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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-19
MAGAZINE REVIEW
La Toilette Says That Mckinley Never
Had a Fair Chance.

Nothing in the autobiography Of SEN
ator La Toilette of Wisconsin, now run
ming in the American Magazine, IS more
interesting than his recollections Of Me-
kinley and Hanna, which are published
in the December number. The follow
ing is an interesting extract;
Mckinley did not fully appreciate
the new currents then entering our pub
lie life. He was a leader in the old bus
mess school of politics which regarded
material prosperity as the chief end OF
all government. But be was a consist
eDly honest man throughout. To illus.
trate:
1t was during his administration that
extensive frauds were discovered in the
postoiiice department and in the depart
nent Of posts of Cuba Senator Bristow
of Kansas was then the fourth assistant
postmaster general. He is a born inves.
tigator, able, original, fearless. McKin-
ley, when he realized the gravity Of
the frauds, sent for Bristow and told
him he had selected him to go to Cuba
and make a thorough investigation and
clean out any corruption that might be
found there.
~ am willing to go, Mr. President
said Bristow, but before going | want
to call your attention to the fact that
every appointee in Cuba who has been
accused Of wrong-doing has been sent
there upon the recommendation Of mem
beers of Congress, senator's, or men IN
tuential in the Republican party. When
it becomes necessary for me to arrest
OF remove from Office any Of these men,
they will at once complain to their
friends in the states and you will be
bombarded with complaints as TO my
conduct. All ask is that you with
hold judgment until You hear my side
of the case.
Mckinley said: Mr. Bristow, | UNI
derstand just how difficult a task !
have assigned to you. But go ahead, do
what is right, be cautious, but firm, and
shield no man who has been guilty OF
wrong-doing. AS to the complaints,
leave them to me; | will take care of
them
'Bristow did go ahead and ran his
game to cover, and when Hanna and
other senators and congressman protest
ed he told them that the Cuban postal
service was infested with gang of
thieves and that he was simply doing
his duty and proposed to keep it up
Then they went to the White House
and Mckinley told them that Bristow
was acting ON his orders. He stood UNI
wayeringly by Bristow against the per-
sistent importantly of many of his most
intimate political advisers.
81 never felt that Mckinley had
fair chance. His first term was broken
into by the Spanish war. His second
was cut off at the very beginning by
assassination. He was rarely tactful
manager of men. Back of his courteous
and aifable manner was firmness that
never yielded conviction, and while
scarcely seeming to force issues he
usually achieved exactly what he
sought"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-19
Ancient Greeks Had Trades.

In the days of their greatest pros
perity the Greeks probably excelled all
other nations in the variety and excel
lence OF their manufactures. Their
sons were often the great scientists OF
their age. for Thales OF Miletus, one
of the seven wise men Of antiquity"
was an oil merchant; Socrates was
stone mason, who. like Hugh Miller.
left the quarry and bench to become
the teacher OF mobiles; Aristotle com.
pounded drugs while trying to solve
his problems" apparently proposed
by other tradesmen. artists, musicians.
architects and engineers; Plato and
Scion had callings as well as studies
md political activities. So. too, all
were soldiers. and few men in Athens
failed to take their places in the pha-
lanx or galley wren Athens called on
her sons to battle.--Charles Winslow
Hall in National Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-19
Lightning Kills Few.

In 1906 lightning killed only 100 peo-
pie in this whole country. Ones chances OF
death by lightning are less than two in a
million. The chance of death from liver,
kidney or stomach trouble is vastly
greater, but not il Electric Bitters be
used as Robert Madsen, OF West Bur
lington, Ia, proved. Four doctors gave
him up after eight months OF suffering
from virulent liver trouble and yellow
jaundice. He was then completely cured
by Electric Bitters. They're the best
stomach, liver, nerve and kidney remedy
and blood purifier on earth. Only soc
at the Red Cross Pharmacy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-19
CANADIAN PACIFIC TRAFFIC.
To Change Route of Through Freight
From Canada to Boston.

Concord, n. H., Dec l0.-As soon as
the necessary schedules can be worked
out the Canadian Pacific is to make an
important change in the routing Of the
through freight from Canadian points
to Boston.
Heretofore the road has delivered its
freight at Newport, VT, but under the
change to be made it will turn it over
to the Boston < Maine road at Farm
ham, +. Q. From there it will be
hauled to Newport over the old Quebec
Central and from there direct TO south
ern points.
The new route will be somewhat long
er than the old but both roads expect
To make saving on the proposition as
several heavy grades will be eliminated,
and the annoyance caused by the opera
tions OF the grade crossing law of YER
mont will be done away with.
At present the Canadian Pacific is
hauling freight to the yard in Newport
from which it is shifted out and sent
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-19
GRAND TRUNK SUSPECTED.
Stories Continue to Circulate That 1t Is
to Get an Entrance into Boston.

Boston, Dec l9.Currency is given
again to story to the effect that the
Grand Trunk railway is backing the
Boston & Eastern Electric railroad so
as to get an entrance into Boston over
the line which the latter company is au-
thorized to build.
It is pointed out that English capital
has been raised for the Boston & Eastern
and that English capital backed the
Grand Trunk, Further, il is noted that
the Grand Trunk, presumed to be will
ing to come to Boston, has made no
move in this direction unless the Boston
& Eastern represents it.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-19
KILLS THREE,
THEN SUICIDE
Miner Shot Man and Wife and
Boarder
HE IS DYING IN HOSPITAL
From Shot He Then Fired at Self-The
Trouble Arose over the Murder
er's Daughter, Who Sought
Protection.
HE IS DYING IN HOSPITAL

Cannonsburg, Pa, Dee. l0.--John Ri
corick, miner, last night shot and killed
Michael Novac, the latter's wife, Mary
Noyac, and fellow boarder, Frank Sto-
vano, and then shot himself He is dy-
ing in a hospital. !.
Ricoriek rented rooms in the Noyac
house, where his daughter kept house
for him.
The daughter is said to have appealed
for Noyac's protection from her fathers
cruelty. 1t is reported Rieorick shot
them because they sheltered his daugh-
ter. He tried to kill her also, but she
escaped.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-19
Cot ! Free Lecture.

The agent for handsomely illus
trated book to be sold on long time
credit--a feast to the intellect and an
adornment to any nbrary-leaned
against the side of the house. caught
his breath, clinched his fist and looked
skyward.
Whats the matterT asked a police.
man.
'T:ye-met the meanest -man." he an.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-19

on to its destination. A public high
way runs through the yard, which, I'M
der the law, operates to delay the work,
as penalty attaches if It is closed
longer than the time specified in the
law.
BY the new arrangement the through
trains win be made up at Farnham,
and run directly through Newport, and
from thence on TO their destination over
the tracks OF the Boston q Maine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-19
what Australia Offers Farmers.

Land for the people: water for the
land; government in the interest Of all,
and not merely for the interests of
the individual engaged in business
That's Australia
Two hundred miles out from Sydney,
in westerly direction, at a place in
the mountains called Burrinjuck, the
Murrumbidgee river, narrowed between
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-19
FIVE FEET OF SNOW IN WEST.
Deer Being Driven into South Dakota
Foothills and Harassed by Coyotes.

Rapid City, S. d., Dec. 1s.-The snow
is five feet deep in the Limestone eoun-
ty. Deer are being driven by the snow
into the foothills and are greatly har-
assed by the coyotes, and in some cases
the younger OF the animals have been
slaughtered In Perkins county a pack
of buffalo wolves are reported to be do
ing damage to stock.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-19
.omen's Hair
Easy to Make 1t Soft, Luxuriant and
Radiant

Many women have hair so dull and
faded that it is actually repulsive.
These women have probably never
heard OF PARTISAN SAGE, the invig-
Grating hair dressing that is being used
by thousands of refined women through
out America
If your hair is falling or thin or faded
or lifeless; if you have dandruff or itch
ing scalp; if your hair is not as fasci-
mating as you would like to have it, 90
to the Red Cross Pharmacy this very
day, ask for ffty-cent bottle of PA
RISIAN SAGE and start at once to
make your hair perfect and even glori.
GUS
PARTISAN SAGE is guaranteed to
give satisfaction, or money back Girl
with auburn hair on every carton. For
sale by Red Cross Pharmacy and drug
gists everywhere.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-19
CAREER OF GREAT ATHLETE.

Daley of Dartmouth Has Made Excel
lent Record in Baseball as Well as
Football.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-19

two gigantic cliffs, boils impatientIy
over blocks Of granite, which, ages ago,
lost their hold on the mountainside and
plunged to the bed Of the rushing wa
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-19
BUILDING PERMITS.

Building permits aggregating $780,
$50. have been granted by the board
Of building commissioners as follows:
F. Beneficio, three three-fami1y frame
dwellings, east side Cowles street;
Mary Carmody, three-family frame
dwelling, south side George street; Jo-
seph Ciglar, three-story brick block,
Seaview and Stratford avenues; John
Ford, frame addition to dwelling, west
frame work shop, William and Shell
ton streets; d. and r. P. Sullo, frame
addition to frame dwelling, east side
koseuth street; George SZenheys, two
family frame dwelling south side
State street extension; loves Laun-
dry Co., addition to barn, east side
Seaview avenue; Thomas Baker, one
family frame dwelling, north side
Glendale avenue; O'Brien and Schin-
Norman street; Frank Yabs, two-fam-
lily frame dwelling, north side Gar
field avenue; Rudolph Lozer, one
story addition, south side Stratford
avenue; James Behary. two-family
frame dwelling, east side Bostwick
avenue; Mary Miller, frame balcony
addition, south side Stratford avenue;
International Silver Co., one-story
frame addition, east side Seaview
avenue; John H. O'Rourke, two two
family frame dwellings, west side
concrete and frame pockets, east side
Housatonic avenue; Alfred Middle
brook, cellar wall, north side Lin
wood avenue; Salts Textile Co, ex-
tension to weave shed, east side Noble
avenue; Congregation Lebavitz, &C.
ment block synagogue, south side
High street; John Fitzgibbons, frame
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-19
NO BENEFIT TO STATE
TO FOLLOW JUDGE BANKS
Waterbury American. }

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The leadership Of Mr.. Banks is not
always easy to follow. An able law
yer, a skilled parliam entarian and a
member of long experience in the
Legislature he possesses all the tecr-
meal skill necessary for the chair
manship of the Judiciary Committee,
with its accompanying floor leader
ship. That is frankly admitted. But
Mr.. Banks record in the past has
been such as to render confidence in
his disinterestedness a difficult thing
to maintain. The suspicion may be
fair or unfair, but it undoubtedly eX-
lists, not only in the Capitol but in
other sections of the state. Hence
we have that Representative some
what derisively dubbed 1.-The indepen-
dent thinker" who has of late been
committing the outrageous offense of
voting with the Democrats and not
following implicitly the lead of Mr..
Banks. Party adherence is an ex-
ceIent thing. 1t makes for accom-
plishment fixes responsibility and in
general tends toward the best sort
Of government to be obtained under
a representative democracy. 1t is not
alleged that there is any excess OF
virtue in the opposition party or that
It's leaders are not eager to advance
their selfish interests by confusing
their Republican >opponents through
specious lure of 1.-The Independent;
thinker" But ''the independent
thinker" lacks some inducements in
this present session 20 stop his indie
pendent thinking. 1t is possible, for
instance, he may think that blind al
legiance to Mr.. Banks may result in
more benefit to some other element
than to the state of Connecticut or
even to the Republican party
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-19

8, a law creating public service
commission with rate making power,
prohibiting campaign contributions by
corporations, creating a commission
to equalize taxation, providing for
publicity of campaign receipts, as
senbling a constitutional convention
and providing for workmen's COM
pensation.
To Governor Johnson of California
belongs the record of accomplishment
ap to this time. Elected upon a. plat
form which declared opposition to
further domination of California py
the Southern Pacific, the legislature
under. his strong leadership has
adopted resolution submitting a
constitutional amendment for the in
itiative and referendum to the peo-
pie; another. for the recall of elective
officers, including the judiciary; a
railroad rate bill which provides for
physical valuations and full train
crews; another creating a commission
to control public utilities; another
providing for votes for women; q bin
simplifying the Australian ballot; a
bill abolishing assumption of risk, the
fellow servant rule and the doctrine
of contributory negligence in em-
ployers liability law and an eight hour
bill for women workers.
Not satisfied with this record Gov
ernor Johnson has announced that ne
will take the stump and read the roll
of those who voted against this legis-
lation. to the people of California. =.
The present year will be regarded
as epochai in the history Of the ma
ton; as a time when the people be-
gan to embody in decisive legislation
the principle that the cure for evils
in the state is not less but more
democracy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-19
FACTORY CONSTRUCTION

The continued re-eminence Of
Bridgeport as a manufacturing city is
Indicated by the statistics Of factory
construction in the report of the COM
missioner of labor for the two years
ending Nov. 80, 1910. Bridgeport
leads all other towns, having erected
IS buildings at a cost of sS33,63a.
with a ground area of $4,000 square
feet and floor space of almost a mill
lion feet. The expenditure was a
little less than one-seventh in the
state for factory construction, and the
floor space was about one-f1fth, the to-
tai sum expended in Connecticut be-
ing $6,346,540. Bridgeport will not
soon be shaken from its position as q
great industrial center.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-19
JERSEY BOY SCOUTS
AFTER MOSQUITOES.

In New Jersey the Boy Scouts have
special mission. They are waging
war on mosquitoes. The idea has
been taken up enthusiastically by the
scout masters throughout the State.
The boys are receiving special in
structions. They are taught the kind
of places where mosquitoes easily
breed and they are urged in their
tramps through the woods to keep
on the watch for spots where there is
stagnant water and to study the To-
cality with the idea of draining the
section. They are urged not to let
TIN cans, paper and other articles lie
around after getting their outdoor
meals, but to gather all these things
together, and destroy them as far as
possible by fire. At home they are
encouraged to fumigate the cellars.
drop little oil in the rain barrel,
and to take such measures that not
only prevent the breeding of mosoui-
$500 5::. 40 drive them away. The
patrols have made q point of tramp-
ing through the city and gathering
up the empty cans in various lots
with the idea of destroying them. The
work of the boys has already had ex-
cellent results.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-19
BOY SCOUTS OF
AMERICA SKILLFUL
CAMPERS SET0N
The Chief Scout Points Out Diff
ference Between British and
American Boy ScOuts-Likes
American Boys Lung Power

Ernest Thompson Seton, Chief
Scout of the Boy Scouts of America
who recently returned from visit
to the Boy Scouts of Great Britain.
has written a letter to the Boys of
the United States. He praises the
boys of America and says that the
American Boys are in many ways SUI
writes that the American Boys are
specially skilled in all matters per-
tanning to camping out, while the
English Boys are better disciplined,
Mr.. Seton suggests that troop OF
the finest Boy Scouts of America be
American attachments in scouting and
that a British troop be sent over
here. This question is now being
considered by the Executive Board,
and should such an exchange OF in-
ternational courtesies be decided up
on, much care will be taken in select
ing the troop to go to England. Inc
following is Mr.. Seton's letter:
Cos Cob, Conn, April 6, 1911.
To the Boy Scouts:
Last week [ returned to this land
of sunshine after spending a couple of
months in our motherland. One OF
my objects in going there was to
Scouts. Sir Robert BadenPowell,
the Chief gave a luncheon to enable
the American visitor to meet those
who were active in British scouting
and we had many important ideas
and experiences to exchange. Their
chief trouble is much the same as
ours. namely, the scarcity of good
scout masters. But our American
Scouts are ahead in many ways as
we'll as in numbers. I found, for eX-
ample, that our boys are far more
skilful in everything that pertains to
camping out This is doubtless a
matter of climate and opportunity.
found, on the other hand that the
English boys were better disciplined
Another thing that struck me was
that the American boys seemed to
have greater lung power than the
English lads. The English Boys do
not give their yells with the same
enthusiasm and power that the
American Boys do. I like especially
this expression of enthusiasm among
the American Boys.
1t is proposed that we send one
Of our finest troops over there in the
near future to demonstrate our meth
DDS, and our cousins will be invited
to send one of theirs over here. Such
an interchange of visits would doubt
less be of immense advantage to both
organizations.
Faithfully yours,
(Signed) Ernest Thompson Seton,
Chief Scout
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-19
PROGRESSIVE LEGISLATION

A bfrdseye view of the progress of
Democracy in the legislatures of the
several states, as exemplified in the
laws adopted by legislatures and the
recommendations of governors in
their messages to legislative bodies.
home of progress is in the West,
which must look to its laurels if it
would long remain in advance of the
East. Some two years since Maine
into its constitution, following Oregon.
Governor Eugene /. Foss of Massa-
chusetts is doing his best to induce
the Massachusetts, legislature to make
Of the constitution. Governor Wood
row Wilson of New Jersey, goes
step further. He recommends to the
legislature of his state the adoption
or the entire Oregon system, which
includes the measures already refer
red to, the recall extending even TO
judges. a sweeping corrupt practices
at, the limitation of expenses of can
didates and simple and comprehen-
sive law providing for direct nomi-
nations.
But Governor Wilson must look 10
his Iaurels. For all around perform
ance in the Eastern end of the nation
Governor Bass of New Hampshire
holds the palm. New Hampshire has
always been legislatively controlled by
the Boston & Maine railroad, just as
Connecticut has been under the thumb
of the New Haven railroad But Gov
ernor Bass has secured since March
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-19
DIR. TOWNSEND'S PLEA
FOR CHILD VACCINATION

Secretary Joseph H. Townsend, in
the monthly bulletin Of the State
Board Of Health. engages in a defense
of vaccination. and especially of the
vaccination Of school children. While
the doctor writes in good faith. vet
his information is evidently limited,
with the result that his plea is likely
to make the judicious grieve and 10
the cause he wishes to serve more
harm than good. A younger doctor
might be pardoned the statement
that vaccination never causes syphi-
lis, tuberculosis, or other diseases
but it is difficult to excuse one of the
training, experience and wide reading
tof the secretary Of the state board
when he is detected in such an error.
If Dr. Townsend will refer to the
article on vaccination in Osler's Mod
ern Medicine, he will find it therein
distinctly stated that tetanus is dis
ease that may be communicated d.
rectly by the virus. He will also be-
come familiar with certain statistics
relative to the presence of the teta-
nus germ in the virus.
1t is VIGOROUSLY true that lockjaw
follows vaccination, and many deaths
from this cause have been reported
in this country during 1909 and 1910.
DR.. Townsend is evidently not ia
miliar with the history of the recent
small pox epidemic in London, dur
ing which some SO persons succumb-
ed, 36 Of whom were vaccinated. In
Bridgeport, a year or two ago a case
of Gmallpox appeared, and it was
found that the victim had been recent
~ and thoroughly vaccinated.
The evidence of the London cpl
demic caused one of the leading med
ical journals of England to proclaim
that the medical claim is not thar
vaccination prevents the immunized
person from contracting small pox,
but merely that the severity of the
disease is mitigated by vaccination"
Nor does DR.. Townsend adequately
explain why the vaccinated and re-
vaccinated soldiers of the army of
the United States, in the Philippines.
should have developed many cases of
small pox and a higher death rate
than prevailed among the natives by
whom they were surrounded, as
shown by figures accessible to him in
the reports of the surgeon general.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-19
MELLEN CREATES
A BOOM BUREAU
New England Railroads Unite in
Plan to Develop Industries
of This Territory
Especial from United Press.

New Haven, April 19-New England
today, laid claim to more than a press
agent. 1.-The New England Lines In
dustrial Bureau" will be opened at
Boston in May, under the control of
the New Haven road, the Boston &
Maine and the Maine Central
President, Mellen, of the New Haven
system, is the genias of the scheme
for booming New England. He declar-
ed the announce ment as follows:
1.-THE object of the bureau is to pro-
mote through the influence of the
three railway systems every form OF
industrial development in New Eng
land. notably farming, fruit culture
dairy interests, as well as factory in
dustries and also forestry and forest
preservation"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-19
Cir q. ST. &ran Unntpatty.
EatahltHhrn 1H57.

ROUGH PONGEES AT SO CTS. FOR A MODER-
ATE PRICED SILK THIS PONGEE WILL FOUND
GOOD INVESTMENT. THE BLACK is ESPECIAL
LY LUSTROUS AND FINE, AND THE DARKER COL
ORS, SUCH AS NAVY, BROWN AND GUN METAL.
WILL MAKE INTO sERVICEABLE TRAVELLING AND
STREET DRESSES FOR SUMMER STOP AT THE
SILK SECTION AND SEE THE WIDE ASSORTMENT
OF COLORS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-19
ONE CONDUCTOR
HELPED BACK TO WORK.

Mr.. MILFORD Adams is his name.
and he writes: II was confined to nv
bed with chronic rheumatism and
used two bottles of Foleys Kidney
Remedy with good effect The third
bottle put me on my feet and 1 re-
sumed work as conductor on the
Lexington, KY, Street Railway. It
will do all you claim in cases of
rheuma tism." 1t clears the blood of
uric acid. T. b. Brill and Curtis
Pharmacy. #125