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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-08

Since the closing of the pool rooms in
New York city, the race tracks near
there have been TANNED and packed
with people who wish to bet on the
races but are not given an opportunity
to do so in town. So great have been
the crowds at the sheepshead Bay
track that the owners OF It have de-
termined to double the price of admis-
sion, with the purpose in view Of shut
ting out az many as possible Of those
who cannot afrord 20 lose money on the
horses.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-08
The weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
day are for partly cloudy weather,
showers on the coast, with variable
winds. Eastern Florida, showers,
with light to fresh east to south winds.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-08

Hannah Elias, the negress whom the
aged John r. Platt has sued. in New
York. to recover nearly 100000 which
he alleges the woman extorted from
him by blackmail, has given state
ment TO the authorities, in which, 1t is
understood, she swears that every dol.
lar she received from Plat was given
of his own free will. She admits hav-
ing received large sums from him,
which she says he gave her because of
his love and affection for her. She adj
mits having asked him at times for
money, but denies that she ever made
a threat of exposure or otherwise
brought pressure to bear on him. The
Elias woman, by the way. seems to
have inherited whatever white blood
there is in her veins from the distaff
side. II is said her grandmother was
white and her mother was white.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-08
COLLINSyILLEITNF

Beginning at sos a m. cars jeava vvo....
1905 midnight '0' uu'l
Beginning at sos q m. cars leave CIV
Market for WaterJ road and Estill avenpe ev-
cry 20 minutes until pos midnight
through cars are operated between Market
ana Ihunderbolt via Colliusville and Dale
avenue as follows:
Leave Market. Leave Thunderbolt
645 A. NJ. 1904 NJ
645 p. M. T30P,M
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-08
THUNDERROIT TINU,

City Market to Casino and THUNDER
bolt via Bolton street junction.
Beginning at $50 a, m. cars ,ao,,.
City Market for Casino and Thnndsr'
bolt every half hour until 200 n. m
after which cars run every Is minutes
antil 1880 p. m. 'eS
Cars leave Bolton street junction X
minutes after leaving time at CITY
Market. ~
Beginning at $3.50 a. m. cars leave
Live Oak station for civ everv his
hour until 2:3S o. m, after which
time cars leave every Is minutes until
1908 midnight.
Car leaving Casino at 1I:55 will RIM
south on Barnard street to Fortieth
and north on Abercorn to Bolton
etroaf s.I r. - lawn
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-08
SAVANNAH ELECTRIC co.

UAIAIER WEEK DAY SCHEDTuu
Effective May 16. 1904 A4'
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-07-28
CAMPAIGN KERS.

Middleburys July 26. AT the meet
ing of the executive committee of the
Republican State committee held
here last night plans were made for
the coming campaign. Today the
committee has been at work making
up the list of speakers. Benjamin
Williams Of Fair Haven who worked
under Ira Allen will assist at the
headquarters with Harry Shaw and
others from Middlebury. At present
in addition to Senators Proctor and
Dillingham; and Representatives Eos.
ter and Haskins the following have
been selected as speakers: @. A.
Prouty of Newport, r. W. Hulburd
of Hyde Park, Zed S. Stanton, J. A.
DeBoer. W. A. Lord and E. H. Deav-
lit of Montpelier. W. B. O. Stickney
of Bethel, j. Il. Martin of Brattle-
boro, Robert Lawrence of Rutland,
o. M. Barber of Bennington, J. w.
Stewart of Middlebury, ex.Gov
Pingree of White River Junction, h.
A. Hoar of Barre, Alexander Dunnett
of st. Jonhsbury, E. j. Ormsbee of
Brandon, W. W. Stiokney of Ludlow
and Frank Plumley of Northfield.
The committee is busy selecting others
from list of 1876 to $50 speakers.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-07-28
BEEF IN VERMONT.

The troubles between the "beef
trust" and its employees again sug-
gest that the industry of beef raising
and Strengthening should be much
more important one in Vermont and
other sections of New England than
it is. There are thousands OF acres
Of cheap land in this State well
adapted to grazing and 1t seems
shame that they are so little utilized
for the raising of beef cattle. There
is no reason-outside of the policy of
the beef combine to attempt to throttle
all competition - why this State
should not be absolutely independent
of the tyranny of the Swifts, Armours,
and Oudahys. Rutland News.
No doubt Vermont could raise her
own beef IL her farmers saw fit to turn
their efforts in that direction. but,
unless the prices which the farmers
can get for beef 60 higher than they
have been in recent years, there is
little likelihood that there will be any
great rush to get into the beef raising
business. Vermont cannot now COM
pete with the western plains in the
production of beef. Vermont farmers
have learned the lesson and as re-
suit the progressive farmer in YER
mont is in the dairy, or creamery, or
truck business. That which pays
1t is very probable that before
many years as the West develops and
the population becomes more dense,
and western land becomes more val
liable, the great ranches will slowly
give place to farms. In that case the
cost of beef production will go up;
the time may come again when beef
raising will pay in the East, but it is
not yet here. Vermont could readily
enough raise her own beef but so long
as she can get it from the West at
lower price than she can afford to pro-
duce it, when the profits in other lines
of farming are considered, she would
be foolish to try to raise beef. 1t is
for the farmers interests to turn
their efforts towards those lines that
pay best At present they can better
afford to consider beef as secondary
matter in stock raising, and milk and
butter production as first.
Vermonters have no need to worry
about the packers strike in Chicago
or anywhere else. 1t will not last
long, but will be decided one way or
the other in the course of time. With
even the present supply of native
beef, nobody in Vermont will be COM
PEELED to go on vegetable diet.
The cheap lands in the State, "
of which the contemporary writes, as
a general thing will raise more brakes
and briars than beef Such lands are
better returned to timber raising, for
timber in the future--if it is not at
present-will be more profitable
product than beef. Hundreds of
thou sands of acres of these cheap
lands, stripped Of their forests in
thoughtless prodigal times, would best
be reforested.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-07-28
VAR NETS.

London, July ga Mukden dis
patch says two Russian generals and
$50 officers and men were killed In
the Russian reverse at Taschikao on
July "a.
Berlin, July 26. st. Petersburg adj
vices say deadlock exists in the
Russian official circles as to the
status of the volunteer feet The
ministers are desirous of settling
affairs according to the English view
but the Czar declines to do So He
wants to maintain the right of the
fleet to search vessels even if the Rus
sian vessels do pass through Dardan-
Giles before declaring their status. If
his<desires are carried out grave con-
sequence are feared.
Yokohama, July 26.-Tbe Vladivos-
tok squadron sunk the British steam.
or, Knight Commander, from New
York, off the province of LEU, after
transferring the crew of the Knight
Commander to the steamer Tsinan,
which arrived here yesterday morning.
The Vladivostok squadron also cap
tured a German vessel believed to be
the Arabia, with 5000 tons Of -four,
and an unknown British steamer. The
two vessels were sent to Vlsdivostok
in charge of prize crews. The
American Trading Company is the
agent here for the Knight Command.
or. The American Trading Company
deny that the vessel had any contra.
band on board. according to her mani
fest.
The three Russian warships which
sank the Knight Commander are re-
ported by Captain Brown to be
crowded with men. Their bottoms
are foul and they look grim and ugly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-07-28
THE PERLEY E. POPE co.

The Russian vessels are thought to be
short of prize crews, The Tsinan
brought in number of passengers
including women and children, froih
Australia
Americans are anxious concerning
the possible fate of the Korea, be-
longing to the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company, and the American steamer
Shawmut, which left Puget Sound
on July l6 for Hong Kong. 1t is not
known whether either of these steam
ers carry contraband.
st. Petersburg, July 26.-Great
Britain's bill for damages against
Russia for demurrage and other in
IDENTITIES connected with the arrest,
detention and Smelling of British
ships in the Red Sea will probably be
very heavy. Already it is roughly
estimated at 50, 600, 600.
London, July 27.-The British gov
eminent is taking energetic action in
the case of the sinking of the British
steamer, knight Commander, by the
Vladivostok squadron. All informa-
tion received by the government tends
to establish in the official mind be-
lief that an outrage has been commit.
ted for which no excuse exists in in
ternational law. Those aware of the
feelings of the ministry said last night
that all the members of the cabinet are
in accord regarding the principle OF
the inviolability of innocent neutral
shipping, as well as upon the principle
that q neutral ship cannot be ,des-
troyed even if carrying contraband Of
war.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-07-28
THE MAVERICK CASE.

There appears to be considerable
misunderstanding with regard to the
case Of Mrs. Maybrick. who was re-
Gently released from custody by the
English authorities. Public opinion
has been played upon in her interest
by various peoples. The facts of the
case are as follows:
About fifteen years ago an English
Jury found Mrs. Maybric guilty of
murder in the first degree as being re-
sponsible for the death of her husband
by arsenic poisoning, 1t was estau-
lished that Maybrick was accustomed
to take arsenic and that his wife,
with the delicate intention of causing
his death, gave him more arsenic,
and as a result he died. He would
not have died from the effects OF what
she alone gave him. Neither would
he have died because Of that which he
gave himself, had she not given him
more. A higher court found error in
the judges charge to the jury, in that
while he correctly characterized her
purpose, he exceeded scientific facts in
alluding to the effect OF her act, and
because of that error, the sentence was
commuted to imprisonment TOR life.
1t is an English policy to make
sentence of imprisonment for life
practically mean imprisonment for
about fourteen and half years. That
is the average duration of life sem
tence, it has boon found, inasmuch
as large majority of life prisoners
die after they have served about that
much time. So a practice has grown
up of releasing life prisoners on tick
cts of leave If they survive that peri
cd. They are not pard oned, but are
allowed their liberty upon condition
that they report at stated intervals to
certain officers Of the court. They
are practically on probation and if
they fail to conduct themselves prop
erly and report regularly, they may
again be imprisoned. Tickets of
leave are in some cases granted to go
to foreign countries under the same
conditions as to reporting
Mrs. Maybrick served some over
fourteen. years and was released in the
regular way on ticket Of leave, the
same as any other person. During
her term, because she was rich, good
looking, q woman, and not old, vari-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-07-28

GUS people made 1t their business to
attempt to get her pardoned but to no
avair 1t never appeared, except
through the mistatements of these
pardon seekers, that Mrs. Maybrick
was other than guilty. Efforts to in
terest the United States government in
her case were unavailing except as the
government is interested on any such
case, and forwards without comment,
petitions for pardon. All this talk
about making the case national one
is foolishness, as is also the talk now
that Mrs. Msybrick has been pardoned
and vindicated. If there was ever a
doubt about the extent of Mrs, May
bricks guilt, it was a legal, not a
moral debut. She has given fair
treatment and whether she be Eng
lish or American, rich or poor, hand
some or ugly, she deserves that and
just that. 1t is to be hoped that but
little more will BIZ heard of Mrs.
Maybrick from now on.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-07-28
BERLIN, N. H., MURDER.

Berlin, N. H., July 26.-John d.
Green. who shot and killed Mrs. Mary
W. Lockhsrt last Saturday night at
West Milan, according to his confess
ion, was brought before Justice W. A.
Bobby yesterday morning. The
prisoner pleaded not guilty" to the
charge, which was murder in the
first degree. Green said that he de-
sired no counsel, whereupon Solicitor
Parsons had the evidence taken upon
typewriter with duplicate copies.
The people of Berlin and the sur
rounding section were considerably
excited by the news of the murder.
The affair, however, being without
the incidents usually following the
commission of such a crime. such as
the disappearance of the slayer and a
possible long hunt, lacked some of
the exciting features of many murder
cases. 1t was, however, sensational
enough.
According to the authorities, the
evidence was sufficient to hold the
prisoner, and he was committed to
Jail without bail, to be held for the
November term of court. The dispo-
sition of the case appeared not to
affect Green to any great extent, and
he took the findings of the justice
with unconcern. He was taken to
Lancaster last night.
A rumor was freely bruited about
Sunday that Green and Mrs. Look
hart had contemplated elopement and
that Thursday had been the day set
for a olandestine departure. AS far
as is known, Green has not affirmed
or denied such story.
Green's townspeople and neighbors
speak highly of the prisoner, and are
expressing much sympathy for him
and his parents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-07-28

Judge Parker's famous telegram re-
minds an exchange of Gen. MoClel.
lans Reputation OF the war plank"
in the Democratic platform of 1864.
Said that platform: This conven-
tion does explicitly declare, as the
sense of the American people, that
after four years Of failure to restore
the Union by the experiment of war,
during which under the pretepse of
military necessity, or war power
higher than the Constitution, the
Constitution itself has been disre-
garded in every part, and public lib.
erty and private right alike trodden
down." etc. Gen. Mcclellan in his
letter of acceptance said, Il could not
look in the face OF my gallant COM
rades in the army and navy who had
survived so many bloody battles and
tell them that their labors and the
sacrifice of so many of our slain and
wounded had been in vain, that we
had abandoned that Union Tor which
we had so often imperilled our lives. "
Gen. Mcclellan could not save the
Democratic party. Can Judge Park
er do it now Huntington News.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-07-28

Joseph W. Folk, the Democratic
candidate for Governor of Missouri,
has outlined reform policy which he
says he proposes to put into force II
he is elected. The program he has
made out includes thorough leans
ing of Missouri politics Of all bribery,
through new penal statutes rigidly en-
forced, the protecting of the Legisla-
ture from corporation Hobbies and
their sand bsgging" methods, and
the equalizing of taxes on corpora
tions. He lays out this program in
spite of the fact that on the same
State ticket with him are two candi-
dates, Samuel B. Cook for secretary
of State and Albert 0. Allen for au-
ditor, who are part of the very ma
chine which he is attacking for its
rotteness Those two men were nom
mated by large majorities. Either
Folk is demagogue and traded with
the machine to get the nomination
himself, or else the machine is strong
enough to check him in his efforts at
reform. The machine may use his
popularity for its benefit even while
defeating his purpose, as the Mich
igen machine permitted Pingree to
bring votes to the party by his
brave talk of reform and then tied
his hands and made him helpless II
reality. 1t seems better to consider
Folk honest and outflanked than to
think be would use reform for vote
catching purposes Time will tell as
to his honesty.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-07-28
MARSHFIELD PROTEST.

A Mayshfeld correspondent has
the following to say of the predica-
ment in which few of the number
who came down to Montpelier by
special train few days ago to take
in bali game were placed About
forty attended the Montpelier Barre
Rutland ball game at Montpelier on
Wednesday of last week. Fifteen Of
these we're left by the chartered res
turn special train and were obliged
to engage team to bring them home.
In mention of their plight Montpe-
lier local reads that The enthusis
asm of about dozen base ball fans
from Marshfield got an awful wet
down on Wednesday afternoon, etc.
Fans, umbrellas or any other slang
phrase the Montpelier scribe might
choose to dub them, there was among
the party, ladies and representative
citizens OF the town who had neith-
er been wet down inside or out,
but who went to Montpelier to enjoy
an exhibition OF the chief of Ameri-
can sports with pre-arrsnged details
for return special train Tor their &C.
commodation after the game; it be-
ing understood by and between them
and the railroad officials, that the
special would leave the Wells River
station in Montpelier, allowing suffic-
lent time after the game to permit all
to take advantage of the service. Ow-
| ing to the crowd for the electrics
from the grounds to the city after the
game, not all were able to take the
! first cars, but arrived at the Wells
River station as agreed, as early as
convenient transportation facilities
would allow, only to find their prom .
ised accommodations for which they
had exchanged good money, had left
them not five minutes previous.
Those who were able to arrive by first
electrics, demonstrated with the con-
ductor in charge, and in language
which English speaking people could
not have failed to understand, inform
ing him that all had not arrived from
the grounds, to all of which he
turned deaf ear, ordering the train
out with the caustic remark that he
wasn't going to wait there all night
without his supper. If an excuse of
this kind stands pre-. eminent against
the discomforture of their patrons,
who had right to expect the accom-
modations agreed upon, it would be
we'll to accommodate certain OF their
servants with private buffet car at
taohment to their future special train
service that the inner man may be
satisfied sufficiently to keep the outer
graces we'll in hand until the needs
of those they ere paid to serve have
received due consideration. There
is understood to be way. and neces-
sary action will be taken along this
line for satisfactory recovery and to as.
certain for whose accommodation spec-
ial trains are run, those who engage
them and pay the bills or the conduc.
tor placed in CHARGE
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-07-28
TAGGART CHOSEN.

New York. July 26.-Thomas Tag
CART was unanimously elected chair
man of the Democratic national COM
mitree this morning. Ever since it
became definitely known that Senator
German would not accept the Office,
sentiment has been swinging strongly
toward Taggart. He was elected this
morning almost without opposition.
The Democratic club of New York
city will entertain the committee at a
banquet at which Grover Cleveland,
Senators Murphy and Hill, W. F..
Sheehan, Bourke Cochran. Mayor Nc
Clellan and many other prominent
men will be present.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-07-28
ARMENIAN MAS SACRE.

Berlin, July 25.-The Frankfurter
Zeitung reports that Armenian mas
saores are full swing again. The
Turks have plundered and burned six
villages near Lake Van. All the males
were massacred and the women and
children tortured and outraged. A
similar slaughter is reported in the
neighborhood of Mresh, where from
sixty to eighty Armenians have been
killed every night. The inhabitants
of Orergounk have been nearly ami
Inflated. The roads in Armenia are
strewn with corpses. The horrors of
"a and '96 have been equalled.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-07-28

Carl Schurz is to support Judge
Parker. He has written a letter tc
Parker declaring his allegiance and
saying why it is so given. The jest
of it is, apparently. that he thinks
Parker is man Of high character and
that the party is nearer free of the
silver craze than it has been before for
some time, and partly because of Par
ker. The Democrats are welcome to
Schurz. He has always done more
harm than good to the side he was on
and has always been shifting sides
without cause.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-07-28
STATE GRANGE .

Bellows Falls, July 26.-The exec
utive committee of the State Grange,
at q meeting held at Hotel Wind
ham on Monday, formally voted to
hold the annual meeting here in De.
cember as suggested at the last annual
meeting. The meeting this year
will occupy four days instead of three
as formerly, the days being on Tues
day, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
OF the second week in December.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-07-28

Norwich University, the military
college of Vermont, is enjoying a
healthy growth, so that it has been
deemed necessary to purchase and
EQUIP new dormitory. The coming
of Charles A. Spooner to the presi-
dency OF the institution ought to give
new impetus to the growth. Barre
Times.
The Spanish American war resulted
indirectly in booming Norwich. The
men like Admiral Dewey, who had
graduated from Norwich AMI became
prominent in that war, helped to show
the country that the University at
Northfield was giving military edu-
cation which could be compared with
out shame with that furnished by any
school in the United States. Nor
witch has done her work we'll for
many years. She deserves her pres
sent prosperity and everybody hopes
he will have more of it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-07-28

Commissioner Ware of the pension
bureau will say, in his forthcoming
report, that the total number of PEN
sioners is now about 1914, 545. During
the month OF May 3, 900 died, and soon
the monthly average will reach 5000.
II it were not for the widows of old
soldiers the list would sink with econ
omical rapidity. But in any case the
government that was saved by these
pensioners cannot begrudge what il
does for them. They deserve much.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-07-28

The state department is watching
the course of affairs in the Red Sea
and points out that not long ago
Great Britain was holding up neutral
ships, and seizing our cargoes of
-four off the South African coast. 1t
is feared that American merchantmen
may next be seized by Russian men of
war, since Russian ships are now in
the Pacific, and many vessels have
sailed from this country with supplies
for Japan.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-07-28
.FAPSTON CAUCUS.

Fayston, July 6.-At the Re pub
lican caucus last Wednesday evening
j. Dan Thomps on, O. f. Kew, John
Maxwell, O. H. Mehuron and F. A.
Bragg were elected delegates to the
county convention. They were au-
thorized to choose their own slternates,
and instructed to vote for o. G.. Ea-
ton for Senator.