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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
rhree Rallroaders Killed.

Salida, Col, Sept. lS.-Freight train
No. 81 on the Denver e. Rio Grand9
railroad was wrecked Tuesday near
Pando, IA miles west Of Leadyille,
Killing Engineer Fred Nichols, Fire
man Pledger and Harry Sharpe. a
brakeman, all of Sallda. The air
brakes failed to hold on grade in
Tennessee Pass.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
a Low Fare Victory.

Cleveland, Sept. 1S.-The low fare
railway movement in this city gained
the most decisive legal victory in its
history when Judge James Lawrence
on Tuesday cut short the efforts of
the Cleveland Electric Railway Co. to
attack the validity of the Denison ave
nue., or original grant, TO the Forest
CitY Railway Co.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
MIsIeadlnn similarity.
And passed on

Musical Enthusiast-How faithfully
some of those phonograph records re-
produce sounds! Just come over here
and listen to these selections from
Wagner.
Manager-Beg pardon, miss, but
henls the records of Sounds in q
'og."
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
TInsley Ia Given an Ovation.

Youngstown, o., Sept 1S.-Rey @. w
Tinsley, acquitted in Cleveland OF
heresy charges, arrived here Tuesday
and was given continuous ovation by
his friends as he made his way from
the depot to his home.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
Forgery Is Now HInted At.

Cleveland, Sept lS.-Forgery as an
incentive to suicide is suggested by j.
NJ. Kinner, 4 former business associ-
ate of j. j. Phillips, as a solution of
Phillips violent death. X. r. Price,
an administrator, being questioned,
said that the administrators have
found nothing suggestive of Phillips
being a fOrger.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
prIest Is Convicted Of Murder.

Pittsburg, Sept. 1S-Ludwig Szcy.
glel, the Roman Catholic priest from
Chicago who has been on trial for the
murder ef Andrew and Stephen
StarZynski, brothers, was convicted of
murder in the second degree by jury
which returned verdict last night.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
A German Won First Prize.

Brussela, Sept. lS.-The long dis
iance prize in the international bai-
loon race has been won by the Ger
man balloon Pommern, piloted by
Herr Erbslob. The Pommern came
down az Bayonne, France 62l miles
from Brussels.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
Ex.Polioeman Gets Long Sentence.

New York, Sept Ex-Policeman
Theodore Il. Hess was on Tuesday
sentenced to IA years and five months
in state prison by Judse Foster for the
abduction, several months ago, of IA
year-old Elizabeth Grady.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
win Reopen shops Closed by Strike.

ST. Paul. Mimi, Sept 18--It was
announced here Tuesday that 80 men
bad left st. Paul for Brainerd to re-
open ths Nofthern Pacific boiler shops
al that point, which have been closed
by the boilermakers' strike.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
Riots in Italy.

Rome, Sept, 18.-Agrarian troubles
have broken out again in southern
Italy. The troops are insufficient TO
cope with the rioters, who already
have done much damage to property.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
Promised Sensation Didn't MaterIalIz

Columbus. O., Sept. 1s.-The exam
iners' report on Pickaway county
shows officials $3O57 short Inflrm
AIRY directors accused Of mlsappropria
tion We're found TO be owing the
county only $5 each.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
Ex.Mayor Nominated for Governor,

Trenton, ~ j., Sept. lS.-Ex Mayor
Frank s. Katzenbaoh, OF Trenton, was
on Tuesday nominated for governor
by the democratic state convention
on the Iirst ballot.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
Mrs. chadwick's Condition Improve

Columbus, o., Sept. 18.--Dr. Garrett,
the prison physlclsn, reported Tuesday
that Mrs, Cassie Chadwick continues
10 improve and is now IN no immedl'
ate danger. ...a1.-.4-------
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-01
CHARGED WITH sloAMY
Popular Rutland Clerk Brings Suit
Against her Husband.

Mrs. Gussie Smith Barber. of
Connellsyille, Pa, formerly well
known as Miss Gussie Smith, a pop
ular Rutland clerk, who was secretly
married to Herbert r. Barber in Bos.
ton in 1903, has brought suit against
her husband on the charge Of bigamy
alleging that he has at least three
wives Barber at the time the charge
was brought was in Jail in Richmond
va, ON the charge of embezzling
funds from the X. l.. Arms Safe e
Luck Co.
Mrs. Barber alleges that after they
were married Barber confessed that
he had another wife and child liv.
ing In another part of the world. but
he would never disclose their identity.
some months later he deserted her
In Connellsyille and she followed him
to Richmond, where she succeeded in
obtaining a partial settlement by
which his employees have been send
ing her s25 month out of his salary
Since his arrest for embezzlement
the woman learns that two months
ago Barber married Miss Hall, OF
Richmond. Miss Hall is Frustrated
by the revelations and refuses to be
lieve anything the police have tolC
| her of BARRIERS guilt.
The girl who brings the bgamy
charge is the daughter of William
Smith, of Rutland Her mother and
two sisters have lived in Connells
vile with her for some months
When Gussie Smith was introduced
to Barber at Rutland in the summer
of 1903 she was an unusually attrac
tive girl of II years and at once be
came infatuated with the traveling
salesman and the news of their elope
ment to Boston created a deal OF ex
citement. The announcement OF theil
marriage was followed by the news
that a Canadian girl with whom Bar
Der was alleged to have been keep
| ing company committed suicide
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-01
PRoUTY INDIGNANT
viii Reply to Statements About Yer
nont's Representation at jaime stown

Burlington, Oct 31.-Lieut- Gov.
George II. Prouty, who was in the
city last evening on the way to Brat
tleboro to inspect with Gov. F. d.
Proctor. Speaker T. C. Cheney and
Mrs p. F. Hazen as the board of visi-
tors of state institutions the Brattle-
boro retreat, told representative of
The Messenger that he would make
statement through the press soon in
reference particularly to a recently
published interview with a Montpelier
man about Vermont's part in the
jamestown exposition. He said that
many things expressed in the inter-
view were either grossly misleading
or were utterly false. He has had
letter from Mrs. q. NJ. Goddard. who
is in charge OF the Vermont building.
in which he says that the Montpelier
mans story of his reception there was
not strictly accurate, and there are
other things which Mr.. Prouty feels
called upon to make public soon after
thorough investigation of some of
the statements has been made.
Mr.. Prouty, who is chairman of the
state commission which had the en-.
terprise in hand, being delegated by
Governor Proctor, as chairman of the
commission, says that the state will
not be called upon for one penny
more than the $4,000 appropriation
made by the state.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-01
LOST HIS CLOTHES
Lieutenant William {. Frost Has An
Embarrassing Experience.

Lieutenant William Il. Frost of Co.
X, Y. \. G., who has charge of the
Sibley ochre works, had an annoying
experience Thursday 1t has been his
custom when going into the tunnel to
change his outside clothing and put on
an outside shirt and a pair of trousers
turned wrong side out as working in
an ochre mine is not classed among
the kid glove occupations.
He made his shift as usual Thurs.
day and placed his clothing in small
wooden building where he has been ac
customed to keep the garments and
small tools. On every other occasion
he has left his watch and what money
he happened to have with him in his
outside clothing pockets as the build,
ing is always locked while he is work.
ing in the tunnel Thursday, however
he placed his watch and money in the
pocket of the outside shirt he wore
into the tunnel and it was well he did
so, for while he was under ground
| the building caught fire and was reduC.
! ed to heap of ashes. Mr. Frost came
home by the back streets wearing his
ochre stained shirt and his reversed
trousers, hoping that the incident
would not become known to the public
but like all good jokes it had to be
| told.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-01
MILLIONS OF GOLD
ARE ON THE
WAY
Signs Point to Restoration OF
Financial Confidence
BANK RUNS HAVE CEASED
Comptroller RidseIy Urges hstiona
Banks to Increase Their Supply
OF Notes.

NEW YORK. Nov. 1.-The restoration
of public confidence Is indicated by the
diminished interest taken In the finan-
cial situation. which continues to re-
adjust itself TO Il normal basis. The
gold engagements were increased by
S1.5O0,000, bringing the total up to
$23. 10000. The Bank of England's
increase of the bank rate to 5la per
cent was fully expected and was even
better than expected, as the advance
was to q per cent last year when the
Bank OF England protected its gold
stock against Withdrawals from the
United States. The stock market fuc-
tuatlons did not differ materially from
those of ordinary times. The market
IN general was very strong. Several
Of the banking Institutions which have
experienced recent ditnculty held meet
ings during the day to readjust their
affairs and resume business, and the
few runs which have been going on
dwindled 10 practical close.
Added TO the Improvement that the
clearing house loan certificates brought
to the market through enabling the
banks of the association to use their
cash for other purposes than the pay
ing of their mutual Indebtedness has
come the relief effected through less
ening the demands OF Stock Exchange
commission houses for loans from the
banks. BY refusing to buy stocks for
their customers except for cash bro
kers have brought back into circula-
ton not little of the money that was
withdrawn from the banks last week
and stored away in safe deposit boxes.
while at the same time they have con-
spicuously lessened the drain on the
banks for cash To finance their trans
actions.
Measures on behalf of the treasury
| department were continued at the d.
/ rection of Secretary Cortelyou, who
has not ceased to watch the progress
of affairs in this city. Comptroller of
the Currency Ridgcly urged national
banks all over the country TO increase
their supply of bank notes, the aggre-
gate of which Is far below the lawful
maximum. The director of the mint
ut the same time announced that he
had ordered the officers of the minis
at San Francisco and Philadelphia to
rush the work there in the coinage Of
bullion. and within n short time there
should he as large a supply of curren
| cy in this city as there ever was.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-01
Along Somewhere Near Christmas Before People Get Over The Habit Of bod
Officially Closed Yesterday But 1t Will Be Along Somu
FAIRBANKS lMBECiLE
DR.. Lawton's Testimony After Exami.
nation,

Brattleboro. Oct 3l.-Willam Fair.
banks who is on trial for his life at
Newfane on charge of shooting Mrs.
Mary Page Grout with generalization,
submitted to a rigid examination TO.
day by two expert alienists, DR.. s. II.
l.awton superintendent of the Brattle.
boro retreat for the insane, and DR.. j.
A. Houston, superintendent Of the in.
sane asylum at Northampton.
Their examination was made in be-
half OF the state and with them were
Or. Charles s. Pratt of .Brattleboro, for
the state and Dr.. Henry Tucker Of
Brattleboro for the defense.
The examination was conducted in
the county jail and occupied large
part of the forenoon The defense
prepared to take the bull by the horns
knowing that whatever the alienists
discovered would come out sometime.
and at the close of the examination the
defense summoned DR.. Lawton to the
witness stand. Dr. Lawton testified
that the examination showed that Fair
banks was congenitally weak minded
and would be classed as an imbecile.
He would not say, however that Fair
banks was insane. He testified that
Fairbanks was mentally below par,
that he had no will power and that he
! would be unable to control his actions
/ in the face oil impulses.
Or. Lawton further testified that
Fairbanks was left handed This is
regarded by the defense as of great
importance as it strengthens the the
Dry that Mrs. Grout may have been the
person who did the shooting The
course OF the bullet that killed Mary
Grout vas from left to right and the
course Of the two bullets which near
~ killed Fairbanks was downward, as
shown by radiograph pictures 1t has
| appeared and the testimony has not
been contradicted, that directly after
the shooting Mary Grout's body was
partly on the steps and partly in the
hall way at Charles Tenney's house
and that Fairbanks was Oh the ground
in front OF the steps Charles Aiken
If SaXtons River who reached the
scene OF the shooting before the bodies
were disturbed has testified that the
revolver lay on the top step.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-01
NARROWLY ESCAPED DEATH
Little Girls Clothing Caught Fire
While Playing With Jack O. Lantern

Luella, the little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Chandler of North st.
narrowly escaped serious II not fatal
injury Thursday evening while playing
with jack olantern. Together with
her little sister, Lillian and Charles.
the little son of II. j. Cole. the child
was engaged in celebrating Halloween.
The children had robed themselves in
sheets to represent ghosts and each
had jack o'lantern, In some manner
the sheet in which Luella was robed
caught fire from the candle in the jack
olantern. The loose cotton blazed up
about the child who began to scream.
Merritt Rudd happened to be pass
ing the house at the time and he i'm
mediately tore the blazing cloth from
about the child and thereby saved her
from serious if not fatal injury. AS it
was her hands and face were slightly
scorched
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-01
LITTLE CHILD DIES
FROM EATING
MATCHES
Shocking Tragedy at Home OF
Manchester Merchant
SON OF OSCAR B. COY
Found ParIor Mate hes While Playing
About the House and Put Them
In His Mouth.
Especial to the Banner.)

Manchester, Nov. 1.-The home of
Oscar B. Coy was the scene OF heart
rending tragedy this morning that re-
suited in the death of his little son.
about Is months old While playing
about the house the child in some man.
ner secured quantity of parlor mat
ches and child like put them in its
mouth. The matches are largely COM
posed of phosphorus, one of the dead
Hest of poisons, and although every
effort was made to save the little ones
life, the child died in short time ar
ter it was learned that it had swallow
ed the match heads
Mr. Coy conducts a grocery store
here and has been resident of the
town for many years Mr. and Mrs
Coy have one son, a boy of about 4
years.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-01
RAYMOND HITCHCOCK.

it was formally announced 10y Mr.
Fromme, his counsel, that he had dis
appeared.
On the superstition that the actor
might have caught the steamship Ma
jestic and sailed, probably under an
assumed name, the district attorney
when 1t became obvious that Hitch
cock had left town, Immediately got
| into communication with the ship. He
has not received satisfactory informa
ton up to the present.
While the search is ping on at sea
practically every dete,N I've and police
man in the greater cit on the look
out for the fugitive a prepared to
arrest him on sight.
Central Office Detectives Moody,
Lesson and Altman and Private De
tective Mallon, employed by the French
/ line. made careful search of the Sa-
vote, which sailed, but failed to find
any one answering the description OF
the actor. The detectives quizzed the
captain and purser, but did not get
any information from them
Detectives also searched the Kaiser
I'm Auguste Victoria before the steam
ship sailed for Hamburg, but did not
find the missing actor.
Friends of Hitchcock do not hesitate
to express their fears that the actor
will never return. With six ndict-
ments against him for felonies, con
viction for which might send him to
prison for the rest of his life. and with
the net of the law closing about him
those who know Hitchcock the best
and have noted the change that has
come over him since his first arres,
preceding his release in $4,000 for ex
animation would not be surprised t.
learn that he had left the country for
ever.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-01
----------------------
AWOkE JUST IN TIME
Hotel and Stable Burns at Leiceste r
junction.

Leicester Junction. Oct 30--Fire
early today destroyed the hotel and
livery stable here owned by 0. c. Hunt
ley, the proprietor awakening and dis.
covering the flames just in time to
arouse the other members of his fam
lily who had barely time to dress and
escape from the building.
Eight hores persisted and several
wagons and sleighs were destroyed to-
gether with harness, tools and large
quantity of hay and grain
When Mr.. Huntley awoke at 3
o'clock the barn was a mass of flames
and the hotel had caught fire. 1t is
not known just how the fire started
but the belief Is that it caught from a
passing locomotive.
There are few facilities for fighting
fire here and the buildings were con
sumed within an hour. The family
saved nothing but the clothing they
wore, the piano and few pieces o.
furniture. The buildings were par
TALLY insured
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-01
HITCHCOCK WAS
IN BENNINGTON
WEDNESDAY
Much Wanted Actor Passed
Through Here at Night
CAME FROM NORTH ADAMS
Was Seen In Local Restaurant and
Took the Midnight Train For
Canada.
CAME FROM NORTH ADAMS

There Is good reason to believe that
Raymond Hitchcock, the actor, whose
disappearance from New York follow
ing indictments for felony, is the sen
sation of the hour in the big city, was
in Bennington Wednesday night and
that he and his two companions took
the north bound train here at midnight
Tor Canada.
1t is conceded that the fugitive &C.
tor arrived in North Adams Wednes-
day afternoon. There one of his par.
ty inquired the quickest route to
Manchester, n. H., or Rutland and
was advised to take trolly car to
Bennington.
During the evening three well dress
ed strangers called at CAROLS res
taurant on North street for lunch and
Conductor Belden says that he had
three men who were travelling togeth
/ er and whom he never saw before on
! the midnight train for the north. TAX
ing all the circumstances into consid
Grafton II is fairly safe to say that the
much wanted actor paid Bennington a
short visit and it is equally safe tC
conclude that he is now safe on the
other side of the Canada line.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-01
- -
{ Asst LYNN e
Old Favorite at Library Theatre Next
Wednesday Night.

The remarkable prosperity and won.
derful longevity attained by East
Lynne can be explained only by the
TACT that the story the play unfolds is
intensely human Although number.
less dramas have been written in imi.
tatlon OF this excellent play, not one OF
them reaches the depths of feeling or
sounds the note of human appeal as
truly as does this dramatic picture OF
the joys and sorrows of the beautiful
unfortunate Lady Isabel.
TO adequately portray the varying
emotion of this complex character is a
task requiring not only the charm of
youthful beauty, but . marked degree
of histrionic ability as we'll The en-.
gagement at the Library theatre is for
Wednesday evening, Nov. &.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-01
TO THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
Nora Bates, Victim OF 6eastIaI Step
father, Goes to State institution.

Deputy Sheriff George Il. Corey of
SALISBURY will tomorrow go to Yer
Jennes to place in the state industri.
al school for the remainder of her
minority thirteen-year-old Nora Bates,
the little victim of Allen Rogers. who
not long ago was convicted of a
criminal assault upon the child and
sentenced by Municipal Judge h. l..
Bates to long term in the state
prison at Windsor.
Recently the child. who is not.oyer.
developed mentally and whose shock.
ing experience has undoubtedly had a
tendency to peryert her sense. of right
and wrong has showed disposition
TO pilfer small articles and has other.
wise demonstrated that she cannot
be controlled by ordinary methods.
On complaint made by an Older
brother, with whom she has lived
since the home was broken up by the
sending of Rogers to the state prison.
she was brought before Municipal
Judge L. l.. Bates yesterday after.
noon and sentenced to the industrial
school
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-01
STODDARD CO. DISSOLVED
Decree Granted by Chancellor Hall
Filed With Secretary of State.

Rutland. Oct. 30-A decree of dis
solution granted by Chancellor A. A.
Hall in Rutla 3 -JGiy court Octo-
Der II has been fled by the Stoddard
Manufacturing company, at the Office
Of the secretary of state at Montpelier
The Stoddard Manufacturing company
was the successor of the Mosely &
Stoddard company, manufacturers OF
farm and dairy machinery The com.
pany has gone out OF business on its
own accord. owing no debts The
stock was $44,G00 and shares were held
by NJ o. Stoddard, J. n Wood
Florence B Cramton, S NJ Wilson
y. X. Chaffee, George Chaffee, Ralph
Stoddard and j. NJ Stoddard.
This company sold its business to
the Creamery Package Manufacturing
company.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-01

NEW YORK, Nov. district Attor-
ney Jerome sent detectives to Boston
In search of Raymond Hitchcock the
indicted comedian, who disappeared
mysteriously The district attorney
admitted that he had received impor-
tant information from the Hub, but de
cllned TO discuss II in detail.
The district attorney is also In wire
less communication with the steamship
Majestic which sailed for Europe, rel
alive to the possibility that Hitchcock
may be on board The actor was last
seen by his wife, known to the the
alter going public as Flora Isabelle, at
a local hotel Since then his where
abouts has been shrouded in the deep
est mystery
When the time came for the appear
ance of Hitchcock in the Tombs court
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-01
strikers Cripple navy Yard,

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. - Striking
riveters at the Mare Island navy yard.
San Francisco have effectually tied up
repair work on the army transport
Sheridan, and as that vessel now oc-
cupies the dry dock the yard Is unable
to take on any additional work In
preparation for the arrival of the AT
lantlc feet In Pacific waters
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-01
PRISONERS ESCAPE
Two Convicts Regain Their Liberty
At Windsor.

Windsor, VT, Oct. Sl.-George r.
Armour and Oliver German. inmates
of the state prison, escaped during
the night by cutting a hole in the roof
and lowering themselves to the
ground with a rope made of shoe
makers Irvine They ran to the
woods and disappeared.
Both men were % years old and
were sentenced from Burlington a
year and a half ago, German for
grand larceny, and Armour for bur
glary. Each had two more years to
serve They occupied the same cell
on the top floor during repairs to the
west wing. Supt. w. S. Lowell i'm.
mediately organized searching
party
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-01
Bank of England Raises Discount.

LONDON, Nov. 1.-The rate of dis
count of the Bank of England was
raised from Az 80 per- cent. The
increase had been regarded as fore
gone conclusion in consequence of the
inroads made upon the Bank Of Eng
lands stock of gold by the demands
from America and the recent rise In
the discount rate of the Imperial bank
of Germany