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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-05
Greatest Of All Physicians.
Eminent Discoverer Of
pAINE'S CELERY
COMPOUND

Prof. Edward E. Phelps, M. D., IL. D.,
.,s bonn in Connecticut and graduated at
Yale.
INN and prominence. First he was elected to
h, av professorship of anatomy e J surgery in
bs Vermont University. Nest he was ap.
noiDted lecturer in Dartmouth College. The
allowing year he was chosen 10 the most
;mnorant professorship in the country, a
n IA that he occupied when he made his
world. famed discovery of Paine's Celery Com
pound. $50,
result from an impaired nervous system and
impure blood, has endeared the great doctor
TO the world.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-05
Raj. ROADS.
Time TABLE CENTRAL VERMONT Ry
Effective Oct. IL. 'OZ.

Trains leave Brattleboro as follows:
b29 m, Daily for Springfield, week days 1of
New York
726 a. m Week days for New London; connects
at Millers Falls for Troy; at Palmer for Boston.
~ a. IN, Week days for South Londonderry.
Wy a. m, Week days for Springfield and New
York
lois a. m. Week days for Millers Falls, connect
ing for Boston.
227 p. m Week days for Springfield and New
York
4S5 P. m, Week days for New London and New
York via. Norwich Line Steamer; connects at
Palmer for Boston.
~ P. m, Daily for Springfield and New YORK.
90 ?. m, Week days for South Londonderry.
~ Subject to change without notice:
L. H. FITZHUGH. V. P. and q. NJ. st. Albans.
j. E. BENTLEY, G. p. A, ST. Adams.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-05
LEGAL NOTICES.
BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS.

Public notice is hereby given that L. J. Strong
Of West 'Brattleboro in the County of W1ndham
and State of Vermont, has made application for
license of the tn I'd class to sell intoxicating
liquors at the Melrose Hotel, on Main st. in said
West Bratteboro.
Apublic hearing will be given at the office OF
the Selectmen of the Town of Brattleboro, W..
and all persons interested may appear and be
heard,
2l-3t FRED W. PUTNAM, Sec.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-05

The rebellion in the province of w.
Nan in southwestern China is spread
ing and taking on alarming proper
tions. The rebels have captured two
cities and invested Yu-Nan-Fu, one of
the principal cities of the province.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-05
DEVASTATION AND DEATH.
From Flood and Fire in the West and Cyclone
in Georgia.

A great body OF water from the west
the result Of heavy rainfall swelled the
Kansas river Saturday, and the worst
flood ever known IN Kansas prevailed in
Kansas City and Topeka for two days.
The situation is now improving, the
rivers are falling and it is believed that
the worst Of the flood has been seen.
The financial damage is estimated at
$40, 600, 600 in Kansas City alone. First
reports placed the loss of life at 200,
200 houses burnedland 5000 people home
less but these are found to have been
greatly exaggerated.
But Gov. Bailey, who has sent out
az appeal for help calls it "tremen-
dous calamity" and says that the ter
ritory devastated is equal to strip
200 miles long and six miles wide. The
number OF dead is now estimated at
from 20 to 80. Kansas City is practi-
cally isolated as all the bridges were
carried away, taking with them the
telegraph and telephone cables Train
service in Kansas is also thoroughly
disorganized. The money loss comes
mainly upon associations able to stand
it and will not affect the general pros.
perity of the city. The personal suf-
fering is of course great and an cpl
demic of sickness is feared after the
food. Large contributions for relief
have been received. The horrors of the
food were accumulated Sunday by fire
which was started by the Stacking lime
at North Topeka and which did much
damage until extinguished by heavy
rains. Martial law prevails in North
Topeka, 10000 people are homeless
Neb., was also flooded. De-
structive storms are reported from Ok
where several lives have been
lost. Cloudbursts and heavy rains have
been general in the middle west and
are moving east. Sixty miles of farms
are submerged along the Mississippi |
south of Keokuk, la. A terrible tor
,ado occurred at Gainesville, Ga,
Monday, causing the deaths of 100
people and great destruction of prop
,rty. Two hundred buildings we're
eveled and two stories were torn from
/ big cotton mill. The storm lasted |
,nly few minutes, but did terrible
during that short time.
The property loss is estimated at
,ver $500, 600.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
HE'S ALL LIT UP
ABOUT The |. EXPO. ] 4 I
AID. HOLMES SAYS Kr9WILL BE
SIMPLY GREAT. J.
He Returns from st. Louis, Where He
7 IL Looked Up Details fpr fhe Mime
apolis Exhibit-An Excellent Loea-
tion Secured Where Nobody Will viii
Miss 1t.

Alderman Charles b. Holmes has
returned from st Louis Where 4: he
Went to- obtain !. inf formation for the
councils exposition committee, of
which he lis e chairman. He was
astounded by what. ..iie saw and is now
2an enthusiastic "p4sher'' for the 4Loui-
siana Purchase exposition.
1T will be a most magnificent dis
play, far away the best and largest
that the world has even SEEM, he said
this morning. The management is
able and energetic, and as a result the
buildings are much nearer completion
spending period 5of previous world s
fairs. - sd; i s $ 81 ~, 81 5S 81: i5
can haye NO conc ton Of the
size of this Immense tshuW with out
going there. For Instance; There are
three buildings, anyone of which coy
ers more area than a. the. buildings
at the Pan-Amerieams exposition to-
gether. The transportatfon building
covers twenty three acres and will
have four miles of3track for the dis
play of railway exhibits. 81. @. - - s ssss
While I looked oyer the grounds
to some extent, my special object was
to look into the matter of alvin city
building, which will form a part of
the model city exhibit The arrange
ment could not be more satisfactory.
The model city has a space right by
the main entrance and the twin city
building will be on the first. cross street
connecting two of the main avenues
in the exposition grounds. It will be
right in front of one of the main en-
frances to the main building and very
close to one of the terminals of the
intramural railway.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
HEARD MERGER ARGUED
AL j. SMITH RETURNS FROM
WASHINGTON - MINNEAPOLI-
TANS WE'RE NUMEROUS THERE.

AL j. Smith, assistant district at
torney for Minnesota, returned this
morning from Washington, where he
went to hear the arguments on the
federal merger case. Incidentally he
was presented to President Roosevelt
and was admitted to practice in the
supreme court of the United States,
the Hennepin county attorney office,
and now assistant attorney general
acting as sponsor for the ceremony,
Like very many other persons who
have enjoyed the privilege of.meeting
Roosevelt personally, Mr.. Smith re-
turns deeply impressed with: the re-
markable vigor of the strenuous presi-
dent and with his fidelity to his own
conscience. = .z2I.s.
while it is we'll UNDERSTOOD said
Mr.. Smith this morning, that Roose-
velt's independent disposition makes
him unpopular with some of the pro-
fessional political elements he is a
wonderfully strong man and it does
not appear possible that he can be
beaten for the presidential nOmina-
ton. Not only. is he working heart
and soul for the good Of the people as
he understands it, but he. is also in
an involuntary way giving the younger
generations a most inspiring example
Of industry tand perseverance. 1eS.ss
"Of course, these are old and home
ly virtuesfand the .proclaiming of them
at this day and age of the world might
seem to be trite. But Roosevelt has
succeeded in popularizing these quail
ties thru what he has accomplished
for others and for himself by his fear
lessness and stick
ME-. Smith reports that Washington
seemed to him much like Minneapolis,
as he had never before seen such a
large number of flour city people in
the national capital at one time.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
!" NO CHANGE =
ON CHRISTMAS
A PLAN, TO MAKE THE "CON's''
CHRISTMAS MERRY.
E. J.. Westlake Suggests That Mime
apolitans: Give More Than the Fare
and Tell Conductor. to- Keep, $ the
Change-And Divide With Motor
man - Plan Approved By Those
Who Have Tried 1t.

A plan to make the hard-worked
street railway employees Of Minneapo-
lis remember the coming Christmas
with pleasure has been suggested by
E. j. Westlake of the Commercial
club. 1t is a plan that has been tried
by several Minneapolitans with great
satisfaction to themselves and the
ICONS" on whose cars they rode. Those
who have tried the plan express
hearty approval Of Mr.. Westlake's S
suggestion, which in stated in the fol-
lowing letter:
Believing that we have in our city
the best street railway system in this
country, IGbelieve. that as a general
proposition the. conductors and motor
men are superior to the general run
of such employees, and desire to make
the following suggestions That, in
asmuch as these employees will have to
work hard on Christmas Day, all who
ride, commencing at 6 o'clock Christ
mas eve, and until midnight Christ
mas, give the conductors as large a
piece of money as they can afford and
refuse to accept any change, and the
conductors can divide the proceeds
with their motormen.
IF this is done generally it will
make the day one long to be remem-
bered, and convince these employees
that the dear public" are their
friends"
''You'l Be Pleased If You Attend
Unique discount sale Thursday. (Sav-
inS,o HOffman'S Toegerv ShOp
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
COURT NEWS
SUES FOR HIS SALARY
Gustav Theden Begins an Acti,
Against ATinnesota Surar 20

Gustav Theden Begins an Action
Against Minnesota Sugar Co.
The difficulties between Gustave
Theden, former president of the Min
nesota Sugar company Of St Louis
Park, and the company have got into
the courts in the form of a suit
brought by Mr.. Teden for salary and
interest amounting to about $4,000.
Senator Theden alleges in his COM
plant, filed to-day, that from Jan. 1,
1898, to May ,28, 1902, he was presi-
dent and director of the company by
virtue of regular election and re-
elections, and that it was agreed that
he was to get salary of 500 q month
and such additional money as would
equal that paid to the other two tdi-
rectors. .rIf;
The salary was paid at this rate
until Jan. 1, 1901, and for the last one
of these years he received in addition
$4,000, just as the other two directors
did. For the following year, he says
each of the other two directors re
ceived $4,000, while he was allowed
only $2,8OO. In 1902 the other two
directors were allowed $4,000 each
while he was not paid anything be-
sides his regular. salary for the five
months he continued to serve the com.
pany. He therefore brings suit fol
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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
Strayed from Gulf and Was Captured
in the Upper Ohio.
PittsburgSPost -. I.

in the Upper Ohio.
.Pittsburg Post. Z.
One of the. ddestccreat atures that
ever visited the great stock yards on
fish, nearly. as longsaa man. This
peculiar inhabitant ssof the. acquatic
at the OFFICES Of the Pittsburg Pro-
vlslons and Packing 1cgmpany, but it
was alive " hen ca p tire. had it
not been in a. daze q Snpndition might
have m wagea age asdeaed y gSs With i Its
ficnlty in draggfne the 1aonst ashore
The fshls foarsf fee two inches
from the@point ofsits BdAsto tip of &its
tail, and-:itss7-s otai we FIJI ht is eighteen
pound 1 Its bill. is shaped ike a spoon
and measures thirteen Inches. The
small bead-like eyes are situated just
above the base of the bill and the
nearly six inches long eand filled with
teeth. The color of the spoonfish is
dark. with the exception Of the alb.
domen, which has dirty white tinge
The big fnny visitor had evidently
strayed from the ocean depths into the
Mississippi and finally to- Pittsburg
While prowling about in the Allegheny
stream which carries off the waste
water from the soap. factory in Upper
Allegheny. This served to stupefy: the
fish and it was in a very "dopey" con
dition when discovered floating doWr
the channel between the Allegheny
side and SHerr's Island.
Thesfish was first seen by Yard Con
ductor9<A. H. DaugheFfy, $of the West
Penn division of thes Pennsylvania
railroad, and Carse .Mifey,5of e.Pitts.
burg Provision and Packing company
They waded to their waists and
dragged the odd creature ashore. The
fish f1oundereds and jerked, but was sc
quer it. Miley lugged it to the stock
yards and made an effort to revive il
in fresh water, but this was futile
and it was placed in a refrigerator
and frozen. Scores of people gazed
at the strange fish yesterday, and even
the Oldest residents said they had
never heord Of anything like it ever
having been seen in local waters
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
AMERICAN MINE THAT MADE GOOD
Shares That Were Despsed


kle In. their eyes when I'd emit some
complaint about the dullness Of business
you have no o-need to worry. Look at that
gold mine stock you own!
Whenever I'd preach economy to my
wife she'd laugh my preaching down..
" Why should we pinch ourselves? she
would say. Wait until that gold mine of
yours begins to get busy. and. my dear.
how we shall all just-er-lay back!' and
then she'd go off into merriment, in which
l couldn't help but join. The; oftener I
looked al those forty shares of Mexican
gold mine. stock the more absurd they
seemed. But at length the point of the
joke wore off. One day 1 put the gold
stock away on the top shelf of an office
cupboard. and during the past year or
so 1 only had the gold mine cast into my
teeth by my disrespectful family when I
became unusually peevish over the size
of the millinery bills or the extravagance
OF the summer tours OF my wife and
daughters.
couple of weeks ago a solid-looking
man from Denver registered at my hotel.
T He had cordial letter of introduction to
me from a Denver friend of mine who runs
la hotel. After presenting the letter on
the evening of the day he arrived he in
vited me to have a sip of champagne with
him. When we had finished the bottle he
pushed his chair back, cleared his throat
and gave a sort Of experimental cough.
understand he said then. that you
have some shares in that Chiquita mine
| down in old Mexico?'-he had the name of
the mine at his tongues end, but it wasn't
the Chiquita. I leave you to imagine how
! I pricked UP my ears at his mention Of the
mine.
Yes-forty shares I replied.
Selling he asked me.
Think not said I. Rather hold on
| g Give you par for the stuff said he
+ "AAbsurd!. said l. I'm hanging on tc
that stock, Let's talk about something
|else.'
! "'Give you hundred and quarter sai6
/ the Denver man.
My friend, said I, solemnly don't yor
suppose I read the mining stock quota
4 tions?'
/ -" Oh, well, If you dol didn't know
I thought you weren t .on-business is bust
4 ness:s yon know he said: smiling sheep
u ishly. Swell thing you've got in tha
4 stock: tho. 4 1t wass1S7 when l left Denver
D and it WON'T stop: short of 200: You got il
4 on the ground floor, didn't you?'
4 1t did some tall old letter writing t
4 western mining friends that. night. Iv,
I got their replies now A tremendous ledg,
/ of So, ,000-t the ton ore was struck at tn.
4 Chiquita three months ago, and never
/: heard a word about it. Chiquita's at 10:
! noW-it'll be 200 before Dec. Il. I've sen
4 my forty shares out to Denver to be un
/ loaded at 200 when that figures reached.
!: .'My wife and daughters aver that I'v,
acquired a ridiculous strut since that Den
1 yer man came along to my hotel. I dom
deny it, Perhaps I have. Can you blam,
4 nj s5rf.G.E.s q
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
ROW ON OYER
ICE.CUTllNG
JOHN%GADBoIS WILL BE ARREST
ED TOMORROW MORNING.
He Has Been Taking Ice from the
Mississippi River, and Will Make
Fight in Court to Establish His
Right to Continue-Labor Unions
Involved.

John Gadbois, who has been cutting
ice in the Mississippi river for several
days, will be arrested tomorrow
morning for carrying on this work
without permission from the city
council. He, will have hearing to-
morrow morning In the police court,
and In the event of conviction will
appeal to the supreme court
Mr.. Gadbois takes the position that
neither the council, the health de-
partment, nor any other power can
prevent him from taking ice out of
the river when he can show that the
public health or safety will not be
ipperiled thereby. Many able law
4yers agree with him, and Mr.. Cad
bois will have financial as we'll as
legal backing in his contest.
Mr.. Gadbois says that he is filling
the icehouses of a brewing company,
an ice cream plant and of other con-
Germs, and not a pound will be used
for household or drinking purposes.
or for anything but cold storage and
refrigerator plants.
Several storage plant proprietors
butchers and others-who will put
up ice for themselves, have announced
their intention Of supporting Mr..
Gadbois, and there will be merry
war, in all probability. between these
ice companies.
There may also be a merry war
among the labor unions, which are
directly interested in this matter. Mr..
Gadbois says that every one of the
teams employed by him is driven by
a union teamster, and he ais somewhat
hostile toward i Alderman James
Dwyer, who, at the last meeting Of the
council, declared that the men haul
ing ice from the river were not union
men, and presented a protest from
union to that effect. It appears
that the protest came from Ice Wagon
Drivers and Helpers union, No. 221;
which, of course, is not the same as
the teamsters' union, whose interests
seem to clash at this point.
Mr.. Gadbois declares that Alder
man Dwyer, himself, took large guam
titles of ice out, of the river between
the Plymouth and the Twentieth ave-
nue. bridges last winter, and that his
present position sis hence most in
consistent. NO. a
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
SORORITY WILL BUILD
AlphI Phi Girls Incorporate-other New
Corporations.

AIphI Phi Girls Incorporate-other New
Corporations.
The Alph Phi sorority at the state uni
Nersity has incorporated in order to secure
real estate, and build a chapter house.
Carolyn t. Salisbury. Eva NJ Blaisdell
and Alice Stratton appear IS the incorpor-
ators. and constitute the first set of Off
GERS of the corpora tien. The articles were
filed with Register of Deeds Merrill this
morning. Phi }ss2ig5sssssSsssi5ss5.5s, ~ s.,
y Articles of incorporation have been filed
by the Ozonet Chemical company with a
capital stock Of $4,000. The manufactur-
ing Of embalnning fluids and disinfectants
is given as the businessgof the corporation
The names Of the fncorpora tors are Mich
ael r. Murnane OF st. Paul. and Charles
M. Way. George S. Grimes and Alfred G.
White of Minneapolis
The North Star Manufacturing company
of Minneapolis has also been incorporated
with. q capital stock of $4,000, for the
manufacture of gasoline engines The in
corporators are Jerry G. Hoffken George
Stewart. Granville F. Prescott, and Will
liam Furst of Minneap polls
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
TWELVE NEW. POLICEMEN
MAYOR HAYNES FILLS A FEW
CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS = SIX
WE'RE FORMERLY ON THE
FORCE.

Mayor James c. Haynes has an
nounced to-day the names of twelve
new appointees to the police force,
who will go on duty on Jan. /. The
new officers are. L. P. Thorgaard, Ed
Dudley, John Bow, Albert Anderson,
Anthony Conroy, r. D. Eastman,
Joseph Rickerl, Dan Mulholland, John
Harmon, Simon McNulty, John Lyons,
Joseph Rhodes and John T. O'Malley.
OF these Conroy, McNulty, Bow, East
man, Harmon and Rhodes are ex-
members of the police force. John
Lyons was the, official dog catcher last
summer and is a leading third ward
politician. Edward Dudley has been
driver of the workhouse van for some
time.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
HE CLAIMS IMMUNITY
Dr.. stroth Says Canadian, Citizen ship VII
Prevent His Prosecution

Or. Stroth Says Canadian Citizen ship VIII
Prevent His Prosecution.
Ronald Stroth. manager Of the Minneap-
oils Correspondence institute, was arrested
to-day on charge Of non-support pre-
ferred by the authorities of Fergus Falls.
1t is alleged in the complaint that Stroth
has wife and family in Fergus Falls
whom he left destitute. They are at pres
ent in charge of the county officials there
Stroth came to Minneapolis some time
ago and has been going by the name of
DR.. Ronald Stroth. He started the Mime
apolis Correspondence Institute which has
no offices. the work being done in the
rooms Of the promoters.
When seen at Central station Stroth
admitted that he was the man wanted
but says that nohing can be done with him
because. he is a Canadian. citizen. He
promises to make trouble for the persons
Who were instrumental in bringing about
1 ais arrest
While Stroth is undergoing trial at Fer
gus Falls. Chief of Police Conroy will have
the correspondence school investigated
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
INGENIOUS MACHINES
Will Sell, Count and Cancel Tickets
at st. Louis Fair. So. -
.5f Dhi1o - u 49,

Will Sell, Count and Cancel Tickets
at st. Louis Fair. ~. s/5
Philadelphia Record.
The admission department u of the
worlds fair has under consideration
and test several Mechanical devices for
doing portions Of its work, which, if
adopted, will be an absolute novelty
in exposition affairs. and will cut down
the number of employees in a marked
degree. :s
Two machines. one for counting cam
celed tickets, and the other for chop
ping tickets as they are put into the
turnstiles, are being designed on plans
ventor by Chief e. Norton White. of
the admissions department..
! Another Ia bor-saving machine which
has been perfected. and will. in all
likelihood, be adopted is a slot de-
vice which will supply patrons with
their tickets automatically, thus dis
pensing with the services of human
ticket sellers .5s.!f'
is now being tested and improved, will
do the work of a dozen persons and
do it thoroly and accurately. It.is es-
timated that only. four Of these ma
chimes will be required to count all
the tickets and passes Of the entire
division of concessions.
| ~
positions is an extensive work. At the
Chicago exposition twenty-five girls
were employed to do this work. The
average number OF y tickets counted
each day was 100000. 1t is expected
that the number here will be .consid-
eraRly greater than this.
The counting machines will be able
to run. off the pasteboards at a won
derfully rapid rate. Four ofsthe ma
chimes can handle the entire estimated
number as rapidly as they come in,
and, doing this. will only be kept in
operation fractional part Of each
day. =
Formerly tickets were chopped, or
cancelled, by a foot lever attached to
each turnstile. The new chopping de-
vice now under Consideration is run
by electricity, and cancels. the ticket
Immediately upon it's passing into the
turnstile. It is covered with a. plate
of glass. SO that each patron can see
his ticket being cancelled ais he passes
into the grounds. So
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
HIS son WAS CRIPPLED

So August Kohler Sues His Boys EN-
plOyer for Damages.
A suit for $4,000 damages has been
begun by August Kohler, for his
minor son, Conrad. Koh1er. against
William Wenz.
The complaint alleges that Wenz
hired the boy to do farm work upon
the express understanding that the
boy should not be employed at hazar-
dous work, and that contrary to this
agreement, the boy was set to work
driving a hay tedder, became en-
tangled in some of the unprotected
machinery and was SO badly injured
as to be crippled for life.