News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-01-24
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point where people who want to
reach old age in Kentucky will have
to move out of the range of the
Colonies.
Fifty thousand dollars have been
pledged by one person to the fund
which is being raised to carry on the
work of Dwight L. Moody, and other
large sums are expected by the COM
mittee to whom has been committed
the continuation of the great educa-
tional institutions founded by the
evangelist. The name of the donor
has not been made public.
Louisville, KY, seems to prefer
Goebelism to education. It's Com
mon Counsel has practically "turned
down" Andrew Carnegie's Offer to
give 1925, 900 for a public library in
that city, burying his communication
by referring it to the committee on
cemeteries. Perhaps the Kentuckians
objected to the library because it had
no shooting gallery attached.
Canada has made such success of
her wheat crops during the past few
years that the acreage this year will
be very largely increased. Last year
1,425, 17S acres were planted with
wheat, while this year the wheat
lands will cover upward of 2 $50, 900
acres. All this is very encouraging
to the American farmers, who ap-
preciate heeffect of increased acreage
upon prices.
Italy insists upon the punishment
of the lypchers who killed italian
citizens at Tallulah, La, and once
more demands indemnity for the
crime. According to our govern
ment system the federal administra-
ton is powerless in the matter. An
act of Congress will be necessary be-
fore any indemnity can be paid, and
even then the punishment of the MUIR
derers must b9left to the state courts,
over which the federal authorities
have absolutely no control.
Four thousand American school
teachers are planning a trip to the
Paris exposition in the summer. Ii
the promoters Of the big show desire
to make it thoroughly attractive
they will doeverythingin their power
to induce the school ma ANS to come
early and stay late. Certainly the
United States could send no other ex-
hibit better calculated 20 attract at.
tention, nor one of which the Ameri-
can people could be more Justly
proud.
A bill was introduced in Congress to
give Gen. John NJ. Palmer of Illinois
an increase of pension from $50 to
800 month. When General Palm
er heard of it he ordered the bill with
drawn and said he would not accept
such an increase. This is, the man
whom the Democratic party refused
to support as it's candidate for Presi-
dent. He was not in harmony with
the Chicago platform, which favored
getting, instead of refusing, 500 for
$50.
At the date of the latest accessible
returns our army in the Philippines
consisted of 81 1862 officers and men,
of whom 81 $40 were regulars and
30,213 volunteers. 1t included 3 4SS
cavalry and 2,246 artillery, besides
administrative corps. The great
bulk of the army is infantry, and it
is to be noted that the war depart
ment finds no difficulty in keeping
the organizations very close up to
their maximum strength. Seventeen
of the % regiments of regular in.
fAntry are now in the Philippines.
Georgia, the state which contrib.
uted the greatest number of lynch
ings to last years total, is now ul
in arms because of the constant emf
, grafton of negoes who are going west
in the hope of lettering their condi
ton. The negroes are leaving by
, tn Ousands, and it is feared that there
will be too few hands ltft to work thu
fields. Georgia seems to be finding
out rather sooner than was expected
that race hatred does not pay anC
that the policy which declares thai
the negroes lite is a trivial matter il
a losing one. At will serve the "bes
citizens" of that state, who Away
make it a point to assist at a negro
lynching, quite properly if their crop
5 are endangered as result of tn
! exodus of blacks.
There is a striking similarity in tn
e records of Robert B. Brigham, tn
hotel proprietor, who died in Boston
I recently and left a fortune of S3, 600
: 900 to $5,000,000, almost wholly t,
charity, and his uncle, Peter Brig
ham, who died over 20 ysars ago
Both we're VermOnters, born in th
e town of B Ikersfeld, both went t,
Boston almost penniless at an earl
{ age, both laid the foundation of thei
fortunes in the restaurant business
both were skllful real estate meu
> both bought property in the hear
y of Boston, both died without issue
y and both willed their fortunes 70
II public uses. Peter Brigham lei
i; about 81 100000 to be used even
J. ually for the founding of a hospita
If TIE time has nearly arrived for carry
+ ing out the provisions of bis will, an
the corporation will have So, 000, 90
!, in funds, or about the same sum lei