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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-15
Only Spoke Of the Weather.

Il don't think ! ever spoke with MisG
Page more than to speak Of the weather
and tell her the amount of the bill. ! had
never met the son and never knew that
there was amy one else in the family be-
side Mr.. Page, the daughter and the maid.
| had met all three OF them. and they
were all pleasant to me whenever
called"
Maynard went on to say that he had
served the Pages for 4 year, and then
added:
Il was terribly shocked when / heard
on Friday OF the death OF Miss Page. My
wifc called my attention to it BY reading
the news of the death, which WAS thought
TO be suicide
thief OF Police Nittam declared yester-
day that he knew positively. but would
not state his reason for his knowledge,
that the woman was dead at IL o'clock.
In ORDER that The following theory ad-
vanced by the veteran Boston detective,
Captain Dugan, may be understood, 1t
must be remembered that the slain woman
was found lying on the floor in her bed
room Immediately in front of her mirror
and that the following note written by her
lay upon the table:
Harold has been injured and / have
gone TO the massachusetts general hos
pital to see him. Mabel"
At first the detectives claimed that the
note proved that some person who knew
the family had concoctcd the story to in
ducc Miss Page to let him or her in the
house, and that the assassin stcaithlly
followed the woman 10 her room and slew
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-15

Member of Parliament Dead.
London. April 6.-Ydofnas &cGoFern.
nationalist member of parliament for
.ayan. Ireland, died today.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-15
A SubtIe H;nt

Harper's Bazaar .It's CURIOUS
! mighty curious observed Mr.. SIypurr,
as ne picked up his overcoat, how
without half trying, Look At lob. for
Instance, as a synonym for patience"
WHY, wasn't he tried to the limit
DI endurance cried the shocked Mrs.
SIypurr.
Not much replied Mr.. Slypnrr.
alssa!y AZ east there Is no record OF
ais having to struggle with q torn
yleeve lining in his overcoat all WIN
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-15
Dugan Know the Family.

Dugan Knew the Family.
Captain DuSan scouts the theory, and
thus sums up his belief: IL believe thar
the motive was robbery. Somebody, OBJ
serving that Amy Roberts had left the
house ana knowing men were not at
home. concocted the story to induce Miss
Page to hastily leave the house unguard-
ed while she hurried TO the bedside of her
brother.
She undoubtedly assured the news
bearer that she would hurry to the hos
p-tal. ana possibly actually left the house.
Suppose that the robbcr had slipped into
the house, and had scarcely begun his
search. either for a specific thing or for
anything of value. when Miss Page sud
Geniy returned, possibly to change the
skirt she wore, finding the weather bad.
FINDING himself trapped in the room,
the fellow might retreat into Il closet and
| spri1,g out upon his victim when he found
that she had removed her skirt and was
approaching his hiding place for another.
That would account for the note, account
for the murder in the woman's room and
| account for the cut hands. for the evil
dence shows that Miss Page did see her
slayer and had both hands cut in her cf-
forts to escape.
"If murder were premeditated, the story
of the brothers injury would be useless,
for the assassin could nave slain his VIC
| tim when she came TO the door,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-15
pr;ncaas sonhie peae

Karlsruhe, April ~6.-Princess Sophie.
widow Of Prince Gonthier Frederick Wall
lemar of SLippe, is dead.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-15
BEATS S~EARCHL!GHTS.

Ingenious Scheme of an Inventor to
Hide BattIeships at Night From
the Enemy.
Washington. April Am ingenious
inventor has sent to the navy depart
ment a model Of a device intended to
screen a warship from the observations
Of an enemy's ~searchlight.
A strip of canvas large enough to
cover the vessel from its top spars to
the water line is painted a sea color
below, the middle represents the hori-
zon. and the top is of the color Of the
sky.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-15

Ansadn,sral flies HIS flag Ut the main.
mast Vice admiral at the FORE aud
rear adrniral at the mizzen.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-10
RAGE BRINGS SPEECH.

Pittsfield, Mass, Nov BY hid
ing her playthings and teasing her
into desperation, a nurse in the North
Adams Hospital has restored to Mabel
Vitalis the power of speech. The lit
tie girl at last cried out in her rage,
Il know where it is. and the nurse
had done what doctors had despaired
Of doing.
The little girl fell from a piazza and
fractured her skull from ear to ear
For weeks her recovery was consid-
cred impossible. The surgeons re-
moved much of the skull and slowly
the child began to mend and show sd
every indication of returning mental
faculties-buG she was voicelese.
Lip language was practlsed and ar
ticulatiop of words tried daily with
out result. The surgeons were about
TO discharge her as mute for life
when the nurse tried her experiment.
When her voice was restored the
child showed that she had been cog
infant of everything which had been
going or about her. She knew the
names of the nurses and the surgeon
and astounded the house doctor by bid i
ding him good morning when he ar.
rived.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-10
n FORMIDABLE WEAPON.

Omaha. Neb.. Nov. S.-A1med
with hat pin and scream, Mrs,
W. D. Whelsn has succeeded in put
ting to flight two burly thugs each
with cooked revolver in bis hand,
who attempted to hold her up on
dark street. She was returning from
a neighbours early in the evening,
when she was confronted by the two
ruffians, who commanded her to hold
up her hands. She promptly did so
far enough to rull murderous look
ing hat pin from her millinery.
Without waiting for forrnslities, Mrs.
Whelan promptly jabhed the weapon
into the eye of the nearest burglar,
who forgot all about his big gun and
lodged The other man did likewi Use.
Then Mrs Whelan screamed The
highwayman commanded her to be
quiet, but she yelled the louder. She
made second jab at the bigger of the
two men, and continued TO shrek at
the top of her voice. Presently the
two men took to their heels.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-10
u. ". ca USTIC.

Some twenty five years ago J. w.
Caustio came to the Watchman office
to learn the trade of pressman. He
was engaged in the office, off and on,
number of years, and finally went
to Boston to work at his trade. Eleven
years ago he came back to the old
Waterman as foreman of its press.
room. position he has held continu.
ouslJ from that time. Mr.. Oaustic
says he has never taken his wedding
trip. He had been thinking the mat.
ter over for year past, and, some
thing of a colony of former Wstchmar
people having settled in Southern
California, he has been proposing b
Mrs. Caustic, himself and the publis-
or that he make his long deferred
bridal tour. So, accompanied alsoby
their son Tennyson, they will star on
Monday night for Long Beach, DALI
fornia. Having got taste Of the
much sung delights OF that unny
region, the family may be persuaded
to abide there. The Waterman office,
all hands. in all departments, sincere
~ and heartily wish their old umIade
the best of good fortune, whether he
stays out by the Pacific or wherever
else he may pitch his tent. In an as
ISOLATION covering the larger part of
quarter Of century attachments hare
been formed that are severed with re-
greet. The publisher parts with an
employe in whose ability and fidelity
he has always trusted implicitly, and
OF whose personal devotion he has
never been allowed to doubt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-10
THE CAUCUS B LII.

The caucus bill reported favorably
by the committee on judiciary of the
Senate is by no means complicated.
1t is the Slack bill amended somew hat
but embodying the same general prin-
ciples, The main point about it is
that the law puts the caucuses of a
party under the control of the State,
even as an election is under that con-
troll.
In brief the provisions of the bill
are as follows: Each year when the
listers secure the inventory of male
resident ', no is voter, they shall at
the same time have such voter fill out
blanks certifying his intention of act
ing and voting with the party of his
choice at the coming election From
these certificates a caucus check list
shall be made and this check list shall
determine mans right to participate
in any party caucus. He may act
with the party in caucus with which
he says in that certificate he intends to
act 1t he does not fill out such
a certificate, his name will not 60 on
the caucus check list and he cannot
act in any party caucus that year,
though his right to vote at election
is in no wise affected. There are of
course provisions for revising this
caucus check list.
All oauouses are to be held under
the provisions OF this act and all can
cuses for the same purpose are to be
held on the same night That is, all
cauouses to elect delegates TO the State
conventions OF either party shall be
held on the same night throughout the
State. Official caucus ballots are to
be prepared by town clerks and paid
for by the, towns, and such names shall
be put on those ballots, as candidates,
as the clerk is notified in writing to
put on, Stiff penalties are provided
for the bribery or undue influence of
voter in caucus and also for voting
or attempting to vote in caucus con-
trary to the provisions of the act.
The machinery of the caucus is pro
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-10
H6NORS CHIEF MONA HON.

The New England Chiefs of Police
Association, orgaAized in Boston, last
Thursday, elected Martin Mcmahon,
chief OF pol ce in Montpelier, vice
president. Over 400 chiefs of police
were present and joined the organiza-
tion. The general association is di-
vided into districts, each of which
comprises a State. Vermont was rep
resented by Chiefs Mcmahon and j..
f. Mahoney of St. Adams.
District meetings will be held dur
ing the winter. The next general
meeting will be held in the spring at
which time this organization will be-
come affiliated with the National AS
ISOLATION. The object of the associa-
tim is to promote closer social and
professional relations among its mem
bers.
Mr.. CORY, the chief of the Brook
line, Mass, department, entertained
Mr.. Mcmahon in royal style, taking
the latter on drive through Brook
line and it's surroundings. Mr.. Me-
Mahon declared that better crowd
of IL en- than attended this meeting
can hardly be found.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-10
NdRROW ESCAPE.

Edward Brown narrowly escaped a
sudden and painful death on Mon
day. His overalls caught in the shaft
ing. at the granite sheds of the
American Granite Company, where
he is employed as cutter, and he
was drawn partially around the shaft
His clothes were torn to shreds and
he received several bruises and one
severe wound just above the left
knee. Mr.. Brown exhibited great
nerve by assisting his fellow work
men in cutting himself free and was
ready to start off to the doctor alone
if he had been allowed.
The shafting at the shed runs low
and in stepping over it loose piece
OF his overalls caught on nut OF the
shafting Mr.. Brown is quite badly
shaken up and bruised but still not
seriously injured.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-10
THE HIGHWAY REPORT.

The preliminary report of the State
highway commissioner contains much
that is of interest and value 1t
shows conclusively that the work
which is being done in Vermont
towards better roads is increasing in
amount and in efficiency each year,
and that great deal of improvement
is already to be sean throughout the
State. Road commissioners are being
educated up to better methods OF road
building and the office is growing
more and more to be considered by
the voters one that requires brains as
we'll as mere ability to labor. The
fact that last March there were sixty.
eight fewer changes in the Office than
in the year previous shows that ex-
perience is coming to be better valued
in the position. In those instances
where changes were made, they were
as a rule made to put back into Office
men who had had experience, and to
get out men who had proved them
selves incompetent. There are indi-
cations that the office may in time be
regarded much as is that of town
clerk or treasurer-one in which a
man shall be secure long as he does
good work.
In the two years there have been
built 1924 miles of gravel road. 81.
miles of gravel Teltord road, 756
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-10
Mothers Praise Ii,

Mothers everywhere praise One
Minute Cough Cure for the suffering
it has relieved and the lives of the
little ones it has saved. A certain
cure for coughs, Group and whooping
cough. A. L. Spafford, Postmaster,
of Chester, Mich, says: ''Our little
girl was unconscious from strangula-
ton during a sudden and terrible at
tack of Group One Minute Cough
Cure quickly relieved and cured her
and l cannot praise it too highly. >"
One Minute Cough Cure relieves
coughs, makes breathing easy, cuts
out phlegm, draws out inflammation,
and removes every cause of cough
and strain on lungs. Sold by all drug
gists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-10
THE NATIONAL ELECTION.

The stars in their courses fought
for Roosevelt and Fairbanks.
The Journals dispatches tell the
impressive story of the grand general
result in the national election Of Tues
day and recounts its amazing details
Roosevelt, embodiment of Republi-
can policies, incarnation of the new
national spirit, is name to conjure
with; the result of the conjuring is
the most notable victory, in national
politics, in the history of the Ameri-
can nation.
The grandeur OF the victory
stamps the lie, if that we're
needful, on the foul charges of the
Democratic leaders, by which they
sought to poison the public mind,
and to which, in trenchant phrase
and righteous wrath, Mr.. Roosevelt
felt imrelled to reply in the closing
days of the canvass. Victory like
this of Tuesday is not the product of
pelf 1t was the work OF paople who
think for themselves aud act on their
own conclusions.
The victory tells of the passing of
80 a.
more forcibly than the defeat OF Bry-
an in 1896 and 1900 How did the
great prophets of the righteous Dem
ocracy, who had spewed Organism
out Of their mouths-how did Parker,
and Cleveland, and Olney impress
themselves upon the thinking people
of this nation? The utter Reputation
of these men, in the canvass and cleo
ton, shows that the great public is
still unforgetful of the awful disasters
to which Democracy, as personified
in Cleveland, led the nation in
1892.
Mr. Parker is the victim either of
all insensate ambition, or of foul
conspiracy against his peace and
fortune. The occupant of an office of
great dignity, carrying an annual
salary of $1,000, leading life of
judicial ease and tranquility, what
evil genius could have persuaded him
to abandon this haven of peace and
quietude and embark OH the stormy
and uncertain seas of politics-and
Democratic politics, too? Not the
nation only, but his own State, with
an emphasis that, in any other case,
might have been called brutal, re-
pudiates him.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-10
KILLED BY SHOTG UN

Poultney, Nov. John Cole,
aged fifteen, was killed by the acct
dent dischsge of shot gun in the
hands of playmate, Charles Spauld-
ing, on Saturday afternoon The
boys had been inseparable as COM
panons and like brothers in affection
for each other The lads were out
squirrel hunting and having freed
their game built fire at the foot of
the tree, While awaiting develop
ments they engaged in a friendly
scuifle in which the gun was dis.
charged blowing off the top of young
Coles head. Spaulding is completely
Frustrated at the tragic ending of
their playful act He said he thought
the gun was empty. The parents of
the victim are also Frustrated.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-10
BETHEL ACCIDENTS.

Bethel, Nov. Sc. Il. Bass of
Randolph, a lumber dealer, who has
been loading lumber at this place for
shipment, today undertook 10 tnm a
few boards at Oushing's mill when he
accidentally ran the buzz-saw through
two fingers on his left hand and cut
off the end of one other. After hav-
ing them dressed he continued his
work.
carpenter on the new Whitcomb
high school building this afternoon
ran his saw against knot. The lat
ter pulled out allowing the saw to
run across the thumb and the back of
the left hand causing very severe
wound. After a loss of considerable
blood he was on vacation duty.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-10
d BOZ UT THE STATE

Two Polish priests, who recently
completed their studies in Rome and
we're ordained there, have been APP
pointed by R. Rev. Bishop Michaud
of the diocese of Burlington, to work
among the Poles and the Italians of
Vermont. The two priests have al
ready arrived in Burlington and will
be-assigned to their parishes at once
One will go to West Rutland and the
other will be sent to Readsboro. Both
are educated in the Polish and Italian
languages. hut neither can speak Eng
lish or French. From their stations
they will go about the State doing
missionary work. There are several
doing missionary work. There are
several thousand people in Vermont
of these two nationalties and the
number is increasing. Most of the
men are at work in the mines and
quarries about Rutland and elsewhere.
Bellows Falls and North Walpole
celebrated Saturday afternoon the
freeing of the toll bridge between the
two towns. A parade, speeches by p.
x Griffin,C j O'Neil, T. e. O'Brien
and Others comprised the program and
Saturday night both towns had gem
eral jollification. The bridge uniting
the towns, after / 10 years of bondage,
was made free on Monday. The town
of Rockingham paid to James H. Will
liams, treasurer of the Bellows Falls
canal company, Sc, 666. e.. and the
town of Walpole paid 81, 1888, S3. The
first toll bridge was built under
special act of the Legislature in 1885
by Col. Enoch Hale.
According to the report of the State
auditor the total expenses of the Ben
nington county court for the Deem
Der, 1908 term, when Mrs Mary A.
Rogers was tried and convicted, were
~, 1852 "a. Of this amount petit jar
ors received So, lO7 so; witnesses,
81, S03, 04; and the balance was paid
TO referees, assistant judges, for board
of Jurors and special orders
Cassius r. Peck, the youngest
member of the Onittenden county bar,
was pleasantly surprised on Monday
morning at the railway stat on as he
was about to leave Burlington per-
manently His fellow members of the
bar presented him with a solid gold
watch chain bearing the inscription
O. X. Peck. from the Ohittenden
County Bar. " After visit at Ben
nington Mr. and Mrs. Peck will leave
for Oklahoma.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-10
DIR. HUNTINGTON DEfD.

Bethel, Nov. DIR. william H.
Huntington of Rochester died at 3
O'Clock this morning, aged forty seven
years. Last July he sustained a shock
and was recovering from it nicely.
On Friday last he was suddenly taken
with an attack of appendicitis and
gradually grew worse until Sunday
evening. DR.. Wheeler Of Burlington
was called. He got as far as Bethel
when he learned of DR.. Huntington s
death.
DR.. Huntingdon father, known as
Doctor bill, " died last November.
DR.. William H. was a graduate of the
medical college in Burlington in The
class of 1881. He was president of the
Vermont State medical board in 1900.
For long time he was briagdier sur
geon of the Vermont National Guard
and was surgeon general ON the staff
of ex-Gov. w. W. Stickney. He was
also member of the American Medi-
cal Association.
The Knights Templar of Montpelier,
of which he was one, will probably
attend the funeral in body. The
funeral will; be held at his late home
on Thursday at ~ O'Clock noon and
special train from Bethel will be run.
He was a Mason well known all over
the State.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-10
BOY SHOT HIMSELF.

Randolph, Nov. leon Tyler,
the twenty four year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. W, Tyler, committed
suicide by shooting himself through
the heart with shot gun in his room
at the home of his parents at 10
O'Clock this morning.
No reasons for the rash act can be
given except that he had been i'll for
a few days and had been rather mel
anoholy during the past summer.
He was a good boy and, well liked.
He is survived by his parents, sis
ter, Mrs Carpenter of Braintree, and
two brothers, William and Crosby of
this place. The funeral arrangements
have not yet been made.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-10
AS TO MORRILL, HALL.

1t is apparent from the general COM
ment OF the press that the Senate was
wise to postpone consideration of the
Morrill, Hall bill. If in the interim
the Senators will consult public senti-
ment as they can hear it expressed
on the streets and in public places
generally, they cannot fail to come
to the conclusion that If the PROPOSE
tion to put $50, 600 into this building
were to be submitted to the people
of the State at large today, it would
be overwhelmingly defeated. st. AL
bans Messenger.
Even if the people would so vote,
that might not determine the ques.
ton OF the wisdom, or lack Of wis.
dom, of the proposition. 1t could
not be at all certain that the people,
in the existing state of information,
would pass wisely on such PROPOSE
ton; nor is it at all certain that a
poll Of the State would be against
the cost Of building, Morrill, Hall.
But it is immaterial The legisla-
tors are chosen for their distinctive
wisdom and virtue, and are therefore
supposed to be more competent to de-
eide than are the voters as body
and they must decide this question on
its merits, and CD their OATH
The bill should be changed to some
extent if it is to be passed Ii should
be broadened, in very truth and fact,
to include more than agricultural stu
dents Mechanics sons for example,
and the sons of men engaged in any
industrial occupation should have the
same opportunities in the school as
do farmers sons. Then the appropria-
ton should be given such turn as
would insure its actual use, as intend.
ed in the request and by the State,
and not according to any other will
or intent. With the bill thus widely
broadened, redeemed from the faint of
class legislation and provided with
letters and safeguards TO prevent any.
body running off with the appropria-
ton therein provided for, it probably
would not be bad way to spend
money If it must be spent somewhere.
1t will be well to consider carefully
the wisdom and necessity for the ap-
preparation. what further acquisitions
may be made on the State treasury
the whole broad subject in all its
bearings on the welfare of the whole
State-before finally enacting this
measure. In any event the Messen-
gers suggestion is not to the point.