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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05
Missionary Work Only Needed.

That little heart to heart missionary
work in Bellows Falls and Brattleboro
would bring about the formation OF
ball teams in those towns is the opln-
ion expressed by some of those inter
ested and officially connected with
baseball in Montpelier With these
two teams organized, now that Rut-
land has begun to sit up and take no
tice and with Burlington and the In
tercity ready for baseball a new Yer
mont league that would furnish good
sport could easily be formed.
That some such move will be made
within a short time is rumored and
something may come of it. But the
directors of the Intercity Athletic as
ISOLATION have not organized yet hence
no one can really speak with official
authority. None of the local directors,
however, have expressed the opinion
that the game will go by the boards
this summer. On the other hand no
very enthusiastic hustle to get base
ball move started is apparent on the
part of the local directors,
While the various rumors, sugges-
lions and schemes are flying around
the fans and the general public in
Montpelier are anxiously waiting and
hoping for some kind of baseball this
summer.-Montpelie Journal.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05
GOOD WORK.
Done Daily in rattleboro-Many Citi-
zens Tell of 1t.

Nearly every reader has heard of
Doan S Kidney Pills. Their good work
in Brattleboro still continues, and our
citizens are constantly adding endorse
ment by public testimony. No better
proof of merit can be had than the ex-
perience of friends and neighbors.
Read this case:
Geo. H. Newton, teamster of SO Frost
ST., Brattleboro, VT, says: "I have
just as much faith in Doan's Kidney
Pills today as I had seven years ago
when L gave my recommendation of
this remedy for publication. l had suf-
fered for some time with a disordered
condition of the kidneys and when 1
learned about Doan's Kidney Pills I
procured box and began using them.
[ am glad to say they acted up to the
representations made for them. Dur
ing the years which have passed since
my first experience with them I have
used on several occasions when a cold
or overwork has brought on slight re-
currences of the trouble, and they
have never failed to bring prompt and
effective relief
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N.
Y, sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan sand
take no other.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05
Probate Court Business.

The regular session of the probate
court was held last Saturday afternoon
and a smaller number Of cases than US
ual were disposed Of The will of
Henry L. Sargent Of Brattleboro was
presented previously by Chester h.
Sargent and allowed by the court, wit.
ness, c. W. Berry. Chester l.. Sar-
gent was appointed executor under
bond of $4,000. License was granted to
John f. Gale of Guilford to sell, at
either public or private sale, the real
estate of the estate of Benjamin w.
Stevens, the consent of the heirs hav-
ing been previously filed. The will of
LandOn H. Ballou was allowed by the
court with Ella J. Allen and Frank
Worden as witnesses. Mary A. Ballou
was appointed executrix under bond of
$500 furnished by Freeman Scott. The
motion of William r. Lyman, admin
istrator, for the final settlement of the
estate of Rufus Lyman of Stratton,
was allowed and the balance of the
money and real estate in the town of
Sratton was ordered to be paid to W.
r. Lyman, son and only heir. The will
OF aHduud NJ. SldTh WAS allowed WIN
l.. Maria Witt as a witness, Robert E.
Gordon being dead. Sanford A.
Daniels was appointed administrator
with the will annexed, under bond of
$1,000 furnished by H. G, Barber. Con
sent of the heirs having been previous
ly filed, license was granted to Eliza
beth f. Miller to sell the real estate of
tha astate of Elijah Miller nf Rrott1a-
boro The final account of Arthur ].
White administrator of the estate of
Joseph F. White, was allowed and the
balance of the estate ordered to be
paid one-third to each Sarah L. White,
Raymond n. White and Arthur J.
White. The will of Miss Clarissa
Blanchard Starr was presented by Ar
thur p. Starr and the last Saturday in
April set for the hearing. The inven-
tory of the estate of Orlando NJ.
Thomas was filed by the administra-
trix.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05
MILESTONE BLOCK
WILL BE GARAGE
Property Bought by A. B. Clapp and
G. A. Boyden Who Have Leased
First Floor and Basement to E.
R. Clark Automobile Co.

Arthur B. Clapp and Charles A. Boy
den have bought of DR.. and Mrs. G. ii
Sholes of Boston the Milestone build
ing on Main street near the BrattleborC
House, possession having been given
already. The new proprietors have
leased the basement and first floor OF
the building to the E. R. Clark Auto
mobile company of Springfield, Mass.
and that concern will open a garage on
or before May l. The entire ground
floor and basement will be remodelled
and there will be a storage room, ma
chine shop, a sales department and a
complete vulcanizing plant, the last
named feature being something that
will save automobilist3 the time and
annoyance of sending tires away to
be repaired. The garage will be mod
ern in every respect and it is the in
tention of the company to manage it
in such way that every patron will
receive satisfactory attention. Only
expert repair men will be employed in
the machine shop and satisfaction will
be guaranteed.
The E. R. Clark Automobile com
pany owns on Lyman street in Spring
field, Mass, the largest garage in
western Massachusetts, and will run
the local garage as branch, although
the local concern will be incorporated
as the E. R. Clark Automobile com
pany of Vermont. Edward R. Clark
and Edgar A. Stoddard, both former
Brattleboro boys, are president and
treasurer respectively of the Spring
field company. Frank c. White, who
has had many years of experience in
the automobile line, will be manager of
the local concern.
A feature of the new garage will be
its sales department. The company
will have the agency for such we'll
known makes as the Knox, Cadillac
and Buick and by working in conjunc-
ton with the Springfield station will
be able to make prompt deliveries at
short notice.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05
APRIL TERM OF COURT.
Docket Needs Thorough Wedding Out
and May Get It.

The April term of Windham county
court will convene in Newfane next
Tuesday morning with Judge W. II.
Taylor of Hardwick presiding. A spe-
cial train will leave Brattleboro for
Newfane after the arrival of the 9.O6
train from the north to accommodate
the legal delegation. The first case set
for trial is that of George 7. Ellison
against Frank G. Phelps, apt, and
trustee. Barber and Barber are coun-
sci for the plaintiff and Gibson Il Wa
terman for the defendant. Unless an
unusually large number of cases are
settled it is thought the coming term
of court will be long one. Not a
civil case was tried by jury at the
last September term of court, and the
docket has gradually become longest
ed until it is now altogether unwieldy.
What it needs is a thorough wedding
out by settlement and discontinuance,
and it is not at all unlikely that Judge
Taylor will stay in Newfane until this
is brought about. There are hardly
any criminal cases to come up for trial
this term, and as the grand jury sits
only in the fall all the new state cases
will have to come through information
by state s attorney.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05
A BASEBALL TEAM
WANTED IN TOWN
Little Likelihood, However, That Any
League Can Be Formed-Brattle-
boro Might Support Good
Team for Short Season.

Plans are being discussed, says the
Keene Sentinel, for forming baseball
league to include the towns of Bellows
! Falls, Chester and Brattleboro, VT, and
Newport, Claremont and Keene, N. H..
This may be true, but the Sentinel S
further statement that Dan F. Riley Of
this town is one of the managers in
terested in the proposed league is not
true, since Mr.. Riley has no time to do
anything in the baseball line this sea-
son. There has been some talk of form
ing a league of the towns named and
Mr. Riley has been written to on the
subject by one or two people from out
of town. Thus far, however, he has
given no one any encouragement.
A recent letter from W. J. d 'Arcy,
who formerly lived in Brattleboro and
was manager of a Keene team last sea-
son, says that there is little interest in
baseball in that city at present. Mr..
D 'Arcy says there are no grounds
within two miles of the city and that
the public is not willing to pay car
fare in addition to admission to the
grounds. He says the team last year
was obliged to give up playing home
games on account of poor support.
There seems to be a feeling in Brat
tleboro that the town ought to be rep
resented by some sort of a team this
summer, and if the proper person could
be found to manage semi-professional
organization it would no doubt receive
considerable support. 1t is barely pos
sible that Davey, who is under con
tract with the Bradford (Pa.) team of
the Interstate league, could be induced
to remain in Brattleboro if money
enough were forthcoming, and there
is no doubt that he could hold his own
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05
Legal Notices.
STATE OF VERMONT,
Af,.,ll.,.z 81.


The Probate Court for said District.
To all persons interested in the estate
of AARON B. REED, late of Dummers-
ton, in said district, deceased Greeting:
Whereas, FRANK A. NORCROSS, ad.
ministrator upon the estate OF AARON
B. REED, late of Dummerston, in said
district, deceased, has filed his petition
in this Court, setting forth that the sale
of the whole of the Real Estate of said
deceased will be beneficial to the heirs
and all persons interested therein, and
praying for license to sell the same, and
at the same time filed in this Court what
purports to be the consent in writing of
all the heirs residing in this State to such
sale. Whereupon it is ordered that the
same be heard at the session of said Court,
to be held at the Probate Office in Brattle.
boro, on the first Saturday of April. A.
d, 1907, when and where you NAV be
heard in the premises, if you see cause.
Pile H. Z. EDDY, Register.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05
STATE OF VERMONT,

The Probate Court for said District.
To all persons interested in the estate
OF CHARLES 2. ALEXANDER, late OF
Guilford, in said district, deceased,
Wv, Greeting:
Whereas, RUTH E. S. ALEXANDER,
eeyecutrix upon the estate of CHARLES
E. ALEXANDER, late of Guilford in
said District, deceased, has filed his peti,
ton in this Court, setting forth that the
sale, of the whole of the Real Estate of
said deceased will be beneficial to the
heirs and all persons interested therein,
and praying for license to sell the same,
and at the same time filed in this Court
what ,purports to be the consent in writ.
ing OF all the heirs residing in this State
to such sale. Whereupon it is ordered
that the same be heard at the session Of
said Court, to be held at the Probate OF.
hcce, in ;Brattleboro, on the first Saturday
OF April, A. D. 1907, when and where Won
may be heard in the premises, if You see zee
cause. ~
Ellie H. E. EDDY, Register
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05
Cheshire County sportsmen Organize.

An organization has been formed,
under the name of Cheshire County
Fish and Game Protection league,
which should be an important factor
in putting down some of the unlawful
hunting and fishing which has been
practiced for a long time. The off
GERS chosen are all of Keene and are
as follows: President, DR.. H. R. Beals;
secretary, o. E. Cain, and treasurer, DR..
Beals. Mr. Cain, DR.. B. G. Russell, Il.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05

years. He denied that there is any
deal pending for the control of the
Central Vermont by the New Haven.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02
Mr.. Jenkins NeedIessIr Alarmed

Chairman Jenkins. Of the House Ju-
dietary Committee, has evidently gained
his impressions Of the North Carolina
rate controversy through the distorted
medium Of some yellow journal, for he
has gone wrong in assuming that the
Tar Heel state has usurped the functions
OF the Federal courts or has attempted
10 nullify any Federal statute It would
be more nearly the truth, though stu not
quite accurate, to say that precisely the
reverse was the case. Anyway. the en-
forcement Of Federal law was in no sense
involved. nor was the jurisdiction of the
Federal court surrendered, for all the
legal questions raised remain to be deter
mined. and they will be determined ulti-
mately, by the Supreme Court OF the
United States. To assert that there is
anything in this situation even remotely
resembling the conditions preceding the
civil war is to talk nonsense.
What has really happened in North
Carolina is that the State has compelled
obedience to one of its statutes pending
determination of the constitutionality of
that statute. 1t is not new thing for a
State TO insist on the observance of its
laws, though it is something Of a novelty
to see a Federal judge interfering with
the processes Of local criminal courts; and
il is also unusual for State authorities not
to submit 20 the injunctions Of the Fed
eral courts. In the settlement arranged
by Gov. Glenn, something was yielded by
both parties to the controversy, but what
were distinctly not surrendered, and this
is, after all. the vital point, were the juris-
diction of the Federal court over the mat
ter in issue and the right of the railroad
company to appeal to that court for pro-
lection against State legislation alleged
TO be confscatory and unconstitutional
And nobody denies the power Of the Su-
preme Court to declare the North Caro-
lima law null and void, and nobody, so
far as we are aware. has ventured TO sug-
gest that the State should resist a de-
cision voiding the law, if such decision
should be rendered. Unless something of
that sort is attempted, no question Of
State rights. in the ante-bellum sense,
will arise, and Judge Jenkins might as
well reserve for that improbable eventual
ity his expression of fear that the Caro-
linians are laying the foundations for an
other civil war.
Some inQuisitive Tarheeler. bethinking
himself of the great nullifer, John CaId-
well Calhoun, has delved into the eonsti-
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02
EnglandIs Ally and India

One curious phase of the rising dis
content in India is the part that is being
played in it by Japan. This is not the
less effective or dangerous because it is
partly unconscious. Those Hindus who.
through the press and by personal propa-
ganda. are working against the rule OF
the British in India are trying very hard
to enlist the sympathy of Japan in their
movement one Of their chief arguments
since The successful conclusion of the
RussO-Japanese war has been that the
japanese. by their victory over the Rus
SLAMS. have forever destroyed the idea
that the Oriental is not so good fighter
or as intelligent as the Occidental.
Throughout the technical schools and
colleges of Japan there are scattered a
number Of students from Hindustan. and
they are spreading their anti-Brit-
ish propaganda industriousIy. They
never lose an opportunity to de-
clare that the beneficial effects OF
British rule in India have been
greatly overrated They point out what
they please TO term instances OF British
injustice, and they declare that India,
instead of being smugly satisfied with
British rule. is really but a hotbed of
revolution, which may break out at any
time.
All this might be unimportant were ii
DOT for the fact that close observers of
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02
AS TO THE CONSTITUTION.
Presidents Who Strained IL More
than Roosevelt Has.

From the Portland Oregonian.
Prof. F. NJ Davenport, OF Hamilton
College. Clinton. y. Y, writes an article
in the Outlook, in which he says:
Since the wise and benevolent admin
istration OF Washington there have been
only four Presidents Of pre-eminent ex-
ecutive strength. These men are Jeffer-
son, Jackson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt
And Roosevelt is the only one of the
four who has not actually exceeded his
constitutional powers.
All depends on how you interpret the
Constitution. Almost every President
does things for which the Constitution
furnishes no express warrant; and some
will say, nor implied warrant. That is
the Constitution does not cover every
phase or requirement Of national life
Upon Jefferson's own theory Of the
Constitution, he had no power 20 buy
the Louisiana Territory, Yet he bought
it. Jackson was continually assailed
by the greatest minds Of his time for
his alleged violations of the Constitution
yet the people stood by him. Ac-
cusatiOns even more bitter were hurled
legged to be arbitrary and unconstitutional
that he took for suppression Of the great
rebellion; yet the country upheld him
throughout.
Roosevelt has done nothing that re-
sembles the things done by Jefferson,
Jackson. and Lincoln. Yet he has re-
peatedly been accused Of having vio-
lated the Constitution. The methods by
which he acquired the right of way for
the Panama Canal were so assailed by
able men of the Senate. Others-gen-
tlemen OF the vested interests have
denounced him for ''unwarranted and
unconstitutional interference with the
courts of justice" But on these sub
jects the people are as Enthusiastically with
Roosevelt as they were with his three
illustrious predecessors whom the Hamil-
ton professor names. And il is a prin-
ciple of constitutional interDTetatiOn-nOt
admitted, however, by the text-writers and
expounders-that what the people, as q
body, want, and make up their minds t.
stand for and to stand by. is constitu-
tiOnal, or destined surely TO be so.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02
Mothers in law.

No member of the human family has
furnished so much material for the pro
fessional humorist as the mother-ln-law.
All. wife's mother, what crimes have
been committed in thy namel Abused in
song and story. held up to scorn and
caricature. il is really a remarkable in
stance Of the persistence OF nature that
she should have survived. But she has
and is everywhere in evidence: and though
we all, from millionaire to mill-hand, bow
down in reverence before that queen. the
American girl. there seem to be few so
poor as to do her mother reverence.
A New York millionaire who is suing
for divorce puts the blame for the diff
ticulty between him and his wife on his
mOther-in-law. In a recent unsavory
murder trial the sins and follies of the
wife of the accused man We're laid at
the door of his mother-iE-law. Only the
other day. according to press dispatches,
a man who was all tenderness and kind
ness to his wife spanked his mother-in-
law with a slipper and was arrested and
fined; and. probably taking warning frors
this case, another man secured an in
junction of the court to prevent his
mother-in-law from interfering with his
domestic affairs Wherever you go, it IS
the same; it is always the mother-in-law
who is 10 blame
There is one rift in the cloud. but 1t
comes from abroad where. at Budapest.
a man has just eloped with his mother
in-law- He could not get along with his
wife, It seemed; mother-in-iaw was con-
genial, though. and hence the elopement.
Now. II is to be hoped, the gibes will
cease. Here is one mother-n-law who
has armed herself against the sings Of
fortune. She who has been advising her
daughter how the household should be
run now has an opportunity TO run II
/ herself She who has been able To see
/ through the stayings-out at the club Of
her daughters husband, and who has
watched with jealous eye the letters he
received. will know well how to handle
the case. And he who found his marital
subterfuges held up TO scorn by mother
in-law will know how useless it must be
TO try the same game on her; and so the
new life. based on mutual distrust, and
without a mOther-in-law, may, perhaps,
be happy.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02

tutional dispositions of that statesman
with a view to ascertaining what light
could be derived therefrom on the rate
controversy. Curiously enough. he found
! that Calhoun favored the recourse Of the
citizen. when a Federal question was
raised, to the Federal courts, particularly
II the lltigant feared that the State courts
would be adverse As this was precisely
what the Southern Railway did. President
Finley and his counsel should feel forth
fed by very eminent authority. Appar-
emily, Calhoun himself did not think an
appeal to the Federal courts to determine
the validity of State law was destruc-
tive of State rights.
And that modern custodian of Calhoun
ism. the Charleston News and Courier, it
is perhaps worth mentioning, sees nothing
in the North Carolina affair 20 get ex-
cited about. It speaks slightingly Of the
whole business as an unnatural agita-
tiOn," and as a contention without any
reason for being 1t predicts that the
Federal court viii decide the rate law IN
constitutional and that the ''populistic
excitement will recede and things will go
on as before" Nothing. It thinks, has
been gained by the so-called conflict ex-
cept little political capital. Really, It
would seem that for good. old-fashioned
State rights talk. you have to read the
sensational press north of Mason and
Dixons line There's more of ii in the
vicinity of Wall street than in the whole
of Dixie.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02
WHAT THE ISSUES WERE.
Home View of the North Carolina
Rate Controversy.
From the Charlotte Observer.

From the Charlotte Observer.
Since some of our exchanges are Under
slight Misrepresentation in the matter
we may say that North Cardinals victory
in the rate law contest lacks nothing
whatever Of completeness. Any contrary
impression founded upon the fact that
the whole controversy goes up to the
United States Supreme Court for final ad-
judication is decidedly erroneous. There
was never the least desire manifested by
the State to do other than hasten this;
the questions at issue all related solely
TO the intervening situation. 1t was out
OF Judge PritChard's unfortunate attempt
TO enjOin the State, multiplying a State law
before II had been declared guilty, and
while its fairness was a matter of dis
agreement among reasonable men, that
the entire excitement arose. But for this
there could never have been any serious
talk of clashing State and Federal juTis-
dictions: and. in fact. there was no clash
even az events turned. No process Of any
court met with a moments disObedience.
II was in an entirely proper and orderly
manner that North Carolina won a vic
tory which some able observers believe
likely TO prove a turning point in Amer
lean constitutional history The victory
was alike complete and fairly won. North
Carolina has achieved something OF which
she may well feel proud.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02

affairs in Japan are of the opinion that
these Hindus have made a decided inn
preston On certain classes Of the Japa-
nese. and find their views at least par
tally reflected IN the japanese press. The
strongest evidence that Japan. England s
ally, views this incipient agitation with
some apprehension is seen in the fact that
at garden party given recently by Count
Okuma to the Indian students in Japan,
the count took occasion 10 remind his
guests of the good work that Great
Britain has done in India, He went so
far as to warn the students Of the folly
of attempting to undo this work, or OF
eherishing schemes which could only re-
suit in their own discontinue. It seems
quite certain that whatever the feeling
may be about the Orient for the Orientals,
Japan has accomplished so much on the
road 10 a civilization which has borrowed
much from the West that she will hard
ly be induced to take any but the posi-
ton of leadership in any striving toward
a betterTIeht of conditions.