MONTPELIER, VERMONT, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15. toio
VOL. 106.
NUMBER 68
Reliable Furs
arc Moderately Priced
at The Busy Storc
HERBERT C. GLEASON
Chri
stmas
tions
While wo havc crowded cvery avallable spacc of our store with
beautiful Gift things, the vory cholccst must necessarily go to those
who come flrst.
We invito you to call and examineour linc of
APRONS L1XENS
AVIATIOX HATS LUNCII CLOTHS
BAGS LUNCH NAPKINS
BELTS " LEATHER GOODS
BELT BUCK.LES MUFFS
BELT PINS MADEIRA SETS
IiEAUTY PINS . MESH BAGS
BARRETTES MITTENS
BACK COMBS MIRRORS
BUTTON HOOKS MUFFLERS (Phoonix kind)
BUFFERS NAPKINS
BATH ROBES NECKWEAR
BLANKETS NAIL F1LES
BUREAU SCARFS POCKET BOOKS
BONNETS (Children) PIN TRAYS
COATS (Ladies', Misses' ... PUFF BOXES
and Children's) PETTICOATS
CORSETS , - RIBBONS
C0MF0RTABLES liUCHl'NG
CEXTRE PIECES ROMPERS
COLLARS ' .. SHELL GOODS , ,
CLOTH BRCSHES SIDE COMBS
COMBS SILK SCARFS
CARD CASES SILK HOSE
DRESSES (Ladies' and Cb.il- SHIRT WAISTS
dren's) . SHAWLS
DRESSIXG SETS (Pyrallne) SCISSORS
DOILIES SOAP BOXES '
EVEXING GOWNS SWEATERS
EVENING CAPES AND COATS SUITS
FURS SKIRTS '
FANS SILK PETTICOATS
1OJ0UNCES FOR SKIRTS SILK WAISTS ,
GLOVES TABLE CLOTHS
GUEST TOWELS - TRAY CLOTHS
HANDKERCHIEFS TOWELS
HAT BRUSHES SvmN smTS
IIOSE SUPPORTERS
INFANTS' 'BRUSH AND UNDER bAH
COMB SETS ' VEILS
INFANTS' KNIT JACKETS VEIL PIXS
INFANTS' DRESSES WAISTS
JABOTS ' WRAPPERS
KIMONOS YARNS (Colunibla)
Special for Satorday
FIRST FLOOR
FIRST FLOOR
10 Dozen 8-button Length
Kid Gloves
Tan and Brown ; sizcs 5 3-4 to 7
Regular price $1.25
Special at 59c pr.
We cannot stop to fit them owing to the
Christmas rush. If any should brcak will
repair same free of charge.
SECOND FLOOR
SECOND FLOOR
20 Black Coney Muffs
Special th:yhtt at $1.49
50 River Mink and Opossum Muffs
Regular $4 and $5 cjuality
Special at $3.29
if you want any of tliese Specials be on
hand early. Extra help to wait on you
Perley E. Pope Cotnpany
PROVIDESJ150.000
Good Roads Bill Passed by
the House After a
Long Debate
MR. BATTELL OPPOSES IT
Ittit His Aiiicniliiiciit Is Dcfcnted.
Seiinto, Afd-r onre rasKiis- ilill In
cri'iislug Snlnry of Tnx Conimis
slonor C nsii'iri'i !li'fonsldei nnd
Kefusfs tlie Incrciihc.
' Mr. Babbitt of Rockingham scorcd
agaln Wednosday morning whcsi the
Ilouse passed hls hlghway bill ear
rying an approprlatlon ot $150,000
annually for improomont o the
hlghways of the Stato Mr. iinucll
of Middlebury trled to have thc am
ount cut to $100,000, cs he bellcved
the State was golng too fast In this
matter of hlghway Improvcment and
thought it would be better to slow
down a little and flnd out rnore about
the BClence of road bulldlng.
The House was strongly In favor
of improved hlghways from the flrst,
but questions of economy have opcr
ated to make some mcmbers doubt
ful of the advlsabllity of pasUng
such a meaeure, and frlonds o thi;
various educatlonal proposals havo
feared that so much money m't;ht b2
approprlated for good roads that
thelr educational projects would suf
fer.
i P1TECT1
FROM INVASION
Secret Report Is
Forwarded to
the House
GHEflTES BIG SENSJITION
Unrked "Conndcntlur nnd Is Flnnl
y Itoturnod by Spenkcr Cnunon to
llic Socrelnry of Wnr on the Oround
Tliat tlio House Cannot KcccIto
.Secret Itcporl.
Washington, Dcc 14. A scnsntlon
al report from tho war departincnt,
showing how the country is inado
nuately protected against invaslon
from forelgn guns was sont to the
Ilouse today as a secret document
and, after a number of confereuces
and hurried telephone mesagcs, was
returned to the war department on
tho ground that the House could not
receivc a secret report.
Members of Congrcss who saw the
document before its withdrawal say
tho rcjport of Secretary Dlckinson
points out that the country is wholly
unpreparcd, that tliere is a woeful in
ndequacy of men, of guns and of
aminunition, that the army sliould bo
reorganized and that a council of na
tlonal defense, with a secretary of
war at its liead, should, be created by
Congress. j
Tlie re)ort of GeneraKWood, which
was marked 'confledential" doftlt
with these matters, and gavc official
admlssion of matters , that are of
more or less comraon knowledgo
aiuong army and navy experts in this
LEBLANC G1R L
15 NOTGUILTY
Jury Acquits Her
of Murdering
Glover
GHEERS GHEET VEHDiCT
(Continued on page 7)
3IUS. EDDY'S WILL.
It Bciiicnths Hulk of Her Wealth
to Motlier Cliurcli
Concord, N H , Doc 14 Tho
will of Mrs. Mary Baker Glover Ed-
dy, late head of the Christian Science
church, was fllod here today.
After providing various sums for
members of her household nnd
frlends and giving $10,000 each to her
son and hls children, tho tcstator
leaves her estato to the Mother
Church. A dlamond cross is loft to
Mrs. Augusta Stetson, the excommu
nicated New York lcader of the de-
nominatlon.
Dr. E. J. Fostor of Waterbury,
Vt., an adopted son of Mrs. Eddy,
is glven $5,000.
Fl'XUKAL OF LICKEKKY
KOY WHO WAS DHOWXED.
AVhito River Junction, Vt.,
Dec. 14. At St. Anthony's church
on Tuesday occurred tho funeral of
Honry Llckerey, a boy who was
drowned In tho White River while
ekatlng on Saturday. The lce gave
way and Llckerey and two others
fell in; tho others, howover, managcd
to get out. Lickcrey's body was re
covered by means of grappliug irons.
Christmas Gifts
That are Useful
and Acceptable
Sllppers for Men, Womeu nnd
Children a.'ic to $2.00
Warm Shoes nnd Overshoes.
Jersoy Legglns for Ladies and
Children,
High Cut Tan Shoes for Mon
and Boys; also
"Whito" nnd "Mason" Sowlng
Machines at LoweBt Prices.
SHIPMAN'S
Old Reli&ble Shoe Store
100 MAIN STREETJ
(Continued on page 4.)
FOIt WORLD'S 1'EACE
Carnegle Giies $10,00o!)00 in lJonds
That Are Wortli Sll,500,00l)
Washington, Dec. li. Surround
ed by 27 trustces of ihls chooslng,
comprlsing former cabinet members,
ex-ambassadors, college ipircsldonta,
lawyors and cducatpriAlidrow Car
negie today transferred $10,000,000
in flve per cent flrst mortgage bonds,
value $11,500,000, to be devottd pri
niarily to the establishment ot uni
versal peace by the abolltion of war
bctween natlons and such frlction
as may imair "tho progress and
happiness of man."
Wlien war between natlons shall
ltuve ceased, the fund Is to be applied,
to such altrulstic purposos as will
"bcst help man In hls glorious ascent
onward and upward" by baulshment
of thc "most degrading evil or evlls"
then harasslng mankind.
As Mr, Carnegie reAd an Inforhial
deed of trust anouncing at length tho
general purpose of his gift there was
prolonged applause. He then ox
plained the incidcuts which lnsplred
the giving of the money at this tlmo
and declared with emphasis that if
the Engllsh-speaking raco in the
Unlted States and Great Blltain onco
consolidatcd in the movement for ln
tcrnntionnl peace, the success of the
measuro in the rozt of tho world
would bo assured.
Tiironjj In Courtroom And Outsldc
tlie Court Itulldintr Contluucs for
Twenty Mlnutcs. Motlon to Dctain
Hnttlc ut Wltnoss Is' Denicd Uy
Jndc Ilond.
Cambridge, Mass, Dec. 14. Hattle
Le Blanc'e pathctic plea that sho be
allowed to go back to her old home
In West Arichat, Cape Breton, with
her father, was granted today when
a Jury, after deliberating an liour
and a half, declded she was not
guilty of tho murflsf of CJaronce F.
Glover at Waltham on the night of
November 20, 1900.
The verdict was a popular one, eo
popular In fact that tho traditional
decorum of a Massachusetts court
was swept asido while men and
women cheored, shouted aml wept
for Joy.
Tho demonstration continued for 15
or 20 minutes and tho court offlclals
were powerless to stem it. Tho
crowd in the corrldors took up the
clieors of throng that was packed in
the courtroom and there came an
swering cheers from more tlian 2,000
men and women who had assombled
on tho quadrangle in front of tlie
courtliouso and in the surroundlng
streets of East Cambridge.
Immediately after tlie verdict had
been announced and the glrl had
been dlscharged from custody, As
sistant District Attorney Wcir on
deavored to persuadc Judgo Bond to
liold Hattie as a witness to give evi
dence beforo the grand jury that
AN EXPLOSION
KILLED BY
Of GAS
PR AISESCARNG1 E
Roosevelt in His Lecture at
Harvard Refers to Big
Peace Gift
HE UTTERS A WARNING
(Continued on page 4.)
3riLI FILinUSTEIIS.
Jhirk Seshlons of-Senato nnd Ilouse
at Washington.
.Washington, Dec. 14. Mild 1111
bustere marked the sessions in both
Houses of ongress today. In tlmo
Senato practically the entire tlmo
was taken up by Senator Bristow of
Kansas, whoso oppositlou to the
French spoliatlon claims Jncluded la
the omnibU3 clalms bill provonted
tho paesago of that measuro.
What for an hour threatened a
renowal of the bltter flght on the
rules marked the opening o the
buslness of the House when opposi
tlou dovoloped to. tho taklng up of
tho bllls for tho codlflcatlon and re
vision Of tho laws relatlng to tho
judlclary.
Speaker Connon' viAolIned to sit in
judgment on the queatlon whGthor
tho House under the rules could tako
up a measure from tho calondar
which it had up for consideration on
the provious calendar Wednesday.
Accordingly tho Houso voted and by
140 to 51 declded to take up the
bill.
Dcelarcs Tliut Its Ultinmte Wortli
Dcpends On tlie (Jood Jiidgiiicnt of
Thosc Who AdmiuKter JU Applied
Etlilcs tlie Toplc of Lccturc in Snn
ders Theatre.
Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 14. In
speaking on "applied ethics" as the
Noblo lecturo in Sandors thoatro to
nignt, Tneodore itoosevolt, touched
briefly on the building of the Panama
canal, tlie progresa of conservation,
and tho movement towaitl general
peace as typifled by the recent Hsh
eries decision at The Hague.
The Noblo lecturo at Harvard is
provided by a fund glven by Mrs.
Wllliani B. Noble in memory of her
husband, an Episcopal clergyman.
Mr. Roosovelt's vlsit to Massachus
feetts was expressly for tho lecture,
although ho attendcd a meetlng of
warveru overseers this forenoon in
Boston.
Just before goiut? on the lecture
platform tonight, Mr. Rooseelt learn
ed of tlie Carnegie peace faundation
fund. He hailcd the anhouncement
with great dellght and was especial
ly pleased with the snlection of Sen
ator Ellhu Root as the permanent
ropresentatlve of the t'nlted States
at The Hague.
Toward the end of his lecture, he
mado special reference to the gift
as providlng the means of making
"real progress in brin?lng about tho
Sad Fatality in a
Coal Mine at
Greene, Va.
(Continued on page 4.)
ONLY TWO GET OUT IUIIE
One of Thcsc Dles of Injiirics Soon
After He Ucachcs Surfaco 'lnc
Ilodlcs of the Dcad Takcn Out
When Ke.sene Work Hus to Ile
Suspcnded.
Nortch, Va., Dec. 14. As a result
of an explosion in tho mine of the
Bond Coal Company at Greeno, six
mlles east of here, this morning 12
men have lost their llves.
Thirteon were in the mine at the
tlme of the exploson and only two es
caped, one of whom died shortlv nf-
ter being taken out.
On account of the gaseous condi
tion of tho mine and other condltlnnK
the rescue work had to be stopped
tonight and the other two bodics will
not be brought out before morning.
The namos of the nine of the dead
taken out are:
Jamos 'Barowman, superlnt(ndont
William Ritchle, mine foreman.
Lee Rowland.
Charles Williams.
Jesse Rltchie.
Charles Whitaker.
.lohn Rodan.
Arch Leslie.
John Ritchic.
.Tohn Ritchle and Charles Rosen
baum were rescued alive, but Ritchle
succonibed to his iniuries. nnsnn-
baum's injuries are "slight and he is
able to walk.
Seattlo Wash., Dec. 14. Tominy
Burns, former heavyweight champion
pugillst of the world, was severely
Injured in the collision on the Seat-
tle-Tacoma interurban railroad last
night.
The Present For Him
A Safety Razor will make him hnppy nnd we have the largest lino
in the State to salect from.
Here Is The List
AUTO-STKOP
YA'iKEE
(JILLETTE
EVI.'K ltEADY
LESLIE
HUKIIA3I
KEEX-KUTTER
OLD EXGLISII
Th::e are carrled in dlfferent corabinations and range in price from
$6.50 to 23 eents.
Wc also carry a good line of Regular Style Razors, Razor Guards,
Stropping Machines, Strops, Hones, Brushes, Soap, &c.
All Razors gnaranteed to glvo satisfaqtion or money refunded,
Let Us iShow You Thes6 Goodn
CapitalHardwareCompany
Head of State Street, Montpelier, Vermont
H. J. VOLHOLM, Cor. Main and East State Sts. MONTPELIER, VT.
Consider
Quahty
Always
Chn
stmas
Giving !
For Men
tflT ?Jrlnnf fliitfYC' flinf rW nlnocn A-nti (TUmn Kllf
above all, seleet things that are durable,well-made
and in good taste.
EVERY ARTICLE OFFERED
r
CcllarGttGS "l 'S Christmas Store is sold with a guaran-
tee for style and service. J Hundreds of gift op-
p . p rnc portunities await you here today. Make up your
DOOK tuSuS list from the following and you are sure to please.
Office Desks g
Office Chairs For the Little Folks
Den Furniture Desks Cribs
Easy Rockers Go-Carts High Chairs
Filing Cabinets Baby Tenders Toilet Chairs
Smoking Stands Sraall Rockers Fancy Pillows
Leather Pillows sleh Runners Midget Furniture
For Women
Desks
Mirrors
Rockers
Portieres
Tabourettes
Sofa Pillows
Work Baskets
Fancy Baskets
Music Cabinets
Hoosier Kitchen
Cabinets
Selection8 can bo mado now
with so much moro comfort
that wo urge you to shop
early.
H. J. VOLHOLM MonteH
Store Phone 314-1
and E. State Streets
ier, Vermont
House Phone 314-2
Dollverlcs will bo mado at
your roquost any tlmo up
to Saturday night. Decomber
24th.