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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-14
The Meagre Life.

Perciyal Gibbon has the art Of finding
adventure in the least likely places for
the least promising types as adventurers
lie has chosen for the nero of his new
story which begins in the October Me-
Cmreis that least heroic Of men, the
canvasser. In sordid atmosphere, with
few accessories, the author succeeds at
once in arreting the readers attention
and holding it without a moments wa.
vering until the climax at the canclus.
ion Of the first installment. 1t il IN
tie piquancy of the meeting Of Watson
and Mary Lyall and the unfolding Of an
unusual romance with pungent tang
Of adventure that the story commands
attention. A London lodging house
keeper, although sketched in a few
sentences, Is, like all Of Mr. Gibbons
characters, living, breathing creation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-14

cral George Won L. Never, Lient Gov.
4 Draper and Postmaster George Hubbard
ofr30ston. The business seNions Satur.
day were presidedo yer by President =.
w. Bisbec Of Barre, W. The papers
delivered included eCarelossness Of the
public and suggcster methods a oorree
tions,' by Postmaster Hunt Of Woroes.
ter.
II the recommendation which are 10
be made By Postmaster General Never
are adopted BY Congress the immediate
future will bring some remarkable
changes IN postal facilities IN the United
States An outline Of some Of the most
important recommendation to be- made
before the next scsainn of Congress was
given by Mr. Meyer in an address az the
postmasters' convention AZ Boston last
Saturday evening. These include the
further Development Of the parcels post
system to an extent far beyond its pres.
ont limitations, TIE establishment of
postal notes ia determinations ranging
nom ono cent to $3.50, and the in
stallation throughout the country Of
automatic stamp.vending mabcincs. The
Recommendation AZ to the stamp vending
machines however, VIII depend upon the
success Of experiments now being made
with a device Of this kind.
Probably the most important and
drastic Of any of the recommendation /
which the postmaster-Ccneral proposes |
70 make win be that regarding the ex.
tension Of the parcel post. Not only |
viii he recommend that the system a.
az present established be greatly in /
creased in efficiency, but that the maxi. /
mum rate for all parcels be feluced /
from 10 to ~ cents per pound; that the
limit Of weight for such parcels be in.
creased from four 70 II pounds; that
local parcels post be equipped with
wagons or automobiles be established in
cl.fes where the free delivery system
prevail, and that a special parcels post
system with an extremely low charge
for service, be established IN connection
with the rural delivery.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-14
''Land Conscience

Lincoln StefTeus. in the October
American Magazine, says of the land
frauds, in the course of his story OF
Heney:
"They call It the land conscience, :
but it is the aypical American view Of
law. The people out there feel about
the land laws only as people in other
parts Of the country feel about liquor
laws and publis franchises. Since
the liquor laws are too strict, they must
be broken. Since you can't get a fran
ehise for nothing without bribing your
city officials. bribery Is necessary and
right We've al heard this sore Of talk,
and so Heney heard in Oregon. Since
the land laws wered rawn to save the
public lands for small people who want
small holdings, tile big monopolists can
not get big holdings without breaking
those laws, debasing themselves and cor
rupting public officials and public opin-
ion; therefore it was, and it is, right to
do all these things in Oregon
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-14
The Trust Buster.


torIginal1
How y goin' TO vote this year?'
asked the keeper OF n country store Of
an old ''hayseed," with a wink at The
bystanders.
Amt goin' to vote at ALL" grunted
the old man.
What. not exercise your duty as a
patriotic cltizenT'
Patriotism be hangedi A mans
patriotism is really what he considers
his interest to be. You fellers know
that for years I've watched the trusts
reachin' out, legally. Illegally, bribin',
corruptin', as the case required. to rob
people. You know how when they
want a Judge they buy him; when they
want Legislature they buy II. They
was tryin' to buy the gov'ment O. the
United States, but they run up agln
somepn' stronger'n they was their.
selves. They got prosecuted under the
law.
Then my patriotism was boiIin'. l
seen a chance for honest men 10 get
their dues. / seen the time comm
when all the money man could earn
needn't go into beef and OIL I'D be
plenty as bad whisky, and we cud all
live on what we used to live on afora
the trusts sucked the life outer us.
II thought this was patriotism. It
wasn't 1t was nothin' more'n klckin'
agln the other Teller gittin' the better
Of us. II anybody'd give me money to
pay for things I wanted and have
good sum left over ] wouldn't a kick
ed. I'd kicked the Teller that tried to
Interfere with the system. How did I
find that out? I'll tell y. My brother
Dan went to New York when he was a
boy to go into business. Now he's a
"Waal, Dan be was allus writln' me
no come down to the city to see him,
m last summer went. He's got a
hlg house n lots o. hired help.
asked him IL there was much preiu-
Iasee agin the trusts In New York. He
didn't say nothin' except, oh, you're
trust buster, are We? ! hadn't been
called by that name before, and
didn't like 1t nor his way O. sayin' it |
WELL he went on IL you stay here
long enough wen take that out O. you
Never said. I'll never lose my rev. /
ererce for law. for equity, for justice
mid above all the poor, who suffer
from havin' to pay exorbitant prices
fnz what they need
used to loaf down in Dams office
IurIn' the daytime. There was allus
! lot Of fellers there lookin' at click
Iii machine they called ticker 1t
lHld 'em what their stocks was sellin'
Il. When their stocks went up they
arfed; when they went down they
cooked sour as green apples. One day |
fphn told me that pocl-whatever
hat was-was a-goin' to put up Blood
sucker OIL an If l wanted to make
Iorne money he'd give me a chance
AIf be wanted was some margin, as he
'nlled it--that is, a per cent o the cost
1 the stock-just as a matter o form.
wrote check on my bank for the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-14
NO BEARS; SO st. R."
WILL MOVE CAMP
President Hopes to Find En- Forty
Miles Down The Bayou.

STEAMBOAT, La, Oct. 1i.-RooseveIt
camp at the Monticello crossing Of tho
Bayou Tansas has been abandoned.
When the President left yesterday it
was with determination not 10 return.
He headed toward the Bear lake,
whence on Sunday he will 90 20 another
Camp, which will be pitched near
Newellton, on a branch Of the Iron
Mountain road
The new camp viii also be on Bayou
Tensas, but forty miles south Of the
abandoned site, and will be about OF
branch Of the Iron Mountain road.
The change Of camp was decided on
not only because no bears had been
killed but because the President and
his friends became convinced that there
were none on the Upper Tensas.
Reports from Newellton, however, are
encouraging. Ever since the president
arrived at this region he has been re-
ceiving letters telling him there were
plenty of bears within a few miles Of
that town.
The President will not come in until
Sunday, but he hopes to get away by
10 or If o'clock of that day and to
reach the new camp before night, and
thus be prepared to resume the hunt
early on Monday.
He devoted Saturday to searhcing the
woods between the railroad and Bayou
Tensas for wildcats. A messenger who
came in early reported that the dogs
had struck promising trail
The President spent Saturday night
In an old club house on Bear Lake,
twelve miles south Of Monticello road.
He hunted in that neighborhood Sat
mday and remained at the club house at
night.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-14

sions Of the mahogany table, which orig.
inally cost $40, and compute its feet BY
multiplying its length BY its breath,
and the result by its height thus: 4
times is 80; 2Is times 80 Is so. and
then multiply $3.50 by so, we reach
the sum Of S1,472, or the price OF so
cubic feet of table paid by Pennsylvania
to Sanderson. This gentleman BY SINH
lar multiplications found that there were
- feet OF backing stand 50 reach
Ell the price of $4,000 for that article.
The rostnr.s were DEATH with in the
same cubieal way, as were the hundreds
and thousands other objects that YOU
will find distributed through the five
stories Of the enormous building. We
Pennsylvania taxpayers have paid for
| don't know now many thousands of
feet Of clocks, Of umbrella tubs, OF
ciothestr trees, and Of filing cases.---Owen
Wister, in the October Everybodys.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-14
START FOR
THE PACIFIC
Two Big Warshlps are on
The Way
VOYAGE OF $4,000 MILES
Tennessee. Washington, California ans
South Dakota Are 10 Manoeuvrs
in MagdAlenA
Bay.
VOYAGE OF $4,000 MILES

Washington. OCT. 1.-THE presidents
policy Of strengthening the detenses on
tho Pacific coast was practically inaug.
nfaied Saturday by Tho departure from
Hampton Roads o. the special service
squadron, consisting Of the afmored
cruisers Tennessee and Washington, on
its long voyage Of about 1900 miles
around tho coast Of South America 70
Aagdalena hay, whcrp tho two ships
Nill 90 through regular naval manouyera
IL company with the two new armored
cruisers California and South Dakota.
The California and South Dakota ere
now IN the vicinity Il San Francisco.
Rear Admiral unel Scbree Il IN CONF
mand 81 the special service squadron.
and the Tennessee Il hls flagship. Capt.
Thomas i. Howard = IN command os
the Tennessee.
The squadron viii proceed directly %
Trinidad. where II Is due % arrive
Thursday. A stop 81 four days wiz
b. made there. when the squadron willt
sail for RIO Janeiro. where Il d due
November 2. A stop Of seven days viii
be made there, after which the squadron
viii proceed 10 Montcyidco, where h Il
due November ~. Seven days viii also
BE- spent at that port. The next stop
ping place will b. az Puuta Arenas.
There the vessels viii remain three
days before proceeding through the
strait 81 Gallo, Pcrue. where they are
scheduled 70 arrive December 2. One
week will be spent At that port. The
last leg u the cruise win be from
Callao 20 Magdalcna bay.
An interesting phase Of the cruise Is
that Il marks the beginning Of an ex.
tensive movement Of warships from the
to the Pacific coast. which
will include feet Of 16 bait
tlcships, commanded hy Rear Admiral
Evans and a large hotilla Of torpedo
boats. The batileship feet under orders
to start from this side about December
H. All the vessels win follow prac-
tically the course adopted for the special
service squadron.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-14
GRANT BY NE cuBTc FooT.
The simple Method BY Which Pennsyl-
vania's Capitol Was Looted or Millions.

In several rooms Of the Capitol at
Harrisburg is a type Of mahogany office
table S feet long, 4 vide, 2l5 high. The
cost Of each table to Sanderson, the
contractor, was $40. He charged the
state slap, a commission Of 1880 per
cent Still more remarkable are two ros-
trums, for which $1,000 were paid the
builder, and for which the state paid
Sanderson S90,74S.s0, a commission Of
4.s05 per cent. It appears that all this
furniture, aud much more, was bought
BY SaDderson by the piece, but was
sold to the state "bv the foot. at SIS
80 q foot If we now take the dimen-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-14

clans who were summoned declared he
bad been poisoned with laudnnum. An
investigation showed traces 81 tne
poison in some food which had been
given him 20 cat 0'Conner Is an old
man. hnt he has a rugged constitution.
and II Is expected he viii recover How
the launanum came 20 be given him Is
not known.
J. 1. stockwell, oveIseer. said Sat.
urday tire matter would be thoroughly
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-14

investigated. Officers Of the institution
say another inmate Is suspected. lie
went there a few weeks ago and had
laudanim in bis possession. Those IN
charge Of the Institution say the two
men have not been on good terms and
t.nat no other way i known TO them
by which O'Connor could have obtained
possession OF The drug No laudanup
j. KEEP at the farm where any Of the
inmates could get hold Of il.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-14
ON ADVICE or STATE BOARD.
The w. C. T. U. Home Is Closed by the
State.


Eau Claire, Wis, Oct. l2.--on the ad-
vice of the state board Of health, the
health authorities Of Eau Claire yester-
day made an investigation Of the state
Woman's Christian Temperance union
maternity home in this city, and found
the place to be insanitary and over
crowded Every inmate il afflicted with
vermin. The home was placed under
quarantine and officials are Investigate
ing charges made by inmates, who allege
that they were horsewhipped by the
matron, locked In dark rooms fur sew
eral days on a bread and water diet,
and that wheat bran and dry bread con.
stituted the principal part of the daily
menu.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-14
CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST
OIL MEN, NOW THE RUMoR.
Kellogg and Morrison Hold Conference
With Bonaparte.

Washington, Oct. 12.-Frank B. KEEL
logg and Charles r. Morrison, special
counsel for the government in The Stand
ard Oil case, had a long conference with
Attorney General Bonaparte yesterday.
It was admitted that te Standard Oil
suit was under discussion, but details
were not given.
1t is said that Mr.. Bonsparte and also
the President is greatly pleased over
Mr. Kelleggs showing. IN connection
with the conference there is q revival OF
the reports that the administration is
seeking TO prosecute leading STANDARD
oil magnates criminally, but the de-
parrment Of justice offers no coniirma-
tion OF this.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-14
TO coLoNIzE SIBERIA.
The Sum Of so,5oo.ooo Is Appropriated
by Russia.


by Russia.
st. Petersburg, Oct. L. The Council
Of Ministers yesterday appropriated &c.
100000 for colonization purposes III ST.
beria
The police have arrested d revolution.
list named Kruglikoa, alias Sheransky,
at Kief, who is accused OF having been
an important accomplice Of Boris MIX
itenko, a retired naval lieutenant, in the
plot against the life Of Emperor Nicho-
las, for which Nikitenko was executed
Sept, 3.
The methods employed by Turkey to
put an end to the famine in Armenia Is
causing wholesale emigration Of Ar
mesians have applied already for pass
ports to leave the country.
The cholera in Russia is spreading
steadily. Every day hundreds Of new
cases are reported.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-14

Sister Have you been eating oranges,
Fddieg
Eddie Nawl Whyf
Sister Cause YOU got skin all over
your faee.--Judge.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-14
LOSES LEFT HAND.
John Graves of Brattleboro Gets Caught
in Power Machine.

Brattleboro, Oct. 14.---John Graves Of
Vernon street. son of Stillman Graves
employed at the factory Of the S. A.
Smith branch of the National novelty
corporation Saturday had his left hand
aud wrist so badly crushed that ampu.
tation was necessary.
Graves was running a big power ma.
chine for trueing the rims and tires of
baby carriage wheelA when his hand
was caught between two heavy discs
which came together with great power.
No one saw him get caught, but he
fell upon the floor which attracted the
attention Of shopmates.
He was taken to the Brattleboro me-
mortal hospital, where surgeon ampu-
tated the arm below the elbow. Graves
had been employed by the Smith firm
but brief time
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-14
Won. L.Meyer Speaks OF Plans
al Boston
PARCELS POST EXTENSION
Postmaster General Outlines Proposals
He VIII Make 10 congrem-Post-
master Bisbee Presides--AssO.
cations Annual Meeting.

Boston, Oct. 1.-THE annual meeting
Of the postmasterk association u New
England was held IN the American house
In Boston Saturday. The two sessions
arranged for the day we're followed by
q banquet IN the evening AZ which al
dresses were given by Postmaster. Gen.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-14

work which confines them indoors and
cuts them OF so largely from fresh air
and exercise, and prevents their going to
SCHOOL,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-14
IAUDANuM POISONING.
Inmate Of Battleboro Town Farm Near
Death.

BRitleboro, Oct. if.--Thomas o'Con.
nor was taken seriously IN At the town
farm in West Brattleboro Saturday.
lie was in critical condition and un.
conscious during the night, ami physi.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-05-10
PAYING FOR HEAT.

Engineers and EXPERTS the world
over will watch with interest the ap-
plication, by the United States govern
ment of a new plan for buying coal.
1t IS proposed that fuel shall be pur-
chased upon the basis OF it's heating
quality instead of contract price per
ton. and in defense of the new system
many sound arguments have been adj
vanced.
Where II is impossible to Judge the
quality of coal by its price. determine
tion of its exact calorific power should.
in the opinion of one expert who has
emphatic views on the subject prove
of the greatest economic value.
The governments new specifications
declare standard and allow a pre-
MUM where this standard is exceed
ed and exact forfeiture where It Is
not attained. II Is thought that the
day is not far distant when, in all
business and Official circles. the price
paid for coal will be fixed by the de-
gree Of heat that is obtainable from IT.
Heat is really the thing we buy when
coal is purchased. and II would seem
only right to measure the amount paid
10y the COATS heat-producing power.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-05-10

GOVERNOR GEORGE 4. CHAMBERLAIN.
become the nominees of their respec-
tive parties, has been passed In Mis-
souri,. The Indiana legislature passed
resolution declaring that United
States senator's ought to be elected by
the voters and asking congress to call
a constitutional convention for the pur-
pose Of considering amendments to eff
feet change In present methods of
election of senators. The instrument
drawn up by the constitutional conven-
ton of Oklahoma, document of some
100000 words, provides for the initia-
tive and referendum and the nomina-
ton Of all state officers and of United
States senators by primaries. In Ten
nessee and a number of other southern
states direct primary laws are in eff
feet. The Nebraska law applies the
direct primary method to the choice of
all state officers except judges. In
Washington, where politicians made a
stir fight against the proposed law, the
new measure applies to all except
county and municipal elections.
The state OF Oregon claims the hon.
or Of showing the way toward more
complete democracy than has existed
In any OF the commemorative of the
Union heretofore, for 1t adopted the
plan of the initiative and referendum
four years ago and has since then gone
forward In the attainment of needed
reforms under the operations of the
new plan. The people of Oregon now
make laws and reject them. The legis-
lature is ON its good behavior because
II must do as the people say. The ini-
tiative IL the power of the people to
propose a law and pass 1t themselves
without regard to the legislature. The
referendum IL the power to veto any
law passed by the legislature. In Ore
gon the press and people now discuss
measures and policies rather than poll
tics. There Is such a big club over the
legislature that the lawmakers simply
have to me good.
II was due largely to w. 8. U'Ren,
an Oregon City lawyer. that the initia-
tive and referendum plan was adopted
by Oregon. He read the book which
appeared in 1891 describing Switzer-
lands form OF government and entitled
direct Legislation" Becoming con-
WINGED OF the value OF the ideas EN-.
bodied In the book for America, he
started campaign. which after ten
years o. persistent work won out. Aft
er the passage OF the initiative and ref
erendunl law in 1901 its enemies tried
to get around it, but Governor George
F. Chamberlain proved true friend OF
the nav measure. and his course led
to the defeat Of the conspiracy to nut
lily its provisions.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-05-10

referendum the people of the various
states are at last finding way to reIe-
gate to the rear the party bosses and
machines and ~ express themselves
clearly as to what laws they detire. Ore
gon led in the adoption Of an effective
law providing for the initiative and
referendum. Il was q similar law
which enabled tie voters of Chicago a
short time ago to express their views
on the subject Of ordinances designed
to settle the traction question for their
city. In Oregon the establishment of
the initiative and referendum led
shortly afterward to the passage OF a
direct primary law. Wisconsin,, Min
nesota and Illinois have held elections
under. operation OF direct primary laws.
Within a few weeks boss rule has
been hit in three states-Nebraska,
Iowa and Washington-by the passage
of such laws. A law which requires
the nomination of candidates for the
United States senate by primary cleo
ton, the nominees of the primary to
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-05-10
FRIDAY, MAY 10.
entered at the Lewiston PostofEice
as second class matter.
GROOMING OF FAvoRITE SONS.

GROOMING OF FAvoRITE SONS.
Next year Is presidential year, and
III there were nothing else to tell the
tale it might easily be guessed by the
amount of space devoted to the specu-
aation about possible presidential can
-didates.
With the president safely out of the
Srace--and he Is persistent In saying
that he will not consent-the claims
OF favorite sons are of first Importance.
Reports are showing that Indiana Is
enthusiastic for Fairbanks. Iowa for
'Cummins, Wisconsin for La Toilette.
Illinois for Cannon and New York
tending toward Gov. Hughes. Ohio,
mother of presidents has a divided
affection. and consequently a family
discord, In the comparative merits of
Taft and Foraker.
There are those who claim that IL
sat least to continue the Roosevelt re-
sgime and name as the candidate of the
Republican party the man most in ac-
cord with the principles of the admin
istration. With this idea in view, the
claims of Taft are thought to be in the
ascendency, as Roosevelt is thought to
favor him among the many who might
be chosen.
The impress that the president has
made on the policies of the country
has been great, and many would be
pleased to have him accept the nomi-
nation. but declining that, whether it
Is possible for him to dictate his sue
! cesscr is matter that would meet
with strenuous opposition. Not that
the country would care to undo any
thing that Roosevelt has done, but
other things being equal, the man of
+cf their choice must of his own per-
SonaIity, be strong enough to frame
his own policies and meet emergencies
within his own resources.
When Roosevelt succeeded to the
presidency, he announced that he ex-
pected TO continue the policies Of his
predecessor. and the people readily ac-
"quiesced in the decision. but in the
'exegencies that have arisen 1t became
necessary to meet new conditions with
new remedies. In this President
Roosevelt has been strong and his poll
acies admirable, but his successor,
while he may build upon what has
gone before, must be as ready and re-
sourceful to meet the demands of the
hour, and must stand or fall upon his
own ability.