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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-01-04
VOLUME %

mas moruias sa, popalst Ever nov.
when the sssthtf behaves uhh ssahlims
iadiaetrSce 90 The tine a ye.s, ~ssp,s
are sllll mad as % toe rsiuiae ~ days II
~ ssitheaa Be vet
oae euthSa.siie supporter Of ihi.
hesty lessnd ieI ysss sso wssered all
be possessed on one vet abnivrrsary that
there would teraia every day daring The
prescribed pettod Il did r.io ~ asys
haI ,he t~etiy third ruined bim.
A Helhkhown hookmsker. VITO lAys
himseli oHi ior What be calls "l4uoy
1astrius" tss stated ihsi the smoun, oi
m0tey which vas vhsttsi on tho late
hop, ". L Gladstone reaching The age
Of 70. was simply euormous. he also
ssys that, beins believer Of 10 the un
expected happening IN politics. he sccep,
% u the lime OF The bomt.rnle splI, in
The liberal pati three wasers Of cs,O00
to 4 900 naoh that Mf Chamberlain
soala one day te prime mini.tor Of fns
lsnd. The stakes are depo,itea 10 bank
uDdtr deed which pfosidea iot ,he draw
los OF TIE in,tresi iil 1904, ibo date wheu
the wager expires,
Costnme balls At Coveht earduu hsve
led to some carinus wagering Ia accor
dance with the terms OF one last yest a
person prestutd himstli Tor admittancr,
dressed like negro on one side aud
wonan on the other 0ae side OF his
face was white, rouged snd powered, the
other blocked. Ibe lady bali wore
beautiful coetume, the other being the
'uire OF u street negro minstrel.
Daring The bulldog Of the Tower
ridge enc oi thp workman wagerod to
'ook big puddius tea feet under tho
urisce Of the Thames. Needless TO say,
20 impossibe feat led to des OF money
'eing laid that he couldn't Ga the sp
pointed day The pudding was tied In
aek aud sunk to Tho required depth. the
ssemoled crowd being greatly amused
With the careful manner ia which the
reiormer hsndled the sack.
AT the end Of three houra the pudding
'as drawn to the surface, and was found
be thoroughly cooked, the only fault
elng that It was little too well done.
he sack WAS hall foil OF lime.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-01-04

TIE Uuited States IL pledged, By the
resolutions adopted by Congress when
the country embarked ia the war with
Spaio, to leave "tbe government aud oon
troll Of Cab, when the Island shall ba
pscitied 80 its people" Toefe II every
reason to suppose that tho islsnd ia nov
practically pseltied and the President
has announced his Intention TO carry out
the terms OF the soleml compact with
Cabs aud the world.
As preliminary ttap, II is proposed
to put The Islsnd nnder civil control. A
civil governor, possibly two governors,
one Tor the eaAt and the other for the
west, will be appointed. II IL believed
thst 10 tbis way tbs Transformation 10 =
natise government viii be facilitated.
Bat there are signs that some Cubsns
object strongly to civil government by the
Uoited States. hey syen talk OF resist
ing the change aud Of making war upon
the United States 10 order TO prevent II.
They oppose 1t on the ground that any
American poyernmebt 10 Cnbs ebould be
temporary, aud that a iereign civil eoyeru
ment would have a tendency 10 become
permsnenL
This fear is based on the suspicion
which the Cubsns bsge derived from their
experience with Spain. Repeatedly de
oeived by tbst conntry. they expect that
the United States also will decsiye them
Il IT esn. They fofeste In the proposed
civil type Of goVernment pisn to cbea,
them ont Of "lhs soyetmsn, snd control
oi the island BY its people"
Their fear is not well.iouBded. EV1rg
hing poiuts to = settled detefmiba,;oa
IN The part itbs Uaited 5istes 10 confer
elf-goseftnsnt on the Cabsn people.
rbe pledge 20 to DO was repeated by the
'tesiJebi with emphasis 10 bis reesot
message 10 Congress. Bat the daty of
stsblishiDs i, q wolves upon tue Unlis
tstee sud mna bs pfeiormed BY this
oFsiumeni % its osn way sgd npoa -
wn responsibility
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-01-04

Mr., ntIiias.ley sett me up sitt hi
heavy overcast, .ai1 The yoa,h. iaotin
up at the tpp Of the hcasc and rather car
inlly svoitips the eye Of Mn, Billins
Ley.
What on earth does be want Of hi
heavy ovsrcostf she inquited
Ho-hc's eoins ont OF iovu. said To,
hey.
Going out oi towu, ehi Did be sead
uole.
Non, He's 10 harty.
10 bury, ebf Where is be powY
He ht's d-a-down st the sas oftiae
replied The you,h, backing doun couplc
OF uepa.
/ Vast ss ,iil,sS inquired Mrs,
Blllioesley bat The boy bad saddcnly
bolied snd Was then hall block swsy
and Increasing his lead. Mrs, Billings
ley vent back into thl tittiug room snd
said 10 herself:
| do Wish could have nailed thai little
imp. Gao Il be possible that Billinssley
is gong / elope' Al any rate be will
bsge to so without bis heavy coat,
A. 5:30p. m. Billiussley arrived home
ftr dinnsr.
A boy oiled Tor your heavy oyercosl
this afternoon, observed Mrs, Billings
lev.
Great heavens, womahl Aud Of course
you handed it right over to him. Maria.
II does seem impossible fer women to
have good sense
Why, didu't you send him up to The
house fer itp
0,rlsnly not You might have known
that would bsve sent a note bye ADl
4 boy, Didn't have any nniiorm 90, did
he?
No. answered Mrs. b,
So I'm jnst $40 cut. don't suppose il
would have made auy diil,r renee il bad
married any one OF your sisteis. oil
course you are all slike Must ruu 10 The |
family. Marie, can hardly believe it
possible that you could be chump enough
to give NY overcoat away to 40 entire
staanger.
He ssid you was going ont Of town in
hurry.
Gong out Of towul Fiidles,icksi
Would il not have been the most natural
hing in the world for me to have oiorm
81 yon OF the faet2
Perhaps so didn't think OF that.
de said you WAS down at the gas ofiice.
What gas oticeP
He didb't say. tie went right swsy
when asked him that.
With my winter overcoa?
No; without II. | didn't take much '
sock In his story, Gnd he got scared.
S,y, M,fis, let's hsve dinner.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-01-04

Mr. and Mrs. Gsimple had disagree
menl oae day, the question at issue being
one OF honse.clesning. Mr.. Gwimple oh
jected to having the whole bouse turned
upeide down
You gave all the rooms thorough h
cleaning last yeor, he orged. Suppose
you clean only halt Of them this time.
His spouse, however. everred that che
bad never hetrj OF snch thing 1T must
be aIl or none.
They agreed fuslly TO leave the decision
OF the disputed poi9t to Book oi
Familiar Proverbs" they had in the house,
A pnge was TO be opened at random, and
the pfoyorb that seemed beat TO iit the
case in hand should govern their action,
The book was taken dosu, and Mrs.
Gwimple opened IL, She ran her eye
rapidly over the left hand page. and
look OF triumph overepresd her face.
Look there she exclaimed, pointing TO
proverb which read: whatever is
worth dong at oil Is worth doing
weIl.'
LIST me see the book. said Mr..
Gwimple,
He took 1t snd cast bis eye over the
right band page, and similar look OF
triumph ovetspread bis face.
Look ut ,bst. will your he said, ~ be
pointed to the familiar esying:
Hall loai is better than no bread.
Add toe question wss farther from eei,le
ment han ever.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-01-04
United States Centers,

The government is about to mark
lstitudipal center by placing monumen
on the parallel Of 45 degrees north; mic
way between equator and pole. whict
runs through the hamlet OF North Perry
Me. Such monument as permsnenl
fixture is possible but there are other iu
teresting 'cepters'' which are BY nc
means permanent,
The geographical center OF the United
States, 3 6)2 800 sq mare miles, excluding
Alaska and onr new possessions is 10
porthwesitrn Kausss, midway between
Wskeeney and Hill City.
Toe, center Of population is, however,
for east OF this, being fifteen miles we,t
OF Columbus, Ind having moved to thut
poin. by easy stages from near Baltimore,
where IL WAS IN the closing years OF the
last century, and it is stilI travelling. II
1t moves through the coming century as
10 the present the year 1900 may find the
cen'ers OF area and population OF nesrly
the same point
The center OF wealth Of our $4,000,
600. 600. Of real al d personsl property ia at
Cleveland, Oaio. tofih and east OF the
center Of population. And the center Of
debt Ia rot lar away, being Ut Tiiiln, in
the same state, as shown by the records
Of sl1 COO. .000. 900 Of mortgage and
judgement debts. Ohio can also claim
the center OF pa1perIsm, which is at
Chilico'he. and is fur her charged with
the center oi crime, which careful fisuret
chow TO be OF Columbus; but these
figures are based on the number OF
prisoners snd not on the degree OF
ofIenses.
The center OF agriculture for the point
sbout which our annual produce OF S3. 800,
0OO. 900 arrspges itself is at Ohumwa. Ia
For the man nuiacluring center we Jump
sgsin to the east. and 6nd that the grest
factories OF the New Englspd and Middle
Atlsntic ststes draw IL TO Erie. Pc. II is
3 most important center OF $40. 900, 000
900 In cspitsl, 81 800 900 900 10 sunusl
wages and 50 800. coo, 900 10 snuus cost
of material,
To bslSnce this we must again so weet
where We fnd the center OF our ls7. 600
miles OF railroad st l., Sale. Ill.
Coming TO educs,ion, We fod another
,enter 10 Olio, for Lima is The point on
shich bslsnce our colleges ana uuiyer
'ilies. With their 100000 stu tents.
For the reverse OF this, illiterscy, we
D net make jamp TO Jackson, Tsln. !
fhis is based on the ability TO write On
be par. oi persons more thsn Ten yefrs ,
Id. IL sppssis 10 be far eou,h. bat tie
tstistics Of mott Of the southern stans,
sbich return from rs TO 25 per cent Of
be population unsble 10 write. ~ sgsinsi
10 7 percent 10 the northern sls,es,
lsce the center th,re. !,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-01-04
For His wif.'s sake.

Dout let II nrietts hear you sllude Ia
her as my better halt, ssid M. Msestop
behind hia hsDd TO ite Trend who had
cons 10 dibner
/ ubdtrs,ald. The erprsssion iss nifis
con monplsce. not to cay plebisn.
Ii isu't thst Hot | wish yo'd choose
another traction. /. wonid snnoy Hem
siis vastly TO have yos iLirk sbe vas lees
than iour flths st the lo~esl csleul,tiou.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-01-04
Eccentric Bfftish Wag.rs.

Perbsps the mosi msrked Characteristic
Of the Bniob "a bis fondness for vsgsring
ss IL snply Demonstrated al Epsom each
yesr Bat horse rscing lie not The Only
excuse .l5fded The Bdiisher 10 exercise
bis mspis Tor betting.
Qsite 40 astonishing ngnbsr Of annual
occuftenees ere made tbs subject Of
wagering. Years sgo, before the ssgsries
Of the weather bad broaght the foa,
sessoDs into dlseredi'. wagering tbs, stox
would be ionrd oa tbs sr9uDi on Chfis,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-01-04

What does this mssu, Bn3geu -
claimsd The isiy oi The bonse. relatnisz
from shopping. the teisphoaes bsso
lsses os,i bsre. ms'sn. tue gin over
ths ssy came over sod ssli bsr missus
would like 20 ussiI Tor while snd siat
II over 10 Der, bat had iirible ID
ss.tit i, uuseressd from The wall ua'sm
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-01-04
IN. sam. ola Gsm.

A ball srowo boy ran quickly up the
steps Of tbs Billiassley dolaieile ssd
pressed the electric button. Mrs. Bil
lisgsly sppesrca ss the door.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-16
BIG -FOUR ROUTE.
BIG FOUR ROUTE.
$3.50 Louisville and Return, Sunday,
Aug. 18th.

Special train will leave indianapolis Z
m. Returning leave Louisville z p. m.
H. NJ. BRONSON, A. @. p. A.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-16
WILL USE THE STREET
FALL FESTIVITIES SOCIETY GETS
PROMISE FROM THE CITY.
Market street VIII BE Used from the
Circle to New Jersey Street
Paris Novelties.

The Fall Festivities Society has arranged
with the municipal authorities for the ex-
elusive use Of East Market street from
Circle street to New Jersey street. and a
large part of the Hagenbeck animal ag-
gregstion will be exhibited down town
within the reach Of everybody. The Ger
man village feature will be made a dis
tinctive part of the downtown attractions.
The ride shows will be of every variety.
Colonel j. II. Lame, the business repre-
sentative Of the Frank c. Fostick Mighty
Midway Carnival, who is now in the city,
said:
There will be some Partisan novelties
which will draw crowds and give Indian
apolis people a peek at a few of the star
attractions of the Paris exposition. We
will have the real thing in whatever park
we exhibit Our shows are usually broken
up. but we will lave them combined at the
Indianapolis carnival. Everything that is
to be shown by us at the Buffalo exposition
and at the Toledo. o.. centennial will be in
Indianapolis preparatory to our going to
the Mardi Gras. at New Orleans next win
ter. We are usually opposed to separating
our attractions. as we nave agreed TO dc
in this city, in October. but / believe that
If the street-railroad management can
handle the people the park exhibition will
be a big thing"
The general executive committee will
meet Tomorrow afternoon. at the CONNER
cial Club. when reports from committee
chairmen will be heard by ID. NJ. Parry,
president OF the society.
The Central Passenger Association, which
was In session at Putin bay, yesterday,
has agreed tc give the best possible rates
for the Indianapolis carnival. which, COM
ing somewhat later than the one in Cincin-
natl and other cities in Ohio. Indiana and
Illinois will have the advantage of cool
weather.
More than ST. 900 of the $4,000 guarantee
fund was subscribed yesterday. The coll
lections are being promptly made-in fact,
every subscriber really signs a demand
note, authorizing the committee to spend
a certain sum on his account.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-16
MILK IN THE COCOANUT
WHY THE CITY ADMINISTRATION
WANTED A BIG BOND ISsUE.
II the Money Fad Been Voted Their
Would Have Been No Temporary
Loans-MuEicipaI Affairs.

All employee of one Of the city offices
looked over a table showing a comparison
OF the fire departments Of various cities in
the country yesterday afternoon, and then
said: Indianapolis compares 'favorably
with any of the cities, in spite of all the
talk that has sprung up recently about
the poor condition of the local department.
The trouble was started by the fire insur-
ance companies, which. to my mind, are
like a big trust. They are associated to-
gether, and the majority of them picked
out indianapolis as a place to raise in
surance rates, the same as many large
concerns raise the price of a product when
they have the market cornered.
1.-The insurance companies sent a man
here TO inspect the Indianapolis fire de-
partment. and his report showed that the
city needed to expend nearly 100000 TO
place the department on what he called a
good basis. He evidently knew that this
would not be done, and so the insurance
rates Will go up"
This man seems to have solved the situ-
alton about the same as one OF the Re-
publican councilmen, only the latter went
into the matter a little deeper n found
where the Democratic city administration,
he claims, grasped the situation in an en-
deayor 10 restore funds TO the city treas
ury and for political capital. The council
man said he had examined statistics from
other cities and found Indianapolis TO COM
pare favorably with the fire departments or
cities of nearly the same size. He says
in his opinion the Democrats hoped TO get
an appropriation through the Council for a
very large sum with which 10 increase the
~fre-hghting force of the city. Had the
money been appropriated, he says. the
temporary loans asked for within the last
few weeks would never have been brought
up, as the administration could have used
the money secured by the bond issue for
the Improvement of the fire department
TO tide over the financial crisis until the
fall taxes came in and then replaced it for
a time. The councilman further said that,
had the administration secured the money
from a bond issue and could have had the
use of 1t. the condition of the city's finances
would nave been kept quiet for only a few
months, when an investigation would sure
ly have revealed the situation as ii is &C
pracont
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-16
BANQUET AND BALL
Close the Sessions of the Druids I'm
This City.

AT the second session of the United An
cient Order of Druids, held at their hall
yesterday. the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: Supreme
arch. NJ. A. Beckman: deputy supreme
arch, c. r. Painter; supreme secretary.
M. Freidenthal; supreme treasurer, Louis
Krauss; past supreme arch, Peter Scaff-
nit; supreme herald. ]. f. Martinoni. A
resolution to hold the Supreme Grove meet
ings every four years was indefinitely
postponed.
No session was held in the afternoon, but
at 3 O'Clock the Supreme Grove took car
riages and visited the points of interest
about the city.
At s o'clock in the evening the supreme
members were escorted from the Druids'
Hall on Maryland street. by the local
lodges, consisting of eight groves and one
ton street, where the supreme members
were rendered a reception. The scort was
headed by the indianapolis Military Band.
After the reception, during which brief
remarks appropriate to the hospitality
which had been extended to them, were
made by the supreme officers, a banquet
was served at Fosters restaurant. The
evenings entertainment came TO a close
with a ball, given at Cleveland Hall.
The reception and ball was well attended
by visiting members of the order from
Richmond. Lafayette and other parts of
the State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-16
T WORK FUTILE.
Her Brother Dies shortly After Re-
lease from Prison.

The death of William Kennedy at Gin
cinnati recalls one OF the most notable
cases in Indiana crimina history. Kenne-
dy was, after the Blaine and Logan cam
paign, convicted of the murder of a man
named Baker at Greensburg during a po-
litical demonstration. He served ten years
of his sentence and was then p%ardoned by
Governor Mount, who considered the evil
dence presented a. to his innocence more
thar convincing. 1t was shown that MEM
bers of the grand jury reluctantly returned
an indictment, but being unable to agree
did so on the ground that If innocent he
could prove his case in court, but he was,
nevertheless. sent UP on a life sentence.
His sister, then a mere child, worked for
ten years to secure his pardon and even
disguised herself and associated with Day
ton. o., thieves In order to secure evidence
against a Dayton man whom she thought
was the guilty man.
AT the Southern Prison, where KENNEDY
was confined, he was we'll liked and had the
confidence of the prison officials. Upon the
death OF his mother he was allowed to go
home without escort. and within an hour of
the time of expiration of his parole. he was
back in prison donning his prison garb.
Ii was in prison that he contracted con-
sumption, of which he died, and after re-
turning to Cincinnati rapidly failed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-16
BEFORE THE TAX BOARD.
Independent Telephone Companies
Protest-Other Arguments.

George P. Haywood. of Lafayette, rep
resenting the Lafayette Telephone Com
pany, appeared before the Board of State
Tax Commissioners yesterday in an APP
peal from the assessment of his company.
Mr.. Haywood maintained that his company
was not making any money and insisted
hat the present assessment of Sal. $50
should be reduced TO $4,000.
W. III. Ernest, representing the United
Telephone Company and also the indie
pendent lines in general, said that there
were two basic patents pending before
the United States Supreme Court. and that
If the Bell company won the case the prop
erty of the independent lines will be worth
little or nothing. Mr.. Ernest called atten-
ton TO the danger of damage TO telephone
roperty and said that in his opinion the
companies were in many cases assessed too
high.
William Duff Haynie, OF Chicago. APP
peared before the board and asked for a
reduction in the assessment of the Elgin,
Joliet q Eastern.
w. NJ. Lyford. of Chicago, representing
the Chicago q Eastern Illinois Railroad,
asked for a reduction in the assessment
OF his company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-16

The following letter received by Union B.
Hunt. secretary of state, yesterday, from
]. j. Johnson. a Kentucky state senator,
indicates hat the odious Goebel election
law is about to be repealed n~otwithstand-
ing the fact that IL has received the hearty
Endorsement of William Jennings Bryan.
Senator Johnson says:
THE Governor of Kentucky is going to
call an extraordinary session OF the Legis-
lature the last OF this month for the pur-
pose OF amending. or repeating. or OF maxi
ing a new election law. / want to see the
laws of some OF the other States before the
Legislature meets and will greatly appre-
ciate II II you will send me a copy OF the
Indiana election law"
Assistant Secretary of State Conner said
yesterday that he was only too glad OF the
opportunity, and had lost no time In COM
plying with Senator Johnson's request.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-16
RAIDS MADE BY THIEVES.


The boarding house of Mrs. f. ]. Nelson.
at 326 North Illinois street. was entered
early yesterday morning through doors
left open on account of the heat. and a
humber OF valuables were taken. Mr.. Mel
sons clothing was examined and his watch
taken. A man on the second floor found
his clothing scattered about the room and
found his gold watch and a small sum Of
money gone. The police were unable TO get
. clew TO the thief.
Mrs William c. Hinson. 7OS North I'LL
nois street. reported a visit OF burglars
curing the night. a small sum of money
was taken from a roomer on the second
floor. The thieves. IL was thought. got into
the house by climbing upon the porch.
The night man at the Columbia livery
lost a small amount OF money by thieves
who got into his room at the stable and
searched his clothes which hung on the
wall. Mr.. Cunningham. the proprietor OF
the stable, entered just as the thief was
going out. and grappled with him. The
thief dropped an armful OF the clothing
he was carrying away. After waiting some
time for the bicycle police. who were called
for, the fellow was released.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-16
LOOKING FOR A GIRL
Who Left n Note Saying She Would
Be Seen No More.

Edward Rose. of 1880 Reisner street. last
night asked the assistance of the police in
finding his s~ister-in-law. jeanette Fergu-
son. who. he thought. had killed herself.
he said she left home Tuesday morning,
leaving a note saying she had troubles and
that the family would never see her again.
She is only sixteen years of age and at the
time last seen wore a red dotted calico
wrapper and a sun bonnet. She is about
five feet tall, of light complexion, has light
hair. gray eyes and weighs about lis
pounds.
Rose said he knew of no trouble which
might cause her to run away or kill her
self, and yesterday after calling upon all
her friends was unable TO account for her
action. He thought IL possible a love af-
fair might have been the cause, though
she was known to have but one young man
who paid her any attention, and he was
found at his home and could offer no ex-
PLANTATION.