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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-06-27
Express Messenger BOWS Fall.

George Dow, an express messenger on
the Boston and Rutland run, fell from
the door of his car as the train was leav-
ing Boston Sunday afternoon and went
through the draw bridge at the Boston
& Maine yard. He was standing in the
car door and turning to wave to an ac-
quaintance lost his balance and fell out
The accident was observed by the track
men, and he was quickly rescued and
taken to the Massachusetts General hos
pital, where it was found that, with the
exception of severe cuts and bruises about
the head and shoulders, he was not Sc
riousy injured. He was brought home
Sunday night and was confined to the
house until Wednesday, He is rapidly
improving now and will soon take his
run again.
George Upham went to Boston Wednes-
day to take his entrance examinations for
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Miss Emma Mayhem of Yarmouth
Mass, is visiting Miss Frances Osgood.
L. s. Hayes and family went to Lake
Rescue Wednesday for a stay of several
weeks, accompanied by Miss Elizabeth
Dixie of Auburndale. Mass.
Miss Jessie Ryder went yesterday to
Sugar Hill, n. Y, where she will spend
the summer with her aunt, Mrs. j. W.
Narramore.
About 5000 was raised by pledges at the
morning service of the Congregational
church last Sunday. The amount will
go toward what is known as the forward
movement" of the w. b. c. +. NJ.
c. E. Howard has been elected treas
urer of the new Bellows Falls trust COM
pany and A. II. Chandler assistant treas
urer. The tearing out of the store in
the Wilson block is under way and the
company will begin business as soon as
the repairs can be made and the vaults
put in
Henry r. Thompson completed his
course in the Yale law school. and at the
commencement won distinguished
honor. in the form of the Belts prize to
the member of the senior class who re-
ceives the highest mark in annual eX-
animation. James T. Maynard, jr., of
this village, has been manager of the
track athletic team at Dartmouth.
The closing of the school year has made
four vacancies to fill in the Bellows Falls
public schools. Miss Alberta Campbell of
the ninth grade and Miss Clemency j.
King of the High school have resigned.
There is also a vacancy in the ninth
grade. and new eighth grade will be or
ganized in the fall The rest of the teach
ers have been appointed for another
year.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-06-27

DIR. David Kennedys Rose Jelly radical cur,
Catarrh, Hay Fever and Cold in Head. Soc.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15
Accidental Happenings.

A fire at Lobrinsk, government OF
Minsk, Russia, destroyed 972 houses and
$50 small shops.
Twenty-Five head Of cattle We're killed
by lightning on the farm of John Smith,
ten miles northeast of Waterloo, Iowa.
They were standing with their heads
over wire fence, when the lightning
struck it. About sixty animals were in
the herd, but all except the twenty-five
escaped injury.
Fire destroyed the entire business
section of New Milford, Conn. Lack of
water caused the flames to spread. Two
banks, two hotels, the telephone eH-
change and dozens of business Struc-
lures were Tept away. The loss viii
reach $500 600.
Seven members Of a Sunday school
class were drowned at Toledo, Ohio, as
a result of the naotna launch Frolic, on
which they were enjoying an outing,
being run down ly the tug Arthur
Woods, Of the Great Lakes Towing
company.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15
EMBALMED MEAT SOLD.
Grave Complaint Made Against Chi
cag0 Meat Dealers.

Grave Complaint Made AGainst Chi
cago Meat Dealers.
Chicago, May II. - The gravest Of
Tense yet charged against the Chicago
meat dealers was made public yester-
day morning. From several reliable
retail dealers it was learned that en-
balmed meats and poultry are being
sold in Chicago. The artificially pre-
served beef and fowl are not eaten by
the poorer classes, but by the wealthy
patrons of restaurants and high-class
hotels. The process Is so perfect that
no faint is left on the meat, and it looks
as fresh as the new cuts 1t was learned
positively that an Independent company
has beer trying to get retailers to make
contracts to sell products treated by
this embalming method. The retailers
spoken to We're suspicious and feared
the loss of their trade If the facts be-
came known. All refused to handle the
stuff.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15
SENTENCED TO MARRY.
Dire Puniahncnt Indicted on q GIRL
Who Stole,

Dire PunishMent Indicted ON GIRL
Who stole.
Chicago, May 11.-Vera Burns, twen-
ty-one years old. yesterday was SEN
fenced Unfortunately to matrimony
by Judge Smith. The woman's crime
was larceny. She had been indicted for
stealing dresses and jewelry. When
her case was called in Judge Smiths
court a few days ago she pleaded guilty
and threw herself on the mercy OF the
court. Yesterday she was up for SEN
tence. Ralph Van Etten, her lover,
twenty-three years old. told the judge
that II he would allow his sweetheart
to go free he would marry her and try
to look after her future moral welfare.
as we'll as her physical comfort. The
judge approved the scheme. Van Etten
hurried away for Il marriage license.
When he returned Judge Smith married
the couple in chambers.
"Matrimony Is a severe penalty Tor
simple larceny" said the judge.
1T is better than the Bridewell,' an
swered the bride. with the air of one
who had weighed .he matter nicely.
The new Mrs. Van Etten made nj
teen minutes honeymoon trip to the
county Jail, where she had been III
lodging for three days, picked up her
things and babe the turnkeys goodbye.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15
GUNS SILENT IN M1NDANAo.
Gen. Davis Reports Conditions AR
Unchanged.

Gen. Davis Reports Conditions Are
Unchanged.
Washington, May 10.-The following
advice relative to the situation in Min
danao has been received at'the war Of
flee from Gen. Chaffee, under date of
Manila, May s:
Davis, May 6:
Situation to-day every way satisfac-
tory. No hostile shot has been fired
since escape Of prisoners from guard.
Would be exceedingly easy for Moros to
climb bluff and cut our telegraph tray
ersing shore of lake four or five miles
not molested.
"'At o'clock to-day Rinini Tampanga
of Turburan and delegation presented
themselves Sultan Genassi says Datto
Paygoag was killed Bayan fort, and his
people dead or dispersed. Will inyesti-
gate, but doubt whole rejort.
g Number Of prisoners escaped, probat-
ly not exceeding twenty-five Ten have
been recapture and are uninjured.
For miles about the country Is much the
same in it's natural aspect as Camp
Meade, Pa. Enormous agricultural faci-
BOSNIAN seriously hurt; bullet penetrated
lung, ranged downward and lodged in
body. Chief Surgeon says one or two
forwarded without hopes of recovery.
MAY 7-Leave in morning for Mala-
bang, to meet Gen. Chaffee. Expect
ed morning Of tenth. No change in sit
uation. Wounded doing we'll. Datto
from lower Bayan fort presented himself,
saying his people want peace, promising
to bring cattle, other supplies
-"Chaffee."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15
Sins and Sinners.

The application of kerosene to the
feet did not battle the trained blood
hounds in running down Raymond Far
'ey, a forger, at Suffolk, Va.
A. F. Butterfeld and Robert Hagdon.
two prisoners at Fort Sheridan, under
sentence for Gesertion, made their es-
cape by overpow .ring the sentry who
vas guarding them.
Three masked and armed safe-crack-
ers bound the Waterman and blew the
safe at the Lake Shore freight depot
at Cleveland, and secured an unknown
sum of money, thought to be $500.
There is no clue.
Evangelist Coed of Eddyville, Iowa.
has received from whitecaps letter,
adorned with skull and cross-bones,
warning him that if he persists in his
crusade against the saloons, harm Will
come to him. The letter, which was
.ead in church, has created a sensation.
One of the most daring robberies ever
committed in Waterloo, Iowa, occurred
when the residence of Mrs. H. Kicker
was entered and $3.50 worth of jewelry
stolen The articles that have been
missed thus far are seven gold rings
set with diamonds and pearls, Stick
Din. a brooch ana a sum of money.
Judge Palmer, in the criminal court
a. Denver, refused a writ Of habeas
corpus to Mrs. Nellie Gabrin, who is
charged with having murdered her hus-
band, Representative Albert Gabrin. by
administering arsenic. Justice Byrne
had previously refused to release her
on bail, pending her preliminary exam
nation.
Homesick for his home in the Father
land-Stettin, Germany-Louis Franz,
seventeen years old, devoured the great
CT part Of the heads of matches con-
tanned in three boxes at Chicago. He
was found dead in bed, with all the ev-
licences Of a. terrible death struggle. at
his room in the home Of his wealthy
uncle, G. NJ. Franz. The boy was here
- finish his education.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15
cONGR Ess.
Dolliver and Carmack Indulge !,
Tilt Over the Philippinc NH

Dolliver and Carmack Indulge in i.
Tilt Over the Philippine nil.
Washington, May 9.Discussion OF
the Philippine bin in the senate yes,er-
day, while 1t scarcely abated in bitter
ness. took on ain amusing phase In a.
breezy speech Mr.. Dolliver of Iowa
made such a good natured, and vet
such a sarcastic arraignment of Mr.
Carmack of Tennessee that senator's
and occupants Of the thronged galleries
We're convulsed with laughter.
Mr.. Burton of Kansas concluded the
speech which he began Wednesday.
He referred. as instances of atrocious
cruelty, to the battle of Wounded Knee
to the Mountain Meadow massacre and
to the massacre Of Union soldiers at
Fort Pillow, ana contended that the
action of the American troops in the
Philippines was. on most instances, en-
tirely within the regulations of civ.
ilized Warfare.
Mr.. Carmack delivered a scathing de-
nuhcjation of the conduct of military
operations in the Philippines and de-
nouEced Gen. Smith,, branding him as
"scoundrel' and murderer" who
had cishonored the American army and
had done nothing but butcher whole
people.
In sarcastic response Mr.. Dolliver
OF Iowa scorchingly arraigned Mr. Car
mack, incidentally reading an editorial
from the Memphis Commercial-Appeal
criticising the Tennessee senator's at
titude on the Philippine question. Mr..
Carmack's reply was Of such a nature
as to cause him to be called to order by
a statement rejecting upon Mr.. Doll-
Yer, but the incident ended in good
feeling.
In the House.
The bill to place three new stars in.
the American flag had the right of way
again yesterday in the House. Cen
eral debate, the feature of which was
an extended speech by Mr.. Grosvenor
Of Ohio in opposition to the measure,
was closed at 8 o'clock and the bill was
then read for amendment under the
five-minute rule. The only amend
ment adopted was one providing that
nothing in the act should be construed
to legalize polygamy. During the day
a resolution expressive Of regret of the
house over the death of Rear Admiral
Sampson was adopted and a commit
tee of seven members was appointed to
attend his funeral.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
Mrs. Perry of Wavcrly Has Passed
the Century Point.

Mrs. Perry of Waverly Has Passed
the Century Point.
. Waverly, Iowa, May 11.-Mrs. Locky
Perry of this place, is celebrating her
Tooth birthday. Relatives and friends
are at the home Of her son, e. N. Perry,
with whom she resides. Mrs. Perry was
born in Georgia, VT, in 1902, and was
one of a family of twelve children, Of
whom she is the last survivor. She
was married Nov. 49, 1928, and enjoyed
a married life of fifty years, her hus-
band having died in 1878 at the age of
seventy-four ears. Mrs. Perry came
to Iowa in 1858. She has been the
mother of nine children, two of whom
survive, r. N. Perry Of this place, aged
seventy-two years, and Sophia Moulton
of South Dakota, who is past sixty.
Her grandfather was killed in the rev.
oiutionsry war.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15
WAR ON SHELTERS.
New York Health Omcer Will Get
After the Pests.

New York Health Officer Will Get
After the Pests.
New York, May 10.-Dr. A. H. Doty,
health officer of the port Of New York,
who made such vigorous crusade last
summer against the mosquito on
Staten island, is preparing for another
campaign during the coming summer
months. He said yesterday that in
stead of using the oil tank and hose on
the various ponds and pools of the is
land, as was done last season, he pro-
posed carrying on experiments at the
quarantine laboratory. Various agents
will be investigated he added, with
the ideat of ascertaining what power
they have in the destruction Of the
larvae, cts. This will call for the pro-
pagat ton Of the mosquito in the labora-
tory and the careful study of the in
Sect
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15
LOVE LAUGHS AT PAPAs.

Girl Bride Joins Her Husband, From
Whom She Was Taken.
Fergus Falls, Mimi, May l1.-Anoth-
er chapter has just been enacted in the
Oakes-Erickson romance. Cakes eloped
with Miss Erickson, girl Of fifteen,
and they were married at Wahpeton.
On their return Mr.. Erickson promptly
took the bride home and had the groom
arrested for abduction. Erickson's
family went West this week. and while
waiting at the station the youthful
bride said she would step into a store
and buy some candy. She had no soon
err reached the street than her husband,
who is out on Lail, drove up with a
team and she entered the rig and drove
away. The family went on without
her.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15
Che neW$
A. the S0nitNl.

Al the SUp1tNl.
Tams Rixby has resigned from the
indian commission.
The house passed the conspiracy bill
without word of cebate.
Postmaster General Payne loses IN
the suit brought by railway publica-
tions.
The senate has passed the bill for the
cession of lands OIL the Rosebud Indian
reservation.
The navy department has made ex-
tensive preparations for testing oil as
tue! for ships.
W. H Moody. secretary Of the navy,
mas been elected an honorary vice pres
ident of the American Seamen's Friend
society.
The chances are favorable for the
passage in the house of the bill making
material amendments to the federal
bankruptcy law.
Urged by the president. leaders in
both houses of congress promise early
legislation for The establishment of
department. of commerce.
The Bolivian minister at Washington.
Senior Don Fernendo E. Guachalla. has
been granted by his government per-
mission to proceed to Europe.
The corner stone Of the Ohio Mckin-
ley Memorial College of Government Of
the American University will be laid
on May IA by President Roosevelt in
Washington.
The island Of Republic of Cuba is to
I ~ foV.xv Of ha a.
cation at Pekin. as minister, and Gen.
G. S. Bragg of Wisconsin has been Sc
lected as consul general at Havana.
The case of alleged assault against
Senator Money of Mississippi, Orphan
H. Shaner. a street car conductor, and
James A. Hooper, truck foreman of the
fire department, at Washington. has
been rolle pressed and formally aband-
,ned.
Gen. Chaffee has cabled the war de-
partment that he has rescinded the or
der for the establishment of reconcen-
tration camps in Laguna and Bantam
gas provinces, the only district in the
Philippines where the system has been
oracticed.
The president has sent the following
nomir ations to the senate: Joseph
Reed, Iowa. chief Justice, and Henry c..
'Sluss, Kansas, William w. Murray,
Tennessee: Wilbur F. Stone, Colorado,
and Frank L. Osborne. North Carolina,
associate justices of the court OF pri-
ate land claims.
Senator Hale is daily in receipt of nu-
mercus requests for copies of his anti
imperialist speeches. He says, howev-
err that fully half Of these requests are
from New England college girls who
are about to graduate. and he is in
doubt whether tc feel tlattered or 9TH
srwise.
The Senate has passed the bill relative
to the Communication Of homestead en-
tries on the Big Sioux reservation in
South Dakota. An amendment to the
bill provides that the settlers shall pay
to the government the price per acre
paid to the Il.diars, and that such set
tiers shall enjoy the provisions Of the
homestead law.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15
HIS SMALLPOX VOTES.

Indiana Doctor Is Accused of Tn king
Patients to the Polls to Vote.
Vincennes, Ind, May 1O.-Dr. James
H. Mccoy, a prominent young physl-
clan, Republican politician and adlu-
tant Of the Third battalion, Indiana Ma
tional Guard, was arrested yesterday
on the charge of breaking the quaran-
tine law by taking three negroes al
flicted with smallpox to the polls AT
Tuesdays election. He pleaded nov
guilty and was placed under a Sloo
bond to appear for trial in the Knox
circuit court May Is. Last summer Dr.
Mccoy lost his suit against the city fo1
large remuneration for taking care OF a
smallpox epidemic III the negro colony
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15
FUNERAL OF SAMPSON.

Pageant Rarely Equaled In the His
tory of Washington.
Washington, May 1.-THE funeral of
Admiral Sampson yesterday was pa
geant rarely equaled in the history of
military obsequies, only too frequent in
this city. The president and cabinet in
person paid their last tribute to the
memory of the dead commander, post
poning for this purpose the hour of their
regular Friday conference. The army
was officially represented by Lieut..
Gen. Miles and staff, Adjt. Gen. Corbin,
Maj. Gen. Young and the heads of the
various departments and bureaus. A
special committee appointed by the
senate and house also was in attend
ance. The entire body of naval cadets
came over from Annapolis.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15
Wanted in st. I'nuI.

Kansas City, May 11.-Al Beard. with
many aliases, wanted in st. Paul on L
charge Of robbery and for whose cap
ture the Minnesota officials offered
reward of 81 500. was arrested here yes
to-day Beard is said to be one Of the
three men who shot and killed Police
man Charles MaJ"r in 81. Paul on Feb.
! last while they we're roDbing q store.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15
Find Valuable Ienrl..

Langdon, Mimi, May 1.-THE pearl
ing season has commenced In the Mis-
s.ssippi near here. A large number Of
clam diggers are at work a few miles
above this place at Spring Lake. A
number of valuable finds have already
been made and much better results are
anticipated THAI during last season.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

The esteemed Philadelphia. Inquirer
may not have portraits of all the not
ables in stock, but this hardly justi-
ties that paper in printing a cut of
Chief Justice Fuller of the United
States supreme court and labelling il
Rear Admiral Coghlan."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15
From other shores.

Rebels in China threaten to kill all
Christians.
american millers and farmers will be
hard hit by the British bread tax.
Instigators of Russian riots printed
bogus proclamations and forged the
cars signature.
Gradual exclusion from the Neither
lands of the British iron ana steel man.
ufacturers is reported.
American goods have an established
reputation in China, and are preferred
to all other foreign articles.
Senior Augusta Severe, the Brazilian
aeronaut made, a successful first-trial
trip of his airship in Paris.
Thirty thousand emigrants are booked
to sail from Christiania for the United
States during the season Of 1902.
Violent earthquake shocks are re.
ported from Bordeaux, Bayonne, Pau
and other places in the same region.
Considerable opposition to the peace
movement is developing among the ir-
reconcilables of Gen. Delarey's force.
According to the promise formally
made by Lord Miner, coniscation Of
property and disfanchisement is the
limit of punishment for Cape Beers
who rehelled.
A syndicate of German bankers is
offering the new issue by the North
German Lloyd line of 100000 marks
of stock to the old shareholders of the
company at 1O4 1-2.
London Truth says that King Ed
ward has decided to contribute gold
coronation cup to be competed for at
the Cowes regatta this summer. The
contest for this cup will be open to
yachts Of all nations.
1t is reported from Hamburg that the
steamer Kaiser Friedrich, built by the
Schichau Shipbuilding company for the
Hamburg American Steam Packet COM
pany and rejected by that company for
not meeting contract requirements, has
been sold to the navigation syndicate.
According to the Vienna correspond
ent Of the London Times serious diff
culties have arisen between the Aus
trian and Hungarian governments in
their negotiations for an autonomous
customs tariff and the renewal of the
"Ausgleich."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

There is great rush for member.
ship in the new millionaires' club
which is being started in London.
This is one instance in which even
the modest man would like to be in
the crowd.-Philadclp Saturday
Evening Post.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15
People Talked About.


Potter Palmer, Chicago business man,
is dead.
Congressman Amos ]. Cummings OF
New York died of pneumo ala.
Miss Eleanor Matthews. who hat
been general secretary of the Milwau-
kee y. w. c. A., state secretary fol
Missouri and general secretary of the
St. Joseph Y. w. c. A, is dead in Kan
sas City.
DIR. Edward Laurence Feehan, broth.
er OF the Most Rev. Archbishop p. A..
Feehar of Chicago who for forty years
had teen practicing physician in St.
Louis died in that city of Bright's dis
ease. He was sixty-seven years of age.
F. Brete Harte, the American author.
died in London recently. He was born
at Albany, N. Y, Aug. %. 1889. Mr..
Harte died suddenly at the Red House.
Cranberry, near Aldershot. from hemor-
rhage. caused by affection of the
throat
The Republican convention for the
Eighteenth Illinois district renominate
Joseph Cannon for congress. This is
Congressman Cannon's sixteenth con-
secutive nomination in this district, and
he has been defeated at the polls only
once.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15
Red Lake Treaty.

Washington, May 10. - The nous
&C mmittee on Indian affairs has orderei
a favorable report on the Red lah'
treaty bill. No amendments were srs
gested and the bill will go on the nous
calendar just as it passed the senate.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

F. Marion Crawford has just finished
play called Francesca da Riminl."
Clyde Fitch is about the only play
wright we know of who has not as yet
written Francesca da Rimini."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15
PRELATE LAID TO REST.
ArchbishOp COrriEan's Funeral Con-
Quoted With Impressive Solem.

Quoted With Impressive Solem-
nifty.
New York, May 1.-THE body Of the
Most Rev. Michael Augustine Corrigan,
d. D., archbishop Of New York, was
inferred yesterday in the crypt of St.
Patricks cathedral. The funeral was
conducted with all the impressive
solemnity and ceremony of his church
and attended by remarkable gather
ing of clergy. Cardinal Gibbons. eight
archbishops, eighteer bishops and more
than one thousand RESTS We're in at
tendance. Pontifical high mass was
celebrated by Cardinal Gibbons. Arch
bishop Ryan of Philadelphia delivered
the eulcgy.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15
TOO MUCH sTENoGRApHER.
Wife Becomes Nervous and Seeks a
Divorce.

Miller, S. D., May 11.-Judge Galley,
in the Pusey divorce case yesterday
morning, granted the plaintiff $50 a
month and attorneys fees and gave her
the home in town and the care of four
children, Mr.. Pussy to have the other
two. This is temporary. The regular
divorce trial is set for next September.
Mr.. Pussy is prohibited from entering
the home except to occasionally visit
the children. The proof of adultery
was not taken up this time. Pusey at
tempted to show mis- wife mentally and
physically unsound, while she was
ready to prove her nervous condition
was caused by his taking his stenog-
rapher to live in his home.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

Since ping-pong was invented S,000,-
600 of the featherweight zylonite balls
have been turned out in London. And
their life since then has not beep
an idle one.