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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-01
Crowd at Opening,

The formal opening of Houghton & 81
monds's enlarged and modernized store
last Saturday was largely attended.
From the beginning of the reception at
. O'Clock in the afternoon until IN the
evening the store was crowded.
The new Garment Shop received the
enthusiastic approval OF all the visitors.
As was announced last week, Leltslng
er's orchestra furnished music, and Caterer
Miller served refreshments.
The new glass cases for the shirt waist
and infants wear departments were de-
layed on the railroad, so were not to be
seen on the opening day.
These have arrived this week, and the
new Garment Shop is now completely
and fully fitted out.
Brattleboro can be congratulated upon
having such a metropolitan store-a store
that will attract customers from a great
distance away, to the benefit of the whole
business life in town.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-01

In Lowell, Mass, Sept %, George Ma.
son of Northfeld, Mass, and Miss Alice
Gegenheimer
In Baldwinsville, Mass, Sept. %, by Rev.
Luther NJ. Keneston, Louie Marion Stell-
mann of Syracuse, NJ y, and Miss Corinne
Upton Blodgett of West Brattleboro.
In Hudson. \. H., Sept. %, by Rev. J.
Bruce Gilman, Earl Farnum of Brattle-
boro and Miss Marion Jennie Walch of
Hudson.
In Londonderry. Sept. %, by Rev. Vim
cent Raw, Miss Mildred Tattersall Bacon
Swift of Manchester. Vt.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-01

Mass, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. w. F.
Mixer this week Mr. and Mrs. Fisher
The bride was Miss Julia Wan of Fitch
burg and Mr.. Fisher is resident of Leo
minister. As boy his home was in Brat
tleboro. He is a son of f. S. Fisher. Mr..
and Mrs. Fisher are to live in Leominster.
Mrs. A. V. C. Leavitt is contemplating
making many improvements on her mead
ow where large sections of land have been
washed away by Milestone brook during
high water at different periods. She is
planning to build retaining wall along
that section of the brook and fill and
grade where the excavations have taken
place. 1t is expected the work will be
begun at an early date.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-01
Deaths

In Brattleboro. Sept 26, Mrs. Ethel z.
Bingham, 80, of Springfield, VT.
In Brattleboro. Sept. DC. Mrs. w. F.
Neal, 49,
In Newfane. Sept. 25, Mr.. Martha +.
Best. widow of Charles j. Best
In Springfield, Mass, Edward t. Hough-
ton, g..
In Santiago, Cal, Sept. l6, Mrs. Charity
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-01
Marriages

In Brattleboro, Sept. 25 by Rev. d. E.
Trout, Chester Burnham and Miss Myrtle
In Brattleboro, Sept. %. by William S
Newton, ESD, Irving Lowe of Jamaica
and Olive Emma Rawson of Wardsboro.
In Brattleboro, Sept %, by Rev ID. E.
Trout. Leroy II. Houghton Of Brattleboro
and Miss Ethel NJ. Gay of Claremont,
n. II.
In Boston, Sept. 25. by Rev. DIR. Denni-
son, DIR. Richard NJ. Smith of Mortified.
Mass, and Miss Ethel Brush of Cambridge,
VT.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-01
Births

In Jamaica, Sept. "a. son to Mr.. and
Mrs Arthur BAIRD.
In jacksonville, Sept %. daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. George Churchill
In West Guilford, Sept II, daughter,
Eta Jane, to Mr. and Mrs William NJ. Ak
ley.
In West Chesterfield, Sept. %, son,
Roland Hazen, to Mr. and Mrs. Hazen
FAIR.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-01

Field Sherwood. formerly of Mortified,
Mass.
In Concord, y. H., Sept. "a. Bernard F.
Healy, SO.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-01
West BruttLebOrO
Stellmann-Blodg Wedding,

Louie Marion Stellmann, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. H. Stellmann, and Miss Corinne
Upton Blodgett, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
y. F. Blodgett, We're married at noon
Wednesday at the Memorial parsonage in
Baldwinsville, Mass, by Rev. Luther M.
Keneston, formerly pastor of the first
Congregational church of this village. They
were unattended. Mr.. and Mrs. Stell-
mann were graduated from Brattleboro
academy in the class of 1908 Mr.. sStell-
mann later entered the University of Mich
igan at Ann Arbor and was graduated
from the mechanical engineering depart
ment of that institution last June. Shortly
after his graduation he took a position in
Syracuse, N Y. with the Syracuse Frank
lin Automobile company Mrs. Stellmann
has taught continuously in the town school
since her graduation from the high school,
the last two years having been in the
sixth and seventh grades. She is popular
as singer and has oficiated in that capac
ity in the First Congregational church of
this village. For the last two years she
has sung soprano at the Universalist
church in Brattleboro Mr.. Stelmann has
been lifelong resident of this village UNI
til his entrance to the University of Mich
igan and the bride has lived in town about
Is years, having moved here from Gard
ner, Mass. They are to live in Syracuse
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-02
The Twos Must Go.
,m the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
A wish to simplify the coinage has led
to the disappearance of many coins which
it was supposed when their minting was
authorized would be a popular conven-
fence The three-dollar and one-dollar
gold pieces have gone. The last was too
small and the first never was needed. 1t
was supposed by the men who suggested
it's coinage that the twenty-cent piece
would come in handy. 1t proved to be n
nuisance because it was SO near the size
of the quarter dollar 1t did not help ma
terially In making change So it did not
last many years. The silver half-dme
was abandoned because too small. The
three-cent piece in silver or nickel had u
long use, but was discarded finally. So
was the two-cent piece. 1t was agreed
that there was no need of coin between
the cent and the five-cent piece. Now it
is proposed to get rid o. the two-dollar
bill FOR a similar reason. The only OBJ
jectors thus far are the bank tellers.
They say it saves them time i'll handling
money when there is good deal to be
handled Oh course, il takes only half
as long to run through hundred dollars
in twos as when 1t is made up OF ones.
But the bank tellerS are not the only
persons to be considered. There are notes
for their special accom- modation--five-
thousand-dollar and ten-thousand- dollar
bills, which the common people new
er own and seldom see. The men who
handle money on a small scale--the petty
dealers, for instance-would he glad to
see the two-dollar bill disappear. They
consider it somewhat Of a nuisance. The
twos certainly ought to be called i'll and
converted into ones. There ought to be il!
circulation more bills OF that useful de-
nomination There is never q surplus
Of them, so great and SO constant is the
demand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-02
Maryland's School Fund.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. October "A quar-
terly distribution of the public school
tax. amounting to s250.0Oo. is announced
by the controller. The amounts will be
payable to the school authorities of Bal
timore city and the counties on and after
October IN. The amount apportioncd 10
Baltimore city is 500, 459.14. and to tire
various counties follows: -AlleganN.
81, 22S.14: Anne Arundel, sSHo.4S: Bal
timore, SIS. 76l.4 6: Calvert S2.iO3.Si: Caro-
line, 81. S1s.f4: Carroll. S7.042. IL: Cecil. ST.
15..SI: cha rles. SI,31464: Dorchester St.
jI6. IS; Frederick. S1O, 1864: Garrett ST.
1858: Hartford, Sc. 1o7.26: Howard ST.
.16: Kent. S3.s21.:y0: Montgomery. ST.
SG2,36: Prince George. SG77O.!6: Queen
Anne. S4.330.:2: ST. Marys, x4.3ll.7S:
Somerset. S6.077.:sO: Talbot S3.6i1. ~:
Washington. s9.:16l. rs: Wicomico, 81
i.c.J.S sc: Worcester. 81 !2i. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-02
Lace Developed by Men.
the New York sun.

From The New York sun.
1t is curious to know that lace now
almost the unique possession of women
owes its development if not IT'S actual
existence to men. When lace was being
slowly evolved from drawnwork the
popes and great prelates Of the churc n
used il OH their altar vestments and
robes fostered and encouraged its pro-
duction and paid large sums for it,
Later lace became an absolute essen
tial OF masculine attire in ruffs. I'm col
lars, iii SaShes, III garterS. and even as
decoration al the shoe-top J7nde,. III.
S:uarts the collection Of laces became a
passion Of the court, and noblemen were
as frequently known TOR their posses sion
of rare lacas as for collections OF vaiu-
a BILE paintings or gems.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-02
bit instead Of the general method o.
yOking

Sohlbe-
IL the eighteenth dynasty tomb Was
found an oil cruise Of terra Gotta pottery.
which was full of OIL although II has lain
buried for more than three thousand
years.
Other discoveries were some toie.
requisites used by the Egyptian belle Of
1850 r. G. They include a long palette
o. stone with a small hollow in the cen
ter in which she ground her green eye
paint, small dainty sea shell In which
she mixed the paint with the necessary
grease to stiffen her eyelashes. ivory
harpins which rival in length the hail,
pin Of the present day, quaint ivory
combs and wooden bowl which was
used for kohl pot.
The collection also includes what seems
to be a babys feeding bottle. It II sim
liar to the non-tube feeding bottle OF
today.
An important addition has been made
TO the collection OF oriental manuscripts
in the British Museum by the purchase
of some manuscripts which were discoy
cred near Edfu by some Arabs. They
were buried in a stone box in the noun
tains. One of the works was bound in a
rough leather binding OF decidedly an
cient date and consisted of eighteen
leaves measuring six by four inches.
Ancient Christian Work.
Tha work was examined by Dr. Bulge.
keeper Of the Egyptian and Aesyrian an
tiquities, and other orientalists Of the
British Museum. and proved to be OF
extreme value. 1t is written in Greek
characters, with some additional letters
in an unknown language being neither
Greek nor Copt.c. There are. however,
sufficient Greek words in the work to
afford clue TO its nature. On the title
page which is decorated with rude or
natae nta ion. there occur the Greek words
1.-THE Christian martyr Mena" and 81
other parts of the work are found the
names of Christ Mary and "Jeru-
salem,'' as we'll as the Hebrew words
-.Hosanna'' and 'Halleluyah,'' which
show clearly that the document is a
Christian work relating to the early
martyr St Menas. The second part OF
the manuscript is more obscure Ii Is
in d:rerent handwriting, but the oc
currence of the words "Nicaea" and
{ anon seems TO Indicate that il is
series OF extracts from tire ceIebrs ted
council of Nicaea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-02
Predynastic Pottery.

number OF examples OF biack-topped
pre,iynastic pottery are shown, several OF
them being marked with tie lion These
ave regarded as being exceptionally inter
ast.re, ard il j. sugs tel that the lion
VS. 2 trftaL mark. TIE Saul OF =. long
;.r.s,ed OK found - me hnttoI.- % II
sixth dynasty sre", suaft Is remarkable
by reason of the Iact that the teeth are
worn as II by bit The horse was
known at this period. and no other exam
pie has been discovered of tue use of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-02
WICKS GETS EIGHT YEARS.
Convicted of Manslaughter in the
Ellicott CITY Court.

ELLICOTT CITY. Md. October Ed
ward Wicks. colored. indicted for the
murder OF Frank Williams. alias Johnson.
on June ~. 1867 at Dorseys Run tunnel,
was found guilty of manslaughter and
sentenced TO eight years in the penten-
tiary. Wicks was taken TO the peniten
tiary at once. The trial of Wicks began
here yesterday. with Judges Forsythe and
BraShears on the bench The defense de-
INJURED to the indictment on the ground
that ii was unconstitutional because it
was drawn under the act of 1906 The
court overruled the demurrer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-02
Rev Ignatius Renaud, S. j.. Dead.

PHILADELPHIA, October The Rev.
IgnatiuS Renaud. s. j., one IF the most
prominent Catholic educators in tins
country. died here aged seventy years
At the time of his death he was treas
urer OF st. JoSaph's College in this city.
Since he was edmitted to the Society OF
Jesus in 1851 he has been connected with
Fordham College. New York: St. Mary'S
College Montreal, and st. Francis CO.
Iege New York. He also served as a
missionary in Maryland. He has been In
ill-nealth for the past six months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-02
Indian Adds to His Crimes.

RIN ERSIDE, cal. October 2.-Nld
Boy. Young Piute Indian, who has been
pursued for several days across the des-
ert by posse, has adde1 to his crimes
BY numbering The eicutee.i-y ea"-old In
dian .iri whom he has been carving witt
him IL his flight after having slain her
father. The body OF the girl Was found
last night far out on ,..e desert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-02
Brave Nurse Rescues Fifteen.

WHEELING. w. Va. October The
County Children's Home al Tacoma. Bel
mont county, Ohio. was partially destroy
ed by fire Yesterday and fifteen children
narrowly escaped death or serious in
juries Although hemmed in three
sides by flames. all were rescued by Miss
Grace Green a nurse, who succeeded ia
getting them through q window 10 safe
~ The loss is Sll.R,b
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-02
Lumber Loss Nearly a Million.

MIDLAND, Ont, October 2.-tire wiped
out tire lumber yard OF Manley Chew, at
Dollartown. yesterday. sweeping an area
of thirteen acres bare. This is The second
fire in two weeks. The loss will raacn
rearly million dollars. TIE total uran
tity of lumber destroyed was 76,CGOCu,
feet.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
PRATT RUNS As
DEMOCRAT
ONLY

N. S. Pratt, former councilman.
and present democratic hope for
the mayoralty this spring, has been
so frequently mentioned in recent
developments the still unterrified.
that 1t would seem as II he were at
the bottom of the whole riot.
AS matter of fact, he has been
politically out of sight all the while
and it took two strong men with
a stomach pump to get statement
out of him for publication today.
This statement amounts to a dec
laration that Mr.. Pratt is a candi-
date and, like David b. Hill, is a
democrat and has no intention OF
inaugurating personal campaign,
although at the same time an advo-
cate of nonpartizan city elections.
Under present. conditions he will
make the race strictly as a demo
crat and since. that party failed
to adopt a platform in a certain
historic session q few nights ago,
Mr.. Pratt will submit one of his
own. He says:
This talk about my running ON
an Independent ticket is absolute
ly unfounded. expect to enter
the race for the mayoralty but II
will be on the democratic ticket.
When ! Ale | will state my posi-.
tion on some matters in which |
personally am interested. regarding
municipal matters. Fam a firm al,
yocate Of nonpartizan municipal
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
POLITICIANS SEE HANDWRiT.
ING ON THE WALL AND AGl-
TATiON is ON TO POSTPONE
ACTION FOR TWO YEARS.

Members of the civic commits.
sion favoring the Des Moines plan
of government are hesitating as to
whether or not it would be best
to rush the measure to an immedr.
ate vote of the people and thereby
endanger it's defeat because of a
lack of Information as to its ben.
eticial results.
Already the practical politici.
ans, both on the civic commission
and outside of 1t, are looking with
alarm on the effects of the Des
Moines plan on their political ex.
istence. The republicans are say
ing that it means the turning of
the city over to the democrats, and
the democrats are saying that 1t
means an everlasting control of
the city offices by the republicans.
And between the two forces there
Is common interest in the defeat
of the proposed reform plan of
government. Present officeholders
also wish to serve out their farms.
Yet one of the most vital fea-
lures in the Des Moines idea, its
nonpartizan requirement, has been
ADOPTED by the civic commission
without word of protest, although
some there are on the commission
who think that the nonpartizan
idea Is bad. If the Legislature
should enact into law the measure
approved last night by the civic
commission calling for nonpartizan
city elections, it would be a great
step toward the acceptance of the
Des Moines plan, as the practical
politician will be relegated. This
bill was forwarded to Olympia to.
day by Chairman Post of the civic
commission.
At last nights meeting of the
civic commission four talks were
made In favor of the commission
plan of city government. the speak.
ers being Gordon G. Corbaley, May.
or Moore, G. G, Dill. a teacher at
the South Central high school. and
Joseph Needham.
J. M, Geraghty, chairman of the
committee on the nonpartizan pri
mary, presented a draft of the non
partizan primary bill, which was
amended in few minor particu
lars and adopted.
Mr.. Ostrander presented report
of the committee, consisting OF
himself. DIR. Il, ID. Olmstead and
w. ID. Vincent, In which the legal
phase of the immediate submission
of the pes Moines plan was con
sidered, Their report said that nc
legislative enabling act was neces
sary; that under the state law
passed In 1895. cities OF the first
class can adopt u new charter By
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
WIRE PULLING BEGINS
OVER COMMISSION

the city council ordering an cleo
ton of Is freeholders to constitute
a commission to frame such char
ter. The council may cali this cleo
ton voluntarily or. can be COM
PEELED to call it on petition of 25
per cent of the voters of the city.
After citing the law in full, the
committee then gave its conclusion
that If majority of the civic COM
mission favored the recommends
ton of the Des Moines plan of
government it might be best to go
ahead with the revision of the
present charter until the people be-
came better acquainted with the
Des Moines plan.
On motion of Councilman Schil-
Ter, the revision of the city charter
was made special order for next
Friday nights meeting when the
Des Moines plan, along with any
other amendments that may be Of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01

OLYMPIA, Feb. 2.-Legislators,
Olympia denizens and delegations
from neighboring cities heard Billy
Sunday last night with his coat
and collard off and a full head of
steam on. Remarks that the Spo-
kane delegation were badly ex-
cited had been made and in reply
TO that Billy said to the law
makers:
you'd be hunting for cyclone
cellar il you got up where you
could see what is going on among
the people. They've got some
sense pounded into them after you
have been pulling the wool over
their eyes for years.
There are 5000 men excited
like these over in Spokane. and II
YOU don't tote fair you had better
take a good look around here. for
you will never see the legislature
again"
In this strain Billy pleaded FOR
the county local option law and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01

fered, will be considered by the
commission.
w A ietter from d. L. Huntington,
general manager of the Washing.
ton Water Power company, was
reads stating that he favored the
position of Mayor Moore for long.
er fr3achises for the street railway
companies and higher rate of
compensation for the city, and be-
lieved with the mayor that street
railway franchises should be- is
sued for so years instead of 25, as
at present. Mr. Huntington was
asked to address the commission
briefly on this point at the open
Ing of next Friday nights meet
ing.
One of the proposed reforms in
the Des Moines plan is to submit
all applications for franchises OF
every character to vote of the
people.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
LOOK OUT FOR THE
CYCLONE, SAYS BILLY

promised to come back by and by
and stump the state for a prohibi>
ton. prophesying that this would
come unless the local option law
were passed. In both meetings he
was accorded close attention and
any amount OF applause. as
In the public hearing before tha
judiciary committee of the house
last evening Congressman Poindex%
ter lead the Spokane delegation In
a fight for the local option law. 4
Chairman Buchanan of Spokane
presided over the meeting and q
hot battle resulted between the
delegation and the forces that
have been holding back saloon reg-
ulation In the legislature, j. 9.
Barline of Spokane took a prom
inent part in the argument. Tho
results. will materialize when tina
bin comes up for further consIder
alton.
The Sunday party left Olympia
at ii:3 and Is due In Spokane Do
4 this afternoon. "
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
SAYS JAPS WILL
BE KEPT HOME

TOXIC, Feb. 2.-Baron Komura,
one of.Japan's greatest diplomats,
today delivered an impressive
speech in the house of commons,
declaring Japan will adhere strict.
ly to- the present policy of restrict.
ing of emigration to the United
States and Canada. He said 1t was
not Japans foreign policy to col
onize distant countries, which he
said would be ruinous to national
consolidation and concentration.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
SESSION WITH
HUNTINGTON

The viaduct committee is hold
ing daily meetings with the pur-
pose OF getting down to working
basis as soon as possible. This
afternoon ID. l.. Huntington Of the
Washington Water Power Co. will
meet with the board to take up
several OF the propositions with
which the committee is now wres-
Ting. These matters include the
grade. and other similar matters.
The question of payment of a
share of the expense will be raised
later.
The committee is also consider.
Ing the fairness of making an esti-
mate on steel viaduct at Division
street and of basing the amount
the railways are to pay on this
basis. The city then would have
to pay the added cost of a con-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01

GETS SALARY
HE MERELY TOOK HIS vAcA.
TON AT OLYMPIA, WHERE
THERE is SOMETHING DOING
OVER THE TOWNSHIP LAW.

Chief Deputy County Assessor
Whitemore will draw his salary in
full for the month of January, two
weeks of which he spent at Olym-
pia working for the repeal of the
township government law. A COM
mittee from the Spokane County
Township club waited until Mr.
Whitemore filed his salary bill for
January, and finding that he claim
ed pay for the whole month enter
ed protest to the county commits
sioners. Under the new order of
things no one is supposed to get
away with the good hard cash of
Spokane county unless he has
earned it or rendered some service
of value to the public.
Consequently the county COM
missioners asked Mr.. Whitemore
to explain. .Whitemore stated that
county employees are allowed two
weeks vacation with pay each
year and that he had taken his va
cation in January instead of later.
The commissioners accepted this
explanation and permitted Mr.,
" .iitemore to draw his check. If
Mr.. Whitemore undertakes to
leave the county building for a few
days after the fish begin to bite
the township club men are deter
mined to see that he does it at his
own expense.