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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-08

My fellow-citizens: When we assem-
bled here on the fourth of March 1897,
there was great anxiety with regard to
our currency and credit. None exists
now. Then our treasury receipts were
inadequate to meet the current obliga-
lions of the government.
Now they are sufficient for all public
needs and we have a surplus instead of a
deficit. Then / felt constrained to con-
vene congress in extraordinary session to
devise revenues to pay the ordinary ex-
penses of the government Now / have
the satisfaction to announce that the
congress just closed las reduced taxation
in the sum Of forty-one millions of dol
lars.
Then there was deep solictude because
OF the long depression in our manufac-
turing, mining, agricultural and mercan-
tile industries and the consequent dis
tress of our labOring population. Now
every avenue Of production is crowded
with activity, labor is well employed and
American products find good markets
at home ana abroad.
Our diversified productions, however,
are increasing in such unprecedented vol
ume as to admonish us of the necessity
of still further charging our foreign mar
kets by broader commercial relations.
For this purpose, reciprocal trade ar
engagements with other nations should in
liberal spirit be carefully cultivated and
protected. The national verdict of 1896
has for most part been executed.
Whatever remains unfulflled is a con-
tinuing obligation resting with undimin-
ished force upon the executive and the
congress. But fortunate as our condi-
ton is, its permanence can only be as
sured by sound business methods and
strict economy in national administration
and legislation. We should not permit
our great prosperity to lead us to reck-
less ventures in business or protligacy
in public expenditures. While the con-
grcss determines the objects and the sum
of appropriations, the officials of the eX-
ecutlvc departments are responsible for
honest and faithful disbursement and it
should be their constant care to avoid
waste and extravaganza.
Honesty, capacity and industry are no.
where more Indispensable than in public
employment. These should be the fun
damental requisites 10 original appoint
ment and the surest guarantees against
removal.
-Four years ago we stood on the brink
of war without the people knowing il
and without any preparation or effort al
| preparation for impending peril.
| / did all that in honor could be done
to avert the war, but without avail. II
| became inevitable, and the congress, Al
| its first regular session, without party
| division, provided money in anticipation
| of the crisis and in preparations to meet
| it. 1t came The result was signallS
| favorable to American arms and in the
| highest degree honorable TO the govern
| mcnt
1t imposed upon las obligations from
| which we cannot escape, and from which
| ii would be dishonorable to seek to es
| cape. We are now at peace with tn,
| world and it is my fcrvent prayer tina
| il differences arise between us and Othe'
| powers they may be settled by peaceful
| arbitration, ami that hereafter we may
| be spared the horrors of war.
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the parish blacksmith. than whom 70 one had had
greater strength. Yet he had had q harder
struggle than any of the men at his back ne
fore he took his place in the lead FOR the
blacksmith was one Of those VINO loved an
English woman. At that very moment she vas
in the church against which they were march
ing II the Lutherans succeeded in retakIng
the church he had lost his love But, after al.
what chance had love IN the scales against re
ligious principles with Protestant RhinelanGer
doing the weighing?
We will put them out of the church. i We
have 20 tear il down ne cried. as he hurried
the men along Better destroy the house Of
God than have il deseCrated.' And Of his love
he said not q word.
When. they reached the church door and
began to hammer upon il, the Episcopal minis
ter read his text Why Do the heather raEe
and the people ina cine a vain thing He did
not get much further before the riot began
Il was a hand 20 hand conflict. and Il turned
on the door Of the church This finally came
down with crash and buried the big black
smith underneath He was senseless from a
blow the head and his arm was broken.
This put an end the fighting. and gave the
English girl q chance 10 show her love for
Neynders When the blacksmith opened his
eyes he gazed into her blue ones and forgot
that the night was lost"
Now I always heard that Neynders was
married before ne left -- interrupted the
girls father.
That's right. father, try TO spoil the pretty
legend she said. But you can't spoil this
one for I've told Il just as grandmother told
Il TO me when I a little girl
The father went back 70 his histories, and
Miss Romance had won another victory
There is hardly town the Hudson from
its source to its mouth which does not possess
''Washington's Headquarters" If Washing
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worshpped after the German Lutheran fashion,
q privilege denied them in the fatherland, and
they were happy
Presently British settlers came 10 the Parish
Of Quassaick, which was the funny name they
had for Newburg in those old days Once started,
the stream did not stop until the Germans
were sadly outnumbered. AS soon as the Brit
ish element predomnated, they demanded con-
troll OF the parish and a change in the form OF
worship They sent for an Episcopal priest
to replace the Lutheran pastor and by force OF
numbers took possession OF the church.
Every one in the parish was forced to take
sides. English lads who loved the pretty fat
German maids their fairy castles come
tUmbling down on account Of the religious
strife The German boys who had been care
less as TO favor dainty English girls, forgot
their love of woman in reverence of the religion
for which their fathers had fought and bed.
so II the Sunday morning in August
when the British crowded into the little church
for the first Episcopal service. The Lutherans,
filled with righteous rage. swearing magnificent
Oaths in behalf OF their revenge the heretics.
were not long behind them. AS they came up
the road the words of English chant rang
in their ears and made them rage more than
before.
"At their head marched Birgert Meynders,
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ton stopped at a farmhouse to ask a drink of
water or stayed TO spend q night. the renem-
brance lived in the minds Of the people who
-.s,ded in the neigh borhood. and by this time
rbe place has been dignifed into "headQuar-
+ers- There are a few stock stories which go
with each Of these headquarters, like the Baron
steuben fish story. for instance
Now Newburg is different from many of her
rival towns for there IS doubt that Wash
,,v-on spent considerable time in quaint old
bouss which has been well preserved by the
ct-v and patriotic societies Then there IS
->a7,n1. Hill where washington's troops offered
70 crown him King. General Knox had his
ba.6ouarrers at Wallis Gate" a few miles
-a,~ ard with his wife, the bRudful Lucy
Erroy Kent open house. There were many gay
so-n.s 4aw of which Washington missed one
aIgb- Martha was sick, so the legend mas H.
80 the general drove off in his coach alone
~ hours passed and he did not return Mid
aiat, came and the wife began TO reel better
TrStb the hour of / came the general ana
,ra~4hs's anger reached its height She salo
.ts,y for a few minutes, then came a Nel1-
n,eIa Trade against his treatment washington
80 o,o-bine TO say and offered no oeIeLce OF
- -, -a,inese for Mrs. Knox At last MIS- w asA-
-, could think OF words strong enough
- nexnrsss herself further. and she was Silent
..Sau, nv dear are you through! ASKED 'ii@
general ,-, ,o,,.
..1-te, go TO sleep. my dear
II the morning he kissed her. and noIhnns
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Balmville is a modern name for the up-river
suburb Of Newburg and the name comes from
an enormous basswood tree which has his
tory The only trouble about the history Is
that few versions are alike and, If the truth
is insisted really knows who planted
the giant tree. The accepted version is that
General George Washington was riding along
the road in one of the early years of the Revo-
luton, and dropped the switch with which he
had been urging his horse. The branch was
crushed into the ground by the horses hoofs
and a tree soon sprouted II grew with great
.apidity and long before it became giant it
attracted attention because It was stranger in
the forest II is the largest tree to be
found anywhere in the Newburg region, and
the citizens OF BalmvilIe have surrounded 1t
with al iron fence. It stands in the centre OF
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OF his fortune by taking advantages OF his oppor-
tunities and making opportunities during his
long service as viceroy Of Nankins and Pc
Chilli.
One way in which Ii for many years made an
enormous sum OF money was TO use thousands
of soldiers in his own private enterprises wira-
out paving them cent for their labor In the
course of time he purchased extensive estates
in the rice growing regions. and raised more
bushels of rice every year than the bonanza
farmers of North Dakota used TO raise OF wheat
He got his labor for nothing. and his great crop
of rice was almost clear profit He simply
turned his soldiers loose in the rice fields and
they had 10 be content with the ratiOns and the
miserable pittance paid to them By the govern
rrlent
The great man also became his own contractor
for army supplies He would sell his own rice
TO the government for army rations ar an enor-
nous profit and pocketed handsome rake-or
on all other supplies furnished 70 the tens Of
thousands OF soldiers in the Pe-Chi-Li Province ?
Then he was chief supreme or the custom
houses for a long distance around the Gulf OF
Pe-Chi-Li and there nothing mean about
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STORIES OF Ii HUNG CHANG
PERSONALITY OF THE GREAT CHINESE
STATESMAN JUST DEAD.

General Grant declared. after his famous voy-
age around the world. that he had met four
great uen-Beaconsfield, Bismarck, Gambetta
and Ii Hung Chang. On his part Ii reckoued
that he had known only two entirely great men
Gordon and Grant Statuettes of them, and of
them alone, adorn his audience room in his Off
cial residence at Tien-Tsin. To all visitors he
courteous and hospitabie. but he never
failed to ask them characteristic Chinese ques-
tions. and pert!naciously TO insist upon answers
to them
How old are you?" he asked. and it was idle
to attempt evasion. And then, Are you hap
PLY married? ?" and How old is your wife,? Or
if you are not married. Why not?"
Mr.. Henry Norman. who called upon him
couple of years ago, writes follows of the
interview:
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Le eBoutiM2r Brothers
West Izuenty-tfird Street.

deep in the book that for some minutes he did
not see his visitor After while he raised his
eyes and gazed at Dr. Coltrnan with a piercing
look, and said: DIR. CoItman. do you believe
this book"
He answered: Your ExceIIency, II did not
believe it I should not have the honor Of being
your physician (rnedicaI missionary. I believe
1t with my whole heart
Are you sure that this is not all hearsay and
human TALK" he asked again.
Quite sure
How do you know it," he went on
BY a sign that the book itself mentions rs
il not written that bad tree can bring rortn no
good fruit and a good tree no bad fruit? Your
excelIency has already admitted that the condi-
ton of the people in Western lands is far better
than in the Orient. and I can assure you that
the prosperity and happiness OF the various ma
tions that YOU recently visited correspond ex-
actIy to the degree in which they follow the pre-
cepts of this book Would 10 God your excel
Iency believed IT, toor
Why I believe you would Ike 20 make
Christian Of me-" said ne, half joking, half seri-
ously.
Not only you" answered Coltnan. but also
your young Emperor and all his people"
We have Confucius." said he You have
Iesus Are they not in many respects alike?
Here the Viceroy was interrupted by irnpor-
taut news. but when his servant took MS Sloie
from his hands TO carry IL to his bookcase h7
said: Don't put it in the bookcase; lay II on
the table in my be room want TO look at It
again
Ii Hung Chang was called the richest man IN
the world This assertion is easier made than
proved. for nobody knows how rich ne was HIS
fortune may certainly be counted by millions
% dollars but how many millions is purely con-
iecturaI II is enough TO say that he was very
wealthy and he accumulated nearly the whole
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the crossroads. and receives much attention on
account Of Its size.
TO PROSECUTE LONGBACGF N ST LOUIS
St. Louis, Nov. "a telegram received to-
day by Chief of Police Kiely from County Attorney
Charles Pray. at Fort Benton. Mont, asking II 1t
true that the man arrested here as a Montana
express train rohber suspect had been positively
identified as Harry LonE5augh.- Chief htely i'm
nediateIy sent the following telegram in reply;
We have under arrest John Arnold. alias John
". Rose. alias Cunningham. alias Harry Long
baugh partially identified today as Harry Long
baugh We have about 700 money known 70 nave
been taken from the Great Northern express car az
z azrer Mont July 3 This man undoubtedly is
one - the ROBBERS. Am sending by to-nlshts man
his picture and description If wanted by you an
once
The police have decided to keep the man sup
posed TO be Lonsbaugh in St Louis and prosecute
ofica;s 10 the notes of the National Bank OF Hell
ena His case and that Of the woman, "a ~ - 4 /
Bullion. arrested with him, VIII he presented 10 ''s
Federal grand jury next Tuesday
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vested by any mere resignation or supersesslon
by electoral forms Then came the element OF
inaetnatfon TO be expected from poet ike IL
whose mind was permeated with hyperooIe and
Oriental fancIes He and General Grant were
born in the same year. The name OF General
Grants opponent Lee. His own name was
ii Their stars We're in accord. recall the
fervor with which the Viceroy evolved TINS
graceful fancy, as though IL were q message
from the stars
His Cynicsrn and haughttness vanished The
fatas had ordained their meeting for some hiSn
purpose When General Grant returned his visit
the Viceroy sent guard and official chair
lined with yellow silk Yellow was the imperial
color II could only be worn by the Emperor
or princes of the royal house For the Flceroy
himself 10 have ridden in such a chair wouio
have been a sacrilege. But Grant had been
sovereign American men of war gave him royal
honors-and why not? And so all Tien-Isln sa"
and with wondering eyes the yellow cnalr sur
rounded by a guard. No such sfght had oeen
seen by Chinese eyes. For if the Emperor hau
bean in the yellow chair every house would nav
been closed and the inhabitants IN hidihs noAi
the glow of too much glory
DR. Coltnnan in THE East Asiatic Lloyd re-
lates an interesting conversation ne had with Ii
Hung Chang on the subject OF the Bible He
saws that one day when he called on the aged
statesman he found him reading beautifully
bound New Testament The Old man was so
New-York tribune., 1901-11-10
INJUNCTION AGAINST BOYCOTTING-

Chicago Nov. s-Judge Kohlsaat- In the oni,eo
States Circuit Court. has issued an inJuncl'oii
against the Custom Clothing Makers Union ana us
officers and members restraining them from in any
NO. Alternating 10 iniure or interfere with the
business Of a Cincinnati clothing firm. The nfni
asked that the union be restrained from issuins
circulars stating that the concern was unfair 70
orqantzed labor The order forbids the officers OF
the union 20 inform by of letters, telegraph
or telephone any retailers, dealers IN clothing %
labor unions that the company has refused TO 81
low ITS employees organize or adopt the Union
afl The injunction. labor leaders say, is the mrs.
of ire Kind issued IL is directed against tns
bo,-cott instead of pfcketin&
New-York tribune., 1901-11-10
ANCIENT HINES REDIsCOTERED.

Guayamas. Mex. Nov 9--The lost IayaPa
mines celebrated in Spanish annals as having
produced $50 10000 in silver and gold in the seven
teenth century, which described on Spanish
mars as being situated in Northwestern Mexico
about fifty leagues from the near Dos Pilares'
have been found. As far back as 1859, Robert Au-
MALE celebrated French expert, declared the To-
cation Of the Cienteguita in the Sahuria district
Sonora, 70 be identical with the lost Tayapa i ne
Spanish owners are said 70 have been murdered by
their Indian slaves the close OF the seven
teenth century. and II is stated that for one nun
dred years thereafter one was allowed 10 enter
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N FEAR OF ATTACK BY F4QUIs

Tucson Arfz., Nov. 9.--Cireat fires are built d.
most every night by Yaqui Indians in the noun
tains near Guaymas, Mex. In the recent hsnt Dc
tween the Yaquis and the Mexican cavalry a Ialso
number of Indians were killed and their coInrauee
are now holding weird cereneonies over the booes'
which they took TO the highest point on. the noun
tains surrounding Guaymas From Clorio Mouhttil
they watch the approach of posses and are apLe
To 5cbt to advantage. The Yaquis make nghtIy
raids on ranches. They have abundance or horses
and ammunition, and seem disposed TO conit.ihu onih.
dghting The Guaymas people fear attack ar nlsLt;
and posses have been stationed outside OF the Si''
to arouse the people in case the Indians come
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more said about it George did not go
alone TO the next dance. however.
IN defence OF the truth of this legend il should
be said that the curtain lecture was over
heard by guest at headquarters who occupied
an adjoining room. He IS said to have told it
TO compliment TO Lucy Knox.
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Continued On page four.
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issued and one morning I saw the Niceroys
yacht come into the harbOr- / sent my duty
and said that if visit would not be an tntru-
sion upon his period OF mourning would 60
board and pay my respects His stan ofll-
Ger came with not only a cordial invitation. out
the expression OF an earnest desire on the
Vicerov's part to see me. When I met the
Viceroy saw the signs of mourning He looked
like a starving beggar- He wore the coarsest
raiment His beard and forehead had not been
shaved, and his queue hung down from a cIot-
ted mass of hair. Lines of sorrow streaked his
face, and his hands were srin2y as If ne had
benn lying in ashes. a few days later when l
met him at Tian-Tsin. the beggar's mien had
vanished and he was again the sunptuous ana
well appointed nObleman
It was never an easy matter to transact bust-
ness with Ii. and yet I always found him man
OF his word. He would turn a question over and
over again-lOok into II minuteIy-qulck 70 de-
tect the slightest error in your statement II
was never safe to go TO him without having
your case prepared. He would take nothing for
standings" No Rialto usurer was severer in
the reading of the bond Establishments or men
aces were in vain. He knew the tension which
each State would endure-what was meant py
Gladstone or Salisbury asCendancy in England.
and the meaning of Democratic or RepuollCan
advent TO power in the United States He knew
how to play one against the other-when 10
give a significant smile 70 the am bassadoT OF one
power. or a no less significant shrug 10 the en-
voy Of another power. He never overlooked the
relations between Germany and France, nor
neglected the jeaIousies OF Russia and England
But when once you had an UNDERSTANDING Win
LA complete accord-the matter was done
The relations between General Grant and Ii
had almost the element OF romance. From the
moment that General Grant arrived in China the
Viceroy took the deepest interest in MS move
rents Messag ges from him awaited US at every
point Arriving at Tien-Tsln on an American
war vessel. before we could debark the NIceroy
came on board. I remember the meeting, the
long. searching. curious glances bestowed upon
General Grant the courtesy, the Difference and
The respect The fact that General Grant had
held sovereign power sank deeply into the vice
rows mind. And sovereignty could not be d.
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r oo%9 from generation 10 generation Q. rIs
ge92le who 1--we in the pretty city OF Ne"ooIs.
me creek is about six miles down the rye, - -
50 Potent is the legend that there are rev VINO
lave not visited the scene OF the lnoian cFii-e
FoF Years IL was called Murderers' Creek, atiS
NY stn use the grewsorne name. aitno1s aIr5
Moodna
Why DO You listen TO legends OF biooo "hei.
can tell you legend OF love?" asked one u
me Pretty young women who are pres WINS
me traditions OF Newburg.
Inc stranger wondered why he olo hs'e,
stopped another Indian tale IN its preface' anu
prepared to hear her story, for he kne" eia'
legends ef love can only be told properly ps
oAs n whom romance is inborn-ey "oi'iaAi-
- ne woman is pretty, and can paragraph inc
Story with smiles and punctuate 1t with hashes
-IofA brown eyes, IL is much the better iof
me one who listens
when company OF refugees from the IA
A3tifisne OF the Rhine sailed UP the Hudson ana
etueo at Newhurg." she said. lone OF the mrs.
'iinss they Cid was 20 build quaint little
N"urch IN the centre of the glebeland. 1t was
'"shty feet square, more OF less, and was
"4hout floor or chimney. The roof went UP
-0nh al four sides to peak which a cupoia
vas set In this they placed a little bell sent
". 10 them by good Queen Ann Here they
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-10
POUND GAP is A
GRUES0ME SPOT
Relic From the Old Defenses of the
Confederates.
THE SCENE OF MANY MURDERS.
Bones Still Mark the Place Where the Null
Inns Family We're Killed and Robbed.
Southwest virginians Emil
CRATE to Nebraska.
THE SCENE OF MANY MURDERS.
Especial Dispatch The Times.)

BRISToI, VA, March 9.-Mr-
Albert Jenkins, of Wise, Va, has sent
to friends in Bristol relics from the oio
Confederate breastworks in Pound Gap,
near the Kentucky border. These breast
works were constructed IN 1Sd-, ana arc
COMPOSED of stone and timber.
Mr.. Jenkins writes that the scene eE
this relic of the Civil War is a gloomy
ono. indeed. Pound Gap having been noted
for its ruhberies and murders. 1t was
on that spot that Doc. Taylor and ms
bandit associates murdered, Withooc
warming the whole of the Mullins fam
iIv, pIundered their wagon and killed the
team attached to it To this day the
bones of the horses remain as Srue-
some reminder of that most horrible OF
crimes ever perpetruted IN the SOUTH
west.
THE HOTEL FIRE.
Further details from Dungannon reia-
tive TO the fire which recently destroyed
Hotel Erin are to the effect that colonel
Patrick Hogan lost property valued at
$4,000, except that the property was pro-
babIv insured for $4,000. Mr. NJ o.
Aguor. the landlord. lost all of his hotel
furnishings, &C., valued at upwards OF
S. 600 and DR.. StaIlard. who occupied
rooms in the building, lost personal pro-
uerty valued at about 5000.
About forty emigrants from points IN
Southwest Virginia left Bristol this week
for Nebraska, where they viii find their
f,,fure homes. They journeyed via the
Virginia and Southwestern and tho
louisville and Nashville railways.
TIE, REIEA FAMILY.
Congressman Rhea and Wife and two
daughters, Misses Saline and Mary. and
the Cougressman's private secretary, Mr.
George E. Davis. are at home from
Washington
Miss Gertrude Pile has returned from
Washington, where she spent two months
with her sister, Miss Aunis Pile.
CAPTAIN J. II. Wood is at home from
washington. where he went TO witness
the inaugural ceremonies.