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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-13
WARD cAUcUsEs.

All who are legal voters in The annual
March meeting in the following wards
are hereby notified to meet in their sew
eral wards on Saturday evening. Febru,
AIRY 10, 1907, at 7:30 O'Clock. In ward
one at the Church street school building
TO nominate a candidate for alderman ID
serve for two years.
In ward three, at the Summer street
school building, to nominate candidate
for alderman to serve two years.
In ward five at Blackwell street
hose house to nominate a candidate
for alderman to serve two years. and
school commissioner to serve three
Years. And in ward six, at the city
court room 70 nominate candidate for
school commissioner TO serve three
years. Per order OF Republican and Dem
ocratic city committees.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-13
TALK OF THE TOWN.

Special early showing Of wash goods
at Abbott's.
Embroidered letters for linens clothing
or bedding at Fits,
See the heavy fleeced hose at 1880
per pair at Vaughan's.
Big cut in prices of furs this week at
Perry's to close the lot,
Union made stonecutters glasses at
1. z. Austin's, the watch and clock man.
Call at Wilkinson's store on Prospect
street and inspect his line Of artists
supplies.
There will be preaching services at the
Methodist church tonight and Thursday
night at 1880 o'clock.
Have you seen those pretty patterns
in wall papers shown in the show win
dows Of b. VI. Hooker & COY
Remember the date, Wednesday, Feb
riary 10. and secure your seats early
for the Commonwealth ladies orchestra.
Think Of Brady II you need suit,
overcoat, or a pair of trouser, shoes or
rubbers. Let nothing keep you away, as
the sale lasts but few days more.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-13
CITIZENS CAUCUS.

All citizens who are legal voters in
the annual March meeting are hereby
notified to meet in caucus at the CITY
Hall on Friday evening, February IL,
1907, at 1880 O'Clock, for the purpose
Of nominating candidates for mayor,
clerk, treasurer, two constabies, one a.
SCISSOR for one year, one assessor for
three years, three trustees French Barre
library, three auditors, and TO do any
other proper business when met. Per
order Of Republican and Democratic city
committees.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-13
SOUTH RYEGATE.

Edward Davenport, who has lived at
Hale's tavern at Wells River, being Hrs.
Hales tavern at Wells River, being Mrs.
Monday forenoon. He was up il the
early morning, but was found dead in
bed at a. m He was a very active
man for his age and acted as steward
at the tavern. He was upwards Of rs
years Of age
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-13
Gard Of Thanks.

The immediate relatives Of the late
Sarah a. Mower wish to extend their
sincere thanks to the many friends who
in any way contributed BY word or deed
to the happiness Of her last hours. Also
for the beautiful floral tributes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-13

.sa. There win be a regular
81 meeting Of Hiawatha lodge,
s2'sS'sN No. 20, /. o. O. f., Thurs
day evening February "a, at Z o'clock.
Inc initiatory degree viii be conferred.
". =. Beck, noble grand.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-13

. A special communication Of
~ Granite Lodge will be held On
NJ Thursday morning at $3.50,
TN for the purpose OF attending
ss%N the funeral services of our
late brother, Worshipful Mas
ter George Inglis.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-13
re BARRE DAILY TIMES
WEDNESDAY,. FEB. Is. 1907.
Weather Prediction.

Fair tonight, except snow in north-
west portion, and warmer Thursday,
probably snow In north and warmer
light to fresh southwest winds,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-13

All members of the r. of A. are re-.
quested to meet at their hall Thursday
morning az Q o'clock 20 attend the me.
mortal services Of Brother Inglis. Per
order of G. r.
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the rubber bush Of Guatemala, to Mexico
that b~euefcent stream would Do directed.
Fortune offered a firebrand TO Diaz
Ielaya springs up from tho thinly populated
plains Of Nicaragua and promises to throw
the whole peninsula south Of Mexico into
confusion. What hns happened and what
will happen Is the result of that combination
and the resistance to IL Of the present forces
Of order andthe status quo In Central America
headed by Estrada Cabrera.
Another motive Of Diaz's espousal Of
Zelaya's cause il that Chiapas and Tobasco,
the Mexican States which border on Ouate-
mala, were in Spanish times and until re-
Gently under the same government az
Guatemala, and by tradition, racial afilia-
ton and common interests the inhabitants
OF Chiapas, Tobacco, Campeche and Yucca
tan, being all farmers. have to-day more
interests in common with the Republic of
Guatemala. whose wealth comes from axrI-
cultural pursuits, than with the mining
States. which have to-day the predominating
influence in the affairs Of the Republic of
Mexico.
when riding through these States last
December | found among the Indian natives
much dissatisfaction with the Mexican rule.
az they expressed a strong feeling that they
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Soldiers were ordered to assault the
house. Revolver shots killed two before
a breach was made. Then the four men
were found, suicides, each with a significant
hole in his right temple.
The state Of affairs can be imagined
from this incident. A few DOORS from
where was living in the Callejon de Luna,
one Of the handsome streets Of the town.
"A squad Of soldiers appeared before a gentle
mans house and a prominent officer in
charge told the owner that he had a warrant
OF search for the house. The owner was
apparently not connected with the revo-
luton.
in this country an innocent man would
say to an Official armed with a regular
order Of search. Come in. The house
is at your disposal What does this hyster-
icah Spanish American do but lose his head
entirely and begin to scream at the top Of his
voice? Before he was through he nae
whipped out a revolver from an inside
pocket and shot the official through the
heart.
He made his escape through the patio
behind his house into the room of an Ameri-
can lady. a Mrs. Bellows. who was living
with her son in the house. whose patio
abutted on his. The soldiers got In there
a few minute later. He refused TO come
out and surrender until some seven or
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and fear that she will attract too mach
foreign capital away from Mexico. The
policy Of Diaz is declared to be to support
any man in Central America who will be a
disturber and to keep all Central America
i'm as unsettled and disorderly n state as
possible, 30 that all the capital which can
be attracted TO the country south Of the
United states will flow into the developing
but not yet fully developed mining States
OF Mexico.
John VI. Brewster Of the West Coast
Rubber Company, which owns rubber
forests on tine Pacific coast Of Guatemala,
has travelled extensively in Central America
and is one of the returned merchants who
hold this view. He is an admirer OF Estrada
Cabrera. President of Guatemala.
-Zelaya, backed by President Diaz Of
Mexico, has already done a great deal Of
harm he said TO "A Sun reporter. He will
do more. The present attitude among the
republics toward him is one cf uneasiness
and fear.
ESQ much is this so that Costa RIGA, in
spite Of the well known tendency Of the
Central Amer leans to disintegrate into
smaller States, desires to consolidate with
Panama to the south in order to get under
the wing Of the United States and obtain
that protection against the menacing APP
partition Of Zelava and Diaz in the north.
"Diaz is not doing this out Of pure deviltry
by any means. He is looking for all the
capital he can get 10 complete the develop
ment OF the mining States in the north of
Mexico and 10 undertake other great works
Of development in the southern States, still
in a very primitive condition.
He has become alarmed at seeing Gnate-
mala become under Estrada Cabrera's
administratio orderly, prosperous and
every year flourishing more and more I'M
der the stream Of money from abroad which
the Presidents guarantee of safety and
order is bringing in. That money Mexico
could use very well, and if unrest and revo-
luton once again walked abroad through
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eight shots were exchanged. When call
ing at the house I was shown tho little holes
In tho plaster made by the rife balls.
But Estrada Cabrera was ~ moderate
and as just as any man could bc under
the circumstances Tn women relatives
Of some Of the prisoners went In a body
to zee him and ask for clemency. He re-
Piled that when his courts a decided
on the cases II would be time for him to
act. Still. although he knew that none
present wished him well. they could be sure
that the prisoners would receive all the con
sideration consistent with justice.
But all this trouble in the capital was
apparently too great an opportunity Tor
Mexico to resist. II was then that Cen
Rarillas. a relative OF Estrada Cabrera's
predecessor and an enemy OF his. was as
sassinated in Mexico city. Who assassin =
ated him I don't know. I do know b
Gen. Lima and Commandante o did
not do H..
"They were among Estrada Cabrera's
right hand men and their loss would cripple
him badly. Mexico demanded them
Estrada Cabrera Ia too wise a man to have
a man assassinated. to take him at the
value Mexico puts on him. at a time when
IL would make q convenient pretext for war.
Mexico demanded the two men and the
Mexican Minister, Gamboa, in order to press
matters delivered an ultimatum to the Guate-
malan Government,
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But this is not to be wondere d AZ because
Estrada Cabrera, just as ID iaz. springs
from the people rather than from the aris-
tocracy, IL was through personal priva-
ton thai he was able to gain the education
which made him a successful lawyer in
Quezaltenango and pushed him through
the Legislative body to the Office Of Vice
President. from which. on the assassina-
ton Of Reina Barrios, he leaped to the
Office Of President.
There Is no use OF going into the details
OF the plot to assassinate Estrada Cabrera.
II il positively certain that Rodil. DR.
Blanco and the two Echeverria brothers
purchased the firing batteries. rented the
house near the American Legation and
laid the mine. which. when the President
drove over it, they exploded. or the six
teen persons who we're arrested. I posi-
lively know from overwhelming evidence
that many we're more or less mixed up in
the manufacture Of the bombs. &c.
ut was an exciting time to be in Guate-
mala City. ! can tell you. Immediately
after the explosion, Rodil, the Echeverrias
and Blanco disappeared INC nothing was
heard from them for a space Of more than
" weeks Then a discharged servant went
to the Chief of Police and stated that these
four men had found refuge with her former
mistress
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ia another week. But he made up his MIND
that most Of the Zelaya and Diaz show
against him was blur. The blur he would
call and the rest Of II he would fight.
FAN Of G~uatenala was the acene OF wsr-
like preparations. The capital presented
the appearance Of an armed camp. New
Ievies were being hurried into the city to be
drilled into shape. Soldiers were sent b, the
Mexican and Honduras frontiers.
Il was on tho Mexican frontier and saw
many troops posted at strategic points
and the river croseingr lowered with bat
teriee OF artillery trained by European
officers. II was understood that some eight
or ten Thousand troops we're in the field.
well. Mexico backed down. There vas
no declaration OF war. Whether this was
becaure there was no cause which would
stand examins alton by the Powers or that
II looked as N Guatemala could put up too
nasty a fight altogether no one knows.
There was certainly no other reason.
Honduras elected a provisional Prev
dent And with the bush along the borders
once more emptied Of bayonets Estrada
Cabrera was once more on top, again mas
ter Of q situation which had threatened to
enguIf him In ruin
oddly enough, during this period ~
intense excitement BUSINESS ven on in
Guatemala City as usual and there was not
a day in which foreigners and their wives
did not feel at perfect safety to 60 ab,lt
the streets. In ma nv country town
through which I passed there vas not even
knowledge Of any OF the disturbances
which were occurring in the capital. as the
Indians. contentedly going about Their
business. have very little interest in any
happenings outside their own community
.Zelaya as a force for good in Central
America Ia a hopeless proposition. Within
a month Of the ratification Of the trelty
OF Amapala. which bound him to keen the
peace, he sent one Of his gunboats with zoo
braves to the port OF Aoajutla, Salvador,
where they landed and captured a train
and attacked the city OF Sonsonate with
no other pretext except the hope that the
followers Of DR.. Alfaro wonld rise in revo-
luton against the established govern
ment.
This rising did not take place and 70 in
true buccaneering fashion they looted the
bank. taking SONS s75.OOo in coin, and re-
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1T was a very tense moment In the his
tory OF Guatemala. Any other man but
Estrada Cabrera would have made o alse
step somewhere and lost the game right
there. There was sedition In the capital.
Nicaraguan troops under Ire Pacificator
Zelaya the name has an ironic ring-at
the frontier on the Honduran side 1nd
Zelaya was giving every encouragement
to q revolutionary movement which should
enter the republic from that State.
AT the same time he was giving both
moral and financial support to DR.. Alfaro,
who was endeavoring to overthrow Presi-
dent Figueroa OF Salvador and attack
Guatemala from that side. All this after
the treaty OF Amapala.
And from the Mexican frontier came
news Of the massing OF a Mexican army
and a possible declaration Of war, together
with the known fact that Mexico was. as
she has repeatedly done before. permitting
the revolutionists to organize in and around
Tapachula. II was only a year ago that
Col. Perez OF Guatemala was allowed TO
make his headquarters at T~apachula and
openly recruit natives. whom he supplied
with the Remington rifles and whom he
afterwsrd led in an armed attack on Ouate-
mala.
We'll. Estrada Cabrera was up and doing.
IL looked as il they would overwhelm him
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were heavily taxed but got little from the
Government. which il spending its money
in the development and identifying of the
northern cities.
Between Tapachula and the Isthmus of
Tehuantepec the Mexican Government
quarters large garrisons out OF all D
ton TO the number of inhabitants il these are
contented.
on both sides Of the border, there is a strong
feeling that with n weake man than Diaz
as President of Mexico and a strong stable
government in Guatemala there would
be an overwhelming sentiment for a larger
republic, which would include the Mexican
territory below the Tsthmus and the Re-
public of Guatemala.
On the other hand. Zelaya ia working
purely for his personal self ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
and to-day the only person strong enough
10 stand in his way to the accomplishment
of his ambition is Estrada Cabrera. who is
ambitious to develop the prosperity of
his country and give it a stable govern
ment; therefore. by appearing to advocate
a Greater Central America, Diaz gives n
moral support to Zelaya which enables
him to foment and aid revolutions in. the
~neighboring countries.
Il reached Guatemala City early in April.
The republic and particularly the capital
we're, while apparently at peace. much
excited over the outcome of the struggle
between Nicaragua on the one hand and
Honduras and Salvador on the other. as
it was felt that Zalaya's success would
mean the rushing of troops to the Guate-
malan frontier in order to be prepared for
any aggressive steps which he might take.
-The American Charge d'Araires, Philip
NJ. Brown. had gone to Honduras and was
following the course Of the fighting across
that country until he reached Amapsla.
Soon afterwsrd Bonilla left the country
and organized resistance to the Nicara-
guans ceased.
Then, as the remaining combatants
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those reasons the association of it with
Esperanto is not good for Esperanto.
The Homaranists will eloquently explain
VIVA they're not, but none of them has
yet offered a logical description OF what
they are. They deny that they have the
least intention Of founding a new religion.
in spite Of the temple which they hope
to erect later on; PHILOSOPHERS they pooh
pooh; politics az tending TO concentrate
mankind into eeparate nations. a thing
to which they are unalterably opposed.
they frown upon; they are obviously not a
medical society. 80 what are they2
The Homaranist subscribes to these
statements:
:. am a man. and for me exist only purely
human ideals.
2. | believe that all peoples are equal. and
I estimate each man only according 20 his
personal value and acts, and not according
to his origin.
,. believe that every country belongs
not to this or the other race. but fully and
by equal right 10 all its inhabitants. whatever
Language or religion they have.
4. believe that In his family life every
man has a full. natural and indisputable
right to speak any language or dialect he
chooses and to embrace any religion he
pleases.
5. My country I name that country In
which | was born OF In which ! have always
lived. That part Of 10 where ] passed my
infancy or which Is occupied by my race
can he dearer to me than all other parts.
but ! must never give the name OF fatherland
to a piece OF my own or OF another country
for the reason that my race lived or ruled
there. because this only leads to const ant
disputes.
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hateful to thee, do not unto thy fellow
man; this is the whole law; the rest In mere
commentary" Compare with this: There
fore all things whatsoever We would that
men should do to you. do ye even 30 to them:
for this is the law and the prophets" Mat
thew, vii, 12.)
In further calculation Of his tenets the
Homaranist says: "Homaranism Ia a teach
ing which without tearing a man from
his natural fatherland or from his Ian
guage, or from his religion gives him the
possibility OF avoiding ali kinds of untruth
and Enlargement in his national-religious
principles and Of communicating with men
OF all languages and religions on a neutrally
human basis and on principles Of reciprocal
brotherhood, equality and justice"
This is wide enough and pleasant enough
for the averge idealist to contemplate,
but the next paragraph reads: "Homaran-
lists hope, by a constant reciprocal commit
nication on the basis OF a neutral language
and neutral religious principles and morals,
that men will sometime be melted together
in one neutrally human people"
In this sentence lies the trouble, for the
neutral language referred to ia Esperanto.
and E~sperantists do not want their move
ment, which is now practical, associated
with one so vaguely ideal as Homaranism.
They fear that II Homaranism attracts at
tention as being connected with Esperant-
ismit will retard the progress of this inter-
national language.
Quito saucy have been the attacks on
Homaranism by Esperantists. But the
Homaranists, spite Of their desire TO avoid
all kinds OF untruth and disagreement.
are not yet deprived OF the powers OF rep
artee. They reply that Dr.. Z~amenhof's
original purpose in constructing Esperanto
was purely ideal. that he strove for the
universal brotherhood OF man and gave
Esperanto freely to the world as a means
TO the attainment OF such an end. For
Zamenhof the practical sides OF Esperanto,
commercial. scientific and literary, we're
and are subsidiary to the ideal.
Therefore" say the Homaranists with
some show OF reason, I'VE are but following
out the purpose Of the inventor Of Esperanto
and who has a greater right than we to use
Esperanto for such work."
To this the Esperantists. nettled. ask
the question that il still not answered to
their satisfaction: "But what is Homa-
ranism. anyway They admit that II is
an ideal movement. but they assert thu,
1t 10 too ideal and too vague, and ;.e Z /,
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right to replace It. later with another Ian
guage IL a more useful one shall be found.
10. My religion IL that in which ] was born.
but to its name | must add the word "Ho-
mara no." Under the name God" I under
stand that highest force which In incompre-
hensible to me, which rules the world, and the
essence Of which | have the right 10 explain
To myself as my wisdom or heart dictates.
A. a fundamental law OF my religion ] OBJ
serve the rule DO unto others az you desire
others to do to YOU. and always listen to the
voice OF your conscience"
II. Whenever a Homar8nist tomple shall he
founded In my city | must visit II az often
as possible. This temple must educate the
young TO stru ggle for truth. goodness. justice
and uni versal brotherhood: II must give repose
TO the aged and consolation TO the suffering.
~. ] name every mar a Homaranist who
subscribes to this declaration Of Homaranism.
The HON aranists who drew up the decla-
ration, OF which the above paragraphs give
n carefully worded essence, are evidently
Russian, for the first copy was written in
Russian. and IL Ia to Russian ideaiists that
the elimination Of jealousies, such as exist
between the Christians and the Jews, the
Russians and the Poles, the Cossacks and
the Tatars, the P~eterburgites and the
Moscovians, would give the greatest pleas
utOt w ~ M ihithOhtioio, Undoubtedly 10
cater to Jewish sentiment that Hillelism
vas associated with Hom8ranism
The Homaranists are not unreasonable in
one point. They are anxious that Espe-
ranto shall succeed, for IL ia partly their
means OF existence at present, and they
have promised to be good. They say that
they will exercise caution with regard to
the persons whom they endeavor to at
tract to their cause, Only such az seem %
be quite fit shall hear about IL. No others.
They have 80 far adhered to this that the
booklet containing their declaration was
known up to a few months ago to less than
one hundred people outside Of Russia, and
ID Is doubtful il more than two or three
copies OF II found their way to the United
States.
But now, while II In erroneous to state
hat the Homaranists are many or inhli-
entail as a body, il is nevertheless evident
from a study Of the Esperanto gazettes. that
the idea has aroused q great deal of interest
as something rev. There il no one so
sensitive to a new movement as an Es-
perantlst; he is on tho alert in a minute.
10 the curious or sympathetic, who write
to DIR. Alexander Naumann, 7 Koshikova
street, Warsaw, Poland. may perhaps come
a COPY OF the brochure, but II will be- printed
either In Russien orfn ESP eranto. go,