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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-06-05
Fire Scared Actor to Death

Eugene Jepson. aged 30, the leading
man in IA vaudeville sketch at Keith's
theatre at Cleveland, dropped dead
of heart disease in his dressing room
when an alarm of fire sounded. Nc
one was injured among the audience
The flames are said to have originated
in the apartment where the moving pic
ture machine is worked. The fire dam
age amounts to 5000. Jepson had a
varied career, playing with Maude
Adams at one time.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-06-05
Against TAFT and Roosevelt

Boston, June 3.-A mass meeting Of
negro voters was held here to protest
against the nomination of William H.
Taft or Theodore Roosevelt for candi-
date for president Resolutions were
made to General Grant by Taft On Me
mortal day in "A speech at Grants tomb.
\ committee was chosen to 20 to Chi
cago to oppose the nomination Of either
Taft or Roosevelt.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-06-05
Claimed Doctor Stole a Kiss

Mrs. Nellie S. Prince of Lowell,
Mass, has lost the 5000 damage suit
she brought against DR.. f. $. Temple, in
which she charged that he had kissed
her against her will while he was eX-
amining her for heart trouble.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-06-05
Effort to Have Sight Restored

Hoping that he may recover his eye
sight. 4. L. Gore, the blind senator from
Oklahoma, entered upon course of
treatment at Washington hospital I'M
der the care of DR.. Wilmer Gore lost
his sight in childhood and but slight
nope is hold out by the physicians as to
the benefit to be derived at this late day,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-06-05
500 REWARD. 500.

The readers or this paper will be pleased TO
learn that there Is at least one dreaded dis.
ease that science has been able to cure In all
its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Ca.
tarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known TO the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Hairs Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation of the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative powers
that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that II fails to cure. Send for list of ties
timonials.
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sold by all Druggists, 75c.
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-06-05

congress. In his message TO congress the
president referred to the good relations
which Chile had with all other coun-
tries, and specially referred to her rela-
tons with the United States. He spoke
Of the visit of the American fleet to
Valparaiso, which, he said, was a sign
of the fraternity between the two ma
tons.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-06-05
Award of Over s24, 900 For lnjurie

Concord, n. H., June 3.-The su-
preme court handed down decision
sustaining a verdict of $2f.41GGG in ia
vor of Harry l.. Piper, a messenger In
the employ of the American Express
company, for injuries received when
knocked down and dragged 1000 feet
by railroad shifting engine in the local
train shed. AS result of his injuries
he later became a physical and mental
wreck
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-06-05
FARM HELP

Satisfactory farm help-Swedes and
Germans, SIS and 500 per month-are
being placed by the Vermont Immigrant
Bureau. Tel. 326-l2, $50 Main ST.,
Burlington, VT, Ridley & Collins.
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-06-05
Death of Former Senator Jones

Former United States Senator ]. X.
Jones (Ark.) died at Washington OF heart
failure after an illness of few hours.
aged 60. He was one of the strongest
supporters of Mr., Bryan, having. as
chairman of the Democratic national
committee, conducted the campaigns of
1896 and 1900. Since leaving the senate
in 1903 he had conducted ii law prac-
tice in Washington and had not actively
engaged in politics. He was born in
Mississippi in 1899 and fought IS a pri-
vate soldier in the Confederate ranks
throughout the Civil war.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-06-05

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The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05

peared from his pen a few seasons
since.
On the northwestern coast of France
stood great rock called THE Mount.
For centuries this mount was a mon
astery, but during the reign or Louis
XVI 1t had become a fortree of the
government. The Lady Elise, daughter
of the governor of the Mount, is the
Lady of the Mount and heroine of the
present romance.
Seigneur Desaurac, owning a neigh
boring estate. deserts his place and al
Infant son; he dies far away, victim
of war. The estate is confiscated by
the governor of the Mount, father of
Elise. When the son of Desaurac is
grown uo he learns how treacherouslv
he has been treated and makes war on
the governor. All the isianueIs, .sao
have reason to dislike the tyrannical
rule of the governor, join the son,
called the Black Seigneur because of
his gypsy skin, and soon he has almost
an army of privateersmen ready TO sac
rihce their lives if need be for him. o.
one occasion the Black Seigneur saves
the life of Lady Elise ana tIielr ro4Ad1ic-
begins. The course of true love runs
any way but smoothly for these young
people; the way is fraught with dan
gers and misunderstanding and quar-
rels.
Some OF the Black Seigneur's men
have been taken prisoners, and in the
guise OF a mountebrnk he enters the
Mount to attempt their rescue. He
succeeds, but is himself captured just
as the last man is safe. From this
time on the book is almost all fighting
No better description of a fight can be
found than the one telling of the
storming of the Mount by the frenzied
rabble which has just heard of the fall
OF the Bastile and is imbued with
sudden courage. The love story of
Elise and the Black Seigneur goes
along through all these troublous
times and in the end prospers. 1t is
most delightfully."- told and the reader
will lay it aside unwillingly.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05

he is the soul OF honor, and. even more
than that. making of himself a most
gloomy martyr. Ordway finds his way
afoot to the little southern village Of
Tappahanock, and there, under the
name, of Smith, begins to work out
new career for himself He not only
endears himself to the villagers, but
so inspires them with confidence that
they wish him to run for mayor. While
legally he has no right to the oft1ce
because of his conviction and conse-
quent loss of citizenship. he argues to
himself that he has so lived as to atone
for all his wrong doing and takes the
nomination. At the ratification meet
ing after his election his political op-
ponents spring their new found in
formation as to his prison record.
Dramatically Ordway admits the truth
and quits the town. Next he hears OF
the death of his. father, who leaves him
an income under such conditions that
he must go back to the home, where
are his wife and daughter. who desert
ed him in his hour of disgrace-baek to
new misery through the daughters
misdeeds.
1t is a fine bit of literature and by rar
the most ambitious work from the au-
thor's pen, but 1T will be popular only
among the readers OF serious fiction
fiction with a purpose beyond amuse-
ment-
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
Books Received

ssThe Marquis and Pamela" by Edward Il
Cooper: Dufheld & Co.. New York.
The ORPHAN BY Clarence r. Milford. the
Outing Publishing company. New York.
ssrhe City Of Delight by Elizabeth Miller.
Bobbs- Merrill company, Indiana polls
'aThs Psychology OF Inspiration By George
Lansing Raymond; Funk Wagnalls company.
New YORK.
-ssMedico- Physical Works OF John Marrow:
University Of Chicago press. Chicago.
William Jordan Junior" BY J. c. Snafth.
MofYat. Yard & Co., New York.
The Sixth Speed by e. J. Raths Mofaf
Yard q Co., New YORK.
The Sisters BY Mrs. Percy Dsarmsr. the
Mcclure company. New York
The vernlfion Pencil by Homer Lea. the
Mcclure eompany. New York.
"A Mind That Found ITSELF" bv Clifford w
Beers, Longnans. Green 4 Co.. New York
Seeing Enslsnd Wth C0eie Jo a. by Anne
Warner. the Century eomDaay. New York
The -Four Pools Mystery. the ceutury com
pany. New York.
''The Process OF Government by Arthur n
Bentley; University OF Chicago press. Chicaro
Jean Jacques Rousseau" hv Jnes Lemaifre.
the Mcclure company. New York.
The Silver Blade Hand Book Tor the Care
and Operation Of Naval Machinery" BY n G.
Dunger; d. Van Nostrand company. New YORK.
The Note Of Discord." Marian Curtis: Broad
way publishing company, New York
The American Battleship and Life IN thu
Navy" By Thomas Boyer. Laird & Lee. Chlc.Zc.
Man and Master" By LAurencs y Lynch,
Laird . Lee. Chicago
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
"Jehn Bidw,II, Pioneer"

By Marcus Benjamin Published at washing
ton, d. c., by the California state asso-
citation Of the District OF Columbia
John Bidwell was truly entitled to
the title of pioneer. for he arrived in
California in 1S41, being a member OF
the first party of Americans organized
to cross the plains to this state The
journey was made with the usual hard
ships that marked the coming Of the
pioneers and Bidwells career after ar
riving here was similar to that OF many
others who became leaders In the new
community. After trying his hand at
many things he settled down to ranch
ing and to public life. occupying .
bright page In the history OF the state
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05

but 1t is more illuminating than the
book about which 1t Is written. One
need not read Degeneration" after
reading this review. It could not be
considered in an unbiased frame of
mind, for Shaw has slashed 1t unmerci-
fully. Yet 1t must be considered that
he has given credit where II IL due.
His last chapter, "Echolalia-" picks
to pieces parts OF Degeneration" but
in this analysis Shaw also pricks some
of the sensitive spots in readers of him
self as well as OF Nordau. That he
knows what he Is talking about and
carries out his purpose is shown by his
closing paragraph:
In country where art was really
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
"New Worlds for Old"

By H. c. Wells. author OF The Future In
America :" .'In the Days OF the Comet. etc
Published by the Macmillan company. New
York. Price S1.50.
Whether Mr.. Wells is writing badly
imagination romances of future
state or uses the prophets form for
criticism of present conditions he has
always at least the nerit-the no
small m0it-of being interesting HIS
latest book, New Worlds for Old,
shows him in his familiar role OF
prophet and reformrr. enthusiastically
the socialist. Summing up the funda-
mental principles of socialism he lays
a broad basis for his predictions as
to what the future social state Will
be. At the root of his argument are
what he calls the .wo main gener-
alizations of socialisms." to each or
which he devotes a chapter. The nrst
generalization may be compressed into
this sentences: THAT the community
as a whole should be responsible and
every individual in the community.
married or single, parent or chiidless,
should be responsible for the weirare
and upbringing of every child born
into that community" The second
generalization is That the community
as II whole should be inalienably the
owner ard administrator OF the land,
of all raw materials, of all values and
resources accumulated from the past,
and that all private property must be
of a terninable nature. reverting TO
the community and subject to the gen.
era1 welfare
Here is condensed the whole gospel
of socialism: IL has never been stated
more clearly The rest of the book is
really but an amplification OF these
two propositions, and an answer to
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
''Gift Bearers"

By Henry Berman. author OF .'Worshipers
Published BY the Grafton press. New 1ork'
Price $1.50.
Mr.. Bsrmar does not fuldll the prom
ise OF his Earlier tale. "Worshipers,
in his latest story. Gift Bearers IN
his subtitle he calls 1.-THE story OF
an Upper Glass Philadelphia Old Maid.
and that description OF the book Is the
happiest bit about it. 1t is quiet lit-
tie tale with an art, music and news
paper atmosphere, and tells the daily
life Of a working woman with not
unusual character. The, story is pro-
sale and never rises beyond the medi-
ocre. 1t is a sure cure for insomnia
and as such finds its only reason Tor
existence.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05

known to the people, instead Of being
merely read about, 1t would not be
necessary to spend three lines on such
q work But In England. where Moth
Ing but superstitious awe and self mis-
trust prevents most men from thinking
about art as Nordau boldly speaks
about It; where to have sense OF art
Is to be one In a thousand, the other
sss being either Philistine voluptuaries
or CaIvanistic anti-voluptuaries, 1t Is
useless to pretend that Nordau's errors
will be self-evident. Already we have
nativo writer's, without half his clever
ness or energy of expression. ciumsily
Initiating his sham scientific vivtsec-
tion In their attacks on artists whose
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05

dated November %. 419 B. o. NJ. (One
supposes the initials to signify Broth
erhood of Mani written by the widow
of a great socialist leader who had
led one revolution and planned an
other. The manuscript tells of fear
full revolution that occurred in 1892.
seven centuries earlier than the writ
er's period.
The Iron Heel" is tyrannical oil
garchy which succeeded representative
government; there Is a sea of blood
this book and much talk of the good
times coming when socialism Is the
universal law and religion. But judg-
Ing from this book that blessed state
is as far from accomplishment then as
now. Serious people will not think
much of this work. but will admire it's
literary excellence.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05

the objections that have been brought
against them.
Most people wonder what the world
would be like If socialism could be
the law. but never before has serious
attention been paid to the question.
One chapter Mr.. Wells frankly heads
Some Arguments Ad Hominem." and
in 1t he asks and answers the ques-
tion What will the world be like
when its state is really a socialistic
one?''
Mr. Wells has won the right to be
classed as something more than a
dreamer Of weird dreams: he may fore
cast boldly. but he Goes it clearly and
logically. There Is with him no
evading of Issues or concealing- Of
hard questions. He may be wrong, but
he is original and unafraid.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
"Ihe Iron Heel

BY Jack London. author Of Love of Life"
Call of the Wild" etc. Published by Mac
milan & Co.. New York. Price. $1.50.
Seriously considered as a sociological
study this Jack London book may be
set down as pernicious, incendiary and
nearly anarchistic. Otherwise it may
seem even amusing-and London never
meant it that way. He designedly
offers in it no choice of emotions, but
rather poses as the fanatic preaching
the gospel of discomfort and hatred
1t is in purport grim forecast and
warning. If we are not good see what
will happen to us in 1882.
In form the book is manuscript,
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
New Books Briefly Noted

The Boy Geologist," by Professor n
J. Houston. is a boys. story. but It's
characters are real boys and should De
as delightful to elder readers as they
The author Is emeritus professor or
physical geography and natural phil
osophy In the Central high scnooa OF
Philadelphia. and Ii Is a pleasure 20
observe this healthy tendency OF msn
who have real standing IN the scientino
world to turn aside now and then 70
dress their technical knowledge In
pleasant fictional form.
The Doxey Book Shop company oS
Baltimore and London has brought out
in well printed. readable shape book
on True Manhood" by James Cardt-
nal Gibbons. The basis OF this little
volume was an address given By the
author to the graduating GLASS OK
Worcester university at its oommence-
ment exercises, 1907. few alterations
and slight additions having been made
by his eminence-
The latest addition TO the First
Folio.' Shakespeare. which Thomas ].
Crowell & Co. New York. are issuing.
are The Winters Tale" The Tenn
pest and "Othello." The edition II cd
tied. with notes, introduction. glossary,
lists OF various readings and selected
criticism. by Charlotte Portsr and Helen
A. Clarke. editors OF the "Cambsrwsu
Browning" and goes back to and re-
produces the famous First Folio taxi
OF 1923, the one which gives Shake
speare IN the original spelling and
punctuation. The text IL thus freed
from the editorial changes OF three
centuries. which. however. are indicated
by abundant notes This 10 the only
reprinting OF the First Folio" obtain
able in handy form 1t IL handsomely
printed and bound and is a WORK Of the
utmost value. price 81 per voIume.)
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
The Lady Of The Noun"

By Frederick T. Isham, author Of Under the
Rose" "The Stroliers' BLACK Friday
etc. Published by Bobbs-Merriu company,
Indiana apolis. Price $1-50.
While this latest tale of Frederick
s. Isham comes under the head Of His
torical Romance" it is far more ro-
nance than history. II Is a charming
love story. albeit not half so interest,"
ing as Under the Rose" which ap-
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
''Ihe Ancient law

BY Ellen Glasgow. author Of 1.-THE wheel Of
Life "The Deliverance," etc Published
by Doubleday. Page & Co., New York. Price
$3.50.
What shall the liberated convict do
with himself when he finds himself
free7
Penologists and sociologists and phil
anthropists are far from satisfactory
answer to this grave question. Here
is another study of 1t In the form of a
serious novel.
Daniel Ordway has been free from
prison Just six days. He has served
his term of five years for embezzling
q trust fund. All the rest OF his lie
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05

work they happen to dislike. There
fore. in riveting his book to the counter
I have used a nail long enough to go
through few pages Of other people rs
well, and that must be my excuse for
my disregard of the familiar editorial
stigma of degeneracy which Nordau
calls agoraphobia, or fear of space"
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
Gossip Of Books and People Mho Make Them

Yale's efforts Of nearly 10 years to
find new song as typical OF the uni
versity spirit as Is the "Old Nassau OF
Princeton or the Fair Harvard OF
that institution has ended with tho
award of the $500 prize to Brian Hook
er. Yale. 1902. His song. Mother OF
Men," has been accepted by the COM
mittee, which consists OF the Rev. An
son Phelps Stokes Jr., Professor Ed
ward B. Reed. Professor Harry B Jep-
SON and W. L Carter, 1897. About
eight years ago John o. Heald, 1873.
offered $50 for a song which would
match either "Old Nassau" or Fair
Harvard" The attempts were unsatis-
factory, and the award was withheld.
Three years ago the award was In
creased to $500 through contributions
made anonymously by two Yale alumni
and the committee of award chosen
The words of Mother of Men" are:
Mother OF men, grown strong in givingi
Honor to themi they lights have led,
Rich in the toll OF the thousands living.
Proud OF the deeds OF thousands dead;
We who have felt thy power and know thee,
We In whose works Thy i, glLrs asall, avail, .n.a
Mother Of men-Old Valet
Spirit OF youth. alive, unchanging
Under whose feet the. years are cast
Heir TO ageless empire ranging
Over the future and the past
Thee whom fathers loved before us.
Thee. whom our sons unborn shall hail,
Praise we today IN sturdy chorus,
MotheSo Of men-Old Yalel
The sermons Of Rev. w r. Hunting
ton. ID. D., rector Of Grace church. New
York. entitled "A Good Shepherd and
Other Sermons" the title discourse be-
ing a memorial OF the late Bishop
Huntington OF central New York. viii
soon be reissued in a cheap and popular
form in the series known as Whitta-
ker's sermon library.
"The Love Sonnets OF a Car Con-
ductor." by Wallace Irwin. with a
harmless and instructive Introduction
by Wolfgang Copernicus Addleburger.
professor OF literary biproducts. Uni
versity of Monte Carlo. is to be pub
lished shortly. new edition of The
Love Sonnets of a Hoodium" was re-
Gently published.
Justin Huntly Mccarthy is among the
well known writers from whom a new
novel is very shortly TO be expected
The book bears the title "Seraphica."
and has for its setting early eighteenth
century France. in the days when Louis
XIV was but boy and Philip OF Or
leans. his regent, on the throne. A ro-
mantle character in the background is
the painter, Watteau.
Miss Elizabeth Robins Alaskan ma
terial for her two books of the far
north The Ma agnetic North and Come
and Find Me- was gathered at first
hand The family knew that the
younger brother had started to St
Michaels to nurse the fever stricken.
with the possibility of going later to
Nome-then for months no word came.
Miss Robins started to find this her
favorite brother. and was successful.
though both fell i'll and almost died OF
the fever.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05

The volume under discussion gives
short biography OF him, covering all
the essentials and paying a fine tribute
to him as a man and citizen
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
BOOKS REVIEWED

~The Complete MOuntanlcer." by George D.
abraham.
1.-THE Lady of the Mount BY Frederick Z.
Isham.
"The Sanity of Art.' By Bernard Shan.
thor of Plays, Pleasant and Unpleasant.
"ToEn Bulls Other Island and Major Bar
bna." etc.
THE Iron Heel" BY Jack London.
1.-THE ancient Lam By Ellen Glasgow.
"Nev Worlds for DID," BY II. c. Wells.
"John Bidpcu Pioneer" BY Marcus Benjamin.
Gift Bearers" By Henry Bcrmdn.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05

By Bernard Shaw. author of plays, Pleasant
and Unpleasant" John Bulls Other Island
and Major BArbara." etc. Published by
BENJAMIN r. Tucker. New York.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-17
Business Mems Banquet.

The Twentieth Annual Banquet Of the
Olue,ville Business Mems Association
was held in Library Hall on Thursday
evening. About one hundred and seventy
five members and guests were present and
listened to some excellent addresses by
Lieutenant Governor Watous, Mayor p. ].
Mccarthy and Superintendent Small ot
the Providence Public Schools. Lieutenant
Governor Watrous held reception before
the dinner was served, and nearly all pre-
sent met the recently elected state official.
President w, p. Potter Of Association
acted as toast master and performed the
duties of the office in very neat and credita-
Bile way. The addresses were listened to
with close attention and the speakers fire.
quenty applauded. Mr.. SmalPs speech
was on the line of "lndustrial Education
and it evidently made an excellent impress
sion. The committee in charge of the ban.
quet consisted of DIR. III. Il. Windsor, VIII.
Sawyer, III. c. Clemence, B. A. Newton,
DIR. A. IL Longiellow, J. +. Russell and
Bernard McTiernan.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-17
THORN TON

c. J. Hackett who was injured last
week is slowly recovering.
Carlo Taylor is still confined TO
his home by serious illness,
The -Four Friends have a socia
in Calefs Hall on Saturday evening
The Thornton football team is anx
ious for a game with the Greystones
George Young of Hughesdale is re
covering from an attack of the grippe
Chief of Police Ducharme is now
settled in his new quarters.
Z. Bedford and family have re
moved to Thomas Horthorn's new
house on Thornton avenue.
The Johnston Town Council me
on Friday of last week and trans
acted considerable business.
The mill property belonging to the
Filch Manufacturing Co. is advertised
10 be sold at mortgagee sale on Wed
nesday, February 8.