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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26
CONFESSES
THE CRIME
Arrested in St. Johnsbury On
Murder Charge.
JOHN YOUNG WAS SHOT.
Plummer Bacon Is Man Under Arrest
Crime Was Committed Just Outside
of whitefeld, N. H-Squabble
Over a Woman.

st. Johnsbury, April 90. Plummer
Bacon, charged with the murder OF
John Young on a farm few miles from
Whitefield, N. H., Monday night, was
captured here last night by Deputy
Sheriff Follensby Of Whitefeld. When
run down Bacon, the officer reports,
confessed the crime and assented to
being taken back to New Hampshire at
once. st. Johnsbury was thrown into a
state of excitement when the news Of
the capture Of an alleged murderer in
their midst became known.
Deputy Follensby came here yester-
day afternoon, having traced Bacon
from Whitefeld, where he was notified
Of the crime at eleven o'clock Monday
night. He described the man wanted
and Napoleon Richard at once recognized
the description Of man he had seen
walking down the railroad track at $50
last evening. The man was headed
south. With several st. Johnsbury Of
ficers Follensby started out and soon
ran across the man. There was no
resistance and the man submitted to
arrest. Bacon admitted shooting Young
and said that he would 90 back to New
Hampshire without requisition papers,
He is only % years old. Young was
only is. lie sometimes went under the
name of Sawyer.
The crime was committed on the farm
Of Lorenzo G. Ash, few miles from
Nhitefield, and not great distance
from the Vermont line. Bacon and
Young got into dispute over Mrs. Ash
and came to blows. Mr.. Ash separated
the men, and then Bacon sprang to his
feet and grabbing rife shot and killed
his antagonist. He then attempted tc
kill Mrs. Ash but the woman's husband
bit the rifle 80 that the bullet was de
fiected.
The officers learned that in his flight
Bacon stopped at the home of his halt
brother, VIM. Carpenter, and spent
Monday night at the home of sister
At both places, the officers say, Bacon
described the circumstances of the
shooting
A peculiar feature Of the affair il
that the weapon alleged to have been
taken from Bacon after the shooting
was found to be of 35-S5 calibre, while
during the autopsy bullet of 5000
calibre was taken from the body of
the dead man. 1t is believed that in
the confusion following the shooting,
Bacon's rife was accidentally exchanged
with that Of Bernard Mann, who was
present at the time. The police are
trying to locate Mann.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26
WILSON BACKS DOWN.
viii Not Accept $1,000 from Clement
to Settle Suit.

Rutland, April 26.--Clerk of the Unit
ed States Court George E. johnson OF
Burlington, stated last night that Sam
ueI d. Wilson, plaintiff in the famous
Wilson-Clement slander case, yesterday
filed with the court a protest against
any settlement of the case which his
attorneys may have made.
Mr.. Wilson, who was seen in regard
10 the matter, stated that it was true
that be had filed protest against any
settlement of the case which his at
torneys have made or may make in the
future. He said that he had not au-
thorized his attorneys to settle the case
and that If any agreement in regard to
Il settlement had been entered by them
he would repudiate the same.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26
PRIEST PRESENTED $500.
Rev. T ]. Gaffney of Rutland, Returned
Home, Is Surprised.

Rutland, April 26.-A reception was
given last evening to the Rev. 4. j.
Gaffney, rector OF st. Peters church,
who has Just returned from an extended
trip abroad In d graceful speech DIR,
j. ID. Hanrahan in behalf Of the many
there presented Father Gaffney with a
check for $500, their united gift to the
popular rector. The affair was held at
st. Peters hall and several speeches
were made including one BY Father Gaff-
ney, in which he thanked them all for
their unexpected generosity.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26

SHELDON IN THE BOX.
Former Local Pitcher Helped University
of Vermont to Win Yesterday
from Maine.

With Barre. Nlontpeliers' old pitcher,
Reulbach, or better known here as
Sheldon, in the box, the University of
Vermont yesterday afternoon defeated
the University of Maine, at Burlington.
The score was nine to six. Sheldon did
not show up in his usual form, although
he held the opposing batters down we'll.
They secured nine singles. Sheldon
struck out eleven men, hit one and
gave two bases on balls. He made two
assists and got one single.
Costly errors were disastrous for the
Maine boys. Campbell, who pitched for
Burlington last summer, viii be in the
box for the Vermont team today against
Maine. Yesterday Campbell made a
home run. It was the first home game
for the University Of Vermont boys
yesterday, and they showed up well, at
the bat and in the field.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26
Russians Severely Repulsed
in Battle Near Kaiyunan.
RUSSIAN VESSELS SEEN
Five Ships Seen Off Lenting Island,
Which Is just Of Coast of China
Vessels Were Heading
Southeastward.

Toxic, April 26.--In an encounter be-
tween the Russian and Japanese soldiers
near Kaiyunan, Manchuria, the Russians
were defeated, leaving two hundred
dead on the field. The Japanese lost
3S killed, and % wounded.
The Russians made an attack in the
direction of Changtu. They were met
by twelve squadrons of cavalry and
one of artillery from Siaotatsi who re.
pulsed them.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26
HER SKULL CRUSHED.
Little Rena Perrin of Stockbridge Hurt
in Runaway.

Stoekbridge. April 26.- The condition
of Rena Perrin, aged about eight years,
whose skull was crushed on Sunday last
when thrown from runaway team, re-
mains precarious. Eli Perrin had his
wife, boy, male friend and the above
girl out for drive behind a span-one
Of which had lately been traded for, and
proved to be kicker. Kicking was the
performance by which the runaway be.
gan which resulted III III being unloaded
without ceremony. After a run of a
mile the reins wound up in the wheels
and stopped the infuriated steed Mrs,
Perrin suffered some fractured ribs, the
boy slight injuries, and men shaking
nm
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26
DASHED TO DEATH
400 FEET BELOW
Ten Miners Reduced to Mass of Flesh
and Bone in wilkesbarre, Pa,
Mine Early This
Morning.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, April 26.-Another
dreadful disaster at the anthracite coal
mines occurred in this city this morning
when ten miners fell to their death in
the Cunningham shaft Of the Delaware
& Hudson Coal company, by the break-
ing Of the hoisting rope.
The shaft is nearly thousand feet
deep and the men were being lowered
to their work when the accident oe-
CURED. All were dashed to the bottom
and were reduced to a mangled mass of
flesh and bone, the fall being fully four
hundred feet.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26
TOO MUCH FOR THIS HORSE.
Automobile and Electric Car Formed a
Terrifying Combination.

An automobile on one side and an
electric ear on the other made too much
of a combination for Nelson kennerson's
horse on State street in Montelier last
evening, and the animal decided to leave.
He ran from the Central Vermont depot
to the corner Of State and Main streets,
where telephone pole shipped off one
of Che wheels of the carriage. 1t gave
HENDERSON his second wind, however,
and he finally brought the horse 10
standstilI No other damage was done.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26
SHORT CITY MEETING.
In Session Only Three Salaries
Fixed.

The city meeting last evening was a
record breaker for the time taken in
transacting the business before it. It
was called to order at $780, R. S.
Currier was elected chairman. j. X.
Tierney moved under article 2 that the
salaries Of city officials be the same
as last year and it was SO voted. The
meeting then adjourned after being in
session three minutes. The attendance
was 10 voters aside from the officials
affected and the reporters.
The salaries are as follows: Mayor,
$3.50 year; aldermen, 80 cents an
hour; auditors, 80 cents an hour; as
SCISSORS $3.50 per day and city clerk
and treasurer $3.50 year
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26
What His Attorney Says.

Burlington, April 26.-A member of
the firm of Powell & Powell stated last
evening that they were still attorneys
for Wilson but they did not know that
he planned to file any protest against
a settlement OF the case. He did not
fully concur with the terms of settle
ment at first, but they expected he
would accept. No money has been paid
Wilson as yet.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26
|N0RTHFIELD TO HAVE
NEW WATER SYSTEM
Citizens Voted Last Evening to Pur-
chase the Andrews Emerson Aque-
duct Company for s1s,5oo-
Offer Is Accepted.

Mortified, April 26.--At the ad-
journed village meeting last evening,
il was unanimously voted to purchase
the Andrews Emerson Aqueduct Co.'S
water system for $1S,500 and the offer
was accepted by the company, posses
sion to be given May 1st.
The village win at once take meas
ures for installing first class water
system for fire protection and domes-
Tic uses. 1t will be constructed from
plans which were drawn BY competent
engineer last year and approved BY the
special water committee.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26

The taIlow tree of China Is so called
rom the fact that il produces a sub
stance resembling tallow which is used
for similar purposes. The fruit is
inelosed within pod A white pulp
is found within, and this substance the
Chinese use In making candles, mix
ing little oil with it TO make it softer
and more pliable.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26
EXPECT OTHER FLEET.
Penang Straits Settlement on Lookout
for Russian Vessels.

Island OF Penang, Straits Settlement,
April 20. The fourth division of the
Russian second Pacific squadron, COM
manded by Vice Admiral Nebogatoff, il
expected to pass Penang and enter the
Strait OF Malacca today. The British
authorities are on the lookout. Guard
boats at night are patrolling the ap-
proaehes to Penang.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26
TWO FROM BARRE.
Petitions in Bankruptcy Filed in Bur
lington Yesterday.

Burlington, April 26. Three petitions
in bankruptcy were filed yesterday.
They were as follows: Joseph Roffi a
quarryman Of Barre, who has liabilities
Of S36s and assets Of $50, all of which
are claimed exempt: James Brown, a
crippled soldier of Richford, who has
liabilities Of S1,041, and assets Of $1,400,
Of which 5000 are claimed exempt; Eli
9. Kezer. a stone cutter Of Barre, who
has liabilities Of $3172s and assets Of
s165, all of which are claimed exempt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26
OFFICIAL SURPRISE PARTY.
State Prison at Windsor Objective Point
of Governor Bell and Party.

Montpelier, April 26.-Gov. Bell, who
was in town last night to lead the grand
march at the Charity Ball. with Mrs.
Bell, left today for Windsor, where he,
Lieutenant Governor Stearns and
Speaker Merrifeld Of the House Of Rep
resentatives expect TO give the officials
surprise party. ii is an official visit.
From there the governor will 60 to
Rutland to institute Pomona grange
Thursday evening. On Friday evening
he viii institute a grange at Hardwick.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26
MANN is ARRESTED.
Is Wanted at Whiteield, N H., in Con-
nection With Monday Nights Murder

Whitefeld, N. H., April 20. Bernard
Mann, who is alleged to have been at
the Ask house Monday night when John
Young was shot and killed, was arrested
in Dalton today. Punmer Bacon is
under arrest for the. crime but Mann is
wanted as witness and for attempting
to help Bacon to escape.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26
Endorse National Administration.

Harrisburg Pa, April 26.The Re
publican state convention today renom-
mated the present state treasurer and
Judge Rice. 0rlandy and Beaver of the
supreme court. The platform endorses
the state and national administrations.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26
KILLED AFTER WEDDING.
Young Man and Girl Were Returning
When Their Carriage Was Struck.

South birmingham, Mass, April 26.
Joseph Foley, who was driving last
night with Miss Mary Ducey, when
their carriage was struck by train
and Miss Ducey was killed, died at the
hospital this morning. The young man
and girl Were returning from a we'd.
ding.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26
xlack Bananas.

Because banana skins happen TO be
black it does not follow that the fruit
Is unfit to eat. West Indian bananas
sre ripest for human consumption
when the skin is almost black. II Is
the Canary fruit which turns a beau
tiful yellow.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26
Mans way.

When a man and his wife start to
go anywhere, says a Missouri paper, he
tells her to get out his good suit, fix
the buttons in his shirt, get his cuffs,
good shoes, tie his necktie, brush his
hat, perfume his handkerchief, and a
few other little jobs Then he puts on
his hat and says: Great Scotti Amt
you ready yet tl"Kansas City Journal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26
NATIONAL MONUMENT IN FACT.
Southerner Suggests That North and
South Unite to Erect Memorial.

Lagrange, Ca, April Ex-Governor
Terrill, in his Memorial Day address, de-
livered here this afternoon, suggested
that the time was ripe for a national
monument to the dead on both sides
of the Civil War. He referred to the
origin of Memorial Day and paid high
tribute to the heroic dead and the South
ern women.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26
LAST OF K. OF G. DANCES.
Twenty-Five Couples Had Enjoyable
Time Last Evening.

The last OF the series of five dances
given by the Knights Of Columbus cotil-
hon club was held last evening at The
K. Of g. hall in the scampini bloc and
was q very enjoyable occasion There
were about rs couples present. Music
was furnished by Gilbcrtsons orchestra.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26
Begin Stone Cutting Again.

Bethel, April 26.-The Woodbury.
Granite Co. began cutting at their sheds
yesterday after lapse Of five weeks,
due to inability to get stone from the
quarry over the soft roads,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26
SPOTTED FEVER VICTIM.
Child Died of Disease in White River
Junction.

White River Junction, April 20. The
5-year-old son of Charles McAlman died
yesterday of eerebro- spinal meningitis.
He is from West Derry, n. H., and was
stopping at the residence Of Clarence
Haekett. No new cases have been re-
ported
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26
FAMOUS EXPLORER DEAD.
Col William Glazier Died at Midnight
at His Home in Albany, N. Y.

Albany, n. Y, April 26 William
Glazier, the well known explorer, died
at midnight at his home here, of heart
disease. He was born in 1s41
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26
oad Korenn Custon,.

The marriage certificate Is equally
divided between husband and wife In
Korea.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26
RUSSIAN SHIPS SIGHTED.
Three Battiehsips and Two Cruisers
Were Headed Toward Southeast.

Hong Kong, April 26.--The British
steamer Colchas, just arrived, reports
sighting three Russian battleships and
two cruisers this morning off Lenting
island and steering to the southeast.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-26

Lenting island is in the China Sea,
not far from the main coast of China,
and southwest of Hong Kong.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-04-07
Hard Luck.

Hard Luck
The money that ! used to make
Has vanished like the dew
On which sunbeams their fierce thirs
slake
And draw up In the blue
TIL cash ! used 10 have on hand
No more is in my purse:
l find | can no one command
When | can't coin disperse.
The happy days that once were mine
Have fled and vanished now,
And often there ale drops Of brine
Upon my fevered brow
The drops are drops of anguish deep
From broken spirits wrung;
They really should make angels weep
Up there the stars among.
The money that l used to make
Is what | didn't save,
And that's the reason-no mistake
That now ] vainly rave.
The funds that in | used to rake
Don't seem to cut much Ice
Nor help me to a smoking steak,
l have to have the price.
But still it really seems TO me
! had jolly time.
And that is something. YOU agree
To make my spirits climb.
Then here's to what ! used TO make
Just multiplied by ten,
And here's to her for whose dear sake
Id do 1t all again.
Illinois State Journal
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-04-07

mantling ivy and the cliffs they over
hang make charming studies. But
as well try to repeat on canvas the
elusive work of Jack Frost. Adjoin-
ing some of the old towers are gar
dens where roses climb the walls to
a height of twenty or thirty feet.
Rose Gardens of Granada.
To sketch in rose garden of Gran
ada, with the air vocal with the song
of nightingales, quite fills an artists
idea of earthly bliss.
There are delightful excursions to
be made on donkey back about Gran
ada in search of mountain views. and
incidentally in going through little
villages where tourists are unknown
one stumbles upon Spanish kitchens
whose fascinating array of copper and
brass utensils one longs to transfer
bodily to the studio at home. There
are beautiful braziers two or three
feet in diameter, ornamented with
hand work and with curious great
handles. Superb water jars several
feet in height, quaint-looking antique
lamps and candle-sticks and treasures
of all sorts. Granada, surrounded by
it's snow mountains, has climate
which permits one to work there with
comfort the summer through.
Going north, one must plan for
stay in Madrid. for the sake of its
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-04-07

summer through, and one should not
miss the chance to sketch its pasejes,
called the Spanish Venice. The place
consists of series of streets crowded
between sea and mountain, passing
here under bridge which connects
from house to house, broken there by
a fight of steps leading to some
houses perched high on rocky eyre
above.
In only one other place in Spain are
the urchins more troublesome-in
Traeana, where Murillo painted his
beggar boys. But after all, they are
only a shade worse than those Of
other lands, and if you will get a
working use of the language (Which
is not difficulty. and not try to sketch
alone if you are woman, you will
find it we'll worth while to surmount
a few difficulties and take the trip,
for all castles in Spain but shine the
fairer when seen close at hand
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-04-07


glorious gallery. Once seen, the
heart aches always with the wish to
get back to it again. 1t is represent
alive of it's fine examples of works by
most of the world masters, but con-
tains besides a superb collection OF
pictures from the great Spanish paint
ers with whom one becomes acquaint-
ed nowhere else.
Murillo is nowhere so tenderly
beautiful as in the great array of his
pictures here. Ell Greece one comes
to know with pleasure. There is a
hall devoted to Goya, from whose
dashing,. almost theatrical canvases
one learns, nevertheless, lessons of
power and simplicity.
Art Galleries In Madrid.
Models are not numerous here, but
are often fascinating when found.
For a few pesetas you can rent from
a dealer one of the rare old Spanish
shawls worth hundreds of dollars.
Your graceful model drapes it about
her pretty figure with skill which
you would pay roundly to acquire, and
her every pose is charming.
On the sea coast of northern Spain
the climate is delightful the whole
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-04-07

have lived fer generations, is almost
as much as your life is worth. One
is so tormented by swarms of beggars
that the protection of policeman is
needed even in driving in a carriage
through the quarter. To introduce a
gypsy into your garden means a con-
slant watch over everything in sight.
They are an entertaining folk, and
will dance and sing in the intervals
of posing, and if you speak Spanish,
will tell you tales of their cave life.
gay enough existence it is in the
summer, when they reap harvest by
dancing and singing for tourists, but
dreary in winter, when snow some
times blocks up the entrances to their
dwellings.
No spot in Spain is richer in sub
jects for the artists pencil than
Granada. There is the glorious old
palace of the Moors. The ext er of
the old vermillion towers heir
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-04-07
The woman who can show the
greatest variety of flowers is the one
who takes pride in her garden.
Write to S. G. Warner, G. P. and T,

Write to S. G. Warner, G. P. and T.
A., Kansas City Southern Ry., Kansas
City, Mo-, for information concerning
Free Government Homesteads, New
Colony Locations, Improved farms,
Mineral lands, Rice lands, and Timber
lands and for copy of Current Events"
Business Opportunities, Rice book, X.
C. S. Fruit Book Cheap round trip
homeseekers tickets on sale first and
third Tuesdays of each month. The
short line to the Land of Fulfillment."
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-04-07

How times change! Six thousand
years ago this spring Adam went tc
the fig tree and did Ewes spring shop
ping.-Chicago Tribune.
Eve went to the apple tree first
and hubby has had to hustle ever
since.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-04-07

King Alfonso is going to visit Lon.
don after leaving Paris in the early
part of June, and considering his emf
nence as matrimonial possibility, the
British girls will all, Of course, try to
look their prettiest.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-04-07

Happy the man who has married a
wife capable Of making virtue of the
mother of invention. She can prob.
ably also evolve an Easter hat from a
length of telegraph wire and cordu.
roy coat.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-04-07

Counting money puts a Baltimore
bank man to sleep. If you are trou'
bled with insomnia, take thousand
dollars in pennies to bed with YOU
Puck,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-04-07

In the spring, says an observant con-
temporary, women's footsteps turn
lightly toward the millinery stores.
And mems hands instinctively toward
their pocketbooks.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-04-07

when does a girl cease to be girl
and become an old maid?" asks Spin
SER" of the New York Sun. It's an
old question, and the answer in every
case depends upon the girl.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-04-07

A supreme court decision has up
held the suicide clause in life insuranc
policies. This knocks out another
get somebody else rich quick"
scheme.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-04-07
No Quarter.

The evils which always follow after
Indigestion, biliousness or constipa-
ton will give no quarter. Better fight
them to a finish with DR.. Caldwelps
Qaxative) Syrup Pepsin. 1t is
weapon against these dangerous dis
eases, which will give you quick re-
lief and permanent cure. Sold by all
druggists at SOC and $1.0O Money
back if it fails.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-04-07

The German empress, says a dis
patch, dimes nowhere this year. Lee
it be hoped the good lady has
course lunch" and high tea" tt
make up for the dinner deficiency.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-04-07

The New York Sun kindly explains
that Manuel Garcia's preservation Is
due to the fact that he abandoned the
pernicious habit Of opera singing more
than half a century ago. and so es
capped acquiring an ambition to sing
WaRperian roles
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-04-07

A Philadelphia glutton who ate flf'
teen plates of ice cream and held
them down with pork sandwich is in
a hospital. Lucky for him he isn't in
a cemetery.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-04-07

Old Mrs. Oyama is now probably
around telling the neightors that she
always knew little Iwawo would grow
up to be somebody.