Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-07-21

Frank S. Webster, of Newton, Mass. on
Sunday drove through the main street of
that city for nearly mile, in a vain at
tempt to reach the house of a fire hose
company. Hundreds of persons ran from
their houses to gaze at the spectacle. The
four thousand dollar machine was reduced
to ashes.
Two young women, Cora Michaels and
Helen Dontschouser, were probably fatally
hurt and two male companions had re-
markable escape at New York Monday,
when an automobile was caught between
an elevated railway pillar and a trolley
car and reduced almost to scrap iron. The
machine had attempted to race in front
of the car. The auto was owned by F.
E. Marshall of st. Louis and had been
borrowed by his chauffeur, who was riding
with three friends.
Earthquake shocks were felt through
out the state of Maine Saturday. The
only damage was the demolition of a few
chimneys at Gardiner. At Saco and Old
Orchard distinct sound resembling dis
tant thunder was reported. At Bangor
there was one long rumble which ratified
dishes and shook windows In Portland
and vicinity the rumbling noise was ac-
companied by shocks. Shocks were felt
plainly in Newbury, VT, but no dis
turbance is reported elsewhere in this
state
Gen. w. w. Blackmer, Ga, commander
in-chief Of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie, died at Boise, Idaho. Sunday from
nephritis. He was on a trip of inspection
to posts in the Northwest, accompanied
by his wife. Gen. Blackmer was a native
of Bristol, Pa, and served in the 18th
Pennsylvania cavalry and the LIST West
Virginia cavalry At Five Forks he was
promoted on the field by Gen. Custer to
the rank of captain. Throughout three
administrations, those of Cows. Long,
he
general Of Massachusetts. At the last
national encampment OF the Grand Army
he was elected commander in chief John
r. King of Washington, senior vice COM
mander, will succeed Gen. Blackmer at
the head of the Grand Army.
The body of a woman whose head had
been severed and whose face had been
pounded out of shape was found Thurs
day In Belmont Mass, near the grounds
of the Arlington golf club! On the fol-
lowing day 1t was ascertained that the
body was that Of Mrs. Emaline Schid-
lofsd, the wife of John Schidlofski, a
Polander who had worked as barber in
Braintree. The woman was tea years older
than her husband and they were married
in February through a matrimonial
agency. 1t was found that the man had
left for California, and on Sunday he
was arrested by the sheriff in Lajun-
ia, Colo. He was taken from a car bound
to the Pacific coast. In his pockets were
$235.S5 in cash and woman's watch, and
in his baggage a woman's rings and APP
parel. He acknowledged his Identity and
confessed his crime. He said that when
they were married his wife said she was
2S years old and had $500, but she was
40 and possessed only 5000. He bought
two tickets for California last week and
on Wednesday after he and his wife had
been drinking they went to a park in
Arlington, where they quarreled. He
picked up a stone and hit her with 1t
and then took out his pocket knife and
cut her throat He dragged the body to a
fence and threw it into a ravine. The
next day he took one of the tickets back
TO the ticket office and asked that the
cash be refunded on it, He took the
noon train for the west. He says he
expects to hang for the crime. He agreed
to return without requisition papers.