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The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29
Reliable and Gentle.

There are pills and pills. You want pill which is certain, thor ough and gentle. Mustn't gripe. DeWilt's Little Early Risers fill the bill. Purely vegetable. Do not force but assist the bowels.
 Sold by R. E. Vance Bordeaux.
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29
Astounding 2 Discovery.

From Coopersville, Mich, comes word of Il wonderful discovery of a pleasant tasted liquid that when used before retiring by anyone troubled with bad cough always insures a good nights rest. "It will soon cure the cough too" writes Mrs. $. HimeIbarger, flor three generations of our family have used Dr. Kings New Dis covery for consumption and never found It's equal for coughs and colds" It's an unrivaled life-sav. CT when used for desperate lung diseases. Guaranteed bottles Soc and s1.00 at R. E. Vance Bor- deaux' drug store. Trial bottles free.
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29

List of Letters Remaining in the 20. at Monticello, Ark,
 Unclaimed for 80 days. Mrs M E Bartlett Chester Dixson Rosie Daniels George Douglass Willie Gum Jennie Hesque 1 $ Huntington Henry B Keesing Jeff Routh Chas Butler Minnie Smith Silvan Toms $ H Thompson Mrs Nj Walker A l. Wilson Ada Wilson. K E Walker The above unless called for in the next two weeks will be sent to the dead letter office.
 N. II. SAVAGE, P. M
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29
For County and Probate Judge.

We are authorized to announce COL W F. SLEMoNs a candidate for election to the of fee of County and Probate Judge of Drew county: subject to the action of the Demo cratic primary election
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29

MR. Bryan was not a success ful candidate, but he Is greater in defeat than most men in vic fatV
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29
IMPROVEMENTS IN STAR ROUTE
 SERVICE.
Bids Must be in by Dec. }, IooI.

The Post Office Department has issued an advertisement inviting bids for carrying the mails on all star routes in Arkansas. from July F. 1902. to Inne 3o.Sooo.
 stroyed by fire eel Fi at the of
 Loss, si00lo0O; pa |lly post.mast-
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29
: ..d7toriiaf.

CONGRESS convenes next Mon day.
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29
For County Clerk.

We are authorized to announce MIR JOHN W KIMBRo as candidate for Ire election to the office of County Clerk of Drew county: sub ieet 10 the action of the Democratic Primary af.ofinp
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29

SOME of the Clark organs, without a thought as to it's legitimate sequence, are claiming that the young men of the coun- try are for Clarke and the old ones for Jones While, of course, there Is no semblance of truth in the assertion, for some old men are for Clarke and some young men are for Jones and vice versa, but If 1t were true. in point of fact, that the old men were for the re election of Senator Jones, 1t would most assuredly be a strong point in his favor, since 1t IS truism: "Old men for counsel and young men for war" The old men, who have stood the brunt of time and had their ardor assauged by the vicisi- tudes of many years, who are ripe in experience and usually temperate in all things, are well
 qualified to judge of the fig of a man to such a resp le place as the United Sta h. ate. To claim that t.s SA 1en are for Jones is a5poost tlfseE E..igh- est compliuf. .fEs OR INT he Sena- tors enimi1 ,im. But
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29

J. U, A IUHl Administrator etc. of said Estate
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17
The NorthfieId Bridge Question.

Our neighboring town of Northfeld,
Mass, has a bridge question on it's
hands which arouses an unusual de-
gree of interest and, as a matter of
course, a division of public sentiment.
The question is, in brief, whether the
town shall unite with the Central
Vermont railroad company in rebuild
ing the combination railway and
highway bridge as now located, or
whether the partnership with the
railroad shall be dissolved and the
town shall build a new bridge at a
point farther up the river nearly oppo-
site the Moody schools, and giving
nearly direct access to South Vernon.
A special town meeting was called to
be held last week Thursday, but this
meeting was rendered void by tech
nical mistake in drawing the warrant.
The question of location was infor-
mally discussed at this meeting and
an informal vote of 70 to 72 was re-
corded in favor of the upper location,
which has come to be called the
Moody site"
Both for the convenience of the
schools, and because they believe it
would be for the best interests of
large majority of the people of North
field the trustees of the Northfield
Seminary offer to pay $4,000 toward
the cost of a new Independent bridge
at the upper location. The total cost
of the bridge is estimated at $4,000,
ieaving only $4,000 for the town to
pay. 1t is claimed that the mail ia
cilities of the town, and the gen
eral convenience of public travel
would be greatly improved by the
proposed change.
In a letter printed elsewhere in this
paper, the Rev. DR.. Pentecost, a lead
ing summer resident and real estate
owner in Mortified, makes a strong
presentation of reasons in behalf of
an Independent bridge. This letter
will be read with interest by the Brat
tIeboro community who feel the
Mortified interests to be closely iden-
titled with their own.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17

premier of the dominion government,
will be named as chairman of the
British commission. The commission
will be called upon to give considera-
tion to a number of important ques-
tions involving matters that have long
been in dispute between Canada and
the United States, and some that have
been in dispute between Great Britain
and the United States. The three
leading questions which were the sub
ject of protracted discussion before
were those relating to fur sealing in
the Behring sea and the waters of the
North Pacific ocean; the Atlantic and
Pacific coast fisheries and the waters
of the common frontier; and the de
limitation and establishment of the
Alaskan boundary. There are, how
ever, several other questions of i'm
pOrtance, such as those relating to
alien labor laws, mining rights of citi-
izens of each country within the ter
ritory of the other, readjustment of
customs duties upon the basis of re-
ciprocal equivalent, revision of the
treaty of 1917 respecting naval yes
sells on the Great Lakes, complete
definition and marking of the frontier
line by land and water to prevent all
future dispute.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17

over 200 odd Fellows have attended
the annual sessions of the grand bodies
of the fraternity in the state at Bradford
this week. The grand encampment Tues
day elected l.. +. Mellen of Rutland grand
patriarch; Charles w. Farr of St. Johns
bury, grand scribe; and L. j. Brown of
BraC-urd, grand treasurer w. f. God
dard of Brattleboro is a member of the
credentials committee. The Patriarchs
Militant paraded under the lead of Col.
o. II. Henderson of ST. Johnsbury, de-
partment commander and mounted staff
The grand lodge on Tuesday chose Smith
b. Waite of Hyde Park grand master
II. f. Parker OF Bradford, grand secre-
tary, and E. p. Adams of Swanton, grand
treasurer. Four lodges have been insti-
tuted and the net increase in member
ship during the year is 175. The Rebekahs
held their meeting yesterday and elected
Mrs. Helen L. Stllson of Bennington
president, Mrs Louise L. Boyce of Barre
secretary, and Mrs. Ella C. Finney of
Lyndonville treasurer Mrs. Alice Landry
of Brattleboro is the marshal The meet
ings next year will be held in Ludlow.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17

The supreme court of Vermont
handed down a decision Tuesday de
claring unconstitutional that portion
of the Vermont statutes requiring
bond and investment concerns in other
states to secure a license and file
bond of $4,000 before doing business
in Vermont. The court found that
the law conficted with the fourteenth
amendment to the Federal constitution
and the bill of rights of Vermont
The decision was given in the case
of the State VS.. F, d. Cadigan, Boston
agen, of the bondhouse of Farson,
Leach & Co., New York, which came
to the court from Windsor county
This law had been in force several
years. The price of the license was
fixed by the capital stock of the com
pany, being $40 on the first $4,000
of capitalization and So on each ad-
ditional $4,000 or fractional part
thereof. Ten years ago 5S bond and
investment companies were recorded
in the report of the inspector of
finance as doing business in the state,
but the statute had an effect in re-
ducing the number, and the last re-
port showed only one building and
loan association, one investment COM
pany and 13 bond concerns as licensed
to do business in. the state.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17
Gbe ))rrmOnt pbUnit.
EN- p A G E S.
BRATTLEBORO,
FRIDAY, MAY II, 1901.

Consolidation is still the watch
word of the hour Two of the events
of importance in the business world
Atlas line of steamships running from
New York to West Indies and Cen
tral America by the Hamburg -Ameri-
can line; and the passing of control of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad into
the hands of the Pennsylvania system.
The two railroads will continue to be
operated separately. but Pennsylvania
men will be at the head of the Mary
land corporation.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17
The Inside of the Northern Pacific
Fiuht.

The facts-or at least the alleged
facts-about the Northern Pacific deal
are gradually coming out 1t is now
said that when Mr. Hill of the Great
Northern began buying Burlington
stock for control by the Northern Pa
cific road, the Union Pacific interests
protested on the ground that this
would be a serious damage to the
Union Pacific line. This is because
the Burlington and the Union Pacific
roads parallel each other mile after
mile. not only in their main fines but
in their feeders. AS the situation has
heretofore existed, there was a chance
for competition, but with the Burling-
ton road in the hands of the Northern
Pacific, the Union Pacific would be left
at the mercy of that great through
trunk line. Mr.. Hill is said to have
denied that he was trying to buy con-
troll of the Burlington, and when it
became evident that the stock was be-
ing bought for him, the Union Pacific
men proposed a compromise which
would assure that line a fair share of
the through business. Mr.. Hill re-
fused to consider any such suggestion,
and thereupon began the purchases
for him by the firm of Kuhn, Loeb &
Company which resulted in the sellers
of Northern Pacific being caught
short and the disastrous panic of
last week Thursday. 1t is still uncer.
tain which side holds control of the
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17
A Kniaht of the 2oth Century.

\ week ago William Phelps was an
ordinary negro laborer, distinguished
in no way from thousands of his race.
But there was in the man latent quail
ties of heroism and self sacrifice that
needed only the hour of trial to reveal.
Today he is dead, but he died so noby
that no one can read of his death un-
moved. This is the story as told in
an Associated Press despatch from In
dianapolis
William Phelps of Richmond, KY,
and James Stansbury of indianapolis.
Ind, were cleaning the inside of an
eight-foot upright boiler at the Cereal
Wine mills Saturday when an employe
turned on the steam, thinking the cock
was tight. 1t leaked, and the scalding
steam poured in on the two men. The
only exit was up a ladder to a man
hole in the top. Both jumped for the
ladder. Phelps reached it first. took
one step and stopped. He jumped
aslue and shouted: You go first, Jim,
you are married"
Stansbury sprang up the ladder
and escaped with slight burns about
Ine face and legs. Though Phelps fol
lowed at his heels his act of heroism
cost him his life. Both men were
being cooked when Phelps jumped
aside. BY the time he mad followed
Stansbury up the ladder the flesh was
dropping from his limbs He was
cooked alive, and with supreme effort
dragged his scalded body from the
manhole. He lived for two hours in
terrible agony, but did not let a groan
escape him.
1t was Jim's right to go first" said
he quietly. He is married" Phelps
had been boarding at Stansbury's
house.
1t would be difficult in searching the
pages of history to find a higher or
more genuine type of herosm than
that of this poor, unlettered. plodding
laborer of a despised race. 1t paral-
lels Craven's magnificent deed in Mo
bile bay, and the more recent chivalry
which brought death to Commander
Roper at Cavite. Some action ought
to be taken to make more than ephe-
neral the fame of William Phelps,
who is deserving of an enduring
monument with this inscription:
Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his
friends"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17
The Analo-Amerlean Commission.

The sessions of the Anglo-Ameri-
can joint high commission, which were
interrupted two years ago, will prob
ably be resumed shortly. The work
of the commission was barren of re-
suits, disagreement arising upon sew
eral of the questions in contention.
Baron Herschell of England, who was
chairman of the commission on the
part of Great Britain, died in Washing
ton from pneumonia early in 1899. 1t
is probable that Sir Wilfred Laurier,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17
The Mortified Conferences.

Rev. Samuel Chadwick of Leeds,
England, will be one of the speakers
at Northfield this year. Mr.. Chad
wick is prominent among the younger
men of the Wesleyan body of England,
and his ability as Bible student, with
his great success in evangelistic effort,
has placed him among the leading
forces in aggressive Christian work
in GreaC Britain. His prominence as
a Wesleyan, together with his associa-
tion with Rev. G. Campbell Morgan, Of
London, will doubtless attract large
numbers of Methodists throughout
the country to the conference. An
nouncements will be made later as to
other leading speakers from abroad.
An unusually strong program may be
anticipated.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17

Congratulations are due to Rev. c.
O. Day for the honor. and for the op-
portunity for large usefulness. which
have come TO him in his election as
president of Andover Theological Sem
mary; but it is TO the institution it.
self that congratulations are most of
all due for the insight and wisdom
which prompted the choice of Mr.. Day
as its working and official head. The
Brattleboro community knows Mr.
Day, through years of well-tested ser
vice, as a man of strong intellectual
grasp, of wide federation, of the
broadest sympathy-a type of our best
American manhood. As the inspiring
and directing head of the Andover
Theological Seminary Mr.. Day will
prove himsely a worthy companion of
our best American educators, but his
highest and best Office will be that of
a moral and spiritual force among
the young men of his charge. We may
add that the greatest compliment
which can be paid him is to say that
from none of his acquaintance will
congratulations be warmer or more
spontaneous than from the boys" of
the First Vermont regiment who were
with him at Chickamauga in the trying
summer of 1898.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17
Foremost Weekly Newspaper of New
England.
From the Mortified News.

TFrOm the NOrthneId NeWs.l
The Brattlebors Phoenix has recent
ly made notable improvements in it's
mechanical department, including ma
chine composition and new dress of
advertising type. There is no par
ticular improvement in its general
makeup and the completeness of it's
news service, for the very good reason
that for several years there has been
little opportunity to make any
changes which would bring it nearer
an ideal country weekly. This is a
rare but nevertheless deserved express
sion. The Phoenix has also moved
its business Office and editorial rooms
to larger and more commodious quar-
ters. The News extends it's hearty
congratulations to the foremost
weekly newspaper of New England.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17

At the recent auction sale of the
personal effects of the late Laura
Haskins, Mrs. George p. Miller of
Guilford bought an iron knocker which
proves to be an interesting relic of
the early days of Brattleboro. 1t
represents the head of Bacchus adorn-
ed with fruit and leaves and the
handle of the knocker is a vine of
leaves. The brass plate bears the
name of s. Elliot and the knocker
doubtless once belonged to Hon. Sam
uel Elliot, for whom Elliot street was
named as he owned the land and
erected the first house on the street,
a two-story brick dwelling. The
knocker is in good state of preserva-
tion.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17
The Best Weekly in Vermont.

VIIV
The Bratteboro Phoenix has added
another linotype to its already complete
equipment Ordinarily, it is a little NOR
tifying for one newspaper to refer to
another as the best weekly in Vermont"
but we all have that opinion OF tlIG
Phoenix. 1t is in a class by itself, with
few other entries the country over.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17

Yale, Brown, Dartmouth Amherst,
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology. Wellesley and Mount Hol
yoke are among the New England
colleges which have had new presi-
dents and now President Carterof Will
liams has rendered his resignation af-
ter long term of service. James II.
Garfield, librarian of Columbia college
and formerly chancellor of Nebraska
state university and president of Ohio
state university, and Hamilton Mabie,
editor of Outlook, are mentioned for
the presidency of Williams. Several
papers have referred to Mr. Garfield
as a Vermonter but he was born in
Ohio and after his graduation from
Williams lived in the west until he
came to New York.
In the death of Joseph Miller of
DummerstOn the Windham county
community loses a native and life
long resident who was dstinctively
a type of our old-time New England
citizenship. Mr.. Miller grew up and
all his life long remained an indus
trious and thrifty farmer For two
years more than half a century he
was the faithful and trusted clerk of
his town. and in character he repre-
sented the best elements of good citi-
zenship; but aside from this was a
personality which his friends will
always remember with affection.
There was in him a native kindness
and sympathy of heart, a genuneness,
an intelligent interest, and a right
ness of thought and feeling which
won the love and confidence of every
one who knew him. His was a long
life well lived and fifty ended. For
every such life those who remain may
well offer quiet and sincere thanks
giving.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17
Bound to Be Heard
If We Bust Our Drum.

Am determined that clothing buyers
hereabouts shall know that am ready
for Spring business.
Some men need a change of clothes
this Spring. Others need a change Of
clothiers.
You get the kind of clothes you want
if you come to the right store
Bring your critical eye here and tell
US what you think Of the suits am
selling at So, 9, $40.
You will discover that they are not
cotton suits or shoddy suits, but all
wool, union made by Miner & Beal of
Boston. No sweat-shop clothing here.
If you have paid $40 for cotton or
shoddy suits you don't trade at the
right place.
You can find all the spring style
Hats here, including the celebrated
Dunlap Hats, best in the world.
You will find the best goods in the
market here
AMBROSE KNAPP.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17

Heretofore the tin used in the manu-
facture of salmon cans has been brought
in sailing vessels from England around
Cape Horn, but some of the proprietors
of canneries are now using the American
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17
THE VERMONT PHOENIX.
Published every Friday at Brattlcboro Vt, 10y
o. L. FRENCH.

TERMS; Sl.5O per year in advance; if
not paid within the year, 81.
Rates of advertising furnished on ap-
plicaton. Births, deaths and marriages
published free; Obituary Notices, Cards
of Thanks, etc, rs cents per inch of u
lines or less.
entered at the Brattleboro Post Office
as second class mail matter)
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17
NO. 20.

Northern Pacific and no settlement
can be reached until j. P. Morgan gets
back from England.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17

J. S. DUTToN,
VETERINARY SURGEON.
Residence, 1856 Main Street. Telephone.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17

w. F. GODDARD,
BOOK BIND R,
Retting Block, High Street Brattleboro.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17
DnstnEss Garbs.

JAMES CoNLAND, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office in Crosby Block. Hours to a.
m / to 8 D. m. Residence. 3 Walnut st.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17

c. S. PRATT, M. D.,
Is No Main ST., Brattleboro.
Office hours: ! to 2.30, $50 to s.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17

A. |. MILLER, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Hooker block till 8 a. m; to 2; $50
n n
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-26
WRECK ON SEABOARD
FLORIDA AND METROPOLITAN IN
FATAL SMAsHUP.
ONE KILLED, THREE INJURED.
PASSENGERS ESCAPED WITH sE-
WE'RE SHAKING UP.

Engine and First Four Cars Ran In
to WashOut and Turned Complete
ly Over-They Now Lay i'm n Mass
of Ruins With Tender Fifty Yards
Awny-Every Car Left the Track
and the Rails Were Torn Up for a
Long Distance.
Columbia, S. c., Aug. 25.-The Flor
ida and Metropolitan Limited train of
the Seaboard Air Line was totally
wrecked last night at 1925 o'clock,
seven miles south of Cheraw, S. c.,
due to a sand bank washout. The killed
and wounded are:
Fireman Rosemond crushed to death.
Engineer Muse, shoulder and leg in
jured.
Tom Clarey, another engineer, in
jured in knees and legs.
Postal clerk, name unknown, slight
ly bruised.
The passengers escaped with a severe
shaking up. Neither of the conductors
were hurt.
The engine and four front cars left
over. The engine is mass of debris.
The tender is fifty yards away. The
track was torn up for $50 yards, and
every car was off the track. Relief
came from Cheraw at midnight.
The scene of the wreck was a high
embankment of sand, which had been
entirely washed away. The engine and
first four cars left the track when the
roadbed gave way, and pitched head
long into the washout, turning COM
plete somersault. The rest of the
coaches, while not overturned, were all
derailed.
Great difficulty was experienced in
getting Engineer Cleary from under the
engine, where he was pinned in the
mud. He sustained internal injuries.
which it is feared may prove fatal. He
was not the engineer in charge, but
was taking his first ride to learn the
road.
The passengers, of whom there was a
large number aboard, escaped without
any injuries, though all received a
severe jostle.
The work of clearing the track is
making slow headway as the engine
and three of the cars are a mass of
ruins. All passengers and baggage are
conceded to be one of the worst ever
experienced on the Seaboards Florida
line.