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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-07-28
EAST BARRE.


was taken to the asylum at Waterbury
about five years ago, died on Sunday.
He leaves a wife and five children.
W. E. Bixby left Monday for New
Hampshire.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Abbott of North
field visited at the home of G.. S. Nye
on Sunday
Mrs. Williams died at her home on
Sunday of tuberculosis.
Ii. E. Sanborn, wife and two chill
dren are visiting at the home of Mrs.
M. M. Paine. Mr.. Sanborn is
nephew of Mr. Paine.
Joe Houghton was quite seriously
injured on the Boutwell, quarries by
the breaking of a chain. DR.. Nc
Sweeney was called.
O. N. Scott and Vernon Coleman have
gone to Malletts Bay fishing.
Oscar Waterman is getting along
successfully with his new house. Mr..
Lane of South Barre is the contractor.
BRADFORD.
Frank l.. Brigham is moving into
the house recently purchased by him
OF Fred Cummings, and Mr.. Gum
mings is moving into Mrs. Baldwin's
tenement vacated by Brigham.
Miss Isabel Thyng, formerly a
teacher in the high school here, spent
day with Mrs. G. w. Brown last
week. Her friends here were glad to
see her once more. She returns to
| Denver to teach the coming year.
Married in Lebanon, N. H., July
IS, G. Wallace George of White
River Junction to Almina E. r.
Wood of Needham, Mass.
Mrs. Laura A. Dickey died, after a
short illness, on Saturday morning.
| Funeral services were held on Tues
day afternoon at O'Clock at the
| homo.
Mrs. Frank Howard met with a
very severe accident on Saturday
morning. While driving from the
town farm to the village her horse
ran down the hill throwing her from
the wagon on to the rocks and break
ing her leg above the knee. She is as
comfortable as possible at the present
writing.
Earle Spalding is taking vacation
from the telephone office this week,
visiting his grandmother in Roxbury,
and also friends in Barre.
Mrs. Asa Shaw of Bennington is
making her many friends in town
glad by visit of a few weeks here.
Mrs. Elena M. Snow of Providence,
r. L., is spending few days visiting
in town.
George A. Low of Brooklyn is
spending short time with his sisters
at the Low mansion.
Earl Dearborn had the misfortune
to injure his hand quite badly while
moving some barrels, and has gone to
his home in Lincoln to stay until able
to return to work.
John Chamberlain of Nashua was
in town last week for short time.
Professor and Mrs. e. G. Baldwin
are attending summer schools this
week at Rutland and st. Johnsbury
respectively.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-07-28

Dr. Cole of Bradford was in town
Sunday with his auto, stopping at
the Commodore House for dinner.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-07-28

has been making upon her house are
very nearly completed. Mrs. Ward
will soon take up her residence there.
H. W. Comstock is recovering from
a attack Of tonsilitis.
p. W. Ourrier of Montpelier was in
town on Sunday.
Waldo Farrar and wife of Hardwick
visited at Miss Belle Holden's on Sun
day.
Mrs. Edwin Dana and daughter,
Mrs. SheGtle, spent Thursday in
Wrightsville.
Several of our leading citizens are
looking for a book agent, who can
"sell'' them a book of instructions in
their various lines of work, especially
post-office and rural free delivery
affairs and electricity.
J. Eli Goodnough and wife spent
Sunday at Mrs. e. B. Holden's.
Don P. Sawyer was confined to the
house several days last week by i'll
| ness.
J. W. Eagan is rebuilding his saw
mill and will soon have it in working
| order.
Benjamin Smith died at his home
here on Saturday forenoon.
| Mr.. and Mrs. O. o. Ward have re.
turned from their camping trip al
Lake Moreyr
There will be a special service al
the church next Sunday evening. The
program will be "An Evening With
Our Favorite Hymns and Their Au
thors." Everyone cordially invited.
The death of Mrs. Jane Daniels
aged seventy-two, which took place al
the home of her daughter, Mrs
Charles O. Graves in Waterbury
early Friday morning, brought sadness
to all her many friends here. She wa
the daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs Xelxe
Holden, and had always lived in Mid
ddlesex until a few months previou
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-07
PYTHIANS HERE.
Large Number of Visitors Flock
to Topeka.
They Come to Attend the II. II.
Rally.
MANY TO RIDE GOAT.
Glass of 500 VIII Be Initiated
Tonight.
Special Trains Come from Wich-
fta and Ft. Scott.

There are hundreds and hundreds of
Knights of Pythias in Topeka today.
They are practically all from Kansas;
500 candidates will be initiated as
pages tonight. At the conclusion of
this work the play Damon and Pythi-
as by the Cameron, Mo-, degree drill
team will be put on.
The rally is without doubt the great
est of its kind ever held in Kansas and
among the greatest ever held in any of
the western states. The ceremonies
conclude with today. They will all be
held in the Auditorium, to which the
doors open tonight at 7:3O O'Clock to
Pythians. The work will begin at $3.50.
The big hall has been extensively dec
GRATED for the occasion, palms and srni-
lax being used in abundance. The Of
ficers expect to initiate a class of 500.
The visitors were met today as they
came in on the trains and escorted 10
the Knights of Pythias hall at the cor
ner of Sixth and Quincy streets. The
uniform rank and the knights of Pyth-
las band met the Cameron team, which
came over the Rock Island at 1890 AMI
escorted it to the hall.
Special trains were promised from
Wichita, Fort Scott, Kansas City and
afternoon and early evening. Few of
the visitors viii leave before tomorrow
night. The local Knights of Pythias
lodges have made great plans to enter
tain their brethren tonight and to-
morrow. The Cameron team will also
stay in the city until tomorrow night
or Monday.
Fred Shellabarger and n. J. HoIum
of this city have both devoted a great
deal of time in preparing the pro-
gramme for the rally. They were in
charge of the reception committee and
have been busy for several weeks in
making the arrangements.
In speaking of the rally, Mr.. Shella-
barger said: 'Of course little can be
given out with reference to the work,
because OF the fact that il is all Sc
cret. But it is sufficient to say that
tonight we will have the greatest gath
ering ever given in the state of its
kind. For the past several weeks let
ters have been pouring in from Pyth-
ians over the state who are interested
in the rally and who had planned to
tonight. The special trains will all be
here late this afternoon, and so we
will be unable to tell the exact num-
Der until after the meeting tonight
1.-The work of the degree team from
Cameron, No, which will confer the
degree of Page on the new candidates
and also put on tn play, Damon and
Pythias,' is one of the finest and best
drilled in the country. It will be a
rare treat for the Pythians to see the
play as put on by the Cameron people.
They have given it in many places in
the United States and everywhere it
has gained applause. The team has a
great reputation all over the country .
Preceding the work tonight at the
Auditorium there will be a number
of speeches. w. A. S. Bird of this
city Will deliver the address of well
come. The response will be given by
Grand Chancellor Frank L. Britton of
Usage City. A number of others are
schedMled to make short talks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-07
Have Jurisdiction over Indians.

In an opinion written by Judge
Atkinson, the supreme court held to-
day that the state courts have juris-
diction over Indians who have taken
advantage of the allotment law The
opinion is rendered in the case of the
state against Now Ge-Zhuck, a Pot
taWatomie Indian in Brown county.
The Indian was charged with disturb
ing the peace on the Indian reserva-
ton and after being convicted and
sentenced in the district court of
Brown county, asked the supreme
court for release on a writ Of h2beas
corpus, on the ground that he was
not subject to the civil and criminal
laws of the state, but a ward of the
United States. Now-Ge-Z -Zhuck had
taken an allotment and the supreme
court holds that his action accepting
the patent issued confers Jurisdiction
on the state courts to try and punish
him for any violations Of the 4 Aws Of
the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-07
COURT REVERSES- ITSELF.
Companies May Build on
Public Highways.

The supreme court today reversed
itself in the now famous telephone
case from Johnson county, in which
Michael Mccain sought an injunction
against the johnson County Telephone
company to restrain it from construct
ing a telephone line along the high
way in front of his farm without his
consent or compensat ting him.
The case was originally brought in
the district court of Johnson county,
where the injunction was denied. 1t
was appealed to the supreme court
and several months ago a decision
was rendered reversing the court be-
low. Judge Pollock was then on the
bench and wrote an opinion holding
that a telephone company must secure
the consent of the farmers along
whose farms it builds a line before
the line can be built. This was a
radical departure from the common
practice, as telephone companies had
been accustomed to build lines along
highways without consulting the
farmers.
A rehearing was granted and the
decision today reverses the other one.
Chief Justice Johnston writes the
opinion but he also dissents along
with Justices Cunningham and Mason.
The majority of the court says: ''The
construction and maintenance of a
telephone line upon a rural highway
is not an additional servitude for
which mpensation must be made to
the owner of the land over which the
highway is laid
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-07
RUSSIA EXPECTED IT.
Every Preparation Had Been Made for
Siege of Port Arthur.


st. Petersburg, May Z. 2:2O p. M
The calmness with which the Rus
slams accept the isolation of what has
always been regarded as the Russian
Gibraltar in the far east, is remark
able. In military circles it has been
considered inevitable from the first.
No attempt is made to belittle the en-
ergy shown by the enemy, but from
the strategic point of view the invest
ment of the fortress is regarded as re-
lieving the military situation on the
mainland which had been much en-
barrassed by the necessity of main
tanning the seagirt stronghold at the
extremity of the Lao Tung penin-
sula. Besides the utmost confidence is
expressed in the ability of the fortress
to Withstand a siege. The whole of
the lower end of the peninsula from
Kin Chou, 80 miles above Port Arthur,
south is an entrenched camp COM
manded by a chain of most formidable
fortihcatiens, which surmount the
crest of every hill. Millions of roubles
and years of work have been devoted
to rendering the place impregna Bile
by land or sea. The railroad circling
within this camp viii permit of the
easy transportation of the defending
troops.
According to the Russian view the
Japanese have a herculean task be-
fore them in the event of their at
tempting the reduction of the fort
ress. Successive lines of defenSes
must De carried, ana the japanese Op-
erationS can not begin at the advanced
position of Kin Chou until their siege
guns are landed. General Stoessel,
who will have supreme command of
the defense of Port Arthur, is consid-
cred to be able and resourceful and
to have an indomitabIe will. His
orders of the day have breathed a
spirit of unyieIding defiance. One of
them declared that the last man must
die in the defense of Port Arthur.
The latest newspaper DISPATCHES from
the beleagured fortress contained an
account of a stirring appeal made by
General Stoessel to his troops on the
occasion of the review in honor of the
empress name day, in which he an
nOunced that he would never sur
render. In addition to the 10000
sailors on board the ships at Port Ar
thur and the regular fortress artillery,
probably numbering 1000 men, the
defending division OF riffemen and
three batteries of artillery make a
total of about %, 900 men. In antfci-
patton of the severance of communi-
cation all the valuable documents had
been removed to Mukden and the
provisions and ammunition had been
progressing for weeks. The authori-
ties apparently are satisfied that prac-
ucally no non n-cOmbatants remain
there. The Inhabitants of Port Dalny
were sent away some time ago.
The newspapers accept the news
stOically, adjuring the people not to be
discouraged since the cutting off of
Port Arthur was a foregone concIu-
sion from the first.
The Novoe Vryema saws: s'The
fortress and its defenders must now
SHIFT for themselves until our army in
suH1ciert strength can come down
from the north and rescue them. In
the meantime the people must ac-
custom themselves to be without di-
rect news from Port Arthur
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-07
LABOR MEN LOSE A POINT.
May Be Discharged for Belonging to
Labor Union.

The supreme court today declared
void the statute which makes it un-
lawful to discharge an employe be-
cause he belongs to lawful labor
organization and which provides for
the recovery of damages for the dis
charge. This is a decision of great
Importance to labor unions.
L p. Berry, an employe of the Cof-
feyville Vitrihed Brick & Tile com
pany, was discharged from its service
and he brought action to recover
damages, alleging that he was dis
charged because he was a member of
a labor union. He recovered judg-
ment in the lower court and the brick
company appealed, attacking the con-
stitutionality of the law. The court
declares the law void, saying: ANY
act of the legislature that would un-
dertake to impose on an employer the
obligation of keeping one in his ser
vice whom, for any reason, he does
not desire. would be a denial of his
constitutional right to make and ter
inmate contracts and to acquire and
hold property"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-07
TOrnadOes Reported i'm Various
Sections Of Texas.
A Negro Cabin Swept into the
BrazOs River.
BLOWN FROM TRACK
A Wreck Train Carried Away
at Crescent.
Losses Of Stock and Crops Are
Very Heavy.

st. Louis May IA special to the
Republic from Dallas, Texas. says:
The tornado in northwest Texas kill
ed Mrs Mary Wagley. her daughter
Anna and George Anthony, at Moran.
A dozen persons were severely but not
fatally injured. At Putnam one man
was killed and one woman was injured.
Their names have not yet been learn
ed. A negro cabin was swept in to
the Brazos river five miles above the
Texas and Pacific railroad crossing aud
three negroes were drowned.
A wreck train was blown from the
railroad track near Crescent and Geo.
Sommers and William Apple, negro la
borers, were drowned. Twenty houses
were wrecked at Moran and half a doz-
en- at Putnam. Hundreds of head OF
livestock are reported killed in Shac-
kelford and adjoining counties. Crops
were badly injured by the wind, rain
and hail. Wire service is still badly
crippled and reports as to further IA
talities are still incomplete but it is
believed lives were lost in Isolated
places that will swell the total num-
Der to 20. Railroad property has suf-
fered heavily in the northwest Texas
storm area
A special to the Republic from
Houston, Texas, says:
Storm news is coming in very slow
ly but it is certainly known that there
D
parts of the state. Among the known
dead are: VIII Perry, at Harrisburg,
killed by lightning; Mrs Allen Dennis,
G.. w Mason and child of S. 7. Harper
at GOldthwaite. Lutyer Rudd, Allen
Dennis, Mrs. S r. Harper and child,
and Joe Griffith are also badly hurt
at the latter place The damage to
cotton and corn crops will be heavy.
The damage to property will run into
the hundreds OF thousands OF dollars.
At Ruby, John Mullen's house was
wrecked Mr.. and Mrs. Mullen were
carried nearly 100 yards by the wind.
Mrs. Mullen is believed to be fatally
hurt Wesley spurIocks IA years old.
was killed.
At Sunset nearly twenty buildings
were wrecked, but no person fatally
hurt.
Five Houses Destroyed
Hamilton, Tex, May IA tornado
near Star Mountain in Mills county
destroyed five houses, killing George
Mason and blowing away one of his
children. The child IS not expected to
live @. E. Behooker's house was
blown away and one child killed and
other members of the family injured.
The house of Mr.. Rayburn was de-
stroyed. injuring four of the family.
school House Demolished.
wichita Falls, Tex, May IA tor
nado at Holiday station last night
demolished the school house and many
other buildings. Sam Horton, ths
teacher of the school was fatally in~
jured and Henry Riggs suffered
broken arm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-07

vention. Regainfng confidence from
the fact that no drastic reforms have
followed the signing of the protocoi
during the Marquis ItO'S recent diplO-
matte visit to the emperor to the pal
ace harpies have recommended their
nlaIpractices. The japanese authori-
ties are not likely to interfere at pres
ent desiring to completely cOnciliate all
parties while still suspicious of the en-
peror's position or possibly they are al
lowing things to run from bad to worse
until it is imperative to intervene with
a heavy hand. Prefectshfps command
reputation the districts have for
squeezing possibilities. Governorships
are higher priced. The emperor uses
the funds so obtained for secret in
trigues and to entice political refugees
living in Japan to return to Korea,
where instant execution would clean up
old grudges, the settlement of which
has been the emperor's great ambition
for many years past
Port Arthur Awaits Relief
Port Arthur, May 7.-(Delayed in
ransmission) General Stoessel
has issued an order to the troops of
his command as follows
"On April 80 and May L the en-
eTny crossed the Yalu river in great
force and our troops fell back to pO-
sitions which had been previously Sc
lected.
peninsula, south of Pitsewo and in
the vicinity of Kin Chou bay. Now
our work is beginning. Naturally the
enemy will destroy railway communi-
cation and endeavor to drive our
troops back to Port Arthur and be-
siege this fortress, Russia's bulwark in
the far east. We will defend it until
the arrival of the troops which are
coming to relieve it.
"I consider it my duty to call upon
you to display unceasing vigilance
and caution. and you must be ready at
all times to demean yourselves toward
your general with the dignity and or
der beseeming the glorious troops of
Russia. No matter what happens,
you must not lose your heads but re-
member that everything is possible in
war and that We shall be able with
Gods help to cope with the arduous
task imposed upon US
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-07
Ttme kfIns sin TTndefeated.

The Lime Kiln baseball team still
has it's average 1000. This morning
they took the Invincibles into camp by
a score of Is to "A, with the losers lead
ing all the way to the ninth inning.
The scrap took place at the corner Of
Ninth and Fillmore street. The bat
teries were Snyder and Roper for the
Lime Kflns and Isommasson and Mil
Ter for the Invincibles. Up-to-date the
Lime Kilns have played six games and
bazged every one But that is not an
unusual thing They usually lead all
the amateur teams around Topeka ev-
cry year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-07
MRS. HEITSIAN PAYS UP.
One Case in Which County Realized
on DefauIted Bond.

Mrs. Charles Heitman has paid
Shawnee county $500 on account Of her
husband leaving town and not appear
ing to serve his sentence fOr selling
liquor.
Heitman sold liquor to two boys and
the boys testified against him in the
district court. Heitman appealed to
the supreme court and during the time
between the decision sustaining the
verdict of guilty and the issuance or
the mandate Heitman left the city.
The bond was $500 but Mrs. Heitmau
agreed to pay $500 If the county COM
nissioners would accept that without
suit on the bond
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-07

St Louis May IA concursus of
the suffragan bishops OF the metro
politan see of St Louis has been held
here. at which the names of three
priests eligible to the bishOpric of
Leavenworth, Kas., made vacant by
the recent death of the Rt. Rev
Bfshop Fink, were selected Their
names are not known. Bishops Cum
ningharn OF Concordia, Kas-, and Hen
sessey of Wichita attended the con-
cursus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-07
Spencer After Anidavits.

City Attorney Spencer is putting in
all his time this week getting affi-
davits in the injunction case brought
by Mrs Emily J. Meade against the
city to prevent the opening of Third
street at Fillmore. Mr.. Spencer is get
ting affidavits from all the people in
that neighborhood who have lived
there a long time and have observed
that the street has been constantly
used for a public thoroughfare.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-07

to Santa Rosa, n. NJ, removed his
headquarters from Hutchinson Kan.
to this point May1. and win move his
family here as early as suita Bile quar-
ters can be obtained. In 1901 Mr.
Jones was promoted to trainmaster of
this division. Previously he had been
in the mechanical department of the
Rock Island road from its organiza-
ton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-07

Cedar Falls, Ia, May THE track
meet between the state normal schools
Of Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and Kan
sas Friday resulted in an easy victory
for the Iowa team. Out of possible
126 points, Iowa procured 1929. Illinois
415 Kansas II. Wisconsin 3. Many in
terstate league records were lowered
by the Iowa team.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-07

Concordia, Kan, May THE city
council has adopted an ordinance
closing all barber shops on Sunday.
and providing a fine for violation of it.
The ordinance was asked for by some
of the BARRIERS while others opposed It.
There is a good deal of dissatisfac-
ton over its passage and especially
among the travelling men who reside
here or make the town Sunday head
quarters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-07

Washington, May IA civil serv-
ice examination will be held June IS
for the position of clerk letter carrier
in the postof11ce at Girard. Miss May
E. Allison, of Jeffersonville, Ill. has
been appointed teacher at the Kick
apoo Indian school.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-07
ANTHONY FILES SUIT.
Profits by the Experience of H. ,.
Allen.

The attorneys for D. r. Anthony. Jr.
this afternoon filed a suit for writ
OF. mandamus to compel J. r. Burrow,
secretary of state to place his name on
the ticket as the nominee for congress
in the First district.
The case is similar to the one brought
by II. ] Allen in which the court al
lowed an alternative writ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-07

Chicago. May Forecast for kan
sas: Showers tonight followed by fair
Sunday; cooler Sunday and in north
and west portions tonight; fresh
northwest winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-07

Atchison, Kan, May John c.
Tomlinson, an ex-mayor of Atchison,
and formerly a prominent attorney
and Democratic politician, died Friday
of apoplexy. He was "a years old, and
had been in poor health for some
time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-07
WIN Move to Dalhart.

Dalhart, Tex, May Chris NJ.
Jones, trainmaster of the Ell Paso di-
vision of the Rock Island, whose ter
rftory extends from Herington, Kan,