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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-31
FUNERAL
fOF LATE
GEO. LAMsoN

Work was suspended at every stone
shed and the curtains were drawn at
every store Yesterday afternoon dur
ing the funeral; Of the late George
Lamson, and the granite men, merch.
ants, and professional men gathered in
large numbers to do the last honOrs TO
one who was universally respected and
loved. In him the community lost
one OF its best men.
At p. m. there was short prayer
by the Rev. Efle K. M. Jones at the
residence OF DR.. and Mrs. V. C. Good
rich on Summer street, after which
the remains were escorted to the0Un-
iversalist church by a detail Of Sir
Knights from St. Alderman Comm
andery X. T. At the church were
gethered the membe Of St. Aldemar
C0mmandery, Granite Lodge No. 80
F. & A. NJ, the trustees of Goddard
Seminary, the employees OF Wells,
Lamson 4 Co ,1members Of the city
council, and granite men, merchants,
and professional man in large num.
bers. Many out Of town people were
also present.
The church services we're commenc.
ed with a selection by a male quartet,
composed Of David Wyile. e. M. Full
ler VIM Sheriffs and Frank Dyer.
Scripture selections were read by the
Rev. E. X. M. Jones, after which
prayer was offered by the Rev. T. II.
Mitchell. After another selection by
the quartet poem was read by the
Rev. Z. X. M. Jones, who delivered q
touching funeral addre ress. After Mrs.
Jones' remarks the Knights Templar
conducted their funeral service, a. d
the quartet rendered another selec-
ti0n.
The remains were escorted to
Elmwood cemetery by the
various organizations present, where
Granite Lodge + & A. NJ, performed
their burial service. The bearers were
A. d. Morse, Frank McWhorter. Raw
Belknap, Homer Stoughton and Ar.
thur Lyman and Lester Crane of Rut-
land. ~
The floral display at the funeral was
elaborate and testified to the esteem
In which the deceased was held.
Among the floral offerings were the
following:
Forgive white rose buds, DR.. and
Mrs. v c. Goodrich andI Miss Lizzie
Lamson; chrysanthemums white, MIR.
and Mrs. T. r. Mills; chrysanthe-
NUNS white, Burt Wells, Mrs. F. G.
Rowland, Mlss.Lucy Wells; chrysan-
themums white, Mr.. and Mrs. H. A.
Phelps: ehrysanthemums white, Mrs.
J. b. Chamberlain, J c. Chamberlain.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Biglow, G. & Big
low; chrysanthemums white, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. S. Belknap, Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-31
THE PRINCE ENTERTAINED

Boston Oct. 31-The Prince OF Siam
and his suite are being enter.
tanned today at Boston and the sur.
rounding cities. This morning they
we're shown through the factories Of
the American Waltham Watch Co., at
Waltham. This afternt oh they are
being shown through the Sorosis Shoe
factories at Lynn. The visit at the
latter p ace was brought about by the
S,ate department at Washington to
whom the Prince expressed . desire
to be shown through modern Amer
icaD shoe factory. The State depart
ment therefore selected this factory
and the latter extended cordial in
vitation 10 the Prince.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-31
COUNCIL ACTS
ON PETITION
Merchants Presented 1t So Late
That 1t Is Not Advisable
To Make Changes

Currier thought that if the voters
could not elect mayor and aldermen
In whom they had confidence it woulo
be hard. to elect q commission In
whose members they would
have confidence. He was not
opposed to a separate commission, If
anyone could point out where 1t would
be benefit. The charter, however.
has provisions for building better
streets, abutters to be assessed q car
tain share providing q petition signed
by two thirds of the abutterS is pre-.
+sented. This has never occurred ex.
cepting in the case of sewers and side.
walks. The revisions proposed by the
merchants were presented too late.
The committee has been at work since
the013th ofMay, and notice has been
published, but no one brought forward
amendments until the bill was before
the Legislature and had been printed.
1t would be long task to change it as
indicated by the merchants.
After Mr.. Currier finished there
were speeches and questions by Alder
man Mckenzie, James Mackay, Mayor
Melcher. City Attorney Wishart, S.
H. Forsythe, VIM. Barclay, and 9th
ers. Mr.. Currier spoke again on the
bad practice OF accepting new streets
before they were properly laid out and
worked. ae read from the regula-
tions governing the acceptance Of new
streets in Newton, Mass, place only
four times as large as Barre. New
streets have to be In better shape
there before the city will accept them
than most Of our streets are nov.
J. W. Gordon said that II the mer.
chants only knew the provisions Of
would not be half so ANXIOUS for q
change. the only trouble is they do
roJ know them and they do lot know
what they want changed. There are
lots of people who will sign petitions,
but most OF them hate to reach into
their pockets. He thought the Mer-
chants had not gone to the bottom Of
the matter An expert street superin-
tendent would be alright II he had
money given him to work with, but
under the present allowance the de.
partment would be like q steam boat,
on which, when the whistle
was blown the engine stopped
Other speakers were +. D. Ladd,
VIM. Smith, Alex Milne. B. W. Hook
er, Frank Rowland, Donald Smith
and others. Most Of the speakers were
on their feet several times during the
meeting. After the Light they
received from the cou-cil the merch.
ants saidss as their petition vas ISOLATE
they were willing to let the matter GO
over two years. and then nee II q
change would be advisable. A resolu-
tion was then passed by the council
stating that they did lot deem it
advisable to make the changes men,
toned by the merchants, the time
being SO limited. Adjourned, after q
session of two and half hours.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-31
(Conti.usd On Page 81
A FIRE
THIS MORNING
IN MONTPELIER
Especial to Telegram.)

Montpelier, Oct. 3i.-There was an
early morning fire here today at about
4 o'clock in which the barn and part
II the ell at the residence OF W. J..
RJyce on Vine street we're destroyed.
Nothing was saved about the barn
and it was very narrow escape for
the house.
It is supposed that the fire caught
from ashes dumped near the barn.
Royce carried 1900 insurance In the
Union Mutual. The build nes were
owned by Chas. Sibley Of Berlin.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-31

II you nave to pay Jns same Ease 6
paper with only one-half The elrol
alton do you not think you Ge ge1eiu(
more for your money when you odvse
sIIe 10 fl1e TtN Na101ANs
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-31
VERMONT PENSIONS

Washington, Oct. 31.-Vermont
pensions, increase reissue ETC., Will
lam H. Parsons. West Dover, So; Jo-
seph B. Read, East Dummerston, s12.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-31

POSTMISTRISS APPOINTED.
Washington, Oct. 3l.--Mrs. Hattie
L. Markham was today appointed
postmistriss at North Fayston.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-31

Continued On Fifth Page
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-06
DiSposi1ior ef CifI Wu.sfe.s Ofber Tbar1 Garbage J~ .Jv
By ED. R. PRITcHARD.


considered. And first let us glance at the magnitude of the old bottle in- dustry.
 Old bottles of all kinds and makes are generally noticeable feature Tn the average junk shop. Few people know, however, that large percentage of these come from the garbage. The trade in old bottles is enormous, talk ing it as whole for the United States. The late Col Waring, of New York, found during some inquiries he made into this particular branch of the junk dealers trade, that one firm alone in that city carried 5,0O0,000 bottles in stock the year round, that shipments to it were made in carload lots from dealers throughout the country and that it made frequent exports to sup ply the foreign demand for this class of merchandise. The same eminent authority also stated that the 43O licensed push cart men of New York city alone collected $36O,O00 worth of bottles, rags, lead pipe, rubber, old paper, etc, each year; also that this same material was sold by the larger dealers who purchase from the little fellows, for $4so, GOO, thus netting them an annual profit of $12O, 1000.
 Are not these figures in themselves conclusive argument in favor of the utilization method for disposing of city wastes? But we are not quite through with the list of merchantable articles that como, mainly, from the garbage dumps. The most complete estimate which has been made of the old paper trade of New York, places it at 195,0oo tons per annum, with a valuation of nine dollars per ton; a yearly total of S1-755.O00.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-06
THE STUDY OF CHINESE.
Advocated by United States Consular Agent in the Interests of
 American Trade.

MT. Charles Neuer, United States consular agent at Gera, in an official communication to the state depart ment advocates the study of the Chi nese langua ge as means of extending American trade in the Chinese empire, says the Washington Star. While China is considered the land of prom ise for our farmers and manufacture ers,'' says he, s'the importance of the knowledge of the Chinese language ist greatly undervalued. I submit the de- tails of recent interview with a lin guist who has given special attention to this subject. It is well understood that in order to enter into perman- ent commercial relations with for eign country it is indispensable to know it's language. When Russian in dustries began to develop the Germans recognized that in order to engage in prof1tab ble trade in that country it was necessary to learn Russian, and there is now no country where the Russian language is so much taught as in Ger many.
 The Chinese language is telegraph ic. It conveys the idea and not the word for the thing, as the figure s8'rep- resents the idea and not the word. The Chinese have invented more than 40;- 900 marks for their writing. In the opinion of my informant it will require only about 5000 marks for mercantile correspondence and it will be easier to learn them than the words of an ordinary foreign language.
 Russian is more difficult for Amer jeans than Chinese. It takes much longer to learn the spoken language, because of the variety of dialects; but any one who can learn enough of the writings to answer ordinary purposes in a few months and have his knowl- edge perfected by 1inguist within about a year. An exact instruction in one of the Chinese languages can only be given by a Chinaman.
 sThis method has been adopted in Germany. Besides the professor for the theory of language, there are four Chinese linguists in the Oriental sem mary of Berlin teaching the business style and the language of Picking, Shanghai and Canton. Itis not intend ed to fit pupils for the diplomatic serv- ice, but for commercial wofk..''
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-06
Ta Insanity Infectiousq

"A Berlin newspaper has published an article in which the claim is made that insanity is infectious. Whether it is so in the same sense that other diseases are may well be doubted, but no student of social conditions can doubt that there are classes of people who are susceptible to the in lection of unsound ideas. Nothing is too absurd for belief, to these peo- ple. and fads of all kinds, in religious thought, political reform and social customs result. We presume that no antitoxin for either physical or men tai liability to the germs of cratic opinions will be discovered. Salva- vation from a good deal of this ten slency to go wrong is found in an ef- fort to be natural and go quietly about the work at hand. General good health and good nature are ex- ceIlent as means of resistance to disease germs of any kind.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-06
NAUGATUCK NUGGETS
irst Football Game of Season
 Neither Side Scored.


 The Naugatuck football team played their first game of the season Saturday afternoon on Hotchkiss field, their op- ponents being the Torrington team. The game was fast and exciting >and was rough at times. Neither side scored. A good sized crowd witnessed the game.
 The members in the cast of Clouds the drama to be presented in December by the home Dramatic ing in the opera house.
 Andrew Bradshaw died yesterday morning at his home on Cliff street. The deceased a widow and four chil- dren The funeral will be held Tues day morning.
 MT and Mrs John Finnan returned Saturday evening from their wedding trip. They will reside at the corner of Highland avenue and Hoadley street.
 John M. Hearns, district deputy of the Knights of Columbus, will pay an official visit to the Torr1ngton council this evening.
 The board of warden and burgesses will meet tomorrow night.
 The Carpenters union held a most enjoyable smoker in their rooms in Bevin's hall Saturday evening.
 B. O. Creegan, D. D., of New York, secretary of the board of foreign mis- sions, occupied the pulpit at the Con- gregational church yesterday morning.
 The Rathbone Sisters Sewing circle will meet tonight with Mrs A. E. Cur tiss of Church street.
 The Naugatuck drum corps will hold an important meeting this evening. The Waterbury Military band will hold a promenade concert and dance at Columbus hall Thursday evening.
 The committees in charge of arrang- ing for the miners 'glee club concert at Columbus hall Wednesday evening are meeting with encouraging success thus far and things look promising enough to assure a goodly sum Of money being realized. The money will be turned over to the miners to help them carry on the fight. The glee lclub has given concerts at many or the prin- i cipal towns and cities in Ine state and few weeks ago realized about $500 from concert held in Waterbury.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-06

Tn cities where the householders are not compelled to keep waste paper separate from the kitchen garbage, the paper so treated will form 60 to 70 per cent. in bulk of the total collections, besides being rendered practically worthless for marketable purposes. 1t should be kept separate from all other rubbish and when clean and dry is always a marketable article.
 The trade in old rubber scrap in the United States reaches into large fig ures each year. It is stated upon re- liable authority that the yearly col lection of old rubbers in the United States now amounts to nearly 10000 tons, which yield over 90, 1000, ,O0O pounds of reclaimed rubber for the manufac- turers. The price of rubber scrap varies all the way from. three to six and one-half cents per pound.
 Within the past few years we have heard good deal concerning the Shore ditch method of destroying garbage at. plants designed for supplying munic- ipal light and power. An investigation of the Shoreditch method, however, discloses the fact that in England, where it was first put into use, no att tempt is made to use it for garbage destruction; nor does Lord Kelvin, the inventor of the device, claim that gar bage, as we understand the term, could be burned in it all. In fact it is known as the Shoreditch dust destructor; and the material consumed by it is mainly street sweepings, which in London, where wood blocks are almost univer- sally used for paving, are rich in heat units and may be easily and proftably burned. Neither is the claim made that the Shoreditch system is particularly intended for the specific purposes which have been claimed for it by some of it's ardent promoters on this side of the water.
 My own study of the subject leads me to the conclusion that the combus- tible portions of city wastes can be disposed of by incineration at munich pal pumping and lighting stations, and with no more radical or difficult changes in furnace construction than might easily be made by any competent me- chanical engineer.
 ED. R. PRITCHARn
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-06
WEAKNESS OF WEALTH.
ssGodIess Magnificence and Selfish Prodiga1ity of Some Rich
 New Workers.

The very rich men of the world are growing exceedingly tired of the vast wealth accumulated. Tn New York scores and hundreds of men to-day are paying anywhere from $9,0OO to $16,- GOO a month rent for suites. of rooms, not homes which they have built for their families, but simply apartments which they have rented for awhile, says a writer in Homilitic Review. The goddess magniicence, the selfish prodi- gality, the overwhelming ostentation of the wealth of New York in certain circles cannot De described; but it is all an indication of the fact that the climax has well-nigh been reached in the display of what wealth can get. The world is waiting now to knw what wealth can give. It is the ne mesis of vast wealth that it brings it's own retribution, and that retribu- tion is the weariness of being unable to find happiness in merely having things.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-06
Casex,s Action Regretted.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.-The action of Admiral Casey in giving notice of his intention to decline to transport combatants, ammunition or arms across the isthmus of Panama is greatly re gretted at the Colombian legation. One member of the legation staff expressed the opinion that it would produce most unfavorable impression among the people of Colombia. Other diplo- matic officials in discussing the matter said that Admiral Casey's action went further than that of sCommander Me Leangof the Cincinnati, who permitted the transportation of troops across the railroad after they had been disarmed under an escort of marines.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-06
SIM0NSVILLE NOTES.

The Sunday services were fairly att tended, considering the weather.
 Fred Scott has entered the Philadel- phia Dental college to study dentistry.
 B.. I. Webster has sold his drug busi- ness to Henry Hurlburt of Torrington. MT Hurlburt has rented flat in David HulPS new block. MT Hurlburt's courteous and pleasing manner has al ready won many friends.
 Mrs William Bromieke of Piedmont street extends a cordial invitation to the ladies of the Second Baptist church and friends to meet at her house Thursday afternoon. The husbands are invited to supper, served at 5 o'clock.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-06
SUBURBAN DEPARTMENT \
WATERTOWN JOTTINGS.
Oakville Wants to Be Separate Town,
 ,Iis Said.

'Tis Said.
 Frequent murmurs have been heard lately from the people of Oakville with regard to being divided off into a ham, let by itself, so that the people of that town would not have to pay so much for the support of the highways and sidewalks, etc, in this town. Another reason for the kicking is that they think they should be allowed to have stand in Oakville where they could cast their votes at the elections 1n- stead of being obliged to come way up here to do this. Now this latter fact may be proper, but paying more money into the town treasury than they re- ceive benefits for is entirely out of the question, as the people of Oakville are not taxed any heavier than the people of this town.
 John. Burke, who has been i'll for the past three weeks, is able to be around again.
 The Golden. Cross society will hold a regular meeting this evening.
 Henry Ineson has completed filling his silo. He has nearly l25 tons in all.
 The forty hours devotions will com mence at St Johns church next Sun day. Several strange priests will be here who will speak French, German and Italian.
 l The Taft school football team de- feated the Yale scrub team Saturday by the score of to O. The playing of ! the Taft team was q great improve ment over the playing in the last game. Next Saturday the team will play one of the hardest games of the season, their opponents being the Boardman manual training school
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-06
OAKVILLE HAPPENINGS
MT and Mrs Sample are entertaining

Mr and Mrs Sample are entertaining out-of-toWn guests.
 Mir and Mrs Frederick Atwood of WatertoWn were the guests of MT and Mrs ID. F. Atwood Saturday.
 Mrs Lopez of Waterbury spent Fri day in this village
 MT Kierel the druggist, with his mother and sisters, will occupy one of c. B. Warmers houses. He will move his household goods from Waterbury some day this week.
 MT and Hrs George Hungerford of Maple Grove farm left here Saturday for Washington, D. C., where. they have gone to visit friends.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-06
CASEY HAS CONTROL
No Transisthmian Transpor-
 tation Without Permit.
ALL RAILROAD PASSES IGNORED.
Colombian Paper Currency Great ly Depreciated-Exchan Rate Eighty-ive to One For
 American Money.

ly Depreciated-Exchan Rate
 Eighty-five to One For
 American Money.
 COLON, Colombia, Oct. 6.-Under re cent orders issued by Rear Admiral Ca sey, U. $. N, who is st Panama on the battleship Wisconsin, no Colombian military officers or troops or arms and ammunition will be allowed to be transported across the isthmus by rail unless by special permission. This or der ignores the passes issued by the railroad company.
 Exchange at Barranquilla is rising by leaps and bounds An American dollar is now worth $85 in Colombian paper currency.
 dispatch from Kingston, Jamaica, says that the British steamer Para, be- longing to the royal mail service, has just arrived from Colon. She brings reports of a serious situation at Santa Marta, Colombia, whither the British cruiser Retribution has proceeded for the purpose of affording protection to the railroad there and other British in terests.
 According to the reports brought by the Para, fighting is still going on at Santa Marta between the Colombian revolutionists and the government forces. The Magdalen river is com pletely cut off from communication. The revolutionists hold Teneriffe, near Santa Marta, and have four quick fr- ing guns at this point. Last week the force at Teneriffe captured Senor La forest, Colombian minister of state, who was coming from Bogota.
 The Para also reports that, owing to the rebel success in the vicinity of Santa Marta, the government has sent back from the isthmus to the vicinity of Santa Marta a large body of troops on board the government gunboat Car tagena. The fighting is proceeding in the vicinity of Santa Marta with con- siderable success by the government forces.
 The gunboat Libertador, formerly the British steamer Ban Righ and late ly known as the Bolivar, which arrived at BarTanquilla recently in the service of the Colombian government, is in need of repairs: Her boilers are in bad condition. and she can only steam four knots. H#,s
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-06
the consideration of the treatment and disposition of city wastes other than garbage, by which is meant lrifoba raf,1ca.,f oni1o O


 kitchen refuseof an animal
 or vegetable character, 1t Is obvious that the same principles of utilization which govern the sanitary and economic disposition of garbage should apply to all forms of city waste. The present is an age of economy in the business world; and especially ds this true in the efforts that are con- tinually being made to turn to account material which has hitherto been re- garded as useless. In all large indus tries of to-day no items of detail are more carefully looked after than those tending to the prevention of waste.
 It has been the practical application of this principle to the gigantic s1augh- tering and packing industries of Chi cago which has led to the oft-quoted expression that, s'at the Union stock yards the squeal of the hog is the only part of the animal which the big pack CTS have not been able to utilize.''
 It should be apparent then that a principle which may we'll be said to have been the governing influence of such men as the Armours, the Cudahys, the Swifts and other prominent and successful business men of our time, should also be adhered to in the admin istration of the affairs of corpora tion with the taxpayers as stockhold- CTS and the city officials as the man. agers of the company.
 Exclusive of garbage, and standing first, in percentage of weight and quantity, on the list of articles which go to make up household refuse are