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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-08
DEFAULTING TREASURER

Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 2.-Late We'd
nesday afternoon Gov. Savage handed
a paper to the little daughter of Jo-
seph BARLEY, Nebraska's defaulting
eX-State treasurer, and told her to
take it to the State penitentiary to
her father The paper was pardon,
and that night BARLEY was at his
home i'll this city, free man.
While he was State Treasurer Bart
ley's accounts were found to be $50, =
600 short. This, he asserted, was in
State banks and its withdrawal would
embarrass the entire State, causing a
panic. When the hard times by rea-
son of droughts came on many State
banks failed. BARLEY was sentenced
to the penitentiary for nineteen years
He had served four when pardoned
Bartley's pardon is certain to call
down upon the Governor adverse criti-
cism, In a long explanation he says
his clemency was exercised because he
thought BARLEY had suffered adequate
ly, and that he had been made a po-
litical and personal scapegoat.
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TO AID VAN SAINT.

Helena, Mont, Jan. 2.-The con-
ference of governors of the northwest
ern states, on the Northern Pacific,
Great Northern and Burlington rail
road consolidation on Wednesday de-
cided on two lines of action. One is
to ask Congress to investigate the sub
ject and to enlarge the powers of the
Interstate Commerce Commission so
that it may fix maximum rates and
regular rates.
The other is to give moral and fl
nancial support" to the governor of
Minnesota i'll proceedings to be taken
in the court of that state to prevent
the contamination of the merger
What form these proceedings will
take and in what court they will be
begun Gov. Van SAINT and Attorney
General Douglass of that State will
not say. A resolution presented by
Gov. Hunt of Idaho in favor of gov
eminent ownership of transcontinent-
al railroads was rejected. All other
action is said by members of the
conference to have been unanimous.
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OPEN LETTER.

Washington, Jan. /. President Cas-
tro of Venezuela has written an open
letter, copies of which have been re-
ceived by officials here, in which he
defends the general policy he has pur-
sued. The letter throws considerable
light on his aspirations. An indirect
allusion is made to the German affair
in the president appeal for united
support in the defence of the country.
The letter was in response to an APP
plication, which was granted, for the
release of several journalists impris-
oned at Caracas. In the course of the
letter President Castro says: lit is
painful to observe the rashness of
some, the impatient ambition of 9TH
ers, the mistaken criticism of the lead
ing classes, and the obstinacy of the
revolutionary spirit which have sorely
tried the virtues of my liberal policy
AT the time when | desired to see
the country happy and its citizens en-
ioying every comfort, | had the pain
full duty Of adopting repressive meas
ures, contrary to my character, educa-
ton and sentiments. If offenders in
this case have not succeeded in over
throwing the government they have
nevertheless contributed to a propa-
ganda which delays the fruits of peace
aud makes our progress and our pros
perity captive in the clutches of the
monster of civil war. Our prosperity
has been withheld through errors and
acknowledgements for which my govern
ment is not responsible but which
claim prompt and quick solution. In
carrying out this policy | should have
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$500, 600 FOR A PAINTING.

Paris, Jan. 1.-THE report that J.
Pierpont Morgan has purchased Ra-
phael's Madonna of San Antonio of
Padua from NJ. Sedelmeyer, the deal
er, for $500, 600, is confirmed.
The Madonna of San Antonio was
finished in 1905. The altar piece,
which is large one, containing many
figures, was painted for the convent
of San Antonio at Perugia, and dis
posed of in the latter half of the sew
enteenth century in order to pay a
heavy debt. 1t was bought by one
of the Colonnas and remained in the
possession of that family until the
early part of the nineteenth century.
Afterward it was acquired by Francis
III of Naples, and subsequently it fell
into the hands of the Duke of Ripalta.
1t was exhibited III London for a
while at the South Kensington Mu-
scum and for a considerable period it
was stored in the basement of the Ma
tional Gallery. In 1894 it was bought
by M. Charles Sedelmeyer, who plac-
ed it on exhibition in Paris last sum-
mer.
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make barrier or ambush from which
to cast mendaoious filth at Dewey,
Miles and Schley. These three gentle
men-the most conspicuous and au-
thoritative figures in our military SER
vice today-have become objects of
the Suns slanderous disparagement
because they constitute an august re-
Duke to the contemplate navy depart
ment clique The Sun was enlisted
in this abhorrent enterprise more than
three years ago. 1t has maintained
a sinister and noisome loyalty ever
since. But it knows-for it is as in
telligent as it is rancorous-that nei-
ther Dewey nor Miles nor Schley has
a political "boom'' in progress. 1t
knows that none of these gentlemen
as the smallest idea of playing the
demagogue, or in any other way com
promising the dignity of the high and
honorable position he has achieved in
the service of his country. But the
people understand the Sun pretty
well by this time. They understand
that this is the Suns way of defend
ing its clients against the suspicion
let us put it conservatively-of having
obtained bounty money! Santiago by
dubious if not dishonest expedients.
Washington Post.
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ON THE RAMPAGE.

Philadelphia, Jan 1.-The Schuylkill
River, owing to the heavy fall of rain
of the last two days, became raging
torrent AS result of flooded houses
more than a thousand persons have
been forced to abandon their homes,
and operatives in the mills of Man
ayunk to the number of at least 1000
were unable to work. They will be
idle for several days. At several
places the water was nearly as high
as during the great flood of 1894 at
nine O'Clock Sunday morning, but
three hours later it began to lose it's
volume, and since that hour has gone
down steadily.
The drives along both sides of the
river in Paramount park and along the
Wissahickon Creek, which are main
fained by the city, were washed out
III many places, and the damage will
approximate Sl0,00 Below Fair
mount dam the river was within three
or four inches of the coping. The
Fairmount pumping station was fore
ed to shut down, the water in the
wheel house being three feet under
the river. The new bridge III course
of construction for the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad, above Market street, is in
danger, the half completed pillars be-
ing buffeted by wreckage i'll the river.
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THE BEST MARKET.

In this day of talk of reciprocity
treaties and revision of the tariff the
crowded condition of the railroads and
mills is suggestive. The railroads
cannot handle the traffic that is offer
ed them for domestic buyers. The
mills cannot make rails fast enough
for the railroads. The car shops can
not make cars fast enough. The
structural steel mills are crowded
with the orders of home buyers
Railroad building in the United
States is in class by itself, as com
AIRED with the progress made by Gly
other country. A nation of IS, 900, 900
people is as busy as bees, manufactur-
ing, transporting or producing mar
ketable commodities. OF the total re-
suits the proportion that goes abroad
with that which seeks a. market at
home. Our mineral product exported
equals 4 per cent of the total output.
Our agricultural exports, enormous
as they are, do not equal in value the
combined worth of the wheat and
corn crops of the country. We use at
ONE ten times as much breadstuffs
and meat products as we sell abroad.
The foreign market is worth to the
United States but small percentage
of what the domestic market is worth,
and even that small percentage is less
profitable, because it is a market that
must be fought for and coaxed contin-
ually, as against the competitors of
the world The remarkable impetus
that has been given the mills of the
United States does not come from the
foreign demand, but from the domes-
tic wants. If the local needs keep on
increasing, the comparatively small
foreign market may have to be cut off
until the home trade is taken care Of
The home market is the best market
in the world and it is steadily grow
ing better. 1t has increased more in
the past five years than the foreign
market has in fifty years, and is ca
pable of unlimited expansion. 1t is the
market to nurse for profit.
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BETTER DAYS FOR INDIANS,

The executive committee of the In
dian Rights Association, in its annual
report, just issued, takes very hope
full outlook regarding affairs pertain
ing to the Indians. The reason given
for the optimistic view is that there
is not a man more heartily in sym
pathy with the Indians than Presi-
dent Roosevelt, nor one who better
understands their conditions and
needs
1t is pointed out that Mr.. Roosevelt
gained thorough knowledge of the In
dams through his early experience on
made later to the reservations, where
he could study the phases of the In
dian questions with which the govern
ment had to deal 1t is recalled, also,
that Mr.. Roosevelt, when governor of
New York tried to inaugurate a thor
ough system of industrial training for
the Indian tribes still living in that
state.
The Indian Rights Association is
right in supposing that President
Roosevelt is admirably equipped to
deal with the matters in which tn,
organization is interested The hope
expressed that means may be found
for bringing the post Of Indian agent
under the civil service rules seems
reasonable. 1t is no doubt true as re
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the support of all the citizens of Ven
ezuela, because therein rests the SOW
ereignty of the fatherland.
lit is my wish that you convey to
these journalists, my desire to see
them again fulfilling their duties of
party opposition. / desire that the
press shall bring all the charges it
may have against me being confident
that its Judgment will not affect me.
| do this in order to establish under
our republican system the absolute
justification of my political purposes.
] do it also because 1 have no fear of
an adverse Judgment upon my acts. -
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KILLED IN HIS CAB.

Sharon, Pa, Jan. ga fast passen-
ger train on the Erie railroad ran ten
miles on Thursday unguided while
the engineer lay wi tn his head crush
ed on his accustomed seat on the en-
CINE. The fireman did not discover
the engine drivers plight until the
train whizzed by station where it
was scheduled to stop. The train was
at once stopped
The engineer was Jack Welsh of
Youngstown, Ohio. AS the train APP
preached Sugar Grove station he lean
ed far out of the cab window and was
struck on the head by "A mail catcher.
Without utternig a sound he was
en- ont of his cab at Greenville it was
found that his head was Cru she'd.
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man chair car. In going down the
steep grade one and one half miles
west of Glencoe, the engine from
cause AZ yet unexplained jumped the
track at the curve and the entire train
piled on top of it. Probably the only
thing that prevented a wholesale death
list was the fact that the heavy vosti-
bule cars did not break up in going
over the embankment.
The work to rescue the injured
had to be done quickly because the
gas tanks in the cars were exploded
and set fire to the wreckage. The
flames spread rapidly and in u short
time the entire train was burned.
The two engines were completely de-
molished and the two dead men when
taken from the debris were horribly
mangled.
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SHALL MERIT BE REWARDED?

Speaking seriously of the coronation
ceremonies and of our participation
therein, we venture the suggestion
that the matter calls for the most
prayerful deliberation on the part of
the government. 1t is all very well
to discuss various plans 49, such, for
example, as Congressional delega
tion-in spirit of pleasantly; why
should we not gambol ON the green
sward now and then? But the ques-
ton is a solemn one after all, and
ought to be approached in a spirit of
true reverence.
Only in respect of the naval branch
of our military establishment do we
feel qualified to offer so much as a
hint. Lieut. Gen. Miles is persona
non grata with the administration
just now, and unless the President
should assign Adjt. Gen. Corbin to
the duty we are really at loss in the
premises But it is clear to our mind
that Admiral Crowninshield is the
only possible expression of the gov
ernment's views and preferences as
concerns the navy. He is the mathe-
NAUTICAL, the irrevocable, the final IL
lustration of the government pur-
poses and aspirations. Going back
to the spring of 1898 and tracing the
developments down to the present mo-
ment, Crowninshield reveals himself
at every stage of the evolution as it's
supple and complacent motive power.
AS things have gone las things now
stand with Schley denied an audience
and Dewey rebuked by Secretary Long
think of it demonstrating all the cir
cumstances in their train, who but
Crowninshield can possibly be regard
ed as the true champion and exponent
of the adminitration's tendency and
temper? Who, indeed
We leave details to others. Perhaps
it may be said-and we shall not ques-
tion the logic of it-that Chadwick,
Maclay, Britol and so on, should by
right make up the retinue of Crown
iushield. We say nothing as to this.
Far be it from us to interfere at all.
We stand upon the broad abstract
proposition that the army and navy
officials who have represented the gov
ernment's policy at home should be
chosen to represent the government S
glory and beneticence abroad. They
have made their title clear. Wash
ington Post.
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MRS. HOBART'S GIFT

Paterson, n. j., Jan. Mrs. Jen-
ME T. Hobart, widow of vice-presi-
dent Hobart, presented on Wednesday
to the board of managers of the Pater-
son Children's Day Nursery the plot
of land at Grand and Hamilton streets,
recently purchased by her for the pur-
pose. Mrs. Hobart gives in addition
S25, 600 to build and furnish build
ing for the nursery.
The gift is memorial to the daugh-
ter of Mrs. Hobart who died in Italy
while on trip with her parents
about six years ago. The gift was
formally made at meeting of the di-
rectors of the nursery Wednesday af-
ternoon, and resolution of thanks
was adopted. Mr.. Hobart left the
nursery $1,000
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If the government can find way of
returning the unexpended balance of
the Chinese indemnity it would be
the part of self-interest, no less than
f honor, to do so. 1t will be remem-
bered that the United States, Great
Britain and Japan protesed in vain
against the exorbitant sums demanded
by the other powers, though their own
claims were greater than the rest.
Now after defraying the costs of the
expedition to Pekin and satisfying
private claims, the government has
some eighteen millions left out of the
twenty-five millions paid by China.
This fact alone shows the kind of rob-
berry committed by France and Ger
many. Possibly there may be no way
to return the money. But the Chinese
can hardly help seeing who their real
friends are.
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IN THE DITCH.

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan, 2.-As a result
of through passenger train ON the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad jumping
the track on Wednesday, two men are
dead and seventeen injured, five of
whom are seriously hurt.
The injured were all taken to Mey-
ersdale for treatment as quickly as the
relief train from Cumberland could
get them there. The train which was
ditched was the through passenger
which left here at 9 a. m for New
York.
1t was full vestibuled train com
posed of engine, baggage car, postal
car, two coaches, sleeper and Pull
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-08
Finds Way to Live Long.

The startling announcement O / a dis
covery that will surely longthen life
is made by editor O. H. Downey
of Churubusco, Ind, II wish to
state" he writes, "that DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption is
the most infallible remedy that 1 have
ever known for Coughs. Colds, and
Grip. It's invaluable to people with
weak lungs Having this wonderful
medicine, no one need dread pneu-
monia or consumption It's relief is
instant and cure certain G. Blake
ly guarantees every SOC and 81. 90 bot
tie, and gives trial bottles free.
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The Army and Navy Journal shows,
in temperate language, serious disap-
proval of the condemnation of GEM
Miles by Secretary Root, speaking for
the President While admitting the
power of the President to inhict hui
initiation, and even disgrace, it ques-
tions his right to do so i'll the form
adopted in the case of Gen. Miles.
ing to offences like Gen. Miles and
thinks their meaning has been misun-
derstood and severer penalty impos-
ed than has been intended, especially
when it results in 1.-THE open rebuke,
through the public press, by a civilian
secretary, of an officer of long and
distinguished service, who by the au-
thority of his position represents the
honor and dignity of the military SER
vice" 1t quotes the regulations to
show that discipline and punishment
must be administered with courtesy
and points out that military men are
not Injured, like politicians, to public
rebuke, and hopes that they will
never be subjected to treatment which
will thicken their hides in this way.
"God forbid" it says, THAT the
time should ever come when they
were not ready to say
Better to die ten thousand deaths
Than wound my honor.
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STORM AT COLON.

Colon, Colombia, Jan. "A severe
norther has been raging here since
last night The vessels have not left
port and bus ness is entirely suspend
ed. The steamship Hero is ashore at
Christophe Colon with her rudder-
post broken and is likely to become a
total wreck.
The piers of the Panama railway
and of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company are much damaged. Sew
eral small vessels have been wrecked
and many persons drowned.
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DEWEY, MILES AND
SCHLEY.

The New York Sun goes far out
of its way to find preteXt for throw
ing some more of its characteristic
mud;
every naturally, Mr.. Bryan's prop
TSl a So Gongr GRE np duTing It's
as indicative of his determination TO
continue to assert himself as the
rightful leader of his party.
''This is interesting at time when
the rival blooms of Schley, Dewey and
Miles have been let loose by those
three warriors -
This is clumsy, far-fetched, rather
stupid. Mr.. Bryan was logged in to
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tens in his region, served in the legis-
lature of his state, and was a United
States Senator for two terms widely
separated in time. For quarter of
a century he was prominent in the
politics and social life of his locality,
was a delegate in many national con.
ventions, and was leader of the Re
publican party from the days long ago,
when the Republicans were almost
as hopelessly in the minority in New
Jersey as they are today in South Caro-
lima or Mississippi. New Jersey loses
capable, courageous and clean handed
man in the death of William j. Sewell
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HUMP vs.
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The move for closer tradesrelations
with Mexico which has just been
made at the conference OF. Kansas bust
ness men at Topeka shows that they
have an intelligent idea of their own
interests. The United States trade
with its neighbor on the other side
of the Rio Grande is large, and is con-
stantly increasing, but it is far from
the figure which it ought to touch.
There is much room for advances here.
ST. Louis has large commerce with
Mexico and it is growing rapidly,
but nobody supposed it had reached
anywhere near its limit. st. Louis is
the natural gateway to Arkansas,
Texas and Mexico, and her manufac-
turers and shippers know this.
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The, Secret of Long Life

Consists in keeping all the main or
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Vlrorous health and strength always
follow their use. Only SOC, guaran-
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Richard Henry Stoddard who is
dangerously i'll at his home in New
York is one of those American men
of letters who have hardly had full
justice from their contemporaries
Entirely apart from his long and use
full career as critic, he has written
poetry of high order of merit, and
several of his lyrics bid fair to achieve
a permanent place in literature. Yet
he has suffered from neglect, as he
himself not without bitterness, has
confessed and it is not unlikely that
he may pass away with the feeling
that life has been a failure. Perhaps
had he possessed the art of self -adver-
tisement things would have been diff
ferent but in that case he would not
have been the same man.
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STATE LEGISLATURES

Boston, Jan. l. - The legislature
opened this morning with caucuses
of both parties. Messrs. Dean of
Brookline and Reed of Taunton were
chosen chairman and clerk respective
ly of the caucus of Republican mem
bers. Mr.. Meyers of Cambridge was
renominated for speaker of the House,