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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14


The conviction of Hams came as
general surprise. The jury was out
less than three hours. 1t had been ex-
pected that the jurors would delib-
crate much longer and that a verdict
of acquittal on the ground of insanity
or a disagreement would result. No
one was more surprised than District
Attorney Dewitt, who had said all he
could hope for was a disagreement.
Unlike the scenes attending the trial
of Thornton Hams, the defendants
brother, who was acquitted of COM
plicity in the same crime, there was
no demonstration when the verdict
was rendered.
Captain Hams stood up and faced
the jury while Foreman Sundling re-
cited the verdict. AS he heard the
decision Hams face was as white as
chalk He stood motionless for a
few moments, staring at the jury;
then one of the lawyers touched him
and he sat down A few moments
later, apparently little affected by the
verdict, Hams walked from the court
room with a steady stride and was
taken back to jail.
In striking contrast to the demeanor
of the prisoner was the grief of his
father, General Peter c. Hams, and
his brother, Major John p. Hams.
For a moment they sat as if dazed,
then both broke down and wept. The
captains mother had returned to New
York early in the afternoon. Cen
eral Hams, however, quickly COM
municated the verdict to her over the
telephone.
After the jury had been discharged
Juror Craft said four ballots were
taken. On the first three, six jurors
voted for murder in the first degree
and six for acquittal on the ground OF
insanity. On the fourth ballot the
compromise of manslaughter in the
first degree was reached. Little con-
sideration was given to the expert
testimony, Craft said. The jurymen
believed, he continued, that Mrs.
Claudia Hams, the defendants wife.
had made confession to her husband
of her improper relations with Annis
and that Annis deserved his fate, but
none of them would consider the I'M
written law and therefore the man
slaughter verdict resulted.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14

The Burlington Free Press says that
ga town which does not possess pro-
gressive street railroads, street lighting
systems and other public systems is right
lv regarded as dead place, and business
interests naturally shun it as they would
miasma." If this is true there are lot
of dead towns in Vermont, including
Middlebury, but we are worrying along
somehow, with several hustling indus
tries and are of the opinion that we have
a pretty good town.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14
Practical and Effective.

Here is some very practical and effec-
tive temperance work: 1t is announced
that the Central Vermont Railway com
pany is to enforce sobriety among its
many employees, and hereafter no man,
no matter how high or low his position,
will De allowed to remain in the employ
of the corporatin if he frequents gamb
ling houses or places where liquor is
sold Rutland News.
The time is certainly coming when all
employers of labor will require their
workmen to obstain from intoxicants
and also to keep away from places where
they are sold, and that time can't come
too quick.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14

to be aware of this sheet of
water, especially in the early part of the
past century when little fleet of vessels
built in the basin below the falls at Yer
gennes eluded the vigilance of the Bri-
fish at Fort Cassin, escaped into the lake
and bore the brunt of the battle of Platts-
burgh wherein the aforesaid British were
done 10 a turn and driven off the lake,
never to return. This is but one of the
many instances which might be cited
wherein Lake Champlain has played a
prominent part in the history of
the United States, and in our humble
opinion the government is not wholly
unaware of the importance of this beau
tiful body of water. Perhaps Barre is a
little piqued because she is not situated
along the Lake shore and therefore will
not be prominent factor in the celebra-
ton.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14
EAST SHOREHAM.

Harry Goodrich of Chazy, n. Y, is
visiting relatives in town.
Miss Erica Russell is visiting her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. +. n. Bssel.
Miss May Treadway is staying with
Mrs. Osborne during the absence of Mr..
Osborne, who was called to Petersboro,
by the illness of his father.
Miss Nellie PatnOde was home Friday
from her school in Bridport.
Miss Anna Parnell and Mr.. Moore of
Barre were united in marriage at the
Catholic church, Shoreham May 10.
Mrs. Susan Parker is visiting her daugh.
ter, Mrs. Bissel.
Mrs. Shaw is improving from her re-
cent illness,
A large attendance is expected at the
Grange Friday night, to witness the Sd
and fourth degrees and to partake of the
feast following.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14
Sufferers fro m Dyspepsia

Should read the following letter written
to local druggist by a man who was
cured of Indigestion by use of Rydales
Stomach Tablets. Mr.. A. Z. Dimmock,
Valdoste, Ga.
Dear Sir Please find enclosed 25c in
postage stamps. for which please send
me by mail, 25c box of Rydale's Stom-
ach Tablets for a friend of mine. |
bought SOC box and it cured me, and |
told him. He is a sufferer and wants to
try them. These tablets are blessing
to sufferers, too much good cannot be
said for them. +. X. Mitchell, Stock
ton, Ga.
Rydale's Stomach Tablets are sold and
guaranteed by II. b. button Co., Middle
bury. Vt, T. j. Whitney, Salisbury, Vt,
NJ. j. Day & Co. Ripton, VT, w. r.
Warner & CO., Vergennes. VT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14
ORDER OF RISING SUN
Emblem Bestowed Upon President
Eliot by Japanese Ruler

Boston, May 11.-Baron Takahira
is the guest of Charles S. Hamlin in
Boston! This morning, at the home
of Hamlin, in the presence of the en-
and the attaches who accompany the
ambassador, Takahira presented Pres
ident Eliot of Harvard university with
the emblem of the Order of the Ris-
ing Sun, the Emperor of Japan hav-
ing recently conferred that distinc-
ton on Eliot.
Tonight the ambassador and Eliot
will be guests of East Asiauc society
and on the following evening guests
of the Harvard Cosmopolitan club.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14

The ever humorous Barre times is
pleased to be facetious anent the coming
of torpedo boats to Lake Champlain dur
ing tercentenary week, relieving its mind
n this wise 1.-TWO real torpedo boats will
be placed on Lake Champlain during the
coming Champlain celebration. This is
one of the few indications that the gov
eminent really knows there is Lake
Champlain. Another indication is an
occasional appropriation to repair the
Burlington breakwater." The govern
ment has, in times past, had abundant
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14

Philip j. Halvosa, formerly editor of
the defunct Union Signal, and state
organizer of the Vermont branch of the
American Federation of Labor, shifts
again, this time to become editor of the
Boston Monitor. Halvosa, during his So
Journ in Vermont, wrote some editorials
which made the parties at whom they
were aimed sit up and take notice and if
he follows the same tactics the readers
of the Monitor will not skip the editorial
page.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14

With over S200,OOO to spend the COM
mittee ON the Lake ChampIaIn tercen
tenary celebration next July should be
able to do something big, and no doubt
they will. Vermont's 900 looks
small when compared with New York's
1925, 600 but it is really larger according
to population than that of our big neigh
Dor across the lake, and we make up in
enthusiasm what we lack in funds, and
enthusiasm is a pretty good asset, too.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14
Estate of William w. King.
Commissioners Notice

The undersigned, having been appointed
by the Hon. Probate Court for the District OF
Addison commissioners, to receive, examine
ana ADJUST all claims against the estate OF
WILLIAM w. KING,
late OF Orwell, in said District, deceased,
and all claims exhibited in offset thereto
hereby give notice that we will meet for the
purposes aforesaid at the office OF W. B.
French II Co., in said town OF Orwell, on the
LIST day OF June and 27th day of October next
from O'Clock p m. until 4 O'Clock p. m. each
of said days, and thatsix months from the 2-th
day OF April, A. ID. 1909 is the time limited by
said Court for said creditors to present their
claims to US for examination and allowance.
Dated at orwell, this 10th day OF Nav
A. ID. 1909
". B. FRENCH. Commissioners.
Sarah j. Burnell, Executrix. 20
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14

According to news items the project
of a street railway between Fair Haven
and New York state seems to be an as
sured fact. How about the road from
Vergennes to Fair Haven which has
been so long talked about by Addison
county capitalists? Good things gener-
ally come slow, and gong on this sup
position this road should certainly be a
GOOD one when it comes.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14

Our old friend Evelyn Thaw, the
angel child, again hobs up serenely, but
nowadays the account of her doings does
not occupy as much space in the news
papers as formerly. 1t now takes only
six lines TO tell the public that she has
paid a fine of $3.50 for contempt of court,
instead of the story occupying two col
umns. as would have been the case a
few years ago.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14

The Enosburg Standard intimates that
Gen. Bennett II. Young has received a
lot of good advertising even if he does
not consent to be guest of the city of
st. Adams at the time of their Lake
Champlain celebration Right; and this
advertising will probably do him more
good than his appearance in the north
on such an occasion.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14
SOME CLIPPINGS.
What the State Newspaper are
Saying on Topics of Interest.


No doubt Former Secretary F. G..
Fleetwood feels the honor of being en-
gagged more than year ahead to deliver
the Memorial day address in his own
town. Also the Morrisville G.. A. r.
post does not intend to let Mem rial day
decline through lack of forethought.-
Barre Times.
Probably the Morrisville Post realizes
the fact that if they want good man
they must speak for him in time, and
Fleetwood is certainly good man.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14

A current news item records the shoot
ing of an insurance man. The insurance
"proffession" embraces a whole lot OF
good fellows but the majority of them
are endowed with such superlative de-
gree of persistence that perhaps the
shooter had just cause and provocation'
This does not apply to any Middlebury
insurance men; of course not.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14
PANTON.

DR.. E. w. Kent and son Leslie of Mo-
riah, N. Y, spent last week IN town.
Mrs. E. C. Norton and Mrs. Herbert
Norton visited in East Addison Sunday
A reception was given Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Corey Friday evening. About fifty
were present and purse of money was
left them with best wishes for a happy
future. = S@1sJ,---~ -.-- s-s' 49,
Mr.. and Mrs. Labon Hurlburt and
little daughter were at Geo. B. Aliens
Sunday.
burg the 9th.
Addie Moorby visited Lou Hatch last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Benson are visiting
in Bristol.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14
Nine Pleasure Seekers Drowned

Wilkesbarre, Pa, May 10.-Six
men, a woman and two children were
drowned in the Susquehanna river by
die capsizing of rowboat in which
they had started for an outing. None
OF the occupants could SWIM.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14

The Barre Times hits it just right: ut
remains to be said that it is no doubling
Thomas at the head of Middlebury col
lege, for he had faith to believe that he
could raise SIS, 900 to match Dr. Pear
sons S25, 200 and he did. Middlebury,
under his presidency, is quite a lively
institution of learning. Rutland News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14
President John m. Thorn $ /.

Middlebury college and President John
NJ. Thomas are to be congratulated upon
the successful raising of that fund of
800 900 which should mean so much to
the college in the years to come.-Fair
Haven Era.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14
a Useless March.

The futile bill, with forty thousand
men, marched up the hill and then
marched down again.-Randolph Herald.
Next time, perhaps, the futile people
will know better than to "march up"
and then it will not be necessary to
march down again.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14
The Medical Vocabulary.

"Stuporous melancholian is what allied
Capt. Hams when he shot Annis, say the
alienists for the defense. The present
day excuses for murder, it seems, are
only limited by the size of the medical
vocabulary.-Enosburg Standard.
And the medical vocabulary is grow
ing every day.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14

One of the signs of returning prosper
ity is the fact that the New York Cen
trail lines and the Pennsylvania system
have authorized improvements on their
roads between New York and Chicago
that will mean total expenditure of
800. 500 900.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14

The St. Adams Messenger tells US that
"The next day appointed for public pat
riotic observance is Flag day, Monday,
June IA, the 1920 anniversary of the
adoption of the stars and stripes as the
flag of the United States" Must be
that Memorial day has been postponed;
probably on account of the contemplated
visit of Gen. Young to the state.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14
MiooIeburY REGISTER

Notwithstanding the anthracite coal
strike is settled the price of this fuel will
probably continue to advance each
month. Better order a supply for next
winter now and save little.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14

An exchange informs us that Florida
is about determined to permit the shoot
ing of aligators once more. Hunters
hereabout should bear in mind that the
close season for aligators is still on in
Vermont,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14
a Close Call.

Walter Wellman is going after the
north pole again. The last time he
came within about three hundred mag
azlne stories and newspaper articles of
finding it.-Rutland News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14

Flushing, N. Y, May 12.-Captain
Peter c. Hams, Jr., U. S. A. faces
a prison term of from one to twenty
years. He was convicted last even
ing of manslaughter in the first degree
for killing William E. Annis at the
Bayside Yacht club during last Au-
gust.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14
Tried Laudanum and Revolver

Manchester, n. H., May ED
ward Mum, an undertaken of this
city, tried twice, but unsuccessfully,
to end his life, shooting himself with
a revolver after drinking a quantity of
laudanum.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14
CAPTAIN HAMS
is CONVICTED
Jury Returns Verdict Of Man.
slaughter In First Degree
COMES AS GENERAL SURPRISE

AcquittaI on Ground of Insanity or
Disagreement Had Been Looked
For-Fat and Brother of Prisoner
Break Down, While Hams Is but
Little Affected-Juryme Think That
Annis Deserved His Fate
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-04
WOULD MAKE MEN DRINK IN
VIEW OF ALL PAssERssY

Los ANGELES, April 2.-[Editor
Herald: In two papers this morning
| read two articles on liquor and sa-
looms. They seemed to me very good
ideas, and, knowing what terrible suf-
fering Is caused many times from
those sources, I sincerely wish there
could be a way to enforce both ideas.
l feel sure the result would be not
only grand but surprising in many
ways.
The articles I refer to are: First.
that of taking away swinging doors,
colored or whitened glass in windows
and curtains from all saloons; then
putting the bar near to open window
and door, where every passerby could
see plainly those who were drinking.
There's many man who would stop
patronizing the saloon IL he had to do
so in plain sight OF every passerby.
The second thought is that of the
Dutch treat" If the law forbade men
to treat each other to drinks there
would be less drunkenness and very
much less money squandered in those
doors to hell" Many a man requires
his wife and family to pinch in neces-
sary things while he spends many dol
lars a week in drinks for himself and
treats for his boon companions.
! feel sure If these two ideas could
be carried out that very many saloons
would have to go out of business.
Then II some good man would start
in the heart of the city a public rest
room with lavatories connected, many
men who make the latter need an ex-
euse for going into saloons would not
have that excuse, and many a man
would then realize that he had better
friends outside the saloon than In it
one who would help in all three ideas,
If possible. H.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-04
STRUGGLE LlFE'S LAW AND
MOST VALUABLE DISCIPLINE

LOS ANGELES, March 29.-[Editor
Herald: Senex, whose views on many
subjects delight in and approve of.
and whose trenchant logic [ admire,
grieved me when condemning so
strongly the fighting propensities of
our Teddy.
would ask him the question,
whether, when he was a young man
he did not enjoy a physical fight with
his companions as much as he SEEM
ingly now enjoys an intellectual fight
with his contemporaries for the truth
and the good of the world?
Is not life a struggle from the cradle
to the grave? If there is anything in
the world worth having it much be
fought for, and then is seldom
achieved without the most strenuous
exertion, and many things, when
achieved, often prove valueless in them
selves. Yet the attempt to achieve,
the exerting of energy, ingenuity and
skill is good, for 1t renders man more
capable, more experienced and more fit
for future achievements. Hence, the
real value is not SO much in the OBJ
ject gained, but in the acquiring.
When will wars cease? I answer,
when men give up acquiring worldly
treasure; when they cease gathering
for future use; when they cease lay
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-04
WILLIE WHiTLA sLUsH MORE
INJURIOUS THAN CIGARETTES

LOS ANGELES, April 1.-[Editor
Herald: knock on any more of this
Willie Whitla business. Two and three
column pictures of little Willie; more
pictures of Willie's dog. still more of
village scenes with "x' marking the
spot where Willie stood when kid
mapped; pictures of Willie's pa and ma,
and columns of home life and early
sayings of little Willie make me weary.
By a curious perversion of what the
Hearst brand of "jernelists'' calls
news sense, little Willyum is featured
until one unaccustomed to this modern
kind of newspaper dope" would gather
the impression that this youth really
did something-instead of being just
an unwilling "kidnapee'
He is being exploited until vaude-
Vile theaters can afford to offer him
a salary to appear before the public.
He will then be in that bright galaxy
of stars with Nan Patterson, Jack
johnson and the Hon. Bat Nelson
where anybody or anything that has
had enough If this yellow notoriety
can shine for week.
This paresis brand of daily dope is
one of the things which ought to be
done away with, not so much because
1t makes some of us sick, but because
of the greater danger that the public
as whole might in time come to like
it. It's worse than cigarettes.
G. w. 8.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-04
SAYS CHRISTIAN SCIENCE is
AT VARIANCE WITH BIBLE

LOS ANGELES, April 1.-IEditor
Herald: In this mornings Herald, H.
Victor Wright takes DIR. Locke stern
~ to task" in re Christian Science.
DR.. Locke does not need my aid In his
defense; but Mr.. Wright says In con-
clusion "Christian Scientists take the
inspired word of the Bible as their
only guide, and can furnish chapter
and verse for the truth they teach and
practice"
would like to ask through your
Letter Box If Mr.. Wright can furnish
us with chapter and verse for the roll
lowing teachings of Mrs. Eddy. which
I take from the 1902 edition Of her text
book:
Page food is not influenced by
man." Will he quote US John 14:13?
Page 23-"One sacrifice, however
great, Is insufficient to pay the debt OF
sin" Will he quote us Heb. 9:26?
Page 203--"Death is not a stepping
stone to life. Immortality and bliss
How does this compare with Phil. 1:2S,
and 3:2O,21?
Page 291-Mrs. Eddy says: mo final
Judgment awaits mortals," but in the
Bible I read (IIeb. 9:27) 1T Is appoint
ed unto men once to die, and after this
the judgment"
Page 468-"Because soul is immortal,
soul cannot sin" Ezekiel 1874 says,
1.-THE soul that sinneth 1t shall die.
Or as to practices, take just one.
c. s. teaches not to describe sin; and
Mrs. Eddy says of Jesus, He never
described disease; but the Bibles re-
pudiates that statement in Mark 9:25.
/ could go on to give countless other
instances where the teachings OF this
cult are at variance with the Bible, in
spite of their claim to base their teach
ings on 1t. One more instance Will sur
flee. In the December number of the
Ladies' Home Journal for 1907 Mrs.
Eddy, over her own signature, in an
article, what Christmas Means to
Me-" teaches plainly that Christ did not
come in the flesh. VIII Mr.. Wright
kindly look UP I John 4:2:3?
Now, the only reason / write TINS
letter is In the hope that perhaps some
person interested may be led to see
how most of the teachings of Christian
Science are not supported by scripture
teaching, but are, In fact, absolutely
at variance with the truths OF the Bible.
Eddyism almost always leads Its FOL
lowers away from Jesus Christ as their
personal saviour from sin.
A we'll known Christian Science heal
err, in the presence of witnesses In my
parlor, after challenging me to show
cases of healing equal to those he mad
produced, disclaimed in most positive
manner any belief In Jesus Christ as
his saviour from sin. Do you wonder
that people flock to teaching which
promises healthy bodies by denying
sin, repentance, the need of Saviour,
a final Judgment? What shall 1t profit
II one gain a thousand years OF health
but lose his own soul thereby?
We will all be glad to hear Mr..
EDWIN r. BROWN