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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-18
THURSDAY,
April 16, 1908.

High wind and heavy rain does dam
age along New England coast.
Howard Leslie Obear of Beverly ap
pointed to Annapolis cadetship.
New York man found dead in gutter
in the street.
Fire in OIL tracts at Beaumont, Tex,
causes $1,OOO,O0O loss.
Judge lowell's eyes injured by To-
ton mistaken for eye wash.
Two men engage in a fight over a
woman in South Boston; later one of
the men cuts his throat.
Charles H. Jones talks on labor
unions at the annual meeting of the
boot and shoe club.
Strike in the Parkhill mills in Fitch
burg settled.
Request of the Manhattan l. men for
nine-hour day refused; ultimatum the
probable next step.
Miss Louise Stone Stevenson of Low
ell awarded BaLbitt scholarship at Vas
Sar.
Cyrus II. Converse Of Springfield
sued for $4,000 by Miss Evelyn b.
DreXel of New Haven, alleging breach
of promise.
Converse, Harvard's crack hurdler.
cannot compete in Yale or intercol-
legiate games.
International contest for Davis ten
Fearfully Manged While Stealing Ride
Taunton, Mass.-Charles A. Barnes.
aged 2S, of North Brookfleld, while
stealing a ride on the midnight freight
from Boston. Saturday night, was
fearfully mangled by falling beneath
the wheels. He was looking for a
chance to return to his work in East
Brdgewa,or, and had asked the engt-
neer tC be allowed to ride on the train.
Being refused, unknown to the train
men he climbed aboard at Winthrop
street, and rode as far as TIE Central
passenger station, when the fatality
occurred. The body was identified by
papers in the pockets.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-18

piece and 1t is spanned with a little
iron strap for handle.
Finally the piece is bent down into
the familiar bell shape. and its sides
riveted together on the anvil. The bell
Is in shape then, but it still lacks tone
and color. These are gained by q
coating Of brass and bath in q fiery
furnace. In nests of four or five each
the bells, ranging in size from the
little three-inch sheep bells to the sew.
en-inch COW bells. are placed with q
mixture of charcoal and brass filings
between them, in pumbago crucibles,
whose lids are held In place by plas-
tering of wet clay. Then these are
immersed in the fire until ready for
the final touch.
Within the crucibles the brass
spends itself in thin coating over the
imprisoned bells and the bell obtains
its clear note. All that need be done
afterward is to burnish the bells,
which is done by throwing them, with
a few leather scraps, into Q big re-
volving cylinder, in which they polish
themselves. The boil tongues are made
in foundries and come with wire at
tached ready to bend on.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-18
DUE CARElESSNESS.
Fire Swept Oil Tract at Beaumont
Tex

Beaumont, TeX.--A careless work
man kicked over a lantern at one of
the Caldwell oil wells on block 3S,
Hogg Swayne tract. on Spindle Top,
and started a fire that resulted in the
loss of property valued at $l,0Oo,O0o
and the bankruptcy Of 20 or more ot
the smaller oil companies.
There were 175 wells on the three
blocks of the tract, and only five are
left standing. Every company that
had property in the Hogg- -Swayne
tract is a loser.
The fire swept the three blocks COW
cred with dcrricks and pump houses
clear of all its buildings. and the der
ricks left are on the edges and few
and far between. None of the COM
panies had a cent of insurance.
The fire started near the southern
edge of block 3S and spread three
ways. Pumping stations, derricks and
pipe lines all fell before it. 1t is es
timated that TO of the wells sustained
an average direct loss of $4,000. This
is exclusive of $5o0,0 900 more, the az
gregate loss on production and other
indirect damages.
Fifty or more wells are probably
ruined by the dropping Of tubing into
them as a result of the fire. Among
the losers are London Oil and Pipe
Line company, Caldwell Oil company.
Spindle Top Power company, Pumping
Station Dividend Oil company, De
troit-BeaumOnt, Palestine-Beaumon
Sun company, Advance Oil company
Queen City, Queen of Waco, Drum
mers, Alamo. Buckeye, Ground Floor,
Manhattan, Borealis and Buffalo.
The Texas, Sun, London Oil and
Pipe Line, Guffey, Higgins and othei
companies lost heavily through dam
age to their pipe lines. The Haywood
tract was saved only after hard work.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-18
Tale Told of D. A. r. Who Prided
Herself on Ancestry.
SHE CHOSE THE WRONG MAN.

An amusing story is told by the
New York Press of the wearing OF
miniatures. A newly rich woman
who had seen her friends exploiting
-grandmothers and grand-aunts
on ivory, blossomed forth with an
amazing portrait, surrounded by en-
eralds and pearls, and dangled her
new-found ancestor at the end of
costly chain. Mrs. Suddendough glib
ly informed her friends that the man
with the inspired eyes and the shock
of glowing red hair was her paternal
grandfather. One day she was in a
gathering in Boston and exultingly
displayed the portrait, telling the old
story. One bespectacled dame stared
and, after Mrs. Suddendough's de-
parture, she Of the glasses said,
What do you think of that? 1t was
Patrick Henry's portrait and he was
q bachelor!"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-18
TO KILL OTIS.
Two Men Commissioned To Do Tho
Deed.

Washington, ID. C.-While examining
an immense quantity of papers cap
tured from the Filipino insurgents,
Capt. John R. Nj. Taylor Of the 18th in
fantry, acting under the direction of
Col. Edwards of the department of in
sular affairs, a few days ago, discov-
cred a remarkable document indorsed
on the back with a direction to kill
Gen. Otis.
That Endorsement Capt. Taylor in
ssts is in the handwriting OF Aguinal-
do, the insurgent chief. A translation
of the document is as follows:
|. Our honorable president-We, the
sgners, who subscribe the declaration
appended, by these presents protest
against the American proclamation; we
recognize no authority but that of God
and the revolutionary government, and
we offer our lives and property for the
independence of our country.
Manila, San Miguel, Jan. -, 1899.
"Feliciano Cruz, (25 signatures follow.
On the back is written in the hand
Wr1UnB OF A8ulnaluO.
"Liberino Kotion-Feliciano de Cruz,
to kill Gen. Otis. Commissioned"
Capt. Taylor called the attention of
the chief of the bureau of insular af-
fairs to this document in the following
letter.,
"Sir-I have the honor to enclose
herewith copy and translation of an
important document found among the
records of the Filipino insurgent gov
ernment yesterday.
THE note on the back is in the
handwriting of Emilio Aguinaldo, a
handwriting with which l am familiar
and one of such peculiar mannerisms
that it cannot be mistaken by one who
has seen much of it.
81 have quantity of Photographic
letters and notes in my official possess
sion; the most cursory comparison be-
tween them and the handwriting of
this note will show its identity.
"On Jan. 4, 1899, a proclamation was
issued by Gen. Otis in which he de-
clared the sovereignty of the United
States over the Philippines. Many pro-
tests were drawn UP in the. Philippines
against this, most of them We're drawn
up by order of the insurgent govern
ment, but this letter was probably an
unsolicited evidence of the adhesion of
some katipunan lodge or of one of the
popular clubs in Manila organized by
Sandico while in the pay of the U. s.
government; clubs whose name COW
cred their real purpose, the formation
of groups ready at a signal to attack
the Americans within the city.
Probably this paper was handed to
Aguinaldo by delegation of the sign
ers. If this was the case, the man who
signs first, Felciano de Cruz was one
of the delegates. Aguinaldo probably
talked with him in private and as re-
suit of the conversation he wrote this
note on the back of the paper. The
other name does not appear in the sig
natures. IIo was probably somo follow
er or intimate of de Cruz.
ut is to be noted that Gen. Otis resi-
dence was in the barrier or ward of
San Miguel. The signers of this paper
were men who lived about it and knew
the grounds well; some of them may
have been servants in the house.
THE attack on the American out
posts did not occur until Feb. 4, 1S99.'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-18

= A new record has been made In the
market he past week, $1,000 cases of
II eggs heinr received, against 25,062 last
year. Egg seem the principal article.
, Poultry and game show no move, ii
being the slackcst week in the year
All the delicacios OF the season can be
= found In the fruit and vegetable STILLS
with last weeks prices pre- falling
hwhare supply is good.
:" AuTTER R-Croamery. extra Vermont
and New hampshire. ~ l-2c; northern
91NewnY ork. - l-2c; western, 26 l-2@
n Inc; northern irsts, 25 1-2@26 1-2c;
eastern. - l2M2G l2c; western firsts,
as 1-gG26 l2c; seconds, 22M23c; held
extra % l2m2l l-2r; frsts 20 Leo
M 22 1-2c; Vermont extra dairy, 24n25c;
weStefn imi'atiup, l1M2Or; ladle frsts,
ia 16016c; renovated. i4GI1S l-2c; boxes
,,. extrK northern creamery, 27 l-2@
:" 2S t2c oN'r1 GatlY, @3c; fair to good,
20QAc; trunis in prints, 20@2Sc.
CHEESE- New York twins,
A 14142c; tirsts, Il 1-26f llc; seconds, II
VI 012c: best Vermont twins. II 1-2c;
firsta, 13 1-2Mlic seconds. 11ml2c;
'n sage,15 Lea l5c.
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14l;2c western dirties, 1a 1.2c; near
0by dick eggs, 2o@22c: storage packed
wCetern extra. L. ste: firsts, 10 1-iW
\ IL tec dtries, l3 12c.
A ~
and eastern fresh killed fowls, 15@
ice; chickens, 15M 22c: nearby broil-
ers. 81 to 3 10 lbs to a pair, 2S63Oc;
isqssh brolors, lb each, 75@9oc;
4 sSrSx, ~ wnsl,,r ;ao, trr,.ovs tx
m17cs choicc fowls ,lml4 10. com.
4. MN 10 ,.o01ac. old cocks 10 Lon
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-18
MONDAY,
April 13, 1908.

Irving Bancroft and Frederick Eek
hardt of Lowell, Mass, charged with
stealing an electric car.
Collision of train near Windsor
Junction, N. s., probably due to in
sane engineer; four persons dead, two
fatally hurt and cne missing.
Henry Breeding of Texas resuscitat-
ed after Is hours of unconsciousness
from asphyxiation.
Narcisse Gagne kills his wife and at
tempts suicide at Holyoke, Mass.
Death of Rev. John Flatley of ST.
Peters church, Cambridge.
Feeling of confidence that the Rel-
ance will successfully defend the cup.
Gov. Bates vetoes militia retirement
Easter Celebration Ends in Shooting.
Worcester, Mass.-Two men and a
woman, Michael Rice, William Makis
and Mrs. Margaret Corporvich. were
shot at All Mllbury street. JChn
Dumblas is locked up charged with the
shooting. Rice is not expected to live.
IL was after an Easter celebration that
an argument arose, followed by three
shots. Dumblas fought his way out OF
the crowded house and an hour later
was captured by the police.
Police say the story CT a hold-up on
Chelsea bridge, told by Mae Brown,
has no foundation beyond highly de-
veloped imagination.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-18

New York. N. Y.-Patrolman Gray
of the Fifth street station discovered
Fourteenth street lying face down in
a pool of water in the gutter opposite
329 East Twelfth street. He had been
dead for some time. His wife identi
fled the body. 1t is the belief of the
police that the man either died from
cerebral hcmOrrhage or fell in the
pool of water while intoxicated and
was drowned.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-18

do you favor theater under the
patronage Of the government"
81 do" replied Stormington Barnes.
81 should like to see government own.
ership Of the theaters and govern
ment ownership of the railways, and
then hope for cooperation between
these two great branches of our ma.
tion system"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-18
Monitor Arkansas at Evansville, Ind.

Evansville, lnd.-rhe L. S. monitor
Arkansas has arrived here. Her COM
ing was followed by great demon
stration. The Arkansas will remain
in port two days. She is en- route to
st. Louis to take part in the worlds
fair dedication. The Arkansas is the
first modern warship to come up the
Ohio as far as Evansville. and is the
first of any kind of war vessel that
has visited port since the civil war.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-18
President to Probe Postoftice Scandals

Washington. ID. C.--When President
Roosevelt returns from his western
trip he is expected by officials of the
postuftice department to take a hand
in the investigation of the scandals
now under way. There will be called
f. Weis, an assistant superintendent in
the registry division of the New York
postofiice. that he handled the funds of
employees for Legislative purposes"
An order issued by the president in
February. 1902. specifically prohibits
such a custom on the part of any fed.
eral employe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-18
STORM WAS KING
The Rain Came Down Very
Generously.

The Way Wind Played With Headsear
and Umbrellas Was a Cautlon-Did
Little Serious Harm-Ocean Liners
Sailed Regardless, but CoastWise
Steamers Rugged Their Berths-
Schooner Went Ashore or South
Boston Flats.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-18
THE PLEASURES OF HOPE.

Anticipation Always More Enjoyable
Than Possession.
An aged Maine grandmother who
long ago went tc the land where there
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-18
lowell Girl a Winner.

Poughkeepsie, n. Y.-The faculty of
Vassar college have awarded the Bah.
bitt scholarship for the ensuing year
to Louise Stone Stevenson, A. b., 1901.
of Lowell Mass. Miss Stevenson had
a graduate scholarship at Vassar in
chemistry during 1902 and has been
assistant in the chemical laboratory
during The present year. She will
study ut Cornell
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-18
SOSJON WHOLESALE MARKETS.

10 mASs ti:o appended quotations of value
alike to buyer and seller, the resume of the
imarkot. prciaCiug the quotations. should DO
carefully read In Il market of this character
u 10 impossihlc to give prices for every day OF
|. the week, Noting, however, the general ten
Idencyg 0f trade. sufficiently accurate quota
tions{ {39l, given on which dealers can safely
4 0229 thQ1r transactions.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-18

The gale was severe upon the ship
ping in the bay off Staten Island. Fish.
ing schooner Mariner dragged her an
chors and went to pieces at Stapleton.
The fishing sloop Iroquois dragged her
anchors and sank.
The French four-masted ship Joel
cite and the English bark Itata
dragged their anchors to within 100
yards of the docks at st. George.
The fishing schooner Edward Hoop
er of Gloucester, Mass, dragged her
anchors and fouled the pilot boats Ed
ward +. Barrett and James Gordon
Bennett, carrying away the BENEFITS
bowsprit and hcadgear ami damaging
her own quarter SO that she sprang
aleak. A wrccking steamer towed the
three to New York.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-18
Less Salary, More Work,

Cambridge, Mass.-Charles Gay. 70.
the past 80 years janitor of the city
hall in Cambridge, will tender his
resignation to Mayor McNamee this
week. Some weeks ago Mr.. Gays sal
ary was reduced from $23 to SIS a
week. A week ago last Saturday his as
sistant, James McVey, was removed
the claim being made that too much
money was being spent for taking care
Of the building. Mr.. Gay has since felt
that under present restrictions of both
help and income it would be impossi
BILE for him to fulfil his duties, and
therefore will resign.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-18

The notorious Corsican brigand, An.
tonic Campano, who, after sentence
Of five years Imprisonment for killing
n fellow countryman, escaped three
times in succession entered the police
station of the Rue de Mail Paris, the
other day, and said TO NJ. Beauraiu,
the Commissary: "Scnd me to prison.
Food has not passed my lips for the
last two days" Campano is now sixty.
four years OF age. He was the hero OF
many adventures and the leader of a
vendetta which lasted nearly ten years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-18

cuticlc heals. But not
before. The most sue
ccSsful and effective
blood pufiiierand skin
cleaners undoubtedly
IA new remedy discov-
cred by the wellknown
DR.. David Kennedy,
and named by him
Cal-cura Solvent. Its
properties and powers
are unlike those of
n,,- - Il
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-18
FRIDAY,

FRIDAY, April 10, 1908.
Three men killed and several in
jured by bursting gun on battleshir
Iowa.
L. S. circuit court orders the mer-
ger of the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern dissolved Morgan and Hill
will fight it out; case appealed to su-
preme court.
Mrs. Marie T.. Bateman prefers
charges against Capt. Gaskin OF Divi-
sion 3. Boston.
President IIadley of Yale advises
suspension.
Lowell, Mass, operatives to have
counsel at inquiry by the state board;
rumor current that mills will reopen
on Monday.
Shamrock III shows surprising speed
on n-the-wind work, beating
Shamrock | badly.
Fire in Jordan & Christie brush fac
tory at Maiden, Mass; damage $l9,-
500.
Observation tower to be erected on
Prospect HILL Somerville, Mass.
Sailors on the receiving ship Wa
bash at Charlestown, deserving by
wholesale.
Marcellus Taylor, night watchman
for Old Colony trust company. Bos-
ton, drops dead on duty.
Gov. Taft of the Philippines sent
to mountain resort to recover health
Charge of attempted bribery made
against Dr. r. c. Flower in New
York police court.
Arthur Heller robs fathers house
and probably fatally wounds his broth
er at Williamsburg, N. Y.
"Abe" Carneid, who was with Perry
on one of his Arctic expeditions, killed
while at work on the new Cambridge,
Mass, bridge.
New York Judge scores grand jury
If which William G. Rockefeller was
foreman.
Hatchet found in the house in which
Washington's mother lived in Fred
ericksburg.
Albert Slaney rendered unconscious
by street car collision in Revere, Mass.
]. Pierpont Morgan plans New York
mansion larger than Andrew Car
negies.
Inquest ordered into death of Mrs.
Florence G. Ross at Lynn. Mass.
John e. Gallagher, accused of mur-
dering Joseph Mcmahon in Taunton,
Mass, in 1899, arrested in Seattle.
William Waldorf AstOr buys Eng
lish castle, said to have been birth
place of Anne Boleyn.
+. p. Webster, Boston shoe dealer
instantly killed at Harvard street
railroad station, Boston.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-18
|LCAN|C ERUPT|0NS

NQlent but soon over. Skin eruptions
9n last for years; sometimes all ones
Ihey just stay and stick, like the
4nful visitor who never goes or accepts
y that You are tired of his company.
diseases are efforts of nature to get
poisons i'll the blood or in the super
Mtissue. Kill or eXprl the germs and
disappears. and the innamed
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-18
North Plymouth Postoffice Looted.

North Plymouth. Mass.-Af,er
breaking into the New York New
Haven & Hartford railroad freight de-
pct and two freight cars in the yard,
four burglars looted the postoffice,
ripped open letters and packages and
carried off $25 in money and auanti.
ty of stamps. From the way in which
the work was done the police believe
the burglars are amateurs. and that
they were in search of food, as well as
money and valuables. In the freight
shed and car boxes were broken open
and everything with the exception OF
edibles thrown aside.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-18

The number of leaves on a larg,
)-foot high oak tree has been count.
i and found to exceed six million.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-18


and obsolcte medicines for the same pur-
pose Il antagonizes and DESTROYS all forms
Dase germs in the body as nothing
John Donohue, Of Chatham, y. Y, suffered from
ccfo!4m and Eczema for many years. All the doc
tors ~ consulted failed to give him any relief At
!asH ~. Barringer, his druggist. advised him to
TAX ~. Kennedy new medicine, Ca-cura Solvent
H944Do and from the very first bottle he was BEN
e4ee4 The painful and foul appearing cruptions
pAA&face, hands and body all disappeared and he
Aaon8 been troubled with the disease since.
sMehen are more frequently afflicted with
&ruptions than men. Their confined
and careleSsneSs about their eating
~ 1l powell movements, tend to produce
r.. pronic skin troubles that worry and
S&x re them for years. A treatment with
Ss[ "a Solvent restores health and good
.'l:l Refuse substitutes.
to the Cal-cura COMPANY, DR.. Ken.
Bow, Rondout, n. T., for n free
bottle, Large bottles Sl.OO, all
deeets, One size only.
4Snember; Only one DR.. David Ken.
nsdxerer lived in Rondout, City of Kings
tc44 n. y, and the name of his mem and
k medicine is Cal-cura Solvent.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK

and Salem trust fund commission bills.
Freight station, postottice and
freight cars robbed at Plymouth,
Mass.
Lumber teamsters and handlers
consider striking, and instruct COM
mittee to endeavor to secure consent
OF employers to the new scale.
Three wounded in row following Pol
ish wedding at Worcester, Mass:
Michael Rice likely tC die; police af-
ter John DuLlis.
Helen Quinn, aged 1G, attempts sui
eide in the Charles, but is rescued
Pasquale Battistone killed at Port
land
President Williams of the Seaboard
Air line regards merger decision as a
blow to financial tyranny and bless
ing to the country.
of Hyde Park
TUESDAY, April "a, 1908.
Lowell's parade of above $500 opera
tives great success. and the open-ar
meetings attended by thousands.
Postmaster General Payne to carry
on the investigation into his depart
ment to the limit.
Charles w. Sell, wanted for alleged
attempt to kill sweetheart at Manches-
ter, N. H.. surronders after three days
fight from police.
Autopsy to be held on body of Ed
| ward Coburn found dead at West
Gloucester with wounds on the head.
Movement to disiranchise negroes in
the south denounced BY Bishop Der
rick
Capt. Clarence O. Poland, for many
years in Boston fire department, dead
Bay State Gas company of Delaware
secures injunction against Lawson
Weidenfeld & SO.
Patrolman Judson w. Greene Of
BrocKton accused of assault
Gloucester fleet released from Bay
of Islands by ice breaking up.
Mrs Ellen Endicott of Salem to
visit her daughter, the wife of Hon.
Joseph Chamberlain, in England, in
May.
Manchester. Mass, to have electric
light and observe old home week.
Mark Hanna says Roosevelt is the
only man mentioned for candidate for
president on the Republican ticket
next year.
Veterans of Gen. Hookcr's old hr
gade object to proposed inscription on
his statue.
Mrs. John l.. Gardner entertailts 200
guests at her Venetian palace Win a
musicale.
Assistant Attorney General ". A..
Day says Knox will take public into
his confidence if any further anti
trust moves are to be taken.
Osborne Howes tells the associated
board of trade that Boston's fire in
surance rates are really made outside
of Boston, and asks why. if the tnsur-
ance buciness is SO profitable, DO not
Boston men go into it,
New Haven boys set fire to a man
slumbering in park.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-18

Weight Elephant Can Garry.
A full-grown elephant can carry
three tons on his back.