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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-10-30
STORIES OF HARDsnIps AND DEATH.


STORIES OF HARDsHIPs AND DEATH.
Two oyster dredgers, Barney Kirk and
Joseph Samoka, Russian Pole, reach
ed Washington late yesterday halt dead
from want and exposure. Kirk told a
story of great cruelty and of the death
of a Bohemian at the hauds of Chesa-
peake Bay dredgers. Kirk, who is from
Philadelphia, saws he had been working
for several weeks on an oyster boat in
the lower Chesapeake Bay. He was in
duced to join crew in Baltimore.
Since that time he had been confined on
an oyster boat, exposed to all sorts OF
hardships. With him were two Bohe-
mians. No vessel came near them
where they worked dredging oysters in a
deserted part of the bay, and at last
they determined to escape. They left
the drcdger, intending to swim ashore,
preferring he said, to face death rather
than continue in the slavery they were
undergoing. The oyster men followed
them. There was astrugglein the water,
and in the fight one of the men lost his
life. The other Bohemian was cap
tured, beaten, and thrown insensible in
to the boat. Kirk was the best swimmer,
and he escaped to the Maryland shore.
He was destitute, and hid in the woods
FIR days. At last he was able to make
his way farther north, and crept toward
Washington, starving and suffering from
cold. His condition was pitiiul. Kirk
gave the police a letter, written in
Bohemian, which has not yet been trans
lated, scrawled on piece of common
brown paper. He says it was handed to
him by the man who lost his life, and
that it is an appeal for assistance, and
the rectal of brutal treatment 1t was
handed to him, he says. as the writer
went down. Kirk and the Russian Pole
Samoka tell similar stories, and their
adventures were much the same. They
did not know each other until both
sought refuge in Washington, after a trip
up the Potomac. Samoka was nearly
naked when he reached the city yester-
day. His body was covered with
wounds and his condition was serious.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-10-30

ALBEMARLE PIPPINs and GENITAN
APPLES for sale by J. G. MILBURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-10-30

BLACKEYED PEAS and BLACK WAL
NUTS just received bye J. c. MILBURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-10-30

New TOMATOES, large cans, for sale a
10c by j. C.. MTLBURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-10-30

pounds PURE MOUNTAIN BUCK
WHEAT for 25c at
W.P. WOOLIS h SONS.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-19
OUR BLUEBIRD.
written for the Journal. J

written for the Journal
A bright bit of blue from the beauti-
full sky
Has been torn by the March wind
frolicking high,
And down through the sunshine has
fallen today
To a branch of the ash tree Just over
the way;
Where, caught in the twigs of the
naked old trees,
1t flutters and sways in the morning S
chill breeze.
Such an exquisite blue-ah, never was
given
So fair a blue anywhere outside of
heaven
By this token alone, quite certain am 1
Ills fragment wind-torn from yon-
der blue sky.
But bark he's alive and is singing
quite clear.
A plaintive, sweet strain is the song
that we hear
And see! he takes wing and mounts
into the air
Like spirit from Cloudland, so free
and so fair.
Now he lights on fence, now a post
is his perch,
Now again he's at rest in the silvery
birch;
And his blue grows the brighter as he
futters his wings
Between twitters and trills. He cheer
lily sings
AS sweetly, serenely, to churlish old
March
AS though he were June and the bright
azure arch
Were filled with soft airs, and the fra
GRANGE of flowers
We're waited on zephyrs from sum.
mer's gay bowers;
Sings as freely when the earth is man.
tied with snow
AS when apple blooms drift DER the
velvet below;
Aye, when frost jewels glitter he war
bles as true
AS when the green meadows are span
gled with dew.
All, this fragment of azure from yon-
der bright dome,
Is the herald of Spring. From his far
southern home,
On before her he flies in the frosty
March air
A messenger true her way to prepare
And the message he MARBLES is given
quite plain,
" If you please, loving friends, spring
is coming again.
No song among bird songs more well
come is heard
Than this MARBLE "true blue" of our
darling blue bird.
Green Mountain Maybe.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-19
WEBB PULLS OUT.

DIR. w. Seward Webb has withdrawn
from the canvass for the Republican
nomination for Governor. The reason
given is that he will not "blindly
affront the manifest sentiment of those
among whom he has sought citizen
ship and friends. - Another and more
probable reason is given in the sub
joined
STATEMENT OF o. M. BARBER.
who is one of the lieutenants of Gen.
Mccullough in his canvass for the Re-
publican nomination for the governor
ship;
General Mccullough entered this
canvass at the request of his numer-
Gus friends all over the State. the
most of whom have for years cherished
a hope that sometime both the merits
of the man and the claims of his coun-
ty, which is unanimous for him,
would be recognized. His campaign
has been conducted in an honorable
manner, in keeping with the we'll
known characteristics of the man and
the dignity of the office to which he
aspires. No fake kilograms or fishy
tales of great gains have been inspired
or tolerated in his behalf. The dust
of the first skirmish has passed away.
the glamour which the reputed wealth
of Doctor Webb had upon some who
have heretofore looked kindly upon
his candidacy has lost its influence a
great majority of the thinking men
OF the party, men who are potent in
its affairs, have, as between the two
candidates declared themselves in his
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-19
MAIL ORDERS MUST Be PROMPT
FOR THESE GOODS.
DOMESTIC.

Fall River, Mch. 17.-All the mills
posted ten per cent increase in wages
this morning and all the men went to
work. In addition to the mills here
granting an advance the Boutine mill
at Tiverton also posted ten per cent
inrease notice. There is now no
trouble here.
Philadelphia, Mch. 17.-Fire broke
out afresh in the east wing of Den.
high hall at Bryn Mawr college this
morning after the flames had already
destroyed the building. The second
blaze destroyed the three story struc-
ture used as dormitory by seventy
two girls. Only the four walls re-
main. No one was injured.
Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Mch. IT,
Geronimo, the notorious Apache chief,
asks release from captivity. He
wants TO become citizen and promises
to be good.
Plymouth, Eng, Mch. II. = The
steamer Deutschland with Prince
Henry on board arrived today. The
Prince was greatly fatigued by his
States, and kept by himself during
seen only at meals. The last two days
having recovered, he joined the pas
sengers on the deck.
Washington, Mch. 17.-The CORE.
spondent of the New York press says
the President and Post master General
Paine want Joe Manley for first assist
ant postmaster. Gen. Marley, who
is now in Washington, has the offer
under consideration.
Boston, Mch. IS. - AS far as the
merchants and miners and the Clyde
steamship lines are concerned, the
strike of the longshoremen is still on.
AT the former, ten old men were re.
instated, leaving 1875 still out. At the
latter, men resumed work yesterday
but struck again later because one or
two men were given work different
from that to which they had been ac-
customed. They thought they We're
being Disseminated against. Both
lines propose to get along with new
men. Conditions are nearly normal
elsewhere.
New York, Mch. 1S.-Max G. MAY.
er for thirty three years the confden-
tial man for Rathhone q Sons, bank.
ers, at rs Wall street, was arrested to-
day charged with embezzlement. His
populations, it is said spread over
number of years and aggregate be-
tween 500, 600 and $3.50, 600.
Boston, Mich. 1S.-Captain Eldridge
and five men of the Monomy life crew
were drowned yesterday while trying
to rescue some men from the barge
Wardena, which was stranded on
Shovelfull Shoals near Chatham, sew
eral days ago.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-19

favor, and unless the entry of Mr..
Proctor into the arena affects the re.
suit, General McCullough's nomina-
tion Is assured.
In addition to this, strong senti-
ment adverse to Doctor Webb has been
developed, and has been organized
against him in Ohittenden county, and
the loss by him of majority of his
delegates seems inevitable
Many of our friends claim to have
been positively assured by Mr.. Proc
tor that he would not be candidate.
Under these circumstances the an
nouncement of Mr.. Proctor's candi-
dacy is surprise.
1--WE were aware several days ago
of an interview in New York at which
DR.. Webb and certain of his promi-
nent supporters were, as we were in
formed, in consultation with Mr..
Proctor, but no Importance was at
tached to that in view of the rela-
| tions which it is well understood ex-
| list between Senator Proctor and DR..
| Webb. We are now told that Mr..
Proctor's candidacy is the result of
| that interview, and that DR.. Webb
has agreed to turn all his strength to
Mr. Proctor, in return for which he
is to receive the support of Fletcher
Proctor and his friends in four years
provided the combination is able to de .
liver the goods. In support of this
it is pointed out that every Webb man
of Importance in Franklin and Grand
Isle county has already announced
himself for Mr.. Proctor. Considering,
however, what it is claimed are the
well known ambitions of Senator
Proctor for himself and family, it
would seem that in view of the fact
that Doctor Webb aspires to Proctor S
seat in the United States Senate, such
an alliance is unnatural, and if at
tempted will probably last no longer
than the present campaign.
''It has been openly claimed that
Doctor Webb is ambitious to build up
a machine to control the political
destinies of the State, but it requires
no deep insight into politics or long
recollection to suggest that Senator
Proctor will not knowingly contribute
to the success of that plan. Close OBJ
servers have queried what would be
the attitude of Ex-Governor Page and
p. W. Clement if such scheme were
attempted.
General Mccullough has not made
and will not make any entangling al
liances. He has no ambition to be the
head of any machine organized to die
tate to the people of the State who
shall be its officers He believes that
the people should take that matter
into their own hands and is confiden
that the love of fair play, which ha
so long been characteristic of Yer
mont and Vermonters, can in this in
stance be relied upon to take care o.
his candidacy and deal justly will
him and the county which he repre-
sents. "
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-19
is VERMONT A MONARCHY?

A certain phase of the pending can.
vass for the governorship is the sub
ject of some comment by certain of
the State press, and is touched upon
by an esteemed correspondent whose
communication is printed upon this
page.
The general ground taken seems to be
that the man who is chosen for the of
fee of Governor of the State shall be
born in Vermont. This is fundamen-
tai Conditions Of secondary import
ance are that the aspirant or candi-
date for the Office of Chief Executive
shall not be a millionaire or railroad
man, shall never have been in the city
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-19

vulgar conception of the millionaire
and railroad magnate that, in ignor-
ance of the real facts, or in spirit of
incendiarism, is dangled before the
people.
If Vermonters propose at this late
day to set up royal line of office
holders, to raise the cry of vermont
for Vermonters, twin of the pro-
scriptive slogan that in the South is
proclaiming "white mans govern
ment" and devising schemes of whole
sale Acknowledgement they should
post along all the borders of the State
warning to outsiders to keep off the
sacred soil of Vermont. Over the
gateways to the State, those entering
the jurisdiction of the Vermont mon
archy should read that they may come
here to abide, may build railways
here and invest in other business en-
terprises, spend here the wealth they
may be acquiring elsewhere, and
be squeezed by the appraiser and tax
gatherer to maintain native born
sovereignty, but must forever aban.
don all hope of holding public Office
here.
SO may Vermont continue to lag al
the tail end of the proud procession
of the States, and still continue to be
the sport and gibe of her progressive
| sisters, perchance of some who, in 9
broad spirit of tolerance and apprecia
ton, have made of men-and theil
name is acknowledgements, or judges Of
courts, or Senators or Representatives
in Congress, albeit they hailed from
Vermont.
1t is nlonstrous, odious, unrepubli
can, unspeakably narrow, unjust ant
proscriptive, this proposition of the
"divine right of the native anC
hereditary sons of the soil to the ex
elusive honors Of office, while for the
other fellow are only the burdens anC
responsibilities of citizenship, with til,
poor privilege of investing here hi
wealth in business ventures or devot
ing it to purposes of charity and be
nevolence. 1t is an alluring prospec
Vermont would be holding out to tn,
rest of the world to come and SETTLE
within her borders! But we welcome
the issue. Instead of the CUSTOMARY
and barren choice between rival as
pirants for the office, if a "hom,
grown" candidate is put forward fol
the governorship there will come into
the canvass the discussion of vita
principle. And that would be whole
some and inspiring. If the issue shall
be joined, like the conflict in tn,
evangelist's hymn, it may be "fearfu
and long. " So it behooves all goot
and patriotic and broad minded Yer
monters to be girding on their armor
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-19
A Card.

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to
refund the money on 80 cent bottle OF
Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if il fails
to cure your cough or cold We also
guarantee % cent bottle TO prove salts
factory or money refunded.
w. l. Pierce, East Calais.
G. r Dwinell East Calais.
W. G, Nye, No Montpelier,
G. l.. Pray, No. Montpelier.
Teachout Orion, No. Calais.
Geo. Kent. Kent's Corner.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-19
WATTS RIVER.
Fred Miles is in very poor health.

Fred Miles is in very poor health,
The selectmen have hired two farms of
James Bowen for the maintenance of the
towns poor. Mr.. and Mrs. Bowen have
been hired to run the farm for the coming
year.
Snow has gone fast this week. Farm
ers prophesy short sugar season.
Miss Blossom Chase will have her mil
linery opening March 20. She will be To-
Gated in Waits River village at H. c..
Richmond's.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-19
On the Lace Counter.

Special Price on Embroidered Turn
over Collars.
We offer 100 dozens of Linen and
Cotton Embroidered Turnover Col
lars, in every possible variation of
color, all beautiful designs, and as
good as any heretofore sold at 19c
add 25c. Your choice, II 1-2c
Also 100 or more very choice Lib
erty Silk Neck Ruffs, in black, black
and white, few others. These are
very fine grade, and have been used
as Drummers' Samples; otherwise
they would sell for $500, 1926,
$3.50, $500. You are to have
choice for S1.49
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-19
BARNARD, SUMNER &
PUTNAM CO.,
Worcester, Massachusetts
A RELIABLE
MAIL ORDER HOUSE.
SPRING OPENINGS
THIS WEEK.
Knit underwear.

Knit underwear.
A great money saver. so dozen
Ladies' Silk Plated Vests in lavender,
pink, cream, white and blue, with
very wide lace, front, back and aims.
This is one of our great bargain
chances. Value 75c. Price Ale each.
Hosiery Department.
Lace Hosiery to be the ruling fad
of the season. We are showing grand
line of values, in Foreign and Do
nestle,
Women's American Made Lisle
Thread Lace Hose, Black, Gray, Ca
Diet, Cardinal. Value 25c. Price 19c
Womens best grades, American
made Lisle Thread Hose, Lace Open
Work, black and colors. Superior
value, Csc pair
Women's Imported Lace Hose,
"All Overs" or Lace Ankles Is
styles, blacks and colors, SOC pair
Women's Brilliant Lisle Hose,
"All Overs" or "Lace Ankles" in
back or gray, neatly embroidered,
81 lie
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-19

Look up your Office stationary and
see what you are in need Of. Then
call at the Journal office.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-19
THE NEW DIVINE RIGHT.

In the absence of better reason for
opposing the nomination either of DR..
Webb or Gen. Mccullough to the
| governorship of this State, certain in
dlviduals have taken up the cry that
Vermont's Governor must be to the
manner born-a hard worked phrase
just now-and certain newspapers are
somewhat frantically maintaining the
application to the political affairs of
this State of the doctrine of the divine
right of kings to rule. The scepter
shall pass only to the hereditary SOW
ereigns in the line of native born
Ve1monters. Such is the new creed
promulgated. That it is new the sub
Joined list of the names of the Gov.
ernors OF Vermont born beyond the
boundaries of the State would seem
to show:
Thomas Chittenden, Connecticut
moses ROBINSON, Massachusetts
isaac Ilcnenor, New Jersey
israel Smith, Connecticut
Jonas Galusha, Connecticut
Martin Chlttenden, Connecticut
Rlcnard Skinner, Connecticut
Cornelius +. Van Ness, New York
Ezra Butler Massachusetts
Samuel @. Crafts, Connecticut
William A. Palmer, Connecticut
John Mattocks, Connecticut
Charles X. Williams, Massachusetts
Erastus Fairbanks, Massachusetts,
Frederick Holbrook, Connecticut
Paul Dillingham;, Massachusetts,
Peter 7. Washburn, Massachusetts
julius Converse, Connecticut
Asahel Peck, Massachusetts
Roswell Farnham, Massachusetts
Samuel E. Pingree, New Hampshire
Levi X. Fuller. New Hampshire
Urban A. Woodbury., New Hampshire
Josiah Grout, Canada
Not including the two lieutenant
governors who have succeeded to the
governorship by reason of the death
of the Chief Executive, forty five in
dividuals have been nominated and
elected to the governorship since YER
mont was admitted into the Union.
or these, twenty four, whose names
are included in the foregoing list,
were born in other States of the Unit
ed States, and one in a foreign coun-
try. Among these foreigners, par
ticularly during the first fifty or sixty
years of the history of Vermont, have
been some of the ablest men of the
State, men who, besides having held
the office of Governor, were chosen
judges of the courts, Representative
or Senators in Congress. In the town
of one of the loudest shouters of Yer
mont for Vermonters' still survives
Ex-Governor Frederick Holbrook,
native of Connecticut. Did these
f1amboyant apostles of the doctrine
of reigning house of "Vermonters
to the manner born" dream that the
very men who are their pride and
delight as illustrating the superior
virtue and wisdom of the natives of
the Dillingham; the first, Wash
burn, Peck accounted the noblest
Roman of the moderns) and others,
were outside the royal line they are
seeking to draw Or that one was that
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-04-23
For Over Sixty Years

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used by millions of mothers for
their children While teething. If dis
turbed at night and broken CT your
rest by sick Chi suffering and cry
ing with pala of cutting teeth send at
once and get a botti of Mrs. Wins
lows Soothing Syrup" for children
teething. IL viii relieve the poor little
sufferer Immediately. Depend upon IT..
mothers. there is no mistake about II.
1T cures diarrhoea, regulates the
st ZACH and bowels, cures wind collie
sottens the Gu-A ana reduces innam-
nation, and gives tone and energy to
the whole system. Mrs. Wiuslows
Soothing rup'" lor children teething
is pleasant to the taste and is the pre-
scription one o. the Oldest and best
female physicians and nurses in the
United States Price twenty-five cents
bottle. Sold by all druggists through
out the world. Re sure and ask for
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrur."
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-04-23
MINES AND MINING.

Shipments of Tonopah ore are again
being made to Washington smelters
The bulk assay value Of last weeks ore
product of Comstock mines was $685.
of which the Con. Cal. & Va. produced
300 and the Silver Hill 1925
Gilbert Briggs and associates have a
number of samples of rich galena ore
on exhibition in Carson. The ore came
from their mine at Alkali lake and the
owners intend to erect mill without
delay.
Negotiations for the sale of the Blair
estate mines at Silver Peak, Esmeralda
county, to the Lane syndicate have been
suspended on account of the owners de-
manding cash for the whole amount of
the purchase price.
The Crystal Lake Mining Company,
operating at Lundy, Mono county, Cal,
employs a total of eighty-five men in
its mine, pays "a per day for ten hours
work and charges s35 a month for board.
The mill has twenty stamps and is kept
running steadily with the exception of
during the winter months. The mine is
situated at an elevation of 10000 feet
above the sea level.
The electric hoist at the Union shaft is
now in operation and men were lowered
to the 1600-level this morning The ma
can hoist or lower at speed of 800 feet
minute or at one foot hour and can
be stopped within the fraction of an inch
when required. The joint work on the
1600-level of the Union Con. and Sierra
Nevada will hereafter be conducted
through the Union shaft-virgina Re-
port.
The drift on the 300 level of the Ludwig
mine has been advanced from the shaft
about fifty feet. 1t is expected that in
running sixty feet further the ledge will
be encountered on this level. The shaft
is being sunk at the rate of from ten to
twelve feet a week and will be pushed on
down to water level-a depth of between
six and seven hundred feet. If the same
character and quantity of ore is en-
countered at this depth as is found on the
200 level the Ludwig will be the greatest
copper mine In the State.-Lyon County
Times.
The O'Meara-Lynch Company has Sc
cured a contract from the Tonopah Com
pany TO sink Lease No. "A shaft 500 feet
from the present depth of f75 feet. The
shaft is to be Axe in the clear, with addi-
tional manway. A large engine has been
ordered and machines will be used in the
work. An electric power plant for the
air compressors win be installed, with
electric signal bells in the shaft The
new contract will necessitate the employ
ment of $50 men inside of month, as the
contract calls for the privilege of extract
ing ore on both sides of the shaft. Mr..
Lynch says the management treated him
with every courtesy while in Philadel-
phia.-Tonopah Bonanza.