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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-08
TALK OF THE T0WN.

Poultry show January 8. and 10.
Babies bonnets marked down az
Perry's.
Look for flyer, Clearance sale at The
Vaughan Store
G. W. Perry went to Hardwick today
on a business trip.
There win Be special prayer services
at the Baptist church each evening this
week, except Saturday, Ut 7:30 o'clock.
George w. Hunt Of ISL Washington
street, who has been very sick, threat
ened with pneumonia, is still confined
to the bed.
Mrs. G. p. Dayie Of st. Johnsbury ex.
poets to spend the remainder Of the win
ter with her daughter, Mrs. J. M. Cor
skie, Of Waterbury
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Ladies' Aid society OF the Presbyterian
church will be held on Wednesday &C
y o'clock at the home Of Mrs. Robert
Knox on Beacon street.
The officers-elect Of yincitia lodge, No.
10, Il. Of Fl, will be Installed this even.
ing, The rank Of page will Be worked
on five candidates. Refreshments win
be served All members are requested
to be present.
Rev Charles G. Conner viii begin on
Sunday evening a short series Of services
in which he will treat questions or top.
les proposed by the people On the
evening Of January 13 lie viii answer
the questionable first proposed what ii
kh a4f4 II - 4
toward the Socialistic propaganda
An almanac Of new kind. book
that tells the value of time and money"
Is the bank almanac just issued by the
Barre Savings Bank and Trust company,
and a book well worth reading. It fails
to tell what the weather win be next
August, but gives all other information
found In an almanac, with much infor-
nation and good advise as 10 the care
and keeping Of money iound in no other.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-08
a Observation-Disclosures.

AT the breakfast table in one Of the
mining towHs the landlady gave Mr..
Muggins a severe look and said:
Mr.. Muggins, understand that you
have been circulating injurious reports
about my house"
How, madam
Il understand that you said you had
used better butter than l have here to
grease wagons with"
Il did say so, madam. but not TO in
ture your house. have used better
butter madam. to grease wagons, but
/ wouldn't do II again. I'd sell 1t to
you."-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-08
MnrIboronrh,n rnrtnna

Marlborough was. according to his
contemporaries, the handsomest man
Of his day in Europe as well as the
most fortunate general who ever com
manded an army Greasy says of him,
HE never fought battle which he
did not win and never besieged city
which he did not take"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-08
Card Of Thanks.

We wish to thank the friends and
neighbors for their kind assistance dur.
ing the illness and at the death of our
loved one and also for the beautiful
flowers.
VIM. A. Morrison and family.
Mrs. j. Trail.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-08
Fic

The word "fe" or It's equivalent In
sound exists in all languages AMI in
every one is expressive OF disgust. In
the Icelandlc the word "pful" means
putridlty.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-08
THE BARRE DAILY TIMES
TUESDAY, JAN. 8, 1907.
weather Prediction.

Rain or snow in north, warmer in
Maine and extreme northern Vermont
tonight, Wednesday snow or rain follow
ed by clearing in north portion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-08
PaIlas' Gray shriI.e.

The nest and eggs OF Pallas' gray
shrike Nanius major are said to DO
stlll unknown to science.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19

C|'O|'|E|;SOVE|:.R.
Arguments IN Minnesota Contest |'ll
4 Postponed Until September.
BUILDING PARTLY WRECKED
Gas Explosion Ii st. Paul Hotel Causes
Panic Among the auests-Gen-
eral statesNews.
.

p The hearing in the eight commodity
freight and 2-cent fare injunction
suits, in which Attorney General
Young and the railway and warehouse
commission have been made defend
ants, has been continued to Sept. 8.
: The continuance was granted by
Judge Lochren in the federal court at
st. Paul on request of Attorneys Young,
O'Brien and Stone on their representa-
ton that more time was needed to
examine the atfdavits fled by the
several plaintiffs.
Judge Lochren, in granting the con-
tinuance to Sept. 3, said he was anx'
ious to bring the thing to a speedy
conclusion, but he. was aware that the
attorney general had not had the
proper time In which to prepare his
answer and would therefore grant the
additional time with the understand.
ing that all sides would be ready on
the date set.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
EIGHT men ARE DEAD.
Burned by Powder Explosion j on
". \, Battleship Georgia.
THIRTEEN OTHERS INJURED
Two Of the Latter Are In, q Dangerous
Condition and Their Reeov.
E5 cry Is Doubtful.

= Boston. July 16-Eight men dead
and thirteen injured, of whom two
are on the dangerous list at the
United States naval hospital at Chel-
sea, is the grim record of the result
Of powder explosion on the battle
ship Georgia off Provincetown. Six
were dead when the battleship
reached here and two more, one of
them Lieutenant Casper Goodrich of
Brooklyn, N. Y, son Of Rear Admiral
Goodrich, died later at the hospital
The accident occurred while the
Georgia's crew we're at target practice
on Barnstable in Cape Cod bay. In
some manner as yet unexplained two
bags Of powder became ignited and IN
the terrible flash that followed the
entire turret crew; consisting Of three
officers and eighteen men, we're en-
veloped in fire and received horrible
burns, one officer and five men dying
before the ship reached port. The
official list of the dead follows:
4 Lieutenant Casper Goodrich, New
York; William ]. Thatcher. chief tur.
ret captain, Wilmington, DEL; Faulk.
ner Goldthwaite, midshipman, Ken
tncky; w. J. Burke, ordinary seaman,
Quincy. Mass; G. G. Hamilton, ordi.
nary seaman, South birmingham,
Moss; w. NJ. Thomas, ordinary sea.
man, Newport, r. l.; George E. Miller,
ordinary seaman, Brooklyn, N. r.;
William F. Pair, ordinary seaman,
Brooklyn.
The list Of victims was increased to
nine by the death of Edward F. Walsh
of Lynn, Mass. Two others are ex-
pected to die and five are in a serious
condition.
The cause Of the accident was the
falling of a spark which was probably
blown from one of the Georgiab
smokestacks on bag Of powder which
q loader was carrying to gun In the
aft1 superlmposed turret, The pow
der burst into flames and enveloped
the twenty-one men who were penned
in the steel cage. The battleship SUI
fered comparatively little damage
from the explosion and resumed target
practice under orders Of the navy de-
partment
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
HOLDS STATUTE IS INVALID
Attorney General Passes on Mime,
sota's Road and Bridge Law. =

Attorney General Passes on Mime
sota's Road and Bridge Law. .
Attorney General Young, in an opin
ion to be given shortly, will declare
the 100000 road and bridge law
passed by the last legislature to be in
violation of the constitution.
In anticipation of the opinion State
Auditor Iverson. who has the distgibu
ton OF the fund, made formal applica'
ton for the opinion and he expects
the answer In a few days It follows
on an application from Kittson coun.
ty, which has just built bridge and
wants the state aid the law entities
1t to.
The new law provides for the dis
tribution of 100000 a year from the
state revenue fund among the counties
for road and bridge improvements ant
1t Is here that the unconstitutimai
feature is alleged.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
GUESTS THROWN INTO PANIC
Terrific Gas Explosion Partly Wrecks
st. Paul Hotel.

SSs O0u SbVSVss
A terrific gas explosion partially
wrecked the Avon hotel at st. Paul.
injuring score Of people and doing
damage estimated at $1,000.
Seven rooms of the hotel, two hall
ways and a landing and stairway were
literally blown to pieces. The shock
of the explosion was felt for blocks
and the defamation was like broad
side of cannon.
The explosion was occasioned by a
leak, in the gas meter in the bath
room. A paperhanger working in the
room in some manner disconnected
the meter and when the repairman
Ssent by the gas company to fix it
lighted a match In the bathroom there
was a fash, a roar and a wrecked
building.
A panic at once seized the occu-
pants Of the hotel, most Of whom were
in bed. Thinking the building was
aflre many of the women rushed fran.
tically to the windows and were only
restrained from jumping by the po~
lice. -
The building is a complete wreck
in the vicinity of the bathroom. The
walls and ceilings are torn and rent,
doors and windows are torn out bodily
and the wrecked stairway and halls
are filled with debris. -, Z
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
DEnouNCES HIS METHODS
Interstate Commission Reports
on "Harrimanism."

Washington, July 15-Edward H.
Hartman, popularity dubbed the Gear
Of the Pacifcs," and Harrimanism in
the transportation world are given a
remarkable scorching in a report just
made public by the interstate COM
MERGE commission. For several
months the commission and its attor-
neys have been conducting q search
ing inquiry into the affairs and opera
lions of the Hartman roads. In its
conclusions the commission says:
THE effect of the control of the
Southern Pacific by the Union Pacific
has been to unity and amalgamate the
management Of these two railways
and their steamship lines and to elm
mate competition between them in
transcontinental business and in bust
ness through and from Oriental points.
'1The joint control Of the Alton road
by the Union Pacific and the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific has undoubt-
eddy eliminated competition between
the Alton and the Rock Island be-
tween Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas
City.
These are conspicuous illustra'
tons Of tAe development Of the theory
of community of interests and. 'har-
mony Of management which Mr.. Har
riman suggested when he demanded
representation upon the Santa Fe
board.
If the policy Of purchasing and
controlling stocks III competing lines
10 permitted to continue it must mean
suppression of competition"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
,gAT''rlERIso FOR Johnson
DsoIarse Mlnnesotan Only Man Avail
i3j::t.I. able for Democrats.


" sn s3::ts!s able for Democrats. sE44
"Govsrnor Johnson Of Minnesota g
the man TO, whom ! referred as capa-
BILE, Of carrying the Democratic party
to victory next year was the state
ment Of Henry Wateerson Of Louis
vile, according to Charles Edwards,
secretary OF the Democratic eongres.
sional committee, who has Just re-
turned to Washington from Louisville.
II had3a conference with ''Marse
Henry" Colonel Edwards said, and
he went over the ground at length.
Colonel Watterson assorted that Gov.
ernor Johnson was the one Democrat
who was absolutely available, against
whom no faction Of the party enter
ta!ns animosity, who has a record Of
carrying a strongly Republican state
twice and who is at this time before
the nation without flaw Of any sort .
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
BANK TELLER SENTENCED
Pleads Guilty at St. Paul to Misappro
priation Of Funds. A.

Pleads Guilty at St. Paul to Misappro
priation Of Funds. =.
Philip Kempien, formerly paying
teller at the Capital National bank OF
st. Paul, has been sentenced to four
years in the state prison by Judge
Lewis of the Ramsey county district
court.
Kempien appeared before the court
and pleaded guilty to misappropria.
ton OF funds and accepted his sen
tence stoically.
Kcmpien was arrested in Seattle
some weeks ago after he had left the
employ Of the bank. Shortly after he
left St. Paul it was discovered that he
had been Systematically misappropri
ating funds. The total amount of his
defalcations has not been made pub
lie. but 1t Is known to have exceeded
$4,000. -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
I NINE PERSONS KILLED.
Shoppers At London, Ont, Buried Un.
'r der Falling Walls.

Shoppers At London, ont- Buried Un.
~ .sG der Falling Walls. - ~
London, Ont, July 17.-Nine persons
are known to have been killed, sew
eral are missing and four are serious
~ injured as the result Of the col
lapse of, building on Dundas street.
Crystal hall, q three-story brick
building on Dundas street, and one of
the landmarks of London, collapsed
while being remodeled. The falling
walls fell upon Brewster's 5 and 10
cent store, low structure adjoining
on. the east, completely burying it.
The stores of Hamilton, Long & Co.
and w. ]. Reid & Co., on the first
floor of Crystal hall were filled with
wreckage.
The crash came shortly after s
o'clock, when all three stores were
filled with customers. It seemed that
the front wall of Crystal hall fell out
Into the street An instant later the
east wall gave way.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
LAUNCH GOES OVER DAM.
Six Persons lose Their Lives Near
:. =. .-ttsa s.ss,as Russell. Pa. ~.

. !T,. z. 4, d
" jamestown, N. T.. July ISIS. peo-
pie were drowned hear Russell, Pa,
eleven miles south of here. Nine peo-
pie had taken a gasoline launch on
the Conewango river, which was very
high, and the boat was swept over a
dam. The dead are: John Best, his
wife and their daughter Violet, eight
cen years old, Warren, Pa; Mrs.
George Baker, Warren, Pa; Mrs.
Hilda Knox, Warren, Pa. D. F. Butts,
travelling salesman, Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Best had invited
a company Of friends to take supper
with ?. them at their cottage on the
Conewango river and had come down
to- the Russell boat landing to meet
them. The visitors we're IN one naph-
tina launch and Mr.. Best and his party
in another. The boat containing the
visitors became lodged on a pile q
short distance above the dam and Mr..
Best went to assist them when the
engine in his launch broke and the
boat containing nine persons drifted
toward the DAM:
When the boat reached the dam 1t
was; drifting broadside on and, az it
went over, turned upside down. Six
Of the nine persons were caught un-
der It,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
VICTORY FOR INDIANS.

issuance of Patents on Minnesots
Swamp Lands Suspended. -s-,
A Washington report says the White
Earth and Chippewa Indians OF North
'ern Minnesota have scored a point by
the issuance Of an order signed by
Acting Land Commissioner bennett
suspending the issuance Of patents to
the state Of Minnesota Of 237, 900 acres
Of swamp lands. It 10 said that With
the certainty OF the federal drainage
of coded swamp lands the Northern
Minnesota tract becomes valuable
asset to whoever gets the patent to
them. ..,...-.,.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
0A0To -.
B..., Ii. 71hs Kind yol Ans A!s.ls essgk
''': !: rHzZszzsx
Mix This at Home.

The following simple home made
mixture is said to readily relieve.
and overcome any form of Rheu-
matism by forcing the kidneys
to filter from the blood and system
all tho uric acid and poisonous
waste matter, relieving at once
such symptoms as backache, weak
kidneys and bladder and blood dis
eses. s
Try it, as it doesn't cost much to
make. and is said to be absolutely
harmless to the stomach.
Get the following harmless in
gradients from any good pharmacy:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one half
ounce; Compound -Kargon, one
ounce; Compound Syrup Sareapar-
lila, three ounces. Mix by shak-
ing we'll in bottle, and take a.
teaspoonful after each meal and
again at bedtime. Is
This simple mixture is said to give
prompt relief, and there are very
few cases Of Rheumatism and kid
ney troubles it will fail to cure per-
oanently. '
These are all harmless everyday
drugs, and your druggist should
keep them in the prescription de-
partment; if not, have him order
them from the wholesale drug
houses for you, rather than fail to
use this, if you are afflicted.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
Human Bite Proves Fatal.

Blood poisoning caused by being
bitten in the thumb in Fourth Of
July fight with a. former friend has
caused the death of John Kelley OF
Minneapolis. .Aune Berg. the man
with whom Kelley fought, was ar
rested by the police, but, may not be
prosecuted, as both men were intoxi-
Gated at the time of the fight and
they parted friends again after the
occurrence. ~~f;. '~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
IRON ORE TRAINS COLLIDE
Fatal Wreck on Great Northern Near
1rooketon, MINI.

Fatal Wreck on Great Northern Near
Brookston, MINI.
Two ore trains on the Great North
ern came together twelve miles
west Of Brookston, st. Louis coun'
ty, with the result that one man
was killed and five were injured,
one Of them so seriously that he is not
expected to live. J. B. Leonard, brake
man, Millerton, Mich, was pinned un-
der the wreck and killed. The in
jured are: Victor Cline, brakeman,
crushed internally, not expected to
live; Edward F. Roach, engineer, Su-
perior. left should r fractured; George
D. Smith; engineer, left leg fractured;
William Madsen, Allouez, fireman,
scalded about face and hands; L. F.
Boston, fireman, Superior, both legs
fractured.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
Runaway Proves Fatal.

Sever Hoganson, an Olmsted county
farmer, was fatally injured in a run
away. He was driving home from
stewartville and had stopped to chat
with neighbor when the team gave a
sudden Jump and threw him from the
seat under the wheels, which passed
directly over his body, crushing the
bones and piercing his lungs.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO
Prominent Physician and Lawyer 10
Elected.

San Francisco, July 17.-Dr. Ed
ward r. Taylor, physician and lawyer,
dear" Of the Hastings Law college and
Of the University. of California. has
been elected mayor Of San Francisco
by the board Of supervisors and by the
open avowal of the bribery graft
prosecution. the so'called reign of
the big stick" came to an end.
DR.. Taylor was the third man to
whom the election was offered by Ru.
dolph Spreckles and District Attorney
William H. Langdon. His election
came as a complete surprise
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
Killed by Flying Timber.

Krute Johnson, twenty-one years
old, was almost instantly killed at the
Cloquet Lumber company's mill ut
Cloquet by being hit by piece of n.y.
ing timber. He was setting the cants
of . saw when one of the timbers
flew up and struck him just above the
heart He was knocked senseless and
expired before he could BE- taken to
he hospital j
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
CHICAGO Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, July .16.-Cattle-Beeves,
l4.65@7.s0: cows, t1.7505.so; heifers,
$2.6b@6.76; calves $6.0O@S.00; good
70 prime steers, $5.75@7.s0; poor to
medium, $4.7065.70; stockers and
feeders, I2.90@6.25. Hogs-Light, $3.50
@e.10; mixed, $5.e5@6.o7A; heavy,
$6.25@5.90: rough, $5.25@6.60; pigs,
$5.4o@6.00: good to choice heavy,
Sb.s0@6.90. Sheep. $2.7506.00; lambs.
$5.76G7.6S.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
millionaire Goes TO Jail.

Toronto, Ont, July 16.-Herman
Bartels, the millionaire brewer who
is wanted in Cayuga county, N. Y, on
q charge of perjury and who escaped
from Sheriff Smith of Welland on July
and was recaptured Monday, was
brought into court to answer charge
of escaping from legal custody. Bar
tells pleaded guilty and was sentenced
to Jail for ninety days.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
Prominent Minnesotan Dead.

Judge Martin Severance Of Man
kato, an old lawyer and a learned
jurist, is dead in that city. He had been
confined to his bed the past two weeks
and was operated upon by local physi.
clans for the removal Of goiter, from
which he had been suffering greatly
Of late. During his long and eventful
career Judge Severance has been a
prominent figure in the history of the
state.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
Released for Lack Of Evidence.

Edward Lindig of Centerville, un-
der arrest charged by his former
friend and neighbor, Philip Nadeau,
with attempting to poison him by CIV
Ing him cigar "doped" with strych.
nine, has been discharged from arrest
by Judge Hanft of the st. Paul police
court. The case was dismissed for
lack of evidence, the county attorney
Joining Lindigs attorney In recon-
mending a dismissal.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
six DEAD; TWENTY INJURED
Passenger Train coIiides With Switch
t,s4=, Engine.

johnson City, Tenn, July 15.-Six
persons met instant death and twenty
we're injured when eastbound train
No. ~ On the Southern Railway col.
lided with q switch engine heres !.
The switch engine was not lifted
from the rails and with full head Of
steam started on a wild run that. did
not end until q switch was thrown
and the engine was ditched at Car.
negie. .s,''"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
One Dead in Rearsnd Collision.

Kansas City, July 16.-Chicago
Great Western passenger train No. 4
ran into and damaged the rear Pull.
man on Burlington passenger train No.
e., both northbound, At Bethel, Kan.
Fritz Ulricf of Rochester, NY, travel
inG salesman for . paper box manu-
factory, WIG 80 badly injured that he
died several hours later. Two other
passengers on the Burlington train
were slightly hurt
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
A Risky FIiQht.

Out at Ponce de Leon in the circle
swing a Billville citizen shouted:
Don't take me no higher! Maria's
been in heaven sence last August an
eff keep goin' up this away she'll
likely lean out the winder an snatch
me bald headed."-Atlanta Constitu.
ton.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
Strike Closes Iron Mines:

All the mines in the vicinity OF Hib-
bling that ship ore to the Missabe ore
docks at Duluth are closed down us
result Of the strike Of dock laborers
at the latter point. One day after the
men went out all the storage capacity
was filed and the only work that can
he carried on at the mines is strip
ping, which employs but 4 small per-
centaRe of the miners. -.'
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
Strike on the ore Docks.

Seven hundred and fifty ore trim
mers on the Duluth. Missabe and
Northern docks 1t Duluth are on
strike for Increase In pay. The day
men want $3.50 in place Of t3s.25 and
the night men want ta.7s h place Of
$3.50. ..-.-.& =. r.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago. July 16.-Wheat-July,
sshc; Sept, 92A092hc. Corn-July,
531sc; Sept, 53%c. Oats-July, 4sAc;
Sept, sS4s@3SAc. Pork-July, $16.-
27111; Sept, $16.427k @16.45. Butter
Creameries, 20@25c; dairies, 17@23c.
Eggs-1S@14c. Poultry-Turkeys, lie;
chickens, liz @12c;, springs, 16@1Sc.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, July 16.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. / hard, $1.00%;
No. / Northern, $3.50; No. 2 North
ern, 97%c: July, 99c; Sept, 99%c;
Dec, 98Ec. Flax-To arrive and on
track, $l.21; July, $1.20%; Sept,
$1.20A; Oct, $1.19.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
Ylaciue the BlamA

Pstron Gust finding standing room
On an overloaded street carl think
this company should be stopped from
overlooking its cars this way. Con.
ductor-Piease. sir. the company don't
overload them: It's the people gettiv'
- .<ter tbS car - s,n
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-19
Origin Of "Graft."

The word graft" was probably first
used in this country in connection with
small canal dug In New York ESQ
years ago. Graft was the Dutch for
canal. Three workmen dug, and
committee of five citizens was ap-
pointed to see that they earned their
wages.