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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-30
PRESBYTERIAN FAIR.
Opened in Hales' Pavilion Last Even
ing.-The Attractions.

The annual fair held by the ladies
Of the Presbyterian church was opened
last evening at Hales' pavilion with a
good attendance considering other at
fractions which kept people away who
would otherwise have attended the fair.
The booths, which line both sides Of
the hall, are unusually prettily deco.
rated and at them are on sale var
iety Of articles.
The Young Peoples association booth
at which magazines and periodicals
are on sale is in charge of Mrs. Edwin
Keast, Miss Christine Rae and Miss
Helen Johnston. The domestic booth
is presided over by Mrs. Alex. Mackie,
Mrs. Elsie Edwards and Mrs. Marion
Mcdonald, Mrs. Alex. Clark and Mrs.
j. S. Milne were in charge of the candy
booth, while Mrs. James Mckenzie SUI
p'rintended sthe Sunday school booth,
assisted by children of the school. At
the fancy work booth Mrs A. Morrison,
Mrs. James Scott and Miss Mcleod
were on hand to supply the demand for
fancy work.
Misses Mamie Mcdonald and Lizzie
Rrechin were in charge of the fish pond
and aprons of various shapes, colors
and degrees of utility were for sale by
Mrs. NJ. n. McIver, Mrs. James Beagrie,
Mrs. James r. Coutts and Mrs. Ogsden
An innovation was a table of potted
plants which were in charge of Mrs.
Alex. McCaskill Ice cream was on
sale, Mrs. J. F. Murray having the SUI
rerintending and Mrs. Alex. Hanton
served the punch.
The program, which was varied, was
received with hearty applause and
many of the numbers encored. The pro-
gram was opened with a vocal sole by
Miss Anna Robertson, a selection by a
ladies quartette composed Of Misses
Margaret Johnston, Pinkie Lewis, Lena
Mcdonald and Mrs. A. S. Martin This
was followed by a selection by the
Ideal guitar, mandolin and banjo club
which gave various selections between
the other numbers Of the program
A humorous reading. "Thc Burglar
Alarm" by H. w. Heath OF Goddard
seminary was given in his usual pleas.
ing manner and he responded to the ap.
plause with second selection. Then
came duet by Misses Jean and Mar
guerite ShoTiffs. followed by a vocal
solo by Miss Rachel Young
The program tonight win be present
ei BY the Y. ?. A. minstrels and a
fine entertainment is promised. Hear
the funny end d-men songs when Han
nibel Hope plays the steam Calloppe." "
THAI Loving Rag" Money" and
'WaltE Ne Around Again Willie"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-30
WRONG MAN ACCUSED
SAYS PELKEY DEFENCE
Surprise Sprung Today When Defence
Says John Scampini, The Com
plainant, Forced $50 Out
of pelkey.

The defense in the case of State Va.
Charles Pelkey Of Barre, charged with
stealing $50 from John Scampini Of tae
same city, sprung decided surprise in
Washington county court today when it
declared that instead of Pelkey being
the one who should be charged with the
larceny it should be Scampini himself
They put it this way; Pelkey went
down to Scampini's to get some liquor
and that he and Scampini got into an
oltercstion which ended in scampini's
intimidating Pelkey to pay over $50.
The defense in the case was opened
yesterday afternoon and was continued
through today. 1t probably will be
completed so that the trial can be fin
ished before the adjournment of the
court over Sunday Pelkey is French
and can't speak enough English to be
understood; nor can he understand Eng.
hsh. So the court has brought in an III
tcIpreter, Peter Badord.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-30
Gale Blowing rs Miles an
Hour To-day
ONE SCHOONER ON ROCKS
Steamer City of Columbus Is strainins
at Double Cables and Is Expected
to Go on the Rocks at Any
Moment.

Boston. Oct. s0.--A terrific storm is
raging off the New England coast. Ship.
Ping is confined 60 the HORRORS. The
fishing schooner Joseph Cromwell Of
Boston went ashore at Providencetowu
this morning. The captain and crew OF
il swan ashore escaping alive but were
badly buffeted, in the boiling surf when
the storm struck The schooner late yes.
terday. One fisherman failed TO reach
here in his dory rnd is probably lost.
The schooner is high on the rocks and
is pounding heavily. 1t probably will
be a total loss.
The steamer Yale from New York
was forced TO put back under the shel.
ter OF Monomoy point near Chatham
this morning, being unable tc resume
its voyage to Boston until ten a. IN.
The steamer City of Columbus is strain
ing at two cables, three miles off Chat
ham, at Elbow, Cape Cod. A 75-mile
an hour gale is blowing and tie 30 life
saving crews are watching in expecta
zion of the anchor cables breaking and
the steamer being dashed on the rocks.
There have been many wrecks at this
point in past years.
The fishing schooner Livelihood, of
Deer Island, Maine, went ashore today
or Rock Neck, Gloucester, and il is be-
licved will be a wreck. She carried four
hundred lintles of fish. The fishing
feet scurried for shelter in Gloucester
harhor before. the gale began
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-30
Dangerous Measure to Scare
His TOrmentOrs
COURT FINED PETER VALZ
Pearl Street Shopkeeper Rushed Out of
Shop and Discharged Revolver
Patrolman Heard Shot and
Investigated.

Driven to desperation by crowd of
boys who were bothering him ntcr
NGlz rushed out of his shop on Pearl
street at eight o'clock last evening and
tired one shot from his revolver as the
Pack of youngsters were scampering
away. Valz later told the police that
I've did not shoot at the boys bat fired
in the air to scare them. None of the
boys was hit. Officer Gamble, who was
patroling Main street, heard the shot
and, after investigating, telephoned to
Chief Faulkner who had a warrant made
out for Valz's arrest. The chief then
went to Valz's shop and arrested iniln.
He was taken before Judge Scott last
evening and arraigned on the charge
oil breach of the peace. He az first
p'eaded not guilty and was placed un.
der 500 bail, but being unable to fur
nish the bail he decided to change his
plea to guilty and was fined IS, with
costs of $50, which he paid.
Chief Faulkner took his revolver
which was a 3s calibre, with all the
chambers loaded with the exception of
the one he had fired. The police say
that this is the second time that Valz
has fired his revolver to scare away a
crowd of boys who were pestering him.
Valz runs small shop in the rear of
the Hale block on Pearl street, where
lie sells chalk lines, chalk, brushes,
etc, to the stone cutters and is better
know among his customers as "Chalk-
line Charlie"
The neighbors of Valz say that the
boys nave been in the habit of poster
ing him, one of their favorite practices
being to hide around the corner of the
Arcade building and send yolleys from
pea shooters against valz's windows.
The tormenting got so persistent last
night that Valz lost his temper COM
pletely. This should serve as lesson
to the boys, as well as to warn yalz
that such drastic means of driving the
boys away is entirely too dangerous.
Pearl street is too congested section
to have promiscuous firing of revolt
VerS
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-30
HAS COMPLIED
COMPLETELY
Rochester Railroad Pro-
nOunced Satisfactory
BY STATE RAILROAD COM.
In Every Detail, Says Board, Has the
Railroad Lived UP to Agreement
and Earned $4,000 from
Rochester.

Bethel, Oct. 30.--The Rochester rail
road was inspected yesterday by the
state board OF railroad commissioners,
accompanied by +. o. Sinclair OF Bur.
lington, bridge expert, the officials Of
the railroad company, the selectmen of
the town of Rochester and Is. X. Edger.
con, attorney for tho town. At the
completion of the inspection the corn.
inissioners reported that they found the
road in an excellent condition, and they
signed certifcata TO this effect where.
by, according to contract entered in
TO year ago by the town of Rochester,
tine railroad company viii receive S20,.
900 from the town.
The contract was to the effect that
II the railroad company put It's bridges,
roadbed, tracks and equipment into a
safe condition by November 1, 1908 and
il On or before that date the railroad
commissioners filed certificate pro-
I ouncing the road TO be in safe and
good condition the town Of Rchestcr
would pay the railroad company S2o,-
600. A similar contract was entered
into. with the company by the town of
Hancock, but for 4 much smaller sum.
In the summer of 1906 the railroad
had run down TO such an unsafe condi.
tion that the railroad commissioners or
dered all traffic over the road stopped.
When the new company took yhe road
il at once went TO work repairing tae
road so that last fall the commissioners
raised the embargo and trains have
since been running over the road. 1t is
understood that an extra daily passen-
ger train is to be added to the service.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-30
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
END CONVENTION
William A. Macdonald OF Bellows Falls
Was Elected Grand Chancellor
Twenty Tyros were Initiated
Last Night.

Waterbury, Oct. 30.-The grand lodge
knights Of Pythias, elected the follow
ing officers yesterday afternooni G. O.,
William A. Macdonald, Bellows Fallsj
o. V. G., Robert W. WieI, Rutlandi G..
H. N, w. Rand, Hardwick; G.. X, r. s.,
c. +. O. Tinker, ST. Johnsbury; G. NJ,
Of f., +. W. Footh. Essex Junction; G..
~ Of A., A. N. Clapp Richford, G. l.
g., W. c. Heath, Dgnville; G. o. G., T..
W. Merrill, Barton Landing; G. T., +.
/. Taylor, Hardwickj grand tribune, w.
w. Brown, Barton Landing.
The officers elected at the 4th annual
convention Of Pythian Sisters were;
p. G. g., Clara J. Henderson, ST. Johns.
lury; G. c., Luna +. Dodge, Bellows
Falls; +. s., Minnie Hoyt, Hardwickj
manager. Elnora Ewins, North Troyj
q. M. Of r. and g., Lizzie NJ. Stockwell,
Lyndonville; G.. NJ OF f., Sarah b.
Macdonald. Danville; p, Blanch Welch-
er, Montpelier; G. G., Marion G. Brown,
Burlington; first trustee, Sara Roscn.
berg, Burlington; second trustee, Lillian
Carbee, Groton; third trustee, Sarah L.
Page, North Troy; S. r., ella, VI. Pills
bury. Groton.
The second ceremonial Of Suadah
Temple, No. 40, Dramatic Order,
Knights Of Khorassan, desert of Yer.
mont, met last evening and performed
on class Of 90 tyros. There was a
grand parade and pageant Of tyros af-
ter which "the tyros dream" was pre-.
stnted by the dramatic order in the
town hall After the entertainment tho
pythians we're served banquet by the
members Of the local lodge at their
lodge rooms.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-30
HER HUSBAND LIVING.
Mrs. Wing Filed Petition For Divorce
in Brattleboro.

Brattleboro. Oct. 3o.-Mrs. Harriet
Mabel Wing, who was shot and killed
II Greenfield Wednesday night by Ben-
iamin Il. Gaines, was Saxtons River
girl, well known in Putney and Brat
tleboro. She has a husband and child
living.
Mrs. Wing was daughter of Mrs.
Emory Jones of Saxtons River. About
il years ago she was married to George
Wing Of Putney, a painter, who now is
employed in the hotel stable at North
Londonderry. VT They separated abont
six years ago. Mrs. Wing was employ.
ed two years in the factory Of the
Hooker, Corser & Mitchell overall COM
pany here and afterward in the Brattle-
boro house. She also had been employ.
oI in hotel Windham, in Bellows Falls.
In July, 1903, Mrs. Wing filed a pc
tition for divorce in the county clerks
office here, but in the following March
the case was discontinued.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-30
RECALLED OLD SCENES
BACK IN DALBEATTIE
Jolly Party Of craignair Club Held Last
Evening, Had Banquet Followed
BY Dance-The Program
of The Evening.

The members Of the Craignair club
with their wives and children neld their
fifth annual reunion in Foresters' hall
in the Worthen block last evening and
the occasion was one Of much pleasure
to all. The company in all numbered
about sixty, and OF the 23 members Of
the club sons of Dalbeatie, Scotland, and
who took the name OF the Craignair
quarries for the name Of their club, Is
were present last evening.
John Stewart the president of the
club, was master of ceremonies and at
the opening Of the evenings program
gave an interesting address on the
scenes about Dalbeatie and relating ex.
pericnces Of the boyhood days OF the
members Of the club. A song was next
sung by James Rowen, sr, and toast
to Halloween was responded 20 hy Sam
liel Carswell After soAg BY Miss
Mae Carson toast to Dafbeatie was
responded TO by Samuel Henderson.
The toast "our club" was responded
- by James Rowen who said that the
club was formed for the mutual bene.
fit of all Of the cons of Dalbeattie in
Barre and that its members had been
helped in many ways through it, and
its reunions once year were a source
Of great enjoyment. w. p. Stevens
gave two very enjoyable recitations, at.
ter which the company was invited to
gather around the tables where de-
licious chicken pie supper was served
by the Craignair ladies who were Mrs.
John Stewart, Mrs. Robert Mcknight,
Mrs. John Carson, Mrs. Thomas Carson,
Mrs. James Rowen, jr., Miss Annie
Smith and Mrs. Robert McKinzie. At
Ter the supper the company enjoyed
dancing until midnight
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-30
TALK OF THE TOWN.

Ernest Folsom of Marshfeld visited
friends in the city to-day.
Capt. P. s. Chamb6riin of Bradford
was visitor in the city yesterday.
A meeting of the executive committee
of the Cribbage league will be held In
the A. Tomasi block, Saturday evening,
at o'clock.
J. ]. Collamer, who has been visiting
at the home of his son, George, returned
to his home in Shelburne yesterday.
Miss Bertha Duval returned yesterday
from her home in Hardwick. where she
was called by the illness of relatives.
James Curtis underwent an operation
for the removal of his tonsils at the
City hospital Wednesday, and is doing
as well as might be expected.
Last Concord grapes of the season will
be sold tomorrow at the New England
Fruit Store. These are fine quality,
sweet and juicy. Get basket for Sun
day.
The union meeting this evening will
be held at 1880 o'clock in the Baptist
church. The meeting in the vestry of
the Congregational church last evening
was very largely attended.
Norwich university and Fort Ethan
Allen viii meet in a foot ball game, to
be played on the Norwich grounds in
Northheld, Saturday afternoon at 3
o'clock. Admission rs cents.
An entertainment win be given at the
Company II fair in Montpelier tonight
by the Montpelier Mandolin, Banjo and
Guitar club. Dancing after the program.
Special car for Barre after the fair.
Halloween party tonight at the Uni
versalist church. Entertainment, games
to the occasion and re-
freshments. No admission, public in
vited. Under the direction of the Y. p.
c. ".
Robert Fenwick, who has been at the
City hospital the past two weeks and
underwent an operation, was taken to
his home on the Plainfeld road yester-
day afternoon. His condition is very
much improved.
Among arrivals at the Hotel Otis to-
day were w. A. Blaekman, II. r. By
greave, j. B. Murphy, E. NJ Bowers, B.
A. Barber, Boston; j. B. Brodeau, Lowell,
Mass; L. NJ. Udall, Chicago; D. NJ. Fish.
er, Rutland; Louis Hunt, ]. Seymore, @.
Seymore Burlington: George A. Warner,
New York; Charles A. Stewart, Buffalo,
N. Y.
There will be special gospel meetings
at the hall of the Evangelical church,
Merchant street, beginning next Sun
lay. Services at 2:30 and p. m. that
day. and at 1880 each evening during
The week. Revs. d. T. Burns, Cambridge,
Mass, M. E. Borders, Lynn. Mass, W.
W. Latte, Montpelier, and the pastor,
Rev. G. Howard Taylor, will be in at
tendance. All are welcome.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-30
LIBRARY PATRONAGE.
More Books Already Loaned Than The
Total Volumes in Stacks.

If the patronage means appreciation
Barre thoroughly appreciates the spirit
which prompted the late Leonard +.
Aldrich to give the handsome library
which stands as monument to his
memory. The librarians records for
the first FIVE weeks since the opening
OF the library show that more books
were loaned than the total volumes con
tsined in its stacks at present.
During the first week that the library
was opened 1901 books were taken out
During the second week the number to-
tailed AT; the third, 1.f46; the fourth
SOS; fifth, 1,462. making a total Of
7.224 books which were read BY the
people Of the city. As is usual in al
libraries throughout the country. the
people snow that their chief reason for
taking the books is amusement as of
the books taken out about 90 per cent.
were works Of fiction.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-30
THINKS cHANLER WILL WIN.
P. F. Mccarthy Back From a Stumpirg
Tour in New York State.

P. F. Mccarthy, the secretary treas
urer of the quarry workers interna-
tional union, returned this morning
from a strenuous two weeks vacation
ii. New York state. hIr. Mccarthy, dur
ing his absence, has been stumping in
the interests Of the Democratic cam
spirit Of the controversy and confident
that Chanler, the Democratic nominee
for governor Of the state, will he elect
ed.
Mr.. Mccarthy also expresses the opin-
ion that the race between Bryan and
Taft in New York will be neck and
neck with close margin for the win
ner. During his absence Mccarthy ad-
dressed rallies in 10 of the representa-
tive cities of the state and says that
the Democratic doctrines were received
with enthusiasm by large audiences
wherever the rallies were held. Most
of the audiences we're representatives of
the laboring classes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-30
F0UUH WIFE AND CHILD
WITH THR0ATS CUT
Worcester, Mass, Granite Cutter Discov-
cred Double Deed of His Wife-She
Left Note Saying She Couldn't
Run House.

Worcester, Mass, Oct. 30.--Louis Mi
noli, granite cutter, returned home
from his work last night to find his
bride, aged 10 years, and their yeaF-old
baby, Caesar, dead in the bed in their
little tenement with their t!Afoats cut.
The medical examiner said that the wo-
man had undoubtedly killed the child and
had committed suicide with the same
weapon, her husbands razor.
Mrs. Minoli left letter for her hus-
band, in which she declared that she
loved him, but that she was going to end
her life because she did not know how
to run house. The Minolis had been
married two years, but had boarded up
to week ago, when they went house
keeping, together with Minoli's brother,
Raphael, in a three-room tenement on
the ground floor of large block occupied
by many Italian families, at l3S Ex-
change street.
Louis Minoli, accompanied by his
brother Raphael, left the house at $50
yesterday morning to go to their work
as granite cutters at the shops of the
Webb Granite and Construction company
on AID street. They returned late in
the afternoon and found the door Of
the little apartment locked. After some
time, finding that no response came to
their knocks at the door, Raphael man
aged to raise a window of the room
where he sleeps and entering admitted
his brother by the door.
On going into Mrs. Minoli's room,
they found the mother and child lying
on the bed, the mother partly on her left
side and holding the baby in her arms.
The child's throat was cut literally from
ear to ear, while the w0mans throat
was also horribly gashed Under the
bed clothes, close by the woman's right
hand, lay a bloody razor, where she had
dropped it after completing her fatal
work.
A letter, which was not signed, but
Which was clearly in the handwriting
of Mrs. Minoli, way found in the house.
1t read as follows:
''My Dear Louis-I love you dearly,
and you have been always so good
TO, that / mad everything, want to
tell you the truth. | am a girl that
worrys over nothing. I imagine myself
that | cannot bring up family and
am tired to live in this world. And
the 500 in the bank, they are yours
because you are a good hard working
man. This is coming from have the
blues. Tell mama and papa that I was
never girl to get married. Goodby.
''Dear, don't never get married and
don't worry. l want to go and see
poor Henry. | am crazy. / don't feel
/ do nothing. Goodby sweetheart
wish you good luck for your always
Love me. | am not dying because |
don't love you only feel sorry for you
and don't know how to run house.
Ralph, give Louis courage will you"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-30
AMERICAN SAILORS
In FLOWERY KINGDOM
oeicers Of Fleet Were Given a Lavish
!. Banquet at Annoy, China. Prince
Lang Was Sent to Welcome
The Fleet

Annoy, China, Oct. 30.--The American
sailors this morning entered into the
life of the flowery Kingdom and, as
usual, carried all before them. The
second squadron will remain here until
November 4. The fleet officers were en-
tcrtained at a lavish DINNER tonight,
the principal guests being Admiral
Emery and Prince Lang the highest
preventative of the Chinese govern
rnent who was sent to welcome the
feet.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-30
Gard Of Thanks.

In our sad afiliction and mourning by
the death Of our father, Albert A. Morse,
we have met the Christian love and
sympathy Of cur friends and neighbors;
we in this public manner desire 70 eX-
press our appreciation and gratitude TO
them all.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. j. Morse,
Air. and Mrs. w. o. Belknap,
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. A. Chase.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-30
Program for Dairymaids' Recreation.
At Presbyterian fair, Saturday even

At Presbyterian fair, Saturday even
ing, at O'clock:
Opening march. ........ The Dairymsids
Greeting ...... Miss Freida Hooker
Chorus, "Tis Set of Sun" The Dairymaids
Recitation. n.,...... Miss Avis Coffin
Violin solo ....... Edmund Sanborn
Solo, "The Cows Are in the Corn"
........... Miss Anna Robertson
Chorus, Harry, Charlie and l ......
.................,.T The Farmer Boys
Solo, "The AHlkmaid's Song" ....
.,......,...,.s.. Miss Janet Rigg
Reading, "The Cow and the Bishop"
.,............ Miss Eleanor Sweet
Duet, "The Bells" ......,.....
Freida Hooker and Anna Robertson
Solo. Sec Saw" Miss Dorothy Perry
Reading, "That Baby in Tuscaloo,"
...,................ Miss Hazel Lyon
Solo, '"Twas Milking Time" ......
.............. Miss Mary Patterson
"How Butter Is Made" ........
................ BY Five Milkmaids
Reading, The Deacon's Ride" 49,.
....'....,.... ... Mrs. Watt
Chorus ta) with Flowing Pails,'..
(b) Good Night, Ladies'" .....,.,
.............,.. The Dairymaids
Accompanist Mrs. Ethel Travers, pi.
ano.
Edmund sanborn and Guy Andrews,
violin.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-30
TONIGHT IN BARRE.

"A Knight for a Day" Barre opera
house.
Benefit concert and dance, Niles
hall.
Presbyterian fair, Y. P. A. min
strels. Hale's pavilion.
Barre Central Labor Union, regular
meeting.
Halloween party, universalist
church.
The Comique picture show, A.
Tomasi block.
The Thestorium. 20 Main street.
Massuceo's theatre, Seanpini block.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-30
EAST MONTPELIER.

Rev. G. Howard Taylor, pastor, will
preach at the Evangelical church, Sun.
day, Nov. l, at the morning service, an
election sermon, Every Christian Man a
Prohibitionist." All are invited.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-30
sneoial Sunday dinner a tbe Ratb

Special Sunday dinner at the Rath-
skelier, Nov. /. Going
Leslie ?. Austin returned last night
from a visit with relatives in Cabot.
Frank Eldredge, who has resided in
Minnesota for the past two years. Is
visiting relatives in Barre Town. his
former home.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-30

Clifford Oakley. the Young son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Oakley, Of New
port, was seriously injured Saturday
afternoon when . loaded team passed
ever his body.