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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-02

prevention Of competition in manu-
facture, production or sale thereof,
shall be transported without the state
in which it is produced or manufsc.
tured. 6e
1t further provides that every per.
son, corporation. etc, ETC., carrying
on a business for any Of the purposes
aforesaid may be perpetually enjoined
for carrying on any interstate COM
merce whatever.
The bill authoriz Is the attorney
general to appoint fifty competent
men to be assigned to different parts
Of the United States to search for ev.
idence Of violations of this act.
All firms employing hundred thou
sand dollars capital must render year
ly returns Of their business, Including
all details.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-02
SHIP TRUST PAYS Up.
Shareh0 IherS In Old Companies tic
Checks From the MOrKans.

Shareholders In Old Companies tic !
Checks From the MorEans.
London, Dec. 2.-The Morgans pay
ments in connection with the pur-
chases of the International Marine
company are being carried out with
out a ripple of excitement in this city.
About 400 shareholders of the White
Star and Dominion lines presented
themselves at the Morgan offices, ans
they were all paid by check. No gold
was specially imported to meet the
payments, the whole transaction hav-
ing been arranged weeks ago. as though
it had been an ordinary sale of bills of
exchange.
No statement is available regarding
the proportion of shareholders wishire
to accept bonds of the underwriting
syndicate in lies of cash. But no bonds
have vet been delivered, because they
will not be ready for several days to
come.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-02
RAILROAD
COMMITTEE
LAST NIGHT

The citizens committee elected for
the purpose Of investigating the pos
sibility Of getting Barre on the main
line Of the railroad met last night in
the city court room and discussed the
situation at some length. 1t was the
most satisfactory and harmonious
me question E:nsv y rDn ts.s pos
sibility OF inducing the ofiicials Of the
Central Vermont Ry or the Grand
Trunk to extend their line through
Barre.to South Royalton .throu h the
Williamstown Gulf, OF OF inducing
the Rutland railroad officials to build
= new line from Rutland to Rochester
connecting with the Rochester and
Bethel railroad and then extending
the line from Bethel to Barre, thus
connecting with the M..& ". r. r.
r.
Montpelier citizens are agitating q
plan for q similar extension OF the
Rutland railroad, the difference in
the proposed route being that it
would 60 through Mad River valley.
The population,aloug the two pro-
posed routes is approximately equal,
but the distance by way Of the
Gulf is six miles shorter.
The Montpelier proposition woCld
of course leave Barre in its present
situation whereas either OF the two
proposed by Barre would place both
cities on the main line.
Sometime ago when the Barre and
Montpelier committees were working
together Manager Fitzhugh Of the c.
V. was conferred with and he re-
quested the citizens Of Montpelier and
Barre to find out ano report to him
what amour could be raised by the
two cities to promote the scheme.
The matter has not been acted upon
and the Barre committee has been
unable to secure conference with the
other committee.
The Barre committee will soon con.
fer with the Rutland committee to see
what can be done about the Rutland
railroad project.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-02
ANTITRUST
BILL INTRODUCED
It Gets After The Trusts On
The Inter State Commerce
Provisions

Washington Dec. 2. In the Senate
today Senator Cullom introduced what
has been heralded as the administra.
tion anti trust bill. 1t was snnoun-
oed sometime ago that President
Roosevelt has entrusted the Senator
with the preparation Of a bill which
was to embody his views. The bill
proposes to add nine new sections to
the Sherman law.
It3provides that no article Of com.
merce produced, manufactured, owned
OF dealt in by any person. corporation,
joint stock company tr partnership
organized or carrying on q business
for the purpose of controlling or mon
opolizing the manufacture, production
or sale of any article Of commerce or
for appreciably affecting the cost Of
such article to consumer, or for the
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-02
Especial to TKLEGRAM.)


Montpelier Dec. Both houses Of
the legislature convened at 10 O'Clock
this forenoon with nearly all the
members present.
In the senate 29 bills were passed
and several others ordered to third
reading or laid Oh the table.
Among those passed were S. 90,
taking away the necessity OF the
Judges certificate for q states attor-
ney to draw his salary.
Two bills, S. 2O7 and 20S. relating
to schools, were passed. One gives
directors more power and the other
relates to truancy.
rs. SO, which provides for complete
system Of registration for births,
deaths, marriages and divorces, was
ordered to third reading, after being
amended to bring it In accord with
the recommendations Of the US
census bureau.
In the House Of Representatives L
w. Hubbard Of Lyndon, who has
been ill up to this time took the
oath of Office.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-02
A SCANDAL
IN NATIONAL
GUARD

Rltland Dec. 2.-Orders have been
issshd from the head quarters Of the
NerMDnt National Guard for q court
Of iaquiry into the controversy be-
ltwss,n Major Fl. Edward Dyer and
r. fE<,s 3. Il SslckneZ COMPANY, A.
Ajor Dyer has charged the mem
bers| Of the company with being intox.
icattd and disorderly, while Captain
Stictney says Major Dyer Ii ed in his
repft.
Ciptain Stickney is a nephew Of
Ex-Governor Stickney The affair
has caused sensation here. The
inqtiry will be held next Thursday.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-02
A SHORT
SESSION OF:
CITY COUNCIL

The regular meeting Of the CITY
council was held last night with ali
members present except Alderman
Houston. The report OF the commit.
tee on salaries recommended the
raising Of the pay OF Miss Hattie
LaBounty, the city stenographer, from
81 per day to $50 per month. The
report was accepted and adopted.
The report Of the police department
was read and accepted. There were
is arrests during last month, 7 for
intoxication, 7 for breach OF the
peace, 2 for selling and 2 for keeping
The report OF the overseer OF the
poor was read and accepted.
Permits were granted - W. A.
Stowell to reshingle building on
Prospect street, G. I. Beckley to
build hen house, w. A. Whitcomb to
build five tenement block on Cottage
and Summer street.
The usual monthly batch of city
warrants were read and ordered paid.
The matter of rehearsals in the
opera house on Sunday was brought
up by Alderman Currier and it was
voted to exercise the rights of the
city according to the lease contract.
City Attorney Wishart appeared
before the council to report q confer.
eDce had between him and the select
men Of Barre Town relating to the
matter Of the abatement Of certain
taxes asSeeSed IN the Barre Citv
water system In Barre Town for the
past two years. The city attorney
was instructed to try and arrange
meeting between the select men and
the city council to talk the matter
over.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-02
ELECTION
OF CLAN
OFFICERS

Clan Gordon, No. ~, O. S. G., held
their meeting for the annual election
Of officers last night. and elected the
following:
\ Chief, Joseph Graham.
Past Chief, William Mcdonald.
Tanist, William Garden.
Chaplain, Donald Mcleod,
X Corresponding Secretary, James
EElrick, 20 Branch street
Finsncial Secretary, Robert Gordon,
! Webster street.
Treasur,r, Alex Hadden.
81. Henchman, Alex D. Smith.
il. Henchman, T. G. Kesson.
6eneschal, Charles Kieth.
Warder, William Cruickshank.
Sentinel, Thomas Smollett.
Physician, w. d. Reid.
Physician for Graniteville, j. W.
jackson.
Standard Bearers, Joseph VIII and
George Garlic.
Custodian, Robert Reaside.
Trustee for three years, James S.
Miln<.
+ Before the election two candidates
were balloted upon.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-02
Famous Horseman win Move House
of His Birth to California.


ef His Birth to California.
1t was recently announced at Hamil-
ton, O., that q. J. c'Lucky'') Baldwin,
the California horseman, who recently
visited his birthplace near Millville,
Hnged while at Hamilton to have
house in which he was born re-
moved in pieces to his famous Santa
Anita ranch near Los Angeles, says the
Cleveland Plain Dealer. Baldwin, who
Is seventy-four years old, has fancy
that he wants to spend bis last days in
the house where he was born.
The structure has ~. Parts
Of the building We vro, - :, hio
Ho0 Virginis b. - grandfa-
tAG, who lrst mall carrier
betwe' ..ati and Hamilton. The
re" :. Ae old house will begin
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-02
Q.eer Boiler Explesien.

Utica, N. Y, Dec. 2.-The boiler in
the Regal Textile company plant in
this city split open at an early hour.
No one was in the boiler room at the
time, and, beyond blowing out windows
and doors and generally wrecking the
room, little damage was done. 1t is
claimed that there was but little steam
on, but the boiler ripped from end to
end throuGh the. iren. e .lsG
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-02
NOTICE..

Attention is hereby called to Act
No. 102 Of tho Laws Of 1900 relating
to the sale Of cigarettes and cigarette
paper and wrappers to minors.
And all sellers and furnishers of the
same hereafter detected will be prose.
cuted to the full extent OF the law.
Dated at the city Of Barre this 2nd
day OF December, 1902.
~ 76t 4A I IL q a. s 81 k9yor. II
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-02

The Paris sweeps are having quite
good time of !. just now. The tragic
death Of Zola has created quite SCOT
scare, and now there is a perfect craze
for clean chimneys. Instead Of in
quiries about the weather, the usual
remark after greeting in Paris now is,
Have you had your chimney swept
ystr' and, II not. Remember the fate
Of Zoaa." M ~ '''' Il ~ = - = II
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-02
FIITS
CHIEF JUDGE EARL DEAD.

Rome, N. Y, Dec. 2.-Former
Chief Judge Robert Earl of the court
Of appeals died this morning at Her.
kimer. Eight days ago he suffered q
stroke Of apoplexy and has remained
semi unconscious since. He was born
in 1924.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-02

Excepting for accident or "kness
there has been but little exc, this
rall for farmers not getting then 'rk
in excellent shape The weather
most sections has been all that cou
no asked for. Frost injured but few
crops. while it has been too dry IN
some places for best results in seeding
as a whole the wheat crop has falr
start for winter. The weather has been
ideal for the feeder, and live stock mas
had good opportunity to make gooo
showing for the grain consumed. Farm
ers should be able to eat their Thanks-
sivinS turkeys with great deal o. sat'
Ssfaef3en.-stoekman and Farmer.
The Poultry House Floor.
poultry houses should be well filled
in with sandy soil or gravel. 30 as to
be a foot higher than the surrounding
oround. This is to keep the house dry
and prevent diseases that result from
the fowls running on damp ground. A
pood cement floor 10 better, but many
farmers will not have them on account
of the cost Wooden floors are all right,
but should be high enough for the
wind to PASS freely under. Any hoor
that win remain dry Alls the hill COM
'nleteiy. but The hard 1osrs are more
eadly Kept clean, and cleeslinses y -
keynote OF SUCCESS. -
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-02
THE GRAND ORIENT.

The Grand Orient degree will be
worked at Miles hall in Graniteville
Wednesday evening OF this week.
1918
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-02
HOM MER Fits
Flannelette Ni6htrobes!

We have large variety of styles trimmed
with lace, braids. etc., made Of good cloths
and in attractive colors. All sizes from ir,-
fants' up to II inch Ladies Prices SOC E5e,
&c, 81, $|.% $L30, $3.50, SITS.
See Our New Waist Syeeia| at $2.90.
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81 wonder If Tom is as anxious TO
see us as we are 20 see him." said
Georgia.
"No. the dear fellow. it would not
be natural. We have not been in any
danger in the past three years. I have
heard teachers are a favorable risk
for life insurance. so few of them die
ooh. do you think Tom will come ON
board with the INSPECTOR" Georgia
was getting very nervous.
The boat came out with the inspect
or but no Tom. He had been ordered
on duty. they said to each other but
II was two lonely little schoolma'amS
that were finally landed I'm Manila
and found no one waiting for them.
No. Yes. young man i'm a uniform OF
the L. :. a. came running forward
looking from one group to another.
When he saw the two little women he
took his hat of
You are expecting to meet Tom Dc
WARP" he said, haltngly.
Yes; he is our cousin" answered
Julia. who. though the youngest. was
the bravest. land he knows we are
coming on this steamer. oh, do YOU
know him."
I'VE belong TO the same company.
fought side by side and drank from
the same canteen. He was my best
friend said the young soldier sol
EMMY.
"Was| Georgia caught ut his use
of the past tense Has something
happened TO him? Is he"
How can I tell you? oh. why was
this cruel duty put upon me? May l
ask which Of YOU waS-was- engaged
to marry Tom?"
Both of us" said Georgia. who did
not know in the least what she was
saying
Neither" responded Julia. drawing
herself very erect.
That is we'll" the young soldier
gave n sigh of relief at Julia's stiff de.
NAL; then YOU will not be shocked to
hear that Tom Dewar is"
"DeadT Both girls spoke as if one
voice and gasped for breath.
NO Married! To n native Filipino
girl, who has taken him home to her
people. I'm awfully glad you don't
mind it. and since l was Toms friend
/ hope you will let me he yours. ana
be of some service to you in his alb
sence."
1t was manfully spoken. and the two
little. lonely, crushed women followed
him mechanically into the new.
strange world Of the Philippines. from
which the enchantment of romance.
beauty and love had dropped forever,
leaving an arid desert of duty-because
Of Tom.-M. L. Rayne, in the Chicago
Record Herald.
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mcncl1es Remedy Against Lightning.

4 most interesting medical report
has come from Abyssinia. Dr MAJ
zntti. who has been studying tubercu-
losis for the American Medical Assoc
cation. says Ethiopia is especially
free from the disease The doctor
thinks that in time to come. when
Ethiopia is somewhat more civilized
and the means of communication are
better, it will be an ideal place for
those suffering from consumption. and
may become most popular on That ac-
count
Speaking with Menelik of death the
Italian physicians found that he great
ly feared lightning. He has always
ready sulphuric ether and q syringe.
He saw one day an Italian doctor iu-
icct ether into man unconscious from
a shock of lightning and has since con-
sidcred it an iufalliblc remedy. Ills
bottle bears the inscriptions Remedy
against lightning" I'm the beginning
of 1897 Mcnelik commissioned some
Italian doctors TO set up q model phar-
macy ut Addis.Abcha which was soon
done. but it's contents now require rc.
ucwing. Each bottle ana drawer
bears the name of fits contents iu Ial
ian and Abyssinian. while the Illnesses
for which each may uc used are named
i'm large book Kept personally bv
On Ncgus. Pail Mail Gazette.
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switzerland,s spartan scbooIs.

Recently NJ Rngele's school for
young boys at Sekingen, Switzerland.
visited Basic during the holidays and
reused great interest ana excitement
in the town by their Spartan dress
and manners.
The boys wore a simple soft shirt
without sleeves, and a belt around the
centre. They were without any head
covering or stockings. ana their foot
wear was wooden sandals. All the
year round they wear the one gar
ment
Their food is of the simplest. and
they undergo great exertio1k. NJ.
Ringele commenced his Spartan sys-
lem with his boys some years ago. and
the results were very encouraging.
The boys remain at school until they
are of age to become soldiers. and they
are considered the best recruits in the
army.
NJ. Ringelc intends starting a girls
school very shortly on the same priu-
ciplcs and methods.
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The Basle CIocIx.

In the accounts of journeys in Swift
zerland of the last century it is often
remarked that the clocks of Basic
We're an hour too fast, says La Fedora
ton Horlogere Suisse. Tradition re
veals to us the origin of this custom.
When, five centuries ago. the city was
heSieged, the enemy designed to make
surprise when the main clock should
strike one The clOckmaker who had
charge of the public clocks learned in
time the signal Of the attack. and set
the apparatus so that it should strike
> o'clock instead of o'clock. The en-
envy Were disconnected and abandoned
the assault. In memory of this happy
deliverance of the city the clock was
still allowed to strike an hour in ad-
vance, and the other clocks were regu-
lated by this one SO. for centuries.
the time of Basic was one hour in ad-
vance of that of the rest OF the coun-
try. sax ~ 2
The clockmaker. who by this ruse
prevented the anticipated attack, and
who was venerated to the end of his
days. made ms a souvenir of this event
mechanical chef d'ocuvre i'm the form
Of a human head. which he placed at
the side Of the clock in such way
that it looked in the direction whence
the attack was to proceed. Every
minute this head stuck out s.tongue,
as if TO mock the enemy.
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, II CURIOUS " ,
Fs1N FACTS w..
In some parts Of Peru hens eggs are

In some parts of Peru hens eggs are
used as currency.
German war authority shows to
his own satisfaction how 100000 Ger
man troops could be landed in Eng.
land.
The Charlestonians are calling their
exposition grounds and buildings the
Ivory City on the banks of the Ash
ley.
The law of New Hampshire requires
that town lines shall be resurveyed
and marked at least once in seven
years.
The Boston Journal has discovered
and printed the names and residences
of SIS couples in New England who
have been married fifty or more
| years.
Fully 100000 was expended by the
Tammany Hall organization in New
York City during the recent canvass
for Autographs, posters, banners, sand
witch signs and handbills.
The trading stamp has been tried
in Australia, with the result that hos
! tile legislation has either been enacted
| or is likely to be, the Government of
Victoria having recently introduced :.
bill prohibiting their use.
The old courthouse in WILLIAMSBURG
Va, where Patrick Henry made his
famous speech ca the Stamp act. is
still in existence. 1t is used for in.
dcial purposes, and every Saturday
morning petty offenders are tried
there.
Sleepy grass is found in New Mex.
leo. Texas and Siberia. 1t has a most
Injurious effect on horses and sheen.
being a strong narcotic or sedative.
and causing profound sleep or stupor
lasting twenty-four to forty-eight
hours.
Something of a sensation has been
aroused in England 10y the feats of a
young woman animal tanner. who en-
ters cages Of lions and treats them as
lamiliarly as she would the family
cat. 1t is said that she never uses
a whip.
Harry NJ. Winslow. siXteen-year-
old schoolboy of Providence. II. l.. is
six feet four inches in height and if
there is another schoolboy in the Unit
ed States taller than he, he would
like to have chance to look up at
him. He weighs III pounds. and is
rather slim.
one of the curiosities of an English
residence of nobility is a weeping
willow made of copper, and so dexter
ously fashioned that at distance it
resembles real tree. 1t is actually
II shower-bath. for, by pressing a Sc
cret button, tiny spray of water
can he made to burst forth from every
branch and twig. TO the discomfort Of
any who may be under it.
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\ hotel keeper in the Catskills put
up Il sign as an advertisement:
Fifty dollars will be paid to any
man who can beat this hotel for 81 u
day"
Not long afterward slick fellow ar
rived. He occupied a room and took
three square meals; then he vanished
The proprietor had him arrested by
the village constable under the charge
of defrauding or beating" his hotel.
The fellow hired a country lawyer.
who promptly sued the landlord for
the $50 reward, claiming that it was
n fair game, as he had beaten" the
house for the 81 a day The prisoner,
being discharged. gave the claim for
500 to the lawyer as his fee. The
lawyer sued, and, in the course of
events being indebted to the judge,
turned the claim over to him. His
honor went promptly to the hotel to
board out the bill. and on Sunday had
the landlord arrested for contempt OF
court because there was no chicken
pie served Boston Beacon.
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NapoIeon,s IIenrt.

The doctor who swears ne saw the
heart of Napoleon Bonaparte preserved
i'm alcohol in the British Museum will
find, doubtless, many believers. If he
said ne saw it put back i'm Napoleon's
body i'm the tomb i'm L'Hotel DIES Inva-
lides. he would ind more believers.
The world, i'm fact is ready to believe
anything remarkable about the mighty
Corsican. 1t is generally understood
that his heart was extracted by the
British physician at st. Helena with
a view to its preservation. This ply
stefan used to tell how anxious ne
was while acting as custodian of so
wondrous an organ. Having placed
it i'm n silver basin half filled with
water and leaving two candles burn
ing beside it i'm mis- chamber. me lay
down TO rest Too nervous TO- sleep. ne
heard about midnight rustling noise
jhcu % disturbance of The water i'm the
BASIN followed Boy a sound OF some.
thing falling with q rebound upon the
h0or Tic sprane from bed i'm time TO
intercept a big rat i'm the act of drag
cling the heart Of Napoleon to- his hole
New York Press
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BOOKS AND MEN.

How closely men resemble booksl
For instance, when one merely looks
At covers dull, or bright with sheen,
lie ne'er can tell what is between,
Until he reads. A gaudy dress
May be the cloak of emptiness,
While bindings, plain and poor and thin.
May hold wealth of thought within.
Men arc like boolsl Made page by mage
10 count the records OF their age
Telling a story all may read.
Trying to sow achievements seed, 20
Delving IN mysteries of the deep, 81
The open plain, the mountain steep, s,
Spreading the wisdom of the world. 3
And keeping freedoms flag unfurled.
Like books, some men are good. some bad
Some humorous, some dull and sad,
Some shallow, others strong and deep;
Some swiftly move, while others creep,
Some are but fiction. others. truth.
Some reach old age. some die IN youth;
But just a few can dimly see
The goal of Immortality
James Courtney Chaliss, in Success
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Found by wireless reiegrnpby.

The manner i'm which the invisible
Hertzian electric waves spread out in
all directions from an active centre
was prettily illustrated in locating the
Lucania just outside the bar near
New York The vessel was late and
the agents were anxious TO learn her
whereabouts. i'm order to arrange for
the numerous details OF cargo unload
ing, loading and provisioning a dense
fog prevailed. making search by
tugs practically impossible. As the
Lucani0 was fitted with wireless
telegraphy outfit 10 was suggested
that am effort be mad. to signal her.
The shore transmitting apparatus was
accordingly set i'm operation. and. sure
enough. tine delicate cohcrcrs on tho
Lucania responded The reply camo
back through the obscnrue Jog that
she was waiting just outside tbc bar.
waiting TO come up as soon as the log
lifted