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the ghastly terror 1 of con sumption stares a man in HALES HONEY OF HOREHOUND face who nee lects a cold. AND of Hoi ichor 1 tiore. i Sold i nlnute. j i? thro.1t trouble by Hale's Honey of llore- usAusiiiiiiiciaccL nn 01 a tntmh hound and Tar. Acts like magic. byilruRRists. Pike s Toothache Drops cure In one mlnut New Horse Shoe and Call;. lint- you seen or heart! of tho Ncvcrslip Bowdioo nml calk? As the nnt' indi-ti-s. it w intended to prevent hoiies lrom ili,'p ' either on ice, on grnss, or nny to lfMiiootli Rtirfnce. It in mr-int tn en. b tin- iiuiinal to get a (iip with his foot ire y tmio he i3 ri quired to pull, Tor in pro lurtion ob ho fails to do this, ho is use- Hi. The Nevorslip shoo is ns good n shoo m lin bo mndo. The Calk is lUberttil by the thread Bcrowcd in with n wrench mndo for tho purpose. Your blacksmith puts on tie shoo nitd inserts tho calks tiring size of 'alk adapted to weight of hoi he After th i yon ennput them in yourself, nml when worn. raini-vo them and roj lnoo with new on , It i h only a matter of twenty minutes tor i'l four feet 'ionr lior-e is then imme di.i 'v sharp shod without lemiim tho its iti, a m.uuf.ut udvuntngo of u i..oiniug after a sudden freeze-up. Urtfcr than wn.it i g two or tlirco hours nt the hhop nnd ehi-vpr. Tho cost of keeping n horse tvhod a vrp by thiu method is n Jmrlii, Ism ('. ; i one-half co-it by the old method. It is so easy to insert and remove the Xever slip Calk that you don't let them wear dnwn as you let the old cnlks do. And then by keeping trio enlkh long you keep tho ilioooff tho ground nnd so save wear. Tho K 'erslip C.itk does not work loose nor rust fat. Hy using Nevorslip Culks. n ret of N'everslip shoes will outlast two to three fcts of tho old shoes during tho winter. tifAsk your blacksmith for them. C. C. 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CittTEit's Little Liver Pills are very small and very easy to take. One or two pills make a dose. Tbey are strictly vegetable and do not gripe or purge, but by their gentle action please all who use them. In vials at 25 cents, five f or $1 . Sold everywhere, or sent by mall. CASTES UESieniX CO., Hew Iwt MR SmiH Dose. Mfc Send or Leave Your Orders Early for Christmas. If you want good Ferns, Palms, Asparagus Plumoea, or Asparagus Sprengevi, Primroses, Begonias, etc, in plants, Holly or Mistletoe and other greens order at once and I can keep them for you until wanted, or deliver. Shall also havo a fine line of out flowers, Koses.Oarnations.Vio lets, Hyacinths, Narcissus, Smilax, etc, If more convenient leave your or ders at Durgin's Drug Store, D. McCILLIVRAY. II Furnishing" Undertaker. tr v. bond. 9 Main Street, tSTTelephone connections, aU hours, oay . " ' . A night. For Sale. High Class Grndo Jersey Cows EWmllcbcowsl a'kYeY. Woodlawnrarm, Vernon. - uceaaurew. imim"f - A.i.ie ctnri PiCS t win. v&$$yr TAR CARTER'S f IVER 1 B PILLS. "Jl r - Jfi31 1 IX, BRATTLEBORO. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1897. THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Tho CoIIm-u,,, itui-iiftl. llllllftla-. k( U l M.kl. ar , .A,lmlllBU for Ihr rr.Mic .Me i.eolll. I'rolin l,t y rU1i.il hi Ihr Fli,... the Coliseum tin, i Chicago 111 which the lust l)ein..r,..l ioi.nl convention was held, was ,lB.t-..,.i y llro Frtdav niirht. ri. n- .. ,.- , , - - -o i(lu ua one ot the quickest over seen in Chicago. Within about 20 minutes from -.,. i .i ' "n originated by the crossing of two electric ight wires tho Coliseum was a pil 0f twined iron nnd hot bricks. Tho buildim had been rented for a manufacturers' expo sition, and was filled from end to end with booths, all of which wero destroyed with nil their contents. Nine persons are miss ing and havo undoubtnill flames. ' luu About 300 people were in the building the time of thn fl ,,! - -i, it.". larm there was a rush fnr snfotv T.v. tmiately tho aisles were wide and owing to the comparatively small the buildiuir. there um littln rliD',tf,. reaching the doors. Most of thoso trying to escape ran to a larrrn itnor nn tha .i sido of the building, which is wide enough to admit a wagon. Fully 200 people gath ered before this door, which was found to be locked, and as the fire was roaring through the building with great speed, it seemed for a few minutes as though none of these would be able to escape. A watch man saw the trouble and ran to open the door, but tho crowd was packed in front of it so closoly that he had the greatest difficulty in opening it. During tho jam at this point several people were badly crushed, hut none wero seriously injured. Some ot the people made their wav through the ttaer doors, and several who were caught n the balcony wero comnelled to inmii to the ground from the roof. Those who were turned to death were overcome by smoke. .. t.il !.. !.-! I ' ii ud biiu mj hhvu meir personal euecis. The Coliseum cost S2,".0.000 and was w ice as Iarce as the Madison Suunre Our- ilen building of New York. It had a tloor space of seven acres, including the cround and gallery floors, was 770 feet long by 300 uue, and contained u,r,uu,uuu pounds of teel. 1.200.000 feet of lumber, and three million brick. On Aug. 21, 1895. the first Coliseum, then in the course of construc- iou, was wrecked, entailing a loss of $125.- 000. The total loss from Friday's fire is estimated at $700,000. later account says the cause of the fire ns nn explosion of gasolene in the X-ray xhibit, and the fire was carried to other booths by a pet dog which caught fire. Tiinietl to Stone. umnii Hodlrs 1'etrlfleil ItUcovertd In Snnilitouc Uuarrlea in .MInlirot. Human beings turned to stone and now forming a part of the rock have been found in the big sandstone quarries at Sandstone, Minn., as well as copper uten sils of a bygone age, showipg that this sec tion was once inhabited by a people ante dating the Indians. The top layer of white sandstone was blasted away and a big bed of softer stone was exposed. Embedded n this was a form that had once been hu man, it was almost tne same color as tne sandstone, perhaps a trifle darker, but was not a petrified body in the general accept ance of the term. Cautiously the men lur iuto the soft stone, aud in uu hour they had found three more bodies. In each cose the figure was stretched at full length, with the bands crossed on the breast. The heads ere well formed, the cheek Iwnes high and the shoulders of great breadth. The tallest being had been nearly seven feet in eight aud the shortest more than lour. Itnre lluoks Will lie Hold nt Ant-lion at ltoitou. Every collector of Americana in this country will be interested in the announce ment that the valuable imrary ot me late Charles Deaue of liostou, the fiuest collec tion of Americana in the world, will be sold by public auction next spring. I lie li brary is valued at more than $15,000, and it contains many works which are so rare that copies of 'thorn are seldom seen, nnd whenever one is offered for sale the prices realized nre enormous. Especially in the works relating to the early -New tugianu history, tho first priuttd sources of knowl edge ot the subject, is the collection a rich one. The works relating to the New Eng- and Indians, John Eliot's worKs, uaptain John Smith's narratives, and the lite, are to be found in this collection; also dooks which have not been oilered lor sale since the shipment of Americana, made by Ber nard (Juaritcn in tne eiguwea, brought high prices in the leading Amen- nan en OS 1 1 K H I II C IJHUIO i ..... 1W "." M.irnhv. The condition oi most ci me volumes offered leads to the expectation i,. ),r ill be keen competition by col lectors, and in any event the distribution of these rare volumes will be watched with interest. btabutd III Brolher-lii-Iw, Tn h drunken scufllo at Haverhill, Mass., wiiii.m linlv. 70. stabbed and m- stautly killed William Dolau, his brother-in-law, also 70. Dolan lived with his wife, Hnlv'a sister, on nurse nueci, -v l,om Both men came Doarueu win . .. ... . home badly intoxicated. Mrs. Dolan beard .nt umrria lietween tue two men iu way, and as she started to investigate, b r .i ..Ar-il into the room, and fall- DUBU"UU. :Z.i . i...,nK.. He had been stabbed through the heart with a large uu.u .., ,, ,,. Daly made noeiiort -j joi-oio, - the neighbors summoned tno police ne v. fLml i.. his room, apparently unconscious . . . i ,in. At the no ice sta- ot wnai ns ,"""Y . ',, -nl.i,i tion he admitted bhuuk rf why he did it. Both were laboring men and addicted to drink, .1 a. Friend TT.rii.rr, rr u 1 1 ... - - to Hill lierseii. m. recent traEie death of Miss Lelia xi ,Zrt the dauuhter of the ex-secreiary cuifida which occurreu ni r- . yuM . u attorney. The Q Wells, a weii-au"" ; , - , a, v en, wanlf through the young .7wV T0Wer at the hflart Wltll residence oi her " 1 .tl1 - Mica F-ithfir. 1011 n - 11 -rfoxit nil fn aiLttturu Herbert. ibe house for four dbv the which resuiteu m .... 33 years of age nnd very beautiful. . .1 i-n.inarrn sftusoire maker, hLo 7sgc).rarg d wtth mSrd.ring.hu wife who s cliargeu . Qa tml and destroying j'. " . 1.1. v.to. fnr h second time. Wm. M. Singerley. pwUent of the .treet National bank, nnd the . . ,. romoany, wnicnxauou Chestnut streeHrust comPa y;ionar last week, a thai ev , ernbarra88. Pid. K' fnvesfments in pulp Sff: . VTkton. Md.' These m lis have oi.iu nwincr to tne uecuuo ... come unprofi table owing t v tUe thn mice of paper. W, W T?Bord nrinciDal owner . Ih. I'll tillCJ IJL.. from this paper w over knd h'is Income $300,000 n year. THE STOMAOH REMOVED, Tho Patient Has Itccuvorcil Com pletely. The Operation Whs Irr, m-,1 1 swlu rUn,l nml I. Vim, l,l r,,r ,,. ,lle Mtl. lent Jltonl Utile, e r Y.,u I.Ike. The Medical Hecord in New York pub lished baturday uu account of the first suc cessful removal of a human stomach. Tho feat is tho most brilliant and daring at tempted in recent surgical history, but the attendant discovery that the stomach is not a vital organ is even more import ant. Hitherto it has beon considered im possible for a person to livo without a stomach. The operation Was performed in .unch, Switzerland, by Dr. Carl Schlatter, bept. 0. The subject was Anna Landis, 50 years old, who had complained of stomach trouble. Dr. Sohlatter found that she was suffering from an exceptionally largo oval tumor in her stomach. Laparotomy was performed, and Dr. Schlatter found that the woman's entire stomach presented a hard mass. Seeing that tho organ was useless, Dr. Schlatter freed it from its del icate attachments, cutting, twisting and clamping among tho most vital organs with the utmost coolness. When he had excised tne entire stomach, he firmly united a small coil of intestine to tho esophagus, thus making a direct connection between the al imentary canal and the bowels. The work of joining tho intestine and the esophagus was most delicate. They were bound together with sutures. Tho organs were allowed to drop back into their positions, the abdominal wound was sewed up, and all there was to show that Anna Landia had lost her stomach was a slight retraction toward the diaphragm. The op eration lasted two and one-half hours. The loss of blood was slight. The period fol lowing proved that tho sterilization had been perfect. The patient exhibited but few of the serious symptoms that usually follow a vital operation. Minute quanti ties of liquid food were given to her nt short intervals. With tho exception of oc casional vomiting, this food seemed to be assimilated. In the second week after the operation she was given solid food. It was retained aud digested without discomfort. On Oct. 11 Anna Landis left her bed. By Nov. 25 she was feeling perfectly well and was walking about. Her weight increased and apparently she was in far better health than before the operation. Dr. Edmund Charles Wendt of New York city, the correspondent of the Medi cal lteoord who obtained Dr. Schlatter's personal account of the feat, states that on the t)th of this month he saw the woman, and that to all intents and purposes she is perfectly well. She was still under ob servation at the Zurich county hospital, but was able 'to do her full share of work in the wards. She had had many medical visitors from oil parts of the globe. Dr. Weudt coucludes from the successful re moval of this stomrch that the digestive capacity of the stomach has been consider ably overrated, and that the chemical functions of the human stomach can be satisfactorily performed by the alimentaoy canal. Cornered "Wheat ami Oats. Young Letter Said to Control Ilotti Crops --- Letter, Senior, Claims the Speculation Ifnfl lleen nf (.rent Benefit To'tlie I'ariners. "The wheat deal of my son has brought o the farmers of tho United States 10 or 5 cents more for their wheat than if he had not 1:0110 into it," L. . Leiter said Monday in taking of the grent battle be- ween Josi nli Letter on one side and tne elevator companies, headed by P. D. Ar mour, on the other. "My son has been the benefactor of the agricultural industries of the country to that extent. The seller is now dictating the price of his product, not the purchaser. Chicago makes the market price of wheat, not Liverpool; ana tne loni lnwieiices, which have beon so long for constantly lower prices have ceased to control Chi cago market,.' The total advance since duly is about i cents. Leiter, sr., gives to tne ordinary course of the markets credit for between 0 nnd 25 cents of the rise. The remainder he attributes to the support given to prices by Leiter, jr., during the lust six months. Lstimates as to tne amounts 01 wneat yet to be delivered to Mr. Leiter do not dilfer from Friday's figures. It is thought by those in position to make fair guesses that the amount will be 2,000,000 bushels. This makes 8,000,000 bushels of wheat which Mr. Leiter will own Jan. 1. It is now belie vf d that, while the general attention was directed toward wheat, Lei ter has quietly cornered December oals. There are about 0511,000 bushels of contract trrado here, and Leiter's brokers have con- .. .. nAn rtrtrt 1 T . traded tor u,uw,uuu Dusneis. Edison's New Ore Separators. J. Pierpoint Morgan and Ihomas A. Edi son have bought important water privileges on the Housatonio river at Falls Village, Conn., and will erect a number of the new Edison separators, iney conirui aiunuie ore beos, a cauui auu uium There is an abundance ot iron ore in tne vicinity of Falls Village, but under tho old processes, which have been tried, the in dustry was never profitable. By the new plan, which is in operaMon in New Jersey, the ore is ground up fine aud the iron is .t,nio,l by electro macnets. Tho ore is then pressed into bricks and prepared for the furnace. The process is particularly adapted to the utilization of low grad . ores which cannot be worked profitably under the old methods. Ten Hurnec! to Heath. A Mrs. Jarvis and nine children, the youngest a baby, were uurneu to oeaui cn-c in a four-room cottago occupied 1.., tl,n Jarvis and two other families . ' V . . I !.. Tha TiT.fnn. in Uixie sireei,, iju". tunate family occupied me upper nuur. TLa nncnnnnts ot tne lower noor escupeu. Ttv a strange coincidence mt. uarvis, tue T ... w T !- i..,-i,n,l who bad beon cuff ering from con : ,ii,i in the workhouse infirmary in the afternoon without having heard of t. .lianatnr. Mrs. Jarvis earned a scant livelihood by making match-boxes and her rooms wore tiueu wim luimmuiii " ' T.nASA known as George Taughi, fired four shots at Mary uosteno, a opamsn U ' t " - ' , woman, at Ban r raucisco ouuuuy. of the bullets struck the intended victim of the desperate unentai, prompted by jealousy, yet she dropped dead and her body is now in the morgue. It bears no sign of a wound, and the physi cians say that death was caused by heart failure, induced by extreme excitement. Marshall Newell, the well-known Har vard football player, for the past year em ployed in Springfield, Mass., as assistant division superintendent of the Boston and Albany railroad, was killed in the freight vard there last Friday night. He bad rid den from West Springfield on an engine and was crossing the tracks near the station when he was struck by the tender of an engine which was backing toward him. Newell was one of Harvords most noted athletes. He was a tackle on the football team four years and also rowed on the 'var sity eight. He was considered the best football tackle in the country. He gradu ated from Harvard in 1804. His home was in Great Barrington and he was the son of a former New York lawyer who spent the last years of his life as a farmer. Anotlit'r Itutni'iietl Ivliinillkcf Snyt There Will He Mnrrntlnn itt Diuv uu Cllv This Winter SIO.OOO, 00(1 Will He Trnimportnl from Hi' (inlit Fields ICiilly Next Neaaou. John Lindsay of Olympia, Wash., who has recently returned from Dawsuu City, says that there will surely be starvation there this winter. After examining thn sit uation carefully he and his party sold their outfit and returned ns toon us posiible to civilization. When the miners ut Dawson found that no more provisions would reach tho town by the river route they announced that a meeting would bo held to take steps for apportioning the provisions in the town. Those that had plenty, they Raid, must share with those who had nono. Cnpt. ConBtnntine of tho Northwest mounted po lice Interfered and told the miners that no such thing would be permitted. Lindsay says the output of the mines will be greatly curtailed this winter because of the scarcity of food and light. Coal oil sold for 45 a gallon, and caudles aro as high as $150 a box of 100. Even if men wore able to work their claims thoy cannot get light to do so. Henderson Creek, five miles below Stow art river and 40 miles from Dawson, is a promising seam, and is being developed this winter. Tho weather about the Stewart and Big Salmon rivers has been bitterly cold, 70 degrees below being recorded nt Major Walsh's camp 12 miles below the big Salmon on Nov. 30. Tho Yukon river between Dawson and Fort Pelly froze over completely Nov. 18. Tho river is piled fulljof ice in great ridges, as high as an ordinary house, and a road way will have to bo cut through it before dog or horse teams can operate upon it. Tho outlook, therefore, for taking supplies down to Dawson in the immediate future is not good. Inspector of Mines McGregor left Skaguay a week ago with a number ot dog teams aud horses to make tho attempt to reach Dawson with about 20 tons of pro visions, but nothing has since been heard of him. Captain J. C. Barr of Chicago, the ex pert Yukon vnlley miner, has just arrived on Puget sound after n tour of inspection throughout tho east. His opinion is that, judging by the excitement caused by the bringing out of gold last season from the Klondike, the craze next season will be come more extreme, because, where only $1,000,000 or $2,000,000 came from tho Klondike and the Yukon last July and Aug ust, the coming season will see upward of $10,000,000, or over 20 tons, of gold brought out. By tho first two river boats down Capt. IJarr estimates there will be fully $5,000, 000, aud before July 4 twice that sum will be transported from the gold fields. Capt. Barr predicts that news of rich discoveries in the vicinity of Mluook will be heard of before spring. Miuook is on tho American side, and there is no difficulty in lauding provisions there. Uchrinfr Proposals Declined. Canada I'nivlllliiK to Accept and Jrent Hrltnln Xal Inclined to Interfere in Canada' Foreign llelntlous. Ixrd Salisbury, tho premier, has writ ten to United States Embassador Hay iu re sponse to America's last proposal in tho Behring sea controversy and her request that Great Britain should enter into an agreement with the United States, Russia and Japan to stop sealing. Great Britain declines to enter into tuch an agreement. Ixird Salisbury says, in substance, that he has communicated with the Cauadiau gov ernment, which has the foremost interest in the sealing questiou, and that Cauada is unwilling to become a party to such an ar rangement as is proiWM'il by the United States. Therefore, England, continues Lord SulUhm-v. whose interests nre but slight, would not be justified in acceding to the proposals. I)rd Salisbury's answer emphasizes the policy of England not to interfere in Cauada's foreign relations. VIl lllllH liy I lie ThiMl.it Ilita. A warrant is out for the urrest of Henry Oliver Goldsmith, one of the best known men of Wall street. The charge is grand larceny in appropriating tt .check for $3000. The officials of the district attorney's oftice say that Goldsmith has managed to get away with something like half a million dollars by operations similar to those which brought tne L. t. ueon company oetore the public. Goldsmith was indicted by the grand jury Tuesday. Detectives have fol lowed clews all over New Jersey, Pennsyl vania. Boston, and other places, but so far .Goldsmith has eluded them. Goldsmith and a man named Webster ooerated under the firm name of Hoyt & Co. George Hazelweide and William A. Mitchell, who were their brokers, were ar rested three weeks ago tor their part in the operations, but the charges against them have not been tried. They were dromied from membership in the stock ex change. It is said that it was upon their evidence that the grand jury found the in dictment against Goldsmith. The latter is about 3a years old, and in Die opinion 01 the district-attorney's office he is one of the shrewdest men that ever engaged in Wall street speculation after the miiniier of Dean & Co. They say his victims are numbered by the thousands. Miners Fell -lilO Feet. John Agnew and Thomas Kennedy met a horrible death in the Allien shaft near Wilkesbarre, Pa., Monday. They had been sent down tho shaft to cut the ico which prevented the carriage from run. ning. Starting at the top, contrary to cus torn, they cut away the ice until the car had descended 200 feet, when it stuck The men could not signal the engineer and tho rope continued to coil on top of the bon net of the car until its weight forced the carriage beyond the ice formation. The car descended swiftly until the rope broke when it fell 4oU feet. The men were dashed to pieces. Itnsila May Hefy the World. Tho Russians have occupied Kin Chau, noth of Port Arthur. Lit T. aheppard who has recently returned from China where he held an official position, comment ing at San Francisco upon tho reported oc cupation ot Klli-Uhau by Kussia, said "The seizure of the port shows that Rus sia has practically taken possession of Co rn. Manchuria and the Gulf nf Lau Tuner. aud possesses a significance which, will cuuso cousternatiou among the diplomats! the world. Its situation is such that its possession practically places Russia in position to defy the world." Trolley Car Conductor Murdered. A trolley car ou the Schuylkill Valley Traction road was neld up by four high waymon at bwedel, near Nornstowu, Pa Sunday night, uouductor Ualloway re fused to givo up his money and wns shot dead. Three shots were fired at Motor' man Matthias, but none took effect. After rifling the body of the conductor of the money and a gold watch and chain the robbers escaped. There were four women passengers in the car, but the highwaymen made no attempt to rob them. The men looked like tramps. A despatch from Port-au-Prince, Hayti says that a fire destroyed 800 buildings, in eluding a number of warehouses, a hotel the church of St, Joseph and its parsonage, Tuesday, About 8000 people were ren dered homeless. TI10 Eastern War Cloud. Hrlllili nnd Jiipnn War Fleets (lather ing In Chinese Waters tn Nujipnrttlie Protest Aciiliint Yielding tn ltmaln. It is reported thnt 17 British warships are off Chemulpo, Corea, southwest of Seoul, supporting the British consul's pro tost, really amounting to an ultimatum, ngninst the king's practically yielding the government of Corea into the hands of the Itussiaii minister. The protest is specially directed against the dismissal of McLeavy Jirown, jintisli adviser to tlio Coroan cus toms, in favor of tho Russian nominee. The news hns produced consternation nt Seoul, which is heightened by tho knowl edge that Japan has a fleet of 30 warships waiting the result of the British represen tation, that Japan fully supjiorts. Japan s irritated by the arrival of Uussian troops 11 Corea, and it is believed that she will op pose thorn. According to advicoi from Tokio. Japan 1ms offered to assist tho officers at Peking in drilling the Chinese army, and to con scut to a postponement of the payment of tho war indemnity, Mrny of the viceroys and Teking officials favor the proposal. According to a despatch to the Daily Mail from Shanghai, it is reported there from trustworthy sources that a British force landed at Chemulpo on Saturday, and caused the reinstatement of McLeavy rown. Tho same despatch refers to "a nntive rumor that the Union Jack has been hoisted on an Nland in the mouth of thoriver Yang-tse-Kiang " For Hellrfor the Starving Culttim, The appeal to the American people for aid for the sufferers in Cuba was the prin cipal topic of discussion at the meeting of tho cabinet in Washington Tuesday. Peo- le nre actually starving in Cuba. The machinery for distribution has been pro vided by the state department, and Consul jueral Leo has undertaken to give per sonal attention to the alleviation of distress by the distribution of tho gifts of tho Amer- an people. 1 lie Ward line of steamers bus undertaken to forward any contribu tions of goods to Gen. Lee nt Havana and is believed that tho American railroads ill do their part by carrying the goods to le seaboard. The Spanish authorities ave consented to remit all duties on relief upplies as forwarded. The state depart ment directs that they be sent direct to busul General Lee, either nioiuy by draft or check or goods. Consul (leneral Lee has cabled tho state epartment just what is wanting at this uncture nnd his list is as follows: Summer clothing, second hand or otherwise, princi pally for women and children; medicines for fevers, including a large proportion of quinine; hard bread, corn meal, bacon, rice, lard, potatoes, beans, peas, salt fish. rincipally codfish nnd canned goods, and especially condensed milk for the starving children. Money will also be useful to se cure nurses, medicines, and for many other ecessary purjioses. I'rrildent Pardons Klgllt I'rlaimr m. The President granted eight uncondi tional pardons to United States prisoners, rainy, as follows: Samuel Duncan. Ken tucky, convicted of passing counterfeit money and sentenced in March to 17 months in tho Ohio penitentiary: Junot Burton, cashier of the Minneapolis post- office, convicted of embezzlement and sen tenced Sept. 19, to three years six months in the Minnesota state prison; A. C. Alli son, Pennsylvania, convicted of fraudu- ently using the mails, sentenced to 18 months in the penitentiary; George and William Shepard, Iown, convicted of bur glary of a post-office nnd sentenced June, 1 Mi,, to two years in tho penitentiary; Dau W. Parker, Wyoming, convicted of robbing the mails and sentenced in April, f ill, to the penitentiary for life: Hamilton Novlll, New York, convicted of embezzle ment of oital order funds and sentenced in May, 1S97, to 18 months in the peniten- lary; ilham Burr, cashier of the St. outs National bank. Alleged Hotel Firebugs at !Yew naven. George R. Hodgdon, proprietor of the Tremont hotel at New Haven, Conn., and of the I lay lies House in Springfield, Mass., who was arrested at the latter place lues- day night on a charge of alleged complicity u tne attempted burning 01 the Hotel Ton tine in New Haven Christmas morning. was brought into the police court at New Haven Vt ednesday, together w ith bredenck Cook, who was arrested in Boston. Tho charge against the two men was arson. The bail was fixed at $8000 in each case. Mr. Hodgdon succeeded in furnishing bail, but Cook went to jail. The case has attracted much attention, as Hodgdon has been a widely known hotel proprietor for years. Cook made a confes sion in which he said that lie, set the tire, Hodgdon agreeing to give him $100 for the work. Hodgdon, according to Cook, wished to injure a business rival. The ex treme penalty for arson in Connecticut is life imprisonment. Christmas Tragedy at Boston. The North end at Boston was again the scene of a terrible tragedy Saturday night, nnd as usual the Itiliau quarter furnished the participants. As a result Guiseppi Cat- tula, 44 yea's old, was almost instantly killed, his head being nearly severed from his body with a long carviug knife; Savario Quartarreo, another Italian, 34 years old, U lying at the point of death at the city hospital, with a deep wound over bis heart; nnd Saverio Corebi, !i(J years old, tho sup posed murderer, is also at the hospital with two bad knife wounds in his leg, Cattula and his wife kept a boarding house at 342 Hanover street. Corebi had been one of his boarders, but he left two weeks ago on account of some trouble. Cattula and his friends met Corebi on the street Saturday and angry words led to a fight in which knives were used. A succession of explosions at the United States acetvlne liquifying company, Mont gomery avenue and rremont street, Jersey City, N. J., caused the loss of two lives and $20,000 damage to tho works Friday. Several buildings wero damaged. Mack Clayton and Jeuerson Parks, both of Upper Alton, III., fought a duel to the death at Hie latter s Home on Saturday night, over a woman. Both wero fatally wounded. Two years ago Parks ran away with Clayton's wife. The men quarreled about this for a year, and Parks finally compromised this difference by paying Clayton $10. A quarrel over this sale of Clnjton a wife caused the killing. A later despatch from Shanghai says "It is reported that a Japanese fleet of over 20 warships is waiting near Goto is! and, outside Nagasaki, fully equipped for war aim uuiy uwaiuug lusiruciious. japan will certainly oppose a permanent Russian occupation of Port Arthur. The sudden dissolution of the Japanese Diet was owing to the war spirit. It is expected that the Japanese fleet will attempt to prevent the lauding ot reonlorcemeuts from Odessa for the protection of the Russian transasi&tio railway in Manchuria." Dr. Thomas W. Evans, the American dentist, who died in Paris recentlySnade two wills, one for the Uuited States and another for France. The translator, who demands 35,000 francs for the translation, found differences in the two wills and re fuses to deliver them until both are pro bated in Paris. The United States Consul insists that the will be handed him for veri fication. The estate amounts to $4,000,000. It is stated that Rudolph Evans, only sur viving brother of Dr. Evans, will contest the will. MASSACHUSETTS NOTES, Heath or Col. tiro. Whitney, the Hoy nliton Woolen Manufacturer. Col. Geo. Whitney, the most prominent citizen of Royalston, died Sunday after about a month's Illness. Mr. Whitney was brought up on a farm and for a num ber of years was 0110 of the old-tlmo team sters between Royalston and Boston. On the building of tho Vermont & Massachu setts railroad ho was- appointed station agent at South Roytlston, which position ho has held continuously to tho present time. Ho first began manufacturing chairs at South Royalston In 1848 and iu 1853 bought the woolen mill In the same village. In the latter business he lias become prom inently known all over New England, hav ing been associated In the woolen business at times with Hon. Rtiftts Frost and James Phillips, jr., of Fltcliburg. For several years, In addition to the mills at South Royalston, he has operated one at Enfield, N. II. Col. Whitney represented his district In the legislature In 1850 and held the same position again only three or four years ago. He was state senator In 1803 and 1804, and a member of the governor's council for fivo consecutive years, from 1873 to 1877. At tho election of 1870 he received every vote cast In that district for that olllce. During tho civil war he was a member of the committee for fitting out tho sol diers of Royalston, and did good service. He has for many years been ono of the di rectors of the Millers River national bank of Athot. Col. Whitney's 80th birthday was ob served by tho citizens of Royalston only about two months ago, when he received a grand ovation and testimonials of respect and love from the people of his native town and many other places. He leaves a wife and one son, George E. Whitney, who has for some time been in terested with his father In tho woolen bus iness; also a brother, Deacon Levi Whit ney of Athol. The I'eak or Heeded In Mt. irate In Wnrwlck Appnlnchlnn Mo lint n 1 11 Club. The Appalachian Mountain club of Bos ton has been deeded what is known as the old Stevens pasture on Mt. Grace, War wick, consisting of 40 acres, including the northern peak of the mountain, commonly called Bennett's knob, from which a most attractive and extensive view is obtained. This peak is 1400 feet high and the summit Is 102S feet high. The gift was suggested by the late Maria M. Stevens, and the heirs have been glad to carry out her pro posal. Ten grandchildren of the late Joseph Stevens join In the deed, among them being Albert Stevens Parsons of Lexing ton, an ex-president of the Appalachian club; Joseph W. Stevens, president of the First National bank of Greenfield, and the Misses Stevens of Arlington. Harvey N. Shepherd of Boston, president of the club, has lately been In town and looked over the boundaries of the new property. Working for O'.VelP. Pardon. The petition for the mitigation of the penalty of death imposed upon John O'Neil, jr., of Shelburne Falls, convicted of the murder of Mrs. Uattle E. McCloud on Jan. 8, Is in the hands of Gov. Wol cott, but he states that unless the petition has stronger backing the law will be allow ed to take Its course. The petition for set ting aside the death penalty comes from his family and relatives, and the governor has the right to set It aside, or to bring It before his council If he sees fit. O'Neil Is sentenced to be hanged a week from Fri day. This will be the first execution to take place Iu Franklin county. Mrs. O'Neil, mother of the prisoner, has been circulating the petition in Shelburne Falls and Greenfield. In the former place many sympathized with her, but few signed the petition. She obtained signers more easi ly in Gicenfield. Buildings Burned at Bernarditnn. The house, barn and all the farm build ings of William J. Strange In the south east part of Bernardston were destroyed by fire Sunday morning with ahorse, three cows, pig, a number of hens, all his hay, and all he possessed, excepting a small part of his furniture. Mr. Strange was awakened about l! o'clock and found his barn 1 flames which soon spread to the bouse. The buildings were insured for $1000. but he held no insurance on his furniture. The fire is supposed to have been the work of a tramp, as one was seen in the neighborhood the night before and early the next morning. The buildings were nearly new. Mr. Strange bought the farm late in the fall. This is the third fire which has destroyed farm buildings at Bernardston within six months. A Heath-Bcd Marriage. Frank Smith, 40, died Sunday night a- Riverside. lie was married Saturday event ing to Miss Jamison, daughter of John Jamison. The marriage was to have taken place Thanksgiving, but owing to the ill ness of Mr. Smith's children, it was post poned till New Year. Mr. Smith "realized that he could not recover from the attack of pneumonia and requested that the mar riage take place at once, so the ceremony was performed by Rev. Frank N. Merriam. Mr. smith was bookkeeper and foreman for Joseph T. Bartlett 22 years. Besides the widow he leaves four children. Dentil of Dr. 13. C. Coy of Turners Fal Dr. Erastus C. Coy, one of the oldest and best known physicians of Franklin county, died Tuesday of pneumonia at Turners Falls. He was born In Colraln, and came to Turners Falls In 1880. He represented his district in the legislature of 1HU4. He was tor seven years United States pension examiner, and state medical examiner for a long period. In politics ne was a Democrat and in religion a Unl tarlan. He was 00 years old, and leaves a widow, a son and a daughter. Dea. A. II. Temple of Colraln fell from the root 01 his houso Saturday and su9 tallied severo injuries. An ankle was badly fractured, a leg broken, and internal injuries are feared. The accident occurred while removing the staging from his house alter smngiing. A Card. We. the underr-Izned. azree to refund the money on a W cent bottle of Greene's Syrup of Tar If It fails to cure your cough or cold. We also guarantee a 5 cent bottle to proYe satis factory or no pay. F. K. DUnCHN. Brattleboro, QEO. 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