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THE BAHHE DAILV TIMES, 13 All HE, VT., SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1914.
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FIVE DROWN
IN LAKE
Girl Tries to Climb into
Rowboat and It
.. Upsets
ACCIDENT ON
NATICOOK LAKE
Mother and Two Children
Sister and Niece All
Drowned
Manchester, N. H., July 18. The at
tempt of Miss Annie Burrans, a student
at the New England Conservatory of
Music in Boston to climb into a rowboat
in which were her sister, Mrs. Minnie
Mills of South Merrimack, the latter'
two children, and four-year-old niece,
Dorothy Burrans, of Utica, N. Y., caused
the drowning of all five yesterday.
The accident occurred on Naticook
lake, also known as Reeds pond, in South
Merrimack. The home of Mrs. Mills ad
joins the lake. '
The party had gone there to give Miss
Burrans an opportunity to swim and al
low the children to wade. Miss Burrans
had been swimming some time, while
her sister and the children rowed. Miss
Burrans grasped the stern of the flat--bottomed
boat to get in. She had diffi
culty in getting over the side and forced
the Btern down. - The children became
excited and ran toward her, their added
weight causing the boat to settle fast.
AH were thrown into the water. Miss
Burrans' two brothers swam out, but
were unable to help. One almost lost
his life and was saved by the other. Mitta
Burrans swam within five yards of the
shore when she succumbed.
CLEANSE THE BLOOD
AND AVOID DISEASE
When your blood is impure, weak, thin
and debilitated, your system becomes
susceptible to any or all diseases.
Tut your blood in good condition.
Hood's Karsaparilla acta directly and
peculiarly on the blood it purifies, en
riches and revitalizes it and builds vtip
the whole system.
Hood's Sarsaparilla has stood the test
of forty years. Get it to-day. It is
sure to help you. Advt.
TRIAL OF ASSASSIN
OF CALMETTE TO
OPEN MONDAY
TURNING TO
HENNESSY
N. Y. Bull Moose Favor the
Democrat for
Governor
ROOSEVELT MAY
INDORSE
Hennessy Recently Called
on the Colonel at Oy
ster Bay
TWO ARE DEAD, THIR
TEEN PROSTRATED
Was Heat Toll in Boston Yesterday
One Death in New York
City.
Boston, July 18. Two dead and 13
prostrated by heat humidity was the
toll for to-day. The temperature was
89, humidity, 01.
WESTMINSTERS TO LIVE APART.
Duke and Duchess Finally Agree on a
Separation Latter Wanted Divorce
London, July 18. The matrimonial
differences of the Duke and Duchess of
Westminster, concerning which all sorts
of rumors have been floating around for
many months past, have culminated in a
legal arrangement.
Negotiations had been proceeding for
a considerable time toward this end,
wtih the assistance of several of the most
eminent lawyers. The result is a deed
of separation whereby the parties agree
permanently to live apart.
The duchess receives an allowance
from the young duke befitting the high
position she holds. It is rumored that
she insisted upon what she deemed her
legal rights a third of her husband's in
come. The exact financial terms, how
ever, cannot be ' ascertained, but her
yearly income will reach very consider
able proportions.
Paris Interested to Know if Mme. Cail-
Iaux's Beauty Still
Remains.
Paris, July 18. Whether Mme. Joseph
Caillaux . will appear in the court of as
sizes next Monday, broken and upon the
verge of nervous collapse, or in the best Oyster Bay, Y., July 18. John A.
of health and her beauty undimmed by ' ' X dZ
munuw ui imprison mem,, ws me ijura- fuglon ticket in the last mayoralty cara-
tion all Paris was discussing yesterday. I paign in New York, is being considered
Mme Caillaux will go on trial Mon- by the Progressives as the man to head
day for the shooting of Gaston Calmette, the fight in New York state this fall,
editor of Le Figaro, in his office last I Hennessy is an independent Democrat,
March, and as the day approaches wide- and by nominating him the Progressive
ly conflicting reports as to the condition leaders feel that the theory of fusion, at
of the beautiful wife of the ex-premier least, could be preserved and many votes
and minister of finance are being cir- won. It is said that Hennessy would ac
culated. , cent the nomination for governor.
In signing the paper foregoing the Strength was given to the report when
privilege of appealing from the prelimi- it became known that Mr. Hennessy
nary decision in her case fixing the date slipped up to Sagamore Hill last Tues-
and conditions of her trial, Mme. Cail- day night and held a conference with
laux's hand trembled so she could hard- Roosevelt. The state situation was con-
ly hold the pen. She attributed the sidered carefully.
nervousness to a vims which had been Progressives, impressed by the refusal
dministered to her earlier in the day of the colonel to budge from his posi-
by her physician. This is probably the tion not to run, are going over the Bitu-
foundation for the breakdown report. ation and by a process of elimination are
lhroughout Paris "straw votes' are endeavoring to reach some conclusion as
being taken as to the possible verdict of to the man who must head the ticket if
the jury which will hear Mme. Caillaux's Roosevelt will not. By this process, the
case. At a recent representative gather- field has been cut down to not more than
nsr of men a newspaper correspondent half a dozen men who might be avail-
polled three votes for acquittal for each able. Hennessy is one of them. Roose-
one of guilty. Those opposing acquittal velt himself has been much impressed
creed, however, that .in the trial if ty the qualities shown by Hennessy. Jn
Mme. Caillaux was not acquitted that I "gnt ,,(-'h the, one in this state next
state would nevertheless fail to convict fR'l promises to be the colonel feels that
her of premeditated murder. It was the Hennessy would make a brilliant cam
opinion that if a verdict of euiltv was Pa'Rn- Hennessy is loaded to the brim
returned it would be" for one of the with material abiut the "rottenness of
lighter homicides which would permit 0089 rule in ne state," and haa shown
the "first offence," act to be called into tnat he possesses the faculty of making
play and she would be allowed to go tne voters believe him. It is known
free. that Roosevelt by a series of attacks
upon District Attorney Whitman hopes
TELLS OF QUARRELS IN and win' from' Whitman thousands of
independent voters who he oelieves would
WAKEFIELD TRIAL lend their support to a man like Hen
nessy, an independent Democrat, and
IN THE FIELD
OF SPORTS
Some Evidence Ruled Out Had to Do
with Plew, Who Was
Hanged.
Robertson, the sensational little out
fielder of the Giants, haa fallen off con
sidorably in his batting since the team
left on the present western invasion,
Coming from the Southern league, Rob
ertson was touted as a great batter. lie
has failed to show any form yet.
Greenfield is making negotiations to
sign Billy Hamilton, the old leaguer, and
recently deposed manager of the spring
field Eastern association club, as man
ager of their Twin State club. Harold
Partenhcimer, the Amherst star who
I . .. iLA ...lit 1 .
TTTUr iiiniinin uiq iv-aui, win
JtlliVl third base regularly, Lfforts are being
made to land Conolly, the former Spring'
field cateher.
Hugh Fullerton, who is an authority
on baseball, has it figured out that the
attendance in the National league has
fallen off 37 per cent and in the Araer
ican league 18 per cent.
George foster, the pitcher of the Red
Sox, has returned to Boston. He has
recovered somewhat from his injuries so
that he is able to take light practice,' but
will not be able to work in a game for
some days,
Johnny Evers will be obliged to keep
out of the Boston lineup for several days
because of Injuries received in Monday a
game at St. Louis. He was spiked by
Cruise as the latter slid into second base.
The rumor that John Ganr.el, the Roch
ester manager, would supplant Charlie
Doom with the Phillies, was somewhat
blfghted when President Baker of the
Phillies said that he never met Ganzel
and that Dooin would continue in charge
of the team indefinitely.
Grant Kice, the sporting writer, says
that Johnny McGraw is more anxiouo to
win this season's pennant than any h
ever fought for. He says that McGraw
sees the possibility and good chance of
winning his fourth consecutive pennant,
feat that has not been accomplished
since 18WU. .Last season ne equauej
Mack'a record with the Athletics by win
ing five pennants in one city.
David Henry, the former Brown pitch
er, who has been with Pittsburg Pirates,
has been passed over to the Hartford i
club , of the Eastern association. ' i
Doak, one of the leading twirlers In
the National league, finds the Boston
club his stumbling block. The Card
pitcher has defeated the Giants and oth
er leading clubs, but has been knocked
from the mound by the Braves twice.
The Littleton, N. H., independent team
has been considerably strengthened of
late. They managed to hold the strong
St. Johnsbury team to an even game,
1 and 1, in six innings at Littleton last
Saturday. Willard, the Dartmouth star,
is twirling for Littleton. Many of the
other players have been prominently af
filiated with Charles H. Dudley's Han
over teams in the past.
Maggert, the former Philadelphia
American outfielder, is playing center
field for the Los Angeles Pacific Coast
league club.
The opportunity is presented to How
ard Drew, Springfield's famous colored
sprinter, to become the acknowledged
RECEIPTS OF
. CATTLE DROP
Poor Showing Made at the
Kansas City
Market
DECREASE OF 150,000
HEAD THIS YEAR
Prices Are Highest Known
for July $9.85 a
Hundred
Kansas City, Mo., July 18. Thus far
this year 150,000 fewer cattle have been
marketed in Kansas City than in the
same period in 1913, th receipts being
the smallest of any similar period in 20
yearsT Tho decrease is attributed to the
drought in the Southwest last summer.
Prices are the highest ever known for
this month. The demand now, cattlemen
ad meat packers say, must be supplied
mostly from grass fed cattle. Another
crop of prime corn fed beeves cannot be
made, they say, until the corn crop of
1914 is available, probably not sooner
than the middle of November.
If August prices for corn fattened
steers are as much higher than the July
level aa they were in 1912, next month
will see prime beeves bringing $11 a hun
dred pounds in Kansas City. Beeves of
the sort mentioned told here Thursday
$9.85.
THINKS BEEF WILL STAY UP.
not an out-and-out Progressive. The
feeling here is that the fight on Whit
man has only begun. Roosevelt hopes
to crinnle Whitman so badlv that he
Roosevelt can keen out of the race world a sprinting champion. He will en
Vow TTavn rv. ii i c n,.L without nv dansmr nf Mr. Whitman ter the Canadian championship at lor
which J. Plew had with William O. Wake- winning the Progressive nomination in Pn" on September u. uppoeea to mm
field in the tenement occupied by the the primaries if he decides to enter that w'" b Applegarth, the speediest flyer of
wakeneid family in Bristol, and espec- ngni. ""' . "r "...
iallv the last dispute on Juno 22. 1913. The "Sulzer" danger is also still an P'O?- In addition there will be sprinters
the night before the murder, were retold element in the situation. If Hennessy f I'8" light in both the 100 and 220-
hv niri ftillfft tho iimitsir. noinl.kn. was mil lin a the Proirreasi v en nil mat e. a"U events
J " ' . . v.... ii lio in ii j ' I I D - '
in tho iAiir.a gf vacfnp.l. ..'a A I it is believed that th danper nf Kulzer
the trial of Mrs. Bessie J. Wakefield winning the nomination would be great- championships at Baltimore. Drew is
charged with murder of her husband ly lessened, if not eliminated. Accord- present cnampion 01 tne iw ana zsu
Some of the evidence was ruled out by mK one report, there is a tendency
Judge Reed as it had chiefly to do with among some Progressives to allow feul
new, Who has been hanged. Home other z,r io npiure norainnuon lor von
evidence, the court told the jury, was gress. The Progressives are not at all
only to be taken to show Plew's partici- anxiou8 10 8 BPnor for Sulzer in any
wny, uui vnvy vuuiu line iu crt'Kie a, biv
Dr. Melvin, Meat Expert, Sees No Relief
in Sight Just Yet.
Washington, July 18. "I can see no
relief in sight as far as the high cost of
beef is concerned.
This was the statement yesterday of
Dr. A. D. Melvin, chief of the bureau of
agriculture. He is the acknowledged
premier beef expert of all government
officials. He heads the department's
meat cost investigating board and re
cently spent months in Argentina inves
tigating productive methods, cost and
availability of Argentine beef for Amer
ican consumers.
"The high prices are undoubtedly
caused by the scarcity of beef cattle
in the t inted States, and under condi
tions such aa obtain at present there is
little prospect of increasing the supply,"
said Dr. Melvin.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Friday's Games
At Cincinnati Boston 1, Cin
cinnati 0. Batteries .lames and
Gowdyj Benton, Schneider and Er
win. At Pittsburg N'ew York 3,
Pittsburg 1 (21 innings). Batter
ies Marquard, Meyers and Mc
Lean; Adams, Gibson and Cole
man. At Chicago Chicago 3, Brook
lyn 2. Batteries Vaughn and
Bresnnhan; Allen and Miller.
At St. Louis St. Louis 8, Phil
adelphia 4. Batteries Perdue and
Wingo; Mayer, Rixey and Dooin.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Won Lost Pet
New York ...45 31 .592
Chicago 44
St. Louis i 43
Cincinnati .
Philadelphia
Brooklyn . .
Pittsburg . .
Boston ....
39
37
35
34
34
37
40
41
39
39
41
43
.543
.518
.4S8
.4X7
.473
.453
.442
pation in the crime. Gillett testified
that on the day before the murder Mrs.
Wakefield, referring to her husband,
who was then in a path outside the
house, remarked: "I wish he was dead;
then 1 would get another man.
That night, Gillett testified, he heard
scuffling down stairs and Wakefield's
voice, "Let me up, Jim!" The witness
had never seen Plew. He knew Wake
field's voice. After Wakefield disap
peared his wife stayed several days with
the t.illetts and once she asked the wit-
uation which would place him on a side
track, satisfy his ambitions for a time,
but get him .out of the fight for the
governorship.
Hennessy s attitude toward candidacy
for any office this fall is said by his
friends to be summed up in a telegram
which he sent to the Knickerbocker Press
in Albany, announcing that he was not
a candidate on w iiiiam Sulzer a ticket. ;
In that telegram Mr. Hennessy said:
He will be unable to defend hia
titles because of his appearance at Tor
onto.
Bob Unglaub, the former Red Sox first
sacker, is now manager of the Fargo,
X. D., team.
Miller Huggins Is the latest manager
to advocate the imposition of fines on
players for inexcusable errors.
(jrunboat rmith s unintentional foul
was a cause of regret to his followers in
America. There seemed to be little
doubt in American minds but that the
big fellow would have defeated the
Frenchman had he been fortunate enough
to stay many rounds longer.
When Frank Chance assumed the man-
iioaa if hp ,-niiM i,l..nt;fv hor ,h if ny viuiam uizer wnouy unauthorized
he had killed himself. Gillett said he Sh"u,d.1 bp." candidate r ny office, I
"The use of my name on ticket headed agership of the New York Americans he
prophesied that be would raise the club
from. the depths of the second division.
told her that he could for three months,
at leuet.
On 'rots-exa mina tion by counsel for
Mrs. Wakefield, Gillett said that Mrs.
Vakehcld had told him that she fre-
uuently quarreled with her husband, but
they generally made up.
Fans allowed that he would not be able
to last season, but all were anticipating
that the "peerless" leader would make
a big fight for first division this season.
Chance is coming in for his share of
but
will enter "the Democratic primaries and
tell the people why.
I harles K. v hitman deniea that he
wrote or authorized the letter assailing
William Barnes and Charles F. Murnhv.
and attacking the boss system Generally, criticism not only in New York
which was made public Wednesday night everywhere, mat ne is "not there
by Theodore Roosevelt in a statement The Washington Star opines that
which politicians construed as intended Bush, the little shortstop of the Tigers,
to be a blow to the aspirations of Mr. i decidedly big factor in the showing
hitman for the Republican nomination of Jennings' team this season
for governor. Mr. Whitman declares he Mullen, the new first sacker of the
does not desire to engage in a per-1 Highlanders, was a member of the Seat
sonal quarrel with Mr. Roosevelt, and tie, Wash., high school team that toured
that he relies upon his public record the country in 1907, from Seattle to
qucs-1 the Jamestown exposition, winning near
BUTTER AND EGG MEN ENJOINED.
U. S. Court Says They Must Not Publish
Price Lists.
Chicago, July 18, An injunction re
straining the Chicago outter and egg
board from publishing the prices of but
ter, eggs and other products was issued
yesterday by Federal Judge Landis.
The government charged that the pub
lishing of prices artificially created prices
higher than the market warranted and
violated the law prohibiting all acts in
restraint ol trade.
Hot Weather
Underwear
Your Underwear these
hot days must be more
than cool; they must fit.
A little friction here and
there is an unbearable
, annoyance.
Cool, loose fitting .
B. V. D.
strikes twelve every time
and has the inside track
with many men. -
We have other good
makes also, either two
piece or union suits.
Moore & Owens,
BARRE'S LEADING CLOTHIERS
Barre, Vermont
CORNELL GIVEN $50,000 MORE.
ENORMOUS CROPS
BOOM BUSINESS
IN MIDDLE WEST
Railway Offiidals and Merchants With
Headquarters in or Near Chicago
Testify to Revival of Trade. "
The Queen of England a Great
Seamstress.
In the August Woman's Home Com
panion appears a most interesting and
intimate account of the king and queen
of England. Queen Mary, according to .nA -sider. th in tn .
the author of this article, is a vital in- tion of whether, if elected governor, he ly every game. The Seattle team that
nuence. sne nas tremenrtous capacity WU1 wear the yoke of any man.
iur wuip., iiuuiic mm urifHie, until
great ability as a busmens woman aod I
organizer. Following is a brief extract RE VOI-TTTIONARV
iium me unicif:
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Friday's Games
At Boston-Boston 8, Detroit 2.
Batteries Collins and Carrion;
Coveleskie, Hall, Stanage and Bak
er. '
At Washington Clevelsnd 3,
Washington 1. Batteries tolls
more and Basfler; Johnson and
Ainsmith.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
- Woa Lot Pet.
Philadelphia 4i? ?.i J!W
Detroit ". 3 JiW
Boston 4 .V ..J
Washington
Chicago ....
St.. Lnui ..
New York .
Cleveland
4t
41
42
."H
47
A3
.S3!
-VI 1
.,".19
-HIT
44
Fringe Albert
th nmtiomaijoy mmitka
tm la JiKKT ff wroll ipiminni,
It irtmt t
mmmt . My 10 mmm Has,
"The queen will not allow freedom of
tone or conduct in those about her, and
she will not put up with 'vagaries.' Dis
liking cards, she occupies after-dinner
hours, even when visitinir at creat coun
try houses, in sewing. In private apart
ments occupied by the royal family she
has in each room an unfinished piece of
needlework, which she takes up in odd
moments. Of dancing, however, she is
very fond and at court halls, which will
probably be more numerous when Prin
cess Mary comes out. the qnpen neve
niiones a waltz or a quadrille.
"Life is much simpler at the palace
than it was In King Kdwsrd's time.
Regularly once a month all bills are ex
amined and paid, a plan quite different
from the one pursued in the preceding
reign, and, indeed, by the British aristoc
rrcy in general.
"Herwlf a practical rook. for she
learned in her girlhood in the kitchen
of White loilge and Kensington palace.,
she still finds time now and then t
make takes and knows how things should
be dme.
Fond of the nedi" and accustomed to
the sewing m chine, she taught Princes
Mary to help darn her brother'a Mvks;
even the young princes have learned t
knit w k anil mittens as part of their
contribution to institutions. In a year,
for a sinple chanty. t!e que-n makes a
many as IV woolen ptrmentu, and re
members in Ojpir mskin? that people
ho ar poir love prettv things as much
as do the rich. At Halmoral after din
ner in holi 'lay time (,'iwn Mary, for in
is busily knitting for some n-rdy
..ne."
OUTBREAK IN THE
HAYTIAN CAPITAL
Panic in the Streets of Port Au Prince-
Government Secovera Town from
Rebels.
season was was a team of stars. Schmuti
I of the Superbns pitched for the team.
One of the causes for the numerous
defeats of the Brooklyn Dodger is their
lack of base runners. There is not a
single fleet-footed or excellent base run
ner on the team.
Evidently President Lannin of the Red
Sox is determined to have a pennant
winning team at Boston. He is not stop
ping at money. Since he has taken hold
of the 1012 champs he has spared no ex
pense, in fact bis numerous purchases of
players has startled the baseball world
Tort Au Prince, Hayti, July 18. A One of his first acta was to buy "Der
panic was caused by a revo utionanr uainor, who proved a "lemon." When
outbreak, accompanied by a consider
able amount of shooting, in the streets
of the Haytian capital at ten o'clock this
morning. The rising was quickly sup'
pressed by the government forces and
order restored.
General Leon Duque with a govern
ment force yesterday recaptured from
the rebels the towns of Pen? du Midi and
Milot and established communication
with the column commanded by the
president, which bad engaged another
rebel band on the plains of Limonade.
he paid over $25.001 for three Baltimore
plavers it was thought that might be
the limit of his good work. This week
he added another plaver to his corps of
players in Hohlitell, the star first sack
er of the Cincinnati Red. Five thous
and dollars were required to negotiate
the deal. Hoblitrell is still in bis prime
and hits close to .300 and is a fine field
er. He will replace young JanvTin at
first base.
Connie Mack admits that hia players
are over-confident and is looking for
I mirrmritcrs abmaj are not ptiima
t'C rr rding t'.e ' j.-s of the M.am
t"k IV. to rm i h Atlantic without
Another fore of government troops tor.k '""P r11- H figures that rain has
tort IJemnville and then twjran its I
march on Oiianaminthe, the principal
stronghold of the rebels.
"Man Spends Hia Life
set his club back considerably of late
and with good wrather his plavers will
kc4 their natural pare.
"Pink Winkler, the former Vermont
pitcher, continues to twirl winning ball
for the Newport club in the Twin State
in reasoning on the pant, complaining I league.
of the prewnt and trembling for the! Hastings, the Goddard athlete, bios-
future." (Rivarol.l Not when he haslsnmed out as a pitcher in the role of a
an annuity. .-vauonai uie insurance unston nei spsmst Jarmmgham. H,
Co. of Vermont (Mutual). K. S. Bal- this week. He managed to star two
lard, general ageat, Lawrence building, I rounds before retiring.
MontpeiHT, Vt.
injury. TL odis are 3 to 1 a;iott her. Bine lost.
Sire Joe Wood entered the American
league n years ago be baa won PS
came and kt 4i. H best aeason was
in 1!12. b he won S4 gamea and lost
but five. H; aierag each rtr haa ben
15 gam won aod ahghtly more ttan
Chicago, July 18. Business already
has begun to feel the upward push of
the enormoua crops to be harvested by
the American farmer this year, accord
ing to statements given out yesterday
by railway officials and car manufactur
ers with headquarters in or near Chicago.
The trafiic department of the Santa
Fe issued a report yesterday showing
that 100,627 freight cart have been load
ed on the Santa Fe system and received
from other lines during the past month.
In the same month last year but 102,799
cars were loaded showing an increase of
3.72 per cent, this year. Burlington offi
cials reported that general merchandise
and miscellaneous freight business shows
an increase of 4 to 5 per cent, over last
year.
In explaining its reason for put- j
ting 300 men back at work in the
freight car department, the Standard
Steel Car company, at Hammond, Ind.,
announced that the Kew York Central
bought more than 9,000 freight cars in
June; that the Illinois Central haa or
dered 8,000 all ateel box car and that
during the moiath of June orders for 16,
055 new freight cara were received as
against 8,154 for May.
The. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
road announced that it had increased the
working time of 3,000 men in its Mil
waukee shops this week from 8 to 8'i
hours. The Mobile ft Ohio, according to
President R. V. Taylor, will spend $1,
122,000 for new equipment, besides
spending 5.000.000 for a new bridge
across the Ohio river at Cairo, 111. The
Rock Island, Illinois Central ft North
western have begun rebuilding with ateel
underframes about 20.000 cars.
In its weekly trade review bulletin is
sued to-day, the John V. Farwell whole
sale dry goods company of Oiicago, one '
ot the largest enterprises of ita kind in
the country, says:
"Road nien traveling in agricultural
district are securing many orders which
earlier in the season merchants would
not place, owing to the uncertainty of
crop and general conditions. A better
feeling is also being manifested in man
ufacturing towns, especially where car
shop are located, due to the increased
call for ears to more the tretnenua
crops."
Fund for New Dormitories at University
Is Now $150,000.
Ithaca, N. Y., July 18. An additional
gift of $50,000 for the erection of dormi
toriea at Cornell university is announced
by President Schurman. The president
was tendered the gift in ew lork City
last Wednesday by the same anonymous
donor who gave $100,000 this spring for
dormitories. The increase of the fund
to $150,000 will provide in large part for
the erection of the main residential hall
and government university, a basis upon
which to work for the extension of the
dormitory system.
A New Iron Center.
New York City is developing an ambi
tion to rival or surpass in the production
of iron and steel from the ore the pres
ent well-known centers of that industry,
Pittsburg, Birmingham, Chicago and
Philadelphia. The Merchants' associa
tion has been making an exhaustive in
vestigation of conditions favorable to
such development and haa reached the
conclusion that the time now is, or short
ly will be, opportune for putting its con
victions on this point to the test. One
of the expected advantages for launching
the industry on a large scale are the
prospective facilities for securing the raw
material at a comparatively low rate.
There are three factors which enter into
the equation to ao large an extent
as to have a determining influence upon
the minds of those who have given the
question study, the new tariff, the open
ing of the Panama canal and the enlarge
ment of the Erie canal, when that work
shall have been completed.
Ijike Superior ore la the main depend
ence of the Pittsburg furnaces, but the
cost of bringing a ton of this raw mate
rial from the mine to the works is $2.03.
The cost of laying it down at New York,
through the barge canal, will be $1.75,
or 28 cents less. But the New York iron
producer has a much more general field
to draw upon and great stress ia laid
upon that fact. The Adirondack or Lake
Chain plain deposit, with a reserve of a
quarter billion tons, according to the of
ficial survey, is pronounced exceptionally
fine, and the cost of transportation to
New York would not be over 50 cents a I
ton and might be less, while coal could
be carried back as a cargo on the return
trip. To get that coal to Pittsburg by
rail would cost a dollar and a half more.
Then there are the Cuban ores, morj
than three billion tons of them of de
clared fine quality, that can be brought
to New York for a dollar a ton; Orinoco
river ores for a dollar and a half, and
that is the whole cost of transportation.
New England would be hopefully looked
to for a market, getting the finished
product from the metropolis instead of
yoing to Pennsylvania, as at present.
But probably New England might also
find it profitable to build up an iron and
steel industry for the same reasons that
seem to appeal so powerfully to New
York business men. Perhaps the South
Boston iron-making industry may revive
again. Another factor entering into the
calculation is the removal of the duty
on scrap iron, which will make it profit
able for ballast from Europe and other
countries to which we send large cargoes
of food supplies and manufactured prod
ucts. All this may read somewhat like
a promoter'a dream or the literature of
the prospectus, but there is little doubt
of the comparative cheapness Of trans
portation. New York has the room for
any number ot plants, especially on the
Long Island side, and she is supposed to
be rich in the enterprise that would be
needed to accomplish the rest. Boston
Transcript.
Rabbit Not Fussy.
The members of an automobile tour
ing party from Washington to Baltimore
stopped for the night at a certain cara
vansary at Hagerstown, in Maryland.
Since the food aupplied them was exe
crable, and since their kit furnished the
necessary implements, aside from the
raw material, they determined to have
a Welsh rabbit. Accordingly two were-
deputed to proceed to a corner grocery,
there to obtain the cheese and crackers.
When the old chap that kept the place
came forward one of the two said: "We
want a couple pounds of cheese and some
large, square crackers for a Welsh rab
bit." The old man seemed doubtful. "I
got the cheese all right," said he, "but
I am t got no large, square crackers.
Won't your rabbit eat the small ones?"
Harper'a Magazine.
The St. JohnhurT team defeated
ITardwkk at St. Johnsbury on Thursday
bv the score of to 2. Hitchcock and
Cornell formed the Hardwick battery.
Lawsn Robert on. the former Irish
A merits a trainer, will leave e August
li for Austria to iiiitif rbarg of train
ing athlt of that country for the 1P1S ond consignment of anna aent from here
I'ljB-f-K at Berl.a. to Inland ia the Lord Cbarlemont.
FIREARMS SHIPPED TO DUBLIT
j
Cargo from U. S. for Ireland Billed as i
"Fowling Piece." j
Baltimore, Md, July 1. Two tons of!
firearms are in the cargo rf the Lord
line steamer Lord Oiarlemont, Captain j
West, which sailed yesterday from Bal- i
timore for Belfast and Dublim.
They are manifested as "fowling
pieces" and billed for DliMin, but there
ia a sukpk ion that they are intended to '
ing anti home rulers. It n the tee-
The N. D. Phelps Go.
Wish to say to their patrons,
although we have had exten
sive loss by fire, water and
smoke, we are still in a posi
tion to render our patrons
efficient service.
The N. D. Phelps Company
Telephone 29, Barre, Vermont