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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-01-24
VALLEY FAIR ASSOCIATION.
Annual Meeting at Brooks House To.
day with 100 Directors Present
Coaching Parade Given Up.

Annual Meeting at Brooks House To.
day with 100 Directors Present
Coaching Parade Given Up.
The annual meeting of the Valley
Fair association was held in the
Brooks House at II o'clock today with
about 100 directors present The re-
port of the treasurer showed that the
receipts of the first day of the last fair
were S22G1.S5. and of the second day
$69l0.50. The total expenses for the
fair itself left a profit of $67979, but
there was an unusually large eXpendi-
ture for permanent improvements so
that the amount in the treasury,
$215S.53, is about $40 less than last
year The total profits of all the fairs
is $20.O7O.OS
G.. w. Pierce, chairman of the eX-
cCutlve committee, stated that the
committee were unanimous in the
opinion that the coaching parade
ought to be abolished as it has come
to be a burden on the association,
the last parade having cost about
$1,000. The directors voted to abolish
the parade. Greenfield people, Mr..
Pierce said, had given assurance that
they would have no parade next year.
These officers were elected: Prcsi-
dent, Col George w. Hooker, for the
18th time; vice presidents, G.. W.
Pierce, DR.. n. p. Wood; secretary, G.
| l.. Stlckney; treasurer, Julius j. Els
| tey; general superintendent, j. \. Tay
lor executive committee, G. w
Pierce, II. G. Clark and J. A. Taylor
The cid board of department superin
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-01-24

Gov. Gen. Taft, who arrived at San
Francisco from Manila said: II wish
the press would correct the impression
that there is war on all the islands
The insurrection is confined to two To-
calities-the provinces of Batangas
and the island of Samar. This morn
ing received a most encouraging ca
BILE from Gen. Wright, who is the act
ing governor in my absence. 1t was
said that owing to Gen. Bells strong
repressive measures the trouble in
Batangas was being quoted. I do not
think Gen. Bell will have to adopt the
reconcentrado principle in Batangas
as his despatch plainly indicates thai
the province is in a fair way of pa
cifcation."
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-19
ENGLAND is DUMPING PLACE
Undersirable and Suspected Persons
Are sent by Police of other
Countries 20 Great Britain.

LONDON, Oct. 1s.-Maior Evans Gordon.
NJ. p, a member Of the royal commission on
alien immigration. who has Just returned
from a two-months' visit TO Russia, Poland,
Galicia and Roumanis, where he has been
studying the causes underlying the Jewish
exodus thence, speaking to a representative
Of the Associated Press today, said:
Secretary Hays Roumanian note ad-
mirably expresses the reasonable attitude
OF the United States toward immigration
81 tbe rsysponsibiIitv Of he Roumanian gov
eminent for the exodus of Jews from that
country and It will have moral II not con-
I do not think, however, that the Rou-
nsnian Is the most vital question 20 the
United States. Roumanian emigration to
America has been very thoroughly stfted
by several influential Jewish societies. This,
coupled with your immigration avs and
the oi fSet !, that 6,o,s a mar man m must gst N 6a Nsv a yd I9sr
irsures your getting the cream OF the emil
grants.
problem for America, both as regards num-
Der and the class of people involved. You
must remember that Roumania has only
probably has a Jewish population Of 10000.
Speaking as a private Individual, there is
no doubt in my mind that sooner or later
England will have to adopt restrictive leg
islation Of some sort The royal commits
sion on alien immigration has not nearly
completely It's WOTk- 1 naNt Ndnleu IOI y
long while to study American immigration
conditions and legislation at close range
and hope TO go to the United states next
spring with that object.
Meanwhile, quite apart from the Jewish
side OF the question, ! believe IL will be
found that England is being made and has
long been made a JUMPING ground not only
for the paupers. but for the criminals and
undesirable persons OF all Europe.
The police of Pals and other continental
cities told me frankly that when they want
to export a suspected person against whom
there is not sufficient evidence to secure a
conviction, they send him to England, II is
so much nearer and cheaper than America
upon his landing.
OF course, America gets a large share OF
European emigrants, but, considering
Americas vastly larger area and popula-
ton. the United Kingdom is much the
worse on.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-19

leader Of the Cuban forces and deliver him
a message from the president OF the United
States. suggesting cooperation OF their
armies in Kidding the island Of the hostile
Spanish troops.
A few typical paragraphs from "a Mes
sage to Garcia will indicate the character
Of the little article hat had such a run.
Hers they are:
I'm all this Cuban business there Is one
man stands out on the horizon Of my
memory like Mars at perihelion. When
the war broke out between Spain and the
United States it was necessary to com
municats quickly with the leader OF the in
surgents. Garcia was somewhere in the
mountain Businesses Of Cuba-no one knew
where. No mail nor telegraph message
could reach him. The president must Sc
cure his cooperation, and quickly"
Some one said to the president, There's
a fellow by the name Of Rowan will find
Garcia for you, IL anybody can"
The point l wish to make is this Nc
Kinley gave Rowan a letter TO be deliv-
cred to Garcia: Rowan took the letter and
did not ask where is he st?' By the
eternal, there is a man whose form should
De cast in the deathless bronze and the
statue placed in every college Of the land.
1t is not book learning young men need.
nor instruction about this OF that, but a
stifening Of the vertebrae, which will
cause them to be loyal to a\trust, TO act
promptly. concentrate their energies, do
the thing-'carry a message to Garcia
"a Message to Garcia" has a million
friends. The man that really carried that
message is almost a stranger In the COM
munity where be lives. Such is fame!
That same fellow by the name Of
Rowan lives in sight Of San Francisco.
He is an infantry oficer on Angel island,
the mid-harbor reservation where soldiers
from the Philippines are unmsde into
American civilians.
He is Captain Rowan now, not long
home from campaigning in Luzon. When
he started for Cuba with that message
from President Mckinley he was plain
Lieutenant Rowan of the Bureau Of Mill
tary Information. When he completed his
daring trip Major General Miles, chief
officer Of the United States armies, wrote
to the secretary Of war: II also recon-
mend that First Lieutenant Andrew S.
Rowan, Nineteenth United States infantry,
be made a lieutenant colonel of one Of the
regiments Of immunes. Lieutenant Rowan
made a journey across Cuba, was with the
insurgent army under Lieutenant General
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-19

Be increased with safety until the great
Siberian railway is relsid with heavier rails
capable Of carrying fast express engines,
and the Manchurian line Is properly bal
lasted.
According to onicial accounts the ordi-
nary receipts Of tho Russian government
for the six months Of the present year are
SAYS. 600. 900. or more than $40. 900. DO above
those in the same period Of last year. The
extraordinary receipts amount to 7.5OO.O 900.
nearly three times as much as last year.
The ordinary expenditures we're s446, 900, 900,
an excess Of S34. 900. 900 over last year. and
the extraordinary expenditures we're S32.-
900, 1000. less by $500. 900 than the e~Xtrsor-
binary expenditures Of 1901. The largest in
crease In the receipts has been in the gov
eminent monopoly OF spirit trade. which
now extends over the whole Of Russia. This
yielded si3. 600. 900 more than in 1901. and
the imperial railway gave 5000. 900 more.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-19
A Western Tragedy Sketched
by Cy Warman.

with them. for they were both good fell
lows.
Finally the man gave in. called on the
woman and proposed marriage. She con-
scented, of course, and named the next day.
That night in the hotel the man told his
friends what was to be, and they all clicked
glasses and wished him Joy.
That night the woman sat at her one
window and watched the big. black cloud
that came out Of the west and heard the
low wind come sobbing and crying up the
canon. The moan Of the wind saddened
her and the sight Of the black cloud caused
her to weep.
The kind woman with whom she lived
heard her sob through the canvas wall and
went in to see her. The woman laid her
brown head on the knee OF her friend and
told her that she was to be married on the
morrow, and the good woman kissed her
and cheered her and told her that she must
not weep on the eve Of her wedding day.
Then the bride to be wiped her eyes and
tried to be glad, but when she was alone
she locke out on the black cloud and
heard the wind sob, and moaned. When
her friend peeped In again the woman, with
her glorious hair let loose over her white
gown, was kneellnB DeSlOe ntT uaIIOW btu'
That night the sleeping camp was star
tied by the cry of fire. The wind. that had
come crying out Of the west hours ago, had
begun to howl. Wind and fire seem always
TO go together. The wooden camp burned
like ricks Of dry straw. Hundreds Of peo-
pie escaped in the clothes they were sleep
ing in. When the FIRE died down and the
roll was called only two people were miss
ing, but they were deeply mourned, fol-
they we're good fellows. A man said that
a stranger hurrying along the street had
stopped and helped him carry his wife and
children from their burning home. Wher
they we're safe the stranger, thinking per.
haps there were more people In the build
ing, ran back. The ceiling fell and he per.
ished in the flames.
Five blocks away they found the charret
form Of a once beautiful woman. They mad
two graves, side by side, and all the peo'
pie went to pay their last respects to tn,
victims OF the fire. Above these graves
they raised a great marble monument anC
upon the face they chisled:
"Mr. and Mrs. George Blank,
Both Good Fellows"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-19
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.

Boston's electrical strike was settled by
the board of arbitration.
The number OF laborers required TO cul-
tivate the tea crop In India Is $4,000.
New Orleans has in recent years become
a well organized city, having more than
1900 trade uniontsts.
Grave diggeTs at West Seneca, N. T.,
have demanded an increase In wages from
$3.50 to $40 a month and the elimination OF
Sunday funerals.
At Canton, o., an organization Of the
eiected. The object is to have women
pledge themselves 20 use nothing at home
that does not bear the stamp Of union
labor.
Is preparing its annual report, and this time
II promises TO be A bulky The
state board has had a busy time lately,
having settled In the neighborhood of nifty
strikes In Chicago and throughout the state
during the past year.
The foes of chtld labor are again active
in Chicago. They will urge upon the legis-
Iature OF Illinois at its next session the
enactment Of a law prohibiting the en-
ployment Of children at night, and they
favor the adoption Of an educational test
for children who are employed at any time.
The secretary OF the American Fedora
ton Of Labo- reports that the Increase in
has excseded 5000. Il has 900 voIunteel
organizers throughout the country and
thirty salaried organizers; Animated ma
tional unions have a total OF 80 paid or
GAMERS In the neld.
The earnings OF the United States Stee
corporation for the September quarter sur
pass those Of the corresponding quarter o.
last year by about 100000, or . per cent
This Is partly accounted for by highel
prices. Prices OF iron and steel products
now range from 10 70 80 per cent above tn
prices Of a year ago.
The executive council OF the American
Federation OF Labor has revoked the char
ter OF the Amalgamated Society cf Engi
neers, II having failed 20 comply with tn
decision in the controversy with the Inter
national Association Of Machinists. tn
Brotherhood OF Blscksmiths and the Pat
ternmskers' league over trade jurtsdic
ton.
Beginning last Monday the -four mills o
Minneapolis put In operation the tire
sight-hour-shift schedule, Instead OF tw
shifts OF twelve hours, as has been the rul
in the past. The minimum rate OF wage
for millers OF the hrst-class y 30 cents a
hour. and others are graded according I
the wages they received in the past. Tn
men are pleased over the reduction Q
hours. while the reduction Of wages
small
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-19
G

This is the month in which the name OF
world.
The Booth anniversary Of the birth Of
John Wesley will be celebrated by Metho-
dtsts throughout the world in June, 1903.
Rev. H.. /. Vannuys. a minister at Goshen,
lnd.. will celebrate the hfueth anniversary
OF his p~astorate in the Presbyterian church
Of that city on Tuesday next.
Bishop Clut, ~coadjutor OF Bishop Grou-
ard OF Athabasca- has been In the frozen
three or four visits to civilization.
Rev. Dr.. William NJ. Richie OF New York
has been fined SIS for practicing medicine
without a license. His ofense consisted OF
administering medicine to cure the NOR
phine and liquor habits.
A census Of people who attended church
services in Chicago last Sunday taken by
reporters for the Record-Herald shows a
total Of E7.41 people az 2S churches. There
are 56 churches and chapels In the city, 80
tina the showing Is considered good for a
bad day
Rev. David Worsley. who has Just died
at Neosho Rapids, Kan, after preaching In
that state for thirty-ive years. had eight
sons In the union army during the civi
and two in the Ninth Kansas. Their aver,
age stature was six feet two inches.
There are in China whole families thai
have been Catholics these 80 years. From
these faithful Catholic families the church
obtains a host Of native sisters. withou.
whose help the missionaries would not b
duAe o NOhNcrl AnAhcoE WOMEN ana iron
the same source the church gets hundreds
OF III priests
Rev. John Wagner, pastor OF Trinity
Lutheran church In HaZleton, Pa, latel!
declined a prOnered increase OF $500 In hi
salary, saying that he was already receiv
ing enough to satisfy him and suggesting
hat the proposed Increase be diverted q
the fund for the erection OF a new church
He has served the church faithfully an
most aeceptably for twenty-eight years.
Bishop Leighton Coleman OF the Protest
ant Episcopal church OF Delaware has jus
returned 20 mis- home in Wilmington, havinI
] completed his annual vacation tramp
I Every year the bishop dons a rough sui
OF clothes and starts o. an expedition o
this kind. His latest tour was 80 miles 1
the mountains OF Virginia, Tennessee an
North Carolina. all on foot He travels IN
cognito, stopping over night wherever h
nnds II most convenient and mingling wit
all sorts Of people.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-19

Black canyon. which. Mr.. Davis says. would
mean the creation Of two or three hundred
thousand acres of rich farming land. the
value of which would far more than pay
for the additional reservoir above.
The development Of the horse
power above mentioned could be utilized
extensively in the mining industry through
out the region, where power is very costly.
Great Engineering Works.
The cost Of the entire development as
outlined by Mr.. Davis is s22. O0O, 900. Against
this, however, he credits at least 100000
acres Of land which could be irrigated. alone
worth several times the cost Of the project;
500 miles Of navigation worth at least So
600. 900 and immense power possibilities
worth easily S1Oo, O00. 0Oo.
Taking the population Of the Ave adjacent
counties In southern California dependent
upon irrigation, he shows that these 1900
900 acres from the lower Colorado would
support a population Of $780, 900 people, or
a community more numerous than the en-
tire population OF any one Of twenty-three
states OF the union.
In discussing the possibilities Of the
scheme he refers TO one instance OF a well
known large deposit Of gravel within twenty
miles OF the Colorado river. extending TO a
depth OF hundreds OF feet and covering
thousands Of acres, which is rich in placer
gold. but is little worked because Of the
utter absence Of water. BY the power de-
velopments proposed water could be readily
pumped to this region and result in a yield
Of hundreds OF millions Of dollars.
Mr.. Davis calls attention TO the fact tina
the greatest results can be achieved onlI
by planning and executing the work a.
comprehensive whole. such as IL praetiea
only for the general government. II private
enterprise should construct a large numbel
OF small canals, such as are possible q
private capital. a network Of vested right
and improvements would result. so that
comprehensive scheme would be imprSe
tieable, and. while the total outlay Woul'
probably be greater. the results would b
but a mere fraction OF those possible 20
great national project such - that cut
lined.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-19
MORGAN AGAIN A SCAREcRoW
LOndOners Warned He Intends to
GObble Up the City
. Docks.

Copyright, 1902. by Press Publishing Coz
LONDON. Oct. 1s.-CNew York World Ca
blegram - Special Telegram. )-Chairman
Cornwall Of the Rivers commission Of the
London county council is warning his fell
low citizens Of all ages Of the designs Of
the Morgan syndicate on the London port
and docks. which are TO be developed at a
conference summoned by the lord mayor
for October q at the Mansion House. Mr..
Cornwall admits organized control for the
docks is absolutely needed II London's ship
ping supremacy is to be maintained. but.
he says: London does not want the Nor
gan trust to manage what is the duty OF
the whole people to do. Whatever remedy
10 adopted the county council must be given
adequate representation on the controlling
body"
Dock shares have risen on the announce
ment OF the conference.
The company which owns the 'TUppenny
tube intends to fight Morgan's syndicate
before Parliament again at the next session
for . franchise to make their tube" into
q circle covering the same route into Lon
don through the West End as Morgan's pro-
posed underground railway. But deep level
tubes are falling out OF favor with Lon
doners. owing 10 the delay in the lifts and
the apparent imposibllity Of proper venti-
lation.
Robert p. Porter. who Is leading a cam
paign here against municipal ownership Of
corporate utilities, has taken up his resi-
denee with a family in Oxford. The up
holders OF the multiplication profess e
see Mr.. Porter's influence In a series Of Vio-
lent attacks on municipal enterprises. nov
appearing In the Times, which Is drawing
daily dsnials or REGULATIONS from the Au,
thorities attacked. The '~munieipaliters'
aver that American trusts. working through
Porter, are engaged In a gigantic operation
TO get press support throughout the United
Kingdom for their Observation-Disclosures
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-19
DIPLOMAT TAKES NAVAL BRIDE
few Secretary of American Legation
at Berlin to Marry Miss
Adams.

Copyright. 1902. by Press Publishing Col
NICE. Oct. 1s.-(New York World Ca
blegram-Special Telegram.)-Word has
reached Nice OF the betrothal Of H. Percival
Dodge, who is to succeed John B. Jackson
as secretary Of the American embassy at
Berlin. and Margaret Adams, daughter Of
Commander Dexter Adams OF the United
States navy. and granddaughter Of Ad-
miral Phelps. Percy Dodge is the son Of
Henry C. Dodge. who lives in Nice every
winter and has a house in Lausanne for
the summer. His sister is the Baroness
Contes de Bucamps Of Nice.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-19
HUNTER MAKES A GOOD SHOT
Brings Down . Toy Balloon with n
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Prize
Attached to II.

Copyright. 1902. by Press Publishing Coz
PARIS. Oct 1s.-CNew York World Ca
blegram-special Telegram.)-The Journal,
to advertise itself. put a lot Of orders for
presents in envelopes afixed to toy balloons
and let them loose at various points In
Paris. Mr.. Costa and Mr.. Bonahde were
shooting cartridges at Boutigny yesterday
when they spied a toy balloon above them.
and brought it down. To their great de-
light they found that the envelope fastened
to it contained a promise Of a lottery bond
worth $500 to whoever should take the en-
velope to the Journal once.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-19

This is the man that formed the con-
Meeting link between Mckinley and Garcia
when the United States wished to unite
with Cuba in lighting the Spanish. Only
the connecting link is left. Mckinley and
Garcia are dead. And old General Garcia
was a brave man. too. He helped start
the Cuban rebellion OF 1858 and for ave
years was a fierce and successful guerilla
chief against the Spanish troops on the
island. But in 1873 he was surprised with
twenty men by 500 Spanish soldiers and
rather than surrender to the inevitable, he
put his pistol to his mouth and fired. The
ball passed through and glanced up and
out Of the forehead between the eyes. He
recovered and was taken to Spain and
kept as a prisoner for nearly i've years.
Returning to Cuba, he soon started what
was known as 1.-THE little war" against
the power Of Spain. He was captured
again and taken to Madrid. There he re-
manned for seventeen years. But in 1895
he was back in Cuba urging on a fresh
rebellion to throw on the Spanish yoke
and he kept at the fighting persistentiy
till two years later with the Americans
as allies. he witnessed the Spanish defeat
at Santiago and their evacuation OF one
of the principal s~trongholds OF the island
Of his birth.
That white-haired. gritty old Cuban
patriot, Garcia, is dead. The sweet-temp-
pered, kindly. gentle. strong Mckinley is
dead. Arr ~ Fellow by the name of
Rowan VIM carried "a message to Garcia
Is unheard OF in the great western city
near which he lives. The two patriot
leaders Of the armies that fought for
Cuba's ireedom-President Mckinley and
General Garcia-have been silenced by
death. But Captain Rowan. the man who
did one of the most valiant and plucky
acts Of that war, has been lost among
a people that very soon forget all about
its war heroes.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-19
KITE TAKES PLACE OF BALLOON
Russian Navy Adopts New Device
sOr Observing an
Enemy.

Copyright. is2, by Press Publishing Coz
ST. PETERSBURG. Oct. 1s.-(New York
world Cablegram-Speeial Telegram.l-Rus-
sia's Back sea feet is now equipped with a
large number OF aerial boats, or flying
dragons" as the Russian sailors style them.
They are powerful boz kites. ave being
enough 20 raise q man so that he can in
speet = wide expanse Of water to recon
hotter histile craft. When there Is no wind
the speed Of the ship raises them 20 a great
height.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-19
SNUBS THE KING OF SERVIA
Invitation to visit the Gear with
drawn on Account of
nda

Copyright. 1902, by Press Publishing Coz
VIENNA, Oct. 1s.-(New York World Ca
blegram-Special TeIegram.)-owins to the
revived scandals in the Servian court the
car has cancelled his invitation to King
Alexander and Queen Draga to visit hin
at Livadia.
All the preparations had been made by
the king for the journey when he received
the intimation. which is attributed to the
ezarina's positive refusal to receive Queen
Draga. This snub. which is heatedly dis
cussed in the servian capital, has reduced
the kings prestige with the S~ervians to
zero.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-19
Carried the Messaget to Garcia
Man Who Did
ItStatiousd at
Angel Is land

Garcia. and brought important and valuable
information TO the government. This was
a most perilious undertaking. and in my
judgment Lieutenant Rowan performed an
act Of heroisu and cool daring that has
rarely been excellcd in the annals OF war
fare
And he was made a lieutenant colonel Of
volunteers aud served as such during the
rest Of the war. In the regular service he
is now a captain. Twenty-one years ago he
came fresh from West Point as a military
son Of old Virginia. He is a man a little
above medium height. and Of a light. ath-
letic build.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-19
BAD NEWS FOR WlNEBIBBERS
Reports from France show Heavy
ShOrtsEe In the Years
vintage.

Copyright. 1909. by Press Publishing Coz
PARIS. Oct. lS-(New York World Ca
blegram-Speeial Telegram.SThe French
vintage this year will be nearly 500. 900
gallons less than In 1901. and 100. 900 less
than In 1900. The champagne vintage is
particularly bad. hardly any champagne
worthy Of the name being produced. From
Portugal comes equally dOleful vintage
reports. This IL one OF the worst years
since records have been kept.