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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-08-18
WEST WATERFORD.

Lawyer A. H. Carpenter from Stock
ton, Cal, is visiting at S. F. Cuttings.
Mr.. and Mrs. M, B. Carpenter of Con-
cord visited Friday at S. F. Cuttings.
Mrs. Willis Bradshaw from Concord
Corner visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
S. r. Cutting, and E. B. Parker recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Cutting, A. H. Car
penter, Mrs. Mabel Carpenter and Edith
visited at Concord at M. B. Carpenters,
Saturday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-04
! HAMS STORY.
Man on Trial for Murder of
VIM. f.. Annis
Takes the Witness Stand in His
Own. Defense.

Flushing, n. y, JAN 4.-Thornton
J. Hams took tf1e-witness stand today
in hsi own defense of the charge that
he was principal with his brother in
the killing Of William E. AAnnis and in
40 snappy manner related under coun-
sePs interrogations the story of his life
and Captain Hams martial troubles
that led to the Staying of Annis. Some
tim es the defen dant made his answers
before the district attorney could en-
ter objections to the line Of interroga-
tion
When recess was taken he had told
of theS sudden appearance of Captain
Hams in his home on the Sunday in
May and of the excitement that the
captain was laboring under because
of what his wife had told him con-
corning Annis.
The early part of the session was
occupied with the conclusion of the
cross examination of General Peter c.
Hams who declared that the mental
conditions of Captain Hams showed
Improvement from May 81 to August
II, when he was served with his wife's
eros bill to the suit for a divorce The
general declared that the cross bill
contained. such charges against Cap
tain Hams that his min dwas again
shocked and there was recurrence of
his mental weakness.
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liking rates adequate to the COM
panies and just to the insurer
Favors State Rating Bureau.

insurance premiums are in their
nature tax on the persons who enjoy
the insurance. The state is interested
In seeing that such rates are low
enough to be afforded by the people to
whom such insurance is a necessity,
and that such rates are high enough to
enable responsible companies to carry
such insurance. The experience of this
state for more than twenty-five years
has shown that where rating bureaus
are maintained directly or indirectly by
the insurance companies, the rates Will
be made in favor of the fire insurance
companies and against its patrons
1t is not to be expected that persons
who have absolutely within their power
the making of the prices to be exacted
from the public, will make such prices
against their own interests. 1t is clear
that something in the nature of a
rating bureau is required both by the
company and its patrons. 1t is also
clear that such bureau should fix an
advisory rate which is equitable both
to the insurer and the insured. I am
of the opinion that the only solution
of the difficulty is for the state to
esta blish a rating bureau to be oper-
ated under the direction of the state
superintendent of insurance, which
shall fix a maximum rate for fire in
surance upon all property within the
state and that no fire insurance COM
pany operating within the state shall
be permitted to charge more than the
rate prescribed by this bureau.
Il am firmly convinced that such
bureau would save the people thous-
ands of dollars in insurance rates in
the next few years.
Kansans Pay More Than Receive.
''The figures for the year ending
December 81, 1907. the last year for
which the figures covering these mat
ters are available. on the amount of
premiums collected and losses paid in
the state are of interest. There was
collected in that year for fire insur-
ance premiums in the state. $3,776,-
603. The companies paid in losses for
the same year, $1,649,6 64S, leaving the
net amount of the premiums re-
ceived by the companies above losses,
$2,126,955. The insurance commits
sioner estimates that the total expense
and loss accounts of the companies
should not exceed sixty-five per cent
of +he gross premiums received. On
this basis, the net profit to the insur-
ance companies for the year was in
round numbers one and one-third mil
lion dollars The amount received
above losses paid is about equal to
the total amount of money collected
by the state for state taxes and ex-
pended for the entire expenses of
state government, and the net profit
to the insurance companies was in ex-
cess of one-half this sum. Surely
subject of expense to the people of
the state which offers such pos
sibilities merits the earnest attention
of the legislature and all of the peo-
pie of the state.'
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CAB STRIKE ENDS.
All the Old Men Will Be Taken Back
Without Discrimination.

New York, Jan. AFTER weaken
ing gradually during the past week,
the strike of cabmen and chauffeurs,
members of the Liberty Dawn asso-
citation, was officially declared off at
a meeting held late last night. The
union men assert that $50 members of
the association won their demand for
increased wages and a closed shop and
that 1,20O others returned to work un-
der the open shop agreement with
wages and hours as before the strike.
Employers maintain that they. are
in stronger position than before the
walk out, but that they will take back
tn. old men without discrimination.
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Involving the $29, 900, 900 Fine
by Judge Lands.
RIGHT OF THE COURT
Asserted by Government and
Denied by Oil Company.
Decision Is Announced by Chief
Justice Fuller.

Washington, Jan. 4.-The $29,OOO,-
600 fine case of the Standard Oil COM
pany will not be reviewed by the su-
preme court of the United States. The
decision of the court to this effect was
announced by Chief Justice Fuller
soon after the court convened today.
The case came to the court on a pc
tition filed by the. government asking
the court for a writ of certiorari to
order up the record in the case for a
review of the decision of the United
States circuit court of appeals for the
seventh circuit by which Judge Lam
diss original decision imposing a fine
of $29,0OO,000 against the Standard
Oil company for accepting rebates
from the railroad companies, was re-
versed 1
In the supreme court the case turn
ed largely upon the right of the court
to interfere in view Of the fact that
the case had been passed upon by the
court of appeals, the government con-
tending for such privilege as a right,
while it was urged in behalf of the oil
company that the precedents were all
against such a proceeding. The action
of the court consisted in the announce
ment that the government's petition
would not be granted. The effect of
this announcement will be to leave
standing the decision of the court of
appeals, which was adverse to the
government and Favorable to the com
pany.
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GETTING TOGETHER.
Executive Departments and Senate
Committee to Cooperate.

Washington. Jan. 4--The executive
departments will cooperate with the
senate committee on appropriations
in arriving at the facts regarding the
employment of secret service officials
in other departments than the treas
ury and in other work than the ferret
ing out of counterfeiters. Senator
Hale, acting chairman of the COM
mittee. has received assurances to this
effect and has been told tnat it is the
desire of the executive branch of the
government that all the facts be un-
derstood.
The departments are prepared to
justify their course in the employ
ment of the men of the service, and
it now looks as if the inquiry would
be directed to the necessity of gem
eral detective bureau in the govern
ment service. Request has been made
of the treasury, interior and navy de-
partments and of the departme ments of
Justice and commerce and labor for
full information as to their drafts
upon the secret service in the work
of uncovering fraud, and as soon as
the promised replies are received the
committee will enter upon the con-
sideration of the subject.
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LIKE SUMMER
But Cold Wave Is Said to Be on the
Way.

The forecast of Fair and colder to-
night and Tuesday" is about the only
reminder that remains that today is
the 4th of January, 1909, and a period
when frosts, freezes, SHOWS and sleets
should be expected. The day has been
one of unusually high temperatures for
this season of the year and though the
sky has been filled with threatening
clouds, a rain rather than a snow has
been expected.
The past three or four weeks have
been unprecedented as far as midwinter
weather in this part of the world is
concerned. The sun has shone much
of the time and the mercury has been
above the freezing point a majority of
the time. Sunday was an ideal mid
behind it as far as desira bic weather
conditions are concerned. The follow
ing telegram was received at o'clock to-
day from Chief Moore of the weather
bureau, Washington, D. c.:
The disturbance mentioned in last
Saturdays special forecast has reached
eastern Minnesota preceded by the ex-
pected high temperatures to the east
ward and southwark and followed by
the cold high area to the northwest
ward The cold wave will reach upper
lake region and the upper Mississippi
valley tonight and Tuesday, the Ohio
valley and the lower lake region Tues
day night and the middle and north
Atlantic states Wednesday. 1t will also
be colder in the south Wednesday and
Wednesday night.
Owing to the wide extent of the
western high area, it is probable that
the cold will be the most marked of the
present season thus far.
Rain viii precede the cold and will
turn to snow over the northern tier of
states
The following were the temperatures
since o'clock this morning:
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w. A. MILLER, Enid, Ok, engii
FIREMAN, name unknown.
Seriously Injured.
SEES A HARD WINTER.
'tKing of Hoboes'' Calls Convention
to Meet in St. Louis.

New York, Jan. 4-Friends of ].
Eads How, Familiarity known as the
king of Hoboes,'' have received a let
ter from him at ST. Louis, in which he
extends an invitation for a gathering
of the unemployed in that city. How
left New York, two months ago and
his whereabouts was not generally
known until the receipt of the letter,
in which he says:
Realizing that this is going to be
hard winter and that there are all
the way from $4,000 to 100000 men
out of employment in all the large cit
les of the country. we have decided
to call a convention of delegates from
the different centers to meet in st.
Louis on. January %. % and "a. The
object of this convention will be to at
tempt to secure employment for all
those desiring work and to attempt to
get transportation for unemployed
men to their jobs"
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HAD NO HAND in IT.
Mrs Erb Denies Positively That She
Helped SIay Her Husband.

Media, Pa, Jan. 4.-Judge George
Johnson in the trial of Mrs. Florence
Erb and her sister. Mrs. Catherine
Beisel for the murder of Captain J.
Clayton Erb on October s. last ap-
pears to be determined to keep out
OF the proceedings any unnecessary
scandal not directly bearing on the
case. Mrs. Erb who was under cross
examination when court adjourned
Saturday was again on the stand to-
day.
District Attorney MacDade en-
deavored to find out from the witness
whether she had lived with another
man before she went to RED Cables
but the question was objected to and
stricken out.
Mrs. Erb denies having been unduly
familiar with certain men, whose
names were not mentioned and said
she had fired a revolver out of a win
dow to scare Captain Erb from COM
ing back to the house after he had
dragged her out of bed one morning.
Following a long series OF questions
regarding the events of the night of
the shooting, Mr.. MacDade asked:
''Wiu you declare upon your oath
you had no hand in the killing of
your husband in any PARTICULAR %
''I had not"
You say you remained locked in
that bath room, while your sister
grappled alone with Captain Erb ?'
81 was coward from abuse and i'll
sisters assistance. I did not have the
nerve
You the fox hunter, accustomed to
fire arms and horses, you lost your
nerve -
Yes said Mrs. Erb.
-'Bah!'' said Mr.. MacDade. in ap-
parent disgust and he gave up the
cross eXamin ton.
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amount becomes Immediately avail
Congress Acts.

1~c@S"
Congress Acts.
Resolutions were introduced in the
senate and house providing for an ap-
preparation of $500,000 for Italian relief
The resolutions provided that the
money shall be used for provisions,
Clothing. medicines and other neces-
sary articles, and the president is au-
thorized to employ any vessels of the
United States navy or to charter and
employ other suitable steamships or
vessels to carry out the purpose of this
government
The senate resolution follows:
THAT to enable the president of the
United States to procure, transport and
distribute among the suffering people
of Italy and it's islands such provisions,
clothing medicines, money and other
articles as he shall deem advisable for
the purpose of rescuing and succorlng
the people who are in peril and threat.
ened with starvation in consequence OF
the recent earthquake the sum of $780,
600 is hereby appropriated out of any
moneys in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated and the action Of the
president in dispatching the naval
vessels to Italy with food and supplies
for the Italian sufferers is hereby rati-
fed and approved.
'In the execution of this act, the
president may use any vessels of the
limited states navy and such other
vessels as he may in his discretion
employ"
The house resolution reads:
THAT to enable the president of the
United States to procure and distribute
among the suffering and destitute peo-
pie of Italy such provisions. clothing,
medicines and other necessary articles
and to take such other steps as he
shall deem advisable. for the purpose
of rescuing and succoring the people
who are in peril and threatened with
starvation. the sum of $S00,O00 is here
by appropriated out of any moneys in
the treasury not otherwise appro-
I'm the execution of this act the
president is requested to ask and OBJ
tain the approval of the italian gov
ernment and is hereby authorized TO
employ any vessels of the United
states navy and to charter and employ
any other suitable steamships and YES
selS'
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METEOR IS WRECKED.
Frisco's Fast Train Meets "a Freight
Head-on.

Tulsa Okla, Jan. "A passenger train
and a freight train of the st. Louis &
San Francisco railroad collided head on
near Fisher. a small station II miles west
of Tulsa. this morning. One engineer and
one fireman were killed and a score of
others were more or less seriously in
jured.
Kansas City. Mo-. Jan. 4.-The ST. Louis
and San Francisco passenger train that
collided at Fisher. Okla. with a freight is
believed to be the Meteor. fast train
that left Kansas City at $40 Sunday
night for the south. The Meteor connects
at Sapulpa with a passenger train from
ST. Louis and both continue south from
there as one train. Sapulpa is south of
Fisher and the st. Louis train therefore
could not have been involved in today's
wreck.
None of the passengers was fatally
hurt.
Dead.
W. A MILLER, Enid, Ok, engineer
FIREMAN, name unknown.
Seriously Injured.
Fireman Hancock.
Conductor Barnard.
c. f. Hosrey, passenger.
Frank Weddle, express messenger.
The passenger train was running Is
miles an hour when it met the freight
Blame for the wreck is laid Jointly
to a heavy fog and to confusion of
train orders.
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Weather Indications.
Chicago. jan 4-Forecast for Kan
sas: Fair and colder tonight and Tues
dav.
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An earnest young preacher in a remote
country Village concluded a long and COM
prehensive supplication by saying: t'And
now let us pray for those who are dwell
ing in. the uninhabited portions of the
earth. ."-Argonaut.
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Continued on Page Three.I
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WISE WORDS.

Death but entombs the body, Hh
the soul.-Young.
Dangers breed fears, and len
more dangers bring.-R, Baxter.
Custom is the pillar round VII
opinion twines, and interest n
tie that binds TT. L. Peacock
Curses, like young chickens, On
home to roost.-Southey.
Courage from hearts, and not trul
numbers, grows.-Dryden.
He only is a well made man Vhs
has a good determination. - RilIl
Waldo Emerson.
With an habitual sense Of the o.
vine presence the trials Of life AZ
lightened. Peabody.
Choose an author as you choOs
friend.-Roscommon.
Character must be kept bright 4
well as clean.--Lord Chesterfield
Blood only serves to wash ahh'
TONS hands.-Byron.
1t is better ends should go fnt
than last.-Walpole.
Age glides steadily on and begulei
us as It fiies.-Ovid.
Difficulties are things that shos
what men are.-Epictetus.
A liar ends with making truth ap'
pear like NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
A man should be upright, not =
kept upright.-Marcus Aurelius.
Men do less than they ought ID
less they do all that they can.-Cd'
lyle.
Peace hath higher tests OF man
hood than battle ever knew,-WH
tier.
l had rather men should ask w
my statue is not set up than why
is.-Cato.
The desire of glory clings even
the best men longer than any otOa
passion.-Tacitus.
Moral good is a practical stimulus
It is no sooner seen than 1t inspnO
an impulse TO ractice.-Plutareh
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even with the Policeman.

A policeman in a country village
where cases" were rare one day came
across his landlord in an incapable
state. The chance was too good to be
missed, so the landlord was summoned
and fined to the amount of las. Cd.
The fine was paid, but the police
mans feelings can be better imagined
than described when on reaching home
he found his rent had been raised six
pence a week, and so 1t continued for
twenty-nine weeks, when the landlord
coolly informed him that "he had paid
the fine, and could have his house at
the former rent.''-Tit-Bits.
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LEGS the NIainstayB

The difficulties encountered "
Lieutenant Shackleton's party ID ~.
attempt to reach the South Pole prov
that in spite Of dogs, sledges' slDe
rian ponies, motor cars and all ny.
chanical appliances tor progress o,e, ,
polar ice, it is on the human legs lnS'
the explorer must depend in the en. -
Whatever a balloon or an aeropis,. ~,
may accomplish in the final dash ~.
the North Pole, 1t is not likely 70 :.
useful on the blizzard-swept pia'sS,L
at the South Pole. But legs are =
ways the good old reliable mains'A''
New York World. u.
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lOsssssSeSoSoSSOOSSsSS,;S
: The Earth and the Nom
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

~"
Huck Finn was at least az ,,.,,
the subject of cosmogony as on,
err scientists. 1t will be recalls, ~
Mark Twain's hero lay at nl,A,
the raft with Jim, and, az M.
looked aloft at the sky speeklsS W.. We
stars, Jim thought they were ~
and Huck "allowed they hapn'..,.
But Huek did not object 10 NJ.
suggestion that the moon COMA 4
laid them, because he had seen , ~
lay as many. And were not tbs ~
ing stars, quite likely, those that y,
got spoiled and were shove ont !, y
nest?" In much the same snlri, d.
George Darwin, in his recent 49,
before the Authors Club in lora'-
discussed Professor Flamm,r..,
theory that the moon moves not ~
the tides Of the ocean, but maxi, n.
earth's crust rise and fall elghtln,,-
per diem. He said, incidentally N,
the Pacific ocean may fill the M.
left by the moon when, accordlg /.
scientific report, 1t broke violee,
away from the earth some million
years ago. II will not say that 1
cept this" Sir George remarked; \
will only say that / do not thht !
have any proof Of It,"
But on the general subject Of A
tides Sir George was less cautlor
Their movement creates frIstim
which may we'll cause the creaEh'
fluctuations Of the solid integunr,
Of the globe. Moreover, It make d,
earth spin slower, and by reasti,,
drives the moon Gurther from y
That process must have been sol,,
on, he inferred, for long ages; lse
fore, when the moon was near b.
complete diurnal revolution was q
complished in four hours. Some con
hence the moon will have disappears
from sight, and the days will be hfty
FIVE times as long as they are nov
That would mean that fifty-hve N
as much food would have to bd
sumed at each of the three mealS q
the day. Huck Finn might assent /
this theory, but he would sigh that
was born too soon.-New York Tina
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Through the Storm.

The final rupture came two years
after their marriage. Emily in rebel
lious anger told her husband that she
would no longer live in the same house
with his mother. you must choose
between US, she said, her splendid
voice vibrating with all the unleashed
emotion Of her being, yet with no fall
tering In 1t. "If she stays | 60"
Stephen Fair harassed and bewil-
deerd, was angry win the relentless
anger Of a patient man reused at
last
Go, then" he saidsternly, an never
turn my mother from my door for any
womans whim."
The stormy red went out OF Bmily's
face, leaving It like a marble mask.
you mean that?" she said, calmly.
think well. If go shall never re-
turn"
Il do mean IT," said Stephen. Leave
my house II you will, If you hold your
marriage vow so lightly. When your
senses return you are welcome to come
back to me. / will never ask you to-"
without another word Emily turned
away. That night she went back to
John and Amelia They, on the.f part,
welcomed her back gladly believing
her to be a wronged and i'll used wo-
man. They hated Stephen Fair with
a new and personal rancor The one
that they could hardly have forgiven
Emily would have been the fact of her
relenting toward him.
But she did not relent. In her soul
she knew that, with all her just griev-
ances, she had been in the wrong, and
for that she could not forgive him!
Two years after she had left Steph-
en-, Mrs. Fair had died, and his wild
owed sister went to keep house for
him. If he thought Of Emily he made
no sign. Stephen Fair never broke a
word once passed.
And now Stephen was i'll. The
strange woman felt a certain pride in
her own inhexibility because the fact
did not affect her She told herself
that she could not have felt more un-
concerned had he been the merest
stranger. Nevertheless she watched
for John Phillipses Homecoming.
At 10 O'Clock she heard his voice IN
the kitchen. She leaned out of bed
and pulled open the door. She heard
voices below, but could not distinguish
the words, so she rose and went noise
iessly out into the hall. knelt down by
the stair railing and listened. The door
of the kitchen was open below her and
a narrow shaft of light struck on her
white, intent face. She looked like
woman waiting for the decree Of doom.
At first John and Amelia talked of
trivial matters. Then the latter said
abruptly, did you ever hear how
Stephen Fair was?"
Hes dying" was the brief response.
Emily heard Amelia's startled ex-
clamaton. She gripped the square
rails with her hands until the sharp
edges dented deep into her fingers.
Johns voice came up again, harsh and
expressionless.
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A LITTLE slip.

The Rev. Mr.. spicer had ior - "a
days enjoyed the telephone Whle l,, sr
been his last gift from an aah is n
parishioner. He had been usius
Immediately before going 70 ons' I'm.
When the time came for him y "a
nounce the first hymn. he foss, $3.50.
with his usual impressive inar 80
read the words. Then in a CRISP, 4.
tone. he said: let MS All UNIV, y
hymn six double o. sing three
Youths Companion.