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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-18
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even the worst cases of catarrh and
rheumatism.
AS a tonic and for constipation it
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There is a growing sentiment in this
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that one should have some interest in
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she is expected to swallow, whether it
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-18
SOCIAL AFFAIRS.

to the society editor of The Argus, will
be gladly received and published. But
in either case the identity of the sender
must be made known, to insure relia-
bility. Written notices must bear sig
nature and addreSS.l
Tribunes' Christmas Party. - The
regular meeting of the Fraternal Tri-
Dunes held at Odd Fellows hall last
night, being the closing session of the
year, was attended by about $50 peo-
pie. The occasion was observed with
the initiation of a class of 10 candi-
dates, and an elaborate holiday enter
tainment under the direction of Miss
Clara B. Hampton and the entertain.
ment committee. The Christmas tree
was the center of attraction. While
the audience was waiting for the ar
rival of Santa Claus brief musical
and literary program was rendered
| including a recitation by Miss Phyllis
ReXdale. entitled christmas Teddy
Bears and reading by Master llsley
Rexdale. entitled The Rich Kid:
| Christmas" Both received encores
Miss Ruth South sang Santa Claus
Bring Back by Mamma" and Bessie:
Little Brown Bear" She was encored
BY request Supreme Secretary Rex
dale recited two of his own poems
entitled "Yuletide'' and "The Homage
of the Drum" After the program
Mr.. and Mrs. Santa Claus and thei
numerous aids distributed the gift
from the tree. Every person in TIL
room received a present. the gifts be
ling distributed by numbers draw
from a hat. Refreshments were serve
and the rest of the evening was dc
voted to dancing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-18

boys will box for so per cent of the
gate receipts 1t is probable Danny
Goodman and Dusty Miller will meet
in the semi-windup.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-18

DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel
Salve. Get DeWitt's. Sold by all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-18

Edward Clefford of Peoria to life i'm
prisonment. The report of the board
of pardons made yesterday was I'M
favorable. Clefford. who was convict
ed of the murder of his father. is SEN
gtenced to hang Friday.
All the news all the time-The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-18
BUSSE APPOlNTEES
GET A SEVERE BLOW
State Supreme Court Decides Removal
of Dunno Men from Board of
Education Illegal.

Springfield, H., Dec. 1S.-The SUI
preme court today held Mayor Busse
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-05-03
WESTMINSTER WEST.

Miss Abbie Wellman is spending two
weeks at home.
Mrs. Codding has been confined to the
house several weeks by illness.
e. e. Gorham of Boston was at home a
few days recently.
Mrs. Harry Nelson of Brattleboro visit
ed at ]. P. Ranney's last week.
Mrs. ]. H. Kline and two children,
Clarence and Dorothy, of Fitchburg are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A. p. Ranney.
Saxtons River Saturday.
the funeral of Rev. Charles Paddock In
Saxtons River aSturday.
Ralph Harlow, Lizzie Ranney, Nellie
and Nettie Butterfeld are at home from
Brattleboro high school for weeks va
cation.
Mrs. Fisher, who has been in New York
the past two months, returned home We'd
nesday, accompanied by her aunt, Miss
Taylor
The home missionary thank offering
meeting of the ladies' society was held
in the home of Mrs. A. p. Ranney Tues
day with a good attendance.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. o. Smith moved Wed
nesday to Springfield, Mass. Mr.. Smith
has been in poor health since his fall last
winter and they make this move to be
near their children who live in Spring
field.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-05-03
10, the Rich Indian.

In round figures, there are $4,000 In
dams in the United States at the present
time, 9leo 81 whom are in Indian ter
ritory and l5.ojO in Oklahoma, or 10000
in the coming state. Those OF Indian
territory the Five Civilized Tribes-Cher-
okees. Greeks. Choctaws, Chickasaws
and Seminoles-have been managing their
own affairs for two-thrds OF a century,
and are in all respects fitted for the cit-
zenship which they are soon to exercise
All Of these, and nearly all Of those in
the Oklahoma end OF the coming state.
wear civilized dress, and have schools
churches and other accomplishments Of
civilization.
OF the $4,000 Indians outside of Indian
territory, 10000 wear civilized dress TO-
600 speak the language, and 5000 are
members Of regularly established church
es. They. have $35, 900 600 in the United
States treasury, on which they get 81
10000 interest every year, and under
treaties the government pays them an
nually $4,000 more The per capita
wealth among the Indians is much great
er than the sl40O which represents the
share of the rest OF the So. 900, 900 people
in the $4,000 00O,0 900 of available property
in the United States. The 1000 Osages in
Oklahoma are the richest community on
the face of the globe. and they are get
ting richer.-[ Leslie's Weekly.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-05-03
SOuTH LONDONDERRY

A. e. Cudworth has been i'll the past
week, but is now better.
Mrs. NJ. j. Hapgood Of Peru was a guest
at DR.. Millington's last week.
Lucy Aldrich is staying at DeVere
Houghton's and attending school.
James Underwood of Newfane is ship
ping carload of potatoes from this sta
ton
Mrs. Jane Pease has returned to her
home after spending the winter in Troy
and Hoosick Falls.
The body of Mrs. Elvira Whitman was
brought from Athol for burial in the fam
lily lot in the North village Monday.
John Ware of Townshend and b. c.
Clemens of Putney are buying cattle in
this vicinity for the Brighton market.
Il. A. Melendy was away on a business
trip last week and Mr.. Grout Of East ia
maica took his place at the station,
Mrs. N. A. Wood and daughter of Es-
sex Junction visited in town this week
Mrs. Wood is wife of a former pastor
here.
II. II. Howe moved his family and house.
hold goods to their new home In Brook
line on Thursday. We are sorroy to lose
them from the community. We need all
the active, hustling ones here.
Several from here attended the funeral
of Henry A. Davis at his late residence
in the north part Of the town on Monday.
Rev. j. II. Bennett oficiated and the
choir from the Methodist church furnished
the singing. The six sons of Mr.. Davis
were present at the funeral
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-05-03

that Of animals. that must not be lost
sight of. That is will power. The great
athletic feats OF the human being are
due to an invincible determination, added
to a strong ambition. Now the animal
who does a record performance does it
under compulson and without any in
centive in the shape of plaudits or prize
money. This, doubtless has some effect
on the results achieved. AS already adj
mitted, the beast, in matters of sheer
strength, apart from endurance, has the
advantage. a lion can kill an OK by a
blow Of its paw, or carry off a heavy man
as easily as a cat would a mouse. Milo,
1t is true, has been credited with the
former feat, but We may take it that
either the story is a big piece of tall talk
or that the OK was a small one. Shadows
best record lift was February Is, 1892,
when he raised a weight OF 2S9 pounds
from thigh to shoulder, and thence to
arms length overhead. To a full-grown
gorilla this would be child's play, just as
Louis Cyr's prodigious back lift Of over
two tons would seem a mere trife to an
elephant. The animal, in a word, has
the stronger muscles; the man the finer
brain, the greater courage, and the more
determined endurance Hence it is that
the man so frequently has the advan-
tage"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-05-03
BONDVILLE.

Fred Bolster is working in Manchester.
Mrs. John Cobb, Mrs. Mary Dorset and
son were at the hotel over Sunday.
School began in the village district
Monday with Miss Edith Clar teacher.
Frank Dawson is having a veranda put
on his house. Adm Coleman is doing the
work.
Herbert Gordon and Mr.. Brown are at
work at the Burbank place, painting and
papering.
Mrs. John Cobb and Mrs. Mary Dor
set of Wardsboro were here last week
visiting at Charles styles's and L. F. Ben
sons.
The highways are in bad shape this
spring Road Commissioner Kelley will
begin working on the roads as soon as
the ground gets dry.
Rev. j. H. Bennett supplied the pulpit
in the church here last Sunday afternoon.
He breaches in South Londonderry. He
will be here Sunday afternoon about 2
o'clock Come to hear him.
Following is the record of snow fall by
months: October, inches; November, 25;
December 20; January 10; February. II;
March, 10; April, 21. This makes a total
of 113 inches. or o feet and five inches.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-05-03
The Greatest warshIps In the World.

Congress at the last session authorized
the construction of two 10000 ton battle
ships. Full details of the plans and spec
ifcations are not given to the public but
it is known that they will be twin YES
sells, more formidable than the British
Dreadnought, and with a speed of TWEEN
tey-one knots. While Congress only ask
ed for the submission of plans for a ship
superior to the Dreadnought the navy
department considered the new Japanese
and Italian monsters as we'll
Some details are given in the current
Harper's Weekly 1t is certain that the
twin ships will each carry ten, and pos
sibly ~ 12-inch guns, and a secondary bat
terry of fourteen five-inch rapid-hre guns,
four three-pound saluting guns, four one
pound semi-automatic guns, two three
inch field pieces, two thirty-calibre ma
chine guns, and two submerged torpedo
tubes,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-05-03

Francis Murphy, the temperance advo-
cate, is dying at Los Angeles, Calf. Dur
ing the Sc years of his work he addressed
$4,000 public meetings, Travelled over l.
600, 900 miles and made thousands Of peo-
pie sign the pledge.
Gen. Baden-Powell was lecturing in
London the other day and made the state
ment that the Zulus were not the fight
ing men that they used to be. He said
that they were still the best warriors
among the black people, but that with the
increase OF comforts they were becoming
less and less warlike.
Complete figures have recently been
given of the casualties upon the British
railroads in 1906, and 1t appears that
1863 persons were killed and 1904 injured,
an increase of 20 killed and 745 injured,
as compared with 1905. The last annual
report Of the interstate commerce COM
mission showed that in the year ending
June 80, 1906, our American railroads had
killed 1925 persons, including both pass
engers and employees, injured 66,709, while
in the year ending June 80, 1905, the
figures were 1898 killed and 55,466 injured.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-05-03
FlENDlsH MURDER IN BENNINGTON.
Throat Of Ethel Mahan, 4, Cut by Her
Drnken Uncle, Thomas Mahan, 2s-He
Has Confessed.

The most fendish and revolving crime
ever known in Vermont was committed
Sunday in North Bennington, the victim
being Ethel Nlahan, four years old
daughter of German Mahan. She was
first criminaly assaulted, and her throat
then cut from ear to ear, the windpipe
and jugular vein being severed. Thomas
Mahan, 2S, uncle of the child, is under
arrest and there seems TO be a clear case
against him. German Mahan, the girls
father, and Thomas Hunt spent the day
fshing in Long pond. and they were
joined during the afternoon by Thomas
Mahan Thomas went to his brothers
house to get some dinner for the two
men who were fishing and on his return
was accompanied by Ethel After wait
ing around a short time Thomas started
back toward Germans house, accom-
panied by his little niece. Later Thomas
showed up at his brothers house, saying
that when they had got half way home
Ethel said she wanted to go back to her
father Thomas said that he left her
and continued on the way alone
At length the child's father came home.
likewise without the girl. A search was
soon instituted, and at o'clock Sunday
night the body Of the child with throat
cut from ear to ear. was discovered in
the Rutland railroad cut. An examina-
ton of the body also showed a criminal
assault had been made or attempted
The body was lying I'm a pool Of blood
The spot was not more than 10 or u
rods from Long pond. where her father
had been fishing with Hunt, although
the place was secluded and entirely cut
off from view from the pond
Thomas Mahan was suspected of the
crime, as was also another brother. who
had been in the Brattleboro Retreat: but
evidences developed which led the author
tiles to believe that the latter had nothing
fNn IL
that he had not left the house Thomas
was arrested at 10 O'Clock Sunday night
by Sheriff Godfrey. There were some
stains on the young mans shirt sleeves
which the sheriff thought looked like
blood
The inquest was held Tuesday before
Judge Bates OF the municipal court The
evidence was introduced by States At
torney Meagher Of Bennington and At
torney General G. c. Fits Of Brattleboro
The witnesses were the members Of the
family, physicians and selectmen
An autopsy was performed on the
child's body Tuesday morning by State
Pathologist DR.. Stone and DR.. White Of
the state laboratory at Burlington as
sisted by DR.. Gleason Of North Benning-
ton. They found that the child had not
been criminaly assaulted. but marks OF
bloody fingers on the body show that an
attempt had been made after the murder
was committed
The feeling Of the townspeople ran so
nigh that acting on the popular wish the
officers Tuesday morning took into Gus
tody Daniel Mahan, the half witted broth
er OF Alfred Mahan Alfred Mahan had
been drinking heavily a week previous to
the commission Of the crime and was
under the influence OF liquor at the time
tramp. who was found near the scene
OF the murder, was arrested, but his story
was proved true and he was released
from custody.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-05-03

The city of Client in Belgium is going
to try the experiment of having women
on its police force. These women will be
uniformed as the regular officers are, ex-
cept that they will wear trousers of the
Turkish style and blouses a bit longer
than those now in vogue.
The secretary of the New York Associ-
alton for the Blind reports that there are
65 900 blind people in the United States,
and then makes the astonishing state
ment that "two-fifths Of the blind in our
country need not have been blind" This
is worth verifying, If that can be done,
an educational campaign should be begun
the country over to put an end to such
needless waste and suffering. OF course,
some cases of blindness are due to acct
dent and to other causes that could not
be avoided. But every conceivable pre-
ventive which the education OF parents,
as well as of children, can provide should
be the subject of legislative action.-lBur-
lington News
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-05-03
GRAFTON.

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Henry of Chester
were in town Tuesday.
Miss Cynthia Swallow is spending a few
days at her home here.
Lewis Walker was in Townshend from
Monday until Wednesday.
Rev c. r. Upton has been spending a
few days in Greenville, N. H.
Mrs Thaddeus Park is spending a few
days with Mr.. Park in Newfane.
The Pettengill school opened Monday
with Mrs B. w. Pennock as teacher.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. H. Burlingame moved
this week to Miss Ella Dwinnell's house.
Miss Annie Walker is home from her
school in Springfield, Mass, for a weeks
vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Colburn attended
a meeting of Allen district Pomona
Grange in Rockingham Wednesday.
News has been received of the death of
James *. Bancroft on Monday, April 49,
at his winter home in Buffalo, N. Y.
The body of A. Luke Blood, formerly of
this town, was brought from Claremont,
N. H., to Houghtonville for burial We'd
nesday, May l.
Mrs. c. E. Walker and Mrs. Ellen
Adams, who have spent the winter at
E. L. Walkers in Bellows Falls, returned
here this week.
The Grafton, Athens and Cambridge
port Sunday school association will meet
in the Grafton Baptist church at 2 o'clock
Thursday, May 9.
The body of Mrs. Sarah Goodnow
Hayden, whose death occurred in Spring
field in December, was brought to Hough-
tonYlle for burial Friday, April 26.
John o. Hunt of this place and Mrs.
Anna II. Phelps of Grafton, VT, were
married yesterday afternoon at 6 o'clock
at the Baptist parsonage. Rev. Clark T.
Brownell officiated. Mr.. and Mrs. Hunt
will reside in Glens s."-[Glens Falls,
N y Morning Star of April 10.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-05-03

The fur seal is one of our greatest ma
tional assets. Since the acquisition of
Alaska, the government has derived
revenue from the lease of the sealing
privileges of the Pribilos amounting to
upward of $1,000 900, or more than $780,
900 in excess of the purchase price of the
entire territory. In the same period the
trade in sealskin has added 5O,0OO,0 900 to
the value of our commerce, while creating
a large increment to our customs revenue
on account of duties on manufactured
skins imported from London. 1t is clear
ly of the highest importance to us to
save these animals from extinction as a
commercial factor But the matter is of
almost equal consequence to England,
which receives all the skins and enjoys
rich profit from the preparation of them
for the market Moreover, as there is no
known substitute for this fur, which is in
demand all over the world, the question
of the preservation of the seals is of ac-
tual interest to all civilized peoples.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-05-03
cAM8RIDGEPoRT.
Mrs. Jennie Hammond Baker.

The news Of the death Of Mrs. Jennie
Hammond Baker in Randolph Centre
AnrN 90 brought a general feeling of
sorrow to the people of this community.
Her home before coming to this place
seyera .ears ago, was in Canada. She
was graduate Of Pennington normal
school i'm Maine and was a teacher here
and In Bellows Falls previous to her mar
riaga sept 70, 1905, to Rev. F. NJ. Baker,
a former pastor here. To her scholars
she gave almost a mothers love and to
those who were under her instruction in
sunday school as well as in day school
her gentle influence will long be felt
Mrs Baker was closely associated with
al church work and took an active part
in the social life of the place. Her strong
Christian character, combined with her
many beautiful traits, won for her a
warm place in the hearts of many friends
The impression of her life here is summed
up in the declaration that we are better
and stronger because of her life in this
village The funeral was held in Ran
dolph Centre Monday, April %, and the
burial took place on Tuesday at Saxtons
River in the family lot.
The love and esteem in which both
Mr. and Mrs. Baker were held was
shown by the presence of about forty
friends from here at the burial service
The sympathy of all goes out to her
husband. mother and brothers, David,
Robert and Albert Hammond Of Langdon,
Nh.
Mr. Paker and his three-weeks old son,
Kenneth Hammond, are for the present
with Mr.. Bakers aunt, Miss Susie Baker
Of Leominster, Mass.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-05-03
NORTHERN COUNTY
ATHENS.

AZ K,lton of Westminster West is
.,,,irr To- the Pierce place, which he re-
Gently bought
schools n town will begin Monday with
,Tss Adams of South Newfane teacher in
.,o west part of the town and Miss Cora
pr,u.ne il the north school.
several from here attended the burial
..rytre of Mrs. f. NJ. Baker in Saxtons
yi,..r last week Tuesday. Much sympa-
inv is expressed for Mr.. Baker
cuy w. Powers who has been working
III, 0rmonl Beach, Fla, three months, re-
.'rrao home Friday, April 10. On the
,rin hi. was a member of a party of 35
,rbi.h left Ormond Monday, April s, stop
,'.r. AZ ST. Augustine, Jacksonville and
savannah. The party sailed on the Chat
ham from savannah to Baltimore, spend
me- some time in Washington, Newport
Vsv.s and Norfolk While at Norfolk
,rev visited the jamestown exposition
grolnds. The party sailed on the Nam
wcket from Norfolk to Boston, arriving
there April 16.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-05-03
LANDGRoVE.

The school in Landgrove Hollow began
Monday with Mrs. Gibson as teacher.
Mrs. Hannah Bolster is able to be out
again after being housed about three
weeks.
Mrs. Frank Eddy and son. Worth, OF
Fitchburg are. visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs Menzie Thomson.
Mrs. Claudia Bateman and two chill
dren visited her old friend and school
mate, Mrs. Geo. Harris, recently.
Mrs. Lyman Huiett and son, Earl
went to SALISBURY Saturday to attend
the funeral Of Mr.. Hulett's sister, Mrs
Cooper.
Arthur Eddy of Springfield, Vt, visited
at Mrs. Geo. FisH's Saturday afternoon
and brought his daughter, Edith, to stay
with Mrs Fisk a few weeks.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-05-03

Mahan has made a fun confession. tell
ing all Of the horrible details of the MUIR
der. He says he put the razor in his
pocket with the intention Of taking II to
barber to have 1t honed. but this was on
sunday morning He carried the razor
all day. He had been drinking heavily
from bottle Of whskey and a bottle Of
gin which he bought Saturday across the
New York border
Daniel Mahan, IS brother OF Albert
Mahan, was taken to the Retreat We'd
nesday. He has previously been an in
mate and since the shocking tragedy Of
sunday night the women and children OF
North Remington have been I'm such fear
of the youth that IL was thought best to
place him under restraint.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-05-03
EAST JAMAICA.

Emma Howard began attending the
River school Monday.
Albert Howard has sold his place and
Mr. Buckley and family will move there.
Claude Gleason, who hurt his arm at
school two weeks ago, has not attended
school since.
w. j. Allen and family Of Brattleboro,
who spent a week with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. f. S. Allen, returned to his
home Monday.
Last Saturday was a bad day for fires.
as the mixed train set eight different
ones while passing the meadows OF Nancy
Burnap, L. s. Allen, and E. l.. Thayer.