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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18

party lost at the same time a man who
had proved his value and was recog-
nized as power when reused for the
strife of national politics. BY many
he was considered the most influential
man in the party and probably he was
among the leaders, though not with
the rank and file. From the days
when he worked as clerk in the
wholesale house in which his father
was a partner to the time of his
/ death, his life was one of gradual but
| steady growth and development. The
scope of his influence con stantly widen
| ed, though it was not until he ac-
cepted the position OF chairman of the
| Republican national committee that
he came to be generally known.
His ability in the political arena
was at once recognized and when he
entered the Senate he became and re-
manned one of the leading figures of
that body. AS President Mckinley
confidential adviser he undoubtedly
had much influence in directing the
policies of the party and nation. AS
tute, far seeing, calm and resourceful
there probably have been few men in
public life in this country who were
rallied against by party opponents with
much greater venom than he, or with
less cause.
He was the especial victim of the
Democratic cartoonists and the general
idea given to the public concerning
him was a false one. He was always
pictured as the worst kind of trust"
promoter and as being who delighted
70 trample on the working people. Yet
he employed thousands of men in the
coal and iron business, and while other
companies have had plenty of trouble
with their employees, strikes and lock-
outs at the works Of M. A. Hanna
d Co. have never been reported in
the papers, much as the Democratic
press would have liked the chance to
do it.
Hanna was a true friend of labor,
though his enemies ridiculed the idea.
He believed that under proper man.
agement and with reasonable conces-
sions by both labor and capitol there
would be no cause for trouble between
the two The success with which he
carried his theories into practice in
his own business showed he was no
idle dreamer. He fully believed in
giving capital chance to start and
believed just as fully that it should
not be allowed to overrun the work
ingman.
Combined with his great mental
powers Senator Hanna had personal
ity so charming that his enemies were
his friends as soon as they came to
know him. Always ready for a joke
but just as ready for knotty problem
of national politics, Hanna was man
who will be missed extremely Had
he lived it is quite possible that four
years from now he might have been
offered the presidential nomination,
though his age would have been
against him. AS it was, in the few
years he spent in public life he won
more laurels than most men in
twenty-five years in the same places.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18
RESOL UTIONS.

Whereas 1t was the will of our ALL
wise Providence to remove from us
by the hand of death, our esteemed
sister, Minnie Gilman.
Resolved. That as members of Green
Mountain Chapter. No 30, o. E S.,
while we recognize in this bereave-
ment the hand of Him who rules with
wisdom, we lament the loss of one of
its most able and esteemed members :;
one who had the welfare at heart, and
was ever ready and willing to contrib
ute to its advancement
II Resolved. That we extend to her
Borrowing fanny, our deepest sympathy
in this, their bereavement, and hope
that they may with us find consolation
in the thought that He is the author
of grief and joy, doeth things well.
Resolved. That these resolutions be
placed ON record and the same be
printed in the Vermont Watchman, and
a copy presented to the husband and
the mother, under the seal Of the
Chapter.
S. Adella Swerdfeger,
Louise Lance.
Il. ID. Waldo.
! Cabot, Ferburby 8, 1904.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18

Congressman A. p. Gardner, of
Massachusetts, in speech delivered a
few days ago. declared it his belief
that before the close of the war now
raging in the East Germany and Eng
land would inevitably clash. He
added: GAS soon as war breaks out,
they will sweep each others COM
MERGE from the seas, and who il to
take the monopoly of the trade which
these two countries enjoy? We could
not, in that event, keep from being
involved in the maelstrom of strife,
and our only salvation would be to
to join in that war" There may be
much of truth in what Mr.. GaIdper
says but it is to be hoped that no such
thing will happen.
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] Cabot, Ferburby 5, 1904.
WILL ENTER CONVENT.

Bennington, REQ l5.-Miss Ella
Mccullough, daughter of Governor
and Mrs. J. G. Mccullough, has en-
tered the convent OF the Sisters of st.
Mary at Peekskill, N. Y, one Of the
largest connected with the Protestant
Episcopal church in this country.
The novitiate under which Miss Nc.
Cullough is enrolled will last for
three years and the novice is at liberty
to leave the work IL she wishes dur
ing that time. At the end of this
cervice II the novice wishes she is
sonfirmed and becomes life member
of the order.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18

A very valuable, practical and gil
gantic work is being incubated by
Prof. Spillman, agrostologist to the
department of agriculture, for the
st. Louis fair 1t will be when
Matched photographic out-of door
crop map Of our entire country, an
object lesson showing what grows in
the different states. A small patch
OF earth will represent each State, the
one for Illinois being 70 feet long
Delaware and Rhode Island will be as
large as sofa cushion. The District
of Columbia will be too small to be
seen. The southern states are to be
planted with cotton, beans and tobac-
CO; Vermont with maple sugar trees !;
Maine and Minnesota with pine trees !;
and Arizona, which has but one half
of one per cent OF fertile farm land. is
to bloom like the rose, with 43 per
cent of alfalfa, 30 of wheat, 10 of
barley, 10 of corn, ETC., This will
impress foreigners immensely and in
duce healthy emigration to the arid
land wastes Of that far off region. 1t
should be explained that an sgros-
tologist' Is one who agrostologizes.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18
BRIEFS FROM THE WIRE.

Portland, Me, Feb. 15.-An Italian
wedding was celebrated today by the
use of fire arms with fatal effect.
Peter Alphonse. who was watching
the celebration from neighboring
window, received a bullet which
killed him instantly. Three Italians
with revolvers OH them were arrested.
Washington, Feb. 10 The Senate
today agreed to vote on the Panama
Canal treaty Feb 23.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

Waterbury, Feb. 17.-Miles God
frey young man about twenty -one
years of age, residing at Duxbury
Corners, attempted to commit suicide
by hanging this morning a short time
after he had gone to work.
He was employed in the saw mill
of E. W. Huntley at Duxbury Corners
and was married about week ago to
Miss Sadie Morse of the same town.
His wife disappeared three days ago
for some unknown reason and Mr..
Godfrey's efforts to locate her had
proved without avail.
He went to work as usual this
morning but his fellow workmen at
the mill noticed that he acted strange
ly. This observation led to the
scrutiny of his movements and when
Godfrey left the mill to go to the dry
room and did not return after some
minutes had elapsed, the men followed
to investigate and found him hanging
by rope. He was cut down imme-
diately aud fortunately it was not too
late, for, after he had been worked
over for few minutes, he came to
and was able to walk back to the
mill with very little assistance from
the men. Mr.. Godfrey does not have
much to say about the matter. He
is young man and popular with the
men with whom he works. Express
sions of JOY are heard on every hand,
that he was checked in the execution
of his intentions in time.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18
SENA TIE A ADJOURNED.

Washington, Feb. l6.-The Senate
was officially informed of Senator
Hanna's death by Senator Foraker. In
broken tones. he gave expression to
his feelings while paying deep tribute
to the deceased A committee of
twenty-five has been selected to ar
range for the funeral services at noon
Wednesday in the Senate chamber
The Senate then, as mark of respect,
adjourned.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18

Mr.. Bryan has been almost forgot
ten in these days of stirring war sto-
ries, but he has attracted some atten-
tiou just the same. Through the col
umns of the Commoner few days ago
he offered prize of hundred dol
lars for platform for the Democratic
party upon which ten independen emit
Democratic newspapers that he named
could agree. The New York World,
Brooklyn Eagle, Boston Herald, and
the other favored ones have in reply
given Mr.. Brayn some of the hottest
slot he has heard whizz for some
time. 1t is probable he will not be
called on for the money.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18

According to a st. Petersburg dis
patch, the Novoe Vremya, one of Rus
sia's leading papers, has thrown off the
mask and now frankly declares that
the only object Russia had in contin-
uing the negotiations with Japan as
long as she did, was that of gaining.
There were people who thought so all
the time. But that doesn't necessarily
settle the right or wrong of her action.
Perhaps any one of the big powers
would have played the same game I'M
der the same conditions.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18
HANNA DEAD.
The Senator From Ohio Passed Away
Monday. The Funeral Services.

Washington, Feb. 16.-At the fami-
ly apartments in the Arlington Hotel,
later an illness extending over nearly
two months, Senator Hanna died last
| night at 6 40 O'Clock. His apparent
recoveries during this time were fol-
lowed by relapses and he finally drift
ed into typhoid. Wher the end came
all the members of the Senator's fam
lily were in the room except Mrs.
Hanna, the Senator's wife, and Mr..
and Mrs. Dan Hanna. Mrs Hanna
had left the room only few minutes
before
The last sinking spell began at ex-
actly 80 and all the members of the
family were sent for. While Mr.. and
Mrs. Dan Hanna were gone to sum-
mon Mrs Hanna the Senator breathed
his last. There were no distressing
incidents attending the last moments
1t was sinking spell of the minute
Just after the death Mrs. Hanna came
into the room. She bore up we'll
under the terrible ordeal and showed
Mark Hanna first came into active
public life in 1896 when he was elect
ed chairman of the Republican ma
tional committee. 1t was due, to
great extent, to his skill as leader
and his keen knowledge of men and
affairs and his natural aptitude for
politics that the first Mckinley CAM
paign was carried through so success
fully. Again in the second campaign
in 1900 his astute Judgment and man.
agerial ability came into play, the
result showing for, itself how we'll
his work was done. On the strength
of his political capacity shown in
these campaigns he was first appointed
to the United States Senate by the re-
tirement of Hon. John Sherman, tax.
ing his seat March 5, 1897. After
ward he was elected Senator and held
that Office at the time of his death,
being one of the foremost Senators
and best known politicians in the
country. He had wonderful person
ality and his congeniality made him
many personal friends outside of his
political sphere.
Marcus Alonzo Hanna, Republican,
of Cleveland, was born in New Lon
don (now Lisbon), Columbian County,
Ohio, September "a, 1887; removed
with his fathers family to Cleveland
in 1902; was educated in the common
schools of that city and the Western
Reserve College, Hudson, Ohio; was
engaged as an employe in the whole.
sale grocery house of Hanna, Garrett
sou d Co., his father being senior
member of the drm; his father died
in 1869 and he represented that in.
terest in the firm until 1867, when the
business was closed up; then became
q member of the firm of Rhodes d
Co., engaged in the iron and coal
business; at the expiration of ten
years the title of this firm was
changed to M. A. Hanna q Co. which
still exists; has been identified with
lake carrying business, being interested
in vessels ON the lakes and in the con-
struction of such vessels; is president
of the Union National Bank Of Oleve-
land president Of the Cleveland City
Railway Company; was director Of
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18

British, French, and American news
papers. The bourse people ridiculed
che idea that the German foreign
office was so poorly informed as to
think war preventable only "a hours
before it began. There are hot times
coming for the officials. Meantime
the fnanciers lost some $25, 600, 600
out of the scrape. Naturally they
feel anything but pleasant.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18

ing opened up in the East. A London
dispatch says English diplomatists fear
that Germany will NEEDLE if the war
goes against Russia. 1t is quite posi-
BILE that England herself would not OBJ
ject to digging in on the other side
from Germany it she were not afraid
she might get her fingers burned.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18

has left Puget Sound or British Co.
lumbia for the present seat Of war has
carried from 90, 600 to 800, 600 sacks of
flour, and it the trade be cut off now it
will mean considerable to the manu-.
factnrers of this country.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18

The -four manufacturers of the
Northwestern States are worrying for
fear that -four W II be declared contra
band Of war by Russia and Japan.
During the past year every ship that
Emperor Williams fingers seem to
be itching to get into the pie now be-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18

Shall the money changers rule
this country?" demands Mr.. Bryan.
Judging from the result of his own
efforts to change the money, they will
not. Philadelphia North American.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18
FIRE IN ST. ALBANS.
The American House Has Marrow
Escape. Guests in Panic.

st. Albsns, Feb. 16.-Fire broke
out through the office floor in the
American House last night and con-
siderable damage was done by water
and smoke. Considerable panic existed
for time among the guests when the
alarm was given and was increased by
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18
MARCUS A. HANNA.

In the death OF Marcus A. Hanna
the United States lost one of It's
strongest public men. The Republican
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-18
Karninura.

There was some Impotence with Admiral
Kamimura In Japan when he failed to find
and finish the Vladivostok squadron on
the occasion Of its first sea raid. 1t was
suggested that. after the Japanese fashion,
he should destroy himself. Wisely enough
he ignored the suggestion. He concluded
to give himself another chance. He has
now his reward. Had he ripped himself up
he would not have lived to rip up the other
fellows, which he seems to have done in
highly sailor-like fashion. He has become
a popular hero. and If he survives the war
will share in great honors at home. Japans
work on the sea has been extraordinary.
She scored first by her dash and with
torpedoes. She Is scoring now with gun
merry. A truly great little power, and GER
tain to play a great part on the worlds
stage in the near future
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-18
Belligerents in Neutral Ports.

Japan raises the question OF China's
right To grant the OF her harbors 10
Russian warships either for the purpose OF
sending telegraphic communications or for
refuge hulks during the remainder of
the campaign. This point naturally raises
a discussion to the practice OF the Amer
lean warships during the war of 1893.
when they frequently ran into foreign ports
I'm the West Indies for the purpose of eff
fecting temporary repairs or sending cable-
grams At the same time Japan may re-
tort to :his view of the case that even
though the United States did take such
privileges without arousfng effective pro-
tests on the part of Spain. the question Is
not thereby settled in favor of the principle
now sought To be set up in the case of the
that this point is not settled by a mere
negative course. or by the failure of Spain
to raise Ii or by the good fortune of the
United States. that 1t is not settled. indeed.
until IL is settled right
The weight OF evidence seems rather to
he against Japan In this matter. There Is
In vogue well defined and generally ac-
Cepted rule of international procedure In
case of war that refuses harbor to a bel
ligerent ship longer than twenty-four hours.
That comedies the right to remain-whether
by courtesy or not does not materially at
feet the case. so long as the rule Is observed
generally-for that length of time. There is
also trend of international opinion that
war vessel of a belligerent power can coal
y emergency at a neutral port sufficiently
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-18
sheds a bright light on the evil Of unfor-
tunate marriages. She said:

sheds bright light on the evil of unfor-
tunate marriages. She said:
81 met that man in Central Park. July
8. I was sitting on bench and ne came
and sat by me and began to talk He mad
q uniform on and seemed nice. we visited
4 while. and then he asked me to marry
him. / was engaged to another man ana
didn't think I ought to- but he leased ana
threatened me till said would. We were
married that night and lived together two
days. Then he skipped out. don't like
him anyway. and only married MIN Ior
fear he would kill me-.
Extreme though this case plainly Is. 1t Is
nevertheless suggestive of the circumstances
of many marriages in more conservative
and conventional social circles. Haphazard
choice foolish escapades. thoughtless sur
renders to the persuasiOns of strenuous
wooer these are some of the ways by
which women are led into the matrimonial
toll. from which they will later attempt es-
cape through the divorce court. In this par
ticuIar case the marriage is. of course. VOID,
but the woman is grievously the victim
nevertheless 1t is so easy for a couple TO
marry in these days of civil ceremonies and
even Of ceremonies performed by fee-seek-
ing or complaisant clergymen. II the home
is the foundation Of the state. surely the
materials composing 1t should be more 3u-
diciously chosen. and the process OF their
assemblage more jealousy guarded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-18
Suit Department.

Mohair Suit. black and white checked effect:
blouse jacket, trimmed with braid; size 80. Re
duced from $25. 90 to $500.
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three quarter length coat; size 80. Reduced from
$25. to $500.
/ Navy Blue Sicilian Suit collar and cuffs trim
med with light green long SKIRT size 30. Re
duced from $500 to $1,000.
Light Gray Novelty Cloth Suit, three quarter
length coat walking length skirt; size 80. Re
duced from $3S. 90 to $500.
2 Navy Blue CheviOt Suits. Elton jacket trimmed
with bands Of peau de sole; sizes 80 and 40. Re
duced from $500 to $500 each.
Blue Irish Linen Shirt Waist Suit; size 81.
Reduced from 800 to 1925.
White India IInOn Shirt Waist Suit. trimmed
with large tucks; size 80 Reduced from $3.50 to
500.
4 Mercerfzed Batiste Shirt Waist Suits. black
and white effects: sizes SO. 80 and 40. Reduced
from So. so to $500 each.
3 Black Silk Eton Jackets. dropping shoulders.
full sleeves. cuffs trimmed with lace; size 3d. Re
due ed from S125 so to SO 90 each.
3 Tan Covert Cloth Jackets: sizes 32 ana IS. he
duced from 500 to 81. 10 each
Navy Blue CheviOt Dress Skirt. with train: a.
inch length. Reduced from $3.50 to $1,000.
Ar-ffnen Shirt Waists champagne shade only
sizes 30 and 40. Reduced from 81 25 to 81 80 each
Is India Linon Shirt Waists. neatly trimmed
with tucks and embroidery; sizes 81. "a. 80 and
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-18
That Statesboro' Mob.

This was a picture of the Statesboro
horror after the mob had arrived with the
prisoner at the scene OF execution:
Cato remained erect with head down and
seemed to humble prayer. Reed threw
himself fiat on the ground with face down
ward and. with arms stretched above ms
head. rolled In frenzy OF emotion. his
prayer was long and was heard away back
In the crowd. Some one in the crowd was
delegated to take in writing some parts OF
Reeds statements duplicating others In the
crime. AT the same time some one brought
q camera forward and was allowed to take
a picture of the negroes who stood for the
purpose. with the crowd as a background.
After the pictures had been taken 1t was
thought the better part of prudence by the
mob not 70 allow these to be kept. and the
camera was destroyed with the plates
The mob cared nothing for the law; MOTH
Ing for the militia that had been sent to
uphold the law: were brazen about taking
the law into their own hands without mask
or concealment Of any kind in broad day
light; appeared to glory in their fendish-
ness. and cheered one another on in the
hideous work in hand. But a moments
reflection made them shrink from the
camera. They had no stomach for seeing
their own faces In a picture likely II COM
pleted to have wide circulation in the
press of the country.
This one thing alone would dispose of
the absurd claim that the men who did
that fiendish work were irresponsible row.
dies from distance attracted to the scene
by the temptations of a popular outburst.
Your irresponsible rowdy Is not a man of
reflection. He does not shrink from the
popular gaze II certain of immunity from
the penalty of crime. He Is proud of help
Ing to make a startling picture, and would
hail an opportunity to appear in the news
papers as a mob hero. 1t is the man pre-
tending to responsibility and humanity.
and accorded consideration in everyday
affairs on those scores, who retreats from
the pictorial consequences of his surrender
to savage Instincts. We may be very GER
tain indeed that the men who nipped the
enterprise of that photographer at States
boro' In the bud are in their daily walk
anything but irresponsible rowdies
Several years ago when The Star sug-
gested the use of the camera whenever
possible on mobs. as means of fixing re-
sponsibtfty and satisfying curiosity as to
what sort of people compose them, GER
tain newspapers which slyly coddle mobs
made little merry over the matter And
yet nothing IS more certain than that If
there were the danger OF being photo
graphed while storming jail or court
house in broad daylight. few men of any
standing In any community would seek the
murderers reputation at the cameras
mouth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-18
Mr.. Williams Speech.
, Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
1t would be idle to follow Mr. Williams
through his tortuous discourse and show
its absurdities. His arguments are be-
meath contempt. His analogies have no
parallelism His history is a travesty.
His irony is ribaldry. When man mag
ines that he is puncturing the argument
for diversified national industries by pic
turing Jersey bananas and Florida wheat;
when he fancies he overthrows the foun-
dalton of protection by asking why not a
tariff between states; when he deludes
himself with the idea that he disposes of
the economic truths based on difference OF
labor cost by inquiring why the black labor
of the south has not run out the white
labor of the north: when his whole speech
is made up OF such irrelevancles 1t would
be folly to take him up seriously in detail.
His deliverance Is a prolonged sheer at
the President and 1t will excite disgust with
decent-minded men even among his own
partisans He shows no sense of the grav-
ity and Importance of the occasion or OF
the dignity with which it should be met.
Instead of the speech of a leader 1t Is the
performance Of a clown.