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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-21
The TransVaal Governments Diamond
Mining Interests.

would refer to one element not no.
nucal which will probably do as much as
"hSthing to secure the tranquility and
prosperity of the Transvaal That is the
extraordinary profit to the state which
results from the successful development
OF the Premier Diamond Mine. This
mime was discovered five years ago in the
heishoorhood of Pretoria, when a com
pany was formed to work il, with a can
ltal OF $4,000 which was afterward in
creased to 100000 The development ~
the mine was so rapid that it has I'm the
iast -FOUR years earned net profit of
Slo'Voo'OOO. Half of this has been snent
III opening up the property. the share
holders nave received $4,000. 600. or five
umes the amount of their original in
Nesuhent' and the Transvaal has received
as us snare OF the profits over s.. 600 600
by the new mining law, which is probably
me ohy valuable contribution which Lord
Mllher made to the welfare of south Az
rlca' the government is entitled TO Ga nor
cent, OF the profits. Last wear from, tbis
one source alone the Transvaal govern
HSn' received the sum of 81, 500 600. and
Is probable that its annual income from
enls single diamond mine will amount 10
S@;ooo'ooo year. There is probably no
other state which claims so large an
amount of the profits of the minerals
round on its soil. The brilliant Success
Oh the Premier Diamond Mine does much
10 JustlIy the confidence of the Roers in
lne prosperity of their country. even after
chinese labor has been dispensed with :
lkeView Of Reviews,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-21
COM M EN- Gem NT
[Continuer from LIST page.l

information but recounted his meeting
with John j. Eckles, jr.. Democratic can
didate for President in 1920, and what
Eckles and his housekeeper told him of
the other members of the class. The last
number on the program at the stand was
the ivy Grafton by Miss Florence Leona
Strong. The high hopes and aspirations
of the class were told i'm carefully pre-
pared and well delivered Grafton and
made a fitting close to the formal eN-
ercisrs. The class and audience then
went To the west side of the main en-
trance 10 the school building. where the
1907 ivy was planted and the ivy ode.
both words and music by the class presi-
dent was sung Mr.. Frost received many
compliments on the excellence Of his
composition as well as on the fitness of
the words
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-21
Central Vermont Indicted, Charged with
Violating Anti Rebate Law.

Seven indictments for alleged violations
of the Elkns ant-rebate law were re-
turned by a United States grand jury I'm
New York city Tuesday against the Cen
trail Vermont railway company, The ia
vored shipper is the same one that has
figured i'm other recent cases, the Wool
son Spice company of Toledo and the
charges are based on coffee shipments
from New York to Detroit, The allegation
is that the Central Vermont granted the
Wooson people a rebate of 1 per cent,
per hundred pounds from the taritf rate
of 20 cents on their shipments. The Cen
trail Vermont operates a line of boats to
New London Conn, and thence by rail to
connection with the Grand Trunk rail
way, forming one of the routes of the
Merchants Dispa oh fast freight line The
corporations attorneys will appear for
formal pleading in a few days,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-21
life.

The poets eXclama ton: 20 Life! feel
thee bounding In my veins" is a joyous
one, Persons that can rarely or never
make it, in honesty to themselves. are
among the most unfortunate. They do
not live they exist; for to live implies
more than to be. To live is to be well
and strong-to rise feeling equal to the
ordinary duties of the day. and to retire
not overcome by them-to feel life bound
ing in the veins, A medicine that has
made thousands of people, men and wo-
men, well and strong, has accomplished a
great work. bestowing the richest bless
ings, and that medicine is Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, The weak, run down or debili-
tated, from any cause should not fail
to take 1t. 1t builds up the whole system,
changes exlstance into life, and makes life
more Astounding We are glad to say
these words in lis favor to the readers OF
columns,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-21
John II. Bankhead,

John II. Bankhead, who has been
appointed by the governor of Alabama
to fill the vacancy in the United States
Senate caused by the death of John r.
Morgan, owes his advancement to his
failure to retain the seat which he occu-
pied in the House of Representatives
10 years. He was beaten in the sixth
Alabama district last year by Capt,
Richmond Pearson Hobson, the hero of
the Merrimac who is an advocate
Of an immense navy. Owing to this de-
feat Bankhead was allowed to stand for
alternate in the senatorial state primary,
in which he led all competitors and as
a result OF this. showing he was regarded
as the logical successor of Mr. Morgan.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-21

In the recent meeting of the Massachu-
sets Medical association, held in Boston,
Louis c. Southland a lawyer, attacked
the farce of medical expert testimony
in important cases, particularly murder
trials. Mr.. Southard declared that the
medical witness is called and paid by
either one party or the other in order
to help him sustain his own contentious
and he is not in court for the purpose of
giving the judge and jury the benefit OF a
scientific, unbiased opinion.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-21

The French government, which holds
a monopoly of the traffic, sells nearly
$1,000 600 worth of matches yearly, leav-
ing a profit of over 5000, 10000
The official total of the appropriations
made at the last session of Congress, as
announced by the clerks of the Senate
and House appropriations committees, is
1920, 79S, 1880
The only representative of the Wash
ington family now in the army or navy
is Capt, st, Mervyn c. Buckeye, great
great-gTandson of the first President,
Capt Buckley is in the engineers and is
stationed on Pugent sound.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-21

The fire engine horse is doomed TO
retirement according to the reports of
American consuls in Germany, where
automobile engines have been in use the
past three or four years. The automobile
engines are more economical than horses
and speedier in getting to fires, being
particularly adapted for use in narrow
streets and in turning corners
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-21
DAMAGES OF s22s RECOVERED.
Town Of Grafton Must Pay for Injuries
Caused by Poor Bridge.

The case of Barbatti VS.. the town Of
Grafton went to the jury in Windsor
county court al Woodstock Tuesday and
a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff to
recover $22S damages and costs The
case was brought to recover damages for
injuries claimed to have been received by
reason of an alleged defective highway in
said town. The defects complained of
consisted in rotten planks in a bridge
over which the plaintiff was driving,
which, 1t is alleged gave way, the plain
tiff being thrown from his carriage The
accident occurred April 20, 1905 The
bridge complained of is near the residence
of Charles Stowe near the village of
Houghtonville. The plaintiff lives al Lud-
low and asked $4,000 compensation. Stick
ney, Sargent, and Skeels appeared for the
plaintiff, and Cudworth and Pierce, and
w b. c. Stickney for the defendant.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-21

All of the enormous profits on $1,000
900 worth of trimmings for the Pennsyl-
vania state capitol did not go to the
contractors, according to the latest
revelations The contractors were forced
to divide with the politicians.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-21
Gbe Oermunt 4b@mi..
TEN PAGES
BRATTLEBORO,
FRIDAY, JUNE p, 1907.
THE VERMONT PHOENIX.
Published at Brattleboro every Friday by
o. L. FRENCH.

TERMS. Sl.5O per year in advance; if not
paid within the year s..
Rates Of advertising furnished on application.
Birth, marriage and death notices published
Free obituary notices, cards OF thanks, ETC.,
rs cents for space of u lines less.
entered at the Bratteboro Post Office as
second class mail matter.)
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-21

Stippler-Did Miss Kits admire your
paintings?
Dobber-I don't know
Stippler-What did she say about them ,
Dobber-That she could feel that / nut
a great deal of myself into my work.
Stippler-Well, that's praise.
Dobber-Is it? The picture / showed
her was Calves in a Meadow ."-[Stray
Stories.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-21

month that does not bring from some
where in this broad land through the
medium Of the daily papers a story of an
automobile fatality.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-21

Journal have become suspicious that that
papers first choice for the governorship
is not Lieut. George II. Prouty of New
port,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-21

over 1000 young men and 1000 young
women will receive degrees from New
England colleges during the present
month,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-21

The President has decided to ask Con-
gress's consent to the cancellation of
more than half the Boxer indemnity, so
as to relieve China of all payments in ex-
cess of actual expenditure incurred by the
United States.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-04-17
Bandits Secure $4,000 at St.
Paul.
CLERK OPENS THE SAFE
At Point OF Revolver--Robbsrs Es.
cape--Northsrn Pacific Express
Company The loser--union Depot
At 81. Paul The Scene OF Robbery.

ST. PAUL, April 16.--A bandit held
UP the Northern Pacific Express com
pany's Union Depot Office, tonight and
compelled the clerk TO open the safe
and give him package containing
$25.000. At ten thirty tonight an ac-
compllce Of the robber called at the
office and caused one OF the clerks TO
step outside, Fred German, the clerk,
soon afterward found himself con-
fronted by masked robber who point
cd a pistol at his head, German obey
ed and handed out the package of cur
rency which was to go to Duluth on
the midnight train, After receiving
the bulky envelope the robber backed
out OF the office, after first command
Ing German to turn his face to the wall
and remain in that position for ten
minutes under pain Of death. Both
Of the bandits escaped.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-04-17

PORTLAND, April is,-~A sensation
resulted today In the Spokane terminal
rate hearing before Interstate Commits
aloner Prouty when the coast Jobbcrs
asked leave TO intervene. Tho petit
ion praya for radical rcadiustmeni OF
all rates from coast points TO the In
terror and ailege that the present
freight charges are cxhorbi.ant and un
Just.
Commissioner prouty said ho feared
tho petition would introduce now
issue into the hearing and preferred
not 10 30 into general rate revision
al this time. At the same imc he al
lowed the petition to be filed with tho
defendants, the three transeontincntal
railroads entering Spokane.
These lines now have two foes to
fight, Joining hands with them In
opposing the Spokane terminal rates
are the coast jobbers, Should, how
ever Spokane win the case. then the
former allies OF the railroad will turn
against them and fight for tho roduc-
tions eastward as well as west.
The petition is signed by Col. Love-
land. President Of the Pacific Coast
Jobbers and Manufacturers. and Il, c.
Glltner, acting for the Portland Cham
Der OF Commerce,
The testimony. today, consisted Of
further evidence as to the cost Of con-
structIon OF railways and the testl-
mony OF the Portland jobbers who de-
mental business be done by the water
route and that this method OF trans
porting freight Ia increasing, Among
these witnesses was w, A, Mears. who
declared the railroads Disseminated
against Portland In the making Of
freight rates TO interior points. Mears
specified Spokane ana Boise as Illus
trntona The witness declared that
the formation OF the Spokane zone
whereby. the district within radius OF
one hundred miles In each direction
from Spokane, was made tributary
to that city by the adjustment OF
rates, The result was, he said the
coast jobbers were shut out OF the
territory. they had formerly been sery
ing. The coast jobbers he said have
complained about this TO the railroads
but up TO the present time have OBJ
tanned no relief,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-04-17
Hermann Land Fraud Case Near
ing an End.
HIS REPUTATION is GOOD
Several Prominent Court Officials Tes-
tify To That Effeet--Senator Nit
cheIl Received Two $1,000 Bills From
S. A. D. Puter

WASHINGTON April 1s.--The de-
fense in the Hermann case rested this
afternoon and the prosecution at once
began the evidence in rebuttal The
sur-rebuttal testimony of the defense,
1t is expected, will be brief, after which
the arguments will be made and the
case given to the jury. That Her
mann's reputation for honesty and in
tegrity Is good, was testified to by
Justice MeKenna of the United States
Supreme Court, Justice Lowery of the
United States Court of Claims, Justice
Gould of the Supreme Court of Dis
trict Of Columbia and Chief Clerk Gill
frey of the United States Senate. John
s. Mosby produced two letters from
the defendant commanding him mostly
for work done in running down the
Aahu A@uus az 1NSuAa0ha an A0Vs, WHch
Col Mosby was special agent Of the
land office. These were to snow that
all of Hermann's letters were not cop
led in his letter books, Harry j..
Brown, washington correspondent Of
a Portland newspaper, Unidentified the
dispatch he sent to his paper on July
%, 1902, telling Of the creation Of the
Blue Mountain Forrest Reserve. This
information he said ne got from Her
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-04-17
ANNlvERsARy OF FRISCO QUAKE.

sAN FRANCISCO. April is.---obscr-
vance of the frst anniversary OF the
earthquake and firc which laid San
Francisco In ruins on April is las,
year. began tonight with charity
fcte at the Fairmount Hotel. Thurs
day. the actual anniversary has been
declared n municipal holiday and on
that evening there win be notable din
ner given by the Merchants associa-
ton.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-04-17

citizen OF the nation by virtue OF his
dignIHed ofiice and that he may pre-
sentiy become the first citizen through
the fortunes OF the approaching ma
tionai election.
The banquet table should display
all Of the products peculiar to the
state OF Oregon, yet having national
reputation and fame. There are many
OF these and the best carrier In Astoria
toria can furnish q long list. Nothing
In the line Of fish, game. fruit and
meats should be overlooked. The
decoration should all be OF oregon
flowers.
Invitations win be extended TO the
governors and senator's OF oregon.
Washington. Idaho. California. Mon
tana, Utah and North and South Da-
kota and the men prominent In the
business. Industrial commercial and
professional life OF Oregon and the en-
tire Northwest will be invited to make
up the list Of guests which It is ex-
pected win be ain illustrious as any
ever gathered together In one place
In the state Of Oregon.
II is not yet ascertained whether or
not Mrs. Fairbanks win accompany
her husband. but II she does, there win
be plenty for the ladies OF Astoria to
do to help make the occasion one of
renown.
The exact date OF the coming Of the
vice president will be fixed az soon as
he has an opportunity to look over mis-
intinerary. Senator Fulton's urgent
Invitation In addition to that Of the
Chamber Of Commerce which was al
so signed by the mayor, doubtless had
much TO do with causing Mr.. Fair
banks to accept the invitation. and II
will be necessary now to perfect the
best possible arrangements for ths
banquet. II pagoda has to built or
top OF Coxeomb Hill for the occasion
tnen. this task must be outlined ant
determined upon at once. other idea,
for the location for the banquet are II
order in case the new hotel Is not com
pleted by that time. The Chamber o
Commerce win through proper com
mittees take up tae matter of working
out the details at once.
As the vice president win prohabl,
come in his private car. 1t will mos
likely be fitting that a special com.
mittee be appointed, among other lie.
tails. to go to Seattle and acccmpan,
him to this city.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-04-17

SAN FRANCISCO. April is.-For a
second time within a week. President
Cass OF the Home Telephone Company
of Los Angeles and one Of the i've
stockholders of the Empire construc-
ton Co., today refused to be examined
by the grand Jury as to his connection
or knowledge of the alleged bribing. Of
the San Francisco supervisors, to
award the franchise to the Home Com
pany OF this city. A few weeks ago
cass appeared before the jury and al
lowed himself to be interrogated by
Heney. Latter desiring to get certain
facts il possible through the medium
of a Los Angeles capitalist the jury
had him summoned few days ago. In
the meantime Cass and his associates
had employed George knight, who adj
vised Cass and the others to refuse
to give further testimony on the ground
that "they were informed the grand
jury" meant to indict them anyhow,
and to testify might render them lia-
BILE to prosecution"
Today, Heney called knight up on
the phone and told him that he
(Knight) had been misinformed as to
the intention Of the Grand Jury to in
dict his clients with or without cause
and again extended Cass the privi-
lege of going before the Grand Jury
and explaining certain suspicious
circumstances. if he could do so, and
desired TO-" Cass appeared today to-
day in the Grand Jury ante-room but
when invited to take the sctand refused
on the ground that he might incrimi-
nate himself.
The Grand Jury adjourned. today,
until Saturday without returning any
indictments, in order to give Heney,
time to prepare the case against the
United Railroads, whose alleged brib-
ing Of supervisors and others is to be
probed next week.
An extraordinary incident, today
was the appearance at Cough and Gea-
ry streets of a.man and an aged wo-
mn, the latter earring huge placard
rudely lettered with denunciations of
Rudolph Spreckels, Heney Langlon
and the Grand jury. The man at
tracted a large crowd in front of the
Native Sons Hall and loudly haran-
gued them The members of the
Grand Jury came to the windows Of
their chamber and listened with some
show Of amusement. The Police A.
nally drove the man and his aged com
panion away. Ruef's trial win be re-
sumed tomorrow.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-04-17

moved to Indianapolis in the same
year. where he practiced his profession
until his admission to the United Stat
es Senate.
He never aeld public Office prior to
his election 10 the senator-ship In
1897. He was elected trustee Of the
Ohio wesleyan University in 1885, was
chairman OF the Indiana state Repub-
lican conventions in 1899 and In 1898
He was unanimously cnosen nominee
OF the Republican caucus for United
States senator in the Indiana legis-
lature In January 1898 and subsequen-
tly received the entire party vote In
the legislature. but was defeated by
David Turpie, Democrat. He was
elected to the United states Senate,
Jan. Goth, 1897. to succeed Daniel w.
voorhees,, Democrat. He took his seat
March 4th, 1897 and was reelected in
1908.
He was appointed a member Of the
United States and British Joint High
Commission which met in Quebec in
1898 for the adjust ment Of Canadian
questions, and was chairman OF the
United States High Commissioners.
In 1896 ne was ielegate-at-large
to the National Republican Conven-
on in st. Louis and was temporary
chairman of the convention.
In 1900 he was delegate-at-large
to the National Republican Convention
In Philadelphia and as chairman Of
the committee on resolutions. report
ed the platform,
In 1904 he was a delegate-at-large to
the Republican National Convention in
Chicago, and was chairman Of the In
diana delegation. He was unanimous
ly nominated by the convention as
vice president OF the United states and
elected on the ticket with Theodore
Roosevelt, receiving sS7 Of the 476 ell
ectoral votes, to lSs for Henry Gassa-
way Davis Democratic candidate OF
West Virginia.
He resigned from the United States
Senate from Indiana to take effect on
March Attn, 1905, at noon, on which
day and hour he took the oath as vice
president Of the United States.
While in this city the vice president
will be the guest of Senator Fulton
who is warm personal friend of Mr..
Fairbanks.
Mr.. Paul Wessinger of Portland who
is to build new hotel on the corner
of Commercial and Twelfth streets in
this city has been asked by Manager
Whyte II possible to have mis- new hos
telry ready for the banquet In honor
of the distinguished guest and 1t Is
expected of him that he will at least
make serious effort In that direc-
tion although It is scarcely probable
that he can complete the hotel or any
part Of It in three months time.
1t is the idea of Manager whyte to
make the banquet an occasion of Inn
portance in as many ways as possible.
In the first place 1t must be remember
ed that Mr.. Fairbanks Is the second
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-04-17
POLICE CHIEF SHOT.

LA GRANDE, Ore, April 1s.--while
attempting to arrest Fred X. Reyner, a
gambler and gun fighter, Chief of Po-
lice, waldren shot Reyner through the
abdomen and was himself struck by
four bullets from Reyner's gun. Rey-
ner will probably die while waliren is
expected to recover,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-04-17
CHICAGO POLICE CONTRIBUTED.

CHICAGO. April. ie.-~chicagos po-
lice department contributed thousands
Of dollars In the Democratic campaign
fund In tho recent Mayoral,y cam
paign and has contributed In a like
mAnncr 10 whichever party has been
In power m long an the older officers
can remember according to revelations
made today before the Civil Service
commission by the police officials
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-04-17
THIRTY EIGHT KILLED.

MEXICO CITY. April is.--The latest
reports from various points In Sou
thcrn Mexico give IS an tho number
killed IN tho recent earthquake and
% az tho number injured, when the
complete reports are received II In ex-
pceted tha, the casualties win be grea,
ly augmented.