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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-21
OBJECTIONS TO CANDIDATES.
None OF the Leading Cardinals Mas
FiII 81. Peler's Chair.

None OF the Leading Cardinals May
Fiu st. Peters Chair.
Rome, July Ca number of cardi.
mails and especially their friends utilize
the prolonged illness Of the pope to test
the feeling which will prevail at the
next conclave. Much diversity Of opin.
ion and much uncertainty regarding tie
candidates exist. However, most
probable candidates remain more Of
less those whose names have been
mentioned since the pope first became
i'll. To Cardinal Gotti, project Of prop
uganda, the objection is made that
as he belongs to a religious order his
election might, in view Of recent events
be considered a challenge to France
Against the chances Of Cardinal Ram
polla. the papaI secretary of state, Ii i.
urged that Austria viii try to exercise
her right TO veto. as France would in
the case of Cardinal Seradno vannu
tell the grand penitentiary, who I.
considered to be the candidate Of til.
triple alliance. Cardinal Svampa
archbishop Of Bologna, has been drop
ped because since his last stroke O
paralysis he speaks with some dill
Guilty Cardinal Ferrari, archbishop o
Milan, is not favored for the apparent
" trivial reason that he uses a motto
ear, which is not considered dignitiet
in prince Of the church Carolina
Agliardi. bishop Of Albano. is regarde,
as too democratic Therefore Inles
Cardinal Gotti who has always beel
the most favored candidate, succeed
in overcoming the objection to him i
is likely that some one unmentionel
will be elected to succeed Leo Kill
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-21
The Times Daily Short Stoo.


- y -
rev minutes before 10 O'Clock. AS he
was hurrying on he heard horses
hoofs and the rattle Of a wagon behind
him. Darling behind a tree beside the
road he waited for the conner to pass.
a man was driving, and as he came up,
a fun moon shining in his face, Nc
Curdy recognized him as the person
who had taken the letter In an in
slant he was standing in the road con-
fronting the man with cooked re
yolyer
give no money" said stivers.
at isn't money | want Give me the
letter you TOOK
"Hold on I'll explain that I'm a
revenue officer, and you're postman.
We're both in the United States aerv-
fee. I'm going now to join my posse,
and In FIVE minutes Wen nab two Of
the slickest moonshiners in Tennes =
eYoull nab no moonshiners tonight
And I'll trouble you for the letter"
Stvers was astonished. lie could
not understand why a man in another
UIaICn tl Inc rNAA AtG MOAAa prevent
him from accomplishing his object.
'This will cost you your position"
he said
"If it does it will be for lettin' you
take the letter."
suvers was a resolute man and not
to BE baked without an effort Think
ing that McCurdy would not resist
the force Of arms, be drew his revolver.
4 ball whistled by bis head. He fred,
and his shot was returned. Both men
were wounded. Stiyers fell from his
seat into the road. McCurdy crawled
up to him, put his hand into his pocket
and took out the letter. After examin-
I ing the address in the moonlight and
seeing that it was what be wanted he
tainted
All this occurred within sound of
/ the rendezvous and at the moment the
Campbell brothers met 70 pass the
whisky. Hearing the Shots, they went
/ to the spot where they were fired and
found Stivers and McCurdy, the lat
/ ter unconscious.
An hour later the brothers deposited
the wouK5ed Stiyers where he lodged
and in the morning drove up to their
own cabin with AfcCurdy When Mag
saw them coming with the man who
/ had saved them lying at length in the
wagon, she climbed in and folded him
in her arms,
A year later a large bundle Of pa
/ pers relating to the case were pigeon
holed in the interior department at
Washington and similar bundle In
the post Office department An order
was issued from each. the one com
mendlng Benjamin stlYers the other
| Alexander sfcCurdy for the faithful
ness with which they had served the
government in their respective depart
fnents.
stiyers was promoted and placed II
another field McCurdy was uli
mateiy made postmaster. and ths
Campbell brothers dropped moonshin
ing and took up legitimate business
But the greatest Of all the rewards 50
| AIcCurdy considered twas his, II
the love Of Mag Campbell.
ROGER ]. BERKELEY.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-21

When maiden is Smelling peas, &C.
cording to an old superstition. she
should If she find a pod with nine peas
in it put it over the house door. Then
the first young man to enter the house
through the door will marry her.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-21

Leo has kept a careful watch over
bis garden, his vineyard and his dairy.
The older he grew the more economical
he became in outstanding the Vatican's
small material resources. The knowl-
edge Of vine growing acquired Ia his
youth he put to good use in the Vatican
grounds.
While walking through the garden
one day early In his reign he saw q
servant gathering oranges and lemons
and asked him what he was going to
do with the fruit.
"Distribute them among cardinals
and high prelates," was the reply.
"That is the traditional custom Of the
Vatican"
"Indeedr said the new pope. "Then
1t shall be the custom no longer"
The next day be issued an order TINT
/ in the absence Of special commands
the Vatican fruit should be sold, and
1t has been sold ever since
The wine that supplies the papal tai
BILE Is pressed from grapes grown from
vines planted By Leo himself Milk is
/ furnished by cows and goats on the
4 Vatican grounds.
An enterprising firm once offered the
pope a fabulous sum for the right to
put the Vatican wine on the market as
"Leonine wine" The offer was indig-
nantly refused. Leo was determined
not to become known as ''the CONNER
ciai pope"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-21
An oda contrast.

1t is a curious fact that, whereas In
italy the educated classes are physical
~ greatly inferior to the peasants, IN
England members Of the learned socie-
ties are physically superior to the La
boring classes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-21

The highest masts Of sailing vessels
are from 100 to $50 feet high and spread
from 10000 to 100000 square feet Of
canvas.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-21

Three years ago the Vatican soldiery
rendered a real service to Leo Nil. by
capturing an anarchist who had con-
cealed himself in the shrubbery Of the
Vatican garden. The pope was kept in
ignorance Of the incident. A slight
noise betrayed the fellows presence,
and he was found armed with dirk
and a revolver.
He admitted that he was laying in
wait to attack the pontin and de-
nounced the holy father as "spir-
itual giant keeping millions Of men in
thraldom.n The prisoner was turned
over to the Italian authorities,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-21

A we'll known continental skeptic
once had an audience with Pope Leo at
the Vatican.
1T is not my place to come between
you and your God,n said the pope 70
his visitor. Il cannot urge you to see
him as / see him. That rests with
your own good judgment and the
promptings Of your intelligence"
II now almost wish could believe
in Christianity" remarked the skeptic,
in telling of the conversation, that |
might become a Catholic"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-21

Like many another good man, not all
Of Leos relatives reflected credit upon
the Pecci family There was at least
one black sheep in the person q a
nephew-a reckless gamester, who lost
his own and other peoples money at
gambling and contracted heavy debts,
raising very offensive scandal. The
pope footed the bills for the sake Of his
family and sent the scapegrace and his
wife to Cuba, A few years ago the
young man begged piteousiy for per-
mission to return, making all sorts Of
promises Of reform. But Leo knew this
klnsman's weakness and sternly re-
fused
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-21
EVENTS N LEO'S LIFE.
How the Pontif Learned to
Read and Write.
HIS GREAT PENDANT FOR POETRY

Constructed a Play While hoy
That Was Acted by His school
feIIows-How He Was saved From
an Anarchist--f7Is Economy In NIan-
aging the vatican vineyard ana
Garden.
AS boy, tradition describes Lee
XIII. as a plump faced, pretty child
with a good complexion and voice 50
musical as to earn for him the title Of
',Little Nightingale" Reading be had
learned from an ola aunt; writing he
had taught himself by copying type,
says the Pittsburg Dispatch.
out Of his recoIIections Of the 'Iliad"
he constructed kind Of play composed
of scenes tackled together. with coup
lets of his own, and this was acted By
his schoolfellows, the gardener being
cast for the part Of Ajax.
Making verse composition has been
a pastime with Leo XIII. All his por-
traits represent him wearing sunny
smile, and it was the same spirit that
animated most Of his poetry.
1t was two years later than the time
when he wrote his ode on death that
he wrote a long poem on diet, in which
he reproyed gluttony. 1t contained not
less than eighty stanzas and here is a
free prose translation Of a few Of them:
PAY attention before all TO clean
liness, that the table appointments
may be spotless, the glass bright and
the napery immaculate. and that from
the cellar comes the purest wine Of the
| Albanian hills, which exhilarates the
spirits and keeps away troubles; but
don't trust Baechus, so don't be frugal
in diluting wine with water
"Obtain from healthy grain well
cooked bread. Eat sparingly Of chick.
en-, lamb and beef, which are most
nourishing to the body Meat should
/ be tender and without abundant sauces
or root vegetables, which spoil it.
"Fresh eggs are excellent whether
raw or slightly cooked. Drink al
abundant quantity OF foaming milk
1t nourishes infants and assists ole
age. So also is honey, that celestia
gift; but of this frugally.
add to these sweet herbs, fresl
vegetables and garden supplies. Ado
ripe fruit, according to season, espe
cially tender apples, which, with thei
pink tints, brighten the banquet
Lastly comes drink, which IN hart
seeds Of mocha sends you softly sip
ping black liquor that comforts thu
heart"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30

ly so busy in preparing for the enact
ment of their program that they had
little opportunity TO go about the town
or meet many OF the people. The Ell
tertainment was in every way worthy
of the largest Normal school in the
north west and of the school society
named in honor of one of the most
noted women of American literature.
Miss Baker, one of the faculty and the
Alcotts' critic, made short introtuc-
tory talk, outlining briefly the work of
the various societies, of which there
are eight, and theig relation to the
school. CRITICISM of any part of the
program would hardly be gracious,
even if there were occasion for it. Per-
haps the features most EN- Dyed by
majority of the audience were the in
strumental solos of Miss Nellie Swee-
ney, who is naturally aud deservedly a
favorite in her home tpwn, the vocal
duet of Miss Ince and Miss Kale and
the humorous character dialogue of
Miss Shumway and Miss Kale, with
its local applications. The Grasshop-
per cantata also was much enjoyed.
The young ladies very greatly appre-
ciated the generous patronage and re-
spectful attention given them and it is
safe to say that they all carried away
with them most friendly feeling to-
ward Friday Harbor.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30
PUGET SOUND CUSTOMS DISTRICT
Difficulties Experienced i'm Enforcing
Chinese Exclusion Act

Difficulties Experienced i'm Enforcing
Chinese Exclusion Act
Referring to the approaching visit to
Puget Sound of the commissioner OF
immigration and tn the great difficult
ties which the collector of customs and
immigration officers have to contend
with in their efforts to enforce the Gus
toms and immigration laws, and es
pecially to prevent the illegal entry of
Chinese, an officer Of the customs SER
vice in Seattle is quoted in the Times
as saying, among other things, that
"The Puget Sound customs district
covers the entire state of Washington
and portion of Idaho. 1t has some
300 miles of international boundary
line on the north--a line which is
practically unmarked; in fact, the loca-
ton of which is so little known that
corps of surveyors recently spent a
number of weeks finding the boundary
line monuments along a portion of it.
In addition to this, the district has all
of the magnificent length of coast line
on Puget Sound and the islands there
in. the Washington coast and its bays
and indentations, and the north shore
of the Columbia river.
"Along this coast line there are thou
sands of places to which persons can
come in small boats in a few hours
from British Columbia, and, landing,
can plunge into forests so dark and
heavy that pursuing party thirty
minutes behind them would be power
less to follow. The waters Of the Sound
for the greater portion of the year are
practically unruffied by severe winds,
affording small boats the opportunity
to cross them at night under cover of
the very heavy darkness fot which
this section is famous.
cat the Canadian boundary line
there is every opportunity afforded in
coming immigrants who wish to escape
the vigilance of the officers. There is
but one inspector stationed on the
boundary line west of the Cascades,
and the incoming immigrant has but
to make very casual effort at conceal
ment to evade him.
Inspector General Sargent Will
probably conclude, as other men who
have studied the matter have con-
cluded in the past, that it would be
impossible, under these conditions, to
absolutely stop this illegal practice.
But he will decide, without doubt,
that great improvement in present
conditions could be made by increasing
the number of men i'm the service here,
other equipment for the prosecution of
their work."
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30
The Normal Entertainment

The entertainment given by the AL
colt Society, of the Whatcom Normal
school, last Saturday evening, drew
out one of the largest audiences ever
assembled in Friday Harbor, notwith-
standing the fact that the day was
cloudy and chilly and the evening
dark and rainy. The young ladies,
about thirty in number, arrived rather
late in the afternoon on the steamer
Clara Brown, In command of Capt. j..
w. Tarte. ThesAlcotts were necessarI-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30

Mr.. George w. Dennison aud Miss
Laura Cantzler were married at the
home of the groom's mother, on Ar
gyle avenue, Sunday afternoon, April
26, Rev. Henry Harpst officiating.
Only few of the relatives and init
mate friends of the contracting parties
were present. Monday evening the
congratulations of the boys aud young
people found expression in the usual
way here-a charivari, in which about
fifty participated. Cigars and oranges
were promptly forthcoming and the
concert wasaccordAgiy OF brief dura-
tiBn.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30

Another kiln will soon be operated
at Cowell's lime works if the necessary
additional help needed can be obtained.
There is steady demand in the Sound
cities for considerably more than the
present output of the works.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30

The pupils and teachers of the pri-
mary and intermediate departments of
the public school had picnic at Ar
gyle Saturday. but rain interfered con-
siderably with their pleasure.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30

James Burke expects to leave early
in May to take charge of the p. p. &
N. Co.'s cannery at Chilkat in south
eastern Alaska. The Santa Anna can
merry, of which he had charge last year,
will not be operated this season. He
does not expect to take much, if any,
help from here. A nephew of Mr..
Kerr, one of the company's receivers,
will probably be his bookkeeper. Only
the best grade of salmon, the Alaska
red, will be packed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30

DIR. Muscott, of Lopez, has arranged
to make a regular weekly visit here,
every Saturday afternoon, aud on
Wednesdays he will be at East Sound.
He intends to purchase fine gasoline
launch soon.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30

Rev. DR.. Massey, of East Sound, will
preach in the Methodist church here
next Sabbath, morning and evening.
After the morning service the COM
munion of the lords supper will be
administered DR.. Harpst will also be
present in the morning service, and
will go to Roche Harbor in the after
noon.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30

Some curiosity is expressed AZ to Il e
price that canneries will pay for sock
eye salmon this summer. One tral =
man in this county has refused an of, r
of seventeen cents for sockeyes.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30

An application has been made for the
appointment of E. II. Nash a. admin
istrator of the estate of the late Patrick
Welch.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30

Gene G. Gould bas been elected as
one of the two lay delegates, or COM
missioners, as they are called, from the
Puget Sound presbytery to the general
assembly of the PRESBYTERIAN church,
which meets at Los Angeles next
month.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30

School election Saturday, May 8.
Directors only to be elected, the new
law requiring the directors to elect one
Of their number to act as clerk.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30

The postmaster at Urban, Cotton
wood (or Sinclair) island, was arrested
at Anacortes the first of the week on
the charge of burglary. He is said to
have been caught in the act of enter
ing a store and to have been shot in
in the leg by an officer. Quite an outfit
of burglars tools is reported to have
been found upon him.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30

Sheriff McCrary has engaged twelve
Japanese to cut wood on the Rapdes
and Carter places and has rented the
little Svanberg house for them TO ot-
oupy.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30

l.. B. Carter is arranging to build
quite an addition to his house on the
corner of Spring street and Argyle av-
enue, which he intends to occupy with
his family, and hs will then use his
cottage adjoining his store for the stor
age and display of new lines of me'-
chandise.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30

Thomas & Simpson, of Whatcom,
bought twenty-five chains of Blakely
island tide lands at public sale here last
Saturday at the appraised valuation Of
S5 per chain. They have acquired title
to large part of Blakely island, where
they have q large sheep ranch.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30

Returns have been received from the
recent eighth grade examinations
showing that the following named pu-
pills of the Friday Harbor school passed
and are entitled to certificates admit.
ting them to the first year of high
school work: Andrew Hansen, Lau-
renee Randles, Roy Guard, Leslie
Douglas, Lyle King, John Sweeney,
Graham Ross, Lettie Carter, Ella Null
lis, Ella Thacker, Emma Nichols, Allie
Anderson.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30

Today the flagstaff which stood Oh
the parade ground at old Fort Bell
ingham, when the post was in conf
mand of Capt. Pickett in 1853, is to be
raised in Roeder park at Whatcom,
and Capt. Warbass, probably the only
man in the state now living who was
connected with the old post, of which
he was sutler, was invited to raise the
flag and make an address, but much to
his regret the condition of his healtl-.-
prevented him from attending.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30

There is no probability of the opera
ton of the P. P. & n. Co.'s cannery
here this season.. At recent meetings
of the receivers in Seattle the general
plans for the seasons work on the
Sound and in Alaska were agreed upon
and superntepdents were engaged and
salaries fixed. 1t is understood that
there has been a general reduction of
salaries and that the force of employees
will be much smaller than it was last
year. On the Sound, traps will be
driven on only twenty locations. or
about half the number owned by the
company. On the SAN Juan salmon
banks four traps will be driven, but
the big Mosquito pass trap, purchased
by the Onffroy combine from Shultz Il
Gross for a large sum, is not to be
driven by the company but may posi-
bly, be driven and operated under lease.
The company's cannery operations on
the Sound will be confined to the cam
neries at Fairhaven and Blaineandit is
expected that these plants will be oper-
ated only during the sockeye run, the
market being already glutted with the
cheaper grades of salmon.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30
INDUSTRY
p. r. & N. COMPANY's OPERATIONS
CURTAILED

Will Operate Only Twenty Traps i'm the
Sound District-Big Companies Plan to
Cease Packing Low Grade Fish-Jas.
BNrlke to Return to Alaska.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30

cheaper grades of salmon.
The Whatcom Reveille quotes e. B..
Deming, former general manager of the
Pacific American Fisheries Company,
as saying that "There will not be as
large pack of the low grade salmon
this season as there has been In the
past and this year will probably wit
ness the last pack of white salmon and
in any event two more seasons will see
the finish of that business. The cut
made by the Alaska Packers was for
that purpose and practically every case
of white salmon sold of last seasons
pack has been at loss to the packer
This year the Alaska Packers will put
up all the low grade fish they can Sc
cure, both in Alaska and on the Sound,
in order to continue their control of
the market.
1.-THE packing of white fish has been
very damaging to the entire salmon
market. For instance, the statement
of seasons pack would announce that
5,O00000 cases of sa mon had been
packed for the season. The eastern
brokers would not pay any attention
to what per cent of this pack was red,
but, in the face of such an enormous
pack, would refuse to buy. The Alaska
packers have started a war to eliminate
the packing of white salmon and the
result is easily foretold.
"The Alaska Packers put up about
250,0O0 cases of low grade and about
1,0O0, 900 cases of red salmon. The p.
p. & N. Co. pack just the reverse. Now
then, the Alaska Packers can afford to
lose 81 a case OH the cheap salmon, to
make substantial market on the other
and still pay dividends, but where the
pack is by far the largest on the cheap
salmon it hurts. When this matter is
finally settled it will mean much for
the independent packers of Puget
Sound, as substantial market for the
red salmon will be assured"