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WHO SOLD THE ISLAND?


PITTSFIELD. Mass. Feb. 2s.-The Island
of Basilan. in the Philippines. is reported
to have been purchased by Prince Ponia-
towski, of San Francisco. for $4,000. The
prince. who is president Of the Standard
Electric Company, is In Pittsfeld buying
electrical equipment Basilan is twenty
miles long, lies southeast Of Mindanao and
is valuable for its pearl fisheries and hemp
trade.
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NEW YORK. Feb. 36-Antonio Ferraro
was electrocuted at Sing Sing prison to-
day for the murder Of Luciano Muchio, In
Brooklyn. on April 4. 1895. The electric cur
rent was turned on at $50 a. m. and FIVE
shocks were administered before the at
tending physicians were satisfied that he
was dead. He was pronounced dead at SIS
a. ~.
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Conce..ion to Aby.sininns.

ROME, Feb. ga dispatch from Asmara
says that the -Abyssinian conven-
ton for frontier delimitation has been
signed between Emperor Menelik and
Great Britain. Metemmeh, which was
within the influence of the English zone,
is now Abyssinian territory.
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PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 26-The Baldwin
locomtive works. of this city, has received
an order from the Paris & Orleans Rail-
way OF France for thirty ten-wheel passen-
ger engines. This Is the first locomotive
contract ever placed by this railway In
America
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GIBRALTAR, Feb. 26.-On the arrival
here to-day of the North Lloyd steamer
Trave. from New York, Feb. II, for Naples
and Genoa, ii was announced that Judge
+. j. Kinsmill. a saloon passenger, had
died Feb. Il, of heart disease.
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COLUMBUS. o.. Feb. B-The Senate to-
Gay passed the bill extending the time al
ping freight cars with automatic coup
lers to June i and IL Is now a law.
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Record ssiIl Unbroken

ST. Paul Pioneer Press
General French arrived at Kimberley ex-
aotly on schedule time as prepared by Gen.
eral Roberts, but Admiral Dewey's record
OF getting TO a given point just day ahead
OF time remains unbroken.
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LONDON, Feb 26.-Recent storms have
caused great damage among the outlying
islands Of the Shetiands. at the north OF
Scotland, where IL Is reported fourteen
wrecks and several life buoys have been
picked up.
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Roasted An Rhyme.
Evening Wisconsin.

milwaukee, Evening WISCONSIN,.
Macrum may crumble into dust. invoking
aid from Mars, and Mason shake the SEN
ate house with Billy Mason Jars: but mono
that ever thrust themselves athwart the
public view more petty grow than Petit
grew, than petty Pettigrew.
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wAYCROSS. Ca. Feb. 8-United States
Senator Quay and family, occupying pri-
vate car. passed through Wsycross to-day
en- route TO st. Lucie, Fla
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Historic Souvenirs of War.

Memphis Commercial-AppeaL
The capture of General Botha's handkef-
chief the other day caused almost as much
enthusiasm among the British troops az
the capture OF Mrs. Aguinaldo's lingerie diG
with General Otis.
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has just begun to consider the bill which
DIR. Won Miguel. minister of finance, rose
from a sick-bed 10 defend.
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WIN of p. ID. Armour. Jr.

CHICAGO, Feb. 2s.-The will of the late
Philip d. Armour, IT., was filed for probate
here to-day. The instrument disposes of
property valued at $S,000,000. $6.S0000o on
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Maud Come Win. Applause.

CINCINNATI, o.. Feb. 26.-Mayor Tafel
presided at a pro-Boer meeting addressed
bv Maud Come, at Music Hall. tonight.
The house roared with applause every few
minutes during her characteristic address.
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TO CURE a COLD IN ONE nav

Take Laxative Bromo Quinne Tablets. All drug.
gists refund the money II IL fails To cure IL
". Groves signature Is ON each bon CSC.
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The Weather Bureau reports snow on the
ground at the following places last night at
O'clock: 3prIngneld III. 1 inch: Pittsburg, 2:
Cincinnati, 2: Davenport. q Dubuque 3; Dies
ZONES oanes. :; PaFkersbufs. !: Grand Haven .:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-08-15
FEARFUL MORTALITY.

NEW YORK, Aug. 11.-Eleven per-
sons died in New York on Friday from
the excessive heat. The greatest suf-
fering lie endured by the people of the
lower East Side districts which are so
thickly populated. In these neighbor-
hoods numerous families occupy a
single apartment and many of them
sleep on the pavements in front of the
buildings in the hope Of obtaining
some little fresh air. The fire de-
partment last night opened a number
of the plugs and flushed the street in
the hope of reducing the temperature.
This gave temporary relief.
The infant mortality is appalling.
Horses are perishing all over the city
and the mortality among them threat
ems to equal that of the record breaking
August not spell of 1896 when 80 many
died that business was seriously Grip
pied.
CHICAGO, Aug. 11.-Nine deaths and
fifteen prostrations resulted from the
heat here Friday. The tempera-
ture was above 80 the greater part of
the day and for one hour during the
afternoon touched 95 degrees.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1.-The in.
tense hear yesterday resulted in five
deaths and twenty prostratiops. The
maximum temperature was reached at
four O'Clock Friday afternoon, when
| the government thermometer on top Of
the post-of1ice building registered 81
| degrees. The minimum was so de-
grees at $40 Friday morning.
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pire to seat in the United States Sen
ate. The suggestion was Immediately
and forcibly commended to the atten-
ton of the State committee by the
newspapers generally. Besides these
men there were Proctor, Powers, and
score or more other Vermonters more
competent by native ability and expe-
rience to enlighten their fellow citizens
and awaken their enthusiasm than any
imported ability provided by national
committee. While these men we're
preparing the ground, working up the
Republican case, time would be afford
ed for securing reinforcements from
New York or elsewhere, which could
be used to excellent advantage in the
closing days of the campaign.
There is really no apathy among Re-
publicans in Vermont, and content
ment with the condition of things ma
terial, or confidence in the certainty of
Republican triumph in November, has
not lulled them to repose or betrayed
them into feeling of false security.
They have been waiting on the action
of an initiating and directing body that
does not seem to be "onto its job"
The old hat of such an organizing and
leading spirit as Dr. Nichols of North
field, or Carroll Page S. Of Hyde Park,
would have about the same effect in
arousing the enthusiasm of the Repub-
lican voters of Vermont as the chapeau
of the first Napoleon is reported to
have had on the legions of France
The State committee ought to hang oul
the inspiriting emblem.
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No Apathy and No Leadership.

Senator Proctor is reported as char
acterizing the existing condition of po-
litical quiet as one of general content
ment rather than general apathy. In
Vermont there is, indeed, general con-
tentment with material things, but
there is also general interest in politi-
cal questions. Vermont Republicans
would respond with old time fervor, if
there were the old time leadership.
Dormant interest and enthusiasm re-
quire organization and direction to
bring them out effectively and give
them expression. The body to which
the Republicans look for this organiza-
ton and direction is the State commit
tee. This committee gave no public
evidence of existence until some weeks
after the national convention had
adopted platform, nominated it's can
didates and adjourned-till some weeks
after the usual time when the canvass
in Vermont is well under way and pub
lie interest and enthusiasm thoroughly
awakened.
When election day was rapidly APP
preaching there were signs Of Ian
guild sort of life at headquarters, and
now, with the State election close at
hand, campaign speaker is here and
there heard in the land and an occa.
sional "rally" is announced. The
State committee, it was said by way Of
explanation and extenuation, was wait
ing on the national committee to gel
allotments of speakers, and Senator
Proctor was to try to arrange some
dates with Governor Roosevelt. 1t il
the boast of Vermont that VIII n az
emergency arises in national affair
this State furnishes the men for the oc
casion. 1t was not needed that tn
people should wait for outside campaign
orators. Vermont which furnishe
! men for national crises hating AM
waiting for some foreigner to enter tn
State and arouse its voters? What Re
publicans were very particularly want
ing, as this paper suggested, was to Sc
] and hear the four Vermonters who al
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-08-15
CONFESSED CRIME.

COLUMBUS, o., Aug. 13.-Charles r..
Fl. Terrell, former employee of the
Adams Express Company was arrested
Sunday afternoon in this city and has
confessed to the killing Ct Messenger
way safe of the Adams Express Com
psny on the Pennsylvania east-bound
train which arrived in this city at mid.
night Friday. One thousand dollars of
the money which he had stolen was re-
covered.
Terrell was to have been married
Thursday next to Miss Lillian Costlow,
daughter of Patrick Costlow, an engi-
neer on the Pennsylvania lines. He
had been discharged from the employ
of the Adams Express Company about
three months ago and had not since
been able to secure employment. The
money recovered he had given to Miss
Costlow to keep for him, saying that it
was money be had saved from his earn
ings.
The confession of Terrell discloses a
premeditated and blood curdling crime
that seemed almost impossible of be-
| lief. He said that he had become des-
perate because Of his inability to secure
employment and realization Of the
fact that he must have money to defray
the expenses of his approaching mar.
riage. The robbery had been care
fully planned and it included the muir
der OF Express Messenger Lane. He
had no accomplices and no confdants.
He knew Lane well. In fact, they
were friends and he relied upon Lanes
confidence to help him execute the
crime. He pleaded poverty and OBJ
tanned Lanes permission to ride in the
car with him to Columbus. While
Lane was busy at the safe he deliber.
ately murdered him and decamped
with the contents of the safe, about
! 80, 900.
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have reached here in a special despatch.
The Chinese numbered 10000 men.
The Americans lost ten killed and
fifty-five wounded. Part OF the losses
in wounded was due to mistake made
by the English and Russians who con.
founded the Fourteenth United States
Infantry in the darkness with the Chi
nese and shelled them. Ten Ameri-
cans were wounded through this error.
Col. Daggett of the Fourteenth led a
beautiful charge. The battle lasted
four hours. The Chinese lines ex-
tended three miles from the railway
bridge. The British loss was fifty
wounded. The Russians had ten
wounded including colonel. All the
American troops we're engaged.
LONDON, Aug. 13.-The correspond
ent of the Publishers Press at Shanghai
wires under date of to-day the follow
ing: Monday, 8: Is P. NJ. At noon on
Saturday, the allies were reported
within twenty miles of Pekin." A
special despatch from Che Foo says
that the general advance of the allies
from Tien Tsin began on August s, it
is believed. The despatch adds: "Pe-
kin will be reached by August 10. 1t
will not be surprising if the allies to-
day are nearing the gates of Pekin, with
the route cleared by the advance COL
umn. Seven days will not be Too short
to reach the capital. Few details are
allowed to pass the censors at Tien
Tsin and all the plans of the foreign
commanders are kept secret"
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-The de-
partment of State makes public the re-
ply to Minister Wu's communication
notifying him Of the appointment of Ii
Hung Chang as envoy plenipotentiary
to negotiate with the powers. The re-
ply was sent to WI at five o'clock yes
terday afternoon as follows:
"The government of the United States
learns with satisfaction of the appoint
ment of Ii Hung Chang and will, on
its part, enter upon such negotiations
with desire to continue the friendly
relations long existing between the
two countries. 1t is evident there will
be no general negotiations between
China and the powers 80 long as the
ministers and persons under their pro.
lection remain in their present position
of restraint and danger and the powers
cannot cease their efforts forthe delivery
of their representatives to which they
are constrained by the highest consider
alton OF material honor, except under
arrangement adequate to accomplish 6
peaceable deliverance. We are ready
to enter into an agreement between the
powers and China for cessation of hos
tile demonstrations on condition that 8
sufficient body forces of relief exped
ition be permitted to enter Pekin IN
J molested and to escort foreign minis
tiers and residents to Tien TsiD. This
movement is being provided for ant
will be secured by such arrangement
and dispositions of troops as is consid
cred satisfactory by the generals com
manding the relief expediti on"
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AWFUL ACCIDENT.

SLATINeToN, Pa, Aug. 15.-Fifteen
persons were instantly killed and sew
eral others seriously injured about five
O'Clock Sunday afternoon in a grade
crossing accident three miles east of
this city by passenger train on the
Lehigh and New England railroad
crashing into an omnibus. Only three
escaped uninjured.
The omnibus was returning to Stat
ington from funeral at Cherryville.
The train was special and consisted
Of an engine and one car. AT the point
at which the collision occurred there is
a sharp curve in the road and the ON
nibus came along at good rate OF
speed. AS the team swung around the
curve the train came in sight. 1t was
too late to stop either the omnibus or
the train and as the driver Of The form,
or whipped up the four horses to cross
the track ahead of the train, he latter
crashed into it's middle. The occu.
pants were thrown in all directions,
bruised and bleeding. The dead were
killed outright. Physicians on spe-
cial train were sent for and the injured
were taken to South Bethlehem. Nc
Waterman is employed to warn teams
or pedestrians of any approaching
train. A peculiar feature of the acct
dent was that the horses drawing the
bus escaped unhurt.
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A Puerile RejOinder.

The Montpelier DAILY JOURNAL in Ia
bored, two-column editorial attempts to
smooth over Dillingham's opposition in
1884 to the Parker bill to tax oleomar-
garine, by showing, what no one has de-
MED, that he afterwards supported another
bill, forbidding its sale as butter, which ev-
erybody admits has turned out to be good
for nothing
All this is not disputed, yet our contem-
porsry devotes two columns in application
OF 1t, giving the names Of other supporters
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LONDON, Aug. 13.-The Morning
Post prints the following this morning:
"The Beers say that President Kruger
is contributing to the election expenses
of Mr.. Bryan between half and three
quarters of a mllion sterling. They
also say that M. Webster Davis Qor-
mer assistant secretary of the interior
OF the United Slates) has received
20 900 pounds toward the expenses of
the American campaign"
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IN SOUTH AFRICA.

LONDON, Aug. 13.-The war office
has the following from Lord Roberts
at Pretoria: "The enemy is fleeing in
front of Kitchener's and Methuen's
forces. Early this morning he was
trying to cross the railway at Wolver-
deem station where he was engaged by
Smith Dorrien. Methuen on August
8 fought rear guard action near Buff
felshock. He captured six wagons and
two ambulances."
In spite of the fact that Gen. Dewet
is in full fight South African tele-
grams announce hurried exodus OF
civilians from Mafeking and that Lord
Edward Cecil is preparing to stand an
other siege.
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Lest the professional man, the bust
ness man, and the wage Garner forget
what they suffered because OF the cleo
tion of 1892, the Democratic national
convention placed in nomination for
the vice-presidency Adlai e. Steven
son. His name will serve as constant
reminder of the panic OF 1898.
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"Elect me to the Presidency. The
Senate is safely Republican, and it
would be impossible for me to do any
harm to the country during the next
four years." Does the country want a
chief executive who is compelled to
make such plea in his own behalf?
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Mothers endorse it, children like 1t, old
folks use IT.. We refer to One Minute Cough
Cure. I will quickly cure all throat and
lung troubles. W. X. Terrill q Go.
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Shady XIII.
Mrs. NJ. P. Ladd and son of Worcester
are visiting her parents.
W. o. Cummings, who has been sick, Is
now able to be about his work.
A. 8, Alden, #. j. George, Scion Emerson
and Henry Holmes are building silos this
summer.
Lev. j, #. Thurston will preach here one
half Of the time the ensuing year.
Miss Mary Tillison, sister OF Mrs. O. A.
Learned, is sick.
The John Nee place has been sold to
John Donohoe.
At the morning service on Sunday, Au.
gust 10, contributions will be T, ceived of
one and all for the starving people of India.
All are earnestly invited to help.
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ing proprietors and managers OF reputable
restaurants and hotels in which music il
made a feature of the dinner hour was
generally discussed to-day. These proceed
ings were based on the law requiring ho-
tells to nave a concert license IL an orches-
ira were employed, the section under which
the attempt was made TO close the notori-
Gus resorts I'm the Tenderloin precinct
There Is a rather general inclination to
believe that this is an attempt on the part
of the police TO make the vice crusade un-
popular and also to divert attention from
the movement against gambling. Rev. DR..
Parkhurst and other leaders In the reform,
however, declare that the prosecution OF
gambling houses, poolrooms and other i'm
moral resorts will be pushed with all vigor,
and DR.. Parkhurst intimates that he will
strike at high places.
DR.. Parkhurst, who was subpoenaed to
appear before the grand jury. wag in tho
Criminal Court building promptly. and Inn
mediately went to the grand jury room.
where he remained about three hours.
After a session lasting three hours the
grand jury handed in twelve indictments
against thirty men for keeping gambling
and disorderly houses.
The police board held a meeting this after
noon, and as a result orders were issued
TO the police captains TO suspend any fur
Their action against hotels and cafes where
music is used where there is no reason to
believe the places are violating the law In
other respects.
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MORE SHELDONISM.
The Preacher-EditOr Makes Charges
but Declines to Print Names.

TOPEKA, Kan, March 15.-Rev. Sheldon,
i'm the Capital. denouncing those people
who dodge the tax assessor, made the
statement that an Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe b-aggageman in Topeka pays
highest officials of the road.
At the daily conference to-day with news
paper correspondents, Mr.. Sheldon was
asked why he did not publish the names
of those through whom he made the COM
PARSONS, and he replied: Because the
names are legion. This city Is full of hat
class Of people and 1 did not think 1t right
TO single out a half dozen sinners and give
tire list i might do so, but that would be
impossible. l do not know that / would
print them, anyway. l am looking into
the future and beyond to remedy the evil
and to p%ursuade people to be more honest
in the matter of assessments"
Asked II he holds that more good can be
accomplished by creating public sentiment
against places of evil and evil things, de-
stroy the business and not name the guilty
parties, Mr.. Sheldon said: ''That is my
idea. l believe In training the children
right. i take the position that it is cheap
err to prevent crime than to punish 1t. That
is the view 1 take in my church and parish
work. l believe II we save the children
the future is safe. / do not say that I
would not print the names of evildoers IL
/ were running a paper permanently, but
l do not deem ii best, as L am running one
for a week only"
The feature of the Rev. Charles NJ. Shell
don's paper tomorrow will be a cartoon
opposing the war In the Philippines. 1t is
the work of Myron A. Waterman. a
brother-in-law OF Mr.. Sheldon. Ii repre-
sents Uncle Sam dressed In the uniform OF
an officer OF the United States army, with
a smoking rifle in his hand. standing in
front of an intrenchment in which are a
number of dead Fflipinos. numerous skulls
being seen in the distance. Facing Uncle
Sam and pointing To the results of his
craftsmanship in the intrenchments Is the
Goddess of Liberty. She is represented as
asking: rs this what you call your Chris
tian Civilizations" Ii will be accompanied
in general.
Mr.. Sheldon quit the editorial rooms for
an hour and a half tonight to conduct the
regular prayer meeting at his
church
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METHODS OF SWINDLERS
MORE LIGHT ON THE OPERATIONS
OF THE e. s. DEAN COMPANY.
witness Keller Says He Stole Thou
knows How Much Kellogg Got.

NEW YORK, March w the trial
of James B. Kellogg, Of the E. S. Dean
Company, charged with grand larceny and
conspiracy, was resumed before Recorder
Golf to-day Samuel Keller again took the
witness chair. Through one Harry w. Kyle,
said Keller, the firms Chicago wheat trans
actions were made with the firm of Bar
rett & Co, of that city. Millions of bushels
of wheat were handled through that firm.
Drafts were then drawn on the e. s. Dean
Company.
Ibid you keep an account of this money
you state" asked Mr.. Davis, during the
time you were with the corporation"
mo, only as / said before, 1t was be-
tween SIS, 900 and 500. OOo." On their special
wheat combinations Nos. Z, s. 9, 10. IL and
million dollars, Keller said. Much Of this
was paid out on drafts for dividends.
"You told Mrs. Davis said Prosecutor
Olcott, "that your stealings were from
5000 to 800, 900. Now what amount did
Kellogg get?"
1.-THE Lord only knows. I know he got
as much as l did, and 1 know he got slO.-
Oc I paid him for a one-third interest in
the business. How much more he got l
don't know. / am sure he got at least $25,-
00c out of wheat combination No. p"
Keller was shown and Unidentified papers
as purchase and sale receipts. showing the
simultaneous buying and selling of wheat
on the Chicago market. Keller explained
the conditions of his failure as president of
the Sheffield Savings and Trust Company
in Sheffield. Ala, and stated that he con-
Quoted an honest business and after fail
ing he paid in full all his debts.