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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-31
CORN CROP NOT RUINED.

WASHINGTON, July 25.-The secre-
gloomy view of the agricultural pros
poets between the allegheny and
rocky mountains "a do some of the ex-
perts not connected with the govern
ment service. But Secretary Wilson
does not overlook the injury already
done and that will increase unless
there is abundant rain during the next
few weeks. The hard wheat belt of
the Northwest, he says, has been con
siderably damaged, but he does not yet
despair OF an average yield Of corn in
The corn belt, Which he defines as ex.
tending east from the Missouri river to
the Alleghenies, embracing the ates
OF Iowa, Wisconsin, the northern part
of Missouri and all Of Illinois, Indiana
and Ohio. The most regrettable loss,
declares the Secretary, is that of the
macaroni wheat crop. For the first
time an experiment had been made
this year in the production of this va
United States. Secretary Wilson has
been encouraging this experiment ever
since he has been at the head of the
agricultural department, and imported
the seed from northern Africa, where
most Of the wheat Is produced which
supplies Europe and the world with
macaroni. The grain fourishes only
in an arid or semi-arid climate, and II
was in that region of the West where
large crops OF it were sown this year.
The reports show that about 100 900
bushels of mscaroni wheat was in sight
this year, but the drouth has prac-
ticaliy killed it. But this country, it
has been shown, can produce o fine
quality OF macarOni wheat under favor
able conditions, and the farmers who
tried it this year will not abandon the
effort. This country imports about
Is ,00t 900 pounds OF macaroni, worth
about $8,000,000. 1t soon will produce
all we consume and have surplus for
export, as ia tue ise with all of our
other cereal products.
Aside from this one failure Secretary
Wilson will not admit that the outlook
indicates the total failure of any other
cereal crop. Wheat and oats in the
semi-ard region OF western Kansas,
Nebraska and the Dakotas have sui.
fered greatly, and there will be a re
duced yield in that section. But the
shortne-s will not be nearly so heavy
as is being predicted by spectators
As to the corn yield, the secretary is
not at all pessimistic, He receives
daily reports by mail and wire from
trained agents of the agricultural de
partme mt, who are traversing every
az -icultural State and closely studyinl
conditions. None of these reports. &C
cording to the secre airy, iustifies tn,
predictions of wholesale crop failure il
the West which are INDUCED in by
great many farmers, traders and spec
ulators at the center OF distribution.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-31
THE WATCHM AN.
Old Home Week Edition.

May % the Vermont WATcHMAN Co.,
sent this circular to prominent citizens and
leading business firms in the State:
In order to disseminate information con-
corning the resources Of the State, and 10
aid in making Old Home Week success,
we have undertaken. in a handsomely Illus
trated edition of the VERMONT WATCHMAN,
to represent the commercial, historic and
picturesque features of the cities and towns
Of the State. We propose to make this edi
ton creditsble type OF the printers art.
II will be sent to boards OF trade, to other
organic ltiouA and to individuals whom H. IL
desirable to interest in Vermont and her re-
sources, and 70 the leading hotels of the
country. W. hope to have the cooperation
Of business men in all parts OF the State
The enterprise was cordially endorsed
and commended by individual citizens,
whose invariably favorable judgment was
exp -essed in the subjoined letter to the
manager, by one who is among the most
eminent OF the State:
1 am just now In receipt OF your note In
which you discuss the advisability OF pub
fishing an Old Home Week edition OF the
WATCHMAN, prim triy to assist in making
Old Home Week success, and incidentally
to illustrate and represent the commercial,
historic and picturesque features OF the
State, giving to the issue wide circu
lstiop. 1 am glad to know that you have
such scheme under consideration, for
feel confident that IL will be one which
would contribute to the welfare and good
fame of the State and be a decided advan
tage to its business interests,
The management and prosecution OF the
enterprise was placed in the hands of Mr.
@. II. Thorpe of Lowell Mass. With his
assistants he has been at work In the STATE
during the past four weeks. The business
houses and corporations in every place Wis
tied have taken an active interest in The
proposition to publish this Edition OF tn,
WAToHMAN and have given it very liberia
financial support.
Mr.. Thorpe has reached the central par
OF the State and will canvass its towns il
the interest Of the Edition and explain it
special features to their business men.
THE VERMONT WATcHMAN Co.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-31
DOMESTIC.

MONTREAL, July 26 "A convent and
twenty five houses were destroyed by
fire early this morning at Laprarie, on
the south side OF the St. Lawrence near
here. The loss will approximate
800 600.
NASHUA, N. H., July 26. - Fire
this morning destroyed the immense
cooperage plant of Proctor Brothers,
covering two acres, the foundry of the
White Mountain Freezer company and
two dwellings. The total loss is 1925,
600.
The firemen had great difficulty in
preventing the flames from communi-
eating with adjoining property as the fire
was in the heart of the manufacturing
district. AT the request of the Nashua
fire department an engine and crew
were sent from Lowell by train but
were not unloaded after their arrival as
the fire was then under control. Nc
casualties.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-31
CHARGED WITH MURDER.

Addison county has developed another
probable murder case. States Attorney j.
b. D1noway is investigating a charge OF
infanticide at e ast Granville. Tn woman
who is charged with being the participant
in the affair is one Mary Dumas, an un-
married person, aged about twenty-eight
The child born was male and fully de-
veloped.
The examination of the child's remains
disclosed that 1t was born alive and that the
abrssions of the head and fracture of the
skull must have occurred after living
birth L. is claimed that the CHILD WAS
born at about two O'Clock in the morning
and that no one was told OF 1t until about
eight o'clock the same morning. When the
mother OF the suff sriug woman found her
grooming and inquired Shst the IN after was
she was informed that the child was born
but was dead
DR.. Huntington OF Il )ch 9ster performed
an autopsy, disco lering that the head
showed exterior bruises and under the skull
clotted blood. The lungs we're also extract
ed and examined and sho we'd that they
were not those of an und liverded foetus
but those of child once alive.
From the developments st te's Attorney
Donaway made out complaint charging
the woman with murder and she is in the
custody OF Deputy Sheriff Hemiuway at
home awaiting her recovery 80 that she can
be taken to Middlebury or have hearing
In Granville.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-31
AN OPEN SWITCH

The Boston and Maine White Mountain
express ran into construction train at
Springfield station Thursday afternoon.
The express struck the train as 1t stood on a
siding, crashing through the caboose, in
stsntly killing Engineer George II. Corliss
and overturning the engine OF the con.
struction train. Corlss was found pinned
under the wreckage horribly mauged.
Both engines were badly wrecked The en-
gineer and fireman Of the express escaped
by jumping. None Of the passengers were
injured.
The &C ident was caused by an open
switch. Corliss was asleep in the caboose
at the time OF the accident. II was his duty
to see that the switch was closed but 1t Is
supposed, as he had been at work for two
successive days and nights, that he neglect =
ed TO close it, Corliss was thirty-two years
old aud unmarried His home was at
Springfield, M ass, where he has mother
aud brother.
The construction train was made up OF
an engine and caboose with the caboose
ahead.
Engineer Corless had left his engine and
gone into the caboose for a bite from his
dinner pail. 1t is supposed he dropped
asleep bsfore he had closed the switch. The
| express was running at a rate OF forty miles
an hour. As IL rounded a curve 1t was less
| than train length from the cAboose. The
engineer OF the express train set the all
| brake to the emergency notch, and, with
his fireman, jumped an instant before thu
crash came. The caboose was crushed like
an egg shell. The fact that the caboost
was ahead, easily crushed, and acted as
| buffer, doubtless saved the lives of many
passengers in the express. IL was the opin
ion Of those best able TO judge that had thu
two locomotives crashed head on, tho
wreck OF the express train would have beef
much worse than II was.
On the express train were IL. Is. Taplir
and Mrs. II. ID. Hopkins and daughter O
this city. With the other passengers the.
experienced bad shock, but were unin
inred. Mr.. Tspln reached Montpelier OF
the early train this morning, Mrs. HoI
kins and daughter remained at White Rive
local train this morning.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-31
LOSS 100000.

DAVENPORT, Ia, July 26.-An area
equsl to twenty city blocks was laid
waste by fire last evening. The loss
will bo fully 100000 The flames
started in a big pile of kindling wood
of the Rock Island and Fuel company
on the ievee A brisk breeze was
blowing, which carried the flames d.
rectly across the immense lumber yards
of WeJ erhauser Denkmann, which
were totally destroyed. The spread Of
the fire was 30 rapid that w ,rkmen
barely had time to desert The yard
The flames then reached the adj Nn =
iug residence district, closely settled
with middle class homes, the average
value being $4,000 each, from which the
occupants escaped only with thCi-
lives and their clothing on their backs
Over fifty homes were thus burned,
some of them tenements, resulting in a
hundred families being rendered home
less.
Efforts to check the flames were un-
avsiling until they spread on The north
to the spacious grounds of s.. Rather.
ines Hall, boarding school for young
ladies, which was saved after the tower
was burned off. By ten O'Clock the
onfagration was under control. TIE
mill of the Weyerhauser Denkmanr
company and wards were totally des
troyed, loss $500 900. Residences and
other losses are 100000 more. 1t il
believed there were n fatalities.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-31
OH FFkh'S PLANS

MANILA, July 26.-Gen. Chaffee is
planning an aggressive campaign in
Bantangas province and on the islands
of Bohol and Samar, where civil gov
eminent has been temporarily sus-
pended, when he is able to reinforce
the troops there to his satisfaction.
The Twentieth infantry will be dis
tributed through Batsngas. The Ninth
infantry will be stationed in Samar and
the Seventeenth in Bohol. The scat
tered troops of the Sixth cavalry will
be withdrawn from Boz Of aud concen-
trated in southern Luzon. The new
Thirtieth infantry is preparing to go
to Mindoro island.
Gen. Chaffee has been crippled for
transportation, as the Liscum was the
only available inter-island transport.
The Wright is being repaired and Adj
Gen. Coroin has gone on tour of in
spection in the South on the Lawton.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-31
F0SBURGH MURDER.

WASHINGTON, July 26. James Gray,
a white man, thirty-eight years old, is
under arrest pending investigation by
the police, who suspect that he is the
burglar connected with the Fosburgh
murder mystery.
An affidavit by woman friend of
the man, called LEW" Gray, states
that Gray left her in Springfield the
day Of the Fosburg murder, and on his
return said he "had to shoot some one"
in order to get away.
Gray was confined In the work house
two weeks for stealing a hat. During
the confinement he took such intense
interest in the Fosburg trial, su' PIGEONS
were aroused and this morning, when
released, he was rearrested.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-31
MORE vERMONTERS

In addition to those persons whose names
were published on Thursday replies have
been received by the secretary Of the Ola
Home Week Association from the follow
ing persons who I'M end to return this year:
DR.. Homer 9. Brigham, Grand Rapids,
Mich. DR.. b. l. Dwinell. Taunton, Mass:
g. b. Lodge. Jr.l Lisbon, N II. ; Millard z.
Davis, Lowell, Mass; 1. J. Galaise, Chi
cago, Ill.,; David Jehu, Concord, N, H.;
7. b. Jewell, E.q., Washington, d c.;
Mrs. Howard A. Littlefeld. Lynn, Mass. |;
Mrs. j. Q. p age, Boston, Mass; Mr.. e. s,
Sawyer, Fitchbnrg, Mass Albert r. Smith,
Boston, Mass Edward A. Sweet, Brooklyn,
N. Y; Edward NJ. slsyton, Manchester
N. H.; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M Turner,
Concord, N H.; Mrs. Flora Turcott, Man
chester, N. H.; Mahlon Taplin, Winchester
Mass.
The return of the following persons is
doubtful: Rev. @. W. Gallagher, Lockport,
N. Y; W. s. Martin, Jr. Manchester, N, III
Charles @, Uphsm, Esq, Canton, Ohio.
The following will not return; II j An
drews, Maiden, Mass; Arthur II. Baker,
Brooktou, Mass /; o car p. Bushnell, Mt.
Gilead, OHIO; Lloyd CLARK, ST.. Joseph, Mo I;
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Cushman, BrooklIne,
Mass; Mrs, Thomas Carroll, Peabody,
Mass; P J Chase, Mediord, Mass; H. NJ.
Washing on, d c.; Mrs. Lewis G. Humph-
rey, Boston, Mass Mrs. Sarah Q Hubbard,
Springfi I'D, Mass. Mrs. g. b. Haven, Pea
body, Mass. Mrs. Mary A. B. Hull, FL
mira, N Y; Prof. John X. Lord, Hanover,
N H.; Daniel B. Meigs, M, p, Fsrnhsm
p. @; Julia A. Mson, Lowell, Mass.
Cyprisn Peltier, Three Rivers, p. O.; Mrs
Mary e Howard p tkin, X 4lamszoo, Mich
(born in Montpelier April 4, 1870; Dir. VIM
M. Ram dell, Brooklyn, N. Y; Rev. Daniel
g. Roberts, Concord, N H.; Ruth S. Rob
inson, Thomaston, Maine; Edwin N Sea
yer, Middleboro, Mass; Mrs. j 4ne l., Saw
yer, Athol, Mass George A. Viles, Boston
Mass Mrs. Alps Mutt Whitney, Newton
Mass VIM IL Weston, Newport Il. 1.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-31
PAINFULLY BURNED.

Mrs. William Grantield OF Baldwin
street was nearly burned to death Thursday
morning while preparing breakfast over a
kerosene stove In some manner her
clothing caught fire from the stove and
the flames spread rapid y. She rushed
snrieking from the house into the yard,
rolling in the wet grass in her endeavor to
extinguish the flames
Her suffe ing Was intense and her outcries
pitable TO hear. Her husband. who is EN-
ployed AZ coachman for j. 8. Viles, was ut
work at Mr.. Vles barn near by and was at
tracted by his wife's screams. He rushed
to her rescue tearing the fl aiming garments
from her body thus saving her life. Mrs.
Grsnfisld was carried into the house and
physicians summoned. IL was found that
she was frightiully burned about the chest
and arms and her hair badly singed.
Mr.. Grandeld's hands were also severely
burned In tearing away the clothing. While
In a Frustrated condition II Is expected the
woman will recover.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-31
ACCIDENT AND DEATH.
~ al Sr~e sserus

West Berlin was the scene of sad &C.
cident and death on Thursday afternoon.
Late in the afternoon Mrs. mer Dewey
was taken suddenly and fatally ill., Mr..
D3wey sta ted for Northfield in a one horse
rig to secure medical aid.
In his desp ration re idrove furiously
On the road he came upon Dan McCsrty
working on the highway with four horse
team. There was ample room to pass but
Mr.. ID 3wey in his ex RENE agitation did not
exercise the same care in turning out that
he would havs ordinarily, with the result
that his team -ashed into the other.
The pole of the heavy team struck Mr.
D5wey's horse in this breast and ca % out
at the shou der. The animal died at once.
Mr.. Dewey was thrown among the horses
but was not seriously mi lred. When he
finally sec lred medical aid and reached
home he found his wife had died during
his absence. The husband is the only son
OF the late Charles f. Dewey of Berlin
whose funeral occurred on We inesday OF
this week.
Mrs. Dewey met with an accident sbout
week ago. Blood poisoning set in and
this was the cause OF her death. Aside
from her husband, two young children sur
vive. The funeral services were hello
Sunday afterr Don at two o'clock from Mrs
Dewey's late home in West Berlin.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-31
Beware of OintmeniS for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering it through the mu-
cons surfaces. Such articles should never be
used except on PERCEPTIONS from reputable
physicians, AZ the damage they will do is
ten fold to the good you can possibly de
rive from them. Halls Cstarrh Care. nan
ufactur+ By F. j. Cheney g. Co., Toledo
o., contains no mercury, and is taken inter
nslly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces OF the system Ia buying
HALLS Cstsrrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. II is taken inter nally and made
in Toledo, Ohio by F. j. Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists, price rs cents per bot
tie
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-31

Pull up that tree by the roots and they all
die with it.
Group all these courses of suffering and
death "heart failure" with the rest. and
call the whole mass STOMACH FAILURE
and you have hit the nail on the head.
The digestive organs are the sparkling
fountain of life or the Dead Sea-just as
you please.
In deep seated dyspepsia with organic
and nervous complications, even dieting
and much chewing will not answer the pur-
pose. The mischief is done. The stomach
must have the distinct and direct help that
lies in the use of Calcura Solvent, the new
medicine prepared 10y DR.. David Kennedy.
It's results are marvellous even in the worst
cases. 1t allays pain, promotes a free flow
of gastric secretion, gives immediate relief
and works a radical cure. 1t is new in
theory and in its mode of action. All
drugg: sts, $500 bottle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-31

through Calais, Worcester, Woodbury. and
East Montpelier this week in the interest o
the street fair to be held at Montpelier
They report the people In these localities
enthusiastic over the project aud planning
to visit Montpelier en- masse during Old
Home Week. The promoters have man
at Woodsvile, N. H., Wells River and Gro
ton today billing those places.
The members OF Marquis de Lafayette
chapter, Daughters OF the American Revo-
luton, we're delightfully."- entertained at the
Cult House,. willismstown Springs on
Thursday by Mrs. O. A. Gale. The party
was transported from Barre in barge aud
the time until the dinner hour was passed
in inspecting the many places OF interest at
this restful spot. Full justice was done to
the excellent dinner served aud the ladies
reached home shortly after six O'Clock.
The Boston EUening Record OF Monday
says: ia these days OF 100 degrees in the
shade, when the shi waist for men is an
everyday sight In our streets, II may be
interesting to learn the origi and history
OF that useful and comfortable garment. Ia
the current number OF the Black Cat, Harle
Cummins, short story writer OF great orig
inality, whose contribution to The Record
last week was commented n happily, has
| a Story which deals with this subject in q
very amusing aud convincing manner"
There are to be severel real estate changes
| in ward four this season James wing is
moving around and raising the Phillip Rob-
erts barn on Terrace street, preparatory TO
! converting 1t into a tenement house. O. ID,
| Mather contemplates erecting two 1ew
| tenement houses on the Terrace street ex-
tension, and has already received eight APP
plcstions for their rental. Clifton Al. Hea-
| ton Is to build the foundation for house
! on Baldwin street In the rear OF the Heaton
| homestead this fall but will not erect the
| house until next spring.
j r Wilson OF Worcester was in town
| Thursday to confer with Geo T. Common OF
Barre and complete arrangements for hold
ing the fourth annual reunion OF the Wash
iDgton County Veterans Association at
Dewey park, on August 10 ana ID. Ar
| rangements have been made with the Cen
| trail Vermont railway to run an excursion
from here to Roxbury on the morning o
August II to enable the visiting v1ter ans
! to attend the fortieth anniversary of the
mastering into the United States service o.
Company Ii, Sixth Vermont Infantry.
The Boston Globe of recent da.e pub
lished list OF surviving ma or and briga
der generals of the Civil War, after 9
lapse OF thirty-3ix years, The Globe finds
only seven in New England, and only one
from Vernont-Gen. o. o. Howard of Bur-
| lington. Snch list is incomplete withou
mention of Gen. S ephen Thorn ,s Of NJ )nt
pelisr, who served more than three years as
colonel OF the Eighth Vermont regimen
and who, in February, 1865, was commits
stoned brigsdier general, a rank he helC
until he WAS mustered out OF service, Aug
ust "a 1865.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-31
COURT EXPENSES

State Auditor o M Barber completed on
Wednesday evening auditing the accounts
OF M. f Smile, county clerk, for the March
term of Washington county court. and left
Thursday morning for Bennington.
Daring this term of court, which COM
menced March 8 and ended last week,
Judge Smile paid out, in round numbers,
$4,000 The larger items of expense are as
follows: Jurors, $4,000; wine SEES for the
State, 81 700; reporter, $3.50; assistant
judges, $3.50. The remainder is m sde up OF
miscellsne rus items incident to a term oil
court. 1t was the longest and most expen.
sive term on record from Washington
county.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-31
OLD no NE WEEK.

e. II. Deavitt, secretary OF the loo Al Old
Home Week Association, has received re.
plies from the following to whom invita-
lions were sent, signifying their intention to
return to Montpelier during Old Home
Week:
Martin L. Andrews, Salem, Mass: ]. e.
Bosworth. Lebanon, N. ii George A,
Brown and wife, Worcester, Mass; A. l..
Cushman, Concord N. H.. ; Rev. D.. Henry
1. Cushman, Providence, Il. l.; DR.. S. r.
Davis, Lynn, Mass; DR.. Mary K Emery,
New York city; Mr.. and Mrs Frank Green
mon, Nashua, N FL =; Rev. DR.. VIM. J. Har-
ris, Nashua, N. a.. DR.. Charles Newcomb,
North Hsverhill, N. H.: DR.. Hermon X
Sherburne, Littleton. N. III Benz. B. Sloan,
Bethlehem. N. I J. Boynton, Boston.
Mass; Mrs. Mary Walton Dewey, Cam
bridge, Mass; Dr. Charles Q. Ellis, somer-
Manchester, N H.; Willard B. Lindsay,
Boston. Mass; H. M. Pierce, Chelsea
Mass Lillian ID, Slack, Maiden. Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. III. Valentine, Nashua,
N. II.
The following say doubtful: George H.
Hatch, Nashua, N. H.; Fred W. Hatch
Nashua, N, II.
The following persons send rerrets: G
III. Bushnell, Thompsonville, Conn; VIM
ID. Caldwell, Nashua, N. H.; Tn lmas CARR
gan, Worcester, Mass; Frank II. Dalton
Hanover, N III, Mrs. II. d. Gilman, Ess
Tilton, N. H.; Mattie II lien Kelsey, Hart
ford, Conn; A II. St4bbns, NJ 4nchester,
N. H.: Rev Charles A. Allen, Bridgewster
Mass; George p. Dewey, Portland. Me-.
Frank II. Gary, Boston, Mass; Anna X
Gorhsm, Northampton, Mass; Mrs. Stan
lay B. Hildreth, Cambridge, Mass; Mrs
Willard Holden, II .rtfoId, Conn Perle,
w. Hidden, Hartford, Conn; Dr.. q. p II
Joyce, Kingston, N. H.; r A. Keith, ~
ton, NJ Ass.; Don @ Newton, Bos on, Mass.
Charles Miner Thompson, Cambridge
Mass; Ashton r. Willard, Boston, Mass.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-31
Effect Was Magical.

MI Pulaski, ILL.,, Mar. 25. 1901,
wish to testify to the excellent results
obtained througl the use OF your Bsxter's
Mandrake Bitters, 1 suffered for years
with indigestion. sick headache and palpi-
tation OF the heart. had tried different
remedies, but received very little relief. /
tried Baxters Mandrake Bitters and the
effect was magical used only two boxes
Of the tablets, and have had no sto mach
trouble in over year.
ID. sTUBBLEBINE.
The writer Of the above is the we'll known
Cornet soloist and Musical Director. Sold
In liquid or tablets at Is cents.