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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-06
CUBA AND ANNEXATION.

While the United States government is waiting for the
acceptance of its terms by the Cuban constitutional con
venton there less discussion Of the future OF
TIE republic and most Of the opposition to he policy
pursued by the president seems be disappearing.
General Fitzhugh Lee is quoted in interview as hav
ing declared that while the promise of the United States
ould be kept the American should not be with
drawn from the island until there is assurance that
peace and good order viii prevail there. He inti
ability Of the Cubans govern themselves
is doubtful and says that if the government shall
prove failure Cuba viii be forever confded to the con
troll of United States Newell Sanders president Of
the Chattanooga Chamber Of Commerce who has made
several trips Cuba is of the opinion that annexation is
the destiny Of Cuba and he that is what desired
by those who control the property interests in the island
The Cubans will be given to understand if they do not
understand fact now that the army occupation viii
remain unless ey to the terms Of this government
unless there good TO believe that the
public is be stable government capable of taking
of itself and fulfilling its obligations in the family Of
tons. When the Cuban problem has been finally disposed
Of it will be admitted that the United States right in
demanding the prescribed by the Platt resolution
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-06
characteriatic Aneodotes.
CFrom tbe Detroit FREQ Press !

(From the Detroit Free Press)
what is the secret of success in bust
ness?" was asked friend OF Cornelius
- anderbilt. "Secretl There is no secret
about it, replied the commodore; ''all
you have to do is to attend to your bust
ness and go ahead"
Garfield, when asked as a 10y what he
was going to do when he grew up, an
swered: First of all, I am going to try
to be man. IF I become that shall
be fit for anything"
General Grant had been for several
months in trent of Petersburg, apparent
ly ACCOMPLISHING nothing, while General
Sherman had captured Atlanta. and com
pleted his March to the Sea There
was strong cry to promote Sherman TO
Grants position. Hearing of it. Sher-
man wrote to Grant: Z have written to
my brother. John Sherman, To stop it.
I would rather have you in command
than anyone else. / should emphatically
decline any commission calculated TO
bring US into rivalry" General Grant
replied: NO one would be more pleased
with your advancement than I; and IL
You should be placed in my position. and
1 but q subordinate, it would not change
our relations IN the least. I should make
the same exerti0ns TO support YOU that
you have done TO support me; and L
would do oil in my power to make our
one of the last things said by Sir wal
ter Scott as he lay dying was: 4 have
been, perhaps. the most vo.Qminous au-
thor of my day. and It IS q comfort to
me 10 think that 1 have tried 70 unsettle
no mans faith. 10 corrupt 30 mant pria-
ciples, and that Z have written nothing
which on nay deathbed, I would wish
blotted out
When troubled with deafness the Duke
Of Wellington consulted a ply stefan. who
put strong caustic inro his ear. causing
an inflammation watch threatened his
lie The doctor apologIzad- expressed
great regrets. and said that the blunder
would ruin hin. "No. said + elEnEton.
7 VIII never mention L. Buzz VIII SOU
allow me % attend YOU. 81 that the peo-
rle VIII not withdraw Their confidence
80. said wellington. LAT would De
lying
what makes you work 50 hard ask
ed Q trleu1 Of Thomas A. Edison.
Hike t he answered. after moment
puzzled expression and t1en repeated
several times u liEe t. ] 90 net know
auy ether reason You kae~ how some
people llze 70 collect stamFs Anything
have begun IS always On nav ri1l. ard
, arm not easy Whils away -r7u Il u1ll
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-06

GIVE ready dabber IN averages and percentag es run
IN the field of statistics and he can turn Qua almost any
desired result One Of the university presidents has lately
undertaken TO show land he show that the ratio Of
production may be determined in any given community b
the ratio of its educational development as compared with
other communities. He shows by simple arithneticaI
calculation that the average Per capita Of production in the
Uniteo States is SIS cents day educated Nassachu-
sets 1t is cents day in uneiucaed Tennessee il is IS
cents school attendance in Massachusetts more than
double the Tennessee average-anl there YOU are
An unsophisticated reasoner would have thous that
there some other elements of the situation to he cor
eidered Massachusetts, for example is full Of Yankees
whose wits have been sharneaed against her granite
bouders Tennessee man may live without excessive
exercise Of his wits muscles Massachusetts has ace-
INFLATED capital Tennessee is shy Of Iaiau9 saln 1a
facts that citizen of Massachusetts mast work connl-
ousy suffer and that citizen Of Tennessee can work
little and live moderately we saou4 have some bearing
the question OF average per capita production
Leaving Massachusetts and Tennessee out of TIE o,as
tion moment may not something depend on local-vq
What fer example would be the ratio education 10 n
ducton ct Cripple Creek2 How would CrippIe Greek com
pare with Concord?
there is however another curious phase of this mat
ter The PHYSICISTS OF the agricultural department ha. 4
theory that occupation land hence production IS largely
matter Of diet They insist that IS IS be eats Pre-
esely give certain food to pgs race horses ana
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-06
MISERABLE MuscovY.

in the secuson of his palace Car of all the
Russias target for rrepressble and pacabe revou
tionists whose plots assistants
sacrifice among deemeu OF undying fidelity the i'm
peria throne The empire seethng under ferment Of
revolutions arrests are by the thousands and bullet
proof brisk demand among the highest official
classes Deepseaed distrust people pervades all
ministerial circles and the only OF authority the
widespread demand for larger of liberty is
tightening of the letters already ryeed the
the Russian people. The wealth and spendor of the
mobiles matched only by the poverty
cry proetarat The civilized world see
hear 1.-THE Of the drastic demands of power and
the suen endurance of the resisting people Russia sys
TEN OF government has become antiquaed her cal
endar and sensitive to attack though installed by
foreign invader.
Under such conditions ongTange war with Japan
Manchura and Korea might be accepted by the Gar
ministers alternative internecine anarchy
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-06
roLsrors REpoRrEn RANIsHMENr-

If the report Of Count Totois Punishment from Russia
should it would scarcely surprise From
the viewpoint of the Russian bureaucracy the great author
has mered deportation worse punishment hundred
times by his scathng denuncaons Of the existing
social system in numberess writings Tostois novels and
other books published during his later years constitute
series of socopotcal tracts in which church and state
fearessy and pulessly held up to execraon That
the protecting favor of the Cloth Alexander
Nicholas longer potent to shield him by
the recent accumulation of Tosoi at the behest Of the
procurator of the holy synod His Punishment from the
would be the logical sequence Of his expulsion from
the churcn.
Nothing that spiteful bureaucracy could do however
would prevent termination of The seed by Tolsto
whose influence in the coming emancipation of Russia VIII
comparable that exered by Rousseau Voltare
upon the men the revolutionary in France in the
Fiehteenth century.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-06

gmecocs to bring out desired hardness and endurance
is urged should cater to the juices out Of which
buded up poets. inventors lawyers aborers sol
ders statesmen and professional politicians According
this vew-aso bolstered by statisticsproducon is
les matter of education than of grub After all it
be that the basis Of Yankee superiority is the baked
bean.
It is matter Of history that General Grants military
successes followed upon the Of certain brand Of
whisky What did Funston eat while he evolving the
plan capture of Aguinado? Shakespeare speeu
lated upon the quality OF Caesars dietary. that he had
grown so great
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-06
CHARLES FlNcH's VIEW.
(From the Lawrence JournaI)

man VINO can 4-SIen to q brass band
braying for two hours. and then declare
he likes Il, is either a finely trained must
clan or a superb liar
The Santa Fe bonds were carried IN
Topeka by q great big majority. There
was no question raised as to whether the
bonds were wet or dry.
Leavenworth elected, for city clerk,
--chael PrzbyloWicz. When Leaven-
worth secedes from the United States, it
VIII ask to be annexed to Poland or
Italy.
When a man starts a rough house. he
has not kick coming If It falls on him.
Topeka viii probably think OF this the
next time she feels like starting some
thing.
There Is one consolation for Colonel
Hughes in his defeat; he VIII not have
TO quit smoking cigarettes, as he prom
ised Mrs. Nation he would do as soon as
he was elected.
The farmers OF central Kansas are or
ganizing for mutual protection. The OBJ
ject viii be to protect themselves from
the little bugs of the wheat fields. as
well as from the big bugs o. the grain
pits.
It seems pretty hard for April 10 shake
of the grip that the March weather got
on it. 1t is safe to say. however, that
1t may be only a few days, but We shall
have some.
Lincoln, Nebraska, gave an increased
Republican majority. Mr.. Bryan ought
really to give himself enough time from
the fatguing duties OF his weekly news
paper to look after these political mat
ters little
If Aggie does start for visit to this
country it should be with q guard
around him strong enough to see &c it
that he doesn't capture the ship he IS on
and sail it back 70 Luzon ready TO start
out on another bushwhaekng tour
There has never been platform writ
ten that scored the prohibition law IN
as many and as strong words IS old the
platform upon which M Parker was
elected in Topeka And Topeka men in
dorsed il by an overwhelming majority.
Nobody thinks very much Of china. ard
yet. at the same time, az must admire
her coll Of Russia's bluff X takes some
thing away from the charm Of The can
10 know that China had 70 II. but she did
IL. just the same. and Is entitled u
credit for II.
John Collins Is going 70 ask Governor
Stanley Tor a pardon. Il rs not az oil
likely ne viii get IT, Court aud people
alike were too strongly convinced Of his
guilt 10 permit ham 70 Is pard0nsd noW.
II may be done y hen he has served many
years moro % his sentence. but mex noE
The Wichita Eagle m-st havo had oae
eff tire Appeal 10 voters circulars ls-
sued bF the anti-imp roVeme fellows in
Lawrence on lis desk when il wrote the
following, Phe funniest things that
happen ars the circulars issued ID Kansas
towns in local elections IheT are lEks
the bulletins ISSUED curing the French
resoIusion and ablut as sensible
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-06
DE WET AND MANcHuRlA.

One Of contemporaries remarks that General DeWe
saved Manchuria Russia This is undoubtedly the
truth Of the matter 1t is not at all likely that Great Brit
would permitted Russia to force unsatisfactory
treaty upon the Chinese had for the heavy
hand in the Transyaa The Russians the shrewdes
and most INSCRIPTIONS diplomats in the world They
fully Great Britains difficulties they re-
ply to circumstances against the occupation Of Manchuria
that they VIII restore order and then hand the country over
to the Chinese authorities OF this statement is
falsehood in every implication and declaration contains
regarding the future policy Of Russia in respect
churia Manchura is eectually occupied the Rus
slams win not relfnquish their hold upon it. They never
abandon inch OF territory they have formally
duced possession and may granted
they viii begin in the case of Manchura province
they Deen covetng for many years which they
have long intended to grab pretext another
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-06

Je6ries and Rubin viii inside Of two months
The place of meeting has been found but the shutter
which viii bear Nr Ruhlns home is in Of consruc
ton
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-06

The case OF that lieutenant in the Philippines who en-
bezzled fifty cases of bacon is where wanted
whole hog and got The hog train trying get it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-06

William Of Germany congratulates the Sultan the
latters escape from earthquake. Possibly William
thinks that somehodv threw at the sultan
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-06

The courts have decided that they have no right t
limit the allowance Of Countess Casteane from the Goul
estate. The courts certainly have not.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-06

a fist fight between two prominent Kentackians too
place the streets of Louisville the other day, and
Yelous to relate. not revolver was drawn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-06

The government Of municipalities in the Philippines IS
going be intensely civil No soldier ecclesiasrc IS to
BE permitted to hoid Office
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-06

The occasional presidential tour VIII in time become
presidential custom The president of the United States
ought to United States.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-06

The case eeebre now ND in the criminal courts OF New
YORK is developing into great lying contest
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-06

Justice jerome SAYS that Valet Jones is wicked I'll
fortunate man lie is lot wicked than unfortunat
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-06

Washington II last seems iucaed to adopt some r.
tiCual plan & opening land
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-06

Dom Paul is stnl talking Of taat trip TO the Cnltes
States. WHY doesn't he so back 10 the TransvaaI2
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-06

The Claims @osla set into print II they had TO break is
with dynamite
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-26
CITY NEWS

Wni'e Joe SASH of Granite St . was
riding up rom Montpelier on bis bicy
Gle yesterday be collided with an cleo
Uric p, lie and broke his elbow. DR..
Deziel and Reid reduced the fra. ture.
Division Commander E. E. Perry
left this morning for Essex juno
tion to attend the annual encamp.
ment OF the Sons of Veterans.
James Fury was arrested yesterday
afternoon by Chief Brown. This morn
ing he pleaded guilty to a third offense
OF intoxication, and was tined $50 and
costs If $9.49 or the alternative SEN
tence of 80 days at Rutland. j. is
not yet known which sentence James
will take. A. A. Sargent appeared for
the state. G. A. Glenee has persisted
In refusing to;disclose where he got
bis 'sbot re" ard was taken to Mont
pelier Jail yesterday.
TIE game Of base ball between the
Barre and Montpelier lawyers is sche-
duled for s .tnrday afternoon at Mont.
pelier. Fred Rowland will pitch for
Montpelier and VIM. Wishart for
Barre. A return game will be played
here.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-26
CITY NEWS

Lost.-A gold locket, somewhere
between the opera house and Goddard
Seminary. Finder please leave it at
this Office.
At the meeting Of Iroquois tribe Of
Red Men last evening w. A. Wilson
was elected sachem for the next six
months; Peter Laxson, senior saga
more; Alex Ross, junior sycamore: W.
H. Bradbury, prophet. j. A. l.. Julian
was chosen representative to the Great
Council of Massachusetts, which will
meet in August. The newly elected
officers will be "raised up'' to their
respective suumps July 9th, by Dis
trict Deputy Great Sachem, j. A l..
Julian, One pale face was adopted
and two brothers were exalted to the
chiefs degree.
Edward Corey from the Hill was ar
rested yesterday afternoon about 4
o'clock near the G. V. depot by Dep.
uty Sheriff Camp. He was held until
the Montpelier officers came up after
him.
At the meeting OF the Granite
Polishers this evening at 1870 the
nomination and election Of officers
for the next six months will take
place and a full attendance is request.
ed.
There will be a meeting Of the
Clan Gordon Amusement committee
at O'Clock sharp Thursday evening.
I'd
Mr.. and Mrs James Glynn tender
ed their many friends reception in
Miles hall from O'Clock last night
until l this morning. The evening
was very pleasantly passed in dancing
and SOCIAL good time. Refresh.
ments were served. Mr.. and Mrs.
Glynn received a chamber set, center
table, and a chair from the Knights
of Columbus and many other valuable
presents from friends. The newly
married couple left on the II O'Clock
train last night for Concord and Man.
chester. N. II returning about Jul,
10, after which they will be at home
to their friends at NJ. II Forsy Vi
Place.
There will be meeting Of the sol
dierS monument committee at 30
Thursday evening In the council cham
Der, city hall. 6o 6
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-26
Prize SPEAKING
Continued from Page l.

man; vice president, A. W. PIERCE:
treasurer, Homer Fits; secretary, o.
n. HOLSTER. The committee on en-
dowment fund con lists Of George w.
Perry, Ira G. Calef, Albert Johonnott.
Ihe auditors are Clark King, B. P.
White, and A. G. Fay. Adjourned
until O'Clock this afternoon.
The 32nd annual commencement
exercises Of Goddard Seminary took
place this forenoon in the upper cha.
P,l before a large audience OF STU
dents, relatives and friends of the
school. The exercises were good
enough to be really enjoyable even In
this torrid weather.
Following is the program as render.
ed. On the platform were seated
President Shipman and Principal o X.
Hollister.
Music by the orchestra. Prayer by
President Shipman. Music by the or
chestra. Essay with Salutatory,
Child Spirit, Ethel Blanche Walston.
Grafton, ValHe of Association. Leon
George Cutler. Essay, Two Methods
OF Teaching, Edna Gladys Barron.
Grafton, Unrecognized Heroes, Tom
Denny Durham. Music by the Or
chesira. Essay, Rise Of the Library,
Olive Paine Calef. Grafton, Ameri
can Industry and Trade, Allis Gerald
Houghton.
Prophecies, Nancy Lucy Brown, Ida
Gertrude Shortt; music by the orcheS.
ira; grafton, industrial Consolidation,
Marcus Warren Waite; essay, Natures
Mysteries, Grace Mabel Stanley; ora
ton, Puritan VS. Cavalier, Ned Eugene
Wells; music by tie orchestra; essay,
True Aristocracy, Ella Nay Wooster;
GRAFTON, Public Ownership, Charles
Henry Wishart; valedictory, Rather
inc Alice Pal e: presentation of diplo.
mas; sing ng of class hymn; benedic.
ton.
The members of the class of 1901
are Wis Marie Averill Barre, Edna
Gladys Barron harre, Nellie Catherine
Blanchard Willlamstown, Nancy Lucy
Brown, Richville, Olive Pine Calef
Washington, Eleanor Templeton Cole
Marsbfeld, Adah Bessie Edwards
Richmond, Blanch Leona Gale Barre,
Emma Jane Green Hightstown. NJ,
Lizzie May Packer Marshfeld, RATHER
me Alice Page Piaintield, Ida Gertrude
Slortu Sharon, Grace Mabel Stanley
Washington. Ethel Blanche Walst"n
Williston, Ella My Wooster, Mar>hfeld
Florence Amelia Wooter Marshheld,
Fred Walker Burnham. Williams
town; George Arthur tutterfeld, No.
Montpelier; Homer Arthur Camp,
Barre; Tom Denny Durham, barre;
John Patrick Corcoran, Berr;. l. on
George Cutler, North Montpelier; Al.
lis Gerald Houghton, Putne!; Eorrest
Clark Spauldlne, Montpelier; Marcus
Warren Waite. East Calais; Ned Eu-
gene Wells, EAtield, N H.; Charles
Henry Wishart, Barre; James Earle
Wheeler, Mafshteld.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-26
HOW SP0NGES ARE 6ATNdEY

1ne gathering Of SpongeS st1t0&E
intereSl ing, is very unc1rtIY & eG
protits and sometimes hazardGs MtGs
hfe. The principal spc":c,e 4Nzasls
waters are the Mediterranean 81 GAE
the Gulf coast OF Florida
In the Mediterranean the sxlSRG'
dive for them, Using no other HezGx~
tus than a heavy stone. BY axxsstxI
practice they are enabled to &zsnEs
underneath the water three EsMsax:
at time: indeed some never exeuE.
This latter fate is the risk OF a1.tzEzs-r
ness.
The Florida fishers use SeeS sx1E
a wooden tub with glass atn10Es
This enables them tosee plakGy stael
the sponges are hooked up Witt 6 lM1E
pole. The quality of a spnsE d
Ponds largely upon the kind a. haG
and the depth Of water. Ttax- aMw
most valuable sponges come fc,E wAE
deep water In the Meditt rrasrasx Or
next in value from long rock aef o.
the west coast Of Florida. Ttax Co.,
ter sort, although not SO fac dk~C,
toughres and durability MAKE o6aEs
almost as desirable A ttlicf xuS.
cheap variety are known rs 1 xuG
sponge. They are taken in xtAk1sa
water around Florida 5 numeedx kcyGa
l have just lived a compesE HS8ss
Of all grades and will be plsAx Co..
show you the difference in pnQ1s.
They are all prices according d ttls1r.
value, as low as the quality I'll gks
NIT, from 8 cents to- $500.
W. E. POOLE, PhMu<lx.
rs State ST., Montpelkc u,
&C.. 81
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-26

1.-THE first occasion offered quickly take.
lest thou repine at what thou didst for
salD" Evidently that had no reference
to life insurance when il was written. but
it has a pointed one on this occasion. Do
you see 1t?
National Life Insurance Co. OF Vermont
l4utual) ORGANIZED In 1850. s. s Bal.
lard. General Agent, N. B. Ballard. Local
Agent. Rooms 2 and 8, Miles, Block. Barre
VAHm0nE
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-26
NAIL CARRIERS

Montpelier, Juue rs The success.
full contractors who have en- aware
ed cont racts for the different stage
No Ill routes are E. A. Morse Of Calais,
for the North Cal is and Hardwick
route: Nathan l.. Bancroft, for the
Worcester and Putnamsvile route,
and A. M. Reed for the Berlin route.
The time If the contrac s are from
July l. 1901 t. June 30, 1905.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-26
BASE BALL GAME

Special Trains from Graniteviile,
Webstervile and Montpelier via NJ. &
W. r. r..
N. B.-Remember the Great Races
July and 4. See bills for entry LISTS,
etc.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-26
NOTICE

All persons owing F. NJ. Waterman
meat bill are requested to call at bis
candy store and pay the same, or else
pay it to Slbley & Erwins' delivery
clerA when he calls. TT.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-26

If you have to pay the same rate in
paper with only one.half the circu-
lation do you not think you are getting
more for your money when you adver.
tiSe In the TELEGRAM
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-26
FROM YESTERDAYS LAST EDITION
THE OLDEST MILLINER

Montpelier. June 25.-The funeral
OF the late Polly D. Scribner was held
yesterday afternoon. She was 81
years old aud is believed TO have been
the Oldest milliner in the United
States.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-26
VERMONT PENSIONS

Washington, June 26.-These Yer
mont pensions are announceo:
Increase, .Mastin j. Pond, Lunen
burg ST.; Sylvester E. RawsoD, So
Rti>sue, Christopher G. Hood, O.
Brookhtld, $l2.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-26
WEDDING AT MONTPELIER
ESPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAM

Montpeli. r Ju re 26.-At 9 o'cl, OK
this morning Miss Margaret, daugh-
ter I James r. Sabin, was united In
marriage TO Frank Ross Pitkin.