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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-17
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fore ii was evident that he would make
better boss, and in few weeks be
was in charge Of the yard. Then he
was sent to straighten out bad COM
pllcation at the mills and from this time
forward was used to perform what was
considered impossible for any one else.
Superintendent, secretary, vice presi-
dent, were his successive titles, and at
last when the president had got the
company einto hole Boyd was given
block of the stock and made presi-
dent for the purpose Of getting it out.
This he accomplished in few years
time, and 1t made him rich.
Meanwhile Ruth Twining had spent
a dozen years teaching and had reached
position at 500 a year as instructor
in English composition Her principal
duty was 70 correct the juvenile essays
Of the scholars, d work she did over
and over again till her eyes ached and
life seemed a burden One day when
she was more tired and disheartened
than usual a letter addressed by type
writer was handed her. She opened
the envelope and took out a typewriter
letter 1t read
| NY Dear Old Sweetheart-I have never
blamed you for not expecting anything Of
/ so bad q speler as I The fault Is inner
/ tied. Ny father couldn't spell correctly,
/ and my sister Is no better az spelling thar
/ l. Nevertheless have been successful ir
another field, and ais / shall never marry
/ any one If ! can't marry you / write K
1 ask you Il sou VIII alter your decision q
/ dozen years ago. Whether ] 1--we
/ bachelor or happy married man depend.
4 on your answer. DICK.
Had this letter not been written BY 3
I mechanical process and by an inter
mediate person Ruth might have been
moved by IT, AS it was. she would Il.
well lave read It in a book She tool
up her pen, wrote q refusal TO recon
/ slider tile matter and was about 70 adj
\ dress It when. looking 1t the envelope
in which Dicks letter had been in
closed for his address. she saw that
something had been left in it, She
drew out a piece Of paper on which
the original had been written for the
typewriter to copy
haven't ever blamed sou for not ex-
4 pectlng ennything from as bad n spelei
I bloO as ! am. Ny father couldn't spel
I any better than me Nevertheless I have
been successful. and as ! shall Cblotl
never mary emmy body if ! can't mary YOU
4 (bloD would like TO know II you will
change your mind Of a dosen years ago
Somehow this bit Of botted mis-
| spelled paper, which at one time would
have repealed her, now beside its me
chanical copy went straight TO heI
heart. Turning It over she noticed
written in pencil Oh the back, Dom
| tell him put this IN or III lose my 20
sition.H
"That typewriter is surely woman,
mused Ruth; "only a woman wouie
know the difference between the me
ahanical and the real" And straight
way she wrote TO Dick Boyd inviting
him to come to see her.
Mrs. Ruth Boyd has a secretary VIII,
writes her notes with a PEN, workins
when she feels Ike II and drawing /
salary OF d hundred dollars month
She is Mr.. Boyds former typewriter
+. A. mitchell.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-17
THE KAlSER'S AlLMENT
Two Surgical Experts Say He
Has Cancer.
0LAIMALL EVIDENCE POINTS TO IT

One Authority Believes the Emperor
Is as Good as In HIS Grave--Bad
Taint said to be In the BIood-cnse
ON Record IN New York where a
Benignant Papilloma became Ma
Iignant.
Two Of the most distinguished can
Ger experts in New York said to New
York World reporter, each without the
knowledge Of the other, that it was
their positive belief that Emperor VIII
liam Of Germany had been attacked
by generous growth in the larynx.
Said one at his home: The kaiser
has a cancer as surely as I am sitting
In this chair. All the evidence points
that way. His father died of cancer
in the larynx. His mother died OF can
Ger. / tell you, the emperor il as good
as in his grave. great as is the pity Of
| it. Do not be deceived by the early
bulletins Watch for a recurrence OF
the growth Watch for another opera
ton.
Remember the early bulletins when
Grant was attacked Remember the
early bulletins when Williams father,
the Crown Prince Frederick. developed
the so called 'benignant' growth in his
throat. Cancer, that's what it is.
Said the other surgical expert:
There is no doubt that the emperor
is afflicted with malignant tumor.
That is clear from the start. He has
very bad faint in his blood His IA
Their, his mother and his aunt died Of
generous tumors However. the world
has about given up the belief in the
hereditary transmission Of cancer, and
there is no reason for alarm simply be-
cause his parents had these malignant
growths.
when the Emperor Frederick then
the crown prince was first attacked
with the foreign growth in the larynx
it was given out that it was a being
nant growth. There is no doubt that
from the start the growth was malie-
nant But Sir Morrell Mackenzie, the
eminent English specialist, commended
against the eminent German specialists
that it was not a cancer, but harm
| less exTeseenee. Sir Morrell Macken-
zie made the crown prince the emperor
of Germany, and 100 days later the EN-
peror died 1t was q cancerous tumor
from the beginning, but Frederick's
accession TO the throne made a differ
ence Of nearly 100000 a year in the
income of his wife"
At the Vanderbilt clinic Of the Col
lege Of Physicians and Surgeons, Six
| tieth street and Amsterdam avenue,
there Is the record Of a case which, in
the minds of those who agree with the
opinions Of the two celebrated experts
above quoted, may be prophetic Of the
outcome Of Emperor Williams illness
The case in question came under the
/ observation Of Or. Richard Frothing
ham, the instructor In throat diseases,
who on request related the facts and
circumstances.
The patient was a member Of the POI
lice force. He was about forty-fve
years old. lie first came under obser-
walton when he applied at clinic for
a relief from a trouble in bis throat.
He had been bothered with hoarseness.
The throat was examined The trou-
bic was found to be Id the larynx The
+ mirror revealed a small, warty growth
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-17

Our Coal FteIas.
The United States is tile greatest coal
producing country IN the world
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-17
scHWAB- MORGAN SONG.
Verse Thrown on 10 Stage Makes "a
Hit In "Babes In ToyIand.1

Verse Thrown on 20 Stage Makes "a
Hit In "Hahes In ToyIand.n
Members of the Delta Epsilon So
ciety practically filled the Majestic the
alter in New York the other night,
where BABES LII Toylanaa Is being
given. says the New York World DUR
ing the arithmetic song, sung by
Miss Mabel harrison, young man in
one Of the boxes tossed a bit Of paper
on the stage. 1t proved to be q verse
for the song, and Miss harrison sang
it for an encore. 1t ran as follows:
If Schwab and Morgan want to form
A billion dollar trust
And take some plants worth thirty cents
And some about to bust;
If the public then the stock does take
And pays q good amount
How many points does that stock break
To lose your bank account?
Put down six and carry two. etc.
The verse made the hit of the even
inc
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-17
rHE srnANaE YIsIToRs BOWED.

experience. One early morning she lay
in bed wide awake. Suddenly the door
opened, and two well dressed cavaliers
entered the room. One Of these gentle
manly intruders had an old fashioned
uniform of bright yellow with blue
facings. He wore high boots, with nc
speck of dust on them. He made low
obeisanee as he stepped forward from
the door, taking off his cooked hat and
almost sweeping the floor with it, He
made a second low bow as he again
advanced and then a third when he
stood within few feet Of the bed. Be
hind him was another man equally well
dressed, but in a brown suit. AS the
lady looked astonished they both re-
tired, bowling as before.
Nothing was TO be learned concerning
either Of these two apparitions, and no
reason has been discovered why they
should have appeared in a modern ho-
tel.
Only the other day leading magis
trate at Manchester was entertaining
an old military friend at his house.
Both host and guest were Freemasons.
The host had been giving himself the
pleasure Of attending q Masonic gath
ering, at which his soldier friend had
been admitted by him to higher grade
of Masonry. OF course we cannot di-
vulge what this was, nor need we par
ticularize the signal by which such a
newly promoted brother could commu-
nicate his rank to another brother.
Suffice it to say that the signal is given
| in raps in a most spirited fashion. RAT
| tat-tateratati" was something like it.
Host and guest parted, one remaining
at Manchester, one going to the coun-
try. The Manchester magnate went to
bed, as magnates ought, at IL.
He soon fell asleep. The night was
still
But little past - be suddenly start
ed up wide awake.
In the profound silence he had dis
tinetly heard the Masonic signal rap
ped against the panes Of his bedroom
| Window at-tat-tateratat
He had not been dreaming, for his
wife had also been reused from sleep
by the same sound. Being a matter Of
fact person and in total ignorance Of
its significance, she was not partieu-
! larry interested; but, seeing her hus-
bands excitement, she inquired what
the sound meant, if anything was
wrong, If any one was there
| "What is the timer he asked, not
needing her questions.
She lit the candle and looked at her
watch It was 1910.
Something has happened to our
friend Mark the time" said the mag
istrate. And they once more turned to
their pillows
The sequel proved the truth Of the
magistrates words, for the next morn.
/ ing he received a telegram telling him
that his friend had died the night be
fore.
But the post brought the crownins
touch TO this mysterious affair 4
friend Of the dead man wrote that III
had died suddenly shortly after mid
night, saying that he was quite pre-
pared to 60, but regretted leaving hli
friends. And just before breathing hii
last he had expressed special desire
to bid farewell to his host Of the preyi
J GUS day at Manchester.
Can such events be put down to tn
imagination7 Remember in this cas-
! both husband and wife heard the knocl
on the window pane.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-17
Tales Of
Mystery
Strange and Weird Hap
penings Thar Are Diff
cub 10 Explain.
HosO CtOo Ghosts Appeared 10
a Woman IN Municb--6be
Knock on Windos0 Pane.
A Warning Of DEATH.

Most persons will admit that hotel
in Munich is hardly the sort of place
phantoms would choose for walking
abroad in Nor are ladies intent on in
specting the art treasures Of that town
likely to see curiously dressed ghosts in
their hotel rooms.
And yet an English lady in similar
circumstances met with a mysterious
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-17
1 subject For clemencr.

"You admit stealing the hoggn asked
the justice
Eyes, sub, replied the prisoner but
de sheriff kotched me fo' I'd half eat
it up. Atlanta Constitution.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-17

Zipi Swishl Chugl
&C. l,Dwr tfaaxt COL

See how they gol
Now they are starting around the track
And now look how they are rushing backl
Did you ever see such scurrying pack2
Zipl Swish Chugl
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-17
( gUARANTrEn ouRE FOR Piles

Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding
piles. Your druggist win refund money
If Pazo Ointment fails to cure you in 9 to
IA days. 500.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-11
HOBOES MUST LEAVE.
Policemen Are Making War on Them
With Good Results.

Fourteen hoboes, who have been lodg-
ing in the city bastile for the last few
days, were sent south on the Orient train
last night. They were given their choice
of staying in the jail while longer or
going south and helping on the con-
struction work Of the Orient or working
with the threshing outfits. They evident
iy did not like their surroundings at the
jail, for they jumped at the opportunity
to get out of the city. and the fourteen
We're conducted by policemen who guard
ed them TIL the train moved out.
The police department is making an
organized effort to keep the city clear
of hoboes. As soon as one of this type
lights in town. If he does not go to
work. he is made to get out of town or
go TO work The policemen will allow no
loafing in any of the railroad yards in
this city. The blue-coated officers have
declared war on these knights of the road
and each officer has a special pride in
keeping his beat clear of them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-11
JAIL FOR WHEELMEN
They viii Be Locked Up with
DRINKS and Thugs.
FOR RIDING ON SIDEWALK
Order of Chief Posted Last
Night Is Effective Today.

The edict went forth from the police
station last night to policemen and turn
keys that hereafter all persons caught
riding wheels on the sidewalks are to be
brought TO the station and locked up
with the motley crowd of DRINKS. tramps,
thugs, thieves and all manner Of Grimm
ais which usually are inhabitants of a
city prison.
This order was written by Chief Burt
when the announcement came that Bion
HulTs little daughter had been run down
and seriously injured near her home at
$50 Waco avenue. When this news was
telephoned TO the station Chief Burt af-
ter a conference with other city officers
announced that hereafter bicyclists riding
on the sidewalks would be ''jugged" until
the next session OF court, when they
! would be tried.
IN speaking Of the matter yesterday
Chief Burt said: Since that ordinance
went into effect two years ago we have
been rather lenient with bicyclists. They
rode on the walks We caught them,
allowed them TO give their wheels as bond
and let them go. They came around the
next day and paid fine of 81. We have
been told several times by people who
Use walk q great deal that they would
be willing to pay fine OF a dollar every
month or even more If we would let them
ride on the walks
''Of course there are any number Of
bicyclists who are careful when riding
on the walks but there are a good many
very careless ones who ride for all they
are worth down the narrow walks, plac-
ing the limbs and even the lives of pc
destrians in jeopardy by their reckless
ness. II IS these fellows that we want
10 catch and punish, but OF course a
few others will have TO suffer with them,
but the wise ones will keep off the walks
here after and let the reckless ones use
them exclusively until they get caught.
We have about twenty of the hardest
bats there ever were in this prison
and some of them viii not be able to get
out for several days. These fellows know
all the rules Of the kangaroo court and
they would delight in sending a bicyclist
through the mill TO get some smoking
tooacco, and any new man who is jailed
Will find awaiting him a right merry
crowd with willing hands to infiict the
punishment Of the Kangaroo
This morning the new order will go
into effect and the officers. with rein
forcements, will be scattered about the
city waiting for the bicyclists who dare
10 utilize the fine cement walks of this
city as a highway for vehicles. The po-
iicemen will get the bicycle and the rider
and hold them until he has a load, when
the patrol wa gon will be called and
wheels and riders taken TO the station
Yesterday afternoon three bicyclists
were captured but were allowed TO give
bond as the order instructing the officers
to lock up captured bicyclists had not
gone into effect. Those captured yester-
dav were E. B. Bubb, c. S. Council and
L SulOnsY.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-11
ON FIVE WARRANTS
P. P. Aherne Arrested for Sell
ing Coke Without Prescription
CHILDREN COMPLIMENTS
And Three Women Are Wit
nesses for the City.

P. P. Aherne was arrested yesterday af-
ternoon on five warrants sworn out by
Mrs Shields, police matron, charging him
with selling cocaine and morphine with
out a physicians prescription. He ap-
peared before the police judge yesterday
afternoon and entered a plea of not
guilty. His attorney, George Adams,
asked for a continuance CT one day in
order TO prepare for trial, and Judge
Stanley granted a continuance until this
afternoon at o'clock, when the I'VE
cases will be heard.
The warrants were sworn out yesterday
morning On information secured from a
9-year-old boy. 9-year-old girl, colored
woman, a white woman and the police
matron. The first charge is that Mr..
Aherne sold morphine to Mrs. Ella Wad-
ley on the evening of July % without a.
physicians prescription.
On August Roy NYoolsey alleges he
purchased cocaine without a prescription
of Mr.. Aherne. He claims that he went
into the drug store about $50 O'Clock last
4Ionday evening.
Marie Goldman is a little white girl
slightly past years old. who alleges
that she purchased morphine without
prescription on the evening OF August
Z. She says she went into the store and
asked for morphine and it was given her.
Rena Johnson, a colored woman, al
leges that she purchased cocaine in Mr..
Aherne's store late Saturday afternoon.
Saturday evening Mrs. Shields took off
her star and walked into the drug store
and asked for some morphine. She stated
yesterday that Mr. Aherne told her that
they were not in the habit of selling NOR
phine without prescription. but Mrs.
Shields insisted and alleges that she Sc
cured the morphine tablets.
City Attorney Earl Blake is quite i'll and
could not appear in court. SO his law
partner, VIII Ayers appeared for the
city. George Adams appeared for Mr..
Aherne.
The ordinance under which Mr.. Aherne
was arrested is No. 1893. and was passed
by the city council July 5, 1901. and this
is the first arrest since its passage. When
the ordinance came up it was passed in
the hope that young boys and girls would
not become addicted to the drugs if they
were unable to prO~ire morphine or
coke without prescription they would
stop using the drugs or would not begin
it. The ordinance had the desired effect
as every druggist was handed a copy
of it, and none of them cared TO lay him
self liable 10 a fine of not less than SIS
nor more than s10c-for each offense. The
police heard that Mr.. Aherne had vio-
lated this law and began securing the
necessary evidence which led TO the ar
rest yesterday afternoon.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-11
CASH JOHNSON RETURNS
And is Arrested for Striking Man Las
NiQht.

Cash Johnson was arrested last night
and is now in the city jail charged with
striking a man from Rock Island, H.,
with some hard object, it is alleged with
a pair of knucks. The quarrel occurred
at the Carey hotel bar some time after
10 o'clock last night. and It is alleged that
Cash was trying to get a card game with
the man from Illinois. When he failed in
this he struck the other man above the
eye. infiicting nasty wound.
Cash Johnson is q well known character
in this city. About three years ago he
was shot by a negro on Topeka avenue.
He left the city some time ago, but re-
turned last week and began making troU-
BILE for the olice at once. He Is a
strong muscular man and at times is
very Quarreisome.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-11
COLLISION AT WINFIELD.
Santa Fe Passenger Trains Collide,
Causing Little Damage.

Two engines. pulling passenger trains,
got together at S o'clock yesterday morn
ing in the Santa Fe yards at South Win
field, doing some damage TO the engines,
but not damaging either OF the trains
or hurting any of the passengers. The
Southern Kansas passenger train, No.
203 collided with train No. II. which
leaves this city at e:25 in the morning.
The particulars of the wreck were not
learned yesterday except that No. Il had
stopped when No. zoe. running at a slow
rate OF speed. went into it. 6emolishing
the pilots and breaking in the front ends
Of each engine. The enginemen on both
trains, after reversing their engines and
doing what they could TO stop them.
jumped. No one was hurt in the wreck
and the only damage was done TO the
engines
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-11
AN AUTOMOBILE TRIP.
Interurban Directors to Ride Over
Route Thursday.

Thursday morning the directors Of the
Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway
company will start from this city in au-
tomobiles for a trip over the proposed
route of the road from this city to Ar
kansas City. Every one of the seven
teen directors of the company have an
nounced that they viii take the trip. and
machines have been procured to haul all
of them. The start will be made at half
past five Thursday morning. and the
route of the line Will be followed as
closely as possible. The new springs
three miles west OF Geuda will be Wis
tied. The party will return the same
day. Short stops will be made at differ
ent points along the line. but longer one
will be made at the springs and at Ar
kansas CITY
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-11
MOTORMAN NOT TO BLAME.
People Explain Stampede in Street
Car

the electric line to Riverside last Sa-
turday when the passengers made a stanl-
pede at the crossing Of the Missouri Pa
cifc on Central avenue thinking that
train of cars was about TO be backed
into the street car. People who were on
the car. learning that the notorneer had
been discharged are now coming forward
10 explain that the motorman was not
TO blame They say big drunken negro
was teTTorizing everybody on the car
and that the motorman got the conduc-
tor 70 run the car while he settled the
noisy citizen They explain that the
motorman was not running the car at
the time and that there was no occasion
for the stampede.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-11
FRISCO BAND HERE.
serenaded Several Business Houses
During Their Stay.

McCray's Frisco band, of Lyons, Kan
was in the city yesterday for several
hours. during which they paraded the
streets and serenaded several Of the bust
ness houses. including the Eagle Office
The band is composed principally or
young players, but under the leadership
OF Prof Charles McCrsS they play good
music Their selections are up-to-date'
and the skillful manner in which they
played them soon caused large crowd
TO gather as they were serenading the
Eagle Office. Both their music and their
uniforms brought forth many compli-
ments from those who saw and listened
TO them.
The band. which is composed Of twenty
pieces. was returning from trip to
Eureka Springs. where the Frisco had
engaged il to give concerts.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-11
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Six Head of Cattle Lost by Perry Rick
ard.

During the storm last week six head
of cattle belonging to Perry Richard
near Valley Center were struck by light
ming and killed The cattle were feed
ing through a wire fence only short
distance apart and their shoulders were
in contact with one Of the wires. The
lightning evidently struck this wire and
the shock passed on down. killing the
cattle as il came in contact with them
through the wire. No marks were left
on any Of them with the exception OF a
small streak across the shoulder blade.
Mr.. Richard did not discover his loss
until in the evening. when he went TO
drive the cattle home. The cattle inciud-
ed three mich COWS. two steers and one
bull. The loss is estimated at $3.50. with
no insurance
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-11
DIVORCE WAS GRANTED
After Married Life Lasting Twenty
Nine Years.

Alexander Simmons was yesterday
granted a divorce from Mary simmons.
on the grounds Of abandonment. The
plaintiff alleged IN his petition that he
had married the defendant in the year
1s75. and that she had deserted him in
iSS7. and had not lived with him since
Judge Dale considered this good grounds
for separation. and granted The divorce.