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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-28
INTERNATIONAL TRUST
in MATCHES FORMED
Japan and the Diamond Match Company
in Trade Compact to Control
in the Far East.

Chicago, III. Aug. 2s.A dispatch to
the Tribune from San Francisco says;
Japan has entered into a compact with
The Diamond Match company to form an
international trust in matches on two
continents. An English match concern
dominated by Bryant and May viii be
taken into the combination Negotia-
tions for the formation Of the trust
have been IN progress since the Russo.
japanese war. They were started BY
Russell Hawkins Of New York, who was
sent 70 Japan 4 year ago.
Japan Tor several years has carefully
nursed its matchmaking industry The
empire is an important factor in the dis
tribution Of the product throughout the
far east.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-28
MITCHELL TO MINERS.
Better Conditions of Living Can Only
Come Through United Effort.

Better Conditions of Living Can only
Come Through United Effort.
President John Mitchell OF the United
Niue Workers, addressing the conyen-
ton OF district No. / at Carbondale.
Pa, said in part:
Since my last meeting with you our
organization has passed through its
greatest Industrial struggle, and while
the men in the bituminous field. like
the workers in tine anthracite region,
did not secure all that they asked for,
yet great success attended their efforts,
and the organization finds itself enjoy
Ing better conditions than ever before.
1t is my earnest hope and my firm be-
lief that the mine workers have seen
their worst days, and that from now on
they may look for better conditions
generally. ! must say now that the
hope of the anthracite workers, in fact
all workers, must depend in large
degree upon their own effort Better
wages. shorter hours and improved con-
ditions WIFI not come TO you on silver
plate. You will receive them only
when you struggle for them.
Il am not sure that I can continue
this work for many years, but I have
reached the conclusion that II does not
matter IL one man drops out, but it
is Of paramount Importance that the
mon be true to themselves Your fathers
were miners. you are miners and your
children viii be miners The great
number viii be workers and should
strive not as individuals, but as a
class-not for one man to raise him
self up at the expenseS0f others. II Is
a duty Of the first importance that
the class raise a little rather than the
individual TO raise good deal
Il am not deferred by past failures,
but | have learned by experience the
magnitude Of the struggle and realize
that, like my predecessors, may pass
away without reaching the solution.
What we hope to do y to make life
easier to tighten the burdens that must
be borne. that the men and children
OF the miners receive a, little more Of
the wealth they produce, but II Is Of
greater Importance that they develop
intellectually, that their home life be
more cheerful and that they be up
lifted generally"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-28
On the Battlefield



Eoriginal.l
! was advancing with the line when
4 was knocked down by bullet strlk-
Ing my hip. Not knowing that | was
badly wounded, / attempted to rise.
As did 50 I was knocked senseless
by more lead striking my skull.
When regained consciousness / was
~ the center Of a battlefield. / have
been exposed to shot and shell coming
from one direction, but this was the
only time in my life was obliged to
endure hot Are coming from two op-
posite points Of the compass. | could
not rise 70 run away IL would. and
nad risen would not have hettercd
my condition. In the one case would
have been shot down at once; In the
other must take the risk OF some mis-
sile either striking the ground where |
lay or bursting near me. Round shot
coming from one direction passed near
above me, shells burst beside me, while
the air was alive with the songs Of bull
let's, sweetly terrible. Something fell
on my chest ana rolled of ON to the
ground. grasped 1t. 1t was lump
OF half melted lead. Two bullets had
met above me and been fused by the
impact The din of incessant thunder,
shrieking iron missiles, yells, groans.
can only be described by one word
hell.
The fire instead of lessenIng grew
fiercer- I must do something to get
out OF 1t or be killed sooner or later,
since no one could live long in such a
tempest. ! raised myself on my elbow
to look about me. On my right was d
line Of bushes. They indicated wa
ter course. If I could drag myself
there and find it what | supposed, I
might get down into the water. where
! would be comparatively safe. The
desired line was several hundred yards
away. Nevertheless / determined to
make the effort.
was obliged to pull with my arms
and push with one leg. The wounded
hip seemed like load Of stone that I
was obliged TO drag with me, to say
nothing Of the excrucatng pain COM
ing with the slightest movement.
While | was working through dead
and wounded--always 1t seemed in my
way--I was stunned by an explosion
not ten feet above me- and for mo-
nent half conscious supposed the end
had come. 4 was bursting shell.
Had 1t exploded just before it reached
me should have undoubtedly been hit
by its fragments. Bursting directly
over me. its motion carried them be-
yond me.
heard the thunder of horses hoofs
and knew that 1t denoted cavalry
charge. The sound was far to my
right and TO my left. looked and saw
them coming. They would pass over
me. l would be crushed. They were
not In column fortunately, but in
line. On they came. like a troop Of
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-28
9be Times Daily Short Story.

Iieuds. here and there nan falling
from the saddle, horse rearing and
plunging forward or dropping dead in
his tracks saw the Confederate
gray, but it made no difference to me
whether they were friends or foes.
Their mad ride had nothing to do with
mercy; 1t was to destroy Al lieutenant
was riding directly FOR me. With an
effort almost superhuman raised my
self. He saw me. but only Ia time to
jump his horse over me. OF the flrst
file behind him two men saw his horse
jump and, suspecting some pitfall,
passed on either side Of me. In the
second file, loose line, one horse
jumped me; no other came within
dozen feet Of me.
Like storm rack they had suddenly
loomed: like hurricane they had
passed, and as a receding tempest viii
draw the wind in its trail they drew
the fire.
For time relieved OF the danger OF
lead and iron, / lay exhausted. Here
and there came groan from those who
had fallen while the cavalry was pass
ing; then the fire grew hot again, and
dragged myself on. 1t was that last
hundred feet which came near prevent.
Ing my reaching the goal. was half
an hour dsing 1t. But at last / got to
the bushes and, pulling myself through
them, looked over the bank OF IA
stream. The current set against the
bank was on, and | saw that the
water was beyond my depth seizing
bush, let myself down and, buoyed
by the water, fioated immersed to my
waist.
Oh, the blessed relief from pain
caused by that cool current about my
wound
In an hour the firing suddenly ceased.
Then bethought myself Of getting on
dry land. pulled myself part way
up by the bush / held when / found
II Was loosening at the root If I
bore my whole weight on 1t, II would
give way. / was In no condition to
swim and should drown. / was no
longer between two fires. was sus-
pended by q frail support over wa
terry grave.
heard movement above me and
looked up. A FACET seemed to be-
long to corpse appeared over the
edge Of the bank. II was the face of
wounded Confederate who had
dragged himself to the bank either for
the same purpose had or to quench
bis burning thirst, or both Stretching
out his hand. he bent stronger bush
a short distance below me tn Ii was
within my grasp | caught 1t and
after several efforts pulled myself up
on to dry land.
How long lay on my back looking
up at the heavens-a few light clouds
sailing peacefully as q bird soaring
don't know. Ii might have been ten
minutes: ii might have been an hour.
Then, partly recovered from my exer-
ton, thought Of the enemy who had
saved me. Turning on my stomach, 1
crawled to him. found him lying on
his slde-dcad
His Inst act was to save the life Of
an egswr. r a, MITCHELL
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-28
RAILROAD
RATE LAW
In Force Today, But Railroads
Not Ready.
ARE LIABLE TO FINES
$1,000 to $4,000 Per Day Is the Penal
ty--Main Features Of the Measure
Intended to Lessen Trans
portation Evils
ARE LIABLE TO FINES

Washington, Aug. 2s.-The new rail-
way rate Law goes into effect today, and,
unless there is an unforeseen and un.
expected amount Of hustling on the
part of the railroads, b good many 81
them win be liable to heavy fines until
they carry out some Of its provisions.
Express, sleeping ears and pipe line
companies are in the same boat. Very
few Of them have filed with the inter-
state commerce commission the schedules
Of changes required BY the new law
On the contrary, they have been im-
ploring the commission for grace Ia
filing such schedules, asking III the way
from 30 days TO the end Of the year
The commission has given no sign Of
what II intends 10 do III the matter.
and unless il acts at once, every railroad
or other company concerned that has
not filed lis schedules win be liable to
q 6ne Of from $1,000 to $4,000.
The Pennsylvania railroad has been
busy filing schedules for some time, but
ii has not covered all its rates as yet,
and it Is ahead of nearly vi its COM
petitofs, The different express COM
Ianies have made no effort to file sched-
rlcs. just why has not been made
clear.
The most important effect of the new
law to be Immediately apparent viii be
THE shift il will make III the mntter
pi litigation Heretofore, whenever the
coHanssion has made an order affecting
rate or practice Of a railroad, it has
mad ia wait a time to see whether the
road intended To obey OF not When
it appcared that the road had no intens
tiun or obeying, the commission had to
20 to court to seek d judicial mandate
compelling the road ia put its order into
effect. Now all that is to be changed
The burden is on the road. When the
commission issues an order ii has the
effect 81 law, and the road must get
busy at once and seek an Injunction if
it does not mean to heed the order.
Shippers generally will find decided
relief in the operation 81 the provision
which requires the railroads to include
all charges Of whatsoever nature in
their quoted rates. Heretofore shipper
has had to figure for himself on icing,
refrigerator and elevator charges, and
the dozen or more incidentals, dickerinq
with the separate companies which had
a hand in the transportation or care 81
his shipment Now the railroad must do
all that. and the shipper meets but
one charge and deals with but one con
Germ. All the sources Of side charges
are consolidated. and private ears, side
tracks, spurs, terminals, elevators and
all those devices for extorting money
are made subject to the law which they
have been evading.
In general way the operation Of
the new law will be simple The ship
per may ascertain for himself from tie
schedule the railroad IS bound TO main-
tain, accessible to the public at every
shipping point, Just what the rate will
be OH bis shipment II he finds that in
any way the published conditions are
not fulfilled, be makes complaint to the
commission, which will take action.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-28
They Stand Alone.

Standing out in bold relief, an dlono,
and as conspicuous example OF open,
frank and honest dealing with the sick
and afflicted, are Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription for weak, oyer-worked, de-
bilitated, nervous, rundown pain
Medical Discovery, the famous remedy
for weak stomach, indigestion, or dys-
pepsia, torpid liver, or biliousness, all
catarrhal affections whether OF the
stomach, bowels, kidneys, bladder, nasal
passages, throat, br0nchia. or other mu-
cous passages. also as an effective remedy
for all diseases arising from thin, watery
or impure blood, as scrofulous and skin
affections.
Each bottle Of the above medicines
bears upon its wrapper badge OF hon
esty in the full list OF ingredients COM
posing IT. printed I'M plain English.
This frank and open publicity places
these medicines IN class all BIZ them
setpes, and Is the best guaranty Of their
merits. They cannot be classed as patent
nor secret medicines for they are neither
being of kqlOlUR composition.
DIR. Pierce feels that he can afford to
take the afflicted Into his full confidence
and lay all the ingredients OF his medi-
cines freely before them because these
ingredients are such as are endorsed and
most strongly praised by scores of the
most eminent medical writers as cures
for the diseases for which these medi-
cines are recommended. Therefore, the
afflicted do not have to rely alone upon
DR.. Pieree's recommendation es to the
curative value of his medicines for GER.
tain easily recognized diseases.
"A glance ait the printed formula on
each hottie will show that no alcohol and
no harmful or habit forming drugs enter
into DIR. Pierce's medicines, they being
wholly compounded Of glyceric extracts
Of the roots Of native, American forest
plants. These are best and safest for
the cure of most lingering, chronic dis
eases. DR.. r. " Pierce can be consulted
FREE, by addressing him at Buffalo,
N. XII, and all communications are re-
garded as sacredly confidential
1t is as easy TO be well IS ill- and
much more comfortable. Constipation n
the cause of many forms of Illness. DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipa-
ton. They are tiny sugar-coated gran
ules. One little Pellet 2 Is gentle laxa-
tive, two mild csthartic. All dealers In
medicines sell them.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-28
F'~~ Ezz - ~
A GREAT
CORN CROP
Hot Weather Has Been Most
Favorable.
WHEAT YIELD IS REDUCED
BY the Same onditions--Now Likely to
BE About the Average-loo, 100000
Bushels Of Flax Expected This
Year.
WHEAT YIELD IS REDUCED

ST. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 2s.--The corn
crop Of Minnesota, northern Iowa, and
South Dakota has surpassed all expec-
tations. The hot winds that have dam
aged the wheat crop Of the northern
states have been Of great benefit to
corn. On July / there was not corn
expert In the whole country who would
declare that the crop would reach ma
turity. Up to that time the weather
was very cold; there seemed to be no
chance that corn would mature. The
days became hot and later both night
and day were turned into corn making
weather, and IL Is now doubtful If ever
there was season more favorable to-
corn than the present. BY August 30
tire northeast that can be affected BY
frost or drought The yield viii be the
largest in the history Of Minnesota,
Iowa and South Dakota, and there win
Be much corn harvested in North Da-
kota and northern Wisconsin.
The extreme heat which ras prevailed
over the northwest for the past three
weeks has greatly reduced the yield Of
small grain as estimated on july 20.
Much Of the wheat has been prematurely
ripened and Is Of lower grade than II
would have been had not the hot wave
shriveled the kernels. From 200 local.
ties in Minnesota and the Dakotas the
reports are that the yield Of wheat will
not be above the average crop. The
best authorities are now agreed that the
three states viii yield 2o0,OO0,000 bush
els. Six weeks ago the estimate was
for 100000 900. The estimate at the
present time is about the same as last
year. There will be seyenty-ive per
cent Of the wheat crop which win grade
No. 2, owing to the hot winds Fastening
the ripening.
But in compensation for the loss Of
wheat yield there is mammoth crop
Of fax. This crop is generally the first
planted upon new soil, that ii, the soil
first turned by the homesteader, and
while there are no positive figures or
estimates il is probable that the home
stesders Of the past two years hav&this
year raised i000o0000 bushels of this
grain in Minnesota and the Dakotas.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-28
CHARGES GRAFT.
In Open Court Magistrate in New York
Says Saloons Pay Police Money.

New York, Aug. 2s.- Magistrate
Walsh, in open court yesterday, am
nounced that he knew that liquor deal
ers in the West One Hundred aud
Twenty.fifth street police precinct were
paying IS per week for police protee-
ton. lie also gave the police the adj
dresses Of three pool rooms in the same
district, claiming to be protected by the
police.
Magistrate Walsh is political dis
trict leader, and he was moved to anger
when a bartender employed by Thomas
Cramer, who, the magistrate said, Is one
of his district captains, was arraigned
before the magistrate on charges Of yio-
lating the excise law by keeping sa-
loon open on Sunday. The magistrate
told the two patrolnen who arrested
Cramer to inform their captain that a
man is collecting SIS week from nearly
every saloon keeper in the precinct, say.
ing that he gives to the police. The
magistrate said he did not believe the
police were getting the money.
The magistrate gave warning that the
charges Of graftiwould be investigated.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-28
A MODEL STRIKE.
Printers C1inch Title by Forming
Teetotsi Club.

Printers C1fnch Title By Forming
Tretotai CIub.
The printers model strike" has
cIinched its right to claim that title,
says the Chicago News The strike
pickets have organized temperance
society. 1t is independent of the miilS
wagon drivers total abstinence organ-
ization. which Steve Sumner, the drlv-
ers' business agent. has been building
for two years or more, The printers
teetotalers' order admits only strikers
10 membership, and in this it has out
done any other like effort--for the
strike, being cause of idIeness OF
men, is usually recognized as cause
of frequenting saloons and consequent
intemperance.
The other causes which contribute
to the title model strike" may be
briefly summarized thus:
The strike has decreased the death
rate Of the union membership by half.
1t added from ten to twenty-hv
pounds to the weight Of the individual
strikers leading outdoor life.
The only case of smuggling recorded
against the pickets was one proved to
have been provoked by the nonunion
victim.
When one Of the pickets went home
from saloon after a drinking bout
and. beat bis wife the union refused
to aid In his defense.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-28
BOY FEARED WHIPPING
FAILED TO GIVE ALARM
Consequently Two Young Companions
Were Drowned in the Mis-
sissippi River.

ST Louis, Mo-, Aug. 2s.--Fear Of
whipping should it become known that
he had been in swimming, prevented
Dewey sanford from calling for help
when his two playmates were drowning
in the Mississippi river. Two men were
at work not 100 feet away, and could
easily have rescued the drowning boys,
George and Ralph Cross.
George, ~ years old, attempted to
save his 9yearoId brother, who could
not swim and had gone beyond his depth.
While the two were struggling for
their lives Dewey stood in Che shallow
water, terrified. His playmates sank
ano did not come up again. He cslled'
to them again and again, then dressed
and aed. He told no one OF the tragedy,
but sat silently the rest of the day.
His mother wondered at his silence.
Several hours later, when Mrs. Crosf
asked him where George and Ralph wera
he replied that they had gone down IL
the river.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-28
"CUTICURA REMEDIES
A HOUSEHOLD STANDBY

I'm reply to your letter I write you
my experience, and you are privileged
to use it as you see fit. Last year,
after having my little girl treated by q
very prominent physician for an obsti-
nate case Of eczema, / resorted to the
.Cuticura Remedies, and was so well
p.pased with the almost instantaneous
relief afforded that we discarded the
physiciaE's prescription and relied en-
tirely on TIE Cuticura Soap, Cuticura
Ointment, and Cuticura Pills. When
we commenced with the Cuticura Rem
edies her feet and lignbs were covered
with running sores. hllabout six weeks
we had her completely val, and there
has been no recurrence Of the trouble.
"InJuly Of this year littfo. boy in
our family poisoned his hands and rrms
with poison oak, and in twenty-fecr
hours bis hands and arms were a mass
Of torturing sores. We used only the
Cuticura Remedies, washing his hands
and arms with the Cuticura Soap, and
anointed them with the Cuticura ONT
ment, and then gave him the Cuticura
Resolvent. In about three weeks his
hands and arms healed up; SO we have
lots Of cause for feeling grateful for the
Cuticura Remedies. We find that the
Cuticura Remedies are a valuable
household standby, living as We do
twelve miles from a doctor, and where
II costs from twenty to twenty-five dol
lars to come up on the mountain.
Respectfully, Mrs. Lizzie Vincent
Thomas, Paramount, Walden's Ridge,
Tenn, Oct IL, 1906"
Ccmpsls Externai ard Internal Treatment for Every
HunoI from Ptmpes q Serofaat from Infancy e Age,
CONFUSING ~ Cuiicnrs Soap, &c. Ointment 5e, Heaov
emf Ne tiu form ~ Chocolate CoEsed Pills, 25r per vial
gf m may ~ hsd 81 ali druggists single set often cures
Che distressing WHEN AL esr fails Potter Drug
n Chem Corp. Sole Props, Boston. Mass
sE~ Mailed FIRE. How Cure 7o5tnlipg, Dshguging
Hunoft,f aad The Great skin Bpok."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-28
LONG WAY OFF.
But Restoration of Canteen in Army
Would Be Good Move, Says Grant.

Washington, d. G., Aug. General
Frederick D, Giant. in command Of the
encampment Of regulars and militiamen
at Mt. Gretna, Pa, who is to report
to the war department on the work Of
the camp, was asked yesterday If he
didn't think that he would have been
able to give an even better report had
there been a canteen az Mount Gretna.
FYes," he replied, Il think | would.
In my mind, there is no doubt that a
post exchange greatly improves any post
or encampment. But as much as
would like to see the army canteen re-.
stored, ] am afraid that the revocation
of the law is a long way off So long
as the law forbids the canteen, how
ever, shall do everything in my power
to see that il is enforced to the let
ter
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-28

Despatch from Mexico Tells of Devasta.
ton BY the Recent Heavy Rains.

, Chicago. H., Aug. 2s.-A despatch
from Mazatlan, Mexico, says:
Several hundred people have been rem,
dered homeless by the disastrous flood
which has swept over this region for
the past few days. Twenty days of
incessant rain has made the whole coun-
try a vast sea. The waters Of the bay
have been supplemented by torrents,
which poured down from inland. Scores
Of houses located on the beach we're swept
away. A broad boulevard which con
nected the city with the sea has been
destroyed. Sugar planters will lose very
heavily By the floods. !.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-28
His sharp Reeort.

One day as Pat halted at the top OF
the river bank man famous for his
inquisitiveness stopped and asked,
eHow long have you hauled water for
the village, my good manY' "Tin
years, sor' "Ah, how many loads do
you take In day?p From tin to ar
teen, sor" "Ah. yes; now / have the
problem for you, How much water at
this rate have you hauled In all, STRIP
The driver Of the watering cart jerked
his thumb backward toward the river
and replied, "Ail the water you don't
see there now, sor."--Phlladelphia
Ledger
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-28
MUCH BAD FOOD.
$4,000 Pounds Of Foodstuff Not Fit for
Consumption Destroyed.

Chicago, III, Aug. 2s.-Three hundred
and ATTY thousand pounds of foodstuffs
were destroyed in Chicago last week,
according to the last issue Of the bulle.
lin d tho health department, because
they were impure
me inspectors took samples from five
factories, three evaporated egg concerns,
three baking powder factories, 10 ice
cream factories, 80 bakeries and - fruit
lands Fifteen Greek pedlers, two fish
S@alcra. thre bakers and three ice cream
iaslera three bakers and three ice cream
uttemntinQ to dispose Of foodstuffs that
we're unfit for consumption,