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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-04-06
WESTFIILD.


The town clerk has issued So dog
licenses.
The Dodge store is open again and
ready for. business.
Albert Eastman is visiting his aunt,
Mrs. Crosby, of Compton, Que.
Miss Florence Wilkinson Of New:
port is visiting at w. B. Gilpin's.
Fred Wilcox has sold his farm in Can
ada and has been visiting in town.
Charles Gilbert accompanied Thomas
C. Kirk of Troy to Brattleboro last
week.
George Root was in Newport last
week on account of the sickness OF his
brother Ernest.
John Seymour, who lives with his
son Nelson, has suffered a third shock
of paralysis. He is comfortable, but
very i'll atlthis writing.
Francis. Lepierre died last week.
The funeral was held in the R. c.
church in Lowell Thursday and the bur
ial was nsMontgomery.
On Monday evening the friends Of
Miss Maud Howes gave her a party il
honor of her 18th birthday. She was
presented with "a gold ring and othel
presents.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-04-06

Mrs. O. L. Leonard and Mrs. L. G.
Roundy spent part of last week at
the home of their brother, E. F. Miles
in Sutton, helping to care for their
mother, who is seriously i'll.
Jesse Parrant is at home from ST.
Johnsbury, taking forced vacation.
He damned two fingers on his right
hand Monday, and will not be able to
work for another week at least.
Miss Laura Gee, who has been Mrs.
Winters trimmer for several seasons,
arrived in town last week and is pre-
pairing for the spring opening, which
will take place in the near future.
F. T. Porter was at Willoughby
boathouse. Alger Hall and Henry
Moulton are also atework with him
there, getting ready for his new
power boat.
The O. E. S. will have a social in
the Masonic hall Friday evening Apr.
10. A musical and literary program
will be given, after which new sugar,
doughnuts and pickles will be the order
of the evening. Price Is cents.
The Glass Blowers, who occupied the
G. A. R. hall the week closing March
% and received very fair attendance
each evening. The prize for the most
popular child was won by Esther Abar,
and the V. l. S. received as their share
about $15.
Mrs. S. E. Leach in sBrightlook
hospital in ST. Johnsbury, where an
operation was performed upon her
l. 90
found not to be as serious as was at
first feared. and Mrs. Leach will proba-
bly, be at home again soon.
The Oriental Whist club closed their
season with very appetizing spread
Friday evening. The supper consisted
of rolls, cold ham, chicken salad, let
tuce, celery, variety Of cake, and
coffee. The tables were decorated with
carnations, and presented very
pretty appearance. The tables were
laid in the w. R. c.. hall, and supper
was served after the whist.
Drunkenness is getting to be alto
lage. A short time since a man from
! intoxicated that he could not get home
alone, and one of our young men was
obliged to carry him home. The
thought that he should have been ar
rested did not seem to occur to anywho
saw him, although many witnessed his
condition. If some of those who are
seen aboutourssstreets and public places
were arrested and properly fined ii
would be a kindness to them, and 9
great relief to those who love law ano
order.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-04-06

In White, Black, Cream and
Champagne.
Each pattern has sufficient mater
ial for a waist and has a silk en-
b1oidered front.
rs patterns and no two alike.
Also 26 inch Allover Hamburg
Embroidery for waist fronts.
Lots Of new Laces IN Edges
Bands and Allovers.
Lace Net for Waists.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-13
sTARTLE FOOD CONGRESS.
Manufacturers Make Sensational AS.
sertions Before Department Heads.

Mackinac Island, Mich, Aug. 8. -
The result of all the recent pure food
agitation has been to establish the
housewives claim that pre~servatives
are not needed in food products and
that the products are better when
prepared without the pres~ervatives.
This much was admitted by the man
u%facturers themselves in the closing
session of the convention of the asso-
citation of state and national food and
dairy departments.
In the past most manufacturers have
denied the presence of any great
amount of ~adulteration in foods and
have contended that chemicals ip
small amounts were necessary to keep
them in a proper state of p~reserva-
tion.
Hence 1t was strange to see repre-
sentatives of certain manufacturing
interests take the floor and make
charges against food authorizations as
startling as ever were made by the
most radical food crusader, and i'm
plore the food officers to stop the use
of chemicals and colorings in canned
foods. 1t is a natural outcome of the
food law endorsements that those who
are complying with the law demand
that all others be made to do like
wise.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-13
DOVER QUITS; HAS NEW JOB.
Secretary Of National Committee To
Be Secretary Of S%heldon's Advisors.

Secretary Of National Committee To
Be Secretary Of SheIdon's Advisors.
New York. Aug. 11.-Elmer E. Do
yer Of Ohio has resigned his position
as secretary of the Republican nation
al committee and will become the sec
rotary of the advisory committee
which is to work with George r. Shell
don, treasurer of the national commit
tee.
William Hayward of Nebraska City,
Neb., whe has been Republican chair
man in his state for a number of
years. has been appointed secretary of
the national committee and will be
given charge of the Western head
quarters at Chicago, In the absence
of Mr.. Hitchcock.
This reorganization and several
other important announcements were
made Saturday night by Mr.. Hitch
cock.
The advisory committee, which is
to have charge Of ways and means for
the campaign and will work with Mr..
sheldon, will consist of nine members.
The men who are to be named will
be prominent business men and fnan-
ciers from various sections of the
country and will not be drawn from
the ranks of the nationai committee.
The selection of Mr.. Dover for the
sc cretaryship of the committee pleases
him, and his acceptance disposes of
the reports that his relations with
Mr.. Hitchcock are not harmonious.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-13
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN fPITOMt
Important Events 1t Home asd on
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
People Talked About.

Edward w. Greema, former repre-
sentative In congress, is dead at Troy,
N. Y.
Rear Admiral w. T. Swinburne has
succeeded Rear Admiral Dayton as
commander-in-chief OF the Pacific
fleet.
Bird s. Coler, president Of the Dor.
ough &C Brooklyn, has announced that
he is a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for governor of New York
this fall.
Richard ". Oulahan, for many years
the Washington correspondent of the
New York Sun, will have general
charge of all the literary work for the
Republican national committee.
William p. Call, first marshal OF De.
pere, Wis, in 1857, former sheriff of
Brown county and well known
throughout the State of Wisconsin, is
dead at the age of ninety.two years.
Samuel E. Moffett, an editorial
writer for Golfers Weekly, was
stricken with apoplexy while bathing
In the ocean at Seabright, N. j., and
died just after he was brought ashore.
julius p. Speyer, editor and proprie.
tor of the German newspaper, Die Re.
form, died in Kansas City, aged sixty.
two years. He was a Civil war veter.
an and had been a member of the
staff OF the Chicago Stats Zeitung
and manager of the British Trade
Journal of Hamburg, Germany.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-13
GET LIGHT
ON CHASTITY CRIME
Boys Say Victim Was Lured tc
Attic Room on Day of Death
by Aged Man.
WOMAN ADDS WEIRD TOUCH
Tells of Dog That Shifted and HOwled
at Door of Death Chamber and
Was Kicked Out.

Chicago, Aug. 8. - Sensational In
formation was obtained by the police
yesterday afternoon in their effort to
clear up the mystery OF the murder
of Tuffa Shashem, which, the officers
have learned. is the correct name of
the victim Of the Mud lake tragedy.
Two boys-August Cardersell, aged
twelve, and Dominick Larado, also
aged twelve-testiied to Inspector
Dorman that young Shashem had on
Sunday last, the day of his disappear
ance, entered the home of Hassin
Nemmer. one of the men under arrest.
in company with Nemmer.
Boy Did Not Return.
The boys waited half an hour for
their companion to return, but finally
got discouraged and left. That was
the last they saw of the lad until his
body was brought piecemeal to the
morgue. A weird touch was added
to the story of the boys by a woman
living opposite Nemmer's home. She
declared that on Sunday night she
was attracted by the bowling of a dog
whose nose was pressed against the
crack under the outer door of Mem
mer's attic room. The dog acted as
If he had struck a scent and was dis
tressed because he would not follow
it, the woman declared. She said
presently a foot appeared from the
doorway and the dog was kicked down
the rickety stairway.
Is Given Third Degree"
Nemmer is sixty years old. His
room is at 102 Mather street, O.
second floor of a dingy and dilapi-
dated frame building. 1t was here
that the police discovered two saws
and a long knife, and on the bed what
seemed to be blood stains. Nemmer,
who spent most of yesterday undergo
ing the third degree at the police
station, explained the stain on the
bed by a cut finger, and said that SINH
lar marks on the saw were due to the
fact that he sawed soup bones with it.
Dozens of persons were interviewed
by the officers during the day, among
them being the fathers of several
youths, who had complained of Mem
mer's peculiar advances toward their
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-13
Accidental Happenings.

Three persons were killed and three
injured in an automobile accident near
Burlingame, Cal.
A ffteen-year-old son of Frank Bur
dick OF Albany, N. Y, accidentally
shot and killed his sister.
James Ryan, one of the most noted
p~ickpockets of the country, was killed
by a tram car at Pratt City, Ala.
One man was killed and FIVE others
hurt, one probably fatally, when an
auto was struck by a train at a cross.
ing in Bogota, N. j.
The plant OF the Jenkins Rubber
company. occupying an entire block at
Elizabeth, N. j., was destroyed by
FIRE, causing a loss of 100000.
Harry Collins, a carpenter, aged
thirty and married, was killed by fall.
iny from a scaffold at Calumet, Mich.
John Ellis and Harry Evans were also
seriously injured.
AS the result of an automobile over
turning near Wicks, Mont, due to the
failure of the brakes to work while
descending a mountain, FIVE persons
were seriously injured.
Axel Larson, twenty-five years old,
son of a prominent Stratford Qowa)
farmer, was drowned in the Des
Moines river while attempting to
swim across the stream.
Joseph Westendorf and wife, an
aged couple of Laurel. Iowa. were in
jured by being hit by a passenger
train. Mrs. Westendorf was injured
internally, perhaps fatally.
Three workmen are dead and a
fourth was severely burned as the re-
suit OF an explosion of coal gas and
dust in a coal conveyor at the plant of
the Aetna Portland Cement company
at Mention, Mich.
A careless traveller who threw a
lighted match into the underbrush,
starting a forest fire twelve miles from
HoQuaim. Wash, on the Hump Tulips.
Hoquaim road that, quickly getting be-
yond control. already has swept over
10000 acres OF slashing, on which were
piled $1,000, 900 feet Of cut timbers.
The property loss will exceed $3.50. 900.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-13
Grimes.

Because he was reprimanded for
cigarette smoking, Ralph Riddle shot
and killed his father near Raleigh.
N. c.
The home of George Banks, a negro
miner in Emaley, Ala, was dynamited.
Banks wife and mother-in-law were
In the house at the time, but escaped
injury.
Two Americans and an italian, all
OF Hazleton. Pa, weresinstantly killed
by the premature explosion Of a blast
at the stone crushing plant of Charles
Kehoe on the out skirts of Hazleton.
Thomas nehoe. a son of a contractor.
was injured about the head.
Harry X. Thaw. now confined in the
Poughkeepsie IN. W Jail. has begun
to lay plans for the betterment of the
condition of the poor and friendless
bovs OF Western Pennsylvania. He
has inquired for rates on deserted cot
tages at Cresson. Pa. owned by his
millionaire friends in order that he
may found some sort OF a summer col.
ony.
William F. Downing. a member OF
the old Stiles-Alvord band OF outlaws,
who, ten years ago, operated In South
ern Arizona. was killed in his saloon
at wilcox. Ariz., by an Arizona ranger,
William Speed. Speed sought to
serve Downing with q warrant. when
the latter. IT Is said, displayed a gun
~whereupon Speed fred.
With the provision that he go Il
live with q son In Minnesota. James
Lane, In the Iowa nenitentiary TO.
shooting and killing his wife. will be
pardoned BY Gov. Cummins on Christ
mas.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-13
Foreign.

It was cficially stated that the rev.
olution In Honduras has been sup
pressed.
A number Of persons were burned
to death and a hundred houses were
destroyed by fire at Donaneschingen.
Germany.
The Russian naval commission has
decided that the new battleships for
the Russian navy shall be built either
in Italy OF Germany.
Estrada Cabrera, president of Guate.
mala, has released forty-three political
prisoners, according to a dispatch re.
ceived at the state department from
American Minister Heinke.
The experiment Of employing Nyas-
saland natives in the Rhodesian mines
is being attended with a terrific loss
of life, the mortality in n mine ex-
ceeding the rate Of 500 per 1000 a
year.
The government has decided to
dredge the present typhoon shelter at
Hongkong and to make another one
in West Harbor, at a cost Of 81, 500, 900.
To provide for this work
merchant ships will be taxed 2 cents
on every registered ton. 1t is now
estimated that 1000 lives were lost in
the late typhoon.
England's dream of the last quarter
of a century that her shores are abso-
lutely ~imprcgnable to attack by for
eign navies has had a rude awakening
since the conclusion of the naval ma
neuvers in the North sea. These ma.
neuvers showed up so many faults
that those in authority have sought
to keep the details from the public.
According to the Berlin Tageblatt.
the yearning of Nine. Toselli, former
Crown Princess Louise of Saxony, for
a divorce from her musician husband
has materialized. The former princess
has entered suit at Heidelberg for dis
solution of her matrimonial bonds on
the ground of her unconquerable dis
like for Toselli and his inferior educa-
ton.
ne couIL At ASSh, riohSo' O. VII
demned the Matin to pay a 500 fine
and s10,0 900 damages and to publish
200 times the courts judgment in the
libel suit brought by NJ. Chaumie, for
mer minister of justice, against the
paper. The Matin, it is charged, re-
peatedly accused M. Chaumie of pro-
viding s%inecures for relatives and
friends at the public expense.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-13
BIG HOTEL FOR ST. PAUL.
Arrangements Completed for Erection
Of 100000 Structure.

st. Paul, Aug. z. - Arrangements
were completed yesterday for the
erection of a new hotel in this city.
The structure is to cost 81. 000, 900
and W. be completed within a year.
1t will be located on the site of the
old Windsor hotel. II is the purpose
of every n interested in the project
to push il through with all possible
speed. and no tire will be wasted in
getting the work started.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-13
FLEET WELCOMED
BY new ZEALAND
American Battleships Are Cor
daily Received by Citizens
of Auckland.
PREMIER EXTENDS GLAD HAND
Immense Crowds Throng the Streets
and Unbounded Enthusiasm
Prevails.
PREMIER EXTENDS GLAD HAND

Auckland, New ealand, Aug. II. -
Sixteen white ships, comprising the
battleship division of the United
states Atlantic fleet, under command
of Rear Admiral Charles S. Spe-ry,
arrived here at $40 o'clock Sunday
morning and anchored in two columns
in the ~roadstead abreast the city, after
a voyage of thirty-three days from
San Francisco, including a stopover
of six days at Honolulu They will
remain here until next Saturday.
Are Officially Welcomed.
Cloudy weather greeted the landing
yesterday of Admiral Sperry, COM
mander-in- chief of the United States
Atlantic feet, and his officers to re-
ceive official welcome to Australian
waters at the hands of Prime Minister
Sir Joseph George Ward on behalf Of
the government. Grouped about the
prime minister were the staff of the
cabinet and representatives of the va
rious town, borough and county dis
tricts of the dominion.
Immense crowds thronged the
streets and the verandas and roofs of
houses adjacent were moving masses
of humanity. 1t was a great recep-
ton and u%nbounded enthusiasm pre-
vailed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-13
Rebels Lose Heavily.

st. Petersburg, Aug. 11-A dispatch
received yesterday from Tabriz says
hat severe fighting. In which the re-
Gently arrived cavalry of the shah
participated, continued Saturday and
that the re~volutionists sustained
heavy losses in men and some guns.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-13
ENGINE FALLS FROM SPAN.
Engineer Is Badly Scalded and Is Res
cued by Men With Axea.

Jackson, Mich, Aug. 9.-While En-
gineer w. T. Muir was taking an en-
CINE across the long bridge which
spans the Des Moines river in this city
the structure gave way and the en-
CINE and tender were precipitated to
the ground below. Muir was caught
between the engine and tender, and
while steam was pouring out of the
open steam cocks rescuers worked
with axes until he was e~xtricated,
Though badly scalded with the steam
rome of his bones were broken. 1t is
expected he will in a few
weeks.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-13
Three Dead in Train Wreck.

Imboden. Ark. Aug. 9.-Three per-
sens We're killed and four badly in
jured and a number of passengers
slightly bruised and shaken up when
Engine No. 20, pulling the Frisco
passenger train, was derailed twelve
miles east OF here.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-13
Riu BUILDING Boom La On.

Faribault. MINI, Aug. a.-Faribault
is having a healthy building boom this
season and many improvements are in
progress. About 100000 is being
spent in new buildings.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-13
-Four Children Die in Fire.

New York, Aug. Flour children
lost their lives and five persons were
seriously injured in a fire which. earl.
yesterday practically destroyed a Ave
story tenement building.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-13
General.

John McGregor was declared not
guilty of the charge of accepting a
bride of 81, 900 in a deal with the Atlas
Engine works at Indianapolis.
Fourteen railroads of Colorado have
asked the federal court for an in1unc-
ton restraining the Colorado railroad
commission from enforcing the law as
to rates and railroad regulation.
Railway mail clerks Throughout. he
country are greatly alarmed over the
announcement by the p~ostofice de-
partment to the effect hat they will
be held responsible for all damages to
persons and property caused by care
less delivery Of mail at catch stations.
Angry because his father, a pawn
broker of Des Moines, was arrested for
keeping open on Sunday, Louis Seigel.
aged fifteen, started to put on the Sun
day lid by swearing out warrants
against half a dozen candy, cigar and
drug stores, charging violations Of the
a~nti-Sabbath closing law. Siegel pur.
chased stuff at each place and will use
1t for evidence.
The Iowa state supreme court, hav-
ing declared the partial decree of the
district court respecting the mulct law
illegal and void, Burlington saloon
keepers and liquor dealers In other
towns are reported to have done a
good business last Sunday. Some OF
them probably will quit business this
fall with fat wads as the results Of
this opportunity that has been afford
ed them
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-13

La Porte, Ind, has another murder
mystery for solution. The discovery
in a half-dug grave, covered with
fence rails, branches of trees and 9TH
err debris, on the farm of DIR. Bowel.
near Rolling Prairie. of a badly de-
composed body Of a well dressed man
about forty years old, has aroused the
authorities. Coroner Mack, after
carefully examining the body. declared
the man had been shot through the
head.
A gigantic negro kidnapped little
~eight-year-old Vera Ditto from her
front yard at Muscatine, Iowa, and
escaped with the child to Mad creek
bottoms. near town. A posse of $50
men with the police. ran him down
and captured the child. The negro
later was captured after a running
fight through the bottoms. He has
been removed to Jail and heavy guard
placed over him to prevent possible
~lynching.
Charles w. Westerield, twenty-five
years old, an assistant ~bookkeeper OF
the Produce Exchange bank in New
York, committed suicide by shooting
himself through the head In the book
room of the bank, just as two checks
bearing his signature were presented
at the paying teller's window, Wester-
field had no deposit at the bank to
meet the checks, which were for $40
each. An examination was made of
Westerfield's books, but nothing was
found against the young man.
The New York building department
has official.y approved the plan for the
$4,000 900 sixty-two story office build
ing desiened for the Equitable Life
Assurance society.
that subject.
r. r. Walker. the South African
Splinter who won the 100-metcr dash
at the recent Olympic games. broke
the worlds record for 100 yards at
! Abergavenny. England. His time was
rs second, one-ffth Of a second less
than the record made by Daniel j.
Kelly at Spokane. Wash. June 90.
1906.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-13
Euiosizes Roosevelt.

In his address Sir Joseph eulogized
President Roosevelt as representing
the best traditions of the common
blood of civilization. He then present
ed to Admiral Sperry, for President
Roosevelt, a decorated gold and silver
album, suitably inscribed, as a ouv
mir of the visit of the American feet
to New Zealand. To Admiral Sperry
was given a beautifully illuminated adj
dress of welcome inclosed in a hand
some casket of wood, with an inlaid
cover having a design emblematic of
New Zealand.
The American commander-in-chie.
in replying said that no greeting would
appeal more strongly to President
Roosevelt than that coming from a
people, small in number, but great in
achievements. The reception of the
American feet, the ad "1iral continued,
showed that the ties of blood and
friendship meant more than people
generally understood.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-13
Civic Welcome.

After the ceremonies of welcoming
by the government a procession was
formed, the route being through Queen
street to Drill hall, where Arthur Mey.
ers, the mayor, accorded Rear Admiral
Sperry a civic welcome. After the Ger.
emory in Drill hall Rear Admiral
Sperry and his staff had luncheon at
the home of Mayor Meyers. The r e
mainder of the American officers were
entertained at the Auckland and
Northern clubs.
In an interview Admiral Sperry said
the cruise of the feet from San Fran
cisco had effected a great improve.
Tnent in the active work of the men.