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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-06

The matter Of B. b. Hawes shingling
q house without a permit was referred
to the city attorney.
The matter Of peddlers selling their
wares in Barre without a license was
brought to the attention of the council
IL was claimed some of the peddlers
paid for the license fee imposed by the
ordinances. while Others utterly refused
to. Those paying object to others ped
ding without 1t was voted to refer
the matter to the city attorneysto pros
ecute some itinerant peddling without
a license as q test case and see if the
ordinance can be enforced
The residents Of Murray street petit
toned for an electric street light. The
petition was referred to the lighting
committee.
A petition for an extension Of the
city water mains on Brook street was
referred to the water committee to in
vestigate and report back.
A petition was presented to the coun-
ell asking that that portion Of East
street between fremont and Elm streets
be worked and repaired suitable for
travel Referred to street committee.
The coesmittee on water reported fav-
0rablY on making an extension Of the
city water mains on Mill street. The
report was accepted and extension or
dered made when funds are available.
The National Biscuit Co. was refused
q permit to hang a banner across Main
street for period Of three days.
The city attorney reported the council
had the right to change the name Of
any street BY giving a hearing and fol
lowing the same procedure as in the
case Of laying out streets The report
was accepted.
The engineering department was in
strncted by vote to set stone posts to
define the line between the fire station
lot and the land Of CLARK Holden, and
the property committee was instructed
to clear the land.
Overseer Of the Poor Shurtlef re-
ported the expeditures Of his depart
ment in August at s4s7
A warrant for $500 was ordered drawn
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-06
MonLpelier senlnary opened.

The fall term Of Montpelier seminary
opened yesterday with a very large at
tendance. Principal Bishop expects that
1T5 scholars Will be enrolled Yester-
day 10 registered, Of whom So were
girls and 53. boys The boarding halls
there are filing up as never before, and
there will be at least 50 in the main
hall. The foot ball candidates are al
ready praeticing. There are seven old
men back They viii Be coached BY A.
J. Hamilton
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A Fatal Telegram.

1t happened that Frank Biselow was
suddenly called out of town. He left
the affairs of the bank In the hands of
his brother, who was its vice president
The morning after the president had left
Milwaukee a telegram came addressed
to Bigelow, from a New York bank
stating that it was willing te. take care
of a draft for $4,000. even though the
Milwaukee First National Bank was in
debted to The New York house for
$500 coo
William Bigelow was puzzled He was
more puzzled than ever when he found
on examination Of the books that the
New York bank was charged with be-
ing indebted 10 the First National Bank
of Milwaukee. for 5000 In his fur-
rfed examination of the books so many
other strange things were discovered
that he decided not to wal. until his
brothers retura. but to consult with Mr.
Pfister. one OF the directors of the
First National. Together thay decided
that one of the cashiers must have
made away with the funds of the bank
and a meeting of the directors was
called.
Frank Bigeiow reached Milwaukee
only in time to attend the meeting of
directors at the bank whittier he went
direct from the train. Not a word had
reached him that the irregularities of
the bank had been discovered. Conse-
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sist them. BY finding out their WAYS.
their tactics, their method of building
great steamships, we can rise and our
selves become conquerors of nations"
The influence of Perry's expedition
ami its utter disregard of the sacred
laws which had descended from Tyeyasl,.
OF 200 years before, produced so profound
an effect upon Iyeyoshi, the Emperor.
that he sickened and died soon after
Perrys departure. This was the cause
OF universal grief throughout the realm.
and 1T was feared that 1t might result
in serious trouble when Perry returned
TO complete the work he had begun.
ISesada succeeded to the throne But.
nothing deferred the commodore from
carrying out his plans to the fullest ex-
tent. The new MilSado directed the work
TO be vigorously prosecuted with a view
to resisting the Americans. In fact
every conceivable preparation was made
for this purpose.
Thousands were put to the work of
erecting numerous forts along the bay
shore. especially about Shinigawa. on
the south side. These preparations in
Guided the casting Of cannon and every
species of firearms. A smart putchrnan.
who had been imprisoned, was released
and given charge of the artillery sery-
ice. lie it was. who first introduced
into Japan modern arms, and modern
systems.
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petition was refused Later on, how
ever. he found a way of carrying out his
scheme. The information he gathered
proved of inestimable value TO the
Japanese.
On the i1th of February, 1853. the
American squadron was again seen Gp-
preaching Yedo. After two days spent
in getting the steamer Macedonia off
the rocks. where she had grounded-on
the 18th the fleet moved up the bay
The commander in referring TO the
event described the day as most slo-
Tious-the most glorious he had ever
seen.
Many thousands of the natives, sn
every style of gorgeous ATTIRE thronged
the vicinity of the treaty house, Hiashi
to whom had been committed the re-
sponsibiiIty OF the negotiations on be-
half of the Japs- was TSVed in a
variegated costume, thaI presented a
most remarkable appearance. while
around him sat lesser officials clothed
in habiliments BETTING their respective
positions. in the eyes Of the Japs.
Five hundred American marines had
landed, thoroughly armed. and formed
into Il square. while the cannon thun-
dered their salute to the commodore,
1t was II o'clock noon when the COM
modore disembarked, and having landed,
with a stately air marched into the
treaty house. His great dignity and his
aspect OF naughty grandeur did not fail
Ia impress the japanese
This remarkable negotiation began
with an offer from HASH to furnish
the needy American ships with water.
COAL wood, and food, and that care
would be given to shipwrecl>ed sailors,
but that no proposition for trade would
hf considered.
Perry made nc reply to this. but in
timated that one of his sailors had died.
and that he wished TO settle question
OF burial. After a private conference
the commodore was informed that his
request was granted. The commodore
laid great stress upon the high regard
in which Americans held iI1inan life.
and gave them TO understand that this
was the very first principle of the Gov
eminent OF the United States.
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Gates Loses Millions.

IT is said that when Gates was called
from Chicago by the death of his father
the entire mana cement of the deal was
turned over TO the Armour Valentine
interest. which had long been thought
to be merged with Gates. but had not
until this time come into the open.
Just before the end OF the short days
trading. which proved so disastrous,
there was "a break TO g812 cents, l15k
cents under the price of wheat of the
day before. and John w Gates had
found that the bear crowd was stronger
than himself with generals of even
greater skill opposed to him. The feet
were cut from under the holders Of May
wheat at high figure and they had TO
founder along and sell their property as
best they could on a sinking market
The fierceness of the attack on Nav
wheat may be judged from the action
of the price. which was at s110 at the
close of one day and opened on the next
at s1.09 and s10s. sold at s1.O7. at the
same breath had a quick rebound to
Sl.OS13 and then started on the toboggan
to she low point of 9S12. with a final re-
covery to the even dollar.
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Terrific Run on Bank.

When the news was published abroad
III Milwaukee that the president of the
First National Bank had defaulted for
a million and n half dollars there was
a terrific panic. A run on the bank
began which IL the directors had not
spent the previous day preparing for
the emergency might have resulted
disastrously. But the whole missing
sum had been made up by them and
there was plenty of cash on hand to
meet the demands of the crowd of men
and women. Some of the men came In
their shirt sleeves, women in their
morning gowns. There was almost a
riot, which was finally quieted by a
speech of the mayor of the city.
Such was one of the results of the
break in the great wheat corner which
has been manipulated for months and
which has now passed into history. Nor
did the great financier, John W. Gates,
who made the corner. escape scot-free.
Indeed, 1t was far otherwise IT has
neen estimated that the Chicago mil
lionaire lost at least 50. 800. 600. Perhaps
he was lucky to get out of it at this
price.
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Provided Against Treacherv.

Notwithstanding it had been arranged
to take the great commander tc the
place designated in small boats. the
commodore declined, and directed the
steamers 10 proceed to the designated
spot under their own steam He was
TO be accompanied by a large number
Of soldiers and his retinue e officers.
Every precaution was taken TO provide
against any act of treachery by the
Japs.
A pavilion was in process of prepara-
ton, on which a large number of work
men were engaged day and night. When
eli preparations were completed. and
numerous silk curtains had been hung
the Japanese officers appeared with
cFests and pennants of red, and spears.
and banners and umbrellas, and every
sort of trumpery imaginable to receive
the Americans. First came the gov
ernor, Kayama Vezayemon, anG Cap
tain Buchanan.
When the Decentralization hae been
partially completed. and the soldiers
were approaching the shore, Perry
made his appearance amidst the thun-
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Won't "sIing On style.n

Fortilnately-so noble peers think
the possession of a taronetcy does not
give its possessor the right TO sit ir.
house, already threatened with an or
gan-grinder and a crossing sweeper,
would have TO welcome 10 its meetings
one and. perhaps two, ex-cab drivers.
The first OF these is Sir George Au-
gustus JerYis Meredyth. who up TO a
few months ago was driving a cab about
the streets of Hobart Town. Tasmania.
He has succeeded tc the baronetcy as
the first cousin of Sir Edward Henry
John Meredyth, who died in October
last leaving a widow and two daugh-
ters. Accompanied by q youthful bride
forty years his junior the ex-cab driver
has just arrived by steerage from the
Antipodes to take possession of the
remnant OF the ancestral estate in the
County kildare, Ireland. When the
tenants can be persuaded TO pay their
rent 1t yields an income of about 50. 900
q. year.
II am seventy-three years OF age,
the old fellow said the other day.
land since / was a boy / have earned
my living in twenty different ways, but
always by hard work Now l want to
live for the rest OF my days without
working, aad l think / deserve it. 1t
is for that my wife and l have come
16,00G miles by steerage. AS the title
Is thrown IN ike a chrome without any
extra charge, why, of course, l take
that, too. but if nothing went with 1t
I wouldn't cross the street for it. Folk
will Sir George me l suppose, and I'll
have to stand it, but I'm not going TO
sling on any style and try to live up
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derS Of cannon on the vessels, to the
amazement of the Japs Then, for the
first time they beheld the great mae of
the Western nation, as he stepped
down into his barge. After Captain
Buchanan and the governor, who were
the first to land, came the officers and
tars who moved In military precision
preceded by the band and two sailors
who bore aioft the Stars and Stripes.
So much larger were the Americans
than the Japs that they were denomin-
ated giants. Giants. whose faces were
hairy. Then followed the commander.
who bore himself with majestic and
Lofty demeanor-proud and stately
whom the Japs described as big as a
wrestler and dignified as a king"
BY his side walked two big 'kurom-
bos' (negroes) thoroughly armed, evil
IDENTIFY guarding the person of the great
commander. These proved to be the
greatest curiosity presented to the
Japs. who until then had never seen a
negro.
AS they advanced curses by the
thousand fell upon their ears, and they
clearly discerned the dark scowls and
threatening aspect of the men whom
they passed. The procession marched
into the pavilion with great pomp. So.
when all was ready, two boys who had
carried the gold box in which was the
letter, and delivered it to the two ne
groes. These in their turn opened the
scarlet cloth that covered 1t, and the
box being opened there was displayed
the letter OF the President written on
vellum having gold tasseled seals sus-
pended with silk thread,
During all this not word was spoken.
The ssticles were received in absolute
silence. Then. the receipt which had
been signed by the two Diamos was
handed to Perry IN silence. The officer,
speaking for the Japs. although speak
ing English very imperfectly, replied as
follows:
THE letter OF the Presidest of the
United States of North America, and the
copy thereof are hereby received. and
will be delivered TO the Emperor. Many
times has 1t been communicated that bus
mess relating TO foreign countries can
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Ihls was clearly an intimatfon that
the Japanese had not performed their
duty III efforts TO protect American sea-
men who had been wrecked on the
coasts Of Japan.
HASH defended the japanese from all
such aspersions and declared with great
emphasis that IN many instances the
sailors of foreign nations had been
guilty of lawlessness, and in some in
stances of crimes. There was no nation.
he declared. so humane. so VirtuOus. 50
proud of the glory Of their goodness
and justice. The commodore plainly in
timated that the United States would
no longer submit TO the imprisonment
of their seamen. and that their Govern
ment was absndantly akIa with their
hundreds of war vessels to punish with
severity any further infraetian of this
law. The claims of humanity must
hereafter be strictly observed. It is
stated that in his demeanor. Perry was
digEiffed, and firm IN his attitude. but
not provocated of irritation or insult.
On the contrary he exhibited 4 kindly
consideration for the Japs,
These negotiations continued for
period of nearly three weeks. On the
second day of their meeting Perry de-
manded to know if the commission had
decided to open certain ports to trade.
The reply was that Hakodate, and
Shimoda should be opened, but the
Americans were not to go farther into
the country than they eouid go and re-
turn the same day, and that no Anert-
can women should he brought to Japan.
When the commodore heard this, b9
threw back his cloak. and exclaimed
Great heavens, II I were TO permit
such stipulation as this. when | get
back home the women would pull aH
the hair out of my head"
Great excitement followed, Us the
Japs believed they had given an Insult
to the commodore. but when they came
To understand the fun force of the re-
mark they induIged in a hearty laugh
The treaty was signed on the Slst day
of March, 1858.
Although il seemed that little in fact
had been accomplished. yet now we see
that 1t was the nightly lever that was
destined TO lift a nation 10 Il place, and
a position of exaitation among the other
peoples of the world
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"I Am a Defaulter. %

Gentleman" said he, II am a de-
faulter''
For few minutes the men sat IN as
tonishment watching the face of the
bank president grow old and haggard
before their eyes.
What caused it," finally asked a df-
rector
May wheat" was the short answer,
but those two words told the whole
story in q fash
OF course. Mr. Bigelew was not alone
in the scheme to take the banks money
He had the help Of an assistant cash
Ter and a bookkeeper else he would not
have been able to get away with the
money It is thought that he began to
take money from the bank several
months ago TO speculate. He found as
he went on that he needed more and
more money to keep the rot boiling
Since the discovery of his defalca ton
Mr. Bigelow has fled a petition In
voluntary bankruptcy The revised
schedules show the total liabilities of
Mr.. Bigelow TO be S3,277. 600. of which
Geo is wholly or in part secureo
Of the remainder s1,1oo.00 IS a secondary
liability on notes and bills discounted,
in which Bigelow's name figures as In
dorser. The amount of his defalcation
in the bank has been placed at 8. 40, 900.
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CONTINUED from FIFTH Page

put to the work-nen and children and
pack horses. Dirt was carried in
baskets suspended on poles borne by
men and they IaboFed by every means
known or available, necessarily. erect
ang parapets with here and there en-
brazures- Their troops were clad in iron
mail and paper which was the resist
ance they were TO offer to American
bullets.
The city of Yedo had reached the
zenith of its greatness when Perry's
ships sailed into the harbor II was a
great center of wealth. and power, as
well as influence in the japanese en-
pire. II contained population of more
than Loot Of whom it is said that
quite 100000 were soldiers.
The arrival of these ships had thrown
the entire city into a state of tremen-
dous excitement. Thousands of people
residing in that part of the city near
the bay, where the vessels were at an
chor. abandoned their homes and fed
ranie-striclen TO the country, carrying
with them their valuables, as much as
possible. under tie circumstances
Strong arms carried away the sicI.
and aged. Thus, before the third day
after the arrival of the ships. the en-
tire country for many miles around
was aroused TO a sense of imminent
danger and struck with alarm. So every
possible preparation was being made
for defense.
But when the Daimios became aware
OF the peaceful purpose OF Perry's expe-
cition, the situation was somewhat mod
iiied. and the matter became at once
a subject OF discussion in every posi-
bic phase. Although expressions OF
Indignation and wrath were heard on
every side. yet there were some strong
Influences of a conservative character,
brought 30 bear on the situation, urg-
ing some means OF peaceful solution
OF the difficulties. But. the DIamios
realized that something must be done
What should IL be? Were the bar
bsrians TO be permitted 10 land and pro-
fame the holy ground? Surely. if the
sacred city, fedos was opened To the
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ships of foreigners. the entire nation
would revolt
Finally, after continuous discussion
lasting two days and nights, two prorni-
nent Diamios We're designated to re-
ceive the letter from the President of
the Western nation. Every possible
preeaution was taken to guard the city
against an attack. Two hundred thou
sand troops were stationed along the
shore, and in the forts surrounding the
city Still, however, the great American
commander had not been seen. Again
the governor had visited the flagship.
with his staff; they had been treated
with marked courtesy, and had been
wined and dined until they were happy
enough 30 forget their surroundings and
the real situation OF affairs. 1t was
finally arranged that the great confer
ence should be held on the day follow
ing-the 18th of July, 1852. Every de-
tail of etiquette was arranged, down to
the minutest point
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had no foundation for May contracts.
When the May prices reached SIS
the new buying Of perhaps 1906 bush
els OF wheat by s. II. Woodbury. & Co,
the Gates brokers. served 10 check
the decline. After the price had Dip
ped TO a-02N It recovered a little 70
s1.o8
There was a rally on last trades and
the closing quotation was 81. or an
even break Of 10 cents for the dag.
Most of the 5.0oo. .o0o bushels OF wheat
iiqutdated on the break of cents
was under that figure. All the sales
from 81. % down to 9S1a cents represent
losses OF from TO 151z cents a bushel
Inc scenes III the wheat pit eQuaied,
II they did not surpass, anything ever
seen on the floor, rot even the time
or the Letter collapse being excepted.
One nota bic feature Of the selling was
that all the big cash houses, that an
peared TO be loaded with cash wheat to
dump into the Gates deal at fancy
hsures, found the market getting away
from them and proceeded to unload.
ADDING TO the wheat on the declining
market =
Associated with Mr. Gates before the
Armour interest stepped in are said 10
nave been Isaac ElWood, Daniel G. Reid.
CHARLES n. Sehwab. G. ". Spencer, the
St Louis leader; A. D.. Thompson, the
buiuth leader; Henry L. Little of the
great PiIisbury milling interest of Min
neapolis; Robert Pringle. John SickeI
and other local leaders IN Chicago.
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Cornered 3o,ooo,ooo Bushels.

Probably 3ooo00o bushels or more was
sold in getting the price down from
8. 10 10 9s57c, for it got as low as the
last named price not far from the end,
but that was lower. evidently, than was
required by the Gates and Armour in
terests. so they jumped the price TO the
even dollar a bushel.
The amount of wheat owned at one
time by Mr. Gates was said to have
been so. coo, 600 bushels
The experts declare that from LOCO. 01
TO 5000, 600 bushels of May wheat lines
were thrown on the market in two
hours. The Logan house alone sold
600 600 bushels of wheat on the decline.
and the Gates clique brokers sold all
they could at all stages of the game
to anybody and everybody who would
buy all the way down. 1t did not look
like desperation. but a determined eff
fort 10 let go of May wheat TO the best
advantage possible on market which
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Once More an IIluslve
Dream of Riches Is
DispeIled.
Frank A. Bigelow Finds
lgnominy Instead of
Riches.
Banker S Downfall Due
to Losses in Gates
Corner.
= LLUsIvE. mysterious May wheat
has gone and done it again
When the crash came recently in

mas gone ana done II again.
When the crash came recently in
the pit" and John w. Gates corner
IN wheat options went the way of so many
other similar corners III past years. mil
lions of dollars were lost. and yet that
was not the worst result of the wheat
speculation. A man, the president Of
one OF the grS atest banks in the North
west. who had for years a record of
solid honesty, Frank g. Bigeiow, of Mil
vaukee. lent himself and the money
which had been intrusted to him. to
the speculations, which, e carried safely
to an END. would have netted him
hundreds OF thousands of dollars. pos
sibly millions. Instead of the great
gain, however. this naa has lost not only
his fortune but also his good name. The
one he might have won back again, as
many business man IN this fast age
has done before. the other he viii never
have again.
1t was one of lies ironies that the
defaications of Frank Bigelow, president
of the First National Bank of 9ilkau-
kee, should be brought TO light by his
own brother. William Bigelow. 1t was
done all unwittingIy. There was no sus-
picion on the part of William Bigeiow
that his brother was the man who had
played ducks and brakes with the bank
money when he aecidentIy stumbled
upon gross Irregularities. There was
no struggle to decide whether or no he
should strive to keep his brothers name
untarnished.