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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19
DROUGHT CONTINUES
Inhabitants In the Corn Belt
Pray For Rain.
WHEATCROP IN NORTHWEST REDUCED
Certain Localities In the Southwest
Relieved by Rain, hut Generally
There Is No Change In
the situation.

CHICAGO, July 16.-Practically no
rain has fallen in the corn belt, and the
temperatures reported from Kansas, Mis-
sour: and Iowa are very high, showing
practically no change. The heat through
out the region is extreme. The entire corn
belt is dry and hot. Clear weather gem
orally is reported.
Crops are in bad shape throughout west
Missouri, Kansas and southern Iowa, ex-
cept wheat. The wheat yield is big,
though there have been heavy losses by
fire and the scorching dryness has re-
suited in considerable waste in harvest
ing. Corn, both in Missouri and Kansas.
has already been seriously hurt and is
getting worse. Good judges say that not
over GO per cent crop would be possible
now even with immediate rain. and there
is no sign of rain. Oats have been prac-
tically ruined. They have gone to 40
cents on the local market. Hay is selling
at ~ q ton, an unprecedented figure
here. Many stockmen are already feed
ing wheat. There is plenty of it, but this
feeding demand and the usual sympathy
with corn is stiffening the price. Many
of the churches are holding regular meet
ings to pray for rain.
Farmers who are affected by the
drought are placing their only hope in
late corn. The lack of water is a serious
problem, and many artesian wells are be
ing bored to relieve the difficulty. Farm
ers have been hauling water for from two
to ten miles for their stock. There will be
no hazel nuts or acorns for stock that run
on the range to feed on unless it rains
soon. The highest temperature recorded.
at st. Joseph, was 10 degrees.
Reports from Arkansas show that the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19
STEYN'S CLOSE CALL
Broadwood Captures Orange
River Government.
FORMER PRESIDENT BARELY ESCAPES
Rettz Surprised and Twenty-nine
Prisoners Taken, Including Gem
erals CIonwe and Vessels and
First Cornet Pet steyn.

LONDON, July 15.-The war office
mas received the following dispatch from
Lord Kitchener, dated at Pretoria:
"Broadwood's brigade surprised Retz,
capturing Steyn's brother and others.
Steyn himself escaped in his shirt sleeves,
with one other man only. The so called
Orange River government and papers
were captured"
Lord Kitchener also reports that
Schcepers commando burned the public
buildings in Murraysburg, Cape Colony,
and some farmhouses in the vicinity.
According to further advices from Lord
Kitchener the columns under Colonel
Featherstone and Colonel Dixon have
reached Ieerust. western Transvaal.
They met with opposition and made some
captures. The British casualties were
] officer killed and 3 officers and u men
wounded.
General Broadwood." says dispatch
TO The Daily News from Blocmfontein
'surprised Reitz due east of Lindsay at
dawn last Thursday. He took % prison
crs, including General A. i. Clonwe and
General Vessels. Commandant Dwaal.
First Cornct pict Stcyn president
Steyn's hrothcr), Thomas Brain, sccrcta-
ry Of government. and Rochcs de Vii
liers. secretary to the council. Stcyn him
self fled without coat or boots. General
DE Wet is believed to have been present"
Lord Kitchener has advised the govern
ment, so The Daily News understands,
that it is possible to withdraw large
number of infantry regiments from South
Africa, amounting virtually to the great
or part of the unmountcd army. At the
same time he requests that he Ice supplied
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19

NEW YORK. July 13-Robert Henry
Newell, whose humorous writings over
the nom de plume of Orpheus c. Kerr
caused the nation to laugh for many
years. was found dead in his residence.
12S First place. Brooklyn, yesterday. He
had been in failing health for some time,
and the continued hot weather was too
much for him. The death of the old man
was pathetic. He was all alone in de-
serted house when the summons came
The body had been lying for days where
il was found. Mr.. Newell was born in
this city in 1896. He fiourished with
Josh Billings and Petroleum V. Nasty
and shares with them the honor of havin.
founded II distinct school of American
humor. OF late years but little of his
work has been seen.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19

LONDON, July l2-"The expedition to
Patagonia in search of the giant >loth has
returned without having discovered it,
says The Daily Express. "IIcskcth
Prichari, chief of the expedition. during
nearly a year spent on the eastern side
of the Cordilleras found some remains
of the giant sloth bearing an extraor-
binary appearance of freshness. He dis
covered Il species Of puma new to science
and Il new lake in which were many ice
bergS. Large geological, ornithological,
geological and botanical collections were
hronEht hAck."
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19
Frog Industry Brisk,

ITHACA, y. Y. July 13.-Two CON
fignmcnts of live frogs have been shipped
to frog company of Ware, Mass They
contained 1000 of the little batrachans.
1t appears. therefore, that the frog pla que
of Ithaca has not been without its profit
able results. The frog companies became
attracted by the large numbers reported
10 be here and have distributed posters
throughout the city making offers for all
frogs caught. As a result many small
boys in the city have taken this means of
earning spending money. Many other
persons have also taken mp frog catching.
Nets have been improvised, and within
a few days thousands will be taken from
pools in the lower part of Ithaca.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19

MANILA. July 1G.-Lieutcnant Charles
r. Ramsay of the Twcnty-frst infantry,
who was wounded in the engagement near
Lipa, province of BatangaS, early last
month, is dead. The death is also an
nounccd of Scion +. Massey, formerly a
lieutenant of artillery, who was recently
appointed purchasing agent of the inSular
government. General Chaffee is visiting
various points on the railroad To the
north. The United States army transport
Sumner. with conyalcsccnt soldiers on
board, has sailed for San Francisco.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19
COLUM BIA WINS.
Old Cup Defender Too Fast For the
New.

NEWPORT, Il. l.. July 13.-The Coz
lumbia again defeated the Constitution
i'll yesterdays race by a margin in cor
rected time of Pm 19s., the independence
being once more the last boat after los
ing her topmast at the very start. The
Boston yacht. however, sailed such a re-
markable plucky race after being shorn
of her top gear that il is generally be-
licvcd here that she would have won the
race but for the accident.
The race yesterday closed the series,
and the yachts will not meet again for at
least ten days. the Constitution going to
Bristol. the Columbia to New York and
the independence probably to New Lon
don. OF the four events under the New
port Yacht Racing association the Con-
stitution won the first two in light airs,
beating the other yachts by Il large mar
gin, while the Columbia won the last two
in close finishes with the new Bristol
yacht. The Independence ha> lost in ev
cry race. although quite near the other
two yachts in the last two contests.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19

TACOMA. July 15.-Adviccs received
from the orient give the details Of dovaS-
tation and loss of life caused hS the crup-
ton of a volcano in northern lava last
month. Several hundred natives and a
dozen Europeans persisted. one European,
the manager of a large estate. fled in ii
carriage from the torrent. He WAS ac-
companicd by his wife, two children and
a nurse. The lava stream came rolling
down the hillSidcS in an ever increasing
volume. In 30 minutes the lava overlook
the carriage, and all persisted except tho
parents. who saved themselves 10y jump.
ing into dunn OF hamhnn trrcs.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19
BRIDGE GOES DOWN.
Nine Men Killed In IL Freight Train
Wreck.

ASHTABULA. O.. July PA bridge
on the Nickel Plate railroad at Spring
field. Pa, east of here, collapsed yester-
day under the weight of IA train
So far as is known nine men were kill
ed. a number were badly injured
A local freight train. including three
cars loaded with stone. was passing over
the bridge when it collapsed. The en-
tire train went through the structure
and fell to the ground below. IA distance
of 80 feet.
The bridge was undergoing repairs.
and gang of Is men were ut work on it.
They were carried down in the wreck,
as We're the crew of the train. Many
men are believed to he buried in the
Wreckage
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19
Significant BritiS, Figures.

LONDON, July 13.-Ihe Statist in the
course of an article examining the finan-
cial position of the United States says
today: The figures of our trade with
America conclusively show the enormous
profits which the United States is max
ing in foreign trade. For the first six
months of the present year our imports
from the United States have been nearly
f69 .OOO. 900 as against little over 800
OOO.UOO in 1900. while our exports To the
United States were worth only t7,0OO,000
as against fSSO0,000"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19
Hundreds Drowned In Cbinn

SHANGHAI. July 1G.-There have
been disastrous floods on the Yang-tse
river near Hankow, in which hundredi
of lives were lost. The natives were
caught by the rushing waters and drown.
ed like rats. Part of the city of Han
kow was devastated by the flood.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19
Eight Men Killed.

DENVER, July 12.-Tle magazine Of
the burlington and Missouri railroad
near the Grant smeltor blew up yester-
day morning and killed eight men. Sew
eral others were injured. The men were
engaged in blasting Stag for the use of
the railroad when the explosion occurred
The magazine was filled with dynamite,
and the conclusion was felt a mile away
The men We're blown to pieces. and frag-
ments of their bodies were strcwn over
the prairie for several hundred yards
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19

JACKSON, Miss, July 16.-During the
first week or two of the Charlton epidem-
lie in the delta more than 90 per cent OF
the animals affected died, but since n sup
PLY of the virus for incubation was pro-
cured the death rate has been materially
reduced. Unfortunately the disease is now
spreading over all the country, not only
in the delta, but in the hills. Several
cases are reported in Rankin county, the
adjoining county to this and only a few
miles north of Jackson.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19

CAPE TOWN, July 16-The columns
of the Boer invaders commanded by
Malan, Lategan, Breed and Smit. which
were marching on Victoria West, came
In contact with the British forces under
Colonies Haig and Goringe at Van
Keenan,, in the Zuurberg. The Beers es-
capped by abandoning a large number of
their young unframed horses.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19
saoyy In New Jersey.

TRENTON, July 13.-There was a
comparatively heavy fall of snow in this
city yesterday. The snow was plainly
visible during a heavy rainstorm which
began shortly after 2 p. IN. The flakes
were large, and their appearance caussI ,
considerable comment In the city. ia.
occurrence is without precedent at tzL
season here
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19
PennsyIyanin Line TO Enter Detroit.

TOLEDO, July 15.-The Pennsylvania
line has finally secured an entrance TO
Detroit, and within 80 days Pensylva.
MIA trains will Os running into that city
from Toledo. \ p'leage arrangement has
been effected between the PENNSYLVANIA
and the Nanderbilts whereby the Penn.
sylvania is to use the Michigan Central
tracks from the Michigan state line to
Detroit and is also 10 use the Detroit
terminals of the Michigan Central.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19
Telephone Employees Made Happy.

COLUMBUS, o., July 16.-The local
management of the Central Union Tele-
phone company has voluntarily increased
the salaries of all its operators about 20
per cent and reduced the working day to
nine hours. About 100 girls are affected.
1t is stated the same advance will be
granted in a number of other cities where
the company is located.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19
To Construct Railways In China.

LONDON, July ia great Belgian,
Russian and French syndicate is form
ing here" says the Brussels correspond
ent of The Standard, "to construct rail
ways in China. 1t Will have a capital Of
1000, 000, 900 francs"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19
Another Gusher.

BEAUMONT, Tex. July 13.-The six
teenth gusher came in yesterday after
noon. The flow does not seem to be at
all diminished by reason of the many
wells. The new well is In the proved oil
territory.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19
Hot Weather In Maine.

BATH, Me, July 16.-The extreme
heat here yesterday caused suspension
Of work at the Bath Iron works at noon.
The temperature in every part of the city
was very high, thermometers registering
from 90 to 9S at different points at noon.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19
Terrible Heat In Russia.

CRACOW, July 16.-Russia has been
experiencing terrible heat, the tempera-
ture over wide territory reaching 100
degrees i. in the shade. Fruits aud
vegetables on q large scale have been
DESTROYED.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19

BOSTON, July 16.-The United States
cruiser Newark, recently returned from
the Asiatic station, reached the navy
yard at Charlestown yesterday. Before
she leaves repairs amounting TO $500, 900
will be dove to the vessel.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19
A Fatal Collision.

MUSCOGEE, l. r., July 16.-Five
persons, an engineer. two brakemen and
two tramps. were killed in Il collision of
two Missouri, Kansas and Texas freight
trains three miles north of Muscogee.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19
Another American Invader.

BRUSSELS, July 16.-La Gazette
says it is reported at Mons that an
American manufacturer has proposed to
buy up all the Belgian glass works.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19
Kittredge For Senator.

PIERRE, S. d., July 12.-Goyerus,
Herried has appointed A. b. Kittredes
to fill the unexpired term of the late
United States Senator Kyle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19

GREAT BEND, Kan, July 15.-Fire
II miles west Of here burned 10000
acres of standing wheat loss, $4,000.
William GerEardt, a farmer. is said to
have persisted
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19
TRUSTEES
, HENRY WELLS.

Receives and pays deposits daily. Deposits|
made on either Of the first four business DAYS
OF any month draw Interest from the LIST. II
made afterward interest will commence the
first 4 the following month.
Interest will be credited to depositors Jan
uary LIST and July LIST, compouding twice al
year. There are no stockholders in this bank
All earnings, less expenses, belong 10 &c. i
positors. The rate of interest depends Oh the
earnings but tn. Legislature at its last session
passed law fixing the rate that any savingsI
bank in the state can pay at not to exceed
three ana one half per cent per annum, until
its surplus reaches ten per cent of its deposit,
when special dividend is provided for
All taxes in this State are paid by the bank
on deposits of $1,000 or less. Deposits are
received in sums from 81 to $1,000, and no in
terest Will be PAID on any sum in excess OIL
this amount, except on deposits by widows,
orphans, administrators, executors, guar.
dians, charitable or religious institutions or
on trust funds deposited by order of court,
Funds may be sent by Uank check or draft
or postal money order and deposit BOOK will
be returned by next mail.
Applications for loans or for information as
TO standing OF the bank may be made to Rufus
Wainwright, Middlebury, or Z. c. bike,
Bristol.
CHARLES p. SMITH. President
FREDERICK W. WARD Treasurer
f. :. lNHAM. Asst Treas
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19
General Debility

Day in and out there is that feeling Of
weakness that makes a burden Of itself.
Food does not strengthen.
Sleep does not refresh.
1t is hard to do, hard to bear, what
should be easy, vitality is on the ebb, and
the whole system suffers.
For this condition take
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-19
Hoods CdrS0pdriUd

II vitalizes the blood, gives vigor and tone
to all the organs and functions, and is
positively unequalled for all rundown or
facilitated conditions.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-16
HIS FINISH AS A REEoR ,,r,R

That approved Republican reforIner and
that recognition of his avowed merits as
public purist which he ought in his
own estimation to receive. 1t is the boast
of his friends that he has given the best
administration to the city that it ever
enjoyed and they point with especial
pride to the fact that more stolen prop
erty has been recovered during his ad-
ministration than ever before.
The truth of the charge against Mayor
Ames that he was engaged in building I'D
a political machine has been for all prac-
teal purposes admitted His purpose in
this regard was perfectly plain from the
outset. His discharge of 50 per cent Of
the police force including men of years
of experience and tried fidelity and ca
pacfty was concededly the result of his
purpose in this direction and he has never
thought it worth his while to enter anv
denial of the charge. To all the imputa-
tons cast on him and his administration
-N AiSN' oi11e@iA4A5iS IuiIleu 10 the record
of his police force in the matter of the
recovery Of stolen property record
which might be read differently by DIFF
ferent persons.
But while the thieves have been busy
returning their booty, and the Minneapo-
lis police force has been the subject Of
anxious litigation as the result of its
transformation into personal and DO
litical machine, the ordinary wayfarer
seems to have had forced upon his CON
sciousness that not even the superiority
OF Doc Ames as social and moral re-
rormer has suff1ced to materially lessen
the prevalence of crime within the CITY
limits or to entirely eliminate the sus-
picion that there is clear concert of ac-
ton among the criminals and reorganized
and purified police force
1t is passing strange why there should
be any doubt as to the moral uprightness
Of Doc Ames and his administration as
mayor Is he not a good Republican?
Has he not been elected by the votes and
active labors Of the best people in Min
neapolis? Is it not a distinctive badge
Of reforming tendency when a
man avows himself candidate in oppo-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-16

necessary, as so many of the advocates
Of the canteen are in the habit OF do
ing, to insist that the saloons established
in the vicinity of military quarters are
any worse than those established else
where. 1t is sufficient, In order to show
invests the soldiers superiors with some
supervisory power over his expenditures
for drink, to say that the possibility Of
Indulgence is decidedly lessened by
such regulation. No drunkenness will be
tolerated in camp. The offending soldier
is certain to meet with severe punish
ment for any infraction of the rule
against drunkenness on the grounds.
Once outside, the soldier, like the civ
ilian. has only the civil authorities to
deal with. The associations and sur
roundings are such as lead much more
surely to excess outside the post than
within. Whatever safeguards are repre-
scented by the canteen are dispensed.
The soldier naturally looks forward once
outside the post to entire freedom in the
matter of drinking. especially If during
his stay within the military grounds no
is denied all access to drink
This whole subject is one which should
be left absolutely to the military au-
thorities. 1t is merely the spirit cf the
silly intermed3ler which has brought
about the doing away with the sale of
drink inside military posts to the m
of those men know what is best for
them in that direction individually and
collectively. Congress might with as
much propriety dictate to the military of
ficers what food should be served or
when it should be served as to declare
that the men shall not be allowed to
take drink at their meals or otherwise
while they remain in camp.
The subject is one of considerable i'm
portance to the soldier, as wei as to So
ciety. Whatever in the way of depriva-
ton or restraint is thought necessary
should be left to those who are respon-
sible for the discipline and efficiency of
our military forces. If those we'll
meaning but inconsiderate persons who
against the judgment Of the country
found themselves able to coerce congress
into the adoption of their m assure find
the result to be the increase of drunken
ness among the soldiers theirs is the
responsibility. It is comforting at least
to reflect that such a result will inevi-
tably secure to those who should have
the power the right by law to regulate
as seems to them best the consumption
of intoxicants by soldiers within military
posts.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-16
THE CANTEEN FOLLY.

The intelligence which comes through
the press dispatches that the repeal OF
the canteen law has operated to greatly
increase drunkenness in the vicinity Of
the army posts all over the country will,
surprise few, save the extreme advocates
of prohibition, whose prejudices have op-
Grated to blind them to the inevitable re-
suit of such action.
The effort to control the appetite for
liquor by making it necessary for the
soldier to go outside of the military res
ervation is an absudity in itself No
such result can follow of course. The
inevitable result, it must seem to even
the most prejudiced, is that the eonsump.
ton of intoxicants by the soldier must
be carried on under private direction.
If the soldier was all the time confined
to his military grounds there might he
some sense in the undertaking of aboI-
1shing the canteen, even though it would
involve clear attempt, unconstitutional
ana unwarranted, to deprive the soldier
Oh his well-defined right to expend his
wages as he thought proper. It is not