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The Washington times., 1906-06-03
MONTROSE HOTEL
WELL LOCATED
In Line of improvements
in Business Section.
OWNER, RICH COLORED MAN
Property Held in Family Over Seventy
Years Finally Passes Into
New Hands.

The march Of improvement and the
great advance In prices of Washington
real estate. more particularly in the sec
ton contiguous TO the corner Of New
York avenue and Fourteenth street
shows no signs of abatement.
This was particularly true Of the sale
announced more than q week ago or the
Hotel Montrose. situated at the corner
OF Fourteenth and II streets northwest.
for which II was stated approximately
100000 was paid. The lot contains 3450
feet. and the price stated brings II close
10 $50 per foot. AS the improvements.
however, consist OF a handsome six
story building long used for hotel pur-
poses the cost of the ground cannot be
SO closely calculated. Good judges
however, consider the purchase a very
excellent one and predict good advance
10 the new owner should he at any time
desire 10 dispose of it.
Built Twenty Years Ago
It is now about score Of years ago
since this building was erected by its
late owner. John F. Cook. who is well
remembered as having served for years
as collector of taxes for the District,
having been appointed by President
Grant and served under several succeed
Ing administrations.
Seventy Years in the Family.
For seventy years the property has
been owned by the Cook family and
old residents Will recall the small struc-
lures that stood upon the corner and
for many years resisted the march OF
Improvement that was gradually fore
Ing its way in that direction. Mr. Cook.
who is probably the wealthlest man Of
his race in the city on coming into pos
session OF the property projected and
built the hotel which under several
names. has continuously offered a tenn
porary home to the travelling public
The title 10 the property was taken
by benjamin B Bradford. trustee. who
Is understood 20 represent an investor
that has recently figured in several
prominent deals in that locality The
firm OF R O. Hoffman. real estate brok-
ers, represented Mr.. Cooke in the trans
action.
The Washington times., 1906-06-03
AUCTION SALE OF
AN OLD LANDMARK

The Gross house. 1913 Wisconsin ave-
nue. northwest being a large frame
structure. Will be sold at public auction
on the afternoon Of June Z.
The Washington times., 1906-06-03
Figures IN Detail.
Totals ................... q 50. -
Where the Improvements Go.

The following summary shows the dis
position Of improvements in the dif-
ferent sections OF the District and their
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1906-04-20
CORINTH.

Allen Robe of Manchester, n.
H. is i'll with rheumatic fever he
has only been able to work four
DAYS since he was here eight
weeks ago to attend his mothers
funeral.
Fred Mann and wife moved
back to Barre this week We'd
nesday. 1t is regretted by all
that they leave us. They have
been here but two years yet they
have made many friends.
Frogs we're heard last Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Naglie of Manches-
ter, n. H. is visiting her brother
Harry Townsend.
Gen. Harrison Wilson visited
his son at Post Mills last week.
Carrie Wilson is home from
Bradford visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Wilson.
Mrs. Arthur Blake who has
been i'll with grip at her fathers,
p. III. Darling, has so far re-
covered that she has gone to her
home at West Fairlee.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Munroe
have moved to the town farm
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At your service any day
DOE BROS.
Bradford. Vt.

to care for the inmates. Last
Saturday morning their little 3
year old daughter, Eva fell into
the water-barrel, but for the time
ly arrival of her mother she was
not drowned.
April II a son was born to Mr..
and Mrs. e. L. Smith.
April 18th a son was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Dana Huntington.
Harry Paige of Hyde Park
who is at work for NJ. H. Dickin-
son was taken with a chill Sat
urday and on Sunday he had two
but it is thought he is better.
Nellie Winch who has been
very i'll with scarlet fever at
st. Johnsbury arrived home last
Saturday. At present her eye
sight and hearing are impaired,
but it is hoped she will soon
fully recover.
Advices from SOmerville, Mass.
report Mrs. Della COyle and her
two boys who have been i'll with
diph iberia as nearly well again.
Frank Thurber had the mis-
fortune last Friday to cut his
left leg between the ankle and
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1906-04-20

Days may come and days may go"
SO with paint. but the rood kind
longer. John G.
Strong, Agent, Bradford.
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THE HEROISM OF SCIENCE.
Brooklyn Eagle

Love of country and love o.
fellow men have induced magnif
icent selfsacrifice, but in proving
their love of truth men have
braved dangers as severe as those
of war, and have braved them
alone, unsupported by the enthu
siasm of battle or the plaudits
of On-IoOkers. Socrates died
calmly for the truth; the martyrs
of the religions died for what
they believed to be the truth ;
and science eXacts the lives of
its devotees occasionally, espe-
cially the science of medicine, in
whose cause physicians will fire.
quently imperil themselves with
germs and pOisOns, sacrificing
their own lives that others may
not be so sacrificed.
Heroic devotion to science is
seen in the conduct of Professor
Matteucce, who is in charge of
the observatory on the slope of
Mount Vesuvius. During all the
recent RACES of that volcano, he
remained at his post, leaving the
building in lulls of the eruption
and ascending the cone, where
his escape was liable at any
moment to be cut off by the
issue of lava from the new vents
behind him. SO long as it was
physically possible to do so he
continued his observations at
these near points and reported
the conditions and probabilities
by telephone to listeners in
Naples.
This is, of course, the first OBJ
ject in establishing the observa-
tory on Vesuvius-to increase
the public safety by warming
but the second object is the
greater, and it is to acquire posi-
tive knowledge on subject that
is as yet mystery, but most
one, in that it associates
itself with world beginnings and
world ends; with the nebular
hypothesis, electrical phenomena
and sun spots; with continental
subsidences and chemical geolo-
~, and that is, withal, the most |
form of mundane ac-
tivity. Positive knowledge on
these matters will serve a pur-
pose in protecting life and prom
arty, but the knowledge is an end |
n itself, and to obtain it Mat |
-eucci risks his life.
1t is the honor of explorers in
Ill fields of science that this in
stance is not isolated. Pliny,
Utmost the first of scientists,
lied, victim to his eagerness in
he first recorded eruption of
iesuvius. and others have gone
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Millinery Onpninp.

Mrs. Marcia p. Teller is hold
ing her Spring Opening this week.
Her hats are attractive and sty
fish. While all shades are good,
violet, Alice blue, and old rose
are her speciality at the opening.
Odd shapes are much in evidence,
short back sailors are also cor
rect. Braids have taken the place
of chiffon and the soft fabrics
largely. Ribbon, flowers and fol-
age are among the most popula :
trimming, Sailor and walking
shapes are to be seen among the
ready-tO-wear hats. She is also
displaying a nice line Of gloves
in the summer shades.
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EAST CORINTH.

Kenneth Butler has returned
to his school in Barre.
Mrs. Elery Emerson remains
very i'll and a trained nurse has
been sent for.
f. p. Sawyer was in Burling
ton Thursday and Friday.
\. E. Jackman has recovered
from his attack Of measles
Mrs. g. F. Butterfeld has re
turned from the hospital in Bur,
lingtOn.
Winthrop Jackman was in
Bradford, Wednesday.
Miss Edith Hartman has re
Gently purchased a fine new piano
Miss Mary Dickerman gave "A
sugar party, Tuesday evening. A
large number of young people
from this place were present.
Progressive whist furnished the
evenings entertainment and all
enjoyed a very pleasant evening.
Owing to the rain the Univer-
salist Sunday School postponed
their Easter Concert until next
Sunday, at 2 30 p. NJ.
The East Corinth base ball
team has recognized and it is
expected that a game will be
played a week from next Satur
day.
The Darlington Steam Mill
has stopped work, having sawed
out ali the lumber Il. hand.
Mrs. Charles Hartman re-
turned from Bradford, Monday.
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BOTH TELEPHONES AT STORE AND RESIDENCE

knee with an axe. DR.. Hazen
was called and found it neces-
Sary to take twelve stitches to
close the wound. At present
writing he is doing well.
According to present appear
ances sugaring is about wound
up. The yield is probably not
much over a half crop.
The late thaw and rain have
left the roads in very bad shape.
Commissioner Hastings with a
few men has been kept busy by
hurry calls on washOuts.
The Academy schools com
mence on the Odd. All others
in town on the 3Oth.
Mrs. w. H. Simpson is visit
ing in Boston and vicinity. On
her return next week she will be
accompanied by her mother, Mrs
Geo. +. Lord.
Mr.. McCoifery, the Pike Hill
metalurgist has been joined by
his wife and four children. They
are all comfortably domiciled at
Frank HuttOn's.
The new mill at Pike Hill
mines was disabled for a few
days by breakage of some of the
machinery
Professors Smith and RaynOr
of Harvard College, accompanied
by several of the graduating
class in metaliirgy, are making
an extended visit to Pike Hill
for practical lessons to the young
men.
B. b. Scribner and wife are
in Boston this week. Their chill
dren are stopping at VIII Lakes
in Fershire.
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DeWitt's Witch Hazel SaIve
Cares Piles. Seaids Burma
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to their death in the ice fields of
the North, among the deserts of
the South and the bleak wilder
nesses of untracked hills. Our
own scientists showed the same
courage in the West Indian ex-
plOsiOns-far more severe than
that of Vesuvius-that has been
shown by Matteuci. Jaeger,
Hovey, Heilprin and others as
cended Pelee and the Souffriere
while they were in full eruption,
when they had slain their thou
sands and were devastating miles
of country. They went to the
very edge of the craters on the
windward side, photographing
and annOtating, while showers
of rock were falling, torrents Of
hot water were gashing the
mountain sides, blistering dust
was vOlleying from the Internal
pit, and its breath was burning
and blighting miles away.
No less admirable was the
herOism of the physicians and
priests who remained at their
posts, and who are typed in Pere
Marie, of MOrne Rouge, the
town of Martinique that was
swept by a blast of scalding
steam from Pelee. He had re-
fused to leave the place so long
as his help and his consultations
were needed, and he went brave
ly to his end, when the hour
came, dying with 1000 of his
people, as the populace of st.
Pierre had died some weeks be-
fore. 1t may be that courage of
this kind is a commoner proper
ty of the race than even it's pos
SCISSORS suppose, and we of these
safer lands may congratulate
ourselves that the occasions for
its display are few; but when
these occasions come and men
freely offer themselves to death,
not merely that lives may be
saved, but souls, and that the
knowledge for which they strive
may make the world happier as
well as wiser, the world admires
and lays it's laurels on their
tomb.
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HUMAN BLOOD MARKS.

A tale of horror was told by marks
of human blood in the home of ]. w.
Williams, a well known merchant of
Bac, Ky He writes: Twenty years
ago l had severe hemOrrhages of the
lungs, and was near death when l
began taking DR.. Kings New DiscOv-
cry. 1t completely cured me and I
have remained well ever since" 1t
cures Hemorrhages, Chronic Coughs,
Settled Colds and Bronchitis, and is
the only known cure for Weak Lungs.
Every bottle guaranteed by J. NJ. Tay-
lor and B. w. Abbott Druggists. soc
and $100. Trial bottle free.
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was a success in every way. Mr..
Leavitt, as prof. Hoodoo" filled
the bill in the line of entertain
ment advertised. The music by
w. r. Orchestra was fine ami
very much enjoyed. Our full
expectations we're realized in the
supper. The receipts were about
twenty-five dollars.
Mrs. Deming and Mrs. Dodge
were in st. Johnsbury, Wednes,
day.
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WELLS RIVER.

Mrs. Anna Leslie of Mont
pelier is visiting at the home of
f. G.. Graves.
Miss Adine Hale came home
from Boston this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. 5. E. GOss of
Newport were guests If Willard
GOss and wife over Sunday, 90
ing from there to Ashland, Mon
day.
Miss Nellie Clark comes home
from Cottage Hospital next sun
day.
Miss Muriel E. Coo Twin re
turned to Wellesley, Mass. Tues
day, April II. Arthur Graves t.
Hanover, Wednesday, and Oscar
LYONS to Mortified, Monday.
Mrs. Sheldon visited in Nor
risville a day or two of This week
Mrs. Shattuck has gone to
New Hampshire to visit her
mother and brother.
Mrs. Kate ID. Lee, ID. G.. NJ.
visited Mystic Star Oh. @. f. s,
st. Johnsbury, last Wednesday
evening.
Miss Cherry returned from
StOneham, Tuesday and resumed
her duties as assistant teacher
in the High school, Wednesday.
Kimball Marshall was called
to Greenfield Saturday by the i'll
ness of his sister, Mrs. John Car
bee.
The Rev. j. A. Belanger was in
Bradford last week to install the
officers, Charity Lodge, No 43 F.
and A. M.
Miss Lena Jackson returned
to Quincy, n. H. last week where
she has taught for several terms.
Harry Whitelaw of ,Cohasset,
Mass, spent Sunday here with
his parents, A. NJ. Whitelaw and
wife.
Miss Katherine Graves went |
to Whitefield Saturday, to spend |
Sunday with her father, e. c. |
Graves, who is painting the hos
pital there.
Mrs. j. A. Learned who has
been very sick with pneumonia
the past week, we are pleased to
learn is much better.
The junior pupils of Mrs.
Addie X. BigelOw have organized
musical club, the purpose of
which is to study music and the
lives of great composers. 1t is
named the "Fanny Mendelssohn
Club" having as motto "B
natural" The Club cOlOrs are
green, white and gold; its flower,
the white daisy. The officers for
six months are, Pres, Nellie
Bailey; Sec, Bernice Smith
Treas, GLADYS Lyons; Manage,
Mrs. Bigelow. A program Of
and music is given at the
home of Mrs BigelOw every
We hope that before
Ong the club will consent to APP |
bear in public, for all enjoy and
ire interested in the work of our ;
-illage children. (
The social under the super
'isiOn of the men Friday evening
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Additional Bradford Loacls.

Frank Brock of South New
bury was in town, Tuesday.
Col. G. w. Scarf of Burling-
ton was in town, yesterday.
Mrs. John Pollards and little
son of Mttleton, is visiting Mrs.
Fred Howe.
Mrs. j. H. Cutler, who has
been very ill with the grip, is
improving very slowly
Hazel Adams will spend Sat
urday with her cousin, Mona
Layton, in South Newbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Kidder have
returned to Grinnell, Iowa, after
having spent the winter in town.
Rev. Mr.. Hamilton of Wood
stock spent a few hours with
Rev. j. o. Sherburn, Monday.
A good paint cannot be cheap in
price, neither can cheap raint be
good. Good paint is economical paint.
John C. Strong, Agent Bradford.
Miss Vida Albee, who is teach
ing in West Lebanon, is spend
ing a few days with her parents,
II. j. Albee and wife.
Mrs. NJ. HI. Crook is having
steam heating put into her resi-
dence. Mr.. Page of Franklin is
putting in the furnace.
Walter Renfrew, who is at
tending the Lawrence Business
College, is spending a few weeks
with his father, Harry Renfrew.
The school team play their
first game, Saturday, with
Jenkins Veterans. After the
school closes the teams vii reOr-
ganize into the same mines as
last year.
DR.. and Mrs. Cole, j. 7. Kent,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Cove, Misses
Roundy. Abbie Albee, katherine
Demeritt, Eva Hunt, Marcia
Winship, Messrs. Moore, Jenkins
and Newton attended the Con
cert given by Sousa's Band at
st. Johnsbury, last evening.
The next meeting of the G. L.
S. c. will be with Mrs. Chamber
lin on Thursday, April 26. Roll
Call-Current Events. Lesson
Message of Greek Architecture"
and "The Modern Greek" Read
ing, Selection from John G. Sake
in Library Shelf and Paper by
Mrs. Wilson.
We understand thai the Lee
ture Course for next winter has
been decided upon, and that the
White Entertainment Bureau Of
Boston is to furnish the Course.
There will be five numbers, among
them being Col Balm, who lee
tured in one of the first of the
lecture courses. This course
promises great things.
George r. Andross is in st. |
JOhnsbury today to attend the
funeral of Zela Richardson,
whose death occurred, Wednes
day, after an illness of several
months with nervous prOstratiOn.
He was the husband of Susan
White Richardson, who is well
known by the older residents
here, as she lived in town num-
Der of years.
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PLUMLEY NOT A CANDI
DATE.

Hon. Frank Plumley has an
nOunced that he will not be a
candidate for congressman from
the second congressional district.
He writes the following letter
explaining his reason 70 Mr..
Whitney, editor of the Mortified
News, his home paper.
Mortified, April 10, 1906.
My dear Whitney:
/ am assured by as good judges
of political conditions as the state
affords that were / to become a
candidate for congressional hon
ors in the second district at this
time, my chances of success would
be at least equal to the others; l
am sanguine enough to believe
they would be superior, but
neither success nor defeat has a
part in effecting my settled pur-
pose.
Reasons which are purely and
wholly personal compel me to
state that shall not enter the
canvass this year.
NV cherished ambition for po-
litical preferment in the present
is crushed and dead and it is sim
ply impossible for me to take any
active part in a political cam
paign of this character. Being
thus c1rcumstanced | cannot ask
my friends to give me their sup
port, and l reluctantly renounce a
long time aspiration and decline
to enter the field as a candidate.
To the many friends in the diff
ferent sections of the district who
havevolunteered their support and
to the large numbers of voters
whom l have reason to believe
would be pleased to see me their
representative IN congress, 1 am
profoundly grateful aud appreci-
ative. To the state press which
universally has treated my name
in this relation with considera-
ton beyond my deserts, l return
my heartfelt thanks through the
of The News.
Frank Plumley.
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Just BREATHE 1T.
Hyomei Cures Catarrh in Natural
and Rational Way.

No dangerous drugs or alcoholic
connections are taken into the sys-
TEN when Hyomei is used in the
treatment of catarrh. Breathed
through the neat pocket inhaler
that comes with every outfit, the
balsamic healing of Hyomei pene-
trates to the most remote cells of
the nose, throat and lungs, killing
all catarrhal germs, healing the irri-
tated mucous membrane and effect
ing a complete and permanent cure.
No medicine taken into the stom-
ach can possibly reach the remote
cells of the air passages, or give the
immediate relief that follows the
use of Hyomei. A few days treat
ment is usually all that is necessary
to show how quickly this remedy
will cure catarrh.
So successful has Hyomei been
in the cure of catarrh among his
customers, that j. M. Taylor sells
it under a positive guarantee that
it costs nothing unless it gives sat
isfaction. The complete outfit sells
for one dollar, while extra bottles
can be obtained for so cents.
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The San Francisco Earthquake.
Wednesday morning, April Is,
at $40 o'clock, San Francisco
was visited by the most dis
astrous earthquake in its history.
For two hours the earth rocked
violently, while the finest build
ings collapsed and hundreds of
lives were lost. The City Hall,
the United States Mint, Banks
business blocks and Hotels are
destroyed. Fire added it's horror
and the city is in imminent dan
ger of complete destruction. The
water mains have burst so the
only way of fighting the confa-
grafton is by dynamite The
Wharves are destroyed. The
Suburbs have also suffered severe
property loss. Leland Stanford
Jr. University h., but one build
ing left standing. Troops and
police are guarding the ruins,
and it will be a number of hours
before very much definite regard
ing loss of life aud property can
be learned. The property loss is
now placed at $200,000,000. The
earthquake is considered as an
aftermath of tie eruption Of
Vesuvius.
Days may come and days may 60"
SO with paint, but the rood kind
longer John C.
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that some of our readers have found discrepan-
cies between this list and their own information.
We anticipated that the appearance of the list
in our columns would bring some questions and
supposed corrections. 1t has occasioned Il very
Mr.. Hanna does not say where he obtained Iris
information, and what his authorities are We
suppose, however, that this list was made from
the records of the earliest church courts in this
country, the reports for example to the first Pres
byteries, and the Synod of New York which EN-
braced them.
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Our British exchanges are telling of various
summer conferences held in England for re-
hgious and eyangclistic purposes The Conven-
lIon at heswick in the Lake region, was more
largely attended than ever. A great variety of
mission work was presented, and pleas made for
every corner of tire earth. DIR. Campbell Nor
gan for four mornings spoke to 700 people in
exposition Of the Lords Prayer. The Welsh
evangelist. Evan Roberts, appeared, and attract
cd great attention, the meetings becoming great
" moved by Mr. Roberts appeals The hymns
used were the old standard songs of the Sanctu-
AIRY, "Whcn | Survey the Wondrous Cross"
"Rock Of Ages" and "Thcrc is a Fountan.''
theological summer school at Cambridge
was meeting of another sort A number of
distinguished Bible scholars read papers and
conferred on important matters in tire most adj
vanccd scholarship. including comparative re-
Ilgion topics DR. Samuel Dill. of Belfast
Professor Pcakc Of NIanchcstcr; DIR. Maclagan.
Missionary IN China from the PRESBYTERIAN
Church Of England; Professor McAlister. Of
Cambridge; Rev. John Keman. of Edinburoh
and the two learned ladies. Mrs. Lewis and Mrs
Gibson. Of Cambridge Professor Ramsay. Of
Aberdeen, ON "Ihc Pauline Cities" and Princi
pal Dykes, on "The Divine Energy in Nature
and Man, must have been most valuable adj
dresses.
Nhother convention was organized at Harro-
gate by the Rev. f. b. Never. more directly nm
der the auspices Of the Free Church Council Of
England. 1t was regarded as successful meet
ing, and will probably be held annually.
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several numbers Of 1be Central we have
printed the Early Presbyterian Churches and
'ettlements in Virginia, and Gin Maryland
@ give in "The Scotch Irish,' by Charles A.
"anpa, Vol. H. We are not at all surprised