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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-20

F. P. Dillingham;, prominent business
man of Woodstock, his wife and her SIS
ter suffered ptomaine poison last week
from eating canned chicken.
The San Jose Scale has been discovered
in the orchards at the Kurn Hattin
homes in Westminster. This is the only
section affected in Vermont.
The public schools in Bethel are closed.
on account of several cases of diphtheria.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-20
ESTATE OF MILE L. ROBBIE.

The undersigned, Having been appointed by
the Honorable Probate Court for the district
of Caledonia, commissioners to receive, ex-
anime and adjust the claims and demands of
all persons against the estate of Millie l..
Robbie, late of st: Johnsbury, in said district,
deceased, and all claims exhibited in offset
meet for the purpose aforesaid. at the Pas
sumpsic Savings Bank in the Village of st.
Johnsbury, in said District, on the 18th day
of October and 21st day of March next, from
of said days and that six months from the
25th day of September A. d. 1909, is the
time limited by said Court for said creditors
to present their claims to us for examination
and allowance.
Dated at st. yohnsbury, VT, this 3oth dav
September, A. ID. 1909
WILLIAM S. BoYNToN,
F. G. BuNDY,
Commissioners.
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chancery docket 16 cases. The term will
open at GuiIdhall, Tuesday, October 26,
Judge W. H. Taylor presiding. 1t is a
grand jury term.
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80 Main Street. NS'uence
Office Hours: So
1890
IS
N. E. Phone 1912. Cit. 'Phon. NJ
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Business Directory.
PHYSICIANS,
WILLIS q. Hitch. q

Office 961a Railroad Street. Residero. no
Railroad Street. ~
General Practice. Office hours to O
to and to p. m. Sundays 1 to . j. y W. !
Both Phones. p H.
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CHARLOTTE FAIRBANKS. ~ r

Office "a Main st. Residence "a WesterrA
Office Hours:' 10 to 10 a. M, 80 ta q oo
p. m. Monday and Thursday to ~ n o'oo
and by appointment p
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% Summer St.,
observation-disclosures of Children. Hours
to and z TO 8 p. m. Sundays 1890 to
2 p. m. Both Phones.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-20

MINNIE MARTEL, | Caledonia County,
VS.. December Term,
CYRILLR MARTEL. A. ID. 1909.
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DR.. j. M. ALLEN

Specialist,
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat and General Sur.
gerry, "a Railroad Street, St. Johnsbury, VI
ment. Both phones.
The oasis., 1909-09-18

their compatrlots.
 In the camps where Chinese are part of the force they are pro- vided with two large tents-one being bunk house the other a mess tent.
 The foreign foremen, clerks, overseers and storekeepers in the various camps are provided with tents and they are boarded at a large mess tent in each camp. At the End of Track box cars fitted conveniently and arranged as offices, kitchens, dining rooms and lodging rooms, are used instead of tents.
 The commissary tent at each camp, and the car at the End of Track, are necessary and import ant adjuncts to the great enter prise. In each there is carried quite a stock of such commodities as are needed by the various kinds and grades of employees and the families of such as are so provided staple provisions such as are within the range of their needs,- flour, corn, beans, sugar, etc-cheap clothing, boots, shoes, hosiery, hats, cheap calicoes, rebOSos (light shawls) ] etc, etc. Without those stores the enterprise could not be conducted. The workmen and their families must be supplied and nowhere else can they be. The prices charged are moderate, and the profits are small.
 A hospital is a necessary ad- junct, and there is an emergency
 hospital at a central point, oppo- site La Concentration. It is con-
 nected by telephone with all the camps, and in case of any accident
 to any workman, the surgeon in
 charge is summoned immediately.
 One day two weeks ago the writer
 was riding lesiurely down the grade
 from La Concentration to Realito
 when a horsemen passed him at
 the top of the speed of his mount.
 His saddlebags betokened a doctor.
 My own horse took after him and followed closely into a camp a
 couple of miles below. There we
 learned that not twenty minutes before three men had been injured : by a premature explosion of a
 blast, and the hastily summoned , surgeon was applying already his merciful art of healing.
 The work as conducted by the various gangs of the great force employed is varied and very in. l teresting. At the time of the visit two weeks ago the tracklaying } gang was laying ties and rails , and spilling down the latter. A 2 small trestle had been completed d the preceding day, and they had just crossed that when the writer 3 passed up the line early in the morning. When he returned ir : the afternoon the rails had reached } the next trestle, about a half kilo. Z meter up the grade, which the l bridge gang was hastening to put together so the rails might be laiC l across at the earliest moment pos ] sible; and the track gang had gone : back to bolt in the angle barr
 at the rail joints, to put into place y and spike additional ties, the frs : laid being about four feet apart y and to ballast up the rails and tieI in place, the bulk of the work o |. ballasting being left to worl
The oasis., 1909-09-18
AN INDUSTRIAL ARMY.
Operatlons of the Construction Force Building a Railway Along the Yaqu River.

Stretched along the west side of the Yaqui river a distance of about thirty kilometers, between Realito and Toledo, the construction work of the Cananea, Rio Yaqui & Pacific railway presents continuous scene of activity that is of decided inter- est to the observing traveller. Seven grading camps, each the temporary homes of from 150 to 800 workers many of them having their fam ilies, and large supply camp, at the end of the track with three camps of engineers they present an example of complete organization and united effort toward definite ends such as is not seen very frequently.
 At the supply station at the End of Track there are represented four different branches of the construc- ton work, viz: the engineer corps, the bridge construction force, the track laying gang, and the grading cOntrsctors-Grant Brothers Con- struction Company. Each has it's outfit of boarding and lodging cars, with office cars, too. cars, etc. The Grant Brothers Construction Com pany have large corral for the many heavy teams engaged in hauling and a store to supply the wants and needs of the laborers. At Tufanito, some twenty kilo- meters down the river, is the mat erial yard, whence are brought up as needed, rails, fish plates, spikes, ties, bridge timbers, etc.; and at Cumaripa, about sixty kilometers below, Grant Brothers have a large supply depot. that serves as base of supplies to all the camps. A telephone line between Cumaripa and Toledo connects all the camps with the various bases of supplies to the great facilitation of business Friday two weeks ago there were l225 men engaged in the work, anC Saturday there were sent to the various camps l50 more who were brought up from Topic the preced Ing evening. About 400 more were expected during the past week and 1t is expected to have 2,00( men at work very shortly. The work to Toledo is to be pushed a! rapidly as possible. About 400 mules and 100 horses are engaged Tn the work. The proportion O animals to men is much less thar on the line toward Topic. Ther, the work heretofore has beer 'cFaper work mostly, where on, man can work four or more ami maIs. Along the Yaqui the greate
 part of the work is in rock, anC Inere is very little scraper work In the rock work there have to b many workers, and carts are use,
 to carry away the rock out of tn
 culs' Two or three carts, eacl "''h a single animal can carr, away all the rock thrown out b.
 twenty-five or thirty men. And i
 requires a man to manipulate eacl
 cart and its mule.
 From the End of the Track tn
 supplies and material for the grad
 tug camps are hauled by heav
 Nams of four and six colossa
 mules, which come from the var
 s sVuS camps each evening, and load
 ''"rong out early in the morning
The oasis., 1909-09-18
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shaping timbers to put into the trestle, at which some of the force were putting together bents and raising them into place, and on the completed part of the trestle a pile driver was sending down into the ground long piles to give firm support to the bents of the trestle. That was where there was a soft soil to penetrate. In other places, where there had been left openings for trestles and there were rock foundations, gangs of cement work CTS were laying concrete piers, with long two inch bolts imbedded therein, and the bents of the trestles were to be anchored firmly to those by massive nuts At open ings so small that no trestles were necessary gangs of masons were building stone or concrete culverts. At some parts of the work where there was soil to be moved great blows each drawn by six mules were tearing up the earth and the substratum of loose rock, while many teams with scrapers, were dragging the soil and rocks out upon the adjacent fills and dump ing them there, while in the com pleted cuts and upon the completed fills the dressers were smoothing of the surfaces to make ready for the ties and rails. Sometimes below the blow and scraper work the rock had to be blasted and hun dreds of men were engaged there with drills and hammers or churn drills making deep holes to charge with giant powder and dynamite to blast; while somewhere or an other along the long line of the work there arose every little while the rumble and roar of a great blast exploded. When the blasts were set off and the rock ready for removal carts drawn by single mules went into the cuts and were filled quickly with the broken rock, which was hauled out and dumped upon the adjacent fill at either end. Rocks too large for the carts were penetrated by a drill and shattered with light blasts, or, if possible, slid upon "stoneboats" big pieces of boiler plate to
 which are attached span of power ful mules-run out of the cut and
 rolled off from the "bOat" over the dump. The cart work was done by Cdinamen mostly, and that
 seemed where the celestials were
 used to the best advantage. In
 some places the rock blasting con-
 menced right at the grade stakes
 and continued down through the solid rock twenty or thirty feet be-
 fore the level of the terraplane was
 reached. In other places, the blast
 ing was right against the side of pre-.
 cipitous cliffs, which were cut down
 two or three hundred feet to make
 a roadway above the high water
 mark of the river flowing at their
 base. And at another point tun-
 nel had been completed but recent
 ly through several hundred feet of
 solid conglomerate, while but a few feet away they were engaged busily in cutting through a lofty point of adamantine rhyolite an- other tunnel about 500 feet in length, through which daylight had been knocked but recently, yet which will require two weeks or more of hard work to make
The oasis., 1909-09-18

carried forward to the end ot the rails by construction train. Where the bridge timbers are needed beyond the ends of the rails they are hauled from the End of the Track station by the teams. Many of the culverts are made of concrete or masonry, and the cem- ent is hauled from the same place. The workmen and their families coming to the End of Track are distributed to the camps by the same teams. It is an inspiriting sight to see several hundred men, women and children hustled on a lot of freight wagons at the End of Track and started off up the line by early daylight.
 The greater number of the labor CTS consists of natives. Nearly all of these have their wives and fam flies, who live with them in the camps. They are provided with A tents-as many as family or two may need. They fix usually a canopy of boughs and twigs of trees, which provides a shade. around which are grouped the tents. In the latter the people sleep, except in hot or cold weather. When the weather is fair they all sleep out of doors, arranging their bedding upon the ground wherever conven- tent, gathering it up and putting it away when they arise in the morning. Very few of them have cots. The brush canopy is a sort of general living room for the family. There the cooking Is done and the meals are served, all seated on the ground. The supplies come from the commissary car or tent which is busy secene every eve hing with the crowd of workmen and their wives thronging inside to make purchase of supplies for the day following. Each man is given a boleto or ticket showing his wage for the day, and he has credit tc that amount. Generally it is all taken up.
 In the tents and canopies des. cribed hundreds of families make their homes,-men, women, chil
 dren, babies and dogs; and they seem as happy and contented a' laborers anywhere, under better conditions, more comfortable housed and better fed. The children art as joyous and playful as children
 anywhere, and they seem to get ou
 from their environment as mucl childish joy as any lot of childrer
 that may be found anywhere or the face of the Earth. AL the Enc
 of Track the writer noted one littlt , girl, not more than five or sig years of age, playing with ra, doll. For the doll there had beer made little bed, the materials be ing a piece of cloth and som sticks. That she had decorated with San Juanico flowers (resem bling wistara); and with it sh busted herself for hours, gettinI } from her poor possession as mucl
 solid comfort as would a spoiIet child of fortune get from a FrencI , doll that closes its eyes, upon t fancy bed and with elaborate trim l mings.
 In the crude homes-temporar 3 and transient-described are gath cred all sorts of possessions. Man 7 of them have sewing machines an other conveniences of civilization
Evening journal., 1909-03-12
LICENSE APPLTcATToNs

NJ OTICE-WE. JOHN KLINE, HARRY
~ j. Harkins, Gcorgettc dc J.. Kline
the tenants and occupants Of the house
known as tho Clayton House. situated
at the northeast corner Fifth and
Market streets, In the Fourth ward. in
the city OF Wilmington. county OF New
Castle and State Of Delaware I'm compli-
ance with the requirements OF the
Acts OF the General Assembly in
hereby give notice that we shall apply in
writing TO the Court Of General Sessions
OF the State OF Delaware I'm and for New
Castle county. on Monday, the third day
OF MAY. 1909 being the next term OF
said court for a license for said house.
as an Inn or tavern, for the sale therein OF
Intoxicating liquors in less quantities
than one quart, 10 be drunk on the prem
ises, and the following respectable citi-
zens Of said yard. az least twelve Of
whom are substantial freeholders OF said
ward, recommend the said application,
viz:
secors l. Baer g. W. Gwynn
Nathan Barsky John II. Buckley
Clarence r. Holt j. 4. Wallace
A. j. Niedermaier Wm. J. Bickle
Robert Morrow James Everett
Jacob j. kopp Wm. Eakin
Candy Cox Vincent WoOdcox
Sylvester j. France Chas. D. Evans
George France Walter ]. HartlOve
Patrick F. Megary Victor Il. Buckley
Nm. p Windish Levi Ruth
James Kitchens W. NJ Ennis
w. II. Hartiove Isaac Goldstein
Louis Leshem
JOHN KLINE,
HARRY J. HARKINS,
GEORGETTE DE l.. KLINE
ml1-St.
Evening journal., 1909-03-12
WHY NEW PUMP
WILL BE NEEDED

Many persons have inquired Why the
Water Department sold the old pump at
the Cool Spring station when one will be
needed there TO pump water FROM Cool
Spring to the Rockford tower. The ques-
tion was answered today by Chief Engi-
neer kienle.
lie said the old pump was entirely too
large for the purpose the new pump will
be needed for. He also pointed out that a
boiled plant would have to be maintained
TO operate such a plant. Under the pro-
posed plans an electrical pump Will be in
stalled. power for which will be gener-
ated by tho water which flows from the
weldin farm reservoir to Cool Spring
basin.
"The old pump was not adapted in any
feature TO the work which the new pump
viii have to perform" said Mr. kienle.
Evening journal., 1909-03-12
LIST OF PUBLIC SALES.

LILO OA ~ Ill - OA1A~AN0s
March i3.-sals Of Horses for S. A..
Mcdaniel, 419 West Front St., at I
o'clock, p. ms by Stidham & Son,
Auctionoers.
March 13.-Public Sale Of Horses at
Klair's Bazaar, 3o3 West Eighth.
March 15.--Mrs. Brinshurst's House
hold Goods, also Stock and imple-
rents at Ashley, opposite Richard
son Park, at 10 a. m. w. A. Hukill,
Auctioneer.
March 16.-Furniture and Household
Goods, Horses and Carriages for
Mary v. Hart at o10 French ST.,
at 10 o'clock, a. ns by Stidham
G. Son, Auetioneers.
March 16-Sale OF Horses. Mules, Colts
and Cattle at Bear Station, at 9
o'clock, a. m. w. S. 5urrIs.
March 17-Sale Of Stock and Farming
implements and Household Goods
for Clarence Kiivineton, near Cor
don Heights at ! o'clock. p. M, by
Stdham & Son, Auetioneers.
March 1s.-Sale Of Stock and Farming
implements. o. c. Magargle, near
5randywine Springs.
March is.-sale Of Furniture at 517
West Seventh street. for Sarah j.
Mode, at I o'clock, p. M, by Std
ham g. Son, Auetioneers.
March 22-sale Of Stock and Truckers
Tools at Rose Hill for D. w. Nc
cuire at I o'clock, p. M, by Std
ham & Son, Auctioneers.
March 23.-Furniture at 1906 Adams
ST., at I o'clock p. ns by Stidhan
G. Son, Auetioneers.
/ March 29.-sale Of Stock and Farming
Implements, Albert Franksh
Wooddsle.
Evening journal., 1909-03-12
CHANGERS WANT
BILLS ACTED ON

At the weekly meeting Of Brandy
wine Grange at Talleyville last night
protest was made because proposed
grange legislation has been held up by
the state Legislature. No formal ac-
tion was taken, but several members
said that some grange matters before
the Legislature have been permitted to
drop from attention.
Mr. Ingel, formerly or Dover, now
living near Talleyville, was admitted
as member of the grange.
Evening journal., 1909-03-12
GOODMAN CHURCH
TOBURN MORTGAGE

A mortgage Of $500. the last pay
ment Of an original mortgage OF $4,000
against the church will be burned at
the morning service in Goodman NJ. T..
Church on Sunday. The service will
begin at 7.45 o'clock. and there will
be special music and speaking. The
pastor, the Rev. V. z. Northrup viii
preach a special sermon on Victory"
Harry Lynch is entitled to burn the
mortgage and it is expected that that
very interesting duty win be perform
ed by HIM The congregation and pas
tor of Goodman Church have made ex-
traordinary effort to clear the church
Of debt. and they are .pardonably proud
Of their success. Sundays service will
be most enthusiastic
Evening journal., 1909-03-12
Resolutions Of Respect.

Morning Star Lodge, No. .. Knights
Of Pythias. OF Grubbs Corner, Della
ware, have adopted the following reso-
lutions OF respect on the death OF
Brother Irwin w Pierce.
Whereas, Our Supreme Ruler has
seen fit in His all wise Judgment 10
remove from our order Brother Irwin
W. Pierce Therefore be it
Resolved. That in his death we have
lost a valuable member. one who has
served us faithfully during nearly half
q century membership. And be II fur
ther
Resolved That we drape our charter
I'm respect 10 his memory for period
OF 30 days. BE II
Resolved, That copy of these reso-
lutions be sent 10 the widow and lodge
also printed in two daily papers OF
Wilmington.
Curtis D. Trump,
IT. p Oslxins,
John 6. Borel,
Committed
Evening journal., 1909-03-12
SNOW TONIGHT, MAYBE!

Rain or snow tonight and Satur-
day, accompanied by slowly rising
temperature" was the forecast Of the
weatherman this morning.
Twenty-one years ago to-day. Viii
mington was completely tied up by the
greatest blizzard experienced in the
eastern part Of the United States since
the establishment of the Weather
Bureau.
1t is not expected that the storm due
tonight, however, will bring bach
memories OF the blizzard Of 1883.
Evening journal., 1909-03-12
Noon dax Lenten Service.

1he Rev. William Laird. who has
beeh preaching at tho noon Lenten
services in st. Andrews Church since
Tuesday. preached at the service at
noon today. The sermon was the last
of Mr. Laird's series and on Tuesday
tho Rev. william T. Remington. of
Philadelphia, Will preach. on We'd
nesday the preacher will be the Rev.
F. Nj. Jefferys, OF Philadelphia, and on
Thursday the Rev. Croswell McBee,
of Lansdowne. will preach. The Rov.
William c. Richardson. ID. D., OF Phil
adelphia, viii preach next Friday.
Evening journal., 1909-03-12
LEGAL NOTICES
I r dIxNcERY.

I n Gi1A4NAEhl -
New Castle County. IS:
Cause Of Partition.
In re: Real Estate of
Margaret Butler, Deceased.
i'm pursuance OF an order OF the Chan
ccllor i'm the above cause, made the four
teenth day OF September. a. ID. 1905 all
persons having any lien or liens affecting
The interest or estate Of Sarah J. New
ton Mary A. McClay. Louis c.. Cum
minis. Martin r. Butler. Cloud Butler
Salina West. Margaret Culp. Mary Carr
Sarah Boise, Catharlne Clark William
Cummins and Clcstine Cummins, OF cith-
er OF them, in the lands and premises to
which the said cause relates, are hereby
notified to file n petition setting forth
the nature and amount OF the same IN
the Office OF the Register in Chanccry for
New Castle County, TEN DAYS before
the fourth Monday IN March, A. ID. 1909.
and 20 appear and prove said lien OF
liens at the ensuing term OF the Court,
bforc the rising OF the Court on the third
day OF the term
THOMAS DAVIS. Trustee.
Wilmington, Delaware, February 3, 1909.
Ynk-1nf
Evening journal., 1909-03-12
New Coke cars Eor Psnnlr.

In an effort TO provide shippers Of
coke with an improved car. which can
be loaded and unloaded in the shortest
possible time. the Pen- -ylvania lines
west Of Pittsburgh have specified that
Of the recent order for 1900 new cars,
1000 should be all-steel cars of new
design and OF greater capacity than
any coke cars hitherto built for rcgu-
lar service.
Evening journal., 1909-03-12
could Eind Mo vess.I in pi.tre.,.

NEWFUhI, X. l., March l..--After
an all night search by Revenue Cutters,
and other boats for a vessel supposed
10 be in distress some where off the
Newport Coat, Captain Mark Bristol.
inspector at the torpedo station. de-
clared today that the wireless distress
calls which sent relief ships scnrrying
IN every direction were undoubtedly the
work. Of amateur wireless experiments
orc
Evening journal., 1909-03-12
Insurance Case This Afternoon.

Arsument to the exceptions filed to
the bill asking for the appointment Of
a receiver for the German Union Fire
Insurance Co. of Baltimore, which was
set for this morning in tho United
States Court was deferred until this
afternoon. II was impossible for
Andrew c. Gray, counsel for the COM
pany. TO appear in court and for that
reason the postponement was made.
Evening journal., 1909-03-12
Brotherhood Band Entertains.

The Brotherhood Band OF Harrison
Street NJ. E. Church gave a concert in
the church last night which was en-
joyed by a large audience. The band
is composed of 20 pieces under the
leadership Of John Taylor. The male
chorus also contributed to the even
ing's entertainment.
Evening journal., 1909-03-12
Mr.. stoeekle at Office AGAIN.

Harry J. Stoeckle whose leg was am
putated recently as the result Of blood
poisoning was able to go out yester-
day for the first time. He visited his
Office yesterday, and was again able
70 do so today Except that he has
now to use crutches Mr.. Stoeclxle is
as well as ever.
Evening journal., 1909-03-12
MeAIl Mlssion Aaent Ieotures.

George Il. Berry. field secretary for
the McAll Mission. spoke in West
Presbyterian Church last night Mr..
Borry's lecture was illustrated. Tho
pictures exhibited life in the field from
the north TO the south of France, and
they were described I'm an interesting
manner by Mr.. Berry.
Evening journal., 1909-03-12
Werkheiser Leaves Hospital.

William Werkheiser, who was stob-
bed sometime ago. left the Delaware
Hospital today. He was stabbed in
the stomach and for a time il was
thought the wound would result fat
ally. His assailant escaped and is still
at large