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The San Francisco call., 1905-02-05

1OA1lAA dLlOAl cAA~A ~
spair. Nothing was
said for a while
The pitiful but firm
little face with its
longing eyes nearly
overcame me. so I
looked at Hank
The fierce hunger
of the eyes was
startling, but the
lines OF strength
about his mouth
were encouraging
Just then a baby
voice from the
landing above US
softly walled:
~Woy, rs hungry.
Why don't you
tend to your
sissy"
Hank suddenly,
as IL inspired.
reached up and
pulled Sissy down
into his lap.
I'VE will take
them, too" he said
so quietly and with
such firmness that
I knew he would
have his way and
that the King Of
the Crooked III"
would come to his
own
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-02-11
Electoral Votes Counted.

Washington, D. C.-Last November
Theodore Roosevelt and Charles War
rem Fairbanks were elected president
and vice.president of the United
States. Everybody knows it, but it
was only on Wednesday that the fact
was officially recorded.
TO establish the record the senate
came over to the House and held a
joint session to canvass the vote of
the electoral college.
All the two houses had to do was
to go through the motions of opening
lot of envelopes, noting their con
tents, and adding up a column of fig
ures.
In fact, the figures mad all been add.
ed up days and days ago, and the
clerks of the Senate had had printed
large sheets containing the whole re-
suit in detail and total.
Simple as the thing is it invariably
attracts a large crowd, and this last
occasion was no exception to the rule.
Admission to the capitol was by card
only, and tickets were held at a pre-.
MUM.
1t is difficult to understand the fas'
cination this somewhat empty cere-
mony possesses for the feminine mind,
but the women were out in force, as
usual, and their bright faces, many col
oyed gowns and dashing millinery add
ed warmth to the otherwise somewhat
sombre picture.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-02-11
Canada Gets Part Of Maine.

Augusta, Mellon. j. Manchester
Haynes of this city, who owns wide
tracts of wild land in the state OF
Maine, thinks he has discovered 400(
acres that belong to him and that are
now claimed by the government OF
Canada
These acres are located in the
western part Of Sandy Bay township
in the north part Of Somerset county
and are known more specifically as
No. 5, range 3, of North Bingham's
Kennebec purchase.
When Mr.. Haynes bought this town.
shipsit was supposed to be, like the
other townships, six miles square and
containing some 23.400 acres. In the
original deed from the Sandy Bay pie
company, copy of which Mr.. Haynes
has in his possession this amount OF
land is mentioned.
But some time in the early 40s,
when the boundary question was un.
der dispute, the line was so drawn as
to take in portions of the several
Maine townships. AS it happened, in
all the other cases the land thus talk,
en- by the division was state land; in
the case of the Sandy Bay township it
was individual land, almost the only
instance occurring by reason of the
division. Mr. Haynes claims that ii
rightfully belongs to him.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-02-11
Wives Poisoned by Rlnas.

Chicago Ill.-CurGre, the most sub
tie and deadly poison known to mod
eru svieHve, 10 -bvIIS--->--l-Ls -nr-Iosenh
Springer, formerly cOroner's physii-
clan, to have caused the death of 10.
ham Hochs wives. Dr.. Springer is
convinced that the fatal drug was prob
ably administered by means of engage
ment or wedding rings.
"By turning the inner edge of the
ring" said DR.. Springer, cor making
it rough or sharp in any manner, ap'
plying the curaRe on the rough edge,
and then slipping the ring on the fin
ger so as to cause the slightest abra'
sion of the skin, death would follow.
at would only be necessary for the
slightest quantity of the poison tc
reach the blood. One-sixtieth of a
grain of curare is fatal"
Among the persons who will be
asked to identify Hoch upon his ar.
rival from New York is a widow who
is said to have some years ago mar
ried a man known as Leo Praeger.
The description of Hoch tallies, 1t is
claimed, with that of Praeger
According to information furnished
to the police the widow Praeger
married had been left $4,000 life in
surance. OF this amount, 1t is alleged,
Praeger secured $35OO to open a furni-
ture store. A few days after the store
had been opened, the contents were
mysteriously removed and Praeger dis
appeared
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-02-11
Against Greene and eaxnor

London-The privy council has rem
dered its decision in the Greene,Gay
nor case in favor of the American gov
ernment.
The court reversed the two judg
ments of Justice Caron of Quebec
Aug. 19, 1902, and ordered the respond
ents to pay the costs of the appeal
The councils decision caustically criti
cises the action of Justice Caron In
releasing Greene and Gaynor and Car
on's extraordinary Intervention"
The decision simply reverses JUS
tice Caron's judgments, and leaves
Greene and Gaynor under remand, as
before Justice Caron intervened.
The privy counsel granted to the
United States leave to appeal in the
Kitty Dee case, after the vessel is re
turned to the custody OF the Canadian
court.
John f. Gaynor and Benjamin d
Greene were indicted in Savannah
Ca, Dec s, 1899, charged with EN-
bezzement and defrauding the U. s
government, together with former
Capt. Oberlin NJ. Carter of the U. s
army engineer corps, in the perform
ance of government contracts for the
Improvement of the Savannah river
and other river and harbor work in
that district, the Illicit profits being es'
timated at $2,000,0 900.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-02-11
Asslsta,! Secretary Of Treas,,rv

Washington.-After an interview
with the President and Secretary
Shaw, James B. Reynolds, secretary OF
the Republican state committee OF
Massachusetts, decided to accept the
position of assistant secretary of the
treasury.
The nomination will probably be
sent to the senate soon, but Mr.. Rey-
nolds will not enter upon the dis
charge of his duties until the 4th of
next month, when the resignation of
Assistant Secretary Armstrong takes
effect.
Mr.. Reynolds win occupy the desk
at which another Massachusetts man
administered the affairs of the govern.
ment so admirably Charles S. Ham
lin.
The position is one of the most re-
sponsible under the government and
second only to that of member of
the cabinet.
The most important work that MIR.
Reynolds will have in his charge will
be the general direction and supervis-
ion of all matters pertaining to the
customs service.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-02-11

ed section of Williston seminary dor
mitory at EasthamptOn, Mass.
President angry with senators, who
have practically decided to emasculate
the arbitration treaties; Hay-Bond
treaty said to be doomed.
Bishop Goodsell, speaking before the
Boston alumni of Wesleyan, says re-
ligious schools are best.
Plaintiff in an action for damages in
the municipal court in Boston forced
to admit that she married Clarence
Moriarty while another husband, un-
divorced, was still living
j. Ambrose Prichard, Boston lands,
cape painter, dies of apoplexy.
SoisAloh Soimnen. procurator gen.
eral OF Finland shot in his own nUnr (,
his son had revolver duel with slayer,
who falls with broken leg; no one yet
able to identify assassin.
No intimation in st. Petersburg that
Kuropatkin intends TO resign Grip.
penberg sent home because he exceed
ed orders.
Miss Elizabeth Whitmore, masron
of the Waterbury, Conn, day nursery,
defends herself with chair agair~t a
man who attacks her with knife, in
drunken fury.
An effort is being made to save quail
from starvation by the Massachusetts
fish and game association.
New York police credit three more
wives to Johann Hoch.
Lieut.. William H. Plummer of Wor-
cester said to have deserted from 9th
United States infantry at Fort Leaven-
worth.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-02-11
Interrooatlna eorky.

st. Petersburg-The Interrogation
Of Maxim Gorky by the public prose.
cutor was begun Feb. in the court
of justice, to which he was driven in
a carriage from the fortress Of st.
Peter and St. Paul
Gorky is quite well and is subject
ed to only the ordinary regulations of
prisoners in the fortress which require
the wearing of special garb to pre-
vent the possibility Of their escape.
The Associated Press is informed
ON the best authority that the prison
fare and accommodations at the for
tress are better than at any other
prison in st. Petersburg, several Of
which are models of their kind,
Prisoners in the fortress are con-
fined in roomy, well.heated case
mates and exercised daily. The stor'
les of terrible hardships and priva-
tions are said to be baseless.
The chief reason for the dread of
being confined in the fortress is due
to the fact that an inmate is unable
in any way to communicate with his
fellow prisoners, the casemates being
sound.pToof.
The Associated Press recently
talked with Nine. Gorky, who appar-
emily is not deeply worried.
After her interview with her hus-
band on Tuesday she petitioned the
commandant Of the fortress that NJ.
Gorky be allowed to wear ordinary
clothes and use writing materials; but
she said to the Associated Press that
her husband was not anxious to
write.
what is the use Of writing?" he
told her, when, according TO the for
tress regulations what | write must
be burned when | leave"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-02-11
How to Be slender.

How to become slender Let the
maiden inclined to embonpoint follow
this advice, and her form should be-
come as willowy as she could wish.
Rise early and take a cold bath, rub
bing vigorously afterwards with a
coarse towel or flesh brush. Take a
cupful of water before breakfast
Take one small cup of tea at break
fast, some dry toast, boiled fish or a
small outlet, and baked apple or
little fruit. At dinner, which should
be at midday, take white fish or meat,
dry toast or stale bread, vegetables
or fruit, either fresh or stewed; for
supper, toast, salad, fruit, and six
ounces of water. Hot water with
lemon juice in it is also good for sup.
per. When you have followed all these
rules, and find yol self fairy-like in
proportion, then you may begin to con-
template smart clothes such as only
the slender can wear.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-02-11

Brcckton, Mass.-RescrVe Officer
Thomas c. Malloy was spot the other
evening in the breast by an unknown
man not far from the Campello street
railway barn He was taken to his
home, 1 Montello extension, and Drs.
Gleason and Averlll probed for the
bullet, but were unable to locate it. The
ball struck the breast bone and was de-
hected, going to the left and between
the ribs. 1t is expected that Malloy
will recover.
Tuesday q quantity Of copper be-
longing to the Old Colony Street Rail-
way company was stolen from the
Campello car barn and hidden by the
thieves under the snow nearby Later
its hiding place was located by Fred
Howard superintendent at the barns
He took Reserve Officer Malloy there
the intention being for the officer to
watch the place and try to apprehend
the thief when he returned for his
booty.
When the place was reached two
men with a team were seen there by
Malloy and Supt. Howard who crept
up until nearly upon the men before
being discovered. One of the men
was tall and the other considerably
shorter. Both wore overcoats and
caps. Each had a moustache.
One of the men turned and fired a
shot, then both ran away, the bullet
taking effect in Malloy's breast.
Checked by the shot Malloy and
Howard did not pursue the men very
far, Malloy and Howard got into the
wagon and drove to the officers home,
taking in DR.. AverilI on the way.
A general alarm was sent out by
the police with a description of the
two men. The horse and wagon is in
covered express wagon with green
body and sides boarded up.
Word was received later that a man
answering the description of one of
the thieves had been arrested by
Bridgewater officers.
Two men approached the car starter
at Central square, Bridgewater, and
asked what time the next car LETT Tor
Taunton. The starter had received a
description of the men wanted, and
suspicious that they were the ones. He
told them IN 20 minutes" While they
waited he notified Officer Wetherill,
They ran away at the officers ap-
proach, and he fired three shots in
their direction. One of them stopped,
and was held on suspicion. The arrest
ed man had a revolver in his pocket.
The suspect has been positively iden-
titled as the man who did the shooting.
He was brought to this city by City
Marshal w. A. Boyden and was taxi
en- to Malloy's house for Identification,
At the police station he gave his
name as Antonio Carbenito, aged u,
and his residence, Boston.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-02-11
EPITOME OF THE
Weeks News
FRIDAY,

FRIDAY, Feb. q. 1905.
Gov Bell Of Vermont grants re-
prieve to Mrs, Rogers until June Q,
in order that the Supreme Court may
pass upon her claim to the right of a
new trial; condemned woman receives
news calmly at Windsor prison.
Stubborn fire on the Leyland line
steamship Caledonian at Boston; dam.
age about 100000; four firemen over
come
Automobile, electric car and four.
horse sled in collision in Dorchester,
Mass; Brooklino physician and his
wife among the injured.
Two firemen injured while fighting
$4,000 blaze in Gloucester, Mass.
Miss Sigma Gustafson and Julius
Nelson struck by theatre train at
Quincy, Mass. girls left leg must be
amputated above the knee, and man
will lose left foot, and right leg is
fractured.
Covert rebellion of Protestants
against the policy of the President;
Democrats in opposition to leadership
of John Sharp Williams; Judge Oar,
ling resigns as assistant secretary of
the navy.
Cinnamon begin their New Years
celebration.
Hoch arraigned in New York; says
talk of his having had 20 or 80 wives
and numbering some of them is all
nonsense.
Cold wave from the northwest ar.
rives in New England.
New York subway men gain all their
demands and threatened strike is set
fled
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-02-11
Coal in London.

every winter day 100000 tons Of
smoke are poured out of London's
chimneys." This is the age of statis-
tics; but, familiar as we are with ap-
palling figures quoted from an impor.
tant London daily paper, these take
the breath away, says the London
Chronicle. The fact of the matter is
that only" 100000 tons Of coal en-.
ter London in year, and that sup.
plies the houses within radius of 10
miles of Charing Cross. There are
only some 100000 houses, with 1,7OO,.
900 fireplaces. Where do the 5,OOO,.
900 tons of smoke come FROM? If all
the air that passes up the chimneys
during the process Of combustion ev-
cry day Is regarded as smoke, there
may be possible answer, but for such
q calculation a Lord Kelvin is needed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-02-11
Aseasslns Were Friends.

Helsingfors, Finland--A connection
between the assassinations of Cow
Gen. Bobrikoff of Finland (who was
shot June 1G last by Eugene Schau-
mann and died the following day. and
Procurator-General of Finland Soisa-
lon Soininen (shot and killed Feb. 6
at his residence by Karl Lenard
Hohenthal) has been established it
being learned that Schaumann and
Hohenthal lived in the same board
ing house and were warm friends.
The police as yet have not made
any arrests, but domiciliary visits and
searches are expected soon of the as
sassns' rooms and other places.
There are no outward indications of
the crime. The city Is calm and the
newspapers give brief details of the
shooting, but under orders, do not dis
cuss IT,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-02-11
Ice hIookade contInues.

Nantucket-The ice blockade which
was established here a week ago is
now more effective than ever and
there are no prospects of an early
raising of the embargo The drift ice
and foes from Vineyard sound have
been forced down upon this island and
Nantucket harbor is tightly filled with
solid mass of ice.
No mails from the mainland have
reached the island for several days. A
favorable opportunity for making a
landing Oh the east end Of the island
was afforded one day recently and II
was expected that either a tug or the
sent over to land the weeks accum
ulation of letters and papers, but,
greatly to the disappointment Of the
residents of the island, no steamer ap
preached.
A number of persons who were de-
sirous of reaching the mainland en-
deavored to board the Merritt before
she sailed, but conditions We're not
favorable and the attempt had to be
abandoned.
The "off islanders" imprisoned here
are becoming reconciled to the situa'
tion and many are entering into the
chief occupations of the natives at
present-watching the weather vane
and loafng
But not all of them. There are
here, detained by the ice, an energetic
life insurance agent and a representa-.
tive of a Boston brokerage house, and
they are busy with propositions to in.
vestment boards of local banks. 1t
will be no fault of theirs is the island
is not we'll insured and next summers
earnings we'll invested.
Eels are the only fresh fish obtain
able, and the slaughter of native oxen
has begun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-02-11
THURSDAY,
Feb. 9, 1905.

Reserve Officer Thomas c. Malloy
shot by. thief at Brockton, Mass; man
arrested at Bridgewater on suspicion.
Rear Admiral George +. +. Wilde,
commandant at Charlestown navy yard
and father of the white squadron"
asks to be placed on the retired list.
Twelve men and two women in miss
ing lifeboat of steamer Damara reach
Pleasant point, N, S., after terrible
fight for life in angry seas.
Everett b. Church, missing from
Rockland, Mass, alleged to have circu-
lated from $4,000 to $4,000 in forged
paper.
w. G. Worrall of South Uxbridge,
Mass, commits suicide.
Hon. j. NJ Haynes of Augusta, Me-,
claims 4C00 acres taken into Canada by
boundary adjustment.
HCch starts west in custody of de-
tective; DR.. Springer of Chicago be-
!ieves he poisoned rings with curare.
Privy council in London decides in
favor of the United States in the
Greene Gaynor case.
House and senate, in joint session,
counts the electoral vote and declares
Roosevelt and Fairbanks elected.
Emperor William fayors drinking
toasts in water.
James B. Reynolds, secretary of
Massachusetts, Republican State Com
mittee, decides to accept position of as
sistant secretary of the treasury.
Friends CT Mrs Edwards of Pennsyl-
yania losing hopes of staying her exc
cution next week.
Three men killed in dynamite ex-
ploslon in the Osceola mines.
Russians say the latest peace rumors
emanate from japanese sources.
Benjamin Van Slyke, aged 81, the
Oldest boxer in the world, dies in New
York.
Ambassador Porter believes remains
,Ichn Faul Jones may be found un-
der Paris,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-02-11

One Old Cat was played by three boys,
thrower, catcher. and batsman. The
latter, after striking the ball, ran to
a goal about 80 feet distant, and by
returning to the batsman's position
without being out counted one run or
tally. Two Old Cat was played by
four or more boys, with two batsmen
placed about 40 feet apart Three Old
Cat was played by six or more boys,
and Four Old Cat required eight more
players. Some ingenious American
lad suggested than one thrower be
placed in the centre of the square
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-02-11

Stoessel is described as German
sixty years of age, who was born in
Switzerland about forty years ago. II
is reported that he is a drunkard and
a charlatan, being strictly temperate
and man who is to be relied upon
under any circumstances, continues
the Chicago Record Herald. 1t may
be added that he is one of the worlds
most splendid heroes, and has just sur.
rendered under conditions that prove
him to be an arrant coward. He ought
to be ashamed OF himself and may be
pardoned II he at times Is inclined to
speak with the simple bluntness of the
truly great.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-02-11
STRIKE AND TIE.uP.
Scare at St. Petersburg That Trouble
Would start All over Again.

"Odlu OAdTt AAl ONSE HSdlVs
st, Petersburg. A partial strike al
the Putiloff iron works and the com.
plete tieup OF the st. Petersburg cal
factory gave rise to rumors Feb. OF
general recrudescence OF the strike
movement here; hut the strike has moi
extended to other establishments, anC
the success of the manager Of the Putt
lon works in preventing the great body
Of worlmen from following the ex.
ample OF their comrades in two OF
the shops, who had walked out, gives
basis for hope of an amicable settle
ment.
The present trouble involves the
questions Of pay for the time the mer
were out on strike, and the eight-houl
day, which were discussed at a meeting
Of employers.
The employers came to no absolute
decision, but determined to adopt q
conciliatory attitude.
They probably will concede nine.
hour day, which will satisfy the EN-.
pIoyes, pending general legislation OIL
tho nalattor Of eisht-hour day, which
will be binding upon employers
throughout Russia.
AT present, six government factories
and 13 private establishments arc
working 81 hours or less weekly, and
2S other large enterprises more than 81
hours.
The question for allowance for time
on strike is not so easy Of settlement
Some works, including the American
Westinghouse company, have voluntar.
lily paid their men for the whole week
they did not work, but several large
establishments including the st. Peters.
burg car factory and the Putiloff iron
works refuse to do so, claiming that
it would swallow up the most of their
yearly profits.
The Putiloff works, where the strike
originated and was of double duration.
would be especially hard hit, as the
strike pay roll would amount to $780,
900.
The st. Petersburg car factory al
ready has paid three days, but is un'
willing to concede more.
Gov. Gen. Trepoff does not wish to
interfere, this question being a purely
economic one; but he has intimated to
the masters that it is desirable that
they should reach a settlement with
their men.
1t is hoped in view of the concilia-
tory attitude of the masters and the
apparent readiness of the men to lis.
ten to argument, that another crisis
will be avoided.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-02-11
WEDNESDAY,,
Feb. 8, 1905.

Steamer Damara believed to have
foundered off Nova Scotia coast, and
lifeboat's load of Is persons, crew and
passengers are thought to have per-
ished
Victor Mazzaleni of Boston, hand
some and Romantic, who lived like a
prince, when he had money, ends his
days of sickness by shooting himself.
Everett B. Church of Rockland,
Mass, missing from home, and rumors
of financial difficulties are in circula-
tion.
John l.. Sullivan Ill with pneumonia
in st. Louis.
Gunboat Newport under sail and
with propeller gone, seen 70 miles
southeast OF Cape Hatteras Feb. 8, by
the Admiral Schley.
Senate passes statehood bill, Okla
homa and Indian Territory as state
of Oklahoma and New Mexico as a
state, with Arizona out altogether.
Yales swimming director saves
freshman's life in gymnasium tank.
Death of Hon. Joseph H. Manley at
Augusta, Me.
Poultney Bigelow speaks in uncom-
plimentary terms of German mission
aries.
President Roosevelt wants scientific
exploration and survey of the flora,
fauna, geology, mineral resources and
ethnology Of the Philippine islands.
Peace talk finds no echo in high Rus
sion official circles; st. Petersburg
press not SO bellicose.
Death of Miss Caroline Frances
Orne, the poet, in Cambridge, Mass,
aged "a years.
Walter E. Smith of Athol placed on
trial at Worcester on indictment al
leging larceny, assault with intent to
rob and receiving in connection with
the disappearance Of Frank J. Burns
of Marlboro in December, 1903.
Machen and the Croft brothers go to
prison at Moundsville, Va.
Gettysburg college quarantined be-
cause of smallpox.
Death of Rev. DR.. William r. Alger,
of Boston, famous as a pulpit orator
and author generation ago.