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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-20
Filipino Gets Out Of Jail.

Burlington, March 2O Henry Davis,
the Filipino Or Malay, who has been do
ing a very short sentence at the county
jail, has just been released, his term
having expired. Davis il a brown
youngster brought from the Philippines
by some officers and who found home
In this country, having passed several
months at Fort Ethan Allen. He fell
into bad habits, however, and stole some
clothing, was arrested and spent several
months at the jail He received sent
ence Of Is days in the comfy Jail at
the recent term Of the federal courts in
Burlington, the light punishment being
given in view Of the fact that he had
already been confined long time. Now
that his sentence has expired, the youth
finds that he is without money OF
friends in a strange country, which is
difficult problem for him to solve. He
says he is a native Of Ceylon He is
intelligent and speaks the English Inn
guage fairly well.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-20
Had Lots of Brass.

Burlington, March 2O--The matter OF
the theft Of the brass from the Central
Vermont and the Rutland railroad shops
was finally disposed Of in city court
Saturday afternoon. Jacob Mitchell
and Oliver Latour both pleaded guilty
to information charging them with the
theft and were sentenced. Jacob Mitch
ell received not less than one and d
halt years or more than two years at
the states prison at Windsor, and Oil
yer Latour was given not less than one
year or more than fifteen months at
the House Of Correction. No dIsposi-
ton was made Of he case OF Nelson La
tour. who was bound over to county
court on the same charge some time
ago.
Harris London, second hand store
man, accnsed of buying the brass above
named, had his hearing Saturday.
Mitchell and Latour both swore that
he bought the brass of them. London
put in no defence. He was bound over
in the sum Of $500, which was furnish
ed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-20
scotland,s Greatest contralto.

Clan Gordon No, 10 has secured Miss
Tina Crawford, Scotland's greatest con
tralto and Miss Agnes Hyde, queen Of
society entertainers, TO give grand con.
cert comprising Scotch, English and Irish
melodies, humorous sketches and hu-
morous readings, etc, at the Barre opera
house Tuesday, March 2sth. Admis-
sion, 35. so and rs cents.
This Is what the London Times says
Of Miss Crawford sNext appeared Miss
Tina Crawford, contralto vocalist, who
possesses brilliant voice, singing no
less than eight songs Miss Crawford
is to be envied the possession Of such
glorious voice, which fairly enchanted
hearers, who showed their appreciation
by calling her to the front again and
again, No doubt Mis- Crawfogi is the
finest contralto we have heard for q
long time"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-20
T. ". LEIeHToNs FUNERAL.
Body Taken to Quincy, Mass, Last
Night for Burial

The funeral Of the late Frank w.
Leighton was held yesterday afternoon
at the house on Brooklyn street, the
Rev, f. 4. Poole officiating. Among the
mourners were two brothers of the de-
ceased, Levi and William, Of Portland,
Me-, and three sisters of Mrs. Leighton,
who reside in Quincy, Mass. The body
was taken to Quincy, former home Of
the deceased, for intarment The floral
tributes were as follows:
Floral crss, employees OF Mcdonald,
Cutler 4 Co, floral crescent, Levi Leigh
ton and wife, calla lilies, Mcdonald, CUT
Ter & Co., carnations, Mrs. r. DIthie
and family, AIRS. T. Stone, Florence
Aincl, sixth grade Of public schools, Mr.,
and Mrs. MePhce, Band of Hope class
Of the Congregational Sunday school
calla lilies, fifth grade Of public schools
Bernard q Newman, pillow of flowers
from the n. =. o. T. lodge, also pillow
from the family.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-20
The Usual Spring Flood Was
Threatened Yesterday.
PRESENT DANGER IS PAST
Store Keepers on Main Street Began to
Look Toward Stevens Branch-Resi-
dents in currier Park Section Had
Trouble With Little Potash.

The thaw, followed by the slight rain
OF Saturday night, caused the streams
in this vicinity to rise considerably and
gave much apprehension over the prob
ability Of the usual Spring flood" but
outside Of bad wetting down to the
residents along Potash brook there was
no damage done. The riyer in the rear
Of the Main street buildings On the west
rose steadily during the day, but at
the highest point was far below the dan
ger mark. Nevertheless, tile storekeep-
ers kept an eye on their cellars. The
greater portion Of the ice IN the river
has not yet gone out and until that
leaves there will be no certainty that
the cellars of the stores will not be
Hooded. In the Currier Park section,
church-goers had a hard time. Potash
brook oyerflowed its confines at Currier
street and a swift stream went down
Cliff street, cutting off East and Park
streets and again finding its proper chan
mel on Elm street Rubber boots we're
the popular footwear.
A break in the city water main on
Washington sreet gave the water de-
partment all it could attend to Satur-
day night and Sunday, bat they finally
got il satisfactorily patched up. The
water from an overhowing surface sewer
on Washington street ram into the
Spaulding school basement, but it was
discovered early and turned aside before
any damage had been done.
Railroad Track Quilted.
The track Of tile Montpelier Il Wells
River 4. \. just below Dodge's bridge,
between this city and Montpelier, was
badly quilted out yesterday afternoon
shortly after one o'clock. A small brook
runs under the track at this point and
it had gradually undermined the bank
ing until considerable portion caved
in. Notice was sent to the Montpelier
1 Office and worlxmen were sent to lix it
up. The track vas IN shape so that
trains went over it this morning, while
the railroad officials are congTatulating
themselves that the break was discovr
kered SO soon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-20
TWENTY-F FOUR MEN
WERE KILLED.
Two Explosions in West Virginia
Mine Saturday Night, Last Of Which
Was Due to carelessness on
Part Of the Explorers.

Charleston, VI Va, March 2o.-As
the result Of the explosion in the Bush
Run and Red Ash mines near Thurmond
Saturday night, "a men are dead in the
two mines. Ten Of these were killed
in the explosion Saturday night and
the other Ia were d reseuing party who
entered the mine yesterday. These lat
ter were killed by 4 second explosion
and the after damp. The first explosion
seemed to shake the foundations Of the
mountains and the flash from the two
neighboring drift mouths lighted up the
heavens for miles around. The first
explosion was caused by naked
flame coming in contact with the gas.
The flames leaped from the drift mouth
and set FIRE TO everything in reach. The
great drum BY which The loaded cars are
run from the drift mouth down the
incline to the tipple was blown from
its moorings and down the mol:ntain
side GOO feet while the drum house
caught fire and was destroyed.
A rescue party WIS formed and about
! 90 men entered the mine in search Of
| the bodies of those wa9 had persisted
| at the first explosion The men ex.
plored The mines for two or three hours
\ putting up hrattiees SO that pure ali
\ should follow them wherever they went
I Finally some of them came out and
reported that the Others were too care
1 less iii going forward taste. than ths
! good air was being supplied, carrying
it the same time d naked light. Al
3,45 the second explosion occurred, caus
cd by the gas coming in contact witt
the naked flame OF miners lamI
! and IL more men were dead
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-20
LOOKS LIKE PEACE.
Russia Said to Have Ordered Delay in
Delivering War Materials.

Birminghab, Eng, March 2O.The
Post says that Russia has given instruc-
tions to German and other continental
contractors for war material To post
ponc delivery OF large quantities Of
stores for the present.
The same paper Is informed by high
diplomats that two or three Of the great
powers, including Great Britain, are con-
sidering the proposal to convene an IN
ternationaI congress to end the Russo
japanese contest, and TO revise the rules
Of warfare. Among the matters need
ing discussion are questions relating tc
prisoners Of war and their maintenance
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-20
OLD TIME CLERGYMAN.
Rev. R. M. BunneIl Died in Montpelier
Aged Sc Years.

The Rev. r. NJ. Bunnell, an old time
Methodist minister, who was well known
in this city, died Saturday night at
the home Of Or. 9. f. Hunt IN Mont
pelier, having reached the age Of SO
years. Death was due to the general
breaking down of the system on ac-
count Of the weight OF years. The de-
ceased was for many years an active
minister in the Vermont and New Hamp-
shire conferences Of the Methodist
church. For the past ten years be had
resided III Montpelier While a pastor
in Montpelier the Rev. Mr.. Bunnell mar
ried Betsey Ann Kinney Of this city.
The funeral will be held from the
home Of Or. Hunt in Montpelier tor
morrow morning, and the remains win
be taken to Claramont, N. H., for in.
terment.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-20
APPREHENSION AT BETHEL.
But Lower Temperature Has Prevented
Flood for q Time

Niouu lVh AAnt.
Bethel, March 20. After warm day
and slight rain the White River turned
into madness. Excitement along the
river front ran high in anticipation of
great danger. This was increased when
the ice lifted. moved and jammed at the
village bridge, where the river turns
abruptly at right angles. For mile
below the bridge, the ice remains M
tact Another gorge is formed near
Gaysyilie, and a portion OF the high-
way is inundated
Many along the river front this morn.
ing moved their stock to protected quar-.
ters. The river is breaking q week earli-
er than year ago, when the iron bridge
nearly suffered removal The Ice now
is about two feet thick. The B0bbin
company lost some timbers firm their
yard before they could bind them III.
The White River Valley Il. r. suf
fered it's annual washout in several
places The road will be out OF COM
mission for few days. A snow storm
came on durin last night Of three inches
ch eloaks the cmfwypvbUpIJs pIJsdAfdon.c
which checks the flood somewhat.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-20
PLUNGED DOWN BANK.
Two Persons May Die as Result of a
Wreck in Indiana.

Hammond, Ind, March 20. Erie pas.
senger train No. z, known as the Pacific
express, while running at the rate Of
go miles an hour near Winfield station
yesterday, plunged down a 20-foot EN-.
bankment, injuring IL people, two Of
whom may die
The wreck was caused by the auxiliary
reservoirs under the engine cab dropping
into a switch frog which caught the
front truck Of the tender. The engine
remained on the track but six cars
toppled over and rolled down the en-
baniSment
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-20
Blasted Ice From River.

Montpelier, March 90. IN anticipa-
tion Of a flood the officials here started
yesterday afternoon tie breaking up
Of the ice in the river The work was
started at the mouth Of the Dog river
and by last night the ice had been clear
ed with the use of dynamite, to the
Langdon farm The blasting was con-
tinurd today.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-20
WRECK ON THE RUTLAND.
One Man Killed and Two Others Badly
Hurt Yesterday.

Malone, N. XII, March ga Rutland
railroad freight train ran into wash
out one mile east Of here yesterday
morning, and as result three men were
badly injured, one OF whom. Andy
SHUTS, died late last night.
The engine dropped down 10 feet and
sank into the soft mud almost out Of
sight. Seven cars went over the top
Of the engine and scattered down the
bank, leaving their trucks in the cab
Of the engine. Merchandise of every
description, which was in transit to
merchants here, was thrown into fields
and swamps.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-20
N. E. o. P. GRAND LODGE.
Annuel Session to Be Held in Burling-
ton, April 25.

st. Johnsbury, March 20. The 10th
annual session OF the Grand Lodge OF
Vermont, New England Order of Protec-
tion, will be held in Burlington, Tues
day, April 25. The Grand Lodge viii
open in the Knights of Pythias hall at
10 a. m. and continue through the day
and evening. The railrads viii extend
their usual reduced rate eourtesies and
the headquarters Of the Grand Lodge
officers viii be at the Van Ness House.
1t is expected that several Of the SUI
preme lodge officers will be present at
this session.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-20
Buys a Bethel Block.

Bethel, March POE. A. Markham has
sold to Luther B. johnson, publisher Of
the Bethel Courier, his store on Main
street. Guy Wilson, town clerk, will
have an Office in this building. The store
will be fitted up for printing house
at once, and the shop moved from its
present location in Bethel town block.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-20
JANE ANN GRANT.
Barre Woman Died at Heaton Hospital
at Montpelier Sunday.

Jane Ann (Anderson) Grant, wife Of
William Grant Of "a Vine street, died
at o'clock Sunday morning at the
Heaton hospital at Montpelier, where
she was taken for treatment. She was
IS years Of age and was born in Skeen,
Aberdeenshire, Scotland She leaves be-
sides her husband, daughter who is
now visiting in Scotland, and two sons
in this city.
The funeral will be held from the
Presbyterian church tomorrow afternoon
at 2 o'clock. The Rev. William s. Wal
lace of South Ryegate will ofiiciate. The
body viii be placed in the tomb at Elm
wood cemeterY.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-20
WASHINGTON

M. A. George has purchased the farm
now occupied by Fillmore Edward and
Il moving onto the same.
The daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Craig of Graniteville, who died last
week was buried Saturday in the Fish
cemetery in this town.
Il Il. Tillotson lost valuable work
horse Saturday morning.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-20
Russians Tried to Counter on
Victorious Army.
KAIYUAN IS NOW OCCUPIED
This Is point Twenty Miles North Of
Telling = Retreating Army
Burned Bridges South
Of That Town.

London, March 20. Baron Hayashi,
the Japanese minister, makes public the
following:
"0ne detachment at 4 a. m. March
10 occupied Kaiynan, twenty miles north
OF Telling. The enemy again attempted
a counter attack, but was repulsed.
sThe enemy burned the bridges on
the main road south Of Kaiynan and al
10 destroyed part Of the railroad bridge" I"
"a number Of Russian guns have been
found buried near Mukden."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-20
NoRTaFIELn eurTER pEAD.
John Dover Died From Typhoid Pneu-
monia. Burial at Westerly.

Northfeld. March 90 John Dover Of
Westerly, X. r, died at the home Of
". A. Blake Friday night at IL o'clock
from typhoid pneumonia after an ill
ness Of five weeks. He was AS years
old and leaves a wife and four children.
He was a stone cutter, employed at the
sheds Of the r.. b. Ellis Granite com
pany Prayer was held at Mr.. Blake's
on Saturday morning BY the Rev 4. w.
Sharp. The body was sent TO Westerly
on the 9s30 train for burial.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-20
NorthaeId HIgh sehool pefsated.

Mortified, March 20.-At Arrnory
hall Saturday night the Mortified high
school basket bali team was defeated
by Brattleboro high by a seore Of 50 to
IS. The game was fast and exciting
and both sides played good. elean hall.
The Brattlehoro team was heavier, bet.
ter shots and surer in passing
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-20
MADE FAST HITcH.
Fire Department Gave Nice Demonstra-
tiOn Before Big Crowd.

Fire department Gave nice Demonstra-
tiOn Before Big Crowd.
An alarm for chimney burning out
in the house on Granite street, owned
by Scott and Townsend, at 1850 o'clock
last evening gave an opportunity for
the fire department to show of its
PAGES, which it did to good advantage.
The box was No. IL and by the time
the second call was completed the chem
ical engine was out of the new station
on South Main street and on its way
10 the fire. The new team, Joker
and "Jingles,p drawing the hook and
ladder truck, was only d few seconds
behind and chased the chemical down
Main street. Two hose carts were also
brought ont. The fire, what there was.
contented itself BY giving an exhibition
Of sputtering fireworks from the chim-
ney Of the house occupied by Mrs. poIon.
ghini, while big crowd looked on.
1t was the fastest hitch the fremen
ever made.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-20
CONTINUE CONCENTRATION
Efforts of General Linevitch as Des-
patched to st. Petersburg.

st. Petersburg, March 90 Command
er-in-C Chief Lineviteh, in telegram
dated Saturday, says:
e0n March II, Japanese batteries
bombarded our divisions in the vicin-
ity Of Lavanpun and Yapu The enc
my appeared near Kaotaitse (on the
railroad about twenty-five miles north
of Tie pass), annd their cavalry have
occupied Fakoman. Our armies con
tinue their concentration.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-20
TO BUY our PARTNER.
c. W. Ayerill win Pay 500, 500 for e.
A. PrindIe's interest.

A. Prindle's interest
f. A. Prindle Of the firm Of PrindIe
& Averill, hardware dealers and plumb
ers, has accepted the offer Of his part
ner, Charles ". Averill, TO purchase the
entire property held BY the firm, em-
bracing the three story brick building
on the east side of North Main street,
called the "Jaekman block" the hard
ware store and three tenement houses
located in various sections of the city.
The price settled upon is So, 800 Pa
pers in the transfer have not been made
but it is expected that they viii be
signed today. The valuation OF the ten
ements il placed at $4,000 and that Of
the block, which was purchased for St4,-
600 a few years ago, at $4,000. The
store and its goods viii make up the
remainder of the total sum.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-20
BRITISH PLAYERS
GETTING BIG LEAD
In Saturdays Games Britishers Won 10
to 2 by the Americans and 8 Were
Drawn Games Play Will
Be Resumed Today.

Boston, March 20.--A decided defeat
for the American team and victory
by probably not less than two to one
by the British team is the estimated
outcome Of the great Today interna-
tional checker tournament, as foreseen
by ~ringside experts" at the close Of
the fourth days playing.
The score for the Saturday afternoon
session:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-20
FIVE BUILDINGS COLLAPSE.
Bad Construction Alleged to Be the
Cause.

New York, March 20 Five buildings
Of Ave and six stories in course of con-
struction in Harlem collapsed yesterday
and although many lives were placed in
danger, no fatalities were reported. Bad
construction IS alleged to be the cause,
the defects being brought out by the
sudden change from cold to warm wealth
mr..
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-20
500 wRAvERs STRIKE.
Richard Borden's Employees in Fall Riv-
er Dissatisfied.

FaIl River, Mass, March 90. Three
hundred weavcrs struck this morning
at the Richard Borden mill No ], on
account Of the ten loom rule.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-20

tn results Of the tournament to date
are British won 35, Americans won 10.
drawn 29.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-20
ENGLANIl
| uNITED STATEs
/ UNITED STATES
ENGLAND

The score for the Saturday evening
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-26

many types something more than SO many
booklsn phenomena
Yet come back, inevitably, to his dearth of
really fresh and fruitful ideas. Flash after
flash he gives of insight into authors
work Just once in the present volume. in the
pages on Lamb. he develops his conception of his
subject with skill and responsiveness which
are altogether admirable In nearly every case.
moreover. he is an eminenty safe guide. Only
when he is writing OF Walter Pater. does he
suggest that he has lost his critical bearings.
But he is curiously lacking in the ability to
portray literary character at full length to
make those summaries which we have praised
for their vitality luminous that they would
expose in each case the very heart of the sub
ject- Professor Santsbury, in other words goes
far, but does not go quite far enough. We have
spoken with appreciation Of his flashes. Warmly
as we welcome them, We would prefer steady
light. From the disclaimer in his fifth chapter
of any intention to burden his book with philo-
sophical discussions and speculations. it might
be gathered that the pedestrian quality of the
work. considered in its large relations, was de-
liberately adopted at the beginning; that Pro-
fessor Saintsbury might have been as eloquent
inspiring, anybody. if he had only chosen
to let himself 60 AS a matter of fact, he lets
himself CO. after his fashion. whenever the mood
strikes him. innumerable piquant observations
there to show. No; the source of dis
satisfaction lies deeper. 1t lies in the fact that
nowhere in this book made aware of an
original and powerful mind, wreaking itself
upon great theme and enlarging the bound
aries of thought 1t is impossible to avoid re-
fecting on what critic like Arnold would have
made out of the material concentrated in this
book 1t is impossible also to forget what 1t
means to have the material there. Professor
Cot, trN,,r
compilation of this history. but he has, never
theless. put US heavily in his debt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-26

sweIled the size Of his book. and we are glad
therefore that he has refrained from using the
scissors and pastepot except upon the rarest
occasions. But his summaries have more vital
ity and are more vividy illustrative than the
aptest quotations would have been, inasmuch as
they give a fuller impression of specific author
and, at the same time. enable US to get more
quickly over the ground Incidentally, We may
add our progress is made not only the swifter.
but the more interesting through the historians
gift for turning a phrase or a sentence. Take,
for example. one of his notes on Chateaubriand.
whom he calls the first brilliant exponent Of
the Critical Imagination "Chauteaubriand is
of the very first to take the new stream.
reniS QtQHe Uelis. plying the oars of the intel
lect and catching the wind of the spirit Speak
ing of Diderot. whose faculty for getting into
intimate contact with a subject moves him to
enthusiastic praise, he adds: From formula
you will never get anything but formulas; from
the living contact of critic and subject you
will get live criticism" The saying is charac-
teristic of Professor Santsbury. All through
this long study of his he has steadily shown
that he for books only living things
and for critics only when they have brought
kind of life into their work. He has delightful
feeling for what we may call the human side
of letters, and without any trivial dabblng in
personalities. he contrives to make realize his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-26
CRITICISM,
The Last Volume of Professor
Saintsbury's Magnasm Opus.

HISTORY OF CRITICISM AND LITERARY
TASTE IN EUROPE, FROM THE EARLIEST
TEXTS TO THE PRESENT DAY. By George
Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature
in the University of Edinburgh In three vol
unes Vol III. Modern Criticism Svo. PIP. COS.
(Dodd Mead & Coz
Professor Saintsbury is an expeditions writer
He published the first volume of his monu-
mental History of Criticism in the spring of
1901; he brought the second out in the fall of
the following year, and have the con-
Guiding section of the work before US. Like it's
predecessors this third volume is a storehouse
of learning, a mass of invaluable data, not
simply accumulated with enlightened zeal, but
arranged with admirable judgment The author
makes an easy transition in his opening chap
tiers from the eighteenth century traditions
with which he was dealing when he closed his
second volume. Pausing, first, what he calls
The Rally Of Germany he plunges, then into
the works of the English precursors of modern
criticism men like Gray. the Wartons and Hurd
passes presently to Diderot and kindred French