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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06
France SuppIants England as the
Worlds Banker

France is now playing the role ,of the
worlds banker; England lost her claim
to the title when she went to war in
South Africa. A generation ago, one
had to go to London to feel the pulse of the
international money.market. To-day,
one makes a better diagnosis in Paris.
The strides toward financial suprem-
acy which France is making have been
most rapid in the past five years. In
that tirne French investors have taken mp
many million francs of foreign obliga-
tons, They furnished Great Britain
with much of the capital that went to
finance the Boer war; they loaned enor-
NOUS amounts to Russia, practically
supplying the money needed in the strug-
gle against Japan; they provided Ger
many with 81 600, 000, 900 marks in 1901
% to carry On her tremendous industrial
enterprises; they took a liberal amount
of the last Japanese loan, over half of
the Russian loan of last April, and fl
nally, they supplied borrowers in the
United States with fully $3.50, 000, 900
during the tight-money period of last
winter, and are o financing the bond
and note issues of some of our greatest
corporations.-From France AS an In
weston, " by Charles F. Spears, in the
American Monthly Review of Reviews
for July.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06
MRS. TANNER THE VICTIM.
Automobile Causes Death of
Prominent Woman,

Mrs. James Tanner wife of the COM
mander in chief of the Grand Army of
the Republic, was fatally hurt in an
automobile accident at Helena, Mont,
last Friday afternoon. Corporal and
Mrs. Tanner, Mrs. ]. X. Toole, wife of
Gov. Toole and Gen. Lester Wilson,
visited points zeal Helena. On the
way to Fort Harrison, while going
along a narrow road, the chauffeur
turned out to make room for a freight
wagon. The road was so narrow that
the automobile ran off the edge of the
embankment, turned over and threw the
occupants out.
Mrs. Tanner struck the ground first
and Mrs. Toole and Gen. Wilson fell
on top of her. Mrs. Tanner. uncon-
scious, was taken Immediately to a
hospital, dying just as she reached
there.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06
Hoods ~SarsapariHa
In usual liquid form or in chocolated
tablets known as Sarsatabs. 100 doses 81.

To-day closes the most successful fiscal
year in the nations history thus far,
and optimism is so general throughout
the commercial world that the next
twelve-month period promises to carry
the high water mark still higher. With
few exceptions the crops are making
good progress, and the new year will
start with more business on the books
of manufacturing concerns and greater
enterprises and undertakings in con-
temptation than on any previous July |.
Scarcely any labor struggles of import
ance exist, and there is no initiation of
securities through speculative operations
with borrowed money. These are some
of the reasons for confidence in the fu-
ture. Trade reports for the week in
dictate "a s~easonable disposition to curtail
wholesale business, but ever this sum.
mer influence is less quieting han usual.
More new scales have been signed by
which wages will De increased, and the
pending dispute at textile mills promises
hllllCdDlC FClNitilthNs bdhNd Aiib6c
in three weeks of June were 1913 per
cent. larger than in 1905, and disburse-
ments for interest and dividends at this
center next month are estimated at
$3.50, 600, 900, which is about S20, ZOO, 900
larger than a year 60. One of the few
adverse reports of the week is the delay
to rebuilding San Francisco by the high
price of labor and the hardness of some
insurance settlements. Foreign COM
merce at this port for the last week
shows gains of S3. 722, AL in imports and
81, 249, las in exports as compared with
last years movement. Money is firm,
but there was less than the usual pres
sure in preparation for semi-annual set
Elements, and the Government fiscal
year closes with a good balance on regu-
lar operations, while gross gold in Treas
ury vaults is at the unprecedented figure
of 1901 ,615, s35. Bank exchanges at New
York for the week were 10.1 per cent.
larger than a year ago, while at other
leading cities the increase averaged 9.9
per cent.--Dun's Review.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06
ARTS ANR CRAFTS VILLAGE
An interesting Group of Unique
Buildings at the jamestown
EXPOSITION.

Norfolk, Va.-The first buildings to be
completed at the Jamestown Exposition
present a unique group, called the Arts
and Crafts Village. In the early colo
NAL days men and women made by hand
almost every article which entered into
the furnishing of their houses and the
providing of their wearing apparel and
even for their ornaments. And before
the landing of the whites in America
the Indians made with their own hands
their clothing, cooking utensils, baskets,
pottery and objects of adornment for
their persons and their tepees. Some of
these things are now worth their weight
in gold and are in great demand by those
who appreciate art and things artistic.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06
Charged With Smuggling Fowls

Charged with smuggling turkeys into
this country from Canada, Ira Vosburg,
of Alburg, was arranged before Clerk
George E. johnson in Burlington Friday.
The offence with which Vosburg is
charged Vas committed November %,
last. 1t is alleged that he brought 10
pounds of turkey across the line. The
case was brought before the federal
grand jury at the Windsor term of
court and Vosburg was indicted. The
papers for his arrest were served by
Thomas Reeves, deputy United States
marshal, Bail was fixed at 500, which
he furnished. Vosburg is the third man
to be arrested within a week on the
charge of smuggling fowls.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06
Child Killed by Train.

Dwight, the nineteen-month-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Olin Bradley, of Bethel,
was struck by the northbound express
about 5 o'clock Friday afternoon and
instantly killed. The child had a habit
of running away and Friday afternoon
had gone about twenty rods away from
home and was playing in the middle
of the track. The top of his skull was
torn off and one leg broken. Engineer
Parmelee saw the child and applied the
air brakes but it was too late. A brake
man was sent back and tagged a freight
closely following just in time to prevent
a second accident.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06
Left Baby on Doorsteps.

On going to her front door Wednesday
morning, June 20, Mrs. Franklin E.
Cobleigh, of Lyndon, found "a basket
containing a girl baby, neatly dressed.
The town authorities have hired the
child taken care of by Mrs. Smith, who
lived nearby, until they can find either
the parents or a proper home for the
little one. a physician who was called
to see the baby, said she was just about
eleven hours old.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06
WAS KILLED BY TRAIN.
Charles Tassart, Deaf and Dumb,
Struck While Walking on
the Track.

Charles Taggart of Ira, a farm hand,
who was struck by a Delaware & Hudson
train between West Rutland and Castle
ton about noon Saturday, died at the
Rutland City hospital early Sunday
morning.
Taggart, who was deaf and dumb, was
walking on the track, and of course did
not hear the train approaching from the
rear. The train was stopped and the
injured man was brought to Rutland,
His injuries consisted of a fracture of the
left arm. Taggart was As years Of age.
He leaves a mother and two brothers
who live in West Rutland.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06
MAY LIVE 100 YEARS.

The chances for living a full century
are excellent in the case of Mrs. Jennie
me of chronic dyspepsia of 20 years stand
ing, and made me feel as we'll and strong
as a young girl Electric Bitters cure
Stomach and Liver diseases, Blood dis
orders. General Debility and bodily weak
ness. Sold on a guarantee at w. Fl. Shell
don's drug store. Price only soc.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06
Here is Relief for WON EN-.

II you have pains in the back, Urinary.
Bladder or Kidney trouble. and want a GER
tain, pleasant herb cure for woman's Ills. try
Mother Gcay's Australian-L Leaf. Ii is a safe
and never-failing monthly regulator. AT
druggists or by mail 80 cts. Sample package
Free, Address, The Mother Gray Co, Leroy,
~
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06
Pardo n for Her.

Elmer j.. HER of Rutland, who has
been serving a tive-year sentence at the
State prison at Windsor for grand lar
ceny, was pardoned Saturday by Gov. c..
j. Bell on account of critical illness and
was brought to his home that night. He
is suffering from gall stones but it is
thought that he will cover. HER, who
is As years old, was committed from
Middlebury June 20, 1905.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06
BEATS THE MUSIC CURE.

ITO keep the body in tune writes
Mrs. Mary Brown, 20 Lafayette Place,
Poughkeepsie, n. Y. II take DIR. Kings
New Life Pills. They are the most re-
liable and pleasant laxative l have found.
Best for the Stomach, Liver and Bowels.
Guaranteed by w. H. Sheldon, druggist,
25c.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06

Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar is the
original laxative cough syrup and combines
the qualities necessary TO relieve the cough
and purge the system OF cold. Contains no
opiates, W. II. Sheldon, Middlebury; South
Side Drug store, Bristol.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06

During the month of June City Judge
f. NJ. Harvey. of Montpelier, prosecuted
nine cases, five of which were for intox-
~ication. During June, 1905, there We're
twenty-three cases of intoxication and
a total of thirty cases tried.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06

Children like Kendedy's Laxative Honey
and Tar. The ~pleasantest and best cough
syrup to take, because il contains no opiates.
Sold by W. II. Sheldon, Middlebury; South
Side Drug store. Bristol.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06
J. W.. GREEN, Jr, Special Agent, MiddIebury.

noon. The testimony was all got in by
4 o'clock Monday afternoon, at which
time both sides rested.
CONTINUED on Page 81
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06
Bad Blood

Is the cause of all humors, er%uptions,
boils, pimples, scrofulous sores, eczema
or salt rheum, as well as of rheuma-
tism, catarrh and other troubles. The
greatest blood remedy for all these
troubles, proved by its unequaled
record of cures. is
The Washington times., 1906-06-03
kZZLuAHHEZIY M7YZztF AY EzZBT WEE/
T ZzK EZEEIlZED RzZLhIZI4p

along the Belmont Hotel, ana then he
turned to look at the big Grand Cen
trail Station. and gazing toward the
east he raised his voice In an excited
cry to see the wing of the Third Ave
nue. Elevated Railroad with a train
pulling out up in the air He shook
his head In the absolute bewilderment
OF a surfeit OF wonders when he was
sitting IN q downtown subway ex-
press. All the years OF hopeless I'M
prisonment had robbed the old man
OF his power 20 laugh. He said. smIl-
ing quantity:
'Property's got so valuable now that
they're not satisfied with building on
the ground. but they go up in the air
and down under the ground to get the
worth OF their money"
The Washington times., 1906-06-03
thought 1t A Joke.

He had just finished making his bed
with his trembling old hands when he
looked up and saw big Warden John
son.
1T IS raining today" said the ward
en-. but, s2s. how would you like to
leave here today7"
The old man smiled. Il don't think
care about it at ALL" he said with
grim humor"
Come down stairs anyhow" said
the warden. and the old man shuffled
behind the official. The rules required
that life prisoner. pardoned and leav-
ing the prison must have his measure
taken by the Bertillon system and his
photograph made.
The old man wagged his head little
peevishly. They did this every ten
years in the prison. OF course he didn't
speak. Prisoners must not.
Now" said the warden. take off
your clothes and put these on" He
held out a pepper and salt suit.
black Fedora hat. new shoes. and an
overcoat The old man tremblcd. His
voice cracked and he choked with
tears as a child might.
Warden" he said. 1T is carrying
the joke too far"
But he found that it was no joke.
He was shown the big official paper
conveying the pardon. 1t was read to
him. They helped him dress. They
took him to the office. His daughter
was there-the only member of his
family alive. The old man sat with
her for ten minutes, just looking at
her. smiling and patting her hand.
Il am going to my little grandchiI-
dren that I've never seen," he said.
The Washington times., 1906-06-03

= ATHENS. Greece. had only pos
sessed an energetic newspaper dur
II ing the Olympic games. IL would
have had a splendid opportunity or
displas ng the enterprise for which en-
ergetk newspapers are celebrated all
the g Id over.
II was in the Stadium that the Incl
dent which could have been made TO do
spasm work IN text and half-tone Oc-
CURED. The weight,lifting contest was
on. TOfalOs. a Greek. and Steinbach, an
Austrian. were the competitors The
giants appeared together IN the arena
But the Greek populace had been IN
famed by a rumor 10 the effect thar
Steinbach was a professional, and II
hooted the stranger. After vainly pro-
testing against the disturbance. Stein
bach retired from the contest. leaving
the victory 70 the Greek.
There would have been at least three
chances for pictures up 10 this time:
!. The appearance OF the two giants
In the arena.
2 The Inflammation OF the Greek pop
ulace.
3. The hausit-- departure OF Steinbach
from the arena.
But this would not have been all The
Greek flag was raised amid tremendous
cheers as Tofaios was declared the VIC
The Washington times., 1906-06-03

"Ts she en- aetressT' he said ''shs
looks like one saw forty years ago.
He saw the big skyscrapers and then
the Brooklyn bridge. This he was
most anxious 20 sec. About the time
that he was sent 70 prison the build
ing OF the first big bridge was under
contemplation. He rode over It yes
terday on the way 70 Brooklyn to his
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Athens Needs a Newspaper

tor. At this supreme moment Steinbach
re-enters the arena. picks up she weights
which Tofalos had raised with great DIFF
ficulty. lifts them above his head re
peaJediy, as II they were mere play
things. and, making a sarcastic bow Z
the audience. retires with measures
tread and head erecl. Thus there would
have been a chance for three more pic
lures
/ The raising OF the Greek flag
> Steinbach tossing the weights
3 Steinbach's sarcastic bow.
But this would not have been more
than a small part OF il. for the inciden,
would have justified at least five extras
II a ms O'Clock edition-SteinbaCh
a Professionally
11.30 a M clock edition-Shali We
Pc Robbedtii!,?
11:45 a. ms o'clock editlon-Stelnbach
Cowed by the People OF Athens!ii!i!
1915 p m--Hone editiOn-Steinbach
Defies the People Of Athens!i.i!..
1890 D. m.-SportiHg eeidon-steln-
bEch's Sarcastic Smile Proved 70 be
Professionalism!
But IN the absence OF a yellow Jour
nal In Athens. even the cheers which
the forei gners gave Steinbach we're left
uEreDorted and uniliustrated. Athens IS
no place for athletic sports. The place
does not even boast OF a pink sheet
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The Washington times., 1906-06-03

face lifted with a sudden. eager move
ment to face the free sweeping winds
that dashed against it-a little old
man. who put out trembling. shrunken
hands and smiled to feel the dash OF
rain drops On them William Kelly
after thirty-hve years imprisonment
had been pardoned by Governor HiE-
gins
When he opened his faded. old eyes in
tho morning OF May 10Th. he did not
know that the day was TO be different
from any other day he had seen for
so many years. There was the hospi-
tai ward in which he had been for
three years and a half Just beyond
the door was the corridor OF the life
house In which his cell had been for
thirty-two years. Not far beyond the
corridor was the brush shop. where
he had sat on bench working monot-
onously, and endlessly weaving and
fastening bristles on handles for more
than thirty years. Outside was the
little yard where only the life prison.
ers walk-the men doomed never TO
know freedom again In their mortal
Ives-where they walk between high.
gray stone walls with q patch OF sun
shine and blue sky over their heads,
knowing nothing of the big world be-
yond OF which they are no more a part
than a man in his grave The old
man got out OF bed. donned his felt
slippers and quietly and noiselessly
went about performing little duties as
one who was merely suffering from
the weakness Of old age still was ex.
pected to perform. He did It all with
mechanical regularity.
The Washington times., 1906-06-03

= N A NEAT little cottage at 1oa
Washington avenue. In the
hourishing town OF Jamaica,
Il Long Island. an old man who
has spent thirty-ive years be-
hind the grim walls OF Sing Sing
prison Is today breathing the sweet
air OF liberty. The great doors Of New
York's famous prison changed behind
William Kelly on May 10. and he step
ped forth to freedom dazed and be-
wildered man.
He was a black-haired man IN tho
prime OF life when he entered Sing
Sing In ISL He was taken before a
clerk. The clerk entered his name in
book and beside It placed a number.
You are No. s62. Kelly" said the
clerk curtIy. That was the last time
he was to hear his name spoken for
thirty-flve years. From that instant
they addressed him as No. &C., This
way. esq.," they called in directing him
to the prison barber shop. This way,
s62." came the command when he had
TO don his clothes to put on the strip
ed suit. The clerk wrote a cell num-
Der opposite his name and called =
keeper.
Take No. ss2 to cell s14. in the life
tier" said the clerk curtly to
keeper, and the gray prison swallowed
Kelly. That happened on a day in No
vember, 1871. The clerk that gave him
the No. s62 has been dead long time.
The judge that sentenced him IN
Queens county, after he had been con-
victed OF being the accomplice OF John
Devine in the killing. after a night
brawl, Of Dwight Nostrent. at syossot.
L. L. is long since dead.
On that fatal night thirty-hve years
ago Kelly entered a saloon shortly
after the dinner hour. He was sober
enough, but found there Nostrent In a
quarrelsome frame OF mind and de-
cidedly the worse for drink Devine
was lounging in the room adorned
with mirrors. gay pictures, and bril-
nantly lighted for those days. Nos
trent could not keep quiet and a row
started in which all three men had
part. When it had quieted somewhat
Kelly started for his home, saying
that he would cut across a lonely lot
in the neighborhood.
he was followed a little later by
Devine. The last Of the three men to
20 from the saloon and its pleasant
warmth was Nostrent The next morn
ing his body was found cold and stin
with a gaping wound in the back on
the very vacant lot which Kelly had
started to cross on his way home. Al
though the evidence was entirely cir
oumstantial Devine had influence and
Kelly had none. And so Kelly was
bars.
~ ~
For q Murder He Did Not Commit
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For a Murder He Did Not Commit

Free after thirty-lve years in prison
for murder which ne declares he did
not commit-and he is borne out by the
musty records in the case-Kelly
viewed in amazement the wonders OF
New York. The door of Sing Sing
swung back and a little old man. stoop
shouldered. leaning heavily on a thick
hickory stick and peering through
thick spectacIes. stepped beyond the
steel doors and stood with wrinkled
JUNE }. 1906
The Washington times., 1906-06-03
Astounded bu New New YORK.

The old man closed his hands IN his
lap and the electric lights of the train
showed his fingers to be dazzling with
bands and gorgeous rhinestones. highly
priced trinkets that he wore with pride
In the hospital ward. Even a Hfe prls-
oner has his vanities. He was gallant
in his glances toward a handsome.
fasnionably gowned woman who sat
opposite.
The Washington times., 1906-06-03

the best prisoner that ever had been
In Sing Sing. In all his three decades
of Imprisonment he never had a mark
against his conduct Warden johnson
brought the old man to New York
the city where men, brains, and hands
had reared great buildings. elevated
railways, filed the streets with horse
less cars and carriages. spanned the
rivers with enormous bridges, threaded
the earth and the water underground
with winding tunnels, since the day
that William Kelly. the black-haired
sturdy Long Island railroad section
boss. convicted of murder. had been
locked away in the life house to stay
till old age warped and weakened him.
at the Grand Central Station they
paused and he looked around. breath
ing deeply. His eyes glanced upward
The Washington times., 1906-06-03

chuckling and simply talking straight
in front of him. Il guess my knees
ones"
~ "
Best Prisoner EOer In Sing Sing
Warden Johnson felt very kindly
The Washington times., 1906-06-03

SAID EIGHTY FIVE YEAR OLD WILLIAM KELLY
WHEN HIS KEEPER BROUGHT HIM A. COMPLETE
OUTFIT OF NEW CLOTHING AND TOLD HIM HE
WAS FREE, AFTER SERVING THIRTY-FIVE YEARS
IN SING SING FOR A MURDER WHICH HE SAYS
HE DID NOT COMMIT
BUT NUMBER 962" REALIZED IT WAS NOT
A JOKE WHEN HE FOUND HIMSELF IN NEW YORK
CITY WHERE BRAINS AND HANDS HAVE REARED
GREAT BUILDINGS AND ELEVATED -
RAILWAYS AND FILLED THE STREETS
WITH HORSELESS CARS AND CAR mn
] RIAGES SINCE THE DAY HE WAS COM AN
! MTTTED FOR A TERM OF LIFE LMPRIS- AMbIs
] ONMENT. II kAvIW
The Washington times., 1906-06-03

daughters home. He sat in tremblins
wonderment and now and then b
wept a little and shaded his eyes Wit.
his shrunken hands. 50 queenIy adorned
BY the hashy rings.
"sh-sh-the warden might hear US.
The full sense Of his freedom. that
had come so suddenly. was not fully
in his brain.
II was only when on the Brooklyn
side OF the bridge that he said GOOD
by 10 Warden johnson. and the war
den walked away. Staring at the de
parting prison Official, the old man
caught his daughters arm and saic:
I'm out; Tn out I never have 10
60 back He said So"
Kelly Is becoming accustomed 20 his
freedom, and declares that he is goins
to so to work at the first opportu-
nifty. He declares that he never com
mitted murder, and that he never
would have been convicted II at the
time Of his trial he had had money
enough to engage a good lawyer He
Is happy beyond expression. and one
OF the kindest men in Jamaica to chill
dren-
Near where Kelly IS living is a lit
tie graveyard, and as Re spoke OF his
freedom to a reporter. his eyes wan
dered in the direction OF the grassy
mounds. and tears came to his eyes
as he said:
MY good wife Is sleeping there. She
knew I was innocent How she would
rejoice today. If she were by my side
God bless her"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-05-03
NEED HELP FOR MANY WEEKS.
Devine Urges Nation Not to Slacken
Enthusiasm in Giving.

San Francisco, April 30.-Dr. Devine,
of the National Red Cross, tonight is
sued the following statement:
cit is important for the entire coun-
try to understand that the loss Of homes
and property in San Francisco has not
been exaggerated. Expectations have
been aroused and plans have been made,
based on kilograms and newspaper re-
ports, of large contributions for relief,
and these expectations should not be
disappointed.
"The distribution of food will have
to be continued until there are enough
stores in which to buy on a money basis
and then it can be gradually diminished,
but relief Of other kinds is now and
will be required for weeks to come
Sick and delicate persons will need
care for months. Inmates of institu-
tions which have been destroyed must
be established elsewhere, and on some
plan yet to be devised families which
cannot get started otherwise may have
to be given a helping hand.
cit is not intended to encourage
chronic dependence, but quick, gener-
Gus and efficient relief is needed here
for a very large number of persons
whose homes and means of livelihood
have been destroyed.