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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-11
The Taxation of Savings.
[vergennes Enrerprise.l

the taxation problem isn't receiving
as much attention nowadays as 1t de.
serves. There is no question about the
injustice of the present laws and the
panaeea for the cure of existing condi-
Mons has not as YET been discovered.
even Mr.. Clement has stopped talking
ABOUT II Now there has been some talk
lately about the seven-tenths Of one per
cent. that is the state tax on savings bank
deposits. This tax pays over one-half of
the entire expense of the suate. It Is
levied on monies that affect practically
every taxpayer in the state 1t AFFECTS
the rate OF interest and makes the bor-
rover pay at least one per cent. more
than he ought to on his MORTGAGES or
loans Where's the candidate with nerve
enough TO come out frankly and advocate
cent. tax on savings bank deposits9 II
looks to us as though the people were
paying that tax exclusively and paying
1t twice-frst. in low rate of Interest
on deposits, and secondly, on a high rste
of interest on loans. '''''
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-11
coLLIDED WITH AUTOMOBILE.
Merrill Whitney and Clarence Merrill Were
Riding Down Hill on BlcycIe-Former
Seriously Injured.

The collision of a Stevens-Duryea
touring car, driven by Mrs. j. Harry
EsIey, and bicycle ridden by Merrill Whit
ney and Clarence Merrill, 16-year-old
boys, resulted in serious injury to Whitney
about o'clock Monday afternoon. The
accident happened at the foot of the
Church street hill, at the junction of
Church street and Elliot street. Mrs.
Estey was accompanied by Charles Mellen
and Miss Emily Tones. Just as she
turned the mashine to go up Church
street she saw the boys coming down the
hill, Merrill running the wheel, which
was his. and Whitney riding on the
handle bars They were but a short dis
lance away, were riding rapidly and were
on the wrong side of the road.
Mrs Estey saw that a collision was
imminent and she turned toward the
other side Of the road TO avoid it If pos
sible. The boys also saw the danger and
they also turned to cross the street.
The collision was then unavoidable. 1t
was all over in an instant and it was seen
then that Whitney was hurt badly and
was bleeding profusely. He was laid on
the grass in front of DR.. Waterman's
residence, and just then e. c. Crosby
came along in his touring car. He took
Whitney home and DIR. c. r. Aldrich was
summoned. He found that the boys
right shoulder was broken, his nose
crushed and one lip cut open, and he was
badly bruised. Indications were that the
car went over him. He is doing well and
has no internal injury Everything pos
sible is being done to prevent dishgure-
ment of his nose.
Merrill was bruised but was not hurt
seriously. He walked home with his
bicycle, the frame and front wheel of
which were smashed. He is a son Of Mr..
and Mrs. A. e. Merrill Of Oak street.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-11
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Presidents Arralgnment Of Standard
OIL Company.


President Roosevelt sent to Congress
Friday the report Of Commissioner Gar
field on the investigation of the opera
tions of the Standard Oil company. The
report was accompanied by a special
message in which the President sharply
criticized the methods OF the company.
which he declares are largely unfair and
unlawful, and by which home Compel
ton is crushed Most of the facts st
forth by Mr.. Garfield, the President says,
are not disputed, and show that the
Standard Oil company has benefited
enormously by secret rates. partly at the
expense Of the railroads, bur its greater
profit is from the public. The refusal Of
railroads to prorate also works in favor
of the trust" and gives 1t an absolute
monopoly in New England. Similar con-
ditions prevail in large part Of the West
and Southwest. The President suggests
as measure of competition the placing
OF alcohol used in the arts ard manu-
features on the free list. He also sug-
gests that no oil or coal lands held by the
government on public domain or in ter
ritory owned by the Indians. should be
alienated The President advocates also
enlarged powers for the interstate com
merce commission, by which records OF
railroads may be examined and action
taken to prevent secret rates and dis
elimination. He points out also that the
sugar trust" as we'll as the STANDARD
Oil company is an offender. The bene-
fetal results OF the investigation. il is
stated, already are seen in the abandon
ment by many railroads Of secret rates
Mr.. Garfield gives in detail many instances
of violation of existing laws. which. how
ever, he believes. need strengthening.
The Standard Oil company quickly made
a public reply. denying some of the
statements made by the President and
Mr.. Garfield.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-11

a prisoner who went to the greenhouse
to work. Mr.. Holland was a native OF
Poultney He had been employed in the
house OF correction many years and be-
fore coming there worked in the hospital
for insane In Concord. n. II. His act was
evidently premeditated He never fully
recovered from the effects of being beaten
by two prisoners who attempted to es-
cape seven years ago. He was pounded
over the head with iron bars until he was
unconscious and 1t was necessary to take
40 stitches in closing his wounds.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-11

A fine deposit of purple and green slate
has been discovered on land near Poult-
ney recently bought by H. ]. Williams
from the estate Of Patrick Roach The
find lies just east Of the Charles Morris
quarry lands, now operated by Rising &
Nelson, and borders on Lake ST. Gather
ine
The United States Asbestos company,
organized under the laws of South Da-
kota with q capital Of 5000. 900 for the pur-
pose of developing the asbestos mines in
Eden, Lamoille county, has been licensed
to do a mining, milling and manufacturing
business in Vermont. An attempt was
made to work the asbestos deposits in
Eden few years ago and was abandoned
after a large sum had been expended
The directors of the new corporation are
II. e. Palmer and Benjamin Strachan of
Burlington, G. w. Brown Of Morrisville
and L. L. Stephens and F. A. Stephens Of
Pierre, South Dakota.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-11

Miss Florence KimbaH, 20. committed
suicide at her home in North Walden
Tuesday by taking a large dose of NOR
phine. She was mentally unbalanced
from the drug habit and her family were
planning to take her to Burlington for
medical treatment.
Harold Smith, 6, son of Frank II.
Smith of Burlington. met with serious
and probably fatal accident Tuesday. In
attempting to alight from delivery team
his foot was caught in the spokes of one
wheel and he was carried around while
the wheel made a complete revolution
His right leg was broken in four places
The sustaining by the supreme court of
the exceptions in the case of Giovanni
Viscome. who is serving a sentence of
seven years at hard labor in the state
prison at Windsor. means that Viscome
VIII have new trial at the September
term of Franklin county court. At the
March, 1905, term of the Franklin county
court Niscome was tried and found guilty
OF manslaughter for the killing of Fran
cisco Phillip in Swanton. He has already
served ABOUT IA months Of his sentence.
DR.. Fl. ID. HoltGn of Battleboro. sec
retary q the state board Of health. was
In Swanton Friday to consider the wafer
situation there with members of the water
committee and prominent citizens. The
samples OF water from the ATissisonoi
river Hungerford brook and wells showed
up badly. Only two selections appear 10
be possible, either to filter the river water
or TO bring a supply from Fairfield pond.
II is estimated that a gravity system from
the pond would cost approximarelv
10000 OF which $4,000 would be foc
piping
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-11

SIX persons We're killed outright. four
oIhers We're fatally injured and 20 more
or less seriously injured Friday night in
head-on collision on the Pennsylvania
railroad near Glover Creek Junction. Pa
irS' OF those killed were postal clerks
me me trains were the Chicago mail east
q St H. anu the nrst section Of the Chicago
an tne Killed and injured were on the
Sast pound train. The collision resulted
from a miscarriage Of orders ON the mart
Oh the crew Of the west bound train
Doth engines, five mail cars and one pes
senger coach were wrecked
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-11

The Mexican government has commit
stoned DR.. Lorenzo Boido to surround him
self with American officers, recruit bands
Of friendly Oputa and Pima Indians, and
begin a war Of determination of the
Yaquis in Sonora. The first expedition
has started, with Boido at its head, and
Others will be formed. Troops travel
without membranes and are empowered
to take supplies and kill beef where
ever needed giving ranchers vouchers
which the Mexican government will pay.
The Yaquis are to be killed wherever
encountered, and tracked into the noun
Iain passes If necessary. DR.. Boido is
rallying old western Indian fighters around
him as lieutenants. The Yaquis have
long been a treacherous tribe and have
slain many Mexicans and some Ameri-
can prospectors.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-11

A bomb was thrown at the carriage Of
Vice Admiral Doubassof, governor gen
eral of Moscow, as he was riding in his
carriage at Moscow Sunday. He was
wounded in one foot, and his aid-de-
caml, sentry and the bomb thrower
We're killed and several bystanders in
jured.
Joseph Foster, "a, was struck in the
head by the step OF a moving car on the
Boston & Albany railroad near Adams.
Mass, Saturday evening and fatally in
jured II is thought that he had been
drinking. He sat on a wooden girdeT
close TO bridge, with his head leaning
forward The engineer blew the whistle
and several persons shouted to him as
the train approached, but he made no
movement. The locomotive passed him
but the step Of the car struck him in the
head and fractured his skull.
Charles L. Spier, president of the Rich
mond Light and Railroad company, and
confidential man to Henry H. Rogers of
the Standard Oil company, was shot and
killed Monday morning at his home in
New Brighton, Staten Island, by bur
glar. Spier evidently discovered the bur-
glar in the house and attacked him.
After hand to hand struggle that con-
tinued for some time the burglar shot
Spier through the heart and escaped.
Later.-The death of Spier is now a
mystery. HIS Vile says he came TO her
door, saying there were burglars in the
house, then he went down stairs, one
shet followed and all was silent. The
back door was open and some pieces of
silverware were on the floor when the
body was found. Spier was involved
financially in one of the companies of
which he was a leading official. The po-
lice are inclined to think he killed him
self. The bullet which went through his
heart was of the calibre of his revolver
in which one chamber was empty.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-11
$4,000 Loss in Fire at St.
Johnsbury Last Sunday

Flames Swept Through Two Floors Of
the Merchants Bank 5uiIdlns-Flre
Spread Rapidly.
Fire caused damage of fully 500
600 to the four-story brick building owned
by the Merchants National bank at ST.
Johnsbury Sunday morning. The fire
started in a closet on the second floor,
near the lighting shaft, ana spread rapidly
through the second and third floors of
the structure. The lower floor occupied
by the bank and the mems furnishing
store of Asselin Brothers, was badly dam
aged by water, and the loss of the latter
will be $4,000. fully insured. On the
second floor was an Office occupied by
A. ID, Noyes, insurance; r. E. Simonds
law; the International correspondence
school, also the tailor shop of John
c. Stevens. Mr.. Simonds carried in
surance of $3.50 on his law library, but
the others were not insured Four ten
ants on the third floor, including Chief of
Police A. II. Noyes, were burned out
They have no insurance. The fourth
floor was only slightly damaged. The
loss On the building will be $4,000. COW
cred by insurance.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-11
Letter to Martin Austin,
Brattleboro, VT.

Dear Sir: Fred Mitchell, Norwich N. ",
and his father before him, have sold Devoe
from 1892 to now
Bright town, Norwich; we've helped 'em
brighten it. Seventy-two years is good long
time TO test paint
But its only half of our lifetime. (We're
$50 years old) Good paint IS a LIE ,preserver.
Go by the name: Devoe leadand-zinc.
Yours truly,
lOt F. w. QEVOE & co.
p S. Robbins g Cowles sell our paint.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-11

The world wants men, large hearted,
manly men;
Men who shall join it's chorus. and pro-
long
The psalm Of labor and the psalm of
love.-[Anon.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-11
ouinIan Building at Barre Again Dam
AGED by Fire.

For the second time in three years the
Quinlan building on Main street, Barre.
has been Quilted by fire. this time the
damage to all concerned being estimated
at $4,000. a blaze was discovered at 4.5O
O'Clock Wednesday morning in the Granite
City restaurant conducted by Mrs. David
Taylor. When the firemen arrived they
found the husband of the proprietor I'm
the kitchen with the door locked He was
TOLD to unlock the door but claimed he
could not find the key. The door was
promptly broken open. Taylor was ar
rested on the charge OF intoxicatlon and
was taken TO the lookup. II is not known
how the fire originated The loss to o.
]. Dodge. jeweler. on the first floor is
confined chiefly to stationery stock F.
II. Rogers & Co, clothing dealers. on the
first floor. carried a $4,000 stock The
stock was badly wet. Both stores were
well covered by insurance
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-11

Whitney is a son of Mr. and Mrs E. D.
Whitney Of Green street.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-11
Advertised Letters.

Men-Elmer Fisher, ]. Hanks, q VIM.
Martin, Warren R. Purple, 2, T. S. Smith,
Ralph A. ]. Worden.
Women-Miss Mabel Goss
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-11
Suicide of a Guard at the House of Cor
reetlon.

John Holland. So, a guard in the
the house of correction at Rutland, shot
and killed himself Sunday morning. He
was on duty from ~ to O'Clock, and
after eating his breakfast walked to the
door of the greenhouse, where he shot
himself four times with a 32-calibre re-
Volver. One bullet entered the body Just
above the heart, another over the navel
and the two remaining shots took effect
in the right side. The body was found bv
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-11

A woman can throw a hint straighter
than a man can throw a rock.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-11-10
NO REST NIGHT OR DAY.

With Irritating Skin Humor-Hair 10.
gan to Fall Out-Wonderful Result
From Cuticura Remedies.
About the latter part of July my
whole body began to itch. did not
take much notice of it at first, but It
began to get. worse all the time, and
then began to get uneasy and tried
all kinds Of baths and other remedies
that were recommended for skin hum
ors; but became worse all tho time.
My hair began to fall out and my
scalp 1tched all the time. Especially
at night, just as soon as I would get
in bed and get warm, my whole body
would begin to itch and my finger
nails would keep it irritated, and It
was not long before I could not rest
night or. day. A friend asked mo
to try the Cuticura Remedies, and I
did. and the first application helped
me wonderfully. For about four
weeks would take hot bath every
night and then apply the Cuticura
Ointment to my whole body; and
kept getting better, and by the time I
used four boxes Of Cuticura I was
entirely cured. and my hair stopped
falling out D. e. Blankenship, 80
N. Del. St., indianapolis, Ind, Oct. II,
1906"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-11-10
THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH.

Mr.. Cheerily Discovers it, and I'm.
parts Secret to Seeking World.
"The fountain of youth, I am per.
suaded," said Mr.. Cheerily, Springs
In our own bosoms only. The mistake
we make in searching for it, as we all
do, is in looking for it elsewhere.
Here it is, as one might say, right
under our noses, but that fact we
never realize, and we all go search.
ing for it, near and far, as Ponce de
Leon did centuries ago in far away
Florida.
Here is the trouble, the real
trouble. The fountain within our.
selves, If we don't watch out, is liable
to get sealed up, and it is when it thus
ceases to flow that we begin to look
for it elsewhere, always more and
more aimlessly, and always with in.
creasing WEAKNESS, for it is worry
that prompts us on this vain search
and that leads us always farther and
farther away. ~ r. =.
That's the secret of the whole bust
ness-freedom from worry; it is
worry, and worry only, that seals the
true fountain and starts us on that
fruitless quest. t..
Don't worry, and you will never
have to search for it; you will discov-
er it, springing perpetual, within your
own heart-the true and only foun-
tain" g.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-11-10

Carpenters Of Cathay Will Compare
With OccidentaIs.

Carpenters Of Cathay Will Compare
With Occidentals.
Naturally pre-eminent among the
skilled craftsment of China the car
benter still maintains the leadership.
Though almost invariably welded to
the use of the tools of his ancestors
and to their methods, judged by re-
suits he is more efficient in his line
than the average of the foreign
trained filters and machinists in
theirs, though a constant diminution
bf the difference is in progress.
In Judging the performance of the
native workmen it is. almost impossi.
bic to avoid the popular bias thatsad
diction to their own methods and tools
tnvarlobly bespeaks fatuous conserva-
tism. Though this is In many cases
true, it will Often be found on careful
observation that what has passed for
a stubborn blindness to the virtue OF
innovation is in reality a keener per"
ception of comparative. merits than
the judge himself was aware Of.
This is particularly true of Chinese
carpenters. While most of their com.
monlst tools differ in some radical
way from our own, it is never safe to
assume the superiority of the Western
product. Their small ak, for example,
is a beautifully balanced tool and they
are remarkably adept in the use of It,
being able to work as true surface
Herewith as can be obtained with an
adze in the hands of a white man.
On heavy work it is customary for
two to hew together on opposite sides
striking alternative blows. Both
hands are used and the recover is over
the shoulder, alternate right and left
There is a freedom of swing with an
accuracy Of delivery that is a treat to
watch and the rapidity of blows is al
most bewildering.-EngineeringM Mag.
azine.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-11-10
WORK: ll / FOR ARMY OFFICERS.
That They Have Nothing to % Il. /,
:. !: T.. Mistaken idea.

Persons who think officers of the
regular army have nothing>to do but
sit around their clubs attired in their
nattiest unifroms enjoying life would
doubtless be surprised to see them
minus blouse and starched collars
swinging, axes, hewing timber for
trestle bridges, digging trenches with
pick and shovel, carrying sod for
fascine revertments and making pail
sades In time of peace, says the Day.
ton News.
There are three colleges at Fort
Leavenworth for the instruction of
army officers in the art of war-the
Infantry and cavalry school, the sig
nal school and the staff college. All
are under the supervision of Brig.
Gen. j. Franklin Bell, aided by body
OF ohcers' designated as Al personal
staff
One interesting feature of the col
lege course is the engineering depart
ment, where the stu dent offers have
to do real work, and have no enlisted
men to aid them in any manner. In
this they are called upon to construct
lying, kneeling and standing trenches,
palisades, facades and gabions, revert
ments or sandbags and loopholes of
sod on parapet, wire entanglements,
bridges with framed trestles on land
and water, trestle bridges of round
timber, bridges of canvas pontoons,
barrel and log RATS, double-lock spar
bridges, with trestle approaches,
bridges with wooden pontoons and
with pile trestles and a flying bridge
The suspension bridge is 100 feet
long between two supporting towers.
Two of the bridges, with reserve equi-
page wooden pontoons, are each of IL
bays and 240 feet long. Each bridge
is tested by driving a loaded army
wagon across it. The flying bridge, to
carry troops across streams too wide
to be bridged, was constructed on the
Missouri river. It is made by sinking
a large stone, to which a cable is at
tached. Pontoons, either two or
three, or long RATS are attached to
the cable and the current is made to
force the raft across the stream by
means of rudder placed at certain
angle.
The officers are taken to different
parts of the big reservation and in
charge of their instructors build
trenches and bridges, the majority of
which are left standing. They have
been viewed nv high army officers and
pronounced perfect in every detail.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-11-10
500 Reward, 500.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased 70 lean
that there 10 at least dreaded disease that sciences
has been able to cure in all it, stages. and that u
cure now known to the medical fraternity. Cata1rh
being constitutional disease, requires constttu'
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure 70 taken In
surfaces Of tho system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and assist
ing nature In doing its work. The proprietors have
10 much faith In Its curative powers that they o6el
Ono Hundred D.4lart for any case that It fails =
euro. Send for list Of Testimonials,
Address F. j. CHENEY d CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by al Druggist, z5c.
Take Hairs Family Pills for constipation.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-11-10
WAR OVER MONEY MATTERS.
Strife Between Executive Departments
and Congress.

It is a constant warfare between the
heads of the executive departments
and congress over money matters.
Many schemes are devised by the de-
partment heads to wiring money from
congress. The new commerce depart
ment has been treated with special
niggardliness.
immigration matters have absorbed
most of the time of Secretary Metcalf
of the department of commerce during
the last year, except when he was sent
to San Francisco as the special repre-
sentative of the president, after the
earthquake. When Mr.. Cortelyou Or
ganized the department of commerce
and labor he did much to make the
secretary responsible for all sorts of
detail, such as the heads of depart
ments generally leave to competent
subordinates. Consequently Mr.. Met
calf fell heir to tough job. Also it
may be said, congress has pruned
down appropriations for this depart
ment, and Mr. Metcalf has barely
enough money to get along with. Still
he does the best he can. r
Secretary Wilson gets plenty OF
money for the department of agricul=
ture, and, according to plans he has
been working ON for some time, he in
tends to put the cotton boil weevil
and the Texas cattle tick out of bust
ness. during the next year. Incidentally,
he and his civil service inspectors
hope to so control the beef packers
that the people can eat all sorts Of
meat with perfect safety from his time
forward. Mr.. Wilson is steady-going
Scotchman that has been worried only
once since he has been in the cabinet.
That was last summer, when the Of
ficials of the Southern Cotton associa-
ton were in the control of Wall street
spectators. The secretary of agriculs
ture has recovered from that shock,
however.