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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-04
GREAT HOARD OF GOLD.

Nearly one thousand three hundred
tons of gold lie today in the vaults of
the Treasury of the United States--the
greatest hoard of the yellow metal
ever gathered in the history of the
world. Four hundred tons of this
gold are piled, like bags of salt, with
in the four walls of the Sub Treasury
in Wall street, New York, Outside
the Treasury hoard there is in circu-
lation through the country nearly
equal amount of gold coin, making
more than two thousand five hundred
tons of gold in the United States bear
ing the imprint OF the eagle. The
value Of this coin is more than 81,
800, 900, 600. Success.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-04
THOMAS Il. REEDS ESTATE

New York, June, 3.-The late
Thomas b. Reed, former speaker of
the House of Representatives, accord
ing to the official report filed yester-
day left personal estate valued at
S43l, O99, after providing for the pay
ments of debts and the expenses of
adm inistration. The gross personality
amounted to 1929, 533, consisting
chiefly of stocks and securities. By
his will, executed many years before
his death, Mr. Reed S property goes to
his wife.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-04
DIR. HARKNESS RELEASED

DR.. Waldo r Harkness was on
Tuesday released from Jail, and has
again taken up the practice of his
profession, opening his Office at two
O'Clock in the afternoon. Bail in the
criminal case against him was fixed
in the morning by Assistant Judge. A.
j. Dana at 81, 800, and fifteen of the
friends of DR.. Hardness, doctors, law
yers, and business men, appeared be-
fore the judge and became bail each
in the sum above named. In the civil
case brought by the Montpelier Saw
ings Bank, satisfactory bail was also
given
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-04
FIRE PROTECTION.

With forest fires within few miles
of the city, coming in this direction,
and with everything in and about the
city as dry as tinder from the long
drouth, does it occur to the citizens
of Montpelier that the fire depart
ment as it is today would be utterly
unable to cope with a conafgration Of
any magnitude? This is a matter that
needs action rather than discussion,
and even the quickest action may be
too late.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-04
FATAL FIRE.

Ports mouth, N, H., June 23.-Ed-
ward Hill was burned to death this
morning in fire which destroyed his
house at Sewell's bridge in York,
Maine. His wife and five year old
son were taken from the roof in their
night clothes. 1t is supposed that
Hill overturned lamp, causing the
fire.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-04

Cornish, Me-, June 3.-Arthur s.
Lane charged with the murder OF
Miss Broad was discharged at the pre-
liminary hearing.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-04

up Front street as was promised,
nearly $250.0O0 would have been ex-
pended at the yard within the next
few months
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-04
ONS REASONS FOR INSURANCE.

Expenses eat up wages and sal
aries. Year after year the aver
age man expects to build up an
estate. The usual result is no
provision or only a small one for
wife and children, Life lnsur-
ance does the work by easy pay
ments.
Correspondence solicited
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-02
Morld,s = air SLANG

One of the enduring effects Of the
Chicago fair in 1893 was the amount
of slang originated here. The Philadel.
phia Centennial is indissolubIy con.
nected in the minds of many persons
with the disappearance of Charley
Ross, and from that exhibition dates,
practically. the host Of jokes that have
flooded magazines ard enlivened the
stage on the slothfulness of PL1adel.
phia and Philadelphians.
Now. St Louis. In anticipation of
the opening of the Louisiana Purchase
exhibition. has been furnishing UP
some of the recent slang of the Mis-
sissippi valley. and some Of the items
may be obtained from advance sheets,
so to speak.
What is called in Chicago a dead
one or a sleeper" Is in St Louis a
Grape The St. Louis version of the
expression '-the real thing" for pref
u girl is "a swell DOLL" A crown
guy" is a policeman. a "gitney" is a
nickel. and mugs landing" is the
Union station
St Louis has a large Southern and
Southwestern population The South
west has. III recen: years. superseded
the West very generally as the start
ing place Of most American slang and
ST. Louis has some geographical advar-
tages in this respect that are not likely
~ he ohscflred by the action Of any ~
its up-so-dafe citizens
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-02
New Cure for KIentomania.

A few years back West End shop
keeper, prompted by some remarks in
Truth as to the best punishment for
kleptomaniac woman shoplifters, wrote
to inform me that he had adopted the
plan of giving every woman detected
in purloining articles in his shop the
option of being summary birched by
the manageress OF prosecuted by the
ordinary process of law. The same
correspondent now writes to report the
result of his operations in this direc-
ton up to the present time. In ALL he
says, twenty women have accepted the
ordeal of the birch in addition to two
young girls of foreign nationality,
who, in consideration Of their tender
years, were treated to a milder form of
chastisement l am not, of course, in
a position to guarantee the accuracy
of this information; l own, indeed, to
a suspicion hope unfounded-that
my correspondent is getting at me-
with a view of inspiring wholesome
terror in the hearts Of ,,oGcen of dis
honest proclivities who do their shop
ping in the West End. But as that is
desirable end. have no objection
to cooperating in it to this extent. 1t
may perhaps be useful if l mention at
the same time that. according TO M
shopkeeping friend, his manageress is
a very muscular woman and her weap-
on a formidable one. Perhaps some
of tie shopkeepers of Selby may feel
inclined to give a trial to this castiga.
tory cure for kleptomania.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-02
|PgIPIE Axo
PREAGnE;R

The Rev. f. b. Meyer is holding a
series of meetings in leading cities OF
Germany.
The First Methodist Church, Omaha,
is getting ready to be jubilant. The
$4,000 debt has nearly all been pioyid-
ed for.
The late Dr. Milbarn. once the blind
chaplain" OF the United States Senate,
was so long ago as 1850 ON trial il
Mobile for heresy.
In memory Of his boyhood days as a
worshiper at st. Paul's Episcopal
Church. Boston. j. Pierpont Morgan has
presented to the church priceless Book
Of Common Prayer.
Three bronze tablets to deceased pas
tors of the church, the Rev. Drs. French.
Scudder and Behrender. have been I'M
veiied by the Central Congregational
Church of Brooklyn.
F. NJ. Messenger, a mill agent in eros
venordale, Conn, at $4,000 per year,
'holiness" doctrine.
The Rev. Alfred Noon. secretary Of
the Massachusetts Total Abstinence So
ciety, says that as a result Of recGat
crusade more than 1000 pledges have
been signed.
Speaking to the New England south
crn conference. Bishop Fowler urged that
the Epworth League be led into more ac-
tive spiritual work in the church, and
that it do not interfere in the work OF
appointment Of pastors.
The Rev John Fenvick Kitto, well
known as biblical scholar and author
though totally deaf from boyhood. is
dead. He was chaplain in ordinary TO
the late Queen Victoria.
The Rev. William Armhold has been
connected thirty-eight years with the
CONGREGATION keneseth Israel Of Phiia-
delphia. The Rev. Armhold IS in his
74th year and is still active.
The Rev. Il. 5. McRenzie. rector Of ST.
James Episcopal ChurcA in Macon. Mo,
seems to have settled the empty pew
problem. For SIX months laymen from
the local congregations have occupied the
pulpit az sunday evening services and tie
church has been crowded.
The Rev. Amos E. withey and wife
az in this country after eighteen years
service in Africa. They went with
Bishop Taylor's original party in 1885.
Harding ~ Saint Paul de Loanda-
TIE Rec. H T. Perkins Of Pao<ing-
ia reports 70 the American board Of for
eign missions that there is q religious
movement such as has never been seen
before IN that field IN north China
TIE Rev. :. A. AsEEnS=ell, the founder
and for eleven years the first rector OK
ST. Thomas Church, has had the hCi-
orzry title OF rector emeritus confsTrd
upon hfsn By re u1anifncus vote Of taS
rector and vesfry Of 81. ThOnas parish
OF Washington. D. c.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-02
RUSHING MAIL OVER THE RAIL IN
THE EARLY DAYS OF THE GREAT WEST.


of
o
Hannibal
line
Mississippi Missouri
die
L Macon
he
a at
of
piled deep oppo
OF The
fuel the
time the
platform
standing
loading Of rolling
baloonke cheer
Yonder she omes, she a
The stepped
spilled the
Addison
smoking
Gentry
aired homemade
N Cutler HAMS holding
reckless
of
Ne YorkM Express
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-02
PLANS A NEGRO REPueLlc
Kentuckfan Plans to ESTABLISH One
in Caribbean Sea.

in Caribbean Sea.
A strong movement is now on foot. or
ganized BY IL. l.. Mosgrove, a Kentuc-
khan and well-known writer, to induce
the Afro-American race to found an en-
pire in the Caribbean. Already the ma
tional board at Sturgs, Ky. has received
piles of papers. letters and kilograms,
containing hattering offers of contribu-
tons to the cause, propositions from pub
fishers to issue a book dealing with the
question, and requests to deliver lectures
and institute the local societies, Sons of
Freedom. in various places.
The plan is to purchase or seize the
sovereignty Of some large island or State
outside the boundaries of the United
States. set up an Afro-American repub-
lie, which shall be administered both rs
limited political body and gigantic CO.
operative commonwealth, all citizens
holding certificates in the society to be
stockholders, participating in the wealth
of the nation, all franchises. land titles,
and privileges to vest in the State and be
part of the public capital. All Grim
mails are to be utilized on the public high
ways or buildings, the incorrigibles set
adrift on the sea to seek other shores,
thus avoiding maintaining prisons. Edu-
cation, industry, manufacturing and es-
pecially agriculture, are to be encour-
aged.
The secretary says the time has come
when the Saxon and the African can no
longer dwell together in peace and har-
mony, and that the Afro-American is en-
titled to a country, a government and a
flag of his own.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-02
FORTY YEARS AGO.

ConGscation Of Confederate property
was begun in the District Of Columbia.
Surgeon General Hammond issued an
order practically forbidding the use Of
calome and tartar emetie in the United
States army because ignorant doctors
gave them for all sorts Of complaints.
Gen. w. Il. Sherman ordered all New
Orleans theaters to submit their pro-
grams to him in advance, and recon-
mended that p2tional airs be played as
often as possible.
Congressman Clement l.. Vallan-
digham was sentenced by court martial
to close confinement in Fort Warren un-
til the end Of the Civil War because of
reasonable speeches which he had made
in Ohio.
Gov Seymour Of New York declared
before an indignation meeting at Albany
that the arrest of Clement L. Vallandig-
ham for making reasonable speeches
was q ''dshonor to the country"
President jefferson Davis was author
ized by the Confederate Congress to sus-
pend the writ of habeas corpus and ar
rest whomever he pleased.
Twenty-four runaway slaves from Mis-
souri, crossed the Mississippi river, and
were robbed of their money and arms by
so-called "coppeyheads" ct Millersville,
III.
The Union army was reported advanc-
ing on Rapidan, where the Confederate
Gen. Bragg had 1900 troops.
President Lincoln was asked by In
diana State officials to furnish money to
run their government, the Legislature
having refused to appropriate funds be
cause of being unable to pass a secession
resolution.
Returning delegates from a conven-
ton at indianapolis fired at the soldiers
home, were stopped by Gen Haskelfs
artillery, and relieved of 1000 reyolvers
and knives.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-02
,AysA.SsasSgA(p1S.s;,A,-@<7155 1.t,0
Ky,,at1k So CIV
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: '",FKNs"

Let us hope that our minister to Chino
may not lose his head.-Detroit News.
Since the advent of the auto even the
French duelist is becoming fatal.-Los
Angeles Express.
Now that the smallpox germ has been
discovered, steps should be taken to vac
cinate him at once.-Atlanta COnstitu-
ton.
The Harvard professoc who has dis
covered the germ of smallpox has our
permission to keep it.--Los Angeles
Times.
Gen. Bingham says There is no poll
tics in Philadelphia" Perhaps he's
right; graft" is the name for it.--Phil-
adelphia Ledger.
Some Kentuckians net as if they would
be perfectly at home in that part Of Eu-
rope referred to as The Balkans -
Baltimore Herald
Under the new Pennsylvania law it ia
libel for a Pennsylvania politician to see
himself in the public prints as others
ste him.-W ashington Post.
All Ohioans do not succeed in secur-
ing federal Offices An Ohio man has
-, ;.,,;zo,,,l g e.;,,,.a .. -.
~ f ..l ''o IN. i4 p - supt'O''
-, any az '-'s pannsi'
. ~" liiat NhFcaso OaiAel has onet-
- 's.f-.s 80 " -
are - - NJ. 49, Ian e'e1 -
'oui ''--,' O'i9 ''''''e''
A modern physician says When man
mas rheumatism there are but two things
ne can uo' ne can gran anu peal IL %
pear anu Hot sonieis Al
FeTtiser.
How can Uncle sam critictse the dila-
tory course pursued ~ the Sultan when
ne himself mas Jus. pald an award OF
damages io- 'e$''s o'u LEY esaiio IAN
Deaier'
Will the Chicago paper that Is 70 hNs
run by women have mans department.
entitled, say. IN masculine flelos. OF,
=. Audni p u i'aie houston tleAasl
OhroAlcie.
The Macedonian cry seems to indi-
cate that the Sultan's reforms need re-
forming. Some sweet day the old fellow
will be pat out Of busiaess.-Macon (Ga.@
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-02

A writer in the Saturday Review
contends tina. wives and mothers have
too much gwen up a precious service
in surren6ering the sickroom. even
in trivial cases. to the trained nurse.
He says: I'VE have to face the fact
that while there is great gain in
trained and paid nursing there is also
a loss of something else. and the point
20 be settled is whether this loss is
beneficial to all parties concerned.
Personally, / doubt il So far. indeed,
as the slighter ailments are concerned.
I believe-and / know many doctors
viii bear me out-that the growing
habit of sending at once whenever pos
sible for skilled shoulders or which to
lay every title OF responsibility can
not fail TO weaken woman's mother
hood or loosen the tie of her w.fehood-
This is strong language. know. but
the subject deserves It The nurs-
ing OF the sick is something that no
woman can afford to leave out of her
life altogether without detriment TO
her own character. Let her call In
skilled aid by all means should she be
mutt for the technical part Of the
work. but thar does not exonerate her
from other work quite as important
For. without being Christian Scien-
list. assert that no reasonable per
son who has studied the marvellous in
fuence of mind can doubt that the
PEI to be does affect the body"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-02
AUTO RACE 20 DEATH.
Eight Killed, Ten Hurt in the Yer
sailfes- Madrid Conteat.

Premier Combes Of the Spanish gov
ernment stopped the mad Ss1tosnobile
race froC Versailles to Madrid after
eight were killed and ten injured The
race. which ended at Borde aux, has been
called By one newspaper, La Franchise,
''the Paris-Madsid massacre" The lead
ers in the frSt Stage of the race reached
Bordeaux at noon Saturday after the
most furious and reckless contest ever
engaged in by human beings. Machines
were crushed to splinters and their driv-
ers left mangled and lifeless by the road
side.
During the afternoon. says Paris dis
patch. word Of the accidents begal TO
arrive and cast a black cloud over the
event. A dispatch from Bordeaux an
noEnced that Lorraine Barrows had met
with shocking accident near Libourne,
seventeen miles from Bordeaux, at 1:45.
Mr.. Barrows had tried to avoid dog
which was crossing the track and his
monster car, No. in the race struck 4
tree With terrific force. His chauffeur
was killed outright. Barrows himself
was picked up unconscious, but still
breathing. and was taken to a hospital.
where his condition was declared to be
critical. His car was dashed TO pieces.
Shortly afterwnd news came that
Marcel Renault. winner of the Paris
Vienna race last year. had been over
turned in a deep ditch beside the road
near Coupe, twenty-one miles from Polo
tiers. and that he was dangerously injur-
cd.
The most terrible accident occurred
near Bonnevai. nineteen miles from Char
tres, where machine No. 243, driven by
M. Porter, was overturned at a railroad
crossing and took fire. The Chauffeur was
caught underneath the automobile and
burned to death, while two soldiers and
child were killed
A chauffeur was badly injured by an
accident to his motor car near Angou-
leme. A woman crossing the road in the
neighborhood of Ablis was run over by
one of the competing cars and killed.
The first stage in the 343 miles was
finished at noon, when Louis Renault
dashed at furious pace into Bordeaux.
having made a record run OF eight hours
and twenty-seven minutes.
An hour later NJ Gabriel arrived with
still better record of eight hours and
seven minutes. 1t is estimated from the
times made that these automobiles cover
ed sixty-two miles an hour on the road
outside the cities. Louis Renault's au-
tomobile attained at Beourdniere. be-
tween Chartres and Bonneval, a maxi
mum speed of lightweight and three
fourths miles per hour
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-02
THIRTY YEARS AGO.

Another revolution was said to have
started in Colombia.
Tie Chicago newspapers announced
that the burned district between the river
and Chicago avenue was rapidly being
rebuilt.
Property at Michigan avenue and For
teth street, Chicago, was offered for sale
at $3.50 a front foot.
Khiva was reported to have been cap
tured by Russians
over $1,220000.000 in new securities
was said to have Been issued in Germany
during the preceding twenty-seven
months.
The Cuban general Agramonte, was
reported TO have committed suicide to
avoid capture by the Spaniards.
Rumors of Commodore Yanderbilt's
death were started by New York stock
brokers, who were short some Of the
stocks in which he was interested.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-02
TWENTY YEARS AGO.

Gen. Crook and his Indian fighters
were reported in great danger of an at
tack by Mexicans, who resented their
crossing the border in pursuit of
Apaches.
Gen. Z. S. Grant was defeated for
President Of the Society Of the Army Of
the Potomac, at its Washington conyen-
ton.
Daniel Curley, leader Of the Irish In
yincibles, was hanged at Dublin.
Six persons were killed and eleven IA
tally hurt by a cyclone at Racine, Wis
The oil market was cornered at New
York, and 100000 certificates were
traded in at ten point advance.
The North German Gazette, as Bis
marck's organ, printed statistics showing
that the danger Of trichiniasis was sixty
times greater from American pork than
from German.
Patrick Calhoun, grandson Of John G.
Calhoun. declared in New for1 that the
negro question was the greatest bond Of
unity between North and South, the lat
ter being too weak TO cope with the prob
lem alone.
The Marquis Of Lansdowne was offer
ed and accepted the governor generalship
Of Canada. :
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-02
CAUGHT IN A PATROL BOX.
Policeman Was Too Fat to Perform a
Part of His Duty.

Police man Was Too Fat to Perform a
Part of His Duty.
Stout policemen have their troubles,
not the worst of which is running after
small boys. Policeman James Treston
Of police station No. 6 one night re
Gently wished he was several pounds
lighter. When he made his usual call
70 the station-house at $50 o'clock he
entered the call box at Highland ana
penn avenues. He opened the door
and then stepped inside. Mr.. Treston
has somewhat more than his share OF
avoirdupois and he comfortably ni4ed
the box. :,
The telephone hung on the wall d.
rectly opposite the door, and when
Preston was busily engaged In telling
tbo bouse sergeant that all was well
an his beat he did not see the wind
close the door on him. He heard the
click of the lock, however, ana then
+urned-or rather tried to turn-to see
what had happened. But he could not
ret around, the door was securely
locked and lie fitted the box like the
proverbial sardine-
What was to be done? He couldn't
turn around to open the door, so he
nounded against the tin wall of the
box This drew a crowd of specta-
tors but they were powerless to assist
him. They rad no key. He rang up
the station-house again and explained
his predicament. Amid the hearty
laughter of the house sergeant he
asked that a man be sent down with a
key TO let him out. Fifteen minutes
later he stepped from the box in the
middle of a crowd of laughing men,
women ard children. He was hot, per-
spring and angry, but he went back
TO his beat.-Pittsburg Gazette.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-02
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

New mail stages between New York
and Philadelphia were advertised to make
the trip in nineteen hours, the fare being
s. and luggage extra
War was declared between France and
Great Britain.
The schooner, Go BY sailed down the
Ohio river with a cargo for the West
Indies.
Napoleon, as first consul Of France,
refused the hey of Algiers' demand for
tribute
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-02

u planning subways. OF
of
wires be placed underground Already eighteen miles
with
which
cables together with additional smaller galleries and
is proposed
proved system of o
OF
of
tunnel through af private then
will
the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-02
sEvESrY-FrvE YEARS AGO.

Congress passed what was practically
the first tariff bill, and flags on the ship
ping at New York were displayed at half
mast because of the supposed injury to
commerce.
Henry Clay was reported i'll with nerv-
Gus prostration because of too great APP
plication to public affairs.
Barring Bros. & Co., the london bank
ers. acquired a grant of land in Texas as
large as the entire State of Virginia.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-02
Hirh Freiehr Rntes-

It costs almost twice as much to
send boxed goods from New York &c
san francisco by ran direct as il does
via London. the Suez Canal. Hongkons
and Yokohama by steamer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-02

When a woman you never saw has
her back turned toward you. in nine
teen tines In twenty, when she turns
around. she Is q disappointment
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-02
TEN YEARS AGO.

The Illinois building at the Chicago
worlds fair was dedicated.
The Inf4Sta Eulalia Of Spain reached
New York en- rOute to the worlds fair.
The Chicago Worlds Fair directors
voted to return the S2,50O,O00 appropria-
ton Of the United States government.
and to open the fair on Sundays.
The Distillng and Cattle Feeding
Company. the pioneer whisky trust. re
ceived what was declared its death blow
through the withdrawal Of FIVE large dis
tilieries for non-payment Of rent.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-02
WORK OF THE SESSION
WHAT THE 4eTH LEGISLATURE
HAS DONE

New Epoch in Wisconsin History Is
Marked State Is Pioneer in LcGisla-
tion Relating TO Credits-Amount of
Appropriations.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-02

George Allison, convict serving a sen
tence Of two years In the United States
pcIlitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
for larceny. committed ~ the Iadian
Territory. was shot by q soldier guard
while attempting to escape at the target
range, and killed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-02

If you would predict mans future
set the proper focus on his past