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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-16
SPANISH GUNS
TO ORNAMENT THE
HIGH SCHOOL
GROUNDS.
Bill before Congress to Fur
nish City Of Barre With
Two Condemned
Cannon.

At yesterdays meeting of the Civic
Federation of Woman's Clubs veri-
table sensation was produced when
Mrs. n. D. Phelps arose and informed
the ladies of the Federation that she had
corresponded with both Congressman
Grout and Senator Proctor in regard to
procuring some condemned cannon for
ornamental use on the high school
grounds, that she had received favor
able replies from both and that Mr..
Grout had in fact gone so far as to in
introduce the following bill in the house
Of representatives on January oath.
II. r. 1890.
"A BILL authorizing the secretary OF
the navy to furnish the city Of Barre.
VT. two condemned cannon.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives of the United
States Of America, III Congress Assem-.
bied
That the secretary of the navy be,
and he is hereby authorized and d.
rccted to furnish the city of Barre, VI,
two condemned cannon"
Following is a copy of Mr.. Grout's
letter to the secretary of the Federation,
dated Feb Z:
"My Dear Madame In reply TO
your letter of long time since relative
to procuring for your city, for orna.
mental use, two condemned cannons,
have to inform you that on the 9th ult.
introduced into the House a bill, ALL
thorizlng the secretary of the navy to
supply you with the desired cannons.
POSSIBLY nothing will come of this
during the present session. as the time
between now and adjournment is Sc
short, but | shall take pleasure in re
Introducing the bill into the 5Gth con-
gress when | shall do the best | can t.
have it become law, Very trul,
yours.
(sigced) WILLIAM W. CIRCUIT,
The guns will be gift from thu
government to the city of Barre, ant
the only expense will be the freight.
Senator Proctor also thought he coulh
procure some eight or ten inch shot az
ornaments.
The Federation at once voted to ac,
cept the offer and instructed Mrs. Phelp.
to finish the correspondence and pre-
cure both guns and shot ifpossible, also
to request that Spanish guns be sent i,
possible.
There is little doubt but the relic,
can be secured, and Barre will he onl
of the first cities in the United States t.
display such trophies of the Spanisl
American war. II Was the idea of thc
Federation to place the trophies on the
high school green.
The Federation also voted to hold :
meeting soon, if possible in Armor.
hall, to which all honorary member
and interested citizens will be invited
to discuss ways Of raising money TO,
the library fund
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-16
e11,6S0.3G

The uncollected taxes amount to &c.
1903 OF which $4,000 to $4,000 are
probably good.
An examination of the figures shows,
il it hsd not been for the application Of
$l4, ,5S5. 80 for the City Hall, and S9.-
76O. SO for the new school house. we
should have had those two sums, or
$24, ,205 &c. 10 have given the treasury
the same strength AS at the close of las,
year, and reduced our Indebtedness
about $2O, 10000. We believs that no
better showing could reasonably have
been anticipated. ltsho~s too, tnat the
policy Of "pay as you 60" has been ad.
hered to. for no one has claimed or tx.
psoted that indebtedness for the water
plant would pe paid for a. 1t was inour-
red.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-16
A Two Dollar Tax Rate.-.-The
Water Question Discussed.
Other Important Ques-
tiOnS considered.

The leading principle of them all was
, that retenuessh hould meet current
expenditures. "He declared emphatic.
ally that it was the duty of the nation,
in each crisis TO meet it with . suffi-
clent annual increase in revenues, ard
not to set the pestilent example of
abolishing taxes and borrowing money
in their stead'. President Mckinley in
recent message expressly advocated
the policy of "pay rs you 60" Gov.
Wolcott of Massachusetts in his last in
auSnral earnestly urged the legislature
to use the greatest caution in granting
towns and cities the privilege Of Great
ing Indebtedness. All over the country,
statutes and constitutions have been and
are being framed with view to the re-
elricton of state and municipal indebt-
"dness. The gathered and gathering
wisdom of the nation is setting itself
against debt. 1t may be pleasant for
the time being to consume our own and
our children's inheritance but it is our
prudence and self denial that will bene-
fit them and ourselves in equal meas
ure. We received our inheritance from
the last generation unburdened with
debt. Yet that generation made its
contribution to the nation in war and
built our first railroad. But what would
Wa say if they had left us their debts to
pay, although the blessings they Sc.
cured are as operative in our day as in
theirs? Some of the improvements for
which we have run in debt will lie en-
joyed entirely by Us. and will be Of no
more usefulness to our children than
our bones. A legacy Of debt and bones
will neither be consolation nor en-
richment to that splendid city Of our
prophecy, whose foundation We have
laid in granite: This is not sentiment !;
it is prudence. il 10 wisdom.
INDEBTEDNESS.
Those remarks naturally lead US to
consider the actual state of our in'ie ebted-
ness. 1t may be summarized as follows.
aside from the water debt.
barre Entertainment AS
So. demand note 4 per
cent. interest : l,316.O2
Sewer bonds, due 1909,
per cent interest 15.OOO.O0
School bonds, optional to
1911. l-2 per cent int. lS.OOO.oe
Refunding note due 1898.
per cent interest 100000
Refunding note, due 1899.
per cent interest 100000
City OF Barre bonds. due
1906, per cent interest 100000
City of Barre bonds, due
1911. per cent interest 100000
City OF Barre bonds due
1916, per cent interest 100000
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-16
City Ward CauCuSes.

lhe LEGAL voters OF Wards zone, Three i''1
Five" OF the city of Barre are hereby not'neu
and warned to meet at their respective NounS
places in their said several Wards Oh FRIDAY
February eth. 1899 at I 80 p. M. FOR tne pur-
pose of placing in nomination candidates lor
Adermen and School Commissioners 10 pe
.upportej hy the lr~al voters thereof. at the
annual election to he held in said city on Inc
Ir,t Tuesday of March \. ID. 1899, a' to'lo",s . ,
In Wards one and three an Alderman anu
+'hool Comnis 'ioner, aud in ward hHe af'
Adcrm"n.
Per order of City Com.
"blulIy 10th, lsM
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-16
ANNUAL RECEIPTS.

The receipts from all sources, inrlud'
ing water rents, have been $l46, ,246 53
In considering these receipts it must b.
remembered that We have not this amo.
uni for actual expenditures. Everything
that goes into the. treasury is credited
although it may be money for temporary
loans and the like. In the case OF oul
slate school aud highway taxes, We re-
teive the money from taxation, pay il
'ver to the state ami receive back our
proportion, The same money is act
unlly received twice into the treasury
but we are not twice as rich. bul
poorer to tho extent Of the proportion
retained by the State. The same
holds true in regard to the liquor agen-
~. We receive several thousand dol
lars year from this source, but under
the law wo pay out about the sanle as
we receive. so that while it swells our
receipt account, it does not give us a bet
ier financial standing.
The real receipts have been.
Cash on Feb. |, 1898 including
$4,000 paid OH debts 8 l0.6O7.0l
Insurance. l5 2l2.O0
Water loan, l45l9.43
Taxation, G7.2lI.37
Other sources, o.764.1S
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-16
l4.SO0.OO
S22.250.37

Our funded Indebtedness Jan. 81.
1898 was sl6s S76.o2. This amount
was soon after reduced "a 900. out Of
$40 6O7 OIL. of the cash then In the tre.
nsury. If you charge the full treasury
balance to the year ending Jan. 81.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-16
$2l,896.A2

Sub,racting this amount from the to-
tai expenditures of $36,431.72 for the
two buildings and lot. and it appears
that $lA,535.30 has been taken from the
general receipts of the city. 1t also ap-
pears that if the city coulcil had re-
imbursrd the city treasury by loan Of
a9,76O.36, advanced for the school
house tho treasury would have been
stronger than year ago. At that
time the cash on hand, not deduoting
$4,000 paid after February l, 1898 on
indebtedness, was $l0.607.0l.
Cash on hand now, 8 $4,000
New school House expendi-
lures, .* 9.760.36
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-16

1899. you should credit this year with a
payment of $4,000, Otherwise. you
should treat the treasury balance as $4..
900. less, or s6. 607 .01 on Jan. 81. 1898
II you view the matter from the firsi
standpoint VIC have paid o. 900. of our
funded debt during the year just ended
But however you iuay regard this
matter, our total Indebtedness jan. 81
1899, from the above sources was 1885,
626.S9. What this will be when tho pr. .
VI tho plant Of the Barre " Aver CUn.-
pany 10 hxed is of course unknown, and
We do not regard 1t prudent to at
tempt to estimate it. In our judgment,
the portion Of our indebtedness arising
fron the purshass and establishment Of
a municipal water plan, will net be IN
added burden provided the tax payers
patronized it 40 it's real owners ought
to do
But we think that clearer idea of
our financial condition can be had By
considering it apart from our water
debt; !. .. by considering those matters
that have been and must be provided
tor ~ burdens.
W. have not stated ~ part of our
Indebtedness. the instslnients that will
fall due under contracts ilRat have not
been fully executed. In September, we
renewed our contract with the Consoli.
dated Lighted Co. for year. The pay.
ments by this contract are monthly. and
ara 10 10 met each month during the
term, and only those pay u,ents are charg-
I'd 10 the last year for the months tina,
elapsed during that year,
In the same way we will regard the
contract for the New City Hall. Under
this contract monthly estimates and pay
meuts were to be made, less 20 per cent
reserved ~ security until final settlement
"non the completion Of the building on
Ju ~ /. 1899. We have met all the in.
stAl'nents tina: fell due during the last
50 that tho city dspt has not been incres-
ed thereby. Besides the main contract
with Mason Il Co. We have incurred 9th.
or expenses in connection with this build.
ing for stripping lot, cleaning brio
foundation and some miscsl llaneous items.
these items have been paid for except a
balance on the foundation. that has not
been adjusted. The payments are as
follows,
lAbersant. e s 2,l0l.9l
Mason Il Co. l9.643.SO
Ward 4 Douglass on founda-
ton, $4,000
George u. Adams, architect, 500 10
Miscellaneous, 325. IS
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-16
$26.67l SO
$3.50 Sc
&36,431.7:

To meet this large and unusual sx-
psnditure. the City authorized loan
for tho scnool house; voted a special
lax Ut twenty-five cents for the City
Hall; received the insurance on the
old buiIuing. and left the balance to be
provided for by the general tax. The
city council mas not exsrcis, 4 its auth
ori,y 10 make loan for the sohoolhouse
The insurance received was $l5,2l2 90
Special tax Of 25c. 6,6S4.42
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-16
9l64 376.O2

The water debt can mot be stated be-
cause the amount to be paid the Barre
Water Co. has not been asccrtained.
In order to connect tho Martin Brook and
complet. the West Iiill system, there has
been incurred the following indebtch-
ness
Msrr II Gordon note, per
cent interes, due July
|. 1899 y l.125.33
6. +. Mcfarland note, 4 per
cent interest due July
1899. 47O.55
Dennis 1ilden note 1 per
cent interest due July
|. 1899 'oo,e3
Mcdonald g. Buckan note
1 per cent int. due July
|. 1899. 2.ll7.5O
F, W. Tilden estate note
per cent int. due July
|. 1899. 1Oo.e3
J. s. Ro ,inson note per
cent int. due July
I. 1899. l.725.SS
Curtis l. Motey note 3 l-2
int. due July l.
1859. l4.8O0 90
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-16
$26,67l.36

under the heading Of City Hall we
shall consider the. expenditures that will
bc required for its completion.
We have also met the lnstalncnts for
The Brook Street School House, and fIrs
nishsd the money for the lot As follows:
Appropriations for building. S6,26O J6
Paid for lot. 3,5UO.U0
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-16
OUR SOLDIERS,

One Of the most interesting events of
our City for the year was the enlist
ment of company "f our young men
into the service Of tho United States. l.
will be remembered as the first instance
of the kind in the history Of our city.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-16
$9.76UU.36

Total, S9.76OO.36
Since the purchase price for the lot
was paid directly out OF the city treas
ury by warran, authorized by the city
council, Instead OF an appropriation to
tho school department, and then by the
school commissioners. the report Of the
school commissioners docs not include
this item Of IS. 800. Theirreport With
out deduction for cash on hand shows a
total disbursement Of $24 ,O72.5l, i,
whereas if the cost Of tho lot should be
added as it should BIZ, if you desire to
know the amount expended for school
purpose. the tolal is $27,572.5l.
1t therefore, appears that these two
buildings have teen a heavy draft upon
the city treasury.
For the City Hall R26.67l SO
For School House and Lot $3.50 Sc
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-16

Have yon seen those new novels
M MARY j. Holmes, Mr.. South
worth, and GprgIa Sheldon?
Call and look them over.
H. L. AVERILL'S,
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-16

This is an odd heading in message.
But some of our good citizens have
given it a promiance that makes
passing notice appropriate. Many of
our citizens do not realize how persist
emily the vendors of municipal supplies
will press their interest upon public Of
firlals. This has been esuecially 60 in
the case of buff brick and plaster. The
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-16

CONTINUED on FOURTH PAGE.)
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24
PROLIFIC IN CHILDREN.
Two Texas Families Which Delight
the Census Taker.

Caldwell. Tex, Letter Globe-Democrat.
Two very remarkable prolific families
reside in adjoining counties in South
ern Texas. They are all frugal, indus
trious Germans, living on well-culti-
waited farms.
Christian Pohel, who is not yet fifty
years of age, is the father of eighteen
children. They are all alive, and there
has never been a death in the family.
All were born under the same roof.
Not one of them ever had a bone
broken, nor did ever one of them take
a dose of medicine prescribed by a ply
sician. They are all rosy-cheeked,
stout looking boys and girls. The
mother OF all these young Teams is a
fine-lookng woman, possessing clear
cut, classic features. Her face looks as
If II had been chiseled from olive-col-
ored marble. She Is nearly fifty years
of age, though she looks twenty years
younger. The boys and girls have been
raised to work in the fields, and as a
result of such training they are very
robust and healthy.
Mr.. Pohel owns a large body of fine
land, a greater portion of which Is
under a high state OF cultivation. The
children seem TO be very devoted to
each other, and II is the intention OF
their parents TO give each of them a
farm when they marry, and have them
settle near the old homestead. Should
they prove to be as prolific as their
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24
A BURDEN LIFTED.

When a woman who hss long suffered
from female troubles, is again restored TO
health she feels that tremendous burden
has been lifted from her shoulders. Her
figure rounds out again. Color comes to
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24

led to number of small dsagreements
previous to February 4th, but no serious
trouble had occurred.
The outposts of the insurgents, how
ever, were gradually drawing closer to
ours, and on the Saturday evening Of the
outbreak of hostilities an insurgent lieu
tenant attempted to pass a sentinel with
in the Nebraska lines. He advanced to-
ward our lines with a small guard and
sign!fed his intention of placing one of
them beyond his usual post. Private
Grayson challenged the insurgents, but
they ignored his demand to halt. He
waited a moment, but the guard ad-
Vanced and he fired his shot, killing the
lieutenant and one private. The other in
surgents promptly returned the fire. and
retreated under cover of some bushes
near their lines. A silence followed, but
in the Nebraska camp the sound Of the
rifle and tho passing along of the word
aroused the men to great activity. Not
three minutes elapsed from the sound of
the alarm before every man in the regi-
ment was ready for action. They i'm
mediately marched, in uble-quick time
to their assigned positions. Down the
Santa Mesa road the San Juan bridge
crossed the little river of the same name
The bridge and river now divided the two
lines. Suddenly body of insurgents at
tempted to force passage across the old
arched bridge. They sent up terrific
whoop and yell, and with great spirit
and noise rushed forward. Then our
boys sent volley after volley into them,
and 1t was not until the insurgents had
been driven back three times that they
turned and ran toward the old quarters
on the hill, a half-mile beyond. Firing
was now general all along our lines
around the city. All night and until late
the next afternoon our boys drove them
foot by foot across the fields and
streams, until our lines were stretched
twenty-five miles in width and from four
to nine miles in advance of their original
outposts. The Filipinos did not celebrate
their capture of Manila at Mass Sunday
morning, February 5th, as 1t was said
they had openly boasted.-Manila Letter
in Ieslie's Weekly
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24
PRIVATE GRAYsoN DID 1T.
1t Was He Who Fired the First Shot
in the Filinino Uar


The first shot that sounded the death
knell Of Filipino hopes was fired by Phi
Yate Grayson, Of Company d, OF the First
Nebraska Volunteers. The Nebraskas
had been encamped for two months at
Santa Mesa, one Of the numerous dis
tricts, resembling wards, into which Ma
Mia is divided The camp was practical
ly on the hring-line, simply a space of a
Few hundred wards Intervening between
the Filipino and the American forces en-
tirely around the city. The Filipinos
were strongly intrenched in the Santa
Mesa district, and Just behind their lines
We're the old Spanish stone arsenal and
two of the fourteen block houses that ex-
tend around the city, The country is
rolling, and is one of the prettiest of the
suburbs, number OF foreign consuls and
wealthy residents having their houses at
Santa Mesa. The growing spirit OF un-
friendliness between the two forces had
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stops drains in the feminine organs. II
strengthens the fragile supports that hold
the internal organs in place. It corrects
irregularities. Il drives away the "blues"
and banishes nervousness. The ordeal
of child-bearing Is rendered an occasion
of no danger and little pain. 1t is the
best medicine that DIR. K. V. Pierce, the
long experienced specialist In woman's
diseases, ever made. The Doctor will
give free, fatherly advice 10 all women
who write him at Buffalo, N. Y. No fee
whatever Is charged.
" Ivss q great sufferer for four years from dis
placement and liberation" writes Mrs Mary
Pickering, Of Ollie Keetuk conuty, Iowa. AT
tine tims began using Or, Pierees Favorite
Prescription was not able 10 sit up In bed.
teok eight bottles and got 10 be g stout woman
] also savs DR.. pieTes's Golden Medical Dikcoy@
cry 20 my hrie daughter for quiusy and enlarged
oNslls and u completely cured her. Any donht-
ng this can write 70 me, enclosing stamp, aud
Honest dealers will not urge substitutes
! ior DIR. Pierce's medicines. There are no
y other medicines in the world "just as
ks9od," although avaicious druggists
lvhl sometimes say so for the sake of
10 greater profit to be made upon the
brior articles.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24
TRUE HISTORY OF
THE CARDIFF GIANT
ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS OF
FRAUDS.

How the Late Professor Marsh of
Yale Had His Suspicious Aroused
After Many of the Worlds Most
Eminent Scientists Had Been TAX
en- in by the Hoax.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24

INTRODUCTION lessons of the
quarter. with the exception of the last
from Pauls eplstle, were all taken from
the gospel of John. Eleven are biograph-
ical, one is practical, and all pertain to
Christ We have studied events in the
last three months Of the Saviour's life.
and we have learned what ought to be
the spirit and conduct of those who ac-
knowledge Him as Master. The series
has been one of exceeding interest, COW
cring the themes OF chief Importance,
and presenting Jesus in the most won
derful relations and aspects. For pur-
poses of review the fourth, fifth and sixth
lessons are thrown together under a
single head. so also are the seventh,
eighth, ninth and tenth. While each Of
these lessons might protitably occupy
more time it is belived that the combi-
nation thus effected will be very helpful
After all what is most needed in the
treatment of a subject, especially in ic-
view. is not an exhaustive handling, but
an arrangement of parts to reveal the
order Of thought.
RAISING.-Lcsson /. The quarter be-
gan with a miracle. the most remarkable
of all those performed by Jesus. The
tion of the widows sen at Main duke
viii u. but Lazarus had been longer dead
so that his sisters believed the body had
already begun to decay. Jesus went pur-
posely to Bethany on hearing of the
death, the only instance during His min
istry In which He employed His power
for personal friend, except to save the
disciples from drowning. The tears He
shed at the grave were not wholly the
rpGult nP af ah
(verse 3G), but were occasioned by the
contemplation Of the worlds sin and suf-
fering. The doubt of the women, eS-
pressed three times, was accompanied
by personal confidence in Him. The
challenge of their faith revealed one pur-
pose of the deed. to draw out that incip-
lent trust which had displayed itself
feebly, but which in these closing months
needed to be strengthened. The prompt
response of the dead to the Masters >
call, the surprise of the by-standers, the
belief of many Jews, were all interesting
features of the occasion.
ANOINTING-Lesson 2. The act of
Mary in the same town, after Jesus had
made His circuit in Ephram and Sa-
maria, and returned, forms one of the
most beautiful lessons of the quarter.
1t was on a festive occasion, when
Martha served and Lazarus sat at the
table with his distinguished benefactor,
that Mary brought forth the box of
spikenard and poured it's contents over
the feet and head of her beloved Lord.
The question of Judas revealed his hy-
pocrisy and greed, and the momentary
agreement of tho other disciples with
him showed their weakness as we'll as
their failure to appreciate a generous
deed. But the approval of Jesus set all
things to right, condemning the critics,
commencing the motive of Mary, and re-
ferring to His death not far distant. His
prediction that the amounting would be
kept in universal and perpetual memory
has been verified. The story of this wo-
mans loving self-sacrifce has been re-
peated in all lands wherever the gospel
has been preached, and the perfume of
the ointment yet pervades the church, as
the abiding blessing of a good life.