In Beyond His Depth and
Could Not Swim.
OTHER EVEATS IN VERMONT
A Teamster Found Dead In a Barn Mt
Woodford Had Boen Drinking Wood
AlcohOl-A Barre Man Arrested
for Bigamy and His Second
Vito seeks Divorce.

Bristol, VT, June r-Edward Staples,
aged 10 years was drowned Saturday
evening in the mill pond at New Haven
Mills. With Jesse Grover he went in BATH
ing. He jumped in where the water was
deeper than was supposed. Staples was
not able to swim and sank at once. He
is supposed TO have been seized with
cramps. Grover tried to save him but
failed. His body was recovered.
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|. WEST
The Most Severe Storm Ever
Known Visits Min
neSota.
TWENTY HOURS OF RAIN.
Dams and Bridges All Carried Away
Families in winona Rescued on Rats
Crops Ruined aud Many Cat
tie Decentralization
and Loss OF Life.

Minneapolis, June PA Winona. Mimi.
special says last nights storm was the
most severe ever known. The dams and
bridges were swept away on all the wa
ter courses, including a stone arch bridge
built to protect South Wnona. The eSl-
tire south side is under water and many
families have been carried out on RATS
large stone bridge over Gumore Creek
was carried away Every street in the
city was flooded above the curbing and
many families were driven out. Tho Mis-
sissippi has raised a foot and a half since
yesterday and all wires are down. II Is
reported that the Central Minnesota and
st. Paul steel bridge at Minnesota City
has gone down and great damage done q t
Fountain City. Fruit and crops on all low
lands are total loss. Several cattle were
drowned and the railroads report many
washouts.
sixteen hours of rain at Black River
Falls Wis, caused much damage. On the
Milwaukee railroad all passenger trains
were transferred over the Omaha road on
account of washouts. Crops are washed
out in many places and highways and
bridges are in demorAlized condition
At Galesvile a 20 hours rain damaged
crors and carried away bridges. Wash
outs on railroads are also reported. Mill
dams are expected TO go out. The water
is 80 high in many places that people are
moving to higher ground.
GREAT DAMAGE TO RAILROADS.
St. Paul Mimi, June flowing to wash
outs along their lines the various Chicago
trains were held here tonight, it being inl-
possible for them to get through. The
Omaha Is washed out near Hudson tht
Milwaukee and st. Paul has lost severa.
bridges and considerable track near WA.
BASH Mimi, and in Wisconsin; the Bur
ington is blocked by a washout neal
Trempleau, and the Wisconsin Central line
extends only beyond Saltwater. Nina
There ere also a number of blocked places
on the various branch lines. The mai
trains from the east were unable to ge-
through to-day owing to the Sunday nigh
storm, and to-night's heavy rain and wine
simply increas ed the difficulties. Locally
the storm did much damage and almos
completely laid out the street railway sys
tenn. Wires were badly demoraized tc
nearby points. over two inches of rail-
fell in an hours time and the wind blew
gale
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VERMONT PENSIONERS.

WASHINGTON, June 9-The following PEN
sions have been granted to Nermontors
Additional. Samuel Shepherd, Monkton
Ridge, 81 TO SO; Albert Parkhurst Far
Haven, 81 to s.; increase, George Kent,
Strafford. SIG to S2i,
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HIS COMPLIMENT.

Miss Passe-Cholly seems to think that
I'm keeping my age remarkably well.
Miss Curt--Ies, he told me that he never
heard of a single instance where you gave
1t away.-Phlidelphia Record.