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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-10-29
ILLNESS OF SHERMAN
CAUSES SPECULATION 49,.
AT NATIONS CAPITAL

Washington, Oct. 28.-The illness
of Vice President Sherman and spec
ulation over the possibilities of his
Withdrawal from the Republican
ticket, because OF his precarious CON
dition, aroused discussion here. to-
day. over the probable method of fill
ing his place, The general opinion
expressed was that the Republican
National Committee possessed power
to I'LL a vacancy on the ticket. No
one here processes to know whether
the Chicago convention specifically
provided for such an emergency.
The report of the 1908 convention
does not appear to show that such a
provision was made then and the
stenographic report of the conven-
ton this year has not yet been pub
lished.
Electors Sole "Choosers,"
should vacancy occur on the Re-
publican ticket either before or after
election some Republican leaders
here, today, argued that the electors
would nave power to vote for auv
candidate for vice president as thew
might choose. Precedents were adj
mitted to be lacking, but it was de-
clared that only party discipline and
honor had in the past bound electors
to vote for their party nominees.
No one suggested, however, that a
choice by the Republican National
Committee or its executive commit
fee would fail to receive the support
OF the Taft electors.
Ordinarily should there be no vice
president the president pro tenn. of |
the Senate should preside over that
body and the line of succession TO |
the presidency would be the secre- |
tary of state.
For several months, however. the
present Senate has been unable 10
agree on president pro TEN. and
that office has been vacant.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-10-29

Mrs, r. G. Baxter, of Sixth street,
Is reported quite iii. She has been
confined to her home the past week.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-10-29
No Immediate Danger.

Mr. Sherman now is in the con-
dition which that sscrt of trouble
leads to and is very seriously i'll, but
there is, I believe, no immediate
danger of death"
After day of discouraging symp-
toms the Vice President rallied at
night fall, and continued to show
improvements during the evening
This is due in a. small measure, to
powerful medicines. Whether he
can much longer successfully combat
the attack of kidney trouble and
complications is a matter of grave
doubt. The members of his family
are with him constantly and his i'm
mediate friends have been notified
that he has been failing steadily.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-10-29
WEATHER.

Illinois--Fair Tuesday, colder in
northwest portion; showers at night
or Wednesday in north, fair in sonth,
much colder.
Kentueky--Fair Tuesday; Wednes-
day fair and cooler.
Missouri--Generally fair Tuesday.
colder in west; Wednesday fair and
colder in east.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-10-29
VICE PRESIDENT
J. s. SHERMAN
SERIOUSLY ILL
Matter Of Conjecture How
Much Longer He Can Stand
Ravages of Disease.
SICK ALL OF THIS YEAR
Physician Declares He Elk
pected Him to Die at Big
Moose Lake.

Utica, N. Y, Oct. 28,-James S.
Sherman, vice president of the
United States, is seriously i'll and
steadily failing at his home here.
While his physician, DR.. Peck, be-
lieves there is no immediate danger
Of death yet the patients condition
In such that ii is matter of con-
lecture how much longer he can
withstand the rayages of the disease
with which he is afflicted.
DR. Peck, at O'Clock tonight, au-
thorized this statement regarding
Sherman's illness and his present
condition.
Mr.. Sherman has been sick all of
this year, due 10 the condition of the
kidneys, hardening CT the arteries
and softening OF the muscles of the
heart which have somewhat
stretched. Mr.. Sherman had an at
tack at Big Moose Lake and expect
ed him to die. He got out Of Biz
Moose and improved steadily until
the latter part of August. Since
then his condition has been aggra-
waited and he has been steadily fail
ing. For the last three weeks since
he came back from Connecticut,
where he went to rest. he had been
dressed only orce and that was a |
week ago Friday, when, against my
protests, he went out to the polls to
register.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-02
The February American Magazine.

The February American Magazine be-
gins with Abraham Lincoln and ends
with Abraham Lincoln, but in between
there is a great variety of good reading
that has nothing to do with Lincoln at
all.
The magazine leads off with a wonder
full fiction story entitled THE Bust of
Lincoln, "a story in which strange
things happen to an old miser and a
young pair of lovers. The concluding
contribution to the magazine is a lively
discussion in the department known as
The Interpreters House" as to what
Abraham Lincoln would do with certain
public questions II he were In the White
House In the year 1872
In between this story and this discus
sion are such features as an Arnold Ben
nett story, an article by Ida NJ Tarbell
on women, a Phoebe and Ernest story by
Inez Haynes Gilmore, an Emma Nc
Chesney story by Edna Ferber, La Fol-
lette's Autobiography, the first of a new
series of articles entitled 1.-The Man in
the Cage" story by Mrs. Wilson
Woodrow, a new political story by c. S.
Raymond, a wonderful little surprise
story by Ed Howe, a splendid piece OF
comic writing on journalism by Kin
Hubbard. and several other fresh and
lively pieces Of storytelling, reporting
and comment
Altogether. the February American
Magazine is a potable number-full OF
facts, ideas, good fiction and humor.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-02
MORE NATURE STUDIES WANTED.
What About the Winter Habits of the
: Crow, 5IueJay, Robin and the Red
SQUIRREL?

Brattleboro, VT, Jan. 80, 1912.
Editor of The Phoenix:
The story of the life and habits OF the
chipmunk as told by Mr.. Piper in last
weeks Phoenix was interesting alike to
both old and young Certainly Mr. Pi-
per's description of these little animals
is born of a perfect knowledge and ap-
probation of their habits and happy ma
lures.
Now let Mr.. Piper tell us of the winter
life of the crow as well as that of the
bluejay and robin. Where do they stay
these biting cold days, when they are
not seen near our homes and are hard to
find in forests? The first warm day
however, they reappear, ever ready to
accept the crumbs and indeed most any
thing eatable. Will Mr.. Piper also tell us
of the habits of the red squirrel? Does
he destroy the nests and the eggs of our
songbirds, or are these little creatures
maligned and misunderstood, like the
crow, by those who seek their extermi-
nation?
Yours truly,
F. w. CHILDS.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-02
Death of Fred N. Whitney, Editor of the
Mortified News
Yours truly,
F. w. CHILDS.

Fred N. Whitney, editor and publisher
of the Mortified News, died in his home
in Mortified Saturday night. Mr..
Whitney suffered an attack of pneumonia
about Nov. ], but recovered sufficiently
to return to his editorial duties a short
time relapse then occurred and he
had been falling gradually the past three
weeks. Mr.. Whitney was born in
Canaan, N. H., June 16, 1859. He at
tended the schools of that town and
Canaan Union academy. When about 20
years old he began work on the Randolph
Herald and News. and was closely asso-
ciated with l.. p Thayer several years.
After conducting the Mortified News a
short time he bought the Burlington
Clipper then weekly paper published in
Burlington, and edited 1t until 1892.
While in Burlington he was deputy COL
lector of internal revenue year or more.
On selling the Clipper he endeavored for
a year or more to obtain relief from
growing deafness From June, $685. to
April, 1894, Mr.. Whitney was associated
in Brattleboro with G. II. Davenport,
now of Worcester, Mass, in the publica-
ton of the Windham County Reformer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney lived on North
street while residents of this town. They
went to Mortified in 1894 and Mr.. Whit
ney had been proprietor of the News
since that time, conducting that paper
with marked success. Mr.. Whitney was
a Free Mason and an Odd Fellow and
a vestryman, of st. Mary's Episcopal
church IN NoHhfield He married June
IL, 1892, Erval McIlvaine OF York, Me-
hraska, no survives with a daughter
Harriet, and a son, Philip.
The funeral was held Tuesday after.
noon in st. Mary's Episcopal church II
Mortified, Rev. It. s. Ockford officiating
Burial was in the North cemetery II
that town. There was large attend
ance and many beautiful flowers were
sent, including a floral piece from the
Vermont Press association. The bear.
ers were II. c. Whitehill of Waterbury
Frank l.. Greene of st. Adams, j. l.
Southwick of Burlington, Charles A
Plumley, B. s. Sylvester and c. ]. Cam
eron Of Mortified. Among those in at
tendance were Congressman Franz
Plumley, Rev. II. A. Flint and Mrs
Flint OF Montpelier. C. w. Brownell o
Burlington, and the following newspa
per men: L. b. johnson of Randolph, ]
L. Southwick of Burlington, l.. NJ Hay
of Essex Junction, F. L. Greene OF st
Adams, ii. C. Whitehill of Waterbury
F. T. Parsons and w. II, Crockett o
Montpelier.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-02
in the divisional points on the main line
between Winnipeg and Edmonton

in the divisional points on the main line
between Winnipeg and Edmonton.
The Cablenews- American, published in
Manila, contained in its issue of Dec.
"a two items concerning Miss Elsie p.
McCloskey, formerly superintendent of
the Brattleboro Memorial hospital and
now superintendent of the Philippine
General hospital. One told an interest
ing story of the Christmas tree which
she arranged for the occupants of the
chidrens ward in the hospital and the
other described tea party given to the
senior pupils of the hospital training
school. Eighty-five guests were present
and the Filipino orchestra furnished
music. The same paper gave roster of
the nurses in the hospital, showing that
267 are employed, including IS American
graduates.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Adsit of Burling-
ton, who are completing trip around
the world, arrived in San Francisco this
week on the steamship Cleveland, on
which they made the cruise with over
500 other Americans from New York,
visiting various countries in the Orient.
Mrs Adsit was formerly Miss Mile
Clary of this town. Papers which Mrs.
Adsit has sent from Manila to relatives
here tell of an act of heroism which she
witnessed Dec. 16, when Mrs. Sherman
Hall of Grand Rapids, Mich. in a fit of
dependency, jumped overheard from the
Cleveland. Marcus Jordan, 10, of Balti-
more, plunged from the high deck and
raced through the shark-infested waters
! of the Java sea in an attempt to save
| the womans life. Jordan reached the
body, held it with one hand while he
| swan with the other for life preserver
He was picked up by a lifeboat, and
| physicians began work at once on
the body of Mrs. Hall, but they were I'M
| able in their efforts at resusctation. A
| purse of $500 was raised by the passen-
| gers with which to buy Jordan a suit
| able memento. Capt. Dempwolf of the
| Cleveland announced that he would ap-
ply to the German government for a
medal of heroism for Jordan and Ameri-
cans will report the story of his bravery
| to the Carnegie hero fund commission.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-02


lished."
The question which now interests
Brattleboro people is: Will Congressman
Pinifilt5's bin succeed? The present
House contains a Democratic majority
and that majority is engaged in a strug-
gle within it's own lines as TO whether
a public buildings bill shall be permitted
to pass at this session. The committee
on bubble buildings and grounds, COM
mittee in some respects subordinate to
the general appropriation committee, has
wholly disregarded the command of the
appropriations chairman and other lead
ers and has voted unanimously and sol
idly in favor of reporting an omnibus
public buildings bin at this present ses-
sion. The Democratic leaders are fight
ing the idea strenuously on the ground
of economy in public expenditures.
The Democratic struggle eliminated
Monday night in a party caucus, when
there was introduced a resolution to
dispense with the public buildings bill,
although the committee on public build
ings and grounds had recommended ap-
preparations of s16000,000. An amend
ment to the resolution was offered, pro-
viding that no battleship appropriation
be reported to the House. After a
spirited debate both the amendment and
the resolution were passed by a vote of
9S to 6S.
II Is not DelleVeO, however, tnal tnlS
hurts the chances of Congressman
Plumley's bill asking for $4,000 POST
master Haskins says that the public
buildings bill relates to appropriations
for new buildings and not to additional
appropriations for buildings already pro-
jected. He thinks it is probable that
the request for $4,000 additional for
Brattleboro will be considered in the
general appropriations bill, which usually
is taken up toward the end of the ses-
sion. What its fate will be at that time
is not certain The money is sure to
come sometime, but the people of
Brattleboro prefer to have 1t now.
The present appropriation is $4,000.
OF this amount $4,000 has been expended
in securing the site at the corner of
Main and Grove streets, leaving $4,000
available. If the hoped-for appropria-
ton of $4,000 is secured the total
amount to be expended on the building
will be $115,000 less a small amount for
the cost of the plans and for incidental
expense. The basement and post Office
plans having been made, If the extra
sum is voted work on the building ought
to be begun this year.
A rule of procedure allows only one
appropriation for a district for a ses-
sion, in the matter of a public building
and the member is exceedingly infiuen-
| tial and adroit to secure one for his
people in half dozen sessions. This
| fact would seem to indefinitely defer any
action on the bill for a public building
| at st. Johnsbury. Towns where terms
| of the district court are held are inva-
riably preferred.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-02

did you notice any suspicious char
acters about the neighborhood?" the
judge inquired. Sure, your Honor" re-
piled the new policeman, II saw but one
man, and ! asked him what he was do
ing there at that time o. night. SEE he,
Il have no business here just now, but
1 expect to open jewelry store in the
vicinity later on At that / says, i
wish you success, sor.' Begorra. yer
Honor" answered the policeman after a
pause. "the man may have been a thief
but he was no liar."-Naticnal Monthly
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-02
GROUP ENDS LIFE.
Many Children Die of Group Every Veal
Before a Doctor can be Summoned.

Parents of children should be pre-
pared at all times for a spasm of Group.
Keep in the house a remedy that will
give instant relief and keep the child
from choking until the arrival of the
physician.
Get 80 cent bottle of HYOMEI to-
day and in case of an attack of Group
pour 20 drops into a kitchen bowl OF
boiling water. Hold the child's head
over the bowl so that 1t can breathe the
soothing. penetrating vapor that arises
In the meantime send for a physician.
This treatment has saved the lives OF
many children and is a precaution that
all parents should promptly take.
HYOMEI is sold by Wilfred #. Roo
and druggists everywhere and is guar.
anteed for Group, catarrah. asthma and
bronchitis.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-02

In rear emo couision OF two south
bound freight trains on the Central YER
mont railroad near North Duxbury FRI
day morning, John Brann, conductor OF
the forward train. was killed, and Calvin
Il. Niles, brakeman, was seriously in
jured. sustaining a broken leg and many
bruises. Brann lived in st. Adams and
had been employed In railroad work rs
years. He leaves a wife who was In
Boston at the time OF the accident,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-02

History Teacher--what was the sher-
man act?
Bright pupil-Marching through Geor-
gia.-[Pathfinder.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-02
Mems Suits

Our stock Of Mems Suits will be divided
into five lots and offered as follows with
out reserve:
LOT I. Contains about forty suits,
mostly one or two Of a kind. Nearly
all sizes In this lot In a variety Of
colors and are what we have left from
our suits that sold up to $500.
CLEARANCE PRICE S4.95
LOT 2. This lot Is made up OF about
seventy five Suits In a good assortment
Of sizes and colors. They consist Of
new patterns In gray and brown mix
lures In worsted and casslmeres; also
few blacks and blues, Suits that sold up
to $40.
CLEARANCE PRICE S7.95
LOT 8. Here are about eighty Suits,
every one desirable pattern, In fact,
not a bad Suit In the lot. All sizes
represented In this lot in wide range
Of fabrics including blue serges, black
cheviots, fancy patterns In worsteds
and cassimeres. In this lot you Will
and $3.50 lines.
CLEARANCE PRICE 1915
LOT q. This Is without doubt our
strongest lot. It contains about one
hundred and fifty Suits, all new and
strictly up-to-d date models and fabrics.
They include all the new effects In
arays and browns In both worsteds and
cassineres, also Scotch mixtures, blue
serges, black worsteds In both clays
and unfinished goods. This lot contains
all our $500 goods, also odd Suits as
high as $22.5o.
CLEARANCE PRICE &12.SO
LOT 5. The balance Of our high grade
suits all go into this lot without re-
serve. These Suits are mostly of the
kuppenheimer make and sold at $50,
$3.50 and s25, all guaranteed this sea-
sons goods and we believe no better
bargains were ever offered at the price.
CLEARANCE PRICE $500
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-02

Piano Student: what do you think of
my execution?"
Listener: II am heartily in favor OF
H."
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-02
The Modern Elect.

Sabe-What is the crust OF society7
Steve-The people who have the dough.
-[Cincinnati Enquirer
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-02
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-02
Mems Odd Vests

LOT I. Small size odd Vests all grades.
CLEARANCE PRICE Csc
LOT 2. Lot odd Vests In $1.oo and SIPS
and $3.50 values, nearly all sizes.
CLEARANCE PRICE Sac
LOT 8. The balance Of our odd Vests In
81 and $3.50 values.
CLEARANCE PRICE 81 .SS
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-02
Boys OvercOatS

LOT I. Contains about 80 overcoats,
sizes to 7, that sold at $3.50 to $t.ss.
CLEARANCE PRICE S1.15
LOT 2. Contains a larger variety OF
coats than lot I and wider range Of
patterns. These coats sold as high as
$2.es, but they all 90 In the sale at
CLEARANCE PRICE S1.95
high grade coats In sizes 8 to 8 and
from to 16. There are brown and
gray cashmere coats with military COL
lars that sold as high as 1898.
CLEARANCE PRICE S2.75
to ID, only two or three Of a kind, but
they all sold at $4.ee and were con.
sldered exceptional values.
CLEARANCE PRICE 90 ak
LOT 5. Contains all the Widow Jones
coats that sold at $3.50 and $s.4s, sizes
to 1e In beautiful grays and browns.
e-eAHAN0e pH'cE $3.50
LOT 6. Includes all the coats that sold
at s7.4s, $7.es, $s.75 and $3.50, which
means that you can buy the most
beautiful overcoats made for boys d.
rect from the Widow Jones Of Boston
at
CLEARANCE PRICE $3.50
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-02
Mems Pants

Mems Pants
LOT I. Good working Pants, we'll made
and strong. Odd lots OF every kind.
CLEARANCE PRICE BLK
LOT 2. About one hundred pairs Of
mems Pants that sold up to 81 pair.
CLEARANCE PRICE %1.30
LOT g. Here are some good bargains In
Pants. over 200 pairs to choose from
In goods that sold up to So.
CLEARANCE PRICE G1.S7
LOT a. About. one hundred pairs Of
trousers that are the ends OF the lots
from our wholesale department In SO
values.
CLEARANCE PRICE $3.50
LOT 5. This Is another large lot and
contains some fine goods In values up
to 49,
CLEARANCE PRICE S2.S5
LOT 6. The balance Of our high grade
Pants that sold up to $3.50 and IS. All
our high grade college cuts Included In
this lot.
CLEARANCE PRICE 90 90
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-02

We've on hand today about rs rain
coats and while these garments are not
strictly winter goods and may be sold
during the spring, we have decided to
close them out during this sale and clean
our counters of everything Of the overcoat
kind. We have divided these garments
into three lots and offer them as follows:
LOT I. Contains IA odd coats worth
$1,000 each. The patterns are not the
latest, but the value and service are
there.
, CLEARANCE PRICE G. 81
LOT 2. Contains % coats, mostly gray
mixtures, worth $500 to $3.50.
CLEARANCE PRICE 60 IN
LOT 8. Contains all $500 to $500 gar.
ments of fine quality.
CLEARANCE PRICE S12 EO
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-02

22nd Annual Clearance Sale which announced last weeks
Heavy Winter Men
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-02

extended Mems and Boys Clothing
thing reserved Winter Goods