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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-27
Well Known Here.

The following account will be of inter-
est, as Mrs. Walcott was well known in
Addison County:
Died at her home in this city on last
Sunday afternoon Mrs. Mabel Walcott,
wife of Mr.. P. B. Walcott of this place.
Mrs. Walcott was born in Poultney,
Vermont, 30 years ago and was married
to Mr. P. B. Walcott in June, 1897
Three children, two boys and a girl, were
the issue of their marriage, all of whom
survive her.
During her tender years she devoted
much of her time to music and after
graduated from one of the best schools
of music in New York State. She will
ingly offered her musical talent when
ever called upon to do SO.
The last services were held at the Con-
gregational church at 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning Rev. Samuel officiating. APP
propriate songs were touchingly rem
dered by the choir.
The surviving relatives have host of
friends throughout this community who
sympathize with them in their hours of
sadness -McHenry, N. Oak. Free Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-27
A Successful Savings Bank

The Brattleboro Phoenix thinks the
management Of the Hyde Park Savings
Bank have Just reasons for being
proud OF the success attained by the
Bank. 1t says in a recent issue:
Ex-Governor Carroll S. Page feels a very
proper and commendable pride in the success
Of the Lamoille County Savings bank at Hyde
Park, of which he is president, and in the
starting and management of which he has
been the leading factor. The cardinal princi
pie Of this bank is that all of its resources
must be invested in Vermont "to foster Yer
mont industries and to develop Vermont en-.
terprises.' The bank passed the million
dollar mark of assets on Thursday, the nth
instant, and we are sure that "there isn't a
single cent of it invested out of Vermont"
Governor Page is entitled to the congratula-
tions which he receives.
This Bank pays 4 per cent. CON-
pounded semi annually on deposits Of
$500 or more.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-27
A FAMOUS ROAD.
lndia's Tree Bordered Highway 1900
Miles In Length.


Miles In Length.
The road l have in my mind is in
India and stretches 1.200 miles from
Lahore to Calcutta. 1t is the famous
Grand Trunk road. Let me explain its
nature, though one cannot do so by
comparison, for there Is no road of five
miles in England that is anything like
1t. 1t is level. Indeed. there is not
above mile the whole distance where
even a lady need dismount to walk
The material with which it is made is
called bunker, and if you care to turn
that word into concrete you have an
idea OF what it is like. 1t is exceeding
ly hard and as smooth as a prepared
pavement There is no dust. When
first got on this road and enjoyed the
luxury of easy travelling / said, This
is magnificent but in a little time
suppose it will become gritty and I'M
even" l went 30, 100 miles, 200 miles,
500, 600, 700 miles, and it was always
the same, with not even n small stone
to give a Jog. Nearly the whole of the
way is lined with a double row of ma
jestic trees.
With two friends ! rode across India
during the hottest time of the year, in
April and May, and was never serious
~ Inconvenience by the heat. for at a
pace of fifteen miles an hour one could
create a draft.-Chambers Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-27

Some interesting facts concerning
the marketing of the Standards pro-
duct were developed when il was testi-
fed by Tilford that a committee con-
troled the domestic trade. Tilford
stated that the United States was APP
portioned in districts and that the sell
ing companies assigned to those dis
tricts confined their operations to the
territory assigned to them
Between $500. 100000 and 100000
600 have been earned by the Oil trust
in the last - years. according to the
experts of the government who are eX-
aiming the Standard Oil company's
books. Treasurer Tilford explained
that the reason why the Standard
dividend in 1899 was only $14,OO0OOO,
instead of SD 900, 600. was because the
dividends of some subsidiary com
panleS went to individuals He denied
all knowledge of the Manhattan com
pany of Ohio and its dealings Many
signers of the original trust agreement
now hold stock in the Standard.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-27

1 could have raised ten pounds of weight
from the ground, the pain was so severe.
This was my condition when 1 began u.s.
ing Doan's Kidney Pills. They quickly
relieved me and now 1 am never troubled
as l was. My back is strong and can
walk or ride long distance and feel just
as strong as l did twenty-five years ago.
think SO much of Doan's Kidney Pills
that have given a supply of the remedy
to some of my neighbors and they have
also found good results. If you can sift
anything from this rambling note that
will be of any service to you, or to any
one suffering from kidney trouble, you
are at liberty to do So"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Corton will be
mailed on application to any part of the
United States. Address Foster-Milburn
Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Sold by all dealers (;
price, fifty cents per box.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-27
Past Salaries Of Actors.

A number of autograph letters of
Edmund Kean supply some interesting
information about the salaries of actors
early in the nineteenth century One
relates to an offer by Mr.. Ellison offer
ing Kean 80 a week as acting man
ager of 1.-THE new theater in Wych
street" Later this rose to f25 month.
In 1896 Kean was offered $4,000 a
year to go to America. In the prime
of his popularity he received 5000 for
week in Edinburgh and apparently
reached the highest point when MT,
Bum wrote from the Theater Royal,
Dublin, on Feb. S, 1922 and offered
him 900 night to play in Dublin and
Cork. Liverpool Mercury.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-27
STATE NEWS.

One of the features of the 14th annual
fair of CALEDONIA Grange, East Hardwick,
September %, will be baby show with
prizes for the two handsomest Senator
w. p. Dillingham; will deliver the ad-
dress of the day.
When Miss Mary Ready of Rutland
awoke Saturday night she found that she
could not close her mouth. A doctor
hurriedly summoned, found the jaw dis
located. The Unusual occurrence is at
tributed to an unconscious spasmodic
action of the muscles of the jaw.
The team of NJ. E. Chase of North
field frightened at a train. started
through the principal street on the run.
The wagon wheels became locked in
those of another wagon, swinging the
horses into a 5000 plate-glass window.
No damage was done except to the
window.
A valuable marc owned by Howard
& Yearly, Brattleboro livervmen, collided
with another rig and shaft was driven
into her side over foot Just back of the
heart Death resulted in n short time
The accident was due to the street lamps
not being lighted and the village will
likely be called on to settle the damages.
|
land found case of extreme cruelty in
a shipment of stock from Malone to
Boston, which halted at that city.
Twenty-three two.year-old bulls and IL
calves were crowded into a double-deck
car. Seven of the calves had been
trampled to death and the ceiling was so
low that some of the larger animals
could not stand erect
| ka e IL
induced the Boston & Maine and Maine
Central to put on an extra train between
Springfield and White River junction
when the winter schedule goes into effect
October 6. 1t will arrive at Brattleboro
northbound at nine o'clock in the morn
ing and will pass through that place on
the return trip at $40 in the evening.
j. w. Clarke and B. F. Avery, two
New London men; started down the
Connecticut from Brattleboro in canoe
When trying to shoot the rapids below
Turner's Falls their boat upset, spilling
out their camping outfit and a sum oil
money, but the water was so shallow
they had no difficulty in getting ashore
Three holes were pounded in the bottom
of the canoe.
While the keeper of the BELOW, Falls
jan was Out, hdJ lilOhu oiarkey, ARRESTED
for the robbery of clothing store in
that place, crawled up the fireplace
chimney in the corridor, and descending
a ladder against the roof, made good his
escape The chimney through which
Sharkey did the Santa Claus act was 81
feet high and was not looked upon as
likely means of escape by the officers
1t is reported that within "a hours of hi
escape he made another good haul neaI
Charlestown. n. II.
The secret of success furnishes mucl
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-27
Seeinq the Siqhts.

Even in these days of liberal educa-
ton the young women sometimes show
how confused are the ideas shut up in
their heads. Illustrative of this is the
native blunder which EdmOndo de
Amicis recounts in his story of voy-
age from Genoa to Buenos Ayres:
The captain of the steamer which
numbered the charming young blum
derer among its passengers met her
one morning and said:
"Signorina, we cross the tropic of
cancer today"
"Oh, indeedw she cried with enthu-
siasm. "Then we shall see something
at last"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-27
a Zulu Rain Charm.

The Zulus employ a rain charm which
is very remarkable considering their
usual fierceness and cruelty. They
catch bird, and after the tribal wiz
ard has consecrated 1t and made il a
heaven bird" they throw it into a
pool of water. In spite of their own
Indifference to the sufferings of ami
mails they believe that the sky. which
they conceive to be a personality, will
be full of woe at the death of tho bird
and drop sympathetic tribute in show
ers of rain.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-27
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
Various Matters from Various
Standpoints.
coMMENDABLE ENTERPRISE,

The thriving village of Morrisville has
Just accomplished a novel enterprise. 1t
has built big dam across the Lamoille
river, flooding an unsightly and swampy
area, transforming it into nice lake of
$50 acres and at the same time storing
up large amount of power for manufac.
turing purposes. Such combination of
the esthetic and practical is unusual,
but why not sensible? The lake will give
camping, boating, and fishing facilities
that will in no way interfere with the
turning of wheels below the dam. Other
Vermont towns have streams flowing
near or through them that might easily
be used in the same way. Morrisville is
the pioneer; what village will follow?-
Randolph Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-27
Furnished Sc, 600, 900 sureties

Chicago, Sept. 24.-W. d, Rockefel-
Ter and j. d. Archbold, vice presidents
Of the Standard Oil company of New
Jersey, have been accepted by the
United States circuit court as sureties
on the two bonds of the Standard Oil
company Of Indiana, given for the SUI
persedeas pending the appeal of the
company from the recent fine imposed
by Judge Lands. The two bonds az
gregate $4,000. 600.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-27
BALANCE IN THE AIR.
The Necessity For Equilibrium In Bird
Flight.


Flight.
1t is likely that the birds superb
ease and grace in the air are due to its
ability to maintain absolute balance.
If a gull makes the mistake of bend
ing until the wind strikes its head
and wings on the~top it will tumble
instantly. And the sailing birds,
though they make no Tapping motion
of their wings, are constantly balanc-
ing themselves, like man on a tight
rope. Some scientists have maintained
that the air sacs make 1t possible for
the bird to manage minute echanges
that are very valuable in restoring
equilibrium. 1t is known that the
wing Is Joined to the body of the bird
by what is called q universal joint,
enabling the creature to make almost
every possible motion. The body of q
man is heavier than water, but If he
gets into a nosition of perfect balance
he will float. In some such way, 1t is
claimed, the bird floats in the air. But
as the bird would fall much more rap
idly in the air than a mans body
would sink in water the necessity for
a far more subtle ability to keep the
center Of gravity on the part of the
bird Is apparent; hence, according to
this theory, the bird Is provided for
this purpose with the most sensitive
equipment, made up Of nerves and
mysterious air ducts, many of the wing
feathers perhaps acting as sentinels,
warning instantly of the slightest ap-
proach of shifting currents.-Every-
body's Magazine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-27
Alabama Negro Lynched

Pritehard Ala. Sept. 23.-Mose
Dossett. a negro, was lynched here for
an attempted criminal assault upon
Mrs. j. Breeder, a white woman, 30
years old. Dossett was hanged to the
same tree from which two negroes
were lynched exactly one year ago for
assanlts unnn small white girls.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-27
Senator Borah on Trial

Boise. Ida, Sept. Ex-senator Borah
was placed on trial today, charged
with conspirIng to defraud the govern
ment out of title Of 1880 acres of
idaho timber lands. Borah demanded
trial prior to the time he shall pre-
sent ms credentials as senator next
December in Washington.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-27

J. p. Corton,
farmer and lum-
b Q r m a n, of
Deppe, n. c.,
says Il suffer-
ed for years
with my back.
1t was so bad
that 1 could
not walk any
distance n or
even ride in
easy buggy. 1
do NOT helieve
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-27

"Always with you," says the catarrh
germ to the sufferer. Not when l
breathe Hyomei," replies the one who
knows. Money back if Hyomei fails to
cure catarrh," says w. H. Sheldon.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-27
John Rock .feller Hods 247,6o2
Shares Of Standard Oil ST *
VALUED AT $1O9,OOO,OOO
Evidence of Agreer ent Made Be-
tween Big Company and Indepen-
dard We're Over $500, 900, 900

New York, Sept. 21.-Through Yves
ley II. Tilford, treasurer of the Stand
ard Oil company, the governments at
torney, Frank b. Kellogg, was able to
lay bare the records of the stockholders
of the Standard Oil company Of New
Jersey at yesterdays hearing Of the
governments suit for the dissolution
of the alleged oil combine. The records
disclosed the fact that John ID. Rookie
Teller owns 247 500 shares, or nearly
five times as much stock as any other
individual shareholder. and that he and
his associates who signed the trust
agreement in 1882 still control a ma
jority Of the Standard Oil stock.
Measured by the present market price
of $40 share, the holdings of Rookie
feller in the Standard Oil company
have a value of $1090O0.0O0. The de-
probation in the price of Standard Oil
stock within the past 10 years. about
the time the agitation against the com
pany began. has been more than $500
a share. This represents loss of over
500 100000 on the holdings Of John d.
Rockefeller. The shrinkage in the
market value of the stock also affects
the University Of Chicago, which owns
5000 shares, about 81 100000.
The holdings of William Rockefeller
were stated by Tilford to be 11.70O
shares, and those Of H. H. Rogers 49,
020 shares. Other large holders Of orig
inal and present oil stock are Henry NJ.
Flagler, Oliver H. Payne and Charles
H. Pratt.
Some of the Standard Oil company
books wanted by the governments
counsel have not yet been produced
but several important books have been
forthcoming. The agreement of 1882.
which was signed by many of the men
now in the front ranks of Standard Oil
ownership and management, was put
! in evidence by Kellogg. and its au-
thenticity was admitted by the com
pany's lawyers.
Mr.. Kellogg was able TO obtain evil
dence of verbal agreement that had
| been made between the Standard and
Independent refineries doing business
near Cleveland and Pttsburg. This
agreement, which was entered into il
the latter part of 1902, provided that
these companies should sell their en-.
tire output of oil refined for export tC
the Standard Oil company of New York
the export department of the allied COM
panies, in return for which the Stand
ard was to sell the companies a certaif
amount Of crude oil each day Tilford
said that previous to the making of the
agreement the supply of crude oil tC
these companies had been reduced.
Mr.. Kellogg then developed from The
witness that the export business was
chiefly handled by the Standard OF
company of New York, and that in buy
ing oil for export it paid the marke
price to the independent refneries
Kellogg asked if the Standard Oil die
not determine the market price and Til
ford replied that ii did. The list Of in
dependent refineries that entered int
the verbal agreement with the STANDARD
Oil company comprises 16 companies.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-27
Couldn't Lift Ten Pounds.
Doan's Kidney Pills Brought Strength
and Health to the Sufferer, MAXI
ing Him Feel Twenty-Five
Years Younger.

Sick kidneys cause a weak, lame or
aching back, and a weak back makes
weak man. Can't be well and strong
until the kidneys are cured. Treat them
with Doan's Kidney Pills. Here's the
testimony of one man cured.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-27

The secret of success furnishes much
food for gossip.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-08-23
PUBLIC MONEY FOR BANKS.
Secretary corteIyou Win Distribute
Government Funds to Aid
Movement of Crops.

New York, Aug. 15.-Secretary Of
the Treasury Cortelyou according to
the Times, has decided again to come
to the relief of the money market
and distribute government funds to
al. the movement of crops this year.
The plan pursued last year is to be
followed with some notifications, but
in general it will be that adopted by
Secretary Shaw in his regime. One
of the ideas II the minds of the off,
GERS of the treasury department is
that the government should place it's
funds in the banks, subject to with
drawal by check.
1t is not expected that anything
like the amount needed last year will
be called for this season. If it is the
treasury will be in better shape to
meet the call, as under an act of the
last congress, customs receipts may
be deposited in the banks. Under the
new method the customs receipts will
be used for the relief of the smaller
institutions, while the larger fund
will be sent to the centers of distri-
button.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-08-23
NO CENT FARE
The Kansas Railroad Board Will
Make no Order at This
Time.
THE ATTORNEY TOO BUSY
Does Not Know What Powers of
Board Are and Has No Time to
Find Out-Present Law
Satisfactory.

Topeka, Aug. 15.-Kansas will not
get flat two-cent mile passenger
fare, not for time, at least, and the
letter of the board of railroad COM
missioners asking the railroads to put
in the rate under the threat that the
commissioners might take action lead
ing to forcing the rate into Kansas
has come to naught.
Some time ago the board sent ont
a letter to all the larger railroads ask
ing for the lower rate. Two of the
lines have made replies saying that
they would not put in the rate, as
such action would mean that the
lights the companies were making In
other states to prevent the enforce
ment of the two-cent fare was fraud
and that the companies were not in
earnest. in opposing these bills. Then
the members of the board asked the
attorney general for an opinion as to
what should be done. Mr.. Grattan at
torney for the board prepared an
opinion in which he recites some law
and explains to the board why it
should not take any further steps in
regard to compelling the railroads to
put in a two-cent fare. The opinion
in part follows:
"The question of the power of the
board to make and enforce an order
for a two-cent passenger fare is very
important one to all concerned and
requires deliberate and careful con-
sideration, and excludes all hasty &C
ton by those representing the state.
The last Legislature passed the milage
ticket law and possibly with the tacit,
if not expressed consent of the rail
roads that they would abide by such
law, and so far the mileage ticket
law, it seems, has proved acceptable
to a great many of the people, and
the railroads have conformed thereto.
The two-cent passenger fare is now
pending in the courts of the other
states and an early decision may be
expected from the courts in the other
states, which will be invaluable to the
board of railroad commissioners.
"The relation of the railroads of
this state to the question as pending in
the other courts is such that they
must of necessity resist any order
in this state until final decision is
reached in the other states. But let
prudence suggest whatever it may,
have not yet had time, along with 9TH
er urgent duties, to advise the board
as to it's power to make and enforce
a two-cent fare within the state.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-08-23
BABY TORTURED BY ITCHING.
Rash Covered Face and Feet-WouId
Cry Until Tired Out--Speedy
Cure by Cuticura.

my baby was about nine months
old when she had rash on her hce and
feet. Her feet seemed to irritate her
most, especially nights. They would
cause her to be broken in her rest, and
sometimes she would cry until she was
tired out. l had heard of so many
cures by the Cuticura Remedies that
l thought would give them a trial
The Improvement was noticeable in
few hours, and before had used one
box Of the Cutfcura Ointment her feet
were well and have never troubled her
since. l also used it to remove what
is knCwn as cradle cap from her
head and it worked like charm, as it
cleansed and healed the scalp at the
same time. Mrs. Hattie Currier,
Thomaston, Me-, June 8, 1906"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-08-23
TRIED TO WRECK EXCURSION.
Distractions Were Placed On the
Track to DeraiI II Coaches Load
ed With People.

Norman, Ok, Aug. 14.-The lives. of
1900 people on a Stnta Fe excursion
returning from Sulphur Springs, l. IT,,
was endangered Sunday night when
some fiend placed several kegs of
bolts and ties on the track between
Wayne and PaHls Valley. The train
consisted of II coaches crowded with
people. The train was running at a
low rate Of speed and this fact alone
probably saved the several hundred
people. The second section of the
train was'also endangered in the same
way, but the engineer discovered the
obstruction before any damage was
done The Santa Pc authorities will
place detectives on the case at once
in an attempt to catch the criminals
who were bent on killing many of I'M
speeding and innocent people.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-08-23
WATCHING CORPORATIONS
To See if Laws Respecting Them
Are Observed.
Secret Service Agents of Govern
ment Said to be On Payrolls
of Railroads and Packers.

Chicago, Aug. 16.-The Record Her
agents of the United States depart
ment of justice, working through the
bureau of corporations, are said to
be on the payrolls of all the big rail
way corporations and trust company
combinations in the country. In Chi
cago alone, it is said there are at
least $50 special men who are work
ing for railroads and for packing
house companies and are watching
every move that is made with a view
of ascertaining whether the corpora
ton laws are observed in letter and
spirit. While no proof Is obtainable
as to the presence of these spying
employees, in several instances men
who have been suspected have been
removed from their positions on the
ground that they were in the employ
of the government as spies. One of
the officers Of this end of the depart
ment of justice when asked If such
an army was at work for the govern
ment said:
If it were so | could not tell. l
know of cases where men have lost
their positions unjustly from falling
under suspicion. / have heard the
statement made before but l shall ,
neither affirm nor deny it. If such
work is done agents of the bureau of
corporations are those most likely to
be engaged in it.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-08-23
Late AIre adv,

Five minutes after the tardy gong
had struck. the principal of the school
was walking through the lower hall
when he saw a pudgy little fellow
scampering toward the first grade
Voom as fast as his fat legs could
carry him. See here, young man,
want to tails to yov," called the prin
cipal to the late conner. q hain't got
time to talk to you; I'm late already,
replied the tTeathlesy beginner as The
door of his classroom clcsed--The
Circle.