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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-11-11
At 10 o'clock a. m.

The following personal property:
STOCK-Two good horses, one 8 and the other
IL years old; 4 young COWS, farrow and to
calve next spring. l heifer, two years old, to
calve in May.
Six or eight tons early cut hay.
FARMING TOOLS-One extra good farm
wagon, for one or two horses; good dump cart,
for two horses: traverse sled, long sled, work
harness, moving machine, Champion horse
rake, several plows, square hinge harrow, A
harrow, cultivator, Prout's horse hoe, winnow-
ing mill. corn shelter, scythes and snaths, grain
cradle, pitchforks, rakcs, manure forks,
shoyels hoes, grindstones, farmers boiler
and scalding tub. 2 ladders, step Ia lder. axes,
sledge and wedges, bug boxes. ice tongs and
hooks, log, stake and tie chains. iron bar, z
canthooks, etc.
Top Concord buggy. open Concord buggy,
good old comfort sleigh, old sleigh. driving
harness, small lot of lumber, some stove wood
and some sugar wood
SUGARING TOOLS-Three sap pans, gather
ing tub, 100 buckets, spouts and hooks, gather
ing pals, extra good sugaring-of pan, Their
mometer, felt strainer, caking board N d
HOfSEHOLD GOODS = One cook stove,
parlor stove. feather bed, bedsteads,
bureaus, extension table, round top table
good cherry table, square tables, stands.
lounge o cane seat chairs, over % years Old, IN
excellent condition; several other chairs, win
dow screens, and many other things not
CHARLES W. sARG ENT.
F. w. MCCLURE, Auctioneer. 454o
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-11-11
Abuse Of the Pardonlng Power.
MONTPELIER journal. ]

The trouble comes with the abuse OF
the pardoning power, its almost indis-
criminate use without regard to the pur-
poses for which 1t was intended. The too
frequent employment of the pardoning
power is a sign of weakness, and while
it casts a shadow on the record of the
executive using 1t. further and more in
furious effect is felt throughout the
community in the fear or belief that the
sentences of the courts are to be dis
regarded. Anything that shakes the con-
fidence OF the people in the stern and
impartial administration of justice ought
to be avoided Such is the abuse of the
pardoning power. 1t is to be hoped no
governor will ever again come near getting
the title OF "pardoning governor"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-11-11

ASA ssination was the work of secret So
ciety. and that the choice to kill Mock
Duck fell upon Sing Lee, who was
laundryman in Montpelier, and two other
Chinese, one in Philadelphia and the other
in Richmond, Va. No such man as Sing
Lee is known in Montpelier, but 1t is
thought that he may have been in Barre
Morris C. Fitch, a prominent old time
politician and one of the charter members
of the Boston club, died Wednesday
morning at Conomo Point, Essex. He
was born in Wethersfield, VT, December
TO- 1918. In 1861 he was appointed chief
gauger at the custom house. In 1885. i'm
medately after his retirement, Mr.. Fitch
built the Gloucester Street railway and
was its first president He was intimate
ly associated with Wendell Phillips, John
A. Andrews and other prominent anti
slavery men.
DR.. William P. Huntington, 81, died
at his home in Rochester Monday from
prolonged Illness following nervous
prostration and partial paralysis. He
graduated from the medical department
of the University of Vermont, and after
practicing in Niles. Mich, and Chicago
few years settled in Rochester. his
native town. where he was prominent
physician many years. He was brigade
surgeon of Vermont from 1896 to 1900 and
in the latter year was appointed surgeon
seneTdi' ne represented rtochestei III 'he
legislature of 1900 and had been prominnt
in the affairs of the town.
The Experiment Station at Burlington
has just issued a bulletin on commercial
feeding stuffs, which discusses their COM
position, their usefulness and gives an
outline of the results of five years in
spection. This bulletin, well as other
bulletins and reports of the station, are,
so far as they are in print. free to any
one for the asking. A postal card, stat
ing desires addressed to the Experiment
Station Burlington. VT, Is sufficient.
Those who wish to receive all the sta
TONS publications without charge should
ask to have their names put on the mail
ing at
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-11-11
courter,eIter Arrested at pouItney.

John D. Salisbury 81, who has wife
and child dependent upon him for support.
was arrested in Poultney Thursday by
John f. Murphy OF Boston, a United States
treasury secret service agent. on the
charge of counterfeiting Salisbury came
to Poultney from Batavia, n. Y. and
engaged private room. He claimed to
be a chemist and said he had recently
served 2is years in the Philippines as
soldier. He plated his counterfeit coins
with silver removed from genuine coins
with acid by what is known as the sweat
ing process. He would make purchases
at night The counterfeit was discovered
on account of the lightness of the coins
and at the request of the merchants of
Poultney Mr.. Murphy was sent to that
town In Salusbury's room the secret
service agent found $40 in coins. broken
dies and other apparatus. He also had a
large collection OF revolvers of different
calibres 1t is thought that Salisbury was
doing the work without accomplices He
was taken to Jail in Rutland, and 1t is
expected that in a few days he viii be
brought to Brattleboro, for sentence by
Judge Wheeler in the United States court.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-11-11

The victory of the Liberals over the
Conservatives in the Canadian elections
last week means that Portland, Me-, is
destined to become one Of the most i'm
portant export cities on the American
coast. The victory means the Grand
Trunk railway, with its Atlantic termi-
nal, will be pushed through from Winni-
peg to the Pacific coast and that all
along this great transcontinental rail-
road the products for export will be, for
the most part, shipped directly to Port
land.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-11-11
KILLED HIS cHUM.
Charles spauIdIng Of PouItney "Dldn't
Know II Was Loaded" and Gunshot
Blew on Top Of John Coles Head.

John Cole, Is, son OF Rollin Cole of
Poultney, was shot and killed Saturday
by the discharge of a shotgun in the
hands of his chum Charles Spaulding.
The boys had started to hunt squirrels
at lake St. Catherine, taking with them
an old shotgun. They finally succeeded
in freeing a squirrel and then built big
bonfire at the foot OF the tree with the in
tention of driving the animal out. Spauld-
ing states that they became tired Of
waiting and engaged in friendly scuffle
Cole snatched at the gun and Spaulding
jerked the weapon away. He then took
aim at his companions head. and sup
posing the charge had been fired, pulled
the trigger. The whole charge struck
the boys head carrying the top of 1t
away. The lad was dead before a physi-
clan could reach him.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-11-11
Sarcasm.

Madge-"What is your brother doing
now?"
Margaret--"Oh, he is a painless sur
geon."
Madge-"A painless surgeon?"
Margaret-"Yes, he operates in Chris
tian Scientist hospital" - November
Womans Home Companion.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-11-11
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Bank Robbers Stole $4,000 from David
Harum" BIodqett.

Four masked men entered James L.
Blodgett's private bank at Hermitage,
N. Y, early Friday morning and blew
open the safe and stole 5000. The ex-
plosion awoke Miles d. Smith, who lives
near the bank, and he saw four men
hurrying away with their arms full of
money bags. Smith pursued the thieves,
who fired several shots at him. In firing
they dropped several bags Of money.
Banker Blodgett is the David Harum"
of Hermitage, and several ago was robbed
of $4,000, which he kept in his house.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-11-11
One More EpItaph.

Under this sod and under these trees,
Lies the body OF Thomas Peas.
But under this sod lies only the pod.
His soul is shelled out and gone to God.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-14
CLASS OF SEVENTEEN
CONFIRMED AT ST. PAUL'S

A class of seventeen was confirmed
at ST. Paul's Episcopal Church yester-
day morning by the Right Rev. William
Ford Nichols, Bishop of the diocese
The candidates were prepared by the
pastor, Rev. w. NJ. Reilly, who felt
gratified at being able to present so
large a class. After the ceremony
Bishop Nichols made a brief address to
those just admitted to the communion
of the church, in which he spoke of
the Importance of the step they hal
lust taken and advised them to live
honest, Christian lives. Bishop Nichols
also preached the sermon at the morn
ing service, urging upon his hearers
the necessity of true penitence and
suggesting the Lenten season as q
most favorable time TO look back upon
the past and look forward to eternity
Those who received the rite of con
firmation were Francis Mary Martin
Ida Catherine Croxon, Manulita Lo
retta Roefed Leslie r. Smith, Lyman
Grimes, Charles Veriager. Herbert
Piper, Morton Grimes, Harold Haughy.
Ethel Little. Georgina Marshall. Marie
Dickinson Bullard, Frances Marion
Johnson, Anna Stein, Rose Brown and
Joseph Robert Holland.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-14
CITY OFFICIALS
ARE CRITICIZED
Reverend T. NJ. Larkin Shows
How Minors Are Allowed
to Purchase IntOXicantS

The Reverend DR.. Francis NJ. Lar
kin delivered a sermon last evening
at Grace NJ. E. Church, which was IL
Illustrative of the amount Of corruption
and vice exercised on the part of poll
ttcians conducting the affairs of a
large city.
DR.. Larkin used for the subject of
his remarks. "A Police Official" Be-
ginning with a Roman officer. over
nineteen centuries ago, he gradually
brought his remarks to more modern
times, showing in every instance that
the same inclination to dishonesty
prevailed. In part he said
In Rome an officer, more than nineteen CEN
turies ago prayed TO God and said: 'Oh,
how can / save myself from my environ
mentsF ana so 1t IS to-day. politician that
may have intended at the beginning to do
what right and honest. is surrounded
all sides by mercenary dishonesty. and it
is not long before he, too, is corrupt and
In this city there is a law to the effect that
intoxicating liquors shall not be given TO
minors Is that law carried out, or is even
an attempt ever made on the part of the po-
lice to see that IL is carried cut? No. and
what is worse in some cases the officials
inclined 70 shield rather than expose these
atrocities. The other day 1 a small girl
standing street corner. She intoxi-
Gated and when L approached her to talk to
her, a flask of whisky fell from her pocket as
she ran away.
Not long ago If you VIII remember, a GER
tain restaurant was found to be selling
liquors without having a license to do so
What was the result2 The proprietor was told
TO stop selling the intoxicants for seven days,
but the place does the f1ourishing
business as before.
II is not the policemen that are to blame for
falling TO make these arrests, for / would be
safe in saying that they are not asked to en-
force the law.
When Roosevelt was first made Police
Commissioner in New York he was told by a
friend that he could not enforce the law and
that the acceptance of the position was his
ruinatiOn. Roosevelt answered, however that
as long as he was in office the law should be
enforced 1t was. but there are few like Mr.
Roosevelt
At the conclusion of the sermon,
Robert Husband, organist of Grace
Church, gave a special musical service.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-14
DISCREDIT TALE
OF MRS. STORCK
Police Do Not Believe She
Was Badly Treated at the
California General Hospital

CAPTAIN of Detectives Martin places
no credence in the tale told by Mrs.
Raw Storck of zoos Mission street
that she was inhumanly treated
while an inmate Of the California Cen
eral Hospital at Douglass and Nine
teenth streets. In a statement made
to Deputy District Attorney Louis
Ward early yesterday morning in the
belief that she was dying, Mrs. .Storck
again recited the story of the cruel
treatment to which she had been sub
iected and il does not differ materially
from the account published in The
Call.
DIR. Thomas 1. James, who has been
the medical adviser of Mrs. Storck for
some time and upon whose advice she
was taken to the hospital, declares
emphatically that there is absolutely
no truth in her allegation that she
was bound hand and foot and placed
in the basement of the hospital. DR..
James said yesterday:
first met Mrs. Storck two years ago. when
1 treated her for exopthalmic goitre Her
condition at that time was serious and held
out no hope Of her recovery. She went TO In
diana but returned and again came under my
observation about the first of this year. At
that time she suffering greatly and told
Mrs Sweet her mother, that she would not
live ten days
Mount Zion Hospital, and after six weeks at
that institution showed marked Improvement
Upon her return home she complained OF her
treatment there, but | know that she received
the best Of care. On March g, owing to her
precarious condition. ordered her removal 10
the California General Hospital and she was
taken there in ambulance. II she showed
no Improvement ON the following morning in
tended 10 perform operation as a last re-
sort She was suffering excruciating pain
and was out of her head. That night Miss
Hoffman the matron, advised me over the
phone that Mrs. StorcS in dying condi-
ton She suffering greatly and her
screams kept the other patients in the ward
awake. l advised ber removal to a private
room which l believe done Her tempera-
ture on that night was lOS and her pulse 1S0,
which would account for a temporary mental
alteration On the following morning l found
that she much improved that the Ope-
ration was not necessary. On Thursday her
brother took her home and Thursday night they
called me. At that time they said nothing
about cruel treatment l know that she was
treated nicely and kindly and there is no foun-
dation for her statement. 1 saw her again
to-day and Mrs. Sweet denied the stories that
have been published
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-14
Suffrage Associations Discuss Developments Laid Bare by
Investigation of CongressmanS Election

fore the restoration began. and later
with the work in progress.
So we are to hear the rapturous
Griggs once more in the West. Not
that he himself is rapturous, but he
makes every woman who hears him 30
into extraVag CANT rhapsodical ecstacies.
OF course you remember when he was
at Stanford, Anna b. Shaw, with fine
Discrimination, discovered him and pro-
claimed him to all the world as the
IDEAL man. Now what would you ex-
pect but that he would be deluged with
perfumed invitations to address sem
inaries, clubs. bun-worries and other
intellectual assemblages, besides
being bombarded when in public with
eyes, goggles, and even by the dainty
loTgnette whenever he ventured
abroad. He was written about. talked
about and squinted at until he fled
and fled 10 Chicago. But he apparently
has forgotten and is coming out here
next season to face the admiring multi
tude and to address the clubs upon his
favorite topics-men, women and chill
dren-and the talks are sure to be
feasts intellectual.
The Irving Club, Mrs. c. j. Bauer
president, will hold it's second March
meeting on Thursday next, when Mrs
N. p. Cole Jr. will serve as chairman
Of the day. The absence in China of
Mrs. Seaton Tuttle is greatly felt IN
the club, she having founded the or
ganization and nurtured it vigilantly
until it is now virile factor in club
life.
The Duchess of Marlborough Is
,Trr al
ganizatiOns in London. But the Eng
lish clubs go in more for congeniality
and comfort than do most of our clubs,
partaking of all the luxuries of mems
clubrooms-nOt excluding the smoking
room and cafe. where a very circum-
spect butler dispenses brandy and soda
dygaff-whatever that may be-or
even the wholly innocent quaff of rural
milk.
These clubhouses are said to be
wholly delightful in their domestic re-
lation and dispense much hospitality to
travellers that bring their passports
with them.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-14
OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS.
SOdality of st. Francis and st. Patrick 3
Parish VIII Commemorate Day.


The annual entertainment to be given
by the Gardeners Sodality of ST.
Francis Church in honor of st. Pat
rick's day, tomorrow evening. in
Washington Square Hall. Stockton and
Union streets, promises to be a great
success. The tickets are selling rapidly
and a large crowd is expected. Mayor
Schmitz will act as chairman of the
evening and deliver the opening re-
marks The oration will be delivered
by Father Hugh Lagan. The pro-
gramme contains the following inter-
esting numbers:
Piano duet Miss NJ Schaefer and Miss Ma
ria Ryan Introductory remarks, Hon. Eugene
+. Schmitz. selections on the harp Mrs. J.
Fitzsimmons; bagpipe solo. Professor Cum
Minis; fancy step dancing, ]. ]. O'Connor and
b. Murphy; monologue, Alex Rosborough
song. kathleen Mavourneen" Mrs Cecil
lie solo. NJ. j. Connolly Grafton, Rev. Hugh
Lagan; God Save Ireland, by the audience,
standing.
st. Patrick's parish will give an en-
tertainnent tomorrow evening in the
Alhambra Theater. The whole pro-
gramme will be Irish. The Rev. p T..
Collopy will deliver the grafton. Irish
music will be rendered on the harp by
Mrs. Kimbal Fitzsimons, on the violin
by Pietro Marino, and on the pipes by
the Pipers' Club of San Francisco.
The songs of Ireland will be sung by
Miss Eta Welsh, Miss Genevieve Sui
livan, the Elks' Quartet and by
Messrs. w. j. O'Brien, Burt Murphy
and w. S. CaIlinan. M Thomas Hickey
will give reading, and the Allen sis
ters, with Messrs. O'Connor and Lynch,
will give the favorite Irish dances.
The programme will be in charge of
Miss Mary Short.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-14
BD0M FINDS EAABE TOPIC POLITICAL FRAUDS RATED BY WOMEN COLORADO
WOMEN OF SOCIAL MERS BUILDING OF
Monotony of Pentena Season Varied by few Weddings.
Some Card Parties and Occasional Club Dances.

that figured in the early history of New
Jersey, the great-great-gran OF
Mr.. Bloomfield having been one of New
Jerseys colonial Governors Among
those present were Captain Michael
Healy, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Doane,
Mr.. and Mrs. St. John Mccormick,
Lieutenant and Mrs Maxwell, Lieuten-
ant and Mrs. Johnson, DIR. Jorn of the
Thetis, Mrs. George A. Knight. Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Knight, Mrs. ]. H T. Peck,
Mrs. r. c. Poultney. Mr. and Mrs. o.
Won Rhein, Miss Edna Rhodes, Miss
Helena Speyer, Miss F. Altenberg, Miss
Poultney, j. c. Beedy, n. Gilman, Lieu
tenant E. w. Davis. Lieutenant Shoe
maker, Robert Chestnut, Bronte r.
Akin, Harry Fish and Eugene Tre-
fethen.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-14
PERSONAL.

DR.. j. H. Stolper of New York is at
the Palace.
W. Sarles, a rancher of Salinas. is
at the Grand.
B. F. Brooks, an oil man of Weed, Is
at the Palace.
Dr. Belle Reynolds of Santa Barbara
is at the Palace.
Dr. Margaret Koch of Minneapolis is
at the California.
T. ]. Donovan, merchant of Ven
tura, is at the Grand.
r. p Quinn, Mayor of Watsonville.
is registered at the Grand
Henry Lord Gay of Chicago is among
the latest arrivals at the Palace
Don Porter, proprietor of the Kenyon
Hotel of Salt Lake City, and wife are
at the Palace.
w. j. Morgan, who is interested in
the cold storage business in Sacra-
mento, is at the California.
James Butler, a millionaire grocer
of New York, and the members of mis-
family arrived from the East yesterday
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-14
Weddings.

One OF the prettiest of home we'd
dings took place at s o'clock Thursday
evening at Alta Mira villa, Sausalito,
the beautiful home of the brides moth
er, Mrs. E. A. Trefethen, when Miss
Donna Bloomfield Felter became the
wife of Lieutenant Henry Todd Powell
The ceiling and walls of the home were
hidden from view by garlands OF
greens, flowers and ferns, flags from
the u. s. S. Thetis being in the center
of the ceiling over the flower-laden
tables in the dining-room. The Rev.
Mr.. Venables of the Church of the Ad-
vent, San Francisco, performed the GER
emony. A part of the decorations of
the house were in white and green
flags. long sprays of asparagus ferns
and snowy white blossoms. Miss Felter
wore a gown of white crepe de chine
and chiffon, a long veil and carried a
bouquet of lilies of the valley Miss
Ethel Mccormick, the maid of honor,
wore white point d'esprit over white
silk and carried a shower bouquet of
asparagus fern. Lieutenant H. Rex
Searles of the Thetis acted as best man,
and Clement and Maxwell Johnson,
sons of Lieutenant Johnson, as r1DDon-
bearers After the ceremony an elab-
crate supper was served and the health
of the happy pair pledged score OF
times After the honeymoon Mr.. ana
Mrs. Powell will go to Port Townsend,
where Mr.. Powell is stationed in charge
of the u. S. S. Arcata. Miss Felter is
one of Sausalitos prettiest girls and
has been at school in Los Angeles. Mr..
Powell comes from Maryland and has
been in the revenue cutter service for
some years One of the most pleasant
incidents of the pretty affair was the
unexpected arrival from New Jersey or
F. A Bloomfield, the brides uncle. Mr..
Bloomfield is practicing lawyer of the
city of New York, whose home is in
Elizabeth, N. j. He is a representative
of the prominent Bloomfield family
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-14
Loses His purse and Coin.

Walter ". Williams, longshoreman,
complained to Policeman Hutchings
yesterday morning that a woman had
stolen his purse containing $50 in gold
while he was asleep in room at the
Royal Eagle Hotel, 23 Turk street.
Hutchings went to the place and ar
rested Maggie Leslie on charges of
grand larceny and vagrancy. When
searched Williams purse. with a 500
gold piece in it, was found on her and
Hutchings got from the landlady SIS
in gold, which Maggie had given her
to keep for her. The purse and $35
were booked as evidence against her.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-14

What's doing in society? Why, abso-
lutely nothing deliberately planned save
a few weddings, a card party or two
and the occasional dance of a club
brave enough to venture forth with it's
declaration for fun. But madame has
no time for aught than an occasional
tea or card party. for the builder OF
Easter frocks and the contractor for
millinery have need of their time for
plans and specifications. But it's said
madame makes time for bridge and 500,
as they help to settle the score with the
commercial artists-but that can't be
true!
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-14
in a private car and are staying at the

in private car and are staying at the
Palace.
Manager James Agler of the Southern
Pacific Company returned yesterday
from tour of inspection of the South
ern portions of the companys system
including the new route by way of
Chatsworth Park.
Albert Marshall, young capitalist
of New York. accompanied by a party
including his wife and children. Mrs.
M. F. Pendleton, Mrs. H. F. Wey and
DR.. W. H. Haskins, arrived here yes-
terday in private car and is registered
at the Palace. The party came West
to escape the severe winter in the East.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-14
AT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Rev. G. Campbell Morgan, the Noted
Evangelist, Occupies the PnInit

Rev. G. Campbell Morgan, the Noted
Evangelist, Occupies the Pulpit.
G. Campbell Morgan, the noted evan
gelist, occupied the pulpit at the First
Congregational Church last evening
and delivered a forceful sermon This
is the first visit of the successor of the
late Dwight L. Moody, and in conse-
quence every available seat in the large
auditorium was filled.
Rev. Morgan is conducting a series of
gospel services, and preached his first
sermon Saturday. He is a man of much
magnetism and eloquence, and took for
his text last night the parable of the
fig tree-St. Luke, chapter Is, verses 6
to Sin which he pointed out the ap-
plication of the parable to the life of
man.
Rev. Mr.. Morgan will speak at the
First Congregational Church every
night this week, Saturday excepted.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-14

Mrs f. Fleisher announces the en-
gagement of her daughter Fannie to
Lewis Moses.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-14
EuDar arements.

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles N. Schwab an
nounce the engagement of their daugh-
ter Carrie to Henry Harris of Oakland.