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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-02
RACE FOR LIFE.
WOrkman Paced and Chased by
Deadly Knives.

Paterson, N. j., Aug. 31.-Abraham
Sapiro had thrilling race for his life
in beer vat at Katz Bros. brewery here.
The vat, which is used for mashing tho
malt. was empty, and Sapiro went into
ii to repair one of the two big steel
knives. which reach from shaft in the
center and mix the malt. While work.
ing away Sapiro was startled to see the
knives commence to move. Thomas
Mckay. the engineer, not knowing that
Sapiro was in the vat. had set the knives
in motion. Paced by one sharp instru
ment and chased by another, Sapiro
ran around the vat at top speed. For
five minutes the race for life continued.
Finally Sapiro's cries attracted the at
tention of Mckay. who came running to
the side of the vat He was so terrified
by what he saw that he became rooted
to the ground. ard in daze watched the
chase. Sapiro cried desperately for help.
The shaft had reached its maximum
speed and the man between the knives
could not last long. In the meantime
slip on the copper h"ttom meant horrible
death. Sapiro was on his last legs when
workmen from other parts of the build
ing heard his cries and stopped the ma
chinery. when Sapiro fell to the bottom
of the vat exhausted. He was unhurt
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OUR ABANDONED FARMS.
investigation for Their Reclama.
tiOn to Be Made.

Washington. Aug. 31.-Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson is arranging for an
exhaustive scientific investigation of
the abandoned farms of New England.
with view to their reclamation. He
has had many letters from New England
inviting his attention to this subject,
and has resolved to send several of the
scientists Of the department thither to
make study Of the conditions. Later
the secretary himself will make a per-
sonal inspection.
Without having Investigated the con-
ditions, Secretary Wilson inclines to
the opinion that the abandoned farms
In New England have been deprived of
phosphates. potash, heterogeneous mat
ter and the other essential ingredients
of production by unscentitc farming.
and that by careful culture the fertility
of the soil can be restored. A soil
physicist will be despatched to make a
careful analysis of the soil to determine
exactly what it lacks. The secretary
thinks that the planting of grasses,
lagumes, clover, etc. will restore the
nitrogen, and that phosphates can be
had by the Introduction of domestic
animals. Potash must be purchased.
The secretary is very sanguine in his
belief that science can reclaim these
once fertile, but long abandoned, farms,
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At Agricultural Park.

The track committee having in charge the
various racing events ut the annual fair OF
the Midd!csrX East Agricultural Association
at Reading and Wakefield. have finished
their labors and from racing point OF
view, the card could hardly be eNcciled.
On the first day. Wednesday, september
27th, the 3-minnte class will trot and pace
for "a purse of $500. followed Icy 2. 20 troi
and pace for $3.50 On Thursday S225 will
be offered for u 2. 80 mark. and $500 viii go
TO the 2ls class. The 2.29 class VIII starr
un Friday, either trot or pace for $3.50. ana
novelty In the shape Of IL matinee race OF
one-halt mile heats, and every heat race
Tor purse OF SlW.
The free for all on Saturday, the last Day
will be n grand attraction. trot or pace. iof
800, and on the same day the 240 class
will ,rot or pace for 5000. Horsemen have
been so we'll treated at Agricultural fnrI,
that there is always n good entrance ana iha
best Of racing, with no delays and no laying
ny OF heats Is assured.
AZ u fair, however. there Will pe attrac-
tlons to interest every one, and the stage
performance. talent for which Is now being
secured. will rival many high class vaude-
vile show. b.
At a recent directors meeting It was voteu
to erect ne y grand stand. which will be 10
readiness for tho forthcoming fair. and the
estimated cost OF over $4,000, will ensure
patrons an opportunity OF witnessing the
various attractions in the most luxurious
manner. Regular orchestra seats VIII ps
installed, and its several appointments VIII
ke iirst-class In every particular.
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Negroes Threaten Revenge.

Maryville, Mo-, Aug. 31.-Rev. William
Johnson. former pastor of the African
Baptist church of Maryville. and an
evangelist of the colored Baptist church
of Kansas and Missouri, was killed last
night by Officer Wallace while resisting
an attempt to take him to Jail. johnson
was convicted yesterday of having as
saulted white woman ard s. nteEced
to nine months in Jail. Johnso ci eated
a sensation recently at meeting Of
negro preachers in l., L,aNenwCrth. kas..
by declaring that the negroes must Or
ganize, arm and kill those who ynched
their brethren. officer Wallace has not
been arrested. The regIOes are highly
excited and threaten revenge
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SOcCulatP(l in Votes,

Rome, Ga, Aug. S1.-Charges have
been filed against r. NJ. Bent, principal
of the colored schools, with a request
that the school board declare his office
vacant. 1t is alleged that Dent sold
his vote for a large sum of money in
the election of 1896. 1t Is charged he
made business of buying negro votes
and specializing upon them. selling to
the highest bidder. Dent Is a promi-
nent politician, a leading member Of the
Republican congressional committee
and is also associat ted with the executive
committee of Georgia. He has been
principal of the negro public schools for
several years. The charges against him
created sensation.
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NEAR THEIR CHIEF.
Bodies of John Browns Followers
Reinterred at North Elba.


Lake Placid. N. Y, Aug. 31-Thirty-
five hundred persons witnessed the cere-
monies at the re-interment of the bodies
of John Browns followers in the little
graveyard at the John Brown farm, at
North Eba, yesterday. The date was
the 43rd anniversary of the battle Of
Ossawatomie.
Tile hymn Onward, Christian Sol
dieis' was sung at the opening. the en-
tire throng joining in. Prayer was Of
fered by Rev. Il. y, Braman, pastor of
the Methodist Episcc lal church at Lake
Placid, after which lev. Joshua Young.
ID. d.. of Groton, Mass, who preached
John Browns funeral sermon, 40 years
ago, and was afterwards driven from his
parish in Burlington for his connection
with the funeral, made an address. The
Epps family, colored, who were brought
here by John Brown years ago, then
sang, a hymn.
Captain Jones of New York. who
fought with John Brown. and fired the
first gun in the battle Of Ossawatomie.
delivered an address, in which he eulo-
slzed John Brown. Colonel Hinton OF
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Brooklyn delivered historical address,
in which he gave special prominence to
Kagi, one of Browns men. He also
praised the Thompson boys, some Of
whom now reside at North Elba.
John Browns Body Lies Mouldering'
was then sung. after which Bishop Pot
ter of New York spoke briefly, and then
introduced Whitelaw Reid of New York.
Mr.. Reid spoke of Browns raid at Har-
pers Ferry, Va, and of the bravery Of
the men. Rev. Joshua Young pro-
nounced the benediction.
The funeral procession was under a
military escort from the Twenty-sixth
United States infantry, Plattsburg, with
I.ieutenants Connell and Ball in COM
mand. A military salute was fired over
the grave of the seven men. and the
crowd dispersed.
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Bound to Be q War.

New Orleans, Aug. 31.-An American
just returned from Nicaragua, where he
lived for seven years, states that there
recently took place a secret conference
between President Zelaya of Nicaragua
and President Sierra of Honduras, the
purpose of which was to effect an al
lance between those two countries for an
invasion of Costa Rica. 1t is stated that
war between the allies and Costa Rlca
Is bound to eventuate. The casus belli
is contained in the fact that Nicaragua
Is intent upon regainng from Costa
Rica the province of Guanacaste, which
is adjacent to the proposed route of the
Nicaraguan canal. This province be-
longed to Nicaragua. but was wrested
from the latter in the last struggle With
Costa Ricd,
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STILL NOT RAIN ENOUGH.
Crops Suffering From Drought All
Over New England.

Boston, Aug. 29.-The New England
section. climate and crop service Of the
weather bureau, issues the following
bulletin for the Week ending Aug. .S
General showers fell during the early
part of the week in coast sections of the
district. and We're also fairly we'll dis
tiiuuted over the interior section Of
Ma> sa sachusetts. Rhode Island and Con-
Eecticut. The amounts. in numerous in
stances. We're cupious. thoroughly wet
ting the surface of the ground, filing
streams and temporarily breaking the
drought. Scattered showers also oc-
CURED in parts Of Vermont. For the
remaining parts Of New England the
weather was fair, though with mere or
less cloudiness and fog. The showers
and moist weather have improved crops.
though with few exceptions the drought
continues severe AID is injuring corn
and late vegetables.
The average rainfall for the week was
.43 Of an inch. 1t was. however. very
unev,nly distributed. While plenteous
showers occurred in many sections Of
MaaSach isetts. Rhode Island and Con-
nect.cut, there were numerous localities
IN the northern portion of the district
where there was 10 rain. The heavies t
rainfall of the week was in the vicinity
IF Boston and occurred chiefly on the
afterno on or night of the 22nd. Rain is
stll needed in all sections of New Eng
Land, and for the greater portion of 1t
the drought. at the present writing, Is
unusually severe.
With sligAt exceptions crops remain
at Il standtstill in Maine. due to IL con-
limitation of the dry weather. The same
conditions obtain for large portion Of
New Hampshire and Vermont. All
crcps. in territory mentioned, are suf-
ferihg and many are permanently in
Jurtd. past recovery. and. in Il few in
stances, have been de! troyeG. The in
jury Is greatest to late corn, meadows.
pastures, garden vegetables, beans,
vines, berries. and to fruit generally.
kain. If it comes soon. will rave many
crops, and greatly improve others that
VIII otherwise prove total loss. In the
southern parts of the district, where
general showers occurred the early part
OF the week. followed by several days Of
moist. cloudy weather. with dense logs
in coast sections, crops are greatly inn
proved. grass and vegetation generally
being Refreshed AID again making
rapid growth. More rain is much needed
here and would be very beneficial to all
late crops. especially to grass. Yet crops
will mature without great loss. even il
the dry weather continues. unless dam
aged by early frost. In addition to i'm
juring crops the dry weather is also de-
laying fall plowing and seeding.
The scarcity OF water fer stock is a
matter of much Inconvenience in many
sections of the ne rthern states.
There Is great danger Of forest fires in
.lmbered sections.
White srubs are very destructive to
strawberry beds in the vicinity of Brent
Hood, n. III.
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One Hu nd red Ask SDace.

Philadelphia, Aug. 29.-The national
Manufacturers association has pur.
chased in Shanghai, China. a building
containing 10000 square feet of floor
room. and as soon as practicable per-
manent exhibition will he established
there. One hundred firms have asked
for space. and all but two have signed
contracts. The Shanghai exhibition
will be the beginning of a competition
with England and Germany by thi.
country for the China trade. 1t VIII
be conducted on the plan Of the com.
mercial museum Of this city.
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south coast steamer. but was not al
lowed to land, came ashore yesterday
and was placed under arrest by order oi
General Wood, the military governor
who will not permit him to proceed tc
Santo Domingo. except after instruc-
tions to that effect from Havana.
General Jiminez is very indignant at
the treatment to which he is subjected,
though he does not attempt to conceal
his intention to proceed to Santo Do
mingo and become president of the new
republic.
Although Tuesday he declined to he
interviewed, alleging that he was al.
ways misrepresented by the press, he
talked freely yesterday General Jim
ineZ said that. when General IieureauX.
the late president of Sunto Domingo.
was assassinated. he cabled to his
friends in Santo Domingo to do nothing
until his arrival. The principal ppr.
tion of the revolutionary forces COM
piled with this request. but, he ASSERTED
his detention by the Americans had
forced Il general outbreak, which would
probably be successful Immediately. and
would certainly accomplish it's purpose
within 10 days after his arrival in the
country.
He said he had received cable informa-
ton yesterday that the revolutioniSts
held practically the whole republic, eX
cept the capital, San Domingo. He re-
ferred to General Gomez az my par
ticular friend" but said the latter was
in no way involved in Dominican af
fairs. In reply to the question as to
whether expeditions in his interest were
leaving Cuba, he criticized the action
of General Wood in preventing the de-
parture of the one recently organized
at Raracoa. He would not say definite
ly whether there We're others planning
to leave.
General Jiminez talked in an enter
tanning way of the conditions and re-
sources of Santo Domingo. The cor
ruption of the old government. he said,
had exasperated the entire people, who
for many years had been desirous that
he return and lead the insurrcction. lie
responded with feeling to the toast to
the future president of Santo Domin-
go" A close examination OF his 26
trunks revealed no arms.
Lewes, Del, Aug 30.-The builders
trial trip OF the battleship Alabama re-
suited in the development in the maxi
mum speed of 11A knots. There was a
drizzling rain part of the run and fog
hung over the water throughout the
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More Dynamite at Cleveland,

Cleveland. Aug. Sl.-A combination
,ar on the Wilson avenue line was blown
up by n powerful explosion last night.
There were several passengers on board,
md five Of them sustained broken legs
rhe explosion lifted the car entirely off
he track destroying the trucks and de-
molishing the flooring. The car fell
lgain on the tracks and in such a way
IS to imprison the injured and frantic
passengers. These were rescued by the
,rew Of the car. The report of the ex-
plosion was heard three miles from the
scene. There is no clue to the perpe.
traitors Of the explosion.
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Japan Ahead in Korea.

London. Aug. 31.-The Shanghai cor.
respondent of The Times. who recently
visited Korea, telegraphs that he has
found Russian ascendancy completely
supplanted by Japanese, and he does not
believe that the new influence will be
easily displaced. The correspondent
says: The japanese in Korea encourage
reforms. They meet every Russian
move by a counter move, and multiply
Japanese interests in every direction
with enormous rapidity. The Ameri-
can gold mining concession, which is
being worked by numerous Americans.
Is remarkably successful.
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FESTIVAL u Mighty success.

Concord, ~ H.. Aug. 3I.-The success
of New Hampshire's Old Home Week
wakes nightly as the days go by. The
Concord program began last evening
with a concert and old residents reunion.
The singing of Dear Old New Hamp.
shire Hills, The Star Spangled Ban
ner" and My Old New Hampshire
Home" occasioned great applause. The
concert wound up with odd Lang Syne"
oy the band and quartet. with the audi
ance Joining in the chorus. Uncle Ben"
Davis, the Oldest music teacher In New
England. directed the concert Later
here were short addresses.
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Didn't Take the Money.

Biddeford. Me-. Aug. 29-W. A.
Roberts, who has been mentioned as a
candidate for congress in this district,
and who has been on trial here two days
On the charge of embeZzling $50. was
discharged from custody. Judge CleaveS
foupd that the complaint was unsus-
1aintd by the evidence. The case arose
out of a dispute between owners of a
newspaper here.
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Finest in the Service.

Harrisburg, Aug. 31.-The Twenty
seventh regiment, commanded by Col
onel Bell, started from Camp Meade yes
terday for duty in the Philippines. The
regiment Is one of the finest volunteer
commands in the United States service.
and is fully armed and equipped for duty
in the tropics.
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Falling Floor Kills Six Men.

Yuma, Ariz. Aug. 3l.-Fire in +. F.
Sanginetti's merchandise store resulted
in the loss of six lives and caused $780,
200 damage. A crowd of me n were carry
ing goods from the burning building
when the second floor fell upon them
Besides the killing of six. a number were
injured
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Fun, but With Limitations,

HtI HIdtt oWItItT !uIIu, <ftt1. OIL w lite
two Englishmen, Hill and Jones, were
ascending the Dent Blanche their rope
broke, and Jones and three guides were
precipitated down the mountain. The
:our bodies have been recovered. The
accident occurred at an altitude of IA, 100
feet. Mr.. Hill wandered two nights on
the mountain. unable to descend. His
escape was miraculous. as the five men
we're roped together.
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5ig SwinOIe in l'rOgrcss,

Washington, Aug. 31.-Census bureau
officials have discovered that advertise
ments are being printed and circulated
20 the eeffct that $4,000 census enume.
rators are wanted. without examina.
ton. and that full particulars could be
aad by forwarding money to the ad-
dress given. The scheme is denounced
by Director Merriam. and steps will be
taken to stop the circulation of the ad.
vertisements
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-02
Wanted "tO Sec Wheels Go Round, :"

Iiadley, Mass, Aug. 29.-Two wards
Of the state board of charity, Richard
barry of Iiolyoke. Is years, and Harry
Sturn OF Boston. years old. have con-
fessed that they set the fire that. on Sat-
urday, completely destroyed the house
Of Mrs. Rosa Dyer. u widow of this
place. with five children. Mrs. Dyer
is now homeless. The boys also ad-
mitted that they broke into an adjoining
house and stole S.. as we'll as stamps
and silver ware. Their excuse for set.
ting fire to the Dyer house was to see
the engines.
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some way, and. though the convention
time is Il long way off, l see no reason
why it may not as well be answered now.
II that convention, looking the situation
over. should regard my nomination as
the best to be made under the circum-
stances then existing, should as loyal
Democrat feel it my duty to accept. If
the choice should fall upon some other
man shall feel as happy as he, and per-
haps much happier for the next two
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In New York This Time.

New York, Aug. 3l.-John Jacob
Brown, a negro. slashed his wife's throat
with a razor last night in Brooklyn and
then took a revolver and shot himself
dying instantly. The couple had fire.
ouent quarrels and the woman had left
Brown. The woman, 1t Is believed, will
die.
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day. The trial was made in open sea
and in shoal water, between the north
west and southeast five-fathom lights,
The wind was from the northeast about
80 miles an hour The trial was satisfac.
tory in every respect.
Darien. Ga Aug. 3O.-Four troops of
cavalry have been ordered to relieve the
infantry on duty here since last Thurs
day. The cavalry will be under COM
mand of Colonel Lawtun. The tug
Crescent City has sailed for Savannah
with q guard of 25 soldiers to bring here
the 2S riote$, confined in the Jail at that
place. There are Is rioters in Jail here.
An address issued by the negro leaders
Of Mcintosh county to their race is hay
ing excellent effect. 1t Is signed by six
preachers, the postmaster, the collector
of the port, the chairman of the Demo-
cratic party and one editor, all colored.
Cape Haytien. Aug. 30.-News has
reached here from Santo Domingo con-
firming the defeat by the revolutionists
of General Pepin, in command of the
government force. who lost 30 men killed
addition. General Pepin was compelled
to abandon convoy Of provisions. Fur
ther fighting has taken place near Monte
Christi between the revolutiOnists under
General Davarre and the government
troops commanded by General Guelito.
Details of this engagement have not yet
reached here.
Washington, Aug. 3O.-With about 100
commissioned places yet to fill in the 1G
new regiments under organization, Sec
retary Root finds himself overwhelmed
with applications. even greater in num-
Der than the sum total of those received
at the beginning of the Spanish -Ameri-
can war. Secretary Root has resolved
to entertain no personal applications for
commissions and insists upon all being
preferred through the regular channels.
New Orleans, Aug. 3O-Advices from
Nicaragua state that General Louis
Mena. the bravest fighter Of the Reyes
revolt, who has placed himself at the
head of the refugees in San Salvador,
numbering about 100, defea ted the troops
on the frontier. and is now pressing on
to Leon. He hopes to raise an army
there to attack Zelaya at the capital.
Havana, Aug. 30.-The commission
which has been engaged in distributing
the S5O00.0OO appropriated for the pur-
pose of paying off Cuban soldiers who
surrender their arms to the American
officials has returned to Havana. 1t re-
ports that 33 COZ persons have received
their share Of the gratuity. and that the
total amount Of money distributed is
S2,526 900.
Boston, Aug 30.-A message received
In this city is to the effect that the
Twenty-siXth United States volunteer
regiment will parade only in Boston and
Providence in the passage through New
England. The mayors of Manchester,
Lowell and Lawrence had requested that
tha regiment parade in their respective
cities.
General Ludlow. military governor of
Havana, has official information Of Is
cases of yellow fever in the department
during the present month. among the
patients being four soldiers and two
American civilians. The others arc
Spaniards
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Killed Inv Trolley Car,

Boston, Aug. 31,-As a result of the col
lision last night between an electric car
and a wagon containing two men, John
Fuchs was instantly killed and Jacob
Matoni received severe bruises. Both
men were riding in the wagon and were
thrown to the ground when the collision
took place.
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Sacrifice Brave, hut Needless.

Quebec, Aug. 31.-Two young ladies,
Helena and Alice Gillespie, cousins. were
drowned in the St Charles river yes
terday. while attempting to save the
life of a sister of the first named. who
had got beyond her depth. while bathing.
The latter was rescued, as we'll as an.
other cousin, who had also gone to her
assistance.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-02

Vienna Aug. 3l.-While mountain
climbing yesterday Max Neumeister of
nsbruck and Hermann Schulz Of
Spandau were kiiled d. and julius Stitzei
of Stuttgart received terrible injuries
that will probably prove fatal.
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WILLING TO ACCEPT.
But Late Consul-General Will
CheerfiIlly Support Another.

Boston, Aug. Sl.-Patrck A. Collins
received the reporters of the various
papers yesterday, and in reply to the
question of one OF the reporters, will
YOU be candidate for the Democratic
nomination for mayor?" he said That
is Il very abrupt question. / suppose
that this question must be answered in