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J f' , N. I - a .0 ? 4 TIIK BRATTLKKOKO ItKFORMKIt, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1907 Wxt grattlfboru Jtcform I'uljlialirJ every Friday ((irrnoim by TUB VERMONT TRINTINO COMPANY Uiifiriiurnltftl) HOWABD 0. BICE. Editor E. H. CRANE, Mnr SnbKiiuMon Rates fl.50 mt year: ail mciiiilii, 74 ri'iiu: f.urr ni .nlli. -Ml emu: nrr niiy. 6 rinit. All uliwrlitiuii are paynbls In advanrff. Maniple rnMa will be nulled fne un rtiurt. Advtltlalng Batea Wanti'd. r gala. To KpiiI, ' , rlaaaltli il, an nrl pane 1U canil i.i-r Una (7 wnnlnl for ihe Hmt Iimcrlion, and a rente ptr line fur each eulieeiiuimt Inavr Hon. Annuuwnnriiia al head of local col umn. aanit rati. Klutlmie. obituary pna try, etc., IV eenta per Una. Card of lhaitka, lid n-nta. )lilay ailvrriiami raiaa on appu ration. Cah must accompany all ordcri from parllca nut liuvliif an aoeouni nu u. BRATTLEBOBO. IRIDAY, JAN. 4. 1907 AS TO 1907. In new typographical riiimt'iit und ' with a change in nitnio for tlio luirnone of designating only tliti homo of the iulilii'iitin iimteiul of at timt intf to limit ita field, which hna long ago out grown Windham county, The Kcform- it turn over the page of 1!0 and uo gitia another year. Its pursue has al ways been to furninh its render with a bright, i-riBp, up-to-date, weekly re mi mn of the cventM within its territory together with a brief reference to hap pening of natioiuil importance and pertinent comments on topieti of especi at interest. However, at thin time of the year, when the spirit of resolution making is in the air, we foel like re penting with renewed einjihasiii our de termination to give the readers of the Reformer n great big money's worth for 1007. And we feel safe in saying that this promise will be fulfilled, if it ean bo done by much hard work and lots of thought on our part. We are striving to put the Ket'ornicr in the "Sulphide" class, intlicrnuks of those publications whose opinions uro not niero time-worn platitudes, but original both in thought and in expression. We want tho Reformer to be opened every week with the expectation that some thing new at least as new as anything under the sun ean bo and worth rend ing will be found within its pages. We are going to do this if it is possible, ami wo urge our readers to be free with their expressions of approval or disap proval on the success of our endeavors. In addition to our regular features we have planned some new ones a por tion of them serious in nature and oth ers in lighter vein but all, we hope, worth while. With this brief reference to ourselves we wish the whole Reform er family prosperity and good luck for tho ensuing twelvemonth. County Fish and (lama Protective as sociation, apparently had no mnr ef fect on tho niciiiliim of the legislative coiiiiiiittee mi giiitin and fisheries than did the numerous personal Idlers from piKiplo In this corner of the (date. The committee wns dead net against class" legialnliou ms It erroneously termed special laws framed to meet the requirements of special localities, and so passed a general iiieastiro for tho whole state. .Many of the hunters ami fishermen hereabouts are Inclined to the belief that tho committee took its tip ' from H. K. & (1. '. Thomas, and tho popularity of that gentleman has not beeu enhanced In this section. How ever, tho only thing to do is to enforce the new law as strictly as possible and thus prove to the unbelievers that we were right in our contention. wlmlf-vcr value .there way bo in such lists which provide for substantial d- a roiiiiniaaioii, which is no'liiiiger an iiu- viiih is. In numerous collou mills in potent affair mid a political clearing northern New Kuglnnd, n advance of house. nlmiit 9 per cent went lulu i-ffect to- OUB LEMON CBATE. A society has re illy been organized in Chicago under the uaino of the Roosevelt Third Term National League. Its purpose is obvious. In its platform this organization acknowledges tho president's declaration' .Hint "under no circumstances would ho be a candi date for. or would he accept another nomination" but' it "challenges his right to refuse" the presidency for a third term "in the face of the people's demand." A spontaneous demand from the people of the United States might cause the president to reconsider his statement of 1!4, hut a ilemnnil creni ed by an organization which is spending n large bunch of somebody' money on printing and postage for n selfish mo tive no doubt, is, tho last thing Mr. Roosevelt would want. The Roosevelt Third Term National League has no really good reason for existence. New Hampshire gets a good thing from its summer resort business. Capi tal to the amount of 22,285,179 is in vested in that traffic in tho Granite state, and summer people last year left behind them $7,ri4fl,37.") in cash. Pro per exploitation ought to make Vermont a rival of her sister state in this line. The White mountains may be grander, but they lire no more beautiful than the Green mountains. A SHINING EXAMPLE. Seldom docs the world receive such a heritage as that left by John H. Merri ficld. The example of his life so rich in all the qualities that make for the betterment of things in general is one that cannot fail to be of far reaching beneficence. A man he was whose service to duty never lagged,whose obe dienco to right was never faltering. If ever hesitation held him it was at tho will of his relentless master, Con science. To him a promise was a bond so sacred that its fulfillment must be made at any cost. Modesty oftimes made him doubt his ability to hold public office, yet in every trust he was a faithful and efficient steward. Mr. Merrifield was kind, lovable and gentle; the quality of his mercy was not strain ed, and tho recipients of his silent bounty are far greater in number than most of us realize. To have ' lived a life such as his is in itself almost sufficient recompense. And what a sordid, unresponsive world this must be' if it has not derived immeasurable good from such an example of honor, gener osity aijd integrity. A Itcllows Falls water-right owner has brought suit for $23,000 against that village on account of alleged dam ages to his property. Thus we learn that municipal ownership is not entire ly without its troubles. Vermont Solons who put up at the Pavilion will hereafter have to depend upon a Brattleboro man for sustenance Thus is Montpolicr, like Rutland, oblig ed to draw on the resources of the good mnn factory of the state. Replenished from Time to Tim by Loving Friends. Who is Hooker, J. F., of Unit tie. horof His telegram to Representative GiliMin, "Vou get us tliat charter straight, or I will see that the village nttemls to vou." did not help tho null- ('rowcllilca a bit. when its text became known to the members. There is more politics and jH-rsonal animus than wa ter in that Ilrnttleboro light, anyway. Randolph Herald. The St. Albans Messenger suggests that icrhnpa if tho llntttlclioro Reform er looks more closelv at the contents of its "Lemon Crate (a column devoted to gentle reminders of the number of offices lielil by MrattleiHiro men; n will find along' with the lemons a few sour grapes. MoutHlirr Journal. First It was Waterman & Martin. Then it was Judge Waterman tc Martin. A little later it was Judge Waterman, Martin 4: Gibson. After that it was Judtre Waterman. Judge Martin & Gib- son, and now it's about to be Judge Waternuin, Judge Martin & Judge Gib son. Climbing some. Ilrnttleboro Re former. It would be "climbing some" for nnv other town in Vermont, but just about the usual pace for llrattleboro. Vergennes Knterpriso. Representative Gibson of llrattle boro received einiiniissioiis for five sep arate appointments from Governor Proctor. This is the Hrattleboro idea brought home, so to speak. St. Johns bury Republican. Ilrnttleboro managed to pretty thor- oiil'IiIv use the state eatiitol for a luiui- . . . . I I. e ilrv anil wnsneii out coiisuieriune her dirty linen there and hung it up in the corridors to dry. St. Albans Messenger. , Reiiresentative Krnest W. Gibson re turned to his home in Hrattleboro load ed d-wn with appointments that are sufficient to weigh down nny one ex cept a Hrattleboro man. He has been appointed n colonel on Govern ir Proc tor 's stalT. a justice of the peace of the town of Hratth born, an otlieial visitor to Norwich university at Northfield and judge of the municipal court at Hrattleboro. We hear he is fully cap able of bearing his honors in a credit able manner but we never Vet heard a citizen of Hrattleboro who couldn't t $ PERCENT - niiiniiivpiiii uUAnANIttU I The Meddler "If the coal its you. ful it on, " day, while In other niaiiufm-liiring plants the increased rate will become operative tomorrow. Al the same lime the Huston llleviited Railway rouiimny, lloatoti ,111111 Worcester Street Hallway company, the Portland Street Railway system and other lim-a will uie geu crul advance to their thousands of em ployes. Among other employes of rail roads who received increases In pay were the engineer of the New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad and the freight clerks of the Huston and Maine svslem. The I'nlted States gov ernment' will also take a hand in the general movement now in progress in all parts of the I'tiited Slates. To morrow practically every civilian em ploye at the Charlestown navv yard , will beiriti to earn higher pay. The ad vance Is expected to range from .10 cents to -'t per week. Several hun dred mechanics will be affected. The movement to advance wages now in progress in many industries is almost wholly duo to the increased cost of liv ! .Alexander J. Cnssntt. 07, presideut of the Pennsylvania railroad system, died suddenly Friday afternoon at his home in Philadelphia from an attack "f heart trouble. He wns forced to give up active work several weeks ago by a severe attack of whooping cough. Mr. Cnssntt wns born in Pittsburg, lcc. S, lH.IJI. He was educated at the I'ni versify of Heidelberg mid Rensselaer Polytechnic institute. He engaged early in railroading and spent the years IS.'i't-CI Inditing a road in Georgia. In Istil he took employment with the Pennsylvania as n rod man. In 1CI he was made resident engineer of the Philadelphia i Krie railroad, and three: venrs later was made superintendent of ; themselves so that the outcome can be motive power and machinery of tho tinuonneed. Meanwhile we onlookers Pennsylvania. In 170 he became gen- 1 1 must amuse ourselves, by h.ekiug at the era! superintendent of the Pennsylva- ! strife f rum some safe coign of vantage. mn. A year later lie was inane general manager of the Pennsylvania lines j f ,,, tno llirVi Vevcr, to men west of Pittsburg, serving in that ca-j,;,,,, , ,. , i,avi'. , mentioned" pacity until 1S7-4. In that year he be-, j i-ouneclion with the olliee. Mr. came third vice president of the road, Istowe. the deputy clerk, who is attend succeeded as first vice president itndijg to the duties of the oflice pending resigned in September, l2. A year , j,.,, f ir, Mcrriticld's succes- later he was elected a director of th. Bl,r j ,,keil upon by many as the road. In June, I Mill, he was elected j Kjnit man for the position, and there president nf the road, serving until his j,,.,. m, to be a general belief nboiit death. 'town that the assistant judges could do i no better than to appoint him. His Mrs. .Russell Sage, widow of tlic j r.xi'ri-iwe in the work is one strong financier, has given out a statement inpjnt in his favor and there are many which she declares that it is not her , ls ,.m,, .p unmed. Hut the intention to distribute immediately the ; trmible is that "there are others" who money left t her by her husband " ; t Link their qualifications just as good much less does she intend tu distribute or ittr brtti-r. Mr. Chase of Whit- .....,... tt.i,),-u an. I .'r-t,iwlv Klip : i...... :. : :.l I .i..l.. l:l. , . .. , ,!, ...... uiuiliiiil. II i b.iiii,- ouiu ih-.iii, line hold up any olhce conferr. on "n-J that ,, nt h, r mvn doors ,,,. . ,.,,. ,., w,ilo Mr; C ll,,. White River Junction Landmark. . v- , Yllplr , ,,1,.,.,., .. .., . , . ,. , , , ., ... ,, , need which have a nearer claim on her i -wg rum" for something of late. And Striking Innovation in Vermont BrM l)eMisits iii the Savings Department of the Hurlington Trust 6!5T tn receive 4 per cent Interest commencing with Februury I, 1007 next interest s riod Make Your Deposits ai(?A or be- ijrut of the This rate Is absolutely guaranteed In advance. Money dep fore the btn of a month will be entitled to interest from nine month. ' THE BURLINGTON TRUST GO. City Hall Square, North, Burlington, Vermont Banklnf'bW1 J 0ur sP8C,a,t i Men may come and men may go but it 'a little that their arrival or departure can uffect the progress of events. It is not vet a week since the clerk or Wind ham county met Destiny but the scram ble for the position he occupied nlreadv has been in progress several days. Thus is the political ball set in motion again, mid its revolutions are furnishing enter tainment for those whose livelihood de pends on a goddess less fickle than she who presides over this particular sphere. How soon the result of the contest will be made known cannot be foretold, but by next week things ought to shapv .V bare ioo t (! for rvrr y y -it, lid mcfciill in the lea l. 'J heir'.,! o.i.n Crri.tttitv n( prowl!, I:ieu hucoii.h; ,1 y t(iiu:..V. ftmr a, rii-kfr t!n m c i t If rcii I ie on i : o4 u'n. v V where, sul ly 1. (Kalrn. 1 tMSC'l .r...U.J tree 0:1 rct;1: t. 0. (1 fC.'CY & CO.. V X,- ... .Tifv. mnvr .A-vr "Life U a chance. load certainty." Life lniurinr U CAR I". CAIN , MEWlln TAILOE I mak eorertd Vtons from your goods. M. I OBDEBS. H0RT! ! WALKEE EVEKYTf'0 ELECTRICAL B ttleboro, Vt. t ' State Mutual Lite Assurance Company of Worcester, Massachusetts, One of tha Iradint; Maianrhtiartti Coinpaniel In HTKKXliTIt anil PKOURKSS. Tta MORTALITY ii LOW In HIVIDEXU3 ara LAROK GEO. M. CLAY, Agt., Brattleboro, Vt. The weather of the past week ought to make it easier to locate the com bination to the egg-safe. The lemon market can hardly be call ed tight this week. Sherlock at Work. Springfield Republican. Has Mr. Clement of Rutland given up hope of being governor of Vermont f We observe that Hownrd L. Hindlcy, who managed tho Clement literary bu reau in the campaign of 1906, has se cured control of the Montpolicr Journal. The gossip is that the change of owner ship is in tho interest of Allen M. Fletcher of Cavendish, who is believed to be a candidate for the nomination for governor, two years hence. Mr. Fletcher was born in Indiana, but has lived in Cavendish since 1881. He is reckoned a millionaire, and has been allied with the Clement wing of the republican party. What, a ban against snowballing f That is tho report that comes from Hrattleboro, where the town fathers, it seems, have taken extreme measures to protect the resentful victims of mirth- some schoolchildren. Now, snowballing has its excesses, ..like lots of other things, and an icy missile is apt to do damage to either a bald head or a plate glass window. In a congested business section, the practise is open to objections, but not to be allowed to throw snowballs anywhere is a grave shock to the youth of nny New England village. Springfield, Mass., Union. Town representative of Brattleboro is a position well worth having if tho precedent of the last two sessions is to to be followed. Two years ago Repre sentative Fitts was elected to one of the highest ollices of the state, that of attorney general; while this year Rep resentative Gibson has returned home loaded down with commissions. First he was made a colonel on the governor's staff; next he was appointed by tho governor a justice of the peace; then he was commissioned a member of the board of visitors to Norwich univer sity; nnd last he has been appointed judge of the newly created municipal court of Hrattleboro. Londonderry Sifter. than the people of other cities whose needs, she believes, can and should be met by the philanthropic people nf those cities. The earliest date at which her husband 's estate can be closed, she says, "is one" year from his death, ami therefore, present application to her is premature. Declaring that the appeals to her and erTnrts to secure interviews with her to obtain assistance, amount to persecution if she chose to regard it so. (She adds that she will give only after the fullest investigation and fhat all applications must be made to her in writing. fSho is impelled to make this statement, she says, because of her sympathy for the poor nnd igno rant people whose needs are great and in whom false hopes have been aroused by untrue reports of her intentions. CALL A SPADE A SPADE. Tho St. Johnsbury Caledonian slops over with a resounding splash when it attempts to reprimand the stale papers for denouncing the Grafter of Grafts bury. List to its oleaginous utterance: In view of the fact that the commit tee recommended legal proceedings, the Caledonian carefully refrained from expressing any opinion on the merits of the controversy, and wo have been amazed to see our contemporaries (who have never been accused of having any knowledge of tho law) publishing col umn after column of billinsseate con cerning a gentleman who is out of office, and therefore out of politics, and who will bo compelled under the suggestion of the committee, to defend himself in the courts. Brethren, why do you as sume to prejudge this matter! Will it not be time enough to Bay that Mr. Howard made illegal charges when that has been established in the courts? Do you seriously think your abuse of Mr. Howard will be of assistance to the , court in disposing of this matter! Do you think it is fair to him to inflame i the public mind in advance of a trial! ' The committee found in substance yts Mr. Howard was a grafter; no 'Arer case was ever brought to public at,t,tion. And those of the news papkv whose spinal columns contained any jieral matter announced the fact 'n poA language. They stated also that tllp jiw should deal with Mr. How ard the samo as with nny other person against yhom such convincing evidence is found. Mr. Howard has received no more Vnsure than the findings of the investigating committee warrant. lo attempt to apologize for his mis deeds by criticizing the papers that elected to use plain, truthful language s an insult to' the already overworked kalsomine bru Not a Business Proposition. (Bennington Banner.) A railroad from here to Shelburnc Fulls by way of Wilmington might bo a success from a scenic point ot view, but as a business proposition it would be about as profitable as an icicle lac, tory in Glastonbury. Pleasant Publicity. (St. Albans Messenger.) ' ' Dr. Charles G. Wheeler has been appointed a member of tho state board of osteopathy. Doctor Wheeler is a Hrattleboro man. Up-state pnpers please copv. " Brattleboro Reformer, Gladly. " ' The Man Ahead. (Burlington Clipper.) In most every newspaper you pick up you are sure to find a lot of gush about the man behind the counter and the man behind the gun; the man behind tho buzz-saw and the man behind thn son; the man behind the times and tho man behind the rent; the man be hind the plow-share and the man be hind the fence; the man behind the whistle and the man behind the ears; the man behind the kodak and the man behind the bars; the man behind the whiskers and the man behind his fists, and every other thing that is entered on "the lists, says a Kansas exchange. But they've skipped another fellow of whom nothing has been said tho tel low who is even, or a little way ahead, who pays for what he gets, whose bills are always signed. He 's blamed sight more important than the one who is behind. All the editors and merchants and the whole commercial clan are in debted for existence to this honest fel low man. He keeps us all in business and his town is never dead; and so we take onr hats off to the man who is ahead. "Did vou ever know it to be neces sary to draft anyone in Vermont for an oflice?" Montpclier Argus. What a question for an intelligent newspaper like the Montpclier contem porary to ask. Hasn't it noted the se vere measures necessary to sscure citi zens of Brattleboro to conduct the af fairs of the state aild nation? Has it so soon forgotten how year after year, until within the past 24 hours, peace ful and modest Brattleboro citizens have been dragged from their firesides and under threats of n most terrifying nature forced into public service? Go count the desolated Brattleboro homes, or if yon have no time for such a task, the homes that still retain a loving husband and father of voting age and cease forever to raise tho question of no-draft. Northfield News. WEEK IN THE WORLD. Great Events and Movements Which Are Making History. The ifrnnd iurv, which for the past month has been investigating the af fairs of the New York Life Insurance company, rrnlny returned indictments harging torgerv in the third degree against George W. Perkins, former vice president of the New York Life, and a member of the firm of J. r. .Morgan & company, and Charles S. Fairchild, a former secretary of the treasury, president of the New York Security and Trust company (now out of existence), and a member of the finance committee of the insurance company. Mr. Per kins was in court when the indictments were announced. He was formally ar raigned, entered a plea of not guilty, and gave bond in the sum of .$10,00(1, his sureties being J. I'ierpont Morgan, jr., who pledged a city residence val ued at $:i0n,00i, and' Cleveland 11. Dodge, who pledged unimproved city property valued at $.i0,0iio. .Mr. t air child is at present in Europe. The court assured Mr. 1'erkins that a dou ble surety was not ncessary, but he re plied that he preferred it that way. Secretary of War William H. Taft in Washington Saturday mado his first of ficial statement in regard to his candi dacy for the presidency in 1908. Ho said: "For the purpose of relieving the burden imposed by recent publica tions upon some of my friends among the Washington newspaper correspond ents of putting further inquiries to me, I wish to sav' that my ambition is not political, that I am not seeking the presidential nomination, that I do not. expect to be the republican candidate, if for no other reasons than because of what seems to me to be objections to my availability, which do not appear there's Mr. Butler of Jamaica whose candidacy was announced a day or two ago, and Mr. Bacon, too, who is will ing, ns the story goes, to give up his recently hard-earned title of state's at torney for that of county clerk. a That makes the list, so far as the Meddler knows it, a list at once com monplace ami unusual. Commonplace in that so many lawyers are included, and unusual because no layman is num bered among the candidates. The oflice is not one that requires an attorney and yet no one else seems to have the hardihood to aspire to it. In fact, there are probably many people who are un der the impression that a certificate of admission to the bnr is one of the re quirements. Only yesterday a man was heard to inquire: "Does n person have to be a lawver to hold the oflice of county clerk?" And the answer he re ceived was this: "Well, if I'm anv judge, he'll have to be a lawyer to get the oflice and he can't very well hold it until he gets it." a a a a Teamsters have asked The Meddler to "jump on" the electric road opera tors for using so much salt in keeping the tracks clear. The complainants allege that this salt so acts upon the snow as to spoil it for sledding pur poses and they say that the going in Main street particularly has been ruin ed in consequence. The electric road people, on the other hand, claim that a generous use of salt is absolutely neces sary to keep their cars going through this season of the year when storms of sleet and ice cover the rails with a coat ing that effectively breaks the electric current and cannot be removed by the ordinary methods. There's both sides of the argument as fairly ns The Med dler can put them. Within a few days a referee will be appointed to take tes timony nnd report his findings where? to the board of trade perhaps. That organization if always ready to solve problems. The Meddler.. INVESTMENT FUNDS ARE ABSOLUTELY SAFE When placed in Wmhiinjlim (arm mortgages msdo through ui. Our ;0 )rcara' cxparianca In placing ipcao loam enable na to choota with discretion and our record of having never lost dnllnr fur a client prove! our ability. New 'lilt ot loana on hand for sale oul Nor. 1, and will be tent to any addreii on requeat to VERMONT LOAN & TRUST CO. F. B. PUTNAM, Gen. Agl, Brattleboro. Vt. T ROB RT B. GOODHUE PIAK(J .KD OEOAN TUNEE Ao Fine Repairing Brattleboro, Vt. a 12 Highltii St., it TUP C. LEITSINGEB IANO TUNING AND nE TONE REGULATING. ilKATTLEBOEO. VT. Orders LADH phona or mall promptly at tended to. J. W. IZAED AND MEN'S CUSTOM TAILOB Main St., Brattleboro. James B, Randofl, 4 RYTHER BLOCK. All Kinds of Real Estate I'ought, Sold or Exchanged. Desirable Tenements to Rent. Rents Collected. Fire, Life and Accident Insurance, FOR SALE New lit room cotlaee, mim fixturea, on ear line. Prire right. Small payment down, balanre aa rent to right partiea. MOEAN & CO. ijTjNDEBTAKEES AND I EMBALMEES , NO. 19 MAIN STREET. Telephone Connection Day and Night. Day Call M l. Night Calls 27-4 and CHICHESTER'S PILLS '7JL'" I.adlea! Aak jnoe UnnlM for . M Vwa ni'eBfta'trr a oiamona urand, times, sealed wita Blue Ribbon. Take rugcl.t. Ask for ' II l M KH.TFBK MA-uii.ir nriAir I'l LlH, for Xa Years rerr1e4 M Hest- Sale,,. Alntv, K. flihle hv ll..l.t..,.i I i. oieaeaier vnemicai le, nana., i'a I We Manufaiture All Kinds of TEAM AND FAxtM WAGON WHEELS And furnish ttiem tired, banded and boxed, with Concord axles, weweo ana aet Write (or parWruiare. A. E, STEVENS fc CO., Portland, PACE'S PERFECTED OUL.TRY FOOD be obtained ef the following: H. E. Wood. Windham, Vt Rabbins & Cowles, Brattleboro, Vt. iharles S. Farnham, Putney, vt thas. H. Grout, West Townshend. W. C. HaUaday, East Dover. IT. W. Williams, Williamsville, Vt D. L. Cole, Vernon, Vt. EUBSCEIBE TOE THE BEFOBMEB. i I've want agents in every village rrf our Poultry Food is not sold. If Ss not on sale in your village we will A vou. freisht prepaid, a 125-pound I k for 4 or a 60-pound saek for $2. CARROLL S. PACE, -? Hyde Park, Vermont. WHY purchase lunreliable and un knnwn hrai'ls nf Whiskev when ONLY ONE. 'n,. ...n r.O nn.l AO n,.,.lA oca .Iaq.I as the result ) of an appalling railroad lcssen wit'!. V" continued discharge P..,.lpnt nt' Torrn. Tnttn. a s.ihnrh of I mY "-n o'"''1''1 ll".v. but that 1 am .... .. 1 nmubam eounly sportsmen are far from satisfied witV thefish and game laws enacted by, thV IjjstVsossion of the legislature. Our. utterances and the resolutions :i Ded bv the society with a longer A iv tha"n the (irganizatio'-r '-eady f W . -Jongthy aji ' Not a Political Clearing House. (Northfield News.) The new railroad commission bill gives some life anil standing to this state board. The governor has also done well in sweeping qut the old com missioners and replacing them with new men, and likewise recognizing the democratic party in appointing thereon one of its ablest leaders, Eli H. Porter. The NewB would have been glad to have seen a practical railroad man on the commission. However, Mr. Porter is a thorough business man, and Messrs. Redmond and Jackson are lawyers of high standing. The board may be de pended upon to administer its aft".'" f ""-ie state withovif l corn accident at'Terra Cotta, a suburb of Washington, D. G, Sunday night when a passenger train over tho B. & O., met in collision with an extra construct ion train. In addition to the killed more than 50 people were severely in jured. Two distinct stories are being told as to the cause of the disaster by tho friends of those who will naturally be implicated. The ' entrance to the block on which the accident occurred it at Silver Spring, Md. It is said that local No. 6(i, from Frederick, had en tered the. block with a clear track Two green lights were then set on the signal tower, showing that the block was occupied. The engineer of the "dead train which was following, ac cordingly slowed down as he entered the block to run "cautiously." At the Takoma station near the center of the block, it is said, the day operator had tied down white signals, showing a clear track and left his station. At this in dication tho engineer of the "dead" train, crowded on steam and forged ahead at great speed in the foggy night on a slippery track. In a few minutes the huge engine of the "dead" train plunged into the rear of the local, just pulling out of terra Cotta,nit only three miles from Washington. Operator Phil lips at Takoma denies that his signals were white. He declares that he wns at his post and that red signals were set showing occupied tracks. He was much astonished to see the "dead" train rush past, and expected it to slow down and back up. Instead, he heard of the accident within a few minutes. not foolish enough to say that in the improbable event that opportunity to run for the great oflice of president were to come to me I should decline it, for this would not be true." She Knew Something. "If you marry John," said the wo man (John is a farmer), "you'll have to get up at 4 o'clock of mornings and milk 17 cows." "I'd rather get up and milk a hun dred cows," the girl declared, "than hnng out the window of some New York flat till 4 o'clock of mornings waiting for my husband to come home to me." New York Globe. Pronunciation Differences. There is a difference of opinion be tween a conductor and brnkeman on a certain line in Montana as to the pro nunciation of the' station 's name, Eu relia. Passengers are considerably startled on arrival at this particular station to hear the conductor yell: "You're a liar; you're a liar!" This statement is then confirmed bv the .brakeman, who roars: 'You really are; you really arel " The Record in Brattleboro is a Unique One. If the reader has a "bad back" or any kidney ill and is looking for re lief and cure, better depend on the only remedy endorsed by people, you know. Donn's Kidney Pills relief" quickly cure permanently. Brattle boro citizens testify to this. Here is a case of it. Mrs. M. V. Bingham, wife of M. V. 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