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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06
SECRETARY TAFT at Colon.

Colon.--Sec. Taft reached Colon
from the Panama side of the isthmus
Wednesday morning. After lunch
con he met deputation of the house
owners OF Colon and other citizens,
who protested against the alleged
hardships imposed by the sanitary
authorities and asking relief from the
s'f posed in apfR pfR1e iHs9lera6le conditions i'm
tary improvements here"
Sec. Taft has made thorough ex.
animation of conditions on the isthmus
during this trim. At tho Dulobrs- cut
and the Gatun dam the operations of
the steam shoVels and the progress
of the work was explained.
After lunch the war secretary
tramped the entire site of the future
lock and visited each test pit. He
watched Representative T. F. Burton
as he was lowered into the larger hole
that goes to the bottom of the lock.
When Mr.. Burton came to the surface
Sec. Taft took off his coat and stepped
into the bucket. He was lowered to
the bottom of the test pit in the cen.
tre of the middle lock.
Later the party took steam launch
on the old French canal to Mindi, and
from there a special train to Crlsto
bal, where the drydocks and dredgers
we're inspected.
The secretary then left for Havana
on the Mayfower.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06
Mavor punne Makes statement.

Chicago, Ill.-Mayor Dunno has CIV
en- out the following statement on the
result of the city election:
Il was defeated by the money power
not only of this city but Of the whole
United States. / fought a fair fight
and lost. After | have had a weeks
rest l shall return to the practice OF
law"
Mayor Dunno also sent the following
message to Mayor-elect Busse: "The
vanquished salutes the victor"
The revised unofficial returns of the
election show that Busse, the Republi'
can candidate for mayor, has been
elected by plurality of 1906 over
Dunno. The entire Republican citI
ticket was elected with the exception
of Edward c. Young, the candidate for
city treasurer, who was beaten by John
E. Treager, Democrat, by 1888. The
city council will be Democratic by the
same number as the old council, 3G
Democrats to "a Republicans.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06
Ruef Appeals to Court.

San Francisco, Cal.-On the eve of
his trial cn the charge of extorting
$4,000 from French restaurant keepers
Abraham Ruef asked the supreme
court of California to free him from the
custody of elisor Biggy aadrfY,' whom
into the chaEGgqGalified on the ground
5t personal interest.
Special agent Burns announced the
receipt of cable dispatch stating that
Theodore II. Halsey, indicted on 10
-,y,yuuts-rOI-- aIIeSeu prtbt-4ey 9e sup
ervisors In behalf of the Pacific states
telephone company, will start for San
Francisco from Manila en- April 8, In
charge of Capt Trowbridge, chief Of
the secret service of the Philippines.
The grand jury reconvened and heard
further evidence in regard to the al.
legged bribery of supervisors In the in
terest of the Home telephone company.
George f. Ration, political manager OF
United States Senator Perkins, Henry
r. Scott, president of the Pacific states
telephone company, and Marcus l.. Ger
stle president of the Home telephone
company were among the witnesses.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06
suIeldea In state PrIson.

Boston, Mass.-lteuben Simmons, 19
years old, killed himself at the state
prison In Charlestown Tuesday night
making the second suicide in the In
stitutlon In two days.
Simmons was 19 years old, brother
Of May Simmons, known AS the bare
foot girl" and was serving a sentence
OF four years. He committed suicide
by twisting up some OF his bed clothes
into q rope and then attaching the
ends to the opposite sides OF the top OF
the cell door and dropping down until
the loop in the middle pulled up tight
ly against his neck.
He had been at the prison only since
March IA. He was sentenced for es-
Gaping from the Concord reformatory,
where he had been serving time for
breaking and entering and larceny.
After his escape from the reformatory
he went to London and was captured
there and returned to this city.
The other suicide occurred on Mon
day, when George Dart, notorious
yeggman, took his life by hanging him
self In his cell by means of rope he
had smuggled in from the trunk fac
tory at the prison.
Since the suicide of Dart Warden
Bridges issued orders to the prison
guards to double up on their inspec-
ton rounds, thus visiting the prison
ers twice as often as formerly.
At 8 o'clock Tuesday night officer
Palmer visited the cell of Simmons and
the boy was all right at that time.
Not more than 10 minutes later the
guard returned to the cell and found
him dead.
Simmons belonged in Cambridge. His
sister May is now in the state Industrial
school at Lancaster. A second sister
is serving a sentence at Deer Island,
and brother is in the parental school
at RoXbury. His mother, 1t is under
stood is now awaiting sentence for
some disdemeanor
In connection with this second sui
eide, Warden Bridges said that 1t is
next to impossible for the officers at
the prison to prevent such deaths.
ITO stop them" said the warden,
Il would have to keep an officer at
the door of every cell or every second
cell. One suicide invariably leads to
others in such an institution"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06
carvin Takes Blind Bride.

Pawtucllet, r. I.-Ex-Gov. Lucius
It. G. Garvin and Miss Sarah Emma
Tomlinson were quietly welded Tues
day evening at the residence of the
brides pastor, Rev. Theodore G. Glea.
son of the First Baptist church, Ions.
dale. -
The affair was not generally known
until the time for the ceremony tc
take place, as 1t was not until late
in the afternoon that the ex-governor
filed his marriage intentions and pro
cured the license.
There were present at the ceremony
Mr.. Garvins three daughters, Miss
Ethel, Norma and Florence, also the
two sisters of the bride, Mrs. James
Bonner and Miss Eta Tomlinson AT
the close of the ceremony the couple
repaired to the residence Of the ex'
governor on the Mendon road, Ions
dale.
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Make an Appeal to Laurler.

St John, N. B.-Steps toward divert
ing much Of the West Indian trade
from the United States to Canada
have been taken by the st. John board
of trade, which was appointed a COM
mittee to interview Sir Wilfrid Lauriel
when he reaches this city on his way
to England.
Sir WilfrId will be asked to bring up
the matter of a preference in trade be-
tween Canada and the West Indies be-
fore the colonial conference, this step
following a report from II. b. Scho-
field, one of the recent Canadian board
of trade delegates to the West Indies
Much of the West Indian trade is
now with the United States, but 1t Is
stated that the Leeward islands have
decided to grant Canada a preference
in tariff. A resolution was also passed
by the board favoring preference on q
reciprocal basis throughout the en-
Dire
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06
THURSDAY
April 4. 1907

Walter Stock, 26 years old, of RoX'
bury, Mass, kills his sweetheart, Ag-
nes Bates In the Roxbury Crossing
waiting room and attempts suicide !;
he may recover.
President Roosevelt declares Har,
riman, Hearst and Rockefeller are at
head of great movement the object of
which is to stamp out his policies.
Boston teamsters' strike includes
one more firm; employers to make
strong effort to get strlke-breakers
Secretary Taft inspects Panama
canal work and goes down in bucket.
Mayor Dunno of Chicago says he
was beaten by the money power of
whole United States.
Mai. Penrose declares that shoot.
ing up of Brownsville was not done
by men of 25th infantry.
Section of roof of filter under con.
struction at Lawrence, Mass, falls,
seven workmen narrowly escape be.
ing crushed to death.
Maine Central buys the Somerset
railroad after several months nego
! tlations.
Another suicide at the Charlestown
Mass, prison.
Rev. DR.. Edward Everett Hale, chap
lain of the national senate, celebrates
his s5th birthday in Washington.
Massachusetts, House rejects bill
making It easier for cities and towns
to own lighting plants.
Believed that the choice of bishop of
Fall River diocese lies between FIR,
Coyle OF Taunton, Mass, and DR..
Shanahan of Washington.
New York Central to spend $4,000.
600 at once In improving b. & A. ser
vice.
Vermont association OF Boston has
t genuine "sugaring of" in q Boston
hotel
John Horan of Roxbury, Mass
stabbed by colored man and will
probably die; Thomas Stewart, a ne
gro Of Providence. r. l., his alleged as
sailant.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06
vvELs OF NATIONS.

Stsaa Advocates a Mediator or sec.
ond as In Dusls Between individuals.
New York.--Wllllam #. Stead. who
recently made a tour of the European
capitals concerning the new Hague
conference and comes here to attend
the dedication Of the Carnegie instl
tute at Plttsburg. has just arrived
here. While here Mr.. Stead Will at.
tend the national peace convention in
this city April l6 and II.
In speaking Of the new Hague con-
ference, Mr. Stead said America
should carry one step further the
principles which the American dele.
gates incorporated In the convention
of lS99--the recommendation that the
usage of duels should be extended to
wars, should he made obligatory.
article s of the convention which
contains this recommendation has not
been acted upon, although the recon.
mendations were made unanimously"
said MIR. Stead. 1t recommends that
when two powers have had a dispute
which they were unable to adjust by
ordinary means of diplomacy, they
should not resort to hostlltles the
moment they suspend diplomatic In.
tercourse, but should each call In a
special mediator, corresponding to a
second In a private duel, who shall
have a period not exceeding 80 days
in which to try and compose the dis.
pute and avert war.
"A pause of 80 days and a fresh
deal with new negotiators would give
the world absolute security against
sudden outbreaks of war and place
the dellrlum of war fever under the
control of the sober common sense of
the community.
Mr.. Stead said he does not look for
anything more than an educational re-
suit from the discussion of the ques.
ton of armaments at the next con.
ference.
England will support the United
States when America takes the lead"
he said, "and hope America Will sup
port England when the latter takes
the initiative. To me the English
speaking world is single entity. At
The Hague in 1899 the Republic and
the Empire acted as a unit | hope
they will do the same In 1907"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06
AGAINST limitation of Armamentc

against LlT0lbdtlO0 OF ATHldHSHIS'
St. Petersburg, ussia.-Russian rep
resentatlves abroad have been directed
to communicate a circular note re-
garding The Hague peace conference.
the main feature of which Is the an
nouncement that Russia, Germany and
Austria reserve the right to abstain
from the discussion or questions (which
in their opinion cannot lead to prac-
tical results meaning the limitation
of ornaments.
The question of the limitation. Of
armaments, according to the Russian
note, is opposed by three powers the
United States, Germany, Great Britain
and Spain--the United States also pro-
posing the addition of the Drago doc
trine to the program.
In conclusion the note states that
the Russian minister at The Hague
has been instructed to ask the govern
ment of the Netherlands to issue final
invitations to the conference in order
that 1t may be opened in the middle OF
June
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| William Hunt, who ran down aged
man at Essex Junction, VT, sentenced
to IS months in prison,
Capt william A. Marshall officially
appointed captain of Charlestown navy
| yard
Bishop John c. Granbery of Virginia
desd
Supreme court holds that betting
and selling pools on horse races In
Massachusetts, is illegal.
Insane man makes things lively at
Mansfield and Foxboro, Mass.
Western traInmen recede from some
demands
Capt. Maclllin OF 25th believes negro
troops innocent OF Brownsville shoot
ing.
Wholesale prices on coal cut so and
25 cents, but retailers have not
dropped their rates as yet.
Several cases of smallpox in Chel
sea, Mass.
Joseph Fl. O'Neil summoned before
grand Jury In Mobile In the Honduras
lotetry cases.
Ex-Congressman Joseph II. Walker
of Worcester Mass, seriously Ill.
Hartman in 1905 letter accuses
President Roosevelt of breaking faith
with him in politics.
Oyster shell which weighs 150
pounds sent from Cebu to Miss Eliza.
beth A. Powers of Boston.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06
WEDNESDAY,
April 8, 1907.

President Roosevelt, in letters writ
ten to Congressman James S. Sher-
man, accuses e. H. Hartman OF false
hood, and throws new light on rela-
tions of President and Mr. Hartman.
Ex-Congressman Joseph H. Walker
died in Worcester, Mass, at l o'clock
this morning.
Thaw lunacy board, perplexed by
fatty conflicting opinions of alienlsts,
to return to Thaw himself today and
to submit him to rigid mental and
physical examination; report expect
ed to be ready tomorrow morning.
Counsel for Mrs. Mary Baker G..
Eddy answer the suit to compel an
accounting of her affairs by filing In
court an announcement of the trans.
fer of all her property to three hire tttEEef8' tEeHf8'
to Intervene as plaintiffs.
ExJudge Alton b. Parker says Har-
riman -1attAn- shnwa necessity of lnYes-
tigation into methods OF raising cam
paign funds.
Arbitration proceedings begun be-
tween master builders and Greater
Boston carpenters.
Stanley Hobson, colored, shoots
colored woman at her home In Bos-
ton, and kills himself.
Ex.Gov. l.. +. c. Garvin weds blind
woman at Lonsdale, r. /.
Fraud order Issued against Nation
al silverware company of Boston.
Fred A. Busse, Republican, elected
mayor Of Chicago over Dunno, a repu-
diation OF Hearst tactics and munich
pal ownership.
Capt. William Swift of battleship
Connecticut suspended for nine
months,
Niles, who tried suicide after ar
rest for shooting wife at Newport, VT,
Is better.
Archibald c. Anderson Of Waltham.
Mass, celebrates his Tooth birthday.
John Lynch, suspended clerk of Wo:
burn, Mass, health board, arrested,
charged with larceny from the city
Only three Ohio Republican COM
gressmen with Foraker as against
Taft.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06
Larchmont HUH win Be Tomb.

Providence, r. lit is stated here
that the bodies OF the victims of the
Larchmont disaster that are supposed
to be In the sunken hull OF the steam
er will never be recovered.
The United States steamboat inspec-
tors OF the New London district have
notified Mai. Harry Taylor, who is in
charge Of the United States engineers
office for this district that on account
OF the depth OF water where the wreck
lies it would be of no advantage to the
government to blow up the wreck, In
asmuch as 1t is In no way menace
to navigation.
1t would be impossible for diver. to
work at so great depth, the water at
that point being 1876 feet.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06
warshlps Ordered to Amapala

Washington, D. Cat the instance
of the state department instructions
have been cabled to the American war.
ships on the west side of the isthmus
to proceed at once to Amapala, where
President Bonilla of Honduras is re.
ported to be surrounded on the island
on which that place is located by Ves-
sells of the Nlcaraguan navy. -.
The gunboat Princeton is at Corlnto,
65 miles from Amapala, and the crut-
ser Chicago at Acajutla, 1876 miles
away, and 1t is left to the respective
naval commanders TO determine which
ship shall first respond to the depart
.ment's call.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06
He Had the counterslsn.

Lieutenant Colonel Thurston, when
guard inspector at the New York camp
at Peekskill, approached one night a
German sentry, who simply looked at
him and marched on.
"Well?" inquired the Colonel, In
tending to remind the man of his duty.
Vel, veil! Vot iss it?"
Don't you want the countersign?"
"No, dots all right. Der feller In
der guards tent give 1t to me. got 1t"
Army and Navy Life.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06
Wen Worry Along.

Lord Kelvin, the wellknown British
scientist, foresees that as the world
grows older earthquakes will grow
bigger, until It is to be supposed that
Jamaica and Sumatra-latest Of earth
quake victims-will sink into the sea-
In the distant time, when the central
Ares of the earth are burning them.
selves out, Lord Kelvin believes that
earthquakes will occur only at inter.
walls Of a few millions of years. But
even when the earth has been cooled
down to a uniform temperature
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06
China VIII Investigate.

San Francisco, Cal.-Proclamations
were posted throughout Chinatown re-
Gently stating that Liang Hing Kwel
q noted educational authority of China,
had been commissioned to come to this
country to study the educational con-
dltion Of the Chinese children.
The proclamation was signed by the
Chinese minister at Washington.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06
Great Tenor Singer.

Henry Squires, who has Just died In
burlington, Iowa, was at one time rec
ognized as the greatest tenor singer
in America. He began his musical
career in Burlington, Vt, in 1925, and
sang In numerous grand opera
troupes and travelled all over, the
world. He sang In concert with Jen,
ny Lind and in opera with Carlotta
Patti, sister OF the diva. He had
been living in retirement for some
years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06
Laying a Ghost.

On one occasion in Scotland a
guest arriving rather late at country
house was quartered In the haunted
room. Although protesting to be a
skeptic, like many others; his courage
vanished with the light. Determined,
however, to protect himself as well
as possible, he placed a loaded revol-
yer under his pillow and awaited
events. As the clock struck midnight
he saw a fiesby hand at the end Of
the bed, and steadying his nerve ne
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06

addressed the visitant thus: Il you do
not instantly remove your hand |
shall fire without further warning"
he counted three and then discharged
the. bullet. A. howl of pain which
troused the household followed, and
/ was soon. discovered that the sue
tessful maTksman had shot away two
Ct his own toes.-The Throne.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06
,S"~NNuDAI~"'%~ IAssASV%~~NAsSc
"The Greed for Gold" /
GREATEST OF .4LL MORyAL ISSUES /
BY Governor John Mickey,
Of Nebraska ... a.
TEST OF J4LL MORAL ISSUES
BY Governor John Mickey,
of WphrnCkn

!. !: : :
HERE are American
~ people To-Day but opinion greatest of these s
greed Tor gold This is fountain head OF most
not all OF the great for their
existence to
~ personal aggandiement of wealth.
II ~ II The desire to itself issue
Tor we have Scrlptural admoniton dnigen and not
sothiul in business, moral issue when
Is prompted employed
qure are questionable
that abnormal
riches
plhcipes is evidence enough
Deng hoarded but
~ power presentspower ends pot
cal oImes
Inc greatest abuse of this
est cities elections
ana where franchises bought property
1t is a
loanng
greed Tor gold
their reserve funds for personal
am not those
going to the bad Far IT, becoming eng
ened getting higher
nation
huence the
TO see by the light OF recent noticeable qucnng public
But
to the dangers that
accumulation
money OF
itself lends respectabiy Illicit the
most dangerous We have believe higher
better
that time
the accumulation Of wealth
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06
crossed the Border.

(Extract from LAays Letter)-"We
must have been trayeli1gsyery fast; for
In the morning all the people were
swearing at us ID German, and early
In the afternoon they began to swear
at us in Italian.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06
Crossed the Border.
By George HdrOey.
BY u F: Rice.

(EXtract from Lady's Letter)-"We
must have been travelling very fast; for
IN the morning all the people were
swearing at us in German, and early
in the afternoon they began to swear
at us In Italian" "-Simplicissimus.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06

The new railroad recently opened for
traffic across the Isthmus OF Tehuante-
pee will reduce the distance from New
York to Honolulu to 5699 miles, as
against the 66ss miles via Panama,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06

throughout and all further descriptions
by sinking has ceased, a new terror
looms on the Kelvin horlzon--a shat.
terlng and remeltlng Of the earth by
collision with some other large body
Indianapolis News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06
OPEN DAY AND EVENING

To make the appended quotations Of value
alike TO buyer and seller, the resume OF the
market, prefaclng the quotations. should be
carefully read. In a market Of this charac'
day OF the week. Noting, however, the
general tendency of trade, sufficiently ac.
curRte quotations will be given on which
SeRlers can safely base their transactions
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06
ORDEAL PASSED
ThaB Commission Completes
Long Examination.

The Expectation 10 That the Report
viii Declare the Prisoner Sane
Both Prosecution and Defence Are
Prepared To Make Final Addresses
TO the Jury In Case the Trial Goes
On.-PriVate Mental and Physical
Examination Lasts Two Hours.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06
TUESDAY.


Geraldine Farrar gets enthusiastic
reception at opening night of grand
opera In Boston.
Dist. Atty Jerome, In an effort to
turn its own weapons against the
Thaw defence, summons Drs. Pilgrim
and Gregory, defence alienists, and
Mrs. Evelyn Thaw to appear before
lunacy commission today.
Congregational publishing society
votes to investigate itself
Richard Mansfield's health improv-
ing.
American board of foreign missions
has confirmation of report of earth
quake at Bltlis, Armenia.
President Roosevelt declares that
his views on railroad evils and the
remedy are today what they were in
1905, and have been ever since.
Dwight Niles, who killed wife at
Newport Center, VT, attempts suicide
after being arrested
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06

A firm in business In Oxford street,
London, has just insured for $1,000,
700 against earthquakes.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06
FRIDAY,

FRIDAY, March 2e 1907.
Twenty-slX killed in a train wreck
near Cotton, Calf.
Charles s, ("Chick') stahl, captain
of Boston's American baseball team,
kills himself by taking poison.
Harry Thaw, nearly two hours un-
der examination by lunacy commits
sion, aoquits himself well in establish
ing his present sanity; inquiry to be re-
etricted to that one issue and an early
report expected.
Steamship Ivernia arrives at Bos-
ton with nearly 2l00 passengers; de-
layed by rough weather
Revolving peasants In Roumania suf-
fer In clashes with troops.
Gen. Baron Kuroh to represent Jap
anese army at the jamestown celebra-
ton.
From $4,000 to 100000 needed for
Boston's old home week celebration
Senator Foraker Of Ohio is an avowed
candidate for the presidency, and de-
fies Secretary Taft, the administration
candidate to secure the Buckeye state
delegation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-06

" " them, farm With railroads
highways, of Lake Chan
Hudson river, Is there any
should foremost enterprises? why
States which its and meat is confusing question
enort
brother that costs him $50
profit would
maintained there
right
better than
considering the conduct Think OF an in
thirty like proportion of sheep young
banks, IL the
the highest What kind
than this out of $4,000
oidi safety this $4,000 farm?
handicap Investigate
will other line of business has its uphill sides ASK the
he the merchant
Champan valley
be a boom in farm In sections Maine.
there high Here they and this
8 O recognized.