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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08
Hart Favors Eight Hours.

Boston, Dec. S.-Gen. Collins, the
democratic candidate for mayor, has
branded as lies the statement of j. II.
Murphy that he bOlted in 1896. EX-
Mayor Hart has come out squarely in
favor of eight hours day for all city
employees.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08
VERMONT NEWS.
The News of the State Boiled Down
For Busy Readers.

At the opening Of the Bennington
County court there was no case ready
for trial, and adjournment was taken
till afternoon, it being agreed among
the counsel that the case of George
NJ. Bemis against Clifford G. Brown
would be tried. The case is one Of
assumpsit and the parties reside in
ReadSboro. 1t was tried at the Dec.
term in 1897, but went to the Su-
preme court on exceptions and a new
trial was ordered.
There is a prospect of an active re-
vival of the marble business at Dorset
which has been languishing for a
number of years. George Taylor and
others of Boston and Joseph NJ. Devoe
of New York are interested in the de-
velopment of the quarries in that
town, work having already been COM
menced at the quarry near the Holley
farm on the west side.
Mrs. Almira Wright, who died
recently at Edenvale, Cal, at the age
of 100 years and IL months, was a
former resident of Bristol.
Mrs. W. Seward Webb is prepar-
ing to give her usual Christmas to the
children of Trinity Parish and Shell
burne Farms Monday evening, De-
cember % in the parish house.
Complaints have been made regard
ing the large number of lake trout
that have been killed at Newfoundland
lake this season by the alleged inn
proper handling of the fish in the So
called stripping process.
Charles Bushman, of Shelburne,
who recently discovered gold on his
farm. has received many good offers
for the purchase of the property. lie
will not sell this winter, however, but
in the spring will probably begin to
develop the strike.
Gen. L. G. Kingsley, of Rutland,
has lust come into possession of an
interesting revolutionary relic in the
shape of an old hint-lock double
barrelled pistol. The pistol was dug
up in 1859 by Albert A. Williams, of
Dandy, on the farm of William Mar
shall, of Schuylerville, N. V, near a
house occupied as headquarters by
Gen. Burgoyne about October l, l17l.
The weapon is supposed to have be-
longed to British officer.
Harry Wells, member of Company
Nj, of burlington, during the Spanish
American war, and who was taken
sick at Chickamauga and has never
recovered, has been granted Il pen
sion of $24 per month with back pay
from the time he was discharged
about one year ago, making about
$500. Mr.. Wells was a member OF
the regular army previous to his en-
listment in Company NJ.
Cyrus O. Lowell, Jr., of Cavendish,
graduate of st. Johnsbury academy
in 1892, is visiting in this state be-
fore going to London, where he eX-
poets to sell the stock of the mining
concern controlled by himself and
partner. Lowell spent five years in
the mining camps Of the Rockies and
then went to Alaska. He endured
the hardships there two years but
without success, but was fortunate III
being the ninth man to stake out a
claim at Cape Nome. He and his
partner now control about 80 claims
at Cape Nome, where the yield of gold
is much greater than in the klondike'
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08
CONSERVATIVES CARRY WINNIPEG.
Surprising Liberal Defeat in
Manitoba.

Winnipeg, Dec. S.-The elections
for the provincial legislature yester-
day resulted in the election of 21 con-
servatiyes and 16 lioerssts.ts. The H5-
eral party under Thomas Greenway S
leadership has beenin power for many
years. The result yesterday was a
surprising turn over.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08
THE END IN SIGHT
Such is the News. from Ma
ni||a To-Day.
MORE FIGHTING EXPECTED.
The Province of Cavite is
Yet to be Cleared of
the Rebels.

Manila, Dec. 6.-The uprising in
the Island of Negros led by the police
of the Lacorla district, whore there is
a small American garrison, was in
spired by false reports of Insurgent
victories in Luzon and Panay.
Lieut.. Ledyard, the American Off
Ger killed, was son Of the president
of the Michigan Central railroad and
very popular man.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08
Murderer Gets 12 Years.

Newkirk, l. r., Dec. S.-Clyde Mat
toX, the slayer of five men, was con-
victed yesterday of manslaughter and
sentenced to II years in the peneten-
tiarv. The crime for which he was
sentenced was the killing of Lincoln
Sweeney during bar room fight.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08
The Big Battle Begun Again
Near
M0DDER RIVER.
Unconfirmed Reports that
Kimberley Has Been
Relieved.
Pretoria, Wednesday, Dec. 6. -
Fighting commenced near the Mod
der river at six this morning.

London, Dec. S.-The reports are
again current from Modder river that
Mafeking had been relieved.
1t is known that preparations were
completed at Magalapye to advance in
force, Nov. Is. from Rhodesia.
ReinforcementS are rapidly arriving
at SterkstroOm to strengthen Gen.
Gatacre, including the much needed
artillery.
1t is expected he will soon take the
offensive, thus diverting a portion of
the Orange Free State forces now OBJ
structing the advance of Methuen.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08
Wreck on the Rutland.

Chester, Dec. S. There was a
freight wreck near here yesterday
caused by a freight train breaking
apart and coming together. Eight
cars were smashed but no one was
seriously hurt.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08
Paid Dear For His Leg.

B. d. Blanton of ThackervilIe, Tex,
in two years paid over $4,000 to doc
tors to cure a running sore on his leg
Then they wanted to cut it Oft but he
cured it with one box of Bucklin's Ar
MICA Salve. Guaranteed cure for Piles.
25 cts. a box. Sold by Parlor Druggist
DIV
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08

Hartwell, Ga, Dec. Wesley Til
Ter, coored, who, murdered his wife
last march in cold blood and was tried
before Judge Reese at the adjourned
MAY term and sentenced to be hanged
on June 6, was reSentenced in NOvem-
Der to be hanged here in private today.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08

Albuquerque, n. NJ, Dec. s.-Geo.
Smiley, who shot and killed Patrick
McSweeney. section hand of the Santa
Fe Pacific at Winslow last spring. has
been found guilty and the death PEN
atty imposed upon him by Judge
Sloan. II will hang today.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08
Famous Horse Dead.

Buffalo, n. Y, Dec. S.-The IA
nous sire and show horse Mambrino-
King, son of Mambrino-Patchen and
Belle Thornton, is dead. He was the
sire of eighty-two fast colts.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08
County Court.

The state finished yesterday fore
noon in the case against Osborne, the
negro, and the defence used the rest
of the day. He testified in his own
behalf.
The defence was finished this morn
ing and the arguments begun. 1t will
probably go to the jury this afternoon.
The next case is the State VS.. Cev-
lille of Barre for assault with intent
to kill.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08
THE WEATHER.

Boston, Dec. S.-Fair and colder:
westerly winds tonight and Saturday.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08

New York, Dec. S.-A special meet
ing of the New England society will
be held at the Fifth Avenue hotel to-
night, to nominate board of officers
to serve for the ensuing year.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08

TO RENT-Two tene.aents on Pearl street
Inquire of c. A. Smith, 40 Main street.
llOtf
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08

FOR SALE-I have just received 60 doz 13
IA and l5 inch hickory handles that will sell
for l5cts apiece, spot cash. James Ahern.
1874 cd
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08

To Rent-A tenement on Maple Grove
159tf Ii. Hersey
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08
LOST AND FOUND.

LOST-A Pocketb ook containing small
sum of money. handkerchief, ticket for
UniverSalist fair, etc. Finder please leave at
this office. l9'tI
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08

TO LET.-Rooms to let with or without
board at the Commercial House, North Main
Street. This house has been recently reno
waited and is furnished throughout, and rooms
are now ready for renters. Rent by the week,
payable in advance, and price according to
the room. ranging from S 80 to $500 per
week. Heat. light. care of room and laundry
included. Mrs. ID. ). Thompson. 200-6
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08

FOR SALE-Nice Maple Wood, for sale
standing. Enquire at this office or of G. Y.
Barnes, Orange, vt. *l9o I'D
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08

To RENT-A fine downstairs tenement.
situated at No. IS Richardson st. Will be
rented right to good family. Call at room 3
Gordon Block, or speak to f. G. Rogers, the
eXpressman. 200tf
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-An almost new Edison Phono-
graph. cost So Has two dozen records,
nickel plated horn, set of hearing tubes, all
repair tools. Will be sold cheap. Call at f..
b. Brattles store, North Barre. next to shoe
shop. l9af
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08

TO Rt.NT-A house near head of Church
street. Apply to +. }. Gale, - South Main st.
lS9 If
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08

One horse power Electric Motor. just as
good as new in every respect. Replaced by
large motor. Will work on either system.
here or in Montpelier. A Bargain. AT the
TELEGRAM office. tt
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08

TO REN "A house of nine rooms, the first
on Spaulding st. off from Washington, IA cen
ira location for taking boarder> or renting
rooms. Perry 4 Scrbner's spring witer. APP
ply to f. G. HowEInd. at National Bank, or
Rev. DR.. Harris. so Washington st. lS3-tf
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08

TO RENT.--Three tenem Jnts. Inquire Of
A. E. Bruce, 50 Brooklyn Street, or at Ver-
mont Granite Co.'S. Office. lat
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08

LOST-Retween Smith Bros market and
John st., a lady's pocket book containing sum
of money. Finder will be rewarded by
leaving at Smith Bros market.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08

TO RENT-Furnished room, come, ted
with bath, and having furnace heat. Inquire
at No 8 Maple Ave. 19S lw*
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08

TO RENT.-Two tenements in good re-
pair on Maple Avenue. Inquire of Mrs. L..
+. Smith 81 Elm Street. lGS-tf
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08

London, Deb. S.-Gcn. Buffers ar
rival at Frerc is held to indicate that
all preparations for an advance to the
relief of Ladysmith are complete and
that stirring news will soon be receiv-
ed. The fact that Lord Mcthuen is
announced as reSuming his command
at almost the same moment is inter-
preted in some quarters to mean that
battles Will be fought simultaneously
in Natal and Spytfontein. 1t appears
doubtful. however, whether General
Methuen's force is yet ready for what
will evidently be a heavy encounter.
The construction of the temporary
bridge across Moddcr River has entail
ed enormous labor: and even now the
structure is liable to be washed away
should a heavy storm come. Cen
Metnuen has been obliged to move IN,
camp mile north in consequence of
the unSanitary state of the stream
due to the presence of the bodies OF
dead Beers. AS the railway bridge
was completely destroyed, he was COM
PEELED to leave a considerable force to
protect his communication.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08

Little Rock. Ark, Dec. SIN the
United States court here on Nov. l6,
the railroad commission of Arkansas
was temporarily enjoined from enforc-
ing its order fixing rates for express
companies in this state.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08
THE BRITISH ADVANCING.
FLASHES FROM THE WIRES.
Associated Press Dispatches Boiled
Down for Busy Readers.

Philadelphia, Dec. S.-The Trojan,
the first vessel Of the new service Of
the Philadelphia Transatlantic line to
Bristol and Evonmouth, will sail to-
day.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08

TO RENT-TwO six room tenements, at
No Short st. Inquire of &. W. Burgess, No
l Quinlen Block. l9S-*lw
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08

London. Dec. s, 5 p. m.-Latest
advices show that the bombardment
of Ladysmith was continued ycstcr
day with pneumatic dynamite gun.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08

FOR SALE-Two light teams, one bay
horse safe and right for woman to drive, one
gray horse, PAGER and best in vicinity; good
bugges, harness, robes, etc, all complete and
first class. A big bargain for some one
Apply AT this office. 100 tt.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08

FOR SALE-Three building lots on Vine
Street Will he sold cheap. Angelo Scampin.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08

TO RENT-A nice upstairs tenement at
l0l Summer Street. Inquire at the Blue
Store on Depot Square, City. 190tf
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08

FOR SALE-A driving team, cheap for
cash, or will trade for building lot. Apply
to U. S. Cheever. % Eastern Avenue.
" 166tf
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08
TO RENT.

TO RENT-House and barn on Beckev St.
Good spring water. good garden, and an
acre of land E. l.. Taylor, 459 North Main
Street. *2O2ol4
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08

TWO STALLS in the Blanchard barn on
Merchant street to rent. Good barn, running
water. Apply to H. A. Duffy. lS5tf
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08

TENEM ENT TO RENT.-Five rooms, up
stairs, spring water. S. ID. Sibley, n. Barre.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08
WANTS..

WANTED.-Wa Washings to do. Inquire
box lis. lS2-tf
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08

Sl2 to $l4: original widows, Lizzie
Lockwood, Springfield, SD.
Ernest A. Prentiss has been COM
missioned as postmaster at North
Chester.
Exeter, n. H., Dec. S.-The Ilar-
ward interclass debating committee
has made arrangements for a debate
between the Harvard Sophomorcs and
Philips Exeter, to take place in Exeter
tonight. The subject is: ''ReSolved,
That the Claims of England in Her
Controversy with the South African
Republic are Justihable. y
Travelling agent Colby of the
Illinois Central railroad is in the city
on business today.
William Howard has finished paint,
ing his building on the East Mont
pelier road.
The advance agent for 1.-The Devils
Auction arrived in the city this af'
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-27
THE WAR TELEGRAMS.

How They Are Sent, at What Cost and
Why They Are Sometimes So Late.
At time when there is a feverish
public anxiety to know the latest intel
ligence from the scene or scenes of ope-
rations in South Africa, it may be in
teresting to give some particulars as to
how the government and the country,
and indeed Europe, are served by the
Geographic system which connects
Great Britain with the Cape and places
the commander in chief of the Natal
forces within an hours distance for
purposes of communication with Down
ing street. There has been no little
delay in the sending of those descrip-
lions of battles which come from the
pens of the war correspondents, but in
the circumstances this has. been inevita-
BILE; and, so far as we can gather from
inquiries in official quarters, there is no
immediate prospect of any acceleration
of press news of the war By interna-
tional convention first made at ST Pc
tersburg in 1875. and revised at the Bu-
dapest conference of 1896, priority is al
ways given to government kilograms
from whatever quarter they may erna-
Heitelliueed' ieHiuCiil IA uSeI mas III
this respect no inconsiderable facilities,
and it is only when all government
messages and all ordinary messages
are sent at the full rates are we'll on
their way over the cables that the dis
patches of war correspondents, if sent
at press rates, have their turn. OF
course, some advantage is gained by
sending communication to Fleet street
OF the Strand as an ordinary message
but, whereas the latter represents a
cost of as. a word, the press telegram
now goes for Is. 4d. a word, (the East
ern Telegraph company having quite
lately reduced the tariff from Is. 6d,)
and when war correspondent is wri-
ting some thousands of words to his
newspapers the difference between As
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-27

and Is 4d. is not matter to be lightly
ignored
AS to the facilities which are at the
service of the government and the
country, and in a lesser degree Of the
newspapers, it may be explained that
the great company over whose system
messages are sent to and from South
Africa has two terminal stations there,
one at Cape Town and the other at
Durham. Everything coming from Sir
George White, the commander in chief
of the forces in Natal, goes through
Durham, and all communications from
Sir Alfred Miner to the home govern
ment proceed via the Cape Town sta
ton. There are six wires from Lady
smith, where the British forces are now
massed, to the Natal capital, two of
them following the course of the rail-
way. These are government lines, and
are worked by the officials of the Ma
tai government, and messages do not of
course pass into the hands of the East
ern company until they reach the coast.
There is communication between Dur
ban and Cape Town by means of cou-
pie of wires via Pietermaritzburg and
East London and across Pondoland to
the capital; and until few days ago it
would have been possible to relieve the
intense strain now put on what sis
known as the East Coast route by send
ing press messages, for instance, to
Cape Town and thence by the West
Coast route-St. Paul de Loanda, Accra,
Sierra Leone, st. Vincent and Madeira
to this country; but there Is now q
block on the line through Pondoland,
and for the present 1t is the East Coast
route or nothing. In the words of a
expert cit is possible TO get
almost any amount of work" out of
these lines, but the excessive traffic
since the battle Of Glencoe has passed
the "any amount" limit. and, although
the cable is being worked night and day
without cessation of operations the
task of coping with the press of bust
ness remains a stupendous one.
The public may be interested to know
that quite recently message from Sir
G. White at Ladysmith has been
transmitted to the government at home
in the space of half an hour for a dis
lance of over nine thousand miles-that
is. from the terminal station at Durham.
Let us follow she course of a mess ge.
1t is sent, as we have said, by the Natal
government land lines to the capital.
Here it is handed to the Eastern conf
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panys officials, and thence it goes di-
/ rect to Zanzibar with what is known as
/ a human translation" chat Is, the OPP
orator receives the message and re-
transmits it as he hears 1t without COM
hitting the words to paper at Mozam
bique. From Zanzibar the dispatch
goes to Alden and next to SueZ. the ca
pacity of the company between these
two points being ample for all emergen-
cies and any amount of work, for there
are no fewer than four cables at its
command. After Suez the next trans
hitting station is Alexandria, then Gil
braltar, and so on to Porthcurnow, in
Cornwall, the distance between Lands
End and London being, 1t need hardly
be said, covered by land lines. Consid-
ering that the average time expended in
receiving and transmitting a message is
eight minutes, and having regard to the
number of stations at which tele-
gram is compelled to halt, TO cover the
whole distance in little more than half
an hour is noteworthy feat. Trans
hitting stations mean an acceleration
of speed by reason Of the shortening of
the distance over which message has
to travel. but at the same time they me-
cessarily add to the chances of error
owing to the number of hands through
which the dispatch has to pass.
1t was formerly the plan to run a
message straight through from Durham
to Zanzibar, but the putting in Of a
translation" as it is called at Mozam-
bique has doubled the speed of the line
for that distance. We may mention
that the rapidity of a message from
the time it reaches Egypt has been
greatly advanced by the new heavy ca
hle from Porthcurnow TO Gibraltar and
thence to Alexandria. While. as we
have stated, a government message has
been sent from Durham in half an hour,
from one to Two hours are the normal
average from Ladysmith to London, the
time, of course, largely depending on
the length of the dispatch. A cable is
good for from one hundred and fifty to
two hundred letters a minute, but eve
ry word is spelled right out, and at each
transmitting station the message is
written down by the receiver before it
is retransmitted.
All Geographic messages from Natal
are being censored by the military au-
thorities at Durham, and the Eastern
Telegraph company does not deliver or
collect any message in the colony until
it has been SO censored. The same
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thing applies to Cape Town. AS the
government was DESTROYS of seeing the
nature Of all traffic from and to Preto-
ria and Delagoa Bay it has taken the
precaution of establishing a censorship
at Alden, as every message must ne
cessarily pass through the station at
the Red Sea port The company has
no power to stop any message. 1t must
take and deliver everything it receives
at Delagoa Bay. to or from Pretoria.
but the British government sees to it
that no Transvaal government mes
sages (they are carried from Pretoria
along Portuguese government line
running by the side of the Delagoa Bay.
railway are allowed to pass through.
Matters are smplified by the order
that no codes are allowed; everything
has to be sent in plain language. As to
the Orange river, whence all messages
from Kimberley now arrive, it is served
by eight wires to Cape Town. The
breakdown of line is a contingency
which always has to be provided for,
and the need for precaution at the pres
ent time is necessarily great. 1t may
therefore be mentioned, in conclusion,
that the company's cable ship, usually
stationed at Zanzibar, has been ordered
down to Delagoa Bay, and as an addi-
tional security, another ship is to be
moved from Alden to take it's place. In
addition to these two vessels on the
east coast of Africa, there will be a
third ship, usually stationed at Aden
ready to deal with any accident that
might occur halfway between Alden
and Zanzibar.
We have. we think, said enough to
show that the officials of the company,
on, co ~,