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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-06-07

The form in which the Cuban con
vention adopted the Plat amendment
last week was not satisfactory to the
administration, and the convention
has been so notified through Governor
General Wood. The communication
sent to the convention states in firm
but courteous language that the Presi-
dent cannot accept the action taken
because he has no right to alter the
purpose of Congress or to change the
meaning of the directions given him
by its statute, and that the papers
adopted by the CubaL convention can
not be approved without disobedience
to the act of Congress, because they
distinctly and substantially alter the
terms of the Platt amendment. 1t
is expected that this action by the
administration will result in the adop-
tion of the Platt amendment by the
Cubans without modification or re-
servation, substantially as enacted by
Congress.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-06-07
5000 Strikers in Holyoke.

Three thousand employees of the pa
per mills in Holyoke went out on
strike Saturday, as ordered by Eagle
lodge of Paper Makers and the Sta
tionary Firemen's unions. The mills
involved include all the plants of the
American Writing Paper company,
Chemical Paper company, Newton Pa
per company, Franklin Paper COM
pany, Excelsior Paper company and
Parsons Paper company of Holyoke
lpd the Hampshire Paper company
md Carew Paper company OF south
IIadley FAILS, 49, The hae tYGui2ills which
granted the demands of their
ployes-the Whiting Paper conn 'xot
and the Valley Paper company are
not affected. The state board of ar
bitration has been in Holyoke this
week attempting to arrange a settle
ment
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-06-07
The Oath of Hippocrates.

Hippocrates, commonly known as
400 B. C. He was the author of nu-
merous medical works. He set the
standard for the medical profession,
and has profoundly Influenced the ira
ditIons, habits, and standards or that
profession for more than twenty-three
hundred years. Like everything
which comes to us from the ancient
world, the professional oath which
bears his name has been called in
question by critics. We believe, how
ever, that the weight OF opinion is on
the side of its genuineness. But
whether genuine or not, as a produc-
tlon of HIppocrateS, it certainly repre-
sentS tradition which has come
down to us through the Middle Ages,
and is one of the influences which
have wrought powerfully in the estab-
lishment of the medical profession.
Inc high standard of honor which the
oath represents would ennoble any
profession, although some of the de-
tails represent state of things which
has passed away.
Il swear by Apollo, the physician,
Asclepius, Hygeia, and Panacea, and
ali SOuo anu SOuuGSSGos calling luGu
all to witness, that | will fulfil accord
ing to my power and judgment this
oath and promise. l will reverence
my teacher in this art as my own pa
rents, give him of my living, and fulfil
his necessities. | will regard his is
sue as my own brothers, and will
teach them this art, if they wish to
learn it, without pay or obligation. l
will admit to teaching, to lecture, and
all other instruction my own pupils
those of my teacher, and pupils who
are articled and have taken the oath
pertaining to physicians, and none be-
sides. l will use a regimen suited to
the good of the sick according to my
power and judgment, and preserve
them from harm and injury. | Will
give no man poison at his request, nor
will give such advice. Likewise will
| administer no harmful drug to wo-
men. | will preserve my life and
practice pure and sound. | will not
cut for stone, but leave that to those
who practice the matter. When | en-
ter house, / will go for the good of
the sick, keeping myself from all will
full harm and injury and all lust
toward man and woman, free and
slave. All that l hear and see in my
practice in ordinary life, if it should
not be told outside, | will keep in ST.
lence, regarding this experience as Sc
cret. If | keep this oath sacred, may
| be successful in life and practice,
and in repute with all men for all
time; but, if l violate it and commit
perjury, may it be otherwise with
me-"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-06-07
NO. %.
Decision for "Mother Eddy" in Libel
Suit.

The libel suit for $150,000 brought
by Mrs. Josephine Curtis Woodbury.
against Mrs. Mary b. Eddy, known as
Mother Eddy" the leader of the
Christian science cult, came to a sud-
den end Wednesday afternoon at Bos-
ton. Judge Bell after hearing the
argument for the defence ordered a
verdict for the defendant In announc-
ing this decision Judge Bell said: 81
think the plaintiff has sustained her
case, as have already intmated upon
the matter of publication. AS re-
CARDS the publication in the church
there is no evidence that any one
there understood the alleged libel as
applying to the plaintiff, so that she
could not recover damages upon this
count because she had shown no in
jury from it. Counsel for Mrs. Wood
bury filed exceptions on all the ques-
tiOns passed upon. 1t is understood
that they expect to carry the case
to the supreme court. The suit grew
out of the publication of an article
in the Christian Science Journal which
Mrs. Woodbury. maintained referred
to her. Mrs. Woodbury. had been ex-
communicated from the Christian Sci
ence church In addition to the $780,
600 damages claimed from Mrs. Eddy
the suit was against the church for
100000 and against officials of the
church and newspaper for sums vary
ing from $4,000 to $4,000.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-06-07
emperor Mckinley"

William J. Bryan gave out a charac-
last Saturday on the decision of the
the supreme court in the insular cases.
Under the text, Emperor Mckinley"
he said the supreme court has joined
hands with the President and Con-
gress in an effort to change the Ameri-
can form of government, and he called
on the people to repudiate the verdict.
In opening his statement he said: by
a vote of to 4 the supreme court has
declared President Mckinley emperor
of Porto Rico, and, according to the
press dispatches, the emperor has
gladly and gratefully accepted the title
conferred upon him by the highest
judicial tribunal of the land"
a Georgia State Confederate Sol
diers' Home was dedicated at Atlanta
on Monday. The home is beautifully
situated ~2hout five miles from the cen
tire of the cfty.~, Twenty veterans
were admitted on the opening day.
An appraisal of eX-President Haf-
rison's estate recently filed at Indian
apolis by the Union Trust company
shows that his total personal property
was valued at s176,625, and his In
dianapolis realty is appraised at S1S4,-
500.
The Jubilee Convention" of the
Young Mems Christian association
will begin in Boston next week, and
the New England magazine takes this
favorable occasion to present in the
June number a timely history of the
organization and full illustrations.
The opening of the New England
building at the Pan American exposi-
ton has been postponed from last
Monday to Saturday of next week,
June 18th. The building is described
by the committee as second to none
at the exposition, and one of which all
New England people may be proud.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-06-07
Decision by Judge Wheeler.
From the Rutland News. I

Judge Hoyt II. Wheeler of Brattle-
boro made a recent interesting decis-
ion in the federal court at New York,
touching upon newspaper libel. Pub
lication by a newspaper that the office
of a person was "the centre, 80 years
ago, of the most gigantic conspiracy
ever known in Wall street, and result
ing in black Friday" is held by Judge
Wheeler to be libelous, and tending
to injure the personal as well as pro-
fessional reputation, even though
such publication does not charge a
crime or misdemeanor, as it is not nee
essary that a libel to be actionable
should charge a crime or misde-
meanOr.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-06-07
We'll Stated.
[From the Mortified News.I

ltrom the Northheld News.
The Barre Times says that evidence
accumulates that Gen. Grout is pre-
pairing to make another desperate try
for the senatorship next year and init
mates that he may make a combina-
tion with Col. Webb, who wishes to be
governor, Rumors of this kind are
floating in the air, but it is largely
guess work at the best. Such state
ments are a reflection upon the politi-
cal sagacity and good sense of Gen.
Grout. He made a fight last year
with such advantages as he can never
hope to possess again. He fell out
side the breastworks and it is not like
ly he wishes to repeat the perform
ance. There may be a few politicians
and wire pullers who can see certain
personal advantages of more or less
importance in a renewal of the fight
of last year, but the voters would en-
phatically protest against such a
course at the polls.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-06-07
Booker T. Washlngton's Common
Sense.

The annual commencement of the
Tuskegee (Ala.) Normal Institute was
held last week. Principal Booker T.
Washington gave his usual Sunday
evening talk to the graduating class,
when he said in his characteristic way:
Don't go home and feel that you are
better than the rest of the folks in the
neighborhood because you have been
away to school. 1t would be better for
you not to have any education than to
go home and feel ashamed of your par
ents, and not want to help them. Don't
give the impression that education means
superhciality and dress. Don't be
ashamed to go to church and Sunday
school, to the Young Mems Christian
association and the Christian Endeavor
society. Keep good company. Have no
going backward. Don't pay 81 for
buggy to take your girl to ride on Sun
day If you are earning but So a week.
And you, girls, don't let the young men
do that for you. Tell them that If they
haven't got enough common sense not
to do this, you have got too much to
let them do it. They will respect you
all the more for It," u
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-06-07

Strange as it may seem, the United
States is steadily acquiring land from
the European powers. The territory
annexed is not gained by conquest or
purchase. 1t comes to America in the
form of ballast and for the most part
in American ships. One thousand
tons of Scotch soil were imported into
New York in one week a short time
ago It came off the Allan State line
steamer Laurentian. Scarcely a week
passes without a similar importation
by the boats of this or some other
line. It is estimated that millions of
tons of European soil have been i'm
ported and dumped about New York.
Much of this is used for making land"
about the harbor.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-06-07
Gbr ()rrmunt 1b~nit.
EN- P A G e S.
BRATTLEBORO,
FRIDAY, JUNE Z, 1901.

The President has determined that
existing conditions do not require or
warrant calling Congress together dur
ing the present summer or making any
change in the policy hitherto pursued
and announced in regard to the Philip
pine Islands. The cabinet was unani-
nous in the opinion that the authority
to govern the Philippines vested in the
President by the Spooner amendment
was ample.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-06-07

John d. Rockefeller has given $780,
coo for use by the leading colleges of
the country, including Harvard, Co
lumbia, the University of Chicago, the
University of Pennsylvania and Johns
Hopkins, in archaeological research.
The first work done will be the inves-
tigation of the country's milk supply
with reference to it's healthfulness.
1t is understood that this gift is only
the beginning of sums of money which
Mr.. Rockefeller means to provide for
the prosecution of work relating to the
public health.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-06-07
Trapped Bear Weighing s25 Pounds.

Isaac T. Pratt, the veteran bear
trapper of Bennington, caught a bear
Wednesday in a ravine traversed by
the He'll Hollow brook in Woodford
1t weighed about 1926 pounds. The
fur was in prime condition, being
thick, long and glossy black. This
is the third bear that Mr.. Pratt has
captured within a few days in that
section and the 10th that he has trap
ped during his lifetime. The bear
was the largest that has been captur-
ed in Bennington county for many
years.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-06-07
The Livinsston-Paee Case in Court

The IivingstonPage case was called
in the Bennington count court at Man
chester yesterday. Ex-Governor Page at
tempted to force the trial but eX-Judge
Powers insisted that he case be continued
until the December term at Bennington.
Page produced n note for 800 signed by
Livingston April ., 1900. Mr.. Livingston
denies the signature. Mr.. Powers, up to
the time of the note being shown in court
said he had no knowledge Of the note or
any money having been paid to Living
ston by Page, and that owing to this
development he was not prepared to try
the case at this time. Mr.. Page insisted
that the case be tried but Powers was
equally determined that the case be con-
tinued. Judge Rowel continued the case
until the December term. Mr.. Page pro-
duced correspondence from Livingston
asking for the loan of 800 for which he
would and did give a demand note for
said sum.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-06-07

Physicians reported last night that
Mrs. Mckinley continued to show
slight improvement, with prospects of
recovery.
The elm tree beetle, the worst foe of
the best shade trees, has appeared in
Greenfield. The army worms have
appeared in large numbers in Mont
pelier. The stately elms on State
street have been stripped of their
foliage and the walks and fences are
literally covered with worms.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-06-07

James A. Herne, the we'll known
actor and playwright, author of
"Shore Acres, and Sag Harbor," died
at his home in New York city Sunday
afternoon of acute bronchitis and
pneumonia. after an illness of eight
weeks. which began in Chicago while
he was playing in Sag Harbor' in
that city. Mr.. Herne was born in
1898, and had been on the stage since
he was 20 years old. He had a beau
tiful home in New York and was ac-
counted a man of wealth He was
an ardent supporter of Bryan in the
last presidential campaign and took
the stump in his behalf. He was a
believer in the single tax theegy and
a personal friend of Henry George.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-06-07
The Northern Pacific Fight Ended.

TIC NoTthern PacIHc FI9ht Ended'
1t was announced last Friday that
an understanding had been reached
between the warning Northern Pacific
and Union Pacific interests, under
which the composition of the Northern
Pacific board will be left in the hands
of j. Pierpont Morgan, the Union Pa
cific interests to be properly repre-
sented. This compact ended one Of
the most remarkable financial battles
ever seen in Wall street, and the news
of it was followed on Saturday by a
strong rise in the stock market, when
prices very nearly approached the
boom figures which preceded the panic
of month ago.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-06-07
An oIeomaraarlne Decision.

Interest in the insular decisions
handed down by the supreme court
last week diverted attention for the
time being from all other decisions
rendered by the court at that time. If
the matter is correctly understood,
however, an opinion then rendered by
the court settles for good the fact that
the public is entitled to have oleomar-
garine sold for what is is, under its
true name, and not under the pretence
that it is genuine butter. The case
was one which came up from the court
of appeals from Philadelphia. The ap-
pellants had been convicted under the
oleOmargarine law of selling oleomar-
garine not marked and branded as
required. They had appealed from
the circuit court to the court of ap-
peals but in vain, the latter court
affirming the original judgment. The
case was brought to the supreme court
to determine the constitutionality of
the law, the appellants attacking it on
the ground that it was more a pure
food law than a revenue law, and thus
an infringement upon the police
powers of the state. The supreme
court regarded this plea as not we'll
taken and dismissed it, and con-
sequently the judgment of the lower
court stands and the law in the case
is approved as constitutional.
The New York Tribune says in
commenting on this decision;
Whether oleomargarine is or is not
healthful article of food, or is or is
not as good as butter, and whether the
manufacture and sale of it are or
are not public benefits, are other
questions entirely apart from the pres
ent. The present and primary ques-
tion is whether oleomargarine shall
pass as oleomargarine, or shall be
palmed off as butter. To that ques-
tion is is supremely gratifying to have
an authoritative answer which will ap-
ply universally throughout the land,
without regard to local regulations or
to local neglect"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-06-07

Alfred Pierce, 76, committed suicide al
South SALISBURY Wednesday night by
plunging a jackknife into his stomach
and then cutting a cash several inches
in length. The recent death of his
brother and his wife made him despond-
ent.
Mrs. Mabel Brown of Starksboro has
left her husband and eight-year-old son
and gone to parts unknown. Before leav~
ing she secured plenty of money and
packed two trunks full of clothing. Mr..
Brown is young and respected farmer
and feels very deeply the disgrace.
Charles Casavant, 40, of the firm of
Casavant & Mosier, retail grocers, and
one Of the most prominent business men
of Richford committed suicide by shoot
ing Tuesday. Mr.. Casavant had been de-
spondent since the death of his wife,
several months ago. He leaves three
children.
Leon f. Sawyer, "a, an employe in the
mill Of the Waits River Paper company
at Bradford, was caught in the machinery
Tuesday and injured so badly that he
lived only half an hour. He leaves a
wife and one child. He took out policy
for $1,000 last week in the United States
Life Insurance company.
There is talk of building another
IdllIOdu luIOuSu lnt lSldhuo III l@dhO
Champlain, and it is said that rep
resentative of the Grand Trunk road
has looked over two routes. The
branch of the Central Vermont rail
road from Shelton Junction to Far
mum, P. O.. is completed with the
exception of five miles. This road,
which will be IS miles long, will
shorten the distance from Montreal
to st. Albans and will enable the Cen
trail Vermont trains to make the trip
and use only seven miles of the Grand
Trunk tracks to st. Lambert's instead
of 27 miles to st. Johns.
Clarence Horatio Pitkin, so, a well
known Montpelier lawyer died Friday
morning at his home near Montpelier
Junction. He had been i'll with con-
sumption two years, but the cause of
death was heart disease. Mr.. Pitkin
was a son of the late Gen. P. P.
Pitkin. He read law with Hon. B. F.
Fifield and was admitted to the Wash
ington county bar in 1872. In 1881 he
was one of the commissioners to edit
the revised laws. He was states at
torney from 1880 to 1882, and was
United States district attorney from
1887 to 1SS9 Mr.. Pitkin left a writ
ten request that there be no funeral
and that the burial be in the presence
of as few people as possible.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-06-07
Eai.I Runaway Accident at Pomfret.

While Mrs. Dexter Capron, her daugh-
fer Mrs Leonard Bushway, and two
young children were driving down steep
hill near Pomfret poor farm Wednesday
their horse ran away Mrs. Capron and
cut and Mrs. Capron INSTANTLY killed.
Mrs. Bushway and the otAer child were
also thrown to the ground, Mrs. Bush
way being severely hurt, and both chr1
dren injured. The accident was probably
caused by the breaking of the harness.
Mrs. Capron leaves a husband and three
children.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-06-07
oustnRss Tarns.

JAMES CoNLAND, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office in Crosby Block. Hours to a.
m, l to 3 p. m. Residence, Walnut st.
Fair play., 1901-03-02
GENEvIEvE MISSOURI SATURDAY, MARCH 2 1901.

Ii Hung Chang asserts that the pun
ishment to be imposed upon Prince
Chuang and Flu Hsion has been carried
out in accordance with the demands
of the foreign ENJOYS.
The revolt in Venezuela is growing
and several British steamers have
been destroyed.
King Edward left London for Cron-
berg, Germany. to visit his sister. the
dowager Empress Frederick, who is i'll.
Col. Plumer engaged Gen. DeWet
near Disselfontein, on the south bank
of the Orange river, and routed the
Boer force.
The British government'is expected
to adopt q protective tariff to meet ex-
penses caused by the Boer war.
At the home for old men in Paris
seven pensioners were found dead from
asphyxiation.
Gen. Cailles issued proclamation Of
fering ten Mexican dollars apiece for
the heads of Americans in the Philip
pines.
Minister Conger has been granted
60 days. leave of absence from China
to visit his Iowa home,
Fair play., 1901-03-02
A WEEKS RECORD.
ALI the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News Of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
The NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
CONGRESSIONAL.

The time in the senate on the 3oth was
spent in discussing the post Office appro-
priation bill The committee on military
affairs inGors ed Senator Spooner's resolu-
lion Iroviding for civil rule in the Philip
pines The house passed the suIdry civil
appropriation bill and entered upon con-
sidsraIion of the general deficiency-the
last of the general appropriation bills.
The seLate on the elst considered the post
office appropriation bill and an amendment
providing for pneumatic tube service was
killed. The house passed the deficiency
hill after a day of exciting debate. during
which Mr.. Hepburn Ua.) made a speech
charging that tyrannical habits formed at
West Point and Annapolis were responsible
for army desertions.
The post Office and the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bills were passed
III the senate on the 22d and washingtons
farewell address. in accordance with
custom or Washington's birthday, was
ad....Th- house devoted the day to odds
ard ends ~ legislation and nine bills were
passed by unanimous consent. and - claim
bills and l.S' pension bills were passed. Mr..
Mann 'Illl introduced a bill repeating
,oun;erva!'irg duty on bounty imports. the
intent h.irg TO avert trade war.
The ST. Louis exposition appropriation
bill was passed in the senate on the sd.
WAS also the fortiflcation appropriation bill
In the house resolution to investigate
the pay of its employes was adopted and
several OF the appropriation bills were sent
10 conference. Tribute TO the memories of
the la:e Representatives Clarke. of New
Hampshire and Shaw. of New York. were
paid.
Fair play., 1901-03-02
FOREIGN.

Gen. Dewet escaped from his pur-
suers in Cape Colony. Not one of the
six columns assigned to ''hem him in"
were able to do SO.
A hospital at Tokyo. B. C., was de.
stroyed by fire and 21 of the patients
were burned to death.
Consuls for Italy and Uruguay at
Manila are accused of aiding the in
surgents.
Lord Methuen's forces in . battle
with / 400 Beers lost 16 killed and left
IS burghers dead. Many on both sides
were wounded.
Two new British cruisers, the argest
of their class, were launched in the
Clyde.
Atthe instance of the United States
the powers have accepted the prin-
ciple that no further individual con-
cessions of territory in China shall be
sought or obtained by any one power
without international assent.
1t is reported that a general Arab
rising has occurred in Yemen, Arabia,
against Turkish authority.
Twenty-eight Russian students have
been sentenced to service in the
army.
President Steyn and Gen. De Wet
have issued . proclamation accusing
tie British of barbaric methods and
declaring the war IL not ended.
The Spanish cabinet reports that
tranquility again prevails in Madrid.
Chaos rules in the province Of PechiN
China, sud Thousands are starving ip
3st!sG.