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Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-04

c. NJ. Phelps, F"restdale, VT, says his
child was completely cured of bad case of
eczema by the use of DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. Beware of all counterfeits. 1t in
stantly relieves piles. 4
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-04
NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS.

Col John S Walker. prominent citizen OF
Claremont and formerly editor of the Clare
mont Eagle, died at his home Sept 22d at the
age of 80 years.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-04

No such thug as "summer complaint
where DIR FoWler's Extract Of Wild
strawberry is kept hardy. Nature 5
remedy .or looseness of the bowels.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-04

Mrs f n Gaines will hold her millinery
opening Oct and .. Dol
New-York tribune., 1901-12-11
.SERTu POISONED. HE SAYS.
p .,vTERIOIOGISTS 4, STARTLING TESTl-
MONY AT ST. LOUIS ANTI
TOXIN INQUIRY.

81 Louis Dec 1O.-The second session OF the
tetanus inquiry commission. organized 10 hX the
rasnonsibilitv for thirteen deaths following the
use of CITY antitoxin, was begun to-day Mar
tin schmidt assistant city bacteriologtst offered
startling testimony He declared tha' Dr-
Amand Ravold. the city bacteriolog1st. had di-
rected him OIL October 5 to prepare for distr1nu-
tion the serum secured from the horse Jim
which had been shot the day before because II
had tetanus
Dr Ravold told me-. said Schmidt tnat the
serum could be safely used as the horse had not
baen affected with tetanus on september %.
when the drawing was made L knew 'he
witness declared that the serum was POISONOUS
and unfit for use OF human beings but leit
that / could not question Dr. Ravolds ORDER 30
T went ahead and carried out the orders
The witness repeated his recent assertion De-
fore the coroner that the poisoned serum Was
sent out to physicians without having been hrst
tested on guinea pigs
eft was difficult TO obtain good guinea PICS
said schmidt "An the available pigs had been
used for tests during the summer. and hence
xrare not in a fit condition for aphtoxin tests
7 10 not know of any tests of the last drawing
of antitoxin being me- de- If such tests nao Deen
made 7 would have known of IT,
schmidt testified further that the serum was
Lent mia beIIed in the iCebox. and that the
drau-inps of different dates were 1dentired oniy
in the mind of the colored janitor
New-York tribune., 1901-12-11
\. 7. CENTRAL GRADE CROSSINGS
BOARD OF ESTIMATE HEARS REQUESTS FOX
ADJUSTMENT OF THOSE NEAR
BINGSBRIDGE.

The Beard Of Estimate end Apportionment yes
terday heard residents OF hfngsoriaee ana i's
vicinity regarding the proposed abolishmeht oi
seven rrsse crossings on the New-York Central
Railroad By this change it is proposed 70 oo
away with the horseshoe loop from aeout roi'
ham Heights Spuyten Duyvfl and In It's piaoe
have straight line from Fordham heish.s 10 & 49,"
latter place over the ship canal and Marble Hill
This will save dime and length in the route ana Is
advocated almost unanimously by the RESIDENTS "t
that section.
an act was passed by the last legislature which
provides that railroad will give mp fhe oio
line to the city for TIE proposed route, assuming
expenses of construction
President Guegenheimer moved 10 re1er me SUD
3ect the Controller, so that thorough exam
ination OF II could be made.
The board authorized the issue OF cor oLdte
stock of 500 .ee for finishing the Museum OF NAT
uraI History.
Mayor Van Wyck moved that the Corporation
Counsel and the Controller be appointed com
ntttea 20 draft resolutions of thanks to Andre"
Carnegie for his gift of libraries to the city
New-York tribune., 1901-12-11
FULTON SINKS AT WHARF.
SHE FILLS WITH WATER WHILE STERN
Is BEING RAISED.
THE FORWARD HATCH HAD BEEN LEFT
OPEN BY MISTAKE-ENGINEER HAD
NARROW ESCAPE.

Cutchogue. Long Island Dec. 1O-The sub
marine boat Fulton of the Holland company.
which is the type of the boats the company is
now building for the United States Government.
lies tonight at the bottom of the bay She is
twelve feet below the surface Her dive was
taken this morning, and was not expected She
is unharmed and will be raised by her own
power. ii is thought.
The Fulton was getting ready for her trip to
Washington by way of Long Island Sound and
the ocean There was some minor repairs to be
made TO her exhaust pipe at the stern and under
water To effect this cable passed under
her STERN and the big derrick of the company
took hold. The tilted upward to al
low the workmen to get at the seaward end OF
the pipe The raising of the stern caused the
depression of the FultOns bow ana proushI
the forward hatch level with the water. Inc
hatch had been left open. and the boat began
to fill This was not noticed until the craft had
taken in a considerable quantity of water one
of the engineers started into her to try 10 close
the hatch and the men operating the derrick
we're directed TO lower the stern Tne discovery
had been made too late, and the water taken In
caused the boat to go down when the grip OF
the derrick was let go. The engineer VINO hau
startad below was met by rush of water ana
had IN lean into the bay to avoid being carried
down in the Fulton. He escaped INJURY
Divers have been sent for, and one Is 10" d'
work Another will reach here tonight II Is
exnected that the Fulton will be hoated by morn
ing She is unharmed The divers VIII try 10
float her by operating her compressed air tanks
and blowing out the water in the SINKING COM
nartments if they full as they are supposed
"a he The compressed air will clear them OF
vater and the task of raising the Fulton snouid
be difficult
In striking the bottom no harm was done 10
the craft The bottom is of smooth White sano-
II was because of the absence of stones IN ,iie
botton, that the bay chosen as the trlai !
Mace Of the submarine boat
One of the officers of the company said to-oaS
that the most serious result of the accioeh'
would be the delaying of the start for "asiiihs
TON The boat after being raised would nave 10
he overhauIed The machinery Wouiu pe 'eAeI -
anart and the bearings cleaned Every Pieoc VI
mecha nism would be examined ana testsu dSain
before she would leave here Tnls "ouio 'aAe
week, at least -. .nan b,s NOT
The fault of leaving the hatcn open mas nos .s
been nlaced The crew of the boat 'piame the
mechanics and the mechanics blame tne crew
Captain Cable. the boats commahoer, wds az
ssr, a1 the time the boat sank, having gone to
New York.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-11
COMPLETE CONTROL OF TORPEDO.
COMMANDER CLOVER WILL REPORT ON
METHOD OF WIRELESS MANAGEMENT.

COMMANDER CLOVER WILL REPORT ON A
METHOD OF WIRELESS MANAGEMENT.
Commander Richardson Glover, [. s. N. at
tache of the United States Embassy at London.
who with his family arrived here on the steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse last night to spend
the holidays, will report the government on
an exhibition Of a working model of torpedo
operated by the Marconi system of wireless
electrical transmission before he returns to his
post on December %. The inventor is man
named Gardiner. BY means of the application
of his idea Commander Glover said the inventor
believed that he could start. stop start again,
steer and fire a torpedo from keyboard on a
shin or on land using the Marconi wireless sys'
tenn in conjunction with his device. whlch Is the
apparatus the torpedo.
In an exhibition of a working model in the
ipveptors rooms in London, Commander Glover
said that the inventor did everything that he
had said he could do. He showed that he could
start and stop the propeller and turn the rudder
in either direction at WILL a. Well as ring the peii
which represented the explosion of the torpedo
The Vaccaras and the Orling Armstrong sys-
tens tie commander said, could do only one
thing and then became powerless. The different
operations in the Gardiner torpedo were de
,ernined bv the length of the wave. One length
of wave started the motor of the torpedo. another
stonned il a third pulled the rudder ito one side
. fourth To the ther and the fifth exploded it,
The starting of the wave set in motion a gov
ernor much like governor on steam engine
The mechanism was adjusted that the swing
ing out of the balls on the governor affected one
after another of the different operations the
exploding of the torpedo being accomplished
when the extreme speed of the governor was
attained The speed of the governor was deter
mined by the duration length of the wave
sent out from the keyboard. defect in the
mechanism appeared to be that there was no
position which could be given to the rudder
when moved from Its normal position except
hard aport or hard to starboard, the
might be. The torpedo to be operated in this
way could be only partly submerged. mast
he used on it, This of course, might serve
a warning to an enemy. The torpedo was in the
stage, Comma nder Glover said. and
had not been accepted by any government.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-11

PART OF MEMBERS OF a VOLUNTEER COM
PANY TAKE HORSES AND APPARATUS

PART OF MEMBERS OF a VOLUNTEER COM
PANY TAKE HORSES AND APPARATUS
r liza beth. N J., Dec. 10 tSpeciaI.-There is a
lively row among members Of the volunteer fire
companies in this city over a division of the
property in the hands of the various companies
and O'Clock this morning a raid made
on the house of jefferson Engine Company by
a number of members, VINO say that they have
the best right to the property There are in
the company two sets of members. one of which
is an incorporated association. The associa
ton members looted the engine house and car
ried off four horses. two trucks. sprinkling
cart. all the harness, and whatever else there
was on the premises.
jefferson Company covers the section of the
city in which the homes of Chancellor
Magic Governor Voorhees,, Congressman Fowler,
Senator Cross. Surrogate Carroll and many
other we'll known people, as we'll as half dozen
of the principal churches in the city and
large part of the business section For over
four hours this section left practically un-
u, otect-d in case of a fire bre aking cut
Individual suits to be brought against
those who took part in the raid. 1t is charged
nv othe- members of the company who helped
70 purckase the property taker away tnat the
action was wholly Illegal. The question or the
right TO the property pending beiore the
Court ChancerS
New-York tribune., 1901-12-11
NINE HURT BY EXPLOSION.
MOLTEN METAL AND WATER COME To-
GETHER WITH DISASTROUS RESULTS.

MOLTEN METAL AND WATER COME To-
GETHER WITH DISASTROUS RESULTS.
Sharon, Penn, Dec. 10.-An explosion that
shook the earth for miles around, shattered
windows in hundreds of houses at South Sha-
ron moved adjacent buildings from their foun-
dations and caused the injury of nine men. two
perhaps fatally, occurred at the Sharon Steel
Company's plant to-day.
The explosion in the casting department
of the pig MILL where the metal being
poured from the ladle into the casting ma
chine when It came into contact with some
water. The casting house wrecked. Large
strips of heavy corrugated iron beams and
other material hurled hundreds of yards,
and tn ecasting machine and the conveyer were
damaged almost beyond repair. a part of the
conveyer blown several hundred feet. while
vestige of the iron roof of the mill rema ins.
Windows in the office of the steel company in
Broadway, several hundred yards away from
the explosion, broken, and in Sharon and
South Sharon the shock felt like an earth
quake.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-11
,,,prp,.I nyrT AT TOXIC OPENED.

Yokohama. Dec 1o--The Emperor OF japan opeu7u
the Imperial Diet at Toxic to-day He expressed
,is satisfaction with the growing friendships ce-
tween the empire and the treaty powers. ana H'aos
congratulatorv reference to the japanese expear
ton China -, -s,ur,,,a -
former member of the Diet Eno rs.ur iseo -
the Chamber to-day attempted 20 Pfssehs Rss'-
t;or ~ hi He was arrested
New-York tribune., 1901-12-11
DTELLTNG IN GERMAN ARMY.
EMPEROR THE SOLE JUDGE AS TO WHEN IT Is
NECESSARY TO FIGHT

Berlin. Dec 1o-Modifed denials that hnlPeroi i
William reproached certain officers OF the n ri s'
Guards at Potsdam last Sunday Tor eheH
proclivities have been officially Issued
According 10 these denisls it Woulo no" 'pPa
that the officers of the German Army, including
those Of the First Guards. have been inforneu cai
that the Emperor's order of 1897 concerning onei-
ling will be strictly enforced By this oroer E'h
peror William is constituted sole judge as to ""."
duei is necessary All disputes shall first De SUD-
rnitfed n : co,,r. of honor II this court decides
that the PRINCIPALS must fight. the case Is reierreo
TO the Emperor who the right to aut horiIe
the 6ispiltsn7S ro night duel. But il he decloes
such meeting 10 be unnecessary nobodys honor
can he impugned
New-York tribune., 1901-12-11
w4NT SPANISH VESSELS RESTORED.

Madrid, Dec. lin the Champer Oh Depu'ie'
to-day Senior Maristani asked the government
to negotiate with the United States for the re
,urr of those Spanish vessels seized by that
,oun+rv before the declaration % the spanish
American War The Minister of fofelsn Az
fairs promised to accede to the defhahu u
Senior MaTistani.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-11
NELL CRoPSEY DEAD. FAMILY SAT-

SEARCHING; COMMITTEE PROMISES To FIND BODY
OF THE MISSING GIRL
Eliza beth city, N. c., Dec. 1o.-The family of
Nell Cropsey. who heretofore have chung to the
belief that she was alive, are now of the opinion
that she is dead. but do not state the basis for
this change A member of the committee of five
in charge of the search for the missing girl. to-
day said: I'VE believe will produce the body
of Nell Cropsey within twelve hours
Miss Carrie Cropsey, cousin OF the missing
.irI. s.id tonight: THE family are at loss for
any explanation of the mystery. We now believe
Nell is dead
New-York tribune., 1901-12-11
NEGRO RETUES SL4TERI.
ACCUSED OF SELLING HIS FELLOWS INTO
BONDAGE.

Now Decatur. Ala. Dee. 10.-Ben M1lam an
exsIave of Lawrence County, rs under arrest
charged with kidnapping negroes and seIins
them to the white manager OF 1enneSsee
R;r.r island plantation. some miles below De-
catur-
T. is alleged that Milan would induce negroes
. o,,n.nv him to tine isIani with the prom
tss of securing positions for them on the plan
+.,,on at good wages. and that when they
reached there he would sell them in bondage.
u,,sra thew were confined within stocksdes.
II is said that a negro who recently escaped
So, the ISLAM told the story and caused the
arrast of Ben Milan He reports that KID.
nsnnetI negro has been confined on this island
for seven years
New-York tribune., 1901-12-11

chung to the bride. He dragged fifty feet,
his shoes and trousers being torn beyond re-
pair and his legs and feet lacerated But he
stopped the team.
BY the time the theatre crowd arrived the ex-
citement was over, and the performance went
on usual before a large audience. There
were no evidences of the fire in the theatre.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-11

DUEL IN FLORIDA FATAL TO BOTH PAR
TICIPANTS.

Zoifo. Fla. Dec. 10.-Ci- l. Powell and j. s
Overstreet, two prominent naval stores manu-
facturers shot and killed each other in face to
face duel about 1890 o'clock to-day. Overstreet
went to Powell's still, nine miles west of here
to see about some hands. The two men had
some words. and both drew their revolvers and
began firing. Both men emptied their reVolvers
without doing any damage,
Powell then went into the house and came out
with a rife Both fired together and each man
fell Overstreet was shot in the forehead and
Powell Just below the heart. Overstreet was
killed instantly and Powell lived only an hour
Powell was one of the largest operators ana
owners of turpentine lands n Florida.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-11

Before 1t gets dangerous: cure your Cold with
IAYNES EXPECroRANT.-Advt
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-11-22
MRS. Mckinley IN
GOOD HEALTH.
Guard at the Tomb of the Late
President Reduced.

Canton, o., Nov, 22.-(Spl)-Abner
Mckinley, brother of the late Presi-
dent, was here Thursday for the first
time since the funeral. He had been
i'll at his country home in Somerset,
Pa, but seems to have fully recovered.
Aside from transacting some person
al business, he spent the day with
Mrs. Mckinley, accompanying her on
drive and visit to the cemetery.
Mrs. Mckinley seems to be In her
usual health and has borne up brave
ly under her bereavement. At the
suggestion of her physician she has
ceased to enter the tomb of her hus-
band, but she continues to make fire.
quent trips to the cemetery and to
spend as much time out of doors as the
weather will allow. Abner Mckinley
entered the vault to look upon the
casket containing the remains of his
late brother. He found it covered with
fresh flowers, supplies of which are
sent to the cemetery at short intervals.
Mr.. Mckinley went to Cleveland last
evening to visit his sisters, Mrs. Dun
can and Miss Helen Mckinley.
The guard of regular soldiers at the
tomb Of President Mckinley was today
reduced to AZ officers and men of Com.
pany @, Fourteenth Regiment.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-11-22
SURPRISED,
Banqueted and Present
ed a Cane.
Associates Of Prof. R. 5. Thomas
Do Him Honor.

Ohicials and stockholders of the
Guardian Savings Bank Co. Thursday
evening surprised and banqueted Prof.
r. s. Thomas, secretary and treasurer
of the institution, who removed his
family to Cleveland, Friday. Mr..
Thomas is secretary and treasurer Of
the Kentucky Lumber & Veneer Co.,
Of Cleveland, and his time will be
required largely by this position,
hence his removal there. The BAN
quet was testimonial of the esteem
in which Mr.. Thomas is held by his
associates Of the Guardian Savings
bank.
The affair was a complete surprise
to Mr.. Thomas who was taken to the
Buchtel hotel, where the banquet was
held, at 8 o'clock Thursday evening
under the impression that he was
wanted on a matter of business
When he arrived at the hotel he found
~ of his business associates there,
and then he became aware of the sig
nificance of the occasion. An elabo-
rate banquet was served, and as a
further testimonial of esteem, Mr.
Thomas was presented gOld-headed
cane by members of the force at the
bank. ,9,.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-11-22
Great Clearance Sale of
Millinery. M. O'Neil & Co.
NEW MINES
Will be Developed at Doylestown
Company Organized.

A new company has been formed
by Doylestowp business and profess
sional men for the purpose of develop
ing coal territory. The company has
been incorporated under the laws of
Ohio with a capital stock of $4,000.
The members of the new concern are:
s. II. Miller, l., X. Franks. A. E.
Stepfield, A. e. Townsend, G. Il. Gard
ner, f. j. and w. r. Miller, w. j..
Camron, w. A. Huffman and j. b.
Mech. Drilling machinery has been
purchased from the Orrville company
and will be delivered this week.
Work will be commenced at once drill
ing territory on which the new COM
pany has leases
The new company organized Monday
evening by electing s. H. Miller, pres
ideht; l.. X. Franks, vice president;
w. r. Miller, secretary; w. A. HUFF
man, treasurer; Jas. B. Mech, general
attorney; A. Il. Stepheld, general man.
ager and w. ]. Cannon, assistant
manager. The directors consist of the
officers and remaining stockholders Of
the company.--Doylestown Journal.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-11-22
TOWN AGOG.
Ten Men May be Thrown Before
the Public Eve.

Coshocton, O., Nov. 22.-The first
public act in the divorce case of Frank
w. Beebe occurred when Attorney
Powelson, for Mrs. Beebe, asked that
the names Of 10 paramours, alleged by
her husband, be made public.
Last July Beebe, who is shoe
salesman, we'll known In Ohio, brought
suit for divorce.a The petition named
only one co respondent, but when she
filed cross-petition alleging extreme
cruelty, his attorneys, Pomerene &
Pomerene, fled an answer, In which
the statement was made that woman
who had been guilty of illicit relations
with 10 men could not be believed.
Her attorney demanded that these
men be named, and W. R. Pomerene,
for the plaintiff, offered to submit
them to Mrs. Beebe and the court.
The town is agog with excitement
pending the decision of Judge Max.
well. 1t is believed these 10 men in.
olude some of Coshocton's best known
| citizens.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-11-22
BOUND
And Gagged and Robbed Of His
=, Wealth.

York, Pa, Nov. 22.-(Spl) ELMER
Frey, aged about 1S years, son of Sam
uel Frey, who resides ia the northern
portion of this city, was last night
held up, bound, gagged and robbed and
laid across the street car rails to meet
a horrible death when the ear came
laundering down the hill, over which
it has to 60 In reaching this city.
While walking along near the top
of the hill he saw two men, who sep
arated as he drew near and grabbed
him, one ON each side. They relieved
him of SO in money and then bound
him and placed him on the track. He
managed after long struggle to work
himself off the track just few min
utes before a car came along.
A few hours later two young men
coming that way heard his moans ana
released him. Together they went to
police headquarters and told their
story. This afternoon ex-Constabls
John Kottcamp and Harry Ream, a
cigarmaker, We're arrested and posi-
lively identified by Frey rs his assail
ants. They were remanded to jail af
ter hearing before Alderman Stager
without bail.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-11-22
SERIOUS
Charge Against Milton
BentIy.
Young Girl the Complainant In
Mayors Court.

Sixteen-year-old Pauline Rossman,
has filed an affidavit in Mayors Court
against Milton Bently, accusing him
of assaulting her. He was arranged
Friday morning, but made no plea,
stating that he would like to have the
case continued until he could get law.
yer. Hearing was continued until Sat,
urday, and Bently has held under bond
of $1,000.
Bently is foreman at local man
ufacturing plant, and Miss Rossmar
worked under his direction. She alleg
es that week ago he called her into
the basement of the plant and assault
ed her in brutal manner. She kept
the affair quiet, but finally was forced
to explain the bruises on her face.
Officer Doerler arrested Bently Al
Brimfield Thursday evening. He IL
said to have left town shortly aftel
the affair took place.