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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-07
KILLED BY BROTHER
MYSTERY OF MURDER OF PENN.
SYLvANlA GIRL CLEARED UP.
Quarreled With Sister Because She
Chose Her Own Friends and Bru-
tally Assaulted Her, Beating
Her to Death.

Thomas Bechtel. who was held
awaiting investigation, on the charge
Of numbering his sister. Mabel H
Bechtel, at her home in Allentown, Pa.
few days ago, committed suicide
Thursday afternoon in his cell at the
central police station.
Bechtel had laid himself on the floor
Of his cell and cut his throat with a
knife. He was dead when found. The
knife lay near him on the floor. Bech-
tel was single man, 80 years old. He
was laborer and had been a police.
man. He had been hard drinker
and when intoxicated was easily an
gered and prone to fight.
The funeral of the murdered girl
took place in the afternoon, the SER
vices being held at her late home. AS
the girl lay in her coffin her appear
ance told its own story. Both eyes
were discolored as though they had
been struck with clenched fist. There
was big bruise on the nose and sew
eral smaller ones on the cheek and
ear.
Since the suicide of Bechtel, the po-
lice officials have told the story Of
the murder of Miss Bechtel It ap-
pears she was engaged to one man
and went out one evening with an
other, which so enraged her brother
that he brutally beat her to death.
Members of the family attempted to
shield the murderer and circulated a
story Of assault and outrage by un-
known parties, her body being con-
cealed in the home all night and
placed in the alleyway at daybreak,
where it was finally discovered.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-07
Ordered Bryan OF the Steps.

William j. Bryan was ordered off
the steps of the Toledo postoffice
Thursday night by the Waterman in
charge of the building. Mr.. Bryan,
who was on his way homo from the
east. stopped over for the night, and
late that afternoon a meeting was ar
ranged and he was to speak from the
steps OF the postofflce. Two thousand
people had gathered, and he was
about to open the meeting when the
Waterman objected. and the meeting
WIS held in another place.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-07
Saved Horse But Killed Man.

While resisting the efforts of or
ficer oliver TUFTS Of the Colorado HUI.
name society to compel him to stop
working a sick and abused horse,
Charles Heinze, teamster employed
by the Colorado Packing company,
was shot and killed in Denver Mon
day evening. The officer doing the
shooting claims that Heinze drew a
revolver first and wounded him in
the right arm. when the officer drew
his pistol with his left hand and fired
in self-defense.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-07
Passenger Train PIunses Into Creek

BY an act of train-wreckers, east
bound Santa Fe passenger train No.
6. known as the Colorado Chicago
Flyer in which was one car filled
with eastern bankers. homeward
bound from California, was derailed at
1880 o'clock Friday morning at Api.
shapa creek. thirty-five miles east Of
Pueblo, Colo, and breaking down the
steel bridge. the engine and four cars
following, plunged to the bed of the
creek, where they were piled in
mass of wreckage. Thirty or more
trainmen and passengers were in
jured, and that none were killed out
right Is regarded as almost miracu-
lous.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-07
Chinese Fear Famine.

Advices from Pekin state that the
Chinese foreign office is alarmed at
the project of the Philippine govern.
ment to purchase 10000 water buffa.
loes in South China to replace those
which have died of the pest. United
States Minister Conger has asked the
authorities to remit the export duty
on the buffalo, because the project is
charitable, but Ling Fang, secretary
OF the foreign office, replied that he
doubted whether there were 10000
buffaloes in China, and said he feared
the Chinese farmers would sell all
they had and that famine would re-
suit.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-07
College Boys Feud.

A feud has broken out at Manhat.
tan, Kans.. between the Agricultural
college students and the young men
OF the town. A number OF the stu.
dents have been waylaid at night and
pretty roughly handled. Saturday
evening two students were beaten.
Later In the evening a band OF 200
college boys went down for a return
attack Before the opposing forces
met the police seized six of the lead.
ers and hurried them to jai, for the
night. Many of the students carried
concealed weapons.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-07

Dividends Are Not so Large.

Industrial disbursement dividends
during November will be, according to
reports so far made, $15,977,S 800, the
smallest monthly aggregate in several
years. These figures compare with
s19,S54,525 in October and $17,S2S, 400
in September In November a year
ago the payments amounted to $751;
S70,117. To a considerable extent the
falling off in next months extent the
falling OFF months grand total is due
to the retirement by the United States
Steel corporation of $3.50, All. 900 pre-
ferred stock under the conversions
scheme.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-07
Killed His Two Brothers.

Worked into a frenzy as a result Of
an alteration with one Of his broth.
ers. Benjamin Franklin Messenger.
living on farm several miles from
Pottsville, Pa, on Monday afternoon
shot and killed his two brothers, Louis
and Frederick, attempted to kill his
sister, Mary, and sister-in-law, wife
Of Frederick, and held a large posse
of policemen at bay for nine hours
before he was captured. The tragedy
occurred on the farm of the father of
the men. Weissinger is believed to
be insane
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-07
Too Prosperous to Stay In Jail.

Robert Greenwald, an inmate Of the
Portland, Ore, jail, who recently fell
heir to part Of large estate in Penn.
sylyania. of which his share Is said
to be $250,000, has made his escape
from the Jail and no trace of him can
be found. Greenwald was convicted
OF stealing two cases OF cartridges
from local department store and
sentenced to serve six months i'm.
prisonment The young man was
made trusty at the jail and thus
escape was made easy.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-07
Fell Forty Feet and Crushed His Skull

Lieutenant Albert Berher of Fort
Dodge, Kan, ordnance officer of the
battleship Maine, fell from the for.
ward turret to the handling room, a
distance of forty feet, on Tuesday.
says a dispatch from Newport, r. l.,
and died an hour later without re.
gaining consciousness. At the time
of the accident the battleship was off
Gay Head, en- route for Menemsha
Blight, to engage in target practice.
Lieutenant Berher was examining ar.
ticles of ordnance, when he lost his
balance and pitched head foremost
through the turret to the handlina
room. His skull was fractured
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-07
Broke His Neck Playing Football.

Thomas McCauley, 16 years of age.
lies at the point of death in Brook.
lyn hospital from injuries received in
football game. His neck Is broken
and his lower limbs were paralyzed.
but the lad retains full possession of
his faculties. McCauley, who is the
son Of police sergeant, was playing
on training school eleven. He got
the ball and started to run, when he
was downed. with the entire team on
top OF him. He chung manfully to
the ball AID was carried of the field.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-07
TOWN DEMOLISHED.
Earthquake In Persia Kills $50 and
Destroys Entire Town.

A dispatch to the London Daily
Mail from Simla says terrible earth.
quakes have occurred at Turshez,
near Burbat-l-Haidari, in Persia, in
which $50 persons were killed and
numbers were injured. One hundred
and eighty-four carpet factories were
destroyed and only thirty-two stalls
were left standing in the great ba-
zaar. The entire town was practical
ly demolished.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-07
Princess on the War Path.

Princess Radziwill, in London, on
Tuesday, issues a writ demanding
S7,OOO,OOO from Lord Rosebery, Earl
Grey and Messrs. Alfred Belt, DR..
Jameson, l.. l.. Mitchell and B. A.
Hawley, trustees of the estate of the
late Cecil Rhodes, under an agree.
ment alleged to have been made on
or before June 90 1899, between her
self and Mr.. Rhodes. This is a sequel
to the arrest and Imprisonment of the
princess at Capetown In 1902 on the
charge of forging Rhodes signature to
bills for several thousands of pounds.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-07
MINERS WILL WALK OUT.
Men In Colorado, Utah, New Mexico
and Wyoming to Walk Out.

According to a decision arrived at
by President John Mitchell, Vice
President Thomas Lewis and Secre.
tary Wilson Of the United Mine Work.
ers the strike of the miners in district
21, embracing Colorado, New Mexico,
Wyoming and Utah, will be inaugur-
ated on November unless the diff.
ferences between the operators and
miners can be adjusted before that
date
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-07
Philadelphia Grocer Leaves LEGACY &c
Be Paid In lnstaIIments.

Philip Partenheimer, a Philadelphia
grocer, WHO died recently, left an odd
will whic. has Just been filed. His
estate amounted to few thousand
dollars. To one son he bequeathed
s25. to be paid in weekly installment
OF 81, and to another he gave the sum
OF 500, to be paid In groceries CT
osher supplies at the rate OF 50 a
week. The testator declared his sons
to be incapable Of taking care OF
money
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-07
FARMERS IN A TRUST.
viii Attempt to Secure Equitable
Prices For Products.

The advisory board created at the
convention of farmers societies held
in Chicago in September. 1908, has is
sued call for a meeting in that city
December 1. The object is to bring
about concert of action among all the
farmers societies and organizations
ito secure equitable prices on farm
products. and to- guarantee to consum-
ers food products at fair price and
not loaded down by trust profits"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-07
oesTITUTioN in LABRADOR.
Small Fish Catch May Result In Elk
treme Suffering.

Extreme restitution is reported
from many parts of Labrador, owing
TO the shortage of the fishery catch
Unless relief be provided by the gov,
eminent, 1t is believed that many PEG,
pie will perish. One vessel already
dispatched with provisions has net yet
been reported arrived and supplies
fhe carried will have to be duplicated
and sent by another ship.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-07
ARMY LOSES GREAT WORKER.
Mrs. Booth. Tucker Killed In a Railway
Wreck.

Mrs. Emma Booth-Tucker, consul in
America of the Salvation Army, wife
of Commander Booth-Tucker, and Sec
ond daughter of William Booth, found
err of the Army, was killed in the
wreck of the eastbound California
train No. 2, near Dean Lake, Mo-.
eighty-five miles east of Kansas City.
Thursday night. Colonel Thomas C.
Holland. in charge of the Salvation
Army at Amity, Colo, was fatally in
jured. Twenty others were injured.
Mrs. Booth-Tucker leaves seven chill
dren
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-07
MAssAcRED WHOLE CREW.
chunchu Tribesmen In Manchuria At.
tack Russian Cargo Steamer.

TACK NuS6IdH cargo StedWeTs
recently entrenched themselves at Bo-
done, a town on the Sungacha river.
Manchuria, had previously attacked a
Russian cargo steamer at station on
the Manchurian railway near Bodone.
They mastered the entire crew and
then attacked the Russian railroad
guards, killing forty-fve. Further re-
Inducements have been ordered from
Hardin to Bodone to dislodge the
Chunchus.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-25
FORESTERS Al CHURCH.

The local court of the Independent
Order of Foresters led by Chief Ranger
Campbell attended worship at ST. Au-
gustine's church on Sunday morning
in body. There were about fifty
members present with their fifteen
officers wearing the sashes of the
order. In addition to members from
the local court visitors were present
from courts in New York and Canada.
Father O'Sullivan preached strong
sermon on secret orders and organiza-
tions and special music was rendered
by the choir. In compliance with a
proclamation from the Supreme Court
the courts throughout the country at
tended services at different places in
celebration of the success of the order
since the founding twenty-seven years
ago. The local court has been excep-
tionally successful having taken fifty
three candidates into the society
since last November.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-25
WING FAMILY REUNION

George W. Wing is anticipating
trip to Sandwich, Mass, this week to
attend the second reunion of the Wing
family Of America which begins on
June 26 and continues until July 2.
At the first reunion held last year
about 300 were present and perman-
ent association was formed A des-
cendent, or the husband or wife of a
descendent, of Deborah Wing, who
settled in Sandwich, in 1887, is elig-
ible to become member of the cor
poration. A plan is on foot to erect
Wing memorial building at Sand
witch to contain relics and records of
the family. George W. Wing will be
one of the speakers on July 1.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-25
PUBLIC SCHOOL Affairs.

The Montpelier school commission
ers held meeting on Wednesday
evening at which the full board was
present-A. J. Sibley, G., o. Strait
on, II. j. M. Jones, Rev. L. F. Reed,
DR. p l.. Templeton, e. M. Goddard,
Fred Blanchard, f. A. Rowland and
II. II. Wheelock. The full list of
teachers was reelected with salaries
as Washinton County Gram
mar SCHOOL, G. Ham, principal.
81, 700; Miss Caroline Griswold, $500;
Miss Bessie B. Bowers, $500; Miss
Martha M. Hazen, $3.50; Miss Florence
A, Ferrin, $500 Graded schools
Mrs. V. j. Billings, $780, Miss Julia
A. Holland, $40; Mrs Alice L.
Theriault, $500; Miss Eta S. Chand
Ter, $40; Miss Carrie E. Wiley,
$3.50; Miss Nellie j, Perrin, 1926 ;
Miss Mary L. Osgood, 1910; Mrs
Jessie Booth. $3.50; Miss Emma Eos
ter. 1915; Mrs. Kate Terrill, $40
Miss Lucy @. Robinson, $500; Miss
Rose Lucia, $40; Miss Louise II. Glea-
son, $3.50; Miss Marie E, Rockwell,
$3.50; Miss Matte L Rockwell, 1926
Miss Julia f. Fisher, 1926. Kinder
garten -Miss Alice L. Beckwith, 1926
Miss Lucia H. Hadley, $3.50; Miss
Katherine d. Blackwell, $3.50; Miss
Agnes NJ. Choate, teacher of drawing,
$425. George W. McAllister, janitor,
$500; George A. Huntington, janitor,
$780, The board elected H. j. M.
Jones as delegate to the meeting Of
the national convention of schoo
boards to be held in Boston, July
and o.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-25
DEATH IN BERLIN.

Hattie Rowell Reed, wife of Henry
O. Reed, died in Berlin, June 10, aged
forty-six. She was stricken with APP
poplexy on June l and was uncon-
soious a good share of the time. She
was kind and amiable lady who had
a host of friends and not an enemy in
the world. She had been thirty years
married. She leaves no children, but
several brothers and sisters. Her hus
band is the great loser for there is no
greater blessing to any man than a
good wife, and no sadder loss. The
funeral was held at the house ON
Sunday at 2 p. m.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-25
DEATHS IN NORTIIFIELD.

Dr. Henry Hobart Walling, prom
inent resident of this town, died at
'Maplewood" the home of Mrs.
Minnie Moore, on Vine street, on
Thursday evening, after long illness
with tuberculosis. DR.. Walling, who
was a son of the late Charles Walling
of Montpelier and cousin of the late
Kimball Walling, was born in Water
bury, January 6, 1887. For several
years he practiced his profession of
dentistry in the city of Bridgetown,
West Indies, where he achieved great
success Retiring from his business in
that city he came to this town where
he became associated with the late Q.
B. Thayer, conducting the business of
the firm for some time. He spent
much of his time of late years at his
winter home in Orange Park, Florida,
which he left last April, accompanied
by Mrs. Walling who is now seriously
ill. From that time his health devel-
oped serious turn becoming worse
until death finally came. He is sur
vived by wife and daughter, Minnie,
wife of Captain Shuttleworth of the
| United States Army at the Philip
pines. The funeral occurred on Sat
urday and burial was in Elmwood
cemetery. The floral tributes consist.
ed of many beautiful pieces and
showed the esteem in which the de.
ceased was held.
| Mrs. Abble Thresher died at hei
home in Gouldsville on Saturday af.
ternoon after lingering illness caused
by cancer. She was born in Calais
and would have been sixty years Of
age on Wednesday. She leaves hus
band, George w. Thresher, two sis
tiers, Mrs. S. A. Luke and Mrs. S. S
Tanner of Montpelier and two bro
theirs, s. @. Ainsworth of Sheldon
Falls, Mass, and Walter Ainswurtl
of Montpelier, to mourn her loss. Tit
funeral took place at her late liom,
and interment was in the family lot
Mrs Thresher has been great suffer
er for many years and bore her attic
tino with fortitude and patience. Sh
will be sadly missed in her large circl
of friends and the family have tn
sincerest sympathy of the community
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-25
Letter to Edwin l.. Putney.
Montpelier, Vt.

Dear Sir: Mr.. Frank Robinson,
Titusville, Pa, bought Devoe with a
good deal of feeling against the whole
tribe of mixed paints Our agents
there, Messrs. Kernochan & Co., got
him to do it. He says:
l am more than pleased with the
job l had one third of the paint left
over; know of several other jobs,
a year old or more, painted with De-
voc, that are wearing we'll.
Whta a pity we have to all go
through the same school, to find out
what paint to put on house Ex-
perience teaches. Isn't there any
easier way to learn?
Yours truly,
f w .Devoe & Co.
P. S. Abbott & Bailey sell our plant.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-25
BABIES ON FIRE
With Itching, Burning, SCaly
HumOurS
Find Instant Relief and
Speedy Cure
In Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment
When All Other remedies and
the Best Physicians Fail.

Instant relief and refreshing sleep
for skin-tortured babies and rest for
tired mothers in warm baths with
Cuticura Soap and gentle anointings
with Cuticura Ointment, the great skin
cure, and purest of emollients, to be
followed in severe cases by mild doses
of Cuticura Resolvent Pills. This is
the purest, sweetest, most speedy, per-
manent and economical treatment for
torturing, disfiguring, itching, burning,
bleeding, scaly, crusted and pimply
skin and scalp humours, eczemas,
rashes and irritations, with loss of
hair, of infants and children, as well as
adults, and is sure to succeed when all
other remedies and physicians fail.
Millions of the worlds best people
now use Cuticura Soap, assisted by
Cuticura Ointment, for preserving,
purifying and identifying the skin,
for cleansing the scalp of crusts, scales
and dandrulf, and the stopping of fall
ing hair, for softening, whitening and
soothing red, rough and sore hands, as
we'll as for all the purposes of the
toilet, bath and nursery. Thousands
of women unhesitatingly recommend
Cuticura Soap, in the form of baths
for annoying irritations, innammations
and chafings, or too free or offensive
perspiration, in the form of washes for
Lucrative weaknesses, and for many
sanative, antiseptic purposes which
readily suggest themselves. The sale
of Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills
is greater than the combined sale of the
worlds product of other skin remedies.
Sold in every part of the world.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-25
CHILDREN'lS Day.

Notwithstanding the all days rain
"Children's Day" was successfully
and Interestingly observed at Bethany
church on Sunday. About the pulpit
platform and choir rail a great guam
tity of ferns and daisies had been eff
fectively arranged and both services
of the day were devoted to the child
rem. At the morning service the child.
rem of the Sunday school accompanied
by their teachers marched into the
church with the boy choir and took
seats at the front of the pulpit. Dur
ing this service six children were bap.
tized. Mr.. Reeds address was on
the subject of the baptism of child
rem, and was directed to both parents
and children. In the evening the ser.
vice was devoted entirely to the child
rem, and consisted of a very pleasing
program of songs and recitations. AS
a reward for faithrulness Mr.. Reed
presented small gifts to the children
who had attended church and Sunday
school regularly since September.
Those who were present every Sunday.
Or who had missed but one Sunday
from Sunday school received picture
of Bethany church, and those having
a like record for church attendance
received other small pictures. There
was large number in each class. AS
usual the music by Wilder's orchestra
and the boy choir added much to the
services.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-25
Ladies and Children Invited.

All ladies and children who cannot
stand the shocking strain of laxative
syrups, cathartics, ETC., are invited to
try the Little Early Risers. They
are different from all other pills.
They do not purge the system. Even
a double dose will not grippe, weaken
or sicken; many people call them
the Easy Pill W. H. Howell, Hous-
ton, Tex, says nothing better can be
used for constipation, sick headache,
etc. Bob Moore, Lafayette, Ind, says
all others grippe and sicken while De-
Wits Little Early Risers do their
work we'll and easy. Sold by Rivers
Bros
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-25
CAPTAINS At GODDARD.

Mark Berry has been reelected Gap
tain of the Goddard base ball team.
and Dean Seaver of the basket ball
team.
The base ball averages of the God
dard team for the season just finished
show that Buchanan, the catcher, led
in fielding with percentage of OF,
while Fraser is second with 1924. Sea-
yer led in batting with a big percentage
Of 4l8, while Capt Berry is second
with 859. The standing is as follows
Neutrality-suspicious., 977, Fraser, 924,
Berry, oil, Butler, 1888, Murray, S6l,
Grant, 853, Pike, 8l2, Seaver, 79l,
Lewis, 700, Smith, $685. batting-Sea
yer, 418, Berry, 1853, Grant, 2S7, Muir.
ray, 2S2, Buchanan 228, Butler, 206,
Fraser, l79, Smith, 1855, Pike. 143,
Lewis, 80.-Barre Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-25
HOw'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
f. ]. CHENEY & 90, Toledo o.
We the undersigned, have known
f. j. Cheney for the last 10 years and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price zoe per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.