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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-11-04

HI. H. Elliott and family have gone
to Randolph, Mass.
J: A. Calkins has bought j. II. Gill |
more's house with grocery at the Cen
ter. i
TROY.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Meth
odist church will hold a sale and
chicken pie supper at Aiken's hall
Thursday evening, Nov. 5.
The Methodist church at Sawyerville
Que, was the scene of very pretty
wedding on Wednesday evening, Oct.
%, when the Rev. Frederick Williams,
Methodist pastor at this place. was
united in marriage to Miss Julia NJ
Osgood. daughter of w. H. Osgood
of Sawyerville. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. D. A. Tough.
pastor of the church. Miss Gertrude
E. Osgood, sister of the bride. acted
as bridesmaid, while Ernest Gilpin
of Westheld supported the groom
Mendelssohn' wedding march was
played very effectively by Mrs. M. S.
Taylor of Waterloo, sister of the
bride. ! Little Miss Hazel French,
cousin of the bride, beautifully per-
formed the duties of maid of honor.
The ushers were r. Planch and E.
Lowry. The bride. who was given
away by her father, was charmingly
gowned in point de- esprit over white
duchesse lace and insertion, and wore
a veil draped over orange blossoms
and carried shower bouquet of roses
and maiden hair fern. The bridesmaid
was attired in white Swiss muslin
trimmed with Maltese lace and inser-
ton and carried bouquet of pink
carnations. Mr.. Williams was for
merly assistant minister on the Saw
yerville circuit. He is an original and
thoughtful preacher and while there
made many warm friends. The many
beautiful and costly gifts to the bride
attest the high esteem IN which she is
held in church and community. The
happy couple left amid showers of rice
and good wishes for their home in
Troy. The brides going-away gown
was brown broadcloth with blouse of
champagne colored silk, and hat to
match. On Thursday evening recep-
tion was given Mr.. and Mrs. Williams
and was attended by friends from
Westfeld. Jay and Troy to the number
of 100. The Troy band was in at
tendance and furnished fine music.
Refreshments were served, sum of
money presented and a very pleasant
time enjoyed. All unite in wishing
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams many happy
years together.
WESTFIELD.
Chaplain M. w. Farman is home
from Montpelier for few days.
H. D. Miller of Highgate formerly
OF this town, has purchased the stock
of goods of H. L. Dodge and taken
possession. We are glad to have Mr..
Miller and family return to town.
On Tuesday, Oct. 81. Miss Jessie
Woodworth of this place and Fred
Macomber of Grand Isle were married
at the home of Rev. and Mrs. P. N.
Granger at Peacham. On the return
from their honeymoon trip they will
reside In Grand Isle. Mrs. Macomber's
nome has al ways been this town and
her wide circle of friends extend con-
gratulatlons and best wishes.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-11-04

The ninth grade students oDerty
graded school gave Halloween party
Saturday evening. refreshments were
served and everyone had most enjoy
able time
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-11-04
St. Paups Church Notes.

St. Paups Church Notes.
Mass at Barton Landing Sunday at 9
a. IA. Mass here at II a. m.
The mission closed here Sunday
evening and was very largely attended
every evening during the week.
I
DERBY.
Additional Derby news on another
page.
Miss Margaret Upper member Of
the Derby academy faculty is unable
to be in school this week on account Of
illness.
The class of 1909 will give box
social and promenade in Derby academy
hall Friday .evening, Nov. 6. Adj
mission Is cents.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-11-04

Charles Elkins of Barton Landing
was in town Sunday.
H. H. Elliott and family have gone
to Randolph, Mass.
J: A. Calkins has bought j. II. Gill
more's house with grocery at the Cen
ter.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-11-04

Our Underwear and Hosiery Depart
ments contain complete assortment of
Fall and Winter goods. Buy now and
you won't be disappointed later.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-20
A Street Car Ideal.

Cleveland's street railway war may
not have been entirely without good re-
suit. AT least there is satisfaction on
hearing this prediction by a judge of
the Federal court in handing down his
decision:
A final adjustment, 10 is hoped, will
result in such a public grant 10 the
owner or owners of the property as
will return absolutely nothing more
than a fair interest on the actual in
Vestment while the people, still re-
tanning their sovereignty over the
public highways, will receive the best
possible service at the lowest possible
cost, and when that occurs those who
have for years fought for il Will re-
ceive their reward.
If Cleveland can accomplish the re-
suit here Outlined-not forgetting that
actual investment" includes foresight,
energy, and risk, and that each would
earn interest if otherwise employed
it will be nearer the ideal of the rsla-
tionship that ought to exist between a
city and a publie-service corporation
than exists in any community in this
country. 1t is the ideal toward which
all cities ought to strive, and some Gay
it viii be SO driven home by its inner
.ent fairness, by judicial decision and
judicial dicta that the people will come
into their own.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-20
GRANGE TO PUNISH
FOR POLITICAL ACT
Resolves to Oppose Senators
Who Vote Against
Parcels Post.

The National Grange. the great and
mighty farmers organization spread
ing itself al ov0r the United States, is
TO follow a political policy Of rewarding
its friends and rebuking its enemies at
the polls. as has been planned by the
American Federation or Labor.
In closing the sessions of the National
Grange in Odd Fellows Han, the con-
ventlOn adopted a resolution submitted
by Aaron Jones. demanding the estab-
Hshment or the parcels post on rural
routes and its universal extension. An
other resolution asking for the estab-
lishment of postal savings banks for
the benefit of the farmers was also
adopted.
Il was then that a resolution was in
troduced by Mr.. Godfrey. chairman of
the committee on postal improvement.
The resolution. which was passed with
acclaim. provides that 1t be made the
duty Of the national secretary 10 COM
pile such a list. furnish printed copies
to all State secretaries for all sub
ordinate oranges, and TO furnish re-
vised copies whenever changes in the
list made this necessary.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-20
Mr.. Rockefeller as a Witness.

The very climax in the development
of the new character Of John ID. Rookie
feller-the Rockefeller who seeks to
Placate public opinion, to justify the
processes in his wonderful business Ca
reer, to induce the world to believe him
a misunderstood person-seems TO have
been reached in has appearance on the
witness stand in New York. Mr.. Rookie
Teller appears at first glance to be most
engagingly frank, even pleased with
the opportunity to tell about his com
pany. 1t viii not be forgotten, of
course, that the utmost effort was made
TO save him from telling the very story
which now comes with so much surface
spontaneity.
Before Judge lands, in Chicago, Mr..
Rockefeller made rather an unsatisfac-
tory witness. He had "A bad memory
as to extremely important matters.
Then, as now, he seemed TO have no
doubts about the propriety of anything
he could remember, in the transactions
of his great concern. He merely didn't
recollect those things which might have
been bit difficult to square with high
moral ideals in business.
Despite this misfortune of memory,
it is plain that a good deal of real light
is going to be thrown, by this examina-
tion, on important phases of the history
of the first and greatest trust. 1t has
been difficult for the historians of
Standard Oil to get at many things in
the early career of the company. Mr..
Rockefeller IS certain TO illuminate
some of the dark places, to furnish
some connecting links, to drop some
things which viii mean more to the
close students of his story than to the
casual reader.
Mr.. Rockefeller is no apologist for
his methods. He insists that the Stand
ard always got the cheapest money in
the world because it had the best cred
it; and he makes plain that this Is to
be the general line of his explanation of
the company's success. Instead of ben
EAAL44lE ny ia -Oi9 llDLL II ans tl4 Ia Nl0u
interests, and instead of employing un-
fair competitive methods, he proposes
TO argue that the STANDARD survived
and grew to domination, because of su-
perior business management.
1t all becomes largely question of
what constitutes proper business meth
DDS. Mr.. Rockefeller's view on that
point is somewhat archaic. 1t isn't so
many years since most people believed
much as he does now; but that time
is past Mr.. Rockefeller is behind the
times in his code Of business morals.
He doesn't seem to be a laggard in any
other feature Of business qualification.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-20

tons of his race. But most important,
it would record a mutual recognition of
these facts, a mutual disposition to al
lay the rancor and glory IN the re-
stored comradeshiP of brothers who are
no longer opponents, and it would have
the force of a general declaration, in a
sense and with an emphasis not hitherto
realized, that for the men who d the
fighting the war of the States ha- eft
no malevolence, no false pride, no re-
sentiment even, in its wake,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-20
Chinese Puzzles.

In one of this months issues of the
periodical which he is to serve later
on as special contributing editor, Presi-
dent Roosevelt will have an article on
the subject of "The Awakening of
China" He could hardly have chosen
"a more timely topic or a topic whose
misty and mysterious environment ap-
.peals more strongly both to diplomatic
Investigation and to popular curiosity.
Since 1870 China has been ruled by
the woman whose death has just been
officially announced, Isl An, the En-
press Dowager, a character justifying
Ba.zac's savage observation regarding
the inherent qualities of the general
run of feminine rulers. Tsai Tien, the
Emperor, who died last week, a few
days before the end of the Empress
DOwa ger, assumed the flguTatively ON
nipotcnt title of the Son of Heaven at
the age of three. Twelve years later,
in 1887, the regency ended. 1t was
given out that Isl An had retired; but
she had not gone far, for when Kwang
Su, the Emperor, took it into his head
TO introduce some Western ideas she
promptly suppressed him. In this state
of -essiOn, of misery, and despair,
he remained until his death.
BY an edict recently issued the new
Emperor is to be Pu II, son of Prince
Chun. Pu vi is another three-year-old.
How long viii it be before he realizes
what he is up against?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-20
BRYAN ASKS TAMMANY
TO EXPLAIN STAND
Nebraskan Says 1t Is Up to Murphy Crowd TO Tell
Why They Could Not Garry New York-Puts
Pertinent Questions Defends Labor Planks

LINCOLN, Neb.. Nov. 2O.--Mr Bryan
scores Tammany in plain language in
today's Commoner.
He says:
"Nr. Murphy. the head of Tammany,
says that 'Tammany did the best It
could for the Democratic national
ticket. There's the rub. If Tammany
had been treacherous it might promise
the best it could what hope is there
next time?
If Tammany did. the best t could
and could not carry the city CT New
York for the Democratic national ticket,
several questions arise:
First. Was II the fault OF the candl-
da'a?
Second. was it the fault Of the plat
fOrm2
Third. Was it the fault of Tam
many? or,
Fourth. Is there a New York
Democracy outside of Tammany?
If the Democratic candidate was OBJ
Jectonable to Tammany the remedy is
10 nominate a candidate next time who
is satisfactory to Tammany-proyided,
Of course, that is al that is necessary
to insure a Democratic victory II 1t
was the Democratic platform that was
Objectionable the remedy is easy-let
Tammany write the next Democratic
platform; provided. OF course. Tam
many platform will insure a Democratic
victory.
But If 1t was the fault of Tammany,
the remedy is more difficult How is
Tammany TO be reformed? II Tammany
viii not support the Democratic ticket
and platform when the ticket and plat
form are satisfactory TO the Democrats
Of the nation, what is 10 be done?
But the fourth question. Is there a
Democracy in New York outside OF
Tammany that must be consulted2 II
Tammany did it's best, then either Tam
many could not bring Tammany 10 sup
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-20
NEW YORK COUNTY
c. O.P. IS FOR ROOT
Republican Committee In
dorSes Cabinet Member as
Platt'S Successor.

NEW YORK, Nov. c5.-The Republican
county committee BY big vote has in
dorsed Elihu Root 20 succeed Plat as
Senator from New York.
The resolution Of Endorsement WIS put
through only after q spirited discussion
in which the charge was made that the
bylaws OF the committee were being
trampled under foot.
In order to get the resolution through,
in the face o. a bylaw of the committee
expressly foT bidding the Endorsement Of
any candidate for other than an office
to be flied by the vote Of the people,
Chairman Parsons was compelled to
make a ruling and cut out three lines
Of the resolution which expressly in
dorsed Mr.. Root.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-20
Seeing Washington With The Times Guide
JEFFERSON DAVIS HOUSE,"

the home of their society. but without
success.
"Col. Jefferson Davis, OF the famous
Mississippi Rifles, and President Of the
Confederate States during the civil war.
lived in this residence from 1857 until
January p, 1859, when he resigned from
the Senate when Mississippi seeded
from the Union. Jefferson Davis had
always consistently advocated the SOW
erign rights Of the States and regarded
the privileges of the States as superior
TO the union founded by the States.
but did all in his power to prevent Sc
cessiou. On January q, he was Off
cially notified OF the action taken by
his State on January g, and after a
night spent walking the floor Of his
library, in the effort to reach a de-
cision as to the stand he should take,
he delivered before the Senate the fol-
lowing morning a speech in which he
rendered his resignation from the Senate
and defended his State in her act Of
secession. Davis left the house on /
street that same day, and was followed
by his family. In later years, Mrs
Davis. in speaking to Mrs Dean about
the house at l736 I street, said: In
that house were spent the happiest years
of my life
THE Davis house is a three-story
structure of brick and stone is rather
narrow, and hemmed in on both sides
by other houses Of stone and brick
houses the garden in the rear has dis
appeared, leaving In its stead, a mar
row, paved court, into which the win
dows In the library open"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-20
A Thrill From SpOttSylYania.

From Virginia-and from Spottsyl-
yania-comes suggestion to erect in the
Bloody Angle a monument to Grant
and Lee. There is a thrill in the
thought. Spottsylvania was the scene
of no single battle. 1t was a place of
siege. For an entire fortnight Grant,
Meade, Hancock, Warren, Sedgwick,
Sheridan, and Burnside fought in the
thicket and open fields against Lee.
Stuart, Anderson, Ewell, and Early.
Nearly 10000 men were lost there, and
though the fighting was not the blood
lest of the war what fighting was p
these Americans did not sacrifice them
selves save to a logged courage which
calls forth the admiration even of the
stolid.
Spottsylvania was the beginning of
Sheridan's remarkable game Of hare
and hounds with Stuart. 1t was the
scene Of a notable vigorous attack by
General Warren's men and an equally
notable stubborn defense by those of
Anderson. There it was that Hancock
first failed and then succeeded in storm
ing Lees intrenchment, and Lee, whose
men had been under fire almost an en-
tire day, tried five times vainly to dis
lodge Hancock; but tia series of en-
gagements was particularly noteworthy
for this:
That Lees strategic resourcefulness
enabled him to Withstand Grants large
" superior fore, and even when driven
hack to retire to a position so strong
that instead of continuing the fighting
Grant withdrew to the North Anna
that Grant did the directing of all his
troops; that he had the help of corps
commanders superb as Hancock; that
he did not hesitate to send his men
against the deadIiest FIRE again and
again; that though he took advantage
of every newly disclosed vulnerability,
he won finally by crushing his oppo-
nent; and that both sides lost brilliant
leaders in the coarse Of the two weeks
nightingale Federals, John Sedgwick,
and the Confederates, J. Z. b. Stuart.
a monument to all that this fighting
represented-noJ to that represented
by either side only-would have ma
tional significance. 1t would be a fitting
tribute to gallantry inspired and sus-
tanned by intelligence. 1t would mark
an appalling array of Anglo-Saxon
combatant was true to the best tradi-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-20

port the ticket or there is a Democracy
outside OF Tammany that thwarts Tam
i'.'-.iy s Efforts when Tammany does its
best.
And II there is a Democracy outside
OF Tammany that must be reckoned
with. IS K not time for that Democracy
to organize itself and make itself
known. so that the national Democracy
will have something with which to CO.
operator
up the State the Republicans tried
to create hostility to the ticket this year
by charging that Tammany was sup
porting the ticket. and outside of New
York the support OF Tammany was used
as an argument against the ticket. Is
the national party to have Tammany
used as an argument against It, and
when Tammany is powerless to help tho
national party even when It does it's
best?
VIII Tammany EXPLAIN"
Mr.. Bryan says there was nothing In
the four labor planks in the DEMO
cratic platform that could rightfully be
made the basis OF appeal to the preju-
dices Of large employers. He says;
Mr.. Gompers and those closely asso-
ciated with him as labor leaders must
be credited with sincere. earnest, and
effective support OF the Democratic
ticket. Their argument may not have
convinced as large a percentage OF the
vote Of organized labor as was expect
ed. Upon this subject the statistics are
not yet ObLainable, but II must De re-
membered that under present cOndi-
lions II Is necessary TO do more than
convince.
"A great many people were convinced
that the Democratic position was correct,
and yet were afraid TO follow their con-
victiOns. The Republican leaders con-
fessed this themselves when they be-
gan to appeal 70 the fears Of the en-
plOyes. Many cases have been brought
10 our attention where employers warn
ed their employees not to vote the DEM
ocratic ticket under threat OF reduC-
ton IN wages"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-20
Trust Probable.
No. elk

h~T 1875 I street northwest, ladies
~ and gentlemen. almost directly
across the street from the
house where Harriet Lane Johnston
niece Of President Buchanan. lived for
so many years, you see the house where
Jefferson Davis lived while Senator
from Mississippi
s.The house does not show its sixty
odd years, as of late it has been con-
siderabIy modernized and kept in the
best of repair. When occupied by Sen
ator Davis there was little frame
building on the corner, and on the
Eighteenth street side Of the house was
an entrance that communicated with
that street.
..Dayis' study overlooked this street,
ana before the erection OF the Long
worth residence a long balcony ran be-
fore the study window. The interior
Of the residence, however, has under
gone very few changes, the drawing
room and library having the same old
fashioned folding doors and paneled
ceilings that might have been seen a
few years previous to the war
I'm 1850, and from then until 1875,
the house was owned by Mary S.-Dodge.
who at this last named date sold the
property 10 Richard c. Dean, for many
years a medical director in the United
States navy. who retired in 1895 with the
rank Of rear admiral Admiral Dean
has lived in the house for about thirty
i've years, and is greatly attached to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-20
LACK OF FACILITIES
HASTENS MANS END
Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page.)
waited some time. it is said, and then,
having laIled to rOut Mason. he is said
TO have gone over to the bed, and, by
shaking the PROSTATE man, attempted 70
make him move.
Scuffle Follows.
a scuffie followed, and then McCros-
sin, either running away to avoid fur
Their trouble, or seeing that his op-
ponent was about to pull a gun, start
ed for the door.
Just as he reached it, Mason got his
gun out. McCrossin lodged, but he was
not quick enough, and Mason's shot
knocked him to the floor
McCrossin died in the Washington
Asylum Hospital a few hours later,
without regaining consciousness. He
was formerly a well-kn0wn farmer in
Montgomery county, Maryland.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-20
LASSOES HER TONGUE

AKRON. Ohio, Nov 2O.-Charging
that her husband tied a cord around
her tongue to keep her from talking,
Mrs. Alexander ZaloviCs, of Barberton,
had him arrested on a charge of cruelty.
ZalOvics pleaded guilty, saying his
wife's incessant talk had driven him
wild
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-20
CARS MOTHER TELLS
OF PLOT TO MURDER
Empress Marie Says Scheme to
Kill Nicholas Is Nipped
in Bud.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov 21-With
what she declared TO be positive knowl-
edge Of the discovery Of a plot to
assassinate Emperor Mich Las, the
DOwager Empress Marie returned from
Copenhagen today.
She says the assassination was plot
ted by Russian anarchists in COpen-
hagen, and that the scheme was well
under way when nipped by the aUthOTi-
ties