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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-04
81 VED FIFTY LIVES.

Chicago, Jan. 2S.-At the Samari-
tan hospital, her head and left side
swathed in bandages, lies Carrie
Anderson, the child whose deed of
heroism at the Iroquois fire was re-
counted in brief during the coroner's
inquest, but whose name has never
been learned until yesterday.
Through the steadfast bravery of
this fourteen-year- old girl at least
fifty lives were saved on the fatal
afternoon. She it was who, despite
the fact that her left side was being
Tapped by the flames, caught the end
of the ladder thrown across the alley
from the Northwestern University
building and guided it to firm rest
ing on the fire escape of the second
balcony. Across this ladder many
men, women and children scrambled
to safety. She was in the balcony
with her mother, who was employed
as a cleaner at the theater, and while
she escaped, her mother persisted
The child does not know yet that her
mother is dead.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-04
DO ESTIC.

Washington, Feb. Promptly at
~ O'Clock Judge Taft took the oath of
Office as secretary of war, succeeding
Elihu Root. The ceremony took place
in the ante room of the secretary's
office, in the presence uf few distin.
guished guests and prominent army
officers. Immediately after the cere-
mony the army contingent, headed by
Lieut. Gen. Chaffee, shook hands with
the new secretary and Mr.. Root
Washington, Feb. 2 The Senate
committee OH appropriations has de
cided to report an urgent deficiency
appropriation bill, including authori-
cation to the St. Louis exposition au-
thorities to borrow 81, 600 from the
government, to be repaid from the
gate receipts.
New York, Feb. 81 William Col
Inns Whitney, former secretary of the
navy, died few minutes after
O'Clock yesterday afternoon at his
vi IL iibil llC ulCh
while under the influence of ether,
administered preparatory to second
operation for appendicitis.
William Collins Whitney was born
at Conway, Mass, July ., 1S4l.
After fitting for college he entered
Yale, from which he was graduated
in the class of 1868. He studied AT
the Harvard law school. from which
he was graduated in 1864.
Mr.. Whitney entered the cabinet OF
President Cleveland as secretary OF
the navy in March, 1885. His ad.
ministration Of the department was
notable in many respects, but will be
best remembered for the fact that
under his administration several
cruisers were completed which formed
the beginnings of the modern navy Of
the United States.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-04
SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD

"She is not dead but was asleep"
Such was the strange and almost in
credible message which passed over
the telephone wires from Wells River
to Plainfield on Monday afternoon.
1t came from the bedside Of Mrs.
Lewis Ducham to relatives in the lat
ter mentioned town. Strange things
have happened but few people there
are who can say with veraoity that
they have read their own obituary
notices in the newspaper. There have
been cases where rumors of death have
led to publication as fact, but when the
rumors have been traced back they have
bsen found to come from unauthentic
sources rather than from any uncer-
tainty in regard to the existence of
life in the body.
The case of Mrs. Lewis Ducham of
| Wells River was an exception to the
general rule. however. She was re-
ported dead by physician at about 4
| O'Clock Monday morning Her rela-
| tiy es in Plainfield were notified. The
body was laid out and the funeral ar
rangements were partially completed.
Her death was given out for publica-
ton and printed. Great was the sur
| prise of her relatives on Monday after
noon, about 2 O'Clock, when she
opened her eyes and came out of her
| deathlike sleep. Strange as it may
seem she has been recovering ever since
and is in much better health than she
has been since her sickness. 1t is
hoped that this strange death sleep
may prove to be exactly what the
system needed for restoration of
health, but medical science in this
vicinity is unable to account for the
case. One of her brothers in Plain
field, Mr.. Duke, upon receiving his
first telephone message fastened to
| Wells River and was at Mrs. Ducham Is
bedside when she said Goodbye
and passed away into her supposed
last long rest
Mrs. Ducham is about forty years
of aye and had been ill for some time.
She was in this city for some weeks,
stopping at f. M. Kelleys on Hub.
bard street, and left for her home in
Wells River a week ago last Saturday
in the hope "A change would prove
beneficial. She was in the Heator
Hospital at some time previous and
was operated upon while in that in
stitution. Mr.. Ducnam. her husband,
and Wells River Railroad. running OIL
the mixed train. Warren Ducham.
baggageman on the regular Montpe
lier and Wells River express, is a step
son.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-04

According to the Hardwiok Gazette,
the prohibitive side of the license
law has been tried and found wanting
in Hardwick. The Gazette says that
in spite of the "No" vote there has
been no enforcement of the law, and
the liquor dealers in the village have
been doing thriving business all of
the time without any income being
derived by the town as a result, 50 it
makes plea for a Eyes" vote in
March IN order that the other side of
the law may be tried. In Rutland,
Joseph Jones and others want the city
to vote mo" because the law has not
been enforced under license. People
will learn sometime that no law will
enforce itself. Somebody must work,
and work hard, if either license or NO
license towns are TO see the law lived
up to.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-04
WHAT OF RADIUM NEXT:

st. Petersburg, Jan. 30. Prof.
Prince Tarkhnoff, the we'll known
scientist. lecturing recently before the
Military Association, made some in
teresting statements in regard to the
possibilities of radium.
The Prince presented to his audience
two cancer patients who had been
cured of malignant growths on the face
by the use of radium, and expressed
the opinion that the problem of deter
mining the sex of children, which
Prof. Schenck had failed to solve,
would shortly be settled by the aid of
radium. The Prince added that he
had prevented the development OF
hydrophobia in dogs inoculated with
rabies virus by using radium. .
When large quantities of radium
were available, the Prince commended,
the whole system of modern warfare
would be revolutionized. as powder
magazines, whether in forts or in the
holds of vessels, would be at the
! mercy OF radium rays, which could OK
plode them at long distances.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-04
THE COMMERCIAL PACIFIC.

The Pacific is rising commercially
at rapid rate. Until recently the
great forces of commerce have left the
Pacific in comparative quiet and,
aside from second rate or third rate
vessels doing a quiet BUSINESS with
the Orient, the western coast of the
United States has been untouched by
the movements of trade. But now
the Pacific is awakening. A new
business and trading life has sprung
up on the deep dark waters. Great
ships for freight and passengers have
begun their work. Two giant YES
sells, each $50 feet long and with dis
placement greater than the Cedric of
transatlantic fame, have been built for
the Great Northern line and will ply
between Seattle and the Orient. Two
great floating palaces, Pacific Mail
liners, Korea and Siberia, are each
572 feet long and have cut the time
from Yokohoma to San Francisco over
two days so that it is now only ten
days and fifteen hours.
Evolutionary movements in the
commercial world of the Pacific have
been swift Of late. Japan has become
center of trade. China is being
opened to commercialism. The Phil
ippines are being reused to business
activity through American enterprise.
The great Siberian railway is a
factor to be counted. Take all in all,
and the signs of the times point tc
rapid advance in the lands bordering
the Pacific during the coming years.
Americans are to take an active part
in the work. The Panama Canal,
built by Americans, will be a large
factor in the problem, and this coun
try will gain power and wealth
through its connection with the work
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-04
MAY BANKRUPT CHICAGO

Chicago, Feb. 2.-Personal injury
suits amounting to $3S, 666. 952 are
pending against the city of Chicgo,
according to the report of City At
uorney John " Smulski, made public
Sunday. The council. the Legislature
and finally the people are appealed to
for relief. Sidewalk injuries caused
the majority of the suits. Mr.. Smulski
in his report shows that the interests
combining to loot the city in this
way amount practically to an organl-
cation Names of lawyers, mostly
young men. and doctors occur with
great frequency in the list of suits.
The city attorney says the piling up
of suits will inevitably continue for
some years, even should the city at
once begin to tear up every wooden
sidewalk.
The city attorney says the main
cause OF this &C ndition is the deplor-
able state of the city's finances, which
makes it impossible to care properly
for its streets and sidewalks. The
remedy, he says, is new city chart
er. The many judgments awarded
against the city are pointed out, and
Attorney Smulski saws that unless IA
vorable action is taken in regard to q
new charter inevitable banruptcy will
result.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-04
MEXICAN PRECA UTION.

Monterey, Mexico, Feb. 3.-The
thousands of small earthenware bowls
containing a mixture of sulphur and
saltpetre and suspended by wires SO as
to be easily let down into a we'll. The
object is to thoroughly disinfect all
wells, and every householder is eau
toned to ignite the sulphur and lower
the bowl into the well by cord, so
that all portions may be clesnsed of
whatever mosquitoes may live there.
The expense of this is borne by the
board of health department. They
wish to prevent recurrence of yellow
fever this year.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-04
BRIEFS FROM THE WIRE.

Vienna, Feb. 3.-Since the publica-
ton of the half yearly school reports
at Budapesth Hungary. Sunday last,
eleven school boys have been missing
and all left letters saying they intend
ed to commit suicide. They were
driven to run away by the poor show
ing they made.
Rome, Feb 3.-News from the far
east today asserts that Japan has de-
termined to present its ultimatum to
Russia on Feb. 10. if no conclusion of
matters in dispute has been reached
before that time.
Bloomington, ILL.,, Feb. 3. - The
council and school board have decided
to close the schools and churches in
definitely because of an alarming
spread of small .pox.
Manchester, Conn. Feb 3. Cheney
Brothers, silk mills today adopted a
seven hour working schedule. Lack
of orders is the cause of the shortening
of hours.
New York, Feb, 3. -Todays open
ing of the cotton market was tame
affair compared to yesterdays closing.
A few minutes after the call, how
ever, there was rush of outside SELL
ing orders which caused prices to
tumble. May broke forty points and
July lost fifty seven points.
Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 3. George
A. Rose, cashier of the Produce Ex-
change Bank, who embezzled $187. 900
of the banks funds, was today SEN
fenced to ten years in the peniten-
tiary.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-04
END OF THE GOLD MINES.

Bennington, Feb. Sc. A. Cook,
who was practically the promoter and
organizer OF the Readsboro Gold
Mining Company, which was organized
about two years ago, has withdrawn
from that company. This action
probably will end further attempts to
extract gold from the rugged hillsides
OF Deerfield valley. The company
originally had capital stock of So, =
600, 900 and much money has been
spent in purchasing land and the de-
velopment of the mines. Governor,
John G Mccullough was elected pres
ident of the original company and ex-
auditor o. M. Barber was director.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-04

1t appears that Bryan has lost con-
troll of the Democratic party even In
his own State. Open revolt against
the adoption of a platform such as he
Nebraska, and among the most promi-
nent Democrats of the State it is de-
clared that reaffimance of the Kansas
City platform will not suit them at
all. Bryan may as we'll admit that he
is no longer dictator and attach him
self as humble element of the Hearst
forces, which come the nearest to suit
ing his populistic tendencies.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-04
REIOKTED DEER SHOT.

Brattleboro, Feb 3.-Complaint
has been made to States Attorney A.
F. Schwenk that deer was shot in
the towns of Grafton Sunday. With
visions of one.half the reward in case
of conviction of the offender several
FASTENED to notify the States at
torney. According to their story the
trail of tine deer was followed by six
huntsmen with dogs Mr.. Schwenk
was in Grafton yesterday investigat-
ing the case.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-04

Secretary Shaw appeared before the
committee on appropriations of the
House the other day and argued for a
consolidation of small customs collec-
ton districts. He showed conclusive
ly that in great many cases under
the present system the expenses are
entirely disproportionate to the sums
collected, illustrating by many cases.
At Galena, ILL.,, last year it cost
$3.50. OF to collect 81 and in many other
instances it was nearly as bad. Mr..
Shaw was entirely right, but the COM
scheme would cut out innumerable
offices that are now at the disposal of
congressman.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-04
Y. VI. e. A. MEETING.

At the annual meeting of the Y. NJ
G. A. Oh Monday evening the follow
ing board OF directors was elected {:
H. j. M. Jones, Thomas Dewey, W
S. Smith, George K. Putnam, E. D..
Field, @. G. Roberts, Guy g. Lsmson,
G. @. Holmes, E. F. Rand, G. O..
Taft. E. E. Craven. Henry Holt, and
W. B. Kendrick. The election of off
GERS then took place as follows: H. J..
M. Jones, president, Thomas Dewey,
vice president, Harry r. Bolles, secre-
tary and Henry Holt, treasurer in
place of w. S. Smith, who resigned
on account of other business which
demanded his attention. A meeting
will be held soon at which the presi-
dent will appoint his committees.
1t was voted to appropriate certain
amount of money for the renewal of
subscriptions to periodicals for the
reading room. The finance committee,
composed of f. d. Field, G. X. Put
nam and Thomas Dewey, submitted
their annual report at the meeting.
The report shows 81. % cash on hand,
Jan. |, 1904 The total amount of the
receipts for the year were S1733 so and
the total disbursements amounted to
$1726. 49,. The actual increase for the
year was $l522. 38 and the expenses for
the year, $1327. 3S, making al actual
reduction of Indebtedness of $l95. To
this Is added $50 membership fee un-
paid, making the gain for the year
$270.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-04

1t looks as though the baseball
league team from Montpelier and Barre
is an assured fact. Sportsmen of the
two cities have loug desired to have
some plan perfected by which they
could have good baseball where those
who enjoy seeing the game played as
it should be played could have their
desires gratified. 1t is to be hoped
that the measure now taken will result
in good baseball here. The co.opera-
tion of the electric railway will help
towards the success of the project,
while the men who are active in its
promotion are such as are capable of
making it u CO.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-04
RI ZED 300 TILLAG Els.

Berlin, Feb. B. -Prezwalsky, the
noted Balkan historian, who has just
concluded six months tour of Mace
donia, asserts that during the year
1908 the Turkish regulars RACED 800
villages ana massacred 40, 600 persons,
mostly aged men, women and child
rem.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-04

Representative William H. Woods,
of Brighton, member of the Massa.
chusetts Legislature, during the cam
paign promised that if he were elected
he would divide his pay among the
poor people of his ward and he is now
keeping his word There have been
Representatives before who paid out
their salaries to the poor in their
towns. but it is said that it is more
common to pay it out before election
than after, and then, at the rate of
from 50 to So per head and only to
males whose names appear on the
check list.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-04
IN SUPREME COVRT.

In Supreme Court today the we'll
known and much fought case of Nor
ris McKipstry VS.. o. h. Collins and
B. H. Lowell was reversed and re-
manded. The suit was brought for an
alleged assault committed by the de-
PENDANTS upon the plaintiffs wife
while serving a replevin writ for the
recovery of horse. The plaintiff
claimed that by reason of this assault
his wife died. The defendants claimed
what injuries that may have been re-
ceived by Mrs. McKlnstry were due
to her resisting an officer in the per-
Torrance of his duty, and it was furth-
er denied that her death was due to
any assault but to other causes. The
first trial in county court resulted IN
disagreement, the second in verdict
for defendant. Judgment was reversed
( by Supreme Court and last March the
plaintiff secured verdict of 500
| and costs. Now the case will stand
for trial again. H. q. Shurtleff and
w. A. Lord for plaintiff and ]. p.
Lamson and George W. Wing for de-
PENDANTS. Opinion by Judge Start.
In another Washington county case
| of Edward H. Deavitt VS.. Walter L.
| Ring, Admir-. ct al, decree for de-
| PENDANTS was affirmed and cause re-
manded. Opinion was by Judge Start.
The following cases were heard this
forenoon Charles H. Sheldon, John
A. Sheldon, and William X. Sheldon.
surviving partners of Sheldon & Sons,
VS.. Plimington Daggett, Admr. petition
for new trial from Rutland county, j.
G. Baker for petitioner and Butler %
Maloney for petitionee; Asabel G.
| Coolidge, as Trustee in Bankruptcy Of
Marvin A. Mcclure, VS.. Lamson j.
Ayers, suit in trover III which plain
tiff recovered 1886. II, argued by But
Ter for plaintiff anu +. II. Buck for
defendant. The Essex county case of
| William Currier and +. f. Norcross
VS.. Town of Brighton was argued by
John W. Redmond for plaintiff and
Harvey b. Amy for defendant. Mr..
Amy was admitted to the bar just
previous to making this argument.
He now lives in Brighton but has
practiced law in no other State.
This forenoon in Supreme Court the
case of Russell W. Taft VS.. Charles G.
Messy, Admir-, was heard. This is IA
case not on the printed docket in
which the plaintiff seeks an order to
probate with regard to the disposition
OF certain real estate. The main ques-
tions are ON demurrer.
Yesterday afternoon the Rutland
county case of State vs.. A. II. Abra-
ham was heard. The case is in prose-
cution for the unlawful practice OF
pharmacy in Rutland for about a
month ending March l, 1908, and was
before the court. on questions raised
upon demurrer before final judgment
The Rutland county chancery case
of State VS.. George h. Odell, for nui-
sance, has been affirmed and remand
ed. The case arose under the prohib.
itory law and il the respondent pays
the costs within ten days the bill will
be dismissed. The Chittenden county
case of |. N. Chase VS.. H. S. Soule,
assumpsit, was argued by V. A. Bull
lard and II. f. Brown for the plaint-
if and W. II. Tairchild and Guy H.
Start for the defendant.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-04
SCHOOL BO4RD MEETS.

At Ia meeting of the school board last
requisition of 81, 800, 1t was decided
also that the city schools shall be
closed on March IS for the spring va
cation-to reopen April 4. The graded
schools will close the year on June 10
and the high school, June II.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-04
FIRST THEATRE TO OPEN,

Chicago, Feb. 3. -McVicker s The
alter, complete with safeguards aginst
fire and loss of life, re.opened Mon
day, being the first of the popular
playhouses to open since all of them
were closed following the Iroquois
Theater fire on Dec. 30. The opening
was not assured until late this after.
noon, although all seats had been
sold,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-04
BROOKS FOR MAYOR.

The friends of L. B. Brooks will
support him at the coming city caucus
for mayor of the city. Mr.. Brooks
consented to allow his name to be
used late this afternoon. He is a
prominent business man of the city
and hasa great many friends.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-04
YED WITH $1,000, 600,

st. Petersburg, Feb. Am old
woman, who for twenty years past
had resided in small room in this
city, has been found dead from priva-
ton. The officials who went to her
room to seal up her furniture discov-
cred the sum of IS, 600 In cupboard,
and further search resulted in the
finding of securities valued at $1,000,
600. The woman leaves no heirs.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-04

Theodore Peteroff, better known as
"Jo-Jo. the dog-faced man." who has
been familiar to the American public
through the Barnum and Bailey show,
is dead. Probably next to General
Tom Thumb he was the most famous
freak ever born.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-04

Eggs are so high this winter that it
highest price yet paid was in North
Carolina. A man down there has just
recovered 81, 500 on account of fifteen
eggs thrown at him in political
meeting. That breaks the record. A nd
the eggs weren't first class double ex-
ira superfine highest grade fresh, eth
or
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-04

At Monte Carlo the other day fly
alighted on the roulette table. on mum.
Der thirteen. Instantly almost every
gambler about the table put his pile
on the thirteen or the transversals
The marble spun and three times thir-
teen was winner, and it cost the bank
$25, 600. That was pretty expensive
fly for the establishment
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-07-09
An Eden in Africa

tury, but in Kaviropdo it is only the
day after the screation, with the differ
ence that the Adams and Ewes of kavi-
rOEdO have not yet discovered that
they are naked, and instead of repos-
ing in beatific leisure among apple
trees Adam and Eve may be seen hoe
ing gardens along the railway or car
rying baskets of grain to the market
at Port Florence, the majority of them
without an atom of clothing. But
there is nothing to affect the suscepti-
bilities of the European visitor. 1t is
nature. You might as well object to
sycamore tree going without leaves as
object to Kavirondo man or woman
going naked. At the railway stations,
alasi they are gradually getting Adam
into trousers; but, as rule Eve still
moves in all her native charms, wear
ing at most tassel suspended from
a girdle.
THE cruise around Lake Victoria
occupies about a week, the steamer
touching at all the German and Brit
ish stations. The scenery at Entebbe
and Munyonyo (the port of Kampala)
is very fine, and, as the course lies
among the most beautiful parts of the
Sose archipelago and the Buvuma
group, there is an unending feast for
the eye of pretty creeks, bold head
lands and banks of graceful palms,
fringing broad slopes of turf. AS to
the Ripon falls, they defy description.
think it may safely be said that the
tour to Uganda outrivals in interest
anything to be found elsewhere in the
world."-London News.