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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-06-25
MY SHIP.
lowell o. Reese in San Francisco Bull
letn)

lowell O. Reese in San Francisco Bull
letin)
stood marooned on desert isle.
With my gaze DER the white-capped
And hope leaped UP in my heart the
while
Ny ship-would 1t come TO mo?
My beautiful ship, with its sails Of snow,
Swanlike on the oceans blue;
While ever 7 Gazed where the sky hung
low,
And ever my longing grew.
Long watched In the burning sun,
And Just at the close of day
A CLINT of white where the fog banks
run
FLASHED up like a whtecar spray
Flashed into my sight on the low sky
Then out of the sea upreared
Tho black storm cloud and this ship Of
mine
Was lost in the blackness weird.
All night lay on the damp seaweed,
With the spray on my sodden head:
Tho mad waves howled, but | took no
Nor rocked of their raving dread.
All night in the storm with chilling
breast,
When. 10! al the break Of day,
There. dancing at anchor with sails a
rest
NV ship in the harbor lay.
NV beautiful ship. When the night was
black
When the sky was hue Of lead
Der rock and reef, through the thunder
ing rack.
She sailed with a steady head,
oh. faltering one, when the dark hour
falls,
Deem not that all hope is past!
But bark for the sound of the Pilots
call
For your ship will come at last.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-06-25
ANOTHER VERMONT
Big 16,000-Ton Battleship Will
Cost Uncle Sam 100000.
VIII he One OF the Siy Largest vessels
in the United states N8vy---Tbe
Former Sbip-of-the-Line
Vermont.
From the Boston Publicity Bureau.)

tFfom the Boston Publicity Bureau.)
The big 1G.c0o-ton battloship Vermont
which, in accordance with the govern
ment contract placed June 10, is to ~
built at the Fore d2iver shipyard 40
Quincy Point, on th9 southern shore &c
Boston harbor will he one of the SIS:
largest vessels in the United States navy
ana viii give its name to a. now type--thb
vermont class which includes, beside
the three ships begun some months ago,
two others, the Kansas. to be construct. d
ut Newport News. Va, and the Mimi
sofa at Camden, y. j.
Willie the three big boats Just ordered
are of the same displacement As earlier
uuoS-one of which ; the Connecticut,
building at the Brook yn navy yard-they
arc different in many details. All six,
however constitute the heaviest class IN
me nitcd states and are surpassed in
SH' among the warships Of the word
only by the 1S.0p-ton mau-of-war which
Great Britain has under construction.
IhHt tn" Green Mountain state. which
gave birth to George Dewey, should fur
nlsh tn" namc for the leading vessel e
ms powerful class is, cf course, peculiar-
ly appropriate.
Some of tho statistical facts regarding
me new Vermont are these: She is to bs
GOV Iect long oh the water line and "a
rect -FOUR inches long over all, which -
npout ~ rect lont"r than the next lar L
United States hattloehips--thosc Of tho
New Jersey class, Of which the New Jcr-
sey and Rhode Island are the most nearly
completed and will Ic launched at FOro
rivoi next winter. The moulded breadth
Of the vessel is Is feet five and ore-halt
inches hut the extreme width outside e
the armor is 76 feet. ten inches. She will
draw Il feet six inoros oi water. when
she has two-thirds If her stores and sum
plies aboard
Some idea Of the cxtensiveross IF hcr
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-06-25
FROM THE PORTUGUESE.

VIII you not strive to come to me?
| am alone and far
Your hand, perchance, the link might be
'TwiXt me and where souls are.
Your voice, pcrchancc, my heart might
bring
From distance. lonely wandering.
Far, far away my soul has straycd
On-driVen by distress;
And now tonight am ! afraid
In the vast loneliness
viii you not strive to bring me back
Friend, by the lost, the home ward track?
Ella Fuller Maitland in the Wcstmin-
stCr Gazette
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-06-25
HE STOPPED THE PAPER.

I've stopped my paper, yes ! hev;
| didn't like to do IT,
But the editor he got too smart
And | allow he'll rue 1t.
I am "A man as pays his debts,
And | won't he insulted,
So when an editor gets smart
| want to be consulted.
I took his paper 'leven years.
An helped him all | could, sir.
An when 1t comes to dunnin' me
didn't think he would, sir
But that he did an you kin bet
1t made me hot as thunder,
Says |, I'll stop that sheet, ! will
II the cussed thing goes under.
l hunted up the measley whelp,
An for his cunnin' capcr
I paid him 'leven years an quit!
Yes sir. I've stopped his paper.
Manson Okan) Democrat.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-06-25

cd the King. and the youth was shot His
parents were brought to the palace and
told the facts of the case and were com
PEELED. under threats of death, to tell
everybody that their son had killed him
self Since the tragedy the youths par
ents have revealed the plot.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-06-25

Hundreds of lives saved every year by
having DR.. Thomas EcleCtric oil in the
house just when IL is needed Cures
Group, heals burns, cuts, wounds of every
SORT
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-06-25

The Italian ambassador Mayor de
Planches, with his wife, will sail for Italy
about July l, instead of making his con-
templated trip to the Pacific coast
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-06-25

Energy all gone? Headache? Stomach
out of order? Simply case of torpid
liver. Burdock Blood Bitters will make
a new man or woman Of you.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-06-25
oh, where's the good old summer tin
We hear about in song.
When every day
Was not frappe

The car conductor was about TO ma
room the unfortunate mariner who could
not ind nickel about his clothes, when
philanthropc passenger sitting near,
paid the fare.
Lost your money!" the p. y. asked.
mo" said the salorman Il only had
$3.50 when | left the navy yard last
night. ] spent 81 of it for rum and s. in
policy shop"
What became of the 30 Cents?'
IL don't know" said the old salt.
That's what's worrying me. | must
have spent that foolishly,"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-06-25

II never see the iceman stop before
your house any more. Mrs, F'lippereigh, "
mo: since the Buttons, next door, fell
into their fortune they've been SO cool to
us that we don't need any help from the
refrigerator. "-Chicago Record Herald.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-06-25
NEW PHASE OF OLD DISEASE.

Mr. Smith Weading an GENERALIZATION
a mayor to get rid of policeman who
was politically obnoxious to him, would
he to burke him" Now can YOU tell me
what you would call it if that same
mayor should get rid Of two policemen
Mr.. Jones with n resigned air)-.Why,
yes, two-burke ulosis
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-10
HORRIBLE SLAUGHTER.
Rashi-Bazouks Massacre 200 InhaI-
itants and Burn 300 Houses in
European Turkey Village.

Monster, European Turkey, Sun
day, May 31.-7Horrible details are ar
irving here of the slaughter of the in
habitants of the village of Smerdash
south of Lake Presba, May 21, by
Bashi-Bazouks. 1t appears that on the
arrival of the Bashi-Bazouks Chaka-
larofs band of insurgents withdrew
to the mountains without sustaining
any loss. AS no rebels. We're left in the
village, the inhabitants experienced no
anxiety until suddenly. at sunset. the
Turks, who had completely surround
ed the place, commenced a regular
bonn bardment, whereupon all the VIII
layers assembled in the streets.
Though the artillery ceased firing dur
ing part of the night, the Turkish in
fantry fired all night long. The ar
tillery bombardment was recon-
menced at daybreak, but. as it was in
effective, the Turks set fire to the vii
lage on all sides and commenced a
general massacre, Strengthening wom-
en-, children and the aged. About 800
houses were burned and upward of 200
persons, mostly women and children.
were killed. The women and girls were
murdered while resisting outrage
Whole households were slain. One
family of seven were slain and their
bodies We're heaped on the hearth. Not
a living soul was left in the village.
The survivors. many of them half
burned or otherwise injured, fed.
Some Of the fleeing villagers were
captured and had their ears and noses
cut off before they were butchered.
The report adds that 1900 villagers
were in the mountains, without cloth
ing or food. One band of these, con-
sisting of 40 women and children. were
caught by soldiers in a ravine and were
killed after horrible treatment.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-10
WATER SLOWLY
CREEPS UPWARD
Mississippi River Continues to Rise
at St. Louis.
RAILWAY TRACKS COVERED
Crest of the Flood Expected by Mon
aay-List of known Dead at To-
peE~a. .1-Emproyemen at
Kansas City.


st. Louis. June 5.-'At St. Louis
the rate of rise will continue rapid.
and 33.5 feet will be reached this
morning, and SIS feet Saturday
morning. A stage of 80 feet is fore
casted for Saturday night or Sunday.
Measures to protect property from a
36-foot stage by Monday should be
taken. EDWARD H. BOWIE,
"Local Government Forecaster''
The above local river warning was
ISSUED Thursday night by Govern
ment Forecaster Bowie and indicates
that the crest of the food tide will
not reach ST. Louis for four days.
Since five o'clock Thursday morning
the stage has steadily increased until
at seven o'clock at night the register
marked 32.6 feet, a rise Of six inches
during the day.
Tracks Under Water.
The Wabash suburban tracks which
run along the top Of the levee and
which on Wednesday marked the
boundary line Of the advancing water.
are covered and the water extends to
the sidewalk and in depressed places
laps at the founda tons of the build
jr1s The wharf boats have been
drawn in so closely that planks for
dry footing extend from the doorslof
buildings to the boats.
The river stage has reached height
that makes it impossible for the larger
steamboats, to pass under Eads' bridg pc,
which at low stage has IS feet clear
below its centerspan. The steamer
Belle Of Calhoun,s which travels north,
cannot go out because she cannot pass
under the Merchants bridge. Aside
from this steamboat traffic is uninter-
rupted, as the other large boats are
in the southern traffic and moor south
of the Eads' bridge. The river is
whirling past ST. Louis a the rate
of from II to IA miles an hour.
Much Suffering
Across the river Venice is suffer
ing severely. Since Wednesday the en-
croaching water has driven additional
families from their homes, and the
city hall is crowded with refugees
Whole families occupy the upper hall
and council chamber, and negroes are
quartered in the fire department. The
Wabash roundhouse is flooded
Throughout East ST. Louis, Granite
City, Venice and Madison hundreds of
men are working day. and night to
build up the leVees and strengthen
them. The waterworks on Ga baret is
land, which supplies Venice, Granite
City and Madison with water is likely
to be flooded at any moment, and
warning has been issued tina the water
supply may be shut off at any time.
Much damage to farming country is
reported from Augusta, Hamburg.
Black Walnut, Missouri Point and the
lowlands in st. Louis and st. Charles
counties
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-10

to continue to feel pleasantly if we
have good navy" (Applause.)
An incident that was noted during
the speech was when from an over
looking window some one shouted:
1.-THE Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men is for Roosevelt" The president
smiled and replied: 81 know it. feel
that Indiana is solid for me- Follow
ing his brief address the president was
escorted to the train amid cheers and
from the rear platform waved his
adieus Is minutes from the time the
train pulled into the station.
Last Speech of the Trip.
Danville, H., June 5. = President
Roosevelt delivered the last scheduled
speech of his ong trip here, the home
of Congressman Cannon, Thursday
evening. Notwithstanding the in
clement weather, he was greeted by
a large crowd. The stay here was
for but 20 minutes, and at $40 o'clock
his train left for indianapolis, from
whence it will go direct to Washing
ton. The president Thursday evening
was the guest at dinner of the mem
bers of his party. The meal was served
in the dining-car Gilsey, the guests, be-
sides the president, being Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson, Secretary to the
President Loeb, Senator'S Beveridge
and Fairbanks, of Indiana, Surgeon
General of the Navy Rixey and Assist
ant Secretary to the President Barnes
The last day of the trip was in a
measure an easy one. Stops were made
only at Lincoln, Springfield, Decatur
and Danville. The principal speech of
the day was delivered at Springfield,
in the new Armory building. which was
dedicated Thursday. He also visited
the tomb of Lincoln and delivered a
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-10
FOREST FIRES.
Flames Raging in the Adirondack
MOuntains and Throughout
New England.

New York, June 5.-The forest fires
in the Adirondacks and New. Eng
land are spreading at an alarming.
rate, and destroying millions in tim
Der and hundreds of thousands of dol
lars worth of summer cottages and
camping resorts. Fires are reported
in Vermont, New Hampshire, Massa-
chusetts, Connecticut, and Maine.
Long Island to the east of here has
been swept for miles. Over this CITY
and all the region around the smoke
is so dense that the sun is obscured
The big ocean going vessels felt their
way in and out of the harbor or else
remained at anchor to avoid COLI
sions
The situation in the Adirondacks
is particularly grave. In spite of the
efforts of hundreds of men, the fires
are spreading. The most serious are
now in the vicinity of Long lake, east
towards Newcomb lake and Mount
Marcy. Father south fires are raging
along the Cedar river and at Indian
lake. The Gen. Grant cottage on the
summit CT Mount McGregor is in dan
ger. At Saratoga deer and other
game, forced out of their Adiron-
dack retreats, are seeking refuge in
foothills and lowlands within a few
miles of the town
Boston, Mass, June 5.-AH New
England is praying for rain to check
the flames that are sweeping from
Maine to Connecticut. In Maine Houl-
ton is the center of the blaze. and the
town may be wiped out. 1t is Al DAYS
since rain in any appreciab BILE amount
has fallen in New England, and dur
ing that time the losses from forest
fires have aggregated at least 81 .0OO.-
OOO
Burlington. Vt. June 5.-Worcester
mountain is ablaze from top to bot
tom, and the towns of Worcester and
Gilmore are surrounded by fire.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-10
THE NEWS CONDENSED.

James Wright, the alleged murder
er of three boys at Salt Lake City in
1895, is under arrest at South Macal-
ester, |. 7.
Congressman B. L. Caldwell and J.
r. Williams are urged as Illinois
democratic guberna torial candidates
next year.
The house of the Michigan legisla-
ture killed the bill appropriating
100000 for constructing peniten-
tiary binding Irvine factory.
Mayor Francisco Sanchez, instiga-
tor Of the assassination of Dupin and
Courmount, Frenchmen, at Chilpan-
public execution.
The Sny levee across from Louisi-
ana, Mo-, protecting 100000 acres of
rich Illinois farming land, is menaced
and the population of 5000 people is
fleeing to safety.
The steamship Deutschland, carry
ing 100000 in gold to Europe and
$50 cabin passengers, is aground in
Gedney channel at New York The
harbor is obscured by fog and
smoke.
Mrs. Macy Mcknight, of Kalkaska,
Mich, will be formally charged with
murder. The bodies of her brother,
John Murphy, his wife and baby
were exhumed and poison tests will
be made.
Russian papers urge the govern
ment to undertake campaign
through the American press to ex-,
plain its position to the American
people in order to combat anti-Rus-
sian sentiment.
President Roosevelt, in speech at
the tomb of Lincoln, told Of serving
beside colored troops at Santiago,
and declared that "a man who is
good enough to shed his blood for
his country is good enough to be
given square deal afterward''
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-10
VICTIM OF MOB LAW.
COIOred Brute Taken from Jail at
GreenviIIe, Miss, and Hanged
to Telephone Pole

Greenville, Miss, June John Den
mis-, negro, was lynched here a four
O'Clock Thursday afternoon by a mob
of 200 men. The negro had attempted
a criminal assault upon well-known
young lacy on Tuesday evening last.
He was arrested and placed in Jail.
Thursday afternoon, when the streets
were. crowded by women shoppers,
body of 200 determined men went to
the jail and demanded admittance.
This was refused, and members of the
mob secured railway rail and bat
tered down the door of the prison.
Dennis was taken to the telephone
exchange and hanged on the cross
arm of telephone pole. Many women
witnessed the lynching. The negro
only asked time to pray.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-10

people on the Atlantic coast, in the Mis-
sissippi valley, in the great plains and
among the Rockies and on the Pacific
coast. | fail to see how any man can
look at them and not see that ineyita-
bly, they belong to the expanding and
not to the stationary races of man
kind. Our nation must play a great
part in the world. We cannot help it.
All that we can decide is whether we
will play that part we'll or i'll. and |
know you too well, my fellow country
men, to doubt what your decision in
that case will be.
A Mighty Destiny.
This people has mighty destiny
before it and it can work out that des-
tiny only as it has worked out its des-
tiny in the past. There will be no rad
zeal or extreme action by our nation.
We are, for all our spirit of progress,
essentially conservative people. We
believe in conservatism. but it is a
conservatism not ~of timidity, not of
mere sstolidity. 1t is the conservatism
Of good sense. We do not intend to be
spurred into rash action or to be
frightened out of action that is needed
by the circumstances of the case. The
results of the last five years have put
US in position of dominance not only
on this continent, but in the Pacific
ocean. Our destiny entails upon us
the acceptance of certain great re-
sponsibilities.
Exactly as cur respect is reserved
for the man in private life who does
his duty, who does not finch from
work, who does not seek more ease,
but who endeavors to find his account
in doing deed worth doing and doing
it we'll, SO nationally our respect goes
to the nation which seeks neither to
invite nor to avoid trouble, but to take
it as it comes, if it is an incident in
working out its mighty career. Our
people have ever hown in tn cir history
that combination of energy and COM
mon sense which must be shown by
every great, masterful race. In pri-
vate life we all of US look down upon
the man who brawls, who threatens
and who, when the pinch comes, fails
TO make his words good by deeds.
Wants Greater Navy.
81 ask that this nation conduct itself
with regard to foreign affairs on the
same principle which we admire if
shown by the private citizen. Speak
courteously of other peoples, treat
them well. Do no injustice o the weak
and suffer no injustiye to be done % us
by the strong. As an incident in fol-
lowing that historic policy of cur ma
ton ] ask our people to see to it that
there is no halt in the building up of
the American navy. (Applause) |
ask that it be built up and kept up, not
for the purpose of war but to keep the
peace. (Applause.) [ think that for
eign nations feel pleasantly toward US,
but | think also that it viii help them
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-10
For Reciprocity.

Detroit, Mich, June 5.-The Millers'
National federation. which is in con-
vention here. adopted resolutions de-
handing the speedy adoption by the
national government Of a broad, lib
eral and comprehensive policy of gen
uine reciprocity. The fullest possible
manner of reciprocity between the
United States and Canada was especi-
ally favored, and memorial was adopt
ed on the subject which will be for
warded to President Roosevelt.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-10
MORE BODIES FOUND.
Seventy-One Persons Now Known to
BE Dead at Topeka.

Topeka, Kan, June 5.-The bodies of
seven more food victims were found
Thursday. The list Of known dead now
reaches II, with 80 people identified
1T is the belief that many bodies are
yet in the wreck. Scores are reported
missing and there is no way of inn
Inediately locating them. The Union
Pacific depot has been improvised as
a morgue and there the bodies are
gathered to await Identification The
sriyer Thursday fell IS inches. This
makes a drop of over five feet from the
high water mark. It is just now that
the devastating power of the: flood is
becoming known.
North Topeka Total Wreck.
North Topeka is "a total wreck.
There is town there-the plaything
of the elements, which seem to have
worried it until they are tired and
then left it stranded. The water is still
over a greater part of the town In
the residence districts it is seven feet
deep in most places and there is con-
siderable current. The business part
of the town is a sorry looking place,
the damage of the waters being almost
complete. The fronts of most of the
stores have openings broken through
The contents of many are ruined. The
currents came rushing through with
such force that they upset counters
and boxes and whatever came in their
way and draggedthe goods stored high
on the shelves into the water. In near
ly every building which was not
washed away the contents are piled
on the side furthermost down stream
and over all there is,a slime of fine sand
mixed with little mud This deposit
varies from a few inches to two or
three feet and is over verything. In
the residence districts practically the
same sights present themselves.
Danger of Epidemic.
The greatest danger now exists in
the wretched sanitary conditions The
health board are busying themselves
with the problem CT sanitation and
will do everything possible to prevent
an epidemic. TO this end stringent
regulations are beng enforced. The
city water will probably be turned on
soon, and this will greatly relieve the
situation.
From Manhattan. Abilene. Salina,
Florence, Lincoln Center and Hutch
lnson come reports that the water has
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-10
BASEBALL.
Runs, Hits and Errors Made IN the
Professional Games Played
Thursday.

National league games or Thursday:
At ST. Brooklyn, 5, 8, 2; St
Louis, 2, 2. At Pittsburg -Pittsburg,
), s, 2; Boston, 0, 5, ?. At Chicago
New York, 9, II, 0; Chicago, 1, 4, 3.
American league: At Philadelphia
Detroit, 6. 8, /; Philadelphia, 4, s, 1.
At Washing Louis, 8, -, 1;
Washington, 1. 4. 3. At New York
Cleveland, 6, Z, 0; New York, 3. % At
Boston-Boston, 10, 16, /; Chicago, 5,
Z, 5.
Western league: At Des Moines-
Des Moines, 6. 10, 0; Denver, /, 6, L.
Three [ league: At Rockford
Bloomington. /, 6, 0; Rockford, 0, 4, 1.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-10
KILLED BY COWBOY S.
Battle Over Land in Kansas
Fourth Is Wounded

McCook, Neb. June 5.-Meager &c
tails of the humiliation of almost a
whole family have been received from
ST. Francis, Kan. 1t seems that for
some time there has been bad feeling
between men employed by the Dewey
Cattle company and family named
Berry over the possession Of certain
land. Berry and his four sons are said
to have engaged in a battle with the
cowboys which resulted in the death
of TIE father and three of the sons. the
fourth being seriously wounded
Whether anyone on the opposite size
was killed or wounded, has not been
learned.