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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-06-18

Boston, June Isl. Richard Mulrey
convicted in two trials of obtaining
money from the city of Boston by false
pretenses, was sentenced in the superior
court yesterday to eight years in state
prison. P. j. Finneran, convicted with
Mulrey at the first trial, received a SEN
tence of % months in the house of cor
rection and a fine of $14O0 After the
sentences had been pronounced the
counsel for the men asked for a stay in
the execution, pending the decision OF
the supreme court on the exceptions
taken at the trial. A stay was, how
ever, refused, and both men began
eerving their terms of Imprisonment
Mulrey and Finneran were tried and
convicted of obtaining a large sum of
money from the city by classifying team
ing accounts. Mulrey was a clerk in
the street department while Finneran
was a young contractor, and it was
shown that the two acted in collision.
It was stated that Finneran only OBJ
tanned $1,000 as his share while Mulrey'a
peculation amounted to many thousand
dollars.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-06-18
BARNATO A ST. ode.
South African Diamond X ng Jumped
Overheard From Vessel.


London June ia special dispatch
from Funchal, island of Madeira, off the
west coast of Morocco says that on the
arrival there of the British steamship
Scot which left Table Bay Cape TOWN.
on June for Southampton, it was an
nounced that Barney Barnato, the
South African diamond king, who was
among the passengers, had committed
suicide by leaping overheard. His body
was recovered.
The late Barney Barnato was in many
respects the most remarkable Spectator
of the century. Of all the Englishmen
who have taken part in the development
of South Africa, two only have secured
a worldwide reputation. These have
been Cecil Rhodes and Barnet Isaacs,
more often and less respectfully styled
Barney. Barnato was an assumed
name, a sort of stage name, for he began
his life in South Africa by exhibiting a
trick donkey about rs years ago. He
was then about 20 years of age.
Barnato was an English Jew, and illus
trated in an extraordinary way the
financial genius of his race. Up to the
point when his fortunes began to de-
cline he made money by leaps and
bounds, and in 1895, when his good for
tune was at it's zenith, it was estimated
that he controlled interests worth in the
neighborhood of 100000 900. It was the
fashion to call him the richest man in
the world; at that time he was virtually
the king of the London money market.
In the autumn of 1895, when the boom
in "Kaffirs," the shares of the COMPARE
lively new gold mines of the Transvaal,
South Africa, was at its height, every
man, woman and child in London with
money to invest invested it in "Kaffirs."
The center of this tremendous financial
outburst was Barney Barnato.
Barnato was born in London But
little is known as to his early life, except
that he received his instruction from a
private tutor instead of attending the
public schools. He was a younger son,
and at the age of 20 went to South
Africa, then much more savage terri
tory than it is now and but scantly popu-
lated Englishmen or persons of English
descent, to seek his fortune. The Kim
berly diamond mines We're just begin
ming to be productive. With his few
pounds of capital he began dealing in
diamonds in small way. He was clever
and pushing. Everything he touched he
made successful
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-06-18
SLANG OF COLLEGE GIRLS.
The Crush" Dead SqueIch" and other
Terms Expressive of Student Life.

ICILhS Expressive OF student LlIes
College girl slang is not often heard
outside of college walls. To outsiders it
is chiefly interesting because it gives
glimpses of college life Take the word
prod, for example. A prod" would
scarcely be met with except in the col
lege world, although prodigies might.
1t is always a question whether a girl
who is called prod" receives the
term in appreciation or disgust. There
are two sorts Of "prods, " one receiving
the term from pure brillianoy in some
particular line, the other for general
studiousness. The latter are the most
irritating, for they dre always ready
with answers in reGitations, while the
brilliant prod" may be on the ordinary
plane of intelligence when out of her
particular sphere. She is a "prod"
through no fault of her own. A dis
tinctly woman's collegiate word is
"crush, " expressing a relationship be-
tween two girls hard to define. One
girl, generally an underclassman and
usually freshman, becomes much at
upperclass girl. The younger girl is
crushed" on the other, sends her flow
ers and tries in various ways to give
expression to her admiration. The
"crush" soon passes over, the admirer
finding some flaw in her idol, or else,
as is often the case, the crush" at
length loses its youthful sentimentality
and settles down into good friendship
If, however, before either of these
states are reached the object of the
"crush gets weary of the devotion,
she resorts to what in college parlance
is known as "squelching," the highest
form Of which is I'D. S." or dead
squ3kitSs,, Il. ais method indeed has often
to be employed toward freshmen,
whether crushed" or not, to teach
them their proper place. There is an
unwritten but we'll established decree
that upper class girls shall always be
held as superiors. At the first of the
year, for instance, before the entering
class is thoroughly at home, it would
be a decided breach of etiquette for a
freshman to ask mighty senior or
junior to dance. She must wait to be
invited. But the freshmen-well, they
don't understand all these important
points, but judicious use of the dead
squelch" Will teach them a good deal.
In much the same category with
slang are the authorizations rife at col
lege, Literature is always "lit," psy-
chology 'psych," dictionary "dic. "
The abbreviatiou most in the minds OF
the girls at present is that dreaded
monster, texans " Volumes might be
written concerning the blue state of the
during the time when every
one is looking forward to the "exams.
In the corridors may be heard such ques-
lions as "How many exams have you
got?' "Do you think we II have one in
'lit?' " Then with gloomy foreboding,
'Oh, I'm SO afraid I'll funk. ," Then
the synonyms for hard work come into
play, grind" dig" and "bone. -
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-06-18
London and Food.

American cities, above those Of any
other nation, possess the advantage Of
being able to provide food promptly and
at short notice for great number OF
people in excess of their normal popula-
ton without enhanced cost to local con-
sumers. British and continental cities
confronted with such a contingency find
it difficult to meet. The anticipated in.
fiux of a great body of strangers means
weeks of preparations; prices of edibles
are at once raised far above the average,
and not only visitors but residents also
are put to considerable Inconvenience to
procure a sufficiency. Already in Lon
don much apprehension is felt in regard
to feeding the estimated 1900, 900
strangers who are expected to be present
at the celebration of the queens jubi
lee.
AS is we'll known, England is mainly
dependent for its edibles upon foreign
sources. London is provisioned only
from day to day, and any interruption
of transportation facilities from the con-
tinent for a few hours would practically
exhaust its supply of many perishable
commodities. The Daily Telegraph is
already INDUCING in gloomy forebod-
ings ON the subject. 1t asserts that per-
ishable food, such as milk, fruit, vege-
tables and fish, will be scarce and extor-
tionately dear. On the actual day of the
procession it fears an actual fight for
edibles. Caterers are already contract
ing to supply luncheons and dinners fo1
the sightseers on June 90.
From the terms demanded it is con-
ceded that only millionaires will be able
to feed satisfactorily. Alarm is inspired
by the possibility that for several days
previous to the celebration the demand
upon the passenger service of the rail
ways will be so great as to disorganize
the transportation of food from rural
England and the continent New York
can absorb an influx of strangers far
more numerous, in proportion to its size,
than London, and no one will have evil
dence that all comestibles are not as
plentiful and cheap as usual. New
York Sun
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-06-18

Boston, June 15.-The sailors who ship
from the port of Boston, nearly every
man of whom belongs to the Atlantic
Scamen's union struck for an increas
in wages yesterday. 1t is claimed by
the union that the falling off in ship
ping in the coal carrying trade, where
larger barges have been recently en-
plOyed, and because of the railroad com.
panies having given lower freight rates,
have influenced shipowners to endeavo1
to increase profits by a reduction of
wages. The sailors are of the opinion
that the reduction of their wages will not
overcome these two methods of compe-
tition. Therefore it was resolved to
make an aggressive effort to have wages
advanced
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-06-18
How Fast wild Geese F1v.

During the three days ending March
20 numerous focks of geese were seen
migrating northward, or, rather, north
eastward, since they were following the
general trend of the coast line, which,
in New England, is nearly northeast.
ward north of Cape Cod. On the morn
ing of March %. while A. E. Sweetland
and Iwere measuring clouds at the ends
of base line /, 1884 meters in length,
extending from the Blue Hill Meteoro-
logical observatory to the base of Blue
hill, we succeeded in measuring, with
our cloud theodolites, the height and the
velocity of flight of one of these flocks
Of geese. So rapid is the velocity of
fight that the flock was visible to the
observers only about two minutes, but
during that time two sets of measure
ments were taken with the theodolites
ON the leader of the flock.
The first measurements, at s 40 a. M,
were accurately taken at the observa-
tory station, but were only approximate
at the other station. The second meas
urements, at $3.50 a. M, We're accurate
and simultaneous at both stations. Us
ing the second set of observations at
both stations for the height and the two
sets of observations at the observatory
station for the velocity, the calculations
gave the height as 500 feet above the
Neponset river valley, of $50 feet above
sea level and the velocity of flight as
443 miles an hour. The direction of
dight was from southwest to northeast.
On a previous occasion we found a
flock Of ducks flying from the northeast
ut height of 95S feet with a velocity
of a.. miles an hour.-H. Helm Clay
ton in Science.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-06-18
End of Postal CONGRESS.

Washington, June 16.-The universal
postal congress, the fifth convention of
the kind in the world, closed yesterday
The final session was devoted to the
formal signing of the general treaty and
of the detailed articles of arrangements.
Every delegate signed these two sets of
papers, subject to the formal ratifica-
ton of his government and owing to the
amount of labor involved signatures to
other sets of documents were waived
under general authority for their exc
cution. The originals of all these docu-
ments will be placed in the archives of
the state department for preservation,
and certified copies will be forwarded to
all the governments comprising the
universal postal union.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-06-18
LIKE DAYS OF OLD
Outdoor Celebration of Ander-
son-Perkins Wedding.

Three Thousand Friends of Bride Gather
to Do Her Honor-A Joyous Scene
Feasting and Fireworks.
Webster, N. H., June 16.-Mr. and Mrs.
Larz Anderson gave a wedding reception
last night to the people of this and sur
rounding towns.
Mrs. Anderson regards the months
spent in the country estate here of her
father, Commodore George H. Perkins,
as the mott delightful in her life, of
whose 20 years they would, in the ag-
gregate, form fully half. In her rid
ing and driving far and wide she has
met nearly all the inhabitants of the
countryside and she has charmed them
one and all by the instructive courtesy
of her manner her quick interest and
helpful sympathy.
Queen Isabelle they used to call her,
though in no respect has she conducted
herself as an aristocrat, but rather as
she really is, an ideal American girl.
Anxious to do her honor, the people of
Webster and it's surrounding towns
Warner, Hopkinton, Salisbury, Bosca-
wen and even the nearby cities, Con-
cord and Franklin, turned out last night
by the thousands. 1t is estimated that
$500 men, women and children drove in
over the muddy country roads to take
part in the festivities. 1t was gather
ing without a parallel in the history of
New Hampshire, at least.
The bridal couple were assisted in re-
ceiving by Mrs. George Fl. Perkins, Mrs.
AndersOn's mother Commodore Perk-
ms himself, although taking no formal
part in the proceedings, had a hearty
welcome for all. Among the guests OF
the occasion from Boston We're Mrs A.
S. Freeman, William A. CASTOR and DR..
George w. Gay. Mrs. WOodman of Con-
cord, cousin of Mrs. Anderson was
also present,
A magnificent display Of fireworks was
given from a float in the lake, compris-
ing 100 pieces, and consuming several
hours in it's execution.
Refreshments We're served to 1000 of
those present, and a band rendered
musical selections during the entire
evening. The details of the celebration
were in charge of Roger Foster, Miss
Andorsons cousin, who is the repre-
sentative Of the town of Webster in the
legislature and manager of Commodore
Perkins large estate here.
The affair was a great success in every
particular, and was characterized by
the entire absence of ostentation or dis
play. All the guests were made to feel .
perfectly ct home, and the welcome ex- .
tended to tn m nv the heiress to ST., OOO,- .
600 was frank and cordial.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-06-18
AIVan Clark Dead.

Boston. June 1O.-Alvan Graham
Clark died at 1:45 o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon at his home on Brookline street,
Cambridgeport. In his death the world
loses its greatest lens maker. With his
death the famous Clark family OF lens
makers becomes but a memory, as he
was the sole survivor of it. Mr.. Clark's
death was most peaceful, and he was
surrounded by his intimate friends when
the end came. The Yerkes lens just set
up at Lake Geneva, Wis, was the last
important piece of work done by Mr.
Clark, and he often expressed the wish
to live long enough to see if it's power
was what it ought to be.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-06-18
Ordination at Tufts.

West Medford, Mass, June 15-Eight
men and three women were ordained
ministers in Goddard chapel, Tufts col
lege, yesterday. The services in con-
nection with the ordination were i'm
pressive, the address being delivered by
Rev. John c. Adams, D. d. The follow
ing candidates were presented for ord
ination by President Capcn: Herbert
Elmon Benton of NewtOnville, Flint
Mandrin Bissell Of Wellesley, Augusta
Gertrude Earle of Somerville, John
Ellis of Lowell, George Ferdinand
Fortier of SOmerville, Isabella Stirling
Macduff of Claremont N. H; Clarence
Guy Robbins of Melrose, Mrs. Nancy
Wiley Paine Smith of Tufts college
Fred Allan Taylor of West Somerville
George Linnalus Thompson of Stafford
Conn; Fred Storer Walker of Portland
Me
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-06-18
Burial Permit Refused.

Weeks Mills, Me-, June 14.-Homer H.
Freeman, aged 20, farmer residing
about two miles east of here, was found
dead in bed yesterday. Bruises were
found on his body, and DR.. L. ]. Crooker
of Augusta and DR.. c. ]. Lincoln of China
made examination and refused to grant
a burial permit. Coroner ]. F. Bean 81
Augusta has been called to investigate.
Freeman lived with his widow, ager 10,
and granddaughter about 10. They
claim heart disease was the cause of his
death.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-06-18
Notary Arrested.

Providence, June 12.-William Munson
a claim agent and notary public of East
Providence, was arrested yesterday by
the United States marshal charged with
completely in certain false representa-
tions made to H. B. Lowering, pension
agent at Boston. Some one, at present
unknown, has impersonated T. ]. Moody
@ deceased pensioner and Munson, it is
alleged, forwarded the claims. Munson
was arrested yesterday, pleaded not
guilty, and was held in $4,000 for trial
next Tuesday
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-06-18
HaiIstorm at Manchester.

Manchester, n. H., June 14.-This city
was visited by a severe hail and thun-
der storm yesterday afternoon. The
streets were badly washed out. Light
ming struck the First Methodist church
In East Manchester and practically de-
stroyed the tower. The Sunday school
session was in progress at the time, and
there was an unusually large attend
ance. The pastor and assistants barely
avoided panic.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-06-18
Youthful FOrger.

Augusta, Me-. June 15.--Georgie Las
hus of Waterville, 13year-old French
boy, has been committed to the Kenne-
bee Jail to await charge of forgery at
the September term of court. Lashus
forged the name of his grandfather,
Levi Lashus, to a pension check for
$50, with the names of two witnesses.
He received the check at the Waterville
postoffice addressed to his grandfather.
He got it cashed and was about to leave
for Canada. He is bright appearing
boy but from past thefts seems to have
q mania for stealing,
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-06-18
BEGGING CRAZE IN ENGLAND.
Gone Daft Over the Raising of Various
Subscriptions.

Gone Daft Over the Raising of Various
subscriptions.
The approach of the end of the CEN
tury in England finds the people gone
daft over the raising of subscriptions.
If there BIO one thing above all others
that charScterizes the Britons of today,
it is their persistent fondness for Great
ing Funds" and they seize every pre-
text for arousing the interest of the ma
tIon IN CHS project and that. The fad,
for such it must be, is illustrated by the
present outcropping Of schemes for in
Vulnerable purposes, all seeking to draw
money from the purses of the charitable
and inspired by the approaching cele-
bration of the completion of the sixtieth
year Of Queen Victoria's reign. This
fashion of appealing to the public for
money because of some national cere-
mony has not taken root in this country,
and the citizens of America may be de-
voutly thankful, if the present expert
ence of the English nation is to be taken
as an index of the logical development
of the craze. Subscription papers, it is
said, futter in every corner of the United
Kingdom.
All classes are appealed to for pounds,
shillings and pence. Shillings lists are
popular 1t is related that a certain
great project was put forth on the basis
of a national shilling subscription. II
was planned to acknowledge each con-
tribution in the columns of three Lon.
don dailies. 1t soon appeared that il
was costing l y shillings to acknOwl-
edge each shilling, and then the plans
were changed. Here are some of the
projects for which these various funds
are being raised, all in the name of the
queens jubilee: To raise the debts OF
the London hospitals; to create public |
libraries by the score; for the benefit OF
the hospital nurses; for the sustentatioD
Of the clergy; for the spread of temper
ance; for the creation Of new parks; fol |
the purchase of lifebOats; for the benefit
of home for incurables; for the cree.
ton of Victoria cottage homes" pre-
sumably for the benefit of certain ele
CANT paupers; for the relief Of the spin.
sters of the nation, for the relief of dis
tressed Irish ladies; for the prevention
of cruelty to children; for the benefit,
in some unstated manner, of lady may.
dresses; for the erection Of a home fol
the dying, and the climax is capped by
a fund for the creation of lethal cham
Der for dogs. -Washington Star.
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Valuable Manusorints Sold.

London, June 16.-At a sale of old
manuscripts at Sothedale auction room
yesterday Sir Walter SCOTS Lady of
the Lake" published 1870 and other
poetical manuscripts brought e129O, and
his "Old Mortality" published 1870 and
other prose manuscripts brought e6OO.
The Nelson memoir realized $1,000, and a
collection of Robert Burns manu-
scripts brought 1855.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-06-18

Millers Falls, Mass, June 12.-John
Callahan of Brattleboro, VT, and James
Kelley of Turner's Falls were drowned
in Millers river yesterday afternoon.
Both men were employed on the con-
struction of one Of the piers for the new
bridge.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-06-18
Hnt Wave In West.

Milwaukee, June 15.-RepOrts from va
rious parts of Wisconsin show an ex-
treme degree of heat yesterday the
average being in the neighborhood Of
100 degrees. At Eau Claire the Their
mometer was 100 in the shade. Five
builders were Frustrated by the heat
There were several cases of sunstroke
at GAINESVILLE, where the thermometer
rapiStared Q6
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-06-18
Minister Terrell En- Route Home.

COnstantinople, June 16.-Mr. Terrill,
the retiring American minister, started
for Athens yesterday, en- route for the
United States. Representatives of all
the foreign legations and consulates, as
well as of the American colony, paid Mr.
Terrill complimentary visits at the en-
bassy, and much regret vas expressed
at his withdrawal. The retiring min
lister had been accorded personal au-
dience with the sultan
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-06-18
Brought Home to Him.

Crusht-L-rer all, right doesn't al
ways make light, does it?
Frankman-I don't know about that.
The matrin NAL rite seems to have
made mite of you.-Richmond Dis
patch.
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TeIenhone Manager Missing.

Springfield, Mass, June l6.-John d.
Anglers, manager of the telephone ex-
change in Westfield. is missing and it
is supposed he has absconded, being
short in his accounts nearly $1,000. He
came to Westfield from Bellows Falls,
Vt, about three years ago.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-06-18
TRIED TO KILL FAURE.
The President of France Narrowly Es-
capped Assassination.

The President of France Narrowly Es-
capped Assassination.
Paris, June 14.-An attempt was made
yesterday to assassinate M. Felix Faure.
the President of the French Republic,
while he was en- route to Long Champs
to witness the grand priX. While M.
Faure's carriage was passing thicket
near LaCascade restaurant, in the Bots
de Bolougne, a bomb, which subsequent
ly proved to be a piece of tubing about
six inches long and two inches in di-
Emeter, with a thickness of half an inch,
charged with powder and swan shot, ex-
ploded. No one was injured by the ex-
plosion. A man was arrested, suspected
as the prime mover. He gave his name
as Gallet, and made only the briefest
replies to questions put to him by the
police.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-06-18

West Point N. Y, June 16.-Bertram
Sanders and youth from Arkansas.
whose meme could not be learned, have
returned to their respective homes and
decline to further take part in the ex-
animation for cadetships on the ground
that they had been severely hazed.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-06-18

Cambridge. Mass, June 16.-Howard
Dunning of Cedarhurst, Long Island, a
first year special student, has confessed
to the dissertation of the pedestal of the
statue of John Harvard on Nav %.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-06-18
Descendant of Chief Uncas.

Norwich, Conn, June 1.-Moses Field
ing. a famous Indian character and a
member of the tribe of Mohegan Indians,
died yesterday at Mohegan village. be-
tween here and New London. He was
"a years of age and a direct descendant
Of Chief Uncas. In his day he was the
greatest hunter in the state. Only three
members of this family now survive.