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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-01
Local Market Report.
Corrected to "Wednesday, Oct. | /

The principal changes in the prices
charged in the local market for staple
art Giles this week over those OF last
week seem 10 be in regard to feeds.
They are all off. Straw is now a
very scarce article and but little ca :.
b. obtained here. The price Of meats
remains about the sa re. Spring
lamb and spring chicken are down To
Is cents Il pound but otherwise meat
is as high as heretofore. Vegetables
are little cheaper. Coal is still I'M
ap roachaole in price with only few
tons in the hands OF the local dealers.
The succulent clam can now be pur-
chased in the shell or out Of IL as
well as the oyster. Fruit is about
the same. Grapes are high and will
be higher.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-01
Asthma and Hay Foyer Cured.

The truly marvellous cures OF Asthma,
which are being effected ~ DR.. Schi.f-
mann's Asthma Cure certainly call for
notice.
Rev. G. L. Taylor, of Washburn, Ill.,,
says: "Some 7 years ago my wife used
several packages Of your Asthma Cure
which resulted in o permanent cure.'
A Hay Fever sufferer writes; II have
been sufferer from Hay Fever for over
20 years, and it seemed harder every year.
The first night l used your Asthma Cure
was greatly relieved. 1t cured my cough
after using a few times. ! shall recon-.
mend it to all sufferers OF Hay Feyer;"
Sold by all druggists at soc and sl;oo.
Send &c Stamp to Or. r. Schitfmann, Box
$685., st. Paul, Mimi, for free trial
package.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-01
What Worried
The Iron Duke.
The Schemes of the Cunning
Man beyond the Mountains.

So Sick Persons Fret Oye- UnknO WI
Diseases and Alarming ~ymstoms
Tn i! Dr.. David kennedy's CIl.
cuIa Solvent. His NEW Medicine,
Has Cured Them It's Rare Power in
Kidney AID Liver Com plants and
I'm purity Of the b. ID.
HI put more whte he.i!s ia my
head nan all'he Their French g n.
erals together. S. spoke the cold
and unimaginative Duke OF yelling.
ton If his adversary, Marshal Mas
senA. Many time in the Peninsula
var, looking at the bleak Portuguese
mountains, the Duke wondered what
Massena was up to on the other side.
So does man who knows that his
h-alIh is failing wonder what the mys-
terlou, forces OF offended nature are
doing down inside OF his body. He
misses his Old zest for work or for
play: his food does not taste right it
does MT nourish him after he crowds
it down. His eyes are dull, and I'm.
der the flesh is pulled cut ike little
sac. His bladder will not retain its
contents for any length Of time.
TIL such man that he has diseac.
ed kidneys and you give him dread.
full shock. A short tim ago his al.
arm would be we'll grounded, but today
ne has friend in DR.. David Ken
nedy's new medicine, c cnra Sol
vent, The product Of forty years Of
hard study and patient observation.
1t would be useless to draw public at.
tention TO this remedy II it had any
thing in Common with the tn usdnd
and one preparations offered as sure
cures for kidney complaints DR..
Kennedy himself was the most severe
critic Of his own WORK. Only when
C4l-cura Solvent had Shown its power
in practice, under great variety OF
conditions. did be consent to let it 60
forth To the world with guarantee Of
his reputa ION BEHIND it.
Write to the Cal-cura Company,
Kennedy Row RondJur. n. Y. for
free trial bottle: al iruggistS.$l. Al
ways ask 70 druggist for Dr.. Ken
nedys new and latest medicine, Cal
cura Solvent.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-01
HINTS FOR FARMERS
Flowing Under Green Crops,
IN the report of the farmers inst

AZ Tue report or the farmers insti
tute OF Ontario Duncan Andersen
writes OF "Grecn Crops as Fertilizers.
lie says he has two farms. one O.
them being mile or more from whcr,
ne lives' II is too far to haul manure
so he has found it necessary to SOW
green crops to be plowed in for cult
walton.
Clover has proved most satisfactory
although if Il catch of it is not securcl
peas will be valuable.
The value of clover as a green ma
nure Is shown by the fact that a fail
crop gathers in its stalks leaves an(
roots, per acre, 13S pounds of nitrogen
11o Of potash and 46 Of phosphorie
acid. With Nitrogen worth 10 cents q
pound, the money value is great.
1t may not he practical to lose a croI
In order to gain the fertilization, but in
some instances it has proved well tc
DO so. the succeeding wheat crop bring
ing IN far more than the clover croL
and smaller wheat crop could have
done. An average crop of clover, how.
ever, which has been made into hay,
will leave between ten and eleven tons
OF root growth per acre. which will
benefit the soil almost immca sura bly,.
The fertilizing effect Of the broad
leaves shading the surface of the soil
adds to the usefulness of the clover.
No rotation can be complete unless
clover is prominent in it. 1t cleans the
soil as well as enriches it. 1t is best
TO SOW the clover seed in front of the
drill instead of behind it. If sown be-
hind the drill. the seed will, for the most
or barley, which. being stronger. will
sap up the fertility, Air and sunlight
and a deep root are needed for good
catch, with strength to resist the fail
drought.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-01
GROCERIES,.

Reported exclusively for the TELE
GRAM by Merchants Economic Groce ry
"A
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-01
Are You About
To Build?


If so see that vour builders
contract has a clause provid-
ing that the structure shall be
erected by UNION LABOR,
which will insure you of good
work and a JOB completed
without delay.
Per order Union No. 4S1
Carpenters and Jolners Of
America.
w. II. MEssEH,
SECY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-16

costs the city 30 cents a pound. The
canned goods are in rusty old cans, and
aside from being inferior goods to start
with. all taste of the can. The meat
pieces Of neck and honey chunks which
are fit only for dogs But the city pays
the highest market prices for it.
DOES GRUHN FEED HIS REL4A-
TIVES?
"Gruhn orders great quantities of
stuff which he does not need, and which
must be wasted I do not know to my
own knowledge that he supplies his
North Topeka relatives with food, but
believe he does. I know that his family
comes over to see him about every day.
and he feeds them all while they are
there
Here Mrs. Ward Interrupted with this
statement: 4 went down to the ice
box one evening and there were half
dozen cans Of fruit and vegetables there.
In the morning they were all gone and
we had nothing for breakfast. I asked
Mr. Gruhn about it, and he could only
explain by saying that the cans were
used up"
TRIED TO ASSAULT Mr.. WARD.
Did Gruhn ever attempt to assault
you ?" was asked by the State Journal
reporter of Mr.. Ward.
Yes, he did" said Mr.. Ward. ct was
told by Mr.. Gruhn that his wife was a
bad woman and was running around at
night with other men. never heard
a man say such terrible things about
his wife. I told my wife about it, and
advised her to keep away from Mrs.
Gruhn. But my wife became convinced
that Mrs. Gruhn was all right, and she
told her what her husband had said
about her Mrs. Gruhn asked her hus-
band about it. and so he came after me
He was very mad, and picked up a
chair by the back and started to strike
me with it. I was in bed. I jumped
out of bed, and grabbed another char
to defend myself. Then my wife
! jumped between US and kept Gruhr
I from striking me.
THE only thing that is clean about
/ the pest house" said Mr.. Ward, lis
the bed clothes. We had clean bee
! clothes every day, but this was because
| the Gruhns got a dollar for every wash
/ ing they did. They make about ffteeT
| or twenty dollars a month out of theil
| washings, even when there We're only
1 two or three patients there. Besides
/ that they get $50 a month and all theil
/ groceries and rent free. They have {
/ couple of children there who stay at The
/ pest house, who are dirty all the time
I and they let them come to the tabl,
with the patients. The children woulC
/ climb up in their chairs and grab what
ever they could reach on the table
/ This kept up until kicked so hard tina
/ they kept the children away, but I IN
derstand that since We left the children
! are back eating with the patients
/ Everything in the whole hospital is con
/ Quoted on the plan that you don't &c
anything unless you fight for 1t.
would not spend another month in tina
place for hundred dollars"
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1T LOOKS BAD.
Condition at City Pest House is
DepIOrable.
Place is Dirty and Patients Are
Mistreated.
WHAT MR.. WARD SAW.
Claims Patients Are Fed on
Poor Food.
City Sneaks Another Patient
Into the Place.

Investigation reveals the fact that the
Topeka smallpox pest house at the fair
grounds is being grossly m.smanaged;
that the place is dirty and foul; that
patients are misTeated, and in one case
at least, assaulted by the superintend-
ent. .. Gruhn; that there is an evident
waste of money in the purchase OF sup
plies; and that proper precautions to
prevent the spread of the smallpox are
dagrantly neglected.
1t viii no doubt be claimed by the
health authorities that the whole re-
sponsibility for the mismanagement
rests with Superintendent Gruhn- But
the fact remains that for ten months
A3ruhn has been retained in his place in
spite of continuous complaints, and con
finuous mismanagement.
George Z. Ward, an employee of the
Santa Re who lives at 1895 Lincoln
street gives some interesting informa-
ton about the condition of things at
the pest house. On April Is, Mr. Ward
discovered that he had smallpox, and
70 avoid communicating the disease to
MS wife. he went to the pest house.
But DIS wife had already been exposed
and when she was taken sick a few
days later. she followed her husband to
the pest house.
Mr. Ward and his wife were released
last Tuesday. Mr.. Ward is now suffer
4ng from carbuncles which were proba-
bly, caused by the poor treatn ent which
ne received while at the pest house.
Mr.. Ward prefaced his remarks by
saying that he did not believe that City
physician Judd is to blame for the con-
dition of things; that Judd had done all
ne could for the patients there at the
pest house, and had scolded Gruhn~ fol
MS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT But for ten months
Gruhn has kept the place, nevertheless
Things are in terribly bad shape al
the hospital that's sure said Mr. Ward
II just got out Tuesday. after being IN
there a month. My wife was also in
there at the same time, and she can con
firm what I say.
POOR GROCERIES FURNISHED.
The trouble is all with Gruhn He is
totally incompetent. Dr. Judd knows it.
and has promised to get rid Of him In
regard to the groceries which were given
us, they were to a great extent not fl
to eat. They are all furnished by Weber
the councilman who runs a grocery.
have intended to 90 andusee Weber and
tell him what I think of man who
VIII send such stuff out to a hospital
The butter is a mixture of oleornar-
8artne and stale country butter, and it
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ledge of ground. It is believed that the
Rabacci crater. in the Windward district
OF the island, has also erupted
FROM a distance La Soufrfere although,
less violent. still wears cap of dark
clouds, which is illumined every now and
then by flashes of red light.
Volcanic dust fell here again Yesterday
But fortunately there have been also sev-
eraI heavy rain showers which have
washed away the dust from the grass and
restored the verdure of the fields The
condition of the atmosphere is also an
parently improving
Owing to the destruction of several es-
lates the sugar and arrOw-root industries
Of St Vincent are seriously injured Des-
ttuuon prevails among the laboring
classes, who are without homes without
clothes, and hungry. Nearly 1000 deaths
on this island have been reported. Bodies
have been discovered in houses in lifelike
attitudes, presenting gruesome spectacles.
There are decOmposed bodies in many
houses and in order to guard against dis
ease IT will probably be necessary for the.
authorities to burn these dwellings. Owing
to the many difficulties in the way Of
those who have the matter in hand hum
dreds- of bodies have not yet been in
tered As wide areas of ground which
formerly produced food stuff have been
devastated there is today abnormal de-
mand Tor bfe2dStuffs and consequent
scarcity of food supplies, The prices 81,
food advancing The destruction Of
the live stock of the island has also
caused a rise in the price of meat A
British Warship has arrived here from
Trinidad. bringing provisions for the re-
lief of the sufferers
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assisting in rescuing refugees from the
neighborhood of St. Pierre Her Off
GERS tell of heart-rending sights in the
ruined city.
Near Sarbet they found the body OF
a woman and under it a dead child
The mother had evidently tried to pro-
tect her child with her own body. The
mother was burned almost to a crisp,
while the childs hair was not even
singed.
Near the cathedral a cart was found
full of dead men and women. Appar-
emily they were trying to move from
the city when the fire blast oyercame
them.
The valkyrien brings a copy of a
newspaper or proclamation, dated May
Z, in which notice is given that the
commission of scientists appointed by
the government have examined Mont
Pelee and determined that there is no
danger of further serious eruptiOns.
The notice is signed by Governor
Moutel The paper was found in
house wherein there were seven dead
people, who were apparently suhocated
by gas, as they We're not burned.
The commission referred to was ap
pointed by the government to reassure
| the people of St. Pierre. They came to
the doomed city and studied the phe-
nomena of the volcano and their report
was that Pelee showed no indications Of
abnormal violence, but that the indica
lions We're identical with the recognized
phenomena of volcanoes generally. They
IuEtneE reported Itlat the pOSlJlOn OF lild
craters and neighboring valleys pro-
jecting toward the sea allowed them 10
affirm that the security OF ST Pierre
was not threatened.
COMMISSION PERISHED.
Every member of the commission per
ished the morning after this report was
promulgated, and with them Governor
Moutel and his wife. who had come to
St Pierre to show by their presence
that the government believed in the op-
timistic deductions of the scientists.
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AN INLAND SEA
Where Once Was a Prosperous Es-
tate on st. Vincent.

Kingston, St. Vincent. Mas. 1e--sci-
entists who have come here from the
British island of Trinidad predict another
volcanic eruption on st Vincent within
short time.
The damage done to St. Vincent by the
volcanic eruption is now known to be
much greater than was at first estimated
Ihe present uneasiness OF the znhabitants
of the island is increased by. the continue
Gus agitation of the volcanic craters-
Friday, May 3, large stones and volcanic
dust fell in the neighborho0d of George
town for two hours. terrifying the people
there. a cloud of hot vapor then passed
over that part
Two eruptions Of less magnitude than
the first occurred Saturday, May TO- and
from then until today fire and smoke
have been ascending at intervals from
the craters-
Owing to the great heat it is stiIl i'm
possible to approach the Soufriere volcano
from the leeWard side
interesting discoveries have been made
rearding physical changes on st. Vincent
resulting from the eruptions Several fis-
Sures have been observed on La Sou
frlere- The estate of Walibou has disap-
peared and has been replaced by an in
land sea Richmond, an estate adjacent
to Walibou which WIS formerly Hat and
upon which there " ere several laborers'
cottages, has been completely burned, and
out OF the estate there now rises a large
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-16
TALKS BACK.
Burton Speaks Up When Fun
stOn's Record is Assaulted.

Washington. May 16-Soon after the
senate convened today a bin to place
Thomas H. Carpenter, late captain IN
the United States army. on the retired
list. was passed.
Another bill to restore Benjamin e
Handforth to the army. was passed.
The military academy appropriation
bill was reported by Mr.. Warren who
gave notice that he would call it up
early next week
A bill providing for the appointment
of Francis S. Davidson as first lieuten-
ant, mounted. in the United states
army on the retired list. was passed
When the Philippine government bill
was laid before the senate at the con
clusiOn of routine business. Mr.. ALc-
Laurin (Miss.) continued his speech be-
gun yesterday in opposition to the
measure He criticised the trial of Gen.
Jacob Smith, intimating that his ac-
quittal was a fOregOne CONCLUSION.
In order to curry favor with England.
we sent, he said. special embassy to
the coronation of King Edward. This
led him to speak of the Roer war and
he criticised the United States for the
position it has assumed toward Great
Britain in that struggle.
Referring to the defense by Mr.. Bur-
ton Of Gen. Funston. Mr.. McLaurin
! read a statement from book on Cuba
that Gen Gomez and his staff had run
away from a locomotive which was
/ blowing off steam. fearing it was about
to explode. He said that Gen. Funston
/ was no GOmez's staff.
! DO you mean to intimate inquired
/ Mr.. Spooner, that Gen. Funston is a
coward2"
You can draw your own differences, 2
replied the Mississippi senator. Il state
what this writer says
] Mr. Burton called attention to the
fact that Funston never had been on
/ Gomez's staff. He was Gomez's chief OF
artillery. but had not served as a star
/ officer.
IN THE HOUSE
Washington. May 1e-Before proceeding
with tie naval bill today the house
/ passed the bill turning over to Porto
I Rico all the public lands Of the island
eeded to the United States by Spain ex-
eept sites designated by the president
within one year for naval and coaling
stations, military posts and other Uni-
ted States purposes. In this connection
Mr.. Lacey Qa-) stated that the Porto
Rico comm issioner ought to have the
privilege of the floor Of the house. so as
to explain such matters as this instead
Of being compelled to stand around the
corridors Of congress.
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DRIFTS OF ASHES.
CONTINUED from First Page.l

here with his family on the steamship
Canada from Martinique, cables the Port
of Spain. Trinidad, correspondent OF the
Herald He tells a story of marevlous
escape from death.
Mont Pelee had given warning of the
destruction that was to come, ne salq,
but we. who had looked upon the vol
cano as harmless, did not believe that it
would do more than spout fire ana steam.
as it had done on other occasions 1t
was a little before o clock on the morn
ing of May that the end came
Il was in one of the fields of my es
feet not as # does when the earth
quakes. but as though a terrible struggle
was going on within the mountain
"As 1 stood still Mont Pelee seemed to
from its crater Then there was rend-
ing, crashing, grinding noise. It was deaf
ening and the flash Of light that ac-
companied it was binding
1T was like a terrible hurricane and
where fraction of second before there
had been perfect calrn telt myself
drawn into a vortex
1.-The mysterious force leveled a row of
trees nearby, leaving a bare space of
ground fifteen yards wide and more than
one hundred yards long.
cloud formed which reached high in the
air. It literally fell upon the city of
st. Pierre
sounded as though all Of the navies of
the world were in combat Lightning
That St. Pierre was doomed knew
but ] was prevented from seeing the de-
structiOn by spur of the hill that shut
off the view Of the city.
1T is impossible for me to tell how
long 1 stood there. Probably it was only
a few seconds When 1 recovered pos
session Of my senses ] ran to my house
and collected the family. all of whom
were panic stricken. 1 hurried them to
the sea shore, where We boarded small
steamship, in which made the trip
in safety to Fort de France.
Il know that there was no flame in
the first wave that was sent down upon
St. Pierre. It was heavy gas, like fire
damp, and it must have asphyxiated the
inhabitants before they were touched by
the fire which quickly followed. As we
drew out to sea in the small steamship
Mont Pelee was in the throes of a ter
be opening all about the summit and
lava was flowing in broad streams in
every direction. Ny estate was ruined
while we We're still in sight of it
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DEAD IN EVERY HUT.
Starvation Threatens the Survivors in
st. Vincent.

Kingston, Island of st. Vincent. B. W. T.
Tuesday, May 13--No person has vet been
able to approach within eight miles of the
new crater Of the Soufriere volcano. but
judging from what can be seen from a
considerable distance. the old lake at the
summit OF the mountain has disappeared
The numerous assures in the mountains
side continue to throw vapor and the sub
terranean Tnurmur1ngs and tremblings in
dictate continued unrest. During the after
noon of Monday q dense volume of steam
and smoke rose from the volcano and the
whole island was covered by a peculiar
mist. The inhalation of noxious vapors
here is increasing the spread of sickness.
An ambulance corps from the Island of
Barbados has arrived here. Starvation
threatens the poorer classes of the at
7icted district
Nearly. every remaining negro hut in
the Carlb country contains decaNed bodies
and the horrible stencil is driving people
away. Mutilated bodies are tied with ropes
and dragged to the trenches where they
are buried Sometimes bodies are Gre
mated.
The local government is feeding ard
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RECORDS DEFECTIVE.

It is necessary to estimate the number
of patients during the five months Of
the Judd administration, because the
records have not been properly kept up,
and many Of those people who We're sent
to the hospital are not so entered on
the official record of contagious dis
eases kept by the department
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Take, as an example, the banner
month of the Gruhn administration at
the pest house. This is March, when
there were at the limit Il patients in
the hospital, and the grocery bill went
to $3.50, besides SS.46 more for milk
The daily orders which We're sent out
from the hospital were as follows, in
aegrega re-