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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-03
Land Sale 3loticcs.


TNHE nonresident proprietors of the
4 town of Jamaica in the county Of
Nindham and state of Vermont are here
by notified hat the taxes assessed by said
town within the four years next preced-
ing this date as below specified remain in
whole or in part unpaid on the following
described land in said town of Jamaica
to wit. a certain piece or parcel of land
with buildings thereon known as the Hol-
land place. a farm located in said
town of Jamaica and bounded and de-
scribed as follows, viz: north, east and
west by land owned by Hoyt II. Wheeler,
to Wardsboro. estimated to contain %
acres, more or less. Original proprietor
of said land and premises unknown. The
present owner supposed to be j. j. Grif-
fin. The taxes assessed as aforesaid on
said lands and premises and remaining
unpaid as follows to wit: on list 1898,
grand list S225; town tax 81 so; highway
tax IS; school tax SIP; county tax %.
on list 1890, grand list s225; town tax
$3.50; state tax As; highway tax IS;
school tax BIB; county tax .05. Total
On list 1900. grand list s225; town tax
s5.G3; highway tax .6S; school tax BIB;
county tax .05. Total 1854.
on list of 1901, grand list $225 town tax
$3.50; state tax "a; highway tax 81
school tax $1.13; county tax "a. Total
1913.
And so much Of said lands and prem
ises will be sold at public auction at the
inn of VIM. f. Gleason, "A public place
in said town of Jamaica, on the 18th day
OF April. A. u. 1903, at ! o'clock p. m, as
shall be requisite to discharge and pay
said taxes thereon with cost unless pre-
viously paid.
Dated at Jamaica. Vermont, this 23d
day of March. a. D. 1909.
Collector of Taxes for the Town of ia
maica. Vermont. 1915
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-03
Cuban Treaty Approved.

The treaty of reciprocity between Cuba
and the United States, as amended 10y
the Senate of the United States. was ap-
proved Saturday night in the cuban
Senate at Havana by a vote of l. to ..
This approval is absolute and is not
hampered by any conditions, the ques-
tionable time limit amendment having
been dispensed with through the receipt
Of the cable message from Secretary
Hay. in which it was positively declared
that President Roosevelt would call a
special session of Congress prior TO Dec.
!. The purport Of this assurance was
transmitted to the Senate by President
Palma, and read at the beginning of the
session. an understanding having been
reached previously with Senators Busta-
mente. Capote and DOLE, composing the
majority of the foreign relations com
mittee. that the objectional condition
in the report be eliminated. This was
done by the offering of amendments by
other administration senators substitute
ing the unconditional adoption of the
amendments to the treaty by the Ameri-
can Senate for the qualified acceptance
contained in the original report
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-03
N. X. Fairbank Dead,

y. Il. Fairbank. %. a millionaire manu-
facturer, died in Chicago Friday. His
name was associated with the manu-
facture of lard, oil, cottolene and soap,
and he was also a large operator in
grain on the stock exchange many years.
and interested in various financial insti-
tutions. He took part in the great wheat
corner of 1872 which formed a basis for
the most thrilling chapters of Frank
Norris's last novel. The Pit MIR.
Fairbank was called one of the n~erviest
men who ever bought wheat by the mill
ion bushels and he once said, Il can
lose a million today and get it back to-
morrow" A SUIT which attracted great
attention in the courts a few years ago
was brought by David Belasco, the play
wright. against Mr.. Fairbank. Belasco
claimed hat Mr.. Fairbank owed Sc. 0O0
for the training Of Mrs. Leslie Carter and
because of losses sustained in the unfor-
tunate tour Of her first play. THE Ugly
Du%ckling." The verdict for Mr.. Belasco
was $4,000. Mr.. Fairbank was active
in many charitable works.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-03
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
CHOLERA WIPED OUT.

u Had Caused 100000 Deaths in the
philippines - Commissioners Says
Great Improvement Will Take Place
Soon.
II Had Caused 100000 Deaths in the Phil
.rpiucs-Cummissioner Says Great I'm
-roycmcnt VIII Take Place Soon. cd. ....
n. c. Ide. a member of the Philippine
commission. who has arrived at San
francisco from Manila on leave of alb
-suce. is en- route to his former home in
- lohnsbury. When he left the Islands
.,ac, blessed them, he said, and ne was
nanny to say the health boards, under
,Dt directions of the Philippine com
mission. had stamped out the Asiatic
cholera. which caused the death of 100000
natives.
The same conditions exist in the Phil
.ppines that existed in the South and
Southwest after the civil war. There
have always been lands of ladrones who
roam over the country. robbing their
own people, and the government is
Zblised to cope with them by constabu-
ry. He said the insular constabulary
numbered $500 men, who were command
81 by American officers. These men
here natural hunters and they pursued
Inc m%arauders with zcst and nearly al
ways captured them. COMMISSIONS lue
said further:-
conditions in the Philippines are con-
.stantly improving. one meets with dis
%aouraging features, but after six months
kou will Sc marvellous improvement in
HE development of education, the ac-
ouisition of the English language, the
Eonstruction of roads, the creation of
Bubble improvements and the police and
Hivil courts. until when one looks at the
4rogress that has been made it Will be
wondered that so much has been accom-
plished.
THE great mass of the people in the
Philippines want peace, and are anxious
10 cooperate with the American gov
ernment They know and see that the
path of progress is by cooperation with
the American authorities"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-03
NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTES.
Hon. F. C. Faulkner of keene.

Hon. +. G.. Faulkner. a member of the
state board of railroad commissioners.
died suddenly at his home in Keene
Thursday, from heart failure, superin-
duced by an attack of grip. Mr., Faux
ner was born in Keene in 1853 and was a
son of Francis A. Faulkner. a prominent
lawyer. He was a graduate of Phillips
Exeter Academy and Harvard University
and was admitted to the bar in 1887. He
was judge advocate general OF the staff
of Gov. Bell in 1881. He was also a mem
Der of the governors council in 1896 and
"A member of the New Hampshire legis-
lature in 1899. At the time of his death
he was a member of the state railroad
commission president of the Cheshire
County Savings bank of Keene, and a
director of the Cheshire National bank
and was intimately connected with the
business interests of the town. He was
a member of the law firm of Batchelde
& Faulkner. He leaves a widow, two
sons and two daughters.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-03
Sale of Land for Taxes.

THE nonresident proprietors of the
Il town of Jamaica, in the county Of
,Windham and state of Vermont, are
by said town within and for the year
1901, as below specified. remain in whole
unpaid on the following described lands
in said town of jamaica, to wit: a GER
tain piece or parcel of land known as the
Henry j. Allen farm, "A farm with build
ings thereon, located in said town of ia
macia, and bounded and described as
Hamilton at Mill brook, so called,
thence running westerly by said brook
to land of Charles w. Martin, thence
southerly by land of Charles w. Martin
to a beech stub, thence southerly by
land now or formerly of Frank Johnson
to a corner, thence easterly by land now
land of Charles w. Morgan to a corner
at land of Delos Watson. thence north
erly by said Watson's land to Mill brook,
50 called, to the place of beginning:
Simeon E. Walton by Henry j. Allen
and Abbie Louisa Allen supposed to con-
tain 100 acres. more or less. Original
proprietor of said land and premises un-
be Dean II. Gerry. The taxes assessed
aforesaid on said lands and premises and
remaining unpaid as follows to wit:
on list 1901, grand list s762; town tax
S15.24; state tax $1.14; highway tax 1929;
school tax S.a; county tax Is. Total
$23.1S.
And so much of said lands and prem
Uses will be sold at public auction at the
inn of VIM. F. Gleason. a public place in
said town of Jamaica. on the 18th day Of
April. \. D.. 1903, at l o'clock p. m, as
said taxes thereon with cost unless pre-
Dated at Jamaica. Vermont. this sd
day of March. A. D. 1903.
Collector of Taxes for the Town of ia
maica. Vermont. 1918
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-03
The Next Muster of the Vermont
National Guard.

The Vermont National Guard will prob
ably ave unusually interesting and val
liable experiences at muster time this
year. If the present plans carry. IT is
probable that the state camp grounds
near Fort Ethan Allen Will become a
rendezvous for mobilizing the militia
from other states in connection with the
annual ~cncampment of IN, Vermont SOL
dicrs next gust Gen. w. H.. Gilmore
of Fairlee. quartormastcr general of the
Vermont National Guard. is correspond
ing with the war department at Wash
ington relative to carrying out the pro-
visions of the new militia law and has
recommended To the department this
plan. He has also recommended that
several DAYS be added to the duration Of
the camp 50 that the guard may have
the opportunity of receiving the militia
from other states. 1t Is also contem-
plated that the Vermont militia visit
other state camps. If these plans ma
terialize. the militia of this state will re
ceive Instructions and have an insight
into the military methods of other states
that will prove very valuable to them.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-03
100 Miles Nearer the South Pole.

President Markham of the Royal Geo
graphical Society, commenting on the
achievements OF the British Antarctic
ship Discovery, says that it has been
proved conclusively that the greater part
of the Antarctic region is a vast CONT
nent. Captain Scott. r. n, the com
mandsr of the Discovery, penetrated 100
miles farther south than any previous
explorer and discovered an extensive
mountainous region. hitherto absolutely
unknown. extending TO So south. He
thinks this Indicates hat the land
stretches To- the Pole in n series of very
lofty mountains, which is considered to
be far the most important geographical
result ever achieved in Antarctic eNplo-
ration.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-03
New Hampshire's License Law.
[Rutland Herald Of March 81

New Hampshire's new license act as
amended and passed by the legislature
was signed by the governor yesterday,
The state adopted prohibition in 1855 and
the sale Of beer was forbidden In 1873.
An attempt was made to make prohihi-
ton a part of the constitution in 1889.
but it failed. The states policy differed
from that Of Vermont in hat ii did not
prevent the manufacture of spirits and
malt liquors. 1t is noteworthy that New
Hampshire adopted prohibition three
years after Vermont, but she was not so
long following this state GU of it. 1t
would appear, to borrow the expression
from the st. Johnsbury Republican, that
New Hampshire had also been Glen
entized."
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-03
Sale of Land for Taxes.

THE nonresident proprietors of the
town of Jamaica in. the county of
hereby notified that the taxes assessed
by said town within ard for the five
years next preceding as below specified,
f fSma f6llo IN whC dese Gf ID iRa ardi a anPaiRa house 9e
thereon in said town of Jamaica to cit:
A certain piece or parcel of land with
dwelling house thereon known as the
Frank Gleason place, located in the said
town of Jamaica and described as fol-
lows, viz: Bounded on the north, east
and west by land owned by Mrs. Flora
way leading from Jamaica village to
Pixies Falls, supposed to contain one
half acre, more rr or less: with dweiiins
posed to be J. B. Taylor. The taxes as
sessed as aforesaid IN said land and
premises and remaining unpaid as fol-
on list of 1897, grand list $50; town tax
81; state tax .Os; highway tax .15; school
tax On Fl iist cq 1sgs. s tax iOi list T So; t sl;Sd. tax
county tax OF. Total s1.4&
on list 1899, grand list $50; town tax 81;
on list 1900, grand list $50; town tax
s1.25; highway tax Is: school tax .25;
on list 1901. grand list $50; town tax
800; state tax .OS; highway tax Is;
school tax .25: county tax .01. Total
s1.H.
And so much of said land and premises
will be sold at public auction at the inn
of VIM. F. Gleason. a public place in the
said town Of jamaica on the 25th day
of April. A. d. 1903, at 2 o'clock p. m, as
shall be requisite to discharge and pay
said taxes thereon with cost unless pre-
viously paid.
Dated at Jamaica, Vermont. this 23d
day of March. A. D. 1903.
C. ]. HOWE.
Collector of Taxes for the Town of ia
maica, Vermont. 1915
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-03
Anti-saioon League Wishes Question
of Prohibition Resubmitted.

The annual meeting of the Vermont
Auti-Saloon league was held at Buriiug-
ton Tuesday and Rev. &. ". Morrow
was reelected superintendent. lie was
directed TO carry on the work of tho
league along the lines of agitation. law
enforcement and legislation. The league
will insist upon the submission OF thu
liquor question to the people again a.,
the earliest possible moment. The Of
fcers OF the league were elected as fol-
lows President, Rev. II. \. Wood Of
Norgennes. vice presidents, &. II. Dun
ton OF Poultney. :. \. Andrews of john
son. NJ. Mott of 81. Adams; secretary.
L. y. Clark Of Burlington; treasurer.
E. O.. Evans OF Burlington; superinteu-
dent, G. w. Morrow.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-03
Eand Sale 0nticcs.
Sale of Land for Taxes.

THE nonresident proprietors of the
i town OF Jamaica in the county OF
Windham and state of Vermont, are
hereby notified that the taxes assessed
by said town within the five years next
preceding 1902, as below specified, re
main in whole or in part unpaid on the
following described lands in said town of
jamaica to wit: A certain piece or parcel
of land known as the Robinson farm,
located in the said town OF Jamaica
and bounded and described as follows,
viz: North by land of Geo. Clark; east
by lands of b. a. Vinton and Chas. e.
Wilder; south by lands of IL. MaHuron:
west by lands of Mason II. Jones and
Edmund Harris. supposed TO contain $50
of said land and premises unknown. The
present ewner supposed to be II. II. Bost-
wick. The taxes assessed as aforesaid
on said lands and premises and remain
ing unpaid as follows TO wit:
on list 1897, grand list 1915; town tax
$3.50; state tax rs; highway tax Sl.l3;
school tax SIS; county tax .OS. Total
$11.S9.
on list of 1898, grand list sS75; town lax
$3.50; highway tax $1.13; school tax S1.SS;
county tax .0S. Total 5000.
on list 1899, grand list $375; town tax
$3.50; state tax rs; highway tax $1.13;
school tax s1.Ss; county tax ,0S. Total
$11.39
On list of 1900, grand list 1915; town tax
$9,Ss; highway tax SllS; school tax s1.SS;
on list of 1901, grand list 1915; town tax
$3.50; state tax 81; highway tax $1,13;
school tax H.SS; county tax .OS. Total
$11.21,
And so much of said lands and prem
Uses will be sold at public auction at the
inn of VIM. f. Gleason. a public place
in said town of Jamaica, on the 25th
day of April, A. d. 1903, at 2 o'clock p. m,
as shall be requisite to discharge and
pay said taxes thereon with cost unless
previously paid.
Dated at Jamaica, Vermont this 23d
day of March, A. d. 1908.
c. ]. HOWE.
maica, Vermont. 1915
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-03
Running Fight With Safe Blowers.

Three masked men bound and gagged
the only policeman in Garrettsville, a
village % miles east of Cleveland, ONO
The marched him to the post office,
where they tried unsuccessfully to blow
open the safe. They then boarded a
freight train for Cleveland. The author
tiles on becoming aroused notified people
along the line of the railroad and dep
uty sheriffs and citizens were in waiting
at Bedford. The three burglars jumped
from the train as it drew up to the sta
ton. They Immediately drew revolvers
and a running fight began. The robbers
fred rapidly as they ran toward an open
field while officers and posse poured in
volley after volley upon them. Finally
one of the pursued men dropped to the
ground dead. The second was so badly
wounded that he left a trail of blood IN
his footsteps and soon threw up his
hands in surrender. The third man es-
capped. None of the officers or citizens
were injured.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-03

The vote of the labor unions in LoWell,,
Mass, to strike this week was antici-
pated by the manufacturers, who closed
the mills on Saturday. About If'oVo
hands who had regular employment IN
Lowell are idle.
In a running fight at the farm OF W..
II. Earle at Norwood, Mass, Monday
Henry Cole, a negro, was shot ana XIII
ed. being, it is alleged, caught in the act
of stealing a quantity of provisions
Earle and his nephew, Herbert b. Palhe'
fired upon the negro, but it is not known
which one killed him.
Two lions escaped from Bostock's ami
NAL arena in Pittsield, Mass, early sun
day morning. The cage in which theY
were being lowered several feet from a
hall fell and was broker They ran
through the streets of the city, attack-
ing three horses, killing one and in)urlng
two others. One of the lions, six years
old, and valued at $500, was shot ana
killed, and the other was captured anu
recaged by the keepers.
Gen. William II. Jackson, 81, the owner
of Belle Meade farm, and a noted Con
federate cavalry leader during the evil
war, when he bore the sobriquet OF
Red Jackson, died at Belle Meade
near Nashville. Tenn, Monday. Gen.
jackson was a brother of the late Howell
e. jackson, associate justice of the
United States Supreme Court. Belle
Meade farm is one of the most widely
known stock farms in the United states
Thu Putney Athletes defeated the Gull
ford street basket ball team H-2l FRIDAY
night in the town hall. The home team
was made up of c.. Taft, r. Taft, Cor
ham, Sanders and Everleth. The Gull
ford streets were r. Coane, C.. Coane
Briggs. Laughton and D.. Stafford. The
hose company defeated the business meI
1915 the same evening. The winners
were Cobb, Maley, Tefft, Palmer ant
Underwood, and the business men aver
Little, Pierce, Corser and Martin,
The body of Harriet Underwood Shrig
ley, SO, was brought to Putney FRIDAY
from oxford. Mass, and was buried II
Mt. Pleasant cemetery. Mrs. ShrlsleN
died in oxford March "a, She was 'borI
in Putney July 5, 1919, and was a daugh
ter of Timothy Underwood, who bull
and lived in the ingalls, house and wh'
also built the Methodist church in thu
village. She went away from Putne!
about 35 years ago. She is survived b!
two daughters, Mrs. Harriet Adams o
oxford and Mrs. Edward Goodell OF
Kansas.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-03
Louisiana Sugar Lands Damaged by
Freshets.

The revasse on the Hymel plantation
forty miles above New Orleans, will be
the most destructive in the history or
the levee system in Louisiana. Conser-
vative estimates place the financial loss
of the planters, merchants and railroads
in the area affected at not less than go
OOO, 900. More than 100 square miles OF
the most valuabl sugar plantations IN
the state nave already been inundated,
and. as the crevasse is now beyond con-
troll, from 500 to 600 square miles Will be
submerged before the water recedes. II
the river remains at flood stage for a
long period, as now seems likely to pc
the case, the damage will be much
greater. Immense damage mas dleo
been caused by the breaks in the leVee
in Mississippi
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-03

If present indications hold true, one of
the greatest land rushes of modern date
in the West will storm the United States
land office in Los Angeles in June. when
a million acres of land recently restored
by the government 10 the public domain,
reaching from NojaVc TO the Colorado
river, is thrown open to entry. The land
office is receiving nearly POO letters daily,
coming from every state in the Union.
Two companies Of Macabebe scouts UNI
der the command Of Lieuts. Reese and
Nickerson recently attacked the stone
fort which San Miguel, had erected near
Mariquina. in the Philippines. When the
scouts charged the ladrones fed, leaving
40 men dead. including San Miguel
Lieut.. Reese was badly wounded and
three of the scouts were killed and II
wounded. san Miguel was the only un-
reconciled Filipino leader.
Burglars blew open the safe in Rood
& Woodbury's grocery store 1t 14i Main
street, Springfield, Mass, eahy Sunday
morning and escaped with Is bags con-
tanning 500 each in cash. The burglars
climbed over a high fence, broke into
the rear of the store and covered the
safe with 200 burlap bags which were
soaked in water. These bags deadened
the explosion so that ii was heard by on
ly one or two persons.
Gov. Batchelder and council have APP
pointed cyrus n. Little OF Manchester.
Republican. chairman of the state license
commission of New Hampshire for a
term of six years. The other two mem
bers are Harry w Keyes, Haverhill, Re
publican. secretary and treasurer, four
years. and John Kievel. Dover, Demo-
crat, two years. Mr.. Little is a member
lawyer and was speaker of the House of
Representatives two years ago. Mr..
Keyes is a member of the present
Senate. and Mr.. Kievel is a lawyer
Mr.. Keyes was born in New
bury. VIZ his father, Henry Keyes, be-
ing at one time president of the Pas
sumpsic Railroad company.
The suffering of the people in Finland
has been aggravated by the entire lack
of meat, milk and potatoes. Since Octo-
Der people nave gone barefooted and
have been clothed in rags, thus being ex-
posed to the cold and storms of winter.
In Kagani and Uleaborg thousands OF
people are said to be starving while the
oarcasses of thousands of cattle and
corpses of human Beings fill the air witt
a stencil. Epidemics of various sorts
nave broken out and unless material re-
lief comes soon a crisis will be reached
which may mean the wiping out of a
large part of the population. The Amer
lean relief expedition has reached Hap
amanda opposite Uleaborg.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-03
President Called Admiral Dewey to
Explain,

Admiral Dewey was quoted last week
as saying that the German navy was
greatly overestimated. that the men at
the guns ON the German warships are
far inferior to those on the United States
vessels. and that the Caribbean manoeu-
Vres were an object lesson to the world
and TO Emperor William more than to
any other person, that men in the Ger
man navy do not compare in education
ana in intelligence with the Americans.
The Germans. he said. have been edu-
Gated so that they look to the officers
and depend upon them for specific in
structious In the least matter. Dewey
declared that the United States navy j.
the greatest i'm the world for this reason
Every man in the United states navy Is
a man OF Intelligence. He knows just
what to DO and the right time To- do f..
This interview created "a Juror in dip
lomat.c circles. and It, was thought hat
Germany might take the affront serious
~ and demand an explanation. Presi-
dent Roosevelt summoned Admiral Dew
ey 10 the White House. 1t is believed
that Dewey declared hat he had mad,
the statements attributed 10 him, but D.,
had not expected them 10 bo published.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-03
Two Dartmouth Students Drowned.

Two Dartmouth students, Robert NJ.
Baker OF Worcester, and John b.. kener-
son of RoXbury, Mass, were drowned in
the Connecticut river a mile south OF
Norwich station sunday. The river is
very narrow and swift at this point and
the young men in their canoe shot
through the rapids and then attempted
to return. The canoe was overturned
in one of the swift eddies. Kenerson
went down Immediately. but Baker
struggled for a few seconds. The bodies
We're not recovered. Neither of the
young men could swim.