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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-09
Basket Ball.

,bill Added to the List of VanQuiSh-
%-s7tol2 is the Score and Matthews
nd Kruger the StarS.-St. j. A.
rims ri Barton Academy 30 to Is.
n,,srbII went down before Company
,t n Saturday night by the score of
!yn u't Perfect team work by the
as against individual playing on
SNoart Of the visitors turned the trick.
u, hest team won, but the result must
ti ~ startled the Haverhill supporters
ps little. considering the classy ball
y, have been putting pot late against
4 n, fastest Massachusetts teams.
There was very little scoring on either
a, dpring the first period. Brennan
'a.osd the show with one of his specta-
VAR shots and Toby had couple to
Z \. credit while the visitors only score
anne on fouls. The period ended 7 to 2.
i Tomoang y opened fast in the next
.,rod and before it ended had nine more
Po,Is 10 their credit. The first goal from
4 Il field by the visitors was registered by
oca,se 10 this period, after % minutes
fsctual 0lay Twelve more baskets in
4, last session for the locals, and the
rgtor, three. brought the final score
soto 50 t. r. The game was one-sided,
inf the exhibition put up by our team
vas certainly worth the money and
,rsrbody left the hall perfectly satisfied
Ibat st. Iohusbury was destined to re-
naip on the basket ball map for a while
4 ra Matthews and Ward Brennan did
Qgme clever shooting and the crowd
\ aoved their appreciation in a hearty
manner Toby shot IA and the whistle
sant that stopped him from shooting
|tmore as he had apparently just got
anted.
Sam Fo'lansbee, the speedy forward
INST have thought the hall was full
1dEruegers Follansbeei is fast all right,
htno matter where he went nor how
Ea he travelled to get there Gus was
\ vays Waiting, with his apologize
/ ae which seemed to say 81 hate to do
Sammy, but this is what they're pay
4 rg me tar' 1t is extremely doubtful if
\ T man with the possible exception of
Heney has ever put such guarding
1 zane 90 he local court as did Gus Krue-
/ r Skeets Wright and Jack Fox had
|napparently easy time with their men
/ md allowed neither of them to score
Lacassc worked hard for Haverhill and
| got the crowd by his aggressive manner
70 the floor, even when up against so
/ treat Odds The score:
COMPANY ID HAVERHILL
|srnnau ri lg, X. Follansbee
1MttheW~. If rg, Lacasse
5Edght c, Aldrich
H'01 tx If, Grebenstein
slmegcr rf S Follansbee
Score lmpany D so, Haverhill IL. Goals
/ om f Matthews 4, Brennan Z. Wright
Il Lata>>c 2 5. Follansbee 2, Fox. Points
aOus Company 4, Haverhill 1 Referee,
bun. Time, three 10 minute periods.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-09
GREENSBORO.

The w. c. T. U. will meet with Mrs.
Achenback, Friday, at 2 p. m.
Frank Homegar has closed his barber
shop here and with his wife gone to
Connecticut.
MIR. and Mrs. L. A. Jackson returned
home Saturday from few days visit in
Massachusetts,.
Miss Grace Kimball visited erparents,
in Lyndon. Saturday and Sunday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-09
Samuel Laid is working for T. W.

Samuel Ladd is working for T. w.
Gebbie.
Mrs. L. p Jackson has decided since
the death of her husband to live with
her daughter at Newbury, and will sell
her household goods at auction Friday
afternoon.
George Farr was in Lyndonville the
last of the week
Much sympathy is felt for A, B. Coomer
and family in the loss of their son in
the shooting affair at Glover, Saturday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-09
EAST CONCORD.

The sad news reached here last Mon
day morning Of the death of Mrs. Selden
Smith OF South Lunenburg. Her frail
life went out early Monday morning,
due to an attack of pneumonia. Aunt
Hattie" as she is better known was
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-09

his Great Hair Crow
ing Remedy can now be
had at all druggists in three sizes,
25c, soc and 81. 90
per bottle.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-09
New Subscribers
OF the Citizens Telephone and
Telegraph Exchange.

For the benefit of subscribers of the
Citizens Telephone Company, and those
interested we print below a list of new
subscribers taken on by this company
since Nov. | 'OS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-09

Gloucester Saturday evening was the
that brought the fans to
their feet at the last game. Jack Fox
ad bis bunch will come here fully conf
Dent of ,arrying away the game, but
there are those who are from Missouri
md they will be out in force to be
shown lisa wise fan who makes his
engagements so as not to conflict with
|hs b. < event.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-09
ST. !. A. SO, B. A. %.

The academy team overcame many
lndicaps including a small hall and
sraJle floor, and defeated Barton
,ademy at Barton, Friday night, 33 to
Gibson and Alden played a strong
lmeand did the bulk of the scoring. Jew
land leslie did feature work for Barton.
LA looks better than ever this year
ID til, Indications are that they will be
PIN ,tLht of the leaders among the
h0o tcams before the season ends.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10
ny q. G. LEVY, NJ. d.,
Chief Health Officer.

The Exhibit of Congestion of Popu-
lation which has been open to the
Richmond public since last Tuesday,
and which will remain hero few days
longer. will we'll repay careful study by
all who have the interest of our own
city at heart. Although this exhibit
deals chiefly with conditions which are
found In New York, there is still much
III 1t which is even now applicable to
Richmond, while the entire exhibit pre-
sents problems which every growing
city must sooner or later face.
In New York and other cities OF its
Kind, the mere fact Of congestion OF
constitutes an enormous
problem, While In Richmond we can
not, fortunately, point to any section
which presents the features OF New
York's crowded East Side, still It is not.
after nll, simply n question OF the num-
lber Of people living per acre. The
question OF how they live Is the real
issue, and In this respect We can show
In Riahmnnd some sights which can
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10
DELEGATE FROM SWEDEN
VISITS CITY AI.NLSHOUSE

Among rho members of the conven-
ton to visit the City Almshouse yes
terday was one of the most dtstin-
guished foreigners in attendance, Mr.
G. III. Won Koch OF Stockholm, Swe-
den. Mr.. Won Koch is travelling in this
country as the agent OF the Swedish
government to inspect institutionssgfor
the care Of the poor and the depea ssnt,
and was attracted to Richmond by the
meeting of tile national conferences
He registered as a delegate yesterday
Mt headqunrters.
Superintendent Davis. OF the City
Almshouse took the distinguished Wis
itor over the institution, With which
he was much pleased. The cleanliness,
and the evident attention to all health
and sanitary precautions We're espe-
cially noted by Mr.. Won Koch. who, be-S
sides being the agent of the Swedish
government, Is member OF the Board
of Guardians of his country and editor
OF the Social Review, a periodical pub
lished In stockholm. While he Is IN
this country 1t Is his Intention to visit
many Of the leading centres IN his
study of the American system of caring
for the poor and dependent.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10
Situation in Richmond

hardly be excelled In the slums Of
New York
Some OF these places were shown In
the Illustrations which appeared In The
Times Dispatch a few days ago. These
photographs were taken merely as ex-
amples of what we have right here in
Richmond, and similar. Illustrations
could have been multiplied many times
over. 1t must further be remembered
that the camera, though popularity
thought to DO Incapable Of lying, has II
way Of softening down the Disagree
able and making even the unattractive
appear moro or less pleasing.
No one could tell of the slums OF
Richmond morevividly than the district
nurses and the friendly visitors OF the
Associated Charities, whose daily mis-
sons of mercy carry them into the
most tilapidnted novels OF eur city.
Crowded shantics, reeklng with dirt,
disorderly and utterly lacking In all
that goes to make UP n home, arc
abundant In Rlchmond rs III practi-
cally all cities OF this country, and
they cannot be ignored by those who
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10
ARnE1rEnuElM, PALLENBERc.

y =
are largely interested In this question
The parole system, the Importance
OF having men and women to watch
and care for the patients when re-
leased, was commended as the most !
aid to the afflicted class.
81 hope 10 see the time said DR..
Ferris, when the terms chronic In
durable and hopeless. will disappear"
Whit Virginia In Doing.
DR.. Drewry's address, con the Care
and Condition OF the Insane in yir-
gina," included n statement showing
the number Of inmates the value OF
hospital property and the State ap-
for their aid At the Gem
trail Hospital. of which he is super
intendent, there are 1900 inmates, all
OF whom ere negroes.
A colony has been provided for con-
sumptives, located mile from the
main plant, the results of this outdoor
treatment being fairly satisfactory.
ut has frequently been observed"
said DR.. Drewr3, that prior to the war
there were few insane negroes. yet
since then there has been constant
increase in their number. In 800 there
were twenty;-seven at Williamsburg
the new hospital opened in 1870 with
16S: it had a95 in 1880. 70s in $780,
1.195 In 1900, and LAO In 1905. 10
give all the reasons for this increase
would require volume.
1t is a rather interesting fact to be
mentioned in this connection that the
Grss negro patient In a Virginia asy-
.lum was named Charity. During the
days of slavery there were doubtless
many mildly insane. weak minded and
senile negroes. who were cared for by
their owners and never reported. Be-
fore 1860 an insane colored person was
a rarity. although the Legislature in
ls46 passed laws to provide for them
Great changes took place after the
war.
The negro as race was not pre-
pared to care for himself; his weak
points We're no longer protected. He
became prey to his own weakness
and passion. The disregard OF hygienic
laws. the promiscuous overcrowding In
living quarters. cheap food. intoxica-
ton. etc. contributed, and In late years.
he has become. in a large measure. IA
victim of cocaine and other drug habits.
Spirit of Progress Grows.
THE regular life and constant care
and treatment of the chronic insane
In a hospital tend to prolong life and
thus cause an ever increasing accumu-
lation of incurable cases, who are a.
charge ever afterward upon the State.
Few of these colored lunatics come
from the educated or more prosperous,
classes.
"Our Virginia hospitals are not all
they should be. but the spirit of pro-
gress is coming. The day will soon
come in Virginia when our Institutions
will compare favorably with the best
in the land: we will have our psyco-,
pathic hospitals. our pathological labo-
\ ratories: the epileptic will be comfort
ably cared for in colony; the crimi-5
nal insane will be segregated: after
cure associations will flourish, and the
preventive measures will be publicly
taught. ] am an earnest advocate of
the States providing for all of it's In
sane the best In the way OF care and
! treatment, and encouraging scientific
study OF the subject of insanity"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10
Pnoc Ess1oN or CHILDREN PAST LUNL 1GIrr.

are looking to the future welfare and
good name of our city.
When we come to consider the cause
of much OF the preventable Illness and
the untimely death in any city-which
matters come within the special prov
ince of the health dcpartment-we are
inevitably brought to face the fact that
our best efforts are doomed to failure
unless we can solve, to some extent at
least the problem of the living con-
ditions of the masses. If we could
proper houses, and see that they lived
clean, well-ordered lives, the tubercu-
losis problem. for example, and many
others as we'll. would be half solved.
But this Is not a matter which the
Health Department can grapple with
by itself, nor Is 1t called upon to 10
so, since other issues are also involved.
lty--social, mental and morals to lie
considered in this connection no less
than is the public health.
Nor can those of us who are our
selves comfortably housed and other
wise adequately provided for rest easy
in the deluslon that these matters do
not concern us. The various parts OF a
modern community are so intimately
related that what affects one group OF
citizens must inevitably affect ALL I'VE
are all parts one of another" and dis
ease vice and crime. bred and fostered
| in a city's slums, must spread and COR
rupt the entire populace.
If we would correct the evils OF this
kind which already exist in Richmond,
| and especially If we would avoid even
greater ones which threaten us rs our
| city grows, wo cannot afford to delay
action in this matter.
Recently q special meeting of the
Richmond Chamber of Commerce was
held for the purpose of considering the
! question of the crowded condition of
tho sections of our city occupied by our
co!ored people and to devise means for
relieving the situation.
After several addresses on the sub
| idct, tho entire matter was referred
! to certain committees, and 1t is to be
| Hoped that they will soon submit a
report. which will cmbody some prac-
| ticnl working plan.
| / would like. however. to see the
scope OF this work. which was started
| bv the forethought and energy of the
| able business manager OF the Chani-
/ Der OF Commerce, very much. en- arged
so as to embrace u study OF our entire
! housing problem. white as we'll as
colored 1t would be useless to under
take this unless committee could he
secured made UP of men who would
IN tho first place, appreciate tho FAR
reaching nature OF tho problem, and
who would then give to IT the time
and study which its Importance de-
munds,
Such n committee should be made up,
I would suggest, somewhat as follows:
n real estate man, all architect, n ply
stefan, a business man, n lawyer, a
school principal and a social worker,
with the Mayor of Richmond the City
Englneer, the Building INSPECTOR and
tho Chief Health Officer as members
eX otlicio,
! This camnittaa shanld make = thor
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10
ELKS' ANNIVERSARY
Program for celeDration Here To-

Fine Program for Celebration Here To-
Morrow Night,
The twenty. second anniversary O ths
Richmond Lodge OF Eliss will ba Celebrated
n yu musicale and dance tu-norrow ntsht az
s.So O'Clock a fine program, including an
ADDRESS BY Mr.. Max +. 1.intncr, oXnlted
ruler and plenty OF music VIII he rendered.
MS follows:
overture, STEMS Orchestra; address EN-,
allied Ruler, Mr. Max i. Iindner; alther SOLO,
Mr. spiegei; baritone solo, Mr. Henry 81
Quintet Miss Ray Billikop, Miss Mamie
Eeek Miss Agnes Gowardin. Miss Mildred
G, wariin Mrs, Alice Schroeder; soprano
solo Mrs John Murphy; recitation, Miss
Mamie Ryan vocal selection. Mr. Robsrk w.
'Strutmcyer:' vocal selection, Male Quartet
Mcssrs Masses May. Joseph White. pbuglas
Mr. Henry G. Rneger; selection. the Ladies'
Irlperial Quintet. tS8 ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

relation to the Improvement OF hous-
ing conditions. The evils which at
present prevail have their chief source
of which. 1t must be admitted. cannot
be combatted until an alteration is
effected i'm our laws But even now
an effectives means for keeping 1T with
In bounds can be found in the ac.qui-
sition of as many. plots of land as
possible by these towns, whose con-
slant growth is transforming agricul-
tural and garden land in ever-increas-
ing quantity into building land
what method shall be adopted for nti-
lizing land. leaving to be determined
by each community whether they
ment of contractors to build dwelll-
ings and let them, or cause them to
be built by letting the land at chief
rates.
Taxes on Transfers.
The Saxon Minister of the Interior
poor employees, and to encourage hous-
Ing societies of public utility, espe-
cially by granting, them cheap build
ing land. In Berlin the government
of Prussia has lent assistance to pub
lie utility societies by. lending them
money at 3 per cent. The use Of funds
secured by compulsory insurance, APP
that BY scouting the 5000
save money In the long run. no the
suggestion that this is socialism, it Is
sufficient to answer that the method
works successfully. and that no fair
minded man will refuse to consider
any feasible working plan. merely be.
cause 1T differs from his conception Of
government.
Another extremely important way by
which cities in Germany secure fair
proportion OF the increment in land is
by system of taxes on transfers on
land, which the government secures
proportlonate ratio OF the increase
Of land since the last sale. III this
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

case the party selling the land has to
pay the taxes, not the party purchas-
ing. In cases where the property has
Increased over 60 per cent. the COM
munity may secure as high as 90 per
cent. of this increase.
We shall probably have to go even
farther in our own municipalities be-
cause of the enormous increase III
values in city property and possibly
secure for the city half of the in
crease in the value OF the land, where
there has been very large increment
grading the increase according to the
amount of taxes that the owner has
lpaid upon his land. This system of
| taxes upon transfer of land, together
with system of town planning may
| sufficient funds for municipal pur-
,5poses, and safeguarding the health
and and privacy and standard Of living
| OF citizens.
Could Save nlg sum.
| The Comptroller Of New York city
recently said that II the city would
adopt business methods it could save
/ 90 per cent. Of the expense of admins
! istration.
I to what income our cities would get
aunder a fair system of taxing land,
and progressive reduction IN taxes
on improvements, but the deyelopm ent
i OIL our taN SSSlclili Aol lOSulI PQlphSeo
must be distinctly along these lines
4 In order to secure necessary funds for
4 the enlarging functions OF government
Significant. too, is the resolution in
troduced at n session of this confer-
4 once by Dr. DeVine and others that a
! the feasibility Of combining the meet
ing of this with similar organizations,
willie the dominant note of all such
i conferences in tho future must be that
a democracy requires that the govern
i mont should anticipate and meet the
II ~ cltiZaNS $50
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

ough study OF our local conditions and
seek such aid as may be obtained from
studying the work done elsewhere,
sending representatives perhaps to visit
other cities and learn of what they
have done. In short, everything should
be done to familiarize themselves thor
oughly with the housing problem as
understood to-day. and then to apply
this knowledge to our local conditions.
No one thing. IL properly carried out
would mean more to our city now and
iE years to come.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10
Mr.. cahal1 to snenls.

Hon James Aston CabelL OF thls@
city, has accepted an invitation 70 he I
ono OF tho speakers Mt q banquet In 4
Of the Military Order OF Il
Foreign Wars, Of which no Will BIO All
member. Gi AZ
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

BOUNDARY STREET ESTATE.
Owned by London, England, COmmc<s
Council. This entntc includes twenty
two blocks Of tenement dwellings, with
accom- odations for $3.50 persons.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-11
RAILROAD NEWS

J. G. Stubs, assistant general freight
agent of the Southern Pacific company.
who has been here on a few days
business trip, returned home yester-
day.
L. M. Allen. general passenger agent
of the Rock Island lines at Chicago,
accompanied by his wife. left for the
east yesterday.
l.. Richardson, commercial agent of
the Southern Pacific company at Santa
Barbara, was a visitor here yesterday.
The excursion which left Spokane
February Z with members of the Spo-
kane chamber OF commerce is reported
to be one of the largest ever Conducted
out of that city. The party is expect
ed to arrive here Friday, February Ia.
Stops will be made at San Francisco,
San Jose and Santa Barbara en- route.
C. E. e. USHER, general passenger
agent of the Canadian Pacific railway
at Winnipeg, who arrived here a few
days ago with his family, will return
home tomorrow. His family will re-
main during the winter.
e. w. GilIett, traffic manager OF the
Las Vegas & Tonopah railroad, who
returned Saturday from business trip
through Nevada, reports that the OUT
look of the mining districts is brighter
llldi II mas DcCl IOi SOiIft liiliS.
In the Bullfrog district there are
three mills running and plans for the
erection of three additional ones are
we'll under way. One of the largest
mills to be built in Nevada is the one
of the Consolidated Mining company.
They are now constructing a branch
road of their own that will run from
their mines to the milisite.
The weekly refrigerator service 70
Goldfield and Tonopah that was es-
tablished December II last year, that
enabled the shippers of perishable
goods, meats. butter eggs. fruit, etc, to
procure their goods almost as quickly
as by passenger trains. has increased
to such enormous capacities that 1t has
been deemed admissible by the railroad
companies to increase the service to
bi-weekly. Shipments leave here on
Tuesdays and Fridays, arriving I'M
Goldfield on the third day and Tonopah
on the fourth.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-11
WATER ENDS LIFE
BY CARBOLIC ACID
DISCOURAGED MAN BIDS WIFE
GooD-5Y; DRINKS POISON
Pm Tired of Trying; It's No Use,"
Are Last Words of Suicide in
South Spring Street
Rooming House

Good by, dear. I am gazing to put
an end to it. I'm tired of trying; it's
no use"
With these words on his lips, r. A.
Kelsey, a waiter on the afternoon shift
at Yerkes restaurant, Broadway, be-
tween First and Second Streets en-
braced his wife and child about 8
O'Clock last night, just after they had
eaten supper in their rooms at the RAJ
mona rooming house, 1904 South
Spring street, and, choking back a
sob, rushed from their sides to a table
on which was standing a bottle of car
bolic acid. Before his wife could in
tervene he had swallowed the contents.
Good by!" he exclaimed, repeated
ly. The wife's screams brought two
roomers, Terry Morton and Arthur
Brode, into the room, just as the man
fell to the floor in commissions.
DR.. Lane was summoned Immediately
and administered an antidote, but
without effect. The man died about
half an hour later.
When the police ambulance and sur
geon reached the scene they found the
wife crying and the child, Walter,
about years old, lying in bed looking
on. 1t is a beautiful infant, with long
golden tresses and big brown eyes, and
formed a pitiful feature of the picture.
Kelsey came here from San Jose,
where he was employed as a lineman
about a month ago. He had expert
enced numerous reverses, and was
working at Yerkes restaurant only part
of the time. His bad luck and finan-
cial troubles, 1t is said, led to the sui
eide.
He has a brother, Fred Kelsey, living
at Whittier, and mother, whose name
could not be learned, living In Los An
geles. An inquest will be held this
morning.