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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-08-11
VERMONT WAICHMAN @oiAE AUGUST H. 1904

Kwan forts on the I-Shan. North and
northwest of Port Arthur lie the An
Tse.Shan and Sung Shan forts on hills
of those names-Shan meaning hill or
mountain. Thence line of forts ex-
tends straight south ward to the Lao
Tie-Shan prcmontory. If we now
turn to the Tigers Tail, at the south
west side of the barbor gate, we find
the Wei Yuen, Sing Use Wing, Man
Tau and Ching.Tau forts, the last
named being on the isthmus which
connects the Tigers Tail with the
mainland. Other Notifications con-
meet these with those on the Liao.Tie-
Shan coast, making an unbroken chain
clear around the city. These forts,
or many of them. were first planned
by tine Chinese. They were greatly
improved by German military en-
gineers in Chinese employ, and won
for Port Arthur the name of the Glib
raltar of the East. Finally, after
the Russian annexation, they were
further improved and strengthened
and the few gaps in the chain were
filed mp by General Vernander, who,
if not quite a second Todleben, is by
far the fittest successor to that mighty
genius the Russian army has known.
Now, the Japanese cannot make
landing in force within that ring of
forts. Neither can they get around
one end of it. as they did around the
Nan-Shan forts, at Kin Chow. They
must therefore break through it at
some point-its weakest point, if it is
not constructed on the plan of the
deacon's lone boss shay" and if they
can discover where the weakest point
is They have this disadvantage, that
they are operating on the outer and
larger circumference, against defend
ers who are on the inner and smaller
one. Evidently, then, it is easier for
the Russians than for the Japanese to
move their forces from one point on
the line to another and to mass strength
at whatever point may need it most.
On the other hand, the Japanese have
the advantage of numbers. The most
liberal estimates of the Russian
strength place it at "a, 600 men, not
counting several thousand sailors from
the warships who may be available.
If the Russians have so many, the
japanese will need more thar 100, 900
men to take the place by assault, un-
less they are able to modify the rules
of war and over a strongly fortified
army with an attacking army of less
than four times it's numbers. New
York Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-08-11
WHEN THE MOSS IS ON THE
BAIL

A bias the adolescent bards, and this
insipid gush
OF Whenny" rhymes-"When Susan
SINGS when Mother stirs the
mush,"
When Mollie puts the kettle on, "
When Father counts the cash,
When Uncle plays the VIOLIN" When
Nellie chops the hash,''
when Jennie wields the scrubbing-
brush,' when Mary draws the
tea,''
When Sallie goes to singing school,, +"
When Flossie smiles at me-"
And I might cite an endless list of
Whenny'' rhymes to show
That you merely have to start them
and then sit and watch them go.
Oh, verses flow so smoothly, il you
get the
"Whenny" knaok,
when Anntie pares her bunion" and
when Uncle sprains his back,
The field is very fertile and you re
never at a loss;
when Grandpa hunts his slip
pers," and
When Silas drives the boss.
You merely set it going thus; when
Father splits his vest,''
The natural unwinding of the main
sprinp does the rest.
Alas The Whenny" habit! 'Tis a
vice that you should dread,
You wake at night and write them
ON your pillow in the bed.
The meter is 80 tempting and there is
SO much to say
When Mother grabs the poker" and
When Amos mows the hay
When the brine is ON the bacon"
When the pork is in the pot
Alas You're in the clutches of the
'Whenny" juggernaut.
You merely lay the pattern down and
cut your goods to fit
When Hezekiah whites" or when
Grandma starts to knit
When Jonas jaws the hostler" and
When Tommy taps the till"
When poets cease from 'whenning' :"
but fear they never will
j. W. Foley.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-08-11
ORANGE co. DEMOCRATS

Chelsea, Aug. 4.-The Democratic
Orange county convention was held
here today and the following placed
in nomination: Senators, T. J AL
bee of Bradford and P. f. Dickerman
OF Tunbridge; assistant judges. III.
B. Martin of Corinth and F. P. Lam
son of Brookfield sheriff, A. W. Pc
ters of Bradford; high .bailiff, B. P.
Stanley of Washington; States's attor-
ney, M. W Chamberlain judge Of
probate, r. W. Chamberlin of New
bury and N. r. Farnham of Will
Jamestown. Elisha May of St. Johns
bury will speak this afternoon.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-08-11
PORT ARTHUR.

The taking of Port Arthur will be
no easy task, unless the place sue
cumbs to famine or to exhaustion of
ammunition. The natural strength of
it is great. 1t lies in an oval amphi-
theatre, surrounded by hills rising at
their peaks to a height of /, 300 feet.
Every one Of those hills, from Takhe
Bay at the northeast clear around to
the promontory of Lao Tie.Shap on
the Strait of Pe-Ohi-Li, is fortified
with powerful guns in masked earth.
works. Indeed. the forts begin at
each eide of the narrow harbor gate,
ON Golden Hill and at the tip of the
Tigers Tail. On Golden Hill are the
Hwang. Chin forts. followed at the
northeast by the -Chui, and
then by the Pe-Tou-S Shan forts, over
looking Takhe Bay. Beyond these
are the Ur-Lung and then the Kee-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-08-11

The remarkable increase of sales of
agricultural implements for the Ar
gentine Republic during the past few
years is something that should set
people to thinking. Just the other
day an order for $40, 000 worth of sulky
plows was received in this country.
That shows there is an export trade
in the South American Republic that
is worthy Of attention by the Ameri-
can manufacturers. 1t also indicates
in plain terms what students have
known before. that Argentina has a
futue before it of much moment along
the lines of an agricultural country.
1t has had it's time of stock raising,
but in the end it will turn to agricul-
ture Of more intensive kind even as
the great plains ip the western part
of the United States are gradually be-.
ing metamorphosed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-08-11

The Democrats in Orange county of
course have not the slightest possipil-
ity of electing their county ticket but
one can not help thinking about the
trouble they would be in if they
could. They have no Democratic law
yer in the county, so farmer has the
honor Of being the parSy's candidate
for States attorney. Wouldn't he
have some fun if he should by unex-
peoted circumstances be elected?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-08-11
A SOLAR PLEXUS BLOW.

The following from the Providence
Journal is an admission by an indepen-
dent paper of the prirns facie case
made out by President Roosevelt for
his party-and the independents much
dislike to make any such admissions.
The Journal says;
To the Democrats who boast that
their party is now "safe and sane''
Mr.. Roosevelt retorts "Ours is not
only sane. but coherent,." So, too, he
upholds the party records in turning
rascals out OF office, points to what it
has done for stable and sound cur
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-08-11
HAS FUSION FUSED?

The previous political condition of
the candidates the mountain labors
OF the Democrats, and certain former
Republicans assisting in the capacity
Of wet nurses, brought forth yesterday
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-08-11
DOUBTFUL HONOR.

Little Willie-Say. Pa, what is an
empty title?
Pain empty title, my son, is your
mothers way of referring to me as the
head of the house when there are Wis
itors present. -Ohicago News.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-08-11
THINGS IND THE MAN.
BY Rudyard Kipling.

by Cable to Colliers's Weekly. Copyright, 1904,
In the United States, by Rudyard Kiplng.1
And Joseph dreamed a dream,
and he told it his brethren: and they
hated him yet the more. Genesis
xxxvi., 5.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-08-11

London, Aug. 4.--The city Is swelt-
ering with the thermometer at 98 de-
gIees in the shade and 145 in the sun.
The weather is the hottest in years.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-30

Murder. dynamite, iIjunctionS anu jan
cells are prominent acts and settings IN
the tragedy that is being enacted i'll Cln-
cinnati aud in Newport aud Covington,
Ky. as the result of the strike ot the
moldels that has hcrll in progress for
months. and the authorities are guarding
against further trouble. Charged with
various ofenseS. six men were put un-
der arrest in Cincinnati and others are
under surveillance The latest trouble
was when an attempt was made to blow
up two Of the Kentucky foundrieS by
placing dynamite in the moidS. There
was little damage. Fred RauhauSer,
Jr., son Of a union molder. WAS arrested.
aud the police say he has confessed to
placing three cartridges. His father also
was arrested and the police declare he
was implicated by confession of the
sob. Several times last week there weTe
dynamite attacks On various plants, but
severe damage was averte,i. Rewards
have neen offered On Oct. Samuel
Wea kiey, Eonuuion moder was killed.
and Frank Brown. who accompanied
him. narrowly escaped a large force
OF detectives from Chicago Is still work
ing ou different cases involved in the
affair One charge is that there was Il
unien plot to poison men at 81 Cincinnati
boarding house
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-30

Petroleum shipments FROM the coast
Of Texas during August amounted to
1,104,I5l barrels.
Cotton exports in the month of Sep
TENDER. 1904, exceed both III quantity
and value those of any September in any
earlier year.
Additional reports are received almost
every week Of the adoption Of electric
motive power by steam railroads for part
of their service.
Mississippi authorities have granted a
new charter to the Natchez and Gulf
railroad, which is planned to extend from
Natche4 to Gulfport.
The telegraph block system has been
put in use on the Cleveland and Pitts
burg. between Cleveland, Ohio, and Ali.
ance, tifty-seyen miles.
A machine shop containing thirteen
acres under one roof has been planned
BY the Louisville and Nashville for con
syructioa at Louisville. Ii viii cost S.
100000.
Journals Of the lumber trade express
considerable satisfaction and encourage
neut at the number of orders placed 10y
railroad companies within the last few
weeks for lumber.
\ railroad $50 miles long through a
cattle-ruiSiug district is planned by the
Northern Texas Construction Company.
which has been Incorporated at Austin,
with a capital of $4,000.
The Wurtemberg State railroads have
had n surgeons car built and Cuuipped
with all necessary appliances for the
care Af ViVtiuS nf r1ilrngI appilputS
held ready to 20 anywhere On receipt of
telegram.
\ charter las been obtained in Wis
ccnSin 10y the Wisconsin md Illinois rail-
| way. which proposes to construct ninety
I eight miles OF line through the zinc min
| juG reG5n3 uS ~autbwotttru Wisconsin and
northwestern Illinois
| For nearly twent. wears the question
| If automatic block system as a preveu-
| tive If railway wrecks has been before
| the International Railway Congress. 1t
| is 20 he discussed again at the comiug
| May session Ia Washington
| The supreme Court of Florida, in a
suit brought by the State Railroad Com
mission. has issued pcremptery manda-
! muses. directing the railroads Of the State,
to carry phosphate TO all Seaports of
! Florida at l cent per ton per mile.
Nearly 100000 was spent by the
| Louisville ana Nashville during 1904 for
| equipment, OF this. S1l3362 went for
tsright cars SlGJ.9T2 FOR locomotives. aud
| the balance for passenger car equipment.
steam wrecking cars. and machinery paa.
senger ears, and 2.S4I freight cars
! bought.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-30
MYSTERY OF AUTO RIDE.
Professional Chauffeur Slain on
Lonely Country Road.

In the darkness of a lonely country
road, John W. Bate, Jr., a professional
chauffeur and son of a wealthy man.
prominent in the automobile world, was
slain the other night. The scene was
on road parallcling the Joliet electric
line, two and a half miles southeast of
LemOnt, I'll. There Bate was found lean
ing forward in the front seat of the au-
tomobile with bullet wound in the back
of his head. The automobile had been
turned about. A revolver lay on the
seat.
carefully laid scheme is believed by
many to have preceded the murder. So-
luton of the midnight crime, presenting
elements of mystery worthy the genius of
a Sherlock Holmes, seemed TO battle the
efforts of he police. That young Bate
was the victim of bank robbers, an angry
passenger or a pedestrian was advanced.
The woman motive was taken by Morris
Stokes. employed with Bate, who says
that for weeks Bate had been receiving
gushing love letters from an infatuated
society woman who had ridden with him.
An unsigned letter found upon the body
evidently had been written by a Tilted
woman.
The police theory was that two men
planning bank robbery tried to force
Bate TO carry them TO Jeliet and that he
rebelled. This rebellion. in the minds of
the police. determined the safe blowers
to make way with n man who had be-
come dangerous to them. Therefore, af-
ter bitter quarrel. they shot and killed
the chauffeur while he was bending over
his steering apparatus. 1t is urged in
opposition TO this theory that the rob
hers and murderers did not denude the
machine of Identification eyidence-the
number Dts. Daniel Canary, Bates EN-
pIoyer, after he had heard all the de-
tails, supported this theory.
Opponents Of the desperate theory con-
tended that Bate was slain by some one
over whom he had almost run his ma
chine. This is the view taken by the
coroner of Will county, who contends
that Bate had been running his automo-
bile recklessly had probably lost his way
after taking a fare to Lemont and mar
rowly escaped killing a pedestrian.
Everybody knows the residents Of this
locality are quick enough to shoot" said
the coroner's assistant, 'and it requires
no big stretch of the Imagination TO find
a farmer of this neck of the woods pull
ins out gun and taking a shot at an
automobile which had nearly run over
aim"
1t Is believed that the chauffeur was
shot while the machine was still in mo-
ton and that the person who FIR the
shot experienced difficulty in Dragging
the machine to q StandStsIl
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-30
CHURCHES JOIN TO SAVE BOYS.
Reign of Crime in Brooklyn Starts
TN 4ue Religious Crusade.

Reign of Crime in Brooklyn Starts
Un--.ue Religious Crusade.
The misdepdS Of hundreds of young
men connected with well-known families
in the Bedford section of ErOoklyn, y.
Y, which began several years Ago by the
formation Of the Bedford gang" and
finally led to many of them and their
recruits being connected with criminal
cases. much 10 the disgust % residents
in that quarter. has caused the Inaugural
ton Of remarkable religious campaign
for the publication of the ycnths who
passed their time about the street cor
ners
The first night of the campaign of
evangelical ton" as it is called. began
with street parade in which tramped
1000 men with banners, with che band
of the Twenty-third regiment playing
hymns at the fore The mile Of frock
coated paraders moved through Bedford
avenue to Hancock street. where hung
a great banner. There they held an open
air meeting.
Ministers from fifty churcl'cs Of all
Protestant denominations we're In attend
ance aud many Of them made short adj
dresses. Every church in the district is
joining in the movement.
The street corner meeting ended, the
brass hand again headed the procession,
and it marched 10 the Central Presbyte
rian church, where a meeting for men
lid been called. The church has ca.
rncity of 1900. Every seat was taken
and hundreds were turned away. Six
ministers made short addresses telling
the purposes Of the movement. which. it
was announced, will continue throughout
the winter
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-30
ROOSEVELT SAYS GUARD HOME
Makes Address at a Washington Csfho.
lie Church Anniversary.

lie Church Anniversary.
Speaking at the 10th anniversary Of
the founding Of St Patrick's church in
Washington President Roosevelt said
While in this country we need wise
laws, honestly and fearlessly executed.
and while We cannot afford to tolerate
anything but the highest standard in
public service of the government. yet
in the last analysis the future of the
country must depend upon the quality
Of the individual home, Of the individual
man or woman in that home.
I'VE have grown to accept it "a an
automatic truth of our American life that
the man is to be treated on his worth as
n man, without regard to the accidents
Of his position; that this is not a gov
eminent designed TO favor the rich man
as such, or the poor as such. but that it
is designed 10 favor every man, rich or
poor, if he is a decent man. who acts
fairly by his fellows
The field for charitable philanthropic.
religions work is wide aud that while a
corner Of it remains untitled we do a
dreadful wrong if We fail 10 welcome the
work done in that field by every man, no
matter what his creed. provided only
be works with lofty sense Of his duty
o. God and his duty to his neighbor"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-30

Chicaco-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $685.; hogs. shipping grades,
400 TO $500; sheep. fair 70 choice $500
to S4.T5; wheat. No. >, SIZE to Sill;
corn. No >. ole to 32c; oats. standard,
3ic to 32c: rye, No. >, Sc to Sic hay
timothy. $500 to $3.50: prairie. $500 to
S1L50: butter, choice creamery, 2lc to
&c: eggs. fresh. 1Sc to pc, potatoes.
30e to +2c.
ST. I.ouis- Cattle, SI.,5. . S6.40; hogs
s4.Gc to S4.S3: sheep, $500 TO S+50
wheat. No. ,. $1.10 to Sill; corn. M. =,
-1c to 52c: oats. No. >. 29c I, soc; rye
No. >. zoe t. lie.
ncinnati--Cattle, S400 to S5.25:
hogs. $500 to $3.50: sheep. $500 to
s4na. wheat. No. >. SLIT 80 S119:
toru. No. = mixed. 57c to 1Sc; oats. No
, mixed. SOC To sc; rye. No. =. Sic to
S1c.
Detroit-Cattle. $3.50 to $3.50: hogs
ZOO 10 $500: sheep. $3.50 to S3.25;
wheat. Ne. =. Sis to $40: corn. No. 3
yellow. G0c to tic; oats. No. ; white
hi, 70 SIT; rye No. ,, S5c 10 Sc.
Observation-Disclosures. No. = northern
81 10 to SLIP; corn No. ), 55c to 57c,
oats. No. hite, Sic 10 3:ic; rye. No. I.
Sc to SIC: barley. No. =, sc To 54c;
pork. mess. $500
Teledo-Waeat, No. . mixed. S1.16 to
81 30. corn. No. = mixed. 59c n Gle;
cats. No. mixed. Soc = Sc; rye. No. ,,
SIC to Sic: clover seed. prime. $1.42
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-30
GAS TANKS BLOW UP.
TERRIBLE EXPLOSIONS IN CHI
CAGO ACETYLENE PLANT.
Many workmen Killed and Injured
Fatal Blasts Come in Close Succession
Tanks Used in Equipment of Rail-
way Cars buildings Are Wrecked.

Death and chaos attended the explo-
sion Ct twenty-five aeetylene tanks in
the gas-charging station of the Chicago
Acetyline Gas Manufacturing Com
pany at Seventy-third street and South
Chicago avenue station, Friday morn
ing, BY noon ten bodies had been re-
moved from the ruins and it was said
that perhaps dozen more employee
We're missing. The tanks were of the
style attached TO railroad cars for
lighting purposes.
Eleven of the tanks exploded in
rapid succession, and were followed at
short intervals by the blasts of the
Others. The fire spread to the build
ing adjoining, belonging TO the Peoples
Gas Light and Coke Company. and
threatened TO reach the large storage
tanks of that compc ny. Policemen
were sent about for a mile radius
warning persons to move from their
homes.
The explosions were so forceful that
for radius of half mile windows
We're broken and walls of buildings
thrown out of plumb. For fear that
the explosions might continue and
cause the blowing up of the two big
tanks, which hold millions of cubic
feet of gas, no one would venture near
the ruins of the plant. The firemen
and the policemen ut first refused to
venture near the place, because it was
known that the lead pipes into the
larger tanks might be at any moment
a veritable use to set off enough gas
TO raze tie vicinity.
st Tie first explosions many of the
mer employed in the plant fled to the
street. These escaped with slight in
jaries. Persons living in the vicinity
deserted their homes, storekeepers left
their stores and all fed with what val
FABLES they could seize amid the rum
bling and crashing of the tanks as
their steel sides were rent asunder.
Within a few minutes not one house IN
half mile radius of the gas plant was
occupied.
1t was mOmentarily expected that
the larger tanks would explode. The
heat was SO tremendous that it drove
the firemen back, and for time they
were forced to throw water on the
blaze from blocks distance, momen-
tarily expecting to be hurled TO the
earth by the explosion of the big tanks.
The flames were shooting hundreds of
feet into the air, accompanied by
clouds of black smoke from the burn
ing gas. At intervals clouds of debris
consisting of bricks and iron from the
bursting tanks were thrown into the
air by explosions.
The explosion is believed TO have
been caused by search for leaks in
supply tanks made by one of the en-
pioyes. The twenty-five small tanks
IN the storage building were each
stored with $3.50 pounds to the cubic
inch of space of acetylene gas. The
tanks are used to place beneath Pull
man sleeping cars and other railway
cars, and will supply one ear with light
for six months. The twenty-five tanks
had been charged and were in readi-
ness for attaching to cars.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-30
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The News Y

winter which viii try the soul Of the
innocent bystander is threatened in NJ Tx
den.
Turkeys are 50 plentiful this year that
their price will be higher than ever be-
fore.
In looking for place to make his last
stand Gen. Stoesse finds the standing
room scarce.
Gen, Nogi has a faint idea as to whore
he VIII eat his Christmas dinner If he
cares TO do so
Russia is going in for reform and can
stand lot Of it without feeling any
particular surfeit.
In taking Port Arthur tie finishing
touches appear to be about as difficult
as tie prrl'miuarieS.
St Louis wants TO rua the fair while
the weather permits. That should BE-, mn
winter along the Pike
In other words. Gene Ware Is ,-oin,.
to mount his old reliable Pegasus and
conter back To Kansas
Perhaps Port Arthur has had So mucb
practice in not falling that il does not
know how to do the falling act.
Everybody has TO tread lightly in the
vicinity Of the French cabinet these DAYS
for tie slightest jar eight upset it.
II is pity that Harry Thaw's mother
did not have barrel stave at hand and
the ability and inclination 20 use it.
When Gen. kuroki decides to have his
obituary written he VIII not hire Rus
sian correspondent for 50 particular Il
job
Unconfrmed rumor will have to eat
several horses and thinks like that he
fore it "ill be able to kill of Gen.
/ Kuroki.
Wnen the cruel siege Of Port Arthur i,
! Ger japan will have lot If second.
| hanG tunnels for which it will have no
| earthly use.
Uncle Sam is telling the hopeful Fill
Pine that il he viii watch Congress close
| II he will see little bird como ont and
sing for him.