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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-09

among Americans, their fashion of
celebrating the Fourth of July. These
figures show that the lives acrificed to
the gun, the cracker and the toy pistol
on that day in this year were 149, or
one half as many as fell on the field in
the late war with Spain. The Eagle
says:
"Those who died on the field died in hon
or and had struck blow for the freedom of
an oppressed people. Those who died on
the Fourth OF July died in the perpetual
ton of a nuisance that has long dishonor-
ed the associations OF the day, has made 1t
distasteful to majority Of the people, and
has for years been synonymous with loss
of life, with Gripping and burning, with
destruction Of property and waste OF
money. Had these 149 victims fallen from
any one accident, in any one place, what
columns Of lsmentationl what outpouring
of sympathyl what collections for the re-
lief Of survivorsl what services of sorrow in
halls and churchesl what laws to prevent
a repetition of the disaster But, to our
shame be it said, we have become used to
1t and make little effort to prevent or modi-
fy the destruction.
Vermont may not pass laws prohibit
ing the making of cannon crackers, toy
pistols, and the diverse means and in
struments of din, racket, mangling and
killing, hut the State can prohibit or
control, within its limits, the sale and
use of those destructive combinations
of villainous saltpeter, and the means
for exploding them; if the State will
not exercise its powers of prohibition
or control, the municipalities may.
The barbarian practice" has passed
beyond all reasonable limits. The rel
atively innocuous fire cracker of for
mer generation has expanded into the
deadly and resounding bomb, called the
cannon cracker. The mighty racket has
increased a thousand fold, with increas-
ing suffering to the sick, the aged, and
to tired and careworn humanity.
The fatalities do not end with the
casualties of the Fourth. The youth
with the toy gun or pistol places the
weapon at the head or heart of his
playmate and pulls the trigger. He
thus acquires that habit of lawlessness,
or carelessness in the use of firearms,
that in later years, with real weapons
in his hands, results in the criminal
"didn't know-it-was loaded" and SINH
lar catastrophies. 1t is time that the
State and the municipalities united
their powers to control or Danish the
barbarian practice" These are matters
for consideration and for matured &C
ton against the coming of the next
"dies ire'
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-09

An examination of the broken gang
plank disclosed The fact that the only
support of the gsngway was the timbers.
The first cause of the accident apparent
ly, was the pulling out of three one-inch
iron rods which ran the length OF the
gangwav, with bolts. Apparently the
nuts had pulled through Tho ten inch
string pieces, thro ing sll the strain on
the wooden girders. Then came the
crash and the awful death struggle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-09

Governor Gambler of Georgia has
shown the Governors of other States
north as we'll as south, how to prevent
lynching and to insure the orderly en-
forcement of law. A negro was arrest
ed, charged with the crime of assault,
and the mob was preparing to take
him from the sheriff and transfer his
case to the court of Judge Lynch.
The Governor Iadmonished the sheriff
to defend his prisoner, and to insure
the enforcement of law and order him
self appeared on the scene, in the early
hours of the morning, and took per-
sonal command of the civil and militia
ry forces. The prisoner was escorted
to the train bya posse of which the
Governor was member, and the mob
knew he would shoot if an attempt to
seize the prisoner was made. The
crowd was overawed by this combina-
ton OF high official authority and mar
tial power. The prisoner was taken to
a place of security, where his guilt or
innocence will be legally established.
Personal courage and fidelity to official
obligation, sustained and encouraged
by good citizens, will work reform of
an evil that is the browning disgrace of
American society.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-09

New YORK, August 5.-Dewey's
letter accepting invitation to be the
guest of the city upon his arrival was
received to-day at the mayors office.
The letter in full follows:
Dear Sir:-I have the honor to ac-
knowledge your letter of June 80, ten
dering me in behalf of the city of New
York public reception upon my arri-
val, and extending me the hospitali-
ties and courtesies of the city. In ac-
cepting the invitation | desire to ex-
press my deep sense of gratitude to
the citizens of New York and their
representatives for 80 signally honor.
ing me. 1t is impossible at this time
to fix the exact date of the Olympia's ar
rival in New York, but l shall endeayor
to inform you definitely by cable from
Gibraltar.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-09

SPANS GREATEST NEED.-Mr. R p. Olivia
of Barcelona, Spain, spends his winters at
Aiken, s: G. Weak nerves had caused severe
pains IN the back of his head. On using Elec-
trio Bitters. Americas greatest Blood and
Nerve Remedy, all pain soon left him. He
says this grand medicine is what his country
needs. All America knows that it cures liver
and kidney trouble, purifes the blood, tones up
the stomach, strengthens the nerves, puts vim,
and organ of the body. If weak, tired or
ailing you need it. Every bottle guaranteed,
only 90 cents. Sold by c. Blakely, druggist.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-09

The consular agents of the United
States are not only expected to keep
their country informed on trade condi-
tons in the countries to which they
are accredited, but also upon every
thing in the line of progress in every
branch of human activity. The de-
partment of state has received the
following concerning new treatment
for consumption from the United
States commercial agent at Roubaix,
France: ga new method of treating
bronchial and pulmonary diseases has
been called to the attention of the
academy of medicine by DR.. Mendel.
The treatment is specially recommended
for tuberculosis. 1t consists of injecting
daily into the bronchial tubes essence
of eucalyptus, thyme and cinnamon,
held in solution in olive oil. The oil
in descending slowly comes in contact
with the walls of the tubes and the
upper lungs. The gas that is set
free saturates the air in the lungs
and acts on the mucus membranes as
far as the air penetrates. Sixteen
afflicted with tuberculosis and two with
bronchitis have been given this treat
ment, and in each case, after one or
two weeks, a lessening or complete
cessation of the cough and expectora-
ton, as we'll as return of sleep, appe-
tite and strength has been noted"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-09

A conference will be held in Wash
ington this week which will probably
result in an immediate start being
made in the taking of the census of
Cuba. Those who will participate in
the conference will be Secretary Root,
Assistant Secretary Meikljohn, In
spector General Sanger who will have
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-09
A Barbarian Practice.

Figures have recently been collected,
says the Brooklyn Eagle, that exhibit
the result OF barbarian practice
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-09

The report that Dewey has stated
that reception in the Montpelier town
hall from the city fathers would be
enough for him sounds 30 like the m n
that no suspicion of fake has attached
to it.-Herald of Boston.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-09

Iowa Republicans put a gold stand
ard plank into their platform at their
recent State convention. This Is i'm
portant as an indication of the senti-
ment of the west on financial affairs,
and it is particularly satisfying to the
administration at Washington. As
the next speaker of the House of Rep.
resentatives, it is conceded, will hail
from Iowa, the action of the Republi.
cans of the State in this matter derives
additional significance.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-09

Rumors of war now come from So
part of Mexico, on the east shore of
the gulf of California. The Yaqui
Indians inhsbit the region, tribe OF
fierce fighters who have frequently
caused Mexico trouble by their san
culinary outbreaks and struggles for in
dependence. On the Yaqui river, and
the abode of the Yaquis, are many
American miners who will suffer death
and loss of property in the present up.
rising. Hence the lively interest in
the war in the southwestern part of the
United States.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-09

Representative Burke of South Da-
kota says his State can be put in the
sure Republican column. Speaking of
the general outlook he said: "Outside
OF Colorado, do not believe there is a
single Northwestern State that Mr..
Bryan can carry. | consider that Pres
ident McKinley's denomination and re-
election are foregone conclusions. The
administration is popular in the north
west. Our people have fallen upon
prosperous times, and they are not in
clined to turn the government over to
the opposition, which always promises
so much and performs so little"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-09
E'airlee.

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Thurber are re.
toicing over the arrival of little da, ghter,
Mildred Elsie, born August 2.
Miss Anna Mosher, superintendent OF the
New Jersey home for oolored girls in Nor
ristown, Tenn, spoke in the Union church
Sunday afternoon. Her heart is in her
work and she presented her subject in "A
graphic and impressive manner.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-09

Sunday was black day in the re c.
ord of fearful, life-destroying disasters.
The Mt. Desert ferry accident sent a
score of Sunday pleasure seekers to
their death, and inflicted manning aud
other injuries on other scores. At
Stratford, Conn, an electric car con-
tanning over forty passengers plunged
from high trestle into the water and
mire and its occupants persisted. The
irony of fate or the wickedness of man
turned into a day Of death and suffer-
ing the one day of the week on which
exemption from disaster and freedom
from distress would be most naturally
expected.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-09

immediate supervision of the work
several Representatives of the census
bureau, and the Cuban supervisors re-
Gently appointed by Gen. Brooke. As
has been stated, this census is to be
taken to get at the voting population of
Cuba, and soon after its completion,
municipal elections will be held over
there. Although our census bureau
officials are acting in an advisory capa.
city in this matter, the Cuban census
will have no connection with our CEN
su~, aud viii be taken uDder military
supervision.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
Story ola Save.

TO be bound hand and foot for yeara
by the chains Of disease is the worst
form Of slavery. George ID Williams.
of Manchester, Mich. tells how such 3
slave was made free. He says: "Ay
wife has been so helpless for five years
that she could not turn over in bed
alone After using two bottles Of Elec
trio Bitters, she is wonderfully improv
ed and able to do her own work. This
supreme remedy for female diseases
quickly cures nervousness sleeplessness
melancholy, headache, backAche,
faiating and dizzy spells. This miracle
working medicine is 3 godsend to
weak, sickly, run down people. Every
bottles guaranteed. Only SO cents
Sold as James & cos drag store.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06

We are not much stuck on prize
fighters or their profession, but we
can't help admiring the manly Style
in which Fltzsimmons bore defeat.
Instead of roaring around like a
disappointed pie hunter, and making
all sorts of excuses like Sullivan and
Oorbett, he frankly admitted that mis-
defeat was due to his having met a
better man than himself.-Bette1
Way.
American mi'lionaires are marrying
their daughters to old country titles
and the millions wrested and stolen
from the American people are to be
used to restore a rotten monarchy in
Europe or build up one here on the
rnIn of the Republic. Mr.. McKin.
ley's imperislistic policy, backed by a
powerful army and navy, are but a
step in the contemplated tragedy.
Anna Gould, the daughter Of Jay
Gould, is now Countess of Csstellane
and joined the mobiles of Paris in a
public mob when it insulted and struck
the president of the French nation
Democrat. Enid o. T.
The Honorable Abner Mckinley,
i, brother of the Honorable William
Mckinley, is the representative in
Cuba of the Honorable North Ameri-
can Trust company which Is the hon.
orable fiscal agent for the United
States in the island, while the Hon
orable Mr.. Miller, also a relative OF
the Honorable President. is the hon.
orable resident agent of the honor
able Fidelity and Deposit Company
which bonds the honorable govern
ment employees. We may further
add the Honorable Abner Mckinley
is the attorney for the Honorable
Captain Garter, who Notwithstanding
that he stole according to court mar
tial's verdict hundreds Of thousands
of dollars is through some mysterious
influence Of some honorable gentle
man still enjoying liberty, when if
he were chicken thief he would now
be in jail.-Jerry Simpsons Bsyonet.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06

TIE following extract from the adj
dress delivered at the state sgrlcul-
tursl college by B. Fay Mills of Bos-
ton, Mass. who was selected by the
| regents to take the place of w. J.
Bryan. shows that the gentleman is
very broad and liberal in his ideas:
81 don't care for the application. I
wouldn't go across the street to make
. plea for any political party what
ever. You may make the applice ton
yourselves. I have not travelled 1000
miles simply to sing sweet songs or
! say pleasant things. I am not psrti-
, san. am capable of voting a differ
ent ticket at every election. All our
people are simply people, and these
political combinations are merely ar
tificisl. II our professors must be
political or religious dogmstists, and
il they can not be trusted to be fair,
then let your state be great enough
TO provide teachers to teach all the
dogmss. It would be better to have,
not one or two expounders Of philos-
ply, but enough to teach all kinds OF
philosophy than to stifie the spirit of
progress or fail to give inspiration.
The man who would poison the food
| Of youth is intelligent and humane
when compared with officers of the
state who endsavor to control the
teachings of q public institution in
the direction of any dogma, old or
new, and insist on the holding of q
eorrect set of ancient or modern opin-
ions about anything, instead of in-
spring young men and women with a
passion for real culture and for op-
portunity to grow, develop and
achieve"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06

ONCE upon a time-just hundred
years sgo-an administration under
took to muzzle the press and crush
out free speech. The Ssdltion Law
was passed to prevent criticism Of
Hsmilton's despotic acts. It became
treason to differ from the peculiar
imperial" views of the Hamilton
following. But the people rose in
supreme Indignation and put the
federalist party forever out of ex-
istence. Just now in 1899 the history
OF 1893 is being repeated, and Mo.
Kinley may profit BY the fste Of the
elder Adams or he may go down to
sure defeat By continuing to muzzle
the press and suppress pamphlets CON.
tanning some Of his own ipfamitory( q
utterances.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
A Thousand Tongues

Could not express the rapture
Annie E. Springer. of 1925 Howard st.
Philadelphia, Pa, when she found that
DR. Kings New discovery for Consump.
ton had completely cured her of 3
hacking cough that for some years had
made life burden. ALI other remedies
and doctors could give me no help,
bat she says of this royal cura-"it
soon removed the pain in my chest
and / can now sleep soundly, some
thing can scarcely remember doing
before. I feel like sounding its praise
throughout the Universe" So will
every one who tries DR.. King New,
discovery for any trouble Of the chest,
throat or lungs. Price SOC. and e1.00.
Trial bottles free at James & Co.'S
drug store; every bottles guaranteed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06

ONE J. D. Bowersock q wire and
nail manufacturer of Lawrence, Kan
sss, last fall when a candidate for
congress on the republican ticket
promised his men higher wages and
continuous prosperity provided he
and Mckinley were elected. They
were both elected and now the wire
and nail factory has shut down and
thrown 300 hands ont Of employment
This same Bowersock who is vice.
president of the trust which absorbed
his factory is now trying to attract
attention by bowling vigorously
against the trusts, and our little post
Office friend up street whines piteous-
" because the pops and democrats
will not give Bowersock credit for
sincerity.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
A Brief History of "a Journalist.

eve look into a cradle and behold
a male child. At the age of ten he is
a noisy kid, with half the buttons off
his pants and an eye to mesnness. At
the age of fifteen he is devil in a
print shop; at Is the publisher of a
country newspaper, at the head of
every enterprise calculated to inn
prove the town or enrich the business
thereof; at IS he is an emscisted and
wornout man, with holes in his pockets
and bald head; at the age of so he
is corpse in a cheap coffin and his
only resources left behind are two
cases of long primer type, a Wash
ington hand press and a subscription
book with 500 delinquent subscribers,
who line up and march past the coffin
saying: He was public spirited
fellow but he could not save any
thing Wichita Eagle.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06

REPUBLICAN, papers are just now
talking loudly about regulating the
trusts-" If the republican party Is in
earnest why not regulate the trusts
before election? They have the SEN
ate, they have the house, and they
have che president. The next regu-
lar session Of congress convenes the
first Monday in December, nearly a
year before the presidential election.
II this republican talk against the
trusts is not pure buncombe, manu-
featured for election purposes, let
that party at once give the people
some remedial legislation. If MIR.
Mckinley is as ANXIOUS to get swlpe
at the trusts as his organs pretend
let him call q special session, and
stop the Ubiquitous practices of the
combines ipstdf1ter. The over-hasty
republican papers have made the
bluff, and now the people will call
them.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06

WILL the pops give Congressman
Bowersock credit for the boldnsss
with which be defies the trusts?-Dis-
patch.
No, not SO long IS he VOTES to sus-
tain them. The republicans want
credit for loud talk but the pops de-
mand right vote before they will
cheer. It is the vote which counts
and not q long-wlnded ''defi' from q
congressman seeking reelection.
See?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06

in his Dispatch last week gave space
20 the following:
STILL AT IT.
The following special Telegram sent
out from Pittsburg, Pa, july II, ct
ths close Of . four days conference
different somewhat from Mr.. John
sons Colby Conference) shows that
the infamous attempt Of Marx Hanna
and the Mckinley administration TO
make plutocrAts out Of the lsboElng
men Of the country is still bearing
fruit:
'As q result Of the four days con.
ference OF the representatives Of the
manufacturers and the Amaigamatad
Association Of Iron, Steel and TInplate
Workers, the wegee OF 25, 600 tinplAts,
iron and steel workers throughout the
state will be advanced after July l i.
After that date the workers will get
what they commended for. which Is the
actual restoration OF the wages Of 1888.
The advance 60 rollers will be II Der
cent; to sheATmen about IL Per cent
and to day hands Is per cent"
Here is another special telegram"
which the Baron will probably not
give to the public:
Pittsburg, Pa, June 26.-All the
tinplate works In the country will be
closed at midnight on Friday a. 9 re-
suit OF the failure TO settle the wage
scale at the conference il ChicaRo.
Fully $4,000 people will DO thrown
idle by the shutdown.
Notice the word shutdown" Baron.
But the Especial telegram" continues:
About 5000 skilled workers are
members Of the association, and Is
many more are dependent on them
and wall be idle while the skilled men
are unemployed.
Now why in the name OF prosperity
should IA those $4,000 workman and
all the other thousands Of people de-
pendent upon them, suffer when the
prices Of ali the products of the fec-
tories have advanced7 What does
prosperity mean TO men who trot in
Ur. Roycs's classe
Tell as Of some working men who
have proftsd By what the Consumers
have to pay shove. the prices OF two
years ago.
And while you are about it, you
might try how it would seem 70 write
some truthful items FOR your paper.
F. O. JOHNSON.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-06
four Exchanges.
Items Political and Otherwise
Concerning Kansas and the 9th
Congressional District.

Governor Stanley has paid 1925 to
Mrs. Stanley, Mrs. Royce and Mrs
Hsrbaugh, for their trip around
through the charitable institutions OF
the state. TIE governor has proba-
bly, heard that charity begins at
home -Mankato Advocate.
Don't curse the plutocrats for con-
ditions for which we, conformity, are
responsible. They are but creatures
who have taken advantage of social
system made by Us and which we
that is a majority of US have the pow
or to unmake-when We will.-Bayo-
net.
George Fred Wlllisms is right when
he says that the common people would
never consent to have German of
Maryland, substituted for Bryan as a
candidate for the presidency. The
national democracy must step forward
not backward, or it will go down over
whelmly to defeat.-Bsyonet.
Ex-Gov. Eskridge, of the Emporia
Republican, is making a vigorous
fight against the gold standard and
trusts. Here is one shot: "What is
the use of declaring against trusts
and advocating a monetary syatem
that fosters them? To destroy the
effect you must remove the cause"
State Register.
The republicans have had control
of Kansas affairs only six months, and
scandal already stalks abroad. Doodle
in the asylum committee, incomps-
tency at the reform school. foolish
Investigations, and a governor who
gsds around shooting of his mouth
instead of attending to his duties.
These are some of the loads that
Kansas has to bear.-Wlnfeld Free
Press.
It is futile to hope for republican
success next year if the voters of the
country every morning are to be con-
fronted with stories Of battles and Of
loss Of life through disease and on
the firing line. The pride Of army
is not developed to such an extent in
this country, and the sentiment of the
nation will not stand for 1t. With
peace, all things are possible; with a
continuation of present conditions,
nothing.-Baltimore American rep. }
OF course the republican papers
are not saying much about w. 81. b.
Young, superintendent of the Sol
dier's Orphans home at Atchison,
who was charged with too great IA
miliarity with some of the young
ladies in his care. The board Of
charities did not find him guilty, but
shey did not have the hardihood to
say they found him innocent, end they
let him hown with dull thud and
notified him that his job would end
August first. II he had been q DEM
ocrat, every administration sheet in
the state would have been bowling
loud and long about democratic ln-
efficiency and corruption long before
this.-AtChison Champion.