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VOL. XII-NO. 1)8.
FRAMING UP
PLATFORM
Bustling Times Among Demo-
crats at Denver
POINTS ALREADY SETTLED
There Were Four FUnks Still to Be
Agreed on When Sub-coraraittees
. Had Concluded Work to Re- .
q . port to Main Committee.
Denver, Col.. July 9.-Polit!cal carpen
tera got to work early to-day in the
hope of reporting a completed platform
to the convention immediately after the
speech of Permanent Chairman Clayton.
At 8:30 the aub-committeo got together
to receive report vn representative of
th little subcommittee In charge of
various planks. These held session
during1 the night and agreed upon prac-
tieally all the plank in question. Those
on Injunction, railroad, currency and
trusts were yet to be agreed upon
when tho general subcommittee met.
Among tho proposition practically
certain to' be adopted were the follow
ing! approval of enti-paa and anti
rebate law, prohibiting corporation
from making campaign contribution and
. providing lor publicity; election of Unit
ed State senator by direct popular
vote; recommendation of a constitution
al amendment permitting an income tax,
cnlargment of the power of the railroad
commissions, state and national, favor
ing postal savings banks, adjustment of
dispute ebtween capital and labor, urg
ing an employers' liability bill applica
ble to both public and private employ
ers, putting wood pulp on the free list,
exclusion of Asiatics, an anti-Injunction
plank, requiring a notice before issuance,
reduction of the tariff on trust-made
goods and a general revision of the tariff
to restore it to a revenue basis, admis
sion of Arizona and New Mexico as sep
arate states, denunciation of the Aldrich,
Vreeland curerncy bills and rccommen-
dation of an emergency to be issued by
the federal government to national
bank under proper guarantee, extermi
nation of' trusts, enactment of a law
preventing duplication of director
among competing corporations, a license
, y '. system to protect tho public from, wa
tered stock and prohibiting control by
any corporation of more than fifty per
1 cent, of the total of any production in
, the United State. -
":-":"'' : Tariff. . - .
"We favor the immediate revision of
' the tariff, by a reduction of import du
ties on articles entering into competition
with articles controlled by trusts should
be Ipaced upon the free list. Material
reduction should lie made in the tariff
'upon the necessities of life, especially
upon article competing with such Amer
ican manufacturers as are sold abroad
"'cheaper, than at home, and a graduated
' reduction should be made in such of the
V " old schedule as may be necessary to
restore the tariff to revenue basis.
"Kvery consideration of public policy
suggests the conservation of the wood
lands, and the removal of those import
duties which put a premium upon the
destruction of forests. The existing du
tiea have given to thi! paper manufac
turers a shelter behind which they have
organized combinations to raise the price
of pulp and paper and to impose a tax
upon our ':' knowledge. The revenue de
' rived from import duties on pulp and
printing paper is so small and the bene
fits to be obtained from the abolition
of these duties are so considerable that
we endorse the attitude of the Demo
cratic representatives in Congress who
unanimously favor placing pulp and
printing paper, lumber, logs,, woods and
timbers on the free Ust.
Asiatic Immigration. -
, "We favor full protection by both na
tional and state governments within
their respective territories of all foreign
' " residents residing in. the United States
under 20 years old, but we are opposed
- to the admission of Asiatic immigrants
who cannot be amalgamated with, our
population or whose presence among us
would raise a race issue and involve the
United States in diplomatic controver
sies with Oriental powers, and we de
mand a stricter enforcement of tho im
migration laws against immigrants who
advocate assassination as a means oi re
form of the government.
Navy.
"We hold for a constitutional provi
sion that the navy shall be provided and
maintained; it means an adequate navy,
nn.l we believe that the interests of tiiis
coutnry would best be served by having
a navy able to protect and defend at
onee the coast of this country. We be
lieve neither coast in the future ahouht
be left without adequate protection in
the form of a licet and time American
citizens should be protected in their
rights whenever they are in jeopardy.
, Economy in Administration.
The appropriation by the Republican
, Congress m the session ju ewled
amounted to $1,008,000,000 and the ap
propriation exceeded the total expen
diture of the last fiscal Tear by $i)0,-
0()0.000. We denounce the hecdles
aste of the people's money which has
rt'Milted in this shameful violation of
all prudent consideration of the gov
eminent and as no less than a crime
ngint the millions of wnrkingmen and
women from whose earnings a great
nroimrtinn of these eollosal sum must
ue extorted through excessive tariff and
it her Indirect method.
ANTI-BRYANITES HOPEFUL.
Think That Last Night's Vote 1 En-
couraging to Them.
Denver, July 0. KfTorU are bring
ma.lo Iniluv liv aiiti-llrvfinitc 10 KilOW
""J -V -i ,
a the result of the. voting in the Dem
ocratic convention luH night In the
Guffey content that Bryan liaa not not
the necessary two-thiru to nomiiimc
him. The claim' 1 based n the fact
that only fits vote could be mustered
to carry' out tho Bryan plan of ousting
(he Guffey delegates. If the delegates
to mistuin Guffey were to
stand firm, it is argued, they could
prevent the nomination of Bryan on the
I! rut ballot.
Crtdcntial Committee Report Accepted.
Denver. July 0. The report of the
committee on credentials wa accepted
at last night' session by a vote of 61.1
to ml
"In the matter of the contest in tho
state of Idaho. Illinois. New York,
Ohio, Pennsylvania and the District of
Columbia, your committee licg to re
port they have carefully investigated
er.ch of said contests; that hearing
have been given to both of the elates,
and your committee ha endeavored to
ascertain a near a could lie all the
facte bearing upon each contest, and,
after a careful investigation of the
merit of each contest, recommends
that in each of the following contests,
the delegating a tiatner by thena
tionalc oinmittee lie entitled to seat a
the regularly accredited delegate and
alternate to thi convention, namely:
"That state of Idaho; the first, sec
ond, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh,
eighth, ninth, and tenth district of
Illinois. The second, third, fourth, fifth
sixth and seventh district of the state
of New York. The nineteenth district
of the state of Ohio. '
"The thirty-second district of the
slnfce of Pcnnylvania.
"The District of Columbia."
"In the matter of the contest from
the first, second, fourth, fifth and sixth
district of the state of Pennsylvania,
wo recommend that the contestant
shall be seated and recognized by thi
convention a the duly accredited dele
gales and alternate from said district
in the state of Pennsylvania, to wit:
"First district Neil Bonner, Miehala
Francis. 1
"Second district Ryerson W. Jen
nings. 1
"Fourth district A. Kayrnond Raff,
Horace Fogel.-
"Fifth district Patrick Horan, Paul
Wise. ''.' '-'
"'Sixth district P. J. Callahan.
"In the matter of the eontet from
tlm nineteenth district of the etate of
Ohio, your committee recommends that
the following be seated in thi conven
tion as the accredited delegate from
said district:
,"E. A. Powers, Dr. William Watt."
STRUCK A DUMPCART.
Peculiar Accident on The Boston and
Maine at Unioon Square.
Boston, .lulv 0. Twenty-two pas
sengers on n Boston and Maine railroad
train were injured, but none seriously,
n a peculiar manner late yesterday.
As the train which left Boston at 4:20
p. m. for South Acton, was passing
through Union square, Somerville, the
locomotive struck a dumpeart. The
horses were killed, and the driver, Dcn-
t.is Sweeney, was thrown a distance of
fifteen feet and severely injured.
Two cars of the train were raked by
the broken cart in a manner that all
the- windows on the side of two car
were, demolished. The coaches were
crowded with passenger and many of
them were cut about the face and hands
Among the injured were Miss Ella
F. Garcelon ami Mrs. Julia A. Garee
Icm, both of Philadelphia; P. Ndwens,
Mrs, John Booth and Mrs, O. Sounders,
all of Maynard; and F. E. Whiteomb
of Stow.
TAFT BANNER TORN DOWN.
Would Not Allow it to Be Displayed jn
' Bryan's Home City.
Lincoln, July D.--The Taft banner
stretched across "0" street near Twelfth
and which., has excited the wrath of
many Bryan supporters here was cut
down at midnight last night. The news
of the occurence caued no particular
surprise as threats of such action hal
been freely made.
The occurence was not accompanied
by any demonstration as few people
Were on the street. The work 19 be
lieved to have been of a single person,
or at most ' two, operating from oppo
site sides of the street.
The wreckage of the banner caught
iu telephone and telegraph wire and
is suspended in a limp bundle about ten
feet above the street.
Sail fixed at $7,000.
Former Claims Agent McCormick ' Has
Not Furnished It Yet
Watertowii. N. Y., July f. -Bail in the
sum of $7,000 has been fixed but not
furnished in the ease of Henry J. Me
Cormick, the former New York Central
claim agent, who is under arrest in con
nection with alleged fraudulent settle-
mcnt of claims.
Big Pulp Mill Shut Down.
Milton, July !. The pulp mill of the
International Paper company ha been
shut down on account of low water
in the Lamoille river. Only a part f
the machinery has been in operation
for some timr. It is understood that
the company has 120,000 tons of pulp
j hi storage ami more wooa ai we mm
' than ever before.
JJAlUtE,
DOCKS SWEPT
BY FLAMES
Loss of $1,500,000 at East
Boston Last Evening
AND ONE AAN WAS KILLED
Fire Started Either From Locomotive
Spark or From Spontaneous Com
bustion Made Rapid Progress
Along Water Front
' Boston, July 0. The East Boston
harbor front wa swept by fire last
niuht to tho extent of $1,000,000 dam
age, the conflagration starting either
from spontaneous combustion or from
a locomotive spark. The Boston A Al
bany railroad wa the chief loser. Dan
iel Sullivan, a watchman at the Cun-
ard iir, U reported missing.
The fire wa the most destructive that
ha occurred along the harbor front in
many year. The flame spread with
remarkable rapidity, and by tho time
the first firo lighting apparatus arrived
the fire was beyond control, and leap
ing from pier to pier.
Within an hour after the first burst
cf flame was discovered four piers,
three warehouses, a grain elevator con
taining :i0.000 bushels of grain and
many loaded freight car had been de
stroyed. . '
Several vessels and lighters narrowly
rncaped destruction. The big Ieyland
line steamer Davonian, wa moored at
one of the pier - which wa destroyed,
but the craft wa-warpej out into the
tieam without sustaining any damage.
Less fortunate wa the British bark
Belmont of Yarmouth. N. 8. The Bel
mont was moored by the pier where the
fire started. By the time the vessel
was moved to a place of safety her
superstructure and rigging had been
practically destroyed. The five masted
sehooner Paul Palmer and tho four
masted sehooner O. H. Brown were con
kUlerably damaged.
The burned area includes piers 1 and
'J of the Grand Junction docks, and the
fier on which stood the big grain ele
vator,' all owned by the Boston 4 Al
bany railroad company and used by
the steamers of the Cunard line and
pier six, owned by the Leyland line.
the fire started at 4:1J p. m., in the
warehouse of ' pier" I.' Grand .Junction
docks. In this warehouse' was stored
an immense quantity of combustible
material, including wool, Egyptian cot
ton, grease, oil. ' First a slight burst of
fiame was seen, then a cry was raised
nrd three minutes later the entire ware
house from end to end v. as a mass of
flames.' At the time the fire was dis
covered there wrre about 100 laborers
at work on the pier, and with all of
them it was a race for Iil4.
' Fortunately the wind was blowing
off shore and the flumes did not work
back from the water front. Hud the
wind blown from almost any other
quarter " with, the san intensity it is
prol table that Kast Boston would have
suffered the fate' which befell the ad
joining city of Chidaea last April.
On account of the proximity of the
fire to its East Boston ferry slips, the
ferry boats of the "narrow gauge" road,
suspended '. operations completely, mak
ing it impossible for thousands of sub
urbanites living in Winthrop, Revere
and Lynn,' to reach, their homes, while
thousands of others who had been en
joying a day's outing at the beach re
sorts were unable to return to tho city
until a late hour last night.
ABOUT 600 OUT OF WORK.
Cunard and Leyland Lines and' New
York Central Workers' Hard Hit.
, Boston, July f.r-The wiping out
of the entire Mater front of Kast Bos
ton, so far as foreign steamship trade
and traffic is concerned, and the des
truction of so many valuable buildings
of the New York Central railroad, comes
as a severe blow, to the workers of the
lailroad company and the Cunard and
Leyland steamship companies. Last
night it was estimated that about, 600
men .were thrown out of work, tem
porarily at least. The subsequent hard
ship and sufferings will come particu
larly hard on the families of the freight
handlers and longshoremen who reside
in F'ast Boston.
A day or two previous to the arrival
and sailing of steamers at the Cunard
and Leyland lines it was stated last
night that about yoo longshoremen are
engaged at tho dock of both the Ley
land and Cunard companies. There is
an office force of about 40 men at the
Cunard company and about the same
number " at the Leyland line. It is be
lieved that many of these men will find
employment wherever the steamship
company's vessels may" doek.
The hardest blow of all will come to
the office force and the' freight hand
ler of the New York Central. It is
not thought that there will bo Bliy work
for them until the grand Junction docks
are again built. "
TWO BODIES FOUND
IN TENEMENT RUINS
Fire Followed a Gas Explosion in Big
House on Cambridge StYeet, Bos- '
ton, Esriy Today.
Boston, July - 9. There were two
deaths in a fire, following a gas exlo-
VT.r THURSDAY, JULY !, 1003.
..'.an. which aw ent a bill tenement on
fmiihrhlL'fl street early today. The first
reports gave three deaths; but the body
c1 Mrs. James Brown and of Euslace
McNeil were the only one found when
tho ruin cooled tin morning.
CONEY ISLAND'S BIO FIRE.
It Assumed Very Dangerous Propor
tions.
Vew York. .Tulv 0 A fire broke out
shortly after 1 o'clock this morning In
Pabst's Loop hotel at Coney Island.
Three alarm were turned in. There
were I'OD employes and guests in the
Pabst's Loop hotel and they madn a
quick flight. The flames leaped to Van-
derver' hotel, adjoining in which llieis
were 100 guest who fled to tn street.
The fire caused a loa of 130,000, A
high wind carried the flames towards
City nark and it is likely tho tire will
stop there.
CRIMINAL MATTERS
RUSH STATES ATTORNEY
R.' A. Lawrence of Rutland County Has
Had Four Cases of Serious Nature
' to Prosecute Recently.
Kulland, July 0. Janno Popovitich,
a Pohinder of West Castleton, wa giv
en a preliminary hearing at the house
of correction in thi city yesterday af
ternoon on a charge of assault with in
tent to kill, lie wa arraigned before
JJustice B. II. Stickney and was bound
over to await the action of the grand
jury which meet in . Rutland next
September. The respondent was re
manded to jail because he could not
raise bail to the amount ' of $1,000.
State' Attorney It. A. Lewrence ws
present for the state.
The warrant allege that Popovitich
hit a fellow countryman by the name
of Ingnazi Laxacik over the head with
a large stone while tbey were together
at West Castleton July 4. The cause
t the fracas is aid to have been a
quarrel between the two men on a pre
ious occasion. Popovitich was arrest
cd the day of the affair and has since
been confined in the county jail.
State's Attorney lewrence ha been
extremely busy of late. He has had no
W than four cases -to prosecute for
persons charged with assault with in
tent to kill within the last few week
end at present an Italian is lodged in
the cou nay jail charged with murder in
the first degree.
BURLINGTON POLICE
HAVM MYSTERY
Dead Body of an Infant Gitrl Found ia
The North End of The City Yes
terday Afternoon. .
Burlington, July 9. The police are
working to unravel a mystery surround
ing the finding of the dead body of a
baby girl on North avunue yesterday
afternoon the discovery having been
innde by Ollioer Guyctte, caretaker of
Ethan Allen park. He found the body
in the woods to the east side of the
highway not far from the Baker farm.
The body was somewhat decomposed
about the head (so that it could not be
determined by, a superficial examination
whether it had been dealt with vio
lently. It was taken -by Health Officer
C. F.'Dalton to the state laboratory
of hvgiene where today an examination
will 'be made by Dr. B. H. Stone to de
termine whether the child wa born
alive. If it was born alive, an effort
will be made to determine the cause of
death. .
There is no clue as to who is respon
sible for placing the body where it'was
found.
BROKE TRACK RECORD
BUT WAS BEATEN
Birchlcaf Trotted Mile at ' Dover is
2:12 and Then Was Beaten for ;
,i"
First Money" y Hawkins. ,
Dover, N. II.. July 0. After beating
the trotting record of this track (Gran
ite State Park), held by Electa, Warren
Danicll's Birchleaf was beaten yesterday
afternoon by Hawkins, driven by Walter
Cox, in one of the best races seen here
for years.
Birchleaf took tho first two heats in
2s 14 14 and 2:12. the best previous
time at the trot over tnis track being
Electa, 2:13. The race was a fine ex
hibition and much enjoyed by all who
witnessed it. With two heats each, the
leading horses came up for the fifth,
each with many friends, but Hawkins
had stood the pace the 'better and took
the deciding heat in the comparatively
slow time of 2 : 1 7 -.
The other race on the card was the
2:13 paw. Cox drove Jerry B. in 2:12Vj
in the first heat, taking that, and the
next in nearly as fast time. Our King,
the only dangerous, factor, gave hira
the third in 2:1(3. The summaries:
2:30 Class, Trot.
Hawkins, blks (Cox) 2 1111
Birchleaf. bg (W. Berry)... 112 2 2
Itobecca G.. bin ( I. Carpenter) 3 3 4 3 3
Nance Oldlicld, ihm (11. Titer) 5 6 3 4 4
liarry Bingcn. blkg (Thomp
son Rds
Time, 2:141a, 2:12U, 2:104. 2:18'.i,
2: 17 Vs.
2:13 Class, Pace.
Jerry B., dig (Cox).... 1 1 1
Our King, bg (Downer) 222
Megaphone, dim (K. Brewster),.. 3 3 3
Burlington Main, bm (E. Sunder-
4in 44
Vena iner., bm (V. Milton) ds
Time, 2:12'-, 2:13', 2:18.
QUEER ACTS
BY EVANS
Immateof County Jail to Be
Taken to Waterbury
MADE TROUBLE IN JAIL
Montpelier Barber-Who Was Committed
Several Weeks Ago Says They
Are Making a Race Course
of His Back.
Claiming that they were making a
race course out of his back and display
ing other signs of mental derangement,
Charles Evans, an inmate of the Wash
ington county jail for a 0 days' sen
tence, wa examined this afternoon with
a view to being committed to the state
Insane asylum at Waterbury. Evans,
who i a Montpelier barber, wa put in
jail several weeks ago and was serving a
00 days sentence for a subsequent of
fense of intoxication. At the time he
was arrested he was beaten and, a he
claimed, robbed. Whether thi beating
may have affected his brain i uncertain,
but it i possible that his present trouble
may have been an ..outgrowth of the
harsh treatment.
Last nitfht he first egan to make trou.
blc.for Sheriff Tracy and became quite
violent.. Thi morning Drs. C. E. Chan
dler and M. F. McGuire were called in
to examine him, and they found signs
which caused a hearing to be called be
fore Judge Carleton this afternoon. Ev
ans came to Montpelier from Randolph.
John Murphy, hailing from Boston,
was arrested late yesterday by Deputy
Sheriff Lawson for intoxication. He wa
arraigned to-day before Judge Harvey
in the Montpelier city court and ordered
to pay 912.00. He didn t and so he will
go to the county jail.
CONGRATULATED GATES.
Governor Proctor Says He Has Greatly
. Assisted Him,
Among the congratulatory messages
which State's Attorney Gates of Mont
pelier has received over hi renominatien
by the Washington county Republican
for his position is a letter from Governor
Proctor, in which he takes particular
pleasure. .
Governor Proctor wrote:
"I am very glad 'to see that you were
renominated for state attorney of
Washington county. If I were to serve
another term as governor I should cer
tainly mis your services, and I am
thankful in behalf of my successor that
vou are fo lie in the service. Certainly
you have been of great assistance to
me."
' A NOTABLE RECORD.
Mrs. Angelina French Went To-day on
Annual Trip to Saratoga Springs. ,
Among the vacation-goers from this
city none is more notable, in respect to
a long record at one vacation resort
than Mrs. Angclia French of North Main
street, who set forth to-day on her "2d
annual trip to Saratoga Springs, N. V.
Since she was a little girl (Mrs. French
is now 80), when first taken there by
her father, she has not missed a year,
but lias gone regularly to this famous
place, there to spend several weeks in
familiar quarters. Mrs. trench was ac
companied to-day by Miss Agnes French,
who has for many years been Her com
panion both here and on the trips to
Saratoga, In spite of her advanced
years, the former is quite strong and
Keeps up a keen interest. Although a
city ha grown up about her home place
at the corner of North Main street and
Keith avenue, she maintains things there
just a they used to be. before the death
of her husband, Ephraim E. French, w ho
was widely known as a lawyer.
WRITES NOTE, THEN DIES.
J. E. Wallingford of Springvale, Me.,
Evidently a Suicide.
Somersworth, N. H., July 9. After
finding a man's coat and hat on the
hunks of the Salmon Falls river, with
a note under the hat saying that the
writer would be lounu in tne river, me
police dragged the river and last night
found the body of a man supposed to
l.n J. E. WallintrforJ of Snrinavale. Me.
The note found on the bank was writ
ten on the back of an envelope which
contained a letter. The letter was ad
dressed to "Aly Wife," Mrs. J. E. Wal
lingford, and contained the following
sentences among others:
"I have paid the rent and have $1
bit. You think you are having a
good time, I don't think."
In Bennington County Court.
Manchester, July 0. The case of
Livingston dishing of Boston vs. Henry
Wynian of Manchester for alleged tres
pass on mountain land, which occupied
Bennington county court yesterday af
ternoon, was not resumed this morning,
and probably a settlement has been
made. This morning Judge W. W. Miles
considered the petition of C. Floyd Hol
ing, administrator of the estate of Co
lombo lluiing of North Bennington, to
dismiss the estate from bonds securing
alimony. The administrator is the prin
cipal in the bond made to secure alimony
to Florence S. Hilling, which was the
occasion, a few years ago, for one of the
bitterest and mot sent-ational alimony
cases ever tried here.
UNANIMOUS SUPPORT
VOTED FOR AVCARTHY
Hustling Secretsry-Treasurer of the
Quarry Workers' International
Union Gets Handsome
Indorsement.
Although he had told the various
branches In his organization that he wa
nut a candidate for re-election as sec
retary-treasurer of the Quarry Workers'
International Union, Patrick V. McCar
thy of this city ha received the unani
mous renoniinatfon of the uuion, an
nouncement being made In today's
Quarry Worker' Journal. Since the
period for presenting nominations has
clnaAil. there ran be no other candidates)
and tne call was so strong that Mr.
.... .
McCarthy ha decided to accept ana win,
therefore, hold . the office for another
term.
The branches nominating Secretary
Treasurer McCarthy wore Hard wick,
Barre, Milford (derrickmen), Hallowell,
Me., North Sullivan, Me., East Long
meadow. Mas.. North Jay, Me., East
Sioux Falls, S. D., Woodbury, Hall Quar
ry, Me., Vinai Haven, .vie., rryeuurg,
Mo., ltocklin, Cal., Waldaboro, Me., and
Milford, Mass. (qiiarrymen). The Gran
iteylle branch did not present sny nom
ination. Secretary McCarthy also received a
majority nomination for delegate from
the international Union to the American
Federation of I.abor convention in Den
ver next Vovcmbcr.
Concerning the nomination for secretary-treasurer
Mr. McCarthy says: "The
unanimous nomination that I have re
ceived from the variou branches is such
that 1 csnnot well lay down the work
that 1 have started, work that I hope to
see lealized, and interest in which we
are all represented secured, and 1 there
fore take this opportunity of thanking
all branehe for the confidence and trust
reposed in me, and will say, boys, that 1
will try to make good. The same hat
that 1 wore in the quarries lit me here
iu the orlicc."
A HAPPY GATHERING
OF OVER FIVE HUNDRED
Attended the Joint Picnic of Two Barre
Churches at Caledonia Park Yes
terday A Day of Pleasure
. For ATI. ...
The union picnic held by the Congre
gational and Methodist churches at Cale
donia park yesterday was a grand suc
cess in every .way. The attendance was
over 500, and every one of the large
crowd enjoyed themselves every minute
of the day. Extra swjngs were put up
for the occasion, and a large program
of sports for the children was carried
out, and base ball games were in prog
ress ajl the day long. During the lunch-
con hour cold milk was served to all
and in the' afternoon lemonade and pea
nuts were served from one of the stands
in the park.
Thf -miniittee from the two churches,
whici: , ad charge of the picnic, was
compoM-d of C. S. Wallace, chairman, as.
sistcd by Kichard Veale, James Kobcrt
son, Arthur McNeil, J. O, Griggs and
Arthur Knight for the Congregational
church; L. B. Dodge, chairman, Kichard
Bradley,' Sidney Oliver, A. Kathorn and
E. SI. Lyon for the Methodist church.
The winners in the children' races
were as follow: boys' sack race, 8 to
HI years, Carl Hendrickson 1st, Dunward
lmlah 2d, Leo Prcsett 3d.
Boys' sack race, 12 to 15 years, John
Gordon 1st, James Glass 2d, Arthur
Ulackmore 3d. '
Girls' sack race, 8 to 10 years, Edith
Keid 1st, Eda Carusi 2d, i;icanor Liv
ingdale 3d.
Girls' race. 12 to 13 years, Grace Wood
1st, Alary Marr 2d, Joaie Travedue 3d.
Girls' race, all ages, Margaret Melvin
1st, Ixmise Melvin 2d, Lizzie Smolett
3d. . ;" '
Hoys' race, all ages, "John Gordon 1st,
George Booth 2d, Carter Downing 3d.
Boys race, 8 to 12 years, Fay Mann
1st, Herbert 'McWilliams 2d, Clyde Law
less 3d. "
Girls' potato race, Eda Fontana 1st.
Boys' potato race, Herbert McWilliams
1st. "
Dental Office Change Rumored.
. It was rumored in Montpelier to-day
that Dr. VV. H. McGolf, a dentist of that
city, is negotiating with Dr. C. H. Kent
of tin's city for tho latter's dental busi
ness and that if the deal is made the
transcfr will be effected on August 1.
It was also eaid that Drs. McGolf and
Hunt of Montpelier would run shops in
conjunction, the former conducting the
Barre business and Dr. Hunt the oflice
in Montpelier.
Band Concert Friday Evening.
Program of band concert to be given
in Barre by the Montpelier Military
land. Friday evening, July 10th, as S
o'clock.
March, Tri-State , Lincoln
Overture, William Tell Rossini
Song for trombone, Bailey
A. M. Troup.
flic Light Fantastic M.ery
Mountain Echoes'.. .' Hume
Selection from "The Merry Widow.,"
Lahar
Waltz, Imperial Eilenberg
March, Montpelier Centennial ..Merrill
James Findlater, who has been work
ing in the city for the past two months,
left to-day to return to Scotland. 11c
accompanied to Montreal bv his
i cousin, James 1'indlalcr.
ONE CENT.
TERMINATED
FATALLY
Trolley Victim Died In Hospital
This Foreoon
UNCONSCIOUS SIX DAYS
Hiram H. Perkins, Aged 66, Was a Vet
eran of the Civil War and Leaves
Wife and Two Daughters A
Resident of Berlin.
Injuries sustained last Friday night
when he stepped from a moving electric
car terminated fatally in the case of
Hiram H. Perkins, a Civil war veteran,
at tho City hospital to-day, death ensu
ing at 7:15 o'clock after nearly six daya
of unconsciousness caused by the blow
on the head when ha was hurled to the
ground. Hopes for his life were practi
cally abandoned after the operation of
Tuesday night, which brought no relict
to the patient.
The remains were taKen tuis I ore noon
In Johonnott & Halt's ambulance, and
the funeral will be held from his
late home in Berlin. The exact time of
tho funeral ha not been settled upon;
but it will be held Saturday. Interment
will be in the cemetery at Berlin.
Mr. Perkins wa born in waiden on
rears aso and lived in that community
during the first part of his life, removing
to Berlin twenty years ago ana continu
ing his occupation of carpenter. Ha
leaves his wife, and two daughters, Mrs.
Harry Hobson of Island Fond and Miss
Alberta Perkins of Berlin; also one sis
ter, Mrs. Flora Phclp of Cabot, and a
brother, Brainerd, whose home is in Ten
nessee. Mr. Perkins served three years
in the Civil war. . ,
The accident which caused his death
wa sustained early Friday evening when
ha was returning home from Montpelier.
He had planned to alight from the car
at Benjamin s Falls and walk the re
mainder of the distance. " When' he wan
being carried by that station he stepped
from the car and was thrown very heav
ily. From that time to the time of his
death he did not regain consciousness.
The men in charge of the car say that
he did not signal them to stop, but
that he hastily arose from his scat and
stepped ott. ,""
ALL OVER IMS. .
Patsy Restello Was Found Not Guilty
in City Court.
A dispute over a dollar-forty-nve
brought i'atsy Restello into city court
yesterday afternoon on the complaint
of Carlo Grapponi, who had wanted to
deduct the dollar-fort-rive, as a debt
owing, from the amount due Restello
for wages. Keatello insisted that ha
didn't owe any dollar-forty-live, but was
will to compromise the matetr to seven
ty cents. To this Grapponi demurred.
The demurrer developed ; and the matter
finally became a muscular display. All
this happened July third. -
The events which took place are in
doubt; but at any rate Grapponi, with
his face bleeding, made complaint of as
sault and Restello wa arrested yester
day afternoon by Constable Nichols on
a warrant. The trial was held before a
jury , and ended late yesterday in tha
acquittal of Restello. Urapponi tesunea
that Restello had scratched lis face, and
Restello replied that if he did anything
to mar Grapponi's face, it was necessi
tated by self-defense. The jury who ac
auitted the respondent were James Ew-
ciV Robert Barclay, Robert McKnight,
Eugene Clysson, W. U uooawm ana
Chester H.Blakcly. '.;
Grand Jury Davis appeared for tho
state, and J. Ward Carver defended
Restello.
TOOK THE PLEDGE.
Francis Venner Pleaded Guilty t Sub
sequent Offense.
Francis Venner pleaded guilty to a
subsenuent offense of intoxication in tho
city court this morning and at his re
quest Judge Scott allowed him to sign
the pledge for six months on the pay
ment of the costs of prosecution, which
amounted to $7.20. VenneC was arrested
at six o'clock yesterday afternoon by
Officer Carle, who found him lying on
the sidew alk on Black well street. Ha
disclosed to the court that he- got drunU
on some alcohol he had left over from
the Fourth. . He claimed he bought a
pint of alcohol at the Middlesex saloon
last Friday afternoon. ,
Amonga rrivals at the City Hotel last
evening and to-day are W. D. Gayle, Lin
coin, HI.; H. M. Osgood. Danville; D. U.
Buck, Boston; F. H. Phillips. Flarlville,
N. V; George B. Wells, HMrlyigton.
Workmen of the street department
have placed six new guideboards in po
sition to-day four are placed at the corr
iht of North Main and Church streets,
one. at the corner of North Main and
Maple avenue, and one at the corner of
North Main and Merchant streets.
TO-NIGHT IN BARRE.
Moving pictures, opera house.
The Continue picture show, A. Tom-
a si Mock.,
Tbeatorium,' 40 Main street,
Massucco's theatre, Scampini block.