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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-12-22
GENERAL DEBILITY.
Central Vermont Is Thought to Be Suf.
fering Severe Attack.

fering Severe Attack.
The arrival of mails over the Central
Vermont railroad IN Barre has been
growing more uncertain with each sue
ceeding day this week. The early morn.
ing mail yesterday reached the postofIice
only an hour late. and the mail from
the north and south due at 9s50 arrived
at 1850, only an hour late. The small.
est mail of the day, due here at 1890
P. M, was nearly on time, but the mail
due at 4:20 y. m. was four hours late,
while the 6:40 mail did not arrive until
some time after o'clock. The 1870 and
GAO mails yesterday were not delivered
to the postollice until 6:30 this morning,
along with This mornings mail, which
was from half an hour to an hour late
The mail due at IL noon over the Wells
River railroad Is about the only mail
that can be depended upon. and even tins
was 10 to 70 minutes late yesterday
but after waiting four hours. and then
getting your mail, delay of 10 min
utes doesn't seem like any wait at all
The limit Of imposition on local peo.
pie was reached Thursday, however, when
the main line train did not wait in
Montpelier for the arrival Of the Barre
branch train. The main line train Is
running into Montpelier now and on
Thursday Ii reached that city ahead Of
the Barre train. After taking on the
Montpelier passengers for the south II
proceeded on its way. Shortly after
wards the train from Barre pulled into
The station with q load Of passengers,
only TO learn that their train had gone
Consequently they were obliged TO cam
eel THEN trips or wait for the early af-
ternoon train, matter Of about -four
hours. The things said We're not entirely
complimentary to the Central Vermont
management.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-12-22
SUES FOR $4,000.
New Jersey Man Alleges That He Fell
Over Switch.

Rutland. Dee. 22 Deputy U. s. Mar
shal Frank II. Chapman Of this city
yesterday attached the real estate Of
the Rutland railroad in the damage suit
for $4,000 brought against the railroad
in the circuit court by Charles n. Phelps
Of New Jersey, who was injured October
z at Burlington by tripping over a
switch in the railroad yards at that
place while endeavoring to locate q
sleeping car ON which he had engaged q
berth.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-12-22

PRISONER
GETS LIGHT
Rays OF Candle Sent Down
Into Shaft
HIS RESCUE DELAYED
Solid Food Was Passed Down to Him
Yesterday and His Final Res
cue Is Now Hoped
For. E

bakersfield, Cali, Dec. ~. Although
the rescue party has reached Hicks, the
imprisoned miner, near enough yester-
day to pass him solid food, the work Of
getting him out was delayed by his po-
sition under the overturned car. He got
his first light this morning in the shape
Of candle. 1t Is hoped that he may be
rescued,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-12-22
EXTRA PAY ROLLS
FOR CHRISTMAS
In Pittsburg Mill District 1t Amounts
to More Than Slo,ooo,ooo--Is Be-
ing Distributed Today.

Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. 22.-The extra
Christmas pay rolls in the Pittsbmg
mill district today amount to more than
Sio,oo0,000 The Carnegie plant alone
IL distributing sl.300.oO0 from a pay
car, heavily guarded by armed detec-
fives.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-12-22
FIREMEN ON THE JUMP.
Burlington Department Has Its Busy
Time.

Burlington, Dec. %. Fire did damage
to the extent Of about 5000 il tie
stables of tie STANDARD Coal & Ice o.,
Yesterday afternoon The cause Of the
blaze IS said to be due to some one
smoking IN the hayloft and dropping
either d match or ashes from a pipe Or
cigar No one was injured at the fire
except Captain Cosgriif from station
No. d, who was thrown violently 10 the
ground from a 10-foot ladder BY an I'M
manageable hose He was lamed con
siderably and sustained a few scratches,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-12-22
SENT RELIEF TRAM.
Physicians and Nurses Were Taken to
Shelbutle.

Burlington, Dec. PA relief train
carving physicians and nurses left here
this morning for Shelburne, near where
the Montreal and New York express was
wrecked shortly before midnight. None
were killed and none Of the injured are
in a serious condition
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-12-22
cnn,nlaint PROM the Bows.

Ed;tor Times We don't think Il
,.;cbf for The city team to draw ashes
and dump them on East street spelling
Iet IA boys slide anywhere else in Ward
~" East street Boys.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-12-22
Their Annual Smoker.

Foresters OF Americas Amusement
Committee win give their annual
smoker Saturday evening at D. 10. in
Foresters hall All FTorestorH are ill.,
yited to attend. p. G. Lavery.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-12-22
GARDNER KNOCKED OUT.
All Kaufman Disposes Of His Opponent
In the I4th Round.

Los Angeles, Calf, Dee. 22.--Al
Kaufman knocked out George Gardner
here last night in the 14th round.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-12-22

The Orange County Telephone com
pany placed q phone in the Barre Saw
mos bank today and one in Homer Fits
store yesterday.
Miss Anna BOUCHER the nurse, was
called 10 philadelphia last evening by a
telegram saying her brother was very
sick
Miss M. Gobie Of the telephone Office
has gone 10 her home in LUDLOW TO spend
Christmas.
Edward Miller went TO Burlington to-
day on visit with relatives.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-12-22

4 r.. Allen, ,Ir., and family are home
from Albany, n. y, for the Christmas
holidays.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-12-22
GRANITEyILLE.

Don't forget the Woodmen's bali on
New Years eve.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-12-22
ROB ROY MACGREGOR"
FINELY PRESENTED
Local Actors and Actresses DO Com
mendable Work in Giving This
Stirring Scotch PIay-Will
Be Repeated Tonight.

The first night OF the presentation Of
'sRob Roy MacGregor" BY Clan Gordon,
No. ~, Order Of Scottish CLANS, was Civ
en- in the opera house last evening and
was presented in highly enjoyable
and successful manner. There was an
audience Of about three hundred people,
who We're more than pleased with the
work Of the local talent. Everything
from the start to the finish Of the play
went off with smoothness and preci-
sion. The cast had their parts learned
SO thoroughly that hardly mistake was
noticeable during the whole Of the play.
The play in itself il a pleasing one
and the Actors mt much originality and
life into the characters. The scene Of
the play is laid in Scotland during a
war with England and depicts the val
liant strife OF the Scotch to preserve their
freedom. The leading part Is that of
Rob Roy MacGregor Campbell, an out
law, and TINS part y most successfully
taken by Robert IngIis, James Reid.
as Rashleigh Osbaldistone, and Edmund
a. Mitchell as Francis 0shaldistone, han
dle their parts especially we'll u j..
Mackenzie as Bailie Jaiwie and Miss
also well fitted for their parts The
Scotch costumes worn by the characters
were one OF the interesting features Of
the play. Another Of the most enjoy
able parts Of the play II the music, solos,
duets, and chorus singing being fre-
quent The solos BY Miss Margaret
Brown, n. a. Mitchell. Mise Emma Phil
lips and George Mitchell are worthy Of
special mention. The highland reel was
danced by Miss Barclay, Miss MacDon-
aid, Thos Macdonald and Mt. Stewart,
in true highland style.
The play will be presented again this
evening, and the work Of the talent de-
serves crowded house
The cast is as follows:
Sir Frederick Vernon .. Jas n Coutts
Rashlcigh Oshaldistonn ...... Jas. Reid
Francis Osbaldistone .... +. A. Mitchell
Mr. Owen ..s..ss....s,... Jas Gall
.tapt Thornton .......... VIM Rust
Rob Roy MacGrcgor Campbell ....
...... ....s... Robert Inglis
Iiailie Nichol Iarvie. ~. ]. Mackenzie
The Doueal Cratm !. ~. Fhos NJ. Mmr
MacStewart .....,.,. Alex Henderson
Jobson ..,....... Robert Stewart
Sanders WyIie .. Thomas Mcdonald
Andrew Fairservice ..s h. Stewart
Wine .s...........-...t II Mari
Sergeant NJ. .... w. II Milne
Corporal ........ w. a. Milne
Hamish ....s..... Fred Inelis
Robert ..........s.. Charlie Emslic
Host ......... ....... w. Brown
Dina Vernon Miss Margaret Brown
Martha ..... Miss Barbara Macdonald
Matte ...... Miss Helen Johnstone
Jean McAlpine. Miss Elsie Macdonald
Katy ......... Miss Emma Phillips
Helen MacGregor .. Mrs Robert Inglis
The Braw Hialandcr. Master Coutts
Bngier .....,..,... Joseph Gilbertson
Drummer ...s..- -4..,.., George Angus
The executive staff is as follows:
chairman, Donald Macleod; secretary,
William Macdonald; advertising, James
Imlah; treasurer, Alex Mari; proper
ties, Thos Mari; manager and director,
j J. Mackenzie; accompanist, Mrs. John
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-12-22

chairman, Donald Macleod; secretary.
William Macdonald; advertising, james
Imlah; treasurer Alex Mari; proper
ties, Thos. Mari; manager and director,
j. J. Mackenzie; accompanist, Mrs. John
Nj. Panlon.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16
DUKE DIVORCE CASE
STAY of Proceedings Denied by tile
Appellate Court.

Trenton, y. J., January 5-The court
of errors and appeals today denied the
application of Mrs. Lillian NJ. Duke
for Il stay in the divorce proceedings
instituted against her husband, James
b. Duke, pending an appeal to that
court from Vice Chancellor Pitneys
decision holding Mr.. Duke to be a res
ident of New Jersey.
In the divorce proceedings instituted
by Mr.. Duke the wife raised the ques-
ton of jurisdiction, claiming that Mr..
Duke was not Il resident of New Jer-
sey.
Vice Chancellor Pitney decided
against her, but expressed the hope
that the question of the residence
would be carried % the higher court
for review.
AS a result of today's decision the
divorce proceedings will go on.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16
GONE TO PANAMA.
Furniture for Greensboro Hotel Ship
ped from Mebane from Mebane Sent
to Panama by Mistake.

Mr.. Walter McAdoo, wner Of the
McAdoo hoteld building in the re-
modelling Of which has just been
spent $15, 900, is in lots Of trouble
about opening it to the public. He had
ordered furniture to be made for it
by the White Furniture Company of
Mebane. Some time last month the
furniture was packed in cars and at
tached to the special train which had
loaded twelve cars of government fur
niture for the Panama canal commits
sion. By an oversight the cars were
not detached in Greensboro but went
direct to New York with the Panama
goods. Instructions were forwarded
to New York to cut out the Green's
boro furniture before loading for Co
lon. This message reached New York
in plenty of time, but hoping against
hope for his furniture to get back
from New York, Mr.. McAdOO says
he has learned to his dismay that an
error was made in New York. His
furniture was put aboard the steamer
and is on the briny deep now bound
for Panama.-Greensboro Special to
Durham Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16
GAGE AGREES WITH sCHIFF
Secretary of the Treasury SAYS
Steps Must be Taken 30 Remedy the
IneIasficity of the Monetary System.

New York, January 5.-Lyman J.
Gage, former secretary Of the treas
ury, said today that he agrees with
Jacob H. Schif in the opinion that
a great panic is inevitable unless steps
are taken TO remedy the ~inelasticity
OF the existing currency system.
= agree positively with Mr.. Schif.
said Mr.. Gage, that the monetary
conditions which have existed in this
country during the last sixty days are
~disgraceful 10 us as a nation. and l
further agree with him that a stun
ming panic is but a matter Of time I'M
less something is done. The more
promptly and efectually this is done
the better for the United States. From
Mr.. Schif's attitude l infer that he
thinks this panic may be precipitated
very shortly. / do not exactly agree
with that conclusion. In my opinion
there is no immediate danger. but the
danger itself is apparent, and if the
country sits passive under existing
conditions the country viii suffer.
do not understand how any careful
and thoughtful financial can fail ID
realize the peril"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16

Hitler Says He VIII Esta8ish an Alibi
When the Time Comes~r-interestinc
Developments of the Dsy.

New Haven. Conn. January Cor
oner Mix, after hearingS testimony
this afternoon and tonight relative 10
the death of Charles A. Edwards, or
New York, who was found with a bull
let wound in his head at the homo of
Charles A. Hitler Wednesday morn
ing, declined to make a statement. \.
Maxcy Hitler is held by the coroner
as a witness. but is at his home. guard
ed by a uniformed policeman. The
coroner said tonight. however. that
no charge of n kind had been made
against any person.
A. Maxcy Hitler said late today that
he would establish an alibi when the
proper time came, but refused TO dis
cuss the mysterious case further.
The witnesses in the inquest today
were Charles Hitler and Margaret
Reynolds, the latter a servant in the
house where Mr.. Edwards was killed.
No statement was given out as TO the
purpose of their evidence.
A. Maxcy Killers counsel said today
that no writ of habeas corpus will be
sued out for the release of his client
and that he is satisfied that Mr.. Hitler
could have had no motive for iniuring
Mr.. Edwards.
Mr.. Edwards. it is pointed out, prob
ably was not an heir TO any Of the
Hitler property left by Mrs. Abigail
Hitler. and that lis death would not
In any way affect Mr.. Hitler. An in
vestigation was m lde today regarding
the report of missing papers alleged
to have been taken from the clothes
of the victim of the shooting but moth
ing new developed along thar line. The
reported missing papers are alleged to
consist of a diary compiled by a for
mer servant of the Hitler family. and
it's value in establishing a motive for
the possible crime As not known.
One of the interesting developments
during the day andk which at first o
ed TO be important, was that Charles
A. Hitler had turned over two pistols
TO the coroner for his inspection, the
coroner later giving them TO a gun
smith. 1t has sinke developed thai
these weretold firearms which
had been a part ofka collection in the
Hitler homestead fdr years. The theory
that the fatal shot was fired with one
Of these pistols is Aot seriously enter
tanned by the polite.
Although the police have not given
up hope of finding The weapon which
caused the death of Mr.. Edwards, they
are convinced that it IS nowhere about
the Hitler homestead. Today the cor
oner ordered the search there d{scon-
tinud.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16

Rocky Mount. Mr.. and Mrs. Arlington
left for an extended bridal tour t
northern cities.
The first meeting of the creditors
Of Quinn & Bird, adjudicated bank
rupts, at Mt. Olive, will be held Jan
uary 22nd, and will be heard before
Referee S.. W. Smallwood, at Colds
boro. The meeting of creditors in The
matter of the Franklin Martin Drug
Company, bankrupts, at Fayetteville,
will be held in that city Friday. Janu-
airy 18th.
In the matter of the Guaranty Trust
& Safe Company, against the Carolina
& Northern Railroad Company, an al
lowance Of $4,000 is made to Special
Master H, F. Seawall, and $500 TO z.
7. Gray, for the sale Of the property.
The court orders the distribution
here of 81 100, the purchase money in
the case of the Wolverine Motor
Works against the gas-boat Nydia, as
tried in the Newbern division of the
court.
Jon Tyler Mclean, a son of Hon
D. II. Mclean, of Harnett county, has
resigned his position with the Raleigh
Evening Times and will enter the in
surance field, together with other per-
sOnal interests. Mr.. Mclean is an
able newspaper man, and will be
missed from the ranks of earnest pen
Gil workers. He has done special cor
re~spondence work as we'll as having
held the position Of assistant and city
editor of the Raleigh paper.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16
SURPRISING the News.

The action of President Roosevelt
and his private secretary. MI. Loeb. in
their efforts to dictate the cOurS TO
be pursued by special correspondents
at the capital is not at all ~favorably
received by the correspondents in queS-
ton. Sometime & President Roose-
welt informed members of the cabinet
that they should not discuss public
questions and matters under considera-
ton by the cabinet with reporters.
Several of the members of the cabinet
received this mandate with freely ex-
pressed indignation.
But the climax vas not reached until
last Saturday when Mrs. Morris was
elected from the White House by sew
cral burly officers. A few papers gave
the details of the affair as related by
eye-WltneSSeS. While the greater num-
Der o o the statement issued from the
executive mansion. h presidents
private secretary then notified the re-
porterS who used the true report. that
they had disDleased the members Of
h executive family from president
down.
It is recalled hat during recent
months quite Frequently have cor
respondents and reporters been told
that certain articles die not please the
administration, no matter how truth
full they might have been The truth
is, the administration ants to send
ou@ us own version OF every tn1nS ana
let the correspondents be mere figure
heads.
These correspondents are rising in
righteous Indignation at what they
think is an outrage. And they are
right They come as the best men
from their papers to represent them
at the capital: to gather hews and not
to suppress it. Such conduct upon the
part of the administration as has been
D in the past weeks needs
exposing to the public. The CORE
spondents at Washington are the men
who must do it. And they will do it
and present to the world some of the
r~ottonness of the administration and
its methods.-The Robesonian.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16
ATHLETES AT VIRGINIA
New Code of Rules. Framed by the
Faculty. Made Public.

Richmond, Va January 5.-The Uni
versity of Virginia code Of rules gov
erning athletics, which has recently
been framed by a committee OF the
faculty, was made public today. 1t
includes not only rules governing AN
didates for all University teams, but
also a general creed for university atn-
letes to follow. It declares for abso-
lutte fairness and for courtesy to-
ward opponents and against profess
sionalism and the materialism of the
day in all contests. 1t adopts for its
watchword mot the quarry but the
chase, not the laurel but the race, not
the hazard but the play" It rules out
professional coaches after Septembe:
1907, and provides that no student, IN
less he comes from an accredited pre-
paratory school of the university's
shall be allowed TO play on a university
team until he has been five months in
residence.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16
ALL THE BODIES RECOVERED
From the Wrecked Mine at Coaldale.
Destruction Wrought by the Expio-
sion.

Roanoke, Va, January 5.-The bod
les of the twenty-one miners killed in
the gas explosion in the Cooper coal
mine at Coaldale, w. Va, yesterday,
have been recovered
A special tonight from Bluefield, W.
Va, to The Roanoke Times, says hun
dreds of people today visited the
scene of the explosion. The twenty
one bodies were recovered by the res
u parties that worked last night and
today. The bodies were taken from
the shaft and carried to a house ad-
Joining the big tipple at the mine en-
trance and laid there in a row, their
faces covered and their hands and
feet crossed. All Of the bodies have
been identified, but there is some trou-
BILE in finding out where the men lived,
at least those who were not residents
of Coaldale.
Nearly all Of the twenty-one VIC
tins we're found lying with their hands
covering their faces. One was stone
dead on a pile of coal, his hands COW
ering his face
The scene about the entrance near
that section affected most by the ex-
Dlosion indicated its terrible force. The
big timbers holding up the top Of the
mine we're hurled from the drifts, one
piece going across a narrow valley,
moving down small tricks on the oppo-
site side. Mine ears were blown out
of the opening and wrecked about the
entrance, and material tools and appii-
ances were scattered about in great
confusion.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16
200 OPERATIVES STRIKE
Wcayers and Loom-Ffxers OF Salisbury
Cotton Mill Demand Higher Wages.
Demand Granted and Nome Quit
Work.

Salisbury. January 11.-All the
weavers and loom fixers. nearly 200. in
the Salisbury cotton mill struck yes
terday. following a demand for 2h
cents the cut for their work The en-
ployers and employees of this mill
have always been on the best of terms
and there was no rancor in the attitude
Of either. On behalf Of themselves.
the strikers said that living expenses
had increased greatly. that the COM
pany's fuel sold to the operators had
increased 20 G cent. and the demand
was for a living chance The matter
was finally settled amicably by an ar
rangement TO grant the increase Of the
cuts after a certain day. The looms
we're stopped and work roe on
as usuaL-Specia1 to Charlotte OBJ
server
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16
THEY WE'RE THIRSTY.
Witnesses Who Had Attended Court
in Greensboro Stopped for Liquid
Refreshments at WinStOn-Salem.

1t required an extra coach to handle
the crowd of government witnesses
who returned to Wilkes today from
Greensboro, where they have been at
tending the special federal court Tor
the trial of ex-revenue officers. When
the train stopped here, a large delega-
ton made a break" for the nearest
bar rooms. You know they have Deen
in a dry town for a week." 1t is said
that the conductor was asked before
the train pulled into the station if lie
would not be kind enough to hold the
train here long enough for the "boys'
to buy a few refreshments" Another
member of the delegation, hearing The
appeal made to the conductor, replied
This is not necessary, as arrange
ments have been made to chain a car
wheel until all of us get through trad
ing.'-WinstOn Dispatch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16
JUDGE j. f. SIMMONS
TT Answers Ffna Rool CaH at His
Home i'm sardis, Mississippi.

The older people of Halifax county,
who knew him well. will learn with
sorrow of the death of Judge James
Frederick Simmons. at his home In
Sardis. Miss. on December 10Th. 1905.
His paper. the Southern Reporter.
published a full sketch of his life from
which we take the following extracts:
December 18th. 1896. in the little
village of Halifax. Halifax county. in
the "Old North State" James Fred
erick Simmons. the subject OF his
sketch, first opened his eyes to the
light of day. December 10Th. 1905.
III this town at his home. Melvern Villa.
after seventy-nine checkered years of
pilgrimage. they that look out of the
Windows were .darkened to the light
and closed forever in a last long sleep.
Roanoke News.