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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-15

q member. The membership which IS
limited. Is already filed aud there is q
long waiting list
The genesis Of the CLUB was due TO
the fact that at all seasons Of the year,
and particularly ID summer time, tie
travel on the suburban roads is very
heavy, aud il Is not always possible 70
obtain seats coming to New York I'M
the mornings after trains reach Green
wich, Conn Similar conditions prevail
IN the afternoons
There had been many expressions OF
dissatisfaction at this state of affairs
when one day, in the presence Of sew
eral wealthy men. James aIcCutoheon
suggested the idea OF forming club
and obtaining the exclusive use Of the
car The idea was received with en-
tlusiasnl, and every man to whom the
subject was preached favored t. An
Informal meeting was held. at which a
committee was appointed to confer
with officials Of the railroad and tho
necessary arrangements were made.
At first 1t was intended that there
should be but one chr, which would ac-
eommodate about forty men, but two
more cars were necessary for those de-
handing membership ii the unique or
ganization.
When these men Of millions are on
board their private club car. either
coming to New York or going to their
homes. all thoughts Of business are for
gotten. They lounge about in their
comfortable chairs, smoking and jok-
ing. There is always card game,
which Is both interesting and exciting
All the private cars are fitted alike
with every modern convenience and
comfort Every member of the club is
compelled to buy his train ticket just
as other commuters are, and these tick
cts are taken up By the conductor.
With the exception Of the conductor,
however, not a man save the porters
Is permitted in the private cars unless
he be a member.
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A palatial building has recently been
completed in Jerusalem for the accom-
mediation of the Abyssinian Empress
Taitou and her retinue during her visit
to the Holy City next Eastertide says
the New York Commercial Advertiser
The building cost about $4,000, and
the furniture, which has been ordered
In England and France, will cost over
$4,000. The empress is expected t.
bring with her a large retinue and viii
stay in Jerusalem three months, Dur
ing this time she viii visit Bethlehem
Gethsemane, Hebron, Jericho and the
Jordan valley She is reported to have
expressed a wish to end her days II
the Holy City,
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The Tines Daily Short Story.



stark buried on the place, aud on this
framed theory for prosecution, and
had Stark taken from Jail to be tried
for murder
BY this time it was plain to every
one not only that Stark had murdered
his wife, but that there was very good
evidence at hand to prove it. There
were people who bad been'as obstinate
with regard to Stark's innocence as the
wagging tongues had been in maintais-
ing his guilt. These people now gave
up In the face Of the evidence and long
before the trial public opinion had pro
nouneed him guilty. Everything con-
spired to bring him to justice. He had
been convicted Of forging his wlfe's
name to get her money, the circumstan-
tiai evidence all pointed to her murder,
the prosecuting attorney had every In
dueement to convict him, the police
were DESTROYS of closing the mystery
and stopping the murmurings under
which they had SO long suffered for not
solving 1t.
The prosecuting attorney proved by
the men who had visited Stark on the
evening Of Mrs. Stark's disappearance
that he had acted as If he had Just COM
mitted a murder. The exhumed cloth
ing was provedsby competent witnesses
to have been that worn by Mrs. Stark
when she disappeared. These were the
principal circumstances proving Stark's
guilt, though there were many minor
ones. The prosecuting attorney made q
mastery effort, In which he scathingly
referred to the prisoner having mar
ried this thrifty woman to get her mon
ey and had murdered her in order to
get it the quicker The prisoner sat
with a dazed look on his face that ex-
perienced court officials pronounced the
same as that universally worn by those
guilty Of a great crime. The prosecut-
ing attorney was holding the court
spellbound by a picture Of Stark Turing
his poor but trusting wife under cover
Of the darkness to some isolated spot
and had lowered bis voice with the
words. "And drove 1t to the hilt." when
there was a commotion at the door and
a woman pushed her way forward with
every evidence Of excitement. She was
Mrs. Stark. Without a word she
plunged for the prisoner, took him in
her arms, and his head fell on her
shoulder in a dead faint
Mrs. Stark had gone abroad on a
business venture. She had written her
husband one letter, which had miscar-
Uied then had entered barbarous
country. where she was detained on a
false charge with a view to appropriate
ing considerable funds she had with
her. Then she had the bad luck TO be
shipwrecked and was Obliged to sail
around the globe before getting home
The check she had signed in blank on
the evening Of her departure in case OF
need and in great hurry. The clothes
had been buried to be deodorized from
the perfume of a skunk.
The Starks lived happily together
till Mrs. Stark died, after which her
husband was inconsolable and In spite
of being still a young man with plenty
Of means never married again.
BESSIE L. LANE.
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a PRIVATE CAR CLUB.
New York Business Men Form
Novel Organization.
THREE FINE COACHES LEASED.

These Are Attached Is Regular
Trains For the Use OF Miuionairea
Who Have summer Homes In Com
neeticut = Membership, which Is
Limited, Is TilIea--Many on the
waiting List.
1t Is called the Private Car club, and
It IS the very latest association Of men
Of millions, says the New York Herald.
1t is exclusive, as its name implies,
and there l. no other club like 1t ia the
world. Included in its membership are
men Of wealth whose business is in
New York and who have summer
homes along the line Of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad
Each morning, attached to the Green
wieh Comm express when 1t rolls into
the Grand Central station, are two
handsomely appointed private cars,
which do not discharge a passenger
until the crowd ia the dozen or more
ordinary coaches is out Of the way.
Then nimble porters spring out and
following them come threescore Of men
who are prominent figures in CONNER
cial, professional or financial affairs ia
New York city, who aIight and hurry
away to begin the business Of the day.
One of the first to leave the car the
other day was William Rockefeller,
and he was closely followed by Samuel
Truesdale, Lionel and Richard sutro,
William II. McCord, James AlcCut-
cheon, William II. Newman, G. 7.
Wills, Colonel Henry III. Adams, Rob.
ert Baker. F. NJ. Freeman, ]. L. Elliott,
w. T. Graham and other wealthy men
who make their homes In the summer
season in the suburbs between New
York and Stamford, Conn
There are always two of these club
cars attached TO the train arriving at
0 o'clock and one on an earlier train,
as there are perhaps thirty Of these
men of millions who believe In getting
to work early in the day and getting
through For the convenience Of these
a car leaves n half hour earlier In the
afternoon.
These men are proud of the only pm-
vate car clubsand have adopted regula-
lions which make 1t difficult to become
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Il remember that l lay on my DeIiy
in the grass at the end of a little ra-
vine, and / think this is the ravine
Our ammunition was almost exhaust
ed, and we crept around to gather up
whatever we could find on the bodies
Of the dead and wounded that lay
around us. / got my pockets full and
crawled back to my place. put the
cartridges on the grass on one side Of
me and the caps on the other and fired
away until the enemy withdrew. ! re-
member leaving the unused cartridges
and caps upon the ground" And as he
said the word he began to stir up the
leaves that covered the soil. In few
moments he found d handful of old
fashioned cartridges and caps which
be had left on the ground thht day. A
beautiful group Of bronze by dorado
Tart Of Chicago representing the color
bearer Of the Second Minnesota wound.
ed and defended by some Of his com.
rades marks the place today.
Up to date seventeen states whose
citizens participated in the battle have
erected monuments costing from $3.50
to $4,000. The United States govern
ment has spent S1,295. 600, and the total
Contributions Of the states now reach
1851 900.
IN addition TO these, two private me-
MORALS have been erected IN honor Of
I.andrums aud Carnes' batteries, and
the federal government has erected
thirty.two in honor Of the regular
troops that were engaged. --.e-, -e.s-.--.
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American Army oaicers' baggage.
An amendment recommended by the
general staff Will shortly be made TO
the United States army regulations In
creasing threefold the amount Of bag
gage which officers may have trans
ported at the expense OF the govern
ment. The amounts are ais follows:
For major general, 10,500 pounds; brig
adler general, $500 pounds; field OH
GER 1900 pounds, captain, 0,0o0
pounds; first lieutenant, 5.100 pounds;
second lieutenant and veterinarians,
$500 pound; noneomnissioned officer,
1900 pounds.
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SKIPPER WRlNcE's AMBITION
In Becoming an American He Hopes
20 Sail n Cup Defender.

In Becoming an American He Hopes
10 Sail Cup Defender.
Captain Bob Wringe. who as skipper
Of shamgRck III. has just finished 90
Ing the best he could to win the Amer
lca's cup for Sir Thomas Upton, de-
clared recently that he Is done with
sailing Shamrocks or any other British
challengers, and his present ambition
Is to command a defender of the tro-
ply. on top Of this he announced kis
intention to Immediately take the first
step toward that end and become nat.
urallzed from Briton into good
American citizen, says the New York
World
Immediately after Shamrocks /. and
III are disposed Of or laid up In Erie
basin, the present alternative, Bob
Wringe viii cross over 70 Brtlincsea.
Essex, and pack up his chattels, stow
them and his family aboard a liner and
bring the whole outfit here to locate
somewhere on Long Island Then Great
Britain will have again lost her best
big yacht sailor, as she did when Char
lie Barr forswore his allegiance to III.
r. Mr.
Il have decided to live In the United
States in future" said Captain Wringe.
II formed liking for the country when
came here with Captain Hogarth in
Shamrock l., and in 1901, when | sailed
the Mineola, decided to stay here.
But Sir Thomas offer caused me to
throw up the Belmont contract and 30
on the other side again. Now, how
ever, am going to stay here
perhaps Ia time l will sail a cup
defender. At any rate, there will be a
fair chance OF my getting one some
time. Meanwhile all can hope is that
will some time have an opportunity
to sail against Captain Barr IN yacht
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The experiments made III the GerFan
army with carrier pigeons having been
satisfactory every war ship LEAVING
Kiel or Wilhelmshayen will hereafter
carry a consignment Of pigeons, to be
released at varying distances from the
land stations, 1t is estimated that the
birds have sufficient endurance to fy
home over distance Of about lSd
miles from land.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-15
DOLLAR WHEAT.

Dollar wheat is making western
farmers happy Probably the same
high market will make the breakfast
feod contingent almost dehrious. Los
Angeles Express.
With wheat at a dollar bushel the
Kansas and Dakota farmers will soon
be eligible for membership in the Ap.
pendicitis club, filing the vacancies
made By the demillionaireization Of the
Wall street crowd. Washington Post.
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New pIaa 10 reach Japanese.

The learning of japanese glll be
greatly facilitated by the Abandonment
Of their peculiar way Of writing and
printing their language, Zen years ago
the universities inaugurated the re-
form. Next year the use Of European
English letters will be begun in the
public schools, and this will soon lead
to their general use.
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basis for the compromise. IL a compromise
was reached. was not disclosed In Wall
street. but the termination of the affair was
generally looked upon as a victory for the
Pope faction OF the American Bicycle Com
pany.
The International Bricklayers' and
Masons' Union at Memphis. Friday night
selected Trenton. ". J., the place for
holding the 1904 convention and elected the
following officers for the ensuing year:
first vice president, William ]. Bowen. New
York; second vice president. NJ. z. CAVITY
Washington, ID. c.; secretary, William
Patrick Murray. Galesburg, H.; editor Of
official journal. Edward A. Moffatt. Phil
adelphia; sergeant-at-arms. Eugene Con-
verse, Memphis.
The strike situation in the carriage indus
try at Amesbury. Mass. which has been
in quiescent state for nearly two weeks,
suddenly became series Friday night. An
attack was ma0e on the nonunion men by
the strikers. The police were overpowered,
strike breakers were chased and dragged
from the places OF refuge and assaulted.
and all because some Of the nonunion men
had boosted that they did not fear the
strikers The nonunion men were COM
PEELED TO run for their lives. chased by
five hundred strikers. Some OF them were
caught and given severe beating. Fore
man Prescott, of the Walker carriage fac
tory, took refuge in a restaurant and for a
time held his pursuers at bay with a
carving knife. Then the crowd closed in,
disarmed and beat him severely.
The power house now under construction
at Chelsea for supplying electric energy for
the Metropolitan District Railway and
other Yerkes-Speyer interests. says the
London correspondent of the New York
Tribune, will have the largest steam tur-
bines and these will be employed exclusive
ly for driving the main dynamos, recip-
rocating engines being dispensed with. The
turbines and dynamos will be constructed
partly in Manchester and partly i'm Pitts
burg. The experimental trains, which will
run in the course of a few weeks betwee IN
South Harrow and Ealing, will consist OF
seven cars similar to those employed in
the New York, Chicago and Boston cleo
trio service. The trains will be made by
rival firms, and their merits tested before
the contracts are closed for rolling stock
for the line.
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BALTIMORE, Jan. 23.-Samuel Magin
Bryan, ex-presdent of the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Company, and promi-
nently known In Baltimore and Washington
financial circles, died early this morning OF
completion OF diseases at his residence
at Ruxton, Baltimore county. Mr.. Bryan
had been in ill-health for some time and
his death was not unexpected. He was
hfty-five years old.
JEFFERSON, Wis, Jan. 23.-Ex-Lieuten-
ant Governor Francis Arnold Hoffman died
at his home at Riverside farm early to-day.
he was well known as writer on agricul-
tural topics, besides being a practical
farmer He was lieutenant governor of
illinois during the war and afterward
moved to Jefferson, where he bought
large tract of land and has since resided.
CHICAGO, Jan 23.-Sebias Ignisz. a noted
educator of Barodita, India, died here to-
day Of typhoid fever after an illness of
four days. Ignisz arrived in Chicago last
week and was sent to this country by the
English government for the purpose of
studying the public school system.
PHILADELPHIA, jan 2S-Frederick
Chippendale. eighty-three years old, famous
Forrest Home. Chippendale entered the
Forrest Home twelve years ago, three
years after his retirement from the stage.
BUTTE, Mont, Jan. 23.-William Hor-
gan, president of the Connell Company,
and one of the most prominent business
men OF Butte. has been found dead in bed,
aged sixty. He was for thirty years in
business in Memphis, Tenn.
CLINTON, Mo-, Jan. 23.-Charles NJ
Sherman, Snowman, seventy years old, died
to-day. In the sixties he amassed a fortune
and in 1871 started a wagon show on the
road from Bushnell, Ill
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MARIONs WON SIX, WHILE WASH.
INGTONs WON ONLY FOUR.
Each Division Of Turner's Won u Game
&c. kirkhon's High and Low
Mark-Individual scores.

Three games now separate the Marions
and Washingtons in the battle for first
place in the L. B. L. Before the games last
night the two teams were separated by
only one game but the Marions won six
straight from the Capital Citys while tho
Washingtons won only four OF the six from
the Turner'S.
The Marions and Capital Citys met on
neutral alleys Pastimes) and the Marions
were in the best form. In fact the Capital
Citys started of in a very poor form and
did not improve enough TO win a game.
The Marions did not bowl up to their usual
standard, but they had big margin in
every game. Each division OF the Marions
rolled a 500 score.
The Washingtons met the Turner's on
the Turner alleys. George kirkhoff rolled
a score of 15S in the first game and the
Turner's captured that contest by a mar
gin Of only eight pins, Fehrenbach's score
of 2S3 helping in the victory. G. Kirkhoff
rolled 247 in the third game helping to pile
up score of 925. The second division OF
the Turner'S also won a game-the third
by a margin of 10l pins.
The All-Stars got in the game last night
and won four from the Crescents. The
Ko-We-Bas experienced no trouble in TAX
ing six from the Nationals. The North
Sides won four from the Pastimes. The
scores:
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Anthracite strike investigation.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 23.-The independ
ent operators Of the Wyoming and the
Lackawanna regions, in which Scranton
and Wilkesbarre are situated. occupied the
time of to-day's session of the coal strike
commission. Attorneys representing thirty
companies In the two regions called about
a dozen witnesses. The examination to-day
was confined 10 the particular company
with which the witness was connected.
Nothing of Importance was elected. There
was unanimiJy of opinion that the lack of
discipline among the miners and the re-
striction of their earning capacity testified
TO by witnesses for the large coal COM
panies was more pronounced since the union
came into the anthracite field than it was
before the men were organized.
The independent operators in the Hazle-
ton region will open their case tomorrow.
The firm of c. Il. Markle & Co. is among
these operators. but il is not known whether
that company will be represented to-mor-
r-axx-
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GENERAL SPORTING NEWS.

NJ. w. Savage, owner of Dan Patch, PAGER,
has insured the animal for $4,000.
George II. Ketcham, owner of Cresceus,
has purchased The Conqueror. a stallion
with a trotting record OF 2:12H. He paid
5000 for the horse.
A bill was introduced in the lower house
of the Missouri Legislature prohibiting the
playing of football and baseball on Sum
day. The penaly is fine of $50.
The polo team of Alexandria has been
strengthened by the addition of "Corkey'
Harris, OF Muncie. as goal tender. The
game Saturday evening will be with the
Anderson league team.
Two members of the Anderson Board of
ments to the effect that the teams Of the
Central Baseball League, recently organ
lied, will not be allowed to play Sunday
ball In that city.
Martin Duffy; of Chicago. was given the
phia, after six rounds Of hard fighting be-
fore the Milwaukee Boxing Club Friday
night. Jack Beauscolte, of Chicago, de-
feated Jack Hammond, of Detroit, in three
rounds.
Fridays Race winners-At New Orleans:
Hedge, s to /; Andes, to 5: McChesney, 2
to s. If You Dare, - to 2; Benson Caldwell.
to 10; Princess Tulane. 9 to 2. AT Oak
land, Cal: Mr.. Farnam, 10 to l. Frank
Mayo to 1; Hesper. 10 to i; Gravina, 25k to
l. Horton, 6 to /; Epicure, to 5.
At a meeting of the stewards of the New
York Jockey Club held yesterday II. III. Ho-
man was appointed starting judge for the
season Of 1903. The applications for rein
statement made by c. A. Murphy, James
Hagen, c. Combs and Mark Reardon We're
denied. The stewards reinstated Trainer
John Gordon.
The Terre Haute Trotting Association has
reelected w. i. Ijams president. Dean
McLaughlin was elected vice president;
Charles Duffy secretary and Frank McKeen
treasurer. There were one or two changes
in the board of directors, but the control
of the trotting meetings remains in the
same hands.
tended cock fight in Baltimore the birds
representing Philadelphia won from the
birds representing Boston at the main
which began Thursday at midnight and
continued until daylight. Eight matches
were fought, the Philadelphans taking six
The main was for $1,000, fifty dollars being
the wager on each match. Nearly all OF
the 100 spectators were from Boston. Phila-
delphia and Washington. Thousands OF
dollars changed hands on the result
a successful contest was held at Grand
Junction, Tenn, on Friday in the All-agt
stakes of the United States Association
field trials. Birds were abundant and the
attendance was large. In the first series
the following braces ran; sport
with Geneva. Ortis Lad with Crawley':
Rodfield. Mohawk with Sam +. Old Pu
with Seneca. Eight dogs were carried ovel
for the next series, and during the after
noon the following braces ran In the all
age stake: Charity with Sports Lady
in the performance of Mohawk. Avant anG
Duryea's winner of last years Derby. Mo
| hawk showed to good advantage and ois
excellent work on game.
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BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS.



with a New Serum.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 23-Dr. Leonard
Pearson, dean OF the veterinary depart
ment of the University Of Pennsylvania, to-
day announced that experiments covering
a period OF more than two years has proved
conclusively that cattle may be rendered
immune from tuberculosis by vaccination.
The experiments, DR.. Pearson stated, were
conducted by DR.. s. II. Gilliland and him
SELF The vaccination consisted of inject
ing into the veins of the animal small
quantity of suspension of tubercle bacilli
nonvirulent for cattle. This procedure
was repeated several times with gradually
ascending quantities. The immediate effect
was TO produce passing fever, which did
not seriously annoy the animal To prove
the efficacy of this treatment. four healthy
animals were secured and two were
vaccinated. Then the four were inoculated
with virulent tubercle bacilli. At the ex-
pration of nearly year the inoculated
cattle were killed. The two animals that
had been vaccinated were perfectly sound
while the unvaccinated animals were ex-
tensively tubercuar.