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THE PASSING OF VEST.
DEMOCRATIC leader who retire.

A DEMOCRATIC leader who retires
a is Senator Vest. one OF the most
brilliant among the men who have served
on either side Of the chamber He retires
voluntarily, as he possessed a hold uron
the people Of Missouri which would have
permitted him to serve out mis- life in the
Senate. His classic learning and reputa-
tion for sharp repartee are known from
ocean 10 ocean. 3e maintained his Tres
tige as an orator 10 the very last, having
made a wonderful speech in the recent
session in support OF his resolution to ad-
nit conl free Of duty. Whenever he .as
taken the floor he has been accorded the
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SENATOR TURNER.

Senator Turner Of Washington l. .,
other who writes his name with an Eek. o,
hut also one who viii be returned to
the Senate if the political tide in his
State should turn and Democracy again
l EoId sway Mr.. Turner was one of the
brilliant lawyers Of the Senate. and mas
been selected by President Roosevelt as
a member OF the American commission
TO meet On English commission for the
Purpose OF adjusting the dispute be
tween the two countries over the Alas
kan boundary.
BEFORE Mr. Turner was named as q
member OF the tribunal 10 meet in Lon
don, he had planned at the adjournment
or congress 10 At once resume the nrac-
uce or law at Spokane. Wash. Ho is
also interested with d. G. Corbin in the
promotion OF a line Of railroad from
Spokane TO the British border. TO con-
rect with the Canadian Pacific Mr.
Turner left Washington "Wednesday for
SPOKANE. and VIII endeavor to get his
business In shape TO leave when ne
mas TO go to London. lie has MANY
- me AittI telS IN me Tar Northwest.
including mines in British Columbia.
lie, with number OF others. is famed
ID mining circles for the fortune taken
out OF the lie Roi. in British Columbia.
and Tho subsequent sale OF the mine at
fancy price TO an English syndicate.
George Turner was born in Edna. Mo.
February 25, 1850. He was educated IN
the common schools. In the carpetbag
days he vent TO Alabama and served
from 1872 TO 1850 as United States mar
sinai IN the southern and middle dis
tFiets. He was a delegate to the CON
Nention which nominated Grant for the
presidency, and now has the medal of
the famous Grant. 3O6" Under the
Garfield Administration he went to the
Territory OF Washington as associate
justice of the supreme court, leaving the
bench in 1885
lie was member of the constitu-
uonaI convention which framed the con
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JAMES K. JONES.

I AMES K. JONES Of Arkansas. is an
- other 10 leave the Senate with the
death Of the Fifty-seventh Congress but
not like the majority. he has hopes and
good prospects Of continuing his public
career. II is generally conceded ne viii
be named as member OF the Istbmtan
Canal Commission.
Mr.. Jones is noted chiefly for his work
as chairman OF the National Democratic
Committee. and his efforts in behalf Of
Organism.
Mr.. Jones is a director Of the Amer
lean Cotton Company. a manufacturing
concern, which has never. paid him any
dividends but has continued to increase
in importance so that his stock today is
worth tidy fortune over the amount
originally invested. He is Interested
also in several concerns which arc now
in their initial stages. and n. by chance.
he fails OF appointment to the Canal
Commission he will devote his time TO
the promoting OF these affairs. ne Will
make his residence at Washington Ark
James KimbrOugh Jones was born I'm
Marshall county, Miss. September %
1888 He received a classical education.
He served with the Confederate army
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his extensive business interests on the
Pacific Coast
The Senate loses a popular member in
Mr. Jones. although he has not made a
speech since the days Of the silver debate
in 1893. and in his five terms has not in
tTOduced to exceed half a dozen bills
His influence in shaping legislation. how
ever, has been as great as that OF any
Senator. and his ability was recognized
from the beginning Of his national
career His studies in bimetallism. as
presented 60 the Brussels conference
made many converts 10 the silver cause.
so long as IL remained a cause
John Percival Jones was born in Eng
land, came with his parents 20 this coun-
try wnen he was less than a year old
settling in the northern part OF Ohio In
the early part OF the gold excitement lie
went 10 that State and engaged in mir
ing in one OF the inland counties He
was subsequently a member OF the state
senate. but went to Nevada in 1857. and
since then has been entirely engaged In
the development OF the mineral resources
Of that State. He was elected TO he
United states Senate as a Republican 70
succeed J. w. Nye and took his seat
March 4. 1873, and was reelected in 1879.
1855. 1890. and 1897. Before the election
OF the Legislature which named his sue
cessor ne announced that he would lot
again be a candidate
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BILLY MASON OF ILLINOIS.

HE rotund Joker. Billy" Mason of
Illinois, whose ready tongue and
quick wit have entertained both houses
Of Congress took his final shot at his
colleagues Wednesday. incidentally. of
course. defeating one Of Senator BaiIey's
pet measures. for the reason. as sena-
tor Mason expressed it. that it did not
suit some of his constituents in Chicago.
Peculiarly enough. Mr.. Mason slid into
Congress through the inability OF the
Illinois Legislature to agree on the two
leading candidates and he bounced out
after one term. He has been independ-
ent in many ways. and il is said he
owes his defeat TO the Illinois machine
He asserts that he has no intention OF
relinquishing politics. which he has made
a life study. He is a member Of the law
firm or Mason & Mason. in Chicago. ana
will devote his time 10 practice before
the bar
William Ernest Mason was born in
Franklinville. n. Y. July Z. 1850 lie
removed with his parents to Iowa in
1858. He taught school from 1866 10
1870, and at the same time studied law.
he was admitted 10 the bar in 1870. went
TO Chicago in 1873. and has practiced
law there ever since. In 1879 he was
elected to the General Assembly and to
The State senate in 1881. Then he was
elected to Congress. serving in the Fiji
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JAMES K. JONES.

Lexington. in 1853. He removed the
same year 10 Missouri and began the
practice Of law in the central part OF
that State. He was a member OF the
Missouri house OF representatives in
lS60-'G1. was elected 10 the United
States Senate. taking his seat March
49, 1879. and reelected in 1885. 1890. and
1897
Mr.. Vest cast his fortunes with the
South ct the outbreak Of the civil war
ard was elected a member OF the Con
federate congress in 1864 He was later
elevated 10 the Confederate Senate. OF
which body he end one other are the
only survivors He has been ia poor
health for several years. but notwith-
standing threatened blindness he has
continued 10 maintain his interest in all
public legislative matters.
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old soldiers have received increases be-
cause OF his insistence and patient in
quiry
William J. Deboe was born in Critten-
den county. Ky. in 1919. His father
was a Baptist minister. who settled on
farm after removing to the Blue Grass
state from Virginia Mr.. Deboe received
MS education in the academic schools OF
Kentucky, and in Ewing College. ILL
nois. He studied law early in life and
later took up. medicine. After a few
years practice he was forced to give m
medicine on account Of iII-heaIth. He
again turned to law. and was admitted 10
the bar
All MS life Mr.. Deboe has been promi-
nent N Republican politics in Kentucky.
and says that after all he cares little
for medicine or law and will probably
return to politics. He made the race for
Congress in 1892. but was defeated. In
1885. when the Republicans carried the
Legislature. he entered the race for the
United States Senate. but withdrew in
favor OF Dr. ". Godfrey Hunter. who
was nominated, but failed to be elected
In 1885 he again entered the race. and a
second time withdrew in favor OF Hun
ter, who was the caucus nominee but
who could not hold all the VOTES OF the
Republican Legislature. Mr.. Deboe was
elected as the compromise candidate
after two Of the most sensational and
memorable sessions OF the Legislature Of
the State" as they are described in the
Congressional Directory"
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MR.. HARRIS OF KANSAS.

ATILLIAM A. HARRIS OF Kansa.
is another retiring Senator. VII,
is looking forward 20 a creditab1e and
useful future in the service OF the Gov
eminent. He is candidate for a posi-
ton On the Isthmian Canal Commission.
but is located in the same territorv
with Senator James K. Jones only one
from that locality VIII be selected. Mr..
Harris particular claim TO the posi-
ton, in addition TO his party record. is
the fact that he is a civil engineer. and.
therefore, would be or more than ordf-
nary value in carrying out the plans lor
the canal 70 be started by this Govern
ment soon after the ratification OF the
treaty now pending.
Mr. Harris gained the respect and es-
TEEN of members on both sides OF me
chamber in the six years % his service
and has been criticised only for his al
legged change Of position on the ques-
ton OF the building of a canal TO con-
meet the two oceans. He declared in
a public speech that the Panama route
was impracticable and that il was al
most physical impossibility to main
tain the canal on that route He was
one OF the members OF the Senate com
mittee that investigated the various
canal zones offered. He also took a
prominent part in the Pacific Railroad
legislation. in the amending OF the inter
81 a a con
commission court OF ample and proper
jurisdiction over all questions relating
to railroad and transportation matters.
and was a member of the subcommittee
OF the Senate which construed the civil
service law and fixed the power OF the
President in connection herewith. He
has been the friend OF the old soldiers
and sailors. an opponent Of ship sub
sidy. an advocate OF the eight-hour law.
and friendly TO many other measures
which tended to increase his popularity
He was elected. however. as a Popullst.
and the days of that party are over IN
Kansas.
William Alexander Harris. was born
In Loudoun county. Va. October 20. 1871;
graduated at Columbian College. Wash
ngton. d. c., in 1853. and at the vir-
ginia Military Institute in 1861. He
served three years in the Confederate
army. In 1865 he removed to Kansas.
and was employed as civil engineer in
he construction Of the Union Pacific
Railroad Kansas division, for three
1ears; I'm 1866 accepted the agency of the
sale Of the Delaware Reservation and
other lands, in connection with farming
md stock raising. He was elected to the
Fifty third Congress. at large. as a Pop
Hist. and indorsed by the Democrats;
vas renominated for the Fifty-fourth
congress. but was defeated at the cleo
ion; elected 10 the State senate Novem-
Der. 1896. and was elected in January.
SS7. to The United States Senate and
ook his seat March (, 1897.
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Familiar Figures No Longer
Seen Beneath the Capitol
Dome Voices of States
men Once Potent in the
Councils of the Nation
Now Silent :. :. :. :.

X 7 HEN the United states Senate
wv convened on Thursday last in
extraordinary session. called
by the President for the purpose Of rati-
flying treaties which failed in the Fifty
seventh Congress. thirteen senators con-
spicuous in the recent Congress were
absent. Some o. them have retired not
only from the Senate but from public
life as we'll Others have their careers
mapped out for them by their large busi-
ness interests that will bring them ever
and anon before the public. Some have
hopes OF again returning to seats in the
upper branch OF Congress. and still
others go home to bury their political
ambitions
or the thirteen Senators who through
choice or defeat failed to retain their
seats four Republicars-Deboe OF Ken
lucky. Pritchard Of North Carolina.
Jones OF Nevada. and Wellington OF
Maryland. are supplantcd by Democrats.
To Offset this change four Democrats
Turner Of Washington. RawIins of Utah
Heitfeld Of Idaho. and Harris OF Kansas.
are displaced by Republicans Conse-
guently the political complexion Of the
Senate has not been altered except bv
the breaking Of the Delaware deadlock
ard the election CT two Republicans to
take the seats that have been vacant. one
for two and the other for four years. The
Democrats have sustained neither loss
nor gain
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A SOUTHERN REPUBLICAN.

c ENATOR DEBOE OF Kentucky is one
- Of the Southern Republicans who
have been displaced by a Democrat. He
has both the professions OF medicine and
law to occupy him upon his return home.
His term was a little short OF the regula-
ton six years on account Of the long
contest in his State before the election
OF Senator. He has served on the
Pensions Committee. and in that ca
pacity accomplished good work. Many
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HEITFELD SAYS HE
WILL COME BACK

Q ENATOR HEITFELD OF Idaho. who
- is supDlanted by a Republican, re-
turns TO his home for the purpose
OF cOlonizing the State with Democrats.
so that he may come back six years
hence. He states in all seriousness that
be believes this can be done. He was
elected TO the Senate as a Populist. but
has recently become a fuH-fedged Demo
crat.
Henry Heitfeld was born in st. Louis,
Mo. January u. 1859. and received his
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PRITcHARD TO PRACTICE LAW.

81 GO home to practice law re-
marked Senator Pritchard o,
North Carolina Wednesday as he
packed some of his personal effects AZ
his office IN the Senate annex. Mr..
Pritehsfd Is one Of the abiest and most
respected Of the Republicans elected 10
the Senate from the South. In the mast
year he has been identified with thu
Lily White movement. and through this
has been kept prominently before thu
public. He is a good leader. aggressive
IN his advocacy OF protection tariff and
has been great friend OF President
Roosevelt Mr.. Pritchard is one .oe
those marked for a good Federal be-tb
should he choose to accept.
Jeter Connolly PTitchard was born in
Jonesooro. Tenn. July u. 1857. ana re-
ceived a common school education AT
Martins Creek Academy. He was an
rrenticed in the 'Jonssboro Tribune.
Herald, but removed TO Bakersviue \
G, in 1873. He was joint editor and
owner Of the Roam Mountain Repub-
lican'' until 1857. when he removed to
Marshall. Madison county the ba,ne-
Republican county OF the state. Mr..
Pritchard was elected 10 the State
Legislature in 1884,. 1886. and 1880. He
vas the Republican candidate for lieu
tenant governor in ISIS. and was the
Republican caucus Eoripee for United
States Senator IN 1872. saIe was a can
dfdate for Congress thezsame year. In
1884 he became prominent in the CO.
operation movement in North Carolina.
the success OF which resulted in his
election to the United States Senate 10
iii the unexVired term OF the late Sen
ator z. B. Vance. He was reelected in
1897.
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SOME FACES THAT ARE NOW MISSED FROM THE SENAl

and afterward lived on his plantation un-
til 1873. when he commenced the prac-
tee OF law. He has served in the State
senate or Arkansas, was member OF
mat body when the constitutional con
vention of 1874 was called. and was re-
elected under the new government He
was delegate to the Democratic ma
tional convention in 1885, aud chairman
OF the committee on resolutions which
reported the platform. It was the reso-
unions adopted there that won for him
the position OF national chairman lie
was elected to the Forty-seventh Con
gress and reelected to the Fortv-eiRhtb
ana Forty-ninth. He succeeded James D.
walker. and took his seat March 4. 1885.
He was reelected in 1890 and 1897.
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McLAURIN OF SOUTH CAROLINA

THE COURSE pursued BY the Hon.
i John l. McLaurIn in the Senate
brought about his own undoing. At one
time, and not many years ago.
McLaurin was popular with the
people OF South Carolina. and had
he continued to represent them as
they wished 10 be represented, he
might have remained in the United
States Senate. He entered politiesHlifo
on the crest Of the ,TiHmsa4 wave
which swept over the Palmetto state
twelve or thirteen years ago. first as
a member Of the Legislature. then as at
tOrney general OF the State. Then he
was elected 70 Congress Although he
was never in sympathy with free silver.
his constituency continued 20 return
him. and when Senator Earle died he
was appointed by the governor to fill
the vacancy and then chosen at the pri-
maries and elected by the Legislature.
McLaurin made the mistake OF at
tempting 20 supplant TiIlman as the
leader OF his party in the State When
the treaty OF Paris was before the Sen
ate Senator McLaurin IS said 10 have
pledged himself TO vote against il. Ger
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stitution Tor the State OF washington
All this line he was a member of the
Republican rarity, but in the campaign
Of 1896 he became a firm believer in the
wisdom of bimetallism, and supported
Bryan for the Presidency. He aided in
organizing a fusion OF silver Republi-
cans. Democrats. and Populists, and
these elements having gained control
OF the state. elected Mr.. Turner as SEN
ator. He took his seat March 4. 1897.
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Vest the Brilliant, of Mis-
souri,. and The Veteran
Jones of Nevada Among
the Senators Retired Either
Blu Choice or Force of
Circumstances :. :. :.

early education in the schools OF tbet
city Az the age OF eleven years he re-
moved 10 Seneca. Kan. where he con
tinued TO reside mtr the year ISs2
when he emigrated TO the State OF wash
ington- He located In Idaho in 1889 and
since has been engaged in farming and
stock raising. He was elected state
senator in 1884 and re-elected in Isas
On January %. 1897. he was eIectsd
United States Senator. and served ons
term.
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closest attention by Senator's and occu-
pants of the gallery.
George Graham Vest vas porn at
Frankfort, Ky, December G, 1890: was
graduated from Center College. Ken
lucky. in 1s4S. and in the law depart
ment Of Pennsylvania University. at
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tieth and Fifty first. On January 20
1897 he was elected to the United States
Senate By strict party vote.
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" 7 HEN the United States Senate
Wv convened on Thursday last in
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1903-05-07

At the afternoon session Rev. r.. f. Wit
ter, district secretary of the Adm u,
will preside.
2.3), Salutation,
Rev. w, NJ, Upcraft, West Chin
800. The Pastor and the Kingdom,
Rev. A. f. Foote, Saxtons River
$40. Literature and the Kingdom,
Rev, Joseph Walther Keene,
g. 80. Money and the Kingdom,
Rev. III. e, Thayer, Ludlow
$40. Outline of Station plan, presentation
of literature, ETC.,
DR.. w. e, Witter, Boston
400. Open discussion of the themes pre-
sented above.
4.40 The personal Equation, and how to
solve it, in relation to this great
mission enterprise,
Rev. W. NJ, Upcraft
800. Intercession and Benediction.
At the evening session Rev. V. V. John
son of Claremont will preside.
7,3o, Devotional exercises, led by Rev.
Thomas Cain, Windsor.
7a5. Address, Story of West China Mis-
sions and the mission outlook of the
Great Empire, Rev. w. NJ. Upcraft
S.45. Short Conservation service and clos
ing word by Rev. V. V. Johnson
The choir of the church will furnish APP
propriate music.
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Suicide at BartonsviIle.

Bartonsville, village in Rockingham,
was startled Friday evening, April "a, by
the screams of woman who ran, with
bare feet and in her night clothes, through
the street to neighbours. 1t was Mrs.
Lou Carlisle ard her husband, Adelbert
Carlisle, had killed himself instantly by
shooting himself through the temple
with a revolver. No reason can be given
for the deed, except that he was prob
ably insane. Mrs. Carlisle was in very
precarious condition for some time, and
her mother, Mrs. John Abbott of Ches-
ter, called to Bartonsville by her daugh-
ter's trouble, suffered paralytic shock
Monday morning of last week and lies in
a critical condition at the Carlisle home.
Funeral services were held at the house
Monday afternoon of last week and in
terment was at Cavendish. Mr.. Carlisle
was section foreman on the Bartonsville
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1903-05-07
Annual parish Meeting,

The annual needing Of lmmanuei par
ish was held in the parish house Monday
evening, The report Of the treasurer
W. f, Perley, showed that the ehurch' S
finances were in excellent condition, bet
ter than at any time during the past ten
year. All debts were provided Tor with
a small margin in the treasury Inc
following were elected vestry Tor the
ensuing years; j. Ii. Webb,J. W. Flint
IL. 7, Bancroft, E. A. Guild, James IL.
Williams, Jr., John II. Williams, w. G,
Belknap, D. w. Linton and George F.
Webb and G. II. Buttertield. AT
meeting of the yestry held later
in the evening ]. II. Webb was APP
pointed senior warden and John W.Flint
was elected junior warden He desired
to be relieved as he could not attend to
the duties of the Office. Adjournment
was then taken until next Monday even
ing when the remaining officers will be
elected and other business transacted.
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Death of DR.. Conland.

DR.. James Conland, so, died at his
home on Walnut street in Brattleboro at
o'clock Saturday morning, after an i'll
ness of about three months. His funeral
was held on Tuesday afternoon at 3
o'clock, at st. Michaels Episcopal
church, Rev. E. T. Mathison officiating.
II left a widow and one son. DR.. Con
land was born in Brooklyn, n. Y, in
1851, of Irish parentage. His parents
died when he was baby and at the age
of seven years he went to work on farm
on Cape Cod. At the outbreak of the
civil war, DR.. Conland, then a boy of 10,
went to Boston and found work in a
naval office. From that he became in
terested in sea life, and for several years
afterward served on fishing vessels,
coasters and East India traders. His
cruises took him to various parts of the
world and he was frequently in Cuba
during the terrible scenes of the rebel
lion. DR.. Commands early education was
secured at country schools which he was
able to attend winters by using his sum-
mer's earnings as sailor. He was also
an omnivorouS reader and spent much of
his spare time in improving his mind in
that manner.
He came to Brattleboro in 1875 and be-
gan the study of medicine with DR.. HID.
Holton, working as clerk in the Will
lard drug store and there mastering the
elements of pharmacy. He worked his
way through the medical department. of
the university of Vermont, graduating
from that school in July, 1878. He then
returned to Brattleboro, and for one year
practiced medicine with DR.. Holton, at
the end of that period going to Weston,
VT, for a few months, and then to Corn
wall, Ct, where he remained in practice
for the following two years. He married
Miss Matilda McGuirk at Cornwall in
August, 1880, and Immediately after his
marriage returned to Brattleboro and
entered into partnership with DR.. Hol-
ton. Since that time he had continued
steadily in practice until the beginning
of his illness about six weeks ago.
DR.. Conland, although of retiring
disposition, was one of the strongest men
that Brattleboro possessed. He was
sent to the state legislature by the DEM
ocratS of that town in 1884, and last fall
was chosen town representative by the
local option forces. AS a member of the
last legislature DR.. Conland proved him
self a man Of unusual legislative ability.
He was one of the most respected mem
bers of the house of representatives, and
although he seldom spoke at any length,
his opinions always carried great weight.
He was champion of the democratic local
option BILL greater part of which is
embodied in the present law, and was
one of the strongest high-license advo-
Gates in the legislature. He worked I'M
ceasingly in behalf of the new law, and
did as much as any member toward Sc
curing its passage.