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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-01

W. =
rcfncmbrances of cut glass and a sapphire
ring. There were over. II, rti.., sent and an
reported an enjoyable time.
The annual dinner and business meeting
of the Congregational church took place
Saturday in the Vestrv Of the church. The
windows OF the rew church have arrived
and are being put in place. which will.
doubtless give "a decided chang, to IN,
outward appearance Of tho cdidca
Another change has been made in br,si-
ness firms in this place T. II. Gran. LA.
sold out his half Of the stock in the firm
of Crane & Andrews to q. r. Foss and
| has also sold his store building. Mr. An
urews has purchased a half interest i'm
Mr.. Foss' drug store. and the nov firm
Will he Foss & Andrews The negotiating
parties assisted by II. NJ. Moves aro ta::ine
inventory OF the stock this week and Foss
q AndtcwS VIII take immediate possess
store originally occi,micd ~. ' %r',,, l'G
Andrews So AS ia roai.,. roo,,, fo,. w.. .i,,,,
Department forn,-.',. o,,.r"f A.. t, vi -
Iucius Move. wont ~ u.ain',,. .r,,..,i,.
to attend th,. Count,- C,bris-i.,,, t.,,,i,oS
Convention hold i'm tbat ,.illaol
Chas Il Tarpar+ - ,d,.,.ti,.l g., i.,
another of his cntartainror+. 10 Wv, ~
impcrsonatiou. o,r ~ ,hc 9,,.n n,ti
Tuesday evening nov, IT,. oo,,,, ,'.i''
'le auspices Of the IVdC Park Oreb.-+ va
The orcphstrs will furnish m,istc and ii.e
two now members Nre r. - pa, ,.bn
viii play the second violin and Mrs Or
Gcnge who will play the violoncello.
Mr.. and Mrs G. A. knight gave a whist
party Tuesday evening in honor of -boir
sister, Mrs. NJ. Hackett. There were
enough neonla ,r,so,,, -, ,,,i -, -
bios.
,,r",I,i wa, 49,, H,'' y. H",,''hn noSan -teho-
day.
Dunn Bros. who run Il tannerv in Iast
Stanhridgc. L. O.. lost some 20 odd hides
n short time ago They. with the help
Ct n spocia1 datoctive NAMED Roon,bo,v..r
have been irving to ind some trace of ;hs
stolen goods Thov were II, Town Nouda,,
and found - nrubor or hilas u,bi-b t7,d
been sent to Pages market which VIZ
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-01
STOW Il.

Henry Drrgg Is visiting his parents
Dr. l. NJ. Bingham of Burlington was IN
town last week looking after his business
interests he-e.-The Ladies' Circle II
Unity church will meet with AIRS II. G..
Thomas Thursday arternoon.-A. n.
Cheney attended the postmastcrs' meeting
at Johnson esday.-Thc regular meeting
of u. H. Smith Post occurs Saturday af-
tcrnoon.--A. c. Moulton has sold back TO
Miles, Mcmahon & Coz the Fuller farm
al Moscow which he purchased Of them
last week.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-01

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-01
0hLEANS COUNT.


u +. 1oUhS OF troy mas moved ma
.'"'r' ''F-rN M, WAyrH H. uteri
10 man '"ct"'e boxes MIS- II N''Her a
""' u' uEHuI OF hui!IuN'oH are Nls.-hs
her mo'h'r. MS t. Nel.han.-nerl9 nlluA
81 NeWPort center Is clerklng TOR W. T..
Nuiua.-MrS. - i1r'rH o. L1eH rec M
NlSl''u net 4AuEHtcF' MIS-. o"crI-E"S"h
StahAatd mas neeh III WITH trEsp''"S'-'
Miss Lizzie McAHister is at nome caring
tor heF mpther.-MrS' y. +. hIdf1Hse J.
i"4lloNlHE'-NF' II. Al"ce idS "'cH ems see
II ~ ,,iIlor ,,,I a = T.o.in,,
were IN town last week
NEWPORT
Ny ana MI r'enlth lluIp''' wei" &c
BERKSHIRE last saturday I" attend ."e 'u'
hcral OF ME- iuIourl H'"'Hcr. vi rs. -
AKIN or New "edi"iu Mass - 'S'H'h
her parents MI ana MIS- a r. ' "lee.
l'eaHu"r Hl.Hu'| VII" -''l,' 49, III"
E"raiNu sh"Nk jan - uIeu t.".S urS
eVeolhs' In' IuHeIHi ~ ~ 4'.i.
h"Ptl't cH"rcH HuHI"E a. ~ -. ',',
Morse ana frahA JtnN w nay nHoleu
W cSt peroN'-Nll' anu VI - '',. v"N -'s
emu nav le.uI I'o' I'm 1t ""
TO =, Jon" -oui 'a"u ~. - ~,
died last Wedn asday.-W. A. UPTON, form.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-01

L. A, Carpenter lost his boiler house
and a quantity of lumber and butter boxes
by fire last Friday morning, while the
fireman was gone to his breakfastCause
of fire unknown. Loss 500 No insurance.
Fred Garland. who has been IN l.. A
Carpenters employ for the last tnr, Q
years. has settled off with Mr., Carpenter.
A H. McGinnis has hired 10 Stearna
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-01
AI.BURG SPRINGS.

DR. Rogers is settled in his new quar-
ters. His Office is in the north wing Of
the old Davis house.-There will be no
school until Monday in the lower room as
Miss Gertrude Mcdonald was called home
Wednesday morning by the serious Illness
of her sister who has been in the hospital
at St. Adams 70" treatment for some
weeks.--The Ladies Aid of the Methodist
church entertained the Ladies Aid of tho
Congre tional church at the Methodist
parsonage at the Center on Thursday
afternoon. Mr. Mills gave the ladies free
transportation.-Th Gallagher and
friends from St Adams Bay are visiting
at Joseph Gallagher's.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-01
JERICHO CENTRE.

Advance CIRCULARS are out, Announcing
the holding of the annual mems socilnie
TO be held on ST. Valentines evening, fcD
"A An elaborate programme is beng pre-
pared and this annual attraction bids fair
TO bc more entertaining and more largely
attended than eVer,--F. G. Pease, who has
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-01

! Ira FemmnS of Cambridge was in town
last week--John Hardy has gone to Bur
lington to work.-Niss Lillian Hutchinson
! Is visiting in Providence r LEROY
Day was "A guest OF his aunt, MIS-. Nellie
Goodwin last weck.-!Thomas Hyand Of
Burlington spent sunday at Frank llowe's
ALLEN Williams is home from his school
/ in Nogthdeld.--I4, r. Wilbur spent two
days this week in Marshtied, Mrs. Frank
Howe was taken Tuesday to DR.. SpGr-
hawks santarium in Burlingt on.-Quite
a serious run away occurred Thursday
Jan. %. AS James Iianly was drawing ice
for Ways oCeamery his team ran away
and ran into the rear of Howc's mill team
which was heavily loaded. breaking one Of
the horses legs and 1t was killed imme-
diately No harm was done to the milk
team The board of civil authority will
meet at the town clerk's office at | O'Clock
y. m for the removal of taxes
SOUTH BURLINGTON.
sedwick Allen has purchased from the
estate of John Cosgrin the farm now oc-
cnpied by c. " Richardson, and will take
possession March l. Mr.. Richardson will
move to the Wheeler Hard farm. Henry
Wilson, who has managed the Dickey
farm for the past nine years Will move
on to the farm where Mr.. Allen now lives
Charles Harrington has moved to the
city poor farm where he will succeed
David Cosgrin as manager.
l., w. Isham is moving TO his farm In
Williston
The recent storm blockaded some OF the
Icross roads quite badly.
EVANSVILLE.
Mr.. Henry Lafountain and Miss Lott.
Sisters were married Jan. S.-Calvin Car
pcnter has moved to Waterbury y
Moody has moved into Mr. Carpenter!
house. The Lend-a-Hand society will
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-01

The friends OF NJ j. Odds gave him a
surprise party Wednesday evening. Jan.
2ith. IT being the SOD anniversary of his
birth. The guests enjoyed n photograph
gallery contest in which Mrs. X. c. Paul
won the prize.-The Rev. George IL. john
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-01
SHELDON.

The state Board of Agriculture will
hold a farmers NEE ting al Marsh nall
Wednesday and Thursday February ard
s. MIR. John Gould of Ohio will be one Of
the speakers in addition to the members
of the state board, A cordial invitation
is extended all, This meeting is called
here by the secretary, G. j. Boll.--The
auditors of the town meet Thursday, Feb
ruary I at the Portland House to audit
the accounts of the town officers for the
past year.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-01

NJ Murphy and wife OF ilardwick are
visiting al j. IL. Pierce There are sew
eral cases OF whoopinG cough in town.
Mrs, e. NJ. TruaX received word Tues
day of the death in Walla Walla. Wash,
OF Mrs Settle Hibbard, Mrs. Hibbard
lived several years with Mrs Truax.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-07-04
Women and Trusts.

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A"A9 Wv SraaN M ,L;
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ce'n aoa ,op luu ono 'ol,sos oon 49, w. " NJ
at s9-,Voo,oo' ou'u wv
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es'so''s' . oas'oe.s ''as "oae oe A.
.ne po"e' ~ 80 IA = pa,;sa1. D. .bo-e
hocse'es'ets l@aus 'e.L.s e.ha.5 :. ,hs
lS "pe'e 'oe $3.50 49, -, :,,,
hea!'s'''oss. - ~ so o'e ~
p'lces- "e 'aa! s.'uss.s a.u uos' s,.s 'a's .
Gu 't7.s !m po'e IpoD p, o'' 49,, IL.
'o'eFe G: se'ssosa. &c '"s's'uus'
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-07-04

ordered to give notlce to TIE Porte
Reaas that ;ne issue OF tree ratios
viii 6e discontinued Jaly lob.
seaa,or Daniel. Of Vi.glola, vac bss
gone TO kaasas City to attend tie c52-
ycot!oo said, just before leaving Wssa
iog:ou: Il au GOT, have DOT been. csc
Will not De a candidate for the viee
presidency. apd do not desire that my
name be mentioned 10 thai connection.
| have oever authorized or made acy
other statement Senator Daniel de-
clloed TO say VITO be favored for tie
second place on the ticket. He IS az
enthusiastic Bryan mao and has beec
right along
That there has been an extravaganza
as vel! as stealing in the Cuban Posts
Service was practically acknowledged
by Fourth Assistant Postmaster Geue-
raj Brlstov, wbo has just returned from
Ccbe, when ae said tha. he bad made
reductions 10 postal salaries while there
thas aggregated $3.50, 900 year, aed
be cllncbed that acknowledgment when
be added: ''No clerks have resigned
elnce the reduction. because of being
i'll paid, and an satisfied that sbey are
pow paid ell the WORK is worth. If any
Of them should resign, there would be
90 difficulty lc filing their places at tie
same salaries /"
Boss Hanoa's man Dick has 20 fear
of losing the German vote Oa no: tc
prove it, be has had himself iotervieV-
ed to the extent of bali Q column Ct
hoary cbestnuss. TIE German voter
is DO fool. He cao't be caught by scct
chat as Dick scatters around he
knows be has good foundation for his
opposition to imperialism.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-07-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Washingtca, jai3 2-Rspubl;oan
gall Is no new thing. be, striking
exhibition Of it is the attempt OF sone
republicans TO blow about tae $50. 0o9,-
00c Treasury surplus fo7 the fiscal
year that ended Saturday. Il it had
net been for The S1oo. 100000 p.o-
dcc=d by The va. taxes, Which the
Republican Congress refused to reduce,
there would have been $40 600, 600
deficit instead Of surplus, aod even
with the war taxes unrepealed, there
will be 20 surplus Dexs year, if the re-
publican Congress keeps up its extra
VACANT appropriations at the next ses-
sion. There is more for the repooli
cars to be ashamed Of shaa 20 blow
about iu that surplus.
That Chinese puzzle hasn't grown
apy easier to solve during the past
week. The Chinese Minister'S news
that the foreign ministers were safe in
Pekin. has been confirmed, but With
the confirmation cane the allegation
that they we're there because they re-
fused to get out within "a hours,
although ordered to DO SO. Il is Dot
stated who ordered tbem to get cut,
but /, is clear that the public is desired
to infer that that it was the Chinese
government Tie news that the
Imperial Chinese troops attacked the
marines, under Admiral Seymour, who
lost heavily in killed and wounded, in
his unsuccessful attempt to get to
PekiD, seems also to be intended to stir
up public sentiment 10 this country
against the government of China. lu
the absence of MIR. Mckinley, who has
gone to Cantoo to enjoy his gold trim
med bath-tub, aud other things, for an
indefinite period, members CT the
administration, Secretaries Hay. Root
and Long, especially, are posing as
beiog very oousiderata toward the
Chinese government, because shey Go
not accept these things as war. They
are doing so much taking that they
have aroused the suspicion that they
are doing it for effect and probably to
de.ract attention from the real designs
Of the administration III China. The
superssitioDs are inclined to regard the
knocking of hole il the bottom Of the
battlesbip Oregon by g rock oD the
coast Of China, as bad omen.
Senator Bacon p!essed his many
Washington friends and admirers when
be arrived and denied the story sent
out from Macon few days ago, alleg
ing that be bad been dangerously
poisoned by eating toad stools under
the impression that they we're mush
rooms He says the stary had not the
slightest excuse for existing. as he has
had co illness of any kind for years,
uuless being laid up BY au accident
last winter can be called such.
According to 90 official report of
Gen. Davis. large number of Porto
Ricans will 90: Go any wcrk as long
as they eau draw free ra:ioos from the
government. Geo. Davis has been
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-07-04
THE wATCHMAN AND sOUTHRON, JULY f. 1900.


Shanghai, July The British
copsui at Cnertoo te!egrapas that
Baron Won ketteler, German minister
a. Pekin, was murdered by native
troops June IS Three legations
It is not stated which. were Still! un
destroyed June %
The American consul here states
that Yung Lu telegraphed Juue rs
that the other ministers were sefc
that morning, that the situation was
desperate, aud he doubted whether
the ministers could hold out "a hours
longer, as he and the empress could
no longer give protection.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-07-04
TIE FIRE DiSC0E Ef,ED.

Tas s.e was first discovered bv a
wa,camaD ca the pier al + o'clock. !ie
saw small st:ea5 o; fane shot feo:a
5aie Of cas,oo ca Per No ,, ct
waica vas docsed TIE steamer saa'c
He nmeoiasely senc 10 80 alarm le
fev nioc.es toe flames had exteodea
to the SHIPS aad sooo communicated &c
the pier on the oor;a Here were
aocged tie Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
aud the Nam. Tugs we're immedt-
ateiy made fas, to tue big Kaiser Vii.
helm der Crosse and she was gotten
out into midstream with safety, al
though badly scorched at the lows.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-07-04

GIs.
Nothing has been hear9 from the
coiunu Which relieved Admiral Sey-
mocr FIVE days ago and then proceeded
towards Pekio but as it takes at least
two days to communicate between Gien
Tsio aud Chefoo, there is uoibing
extraordinary 10 this Troops are
going forward from Tsku aod Tien
Tsiu daily, though some reports frcu
Taku allege that it will be three weeks
before large force can be sent to
Pekin.
A dispatch TO The Daily Mail frou
Tong Ka, without date. via Cbefoo
Felda7, says Il: is improper any
Logger to conceal the harm dooe to the
cause of the allies ~ the barbsyi,les
aud the pillage Of the Russiaus Oh the
dav Of the ooa bardmens They want
only snct ra;ives and looted everything,
iociuiin:; the European house 10 Taku
The natives 70. ml!es aToaua we're
icoted, ari labor is scatcer
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-07-04
STEAMSHIPS BURNED.

The flames started so suddenly and
gained such headway that the people
on the piers and on the numerous
vessels docked were unable 70 reach
the street There were great gangs
of workmen Oh the piers and these,
together with number OF people
who were at the docks on business
and visiting the ships. scattered III
all directions. As all means of exit
were cut off by the flames they we're
forced to jump overheard aud no
doubt great number of people were
drowned
At the docks for the North German
Lloyd were the Saale, single screw
passenger ship Of 1865 gross tons !;
the Bremen, twin screw passenger
and freight steamer Of 1926 tons,
and the Main twin screw freight
and passenger snip of l2,20o gross
tons Taey all caugh. ere and were
burned to the waters edge Ihe
Kaiser Wilhelm Ger Crosse, vnicn
had just core IL, was toe only one Of
the four b;g vessels at the dock ;i9a:
escaneC
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-07-04
The Situation IL China Re-
ported TO be "Desperate.''

London, June 8, 8 80 a. m.-The
allies are not advancing for the re
lief of Pekin This announcement
to the house of commons by Wm St
John Brodrick under secretary of
state for foreign affairs was received
with exclamations of astonishment
and dismay.
Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett inquired
if any information had been received
from the legations at Pekin or as to
the composition and command of the
relieving force and its present posi-
tion
Mr. Brodrick read the dispatches
received today and said the total
allied force available is now about
$4,000, as troops have been rapidly
arriving, adding: 1--WE Go not
know what arrangements have been
made locally regarding the command
of the expedition, but it has not yet
been thought possible to attemp; a
further advance The consuls have
been in communication with the
viceroys ID the Yang Tse region and
they are quite aware that supper:
will be given them by her majecty's
government in preserving order. 1t
is obviously impossible that the rep
resentatives of the powers at Pekin
should be consulted, as no commun-
icatious are passing with them y
The situation is desperate Has
ten" These words from the mes
sage Of Won Bergen, member of the
German legation at Pekin, counter.
signed by Sir Robert Hart, inspector
general of customs, aud dated nine
days ago, are the theme of all
private comment They are prepar-
ing for news of frightful tragedy.
Nine days ago the ammunition Of the
lit;ie garrison defending the for
eigners was running low and thei1
food was necessarily exhausted,
while around them was horde of
Kan Su braves having at their service
Krupp guns and repeating rifles
Pekin was in the hands Of revolu.
ticnists
While nothing but sinister news
comes from northern China, southern
China is seemingly breaking away
from the empire Ali the provinces
south of the Yellow river, whose
vice-oys and governors maintain
friendly relations with the powers
through the consuls, have been ic
formally constituted into confeder-
acy, with Nansin as the capital
According to an Express cable
from Shanghai, dated July ., the
southern viceroys wholly disavow
Prince Tnans government They
have practically constituted an inde-
pendent state, extending froa, Hong
Go to the British and French
frontiers Little else to illuminate
the profound obscurity of the situa-
ton reaches cable points
The Chinese wires TO Chefoo ap-
pear to be Interrupted
YUNG LUIS MESSAGE
A special dispatch from Shanghai
containing another version of Yung
LUIS message is that it is 40 appeal
to the Tao Tai Shong to send help.
Yuny Lu is further said to have de
clared that he and the dowager EN-
press had been seeking to protect the
Europeans and legations, but that
Prince Tuan usurped the imperial
power June 20, since when the
soldiers have refused TO obey Yung
Lu The letter is also said to have
stated that Tuan personally ordered
the attack on the foreigners at Pekin
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-07-04
vr. cad,,s conl.ision powders

re JUS; what horse needs when IN pad con
dit;on. Tonic, blood pariiier and vermifuge
They are not food bat aedcine, and the best
to use to put horse in prime condition. Price
25 cents per package. For sale by DR. A. J
China. Dec go
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-07-04

New York, July The losses
sustained in the fire at the North
German Lloyd Steamship Company's
docks in Hoboken yesterday are con
servatively placed at nearly $4,000
600; the loss of life, while merely
guess work at even this late hour
will probably reach as high as 200
and there are over 800 men il the
hospitals in this city, Boboken and
jersey City Up to II o'clock to-
night IS bodies, so badly charred
and dlsmembered that identification
viii be made only by trlnkets or
pieces of clothing that were found
about the bodies, had been recovered
The only way the steamship off
Gals have of approxima,ing the loss
of life is by comparing the list of
those reported safe with the list of
the employed on the steamships
Late tonight Gustav Schwab. the
general agent OF the North German
Lloyd Line, gave out lis; showing
what men on each vessel had been
missing up to that nour Ga the
Saale 225 men were employed and
only 127 had been accounted for up
to II O'Clock, leaving l2S men &C.
tualy employed as officers, sailors,
stewards, engineers, coal passers,
oilers and trimmlers to be accounted
for The Bremen had 204 men oo
board, but only 127 Of these have
been fonEd The Main bad l33'71
employed on her at the tine aad of
these onI2 IS have beea reported
safe Some OF the n.issing, X IS be.
iieved VII: be found safe IL saiio:
boarding houses.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-03-19

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the color work there are scores of re-
productions made directly from photo
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may have an accurate idea OF them
See publiBhern' announcement in an
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