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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-27
THE FORWARD MOVEMENT
BECAME ALMOST GENERAL
The Usual Disappoi 1tina Rumors and
Figures Were Osreasrded and the Mar
ket Closed Firm, and Active.

New York December &c The active
buoyancy developed in the stock market to-
day came as something ot surprise Tho
market started or in as dun aud ilstlcs-
a manner as possible. II was taken as
matter OF course that ihe remnant OF the
week left after the Christmas holiday
would be idly spent 10 Wall street. as
many brokers left town on Wednesday
evening TO be gone until Monday morning
Tho tIghtncss OF the money market was
looked 70 as on additional factor TO re-
press speculation and tbs WIS the case
early IN the day, at which tiuc the call
loan rate rose to l. per cont. with loaus
reported at Is per cent later IN the day
IL developed moro lenders were ovcrsup-
piled and were left with considerable funds
on their hands as a result OF holding ont
for higher rates The grounds Of tho ami
nation In the stock market wcrc not on.
tircly plain
The early stages ot the movement were
cougestcd IN n few stocks and the prin-
cipaI buying In these shares was by brokers'
often employed 10y large ana wcll-kn wa
spectators interests, Including tho so-callcd
Western contingent. This was notably true
of the buying " Erie. which was continued
up 60 the close Of the market. sustaining
tho general list by sympathy. The ground
for tho buying WAS not stated, but claims
were made Of large earnings in prospect
Other stocks were strong on individual
causes Humors persisted Of a melon cut
tins" for Great Northern stockh ldcrs; n
Mltino judicial decision in copper con.
troyrrsy gave rise to the usuol claims Of
advantage by both contcudlug factions, and
/ 81 PJuls rise was accompanied by re-
newed claims that early action was to bt
/ taken on the now stock authorized st
/ Paul ran OF sharply ut the close, whcr
[ the directors had adjourned their regular
monthly meeting without action. The move
mcnt la Peoples Gas was attributed 10 tho
report that Americans Hre to embark in
the Paris gas field. The forward movement
/ became too general, however to be at
/ trhutcd 10 merely Sympi'heti, erec
/ fruu tie strength u individual stocks. Low
/ priced stocks came into 40 'Ill favor aiC
| many az them were taken up SuccrssiyCll
| aud sharply advanced
! Tho announcement that President RoOse
| welt had decided not to undertake tho arbi
/ trgtiou of tho Venezuelan dispute had rp
/ assuring edcct, MS II was felt TO eliminate
some risks az complications. There wa'
4 undoubtedly n general confidence also tina
. the danger 81 serious trouble In The ntIey
market between now and January | is prac
tlcally past owing 10 the assurance aEu,ns
emergency provided by the bankers $50,
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COTTON DULL AND INACTIVE

change in prices Of any moment and the
fcature nf interest was strengthening
IN the demand for narrow goods. Regu-
lars are sim quoted at cents and some
kinds of odds are bringing little hlgher
ngure, but hardly duotable.
Wide goods are still in the doldrums ana
the situation is giving some manufacturers
uneasiness OF peculiar kind. For year
and halt the demand Tor wide fabrics mas
been growing steadily less. until TO-DAY
there As little or no htc in tue marker.
Muls mat rarely accumulate Eovus VI d"Y.
k,ud are nuutBg themselves pillnE Up thtf
VIDE produces steadily, and while thcy are
held IN no quantity to cause sctluua worry
Tie continued lack oil uemaud Is uecululh-
Il matter TOR serious Inquiry
three or four years agu tuvrc was a great
rush amuug the mills To put In wide looms
aud THIS was necessarily accompanied 10y u
steady increase In the spinning CAPACITY ot
the mills. In many instances the narrow
looms were destroyed. as u was th'h
thought that the rrtNil buyers OF the count
Try were about 10 discard the common mar
row prints winch held sway for series oi
years.
Two or three mills whose looms were not
DESTROYED have rciustutCd them iu thr
place OF their wide looms I'm the past rev
weeks, ana lt &, quite probable that u tue
prolonged du,lueSs Is 60 continue new nan
row looms viii have TO be- purchased lh
quantities The storing vi different widths
OF looms Is said o. Dc q common practice In
mauy German factories but the necessity
for such q thug has never been seriously
Thought or here until Within couple ~
months Whether il will pay 10 make such
an investment is question as yet a'.
though Some Few mills are ou the pOiuI
ct making 10 iu q small way,
Brokers do not attempt 90 explain the
long dizziness lu wild" fabrics ~ the palmer
kind rhcy say oUly That there Is no ur-
gent demand for the goods az any nCure.
Tho large print works If me country have
been taking mor, orders for spring dollN-
cry than Us commonly supposed, hut they
are not for Wide goods m the usual yuan
titles 1t woulU appear from this that
The rctail buyers prefer the marrow widths
for one cause OR another. perhaps from
iuGs or patterns have been made Oh the
narrow goods.
Another suggestion has been that there
has Noou % greater rush To- Wide loom pro
luctiuus tlgu the demand warranted Ht
any ilWc. and 10 rs the fact. well known
O.. the trade at least. that Southern mill,
have hcnu putting In very large propot
tion ~ wide lnumS Quantities OF widD
loom products have been made in the puS'
for export and II is possible that ia,
weakness iu the export division OF tn.
the dizziness II is altogether n peculial
situation from the manufacturers View
uulut hnt unlike q dullupss In the narrow
goods market n is not iikciv 20 he fol
lowed by any great slump iu prices. lhi'
IS due In this city at least To- the fac
that tho fcw mills carving wide goods
stock are w"U able 10 do SO for m1r,
months without suif riuE any dnancin
handicap OF consequences
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SCARE ABOUT ENDED
IN new ENGLAND
Secretary Wilson Gives Some Views on
the Prevalence and Origin Of the
Foot and Mouth Disease.

The probability IS that The scare over
the footaud-mouth disease In ue Eastern
States has reached its climax, and from
now ON tno fever and uncertainty which
the whole stochraisng country has felt
over it, viii begin 70 subside, says the St,
Louis National Live stock Reporter The
action of Secretary Wilson In removing the
quarantine from Connecticut has given
confidence that the beginning Of the END
Of the epidemic has been reached, and
that gradually and speedily the disease
will be wiped out Of the United States
soil,
William E. Curtis, special correspond
ent Of the Chicago Record Herald, at
Washington has interviewed Secretary
Wilson on the situation and has the fol.
lowing 10 say I'm that connection:
secretary Wilson believes thar the dau-
ger of the spread of the foot and mouth
disease among cattle is now practically
over, lie says the epidemic is about
stamped out although there is sim some
serious work To be done 10 remoya rho
danger OF its recurrence. II is now con.
hned to Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode
. Island There are no evidences of the
disease In any other State There have
been no cases In Maine and only three
cases IN New Hampshire near The Mussa-
chusetts line, which were treated ulnu,pt IA.
by the slaughter Of the entire herd Of c,f.
lie IN which II appeared ana the ostob-
llSpment OF quarantine against the infprfed
district Of Massachusetts, Vermont L. frpp
,Wthty or more herds of cattle having been
Killed there There have been mo- Sims
OF the disease in Connecticut. New yorE
PENNSYLVANIA or New Jersey. ana NH ~
the states named have been corcf,,iir "a,
speClyu ny me veterinary surgeons OF the
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ACTIVE BUOYANCY IN STOCKS

100000 money pool and the stage to which
first settlements Confident estimates show
that probably Si32, 10000 viii be discussed
during January IN the New York murket
The rather disappointing figures OF inc
weeks currency movement only extend TO
Wednesday evening. but the return How or
Christmas funds into the deposits OF Toe
banks Is expected TO make a notable I'M
precision reserves as the Christmas re-
tail trade has been Of almost unprece-
dcnted proportions.
Some Conicctures were current as to
whether today's rise In call money to 10
per cont instituted an urgency sufficiently
serious to cause the bankers pool 10 draw
un their $p.0OO.O0U fund. but no authorize
tive statement was made on this point.
The market closed firm and active.
There were some Investment demands
manifest for bonds, cspcciuy ano Some
~ the well secured issues. GoiH Snl' 4,
par value, S2.2W,U01
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SALES At ST. LOUIS.

National Stock Yards, ST. Louis. H. DC.
Texas ont Territory cattle NY Y9vloS s' Ien Of
4 w arr RS, Fort. smith, Spound Steer.
~; llN'pouud bulls. 3l1 ,r,.,,. I, 4
s T,Sp|H Henrietta; Toas a56-pound
Texas llGipouud bulls. ai6. n \! IT,
IanhF, SNCytwatcr Texas. i3I.n,,,i,I
g"MS. a. w. Raglan san Antonio M
tsouiHd steers 800 leo NIooI Weatbor.
80; 'o5 pound COWS ~ onm, u 4'iI Cr~'
so calves 1000 each. IN ps vJ" =
CC"eel water leNus 74g pound COWS a. - "a a.
,,,.rN Long 1uprlo Miss gi4 ponmi
bcttcr ~ ~ 20 pound steers, 900 ]. LED
1Tales 26' pcr hundred Fiye b,i, A.
cont G..-h VOWS aud steer. strong ia M
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-27

Comauehc, Texas, December -, :. A.,
tion win be held January ), leoS Nm s.
mine whether or not the county s-4
bonds for new jail 49, Khgl
In tho contest for n piano Wv ssfg
or pythlas lodge won, public senVo' bpr.
I'm the race. IN n contest 10, sldu
lack Fulgcon won. The seno0'
won the organ IN contest . good d
Tho gins are stin cuitips
of cotton.
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]. N. Wlsner & Co.'S letter.

Houston, Texas December 2G.-The only
cotton market open today was New York
Trading was dull and uneveutful. with
values within very narrow range and
holding steady at practically unchanged
prices.
The receipts last January were quite
heavy, aud while interior offerings are
expected 10 Increase receipts In The near
future this fact has possibly, in a measure,
Boon discounted and 1t Is probable that re.
ccipts win have 90 augment considerably
very soon 70 seriously drprrss values
We anticipate 40 very decided decline,
but rather q gradual Increase In prices
with ultimately scramble foe the nual
remnants of this years crop
j. Y MIsnnr 4 20
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u d AaGsas city, Mo- December DC -Cattle
export steers SgV nSe 6s market steady choice
o, .' b5ockerS and feeders > o6s7 NJ vv;tosp
steer SO sS Sest : 75d 25: Texas and indian
i've cows 1's@ 175 5i T Ss COWS 75a5 o.; nal
450: Gamers I 49, 49, native helfers 44Osa
head. n,-t toae5o Hogs-Receipts 46oo
SIS; rsis Sssef ss Saio higher; heavy ss7sS@
sSsS Piss 5ssasoo. OssSS sgsnoG lisht s.oSa
'' mNrkNt steRHr 10 strHn- PIE ~, ~
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Bank Clcarlnns

New Gork December 20 rho following
table, complied bv Brndstrcet. shows the
bank clcarings at the cities named for the
week ended Thursday, with the per.
ccntases Of increase and decrease as com.
pared with the CORRESPONDING week last
year. Totals include clcarings Of Hfty-two
other cities. Canadian totals include clear
Jugs Of seven other CITIES in Canada;
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DRY Goods.

New York December 20 The dry goods
market reopcned after the holiday with II
slow spot trade on home account but fair
volume ~ orders otherwise. The general
tone WAS hrm and advances were quoted i'm
some lines, Print cloths were uuiet but
steady, Linens were hrm on moderate husi.
ness Burlaps ruled dun and barely steady
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coTToN $50 pRonucrs

Memphis, Tenn, December % -On car.
load lots, per gallon-PrIme crude 80; on
crude nominal: prime summer yellow 36;
on summer yellow nominal; choice cooking
summer yellow, irss than carload lots
nominal Meal-Prime. 81 -; on 10. T51t
goo. Cafe q 81. Ilntors 2Nafa
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Closing Prices of New York Bonds.
Money.

New York, December 26-CsIl money was
In very active demand today. The ruling
rate was - per cont. NJ which level some
very large loans were made Most OF the
demand was due TO the readiustiurut which
Is usually mad" after "A holiday, especially
II the next business day happens 10 fan on
a FRIDAY. Tho hanks very generally marked
NJ their loans today and. although one or
Two minor transactions were reported h
ilme money. most Of the bank supply was
lnNoslOl I'm rNlI loans
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Established 1882.
CARGlLL g. RICHARDSON,

Members: New York Cotton Exchange
New Orleans Cotton Exchange, LlysrpOc
Cotton Association, Chicago Board .
Trade.
Offices: Houston, Texas, Cotton e
change; Houston. Texas, 20s Main street
Beaumont Texas. Shreveport, La.
Orders executed In Cotton, Grain an
stocks. Direct private wire 10 all liIs
exchanges. References: Commercial N
tioual Bank, Houston Texas; National gu.
Bank, New York; Hibernia Bank and I'as
Company, New Orleans.
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EGGS. POULTRY AND Butter.

81. Louis, December Pc Poultry Quiet:
chickens and springs S&; turkeys W.:
ducks -. geese s. Butter Steady; cream.
cry 2Sa30; dairy 1892. Eggs-Higher at
Kansas City, December 20 -Egss-Freuh
New York December a6. Eggs Receipts
$50 packages, market steady; state and
PENNSYLVANIA, average hest IS; Western
poor 10 primo fancy 26, Western POOR 10
prime Ho12S; refrigerated 1s,sd21.
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CATTLE DISEASE NEARLY GONE

lambs 4oOG5.45: Western lambs 3.s51As5:
fed ewes 3.OOn39J, native wcthers 5000
AGO; Western wcthers 301uA20; stockers
and feeders 2.O0M3.3J
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SUGAR.

New York, December as-susar-Kaw
1uist Refined aniet.
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COFFEE.
co,,.,oh. Cuttings.

New York. December 26.-c0f's-s''
o.,
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'1l7 days this year, IFS days last year.
COMPARATIVE COTTON STATEMENT.
New York, December 26,For the week
ending Friday:
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ALL EXCHANGES CLOSED
EXCEPT IN NEW YORK
There Was Very Little Business Trsns.
acted and the Close Showed Quota
tons Practically Unchanged.
AT THE CLOSE
Liverpool, holiday,
New Orleans, holiday
New York, 8 lower to 2 higher.
SPOTS:
liverpool, holiday
New York, unchanged.
Others, holiday.
ESTIMATES FOR TODAY
Hcusto1 two days, 5000 against
1o.4t9 last year.
New Orleans, holiday.
All the cotton exchanges were closed yes.
extreme dullness in that market, the fac
fuatIons in price and business transact
Cd being hardly worth mentioning.
Quotations closed almost unchanged. the
figures ranging from 3 points lover to .
points higher Mt the end 81 tho session.
The outlook Is about the same for next
week that has prevailed this vceh. The
undcrcurrcnt II strength that has held NJ
the market all this month is still go owl
lcnce and prices are expected tn hold thcir
own until the movement becomes moro
decisive.
Tho local exchange was verv duict yes
tc5day swapping Jokes and wishing each
other merry Christmas" being about the
only occupation OF the members The err
rloycs Of the exchange and the telegraph
and telephone operators were well remcm.
hcrod, each receiving Christmas gifts .u
cash from the members cf the exchange
Gums ranging from So to- $50 IN" spot
market had holiday no quotations an
pcaring and the exchange closed early, "a
resume business on Monday.
The New YORK Journal Of Commerce
gives the following summary Of the Fal
River situations
Wh'lc tlcra has been 40 special activity
in the cloth maeaet fpr thu v"et the sales
amounted to 2uocnO piece, There was %,
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Not included In totals because contain.
Ing other items than clearinss,
Money.
New York December 90 Money on call
firm at Hdl5 per cent. closed offered Mt S
per cent. Time money FIRM sixty and nine
~ days & per cent six months y per cent.
Prime paper Is per cent Sterling exchange
firm, with actual business I'm bankers bills
~ . So. I1di Sc. so for demand and at
4 81. % for sixty DAYS; posted rates 4 STA
S7i2; commercial bills 4 s2i?Gi4. 81. Bar
silver AIS. Mexican dollars IS Govern
ment bonds strong state bonds steady
Railroad bonds irregular.
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE,
PORT OF GALVESTON, December q
ARRIVED.


SIS Cayo Romani (Br), New orleanA
SIS Anstice (Am), Campeche Banks.
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The Movement OF Cotton.

New York, December 2G-rhe following
statistics on the movement Of cotton for
the week ending Friday were complied
by the New York cotton exchange;
Weekly movement
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ALL EXCHANGES CLOSED
EXCEPT IN NEW YORK

There Was Very Little Business Trans
acted and the Close Showed Quota
tons Practically Unchanged.
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ESTIMATES FoR TODAY /:

Housto1, two days, 5000, against
1o.4i9 last year.
New Orleans, holiday.
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AT THE CLOSE
Liverpool holiday.
New Orleans, holiday.
New York, 3 lower to 2 higher.
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'2'2 ~ Total sales Tor the day Go5.7oo shares
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all United States

Net receipts at all
ports during weel
Same week last yea
Total receipts since
Same date last year
Exports for the We
Last year .........
Total exports since
Same date last year
stock At all United
Same time last year
stock At all interior
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Illus
Sales. High Low ing
est. est. ( ull.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-01-01
PANAMA CANAL AFFAIRS.
Open Letter In Paris Press Urges
STRAIGHTFORWARD Oner to Sell

straightforward Oner to Sell.
Paris, Jan. 1.--All the newspapers
here publish an address to the share
holders of the Panama Canal company
issued by NJ. Bunau-Varilla, a large
shareholder, who made an appeal to
the shareholders and others at the be-
ginning of the year to contribute funds
to carry on the work of the canal, and
who only secured promises of 100000
francs.
In this address. which takes up half
u page of space in the papers. NJ. Blu
nau-Narlla gives the text of letter
which he recently wrote to the new
president Of the canal company. NJ. Bo,
cOndemning the decision to attempt the
"impra cticablp task" of reOpening the
negotiations with Washington for the
sale Of the cOmpany's property and
urges that the only course open in or
der to clear the situation il for the
company to make before Jan. a
straightforward offer to sell the prop.
erty for $40, 5000 or, better still. no.
tify the isthmian commission that 1t
can itself fix the reasonable purchase
price at which its report said 1t would
have recommended the Panama route.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-01-01
CITY NEWS.

Lewis A. Borden has gone to Fall
River, Mass.
| G H Douglas has gone to Platts :
burgh, n. Y.
NJ. F. Hunt has gone ID Nashua
N. H.
Ed D agon has gone to Chazey,
in Y.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. James Ross left this
aftt rnoou for Hardwick after weeks
stay in the city.
| An alarm OF fire from box Is at 7 30
last evening was for chimney fire in
a,house on Granite St., which was ex.
tinguished without calling in the aid
OF the fire department.
On account OF the storm the watch
meetings at both the Baptist and
Methodist churches last night were
poorly attic nded.
! All the Odf Eel oas lodges will
have jpins installation Of officers
tom prov night, Mnnehaha Rocamp-
m mt and Bright Star Rebekah Lodge
uniting with Hiawatha Lodge in the
affair
John J. Mckenzie ente rtained the
members Of the West Shore Hunting
Club last evening at his home on Sem.
mary street and all saw the old year
60 out. TEE company passed the ev.
ening in music and songs and did full
justice to the excellent refreshments
served by Mrs Mckenzie.
w. R. Guthrie of the Combination
Cash store left this noon to 60 on the
road to complete his contract with the
Saratoga Wrapper Company
Miss Rose Foy lett this morning for
a short visit in Burlington.
Some IA couples from the lndepen-
dent Order OF Foresters attended the
Foresters' dance at Middlesex asst
night where they had very enjoy.
able tim, returning about 4 30 clock
this morning.
The Moondyne whist club went to
Plainfield this afternoon on their an
nual slelghride and supper.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-01-01
GOVERNOR SHAW
Secret Hi. tory Of the Rebel
Rail on St. Adams.
new STORY BY ROWLAND ROBINSON
Vermont In the Census Of 1900.
"A Nsw Vermont" for tho Navy.
Sketch Of Son. Dillingham;.

These headlines indicate some of
the features OF the New Years num-
Der of The Vermonter. Your atten-
tion is further requested to an inspec-
ton Of the full table of contents in
the January issue Of this popular
state Magazine, which gained 2000 in
circulation in 1901, and begins the
wear 1902 with an edition CT nearly
5000 copies.
CONTENTS. 40,
HON. LESLIE M. SHAw-A Son of
Vermont, the new Secretary Of
the Treasury, full page portrait
and sketch.
ROWLAND E. RoBINsoN-Late great
author, story Of Vermont Farm
Life, from an unpublished, MS.
Portrait.
VERMoNTs POPULATION IN THE
CENsUs-By State Supervisor W.
B. Gates. Portrait.
SECRET HISTORY ST.. ALBANs RAID
BY Col. Bennett 81. Young, Con-
federate officer. IL illustrations.
"A State SOAI OF "A Rho rOIs w In
TER-Full page illustration.
VERMONT MEN OF TODAY, SENATOR
WILLIAM P. DILLINGHAM Sketch
and portrait.
A NEW "VERMONT' FOR THE NAVY
STORY and view OF receiving ship
vermont"
'SCENE IN A VERMONT WINTER. -
Poem by Charles G.. Eastman, ILL.,
uStrated.
OBrrUARY-Truman C. Phinney, late
sergeant-at-Arms. Portrait.
TRAINING OF TEACHERs-By Prof. j.
L. Alger. Portrait.
VERMoNT's FAIR WOMEN.
VERMoNTERs ABROAD.
Address S. FORBES,
Publisher, st. Albans, Vt.
Subscriptions are also received by
newsdealefs, newspaper publishers
and poStmasters.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-01-01
AGREAT SUCCESS
Especial to TELEGRAM

Graniteville, Jan. THE first an
nual ball Of Maple Leaf Camp, Mod.
ern Wtodmen of America, held last
evening IN Miles ball was great sue
cess and the camp cleared SIS as re-
suit. The hall was prettily decorated
and at clock supper was served
to the so couples who attended the at.
fair Music was furnished by the
East Barre orchestra.
William O'Donnel had charge OF
the floor and was assisted by Frank
Belleville and Morris Spence. j. X.
Perie and Thomas Spence were the
committee on introduction,
The committee on arrangement to
whom great credit is due for the sue
cess OF the ball was composed Of J. X.
Perie, Morris Spence, Frank MCGUIRE
and Frank Belleyille, ..p
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-01-01
WHERE ARE THEY AT?

New York, jan Seth Low as.
sumed charge Of the mayoralty office
at noon today. and with him all the
elective officers under him were sworn
in. Forty Thousand office holders are
today wondering where they are at,
because OF the change. The police are
en- the qui vive, and already a change
has been noticed among the gambling
dens and disorderly houses. VIM. S.
Devery, the departing deputy com.
missioner Of p lice, declares he will
not be removed.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-01-01

Boston, Jan. | - The Legislature
opened this morning with CAUCUS OF
both parties. .Messls Dean Of Brook
line and Reed OF Taunton were chosen
chairman and clerk respectively Of
Republican members. MIR. Meyers OF
Cam bridge was re-nominated for
speaker OF the House, James w. Kim.
ball of Lynn clerk and Daniel Wsddon
OF Boston, chaplain.