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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-09

Boston, Mass.-When Patrolman
Dennessey burst in the door of room
at lodging house at 1925 Washing
ton street he found the body Of Sadie
Peters, wrapped in a night robe, upon
the floor.
Near her, rocking to and fro, his
face buried in his hands and Weep
ing as though his heart would break,
was Ray G. Johnson, the womans low
er.
On the floor were two smoking revol-
vers. They told the story of the four
shots which had been heard by the
other dodgers.
Fearful of a tragedy, they had sum-
moned Dennessey.
Jealousy was the cause of the trag-
edy.
After firing the shots the man had
rushed into the hall, down the stairs
aad intv the rvvIn wrIvro Miss Jvuufv
Mcleod, the only person in the house
who knew Johnson and Sadie Peters,
was.
Johnson shouted: Its all over. I've
uoHe IL. OHC Vail willy ihS oooih'
Then he went upstairs again, buried
his face in his hands and wept until the
police arrived. He made no resistance
to arrest and merely stated that he was
sorry he didn't bethink himself to take
his own life before it was too late.
Johnson and the victim, beauti-
full brunette, had lived as man and wife
for more than year in RoXbury.
The woman has husband in Nova
Scotia, and two children in the home
for Little Wanderers. She left her
husband and children some time ago
and eloped with Johnson.
OF late there had been trouble. Jeal-
ousy and persecution, Miss Mcleod
says, drove the woman to try to escape
from johnson. Three days ago she
ran away from Johnson, and lodged
him until she appealed to Miss Nc
Leod to help her.
The latter secured room for her but
-, -, =" found her and passed stormy
evening with the Two women in MISS
McLeods room. A few minutes a1tet
II .. M, the Peters woman went up
stairs to bed. johnson insisted on fol
lowing, puI Miss Mcleod restrained
him for while.
Finally he broke away, ran upstairs
to Sadies room, broke in the door, and
moment later four shots were heard.
When the police entered the room
the woman hardly "a years of age
was lying on the floor with blood is
suing from a wound in the head over
the right ear and from another in the
thigh.
In the wall near the head of the bed
was a bullet hole and in the headboard
of the bed was another.
The bed was not disturbed. Not
thing in the room gave evidence OF
any struggle.
The murdered woman was married
in Nova Scotia to man by the name
of Peters. Her maiden name was Nc
Athee. BY the latter she was known in
Boston. Miss McAthee was a cOmely
brunette, with very dark hair and
black eyes.
Johnson first met Mrs. Peters in
Cambridge He was introduced to her
by her brother, who was employed
in one Of the well-known Harvard
clubs. Mrs. Peters has two sisters
and brother now residing in that
city. Johnson also worked in the club
with her brother.
Mrs. Peters went to Roxbury, where
she was employed as waitress. john
son soon followed, and obtained EN- =
ployment as waiter short distance
from where Sadie Peters was employ
ed.
Johnson came to Boston from Bur-
lington.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-09

diers. and in calculating his loss.
placed a value of 81 on each apple
said to have been stolen by the sol
diers. The same high standard of
values seems to have been placed by
other farmers whose corn fields and
orchards were visited by the troops in
their marches and manoeuvres. OF
course, such valuation is ridiculous
and the claims will be judiciously
pruned before they will be allowed"
Washington Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-09
Rioht Of a PASSENGER.

New York, N. Yin test case as
to the legality Of street car passengers
being compelled to take the car
ahead" the appellate division of the
supreme court in Brooklyn has decided
that the passengers are entitled to be
carried to the end Of the route indicat-
ed by the sign board on the car.
The decision, written by Judge jerks,
is noteworthy in view OF many similar
cases pending in the courts.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-09
WEDNESDAY,,
Jan. 6, 1904.


Ray c. Johnson, 81, kills Mrs. Sadie
Peters because she would not live
with him, at Boston.
Lodge defends the presidents Pan
ANA policy Hnd declares he homes to
see the Democrats nominate Cleve-
land.
Extreme cold still prevails through
out New England, although the tenn
perature goes higher in and near Bos-
tom warmer weather predicted.
Many vessels ice.bound in Boston
harbor.
U. s. Steel corporation directors
pass dividend on common stock. but
declare regular one on preferred
Prince Cupid, Hawaiian delegate in
congress, arrested in Washington it
took several men to subdue him.
Echoes of the love feast in New
York ring in Washington: Democratic
politicians inclining to Cleveland;
plans for simple campaign to carry
New Jersey, New York. Illinois and
the solid south.
Sec. Olney's friends believe he is
still in the running for the presiden-
tiai nomination.
Charles y. Spaulding travels 5000
miles to die in the arms Of his mother
in Dorchester. Mass,
Oyster famine imminent.
Wife called to testify at trial of
Malachi Barnes on murder charge =.
Keene, N. H.
Helen Keller advocates state
agency for the employment of the
blind.
Minority of the sonata enmnai.tee
submits its views against the confirm
alton Of Gen. Wood in the form Of a
brief.
Man and woman who agreed to die
together in Hoboken are under ar.
rest.
Husband and wife sentenced to
same prison in New York state at
wife's request.
Masonry foreman and three iron
workers arrested in Chicago; asked
to explain why they broke skylights of
Iroquois theatre after the fire.
U. s. marines arrive at Seoul to
guard American legation.
Letters threatening her life unless
she withdraws her suit for divorce
sent to Nine. Lillian Nordica.
Bay state senate Republican caucus
declares for Capt. Remington as SER
geantat-arms.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-09
To Seize Masampho.

Paris, France.-The Chefoo corre-
spondent of the Paris edition of the
Eight thousand Japanese troops are
ready to land at Masampho, and their
landing will probably mean war. A
regiment of Cossacks is expected at
Port Arthur. Reserves are being NOV
ed from Blagovyeshchensk, capital Of
the Amur province in eastern Siberia
to Tshitsihar in Manchuria"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-09
One Department of Graft.

Many curious claims are made
against the government" said war
department official the other day, but
none much more curious than one
filed at the war department n few
days ago. 1T was one of many claims
arising from alleged damages wrought
by our troops on farms in Kentucky
and Kansas during the recent ma.
noeuvres. One OF the farmers put in
claim for apples, said to have been
stolen from his orchards by the sol.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-09
ink-and,whire'slAlcv o m
and that she is extfeh' H. Iv
onv other pnod.loolSiny gins W. uyt
'-vsze-s.-,.St W

II ine TIME -.
pink-and-whire n m
and that she is extrehr H .V
any other good.loolSlng gins, " ON
sometimes she cries because she III
grow old some day and be no longer
pretty? Well, she does, and SO
come to the conclusion that my plain
face is good sight more comfort
able.
And I'll confess a secret to you,
and don't you breathe it to any one.
Once in a while, once in long while,
| get woefully sick of single blessed
ness and believe I'd like to marry any
man who was respectable ind kind.
But few visits to my married friends
cure me. They are just weighed down
by little responsibilities which would
drive me crazy in short time; they
must humor whimsical lord and mas
ter and they must be at the beck a1d
call of small children, who are very
sweet little things for few hours,
but terrible nuisances for longer
time than that. My sweet independ-
ence for me! / go back to my little
two-by-four room and am thankful
that there is no one to share 1t with
me and that l do not have to put out
the cat and lock up the house before
retiring"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-09

PROVISIONS RUNNING Low.
But Iee.eesiesed Nantucket Folk Are
Getting Lots Of Eels and Fowl.

Woods Hole---A solid barrier of ice
extend across Nantucket shoals from
Monomoy at Chatham to Nantucket
placing an embargo on all shipping
around the cape by that waterway and
through Vineyard sound. The Ice
around Nantucket extends in an un-
broken barrier from Great point ia
Muskegat island, and the residents see
no immediate relief from their inn
prisonment.
The steamer Nantucket, loaded with
provisions. is tied up at the dock here
and the schooner f. p. Boggs, loaded
with grain, is held fast in the ice
alongside the steamer. Both are wait
ing for the first chance to get through
the ice and deliver their cargoes to the
imprisoned islanders.
The residents of Nantucket see their
only hope of relief in q strong south
erly wind that will cut the ice and
drive it to sea. There have been nc
mail, express matter or newspapers
to Nantucket since last Friday.
Fortunately the cable between here
and Nantucket is in good working Or
der, although the cable to Cuttyhunk
is broken, and no word has been re-
ceived from there for nearly two
weeks.
Although the stock of staple provi-
sions is rapidly becoming low on Nam
tucket the islanders -iave still a good
source of food in great quantities nf
cells, which are being obtained from
the flats in the harbor through the ice
Immense flocks of wild fowl are con-
stantly alighting on various parts OF
the island and ducks and geese have
been shot on the main street.
The stock of meats is nearly ex-
hausted. There is enough flour, cere-
ais, molasses and kerosene to last for
two weeks, but the supply of butter
sugar and fruits will probably be ex-
hausted within few days.
1t is nearly Is years since there was
such an ice pack on Nantucket shoals
and at that time there was no commu-
nication by boat with the island for
nearly three weeks. There Is more ice
on the shoals now than there was at
that time, and q long siege for the
residents Of Nantucket Is looked for II
a favorable wind does not soon come
and cut the ice and sweep it to sea.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-09
Still Innocent.

Senator what was the nearest you
ever came to being bribed?" asked the
girl who always blurts everything
right out.
''It was the time voted for the pos
tai box bill and received 1000 shares
OF stock in the concern that was to
make the boxes when the bill gave it
a monopoly on the business"
IL should think that was clear
case against you"
mo. The measure didn't go through
and the stock never amounted to any.
thing. Chicago Record-Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-09
Explosion on Cruiser.

Sydney, N. S. W.-Forty-three per-
sons have been killed by the explosion
OF the boilers of the British cruiser
Wallaroo.
The Wallaroo, which was proceeding
to Hobart, signalled Montague island
230 miles south of Sydney, reporting
the disaster, but giving no details. The
Wallaroo is returning and is expected
here in day or two.
The Wallaroo is q third-class cruiser
of 2575 tons displacement, used FOR
Australasian trade protection. She Was
formerly named the Persian.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-09
The First Hunting Doc.

1t is, by the way, curious thing that
the setter should not have been used
with the gun till long after the point
er's utility in this way was recognized
The sportsman CT Edward HIS time
who caught pheasants and partridges
in nets depended for assistance in find
ing his game on dog of some sort
which was taught to sit" or "set,"
but not until the middle of the 18th
century or thereabouts was the setter
much used with the gun.
The pointer. on the other hand, was
imported from Spain somewhere abont
the beginning to realize that they
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-09
THURSDAY,
Jan. 7, 190:..


Mrs. Ellen McManus of South Bos-
| ton, made to sit in chair at point OF
revolver, while a stranger rifles a
| toy bank and takes her wedding ring
from her finger.
lroquois theatre people admit that II
exits were closed by locks and bolts
at the time OF the fire; evidence estab-
fishes the fact that no organization
| for fire emergency had been made.
Malachi Barnes found guilty Of MUIR
der in the first degree at Keene, N. II.
Louis Caul of Roslindale, Mass, dies
in Bridgeport, Conn, where his mother
and brother passed away few days
ago.
Four young American sailors desert
bark at Cape Verde islands because of
too steady diet of chicken corn.
Boiler explosion on the British cruis-
er Wallaroo, near Sydney, N. S. w.,
kills AZ.
Doneta Penza, who killed Giuseppe
Nanni at Franklin, Mass, surrenders
! to police in Italy.
President Roosevelt and state depart
ment give up hope of peace between
Russia and Japan.
Bryan will be given reception on
his arrival in New York.
Factory inspectors of Rhode Island
| find nearly 1000 more children at work
than in previous year.
Subpenas out for Perry 8. Heath; IN
hands OF U. S. marshal In Salt Lake
City.
Crew of schooner Ayr nearly perish
| at sea, being rescued by men of Glou-
cester fisherman.
Massachusetts, legislature convenes;
Remington elected sergeant-at-arms;
| rockingham speaker: Aylward of
| Cambridge heads the Democratic steer
ing committee.
U. S. Minister Powell orders convoy
furnished for private tug at San Do
mingo; government decree closing GER
tain ports.
Gen. James Longstreet buried at
Gainesville, Ga; Bishop Kelley Of Sa-
vannah ofiiciated
Treasury agents begin an examina-
ton of the collectors department at
| the Boston customhouse.
Seventeen killed and 81 injured in a
| railroad wreck in Kansas.
Clouds and smoke hang over Chicago
so thickly that the early morning hours
| are dark as midnight.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-09

Seoul, Corea.-A Russian legation
guard Of 80 men has been landed at
Chemulpo, but the Japanese railway
officials have refused to transport it
to Seoul.
II is reported preparations have
been made for the emperor Of Corea to
find an asylum at the French legation
in the event Of serious trouble.
1t is expected that France and Ger
many will send marines here to guard
their legations
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-09

FRIDAY, January I, 1904.
Twelve arrests made In connection
with the Chicago theatre fire; the dead
estimated at 564, injured III, unidenti-
fed so.
Miss jeanette A. Higginson of Lenox,
Mass, among the dead in the Chicago
fire.
Death of Mrs. Payson Tucker, for
many years resident of Boston and
Brookline.
Fargo Squiers, son of U. s. minister
to Cuba, accidentally killed
Giacomo Palumbo, desiring to cele-
brate New Years, becomes mixed in
his ideas and starts In on Fourth Of
July fashion; few revolver shots land
him in cell.
w. j. Bryan brings supplementary
suit in Bennett will case, naming him
self as executor.
Russia taking her time about an
swering Japan's insistent note.
Big cut in wages at the Charlestown
navy yard; majority Of men reduced;
some get little more.
Colombia lands soldiers on Panama
territory and has made prisoner of
an Indian chief, an ally Of Panama.
Body Of Moody Merrill arrives in
Boston and is positively identified by
Capt. Joseph Dugan on behalf Of tho
Boston police.
Boston elevated road to distribute
100000 among 43O0 employees as re-
ward of merit.
Cashier of Stapleton. 8. L., bank, dis
covered short $250,0OO, commits sui
eide,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-09

could short birds flying; and the
Spanish pointer or double-nosed point
er, as he is called by old writer's. be-
came the gundog at once.
Col. Thomas Thornton of Thornville
Royal, who devoted his life to field
sports, was the man who remodeled
the ancestor of the modern pointer. He
considered the dog of his day too slow,
and by crossing the Spanish pointer
with the foxhound, obtained greater
speed and stamina, but at some loss Of
nose and docility.-Outing.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-09
SLAIN BY LOVER.
Girl Shot by Young Man She
Had EIoped With.

Deed Done Because She Had Grown
Tired of Him and Had Refused to
Live With Him-Tragedy Occurred
In the Woman's Room in Boston
She Had Husband and Two Chill.
dren In Nova Scotia.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-09
Expedition Sails.

London, Eng.-The geological and
anthropological expedition to the from
tiers of Peru and Bolivia, arranged by
Baron Il. Nordenskjold, and including
among its members Lieut.. de Bildt,
son of the Swedish minister in London,
has sailed from Southampton. Baron
the expedition would hrdl dltaoaoinn
Nordenskjold, in an interview, said
the expedition would fit out at LaPaz
and go thence across the Andes. He ex-
poets to spend eight months in study
ing the hostile forest Indians, of whom
little is known
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-09
WAR WILL COME
President Roosevelt Believes
That Il Is Sure.

Both He and State Department on.
cials Have Abandoned All Hope OF
Peaceful Settlement Between Rus.
sia and Japan-our Attitude to Be
One Of Strict Neutrality--clash ls
Expected at Any Moment in corea.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-09

France has within six months paid
in subsidies for new ships $3S. 900, 900.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-09
MONDAY,

MONDAY, Jan 4, 1904.
The two.masted schooner Belle ].
Neal of Boston wrecked on Point AL
lerton bar Sunday morning; crew res
cued by the Hull volunteer and U. 8.
life-saving crews.
st. Petersburg dispatches state that
the Russian reply. to the Japanese
note, expected in few days, is likely
to be pacific in nature; in Japan and
China the coming war is taken for
granted.
Day of funerals all over Chicago;
not enough hearses to hold them all.
Patrick O'Neill of Moodus, Conn,
perishes in the storm.
Delayed trains one of the effects of
the storm in New York; huge ice jam
at Niagara Falls
U. S. cruiser Dixies arrives at Colon
with marines on board.
Dynamite wrecks hotel and dance
hall at Keasbey, N. j., during celebra-
tion.
Democrats in congress cause Repub-
licans much concern; Panama treaty
certain to be ratified.
Yacht Roamer lost on Bahama
reef survivors reach New York and
tell how natives looted vessel.
Vatican authorities discDaim any in
tention of creating a primate at Wash
ington.
West Virginia youth who killed his
rival in love let off with a $75 fine.
Death of Gen. Stephen Moffltt, fa-
nous veteran of northern New York.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-09
SATURDAY,,

SATURDAY, Jan. 2, 1904.
Nineteen Chicago theatres unprovid.
ed with proper curtains ordered closed
by Mayor Harrison: damaging facts
in connection with the lroquois fire
are coming to light; not above 80
bodies of victims now unidentified.
Arthur E. Hull, who lost his wife
and three children In the IrOquOis the.
atre fire, swears out warrants, chars-
ing Managers Powers and Davis and
Building Commissioner Williams with
manslaughteb -~.-.
Gold and silver Democrats of Ne
braska celebrate Jackson's victory at
New Orleans with a banquet in Oma-
ha.
Three killed and four injured In chi
cago hotel fire last night.
Official social session inaugurated at
the White House by large reception,
GIL guests passing the president.
Serious fire in the Murray Hill no.
tel, New York, causes guests to hastily
get out and four hours work for the
flremen.
Robbers invade mouse at Snelton,
Conn, knock woman down and get
away with $S5.
President Roosevelt will send spe-
cial message to congress defending
his Panama policy and urging imme IL
ate ratification of the canal treaty.
Capt. Frederick Pabst of Milwaukee
dead.
Rumors at Colon that the Colombian
gunhoat Cen. PinZon has been sunli
by American warships.
Wreck of a passenger train on the
Cumberland Valley road near Car
Isle, Penn; two killed and several
injured.
Mayor Mcclellan takes trip
through the subway; chief engineer
says 1t will be open to public in three
months; McAdoo tells police hell try
to stop grating.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-09

TUESDAY, Jan. s, 1908.
Insane asylum at Taunton, Mass. in
flames; 500 women patients removed
without disorder to the mems wards;
loss may be $4,000.
Boston's coolest day; other parts OF
New England suffering in an arctic
grip.
Ex-Secretary Olney, at banquet to
Mayor Mcclellan, in New York, sug-
gests the nomination of Grover Cleve-
land for the presidency.
Mayor Mcclellan of New York gives
warning that police graft" will not be
tolerated.
Presidents friends elated by the
Panama message; his opponents claim
1t has proved their case against the
administration.
Edward P. Miles. defaulting tax col
lector of the town of Hudson. Mass,
dies at state prison.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-27
Noticiias de Salinas
(De aa,testro Corresponsal.) J

LIZ 2lu6StFO COfFeSpO0SfU.
SALINAS, JUNO a. icon mo-
two de haberse terminado la zafra en-
la 4Central Aguirre1, Sc ven diaria-
mente pasar los bandos de jornaleros,
completamente hambrientos, buscando
trabajo.
Los pobres regresan 4 sus hoga-
res sin poder encontrar el necesario
sustentO.
---Mucho Sc ha sentido la partida
del senior Quintana, professor que fu6
de este barrio; el amigo Quintana Sc
ausentara por tres meses en- I'm viaje
para Nueva York.
LEI cabo Carreras ha denunciado
4 Ernestina Rodriguez por pelea con
Matilde Diaz.
icon las lluvias de este ano el
aqua que Sc infltra de los riegos de
la xCentral Aguirre>, esta el camino
que nos conduce de este poblado Sa-
linas, intransitable. Hay baches de
tamana magnitud que impiden el TRAN
sito esperamOs que la Junta de ca-
minos Sc ocupe de componernos este
camino pues no hace mucho tempo Sc
empezo el arreglo.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-27
Las bolaas Qsa 20 eyen esa equeia no deben eneIse
AINO Al PgBMCO

En- la antigua Y acreditada
sastreria de r. Monies ac4base de
lnstalar una sucursal ds la muy
~eputadafabrica ds sombreros ola
Bella Borin quen5s ie Sucesores de
de Juan Cabrer S. an @. ds Ponce
En- dicho estab.eeinieu. ha
lara el pub!ico, continuament te,
variadosurtido de- SOMBREROS de
todas clases; para cahalleros, para
ninOs, aenorjtas y ninas.
De pajilla, dc imitaci6n jipija
pa y feltr0, de pelo y lana.
Sc hace Ia orden cualquisr
sombrero; para precios Y den,as IN
formes, dlrijirse d FORTALEZA28 28
San Juan.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-27

Sc EALQUILAN. Unmirador fres-
co, con magnificas vistas y escalera
independence en- Allen IL. La media
casa <San Juan& 2. Informes Allen
% altos y II baios.
EN- la calle de Tetuan numero p
Sc alquila un almac6n barato. sCristo 8
informaran.
Los AL4iOS de ia casa n6mero
36 de la calle del Sol estan de alqui-
Ter. L. S., San Justo I.
TARLAS habitaeiones de la casa
n1mero SO de la Gale del Sol estan des-
ocupadas y Sc alquilan. Informe5,
Sol 63.
SE alquilan los altos y bajos de
la casa ndnero 10 de la Gale de Allen.
Informes notarfa de Guerra Allen, 40.
Sc alquila un mirador propio pa
ra hombre solo. Informes San Justo
21 altos.
Sc a1quila una hermosa Y grande
ofcina con capacidad para almacenar
mercancfas, en- la calle de la Fortaleza
n1mero 56, esquina Tanca. En- la
misma informarsln, B-1