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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-12
M0URNED AS DEAD,
SINGER STILL LIVES
Baker l. Chapman, Who Disappeared
Years ago, Nov Looking for
Relatives.

Chicago, Nov. i2.-Haker L. Chapman.
son Of Mrs. Florence T.. Chapman. a
wealthy New Yorker. formerly a tenor
singer IN st. pans Episcopal churrh,
yainly sought FOR Tor years and then
incurred as dead By his relatives, nov
turns seeker, and has come to Chicago
20 get Q trace " biz mother. This al.
vertisement sunday gave the clue %
his whereaboutss
Personal Baker L Chapman can BE
found at SoS9 Indiana avenue
Chapman. who held several responsible
positions with well.known Chicago
houses IN the past, says he i now a
teamster In q lumber camp in northern
Michigan He said that his brother,
Gardner C. Chapman. vas somewhere
IN New York. and that bis sister, Mrs.
DeIos Murphy, vas the wife Of q rail.
road 'man somewhere IN California
Mr. Murphy i one d the leading civil
engineers Tor tae Southern Paciae rail
road, and Gardner @ Chapman quit q
responsible position with Marshall. Field
s Co. sevegal years ago, % take q
better position with a New York firm.
Chapman says ne win stay in Chicago
until hs gets in touch with his rela.
tivcs
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-12
An Attempted Reform.


torlainail
why don't you filghhan culch pco
pie ofganizoy' asked the tenderfoot
wiplng his eyeglasses with a eambric
handkerchief. you should have cts
government. courts and OH that sort o
thing. Then you'd begin 70 set civ.
liked"
we did try that oBes. aud II dldn'l
soeu to work pretty much
why notr"
II think We got too much OF II az
oncet. or Il want fist what this yero
kind Of community required ye see.
there was a man come we're from the
east he ives "a dedicated man and
appeared 70 De practical Our people
tux TO him right OF. II want long
afore be could do anything be pleased
with any OF Us. At that time the "a.
locus and gamblln' houses was dom
a pretty big business. aud scarcely a
dag passed that there want a shootln'
match. Then the strangcr-I dlsre-
member bis name-suggested what you
did.
"iHow do you do ity asked one OF
our best citizens.
sRirst you must elect a town coun-
CT and a mayor. The mayor can APP
point the Judge Of the court aud its
officers. That's about all you need In
a small place like this
ut didn't take much arguln' to git
our best citizens into the deal They
called 3 town meeiln' aud nominated
a mayor and council They put up the
stranger for mayor and dozen OF the
sleadiest men ID the place for council.
ye never see sleh quiet election 10
Your life. Everybody voted except the
gamblers and the liquor men. who
didn't pear to take no interest into it,
leastways they went on gamblin' and
sellin' liquor.
sThe fust thing the mayor did was TO
appoint the Judge. the next a sheriff.
aud the third was to close the gam
bin houses. The gamblers. seem that
the citizens was dead stuck on their
mayor and council. just shut up shop
anu went ciS&NueEf. AASh kHG b~l VI
had the council pass high license bill.
and this did away with the saloons.
There was few grumblers who
couldn't SIT their liquor when they
wanted it but the citizens as a body
acquIesced, aud the law was a dead
sure pizon killer.
"a boss thief was arrested, and, IN |
stead OF stringln' him up In the usual |
way. he was brought before the court /
The mayor set beside the Judge to post !
him. Nobody seen the boss thief take
any bosses. He want takin' EN- that
away: be was runnin' 'em or IN the |
middle O. the night. The mayor tole
the Judge TO instruct the jury to bring /
In q verdic' In accordance With the
evidence. There want no evidence; +
there want no need o no evidence,
cause everybody knowed the prisoner
was q boss thief. But the tisdge give
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-12
q Most Nal.saI.le Agent.


The 8lyeeriue employed IA DIT. PiercBs
medicines greatly enbances the medicinal
properties which it extracts from native
medicinal roots and holds ia solution
much better than alcohol would 1t also
possesses medicinal properties Of its own,
being valuable dcmnlccnt, nutrftive,
antiseptic and antlfcrmcnt II adds
greatly 10 thecificacy Of tho Black Cherry
bark, Bloodroot, Golden Seal root, Stone
root and Queens root. contained In
Golden Medical Discovery IN subduing
chronic, or lingering coughs, bronchial.
throat and lung affections, for oil Of which
these agents are recommended by stand
ard medical authorities
In all cases where there Ia q wasting
away Of flesh, loss OF appetite, with weak
stomqch, as In the early stages OF con-
SUMPTION. there can re no doubt that gly-
cerine facts as valuable nutritive and
aids me Golden Seal root. Stone root,
Queeb,s robt and Black Cherrybark III
digestion and building up the
flesh andls fTength. controlling the cough
and bringing about healthy condition
of the Whole system. OF course, II must
not be EXPECTED to work miracles. Is viii
not cure consumption except In its earlier
stages. liz viii cArl- -EaazExg Seyerea oEStl..
nAte hang-1M "A Ii .e@aQll& ASA hlaI
and IHTI YEeal Lrall MI Is and cArQnlc sore
tllI'1It Wi Qarseness. In acute c0ughs
It isnot SO effective, TITS in the lingering
hang-on coughs, or those OF long standing,
even when accompanied BY bleeding from
lungs, that il Las performed its most
cures
Prof Finley Ellingwood, nj. D., Of Ben
nett Med. College, Chicago, says Of glg-
cerine:
In dyspepsia it serves an excellent purpose.
Holding q liked quantity Of the peroxide Of
IN solution. It Is enc 0f the best
products Of the present time ia
It's action upon cnfcehled. aIs8rlered stam-
hchs, especially X there Is liberation or ca
tarrhal gastriiis catarrhal inflammation Of
stomachi. t IS q most efficient preparation.
Glyceriue VIII rclicvr many cases Of pyFesie
iheartenrn and excessive gastric stomach
Scdity~
Golden Medical Discovery enricheS and
auritias the blood curing hl1fchcs. rimplcs.
cruptions. scrcfnlcus swelllaes and old sores.
Or ulcers
send 10 Dr. r. V. Pierce. Of Buffalo. y. T..
for free booklet telling Al about the native
medicinal roots composing this wonderful
medicine. There IS no alcohcl IL IL
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-12
1be Times Daily Short Story.


eai lls .at. s.s.s ,.s tsau Nas uana
cent an BE- WIS proved guilty. aud they
mnst nnd verde IN accordance With
the evidence wanl. when The jury
got into The Jury room they looked at
one another Kind O queer They could
DO noihln but acquli the boss thief.
and 70 they dld.
This want very satlsfyln'. especially
when the hosS thief TUX the judges
boss With him when be left town
Some one thought the law had better
be changed. reeardlu' boss thieves par.
tlcularly Rut the mayor said Il would
come out I'll right and the citizens
acqulesced
NEXT day there was a shootin match
Nat Tucker shot and Killed cy Allen
when they WINS a.talkln' on the street
Tucker was tried. the mayor ag'in
eoaehln' the court. A witness testified
that be hearn Allen call Che prisoner
''low down cuss" Another testified
that be heaFn Allen call the, prisoneF
= pcsilferoas varmlni"' A third give
the most Important testimony OF all
lie said Allen spoke dlsrespcctful OF
fuckers woman"
"was she good womanf" asked the
tendcrfoot.
"Sartln s long as she lived With q
lnan she KEEP straight though she
wasn't particular about marriage
ceremony aud didn't stick 70 no one
O. 'eu very long when this testimony
come out for the defense the fury
made up their minds 10 uequit the &C.
eused without leavln' their seats. but
the Judge. advised BY the mayor. tole
'em there was 90 evidence iustlfyin'
the KILN and they'd have to copvlct
Tucker They done Il. though they
didn't IKE to. aud Tucker was elected
to swing.
Tucker he'd allus been one o. the
1eadiu' citizens and bad helped the
mayor organize. When the verde
was announced be ria up aud lookIn
at the mayor be says. says be:
"'sIr Mayor. this civilian process
you've introduced among us may be
VERY 6ne. but It's death on this COM
aunity. You got rid Of rum and gam
tiers. though we need the rum much
u. But what about boss stealth aud /
: man pertectin' the name OF the wo-
man he keeps company with? Ee this /
7ere civilizin' machinery goes on there
won't be boss left 10 Highball GuIcb /
Tor female perfected don't care [
what you and the council aud the |
court nor the rest Of the citizens Of /
the Gulch do. but. as for me. I've had |
enough Of the experiment and I'm /
soln' in future to attend to my own
business n my own way. ANY man
with me IN send where I /
lent CIV Allen.
He walked outen the courtroom
ind when bis back was turned every
,ody seen a revolver hangin to each
lip. which the sheriff forgot to re-
move
"That killed the plan; the gamblers
md rum sellers come back. and onct
more the citizens OF Hlghball Gulch
,reathed free
ALEXANDER ELY.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-12
GEN. GRANT STORY ERRONEOUS.
He Did Not Ask For Confederate Com
mission.

Nashville. Tenn, Nov. las. A. Gun
bingham, publisher Of the Confederate
Veteran Of this city, said yesterday that
an investigation of the statement by
Captain de Reset that General Grant,
Admiral Faragut and General Thomas
had applied 70 jefferson Davis for COM
mission in the Confederate army. had
convinced him that Captain de Rosset's
assertion was erroneous. A result
Of the Veteran. which i the official or
gan o. the United Confederate Veterans
association. vii contain a correction.
Mr. Cunningham said that at the time
OF the publication Of Captain De Rosset's
communication he bad misgiyincs az %
the correctness u the latters state
ment.
Colonel james +. Stuart, past vice.
commander Of the Department nf
Illinois, G. A. r., issued a challenge last
night TO the Louisiana Historical asso-
citation to produce the letters alleged 70
Be in its possession The challenge fol-
lowed tae statement msde in Baltimore
on Saturday BY Captain 4. I. De Rosset
through tire medium Of the Confederate
Veteran, the official organ Of the Con.
federate societies. said that the His
torical association had 10 It's museum
original copies Of letters which these
three distinguished Union officers wrote
to Dnvis. General Grant Is said to nave
written to Davis, applying for a com
mission Jam 1a. 1861 Stuart said
II challenge The production by the
Louisiana Historical association, BY any
society or-institution Of any authentic
letter written by any Of these three men
at any time which contains tine infer
ence could be drawn that they were vii
ling at any time to aid or assist the
cause Of the rebellion"
The article in the Confederate Vet
eran in part, IS rs follows:
MIR. Pierce was elected President in
1852 and appointed jefferson Davis bis
secretary Of war Later at the sngges
tion Of Davis and for good reasons
Grant, then q captain, resigned from the
United States army. Upon the seces
sion of the southern states, in 1861, Cap
tain Grant applied to the governor III
Illinois for d commission to raise d reg
iment to serve ia the United States
army. His request was ignored ait that
time. and later, Jefferson Davis having
been inaugurated provisional president
of the Confederate states or Feb. 1s.
1861, he wrote asking for a commission
in the Confederate army While IL
New Orleans some time ago I mention
ed the incident to Colonel Chalaron. He
told me my information was correct and
that be had ia his possession The arigi
nal letter from Captain Grant to Mr..
Davis making the request, but that IN
accordance vita the terms Of Davis
will the correspondence could not be
published until two years after the /
death of Mrs Davis,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-12
PRESIDENT SEES JAPs
IN WRESTLING BOUT.
They Are Brought to White House By
Ambassador.

Washington, D. q, Nov i2--President
Roosevelt yesterday witnessed an exhi.
bition Of Japanese wrestling given By
Mr. Hitaehiyama, the ehapion wrestler
Of Japan. and his assistant
The bout was arranged by the japan
ese ambassador and took place at the
White House, number 81 the presidents
friends having been invited to be pres
emit
Hitaehiyama paid bis respects to the
president several weeks ago. At that
time the president expressed a desire
to witness bout, and the wrestler said
be would return to Washington with
his assistant, in order that the presi-
dents wish might be gratiaed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-12
COLLISION on NEw YORK n.
Six Persons Injured and Taken to Hos
p.tals-Traa.e Blocked.

New York, Nov. l2.--Six persons we're
30 injured a. 10 Hecessifate their removal
10 hospitals and traffic on the Sixth ave-
nue. hne and the Broadway and Sixth
avenue surface lines vas blocked for
some time rs the result Of q rear.cud
collision Of two elevated trains loaded
with passengers 10 Herald square yes
terday. No one was critically injured.
however. Two cars were derailed, block
ing traffic. and while the damage vas
being repaired the surface cars were not
allowed 20 run underneath elevated
structure Herald square was crowded
with a throng Of thousands q persons
few minutes after the crash.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-12
FoR suBsIpRINe ITALIAN pREssi
Milan Newspaper Declares Nasi Defense
Win Produce Letters.

Milan. Nov. IA local Newspaper,
known a. the organ Of the law courts,
has Published sensational statement
concerning the defense % BE- made by
NunEio Nasi. ex minister Of pubic IN.
struetion. who u being tried before the
Senate on the charge 81 ialsifyinr dozen
mcnts and defraiding the state treas
ury. According to this paper, Nasi j.
ready 10 produce letters from the late
Premier Zanardeli. asking Tor funds Tor
the purpose Of suhaidizing the press. He
viii produce also receipts from certain
pawnhrokcrs alleged to have been signed
BY Zanardeii. II Nasi follows the course
intimatei BY this paper, he viii arouse
considerable indignation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-12
1850 ARE THROWN OUT
OF WORK BY SHUTD0wES
Mohawk Valley Knitting Mills and Chi
cago Wheel Plant Close.

Amsterdam, N. VI, Nov. IL. The knit
ting mills Of A. b. Morris n Son, Yunds,
Kennedy Il Yunds, and Gradner, War
ing & Co, employing about forty-fve
hundred hands, have closed down. Sales
men on the road have been unable To
make sale for four weeks. RI IL feared
that many other knitting mills in No
hawk valley win have to shut down
Chicago, Nov 1.-THE Griffin Wheel
company has closed it's plant and has an
nounced that work will not be resumed
for two weeks. Ten thousand employees
are out at work for the time being
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-12
IGNORANCE or THE Law.
Was Pleaded BY Man Charged With
Sunday Hunting.

Burlington. Nov i2 lin Wall was
arraigned before Judge Mower yester-
day on The charge Of hunting wild birds
on sunday lie did his hunting at
Essex Sunday and was caught at Il
BIZ Came Warien Athertan. In Walrs
possession was . Winchester rifle and
shells, When he was arraiguea yestefs
day be pleaded guilty and was fined $40
and costs Of $3.50 which be paid
Wall said he was an Engiishman and
he had been IN tslis country only since
the first of October He said he WAS
entirely ignorant Of the law regarding
Sunday hunting in Vermont. He said
be was after partridQes. which he ex-
peetel 70 shpot with his rifle.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-12
RsvoIatIoa b vIaaIves.oek CAMEO.

Bombs. arms, ammunition and eorre.
spondenee q a revolutionary orvanika.
Sou, Including In is membcrship sol.
diers belonging 20 the garrison At Viad-
yostock. have been seized IN the naval
workshops here.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-12
a Doubtful Triumph.

7 can pronounce your name. but I
can't spell t she said 70 her partner
irving to remember who be was.
Jones he replied gravely,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-12

he was ahirLdn' it--no, sir, not q mite.
Spite Of all bis blues, he'd set bis teeth
for hght."
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-04-04
Husband Would Settle.

From India comes a story of the lis
comhture Of a very distinguished sol
der. 1t happened at a big dinner
where he had taken In a pretty Amer
lean glob" trotter who asked him to
pass dish Of almonds and ralsins
With pleasure" replied the gallant
son of Mars. but do you know that
what you have asked for is called In
the yernacular kissmiss and that the
penalty OF kiss attaches to the re
quest
is that sof" answered the woman
calmly. Il must consult my husband,
and she called across the table to him
and told him Of the request
quite So" he replied, according to
the custom Of the country it is Il just
debt aud must be paid, but is the gen
eral aware Of the arrangement made
when we married that | must settle
all my wife's lahlitiesf"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-04-04
A Government 70 Klek About.

I'VE kick about or Own govern
ment.9 said reform"r. and ii Is
doubtless pretty bad. but what would
we think il It took the taxpayers mon
ey to pay every year pension of $50
600 to the Goulds. another Of $4,000 to
the Astors and another still OF 5000
10 the Yanderbilts? That is what goes
on in England The English doctor,
the English druggist, the English car
penter all sorts of hardworkng Eng
lishmen, are taxed $500 or $500 a year,
and the money goes to pay the huge
pension of some ducal loafer who Is
already too rich. Charles H.. for In
stance, granted an eternal pension of
$685. a year to the Duke of Rich
mond and Gordon. In all the years
since Charles lis time that pension
has been paid out of the taxpayers
pockets To this day II is paid. The
present Duke of Richmond and Gordon
settles for his dinners 1T the Ritz In
London or at Cro's In Monte Carlo
with money earned by English butch
ers brlcklayers and blacksmlths Elk
change
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-04-04
oreheatra Tunina EXPLAINED.

Doubtless many theater Roers have
wondered why 1t IL a practice Of or
chestra musicians TO make their ap-
pearance 70 far ahead Of the time II
beginning the performance and sit in
their seats with nothing % d.. Then.
ut seeming given signal all hands
begin to tune up" torturng the ears
or the carly arrivals with series Of
squeaks and scrapes The mystery
was explained by an orchestra leader
the other day. The Instruments have
to be In accord with the temperature
Of the house said he There may be
several degrees difference between the
temperature Of the music room below
stage and the house itself. If we tuned
our yiolins downstairs they would all
be fat when we take our places n
the orchestra For that reason We
come upstairs earlier and let our in
struments get the house atmosphere
before the actual tuning begins
New York Press
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-04-04
BOY HORRIBLY
INJURED BY FALLING
INTO OPEN COAL HOLE
IN BOSTON SIDEWALK
LITTLE DID THE FATHER REALIZE

Boston, Mass, Ian. /, I9o7.-lt occurred
in street in one OF the suburbs OF Boston.
The night was dark and rainy and the father
on his homeward journey was thinking Of his
children, who perhaps had played outside all
day, possibly wetting their feet and taking
cold causing sore Throat and hoarseness in
the chest, which is liable to be followed by
those dreaded diseases, Pneumonia, Peurisy,
Bronchitis, and Group.
one Of his children met HIM and said that
Johnny had sprained his leg by falling into a
coal hole in front Of Mr.. Rooney's which Mr..
Jones who delivered the coal did not cover up.
The father at once thought OF AnuItis.
Why Because Anti-Its is everyone 'ssiuend.
This good man knew that if he asked for Anti
It's he would not have to be told by the dealers
all the different things that would cure ohm
ny sprain.
He knew by its name that AntiIts cures
inflammation when applied to any part Of the
body 1t cools, soothes, draws and absorbs,
and brings happiness to all users.
Get a can of Antiltis at any reliable dealers.
Guaranteed under the Food Il Drugs Act,
June 80, 1900. Serial number 5000.
ANTI-lTis, Inc.
Danvers, Mass.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-04-04
Beans to separate Bones.

Anatomists. when they wish to sep.
arate the bones If n skull, sometimes
resort to n very peculiar procedure.
They fill the skull with small beans
and place il In vessel OF water The
beans swell and rend the skull apart
at the sutures The we'll known Ger
man Psychologist Grehaut measured
the force which the beans are capable
Of exertlng under these conditions and
found that it indicated five atmos-
pheres, equal 10 the average pressure
In the boiler Of steam engine
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-04-04
Suhnneroed Aristocrats

Some curious letters are quoted by
Mr. Pereival Biekerstaffe the pedigree
seareher in an interview with a repre-
sentative Of the London Tribune. One
runs.
Il am plumber and gasfiter out of
work. My stumnek is empty, but in
my art is the blud of noble burth. =
| claim the family title and tenements
which ! viii not he denyed the same"
A city clerk wrote
81 have long suspected that am Of
high birth. People tell me that | have
manners above my station of life My
photograph herewith shows that have
an aristocratc east Of face and will
perhaps be a Glow to my ancestry
do not ask for fortune, but aspire TO
the pride of race"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-04-04
A Small Horror.

The weasel is one small horror. As.
tonishingly strong, apparently fearless
and as perseverng as an ant, when
once he has settled to the track Of a
rabbit that particular bunny Is Indeed
in grave peril Tie rabbit seems to
know It. too and the knowledge to
half paralyzc him, for he seldom at
tempts the one saving chance a
straightaway. long sustained run at
top speed. And the end of the patient.
five do-but-waitt he-honr sort Of pur.
suit, IT'S indeed bloody murder The
flend within angel garb finally tolls
within deadly distance. There Is a
snakelike stroke. most likely aimed at
the big vein near the butt OF the rab-
bits ear. Once there. the brute sticks
leechlike to the blood sucking, while
the trembling. wailing rabbit totters
aimlessly about till its drained body
falls Imply to pay its tax to mother
earth.-Edwin Sandys In Outing Mag
aZine.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-04-04
The Lions Mouth.

The use Of the lions mouth as the
vent of a fountain is so common that
1t cannot be regarded as accidental.
AS a matter of fact the custom dixie so
many customs-not forgetting the foun-
tain PEN came from Egypt, which
adopted it because the annual inunda-
ton of the Nile takes place when the
sun is In the constellation Leo-the
lion. The alluslon is too obvious to
need pointing out The oldest fixed
date (424l b. CO can be traced to
Egypt, where the calendar was intro
duced in tbs middle of the forty third
century. And the history OF modern
shlpbuilding began in Egypt. where it
can he traced to about 5000 B. G. The
most recent discoveries give to the
land of Egypt clean run of about
1000 years without any admixture of
foreign races Egypt, land of hidden
mysteries great mother OF science and
art. what thinking mind has not dream
ed of thee New York Press.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-04-04
Daniel O,Connnll.

After a dinner at Lord Dungaryan's 3.
Lady Morgan writes in her diary. |
met the redoubtable Dan O'Connell
Dan is not brilliant in private life. not
even agreeable. He is mild, silent, IN
assuming, apparently absorbed and an
utter stranger to the give and take
charm of good society. said so to
Lord Clanrlcarde who replied III you
knew how found him this morning
His hall. the very steps of his door.
crowded with his clientele. He had n
word or written order for each, then
hurried off TO the law courts, thence to
the Improvement society and was the
guest here today. Two hours before he
was making that clever but violent
speech to Mr.. la Touche, and now no
wonder that he looks like an extinct
volcano"