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f 1 YOL. LXYIII. BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1901. NO. 31. lie LINCOLN Yes, Abraham Lincoln grand old Abe. The idol of honest men. The incarnation of truthfulness, fidelity and justice. Verily, a name to conjure with. No one holds the illustrious name in greater veneration than we, and when we tell you that this sale is named "Lincoln Sale" in order to impress on you the absolute truthfulness of the statements used herein, you may believe us, for the man who'd use Abe Lincoln's name as a certificate of character for a shady statement is a defrauder and you all know THAT is not OUR measure. Too much faith in spring weather leaves us today with over SIX HUN DRED PAIRS of shoes more than we have room for. This won't do shoes don't improve with age, and what is more we need the room and money for fall goods. "LINCOLN SALE" will be a most uncommon price-cutting time. Chil dren and blind men may come and be sure of real bargains as they are of their lives. This sale will especially appeal to reasonable folks who can tell a straight story when they hear it to economical people who know a cut price when they see it, and to doubting Thomases who have been fooled much and often by counterfeit price cutting. On the 98c Table Is a lot of ladies' kid button and lace shoes, wear like the $1.50 kind and black and russet oxfords. Satin calf boys' shoes and a few little gents' shoes in russet. There is a fair assortment of sizes. Children's Shoes at 65c, 98c and $1.18 The above is only a small part of our bargains as we do not wish to tire you with a too lengthy description". Even if you are not in immediate need it will well repay you to make us a call and see some REAL BARGAINS. "Lincoln Sale" begins Saturday morning, August 3. A 12 inch bust of Lincoln will be given free with purchases of $5. THE VERMONT PHCENIX. Published every Friday at Brattleboro, Vt., by O. L. FRENCH. TERMS: J1.60 per year In advance; if not paid within the year, V, Rates of advertising furnished on ap plication. Births, deaths and marriages published free: Obituary Notices. Cards of Thanks, etc., 75 cents per inch of 12 lines or less. . , . (Entered at the Brattleboro Post Office as second class mall matter.) uslne0S CCatbg. JAMES CON LAND, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office in Crosby Block. Hours 8 to 9 a. m.. 1 to 3 p. m. Residence, 3 Walnut Bt. C. 8. PRATT, M. D., 18 No, Main St.. BraUleboro. Office hours: 1 to 2.30. 6.S0 to 8. DRS. BOWEN & TUCKER, Office hours at Leo- Office in MHuwa nard block; 7.30 to 8 block. RMftf a. m., 12.30 to 2 p. Canal St. O fflce m., 6.30 to 8 p. m. hours: till 8.30 a. ta' Residence. High Bt. 1.80 to 3 p. m.. 7 to 9. DR. GEO. R. ANDERSON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office and residence. 88 Main St. Surgery in all Its branches a specialty. Office hours: until 10 a. m.. 1 to 2.30 p. m.. even ing 6.30 to 8. Telephone. Drooks Houeo. A. I. MILLER, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Hooker block; 8 till 9 a. m.; 1 to 2; 6.50 io s p. m DR. H. L. WATERMAN. t Office and residence. 41 Elliot St. Office ttfti.Mc .ft nn AAA. A.rAnlno ft ffl B. r. n uiueci cd n r OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. 50 No. Main St., Brattleboro. Office hours 9 to 12 and 1.30 to 4 Wednesdays and Sat urdays, . GEO. H. GORHAM, M. D Whitney block, Main St., Brattleboro. Practice limited to diseases of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Hours, 9.30 a. m. to 12 m.; 2 to 4 p. m., Tuesdays end Fridays only. At Bellows Falls rest of week. FREMONT HAMILTON, M. D., -Office and residence. No. 84 North . Main Street. Hours until 8 a. m.: 1 to S-SO and early evening to 7.30: Sundays, 1 to P. m. On the $1.98 Table Are 1 16 pairs of ladies' high and low shoes including Patent leathers, Black Calf, Vld, Fine Velour, Rus set Calf and Kid. Also a few men's russet and vicl. Some of them welts, and all are extra value. Several kinds of Queen Quality in the lot. J. E. HAYNES. Successor to MORSE & SIM PSON DR. C. S. CLARK, DENTIST, Whitney Block, Brattleboro. DR. ALVIN KNAPP, DENTIST. Hooker Block. Brattleboro. BACON & HOOKER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Ullery Building, Brattleboro, Vt. HA8KINS & SCHWENK, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS, And Solicitors of Patents. Brattleboro. H. G. BARBER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Crosby Block, Brattleboro. STEAM CARPET CLEANING Works, 8 Flat St. B. H. thumab, irop. G. F. BARBER, DGNI1U X, Union Block. JOHN E. GALE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Guilford, Vt. Special attention to all matters connected with the probate court. J. 8. DUTTON, VETEIUNAKX BU11UCUI1. Residence, 135 Main Street. Telephone. W. F. GODDARD, BOOK-BINDER, Retting Block, High Street. Brattleboro. GEO. P. MILLER, AUCTIONEER. Guilford, Vt. PphysWanTandM Surgeon, Wllllamsvllle. Vt. Office hours 11 a. m. to-1 p. ro., and 6 to 7 p. m. Telephone. Mill and Farm Property for Sale. The above nropcrty.'owned and operated by 4i. nfn Tnhn P Ooodcnouifb. is now olTored tor w to THE FARM consists of Opto 70 acres nf lnnd including tlllago and woodland. THE BUILDINGS I "elude law, grist and shlnglo mills, dwelling houso and .barn. Brattleboro, Vt. ' BRATTLEBORO CUSTOM LAUNDRY 64 Elliot 8treet. Goods called for and delivered. Connected by telephone. SALE On the $2.39 Table Are shoes for ladies, men and boys of EXTRAORDINARY VALUES. Ladies Oxfords and high shoes. Some of Gray Bros. A few were $4 and $5. Men's Oxfords Enamel Oxford, and Russia. " Shoes Russet and black. Boys' "Heywood's" vici, most all sizes. DO YOU WANT Fresh Vegetables Corn, Beets, Shell Beans, Carrots, New Cabbage, Onions, Peas, String Beans. Fresh every morulng. Also Peaches, Tomatoes, Pears, Plums, Watermelons and Cantalopes. J. E. GLEASON, 32 Elliot St. Young Men and Women are Wanted at the AfA ft SmTmm&TiBgAPJiY. to learn Bookkeeping and Shorthand in prepa ration for good positions, which may bo secured by them. Sessions during tbo entire your. Btudents received at any tlmo and charged from datoof entrance Twcnty.two superior teachers. For cataloguo address OAHUKLL 4H0IT, Albany, N. Y. Derm out )bccnu BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1001. Tho special book of Inst week to sued by tho International Association of Newspapers nnd Authors was "Face to Face," by Robert Grant, nuthor of "Unleavened Bread." This sounds like plngarism, but probably "Face to Face," by Judge H. H. Powers of Mor risvllle -was not copyrighted. international complications are likely to result from tho seizure of Abel Murlllo, a political agitator, from the Hamburg-American lino steamer Allegheny in tho port of Cantagena by tho Columbian authorities. When the Columbians demanded tho person of Murlllo the captain refused and Mu rlllo claimed tho protection of the German flag. Murlllo was seized and borne away prisoner, and according to the testimony of some of the pas sengers the German Hag was subject ed to gross indignity. The attendance at tho Pan-American Exposition has been far below the ex pectations and predictions of the most conservative officials. President Mil burn says, however, that the Expo sition has been paying1 expenses since the beginning of June, and has already accumulated a surplus applicable to tho payment of its bonds. Many of tho midway concerns are likely to lose heavily, as they figured on an average attendance of 75,000 dally during tho early months of the fair. The attend ance the past two weeks has averaged about 40,000 dally. Most of the ex cursion business Is done during Au gust, September and October, and President Milburn thinks that the at tendance in those months will show a largo incroase. The Hyde Park liquor agency had unintentionally a bargain day recent ly. Through somebody's mistake quart bottles of a popular brand of ale were sold at 10 cents each. It is said that tho sick, those who had been sick, wnnted to be sick or expected to be sick, came with bags, baskets and barrows and sqon exhausted the sup ply. Hard wick Gazette. This is the agency which furnished to' one juror deliberating on an assault case 30 bottles of beer, and to another juror at the samo tlmo a pint of "whis key, according to the information given to the MoriBVUc Messenger by the state's attorney. 'The Hyde Park agency is evidently a font of Joy to the bibulous bipeds of Lamoille county. By the way tho state's attorney has not explained his neglect to bring ac tion against this agency for furnishing liquor for tho Jurymen, and Judge Mun- son has not told why he failed to pun ish tho alleged debauchees with con tempt of court proceedings. Long Enjoins Silence. Secretary John D. Long has shown good senso in his order enjoining all persons in the naval service to re frain from any public statement con cerning the subject matter of the court of inquiry requested by Rear Ad miral Schley. Admiral Schley's son, who Is a captain in the regular army, has been Interviewed at length in Salt Lake City, Utah. He says that when tho court of inquiry meets he would like to have tho privilege of asking Admiral Sampson just one question: "If the battle of Santiago had resulted in defeat, to whom would the blame be attached?" The question is a fair one, nnd many people will answer, Sampson, tho latter having been In command of tho squadron, and having outlined the plan upon which the bat tle was eventually fought. Probably many people havo forgotten that Sampson's absence at the time of tho fight was due to following instructions from th6 navy department in direct ing him to go to Slboney for a con ference with tho Major-General Shatt er regarding plans for tho Cuban cam Assets, $19,900,890.10 Liabilities, 17,899,825.21 Surplus, $2,001,064.89 TAYLOR & SON, fleueral Agents. Brattleboro, Vermont, paign. While Schley was tho ranking officer, he gavo practically only ono order during tho light, directing the Bhlps in tho beginning to "close In." Tho bnttie after that has been des cribed as a "captain's flght," each cap tain directing his ship as ho saw fit for the destruction of Cervora's fleet To Quote from Blaine Again. John Harris says editorially In his newspaper, tho Morrlsvillo Messen ger: "The Phoenix attempts to justify tho endeavor of M. J. Savage to do away with tho Christian Sabbath as a day of rest and in so doing applied epi thets to mo which aro unfit for publi cation." Mr. Savago has not endeavored to do away with Sunday as a day of rest, The Phcenlx has not attempted to Jus tify him. Also Tho Phcenlx has not ap plied epithets to Mr. Harris. Other wise Mr. Harris's statement Is correct. This paper used one word which might bo construed as an epithet, and only one. This word was In saying that ono was moved to exclaim in the words of Blaine, and then quoting from the Maine statesman when he was handling Roscoe Conkllng without gloves. Not content with his intolerant and bigoted attack on Rev. M. J. Savage In his own paper Mr. Harris has writ ten nn extended signed communication to the St. Albans Mesenger, in which ho says in part: 'Mr. Savage, in teaching that If any thing could properly be done any other day of tho week It could as properly be done Sunday, abolishes a day of rest and makes all days alike. This teaching allows that stores, farms, fac tories and mills can properly bo oper ated seven days in the week and three hundred and sixty-five days In the year. 'This contention, by Itself, I heartily condemn. Any leader or teacher of tho people who will argue against any day of relaxation, rest and change Sunday, Wednesday, Friday, any day you may select Is an enemy to God and humanity. 'I repeat that, in its Inevitable re sults, such teaching Is both terrible and damnable. Humanity could not endure ceaseless labor. Ono day in seven of relaxation and change is as necessary to mind and body as food Is to tho physical being." Mr. Harris is simply arguing from a wrong premise. He sets up a man of straw and then punches the stuffing out of him. The trouble with Mr. Har ris apparently is that he does not know what Rev. M. J. Savago said. Mr. Savage did not arguo against a day of relaxation, rest and change. Ho argued for such a day as will toe seen from the following quotation from his sermon: "Set a part of Sunday for commun ion with God. Then use the rest of the day for recreation walking, sailing, driving, playing goir, or anytning tnat will make you better physically." There is not a word in Mr. Savage's sermon that shows that ho believes in Sunday as anything but a "day of relaxation, rest and change." He did, however, Indicate that he was not op posed to amusements on Sunday that were right on any other day in the week. Tho Phcenlx Is not prepared to go as far in Its advocacy of amuse ments on Sunday ns Mr. Savago is. A careful perusal of his sermon, how ever, will show that It contains noth ing "terrible and damnable." Instead of being "an enemy to God and hu manity" Mr. Savage is ono of tho most earnest and reverent of tho Christian ministers who have consecrated their lives to the uplifting of mankind. This advice is furnished Mr. Harris without charge: Read in full the ser mon condemned, not a few garbled words which give no idea of the cen tral thought. Find out all you can about Rev. M. J. Savago and then make up your mind as to the manner of man he is. In considering Mr. Harris as the critic of Mr. Savage and having in mind the distance between them a pygmy to a giant, as Friend Ropes would say The Phcenlx was moved to exclaim in certain quoted words of Blaine. Mr. Harris having taken these words as eplthetlc to him personally they are cheerfully withdrawn, and these other words of Blaine substitut ed: "A singed cat to a Bengal tiger." Rains In the Corn Belt. . Copious rains havo fallen through out the corn belt of tho western states after four weeks of drought and ex treme heat. In Western Kansas and 6ome other sections tho stalks were fired so badly that no amount of rain could revive them, but in Iowa the corn is almost certainly saved from further damage and will amount to 70 or 75 per cent of an average crop. It Is estimated that the rain made a difference of $6,000,000 to tho farmers of Iowa alone. Nebraska farmers are now hopeful of harvesting half a crop or better and more encouraging re ports come from several states. The rainfall has lowered tho temperature and pastures, fruits and all vegetation aro showing new life. Notwithstanding tho help of tho re cent rains statisticians are figuring on the smallest corn crop since 1894, when the total product was estimated at 1,200,000,000 bushels. At tho be ginning of this season a com crop of 2,100,000,000 bushels was anticipated, but estimates now placo tho figures around 1,700,000,000 bushels. Corn sold Saturday In the Chicago market at 65 cents, the highest non-corner price since 1894, and oats also reached V . . t tho highest price since that year. The American wheat crop this year Is expected to be 700,000,000 bushels, the largest on record. The unusual de mand from Europo and tho shortage in corn and oats will do much to keep tho price of wheat at a good figure and beef and pork products are likely to feel the effects of the condition of tho corn market. MINOR NOTES. The opening of Uio now Athol and Templeton electric road now gives through connection by trolley from Orange to Boston. Plans are under discussion for filling the gap of a few miles between Orange and Millers Falls, thus giving electric railway con nection between Greenfield and Bos ton. CapL Charles A. Curtis, military In structor at the University of Wiscon sin in Madison, has visited recently In Northfield, where he held a similar position for years at Norwich Univer sity. His son, Lieut. Curtis, formerly of Northfield, was one of the officers who was with Gen. Funston when Agtilnaldo was captured. The publisher of the Now England Magazine has made the August num ber an "Old Home Week" number, nearly all of the long table of contents having some feature appropriate to this annual observance in the states of Maine, New Hampshire and Ver mont. The article describing and elaborately illustrating the beauties of Lake Memphremagog Is of especial in terest to Vermonters. "Creeceus Is now king of trotters.hav Ing beaten his own world stallion toc ord of 2.04 and the world's trotting record of 2.03 held by The Abbott. Cresceus's mil in 2.02 over thetrack at Cleveland, Ohio, Friday was made within a few hours after heavy show ers and not under particularly favora ble conditions. The quarter was turn ed in 30 seconds, the half mile in 1.01, the three quarters in 1.31. This re markable trotter was driven by George H. Ketchum of Toledo, the owner and breeder. The Cleveland track has al ways been a favorite with horsemen, and Maud S. made her record of 2.08 to a high wheeled sulky over it. Cres ceus's performance has started discus sion anew on the question of the two minute trotter. Forty-eight candidates for cadetship at West Point reported for examina tion this week. Six failed, two were rejected by the medical board, and tho others- were successful, Including Fred A. Cook of Thetford, who received his appointment from Congressman-elect Hoskins after the competitive exam ination at White River Junction. Ca det Cook is a son of Georgo W. Cook, a farmer in Thetford, and is a gradu ate of Thetford Academy. Calvin Titus, the bugler who was the first man to scale the walls of Pekin and who served with company K of Ben nington at Chickamauga In 1898, was another successful candidate. Ten alternates passed for whom no vacan cies exist. Break This Softly to Lynn Hays. From the Springfield Union. The two crooks captured by Inspec tor Qullty In Main street a few weeks ago have been held for the United States court on a charge of robbing the post office In Essex Junction, Vt. Travelers who aro familiar with the peculiarities of that place as a rail road Junction will feel that the two men have ample excuse for doing any thing desperate in that little village. The railroad facilities there and the manner in which connections are (not) made were responsible for a poetic outburst by the late E. J. Phelps, for mer United States ambassador to Eng land, of which the closing refrain of each stanza was: "I hope In hell their souls may dwell. "Who first Invented Essex Junction." Roosevelt Coming to Vermont. Vice President Roosevelt will come to Vermont to attend tue annual ban quet of the Fish and Game league ot Isle LaMotte. Ho will arrive in Rut land from tho West Sept. 6, and will go to Senator Proctor's house in Proc tor for luncheon. In the afternoon Senator Proctor will accompany him to Burlington and tho two will be entertained by Col. LeGrand B. Can non. The vice president will address tho Vermont Officers society in the opera houso on the afternoon of Sept. 5, and will also speak at the society's banquet in the evening. After attend ing the Fish and Game league meeting, ho will return to Proctor with Sena tor Proctor. Winston Churchill, the celebrated author, will also be ono of tho speakers at the banquet at Isle LaMotte. Strange Death at Cuttlngvllle. E. C. Anson, 33, of South Reading, and Miss Lena Alnsworth, 25, his1 housekeeper, got off the train at Cut tingsville lato Tuesday night and went at once to the offlco of Dr. W. R. Blossom. The young woman, who was in a delicate condition, told the doc tor she had been taking medicine to obtain relief, and said she had been subject to fainting spells. She was seized suddenly with a spasm, became unconscious, and died in about three hours. An autopsy showed that the woman's lungs were diseased and that Bho was In an enfeebled condition. Anson left Wednesday apparently for Claremont, N. H., where the girl has relatives living. Ho said he had no connection with the woman's condi tion nnd merely accompanied her at her request. He said she was 26 years of age. The officers will continue their Investigations. Anson was arrested In Cuttingsville yesterday and taken to Rutland by Sheriff Feabody. Columbia May be Cup Defender Again. Shamrock II. has sailed for thla country. Sir Thomas Llpton, her own er, is hopeful that ho will lift tho cup which tile America won 50 years ago, and which has been defended success fully ever since then. Llpton claims that the new challenger Is 10 minutes faster over a 30-mllo course than any of Its predecessors. The present sta tus of America's cup defender Is very uncertain. The Constitution has prov ed to be a very fast boat In light winds, but it is by no moans certain that sho Is the equal of the old defender, Co lumbia, In a whole-sail breeze. The Columbia defeated tho Constitution again off Newport, R. I., Monday by 2 minutes and 54 Beconds, thus win ning the $10v. Astor cup. The victory was decisive and convincing. Tho managers at once announced that tho Constitution was not doing herself Jus tice, nnd that she would not race again until put In proper shape. Tho Co lumbia and the Independence sailed another race yesterday, In which tho Boston boat was badly beaten. Tho Columbia led by a mllo at tho first mark. As tho breeze grew stronger. the Independence seemed for a time to do better, but on the reach to the sec ond mark the Columbia gained rapidly again, beating the Independence on tho latter s best point of sailing and turn ing with a lead of 6 minutes and 40 seconds. The trial races for the selec tion of the cup defender will be sailed Aug. 31, Sept. 2 and 4. Steel Strike Not Ended. A conference was arranged at New York this week between J. P. Morgan, President Schwab of the United States steel corporation and other capitalists on the ono side and President Shaffer and Secretary Williams representing; tho strikers on the other side. It was thought that an understanding would be reached ending the steel strike, but at the present time the situation is about the same as it was a week ago with no attempt being made to start any of the closed mills outside of the Wellsville plant. It Is said that Mr. Morgan has been asked for a new proposition, and that the union leaders are waiting for a reply. Rebellion In Venezuela. Telegraphic reports from Curacoa state that the revolutionary leader. Dr. Garblras, formerly Venezuelan Minister to France, has Invaded Ven ezuela at the head of a small army of Colombian Invaders, and established headquarters In San Cristobal. Many arrests of leading citizens have been made. President Castro Is gathering a force to resist the invaders. Some of the reports aro contradictory, and one from the Venezuelan consul gen eral at New York says the revolution ary movement has collapsed. The Land Lottery For weeks there has been a, rash to register claims for free .Jiomesteansr in the new- Kiowa and Comancho country, and the number of claimants amounted to 167,000, though there aro only 13,000 prizes to be drawn. The decisions, therefore, are made by the wheel of fortune and all these names have to pass over iL The drawing be gan Monday and about a thousand dis tributions were made, with as many more on days following. It Is expect ed that the drawings will be concluded tn.s week, when a comparative few will be made happy and a larger num ber will feel that lotteries are wicked. A New Story by Henry Van Dyke. Henry Van Dyke is never so happy as -when depicting the rugged life of the wilds of Canada. He has chosen this picturesque background for a de lightful new story, "A Year of No bility," which appears in McClure's Magazine for August, In which he lays bare the heart of a French Canadian guide, one Jean Lammotte, who has an experience with "a smooth prospec tor of unclaimed estates in France." Jean is certainly a "pretty good kind of marquis," and he is an interesting hero, who plunges into several kinds of danger, emerges unscathed, and fi nally wins Madame la Marquise. It is a story of the right sort: a story of action a lovo story and one that ends happily. One Fact Worth Tons of Theory. An Illinois business man who has been looking over Vermont critically for a month remarked to The Evening News today: "Stick to your state pro hibitory law. The bulging condition of your savings banks, as compared, with those in our and other license states, proves tho wisdom o tho law." Rutland Evening News. L. R. Nelson, a member of the Win chester Gun club, made an official score of 95 out of a possible 100 flying targets, unknown angles, at standard distance. Mr. Nelson claims the ama teur New Hampshire state record on clay targets. The score was made In one 'hour's time over a maugre trap. Tho New York and Washington ves tibule train on the Baltimore .& Ohio railroad, due to arrive in Chicago at 9 o'clock Wednesday night, was held up by two masked men near Grand Calumet Heights, Ind. A storage mall car, mistaken by the robbers for- an express car, was blown open with dynamite. Themen secured no plunder. They escaped after firing several shots from their revolvers to Intimidate tho passengers and train crew. Tho Bristol Manufacturing' com pany's dry house, machine shop, and engine room at Bristol, Vt, were gut ted by fire yesterday, causing a loss of about 12,000. Tue property was In sured. Paint Your Buggy for 75 Cents. With Devoe's Gloss Carriage Faint. It weighs 3 to 8 ozs. more to the pint than others, wears longer; and gives a gloss equal to new work. Sold by Bobbins & CANDY CATHARTIC Genuine stamped C C C. Never told In bulk. Beware of ihe dealer who tries to sell "something uit as good." I .... '