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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-09-24
Thirteen Coaches peraued.

Springfield, III, Sept. 22.-The "Dia-
mond Special" passenger train on the
Illinois Central railway was wrecked
at Barclay, seven miles from here,
during the day. Thirteen coaches were
derailed, but none of the passengers
killed. although several were slightly
injured. The fireman was killed and
The engineer seriously injured.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-05
NORTHFIELD, MASS.

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Ruth GALLUP "l WNmiLIl' Is visiting
her E'animother MIS- Joseph hllIl'h'
Frequent showers have made the far
mcrs smile and happily the heavy wind
and electricity have passed around TO
ueishboriug towns. We prefer our cleo
trcty i'm a trolley
The annual Holton picnic Will be held
next Thursday at the grove near Frank
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-05
BRATTLEBoRo PERSONAL.

Miss Alma Niles is visiting Mrs. E. L.
Bass in Randolph for two weeks
Judge and Mrs. E. l.. Waterman are
spending the week with relatives in Bos-
ton.
Mrs. Carl Miner. child and nurse, re-
turned Monday to New York after spend
ing three weeks at Spofford lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred s. Thompson, Mrs.
Eta F. Howe and Miss Genevieve Slate
are spending their vacation at Spofford
lake.
Rev. Father Cunningham was unable to
preach last Sunday, being confined to
his bed by Illness, He has improved
during the week.
Miss Edwina Whitney, eldest daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. f. ID. Whitney, will sail
from New York tomorrow with Mr. and
Mrs. William Whitney of Boston and a
party of about 80, to spend three months
| in Italy and Spain. Mr.. Whitney will
accompany his daughter to New York.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-05

Ex- Secretary Root, in his speech at In
dianapois Wednesday, formally notify
ing Charles w. Fairbanks of his nomina-
tion for vice president by the Republi-
can national convention, dignified the
Importance of the position to which, un-
fortunately, so little attention is fire.
uuently paid in the selection of a nomi-
nee in the national conventions of the
two leading parties. He referred to the
great offices filled by John Adams, Jeffer-
son, Clinton, Calhoun, Van Buren and 9TH
ers whose names are illustrious in the his
tory of our country. He pointed out that
the primary duty of the vice president is
to be always ready to take up the bur-
den of the presidency if occasion requires,
and to carry unbroken the policies which
the people have entrusted to the admin
istration for execution. He stated that
of the last 12 presidents elected by
the people five-nearly one-half-have
died in Office and have been succeeded by
vice presidents. lie criticized the choice
of the Democratic convention in select
ing Henry G.. Davis as the candidate foI
such an important position. Mr.. Davi:
will be in his sgd year before the fourth
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-05
Two Killed and Many injured in Trolley
Collision.

Two persons We're killed II seriously
injured and others slightly injured in a
head-on collision of two electric cars on
the Boston & Worcester street railway
near the Washington street crossing three
miles east of Westboro, Mass, Monday,
The west bound car was running at
about 25 miles an hour and the other car
at a slower speed when they crashed to-
gether on curve at a steep incline. The
accident is said to have been due to n
misunderstanding of orders on the part
of Conductor Balcom and Motorman
Dunn in charge of the east bound car.
Some of the passengers were thrown
heavily and others were crushed by the
bent timbers. There were S5 passengers
on one car and 81 on the other. Mrs
Caroline Stewart, Go, of Winthrop Beach,
Mass, died in short time from inter-
nal injuries and the shock Joe Doe,
motorman, of Wellesley had internal in
juries, fractured ribs and fractured jaw.
lie never recovered consciousness and
died in a few hours i'm the hospital in
South birmingham. Several people sus-
tained broken limbs. Maud Mcguire, an
actress, known on the stage as Maud
Thornton, had a leg so badly crushed that
! it was amputated.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-05

The Republican State League of YER
mont has always been a perfunctory or
ganzation of honorary titles James
Fisk Hooker is galvanizing it into new
life and making it factor to get out
the vote in the coming campaign. Mr..
Hooker is devoting his entire attention
to the league. and his work is a striking
example of what may be accomplished by
young man of push and enthusiasm.
Platform speakers are always eXtoling
their great love for the young men, but
the party in this state has been slow in
recognizing this important element in its
distribution of important Offices. Too
much attention has been paid for years
in this state to the Republican collection
of fossils and moss agatcs.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-05

The vault and safe in the Windham
County Savings bank at Newfane were
blown open this morning between 1.3O
and 2.30 o'clock by robbers, who Sc
cured $224 One of the safe blowers lies
helpless in the Windham county Jail, with
his right arm shattered by bullet fired
from a Stevens 32-iO rifle by George
Ratchclder and a suspicious stranger was
captured at the railroad station I'm Brat
uchoro this morning 10y Chief-of-Police
Hall.
Merchant II. J. Batchelder. who lives
i'm the building directly opposite the saw
ings bank. was awakened by two cX-
posious about 1.3O o'clock this morning.
At least half an hour later two other ex-
posons were heard. Mr.. Batchelder's
son, George, was aroused when the Sec
ond explosion took place and seized his
Stevens rifle and. with his father, con-
ccaled himself behind shrubhery in front
of the store The form of a man could be
seen patrolling the street in front of the
savings bank, and when the last eXplo-
sion took place the man turned toward
the corner of the bank. Realizing that
the time for action had come, young
Batchclder fired There was a commo-
tion i'm the bank, a shot was fired back at
the Batchelders and the robbers were
heard scurrying away.
Within a short time the groans Of man
could be distinctly heard throughout the
village OF Newfane. The wounded robber
was at that time near the house of
Amasa Grout the merchant some IS
yards west Of the savings bank building.
Mr. Grout was aroused and, with the as
sistauce Of his wife and Rev. T u.
Davies. the Congregational pastor, cared
for the wounded man. DIR. +. L. Osgood
Of Townshond was summoned by tele
phone, and the wounds Of the stranger
-1rrt4 ,fe~
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-05

The japanese are now tightening their
Gordon around the Russians, with their
three armies in touch with each other,
and a staggering blow is likely to he dealt
Russia at any moment The Japanese
movements have been executed with skill
and Intelligence, according to military.
strategists. Japan had been preparing
herself for years before hostilities opened.
Her people of all classes are a unit in
favor of the prosecution of the war, and
they believe that upon it rests the ques-
ton of their national preservation and
integrity The Japanese have no fear
of death, but they are not fanatics in
giving up their lives and they fight with
GOODNESS and courage. The exploit of
IIobson and his men at Santiago, which
sent thrill through America six years
ago, has been more than duplicated, time
after time, in both the japanese navy
and army, when men have gone to al
! most certain death in order to accomplish
| the purposes of their superior officers,
| The fact that the Japanese are splendid
physical specimens with good muscular
development and nerves of steel, and that
they can sleep anywhere and subsist on
light rations gives them a great advan-
tage over the Russians in the extensive
field of operations.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-05

of March next, and will be approaching
his seth anniversary before the next ad-
ministration has ended If, under the
remote contingency which exists Mr..
Davis should be called to the presidential
Office, the demands upon his mental and
physical vitality would be 50 great so
continuous and so exhaustive as to be
wholly beyond the capacity of any man
of So. Mr.. Root spoke emphatcally of
the serious effect upon the government.
upon business interests and the general
welfare of the country in the case of an
incompetent aged man being pushed in
to the presidential office or in having
that Office filled by the head of the cabi-
net, who might bc wholly at variance
with the policies of his predecessors.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-05
The Socialist party filed its list of nom

The Socialist party filed its list of nom
nations of candidates for state offices at
the office of the secretary of state Mon
day The papers show 99S names. The
first congressional district which in
cludes Addison, Bennington, Chittenden,
Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, and Rut-
land counties, furnishes 372 signers and
the second district, which includes the re-
mainder of the state, furnishes 596
names.
The state ticket is as follows: For gov
ernor c. Il. Morse, Springfield lieutenant
governor, II. L. Monahan, Burlington
secretary of state, John Anderson, Barre;
treasurer, Sidney Walker, Bellows Falls;
auditor, James Neale, Barre. The can
ddates for congressman from the first
and second districts are j. w. Arvid-
son, Rutland. and Timothy Ivers OF
| Barre.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-05

A Notable Honor for Prof. VIM. q.
Clark.

This paragraph of local interest is from
the Baltimore American of recent date;
AN unusual honor and distinction has
Just been accorded the Johns Hopkins
university through the election of Dr.
William Bullock Clark, professor of ge-
ology in the Johns Hopkins university
and head of the Maryland Geological Sur
vey, as one of the foreign correspond
ents for the Geological Society of Lon
don, an honor conferred upon few men
outside of Great Britain, owing to the
fixed limitation upon the number. The
society is the oldest and most dignified
of the geological societies of the world,
having been founded in 1907, and its Gu e.
tom is to elect from time to time as for
eign correspondents geologists of other
countries whom the council of the society
feel have added results of value to ge-
illogical science"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-05
eRATTLEBORo WAS EASY.
Amidon's Warriors Had No Difficulty In
Taking the First of Series of Games

w. o. Amidon's warriors of Hinsdale
toyed with the local players Thursday
i'm the first of a series OF three games
for a purse of 500. Donovan had the hit
ters guessing with his high shoots and
he was well supported. Landy's playing
at short stop was the best seen in that
position on the home grounds this season.
FarnswOrth, the Keene southpaw, pitched
well for the home team but his support
was ragged, and in the fourth inning the
Brattleboro men punched their errors
while their opponents were making hits,
after the side should have been retired
The playing by the Hinsdale team was
the fastest and prettiest seen here this
year Amidon's aggregation includes
Shea and Morrison, formerly of the New
England league, and woodward, the Uni
versty of Vermont third baseman.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-05
GUILFORD.

Mrs. Lucy l. Chandler is visiting in
Dummerston.
Mrs Richard r. Tubbs, who went two
weeks ago to the hospital at Keene for
surgical treatment, has been operated
upon a second time and has not been
gaining as rapidly as her friends hoped.
Mrs. Jennie Leys arrived from New Ro-
chelle n, Y, this week, and with her son,
John, and family, will occupy their sum-
mer home, formerly the j. l.. Simonds
farm. The house has been enlarged and
fitted with modern improvements and
made attractive inside and out
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-05
If You Take Time to Insure

you must also take the risk until insured.
If you take this time to insure, we as
sumo the risk at once, Also Annuities,
Endowments, Paid-ups and Survivor
ships 55th year. doing business in 3S
states. National Life Ins. Co, of VT.
(Mutual)
II. E. TAYLOR SON,
General Agents, Brattleboro.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-05
Passengers Robbed of $1,000 Near Chicago

Four highwaymen, all heavily armed
and two of them wearing masks, held
up the passengers on the Illinois Cen
trails Chicago and st. Louis express train,
known as the Diamond special" on the
outskirts of Chicago, as it neared Matte
son, ILL.,, Monday night and robbed them
of $1,000. The robbers secured all the
money and valuables carried by the 80
passengers in the two Pullmans.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-05
Golf Players Beaten at keene Wednesday

The Brattlcboro golfers, who won re-
Gently on their own course from Keene
Country club. tried conclusions with the
Keene players on the Country club links
near the city Wednesday and We're de-
feated Is to 1. Whitney won for the sec
ond time from r. Faulkner Crosby Ad-
ans tied with John Colony. and Harris
and Tasker had close matches against
Kingsbury and Blake, who have plawed
i'm state championships and many other
contests The score was as follows
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-05

Runs, Young ., Landy, Shea ?, Wood
ward 2, Morrison l, Doran ?, Brooks,
Donovan, Stolte, March, Ferrter. Bases
stolen, Landy, Morrison, Brooks, Stolte
.. March 8, Ferriter. Two base hits
Shea. Double plays, Mann to Doran to
Brooks. Bases on balls, Young, Shea,
Woodward, Morrison, Stolte. March, Fer
ritter Sacrifice hit, Mann. Struck out by
Donovan IL, by. Farnsworth 5. Passed
balls, Brooks 8, Aver. Wild pitch, DON
ovan. Umpire Darcy.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-05

Leonard Taylor. II, who was standing
under a tree during a thunder shower,
was struck and instantly killed by light
ming in Enfield, Conn, Monday afternoon.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-05
NEWFANE.

Miss Hayden, "A contralto singer of the
Mt. Vernon street church in Boston, will
sing at the Summer sojourner" service
Sunday morning.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-05

TERMS: Sl.5O per year in advance; if not
paid within the year 81
Rates of advertising furnished on applica-
tion. Births, deaths and marriages published
free Obituary Notices. Cards of Thanks, etc,
- cents per inch of T. lines or less.
Entered at the lrattlcbOro Post Onice as
second class mail mattcrD
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-05

DEANS Rheumatic Pills absolutely cure
rheumatism and Neuralgia. Vegetable. Safe.
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Gbe l)crmunt pbonis.
BRATTLEBORO,
FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1904.
THE VERMONT PHOENIX.

Published every Friday at Brattlchoro, VI, by
81. FRENCH.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-05

S. w. EDGETT, BrattIeboro.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-25
T0WSER'S FATE
A LEGAL STUDY
Judge Trout Rules In Fa-
vor of Humane Society and
Against the Poundmaster
POWER NOT EXCEEDED
Right Is Upheld to Take Ap-
pointment of an Employe
Away From Mayor Schmitz

A decision in favor Of the Board of
Supervisors and incidentally of the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals was rendered yesterday by
Judge Trout in the case OF H. o.
Irwin against George Alpers and
others. The suit involved the validity
of the action of the Board of Super
visors in placing the public pound in
charge of the humane society. Irwin,
who was Mayor Schmitz's appointee
as poundmaster, sued as a taxpayer
and citizen to enjoin the payment of
the society's demand for s470 20 for
its care of the pound in February.
Irwin claimed that the public pound
was created by ordinance in 1900 with
the provision that the Mayor should
the II legally appointed keeper and
cor led that the society was an in
truder He eontended, too. that the
claim was for more than 5000 and
should have been presented to the
Mayor for approval. which was not
done.
The ordinance was amended in 1901
and again in January, 1904, at which
time, over the Mayors veto, it was
provided that the appointment should
be made by the Supervisors. There
upon the board turned the pound over
to the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals. Judge Trout
holds that in so doing the board had
not exceeded It's authority. He held
that the poundmaster was not an Off
Ger within the meaning of the charter
but merely an employe, and concurs
in Judge Sloss' opinion In the Health
Board cases making distinction be-
tween officer and employe.
AS to whether or not the claim
should have been presented to the
Mayor for approval. Judge Trout
rules in the affirmative, but says 1t is
not for him to now determine II an
action would lie against the city il the
Mayor disapproves the demand.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-25


OAKLAND, Dec. alarmed with
big revolver and provided with black
mask such as are used by footpads and
burglars, Andrew Anderson, thought
by the police to be the slayer Of Police
man George W. Brown, was arrested at
the foot Of Broadway this morning by
Policeman Jack Sherry. While at the
callboX awaiting arrival Of the patrol
wagon the prisoner said: We'll, We got
one Of you fellows the other night any
way" and this remark has made the
police doubIy suspicious of Anderson
Policeman Sherry's attention was at
tracted to Anderson, who was waiting
to take the creek route boat to San
Francisco, by his suspicious actions
After watching the man for a few
moments Sherry covered Anderson with
his revolver, and ordered him to keep
his hands away from his pockets. For
a moment Anderson hesitated. but
Sherry's pistol proved an effective ar
gument and he submitted with bad
grace When searched by Sherry a
44-caliber revolver and a black mask
were found in his pockets. Satisfied
that he had captured a dangerous
crook, Sherry handcuffed his prisoner
and took him to the lookup. While
waiting for the arrival Of the patrol
wagon, the prisoner made the remark
quoted heretofore
Anderson is not unknown to the Oak
land police. He was arrested by Police
man w. /. Hodgkins. in company with
"Cuptil" Clement and Nick Jim for vio-
lating the sleeping-out ordinance. The
three were arrested on December IA
Both were released on the following
day. Two days later, on the evening
of December II, Policeman Brown was
shot and killed at Broadway and Twen-
ty-sixth streets.
In his statement to the police Ander-
son said Il live in San Francisco and
am a sailor and longshoreman by oc-
cupation. have been out of work re-
Gently. and had the mask and pistol
with which to commit a robbery.
made up my mind that I would take
a chance if 1 met any one who had
money. The only reason that did not
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-25

became laden with merchandise In va
rious-sized packages so did she un-
consciously acquire the load that i'm
paired her gait and intellect Every
friend on whom she called insisted
that she pledge in wine her assurance
OF undiminished esteem, and as the
weather was chilly and much walking
had fatigued her she did not require
so much coaxing to absorb stimulants
as had always been her wont. But she
really did not realize how tipsy she
was when arrested by Patrolmen Scott
and Coff until their testimony was ad-
duced True. she remembered that the
sidewalk seemed to be more crowded
than usual, that almost every person
she met either collided with her or at
tempted to do so. and that she could
not regain possession Of a dropped
bundle without relinquishing posses
sion Of others: but she had no idea
that her unsteadiness Of carriage was
solely responsible for the personal COL
lisions and the bundle-dropping.
After thanking the court for her
dismissal Miss Morton vouchsafed the
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-25
REcLAIMING YoLo. BASIN.

The distance between existing Ievees
along the front of the city of Sacra-
mento and the town of Washington is
declared to be so insufficient that the
levee on the west side is to be moved
back to. Second street. in the town of
Washington, and the property between
that street and the river bank is to be
appropriated for levee purposes.
The commission has not taken cogni-
zance of the levees inclosing the rich
islands in the lower Sacramento and
San Joaquin valleys. The commission
holds that these are in the nature of
private enterprises, but expresses the
opinion that the confinement of the
foods to the rivers must simplify the
problem and tighten the burden of
maintaining levees around the islands.
The report declares that the complete
reclamation of three-fourths of the i'm
mense Yolo Basin is entirely practica-
bic even without the proposed work on
the Sacramento River proper. A sys-
tenn of canals is provided for to accom-
plish speedy reclamation of all over
flowed lands pending the flushing of
the river channel to such an extent as
to enable 1t to carry off all flood waters.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-25
SAYS CONDUCTOR BOASTS
OF THOSE HE HAS KILLED
Mrs. Taylor's Tale OF Cruelty-One
Man Has Been Legally Separated
From -Four Wives.

From -Four Wives.
That her husband has boasted OF
killing two men, Of kicking the life
out of passengers on his train and be-
ing entirely willing to kick the life
out of her are listed in the allega-
tions OF inhumanity charged by Nettie
J. Taylor against Marvin l. Taylor, a
Southern Pacific conductor. They were
married in 1896 at St Louis.
Other suits for divorce were filed
by Gertrude H. Brown against Fred
w. Brown. intemperance and cruelty.
and Hedwig Scholz against Frank
Scholz, intemperance and neglect
Four wives of Harry A Clark, who
is supposed to be at Astoria. Or, have
succesSively rid themselves OF an un-
desirable mate-two by divorce and
two by annullment of the marriage
contract. AS Clark is only "A years
old he may yet succeed in augment
ing the number of disilIusioned better
halves The last Of the quartet, Lillian
NJ. Clark. married him in November,
1900. and yesterday Judge Kerrigan
annulled the union
Judge Kerrfgan granted q divorce
to May Cline from Philip Cline,
member of the Fire Department They
were married in 1902 and he has
treated her cruelty.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-25
BOARD ORDERS FOUR MINOR
THEATERS TO BE CLOSED
Licenses Are Disapproved Because OF
Adverse Report of City
Architect.

Adverse Report of City
Architect.
President Schmitz of the Board of
Works yesterday sent the following
letter relative to the licenses Of minor
theaters, four of which are disap-
proved and ordered closed:
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. "a, 1907
Hon. E. j. Smith, Tax Collector, City
and County of San Francisco-Dear
Sir: On behalf of this department 1
wish to notify you that upon the ad-
verse report of the City Architect the
applications for. licenses are hereby
disapproved in the cases of the Novelty
Theater, Powell street, near Ellis; the
UNIQUE, Market street, between Mason
and Taylor; the Lyceum, Seventh
street between Market and Mission.
and the Cineograph, Market street, be-
tween Third and Fourth
I'm regard to the application Of the
Alcazar Theater for a license am re-
liably informed that the alterations
recommended by this department have
been made and 1 would therefore re-
quest that you suspend action in this
particular case until a further inspec-
ton can be made by the Board of Pub
lice Works.
"Your attention is further respect
fully called to section L of ordinance
No. ss, which makes the approval, in
writing, of the Board of Public Works
requisite for the issuance of a theatri-
cal license, and, in view of the fact
that said necessary approval is here
by denied by this department, would
respectfully recommend that the ap-
plications be rejected and that you
take immediate steps to close the
places of amusement herein mentioned
as being disapproved of by the Board
of Public Works