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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-06-03
Death of George l. Higgins.


The body of George |. Higgins was
found in the woods few miles above
the village last Wednesday morning.
Tuesday, Mr.. Higgins accompanied by
L. w. Hastings drove to the wood lot,
and started to walk through the woods,
each going different way, with an idea
of estimating the timber. When Mr..
Hastings reached tt meeting place, Mr..
Higgins was not there, and after wait
ing reasonable length of time, he start
ed into the woods. Not finding him, he
walked to the nearest farm house and
made inquiries, thinking he might have
come out near there. The village people
Joined in the search and men with lam
terms secured the woods till nearly mid
night. At 9 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing his body was found lying in the road
he was following within 40 rods of
where he was to meet Mr.. Hastings.
He had taken a different road than the
one planned but would have reached his
destination as surely had he not dropped
by the way. He had very serious
heart trouble and the morning was very
oppressive. He succumbed apparently
without struggle.
He had been a resident of Concord for
over so years and for 40 years had lived
at the West Concord House where he
was familiar figure. He was born on
the old Higgins farm at St. Johnsbury
76 years ago and is survived by an only
brother, William Higgins, of St. Johns
bury. He was a we'll known horse
breeder and lumber man. He was a
genial man, one who was very fond oil
children and pets, great lover of music
and thoroughly well read man. Being
in feeble health he spent most OF his time
reading the magazines and papers OF the
dav. He was a familiar figure on the
street and the hotel piazza and will be
missed by large circle of friends. Fun
eral services were held from the Meth
odist church, Thursday afternoon at
o'clock, conducted by Rev. NJ. H. Smith
The interment was at Grove cemetery
East st. Tohnsbury. Those called here
to attend the funeral were: William Hig
gins and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. A. J
Higgins, Mr. and Mrs. E. 7. Ide, Mr.
and Mrs. c. c. Bingham and daughter
L. w. Hastings, Charles Ruiter, E. M
Taft, w. L. Russell, Harry Blodgett
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Johnson, Mr.. anC
Mrs. Albert Howe all of st. Johnsbury
Joseph Gleason, Austin Houghton, 0. 6
Chase, Lyndonville, Mr.. and Mrs
Horace Jones, Kirby.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry H. May wer
given a pleasant surprise Monday even
ing, May 25, when about forty OF thei
friends gathered at their home to remin
them of their tenth wedding anniver
sary. The affair was a complete SUI
prise to Mr.. and Mrs. May and thei
embarrassment was quite amusing. Nj
MAY was at the piano singing "Oh
where are the friends of my youth? p an
the immediate presence of housetul 9
guests seemed to have answered tn
words of the song. The guests brough
delicious cakes, conspicuous among thei
being brides cake beautiful
decorated with apple blossoms, made b
Mrs. E. H. Bazin. Refreshments OF cal
and coffee were served. They ais
brought large bouquets OF app
blossoms, which were the decoration
used at the wedding of ten years ag'
During the evening Mr.. May sang III
Yeoman's Wedding Song"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-06-03
You Should Know This.

Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure any
case of kidney or bladder trouble that is
not beyond the reach of medicine. No
medicine can do more. w. B. Eastman.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-06-03

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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-06-03

VIRGINIA.:
Gold Medal Flour makes delicious baked
stuff. RHoDA.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-06-03
Card Of Thanks.

Mr.. and Mrs. |. c. Peck and family
wish to thank all those who assisted in
any way through the sickness and death
of their son Robert, also those who
brought flowers.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-03
Facts that All Should
Know

Chckasa Oklahoma has many things that prompt her citizens
that she is destined to be Of not the foremost COM
merca centers of Oklahoma among which sre:
rapdty of growth evidenced the increase Of business
in various lines where the proof is positive
For instance
The total bank deposits Of 1906 $2s1940O and for
1907 they 500 increase in volume for the year OF
$3S7141OO
The assessed valuation property 1906 $30O00O00O
and 1907 $550000000 increase Of 25OOO0OOO for the
year 1907.
The pooice receipts for 1906 $997900 and for 1907
they we're 24855 90; an increase Of $4876O0
The Rock Island railroad did in volume Of business here IN the
year 1906 $8303662 and in 1907 its receipts here Sg
OO95 of the Frisco and Of the Santa Fe not
among our compiled and the Oklahoma Central has been
running the city but months we have record OF its
business
Of business Chcha 1920 600; FL Reno which next in vol
did business Of $79OOO Oklahoma City followed with
total business of $4,000.
Along this line mention the fact that 100000 has just
been voted for high school building $4,000 for city hall and
fire station
Also that syenyfve blocks Of pavement be put down
addition that already placed Chckasha and Kansas
this year.
Within the past months five and threequaer mile boule
ward has been laid out and set in trees
In fact every hand evidences of substantial growth
The power plant to be completed will furnish in
rapid succession food for qualification the manufactures it will
bring to
And last but by least restrictions have been ordered
removed from 100000 Of Indian lands this side Of the
state Chccsha being located the Of it seyentyve per
cent Of the land this Grady county being restricted lands to be
released by the late act Of congress.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-03

dIit0nhp after fierce legal lgnt
against The advertising contract He
was nominated for the senate by the
unanimous vote of the state conven
Hon. despite The fact that many OF
them disagreed with him on the silver
coinage issue. With John M Thurs
ton, the leading Republican candidate
for the senate, Bryan engaged in two
Joint debates. having challenged Ehura-
ton. The forensic duels took place in
Lincoln and Omaha The tariff was
the sole topic Of discussion. Bryan
defended the Wilson tgrifi, which as
member Of the ways and means com
mittee be had helped to create. At
Lincoln the enthusiasm was such that
Bryan was carried from the platform
outside and down into the street where
bowling mobs Of overflow admirers
awaited him. ThurstOn was elected by
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-03

papers of all political persuasions call
ed It a masterpiece. The chairman OF
the ways and means committee was
William NJ. Springer Of Illinois. Spring
er was so delighted with Bryan's free
wool talk that he procured the appoint
ment Of the young Nebraskan on his
committee. Old graybeards have sat In
the house for a generation without
achieving that coveted honor. Here
was a youngster member so honored in
bis first term And when Bryan was
returned to congress for second term
he was continued on that most impor-
tant committee.
In the interim the Nebraska districts
had been reapportioned so that Omaha
was eliminated from the First district
The district in its new shape was con.
ceded to be Republican by about $500
Judge Alien W. Field OF Lincoln. one
Of the ablest and most popular Repub
lieans in the state. was nominated to
run against Bryan He resigned from
the bench, so sanguine Of success was
he, but Bryan beat him by 40 votes.
When President Cleveland called an
extra session of congress in the sum
mer Of 1898 to push through the repeal
of the Sherman silver bullion purchas-
F, ing act of 1890, the Democratic presi-
dent OF the old school unwittingly gave
to tbe man Of destiny in the new school
Of Democracy an altitudlnous stepping
stone toward the presidency. Bryan OF
Nebraska, aged th.rty-three, delivered
IN the house on the 10th OF August a
speech against the repeal Of the pur-
chasing clause Of the Sherman act
The whole house and most Of the sen
ate heard t. When Bryan ceased
speaking he was picked up by enemies
and friends alike and borne around tbs
hall on the shoulders Of enthusiast
who liked a ripping tine oratlon wbeI
they heard It regardless as to whether
It suited their politics. Nobody dis
puted that It was the greatest speecl
Of the extra session.
Bryan declined denomination fo
congress in 1894 and became editor o
the Omaha World-Herald He wantes
to 20 to the United States senate. TIT
world-Herald business Office made
contract to run daily on the editoria
page two columns Of "stufi," paid 70
by Republicans, which was inimical f
Bryan's prospects. Bryan resigned tn
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-03

and was nurtured by wholesome and
healthful environment in boyhood.
Bryan attended the public schools IN
Salem until he was fifteen, when he
entered Whipple academy at Jackson
vile, III. Two years later he matricu-
lated in Illinois college, In the same
city. from which institution be was
graduated with honors at the age OF
twenty-one. During his college course
his oratorlcal abilities made him prom
inent In middle western collegiate lie.
he won the honor Of representing his
school in the state contest Of college
orators. He won that contest and rep
resented Illinois in 1881 nc the inter
state oratorlcal contest, held at Gales
burg H., where he achieved second
honors. He was class orator at gradu-
alton
jacksonville has a female seminary
In that school Miss Mary Il. Baird was
a student While young Bryan was IN
Illinois college. She was from Perry
III and was Of excellent family and
an ambitious student. A bright young
man and bright young woman at
tending college IN the same town some
times emphasize the aphorlsm that Ike
attracts ike. Perhaps that explains
why Bryan, after attending the Union
Law college in Chicago and reading
law at the same time in the office OF
Judge Lyman Trumbull. the celebrated
nssoclate Of Abraham Lincoln, re-
turned to jacksonville to begin the
practice Of his profession. Bryan and
Miss Baird we're married shortly after
his return. Mrs. Bryan studied law IN
order to assist her husband In his pro
fessional work. After the Bryans re
moved to Lincoln, Neb., In 1887 Mrs
Bryan was admitted to the bar. Mr.
Bryan became junior partner IN th'
law firm Of Talbot s Bryan. He be
lleved there was more opportunity fol
a rising young lawyer in new state
a belief assuredly well grounded IN oil
/ own case
Bryan plunged into politics IN th'
sprlng of 1888, and that became his lif'
vocation Instead Of the law. He wa
elected delegate to the Democrats
state convention at Omaha, where b
made speech strongly advocating
free trade; also he made a reputation
as a speaker He was only twenty
eight years old. yet the very next yea
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-03

the legislature Mr.. Bryan remained
private citizen He had challenged
William Mckinley also to joint de-
bate on the tariff, but the Ohio tariff
builder declined Mr.. Mckinley was
destined to meet the Nebraskan in
broader contest a little later.
In the meantime Mr.. Bryan was
happy at home with his little family,
the helpful wife and three children
The children now are grown up. Ruth
is Mrs. william II. Leayitt and has
made her father a grandfather. VII
liam junior is eighteen, and Miss Grace
is a budding belle Of seventeen years.
Young Mrs. Leavitt herself is some
thing Of politician She has been
elected delegate to the Democratic
state convention in Colorado, her home
being in Denver. Young William is
student IN the Nebraska State uniyer-
sity at Lincoln. Miss Grace, who in
the event Of her fathers election to
thc presidency will become 'the young
lady Of the White House" is at home
with her estimable mother on the
BRYAN farm near Lincoln, known as
'sFairyiew." where the head of the
family some years ago built a hand
some residence. Prior to that the fam
fly had occupied modest cottage in
Lincoln, where Mr.. Bryan returned to
bis law practice after his unsuccessful
campaign for the senatorship.
When in 1896 the Republican conven-
ton which nominated Mckinley for
president met IN St. Louis. William j.
BRYAN held no Office whatever. He
still had a connection with the Omaha
paper. and he went to st. Louis as q
press correspondent. At the Planters
hotel the clerk looked over the plainly
garbed young man who signed wv. j.
Bryan" or the register and made him
pay in advance. The clerk put Bryan
IN a room with seven Republicans. Un-
der date Of June 16 a correspondent Of
the New York Tribune sent to his pa
per from st. Louis this highly inter
esting paragraph:
Ex-Congressman William J. Bryan, th'
leader Of the free silver wing Of the Ne
braska Democracy, was one Of yester
DAYS arrivals. The appearance Of Mr.
Bryan in q hotel corridor in consultation
with several Republicans from free silvel
states OF the far west excited much com
ment IN response to question concern
ing his mission Mr. Bryan remarked, "
have nothing to say now except tha
fhese gentlemen and win be found mex
November voting the same ticket"
Senator Henry NJ. Teller Of Colorad
and others were the free silver Re
publican leaders indicated by the Trit
une correspondent. 1t was an accurat
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-03
SyFFRAGISTS
ONVlARPATH

London, July 2.-One thousand suf-
fragIsts made the worst demonsra-
ton ever known in the history OF
their organization in their attempt
to rescue from prison twenty eight Of
their companions who had been in.
carcerated yesterday evening for ere
ating disturbance outside the doors
Of the British Parliament.
The suffragists stormed the court
rooms and attacked the patrol wa
gons in which their co-workers were
being conveyed tojail
Il required the combined efforts Of
FIVE hundred police to drive the wo-
men back. They fought with re-
markable energy and tenacity
They are planning another demon
stration tonight, ana declare they
viii continue the battle daily unhl
they gain the right to vote in Par
lament
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-03
WILL RAISE
new FLAG

Guthrie July 2-The Betsy Ross
forty six star flag. which IS to be
ioated from Independence Han in
Philadelphia, on July 9, was foated
Ito the breezes here yesterday for the
first time, from the flag staff on the
Masonic temple. The flag was hois-
ted with considerable ceremony. The
formal hoisting was conducted by a
committee Of the Betsy Ross asso-
citation. After the flag had been hois-
ted and lowered again, Governor
Haskell made a brief address and
Senator Harper Cunningham, inspec-
tor general for the Scottish Rite
Masons, formally turned the flag over
to Captain 7. H Seward, who ac-
cepted it on behalf OF the committee
which is to take It to Philadelphia.
The committee composed Oft. r..
Seward, Guthrie; w H. Hornaday,
Lawton; R. N. Conger, Bristo; r. G..
Elder, Newlzirk andHosea Townsend,
Ardmore left for Philadelphia this
morning. They will be accompanied
by ten or twelve Of the women Of
the Betsy Ross association as a com
mittee from that organization
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-03

copyright. 1905. by Robertus Lowell
"W RE has spoken face to face be-
yond all question to more
hearers than has any other
man in the worlds history"
says one who Travelled with William
Jennings Bryan during the presiden-
tial campaigns Of 1896 and 1900, and
there is no doubt as to the truth Of the
statement
The purpose Of this article is briefly
to sketch the life of Mr.. Bryan up to
the age Of thirty-six, when he was
nominated by the Democratic party for
the presidency Of the United States. 1t
is a life possible only to American pol
itics, and, whether or not Mr. Bryan
shall reach the presidency, it is an in-
teresting chapter in United States po-
litlcal history.
The town of Salem, ILL.,, is the birth
place of Bryan. Judge silas L. Bryan,
a substantial, intellectual settler from
Virginia, was his father Maria Eliza
beth Jennings was his mothers maiden
name, The child was born March 49,
1860. Judge Bryan lived on a farm
near the edge Of town. He had nine
children, Of whom William Jennings
is the fourth. The boy grew up out
doors, drinking the daily medicine OF
sunshine and the open air His phys
zeal constitution, q marvel OF robust
ness and energy, came by inheritance
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-03

the party leaders offered MIN the NOM
ination for the lieutenant governorship
Of Nebraska. He declined the offer,
but made a stumplng campaign for the
ticket throughout the state.
The next year, 1890, the young De
mocracy thrust upon the young De-
mosthenes from Illinois the nomination
for congressman from the First dis
trict. ]. Sterling Morton, who in his
time was father of Arbor day aud a
member Of President Cleveland's cab
met, had been defeated in the race for
congress from that district in 1888 by
a Republican majority Of more than
5000 votes. Scarcely anybody expect
ed young Bryan to win. He was not
so very sanguine himself, but he made
an oratorical campaign and defeated
Congressman Connell by nearly 1000
votes. In Omaha, where Connell lived,
Bryan was sneered at as that Lincoln
boy" 1t was the reaction against the
new Mckinley tariff that elected Bry-
an-that and the silver tongue Of the
Lincolnian lad
So at thirty Bryan was chosen to the
national house Of representatives. He
delivered his first speech in the house
the 18th Of March, 1892, on the subject
Of free wool. Senator Burrows Of
Michigan, temporary chairman Of this
years Republican national convention,
declared that it was the best speech on
the tariff be ever had heard. News
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-03

prediction by Mr.. Bryan that they
would be voting the same ticket with
him In November, for they walked out
Of the Republican national convention
when the gold standard platform was
adopted and aligned themselves with
the free silver Democracy.
But neither the New York CORE
spondent nor the free silver seceders
nor the Nebraska correspondent aud
free silver leader himself could fore
tell that the seceders would vote for
william Jennings Bryan as the presi-
Dental candidate on the ticket which
was to be nominated at Chicago few
weeks later
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-03
FIVE BITTEN BY MAD DOG
To Be Taken Ion TuIsa. okIa,

To BE Taken From Tulsa, Okla, to
Pasteur Institute
Tulsa, okla. July 3-W, r Welch
and three children and Derry Camp
bell, neighbor boy, viii be taken
to the Pasteur Institute in st. Louis
this week for treatment All were
bitten by a pet dog belonging to the
Welch family which is thought to
have been mad
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-03

Save your melted Ice; It is the pun
est Of distilled water; for drinking
purposes no mineral water equals II
and for washing the face and hair
a ming can excel it. dtf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-27
Shippers Are Looking for a
General Rate Advance.
Which Will Be Effective Imme-
diately After Election.
EMPLOYEES TO HELP.
Immense Army of Seventeen
Millions Back of Raise.
Other Items of Interest in Rail-
way Circles.

Shippers say that the railroads are
planning countrywide advance in
freight rates, to be put in effect i'm
mediately after the national election
Such a comprehensive plan for a
general advance has never yet been
formulated by the united railways,
and the shipping public is thoroughly
aroused-whether justifably so, an
other fortnight will tell.
1t is asserted that the organization
of the American Railway Employees
and Investors association, made but
recently, was the first concerted move
toward a general increase of freight
tariff, and that since it's organization,
several big guns have been fled in
the campaign of education which the
carriers hope will have the effect of
making the public acQuieScent. An
effort will be made to impress the
people that the roads are threatened
with ruin unless they are allowed a
larger remuneration for their services.
When Vice President z. w. Nc
Kenna of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul made his address last week
in Chicago, at the monthly meeting
of the Western Railway club, he
plainly indicated that increased rates
or ruin are the two horns of the d.
lemma which presents itself to the
roads. He estimated that 3.300,600
persons are directly dependent upon
the railroads for their living, and
with these figures as a basis. he calcu-
lates that they represent constituency
of 100000. This vast army, it is
hoped by the railroads, will get be-
hind the movement for freight in
crease and make it popular one.
All of the big railroad labor chiefs
are on the executive committee of
the association, and Patrick Morrissey,
head of the trainmen's order, has
been selected to take charge. Thus
it is easy to be seen that the idea is
we'll crystallized one and that very
expedient steps have been taken to
bring about its realization.
Today in Cincinnati that city and
Chicago will battle against New York,
Boston, Philadelphia and other
eastern cities in a hearing before the
interstate commerce commission on
rates from the two respective sections
to the southeast. The western cities
allege gross discrimination against
them in favor of the eastern shipping
points, and the Pennsylvania, the
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St.
Louis, the Cincinnati, New Orleans &
Texas Pacific and the southern are
the defendant roads.
In the complaint of the Chicago
Receivers and Shippers association
of Cincinnati, it is shown that the
first-class rate from Chicago to Chat
tanooga is Ill cents per 100 pounds
for a distance of 635 miles, the rates
to New York, SAT miles; Boston, L.
O6O miles, Worcester. 1,025 miles.
and even to Portland, Me-, distance
That is, in the case of Portland
freight is hauled nearly twice the dis
lance for a less rate than from Chi
cagO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-27

ing on the part of a good many of the
hence of Taggart in the party was not
French Lick gambling house scandal
has never been an element of strength
for him with them, and this new open
association with the liquor interests
has served to emphasize their old
feeling
This is the newest cause for lack of
unity in the Democratic party here.
How far it will be effective cannot be
said. Evidence of it has been found in
several districts, and it is an issue that
will not DO permitted by the Republic
cans to die away for want of full pres
entation to the voters.
There is another evidence of lack OF
unity, which has an older origin, The
Democrats have been claiming very
loudly that the old bolt against Bryan,
which followed his first nomination in
1896, had all been settled, and that the
gold Democrats who went out twelve
years ago had come back to the fold.
At first this statement was taken to be
largely true partly because mono of the
old-time Democrats were saying any
thing openly against Bryan this year.
and because some of the more promi-
nent of them were openly for him.
But it is very well known that at the
time of the Denver convention there
was an almost universal belief through
out the country that 1t was impossible
for Bryan to be elected this year. Then
it was that one of the most prominent
of old-line Democrats. man who had