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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-11
THE PRESIDENT WOULD LIKE
TO HELP

President Roosevelt had a long con-
ference at the White House on Satur-
day with Senator Hanna, on the coal
stike The president conveyed to Mr..
Ha ma the idea that he would like
very much to do something toward
settling the strike Nothing definite,
however, was decided upon. The
President also sent for Carroll D.
Wright, the commissioner of labor,
to get his views on the situation, and
also as to what might properly be
done by the government looking to
settlement of the controversy 1t is
probable that other conferences will
be held and the President kept advis-
ed of the situ alton. He will be in
readiness at any time to extend aid if
1t is found that he can be of service in
settling the differences that exist be
tween the operators and the miners.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-11

The question of Cuban reciprocity
is still causing considerable concern
to the President and his supporters in
the Senate and on its termination
hangs the date of the adjournment of
this session of Congress. The beet
sugar Senators, who have come to be
known as "Elkins' boxers, persist
in their opposition with great peril
nacity. Last week there was circula5-
ed rumor that the President had in
timated to Senator Collum that he
would be satisfied with bounty paid
to the Cubans out of the treasury but
Senator Cullom says that the Presi-
dent has not changed his views in the
least degree since he sent his first
message to Congress. From another
source | learn that within q week
President Roosevelt has asserted that
if Congress adjourns without action
on this question he will call special
session. Such action, it is freely con-
coded would be a mistake from po-
litical point of view, but those who
know the President best understand
that if he has conceived such a course
to be his duty no consideration of his
own political success will deter him.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-11
KING OSCARS REASONS

London, June o. = King Oscar of
Sweden was sitting in the smoking
room of hotel at Wiesbaden recently
when two or three persons were dis
cussing the best forms of government
An enthusiastic American defended
his faith in democracy.
A tall gray bearded man sitting near
by followed the conversation and oc-
casionally smiled The American, no.
ticing this, turned to him in an off
hand fashion and said:
My arguments 90 not seem to con-
vince you, sir. suppose you are a
monarchist. Perhaps you will be good
enough to favor u i with your reasons
for preferring thht form of govern
ment. -
ooh, l have most excellent rea-
sons, was the reply, THE first and
foremost is that | am the King of
Sweden.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-11
The following towns elect delegates


The campaign in the field is praCd-
cally ended the campaign in conven-
tion begins, the developing of situa-
tions, the alignment of delegations, for
the battle of June 10.
The supporters of Gen. Mccullough
have every reason to feel gratitied
with the issue of the campaign up to
the present time, which the caucuses
yet to be held cannot impair and will
somewhat strengthen. He has a clear
majority in six counties lacks but
one of majority in two others and
has strong following in all excepting
Rutland and Windsor This candi-
dates strength is discovered not alone
in the towns, cities or counties in
which he has won delegates, but also
in the localities in which he has lost
by a very slender margin.
Mr.. Proctor is hopelessly relegated
to third position in the race. Mr.
Clement will be about 100 votes be-
hind Gen. Mccullough. At this pres
ent writing the latter lacks 43 votes
of majority, Clement 146, Proctor
1876. One may speculate upon the prob
able standing of Mccullough when s'l
the returns are in, but apparently he
will lack some less than 40 votes of
majority on the first ballot, and the
lead he has achieved in all fairness
and honor entities him to the rewards
of victory on the second ballot
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-11
CRUSADE AGAINST LOCUSTS.

The seventeen year locusts are in
New Jersey by the thousands and
have the right Of way all through the
section. The section most inhabited
by these new pests is Holland, Hunt
erdon county, station ON the Penn
sylyania railroad, few miles below
Phillippsburg. Here they seem to
have their breeding ground Yester-
day many of the trains stopped and
the crews got out and scooped them
up by the shovelful, out of curiosity,
and carried them to distant points to
exhibit. Farmers and fruit growers
are alarmed, and will spray their trees
with an arsenical solution as a pre-
caution. The farmers are also plan.
ming to burn the insects by turning
back the ground and making big fur
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-11
THE REFERENDUM.

Questions in law or policies in gov
eminent after long periods are some
times submitted to the supreme tri-
bupal for rehearing. Conditions
change and some things in law and
government change with them.
The fundamental provisions of the
existing statute regulating the traffic
in Intoxicating liquors have been in
force for half a century. Conditions
have radically changed in fifty years,
both in the State and outside. Popu-
lation has changed radically in char
acter and location. New generations
have grown up. Other conditions
which it is not necessary to enumerate
have changed. Meantime changes in
the laws of the State, adapting them
to changed conditions, have been made.
There can hardly be a question as to
the desirability of a rehearing before
the people. the Supreme Court of
republican form of government, of the
fundamental question pertaining to
the regulation of the traffic in intoXi-
eating liquors and restatement be-
fore that court of the facts pertain
ing to that traffic, particularly those
relating to public morality and public
order.
The question of such reference TO
the people for popular vote in re-
gard to legislation on the subject was
before the General Assembly in 1898.
The referendum, it is commonly
called. In 1898 bill providing for
the referendum passed the Senate but
the House refused a similar measure
a third reading, In 1909, the Sen
ate refused pure referendum and
also referendum with license
measure attached. The latter was
also refused by the House which did
not consider the question of pure
referendum.
The Waterman and journal has sup
ported the proposition of pure
referendum. Leading newspapers of
the State, Republican as well as Dem
ocratic, also have favored the referen-
dunn 1t has seemed to be mistake,
this unwillingness of the Legislature
to submit the question of the manner
of the regulation of this traffic to the
people for their action, in their SOW
ereign capacity, at the polls, and the
discussion that would inevitably pre-
cede vote. The majority of the Gen
eral Assembly has seemed to sit down
on this safety valve of the engine of
popular government. while the fires
III the furnace have been raging hot.
ter and hotter. Something of an ex-
plosion has come in the pending can
vass for the governorship at a time
and i'll way that is not conducive to
the best public interest in a question
OF so great Importance.
The liquor question ought not to
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-11

be linked with the political fortunes
of any individual 1t ought not to be
a political question, but its complete
separation from party politics, prob
ably is one of the things in this
world that cannot be ACCOMPLISHED.
1t seems to be incumbent on the Re-
publican party of Vermont to deter
mine whether or not it will formally
recognize the abundant signs of the
times
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-11

That real live Governors have their
troubles, as well as those who aspire
to be the chief executive of State,
is illustrated in the case of the
" Hon." Jefferson Davis, governor of
Arkansas, who won quite bit of no.
toriety recently by pardoning negro
convict on the condition that he take
up his abode in Massachusetts. The
second Baptist church of Little Rock
has expelled brother Davis for be-
ing intoxicated, gambling and treat.
ing negroes to whiskey and a few
other charges
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-11

The wisdom of the Senate in pass
ing the Lodge bill, providing for the
further extension of civil govern ment
i'll the Philippines, is confirmed by a
report from Gen. Wright, acting gov
ernor of the Philippine Islands, and a
Democrat, stating that the insurrec-
ton in the islands is practically at an
end and that there is now no obstacle
to the extension of civil government
to all of the archipelago, except the
Moro country. Gov Wright advises
that in some provinces the army be
retained in control until the crops
mature in August, that assistance may
be more readily extended to the ma
tives until such time as they complete
their harvests. Secretary Root has
issued general order reducing the
military to 66, 900 men, a reduction of
10, 600. In the light of these facts,
the contentious of the Democratic
partisans appear particularly ridicu-
lous The Philippine bill, was car
ried by a vote of 4S to 30, Senators
Wellington, Hoar and Mason being
the only Republicans to vote against
it,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-11
Lowest Prices
Ever Touched by
HOSE
For the Entire Family

Womens Fast Black Isle Finish
Lace Stripe Hose 124c pair
Womens' Fast Black Fine Cotton
Hose, with white soles -19c goods.
12Ic pa'r
Women's Imported Fast Black
Hose, with double sole3 and high
splir9d heell -25c goods, 19c pair
Women's Ingram Drop Stitch
Lisle Hose, strictly finest SOC goods
slightly imperfect-for 25cpa
Chi'dren's Sumner Weight Fine
Ingram Ribbed Cotton Lisle Finish
Hose, sizes 81 to 9-25c e1ade-for
12Ic
Mems Double Thread Combed
Eg. ptian Cotton Seeks 25c quality
limited to paws to customer
for 10c pair
Mems Lace Openwork Silk En-
broidered Socks, worth 39c for
25c pair
Mems or Women's Fine Golf
Stocks, mostly whites, special for
25c each
Women's Al Silk ''De Joinyille'
Ties, once round and over, II yards
long ashablo in black, white and
figured nobbiest tie extant, SOC each
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-11

rows, which they will fill with COM
bustibles. They are studying the hab-
its of the locusts very closely, so as to
be able to cope with them as they ad-
vance upon their crops. The burning
of powder in the fields as the vast
swans of locusts pass over them has
been suggested by some of the local
scientists as a means of destruction. 49,
Tribune
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-11
THINK OF IT.

And to think that the voters, the
citizens, the average Vermonter, will
have voice in choosing a Governor.
1t is wonderful. No one supposed
that such a thing could happen. 1t is
the most important Vermont political
event for half a century. 1t means a
new era in Vermont with possibly a
little prosperity thrown in. The ma
chine beaten at its own game in town
etter town. Well, Clement is entitled
to the thanks of Vermont, even of
the prohibitionists. -Brattleboro Re-
former
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-11
Boys Clothing
IN OUR MEMS DEPT

Boys All Wool Knee Pants,
strongly made, double seated and
double knees, WITH tapped seems; for
boys 4 to Is years. Only SOC par
Boys Overalls for vacation wear,
made of heavy blue denim for boys
4 70 IA ye IS, 25c each
Boys heavy Fauntleroy Blouses,
percale big choice of colors 25c each
The same, made of Woven Madras,
for boys 4 - ~ years, soc
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-11
Leather Counter

TIC each buys 75c and 81 90 belts.
These are the "LAiglon' Belts with
sfreamers made of pleated satin 1000
more to sell at once.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-11

Boys Woven Mad'as NegHgee
ohilts with cuffs detqched blue or
red s.ripcc soc
Boys Hathaway Madras Negligee
Shirts, or Boys White Woven
Madtds Shuts, SOC each
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-11
MAKING UP THE RECORD.

The caucus returns the Journal pub
fishes today include 240 towns and
cities. These have elected no dele
gates classified as follows;
Mccullough 1922
Clement 219
Proctor 100
The classification by counties, of
delegates elected. is:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-11
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This signature is on every box of the genuine
Laxative BrOmO-Quinine Tablets
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-11
TAN PAYERS FOR 1902.
A List Of Those Paying the Heavy Taxes
of the City.

Following is given list of those paying
a tax in the city on the grand list of $50
or over. In some cases the list of hus-
band and wife have been consolidated.
No distinction has been made in cases
where man and wife have made out their
lists separately or conformity:
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-31
THE YOUNGEST PEERLESS.
ton, Three Years Old, Has
Coronation Robe,

The youngest peeress of Great
Britain who has the right to attend
the coronation of King Edward is
Lady Betty" Bligh, now Baroness
Clifton, daughter of the late seventh
earl of Darnley and Jemima, countess
of Darnley. Although the baby coun-
tess can be barely three years old,
having been born in 1900, the same
year in which her father died, she is
having a coronation robe made for
her on the lines of those of the other
peeresses, and, owing to her extreme
youth, she will without doubt be an
object of much interest and attrac-
ton in the coronation show at West
minister. The father of Lady Betty"
was the sixteenth Baron Clifton and
seventh earl of Darnley. He married
Miss Jemima Blackwood, daughter of
the late Francis j. L. Blackwood,
niece of the present baronet of the
name, and relative of the duke of
Manchester. The tiny countess
comes of distinguished lineage.
She is seventeenth in succession from
the first Baron Clifton. In the his
tory of the family the right of sue
cession has fallen to the women of
the house about as many times as 80
the men.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-31
AT THE TOMB OF ELIHU YALE.
A Little Welsh Town That 10 the
Scene of a Sort of American
Pilgrimage.

A bazaar was lately held which ex-
cites great interest in north Wales, in
aid of the restoration of Wrexham
church, one of the finest in the princi-
pality. Wrexham contains a monu-
ment which has beONme sort of
shrine to Americans who have baen ed
ucated at Yale college, inasmuch as it
is that of E!ihu Yale, and bears q
quaint inscription which has become
famous. Never was immortality so
easily acquired as by Yale. 1t cost
him some chattels, which he sent over
to aid, by the request of friends. a
struggling college at New Haven,
Conn, and which fetched few hun
dred pounds; but this in IT'S was such
boon that the college took his name,
and is now famous as Yale university
says a London paper.
Elihu Yale's daughter married Lord
James Cavendish, son of the first duke
Of Devonshire. and had an only child,
who married the son of DR.. Chandler,
Bishop of Durham, whom she made
take the name of Cavendish. She was
a lady of masculine tendencies. and
commonly known as Jack" Caven-
dish. The Yale students have present
ed Wrexham church with handsom,
visitors book.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-31
NATION ADDING TO NAVY.
According to Present Indications.
Many Vessels VIII lie Added
to the Fleet.

The United States is rapidly adding
to its navy. In three years it will prob
ably have the largest number of ships
able to engage in active warfare Of
any country in the world Battle
ships, cruisers and monitors are now
in course of construction, and will be
launched rs soon as completed, says a
Washington report.
The next to take to the sea is the
Pennsylvania, which will be launched
from Cramps shipyard next season
and christened by Miss Quay, daughter
of the Pennsylvania leader. who will
break bottle upon the bow and name
the ship with appropriate ceremony.
The starting of ship of war upon
its journey is such an important GER
emony, and one attended with so many
honors, that the greatest rivalry ex-
lists for the honor Of breaking the
bottle. Wires are pulled, plans are
laid year in advance, and often feel
ings are engendered that are quite the
reverse of friendly or patriotic.
The selection of Miss Quay has given
universal satisfaction in Philadelphia
and Washington, as she is n young
woman, pretty and accomplished, and
already identified in public affairs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-31
YOUNGEST BRIDGE JUMPER.
Drops One Hundred and Fifty
Feet for Sixty-F1ve Cents.

In full view of several hundred peo.
pie, Teddy McGrane, messenger boy,
jumped from the suspension bridge
over the Ohio river at Wheeling, w.
Va, distance of $50 feet, for paltry
sum. A professional high diver, show.
ing at a street carnival in a neighbor-
ing town, had reported he would do it,
but he failed to show up, whereupon
young McGrane, who was one of the as.
sembled spectators, quietly announced
he would make the leap. His words
were not taken seriously, but when he
got 65 cents from the people close
around him in the crowd he mounted
the rail and dropped off, making a
beautiful descent, feet downward all
the way, though his body curved slight
ly before striking the water. He dis
dained skiff that hurried to him and
swan the so yards to shore, landing
without a bruise. The boy is said by
his playmates to be water dog.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-31
DOOMS AN ADOBE THEORY.
Field Museum Authority Finds That
Hopi Indian Children PuxEled
the Experts.

DR.. George Dorsey, Of the Field
Columbian museum, has made n dis
covery in his Investigations among
the Hopi Indians that overturns
many of the old theories OF anthro-
biologists in regard to supposed in
scriptions on the adobe houses OF
the tribe. He made the announce
ment of his discoveries in lecture
to the students of the University Of
Chicago the other afternoon on "Civ-
ilization Among the Hopi Indians"
"These inscriptions that the an
thropologists have been trying to de-
cipher and read for years." said DR..
Dorsey, "have been found to be
nothing more than the scratches
made by miscellaneous Hopi children
in the mud of the adobe houses after
they have been freshly built. They
are not mysterious inscriptions Mt
all. They are only the results OF
childish pranks. OF course this dis
coyery makes the anthropologists
feel rather vexed, but the markings
have much resemblance to some kind
of picture writing, and may well be
taken for some kind Of inscriptions"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-31
BELGIANS HONOR MAY DAY.
The Subjects of King Leopold CeIe-
brate the Arrival of the Month
of Flowers Each Year,

The month of May is the most
highly honored of the whole year by
the Belgians. 1t is known as the vir-
gins month and consecrated to the
Virgin Mary. In the province of
Liege young maidens have quaint
way of predicting their love affairs
this month. A group of girls arrange
to meet at sunrise and start to walk
through the fields until they come
to hedge, quite unobserved from
the highway, where they generally
choose a honeysuckle bush beneath
the protecting branches of which to
perform their mystic operations.
Each maiden selects three blades
of Iew-laden grass, the tops of which
she cuts to equal lengths, and to
each of which she attaches a colored
silken thread. Black represents a
bachelor, red an unknown lover and
green the secret desires of the maid
ems heart. Ten days afterward they
return to the same spot where they
left the blades growing, and that
blade of the three chosen which has
surpassed the others in height re-
veals the lover the maiden is destined
to have.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-31
BETRAYED BY GOLDEN LOCKS.
The Sad Experience of n Public on
cia1 who Sought the Aid
of Hair Dye.

A prominent public official began
to show signs of badness, and then
rather surprised his friends by APP
pearing with a sleek, well-groomed
crop of dark hair, relates the Phila-
delphia Record. For some time no
one suspected wig. But a few days
ago he appeared with the top of his
head covered with the usual dark
brown hair, but sharp line frcm
the tips of the ears marked strange
contrast, for the hair below the line
was of the bright golden hue which
is the pride of the chemical
blondes"
1t was found out that the man
found his natural hair was turning
gray and desired to make it match
the wig, so he invested in a prepare
ton warranted to darken the hair,
and in the secret of his own room
applied it. But, owing to some
strange chemical combination, in
stead of making the silvered hair
dark it made the dark hair golden,
and so far the unfortunate man has
found nothing that will counteract
the striking contrast, so he is com
PEELED to endure no small amount of
chatting from his friends.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-31
CONVICTS FOR CAPITAL PARKS
ment In Beautifyinx Pleasure
Spots I'm Washington.

Convicts may be employed to beau
tify the parks of Washington. Lieut..
Col. Theodore A. Bingham, superin-
tendent of public buildings and
grounds, has applied to the commits
sioners of the District of Columbia
for detail of men from the Jail, who,
under guard, shall grade and improve
the roads and the public reservations
of the capital. The prisoners will sup
plement the 200 men paid by the
United States to keep the parks in
good condition.
The request of Col. Bingham is
likely to cause objection from resi-
dents of the district who are opposed
to the use of convict labor on city
work, but the engineer officer is de-
termined to carry his plan out.
1.-THE United States pays half Of the
expenses of the administration of the
district" said Col. Bingham, land
residents pay half. Among other
things, the United States pays half
the expense of supporting certain
prisoners who are confined in jail on
account of various crimes they have
committed. 1t is a reasonable propo-
sition that, since the United States
pays half for their support, it should
receive some return for the expendi-
ture. 1 have prepared plans for GER
tain park work which involve digging
and grading, and convicts will be able
to do the manual labor, leaving
skilled men who will be employed the
more important improvements to
make.
THE appropriations usually made
for the parks are small. For in
stance, only IS 900 is placed at my dis
posal for the care and improvement
of the monument grounds, which are
of large extent. | have had diff
Guilty in making the appropriations
cover the work absolutely necessary
to be done. With the aid of convict
labor more can be done than has hith
erto been possible"