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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-06-17

The Rev. G. r. Wilson, the Advent
pastor, has started a Thursday evening
prayer meeting at New Haven Mills.
E. H. Eastman and his mother, Mrs.
Ellen Wright, have gone to st. Louis.
Mrs. Wright has sister in st. Louis and
Mr.. Eastman will visit Council Bluffs
and Des Moines. They expect to be
gone two months.
The farewell social last Friday evening
at the home of Mrs. Lillian Dean in honor
of the Rev. and Mrs. F. w. Richardson,
was very pleasant affair, although it is
with regret that Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
son take their departure. Mr.. Richard
son and his wife were presented with a
purse of about $50. They have been
residents of Bristol for the past II years
and left last Saturday to go to Westfield,
Mass.
The Odd Fellows memorial service was
held in Holley hall Sunday afternoon.
Bristol Lodge and Onawa Lodge of
Rebekahs with visiting brethren from
other lodges, marched from their hall at
two o'clock to Holley hall, headed by the
Bristol Military band. The services at
the hall consisted of prayer, reading
names of deceased members and an adj
dress by DIR. w. n. Bryant of Ludlow,
which was highly spoken of. AT the
close of the services at the hall the
column marched to Greenwood cemetery
where the ritual service of the order was
conducted and the graves decorated
Refreshments were served on their
return to the village.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-06-17
Barre Co-operatve Store a
Failure,

AT recent meeting of the stock
holders of the Barre Cooperative Society
it was voted to turn over to the mort
gagees the property of the company that
is mortgaged and to close up the affairs
of the company as quickly as possible.
Since the organization and opening of
the store of this company a little more
than year ago, the company has carried
on large business, but not at profit to
itself, evidently. 1t is said that there
would be very little, if anything left to
the stockholders and they will probably
lose all they have put into it.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-06-17


j. L. BARsTow, A q. PIERCE,
WILLARD CRANE. HENRY WELLS,
+. W. WARD.
Deposits made during the first four business
days,of the month draw interest from the
first. IL made afterward interest will com
mence the first OF the following month.
Interest will be credited to depositors jan
uary and July !, compromising twice year.
There are no stockholders in this bank. AL
earnings, less expenses, belong to depositors.
The rate of interest depends upon the earn
ngs but the law fixes the rate that any saw
ings bank in the State can pay at not to ex.
coed three and one half per cent per annum,
until its surplus reaches ten per cent OF Its de.
posts, when special dividend is provided
for.
All taxes In this State paid by the bank
on deposits of 1000 or less. Deposits
ceived in sums from 81 to $4,000, and no inter.
est will be paid on any sum in excess OF this
amount, except on deposits by widows,
orphans, administrators, executors, guar.
dams, charitable or religious institutions or
on trust funds deposited by order OF the
court.
No money loaned to any officer or trustee Of
he bank.
CHARLES P. SMITH. President
FREDERICK W. WARD Treasurer.
+. S. ISHAM. Asst Treas.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-06-17
Hindley on Schools.

'Signiticant incident: | saw some
kids playing new game the other day,
or rather an old game made over. One
was teacher and all the rest were
scholars. They droned lessons and did
sums-I mean number-work- at
intervals one would raise a hand with
the time honored request. please may
go out:" Whereupon the teacher would
pounce upon the offender and literally
shake the breath out of him. | didn't
see any old-fashioned whalings, the kind
you and | used to get-and Jolly well
deserve-just this eXasperated pounce
and vindictive shaking-up. That the
scene was reproduced from real school
| have no manner of doubt. And the
question arises, which, is best, the
modern system of "ruling by reason
until the teacher loses command of her
self and shakes up the pupils viscera, or
the old idea of switch and leather taws:
I'll say just this, if my children mis-
behave or disobey the teacher, they may
be spanked, switched or stood in the
corner as the teacher elects that they
deserve, but any male or female who
does this shaking-up act, boxes the ears
or otherwise plays the fool with them is
going to be made very tired by school
committee or process of law.
'As to this newest insanity of refusing
to allow pupil to leave the room when
necessary-mark the adverb-I think
there is IA special and individual he'll
reserved for that kind of person. We
have taken from the teacher the right of
religious instruction, we don't permit
him to talk politics or vote 100 openly,
and yet here are few selected mbecile.
who presume to dictate when child
shall attend the calls of nature! Ye gods
of folly and goddesses of fool ideas
what next,
Education is great thing but the
alarming increase in the number of edu.
Gated fools makes the common mar
swear when he pays his school tax.
Yours marvelling,
II. l.. Hindley, in Brattleboro Reformer
GA "a TT
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-06-17
Fell Down Stairs.

Mrs. Jane Anna White, sister of Capt.
Frank Kenfield, met with a fatal acct
dent June 6. She lived alone with her
brother Horace, at Morristown Corners
Thinking her brother was sick she
went to his room about II o'clock at
night, and returning, opened the wrong
door and fell down stairs, fracturing her
skull and dying instantly. Mrs. White
was 63 years old She leaves no child
rem.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-06-17
Treatment by Mail.

If YOU are unable to visit the doctor in
person send and get his comprehensive
question blank, coy ering every question
needed to be asked, which, in connection
with his little blood and urine tests
which he sends with it, enabling him to
determine the exact state of the blood
and urine makes it possible for him to
give you IA complete and intelligent
treatment by mail. Thousands have
been cured 10y this mail treatment.
Address, DR. j. w. MERRow.
A. CT urch St.
Burlington, Vt.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-06-17

a well known woman of Bennington
has two dolls, one of which was
formerly her great grandmother and in
the family for 100 years. The other was
formerly her grandmother's and is 100
years old. Both are dressed in the
costume incident to those days, the
oldest one having on the same suit that
it was originally attired in. The diff
ference in these dolls and those of the
present time is very discernible.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-06-17
MRS. c. II. NASTERLUNG.
Her Letter to DR.. Morrow. =

DR.. j. w. Morrow,
A. Church ST.. Burlington, Vt.
Dear Sir-For seven or eight years
was am invalid more than half the time,
caused from kidney and liver trouble
treated with several doctors but got no
relief, was advised by friend to go
you. did SO and am happy to say YOU
understood my case and treated me for
six months. Now | am able to do my
own work with ease and | would cheer
fully recommend any who are in need
of medical advice to call on my friend
DIR, j. W. Morrow. and be cured
Respectfully yours.
MRS. C. II. NAsTERLUNG.
Jericho, Vt.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-06-17
Charles WestaII

is now prepared in his new Block to do
Ill kinds of REPAIRING on WATCHES
CLOCKS, BICYCLES, Etc. Call and
see him. Next to the American Publish
ing Company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-08
DEATHS AT ANNAPOLIS.
Commander Barton Ordered for Special
DUTY in Turbine Tests.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
ANNAPOLIS, Md. March S.-Commander
j. K. Barton has been orderee from the
Naval Academy to the General Electric
Company's works at Scherentaxy. N. y,
for special temporary duty in Connection
with the test of a steam turbines.
The monitor Terror arrived atethe Naval
Academy this morning from Norfolk, Va.
Rev. DIR. William Munford, retired Eps-
copal clergyman, formerly colonel in the
confederate army, died last night at his
residence in this city. He was born sew
enty-five years ago in Virginia, and was a
son of the late George Wythe Munford, sec
retary to the commonwealth of Virginia
He Is survived by wife and one son and
three daughters. The remains will be
taken today to Richmond, Va, for inter-
ment.
Miss Laura Carolyn Brooke, second
daughter of Mr.. Samuel Brooke and the
late Mrs. Laura Hill Brooke. died this
morning at her home, Murray Hill, a sub
urb of Annapolis. The remains will be
taken to West River, where the burial will
take place tomorrow from Christ Church.
Death was due to heart trouble. Deceased
was popular in Naval Academy social
walks,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-08
LEGAL FIGHT FOR GOLD MINE.
Church Organization Demands Posses.
sion for Pertinent Reasons.

CHICAGO, March S-A struggle for nos
session of an Alaskan gold mine, which in
lass than five years has yielded over
Sl,1ooCo0, is now going on secretly before a
board of arbitration in Chicago.
The claimant is the Swedish Evangelical
Mission Covenant of America through a
former missionary. N. o. Hulteberg of San
Jose, Cal, and the action is directed
against p. II. Anderson of Chicago another
former missionary; Dr. c. W. Johnson, also
of Chicago. and the White Star Mining
Company, in which a number of Chicagoans
are interested.
The dispute reaches back. to the first dis
covery of gold in Alaska and hinges on the
point whether a missionary sent into the
northern wilds to make converts for his
church was likewise acting for his church
when he staked out number of mine
claims. These claims have been developed
into highly profitable gold mines. out of
which several men have made fortunes.
Dora Adams, an Eskimo convert, and
Constantine Aparosooki, also Eskimo.
are witnesses for the church organization.
Judge Charles johnson of Nome. is another
witness from Alaska. Thus far nearly
twenty persons have testified.
The agreement of the litigantS to argue
the case before the board of arbitration
was due to their desire to avoid the noto-
riety attendant on court hearing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-08
WILL NOT TAX FOOD.
Balfour Defines Fiscal Policy-Also Re-
fers to Neutral Ports

Balfour Defines Fiscal Policy-Also Re-
fers to Neutral Ports
LONDON, March S.-Two most interest
Ing questions were answered by Premier
Balfour in todays parliamentary papers
giving replies to questions.
The first referred to fiscal matters, and
Mr.. Balfour categorically said: The de-
clared policy of his majesty's government
does not include the taxation. of food, and
it is not proposed to deal with the fiscal
question during the currency of the present
parliament
The second raised the wide question OF
the use of neutral ports by belligerents.
John L. Walton, liberal, who asked the
question, referred to the use which Russian
warships recently made and are still max
ing Of the ports of Gambia, Suez and Port
Said, and suggested the desirabiiity OF COM
munica ting to the neutral powers possess
ing seaboard or trade routes between
Great Britain and the east, particularly the
Mediterranean and the Red sea, the views
of the British government as to the duties
of neutrals in regard to the treatment of
the warships of belligerents seeking to use
neutral ports in connection with operations
interrupting trading ships of neutral pow
erS.
Mr.. Balfour, while not explaining the
governments attitude, admitted that the
points raised were of the greatest inter-
national Importance and said they were
receiving the attention OF thesgoyernment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-08
ONLY SPORADIC GRAFT.
Chicago Council Committee Says There
is None Like It in Other Cities

is None Like It in Other Cities.
CHICAGO, March e.-After three re-
visions, the report of the municipal graft
committee has been given to the city coun-
cli Alderman E. F. Hermann. chairman
OF the committee, handed in the document.
which concludes Ave months of investiga-
ton into charges of city hall corruption.
Ihe report finds there is no graft in Chi
cago-that Is, no systematic graft-such
as obtains in other cities Graft in Chicago
is only Sporadic.
The report also makes recommendations
for the reform of public evils.
The investigation was started when
mayor Harrison, in an interview last fall.
said that IL he were to weed out corrup-
tionists he would have grafters jumping ont
OF every window in the city hall
Inc results-before the report was issued
were the suspension or discharge of more
than nifty city employees the Indictment
OF oozen and the resignation of numerous
others
In the matter of measures for the sun-
pression of vice, the report of the commit
tee takes issue with several of the reform
movements which are now in the public
eye: Inc report favOrs all-nght saloons
In localities adjacent to nocturnal indus
arising from the social evil advocates the
segregation of the red light resorts in GER
tain quarters of the city to be denominated
by the chief of police
Ihe Chicago police, states the report
compare faVorably with the peace officers
Oh other cities, but laxity in the discipline
OF the department is only too apparent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-08

wives and is cohabiting with both. Senator
Foraker asked the witness:
rs not the woman you married in 1888
your legal wife?'
mo. sir"
Mr. Merrill explained that when he mar
ried in 1888 he had wife living. and that
he understood that under the laws that
marriage was not legal. and that therefore
his marriage in 1851. after the death of his
first wife in 1883, made his last marriage
legal one.
The Wedding in 1888.
Senator Overman asked for description
of the marriage ceremony in 1885, and the
witness declared that he could not remem-
her how it was performed, except that he
went to the temple in Logan and it was
performed there. In response to question
by Senator Dubois. Mr. Merrill said there
was no marriage certificate issued, no rec.
ord, or any documents of any kind SO far
as he knew. He said there was no music.
no prayer and no questions that he could
remember.
There was nothing but the marriage
ceremony he said. with emphasis.
''Wel. tell us about that several MEM
bers of the committee demanded.
IT can't repeat it," said the witness.
do you mean to say that you do not
know the ordinary marriage ceremony in
your church,? asked Senator Hoar.
severely.
yes. know that" answered the wit
ness.
"And wasn't that what was used?" hs
was asked.
The witness said it was. He was told y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-08
APOSTLELYMAN HEARD.
Admissions Made to the
Senate Committee.
MRS. KENNEDY RESUMES
CHARLES E. MERRILL, THE APoS-
TIES SON, TESTIFIES.
Tells of His Different Marriages
When His Father Was ION
the Underground"

Mrs. Clara Mabel Kennedy resumed the
stand today in the Senator Reed Smoot
case before the Senate committee on privs-
leges and elections Mr.. Worthington, for
the defense, continued ross-examination of
the witness and inquired as to the reasons
for her marriage being consumated at
JuareZ, Mexico, instead of at the Mormon
settlement at Diaz, where she lived She
said she knew of no reason and had no in
formation regarding an attempt to have the
ceremony performed elsewhere. She said
she did not tell any one that the man to
whom she was to be married had another
wife and so far as she knew those perform
ing the ceremony did not know the mar
riage was to be a plural one.
Later Mr.. Worthngton asked Mrs Ken
nedy If she did not know that application
had been made to Apostle Teasdale and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-08
Delegates Off for Jerusalem.

NEW YORK, March S-Between 7GO and
500 delegates to the worlds fourth Sunday
school convention, to be held at Jerusalem
April IS, 10 and 20, will sail at 3 pm. to-
day on the specially chartered steamer
Grosser Kurfuerst of the North German
Llyod line for a seventy-one-days cruise of
the Mediterranean. They represent nearly
every state, territory and province on the
North American continent
similar contingent, sailing from Eng
land, and made UP of European Sunday
school workers. will meet the American
tween 200 and 1.400 delegates will attend
the convention. With the party from
America is number of missionaries re-
turning to their respective fields of labor in
the orient.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-08
REJECTED PROPOSALS.
Porte Makes Demands on Russia That
Are Unacceptable.

BERLIN, March S.-The porte has thus
far met the requests of the Russian am
bassador to Turkey NJ Znovieff TO permit
the Black sea fleet 10 pass the Dardanelles
by naming conditions wholly unacceptable
by Russia One of those conditions natur-
ally is that Russia shall break off or evade
the fulfillment Of her agreements with Aus
tria respecting the Balkans give the sultan
leave TO settle the controversies by his own
methods. and assist Turkey should Austria
or any other power dispute the sultan's
decisions.
Russia rejected these proposals as pre-
posterOus, but she renewed her request to
which there seems little likelihood of the
sultan yielding. as British diplomacy is ac-
tive at Constantinople in urging on the
porte strict observance of the Berlin
treaty. France. so far as can be perceived
here, has not seconded Russia in this mat
ter.
Breach of Neutrality.
Such a step permitted the Black sea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-08
USED THE SAME TRACK
FATAL HEAD-ON COLLISION IN
MISSISSIPPI TODAY.
Express Running Sixty Miles an Hour
Collides With Freight Five
Railway Employees Killed.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March 8.-The
south-beund limited express on the Ala
bama Great Southern, running sixty miles
an hour, collided head on with north
bound Southern railway freight near ke-
vance, Miss, early today.
According to reports received here no pas
sengers were killed. but five railway en-
ployes lost their lives, several were injured
and parts of both trains were burned. The
dead:
Engineer p. p. Larkin.
Fireman Henry Banks, colored.
Robinson Riggs, mail clerk.
D. D. Nicholson, mail clerk
Express Messenger ]. II. Kinds.
Both roads use the same track near Re
vance, The express train was three hours
late.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-08
Movements of ocean Steamers.

NEW YORK, March S.-Arrived: Kaiser
Wilhelm II, from Bremen. The steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm II, from Bremen, was re-
ported thirty miles of Sagaponack, l.. l., at
II 80 a m. today.
Among the passengers who arrived today
on the steamer City of Washington from
Colon were Colonel VIM. p. Biddle of the U.
g. NJ c.; Captain Alex. S. Williams, his
aid; H. c. Dietsch. United States consul at
Guayaquil and E. w. Ames. secretary of
the United States legation at Buenos Ayres.
GIBRALTAR, March S.-Arrived: Princess
Irene from New York.
MOVILLE, March S.-Arrived: Furnessia,
from New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-08

OF active attention to the turbines among
naval engineers in Germany and Great
Britain. the general belief being that the
system has not yet gone beyond the ex-
perimental stage.
The naval experts in England are conlin-
ing their experiments to one small steamer
put they expect that the proposed turbine
Cunarder will furnish an important lesson
In the suggested application of the system
10 Warships The admiral found the ex-
perts of various nations agreeing that the
chief defect of the turbine is the use of a
smaA propeller, thus reducing the engines
power.
The conclusions of Admiral Melville are
that the turbine promises much for the fu-
ture, but that it will require fifteen years
experiments before it is developed to a
practical basis for general use on board
ocean liners and warships
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-08
Ranchers Flee From cloudburst.

WALLA WALLA, Wash, March S.-A
cloudburst has occurred above Dixie, In the
foothills of the Blue mountains. and the
ranchers along Mud creek bottom have
been compelled to flee from their homes to
the hills. Communication with Dixie and
points intervening has been broken off,
Fears are entertained for Dixie which lies
cnly four feet above the creek.
Trackmen report that the water is over
flowing the tracks and rushing down the
hills in torrents. Details of the damage
cannot be obtained as yet The creek here,
to which Dry creek is tributary, has risen
about three feet Ranchers along Dry
creek report the water rising to an up-
precedented height.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-08
Howard Wants Increase.

Members of the board of trustees of
Howard University were before the House
committee on appropriations this morning
to urge increased appropriations for the
institution under the provisions Of the SUM-
dry civil bill, which is now being framed in
committee In the matter of salaries an
aggregate increase Of So 200 is wanted. The
trustees also asked that $1,000 additional
be provided for the Industrial department
Of the university. Last year the approprfa-
tion for this department was d, COO and
the trustees think 1t should be raised to
$4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-08
MELVILLE IN PARIS.
Has Been Making Turbine Investiga-
tionsrNot Practical Yet

PARIS, March S-Rear Admiral George
w. Melville, u. s. N. (retired. and George
Westinghouse have arrived here after an
extended European trip. The former is
making an investigation of the extent to
which turbine engines are being applied by
the leading maritime nations, particularly
in naval construction. He had a talk to-
day with the chief engineer of the French
navy. who took discouraging view OF
turbines, saying no efforts had yet been
made to equip French naval vessels with
them. as it was the belief of engineering
experts that 1t was first necessary to Inn
prove the boilers before changing the
method of propulsion.
The admiral said he found a similar lack
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-08
SEQUEL TO BANK FAILURE.
Banker Brendel Leaps to His Death
From Window in Berlin.

BERLIN, March S.-Hugh Brendel a
partner in the banking firm of Brendel &
Co., whose failure. attributed to the en-
bezzlement and speculation of the cashier,
was announced yesterday. committed sui
eide today by throwing himself from a
window of the bank. Since the failure of
the firm Brendel had been beset by deposi-
tors clamoring for money and the conse-
quent worry is believed to have induced
him to kill himself.
Johannes Reinhard, the cashier whose de-
falcations are said to have occasioned the
firms failure and who surrendered to the
police yesterday, is detained In custody.