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THE BURLINGTON VJZEE FHES8 AND TIMES: THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 15)10. 1 1 FIVE TRAINMEN KILLED IN WRECK ON CENTRAL VERMONT WRECK VICTIMS The Central Vermont train men, who were killed in the collision near Northflcld Falls Sunday morning1, follow: THE DEAD: Frederick Berryman of St. Albans, engineer of northbound train, leaves wife and nine children. Joseph Lane of New York, conductor of northbound train, unmarried, leaves a sister. William Brunnell of North field, conductor of southbound train. Leon Dubuc of St. Albans, fireman on southbound train. Harold S. Lanigan of New York, brakeman on southbound train, leaves wife and child in New York. THE INJURED: William Wynn of St. Albans, engineer, hip dislocated, collar bono broken; taken to Heaton hospital, Montpelier. J. R. Smith of Montpelier, brakeman, hip broken and skull fractured; taken to Heaton hospital. Charles Boat of St. Albans, brakeman, suffering from shock, condition not serious; taken to St. Albans. D. S. Hamel or Albert of St. Albans, brakeman, seriously in jured. CHOLERA JS ABATING. Strict (liitirnutlnc Measures Are Ileliin Maintained In Italy. Pari, Itnly, Aug. 21 I'onfldenco Is ex pressed that the opldctnlo if cholera In lbntlng The authorities have Issued In structions that no ono shall bo permitted to leave hy train any Infected pin res within the province without a certificate t-howlng that he Is Xroo from eontnclon, li rsons arriving at any point from a place where cholera Is prevalent without Me necessary certificate will he placed 't, i "fantlne for seven days. ' rli Ihe last 21 hours there have hcen !!. new cases and five deaths from chul ra it Tranl; at Marietta, three cases and wo deaths; at Andtin one ease and one Jeath at Iti'voo one enso and one death iiid at f'ansosa one case. T'.' Italian government hns protesttd to thr Irlf'-h, Trench and Greek govern ments agilnst the tpiarantlne regulations t'irse countries havo Imposed upon Ital ian steamers from Infected Adriatic coast points. SERIES OF RALLIES Itinerary of Meetings Will Begin at Middlebury August 24 Mead and Slack Speakers. Rutland, Aug. a The repuhllcnn Statp rommlttee announces tho following Itiner ary of meetings- of the republican nom inees for State oltlces with county nnd town ci'tntidttees: I-'or ddNon county, Wednesday, August I'l. at Ihe Addison House, Mid 31.1 1 r-, ut 1:0) o'clock; speakers, Dr. J. Mf d ii ml I,. P. Slack, nominees for " Hid lieutenant governor, res- ' elv Tho cotmty commlttre and nil w nmltteos are expected to attend I- -r Chittenden county, Thursday, "i ' .'f., at ISurllngton city hall, at 2:00 k, speakers, Dr. J. A. Mad, L. p. - nek and Guy W. Ilalley, nominee for n letaiy of State. Tor Franklin county, Friday, August 2d, St Albans city hall, 10;fi o'clock and In Rlchford at the Ajnerlcan house nt 3:00 'clock; spenkers, Dr. J, A. Muad nnd I.. I', Slack For tho week beginning August 23 slml 'ar meetings will ho held In other counties as follows: For Windham county, at Prattleboro, Tuesday, August SO; for Windsor county lit Whlto Illver Junction, Wedtiesdny, August 31; for Caledonia county nt St. loi nshury, Thursday, Huptemher 1; for Jrleans county at liarton, Friday. Sep 'ei her 2, in the forenoon at Newport tho amo day In tho afternoon. rt. joHNsmmv mam elected. Sandusky, (ihlo, auk. JS. The Amoi can Association of tiptlrlmiR cloned its innual convention at Cednr 1'olnt to Inv. E. 1". Arlington of Itochestor, S-. V., was elected secretary and A. J,. Uasklns of St. Johnsbury, Vt,, treas urer. YANTS ANOTHER VERMONT WIFE. A real estate man of Montpelier Is the recipient of tho following epistle: "Dear Kir: I havo been refeired to you dh a Heal oMato denier. Well I am not nuking for Heal estato Hut Personal Pro perty, My Urst wlfu was frum montpelier Vt and I used to think she was Just (bout right. And I wondeied If I could put fin other frum thero that was Just right. And I have mime l'lopeity nnd want one that lina sume Money to. What flo you think of the Prospect. I write, to you as I am far away awaiting your ans wer. Very resp, ." This Is merely one more voice added lo ho paean of prnlso for tho Green Moun tiiln n I rls. rni.nv kidney i'ii.i.s. Tonlo in quality und action, rjulck In TasultH. For backaclii), headncho, illmsl ness, nervous miliary Irregularities and rheumatism. J. W. O'Hulllvan, 21 Church street. REPUBLICANS PLAN Heavily Loaded Northbound Freight and an Engine Collided NORTHFIELD OPERATOR IN VAIN SHOUTED AT MEN Is Said to Have Set His Train Passed Fierce Fire Followed the Smashing of Seven Cars-Fire De partment Checked Flames. .-Montpelier. Aug. Zl. Flvo lives were snuffedout lnahead-on-colllslon of freight trains on the Central Vermont railway between West Berlin and Northfield Falls at nine o'clock this morning, nnd several other trainmen were badly Injured. The dead nre: William Hrunnell of North Held, conductor on the. southbound Unfit train, pinned between engine, nnd ca boose; I.. Dubuc of St. Albans, fireman on southbound train, Frederick llerry man of St. Albans, engineer on north bound train, Joseph Lane of New Vork, conductor on northbound train! Harold S. Lnnlgnn of New Vork, brakeman on southbound train. The Injured are: En gineer William Wynn of St. Albans, col lar bone broken, hip dislocated; J. H. Smith of Mompeller, hip broken, badly cut about head, and Charles Hoat of St. Alhans, brakeman, suffering from shock but not seriously hurt. Tho telegraph operator at Northfield Is snld to have had orders to hold the northbound trnln at that station to meet tho one theA was running light, south bound. The name of the operator could not be lcnrned but he Is said to be a new man who assumed his duties last night. He failed lo drop his signal board In time and the heavily loaded freight, consist ing of 30 cars drawn by engine 411, went through Northfield on the steep down grade at a speed of 30 miles nn hour. The op.-rntor rushed out Just as the ca boose was passing the stntlon. He mnde frantic efforts to attract attention and followed the train to the dry bridge In NorthMeld (Setting no response from tho trainmen, be waited In agony for the crash which camo a fnw minutes later. Til IK I) TO WARN ENGINEER. It Is surmised that tho reason that Conductor I.nne and Ilrakeinan I.nnl gan were riding on tho engine when the collision occurred, was because thoy had seen the gestures of tho tele graph operator and had gone to tho bond of the train to communicate with the engineer. Seven cars of tho up train were demolished. It wns snld that In one car there were tnreo horses which were being tnken to tho Morrlsvillo fair, that their bodies were cremated In the fire that followed the collision and that two men, who were accompanying the horses, perished with them. This report, however, can not be verified and It Is stilted nt the headquarters of tho road In St. Albans that the way bills of the trnln do not show that there were any horses on board. Where the nccldent happened Is one of tho sharpest curves on the Centra! Vermont. The southbound train consisted of engine, 339 and caboose ana, was go ing to Northfield to carry members of the Vermont National guard to Bur lington. With tho exception of the engineers nnd firemen, those killed were strang ers to Vermont, having taken tho plnces of tho road's employes who went nn strike last month. In the heavy train were two tank cars of kerorone and nxt to them were cars loaded with hard pmo, roofing paper, fur niture nnd granite. These were piled in a heap down n 20-foot bnnk. The kerosene caught fire and the whole made a fierce blnzo that kept rescuers nnd wreckers innny rods away for hours, Tho fire nlarm was sounded at North field and n hose company nnd hand en gine weio hurried to the sce.no. They pumped water from tho river close by nnd did much service In extinguishing the flames nnd cooling tho ruins so tho wrecking crow could work. The first thing done was to tako tho charred and unrecognizable bodies of the dead from under the ruins. With tho ex ception of the cars burnod, tho remnlnder of thu long train did not leave the rails and It was pulled back to Northfield. In this pnrt of tho trnln wns one car load of dynnmlto and one car of gaso line. GREAT CHOWD ASSEMI1LED. A representative of the Free Press from Montpelier wns at the wreck within nn hour after It occurred. The nre wan then burning Its fiercest and not until later In thu afternoon wns It possible to mnke any attempt to clear the trnck, n was neces sary to lay new rnlls and tins for several rods as the great heat had destroyed the track. The day passengers were carried by nnd the tracks nvtde passable nt 10.15 this evening. Hundreds of teams nnd automobiles carried a great crowd of spectators to the scene of tho wreck nnd getting out tho bodies nnd clearing the track was watched by moro tbnn n thousand people, IIF.RRYMAN'8 HODY NOT FOUND. St, Albnns, Aug. 21. Frederick Rerry man, tho engineer killed In tho head-on collision nt Northfield Falls this morning, had been a resident of this city for sev eral years, Ho Is survlvud by his wlfo and nine children, Evelyn. Percy, Clara, Fred, WlllMm, Lllllnti, Caroline, Honiild nnd John llerryman. Mrs. Herryman and the eldest son, Percy, wont on the 10:30 o'clock train this morning nnd roturiied this afternoon on tho speclat from Essex Junction ns no trace of tho body of Mr. Ilcrrymnn hail been found. Mr. Ilcrrymnn belonged to the local or der of Brotherhood of locomotive, engin eers nnd woh n member of St. Luke's Epls. copal Church. Tho two elder daughters, Kvelyn nnd Clara, left Inst night for a visit In Surnln, Ont., but will return home as soon as possible. Mrs. William I, Wynn, who husbnnd was an engineer on tho other freight trnln, and who was severely Injured, wont to Montpelier on tho 10:89 train yeeterday with Caboose Head-on. Signal as Last of Long and Is with her husband, who Is In tho hospital there. Tho other victims of tho wreck "ho were temporary residents of this city were Conductor Joseph I.ane, about 2S years old, unmarried, of New Vork whore a sister lives; Urakemnn liar old S. Lmlgnn, about 3.'. years old. leaves wife nnd child In Now Vork. Charles Hunt, n brakeiUHn, was brought to his room at the Park View Hotel suffering from the shock but his condition. Is not serious WRECK CAUSED DELAY. Cfiinpnnles of Vermont Xntlonnl ('mini un Their Wny to Pine I'lnlns. The wreck on the Central Vermont rail way between Northfield and Montpelier Pundnv morning seriously affected plans for the mobilizing of the 1st Ver mont reglmi nt here that day, ns throo of the compnnles did not arrive until evening nnd the trains for Pino Plains did not leave until several hours Inter than planned. Companies M of this city. A of Rutland, K of Pennington nnd C of Hrandon, com prising tho third battalion, wero on hand In the early pnrt of tho afternoon, the Rutland company coming on n special trnln. Company M did provost guard duty. The other companies were kept mnt of the time nt the foot of Maple street but Company H was for a part of tie time quartered In the City Hall Park. The companies from the other side of tho Statu started to com- by vnj of Whlto River Junction but could not get past the wreck and were obliged to take a circuit ous way around by Hellows Falls. Most of the staff olllcers nnd Colonel Estey were abo In that predicament. The di-parture was made late In the evening in two special trains, mnde up of 15 tourist, two sleeping, seven baggage and two norsc cars. You'll never need to buy anything that cannot ho bought to best advan tage In a storo that advertises. He and Miss Leneve Put on the Megantic by Dew in Comic Opera Style. Quebec, Que., Aug. 21. Hawley Harvey Crlppen and Hthel Clare I.eneve. form erly Crlppen's typist, snlled for Hnglnnd at seven o'clock Inst night nn board the Whlto Stnr liner Megantic, due at Liver pool nt noon next Saturday. Ily Satur day night they will probably be lodged In a London Jail to nwnlt trial for tho murder of a woman suppmcd to be Crlp pen's wife, llcllo Klmnro. As Crlppen came hurrying ncross the gangplank handculTed, his hat pulled low over his eyes nnd his chin burled in his collar, trying apparently to dodge the photo graphers, he ran squarely into a ropo that held the gangway steady. Tho ropo caught him under thn chin nnd Jerked him backward, nnd had not Inspector Dow of Scotland "S ard, who was close be hind, rnught him, Crlppen would hnve fallen and possibly pitched between tho two vessels Into thn wnter. Tho next In stant the officer hnd sot the prisoner on Ills feet nnd the pnlr disappeared into the Megantic. Miss Lenovo, who had left the Jail with every evidence of willingness, hnd to be supported as she crossed tho gangplank. As sho reached the deck of tho Megantic she fainted nnd had to be carried to her cabin. It was half nn hour before she revived. Tho girl has never fully recov ered from her collapse when she was ar rested on the arrival of the Montroso at Rlmoukl, although her condition has cnused her Jailer no nnxlety. inspector Dew nvinnged the departure In a mnnner that furnished a lifting cll max to their senfatlonnl capture. DKW "CONCHA LR" TUB PARTY. Tho llnlshlug touch to a 12-hour per formance that nmri) than once verged on opern bouffe, camo when tho Scotland Ynrd Inspector climbed the gang-plnnk, nnd, with Impresilvo countennnco, entered his nnme on tho passenger list as "Silas P. Doyle " This, In splto of tho fact that Dow wns probably the best-known man aboaid, and that among his SXio fullow passengers fully H had met him here In (Jiu'liec Quite consistently he registered his nssistnnt, Sargent Mitchell, nlso of Scotland ynrd, "m, f. O. Johnson," whllo Mrs. Stoun, ono of thn wardresses hi ought from London to look after Miss Lenevo, appeared on tho pnsscnger list ns "Mary Ityrno, ' and Miss Foster, her companion, ns "Miss Ogllvle." After making secret arrangements to bonrd this steamer, Dew conducted his prisoners thither with a mystery that set the city In an uproar and brought every reporter and photographer In Que bto upon his heels. He smuggled them from the local Jail at seven o'clock, with three hecks and five provincial detect ives to help his own Scotland Yard force. Then, by circuitous routos, he drove to CRIPPEN NOW ON WAY TO LONDON tho river nt Slllory, a vlllago only n mllis from thn Jail In a straight line, but n measured seven miles over tho road he chose. COUNTRYSlDn AlROUSED. Refore the throo hncks had reached the rlvor tho whotn connlryslde wna nroused, and when a parly of newspaper men camo In pursuit shortly aftcrwnrd they had no trouble In following tho trail. In an nutomobllo they reached Sllcry In time to see tho tug Queen puffing tip thn river with Dow on dock wenrlng a trium phant smile. Thus tho British detectives escaped the photographers on shoro, but tho Megantlo on her downward voyngc from Montreal wna not duo until tiooii, and tho Queen had to llo off Cnpo Rouge for nearly throo hours until tho liner ar rived. Alert photographers hnd thut all the ehnnco In the world to chnrter a tug In Quebec and slentn up tho river. And they took It. The Queen wns overhauled Just ns the Megantic hove In sight, and for the next half hour thero followed nn exhl billon of marine manoeuvring that would havo delighted the heart of Captnln Mn ban, tho Queen trying to rench the Mi gnntlo In such manner ns to put the pris oners abroad unobserved, tho snnpshot ters on the tug Jockeying for places. ITNDF.R HIKB OP CAMERAS. Finding his task Impossible, Dew flnnlly had the Queen Inshcd to thu stonmor's side nnd put Crlppen nnd Miss Lenevo ahonrd under a camera lire partly mnsked by the efforts of the two prisoners to hide their faces Crlppen dashed up the gangplank with his felt hat pulled low nnd his face half burled In his cont collnr while tho girl hnd her features ofTeetunlh concealed hy a heavy blue volt. S nnxlous was the Inspector to foil thi photographers thnt eye-witnesses Slllery snld he made Crlppen hold . handkerchief over his fare when 1, walked from the hack to the dock, i ' though no reporters or cameras wi-r-then visible. While the prisoners were be-In transferred from the Queen to the M, gnntlo, passengers on the latter v.-.-barred from the shelter deck by whl. the pair entered. There was a hna (Ire of smnll enmerns, however, fn -tho deck above. Crlppen and M' Leneve wero hurried to cabins ,H : t i"2 which they will occupy during ' voyage. I'cw took the cabin next Crlppen at one end of thn suite, wit tho two yardresses ndjolnlng Ml.- I.ene.-e's quarters, and Sergeant Mitch ell bring up the other end of the line. IN CLOSi: CONFINEMENT. It Is understood that Crlppen and Miss Leneve will be confined closely to their '-flh'ns durlnir the voyage, except for a short time each day, when they will be permitted to take exetclso on the btldge. There they will ho effectually screened from observation They will receive their tnenls from the first cabin saloon, and If they nre good sailors should have n com fortable voyage. In full Hccord with Inspector Dew's system of precaution, neither of them learned that he was to sail yesterday until six o'clock In tho morning, when both were n wakened, Ctlppen hastily packed with ck-iin Mnen and ever,il novels tho llttlo satchel Onvrrnnr Moiln of tho Que bec prison bad brought him. Mls Lenevo carried her scanty effects In a paper parcel. She wore a neat blue suit, bought here with her own money, nnd a large hat, which was set Jauntllv n top of the light brown wig tho matron hnd supplied to hide her short hnlr, con sequent upon her masquerade ns n boy on the way over. GIVES BOOKS TO JAILERS. Both prisoners seemed glad to go. They thanked M. Ilorln, the Jailor, for his klndniss, and Crlppen made him n pres ent of ore of the second-hnnd novels ho hnd bought to read In his cell. On the flyleaf ho wroto with a pencil. A. M. L. Morln, Governor Quebec City Prlon: I trust you will do me the great honor to accept this as a small expression of tho grntltudo 1 feel for the many kindnesses you have shown me during my sojourn hero In Quebec. (Dr.) H. II. CRIPPEN. The parentheses aro Crlppen's own. Crlppen specially thanked also his per sonal guard, Mr. I.artilx, to whom ho promised that no matter how his case went he would hear from him again. WILL CALL ON PREXY TAFT. ii. ,i. Foster Will Stop F.nronle to lexliao. Congressman and Mrs. D. J. Foster nnd H. J. Shnnley of this city will lenvo on Friday for Mexico City, Mexico, to par ticipate in the centennial celebration of the Independence of that country. Mr. Foster Is chalrmnu of the commission which will represent the Fnlted States government at the celobrutlon and Mr, Shanley Is the disbursing officer of tho commission. The party from Burlington will stop at Beverly to cnll on President Tuft and will go from there to Washington. The com mission will leave thnt city by special trnln on August 31st. After tho celebration tho commission will lenvo Mexico City September 23rd. Whllo thero the members will bo the guests of tho Muxlcnn gov ernment. THE FARMER'S WOOD LOT. An Important Fuclor In the Forestry Problem, (From Amorlcan Forestry.) For tho eastern United Statep, tho woodlot Is and will long continue to be an Important fnctor In the forestry prob lem. (Jcnernlly speaking, tho eastern farm hns Its woodlot , large or smnll, a very valuable part of the property, nnd a part that ts too llttlo appreciated by Its owner. It followa that tho farmers have a direct Interest In forestry second only to thnt of tho lumbermen. That tho wood lot may ho maintained In such condition ns to yield a continuous supply of flro wood, fence posts, poles, and lumber for homo use, with perhaps a surplus for sale, Is the object for which Its owner should strive, nnd to this end ho should know something of tho moln principles of forestry nnd of tho special application of those prlnclplos to tho conditions on his own farm. As an Illustration .of what this may mean to him In money, consider an Inci dent thnt nctunlly happened, Involving two Now England fnrmers. Their wood lots were of thn snmo character, the. principal growth being plno, Ono of thorn hnd his lot which ho proposed to cut, examined by n forester, who mudo nn es timate of tho stumpngo vnluo. The stumpagu was then sold to a lumberman nt J" a thousand, The same lumbcrmun had been trying to buy tho stumpago on the second farm er's lot and had lost offered S00 for It. Now, as he was going to work tho neigh bor's lot, he Increased his offor to 11,200, which was accepted, the owner congratu lating himself on having pushed tho price up two. Hut noto the result. From this second lot tho lumberman out 1,000,000 hoard feet. Had this brought the price thnt the first lot brought, the owner would have received 7,000, inRtoad of D i xJs Let Us Provt that It's trut JI.Jiio. He gave the lumberman Vi.ibO be cause of his Ignornnce of tho value of his own property. This Is only one case among thou sands, but tho opportunity ufforded for comparison mnkes It especially valuable for Illustration. How many of our far mers know what a bank account there la In tho woodlot, and bow to mnke It yield Ihe most Interest? On many of our eastern farms thero Is land that Is more available ffir tree growing than for modern agriculture, that Is neglected nnd doing nothing too run out for pasture, too rough for culti vation. A plnntntlon of forest trees on this land would not yield an Immediate return, but It would cost llttlo and would enhance tho value of the land each year, b sides providing for the .iceds of the futuro. The scientific farmer should know something of forestry as well n.s dairying ainl horticulture, If ho would havo his farming well balanced and profitable In nil Its departments. The New Hat-Tree And you are a cen tenarian? By George! Aside from a few cracks In your faco you hold your age mighty well! What's tho secret? Tho Grandfather's Clock (serenely) I keep regular hours and always find some thing for my hands to do! Puck. KOREA PASSES TO Yi Dynasty, 518 Years Old, Now Quietly Taken Over by Japan. Toklo, Aug. 21. Within tho week "the hermit kingdom" and tho Emnlre nf ICn. rea will become rlstorlcal terms, twelve millions of people will bo ndded to tho population of Japan and territory as Inrge ns England will become part of the Japanese Emperor's dominions. The treaty of Portsmouth, which settled the war between Japan nnd Russln, rends that Japan shall havu the "guidance, pro tection and control" of Korea, nnd thu Inst stage of this agreement Ik now be coming nn nctunlltv after th experimenting to discover n practical method for preserving the nntlonal entity of the Korean peninsula. The privy council of .Lm.in u-.n num. innned lo meet at '.0:50 o'clock to-morrow morning and this is reirarded liv well in. formed persons ns practically the signal to compieto tho negotiations between Lieut. -General Ternuchl, the Japanese resident-general In Korea, and tho Em peror of Keren and Ills cabinet. whih have continued for n full week. While the entire proceedings nre shrouded in nbsoluto otndnl tllence. there nn lww,r can bo any doubt that tho Korean Em peror has agreed to sign a convention hy which ho and his government and pcopln consent to tho absolute control of Korea ny .inpan. To-night extra editions of the news. pnpors sny the convention nlrendy has neon signed, but whether or not this be so, some announcement Is cvnctei1 shortly after tho meeting to-morrow of wio privy council. This probably will Include the offlclnl nroclamntlon of the conclusion of the convention of nnnoxatlon, unless all tho prognoftlcn tlons of well Informed persona nre In correct. Tho YI dynasty In Korea has lasted for BIS years. Sovon branches of the family romaln and the heads of these fill will bo given rank as princes. A number of ether Korean officials will bo olovated to tho Japanese nobility. Throughout the negotiations the muss of tho Korenns havo been kept In elitlro Ignorance of what hns been happening. The newspaper censor ship Is complete nnd Japaneso news papers hnve pt been permitted to bo snld In Korea. It Is not belloved, however that on noxatlon by Japan will Involve dis turbances In any section of Korea, which Is thoroughly policed. Cer tainly tho court and cabinet officials In the peninsula are quite complacent. Tho vast majority of the people of Korea reallzo that conditions In the country will be Improved and It will he Impassible for the malcontents to arouse sufficient feeling to create uprisings. HER CONQUERORS OUR FARMERS IN CANADA. Are Tliry Kick of Thkir Ilarsraln and Coming Ilnekf A Difference of Opinion. (From tho Toronto Mall and Empire.) There sooms to bo a difference of opinion expressed In rather acrimon ious terms as to whother the thous ands of Amorlcan farmers who became Canadian settlors In the past few years are returning to the United States. In Canada the Idea Is that more Ameri cans arc coming across; In the United States they say the migration has al most censed, and thnt some lFi.OOO dis illusioned Amorlcnns aro making for I'ncle Snm's sldo of the border. On ono hand Is the official United States i claim that this number of farmers ro- turned In tho last nine r onths; on tho tho other, Canada's official reports that 100,000 sottlers with $100,000,000 jln coin nnd chattels have come over In a year. One would suppose tho New Or'enas Tlmos-Domocrat to bo far snough ifroin tho spot to glvo nn I'npnrtlal loplnlon nnd -easons for It. Aocord ilnV to this authority "The Amorlcan Isottlors were dlssntlsfled with 'tho chnractor of the land, tho crops from which, they nlleged, con sisted chlofly of alfalfa, nnd such hardy grains ns whont, and even thoso w-ore not suro. Tho form of govorn- ment did not nppeal to thorn, nnd thoy considered the railroad freight rates exorbitant. The cllmato was a source of dissatisfaction, lco and snow In August and September of Inst year ndcllng to their discomfort." If this Is true, we cannot blame tho Americans for returning to tho balmier climate of Dakota, to the moro populnr forms of government Is xempl!fled In Penn sylvania, Rhode Island and other an cient homes of liberty, and to tho rich or soil of Nevada and Wyoming, Wo wonder what tho 15,000 "tired, disappointed, disillusioned American farmers" are going to do now that they am back home. For leaving the Western States In tile first Instance thoy had plenty of reason, and while Western Canada may not havo proved tho earthly paradise gomo expected, tho reasons for leaving the Western States remain as strong as over. Those reasons are not disputed, Tre mendous prices were pnld for farm land In tho Western Stntes, nnd tho far- mil", to the number of tens of thous ands, sold out at top prices. Now thnt snmo of them have returned Is It to be oxpocted thnt they will buy back their old farms? If so, wll thoy pay moro for them than they rocolved? To buy for loss would Indicate that tho land boom In the Western States has collapsed, and to Invest money In a district where prlcos are falling Is not a favorite diversion for farmers or nny other class of tho community. It must bo admitted that there Is still some good government land left In the Western States, but It Is getting scarcer overy day and Is not to be compnrod In point of quality with tho deep soils of Alberta and Saskatche wan. When a block Is to be thrown open for settlement men camp for weeks before tho registration offices, and once the farms havo been located the prlco shoots rapidly up to a parity with neighboring long settled land. In other words, there Is moro land than thero are sottlers In the United States, whllo In Canada the case is reversed. Until tho proportions becomo adjusted, Irrespective of the boundary line, tho demand for Canadian farms by Ameri can farmers Is very likely to continue, Thnt something In the naturo of n national conspiracy to check thn movement northward exists In the United States there can be little doubt. The rnllroads of the. United Stntes nre very much Interested In luring back "dissatisfied farmers" nnd they are suspoctcd of being responsible for the unblushing slanders that havo eman ated from several sources. Wo recall the gifted Winnipeg newspaper man Iwho volunteered to supply mutter de famatory of Canada for distribution In different parts of the United Stntos. Tha effort of tho Canadian govern niont to check the sprend of glnnderi en the frontier wns exploited ns reason why no American should ven ture to cross the border. Canada has responded to the "don't sro north" cainpnlgn hy establishing a permanent press bureau at Washington whence bullotlns will regularly Issue describing tho opportunity of the Canadian west. Only those who live on Ihe side of the border know how little disturbed Canadians aro at tho pros pect of losing American settlers. Tho You Should ArJveriise Immigration may not continue, but If tho movement from the Western States altogether ceases "merely because tha i thermometer sometimes drops out ot sight In Winnipeg or "Modlclno Hat" the character of the jlrqerlcon farmer, as the Cincinnati Star says, "must have changod a good deal In the past fow decades." THE OMT DRY PLACE. A story Is told concerning two travellers In America who found themselves In u prohibition State, and were discussing tho 'juestlon of honv to abstain from al coholic liquor, when a pleasant-looking policeman nppenred and wished them "Good morning." "1 say, Jim," snld one of tho travellers, "let's nsk tho of f let r." 'Follow me," snld the constable, and ha conducted them In nnd out nnd round about until they stood In front of the cathedral. The travellers looked at each othor In astonishment. "Surely, my good man," snld the first, "you do not mean to tell us that wo can obtain what we want In a church'" "You f-eo tho church do you?' said the policeman, solemnly. "Yew," nssented tho two. "Well, Hint's tho only plnce In this Stuto whero you can't got It." Tit-Bits. TAFT WILL NOT Knows of No Actual Break with Roosevelt Still Bent on Har monizing All. Beverly, Mass., Aug. 21. As time goes It becomes more and more apparent that Bo direct answer will be made hero to the reports of a break between President Taft and Theodore Roosevelt and tho charge nlleged ns n foundation for the mature. Although the silence of tho poet few days Is still strictly maintained, It is be lieved now thnt President Taft Intends to mnko his position clenr In tho letter ho Is preparing for the republican campaign commltteo handbook and the speech he Is preparing for the conservation congress nt St. Paul. Tho letter nnd the speech, so fnr ns known, will not bo controversial. Tin President Is said to recognize no situa tion calling for a controversy. Mr. Roose velt hns made no statement In support of tho reported break. There Is nothing detlnfto upon which tho President could act, even If he had a desire to do so. As to Stnte fights, and It Is tho Now York State fight which is alleged to hav created a chasm between the Prosldent and tho ex-prcsldent. thero Is every rea son to believe that Mr. Taft will restate what ho has nald hero mnny times of Into, that ho does not bellevo It to bo the province of the chief executive to in terfere In State fights and that In deal ing with Plato situations ho has confined himself to urging upon the various lead ers tho Importance to the party of an honest endeavor to adjust their differ ence and an agreement upon a harmon ious program. STILL PENT ON HARMONY. That tho President Is still Intent upon harmonlilng the Republican party so far as Is possible Is evidenced by tho fact that hK campaign commltteo letter Is report ed to contain a declaration that thoro Is no deslro on his part, or on tho part of any ono closely Identified with tho nd ministration, to rend any person out ol tho pnrty. So far as ho consistently can do so, the Prosldent will endeavor to placate all fac tions of the party. Representative MeKlnloy of Illinois, chairman of tho republican congvusslon al campaign committee, whon In Pover ty 10 days ngo announced that thu con gressional committee was ready to sup port regulars and Insurgents nllko, tha only test being support of tho President and of tho party platforms. As to the turlff, President Taft, It Is believed, will lay chief Importance upon the lesults that It Is hoped will be ac. compllehed through tho work of the now tariff commission, After a heavy meat, tako a couplo of Doan's Regulets, nnd glvo your stomach. Ilvor and bowels the help they will need, Regulets bring easy regular passages ot the bowels. ANSWER GOSSIP