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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-26
STILL IN JAIL
Failure Of The Plan To.
Release Hamilton
A BARRE MAN
Murdered In Cold Bleed In
Washington By A Notorious
Criminal
Especial to the TELEaRAM.)

Seattle, WASH, Aug. 26 - Alfred
Hamilton, one OF the most desperate
murdelers ever in this country has
been brought to this city from What
com to prevent an attempt at jail
delivery n the laTt OF his friends.
Hamilton is now under sentence OF
death fer the murder OF D. M. Wood
bury formerly of Barre, VT, and a
graouate of Barre Academy.
The story OF the murder is as fol-
lows:
On Sept. I, 1898, Alfred Hamilton
held up the entire town OF Anacortes.
He drank himself to madness and then
proceeded to hunt out his ene mics.
On the second floor OF building
where were located the offices of D.
M. Woodbury,a lawyer, he met Wood
bury and two other men. Hamilton
held the three up with pair Of re-
volvers. Two threw up their hands
but Woodbury. refused. Hamilton
shot him dead. For this crime be has
been twice tried and twice sentenced
to be hanged. From Skagit county
his case was appealed. to the state
supreme court. A new trial was
granted. A change of venue took
the case to Whatcom county. There
conviction followed.
The members of the band of pirates
got together and plan was formed to
free Hamilton. Part OF the conversation
was overheard. Among other things
said was the remark, "If one is to
hang, we can chance two hangings."
Sufficient facts came to light TO show
clearly Othat Hamilton's old asso-
clates intended to deliver hi m
from the Whatcom county jail, even
at the cost Of lives, If necessary
A couple Of days ago, Sheriff Cudi-
bee was notified OF the facts, and ar
rangements were made whereby King
county will board Hamilton until the
time for his death watch comes. Yes
terday afternoon SheriIfs Brisben and
Wells, bringing the murderer arrived
in the city from Whatcom. The
three took hack and were driven to
the county jail, where Hamilton is
now among the prisoners.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-26
STRUCK JURY CHOSEN

Montpelier, Aug. 26.- The struck
jury for the railroad case OF Daniel
T. McGovern against the Central Yer
mont railroad was chosen Saturday.
There are "a names on the list This
case is the tirst to be tried at Septem-
Der term Of Washington county court
beginning on Wednesday September
4th.
Previous trials have lasted between
two and three weeks. McGovern
brings suit for injuries alleged to have
been received In an accident at a cross.
ing near Bolton. The ad damnum is
fixed at 25,0Ou. Laird and Gordon
appear for the plaintiff and Sentt r
and Plumley, together with Writer'S
Of st. Albans for the railroad The
jurors will hear only the McGovern
case, after which they will be dis.
charged
The petit struck jurors are as fol.
lows, being chosen from list Of 48
names:
Barre city, T. H. Cave Jr; Barre
town, Geo. E. G. Wheaton; Cabot,
Frank M. Marsh; Calais, s. H Foster,
G. M. Grey. Duxbury E E. Sherman;
East Montpelier, Fred H. Sibley;
Fayston. Hugh Baird; Marshtield, e.
A Lambert on; Mlddlesex, w. B Nc.
Elroy, Gilbert T. Miles; Montp lier;
M. l. Cameron, W.0A. Leland; More
town, F. L, Hathaway, Mat Cameron,
Northheld, Andrew s. Arthur, Rox-
oury, George A. Young, A. E. Rich
ards; Waterbury, w. r Nash, D. T.
Harvey; Woodbury., @. H. Dana, w.
c. Daniels; Worcester, H. P. Darling,
Roger Harvey.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-26
MONTREAL EXCURSION

There will be very low rate ex'
cursion to Montreal and return leav.
ing mere Wednesday, August 2Sth,
aud returning Saturday, August 3lst.
The fare for tae round trip is only
fare one wav. 1t will be from all sta.
tions in Vermont from Windsor north
thereof on the line of the Central
Vermont Ry.
Tickets good to go on all regular
trains and the same returning.
Train service between Vermont and
Montreal is first class. Going take
train No. or No. 7, arriving at Mon.
treal at 25 a. m. and TAO a. m., or
No 9. arri ing ia Montreal at 2.40 p.
nj. Train No. 3 arrives in Montreal
ats 20 p. m. Train No. 5 arrives at
10. l5p. m.
Remember this is lust half fare.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-26
THE SCANDAL
Is Assuming Serious Pro-
portions At
BRITISH war OFFICE
Examining Physicians LetEver]
Applicant Pass By

London, Aug. 26 The war flee
scandal following Kitchener's com.
plants OF the personnel OF the new
yeomanry is assuming large proper
tion. Only two doctors examined the
10000 men. The examining phySi-
clans received fee for every one that
passed.
Accordingly they passed nearly
every applicant including the worst
physical wrecks OF the London slums.
Each enlisted man receives five shil
llngs day, which is i've times the or
dinary regulars pay. The enlistment
was hurried by the panic orders from
the war office demanding men at any
cost.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-26
five DAYS
The End Of The Buffalo
DRAWING NEAR
Mr.. Spear and Mr.. Jackson
Neck And Neck

ONLY five days more remain for the
contestants in the Buffalo contest to
get In their work. The contest clos.
es ats o'clock on Saturday evening.
Today Mr.. Jackson is just Is votes
ahead Of Mr.. Spear.
The standing today is as follows:
Frank W. Jackson, Barre, 1880
". H. Spear, Graniteville, 1905
". H. Buchanan, Barre, 6l75
B. H. Townshend, Plaintield, 5000
Frank L. Whitcomb, Waterbury, 2l0O
Chas. P. Mcknight, e. Mont
pelier, 1890
Robert Kynoch, Barre, 1900
j. Henry Moore, Barre, 425
William Ward, So. Barre, 400
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-26
Charles lTemp|eton Died
Early This Morning
A GODDARD TRUSTEE
And An Old Citizen Respected
By All Who Knew Him

Charles Templeton, one of the best
known and oldest residents Of this
city, died at 6. 80 O'Clock this morning
at his home on Park St., in his 10th
year. Death was due to gradual
breaking down OF bis system because
Of old age. His end was very peace
full.
Charles Templeton was the son OF
Levi and Lucy Templeton and was
born In what is now East NJ ntpelier,
then the town of NJ ntpelier, Oct. 10,
1922.
All of his early life was passed as a
farmer, but Of late Years he had dealt
extensively in real estate. For IS
years he has lived in Barre, first liv-
ing in the house now occupied by Ma
dame A. p Braley.
Mr.. Templeton was twice married,
his second wife being Miss Mary Jane
Copeland, the daughter OF Rev. Ed.
ward Copeland, who was twice pas
tor of the Universalist church in this
city. The marriage took place at
PlainAeld. Two daughters by the
second wife, Mrs. j. l.. Dix and Mrs.
Mary Morse survive him.
Son after coming to Barre Mr..
Templeton sold and laid out the west
side of North Main street, from Gran
ite street.
All his life he had been interested
in the UniversaliSt church, although
not a member. When Goddard Semi
nary was first rrojected ia. ~l8 20 ne
wax chosen one OF the building CON-
mittee and one of the first trustees.
He, with President W. r. Shipman,
were the only two surviving members
of the original board. Although he was
in feeble health at the time OF the
annual election last June, he was
chosen one OF the executive board in
order that they might have the ben
etit of his mature Judgment. For
years past the seminary has been the
chief care of his life.
Mr. Templeton had always been an
esteemed citizen, honest and upright
in all his dealings. In his home life
he was kiud affectionate father and
tender and loving husband. AS one
OF the chief promoters he has seen
Barre grow from small farming vii
lage to it's present size, and has had
an important share in its growth.
His funeral has been appointed for
2 80 p. N. Wednesday. Rev. Eftie K.
M. Jones will ottictate and the services
will he held at his late home IN Park
St.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-26
CoBBLE HILL
Creamery To Sign Articles
Of Incorporation
CAPITAL s25oo
Committee On Bylaws And
Site Are Chosen. The
|ncoIporators

+ The stockholders Of the new cream
cry for the town Of Barre have signed
the articles OF incorporation, elected a
committee to draft bylaws and also a
committee to report upon the site fol
the creamery and the cost OF building
one. AT the next meeting, held as
soon as the charter is received from
the Secretary OF State, they will elect
their officers and 60 ahead with the
ploject.
Tue meeting of the stockholders Sat-
urday evening was we'll attended, there
being upwards OF thirty people present
representing about three quarters of
the stock in the new project. Gard
ner P. Winters was chairman and A..
G. Reed, secretary. Attorney George
+. Swazey submitted set Of articles
Of incorporation, and after conSidera-
BILE discussion they we've accepted and
adopted and signed by all the stock
holders present. The other Stockhold-
ers viii have IN opportunity to sign
them and thus become incorporatorS
and entitled to participate in the first
meeting OF the corporation.
The articles Of incorporate provide
that the company shall be known as
the 'sCobble Hill Creamery Co and
the capital stock shall consist of S2,.
500, divided into 625 shares at 81
elcll,
i VI committee to draw, up q set of by
laws was chosen, consisting Of S. D.
Allen, L. A. Averill, A. G. Reid, Jerry
Hutchinson and VIM. Mears.
A committee to look up the question
of site and IeporG upon one, giving
the feasibility and desirability of it.
together with such information as
they could obtain upon the cost Of
building creamery and putting it
into operation, was chosen and con.
sisted of William Mears, Albert Taft,
John Trow, c. M. Winch and Gardner
Winters.
Attorney SwaZe was selected to file
the articles Of lnco' poration with the
Secretary OF Sudte. rhi> he will do
tomorrow after giving all the others
who have signed for stock anc have
not signed the articles a chance to do
50. The next meeting Of the stock
holders will be held Saturday evening,
If the charter is obtained before then,
and will thus be the first meeting Of
the corporation.
Those who signed the articles Of in
Saturday evening and will
be the incorporators Of the new com.
pany are l.. A. Averill, +. c. Bancroft,
A. G. Reed, w. G. Spooner, e. D. Taft,
D. F. Gregory, Charles Beede, George
B. Holmes, A. S. Parkhurst, Jerry
M. j. Mclean, John Bas-
sett, F. M. Allen, John H. Jones, G.
A. Owen, Gardner P. Winters, c. W.
Peake, Geo. e. C. Wheaton, M. 81.
S. L. Allen, Francis Leith,
J. NJ. Winch, G. M. Bassett, L. K.
Averill, and VIM. Mears There are
Just forty stockholders In the com
oany.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-26
A LAW SUIT PROBABLE

Montpelier, Aug. 6.--S'mon Levin
said Saturday that the app aisers in
voiced the stock at the Capital Cloth.
ing store at $4,000 and fixed the dam
age at SllS0 He said the insu rance
company bad offered him $3.50 in set
tlement, which he declined, and a law
suit would probably be the result.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-26
WONDERFUL STRATEGY

Manila, Aug. 26.-By strategy a
civilian scout named Ferguson with S
Macabebees disguised as insurgents
entered the camp of Col. Athena at
Mindoro, located the American de-
serter Howard, who has oeen success
fully leading the Filpinos for months,
bound and gagged him and led him
away without disturbing the camp.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-26
UNPRINTABLE REPLY

Cape Town, Aug. 26.-It is report
ed from Fish River, Cape Colony, that
Commandant Lotter returned an un-
printable reply when KItchener's pro.
clamation demanding the surrender
OF all the Boer leaders Sept. 18th was
sent him under :a+1iag OF truce.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-26
SIEzED AT BURLINGTON

Burlington. Aug. 26.--.An attempt
to smuggle SO bales of imported cloth
across the Canadian border was fruS-
trated Friday night and the cloth
seized here. 1t was shipped from
Montreal to Holyoke, Mass, and was
subject to nearly it's full value as
duty. No arrests have been made as
yet.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-26

There are many good advertising
Mediums In Vermont but II you have
not tried the TELEGRAM you should
do so for quick returns.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-26

The TELEGRAM Is the paper to
place your want, for sale or to re9
advertisement in, as you get quid
results. Have you tried it
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-03-29
PREsIDENTH HAS PRIVATE FUND
The Public Never Knows How it is
ExDended-Used in Emergencies.

Expended-Used in Emergencies.
What is called the Presidents private
fund, known in law as the emergency
fund, stands nominally to the credit of
the secretary of state. But Mr.. McKin-
ley is really the secretary of state and
he draws on this appropriation just when
and how he pleases. The manner Of it's
expenditure is always secret, and nobody
knows what is done with the money.
Even Congress has no right to Inquire,
and has never done so, the idea being
that there are certain matters, especially
such as relate to diplomatic negotiations,
which may not properly be placed before
the public-that is to say without injury
to the public veal. This fund varies in
amount bu 1o Of late years it has been be-
The memoranda relating to the expen-
diture Of the private fund are kept in a
safe at the department Of state Nobody,
save a few privileged officials, have ever
seen them, but, if they could be pub
lished they would throw picturesque
light upon the inside. workings of the
government: particularly in regard to it's
thing turns up which makes it expedient
to obtain certain information abroad in
a quiet way a draft is made upon the
fund by a voucher which the President
himself signs and sends over to the secre-
tary of state, this voucher being equiva-
lent to a check on the treasury. The
negotiations of the preliminaries of a
treaty, such as that for the purchase Of
the Danish possessions in the West In
dies, may make another call upon this
personal credit Of the executive, which
is likewise drawn upon to pay for enter
tainment when a royal or official visitor
from foreign parts comes to Washington.
Saturday Evening Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-03-29

er than principle with you suffragists."
"What do you mean?" demanded Mrs.
Professor.
"Why, here is an item from a West
ern paper which asserts that recent
local election in Colorado, where, as
you may know, equal suffrage rights
prevail, the tellers found a dozen or
more cookery recipes in a ballot-box."
'They were voted by mistake, I'm
sure" returned Mrs. Professor, stoutly.
."They ought to count just the same.
Tuesday is an awfully busy day, any,
way. And am just as sure as 1 care
to be that when men first began to 20
to the pools they made mistakes in the
ticket, too!'
The professors eyes twinkled behind
his paper, but he replied with the per-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-03-29
A Rude Prince.


It has not always been wise to look
to royal court for the etiquette Of po-
lite society. Witness this quotation
from the Countess Potocka," recol-
lection of Princess Czartoryska, an in
cident of the court life of Joseph H., at
Berlin.
One day, at the end of dinner, she re-
lated that she had known Prince Kau-
nitz, who had varied reputation, and
incidentally one for impudence. Hay-
ing fine teeth, he attended to them
without the slightest regard for his
guests. AS soon as the table was clear
ed his valet put q mirror, a basin and
brushes before him, and then and there
the prince began his morning toilet
over again, just as if he had been alone
in his dressing-room, while every one
was waiting for him to finish to get up
from the table.
II could not suppress my astonish-
ment," says Countess Potocka, land
asked the princess if she, too, had wait
ed.
Yes, alasy she replied, 4 was so
put out Of countenance that only re-
covered my senses at the foot of the
stairs; but later on 1t was different. 1
complained of the heat, and left the
table at dessert -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-03-29
feet gravity of one who has been thrice
refined in domestic fires, without
doubt, my DEAR"
Business Before Pleasure.

An English commercial traveller, for
whose pushing Americanism a Liver
pool paper vouches with great en-
thusiasm, started out after a country
order.
Happening to arrive at the village on
the day of q festival, he found the shop
of his customer closed, and learned
that the man himself was at the cello
bration q mile out OF town. At once he
set out for the spot, and reached the
ground just in time to see his shopkeep-
erclimb into a balloon procured for spe-
cial ascensions.
The man of trade was equal to the &C.
casion. He stepped forward, paid his
fare and climbed into the car. Away
went the balloon, and was hardly above
the tree-tops when the commercial ira
weller turned to his astonished victim,
and said persuasively but triumphantly
"And now, sir, what can do for you
in calicoes?'' rvs
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-03-29
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AT SEA,

on the great oceanic telegraph lines.
Repairing cable is a work of skill,
science and money. A defect in the
cable having been located by means
known to the telegraph experts, the
cable ship steams away to the part of
the ocean where the difficulty is and
drags the cable with it's graphing
irons. When finally the cable is
picked up the repairs are made and it
is again deposited upon the oozy bed
Of the sea- The initial expense and the
cost of maintenance make it expensive
to talk with Europe. but it does not
cost much to erect two poles and buy
a Marconi outfit. 1t is obvious that if
the great Italian keeps his promise the
cost of talking with the old world will
be trifling compared with what it is
now.
The United States is now preparing
to lay cable across the Pacific Ocean
from the California coast to Manila. II
Marconi can make his promise good of
telegraphing without wire across the
Atlantic, then there would be no need
for laying the cable. The wireless sys-
TEN could be used and all the tremen-
dous cost of establishing cable commu-
nication Obviated. The distance from
Montauk to Southampton is over 5000
miles. From San Francisco to Homo
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-03-29

clan Is confident that he can establish
Geographic communication between
the eastern and western worlds by his
system at ed-thousandth part
of the cost Of laying a cable and main
tanning 1t. Marconi says he has discov-
cred method of controlling the sound
waves so that the messages from con-
and forth close to the surface of the
ocean over the whole distance.
Heretofore the curvature Of the
earth has presented a dreaded diff
Guilty to be overcome in the transmits
sion OF wireless messages over long
distances. Marconi's new control of
the sound waves, it is asserted, has OBJ
Waited the difficulty. How it Is done
Marconi does not explain-that is his
secret-but he says that he is confident
he has found method Of doing it. He
contends that the masts erected at
Montauk Point and at Southampton
need not be higher than a New York
"skyscraper" in order to make the
working Of the system effective. He
has invented new appliance by which
he says he can lengthen the air waves
to an almost unlimited extent.
A Commercial Revolution.
If Mr.. Marconi can fulfill his prom
ises, what a revolution there will be
in the commercial world! The millions
invested in cables would become lost
capital, for no one would use a cable
at the rates charged for messages when
for q fraction Of the cost he could tele-
graph by the wireless system.
1t not only costs millions to manufac-
ture and lay cables across the Attain
tic, but keeping them in repair costs
hundreds Of thousands Of dollars,
Cable ships are kept in commission all
the time, and they find continually
something to do in the way of repairs
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lulu is only 2,60O miles. From Homo
lulu to Manila it is about 4, 900 miles.
If that is too great q distance over
which to operate the wireless system
then way station might be establish
ed on Wake Island, a little piece of
property something more than half
way over to Manila. from Hawaii,
which the United States owns.
In fact, the possibilities Of the sys-
tenn, If Marconi keeps his promise, are
almost infinite. The War Department
of the United States has been for some
time experimenting with wireless tel.
egraphy Independent of Marconi,
whose system, the officials thought,
did not meet the requirements Of the
service. So successful has the signal
corps been that now all the forts
around New York are connected with
each other by wireless system, which
is constantly being experimental with
and improved. The weather bureau,
also recognizing the advantages which
would result to navigation by the es-
tablishment Of wireless electric COM
munication between vessels at sea and
coasts, and also between islands along
the coasts and the mainland, has made
systematic investigation Of the vari-
GUS systems of wireless telegraphy.
The progress made has been eminently
satisfactory. New appliances have been
devised by the bureau experts for the
transmission of signals and receivers
have been constructed that are prob
ably more delicate than any heretofore
made. Messages have already been
sent and received over fifty miles of
land which presented rough and hilly
surface-conditions most unfavorable
to the transmission Of electro magnetic
waves.
Marconi also promises that before
long ships at sea will be able by the
use of his system to communicate with
the shore. Navies are now experiment.
ing with his system and considerable
success has been obtained Meantime
in England they are trying to telegraph
without the use Of wire from Dover to
Belgium. 1t looks as if in short time
a message might be sent around the
world without the use Of wires, and
that all the parts of the earth and the
sea would be in telegraphic communi-
cation with each other. Deserts, noun
tains, oceans, time and space all seem
to be dissolving before the advance of
science. The world could not desire a
better Christmas present for 1901 than
the fulfillment Of Marconi's promise.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-03-29
CHAT ACROSS OCEAN.
AN ITALIAN ELECTRICIANS WON
DERFUL INVENTION.
Will Make 1t Possible for Us to Have
Conversation with Our Kin Beyond
the Sea without the Medium of
Cables.

Great things are promised for the
new century by G. Marconi, the author
of wireless telegraphy, says the New
York Press. Before the first Christmas
in the twentieth century he will, he de-
clares, have England and America on
speaking terms without the aid Of sub
marine cables. One big pole erected at
Southampton and another at Montauk
Point will, he says, be all that is need
ed The cables which now connect Er-
rope with America will, if Marconi full
fills his promise, become as obsolete as
the stage coach became when the rail-
road came in The optimistic electri-