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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-07
PULSE SLOWER

Buffalo, Sept. 7.-Dr. Rixey issued
a statement shortly before 2 O'Clock
that the crisis is past. In three hours
bet ween 8 and - Mckinley
pulse had a phenomenal drop TO from
146 to 1875.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-07
Sioux Indians Lifted scaIps.

And you want your scalp raised to
a condition Of health and free from
dandruf-Dr Whites Electric Comb
will do it Nothing else will. Send
for n now, before 1t is too, late.
Sid IN written guarantee to give
perfect satisfaction In every respect.
Price SOC. D. N. Rose, Gen. Mgr,
D &c atur, III.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-07
GRANITEVILLE.

There will lie IN important meeting
OF Maple Leaf Camp, Modern Wood.
men Of America, on the evening of
Sept. 18th, and every member is urged
to be present. days
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-07
An Excellent Combination

The. pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co, illustrate
the yalueof obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
chem in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. 1t
is the one perfect strengthening laxa-
tive, cleansing the system etfectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
20 overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants, by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name Of the Company
printed on the front Of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
San FRANCISCO. CAL
LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK, N. 2,
FOR sale by all Druggists. Price Soc. per bottle
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-07
STOCKS GO DOWN

Boston. sept. THE stock market
slumped from II ur to five p, ints this
murDing because of the shooting OF
PRESIDENT Mckinley.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-07
KING AND POPE

Rome, Sept. king Victor EN-
manuel and Pope Leo this morning
sent kilograms Of sympathy and pro
profound regret to Washington.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-07
BASE BALL
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.

PIN bnrg IS. New York ,,
PIT l3 New York T..
~ L us s.. Boston 3.
Brooklyn ID, Cincinnati |.
Philadelphia 3 Chicago ?.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-07
STOCKS WEAK

New York, Sept. - Despite the
Efforts of the inanciers, stocks show.
ed weak this morning, falling about
five points.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-07
LEARN sTENoGRAPHY

LOUISE MOULTON. INSTRUCTOR
IN PITMAN'S SHORTHAND.
Pupils DESTROYS Of entering the Fall
Course, apply at tfce Of Public stem.
ographer. rooms | n 9, bolster
block. Phone l52 i 1j.4. liza
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-07
GU BURST AGAINST


Vienna, Sept. 7.-There is a general
outburSt against the anarchists
Ffemdenblatt, the official organ ad
vocateS Immediate execution. TIE
Rei>ch "ehr urges the It vival Of me.
d'pvdl tOrtureS.
A good advertiser gets quick pronrs.
He also wants many people to read
his advertisement and for that reason
uses the TELEGRAM as the medium
through which he reaches them.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-07

II you intend to do a mean th'ne'
wait till tomorrow: II you Intend to 90
i noble thing. do II now.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-07
Il

BOSTON, S pt. Far pnight and
sunday. Ligut southerly to sUutu-
westerly Winds.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-05
SEATS NOT TAXABLE.
4 Decision Regarding the Value of
stock Exchange Membership.

| NEW YORK, Jan. A decision of con-
! siderable interest and Importance to stock
| exchange members was handed down by
| the Appellate Division OF the Supreme
| Court today. The case was that of William
Lennon. appellant. against Thomas L.
Fetner, representing the Board of Tax
| Commissioners. The opinion was written
| by Judge Rumsey.
the relator." the opinion begins, sis a
resident OF the State of New Jersey. He
| is member of the stock exchange in this
| city and as such member he was assessed
| by the respondents for the sum of 500
| O0O as the value of his seat In the ex-
| change upon the claim that il was capital
| invested in his business under section OF
| the Tax law fChap. "a OF the General Laws
Hydecker's General Laws, p. 1866. He
| sued out a writ Of certiorari to review
this assessment"
According to the papers in the case,
the relator declared that he was a nom
resident of the State, that he had no per-
sonal property within the State, unless
his seat in the exchange was SUCH that
his sole business was buying and selling
stocks upon commission son the floor of
the exchange, that he invested no money
in that business, as he bought only such
stocks as he was ordered to buy and paid
no money for them and put up no margin;
exchange in 1872; that the membership,
which was called his seat in the exchange,
gave him the privilege of going upon the
floor of the exchange and doing business
there: that his privilege was of copsid-
cradle value; that so far the relator
himself was concerned its was purely a
personal privilege and that it was trans
ferable to any person who was willing
to pay the value of it. that such transfer,
however. did not necessarily give to the
transferee the same privilege which the
transferrer has and he could not become
a member of the stock exchange unless
elected by the governing committee after
an examination satisfactory to that body.
Further. it was asserted that the stock
exchange was an unincOrporated volun-
tary association, and it did not appear
from the papers whether as such it owned
any property.
ION these facts" the decision says. the
court below determined that the seat was
property and was assessable under section
Of the Tax law, as the capital invested
in his business. The appellant insists in
the first place that his membership. or. as
il is called his seat in the stock ex-
change, is not property. The nature of it
is fully set forth above. AS far as the re-
lator is concerned, it is a mere personal
privilege. which entities him TO go upon
the floor of the exchange and there buy
stocks from any other persons who are
also entitled to be there. and who are en-
gagged in that business. Because he ia
there he can deal more conveniently than
II he we're obliged to go upon the street
or go TO the offices of other dealers. but he
personally receives no other benefit than
that from his membership"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-05

venerable man who was born during
the closing years of the eighteenth cen
fury was recently interviewed in 81
Mary County, Maryland and, as old
people frequently do. expressed the
opinion that there was not so much gen
erosity and public spirit in these days as
in the years when he was a boy. He said
III poor man lost his horse The ueighbor-
would help him get together. You don't see
that spirit now
This complaint IS often made, and it is
worth while to reflect on some Of the
causes which are responsible for the
change, II there has been one It is
hardly likely, however, that human ma
ture has altered very much in the com
paratyeiy short space of a hundred yours
The change may be more apparent than
real.
One reason for the public spirit which
existed in former times was the perma
nence of society in most communities.
especially those of the country When a
poor mans horse died he was likely to
have neighhors who had known him all
his life. and perhaps his father ,.;ore
h;ln; and. moreover, they were Likely to
have on their farms horses for which they
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-05
Wasted Industry.

II is reported that somebody in Maine
village has made quilt of silk with one
thousand pieces in it, the pieces being
ments like this set the thoughtful OBJ
server to wondering II there is not some
way in which the time, patience, and skill
employed in such work could not be en-
ployed in another way which would he
Just as satisfactory TO the toilers and
more profitable to the world
The person who could have the patience
and determination to make such a quilt
as this, or perpetrate some OF the other
things in the way Of fancy work which
may be seen in country towns spends as
much time and thought on them as the
peasants OF Europe have spent in making
exquisite lace, wood carvings, mosslcs. or
emhroideries. There Is no reason why
American country folk cannot be taught
work which viii not only satisfy a crude
sense Of the beautiful and incidentally
educate it, but viii add to their incomes
as we'll. There are thousands Of men and
women in rural neighborhoods. whose
time hangs heavy on their hands who
would welcome the chance to do some
thing Of this kind, and some firm OF mer-
chants or manufacturers. with enterprise
and sagaeity enough to employ them.
might make money as well.
There arc a hundred ways in which fac
tory products might be superseded by
homemade articles. especially lines OF
work where the finished product is luz
ury. For long time 1t was said that
American factories were so far inferior TO
those Of France and Germany that moth
ing satisfactory in silks, ribbons, gloves.
wallpapers, or carpets could be had with
out going abroad, and in old files Of the
Atlantic Monthly" may be found articles
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-05

had no immediate need. The cash value
| kinds was not as apparent then as now.
| The farmer expected to raise enough
| stock. poultry grain, and vegetables to
| supply his needs and those of his family,
| and sell the rest for what he could get,
which was generally not very much. The
| cost of giving somebody a meal. or even a
home, was not therefore great. There
| was generally something that a needy
person could do about the place which
would pay for the trouble of having him
there.
Nowadays, the farmers neighbors are
apt to be people whom he does not know,
and for whom he has not the friendly
and kindly spirit which grows up be-
tween men who have played together in
boyhood. Moreover, he cannot give away
a barrel of apples, or a basket of vege-
tables, or a COW, without diminishing his
cash income, and on this he must depend
for many of the necessaries of life. He
can no longer raise wheat for -four and
have all the clothing of the family made
of homespun. In many cases he must
plan with the greatest care. if he hopes
TO be out of debt at the end of the year.
In these circumstances he is less quick
to offer substantial aid to a needy neigh
Dor, especially if he is not sure of the
neighbours honesty.
What is true of the farmer is even
more true OF the city dweller. who must
pay cash for all that he has, and whose
income is measured by the earning ca
pacity of the one, two, or three members
of the family who are wage-earners. To
this householder the only chance of in
dependence in old age lies in saving
money; and should he take the care of
destitute children or give a home 20 two
or three unfortunate neighbors, as his
father may have done without inconveni-
ence, he endangers his own independ-
ence. Hence he adapts his benevolent
spirit to the changed conditions, and
gives what he can afford to give, in his
own way, which is different from that
of his father. He may pay the rent Of
one neighbor who is out of work, help
another to get a job, give his old clothes
to a third, and send money to the city
mission; and all in all, it is probable
that he shows as much benevolence as
did his ancestors
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-05
wall street Owns Its Masters.

QIenry Clews in the saturday Evening Post)
At his best. Jay Gould was always COM
peeled to face the chance of failure. Com
modore Vanderbilt though he often had
, the street in the palm of his hand. was
frequently driven into a corner where he
had to do battle for his life; and SO it was
with every great speculator, or combina-
ton Of SPECTATORS. until the men who
control the Standard Oil took hold. With
them. manipulation has ceased to be specu-
lation. Their resources are so vast that
they need only 10 concentrate on any given
property in order to do with ii what they
please; and that they have thus concen-
trated on a considerable number of prop
critics outside of the stocks in which they
are popularity supposed to be exclusively
interested in a fact well known 70 every
one who has opportunities of getting be-
meath the surface. They are the greatest
operators the world has ever seen, and
the beauty of their method is the quiet
ness and lack of Ostentation with which
they carry it on. There are no gallery
plays. there are no scareheads in the
newspapers, there is no wild scramble or
excitement. With them the process is
gradual, thorough. and steady. with never
q wayer or break. How much money this
group of men have made it is impossible
even to estimate. That 1t is a sum be-
side which the gain OF the most daring
speculator of the past was a mere baga-
teile is putting the case mildly. And there
is an utter absence of chance that is ter
rible TO contemplate. This combination
controls Wall Street almost absolutely
Many of the strongest financial institu-
tions are at their service in supplying &C
commodations when needed. With such
power and facilities it is easily conceiv-
able that these men must make enormous
sums on either side OF the market.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-05

in which this matter is seriously dis
! their trade to home markets. Manufac-
| turing has now been so perfected that the
American can take his choice of home or
foreign products without finding very
much difference between the two.
There are. and probably always will be.
things which the American cannot make
as well as the European or Asiatic peas
ant; for the American worker is not like
ly TO set as low price on his time and
labor as less intelligent and progressive
artisan. But so long as there are men
and women, especially women, who are
obliged TO live in lonely country neigh
borhoods. or small villages, where their
time is not fully occupied, and so long as
the crude but decided love of color, form
and creation impels them TO do what is
called fancy work. it would seem wise
for somebody TO save their energies from
going to waste in impossible tides, ."
quilts. and embroideries. 1t takes no
longer, and is considerably pleasanter, TO
do a tedious piece of work when it results
in a beautiful object as when it produces
mere ugliness, and, as a rule. American
women are quick to recognize and adopt
the beautiful. This is shown by the facil-
ity with which they cOntrive to take on
the manners of a cosmopolitan city, when
they get the chance, and the taste shown
by many country women in dress. Some
one should try the experiment Of teach
ing lace making, wood carving. embroid-
cry, and rug weaving to these shut in
folk. The results might be surprising.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-05
DURFEE UNDER ARREST.
The EN-Engineer Accused of Being
Short in His Accounts

HAVANA, Jan. 4.-Durfee. who was
discharged from the Second Volunteer
Engineers in March, 1900. has been ar
rested by order of General Wood There
is a shortage of over $4,000 in his ac-
counts. Durfee at once applied for 2
writ of habeas corpus, which was denied
until he is indicted, which will be in about
twenty-four hours. The writ was denied
on the ground that the accused was ar
rested by direct order OF the military
Durfee will be held for the civil court
which has the power to grant a habeas
corpus If It sees fit.
The total number of yellow fever cases
in Havana in 1900 was 1,2i4 and the deaths
$40, an average OF "a per cent. In 1899
there were 2S4 cases and 1903 deaths, an
average of SO per cent. The deaths from
all causes were 6,l02, the smallest num-
Der in zen years, the average for that pc
Rod beng lO,243. The average per thou
sand for ten years was 1867. The av-
erage for 1906 was 24.40 per cent
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-05
The New PaciGc Power.

tFr0m the Lhcag0 Iribune)
There is nothing but sentiment and a slight
measure OF self-interest 10 bind the Australian
Commonwealth to the morher country. 1t could
be as independent as the United States any day
it chose TO declare itself 81. But England profted
by the lesson Of the loss 81 its American colonies
treating Australia GENEROUSLY almost from the
beginning. and the result is seen in the present
time this new Commonwealth is practically in
dependent power, and As such it wi largely domi-
nate the Eastern Hemisphere south of the equator
Nowhere will this new power in the south Pacific
find more cordial reception than at the hand, Of
the United States, with which it is destined to
have Overwhelming commercial relations
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-05
THE RoTHscHILDs IN MEXICO.
Making Some Heavy Investments In
Mining and Timber Lands

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. As. H. Cope
land. f. II. SpangIer. and E. McManus
passed through here today en- route to
Ell orc, Mexico, ninety miles from the
City of Mexico. Ell Orc is one of the
places in Mexico where The Rothschilds
have made some of their heaviest invest
ments. They are buying up all the coz
per, iron, and timber to be had and are
building railroads as well.
The Rothschilds are putting millions
in Mexico said Mr.. Copeland "and they
are doing it purely as business PROPOSE
ton and because they know of 10 better
investment for their money"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-05
A PRECEDENT ESTABLISHED.
The Cabinet Discusses the Action on
the Bncbn Resolution.

The Cabinet at its meeting yesterday
approved the action OF the President and
Secretary Root in refusing TO comply
with the request Of the Senate for the
transmission of the report of Auditor
Lawshe upon the Cuban postal frauds.
The matter was discussed at considerable
length and the opinion was expressed and
agreed TO that Cabinet officers, as part
of the executive branch of the Govern
ment. are in no way obligated to comply
with the requests of the legislative bodies,
and that when such compliance is made it
is only through courtesy. The opinion
was also expressed, although not SO
strongly, that Congress cannot compel an
executive officer TO furnish information
unless he desires to transmit it. The
case involved in the Bacon resolution
calling for the report of Auditor Lawshe
will be used as a precedent.
The reason given for this decision is
that, as in the present case. the President
should have the right of determining
whether the good of the public service
warrants the publica ton OF certain in
formation.
Hereafter in similar cases where there
is any question as to whether or not 1t
is prudent to transmit information TO
Congress, the matter will be referred TO
the President. The point was made in
this connection that the duty OF the
President is to execute the laws of Con-
gress, and that there is no provision for
his compliance with resolutions of the
character of the one introduced by Sena-
tor Bacon. 1t was the opinion OF the
Cabinet. however. that whenever informa-
ton is desired by Congress, and its trans
mission will not be Incompatible with the
interests of the public service, that 1t
should be given, although the matter, ac-
cording to the precedent established in
the Lawshe case. is wholly optional with
the head of department called upon or
he prncidnnt
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-05
WANTS MR.. ROOT TO ANSWER.
Major Hawkes. Writes for Expiana
lions Concerning Statements.

Major Erastus l.. Hawkes., who recently
filed charges of conduct unbecoming an
officer and a gentleman against Colonel
Heistand, has addressed a letter to Sec
rotary Root. asking him to either affirm
or deny the published statement that he
did not take the charges seriously, and
that he made certain insinuations against
Major Hawkes.. As to Secretary Roots
statement regarding Major Hawkes. dis
missai from his post as inspector of Gus
toms at Iloilo, Major Hawkes. declares
that the official order reyoking his ap-
pointment was dated at the War Depart
ment two days prior to his arrival at
Iloilo, and that consequently he could
not have made corrupt use OF his posi-
ton. Continuing, Major Hawkes. says:
LAS to the charges preferred against
Colonel Heistand not being worthy of ere
dence / will simply say they are true,
or Adjutsnt General Corbin, Assistant
Secretary Meiklejohn, Governor Allen. and
Judge Boyd misstate the facts as TO their
connection with the proposed Hemp Com
pany.
LAS to your further statement that am
placed in a most unenviable position,
the time / was asked to organize a hemp
and cordage company by Assistant Adju-
tant General Heistand, and, in accepting
the proposition TO organize said company,
was purely within my rights. No I'M
derstanding was ever reached that /
should manage orfoontTol said company"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-05
TiIden and Cleveland.

A sense Of humor having been denied the
Hon. Grover Cleveland at his birth, moth
ing restrained him from adding his name
to the membership roll of the Samuel J.
Tiidea Association-the new Democratic
club in New York He appears on the list
with William C. Whitney, Charles S. Fair
child, Daniel S. Lamont, and other distin-
guished subordinstes Of his who devoted
their time and money in the Presidential
campaigns of 1896 and 1900 to the support
of the Republican candidate.
1t is all well enough for these political
nondescripts TO form club, and, if they
choose, cail it Democratic, but why do they
take in vain the name Of Samuel J. TIL
den? Could he return to earth. would he
agree with them? Would he permit them
to make him the patron saint of treachery
to the party which he built into the vic
torious army If 1876?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-05

Consideration of the Olmsted reap
portionment resolution having been or
dered, that interesting fight may be re
garded as on in the House of Representa-
lives. It promises to be lively affair
and one calculated to get in the way of
good deal of other business. Taking a
calm and unbiased view of the parlia-
mentary situation in both houses. it is
quite plain that the chances for an ex-
traordinary session are growing better
daily
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-05
THE ENGINES TOO HEAVY.
LondOncrs Complain of Vibration
Along the Central Railway.

LONDON. Jan. 4.--Acting upon the invi-
tation of the Central London Railway. the
Board Of Trade has appointed a committee
to consider the question of vibration caused
by the working OF the line, regarding which
many houscholders along the route have
made strong complaint. The committee
will ascertain what alterations can be de-
vised to remedy the trouble. American en-
gineers consider that the railway is using
electric engines that are three times heav-
Ter than necessary to perform the work
they are called upon TO do.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-05
Premature LaureIs.

WTNIII tIIN HttIVTI FTtf TTtss-T
1t may be said. Of course that the Beers are
doomed, and that the British must eventually be
victorious. That was apparent a; the beginning OF
he struggle, il Great Britain chose to pay the
price of victory; but that does not make Lon
don's receptions to conquerD. heroes the less alb.
siird to the rest OF the world. There must neces-
sarily be an element of the ridiculous when the
reception is msde 10 precede the conquest
Granting that Lord Roberts has earned the honors
that are being heaped upon him, one Is puzzled
10 understand how the Government could appro-
rriatey reward general in the future who
might win another Waterloo, for example.