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(ffliiwpm cvn) if ..,. $1,50 A Year. $2. 00 If Not Paid in Advance. "Let all the ends thou aimest at be thy Country's, thy Gods and Truth's." Price Five Cents Per Copy. VOLUME XXVIII. BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1903. NUMBER 47 AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, LECTURES, AUDITORIUM WEDNESDAY NIGHT, NOV. 25 EDWARD BLONDELL'S Superb Spectacular Extravaganza Through the Center of the Earth." A $25,000 production. A maie of electric iplendor. A riot of comedy and mechanism. A carload of gorgeous scenery. Special Features EDWARD and LIBBIE ARNOLD BLONDELL inimitable fun producers. THREE SISTERS OeFAYE musical celebrities direct from London, Eng. PRICES, 35, SO and 73 CENTS 3rd Star Course Entertainment. Jiiforium, Thursday, Dec. 3 Metropolitan Grand Concert Co. Basso Mh. ROBERT KENT PARKER, MISS AGNES PRINGLE, ' MRS. CHARLOTTE GUYER GEORGE, MR. VERNOR EDISON HENSHIE, Cantante Violinist Contralto Pianist Reserved Seats, 75, 50 and 35. Now on sale at the association rooms. WANTED, FOR SALE, TO RENT, EIC. 7" ANTED Boarders at 62 Canal St. L. M. Adams. 7"ANTED At once men to cut hardwood ite 1 4titf UAiN i e;i. on a place in me country a middle aged man to care for three horses, two cows, and a furnace; al.o cook his own breakfast. Munt furnish A. 1 references fnnn last employer. A good himie and od pav for the rij;lit person. Only those who can fulfil the alMve requirement need apply- Ad- dresa. "Cocntkv, care Windham County K' f'Tiner, Brattleboro, Vt. ki-tf "1 TTANTKO. An experienced baker or yonnj? IT man tu (earn (taking. Apply, St. kk- maine's Bakery, Elliot Ht. 45-tf ' "ITTAN'TKIJ. Dry 1 I'ine and Hasswoort boards, sawed 1 or 1V inch, round or sminre edge, aiwo i incn ary or green tipruce ooarow, square edge rough. State lowest price deliv ered at your station or at our factory. Bkat ti.eboroCa hi.vkt Co., BrattlelKiro, V t. 45-lt CLUBBING LIST For S2.00 We -will send the Reformer one year and any one of the following list for one year. St. Albans Weekly Messenger New York Thrlce-a-Week Tribune New York Thrice-a-Week World Springfield Weekly Republican Boston Weekly Journal New England Farmer, Weekly Rutland Weekly Herald Manchester Mirror and Farmer, 8uccess, A Favorite Magazine For S1.75 The New York Tribune Farmer For S2.50 The Boston Evening Record For $2.25 McClure's, Kagaiine Munsey's Magaiine Cosmopolitan, .Magazine The Vermonter, Harper's Bazar Ladies' Home Journal For S4.00 St. Albans Messenger, Daily The Offers are good only till Jan. 1, 1904. NEW SUBSCRIBERS For S1.50 We will send the Reformer until Jan. i, 1905 and any one of the following papers : . THE NEW EN CLAND' FARMER, Weekly, Brattleboro, 8 pages of 6 coll. each. NEW YORK TRIBUNE FARMER, Weekly, New York, 16 pages of 4 columns. THE BLACK CAT, Monthly, Boston, stones, 76 pagea. THE LADIES' WORLD, Monthly, Boston , Z4 pages. "TT"ANTKI- 1 want to get in communication with evprjiwuiy man, woman or rllild that owns any Keal Ewtato anywhere no matter whether it in, Houses, Farms, Timher Lands, Rock Pasture anything. S. W. Kiwiett, Brattlehoro, Vt - 39-tf WANTED Native lumber or logs; all kinds, delivered at our mill, or will buy stand InKtimher. The H. A. Smith Co. 1-tf -Tpliverpd at our mil) or on cars at vour station, all kinds of hardwood and soft wood loirs, except hemlock. Terms cash. Bratti.eboko Caki.net Co. 40-31110 "ITrANTED- FOR SAI.lv. FOB SALE wood. -Dry rock maple and birch Btove H. D. Andrews, Hernardston, FOR SALE. United States Separator No. B, as good as new, used only one month. E. I). Smith, Thompson Cain's farm, Brattleboro, vt. Tiiufliiff Mw ilHvin. mare. 6 vears old, X sound and kind, a cheerful driver and a beauty. One express or team horse, souna, weivhs 12M nounds. eood worker; reason for ale, too many horses. Call or phone for par ticulars. F. , Rogers, West Dumnierston, t, 44-tf. , FOR SALE Property that pays 15 interest. Investigate. Edoett , per cent i Co. 43-4t c DEB BARBELS for sale. Co., Frost street. C. H. Eddy 42-tt IOR SALE A good second-hand upright niano in perfect condition. Address Box tM, BrattlelMtro. Vt. HARD AND SOFT WOOD FOR SALE I have a large quantity of hard and soft wood which I offer for sale at rea sonable prices. It if all prepared for the stove in one foot lengths, first come first served. H. C. CLARK, Brattleboro. Orders received by telephone. No. 61-3. TO RENT. 10 RENT One story building on Flat St. u Enquire Valley Bums Co. 4-" LOST AKD KOI NB. At the dance in Putney Nov. 13, a gold hat pin. Finder will be suitauiy i . LOST by returning to St) So. Main St. 47-tf FOI'ND-C B Roberts has in his possesion a dark brown curly haired water spaniel a.,,;. The dog has a leather strap around his neek with no name on it. Owner can have same by proving propertv and paying charges, c. n. Kohf.bts. East liovPT, Vt. 4l'"' STRA YKI From my pasture in Newf ane. one black and white and one red and white yearling heifers. M. K. Robbins. To the well prepared young man and woman bn-iness life holds opportunities as great as tbiwe in ny profession. The JBISJVESS, COLLEGE. and School of Shorthand and Telegraphyoffere the best preparation. 24 rrienced wher. Valuable lectures. 600 positions sec nred for our gradnatea annually. Send at once tor caia lopie. Address CARNELL HOIT, Albany, H. Y. For S2.00 We will send the Reformer until Jan i, 1905 and any one of the following one year : BOSTON DAILY RECORD, Newspaper Y. WORLD, Thnce-a-week Newspaper NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Thrice-a-week Newspaper HARPER'S BAZAR, Monthly Magasine THE VERMONTER, Monthly Magazine COSMOPOLITAN, Monthly Magazine McCLURE'S, Monthly Magazine FRANK LESLIE'S, Monthly Magazine COOD HOUSEKEEPING, Monthly Magazine CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR WORLD, Weekly Paper MUNSEY'S Monthly Magazine THE BROWN BOOK OF BOSTON, Monthly Paper Any Old Subscriber who sends us a new subscriber will be entitled to the above offers. These offers are good only till Jan. 1, 19(14. Why Not Have a Piano? Three excellent Pianos of sufficiently different charac teristics and variety of sizes and styles to meet all demands upon them, yet all alike in being remarkable Pianos at their prices. The Estey, The Janssen, The Newton All guaranteed and are sold on easy terms; pianos of unim peachable character, of which any home may be proud and prices within your reach. The small cash payment makes it unnecessary to wait; you enjoy the music, the children pro gress with their music lesgons while you save up to pay for it; to defer purchase means the money that would buy a piano may be frittered away for passing pleasures that are of no lasting value. Start the Piano Fund To-day ! Five Square Pianos; all good ones, $25.00 to $75.00. Buy one of them and exchange it for a better one later. Two fine modern, up-to-date, five octave Estey Organs at $50.00 and $60.00 respectively; worth $100.00. Call and get posted; get a copy of "Old Time Songs." They are free. Write if you cannot call. A useful and handsome holiday present would be a fine Piano Stool or Chair, a Velour or Damask Pivj Scarf, or a Music Leaf Turner. ESTEY ORGAN COMPANY, Retail Department. Brattleboro, Vt. You can save something every day with a new Mamgi r EMERSON & SON, BRATTLEBORO, VT. I a sw. MEDINA GOLD MINING CO. Northampton, Mass. DIVIDEMD NO 11. The regular monthly dividend of one-half a cent a share, being at the rate of 6 per cent per annum on the par of the stock is hereby de clared by order of the Board of Di rectors of Medina Gold Mining Co., for the mouth of November, payable November 30th, 1903, to stockholders of Eecord at the close of business on November 20th, 1903. Dividend checks are payable at the Hampshire County National Bank, of Northampton, Mass., or at the Importers & Traders Nat Bank, New York City, as holders may elect. Transfer books will close November 20th, and reopen December 1st, 1903. COLE SAUNDERS, President. Full information can be had on application of L. B. COLLINS, Agent. BROOKS HOUSE, Brattleboro. Thanksgiving: Unsurpassed Vermont Turkeys. We find high grade birds are exceedingly scarce this season, but we have been able to procure a large number of such from the Northern part of the state that we feel confident will give complete SATISFACTION. Give your orders early and avoid disappointment. Fresh Providence River Oysters every Tuesday and Saturday. THE RICHARDSON MARKET C. O. ABBOTT & SON, Proprietors. EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS Will be held as follows: TOWNSHEND, VT., NOV. 23, 24, 1 903. BRATTLEBORO, VT., NOV. 27, 28. BELLOWS FALLS, VT., DEC. 1, 2. All teachers not personally known to the examiner, snouiu unuS of recent successful teaebmg, good moral character and ability to govern. WM. A. HARTHORN. Debts don't shrink Perhaps deto n'ttKa? SE" A?"t.d.n .ymVathetic. and often wav. ?f Jauinnear Insurance rtands In tunes n!e1' JTS nusin.8 in 3R State.. sS.raf.l2 JcTofVtcVtual.jOKGAXIZKD ITe. TAYLOR SON, Cen. Ag. SHOP TALK. When you need that printing bad you want it good. We'll do it good and quick. Our stock and facilities make it easy and convenient: our qualities and prices make it safe and saving. If Our printing is good plain printing impressive printing that stands out boldly and brightly among the printing of our competitors. H It will be the kind of work you want to get delivered when you want it. Tlu Reformer Print Slwp Telephone 1273, . Ullery Building, Brattleboro, Vt. j POCKET PUNCHING BAGS. "Fun and exercise for young and old Price, 25 Cents. CLAPP & JONES'. WE OWN AND OFFER 1 Subjeot to Prior Sale) $15000 Village of Lyndonville, Vt. 1 Water works bonds 4 per cent) Denomination, $500 Dated Hay 1, 1895 Dne Hay 1, 1925 Optional 1910 TOTAL VALUATION, ASS. FOR TAXATION. NET DEBT $1,500,000 700,000 48,500 Price 101.14 and Int. yielding 3.80 per cent. Address E. H. COFFIN, Newport, N. H., or TROWBRIDGE 4 NIVER CO., 60 State SI., Boston, Mass. FILMS AND SUPPLIES. For a eomplete line o to -FT. SJL. "W ood's. ONLY TEN MORE DAYS LEFT IN WHICH TO REGISTER FOR THE RANGE CONTEST. Entries for the Five Quaker Range Prizes Close Deo. 1, and all Prizes Will be Withdrawn if There Are no More Entries Voting Begun. Every person who pays any money on subscription to the Windham Coun ty Reformer Is now entitled to a cou pon good for 30 votes In any district in the Reformer's Quaker Range con test which closes March 1, 1S04. There are five districts and In order to con test for the prizes the blank on page seven of this paper must be filled out and sent to the Reformer office before Dec. 1. The entries are not yet com plete in any district and If they are not tilled up before Dec. 1, the prizes will be withdrawal or the contest postponed. Now Is the time to get subscriptions for the Reformer as It Is the subscrip tion season and we are making some especially attractive offers for which see our clubbing list rates on page 1. The Windham County Reformer of fers as prizes to five ladles In its field who secure the most votes between Nov. 14, 1903. and March 1. 1904, five Quaker Home Ranges, valued at $60.00 each, and as second prizes to the sec ond in each contest, 5 barrels of Gold Medal flour, valued at $6.00 a barrel. The five districts are as follows: J DISTRICT NO. 1. The town of Rrattleboro Including West Brattleboro. DISTRICT NO. 2. The towns of Newfane, Wardsboro, Townshend, Jamaica, Londonderry, Winhall, Peru. DISTRICT NO. 3. . The towns of Dummerston, Putney, Westminster. Brookllne, Rockingham, Windham, Grafton. DISTRICT NO. 4. The towns of Vernon, Leyden, Gill, Northfield, Hinsdale, Chesterfield. Win chester, Westmoreland. DISTRICT NO. 6. The towns of Guilford. Marlboro, Do ver, Halifax, Wilmington, Whitingham. Every subscription received at the Reformer office, either from the sub scriber or from the contestant is en titled to a receipt, and each receipt for a year is accompanied by a coupon good for thirty votes for any contestant Each contestant must be a bonande resident of her district, but votes may be cast for her In any other district, or she may solicit subscriptions in any other district No votes will be Issued except for cash payments, and none for any amounts of less than one year. No coupons will be printed In the Re former, and none allowed for advertis ing or Job printing orders. The same number of votes will be al lowed for money paid by an old sub scriber as by a new subscriber, pro vided the former pays up all arrears and one year In advance. The Reformer gave away four Quaker ranges last spring. They were won by Mrs. W. A. Belden, Brattleboro; Mrs. II. E. Putnam. Wardsboro; Mrs. F. O. TWO' LICENSES GRANTED CECIL C. TURNER AND P. L. SHEA EACH RECEIVE ONE. They Will Begin Business Immediately in the American House and Whet stone Block Action on Brattleboro House Application Deferred. Brattleboro will become a full fledg ed license town again next week when Cecil Turner, the new proprietor of the American House, and Patrick L. Shea will begin doing business with first class licenses which have been granted them by the local board of license commissioners. The new licenses are substitutes for two of those which were revoked and, will expire April 25, 1904. The commissioners made their de cision Monday night when they a greed upon granting first class licenses to the two above named applicants and deferring action upon the applica tion of George H. Danyew for the Brat tleboro House until Nov. 28 when thut of Harry B. Haus for the ,f!!se House In West Brattleboro will be con sidered. Mr. Shea also applied for a second class license but was refused. Mr. Shea began making extensive improvements in the Whetstone block store Tuesday and expects to receive 754 BUCKSJVERE KILLED NEARLY TWICE AS MANY A8 WERE REPORTED LAST YEAR. ' Windsor County Leads With a Record of 178 48 Reported from Windham County Some Recommendations by Commissioner Thomas. " H. G. Thomas, of Stowe, state fish and game commissioner, after making; a careful investigation of the number of deer killed during the open season, which consisted of the last ten days of October, furnishes a report which may be considered as practically complete. This report shows that 754 deer were killed, compared with 328 last year. Windsor county leads the list again this year with a record of 178 deer killed. Grand Isle county Is at the foot of the list with 2, the same number reported In 1902, Franklin county re ports a large increase over last year, the number killed this year being 43 com pared with 12 last year and returns from this county show that nearly three times as many were killed. Commissioner Thomas adds to his report some interesting and valuable recommendations regarding the of fences against the game laws. He says: his bar and fixtures by the first of "The Increase of deer killed in 1903 next week at the latest. The Ameri can House is already fitted up and Mr. Turner will begin selling as soon as he receives his license. Over 100 interested persons, only about a quarter of whom could get within hearing distance, were on hand when the license board met Saturday evening. The first application taken up was that of Cecil C. Turner for the American House. No one made any objections to the granting of this li cense but Rev. H. R. Miles asked if there was any evidence which showed that Mr. Turner had sold liquor to minors at the time the American House license was revoked for that reason. Lawyer E. W. Gibson, counsel for Mr. Turner, said he did not understand that any such evidence was brought out and that no action was brought against Mr. Turner at that time. Mr. Miles then said that he was not making an objection but simply thought that If any such evidence had appeared It ought to be taken into consideration by the board. The application of George H. Dan yew for the Brattleboro House was then read and objections called for, but none appeared. Two petitions against granting a 1L- cense to Patrick L Shea for the vacant store In the Whetstone block were re ceived by the board Just before the hearing, one signed by four property holders in the neighborhood of that lo cation and another from several resi dents of Canal street. In discussing these petitions Robert C. Bacon, counsel for j Mr. Shea, said that the first could not pgally be taken Into consideration by the board for the reason that the law required such a petition to be signed by a majority of the property holders within 400 feet of the location desig nated whereas only about one third were represented. The second peti tion, he said, objected to the license Downs, West Dummerston, and thejvjeing granted on the same grounds Vernon Union Church society, Vernon. We refer to any of last year's prize winners as to whether or not the ranges are satisfactory. The range may be seen at Emerson & Son's store in Brat tleboro. The ranges and the flour will be delivered promptly to the winners without any expense whatever. A pic ture of the range we offer may be found on another page of this issue. Register at once and get instructions; If you do not wish to compete when you find out how easy It is, the fact that you are registered does not compel you to do so. Windham County Reformer. Office second floor of Ullery Build ing, Main street. Brattleboro, Vt. Cuban Bill Passes House. The house at Washington yesterday by a rising vote of 335 to 21 passed the bill to make effective the Cuban reciprocity, treaty. The dissenting votes were about equally divided be tween republicans and democrats. The minority amendments were all de feated. Debate on the bill began Mon day and continued to time of vote. BY SOLD IN SCALED QUARTS PINTS AND 54PINT5. WINE MERCHANTS DRUGGISTS CR0CCR5 EVERTMHCRt LJ 'J fm PAUL JONES & CO. DISTILLERS, LOUISVILLE, KY. H. G. SIMMONS REPRESENTATIVE, 909-910 Colonial Bids., BOSTON. as the one tnat was circulated in West Brattleboro at the time of the Melrose hotel application. The sign ers were nearly all prohibitionists and did not believe In license under any conditions. Regarding the fitness of Mr. Shea in comparison with the other applicants Mr. Bacon said that he was undoubtedly the best qualified to con sideration. In support of this argu ment lie read from testimony taken at the time of the American House li cense revocation showing that three minors had testified to buying liquor of C. C. Turner at that hotel. In urging the matter in behalf of his elients, Messrs. Turner and Danyew, Mr. Gibson said that both had bona fide leases of the respective hotels and that no actual evidence had been placed before the board relative to sales to minors by Mr. Turner. He said the business could be handled better in the hotels than in a saloon and that the hotel keepers were entitled to first consideration because of their proper ty interests. In answer to the latter argument Mr. Bacon said that neither of the new proprietors had any ac tual property Interests in the hotels, the Brattleboro House being mortgaged to" almost the full extent of its value with the second mortgage, covering the fyrniture. held by the Springfield, Mass., brewing company, and the American House being owned by Cros by & Adams and its furniture covered by a mortgage held by H. R. Brown. S. B. Emerson said he understood that the license law was required be cause the hotels needed to sell liquor in order to do a profitable business and If they were not to have licenses then the occasion of the law was wiped out. He then went on to praise the personal character Of Mr. Shea and appealed to the commissioners to refuse him a li cense on the grounds that he was too good a man to sacrifice on such an al tar. Fred W. Putnam, chairman of the license board, then called upon H. F. Brooks who headed one of the petitions for an expression of his views, but Mr. Brooks was not rront. The hearing waa adjourned with the de cisions withheld. over 1902 Is more than 97 per cent to say nothing about the illegal slaughter of does. There seems to be a much larger Increase of deer killed during the present season in some counties than others, which is easily accounted for. Counties showing the largest In crease Is from the fact that many pun ters from adjoining states have made their camping grounds in Windsor, Windham, Orleans, and Addison. For many years Essex county was sup posed to be one of our best counties for sportsmen, but the fact that this county apparently by illegal methods pertaining to the fish and game laws of our state, her ratio has decreased. It was reported to me by those who respect the law in Essex county that the open season continues throughout the year. "There has been reported to me dur ing the ten days of open season 87 does illegally killed, and in nearly all cases no clue to the perpetrators. I have followed up every case, and am still at it. where I could get any substantial evidence, but many, more'could be ap prehended If it wasn't for the noble sentiment of shielding a friend or a neighbor who has sent you a nice large piece of doe venison for the sole pur pose of your silence. To be conser vative I do not think one-half of the number of does Illegally killed have been reported. . . The report includes the following tables showing the number of deer killed in 1902 and in 1903: Nineteen hundred and three. Addison county 70 Bennington 24 Caledonia 89 Chittenden 30 Essex 10 Franklin 43 Grand Isle 2 Lamoille 61 Orange 51 Orleans 64 Rutland 71 Washington 83 Windham 48 Windsor 178 Total 754 Nineteen hundred and two. Addison , 27 Bennington 18 Caledonia 8 Chittenden Essex 23 Franklin 12 Grand Isle 2 Lamoille 13 Orange 22 Orleans 24 Rutland 67 Washington 40 Windham 13 Windsor 104 Total 382 Panama Canal Treaty Signed. Secretary Hay and M. Phillipe Bu- nau-Varille, the minister from Panama, signed the Hay-Bunau-Varille treaty providing for the construction of the Panama canal by the United States at Washington. Wednesday evenllig. The treaty gives to the United States ab solute sovereignty over the canal strip which it is understood comprises be tween eight and ten miles on each side of the canal. The United States, under it guarantees and agrees to maintain the Independence of Panama. Carrie A. Nation appeared In the principal role of a sensational scene at the White House yesterday. Her request to see the president being re fused, she became violent and had to be taken from the executive offices by two police officers. Rogers Will Have to Show Cause. ' The Dummerston license commis sioners have summoned Fisk G. Rogers, the sole licensee of that town, to show cause why his license should not be revoked, and the hearing will be held Monday afternoon in Townshend hall. West Dummerston. A few weeks ago the commissioners received a consta- j bles' complaint alleging that Mr. Rog- ers had violated his license by selling' to minors but upon Investigating the matter they came to the conclusioi. that the circumstances were such as tc exonerate Mr. Rogers in the matter. This decision did not suit some of the residents of Dummerston and second complaint was lodged with an under standing that the matter would be placed in the hands of the state's at torney if the commissioners did not act. The evidence upon which all interested agree is that liquor was pro cured by two girls, minors, at Rogers' Inn, but the method they used was fraudulent and the sale unknown to Mr. Rogers at the time. Attorney J. L. Martin will appear at the hearing for the commissioners and John E. . Gale for the licensee. Head-on Collision of Trains. Thirty-one men were killed and at least 15 injured in a head-on collision betwen a freight train and a work train on the Big Four railroad between Mackinaw and Tremont yesterday af ternoon. Bodies of 26 victims have been taken from the wreck, which Is piled 30 feet high on the tracks. The. collision occurred in a deep cut at the beginning of a sharp curve, neither train being visible to the crew of the other until they were within 60 feet of each other. The explosion of the boiler of one engine added to the horror of the wreck. Poultney people are much excited over the recent attempted kidnapping of the 13-year-old son of Alfred Rath- bun, a So. Poultney slate quarry en gineer. The boy says he was seized by two men, unknown Hungarians, In the graded school playground, and taken to the woods, but he managed to esape in the night and find his way home. I It I: i . J