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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-18

man goes into business and wants trade. 1t is a
A first question and an cvcr-abiding one, "1Iow
4 shall get t." lie may ii he choose sit down in
his office behind his counter, with foldcd and
wait for it come to him. And he will wait The old
aphorisln Al things TO him who waits, does not
apply in business. The modern parallrasc Of the axiom
is All things to him who htstcs. Some look
upon advertising as a luxury, They look at it from the
point OF cost and bcgrigc the money they put into it.
The and only true way is to consider it arx-
ary reliable and necessary. 1t is mcrccnarv, but
part of the business itself As ii true that he who de
sircs trade seek for it. it is equally that the
field of advertising is the in which find the desired
pearl of 1t is not luxury, but necessity It
is not expensive, since it than paws its wav when
properly treated Successful business men confess their
obligation to advertising. The footsteps of successful
may well be followed. Those who would win trade
and hold must adopt methods that have been tried and
proved Advertising is not experiment. but proved
fact
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-18
LOCAL MATTERS

journal Telephone Call, 1854.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-18

At ONCE, GIRL TO DO GENERAL
Homework. Chas. Knowlton. Oak street.
inIx In
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-18
FOR SALE
A NICE FARM IN THE TOWN OF

A NICE FARM IN THE TOWN OF
Chelsea. containing l" acres of land well
divided into tilaSc. pasture and woodland.
Situated on the Corner Road tive miles
from Gardiner six from Augusta and one
from tn" National Home ut To%IiS. The
beautiful Togus river hounds this farm
ON ON" side. making Il mic" pl'Ir" for ilSti,
ing and boa ting. \ good house with ell
and all necessary oIi buildings. Stah" and
hen house. Never failing we'll ri water ut
door. Will be sold very reasonable to
close an estate. Inquire of Mrs. II. :.
Rowland. Gardiner, Me. X. +. -. M. 8,
JuiYlIilw
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-18
GRAND VIEW COTTAGE is OPEN

for boarders, finest view on Maine coast,
good air. good beds and the best the mar
ket offers on the table. Fish dinners a
speciality. Mrs. d. w. Flagg. Ocean
Point, Me. july1odlw
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-01
NEWS NOTES

The President has designated Secretary
Root to conduct the Panama negotiat tions
with Gen. Reyes of Colombia during the
Illness of Secretary Hay.
The French government does not expect
war between Russia and Japan. 1t is
said Russia Will show Willingness to
meet Japan more than half way.
Capt. Dreyfus, accused of treason to
his country. degraded. dismissed from the
French army, and most bitterly punished
will have another trial. this time by a
civilian tribunal.
Seven thousand sheep We're burned to
death in the stock yards in East Buffalo,
n. y Monday night They were confined
in low sheds through which the fire swept
with great rapidty.
Paris witnessed Tuesday the successful
operation of a trackless train. Upon the
conclusion of the test the train stopped at
the Elysee palace and the inventors re-
ceived the felictations of President Lou
bet. The train was composed of n motor
carriage similar to an ordinary automobile
and five cars The discovery consists in
the transmission of sufficient motive
power from the carriage to move each
car Ii was found that all the cars track
exactly with the motor.
BY decision handed down in Boston
by Judge LeBaron r. Colt in the Circuit
Court of the United States. the Peter
Bent Brigham Hospital for the care of
sick persons in poor circumstances re-
ceves about s5,00O,OO0. The decision is on
a bill in equity brought by Herbert F.
Brigham, and holds that the heirs-at-law
and next of kin of the deceased Peter b.
Brigham have no valid claim to the fund
Peter p. Brigham was a native OF Bakers
field, VT, and the contestants to the will
are residents of that town. Herbert F.
Brigham being n prominent lawyer and a
former Democratic candidate for gov
ernOr.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-01
Dr.. Hale and a eIoot.
[Trom the Boston Transcript. ]

The election of DR.. Edward Everett Hale
as chaplain OF the Senate in Washington
has met with almost general approval by
the religious press of the country. The
exception is the Presbyterian of Philadel-
phia, which thinks that he has tine mem
tai and moral character for the position"
but feels that ''it hardly accords with the
spirit and honor Of a Christian nation to
have a Unitarian in so representative
station" 1t also adds, in a most Christ
like spirit, that "a Senate that admits to
its privileges a Smoot against the relig-
ious sentiment of the land is not likely to
heed the cry of Christians for a Christ
honoring chaplain" 1t is precisely this
pharisaical sort of orthodoxy which ex-
alts metaphysics and theology above
spirituality ana ethics that is reflected in
the comment of the Presbyterian, and
that makes Philadelphia and Pennsylva-
mia seem to liberal New Englanders such
hyper orthodox and hyper corrupt po-
litical and civil communities. The Senate
elected DR.. Hale chaplain because he is
a great American and a pioneer preacher
of a gospe, In social Christianity so much
larger than the individualistic gospel of
Calvin which the Presbyterian still sets
forth that when the history OF religion In
the United States during the goth CEN
tury comes to be written DIR. Hale will
be remembered and the editor OF the Pres
byterian will be but 'as an heap OF the
field"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-01

erattleboro 6 whitehall Railroad.

Our local news columns contain "A care
full report of the proceedings at the
meeting of Brattlehoro & Whitehall rail-
road stockholders held on Tuesday to con-
fer with the officers and attorneys Of the
New London Northern railroad company
in regard to the affairs of the narrow
gauge road which are now in litigation
Every town which is stoctholder in the
Brnttleboro & Whitehall road was repre-
sented by its commissioners. and several
individual stockholders were present
There was, therefore full representation
on the part of the Brattleboro 4 White
hail stockholders Every resident along
the line of the road win be interested to
see the course of the proceedings and the
several propositions made and rejected
1t will be seen that the final proposal
on the part of the stockholders was to
consent to a foreclosure by the New Lon
don Northern company, giving to that
company full ownership and control Of
the Brattleboro & whitehall road. with
the sole and only conditions that the an
nual stipend OF 800 should continue to he
paid, and that the obligation of the New
London Northern company to maintain
the road in satisfactory state of equip
meut and operation should also be con-
tinued. These entirely just and reason
able conditions the New London Northern
people peremptorily refused to accept
declaring through their attorney that they
must have the road If at all, without any
string attached to It,
In submitting this final proposition as
their ultimatum as in every oil her sten
taken. the action OF the BrattIeboro &
Whitehall stockholders was unanimous.
and there is no doubt that the people of
the West river valley towns will fully sus-
tain the action thus taken. The proper
operation of the little road is of vital in
terest to those towns Its construction
was secured at cost of effort and self
denial realized only by those who made
the long fight in It's favor. Neither the
stockholding towns nor the individual
stockholders expect ever to realize on
their investment any return other than
that which comes from the roads opera
tion In way to meet their convenience
and their business requirements To Sc
cure this II is their right purely as a
matter OF self preservation. to receive an
annual stipend sufficient to keep alive the
stockholders organization. and to hold so
much control as is involved in the re-
qurement that the road shall be properly
equipped and maintained. Ordinary self
respect dictates that the rights of the
stockholders should be recognized at least
to this extent in return for all the in
vestment made.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-01

The Presbyterian, which thinks 'it
hardly accords with the spirit and honor
of a Christian nation to have a Unita-
rian in so representative a station" as
Rev. DIR. Edward Everett Hale as chap
lain of the United States Senate would
doubtless have objected at the very be-
ginning of our career as nation to
such men as Benjamin Franklin. John
Adams and Thomas Jefferson in rep
resentative stations" as they were all
Unitarians. John Quincy Adams was
Unitarian and Abraham Lincoln was pret-
ty close to that faith Perhaps the Pres
byterian is so bigoted that il would like
to cut a few Unitarian names out OF
American literature-Henry Wardsworth
Longfellow, William Cullen Bryant, John
G. Whittier, Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, N. p, Willis and
Nathaniel Hawthorne, for instance.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-01
OVER 600 PERISHED IN A CHICAGO THEATRE.
Fire Broke Out Panic Followed Some Were Burned But more
Sufocated and Crushed in the Mad Rush-.-Most
of the Victims Women and Children

per iloors, caught the victims before they
realized the full extent of the danger
III seemed incred BILE that the little tongue
of fire could lap the walls so quickly and
reach out after them like a stroke of
lightning
Then, when tn full meaning of the dis
aster came to The helpless ones they
fought and battled with one another for
satety-battled like stampeded animals
with the smoke curling about them
Everything was plunged into absolute
darkness. not even friendly lantern
showing them the way out of this house
of death
.. The classic outlines of the theatre. the
beautiful plush hangings the arched win
dows, with their stained glass, the stately
pillars became charnel house five min
utes after the first little ribbon of flame
made its way along the stage
Women and girls in the gallery never
had a chance for life. Many met the end
still seated in their theatre chairs their
nands burned into one commingled Gin
der with the sides of the seats they had
grasped when the panic came
Others. who had managed by strength
inspired by terror to get into the aisles
round their end in a mingled mass of
smoke and fire there and in the open
space back of the seats. Dozens of
others, swept, carried, dragged or thrown
out to the stairways and even beyond
''Nhi uOWh W t1e ldHulnBS, IN actual
sight of the daylight that streamed
through the big front doors-in sight of
the throngs outside, with fire wagons and
the smoking horses. died in great masses
seven and eight feet high. with their
faces in their last agonies all turned
toward the doors they could not reach.
From windows at the north and west
ends of the building they streamed.
blinded by the smoke and crazed beyond
any possibility of helping themselves fur
ther or taking advantage of the aid ex-
tended to them from the upper floors of
buildings facing the theatre
Ladders, planks. ropes poles-everv-
thing that could possibly serve to assist
these creatures in their battle for life
was rigged and turned into bridges. but
very few got across alive.
Barely five minutes after the first alarm
was turned in firemen were struggling
into the theatre, making their way
through the ma ddened mob that was
pouring out of the auditorium doing
what little they could not only to check
the fire, which was fast turning the whole
interior shell into furnace, but to rescue
the frantic hundreds in the upper bal
comics by ladders stretched from the main
floor few-30 at most-were rescued
in this way, and then the fremen, after
controlling the flames, abandoned their
lengths of hose TO go with the gathering
police and make their way to the hor-
rors that waited for them on the upper
stairways and in the balcony seats, where
great masses of charred bodies were piled.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-01
Bank Robbery and a Desperate battle.

A bold bank robbery. attended by des-
perate battle between a posse of citizens
and the robbers occurred at Kiowa, a
small town 16 miles south of South Nc
Alister, i. T., Sunday, the robbers securing
or destroying 5000. The men entered
through rear window. The first charge
of nitro glycerine made no impression on
the safe, but the noise aroused the resi-
dents of the town and soon a posse COM
posed of so men was congregated in the
stock yards at the rear of the bank A
volley of shots was fired at the building
and it was answered by the sentinels of
the robbers secreted on the outside An
almost incesSant fire was kept up for
half an hour during which time the rob-
bers continued their efforts to open the
safe
II required three discharges to force the
door. The third discharge was terrific and
almost completely demolished the safe
as well as the interior of the bank. Paper
money was blown into shreds, large guam
titles of mutilated bills being left by the
bandits. After lootng the safe the rob-
bers left the building from the front and
backed off into the darkness, keeping up
fire on the posse. The men went in
southerly direction and were followed some
distance The bank officials place their
loss at s2S. 900. 1t is believed that the ban
dts made away with only a small part OF
this sum. the pa per money being destroyed
by the explosion.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-01

r. c. Crosby has learned several things
about railroad management i'm the last
five or six years. and there is no doubt he
was right when he said in the meeting
wednesday that 1t would be entirely feas-
ible for the Brattleboro 4 Whitehall
stockholders TO take the road into their
own hands and operate Il on a paying
basis. The stockholders would like to
see an accurate statement Of the roads
affairs. debit and credit. for the past 20
years. They would have no fear that the
balance would be against the road. and it's
outlook for business was ne q better than
now
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-01

Perry Heath. secretary OF the Repub-
hcan national committee, who is already
a discredited man through the findings
In the post office Investigations. has been
trying TO inject an elixir into the Hanna
presidential boom by quoting Mr.. Nc
Kinney as saying shortly before his death
that he expected to see Hanna succeed
him as President of the United States.
Heath gave Washington as the place
where Mckinley made the statement. but
II was at once pointed out that Mckinley
had not been in Washington for two
months before his assassination. There
the effect that THE boy lied"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-01

Barre Italians gave La Tosca" in
their native tongue at the opera house
there and IL is said that the same was
well presented. Ii is needless to say
that the stabbing act was acted with
magnificent fervor and naturalness and
was especially well received by the au-
dience.-tRutland News
Is the sour apple crop so large in
Rutland that there is always stock on
Phoenix.
Well, there's always a pretty good sup
ply of cider vinegar in Brattleboro, too
[St Johnsbury Republican.
But none in st. Johnsbury. That is
the pink of perfection on this mundane
sphere, where nothing is known but milk
and honey. sweetness and light, and
loving kindness.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-01

Could there he a better or more in
spring message for the New Year than
this one sent by Rev. Dr. Hume of India
TO the Springfield Republican?
NO man can choose what coming hours
may bring
To him of need, Of joy. of suffering:
But what his soul shall bring unto each
hour
To meet its challenge-this is in his pow
er"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-01
AN EXPENDITURE OF
Not as Many New Houses trecteo
Specimens Of Architecture in the
Souto Factory.

Rrattleborots building record lol -
shows a total expenditure of upwards .,
$3.50. 900 for new structures ana periaiien. .,l,.
improvements. The number of new HOUSES
is smaller than usual. but there nave
been some notable improvements IN 'he
towns architecture in such pulIuiils "s
Cant j. II. Estey's and Mrs f. H. Cn''I ia -
new home on North Main street =; ~
Robbins's fine apartment house on iilsn
street. the remodeled Home for the Ageu
and Disabled on Western avenue, lne
large plant of the Brtueporo Of
nopvf n Souto & Co.. formerly south OF
the railroad Yards is an important acces
sion TO the industrial establishments ana
the work of construction Which mas oeo.
carried on there for over year Is ho' yet
fully completed The cost of the plahts !
has been about $50. 900 Thousands OIL
dollars have already been spent on tne
work at the. Thompson MeIhoI'"i nj III.
oitaI ond n large force Of men are steadily
employed there now getting in readiness
the buildings for an up-to-date lhSu'u''o'
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-01

The trial of Mrs. Mary Rogers for the
murder of her husband, which has been
occupying the attention of the Bennington
county court, brings TO the light OF day
such story Of mental and moral de-
praVity as is hard to believe Hardwick
Gazette.
These words are hard, but not hard
enough. Mrs Rogers is nonstrusity. a
moral obliquity
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-01

1t is understood in Washington that the
note which Gen. Reyes handed to Sec
retary Hay presenting the case of CO.
lombia In regard TO Panama asks the
United States to restore the status quo
and hold aloof while arbitration IL re-
ferred to as last resort
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-01

The Cuban reciprocity treaty went into
effect Monday and there was great rush
to get from bonded warehouses sugar.
cigars and other Cuban staples on which
there is n reduction of 20 per cent. in
the duty.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-01
The Forum.

The varying possibilities of the next
presidential election are forecasted and
analyzed by Henry Litchfield West in the
January March Forum. Mr. West reaches
the conclusion that the campaign of 1904
will be fought out upon the tariff issue,
and that a continuance of the present
business conditions will result in a vote
of confidence in the Administration. Rus
sia's position In the Far East is the most
prominent topic in A. Maurice Lows dis
cussion of Foreign Affairs In the same
issue. Attention Is also paid to the Fran
co-Russian alliance, the revolution in PAN
ama-which Mr. Low defends as maxi
ing for the progress of the world-the po-
litical situation in England, and the set
tlement of the Alaska boundary In this
number also, Finance" is dealt with by
Alexander D. Noyes, who discusses the
conflicting trade opinions of East and
West and draws the lessons OF the re-
cent startling events on the stock markets
Several noticeable advances of the past
quarter in Applied Science" are de-
scribed and explained by Henry Harrison
Suplee.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-01
Gbe 0ermunt qb@ni..
BRATTLEBORO,
FRIDAY. JANUARY l. 1904.
THE VERMONT PHOENIX.
Published every Friday at Brattleboro, Vt, 10y
o. L. FRENCH.

TERMS; sl.50 per year In advance; if not
paid within the year 81.
Rates of advertising furnished on applica.
ton. Births, deaths and marriages published
free; Obituary Notices. Cards of Thanks, etc,
20 cents per inch of II lines or less
entered Mt the BrattleborO Post Office rs
second class mail matter.)
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-01
Brattleboro Savings Bank.

THE 33d annual meeting of the corporators
Il of the Brattleboro Savings bank, for the
election of officers and the transaction of
necessary business, will be held at their bank
ing rooms on Thursday, January 2l, 1904, at IL
O'Clock.
G. A. HARRIS, Treasurer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-01

May and July options OF cotton sold
for l4.25 at New York Monday. the high
est figure in the market since 1875.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-01

There is no one article in the line of medi-
cines that gives so large return for the money
as good porus strengthening plaster, such as
plasters ~
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-01

From pit to dome the house was pack
ed. Mothers and their little ones had
laughed themselves hoarse at the antics
Of Eddie Foy. a comedian. 1t was in
the middle of the play. and the chorus,
smiling and frolicsome, had just con-
cluded singing the moonlight song.
There is the moon now cried some
of the children, as "A cu.isof smoke and
n tiny tongue OF flame shot out from the
wings to the right OF the stage
The children clapped their hands in
slee. Mothers laughed and the whole au-
dience was in fine humor But the
tongue of flame reached out and caught
Il bit Of iniammable scenery that hung
over the centre OF the stage.
Instantly there was a larger ribbon Of
flame. Then a calcium light on "a stand
six feet above the level OF the stage ex-
ploded. and in a moment everything back
OF the footlights was broad wave of
fire that lighted the half illuminated
house with weird effects.
Foy, the chief comedian of the COM
pauy. stood out from the panic stricken
group on the stage to assure the audi
ence that there was no danger. Even as
he spoke the great asbestos curtain was
let down. but it caught on one side and
failed to work.
In another instant smoke burst from
the top arch of the stage and from under
the bottom of the curtain. Before the
audience realized the danger the whole
roof of the auditorium was ablaZe. Two
gas tanks exploded in the flies on the
east side of the theatre. and black, chok-
ing fumes beat down in a cloud of death
from every wall. That was all Fear.
uncomfortable reigned. Men and women
fought one another, filled only with the
desire for self-protection. Little babies
slipped from their mothers uplifted arms
and in an instant their lives were crush
ed out by the crowd. Girls threw them
selves from the balconies and lay crushed
and dying till suffocation ended their
mlseries.
More than a thousand persons in the
orchestra seats, with easy access to the
doors, gradually made their way to safety,
but most of them threw aside wraps,
pocketbooks. hats-everything that SEEM
ed to burden them in their rush for life
and the open air.
But in the balcony and the gallery de-
struction wrought frightful work. The
fame and smoke, gathering on these up