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The Newtown bee., 1903-02-13

A social and musical society has been formed in Dodgingtown, consisting of about 50 members. There is bahd of stringed instruments consisting of eight pieces, under the leadership of George B. Stillson. The evenings are made interesting and instructive by speaking and reading of choice selec- tions by different members and the rendering of the latest music by the hand
The Newtown bee., 1903-02-13

ger. For sale by R. H. Beers & o., -Newtown; Taylor, Curtis & O., Sandy Hook; w. N. Hurd, Long Hill; The E. c. Plattl Co.,, Hawleyville; A. B. Blakeman, Botsford.
The Newtown bee., 1903-02-13

Miss Edith Northrop of Palestine has been visiting her aunt, Mrs Lauren SkidmOre.
The Newtown bee., 1903-02-13

Carpenter Edward Botsford was en- gagged, last week, in tearing out the side wooden benches in the galleries in the Congregational church. Floor ing will be put in and the space used for Sunday school classes. These benches were placed in the galleries in Rev MT Moore's time, Otis &C Gill lette doing the carpenter work.
The Newtown bee., 1903-02-13

Miss Josephine Glover of New Or leans, La., "a niece of w. H. Glover, ,and we'll known here, is to be married Feb. Brooklyn.
The Newtown bee., 1903-02-13
A CARD.

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on a soc bottle of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure your cough or cold. We also guarantee 25c bottle to prove satisfactory or money refund
The Newtown bee., 1903-02-13

Mrs Harley T. Proctor of New Yori is visiting her mother, Mrs Aaron San ford.
The Newtown bee., 1903-02-13

Mir and Mrs s. J. Botsford of New Haven receivedIa call from c. M. Beres ford of Newtown, last week.
The Newtown bee., 1903-02-13

When P. F. Keating came in to his house from the barn, after milking, Friday, he found the hired man and his own pocketbook missing. It con- tained something over $22. MT Keat- ing got Constable Tilson started after the man, who had not been located at last accounts. As THE BEE under stands it. the man had been in MT Keating's employ but a few days.
The Newtown bee., 1903-02-13

MT and Mrs Leonard Elsenboss of BrOokfield have been visiting at She home of MT ana Mrs G. R. Wilson.
The Newtown bee., 1903-02-13

Rev J. P. Hoyt has recently sent tc THE BEE office an interesting little pamphlet describing the beauties ot St Petersburg, Fla, and filled with
The Newtown bee., 1903-02-13

Mrs Lizzie Northrop is in Tashua the guest of her brother, Charles Nal lett.
The Newtown bee., 1903-02-13

Patrick Grove, manager of Keane' $ button factory, has has had a steam whistle placed on the factory.
The Newtown bee., 1903-02-13

Mrs James Edwards, Jr., and Miss May Edwards of Shelton were guests, last week, of Mrs A. BeardSley in Zoar.
The Newtown bee., 1903-02-13

John Lynch was laid up few days the past week, with the grip.
The Newtown bee., 1903-02-13

Mrs Silliman of Bridgeport is visit ing her sister, Mrs A. B. Botsford, at BOtSfOrd Depot.
The Newtown bee., 1903-02-13
CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. w. Groves sig nature is on each box. 25c.
The Newtown bee., 1903-02-13

Mrs G. R. Wilson is entertaining Miss Cornelia Elsenhoss of Brooktield.
The Newtown bee., 1903-02-13

Eli Smith of Southville is visiting his daughter, Mrs c. E. Minor.
The Newtown bee., 1903-02-13
PNEUr1ONlA AND LA GRIPPE.

Coughs cured quickly by Foley's Honey and Tar. Refuse substitutes. Sold by R. H. Beers & Co.,, Newtown; Betts X Betts, Sandy Hook; A. B. Blake man, Botsford.
The Newtown bee., 1903-02-13

The Hawleyville whist club held a meeting Tuesday evening, February 3. The prizes were given to Mrs Amos
The Newtown bee., 1903-02-13

R. H. BEERS & Co.,, Newtown. BETTs & BETTs, Sandy Hook.
The Newtown bee., 1903-02-13
A SUCCESS ALL AROUND.

EVEN FEBRUARY WEATHER JOINS IN THE GOOD WORK OF MAKING THE VALENTINE SALE AND SUPPER OF THE CONGREGATIONAL ENDEAVOR- FRS A NOTABLE SUCCESS.
The Newtown bee., 1903-02-13
CIRCULATION:
42OO
Eight Pages.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
TlDlNGS OF AN OLD VETERAN.

WRITES FROM THE WILDS OF WIsCON. SIN, WHERE MISSIONARY WORK IS NEEDED.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1903-04-25
ITEMS

oi5hCOs
hooF,evelt is ambitious to be elect.
go president of Harvard College.
| Negotia tions for the final treaties
with Cuba are progressing favoraoly
! Rabbi Gottheil, the noted leader ol
Jewish reform, recently died in New
York.
a British warship has left Malta
for Greece, on account of the Balk ar
troubles.
The wife of Robert Fitzsimraons,
the pugiIist, died in New York, Of
typhoid fever.
The Oceanic Steamship Companies
refuse to pay the head tax on alien
immigrants.
Bonilla is now president Of Hondu.
ras, Aras is imprisoned, and Sierra
is fugitive.
Formal permission has been grant
ed for the Dutcb-German cable to be
landed at Guam.
The Venezuelan Government has
paid the first installment to satisfy
claims OF its creditors.
There is an epidemic of typhoid at
Stanford University, over 100 cases
having been reported.
Mckinney, the noted Arizona out
law was reported killed in lower San
Joaquin Valley, April IA.
Seven officers at Belgrade have
been arrested for conspiring against
King Alexander of Servia.
Chinese treaty negotiations are at
a deadlock, China refusing to abolish
her internal custom houses.
The San Juan, Porto Rico, grand
jury is inv vestigating the charge Of
smuggling against naval officers.
Hills magnificent trans-P Pacific
liner Minnesota was successfully
launched at New London, Apr. 10.
President Castro of Venezuela has
inflicted a final and crushing defeat
on the rebel forces under General
Matos,
The War Department has made
public the fact that Aguinaldo had
arranged plans for the assassination
of General Otis.
1000 Irish delegates to National
Convention in Dublin unanimously
approved the principles of the pro-
po sed Land Bill.
Cholera has broken out among the
troops commanded by Captain Per-
shing, now engaged in a campaign
against the Moros.
John Tiedemann, prominent San
Francisco grocer was fatally shot in
an encounter with o robber in San
Francisco, April 10.
Henry Youtsey, a witness, testifi-
ed that Ex-Governor Taylor and
James Howard planned the murder
OF Governor Goebel of Kentucky.
| There is q race war on at Joplin,
Missouri, where negro who killed a
policeman was lynched, and the rest
OF the negroes driven out of town.
Secretary Hay has asked Germany
for facts concerning the arrest and
deportation of an American mission
airy and students at Ruk and Ponape
Continuous and heavy snowstorm'
in middle Europe have brought traf
fic to a standstill, and many shipping
disasters are reported from the Bal
tic Sea.
On April 81, the Government
troops made an unsuccessful assault
upon the city Of Santo Domingo, leav
ing 1000 killed aud wounded on th,
field OF battle.
Ex-Governor Taylor and Jim How
ard deny that they were implicated
in the murder of Governor Goebel
claiming that the charge is a mer'
political plot.
The Shamrock III. was struck b.
squall and completely dismantled
April II, one man being drowned
and sever al, including Sir Thoma
Upton, slightly injured. No injur
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-12-23

The majority of those who are con
stantly sounding the praises OF reci-
procity have no other purpose except
to attack the tariff by the only means
at hand. OF course there are few
who honestly believe that reciprocity
in competitive products is consistent
with a protective tariff. But there are
not many of that kind. Reciprocity
reminds one of the men who used to
call themselves "bimetallists. Men
used to stand around and say. We are
in favor of the use of gold and silver
both; we are bimetallists." They
would proceed to say that there was
not gold enough in the country TO make
a currency. therefore silver must be
used. Time demonstrated that al!
such men were silver standard men.
In this instance time will demonstrate
that the radical advocates Of reciproc-
ity will necessarily land in the Demo
cratic party.-Des Moines Capital.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-12-23

II is thought within SIX years express
trains between Albany and New York,
lJ0 miles. win be in operation.
The Government win soon open the
Rosebud Indian reservation in Gregory
County. South Dakota, amounting tc
10000 acres.
The interchangeable mileage bureau,
established a few months ago by q num-
Der Of members OF the Trunk Line AS
ISOLATION, has met with success.
The Texas Railroad Commission has
decided TO adopt a general classification
Of freight rates for the State of Texas
to succeed the western classification.
After a years trial the Southwestern
lines have abandoned their joint coloni-
cation agency. and will continue their
efforts 10 secure immigration individual
iy.
The 50 1-3 per cent reduction in rates
on steel products. decided upon by the
traffic officers of the trunk and central
freight lines, has beer extended to cover
steel rails.
Orders for between 100000 and 100.
600 tone Of steel rails for delivery in
1904 have already been placed with the
rail manufacturers by various railroad
companies of the United States.
Railroad earnings show most graft
flying tendency. and this is the best pos
sible evidence that the depression in
Wall street is not shared by legitimate
business outside of the circles of "haut
finance"
Recent developments in the republic
of Mexico and the dominion Of Canada
very clearly mark the tendency toward
a closer relation between the government
and the railways of those political aud
geographical sections
The troubles Of the western roads over
the division of the immigrant business
have been settled and in consequence
the Rock Island win return to the West
ern Passenger Association and rejoiu the
Western Immigrant Bureau.
Genera Manager Hanrahan. OF the
Illinois Central, says the building of an
sthmian canal will immensely increase
the export business Of his road and that
it would begin a new era Of industrial
activity In the Gulf States.
II is probably no exaggeration to say
that the gross income OF the roads for
the year 1903 viii be $150.O00,O00 great
or than during 1902, and the net proba
bly, one-third Of that. or S50,000000,
which means an extra l per cent on the
outstanding capital.
The Union Pacific is making plans for
the colonization OF more than 100000
acres of land in western Kansas and Ne
braska, in eastern Colorado and in Wy
oming. The general plan is said to be
similar to the one adopted by James J.
Hill so successfully in the far Northwest.
The Union Paciic's total LAM grant
originally amounted to 1S,54T,S49 acres.
The company began the sale of these
lands in 1865, and there are still remain
ing about 100000 acres. The sales
have amounted this year to Tops acres,
which have netted the company $685.
500
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-12-23
HITS SMITH AND HEATH.
Conrad Bonaparte Fraud Report Gem
sures High Ex-OmciaIs.

a new report on the frauds in the
Postotiice Department, made by Messrs.
Bonaparte and Conrad severely scores
Charles Emory Smith. forrser Postmas-
ter General. Perry s. Heath. who was
his first assistant. and Postmaster Mer-
rift of Washington. The names of these
men are linked with George W. Beavers,
former head of the division of salaries
and allowances, in the censure melted
out 10 present and past officials The re-
port is made on the charge brought by
W. 5. Tulloch, former cashier i'll the
Washington postoffice.
Regarding Illegal appointments the re-
port says; Discussion of the 'Tulloch
charges has revealed the existence of
deplorable and gravely discreditable
abuses during the years 1898, 1899 and
1900 in the Washington postoflice and
the Office of the First Assistant Postmas-
ter General.
''These abuses involved conduct on the
part of various public officials which was
certainly often illegal and many have
been sometimes criminal but such of
fenses. if committed. were in all eases
committed more than three years before
we were ordered TO investigate the
charges and. SO far as we are clearly
informed, more than three years before
Mr.. Tullochs interview Of May 1 last.
The persons primarily responsible for
| the above mentioned abuses and the re-
sulting scandals appear to have been
| Perry $. Heath then First Assistant
Postmaster General and George ".
Beavers, then chief OF the salaries and
allowance division, neither of whom IS
now in the service of the United States.
Charles Emory Smith. late Postmas-
| ter General; james z. Willett, late post
| master OF Washington, now deceased
| John A. Merritt. his successor in the said
| office and its present incumbent; Robert
! ]. Tracewell, comptroller, and Henry \.
! Castle, auditor for the Postotiice Depart
| fnent, all appear to have shared, IN some
! measure. their responsibilities; the late
| Postmaster General for his seeming fail
! ure, Notwithstanding repeated warnings,
/ to appreciate the gravity of their mis-
7 conduct and the consequent necessity for
| its prompt n l adequate punishment; the
/ two postmasters for liberation of these
| abuses and obedience to plainly improper
orders without exposure, or, apparently
protest; and the auditor and comptroller
| for acting upon lax and arbitrary prin-
/ ciples in the administration of their re
4 spective offices whereby the paymen, OF
/ Illegal and seemingly fraudulent claims
| by tho treasury was rendered possible
Recommendations are made for thor
! ough investigation of the Washington
/ postofIice.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-12-23
The National Convention.


Next years convention viii be the
thirteenth quadrennial gathering Of
representatives of the Republican par
ty to nominate candidates for the
presidency and e-presidency. 1t will
be the sixth national Republican con-
vention TO be held in Chicago.
The first national Republican con
vention was held in Philadelphia in
1856. when Fremont and Dayton were
nominated.
The second was held in 1860, at Chi
cago. when Lincoln and Hamlin We're
nominated.
The third was held in Baltimore in
1864, when Lincoln and Johnson was
the ticket named.
The fourth was held in Chicago in
1868, when Grant and Colfax were
nominated.
The fifth was held in Philadelphia
in 1872, when Grant and Wilson were
nominated.
The sixth was held in Cincinnati in
1876, when Hayes and Wheeler were
nominated.
The seventh was held in Chicago in
1880, when Garfield and Arthur were
nominated.
The eighth was held in Chicago in
1884. when Blaine and Logan were
nominated
The ninth was held in Chicago in
1888. whom Harrison and Morton ere
nominated
The tenth was held in Minneapolis
in 1892, when Harrison and Reid We're
nominated.
The eleventh was held in st. Louis
in 1896, when Mckinley and Hobart
were nominated.
The twelfth was held in Philadel-
phia, where Mckinley and Roosevelt
We're nominated.
And now the thirteenth will be held
in Chicago, where Roosevelt and prob
ably some good western man will be
named to lead the Republican hosts to
u triumphant victory.
Thus it can be seen that Chicago
will have had the honor of entertain
ing six out of thirteen Republican ma
tional conventions. and that out of the
five Republican conventions already
held there the candidates suffered de-
feat only once, and that was when the
"Plumed Knight of Republicanism
was betrayed in the city of New York.
-Des Moines Capital.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-12-23
The ra1k Arainst Rooseye1t.

Many persons found fault with Ches-
ter A. Arthur because he was we'll
bred gentleman, and with Andrew
johnson because he had not the breed
ing of gentleman. Martin Van Blu
rem was condemned because he was
not forceful enough; Andrew Jackson
because he was too forceful. Criticism
was preferred against Grant because
he drank too freely; against Hayes be-
cause lie refused to allow wine to be
served at the White House. Grover
Cleveland was censured for being too
stubborn and Mckinley for being too
complaisant You may run through
the entire presidential list and you will
find that one man has been reproached
for the kind of qualities and conduct
that another has been praised for
after he was dead and gone The
same characteristics. or want of them,
in the different Presidents have
aroused in the nation diametically OPP
posite sentiments.
No President can satisfy all the peo-
pie all the time. The judicious do
not look sad if the character and rec
ord of their leader in a general audit
shows balance more to the good than
to the bad. Some disappointed and
DISCONTINUED gentlemen, in and out of
the Republican party, are now magni-
flying the faults OF President Roosevelt
in derogation of his many eXcellencies.
But ii is doubtful if they will gain
anything by this treatment They can
not make an issue between the desir-
able and undesirable parts of the Pres
ident. The issue to-day is already
made For the nomination it will be
Roosevelt against an innominate and
unorganized field; and in the can align
il will be Roosevelt and Republicanism
against Democracy and several other
things equally Objectionable.
Mr.. Roosevelt knows his own faults.
and probably would frankly avow
them in any conversation on that sub
ject. He is unrestrainably and some
times disagreeabiv honest. Always
having kept himself above reproach,
he is slightly inclined to accept the
suspicion and charge as the proof of
NIAlllt. I1E ~ Win
wrong and treats criminals with an
unscphisticated severity which makes
them think he does not quite under
stand the ways of the world. The
President has got a code of ethics
which he harps on with the same posi-
tiveness with which he proclaims his
beliefs ON political economy and pub
lie questions He feels deeply, acts
quickly. confides in and talks colo
quially with the people more than has
been the custom with Presidents, and
has very exalted idea of his posi-
ton and a proper estimation VI him
self
These characteristics have given oc-
cssiOn TO the enemies of President
Roosevelt TO make the allegation that
he is reckiessly impulsiYe, unamenable
20 adrice. egotistie, spectacular and
ambitious But all these imputatiOns.
TO ths extent that they are derogatory
TO the character and usefulness Of the
President. have no foundation in fact.
Mr. Roosevelt is undoubtedly self suf
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-12-23

| In the early part of last winter the
people of the United States We're dis
tressed by the urgent dangers of a gen
ern mines was in part responsible, but
the main reason for the high price of
fuel was then, and is now the extent
to which monopoliSts corner the sup
ply A roar went up from the Demo
critic press that the squeeze in coal
was the result of the duty of 81 cents
ton on imports Prominent Demo
Gratis in Congress hammered at the
same idea. As the mJnopOlists showed
no signs of conjunction, Congress
agreed to a rebate of all duties on for
eign coal until I'm IA, 1904 Proba-
bly, the rebate VIII be extended, but
the free trade premises In the case
were false. Coal squeezes in this
country are not the result Of the duty
ON imports
More than any other city, Boston is
likely to be benefited by coal imports
free from duty. 1t can draw from
Canadian as well as European miles.
A Boston paper has just remarked;
'Comg,a ratiyely little coal has been i'm
ported this summer. as the amount of
coal mined in this country has been
the largest ever known (61, 100000
tons, as against 30000,000 last year.,
and the hand to-mouth demand has
not made itself felt. Yet, in face of
this the price of coal has advanced
steadily, in pursuance, apparently, of a
policy adopted by the Pennsylvania
coal combine two years ago of con-
tinuously raising the Price of anthra-
cite, whether or no. Boston consum-
ers complain that imported coal is poor
in quality, and. besides, the foreign
price for shipment was marked up the
day the duty in this country was sus-
pended. A remedy for coal extortion
is desirable. 1t is not to be found in
free importations, as the experience Of
the last year has proved.-St, Louis
Globe Democrat.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-12-23
cREMATED IN a TRAIN WRECK.
Burlington Passenger Coaches Burn on
Bridge and Occupants Suffer.

Five passengers were crcmatcd aud
ten were injured in q wreck on the Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad,
three miles west Of Abba. Iowa. The
west-bound passenger trair vas derailed
while running upon the Cedar creek
bridge and five cars were wrecked by
collision with the stee, Orders of the
bridge The wreckage Immediately took
fire. The dead are: Thomas Beatty, Mrs,
W. e. Mitchen. Mildred Mitchen. a man
named Franklin and an unidentified man.
Mildred Mitchen, the 3ycar-old child
Of Mrs. w. +. Mitclen was hung to
one Of the bridge Orders and burned to
death before the eyes Of the uninjured
passengers and trainmen, When the
sides Of the ears struck the bridge they
were torn out and live Goals from the
stoves were scattered throughout the
cars. The Mitchen child fell through the
bottom Of one car. its clothes catching
to the girder. where it cried loudly for
its mother, who had been instantly kill
cd. The cars and the bridge 10 few
seconds were a mass Of flames and tile
child could not be rescued. Five cars
were burned and the remaining coaches
badly damaged.
Five men were killed and several Sc
verely injured by the overturning of two
engines attached to a heavy Baltimore
and Ohio freight train on the Seventeen
mile grade" near Piedmont. w Va.
While descending tine seyenteen-mile
grade the train left the track. The en-
gines and nearly all OF the twenty-four
loaded cars tnmbled into a deep rayine,
carrying the trainmen with them. The
tracks were torn up for nearly 100
ynrdg
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-12-23
WISCONSIN'S RECORD.
FAITHFULLY TOLD In READABLE
SHAPE.
Certain Employers Boycotte6 by Do
mesfics Merchant Asphyxiated in
HoteI-Kiiled by Exploding Head

Joseph E. Waller, superintendent Of
the State free employment bureau in
Milwaukee, says domestics have black
list OF employers, so that there are EN-
ployers, some of them high in society,
who cannot obtain a servant under any
consideration. The question of wages
does not appear TO enter into the mat
ter, as girls when asked why they refuss
certain offers invariably reply, mo girl
cen work there" BY some means of
secret intelligence, Mr.. Waller says, this
information is passed along the ranks
and none of those who have been EN-
ployed in the city for long will go there.
Once he thought he had girl who had
not received the reports OF the secret in
telligence bureau, but aft,T star ting for
q place she returned an2 declined.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-12-23
DRINK FOES SET DATE,
Prohibition National Convention in
Kansas City June 20.

The Prohibition national committee
has selected Kansas City as the location
for the party's next convention and June
20 g. the dag on which il is 10 meet
The basis Of representation agreed upon
will give the national convention about
$500 delegates. The call is for four
delegates at large from each State and
one delegate for each 200 votes or frac-
ton thereof, the basis 10 be the vote
cast for John q. Woolley for President
In 1900 The committee asked for a
guarantee Of a hall. committee rooms,
headquarters. music and decorations. the
entire expense Of the convention being
estimated at between $1,000 and 81 800
1t required four ballots to decide
which Of eight cities should be the choice
The final ballot stood: Kansas City, 81;
Buffalo. 10; Indianapolis, T. In the
earlier ballots Columbus. Ohio: Milwau-
kee. Baltimore. Los Angeles Boston and
Minneapolis received votes