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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-18
North Adams, Electinn

North Adams. Mass, Dec. 16.-
John H. Warehouse. Republican
was the successful candidate for
mayor in the city election, winning
by plurality of 76 over Marshal r T..
Ford, Democrat, the strongest Of his
three rivals. The city remains in the
license column by the slim majority
of 25, after a strenuous campaign
waged by both sides.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-18
Young Hunter KiIed

Rockland, Me-, Dec. 14.-John
Davis, IA years old, while hunting
at Bay Point, was accidentally shot
and killed. Davis tripped over the
trunk of an old tree hidden in the
snow and the rifle which he was car
rying was discharged, the shot en-
tering his side.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-18
q Special.

At the Ii. l.. Williams and 1Oc store
special drive will be made Saturday :
All games will 90 at &c; lantern globes
nd lamp chimneys, two sizes, all Be- !;
ice laces by the web, five yards for 81 !;
q here are thre sizes in these, at and l0c
a yard.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-18
POPULAR VOTE OF 1908
Neary Fifteen Million Votes Cast For
Presidential Candidates

New York, Dec. 16.-The total
popular vote of the various presi-
dental candidates at the last national
election was made known in an Off
eial form by the filing of the last of
the official vote, that of Michigan.
Tie totals show the following votes
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-18
RIPToN.

The usual talk to the children on Sun
day afternoon. Subject of the regular
discourse, "Christ, the Fulfilment of
Prophecy" In the evening, -Four Fa-
nous Fools Christmas tree ON Thurs.
day evening.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-18

The national grange favors a revision
of the tariff particularly on such arti-
Giles as are sold cheaper abroad than
they are at home. What's the matter
with the idea?
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-18

iO'ui III an 'dHNpHHtS9' II 'oo- -o'
This grand total exceeds by ,341. r.
53l the total number of votes cast
in the presidential election of 1904
when the grand total was. 10, $40. 7OS.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-18
BROWNSVILLE
GUILT IS FIXED
Revealed by Presidents Mes
sage on the Case
IT STIRS SENATOR FROM OHIO

Private Of Company Makes Con-
fession in Which He Gives Names of
Men Who Were Alleged Leaders In
Shootup in Texas ToWn-Foraker
Governments Case
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11
CONSIDER DIRECT NOMINATION PLAN.
Kings Republican Leaders Unsettled as 10
Details of Proposed Legislation.

The committee OF Republican leaders ano me
subcommittee of lawyers who have in charge the
preparation OF bill to be introduced at AioahS
this winter establishing system OF direct hoihi-
nations will meet Republican headqu'Hters,
Frooklvn at 4 o clock this afternoon
Josepb Hammet the representative Of the Cll-
zens, Union and Senator Eugene NJ. Travis, who
will probably introduce the bill, with the aid OF
Assen,bIyrnsn George A Green, will appear before
the committees and give Their views Inc meeting
will he executive final action will ne taken
While the Kings County organization faVors man
datorv direct nominations, no one has any very
clear idea as TO the details Of the plan i poll
tician said last night that many objections % the
Australian ballot system. v'lich the Governor Is
said TO favor had arisen. Under this system ne
expiained the voter would go TO the polls and
p,t down in alphabetical o-der the names Of all
the officers and delegates he wished 10 vote tor
To do this he would have to carry around in his
head the names Of several hundred OF his teAo"
voters OF else rely the organization 10 FURNISH
him with names which would be contrary 20 the
very spirit of the direct nomination system
"A politician said last night voter would take
all dav to vote and the election othcals Woulu
need 4 month or two to tabulate the returns under
the Australian ballot system. Another objection IS
that big centre OF population. such as New torh
County might nominate the entire state ticket by
mere weight of numbers. whereas now the cand1-
dates are distributed about the state equitaby. II
is thought that other plan must be devised
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11
RUFF CONVICTED AGAIN.
Heney, an Courtroom, Listens to
Terdict against Frisco Boss.

san Francisco. Dec. 1o-The jury in the OF
Abraham Ruef trial for the third time for brib-
ery returned verdict OF guilty this afternoon after
beng out twentX-four hours
The trIal had been IN progress lo6 days The delay
h the 5uT. IN rendering verdict had encouraged
RUef and his attorneys and the prosecution were
p-oporrionateiy discouraged. Hundreds o. specta-
tors patiently in a long line opposite the
trance, with strong detail OF police watching Wig
Slsnry for the first sign OF disorder inside and pa
trolling ever approach 10 the hall.
Francis 7 Heney appeared in the courtroom to-
6ay for the first time since The cay he shot
and listened intentlv while the verdict being
sesd by the foreman Of the jury.
p Ruef sat between his father and Thomas p. Doz-
Ser % the defence. zlen the verdict returned.
Re had spent the greater part OF the day in conver-
sation with his aged parent, and though his face
raled and his eyes remained fixed for long time
upon the men who had pronounced his fate. almost
his FIRST thought for the elder Mr. Ruef. He
whispered q few words % encoura cement TO the
sge6 man and sent him % The room 10 break
the news the defendants mother and sisters.
BY previous agreement OF counsel that the bill OF
exceptions should be settled later. the Court set
next Saturday for pronouncnE judgment. Ruef e
conviction renders him liable ximun penalty
oT fourteen years IN The penitentisry.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11
BUCKS STOTE 60. CASE Up.
Il. b. Parker Defends GOmpers and
associates IN Contempt Trial.

washington Dec 10-Ths labor test case in
which Alton 3 Parker. OF New York formerly
Democratic Presidential candidate. is among the
counsel and the executive heads OF the American
Federation OF Labor are arrayed against the
Bucks Stove and Range Company. Of ST Louis.
vas argued to-day in the Court of Appeals Of the
District % Columbia. The case is appeal from
the injunction granted by Judge Could Of the Dis
from continuing the name Of the Bucks company
zetion-s organ. The Federaticnist The injunc-
tion wss granted against President Gompers Vice
President Mitchell and Secretary Morrison Of the
Federation
Counsel for the Federation said the injunction
was n derosation Of the rights Of the labor organ
3zation and an abuse ot the injGnctve power Of
TIE courts.
Counsel for the Bucks company asked that he
Injunction be continued in effect. and dwelt on the
enormous damage that organization Ike the
Federation. With the power i wieids through its
great membership. infict
Ex-Judge Parker. in his closing argument FOR the
Federation contended that the alleged acts Of the
Federation were not illegal and entirely within
the rights citizens. The point he declared
has not Vet been reached in boycott cases where
q can be said that the law has been finally estab-
Tshed The boycott is best defined s a combina =
1ion 70 cause loss TO person by cOercng others
10 DO the same against their will through threats
1hat they viiI combine against them Il they do
not DO SO"
Taking that definition true, NJ Parker said
that application alleged acts Of the le oor
leaders would show that what they did was volun-
feTv and within their rights.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11

steel cars in different plants over the country
but the plan was checked by the financial stump
Recently the subject was brought up again. ii
had ma de such progress month ago that Fres
ident Corey of tie steel corporation announced
that his concern would build s1ooo'Vo0 steer
wheel plant here. It was then figured thet the
purchase OF the steel plants had about peeh
arranged.
II is asserted in Pittsburg that the steer cor
norstion has been forced into this move by
growing complaints by the railroads "hlch
cannot get prices right steel cars aho SO
have not placed orders. The roads have threat
ened to erect their making plants ana
the corporation which is already at war with
the railroads on steel rails, does not care TOT
more contention and so has decided TO get con-
troll Of the steel car manufacture and make good
terms with the angry railroads.
z H GARY chairman Of the United states
Steel Corporation. and leading officers OF the
Pressed Steel Car Company, emphatcally denled
Yesterday the report from Pittsburg that the
steel corporation had closed deal for the
ACQUISITION of the Pressed Steel Car Company
and the Standard Steel Car Company. They
said that there was foundation whatever for
the report and that such negotiations were
in urcEresS
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11
TRAIN ROBBERS MISS FAT BOOTY.
Overlook Express Car, with Over $4,000 in
the Darkness-Rob the Mail of $4,000

Spokane Wash. Dec 10-Three men held up an
eastbound Great Northern train mile and half
east OF Hfyard early this morning. robbed the
mail car and made their escape In the darkness
they overlooked the express which carried
large amount Of money, including a $4,000 bank
consignment. The amount Of their booty is said
to be sl2 Ooo.
The men boarded the train at Hillyard, crawled
over the tender and compelled the engineer to
stop a little mile from the station. While
two OF the robbers stood guard the engineer
The other took the fireman back 10 uncoupe the
mail and express from the of the train
In the darkness the bandit failed note that the
first car was the mail and the second the baggage
while the express third. The fireman
saw the mistake and cut off the mail and ba Sgage
cars leaving the express attached to the dead
train.
cars several miles east. where they rifed the mail
car TnCoupling the enRink from the cars. they
proceeded three miles TO Mead. where they es
caped in rig which awaiting them
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11
POWDER AGREEMENT
TO DIVIDE THE EARTH.
Astonishing Document Presented at
Cleveland Hearing.

Cleveland Dec. 10-An agreement between the
powder companies in this country and Europe was
presented by the attorneys for the government at
tho federal hearing before Special Master Mahahey
here to-day. 1t provided for $4,000 fine Tor any
breach Of the agreement This document, atter
presentation was identified by President AlTnoh
Lent Of the Austin Powder Company, OF this city.
The agreement signed in 1887, and provided
that II should continue in force for ten years ana
afterward until such time the companies sa"
fit TO revise IT. President Lent says that MS COM
pany withdrew from the agreement az the eNplra-
ton of the ten years. The testimony brought out
at the hearing related only to the effect the agree
ment had on the Austin Powder Company. It's
worldwide effect ives not touched on Mr.. Lent
also intimated that the agreement also ceased al
the expiration of the ten-year period. 80 far as
all of the other companies were concerned, accoru-
ing to his knowledge. He intimated that by the
termination Of the agreement the du Pont company
no longer Is a trust" and is not operating IN
violation Of the Sherman antitrust law MT Lent
gave freely all information asked for by the gov
ernment attorneys.
The document sets forth that the du Pont com
pany the Austin Powder Company and nearly one
hundred other concerns in this country had signed
f. and also all the powder concerns in Europe Ihe
one hundred in this country include every powder
company in the United States, the attorneys say.
The agreement states that at the time II was
drawn up there was immense competition detrl-
mental to the powder trade both in Europe anu
here. II was believed. It said. that by reacnhs
agreement in regard TO prices traue coulu ~
regulated so that each could live and make
profits.
A detonation factory was being built in New Jer-
sey at that time which the European concerns
objected The companies In this country agreed
accordinE to document. to stop the erection cl
this factory. It was also agreed that the Uhlted
States companies should buy 100000 pounds OF de-
torators from Europe Regulations were made as
TO black powder. sportsmens powder and smokeless
military powder
If was agreed the document set forth that il the
United States received any bids from foreign
country for smokeIess military powder. II would
fnd out what the European concerns had bid, and
that the concerns here should not bid any less than
the same price and should bid more.
The world was divided into districts over which
each country should have jurisdiction. Mexico was
American territory, South America was divided be
tween Europe and America. the West Indies ana
British Honduras common property. and the
renainde o. the world was European territory
l. was agreed that fees should be paid into a
common treasury and that all fines should be paid
into the same fund. be used for the benefit Of all
the concerns.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11
METZ KNOWS ABOUT HELPING HAND
Controller and Archbishop Farley Speak at
Catholic Home Bureau Anniversary.

Archbishop Farley and Controller Metz headed
the list Of speakers at the tenth anniversary cee-
bration OF the Catholic Home Bureau for Dependent
Children In the United Charities Building, at Fourth
avenue and 22d street last night. Both were warm
in their praise the society. which has placed 2S2
children In good homes IN various parts Of the
country during the year ended September 80. Arch
bishop Farley also praised the work of the St
Vincent de Paul Society, which works in connection
with the Home Bureau.
Controller Metz arrived trihe late. and he
smiliuEly intimatcd that he had been delayed in
Brooklyn to settle a dispute which he said was
started by my friend Borough Pre sident CUler."
You arc helping the city every time YOU take
care of CHILD said the Controller. You are re-
lievng the taxpayers of a burden and you are doing
Gods work. Yours is not a professional charity
Professional charity looks up a starving mans
pedigree before il gives him bread You give him
bread and then find him pedigree"
Controller Metz stirred his hea rers wneu he told
or his boyhood struggles and said that he knew
what 1t meant to yoUngster 10 get a helping
hand Commissioner Hebberd made brief ad-
dress, and DR.. Charles F. Mc<enna secretary OF
the Catholic Home Bureau and vice-president Of
the State Probation Commission told in detail Of
the extensive work of the bureau.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11
MAIN HITNESS DEAD.
BODY Found in LOckport RGce5cay
-Rciicred Murdered.

Igockpcrt X. Y. Dec. IA strange sequel to the
William Henry Harmon murder case comes in Inc
finding Of the body or John Burke alias Burt
and Sect IN the hydraulic raoeway below Depot
HH in his city
The dead the only living witness 20 the
murder e Harmon. who killed by alleged
footuad several months ago George Gassett. o.
Ecchester. tried for the murder and acquitted
= day o. two ago Martin Donohue Of Dochport
vas arrested charged with TerjuTy alleged TO have
been committed during the Gassett Trial Gasset,
elso s l. be tried later A charge Of burglary
and robbe-r- fl being alleged hat he had robbed
Burke the night o. the Harmon murder or go The
sudden death % Burke removes the main witness
against Gassett-
Dr =. NJ Mcnamara examined the body OF Burke
late to-day and discovered 4 bule- wound il the
back % his head j. IS believed that the man was
murdered. The local authorities il Lockport are at
work on the mystery
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11
UNION ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ELECTS
College in Past and Present Praised at TWENTY
first Annual Dinner

The Union College Alumni Association of New
York held its twenty first annual dinner last night
at the Hotel Manhattan. Frederick W. Seward 40
son of William II. Seward. I.ncolns Secretary Of
state presided. liz Introducing the first speaker
eN-Prasident Andrew V '. Raymond. Of the COLLEGE
Mr. Seward said that, according 10 +. r. Hartman
man should not be held accountable for what he
said i'm an after dinner speech. This may be all
right for railroad presidents. he said hat whether
II holds good for college presidents / will leave
YOU Judge"
All the speeches dealt with the old Union and the
new. and painted bright future for the institu-
tion. Besides Or Raymond. the speakers were
Dean Benjamin II. Rptun. Dr. George Alexander.
president ad interim; Dr. Homer Greene, Florence
J. Sullivan. Professor Franklin H. Giddings Of Co
umbis, and Melville y. Landon. These officers
reelected:
Frederick ". Seward president; George F. Sew
ard first ycepresident; Colonel Charles r. Sprague
second yice-presdent; Edgar :. Barney, treasurer
and william Allen. assistant secretary. Frederick
Klein elected searetsyE.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11
adam GOD" CAPTURED.
Asleep Beneath a HaystOck-TJro
More Dead an Kansas CItg.

Kansas city. Mo. Dec 1o--James Sharp. seIt-
stvled Adam f=od'' ard the man who led The "Ho-
PoI1ers in their recent fight with the officers xas
arrested tonight at Monticello. Johnson County
Kan He made resistance
Adam Cod was wounded in both hands a sho.
had pierced hts coatsleeve and another bullet bs5
passed through MS cap. When found ne vas aslsso
beneath naystack. He told the officers that -
was willing to be taken. that ne had "anfshAs
the work that God sent me to DO"
Two more names were added to-day 20 the 1fs4 -
dead as result Of Tuesdays hght. Shortly bs
fore noon Louis Pratt forty-ve years old ths f,-.
most disciple OF James Sharp. died at the Gensrsl
Hospital and an hour later Michael MullaBs
policeman succumbed TO his wounds at St Jossps-,
Hospital Albert .. Daibo7. policeman. and Iof,
Pratt died Immediately after being shot Tuesdav
MulIane suffered himself to be rnortaIy xog7da5
because he would not shoot a woman. Accor5in,
to witnesses he lodged behind wagon when Ms
Sharp attacked him with revolver and rnads 10
resistance although he was armed
BOYS 1 could have killed the woman. b1t
wouldn't he exclaimed. ne sank 70 the pave-
ment pierced BY four bullets.
II developed to-day that both Pratt and James
sharp assumed the title Of Adam Cod when
nraachipz in separate localities. but Sharp "A
founder Of the sect held the prior claim 20 the ra
Mrs Pratt. who. with her four children. IS beng
held At police headquarters. now states she knoxs
sharp was a false prophet ana wishes she had re-
rnafned In "the good old Baptist Church
sanduskv. Ohio. Dec. IO.-Ihe Holy Roller orsanl-
zatfon A. Berlin Heights. almost two hundred
strong vas ordered disbandsd BY irate toTnspsopIs
TODAY. and the organizers. Jacob HopPingsr and
I q Deekfn of Buffalo. were served with notice
IN leave the community This action was prompted.
II Is said bv fear or trouble, due to the Kansas
City affair. The Holy Rollers threaten resistance.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11

Considerable interest was felt yesterday by p~sc-
tising orticians in the action which was taken -
the state Board of Regents optometric regua-
tons II was not thought that the board would
finally announce its decision on the character OF
the examinations TO be passed by those desiring
licenses unde- the law, but the decision as to
certificates of exemption be issued TO those who
have been opticians for years or more was
locked for with interest
It was the genefal feeling that pretty nearly all
those who have been pra ctisng optometry. whether
scientifically or otherwise for two years or more
would receive their certificates, irrespective Of
their ability to pass the examinations 10 be re-
ouired in the future. The optometrists Who have
been largely instrumental in getting the passage
of the law feel that It would not be we'll TO make
the restrictions too severe at the start as II is
feared that men who would lose their business
would be bitter and that tests Of the constitution
alfty of the law might follow. There is general
desire to avoid friction, and in this desire Of the
opticians il is thought that the State Board OF
Regents concuTs.
The skilfuI and scientific optometrists who have
made a careful study of their work feel that the
older men who do not scientific methods will
not he able to compete with the skilled and trained
optometrists who will be the only ones allowed
to engage in the work after January l. ana DO NOT
fear the presence for little while OF the older
and less skilled men.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11
TWINS BORN ON OCEAN LINER.
Mother and Babies, Here, Paroled in Immi-
grant Society

When Mrs, Marie Lesser sailed from Bremen TO
New York on the steamer Prtnz Friedrich Wilhelm
OF the North German Lloyd Line small blue Hun
Earian cradle large enough 70 hold one tiny baby
comfortably. included in her baggage When
day out from Bremen the expected heir came
and brought with him sister. and the little blue
cradle had do for
The Prinz Friedrich left Bremen November IS
and arrived here Tuesday \ message was sent
Mrs. Lesser's husband. who Is employed in Man
chester y. II. The mother and children We're pa
rolled in custody OF the Austrian Immigrant So
ciety. While several friends taking the cradle
the elevated train South Ferry ticket chopper
objected that there much baggage An
agent of the home showed the twins. and reua r I'd
that it vas nod besSase bud peoples The, ticket
chopper let them all pass.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11
ARREST THREE AS BURGLARS.
Brooklyn Negroes, Accused of Robbing One
House Held Responsible for Many Thefts.

Three negroes. whom the police say are responsi-
HE for numerous recent burglaries IN the Hill sec
tfon of Brooklyn. were arrested az No l75 Navy
street Brooklyn, last night Many articles stolen
from, various places were found I'm the house, and
tba-a was a varied assortment Of skeleton KEYS
Al the borough headquarters the men said they
were William jackson, OF No. II Navy street;
Thomas Stanley OF No rs Navy street. and Alex
--s--r,,s cf No IL NAVY street They were
charged with robbing the home Of Dr. Frederick
- poe of No = Greene avenue. on December
I and taking surgical instruments valued al 80
The homes cf Mrs. Emma l. carr OF No ls7
so1tb oxford street and : n Elmore a. No %
Greene avenue. were entered by the tnleVes De-
cA-1bsr ) the police say. and the home OF MS
,,,ie Linner- at No 139 South Elliott Place, on
the day following.
The prisoners we're charged with grand larceny
and burglary.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11
FEARED BEING GRABBED

The brain acts through the nerves.

The brain acts through the nerves.
When the nerves are irritated by coffee drink
sng the mind often imagines things which have
no real existence-suCh as approaching danger,
z5nfriendly criticism, etc.
A Mich woman suffered in this way but found
bow 10 overcome it. She writes:
For twenty years, I drank coffee thinking it
-ould give me strength when tired and nervous.
The more coffee drank, the more tired and
nervous I became until / broke down entirely.
Then ! changed my work from sewing to house
work This gave me more exercise and was
beneficial bar I kept on drinking cOffee-thought
/ could not do without IT,
L was nervous al times hat il left alone I
would not 20 from one room 10 another for fear
someone would grab me. and my little children
had 10 go around on tiptoe and speak in whispers.
FINALLY attack of the grip weakened me 50
my nerves rebelled and the smell even Of coffee
was nausea ting. Then my husband prepared
some Postum for me, believing the long use Of
coffee had caused my reak-down. 80 that my
head and hands shook like the palsy.
At first did not Ike Postum but | kept on
drinking it and we learned how 10 make il
right according 10 directions on pkg. / liked il
well as coffee.
-Occasions lly make coffee when we have
guests and give il 10 the children too but as
soor as they taste II they return their CUPS for
Postum. Now go anywhere In the house day
or night and never think Of anyone grabbing
me and the children can romp as healthy chill
dren shouid-my nerves are all right" There's
q Reason"
Name given by Postum Co. Battle Greek
Mich. Read The Road TO Wellville." In pkgs
Ever read the above Ietter7 A new one sp-
pears from time to tin1e. Thsy are genuine,
true, and full Of human Interest