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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-21
JURY UNABLE TO AGREE
Three Men in the Petersburg Railroad
Accident Inquest Were Unable
to Agree. ....

The coroners jury in the inquest in
to the death of two laborers killed at
Petersburg failed to agree and have
been discharged. The jury was out for
many hours, until they were finally
discharged by the coroner. The men
were killed in the wreck just west Of
Petersburg.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-21

public through the medium of the press
that a brother of his had been murder
ed in the Canadian northwest. The
newspapers were filled with details of
the CHASTITY crime and Martin exhibit
ed several kilograms alleged to have
been received from the Canadian au-
thorities and having a bearing upon
the crime. It is stated on good author
ity that the only bona fie message
which Mr.. Martin received during his
presence in the limelight Of publicity
was one from the supposedly dead
brother reading about like this:
................... ..................
.."Are you crazy Edgar {:
: There's is Nothing the Matter
With Me-"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26
Importing songsters.

Tmportations of cage birds into the
United States have increased by more
than twenty-five per cent during the
last four years. OF course gre Vt ma
iority of such feathered creatures thus
brought into this country are canaries,
the breeding of which in Germany, and
more particularly by peasants in the
Harz Mountains, is most picturesque
industry, but about three hundred other
species are fetched hither from various
parts Of the world, and the methods
adopted for capturing and transporting
them are in many instances both Curl
Gus and interesting.
"In earlier days IL was the custom,
more commonly than now, for sailors
TO collect strange birds in distant quar-
ters of the globe and bring them to Am
erican or European seaparts, where they
disposed Of them for small sums in ready
money. Even at The present time the
species imported from the Orient are
mostly introduced in this wy. the
traffic being conducted on a considerable
scale by the crews of the Pacific steam
ships with dealers in San Francisco.
But, so far as other birds are concerned,
the business is more highly systematic
ed. Merchants in this line Of trade EN-
ploy agents to secure supplies OF birds
III their native haunts, while retaining
such relations with correspondents at
European ceuters as enable them TO
draw upon those sources for whatever
additional feathered stock may be re-
quifed"
The above leads an interesting arti-
Gle on importation Of song birds by Rene
Bache in the Technical World Magazine
for August.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26
A LARGE CONTRACT

When D. r. Davis, the enterprising
druggist, first offered a 50-cent package
of DR.. Howard 3 specific for the cure Of
constipation and dyspepsia at half
price, and guaranteed to return the
money If 1t did not cure, he thought it
probable from his experience with other
medicines for these diseases, that he
would have a good many packages re-
turned. But although he has sold hun
dreds Of bottles, not one has been
brought back.
This ii so surprising that he has taken
the contract to Introduce DR.. Howard Is
specific in at least half the homes in
Barre and TODD that he will continue his
special half-price introductory offer.
Mr.. Davis wants every person in
Barre who has constipation, dyspepsia,
headache OF liver trouble to come 90 his
store or send him rs cents by mail and
get so doses Of the best medicine ever
made at half the regular price, with bis
personal guarantee to refund The money
II ii does not cure.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26
New Convention Puts Hermit
Kingdom at Mercy
OF RESIDENT GENERAL
Japan BY Pact SEXES All Power in
Korea. Resident General is
Vested With ALI
Authority.

Toxic, July 2s.- Under the new con
yention Japan and Korea signed yester-
day afternoon absolute domination u
Korean affairs BY Japan II assured. The
agreement will not be published until
after II has been approved by the Japan
csc PriyY Council, but its provisions are
we'll understood.
II was only after great pressure had
been brought to bear on the Korean
court that the agreement was signed.
The convention provide that Korea
shall be guided In all administrative
matters BY the Japanese resident gener-
alt; that he shall sanction all laws; APP
prove of the appointment Of All high
officers, and mustconsent before foreign
era are employed. Only persons recon-
mended by the resident general are eli.
gible to Korean Offices, There Ii to be
distinct demarcation between admins
tratiye and judicial affairs, and the pro-
vision of the 1904 convention for the ap.
pointmcnt Of financial adviser il an
nulled.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26
A Tramp In Command.

copyright, 1907, BY C. H. sutcIiffe.l
During the Cuban revolution the
American ship Curlew, carrying arms
pnd ammunition to the Cubans, had
among the crew shanghaled man en-
tered by the name OF Jones. He had
been tramp along the water front.
He had eonversed with sailors. He
knew all about first mates and second
mates. To have back talked" would
have been to solicit broken head.
The part of wisdom was to saw wood
and say nothing until the steamer ran
into Key West or some other port and
then seek to make his escape. She ran
down to the port named with the tramp
keeping quiet, but doing great deal
Of thinking. He wanted to take care Of
Jones and get back to New York with
out any scars to boast of.
The tranp's plan to desert the steam
er didn't pan out. Men were stationed
at the gangways to watch. The cargo
Of Sewing machines" as the boxes
were marked, came aboard through the
efforts Of strange men, and when duly
stored away under the matches the
Curlew put to sea. AS she left the har-
Dor revenue cutter sent In search Of
her entered it. 1t was a bright, clear
morning, but the captain Of the cutter
didn't see her. Even when bis atten-
tion was called to her name lie screwed
up his eyes and winked and blinked
and read her name backward and said
he had never heard Of such a craft as
the Welruc. Jones had been patient
and hopeful. Now be was mad and
desperate. The others might run their
heads into the lions jaws IL they
would. but their death would not mat
Ter to the 100000 of Americans left
behind. As for him, he wanted to live
on. As tramp he was expected to live
on. He Ind aims and ambitions to be
carried out before being hanged Or shot.
He therefore informed the second
mate that he had objections to flibus-
tering and demanded that the steamer
Al once be headed back. In return he
was knocked down and Jumped on
For the next three days, while the
f'uriew was snealdng her way~across
the gulf and keeping an eye open for
Spanish gunboats, ali the officers and
most Of the crew made a football Of
Tramp Jones. Every few minutes he
was knocked down or kicked or cuffed
at least once an hour he engaged in a
fight In which he was invariably worst
ed. they tried to batter the life out
81 MIN, but only succeeded in making
him the madden. He had just been
kicked for the FIVE hundredth time
since leaving Key West when the sun
went down. the tropical darkness de-
seconded. and with It came a fog thick
enough 70 be cut with knife.
The steamer had been crawling along
the Cuban shore to hit the rendezvous.
IN 4 buy not two miles away when
Inc fog came down was a gunboat in
amhush. She heard enough to be
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26
RICH HERMIT SLAIN.
is GUNS IN HOUSE.
MacLachlin, Eccentric Recluse Who
Had $4,000 in Banks, Stabbed
in Hut.

Amsterdam, N. r., July 26s-William
f. MacLauehlin, aged 62, bachelor mi
ser and recluse residing two miles
north Of GAINESVILLE, Montgomery conn
ty. was found murdered In his hut. He
was clock repairer. The floor was
covered with blood and bloody finger
marks were on the open door. Coroner
Zimmerman found eight or more cut
wounds as If made with steletto. His
pocket book, containing small sum Of
money was found in his pocket
MaeLauchlin leaves property estimat-
ed at $4,000. Many Italian laborers
are at work in the vicinity Of Cranes.
vile on the Barge canal It is said that
most Of MacLanghIin's money was in
the savings institutions IN Albany.
He was eccentric and arbitrary. In
the hall near where the murdered man
was found there were is muskets and
rifles, one Inusket being we'll loaded.
MaeLauchlin had served in the army.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26
9be Times Daily Short Story.
xexO2cSc@cSGaewOSCS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

sure that snuggier was at hand,
but when she crept out of the bay the
lookouts might as well have been blind
men. She drifted aud the smuggler
drifted, and by and by they were with
In quarter Of a mile of each other.
The Spaniards gave themselves away
by their voices The crew OF the Cur
lew were as whist as mice. Orders
were issued to brain any man who
spoke above whisper For fifteen
minutes there was the silence OF death
aboard Then the gunboat began firing
into the fog at random, She fired shells
that went screaming into space in a
waytomnke the hairstand mp. She fred
solid shot that whizzed and groaned
and hunted for something to mash.
She fred grapeshot that came aboard
and struck down four trembling men.
A shot tore through the pilot house. A
shell made matchw0od of d boat hang
Ing at the davits. The Spaniards didn't
know that they were hitting anything.
but it was good time to practice.
There were brave men aboard the
flibuster, but the firing drove them to
cover, and they crouched and trem-
bled like children. She was under q
haphazard fire for half an hour, hav-
Ing four men killed aud six wounded,
and then the spaniards steamed back
into the bay and dropped anchor. She
had blown the United States sky high,
and her commander patted himself ON
the back When the firing ceased
Tramp Jones looked around to find
himself the only man on deck. He
had been kicked so often that he no
longer felt fear. he realized that now
was the time for the steamer to es-
cape, and be went man hunting. He
found the engineers and flremen In
hiding in the coal bunkers. He hauled
them forth and kicked them to their
posts. He found captain and mates
hiding In their staterooms, He swore
at them. He cuffed them. He gave
them the boot He played basket ball
with their carcasses until he had
driven them to their stations. He
found the roustabouts lurking and
shivering and wondering why death
fingered and he tired bis arms with
eufsng and his legs with kicking. II
was he who gave the order for the en-
gines to back II was be who gave d
course out to sea. 1t was he who held
the whole outfit UP to the mark for
three long hours, or until the Curlew
finally crept into the rendezvous.
Then there was an awakening on
the part Of captain, mates and crew.
They shook of their fear and swarmed
for Tramp Jones. He had humiliat-
ed them. He had taken command. He
had made them look like 10 cents.
The tramp seized a handspike and
sought nobly, but when he saw that
they were too much for him he threw
down his weapon, ieaped overheard
and swan through the sharks to the
shore.
'Is 1t the captain that is?" inquired
the Cuban general as the tramp reach
ed the beach.
oh, no my friend" was the reply.
ut is the captain that was. have re-
signed my position" NJ. QUAD.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26
use His Sanetified Wife and STEPPED in
Matrimony With Him"

In the August American Magazine
there is the story Of an extraordinary
negro, big Frank" Without danger Of
spelling the main story, which Is the
story Of Big Frank wonderful loyalty,
il Il possible to reprint here the account
Of the dressing down. Aunt Sue gave
Big Frank and his master one day:
@One day Frank was at the factory,
in the room back Of my Office, naSing
mattresses. in came Old Sue in tow,
ering rage. She wanted money, and
Frank had refused her that morning, 90
she followed him to the factory with
blood In her eye.
'Whar is that Niger Frank. Lemme
git to him. Starvin' me to death an
depending his money on straysl Lemme
git to him! Use his sancti6ed wife an
stepped in matrimony wild him. Use ded.
icated to hts money, an I'm gwineter
have ii Gimme some money, niger,
Gimme some money. / tell YOU. CT Ill
holler tel de roof er dis fac'try rises up
In de elementsl!
Sue said l. shut up, and 20 out Of
this room and away from this factory,
and don't. you ever show you face here
again, or put your foot on my lot
She turned on me like a yellow Wild
cat. Who you tallSin' terY She came q
step nearer to me- What business il
you got comm between man an wife
what de Lord done sundered togedder I
Get outer my way! Who is YOU any
wayi I knows mighty well who you is.
I've toted you cross de street when you
wern't no higher dan a hens ness when
YOU flIst come here fun Alabama, DIES
missin' bein' fedheaded an always up
to some devilmentl | knows who You
is, an yo OIL grandaddy befo' youl He
was dc high steppiness white man what
de Lord ever lei live, wild mo proudness
TO err niger dan Of he was king Satan
hisse'f, AM You ies' like him, you takes
after him like you was cut outer after re
same pattern er interferin' where you
ain got not right an a.dealimg' out
Judgment to dis Niger an dat DIES Ike
you was de Lord on his throne a-settin'
in milk an'honey wild thunderbolts in
both hands an a-reaehin fer de light.
ming But / amt scared err you, Get
outen my way boy. Use spanked you
many's de time when you was little.'"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26
LAW POINTS.

The right to a mandamus TO compel
the governor to perform a merely min
isterlal duty Is sustained In state ex
rel. Irvine versus Brooks (Wyo.), Q Il.
r. a. IN. Sd, 100.
That court OF equity win not re-
strain sale under power Of sale con-
tanned in mortgage because the stat
ute OF limitations has run against an
action to forecIose 1t is declared In
House versus Carr IN. -, 0 L. r. IA.
IN. 81, $40.
a contractor who fails to secure the
architects certificate Of completion as
required by his contract is held in
Bush versus Jones 20. G. A. Sd On, O
L. r. A. IN. So, TIA, to be obliged ID
aorder to recover by showing SUBJ
stantial completion Of the building sat
isfactorily to establish that the Ger.
atifcate was unreasonably withheld.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26
EDDY DEFENCE
LOSES POINT
Trust Void II Mrs. Eddy is
Incapable
COURT DENIES MOTIONS
-----
Made BY Lawyers For the Scientists.
Plaintiffs, However, Are to Get No
Allowance.
COURT DENIES MOTIONS

Concord N. IT., July 26--All the OBJ
jections made by the Christian Science
attorneys for the purpose Of limiting
the scope Of the inquiry into the sanity
oil Mrs Mary Baker Il. Eddy were over
ruled yesterday BY Judge Chamberlin.
These decisions will leave unchanged
the issue which will 60 to the board of
masters who begin their investigation
today. The defendants have failed to
answer the question Of Mrs. Eddy's
competency, which the commission of
three will now decide,
Judge Chamberlin also denied the mo-
tion Of Mrs Eddy's attorney, General
Frank Streeter, that, inasmuch ali the
next friends and plaintiffs were nom
residents Of the state, they be required
To file security for the costs Of the ae-
ton in case Invent against them.
Decision was suspended on the motion
of Senator Chandler for the plaintiffs i,
who asked for an allowance to meet the
costs of litigation from the Eddey es-
tate.
In making this ruling Judge Chamber
lain showed that upon the finding of
the sanity commission masters rests the
whole case II Mrs Eddy ii found to be
Incompetent the litigation win contin-
ne, and he win again consider the re-
quest for ain allowance from the estate.
But, If the masters find her safe and
competent, the judge implies that there
win be no farther room for litigation
and no need Of an allowance.
There Is a growing impression that
the commission will have Mrs, Eddy
brought before them; and that possibly
the bearing will be public.
@The matter of this trust deed of
March impresses me Just this way
remarked Judge Robert N. Chamberlain
at the hearing in legal preliminaries In
the Eddy law suit, held In the supreme
court here yesterday.
III that deed was found to have been
executed by a woman fully competent
and capable to manage her estate, that
would be the end Of the case. But If,
on the other hand, it develops that she
was not fully competent and capable to
have executed the deed, that document
would be worthless, and could have no
effect in the lawsuit"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26
Midshipman Discipline in Old Times.

In q most interesting iustalment Of his
"reminiscences, Captain Maban tells some
amusing anecdotes OF "Old Times at the
Naval Academy" in Harper's Magazine
for August. Among the superior officers
whose duty II was to keep watch on the
midnight larks Of the boys, there was a
lieutenant whose detective ability made
him their especial destation, One night
some Of the midshipmen had managed
to procure oysters which they were Ia
boriously frying In IN amateur kitchen
contrived for the occasion II was ted.
ious work, and when their appetites had
been thoroughly whettcd by patient
waiting, and The feast was approaching
completion, this lieutenant suddenly
strobe in, and without u word tossed the
oysters out Of The window. He had the
decency to appreciate the tragical nature
Of the deed, and no further punishment
followed for the disappointed crew Of
youngsters.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26
COUNTERFEIT BILLS.
The Check Letter Test On United
States Currency.

The Check Letter Test on United
States Currency.
The United States government prints
its currency and numbers its bills In o
series of four, so that every piece OF
paper money turned out bears one OF
the check letters--A, b, @, p. One Of
these letters Ii always found In two
places on a United States bill, In the
upper left hand corner and In the low
er right hand corner. The placing Of
the letter on the bill ID not determined
by the number of the bill. The rule Ia
to divide the last two figures on the
note by four, Should the remainder be
one. the check letter must be "A; should
It be two, the check letter Is b; three,
the check letter is G, and nothing, the
letter d.
For example, I have before me a
Ave dollar certificate. Its number is
Bf4S0T3o. The terminal number IL 30.
Divide by four. The result is seven
with two over. Tie check letter is B.
Here is q yellow back gold certificate
with twenty-three as its terminal num-
Der. Divide this by four, and we have
i've with three over G Ii the check
letter.
Should this rule Of four fail to work
on any United States currency note
you may bet all you have that the
money is bad. Some counterfeited bills
are right to their check letters, but a
great many are not SO If the rule OF
four works. The bill may be still bad,
but IL it doesn't it is surely bad. This
rule applies only to United States cur
rency and not to national bank notes.
Minneapolis Journal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26
Posters II Paris.

French law gives the authorities Of
everv village and commune complete
control over posters. mo one writes
arr consul general, fis permitted In
france 10 deface streets and public
places with crude, destinations an
nauneemcnfs OF hls business Of other
sublect Blilboards arc iifrequent In
paris and are generally built permh-
nenfiv into d wnll Where they are tax
81 according 70 their superficial area.
when building Il Il construction aud
baar screens are erected 70 ahield the
anhisa from dust aud other annoyance
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26
SPANS Buried Wealth.

The Carthaginians and the Tyrians
regarded Spain as Ell Dorado. 1t is
but poor country today. but potential
wealth lies In its rock bound hills. Just
as In the days of the ancients. When
those acquisitive mariners. the Phoe-
nieians. first set foot in the country
they exchanged their commodities,
says Aristotle. "for such immense
quantities of silver that their ships
could neither contain nor sustain the
load, though they used 1t for ballast
and made their anchors and other i'm.
plements Of silver" So rich In silver
was the country then that the people
are said to have made their commonest
domestic utensils Of the metal and
even their managers. The Romans
found that their greedy forerunners
had sadly diminished the precious
store, yet enough was left to satisfy
not few proconsuls
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26

Proper Selection Means Good Health and
Vigorous Growth.

Artificial feeding Of infants requires
great care. The selection OF the proper
food means good health and vigorous
growth, while the Use Of condensed milk
On unIlnted cows milk, OF Of any other
improper food, leads to indigestion, loss
Of flesh, and inability to resist disease.
No artificial food should be used that
contains drugs or chemicals, and this Is
one of the reasons why Justfood has
reared SO many babies successfully in
the past and is today prescribed By the
majority Of physicians, for it Ii the only
cereal food chat Is absolutely free from
chemicals and drugs
With the many points of superiority
Iof Jnstfood Is combined the feature Of
economy, a three.pound package selling
tor only $3.50, Smaller sizes sell for
soc and 800. but the large size is The
most economical, making the cost per
meal for 4 little baby less than 2 penny,
al druggists
Let It's send yon free weight chart for
yout baby and sample package Of food,
Justfood Co, GO North Franklin street,
Syracuse. N. X.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26

Salonii on the difficulties with the Unit.
ed States He expects the new govern.
meht TO be formed when the Diet meets
in December. Admiral Yamamoto will
be its head. He said that the japanese
are much excited over the San Fran.
cisco riots.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26

Huch temporary screen viii be
covered with posters Of amusements
md other business. but each poster so
displayed has been previously submit.
ted to tho authorities. a license obtain
cd, and each sheet bears the Cancelled
revenue stamp, according to its size"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26
rhe pIesure Va. oood. u cour.s.

The Picture Was Good, Of Course.
Friend Ito artist)-Well. were you
successful at the salon? Artist--No
They rejected my picture, the wretches!
Friend--Why? Artist How should
known The oil was bad perhaps. Nos
Loisirs.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26
Her cIeverness.

she-Mary Graham is certainly a
very clever woman, yet she has little
to say. He--That's where her clever
ness comes In. She leads man to be-
lIeye that she thinks he Is worth lis.
tening to--pick-Me-Up.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26
Chance 70 Prove liim.aIf

Shell would never marry man
who was a coward. He-About how
brave would it be necessary for him
TO be In order to win your approvala
sshe--Well, he'd have to have courage
enough to-er-propose Chicago News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26

Scientist Light travels at the rate Of
about $4,000 miles second, Chauf,
feur-Gee, that's goin' sonnet Auto
Enthusiast (slightly deaf Pardon me.
sir But what make machine was It
you just mentioned Bohemian.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26
YAMAM0To TO HEAD
NEW GOVERNMENT.

Victoria, B. G., July 26 Count Yana-
gisawa Of the Japanese House Of Peers
says the japanese government viii be
defeated soon by the attitude Of Premier
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26

First Ola Lady What kind Of a time
did you have at the funeral2 second
Old Well. Ike enjoyed myself
more al others Life
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26

If SOU don't scale the mountain you
can't view the pian.-- Chinese PFoTerb.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26
BARON YAMAMOTO.

Admiral in the Japanese navy
and former minister of marine,
who is visiting America.