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The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03
OFFICER AHERN'S A Y
Francisco Ratio, the TuckahOe Ital'
ian, Admits Having Killed Po-
liceman Ahearn.

New York, June 27.-Francesco
Ratio, the Tuckahoe Italian who was
arrested on suspicion of having shot
and killed Special Policeman Ahearn
in Rochelle park last Saturday, adj
mitted at the %coroner's inquest that
he killed Ahearn. He claimed the
shooting was in self-defense, and said
he had first abused him and then
fired at him. The latter's claim is
discounted by the fact that Ahearn's
pistol, fully loaded, was found in
Ahearn's hand just after he was shot.
Before Ratio confessed, several wit
nesses said the revolver was not in
Ahearn's hands after the shooting.
The girl to whom Ratio was to nave
been married last Saturday washed
his bloody clothes and swore to the
confession. Ratio was held without
bail.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03
An Old RIVER MANS END.
Capt. George E. Townsend, a Well.
Known River Pilot Commits
Suicide at St. Louis.
sUFFERINGs WERE BEYOND ENDURANCE.
and Unable to Eat or Sleep, He
Finally Resolved to End 1t All,
and Hanged Himself in q Stable
While His Family Slept.

St. Louis, June 27.-Crazed by in
tense pain resulting from a cancer
on his face, Capt. George Z. Towns
end, a former steamboat pilot, 20
years old, hanged himself, early Fri
day morning, in the stable of his
home.
Capt. Townsend suffered acutely for
the last four months. The growth was
so large as to prevent his eating solid
food, and for ten weeks he gradually
wasted away.
Friday morning he paced the floor
until four o'clock. Then he told his
wife, who was sitting up with him,
to go to bed. He said the canoe felt
as though it were a knife cutting his
throat.
At six o'clock, when Mrs. Townsend
and her daughters awoke, they
missed him. They Immediately
searched the house and yard.
Mrs. Townsend found her husbands
body hanging from a rafter in the
unused stable, and her creams
brought out the two daughters.
Capt. Townsend had taken the
white spread from his bed and put it
over his head, using an old COW rope
for the moose. He stood on a soap
box and fastened the rope to a rafter'
then kicked away the box. His skill
at.tying knots and handling ropes had
made his work certain.
The cancer with which Capt. Towns.
end suffered was the result of an
accident in December, 1901. Capt,
Townsend was pilot on a transfer
boat at Cairo, Ill. While eating his
dinner in the pilot house, the captain
cut his mouth with a caseknife, and
the wound developed into a cancer.
Capt. Townsend came to ST. Louis,
in 1852, from Galena, ILL.,, his native
town. Since hat time he had worked
continuously ON the river until five
months ago.
Capt. Townsend was a friend OF
Gen. U. S. Grant. During the civil
war the captain served on a trans
port steamboat. AT the time of the
ST. Louis tornado he had a narro
| escape, and often said during his late
sickness that he wished he had died
then.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03
AMONG THE MExICANS.

Ladies do not attend funerals.
Children kiss the hands of their pa
rents.
The hostess is served first at a Mex
lean table.
The bridegroom purchases the
brides trousseau.
Female friends kiss on both cheeks
when greeting or taking leave.
Gentlemen speak first when passing
Lady acquaintance on the street.
When a Mexican speaks to you of his
home he refers to it as your house"
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03
MODEL MANUFACTURING CITY,
Geo. w. Vanderbilt Plans to Com
p1ete a City Before Permitting
1t to BE Occupied.

Asheville, N. c., June 27.-The Citi-
en- has the following special from
New York: 1t is reported in New
York that Geo. w. Vanderbilt has ac-
quired a large tract of land between
Hendersonville and Brevard, N. c.,
about thirty miles from Asheville, and
that he will shortly begin the cor
struction of a model manufacturing
city, all of which will be completed
and ready for occupany before anyone
will be permitted to settle in the new
city. A complete system of water
works, electric lighting, heat and
power will be installed.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03
Dewey Hearing Transferred.

Topeka, Kas., June 27.-Chauncey
Dewey's witnesses in the Berry case
will have a chance to give their testi-
>mony in Topeka on Monday, June 20.
Capt. Clad Hamilton, special commits
sioner appointed by the supreme
court to take testimony in the case,
summoned the witnesses to appear in
Goodland Friday. He was informed
that the witnesses were afraid to ap-
pear in Goodland, and this caused him
to change the hearing to Topeka. On
July 2 the commissioner will be at st.
Francis for the purpose OF examin-
ing the states witnesses.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03
DEAD PRELATE'S FUNERAL.
The Remains of Cardinal Vaughan
Inferred at st. JOseph's
College, London.

London, June 27.-The body of Car
dinal Vaughn was transferred, Fri
day, from the cathedral at Westmin-
ster, where it had been lying in state,
to st. Joseph's college. There it was
received by the priests and students
and after the celebration of q high
requiem mass was inferred in the
presence of a large gathering.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03
WOMAN FAILED TO APPEAR.
Harold C.. Reed, or Mills, Released
from Charge of Abduction
in Chicago.

Chicago, June 27.-Harold c. Reed,
or Mills, to escape whom Miss Laura
Stickler is said to have jumped from
a hotel window several weeks ago,
was discharged, Friday, for want of
prosecution. Miss Stickler, who signed
the warrants for Reeds arrest, charg-
ing him with abduction and assault,
failed to appear in court. She is now
in Cincinnati.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03
I~rlinoi. Canal Trouble.

Springfield, ILL.,, June ga bill for
an injunction against State Auditor
Mccullough and State Treasurer Fred
Busse to restrain them from paying
money appropriated by the general
assembly for maintenance of the ILL
nois7Michigan canal, was filed in the
Sangamon circuit court Friday. Rep
resentative Burke, of Chicago, is the
complainant. He alleges that the
money given to the canal in past years
has not been used for the benefit OF
the people, but for the benefit OF the
canal company and THAR favorites.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03
aucred Murderer Located.

Los Angeles, Cal, June 27.-Sherlff
White has received notice by tele-
graph from some point in Indian
territory, which he refuses to dis
close, of r. A. O'Neil, wanted here for
the murder of Geo. L. Mills in April
last
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

Franklin, Pa, June 27.-The false
structure of a bridge being built over
the Allegheny river at Eighth street,
collapsed, killing Charles Walton and
iniuring five others so badly that they
probably will die Z,
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03
George RowIey Returns.

st. Thomas, Ont, June 27.-George
Rowley, former manager of the Elgin
Loan Co., whose disappearance caused
a suspension of the concern, has re-
turned. He at once gave himself up
to the authorities
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

Stiles, Idaho, June 27.-Orin Price,
a stage driver, shot and killed his
two-year-old baby, wounded his wife
and Ed. Leach, a sawmill man, at the
depot here Thursday night. Jealousy
is said to have caused the shooting.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03
DecIfne. to Leave Illinois.

Joliet, ILL.,, June 27.-E. j. Murphy,
warden of the Illinois state peniten-
tiary has declined an appointment as
warden of the new federal prison at
Atlanta, Ga. Murphy does not care
to leave Illinois, where he was born
and reared.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

The Turkish war ministry, on the
23d, telegraphed to the military au-
thorities at Salonica to prepare for
$4,000 troops; a similar dispatch was
sent to Adrianopolie. An engagement
with Macedonian insurgents took
place at Peroia.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03
charged with Robbery.

Boston, June 27.-Guy Lloyd Hunt,
of Portland, Ore. a sophomore in
Harvard university, has been arrest
ed, charged with robbing the Har-
ward cooperative store, in May, of
S., 500 worth of merchandise.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

Chicago, June 27.-The South. Chi
cago plant of the Illinois Steel Co.
turned out 1894 tons of steel rails,
Thursday, breaking the worlds c
ord, which has been 1,772 for a days
work. Every mar in the rail depart
men was given a box of cigars.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

In the United States district court
in Baltimore, Nd, on the 18th, indict-
ments were formally presented
against C. Ellsworth Upton and Thorn
d. w. McGregor for participation in
the mail pouch frauds.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

In the United States district court,
at Springfield. ILL.,, on the 23d, the
Renlen Liquor Co., of Hannibal, Mo,
pleaded guilty to the charge of re-
failing liquor without paying the spe-
cial tax, and was fined 500 and costs
on each of the counts.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

Gen. Funston, commanding the de-
partment of the Columbia, informed
the war department, on the 10Th, thar
he had left for Alaska for an lnspec-
. ton of the posts in that territory.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03
An American Murdered.

London, june 27.-A dispatch to the
Central News from Brussels says Com
go mail has brought news OF the MUIR
der of an American named Thornton
and his native escort.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

Postmaster-General Payne was
relegated to a secondary position in
the post Office Investigation, on the
23d, and President Roosevelt has
taken full control.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

Information reached Circuit Attor-
ney Folk in ST. Louis, on the 25th,
from a reliable source, that Daniel j.
Kelley, the Royal baking powder
agent who bribed John A. Lee, is re-
ceiving $1,000 a month to stay in
Canada.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

The Kansas legislature convened IN
extra session. on the oath, to relieve
the food situation. Thirty-four HOOD
bills were introduced in the house
and nearly as many in the senate.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

The United Typothetae of America,
at its closing session in Atlantic City,
N. j., on the Goth, selected st. Louis
as the next meeting place, and elected
Edward Stern, of Philadelphia, presi-
dent and Edwin F~reegard, of St.
Louis, secretary.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

A motion was filed in the supreme
court at Jefferson City, Mo-, on the
25th, for a ~rehearing in the recon-
signment cases against ID different
railroads of the state.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, on
the Gath, announced that the govern
ment's experiments with the propaga-
ton of silk worm has proceeded so
satisfactory hat the department will
soon begin the actual reeling of silk.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

Judge Oliver A. Harker, of Carbon
dale, ILL.,, on the Goth, accepted the po-
sition of dean of the college of law
of the University of Illinois at Cham
paign. Judge Harker had been circuit
Judge 25 years.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

The funeral services of Paul Du
Chaillu. the explorer, were held on
the night of the 23d in the Park Pres
byterian church, New York city. h
body was inferred in Woodlawn GENE
terV.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

1t is stated that the department OF
agriculture at Washington has decid-
ed to locate at Nacogdoches, Tex, on
the line of the Southern Pacific, the
largest tobacco experimental station
in the world.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

Emperor William cabled his compli-
ments to President Roosevelt on the
visit of the American squadron to
kiel, and took occasion to COM
mend the perfect condition in which
he found the flagship of Admiral Cot
ton, the battleship Kearsarge.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

Servia's new King, Peter the First,
took the oath of Office at Belgrade, on
the 25th, before the government as
sembly. the lskuptschina.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

Ex-Congressman briggs was lndlct-
ed by the federal grand jury IN
Brooklyn on the 24th. The Indictment
grew out of the investigation into
post Office affairs by the grand jury.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

Six human skeletons were found, on
the 25th, in a hole washed out by the
water just north of Topeka, kas.
They are not the remains of flood vic
Tins, and how they came to be there
is a mystery.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

Sir Thomas Upton and William
Fife, designer of the Shamrock Ill,
were guests Of the president at the
White House on the Goth.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

E. j. Murphy, warden of the Illi-
nois state penitentiary, on Goth, de-
clined an appointment as warden OF
the new federal prison at Atlanta, Ga.
Murphy does not care to leave Hi
noiS.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

Enough giant powder and nitro
glycerine were found in the Colorado
~penitentiary at Canyon City, on the
23d, to blow up the entire prison. The
discovery was made after the convicts
who had attempted to escape were
put through the sweating process. \
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03
Typhotheta to Meet in St. Loui,

Atlantic City, N. j., June 27.-The
United Typothetae of America, at it's
closing session Friday, elected st.
Louis as the next meeting place, and
elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, Edward Stern, Philadelphia;
first vice-president, William Green,
New York; vice-presidents, Charles d.
Barrett, Springfield, Mass; Theo-
polius Sproulte, Pittsburg; John E.
Burke, Norfolk, Va; Charles E.
Brown, Kansas City, Mo-; James G.
Spaulding, San Francisco; John Stevel,
Winnipeg, Man.; secretary, Edwin
Freegard, ST. Louis; treasurer, Thorn
as E. Donnelley, Chicago.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03
Spenr Points.

Stress makes strong.
Prosperity often paralyzes piety.
The restless are not likely to be re-
sistless.
God fights our foes without if we
fight those within.
Corruption in the heart furnishes
the crown on the head.
The sun that bleaches sanctity
winter tats sin darker.
The world needs a pure-thought
crusade more than one for pure food.
The mar who gives to advertise his
charity has no charity worth adver-
tising.-Ram's Horn.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

The equestrian statue of Gen. Jo-
seph Hooker, erected on the Massa-
chusetts statehouse grounds, Boston,
was dedicated on the 25th. Preceding
the unwilling a great parade was held,
in which scores of the most distin-
guished military men Of America par
ticipated.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

James p. Mccain, former owner OF
race horses, has been missing from
his home in ST. Louis since June 1s,
and +. Seymour Darlington, of matri-
-monial fame, known as Lord" Bar
rington, was arrested on the 25th.
Mccain, it is alleged, was last seen in
B~arrington's
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

On the morning of the Fourth of
July President Roosevelt will send
from his Sycamore hill home at Oys-
ter Bay a message formally opening
the Pacific cable to the Philippine is
lands. The message to be transmitted
will be one of greeting and congratu-
lation to Gov. Taft.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

In the United States court, at Ma
con, Ga, on the 25th, Judge Speer i'm
posed a fine of 81, each on three
young men. William Shy, Arthur Cav
son and Robert Turner, for holding a
negro in Involuntary servitude. The
fines were suspended on good be-
hayior.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-09
Isl BARRE

Stewart Moore is again on the sick list.
forced to give up his work.
The corn roast by the ". G. n, q. was
postponed from last evening to Thursday
evening.
J. II. Macarthur, d. D.. went TO Mont.
pelier yesterday to attend the meeting of
the Medical Association
Herb Whitcomb returned Monday even
ing from Northheld to which place he
had driven party from our town to re-
main over Sunday.
A large number from here went on the
bill MONDAY to enjoy the picnic given by
g. I, Libersont and many went to Caledo-
MIA Park picnic.
The annual business meeting Of the
Congregational church Ladies' Aid society
viii be held in the church vestry Thurs
day afternoon at $50 o'clock 4 full at
tendance of an interested In the progress
Of the church work is earnestly desired
A number or people gathered Monday
evening at the home Of Mrs, Dguison Civ
ing her and her husband a surprise ia the
shape Of pound party They wish to
openly express their thanks 20 the kind
friends who 50 kindly and so beautifully
provided for them
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-09

Pin cushions for Christmas. Get them
now while you have time to trim them we
have all sizes and eolors. Veale & Knight
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-09
TALES OF CITIES.

There are 5000 barber shops in Great
Ell New York, nearly two-thirds Of
which are ) and 10 cent shops
Chicagos ''Two Million club has
changed its name to the Three Million
club" on the claim that. according to
calculations based on the directory, the
first figures are already exceeded. SC
cording TO this reckoning, Chicago tas
a population Of at least 2616.000
The city Of St Paul win reach Its
semicentennial next year, and several
dates have been suggested for com.
memorative exercises. 1t appears that
on March /, 1854, the bin Incorporating
the city was signed by Governor Cor
man, on April II the city government
was put in operation and on April ~
the FIRST mayor David Olmsted, was in
augurated.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-09
SOUTH BARRE.

James Day spent sunday at Brookside
Farm
There will be corn roast at George
Aliens farm Wednesday evening, Sept.
9th. All who like roasted corn are cor
daily invited both old and young
George Allen made his sisters visit in
So. Woodbury. and Cabot and brought his
children home with him. They had been
staying in those places for several weeks.
Miss yeda Allen had a very pleasant
surprise party given her BY her parents on
her return home from her summers visit
last Saturday afternoon. There were
about p Of her little schoolmates present
with her teacher, Miss Mann
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-09
WILLIAMST0WN.

The Unlversaiist Sunday school will
hold their annual picnic at Berlin pond
Saturday, sept - Teams win be at the
church at 3 o'clock sharp.
Mrs David Smith is quite III and con
fined to the bed.
Mrs. Kathan is thought to be gaining a
little.
Mrs George Savery is quite Ill and her
daughter Nellie was sent for yesterday.
Overwork and weak heart seems to be the
cause DR.. Worthen Of Barre was called
in counsel with Or, pindall.
Our officers here had a very busy day
yesterday. several arrests were made,
the result Of celebrating Labor day.
Two men from Granlteville were arrest
ed here Monday evening BY Sheriffs Reed
and Nichols. They took goods from Ed
sons store without paying and abused the
clerks generally, but they finally spent the
night Id the lock up and yesterday were
fined one Sl2.05 and the other one amount
ed to over SEQ The horse was very bad
III cut and bruised and the wagon was also
badly broken.
Any one having articles to send to the
Mortified fair for floral hall can leave
same with Mile Drury and they will be
carried free Of charge as nprevlons years.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-09

New dress trimmings, the latest fall
styles, at Veale s. Knights
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-09

wise King Flour is most economical.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-09
PUBLIC NOTICE.

Parties living in the vicinity Of stree;
lamps are requested to take notice Of the
nights that the lights do not burn and
thereby assist the lighting committee III
procuring the best possible service.
Parties doing this will confer a favor BY
leaving a slip with the chief Of police, the
city clerk or any member Of the board.
Postal cards for this purpose may be pro-
cured from the city clerk.
John J. Mackenzie
Chairman Lighting Committee.
Barre, Sept I'd, 1908
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-09
some win Make You laugh.

While the Lyman IT. Howe moving pic
ture exhibition, to be seen in Barre opera
house on Friday night, Sept 18th, win
have new and interesting scenes from all
parts OF the wOTld--a world of education
In an evening for small sum-there will
be pictures Of a humorous turn, something
to make you laugh. The aerobatic bur
glars and policeman, French compart
ment car episope. How Willie was jam
med The Refractory Collar, comedy in an
enchanted bed chamber The Magic Well,
are some Of them.
These pictures viii delight the old as
well as the young, They we're all taken
from life, Of course, and show the funny
side Of moving picture incidents
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-09
THE BARRE DAILY TIMES


Your Insurance should be ike good eggs,
above suspicion. # man has TO die to
see if his Insurance is good, he must bear
ia mind that he can try only once 54th
year doing business In IS states
The National Life Insurance Company
Of Vermont (Autual) ORGANIZED ia
1850. S. S. Ballard, General Agent, n. B.
Ballard, Local Agent, Rooms 2 and s,
Miles Block, Barre, Vt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-09

The thermometer scale was really ins
vented by Sir Isaac Newton Fahren-
heit, finding that b more intense cold
could be created BY mixing ice and
snow, took that as his zero and for
convenience divided Sir Isaac's scale
by four.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-09
Long I.ired 1snlanal.

There are some goldfish in Washing
ton which have belonged to the same
family for the last fifty years, and
they seem no bigger ana no less viva.
clous today than they did when they
htst came INTO the owners possession
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-09
GRANITEVILLE.

An ice cream social will be held in the
Presbyterian church hall Thursday even
ing, Sept, 10th. A good programme will
be given. Everybody come. Admission
rs cents, children 10 cents.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-09

Boston, sept. 9-Falr tonight,
Tuesday probably continued
warmer tonight IN Vermont and
New Hampshire.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-09
TALK OF The TOWN.

Local Happenings Tersely Told For Busy
Readers.
Ballard 81 CO., reliable insurance.
Wise King Flour is growing in popular
ity.
Best oyster stew in the city at Harring-
tons lunch room.
Consult the eye sight specialist for
glasses at J. ~. HOlton's
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-09

New dress goods, the latest, al yeale &
Knights.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-03-10
GAMBLING
ON kauai
Grand Jury Intimates
That Police Are
In Il.

Walter a. Wright, n brother of Treas
urer Wright. and Deputy Sheriff VIM.
Crowell of Waimea, were indicted FOR
embezzlement by the Kauai grand Jury,
the report in yesterdays mail. There
were indictments also for assault,
malicious injury. larceny and unlawful
assembly.
The grand jury of which H. d. Wish
ard was foreman reports also the in
vestigation of the alleged acceptance
by Sheriff Coney of a 81 900 bride from
Ako
The report says: In connection
Herewith the jury heard considerable
evidence in regard to gambling and he
connection of the police herewith in
the District of Waimea. The testimony
of various witnesses tends to show the
acquiescence of the police and in some
cases the apparent approval of the po-
lice of gambling games carried on in
Waimea and Hanapepe.
Bribery of various members of the
force was limited at by various Wit
nesses but the direct testimony on that
point was insufficient to warrant he
finding of a true bill in any case. In
our opinion due diligence is not sx-
ercised by the police department toward
the suppression of gambling in the
District of Waimea.
I'm the specific instance where the
sheriff of the island, Mr.. John II. Coney.
was charged with the acceptance os a
bride Of $1,000 from Ako, a Chinese
storekeeper in Waimea, the grand jury
found that there had been a money
transaction between Mr.. Coney md
Ako wherein the latter paid Mr.. Torey
$1,000. This sum MIR. Coney has since
returned to Ako in installments. The
grand jury do not consider the evde ce
given of this transaction of sufficient
strength to warrant their finding true
bill against Mr.. Coney for bribery"