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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-26
A Brattleboro Boy.
st. Albums NIessenger.l

lNt. AIDdns NtsstHBVTI
The Messenger is very happy to doif
its cap to Mistress Brattleboro, with
whom it has in days gone by bantered
many a merry jest about her adopted
children, and to congratulate her upon
mothering such brave and level. headed
lad as Midshipman Lucian kimball show
ed himself to be in the frightful accident
in the turret of the battleship Georgia.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-26
Marriage a Help.


When supervisor of schools takes
for wife "school-mam' from his own
jurisdiction may he be said to be labor
ing in the cause OF education! Witness
the marriage OF Wesley +. Minis aud
Mary +. Clark of Brattleboro, VILLAIN
over Gazette.
Most assuredly. \ married man is
bound to make better school supervisor,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-26
Score One for Big Bill.
bennington Banner.l

The Montpelier-Journal states that it
sees no indication of Taft sentiment in
Vermont. Not to be backward about
coming forward, the Banner will say that,
of all the men now before the country
for the next republican nomination, it is
in favor of Taft. He is a big, broadmind-
ed, cleart thinking American of the best
type. We hope and expect to see him
nominated and elected.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-26

Lying on the railroad track, apparently
asleep, Daniel Case, 50, an employee OF
the Rutland Street Railway company,
was struck and instantly killed by a
west bound Delaware and Hudson train
near Hayes crossing, east of Castletcn
Tuesday afternoon, within a short dis
lance of the place where his father met
death by train some years ago. 1t is
believed Case must have been intoxicat-
ed as there appears to be no other ex-
nlanation of his being ON the track.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-26

The Knox automobile company Of
Springfield Mass, Monday made vol
untary assignment for the benefit of
creditors to Alfred N. Mayo, trustee,
following rumors that its finances were
in a tangled condition. Mr.. Mayo and
officers of the company stated that the
trouble was due entirely to lack of suffi-
cient working capital, that arrangements
were being made to secure funds with
which to tide the company over, and
that work at the big plant on Wilbraham
road and Waltham avenue will go on as
though nothing had happened. That the
company was in financial straits has
been widely known for week or more
past but only a few knew how serious
the situation was. The company's debts
total nearly half a million dollars, but
the assets are reckoned at twice that
sum.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-26
Excusable Dragging.


While Brattleboro is doing a good deal
of excusable Dragging about the big
dam" which is yet to be built, the great
structure in the Lamoille valley will be
completed within week or ten days and
will be tangible asset Of that beautiful
and prosperous valley,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-26
THAT Heroic Brattleborean,'
{ Fair Haven Era.)

The presence of that heroic Brattlebo-
rean, Midshipman lacian +. Kimball, on
the battleship Georgia in the terrible
casualty that has focused that ship in the
public eye, serves also to remind us that
that town is still on the map.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-26

Mrs. Russell Sage has sent her check
for 100000 to Chancellor j. r. Day as a
gift to the Teachers college OF Syracuse
university. This college occupies IA
acres of land and large castle of Nor
man style of architecture adjoining the
campus, which was the home of Mrs,
Sage in her childhood. She has. expressed
IL desire, for this reason and because, OF
her great interests in the property, that
it shall be the permanent home of the
Teachers college, and that women shall
always be admitted to its privileges. Mrs.
Sage is not making gifts to educational
institutions at present, but makes SYRIA
cuse an exception because of the reason
given.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-26

We respectfully call the attention of
NJ. J. Hapgood and Joseph Battell to
the fact that an automobile tourist re
Gently sent part of his party along by
trolley in order that he might make
room in his machine for a farmer s
hired man who had been severely cut
by moving machine, taking the in
imed laborer to a hospital and secur-
ing for him prompt treatment which
probably saved the man a foot. Messrs.
Hapgood and Battell are also request
ed to take note that another automo
bilist, whose machine frightened a
horse in spite Of every precaution on
the part of both autoist and driver,
paid SO for a broken wheel for which
he was not literally responsible. These
serve to show that auto
mobile drivers, like millionaires, are
human now and then, and occasional
ly do some good in the world.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-26
What! In Brattleboro?

The water question is up again at
Bmttleboro, The way in which this topic
has been handled is enough to drive the
voters to drinking something besides
water.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-26

In one of the worst marine disasters in
the history of the California coast, be
tween 40 and 80 lives were lost by col,
lision between the steamer Columbia and
the undertaken steam schooner San Pc
dro. in Shelter cove, about 10 miles
north of San Francisco, early Sunday
morning. The Columbia, 300-foot steel
vessel of the San Francisco & Portland
steamship company, while bound from
San Francisco to Portland Or, with 1879
passengers and crew of so, was ram
med by the San Pedro, a l7O-foot wooden
steam schooner southbound for San
Francisco. The sea was smooth, but the
weather was foggy.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-26

President Roosevelt would doubtless
have been dee-lighted to see 'Brattle-
boro S second annual "baby meet" 1t
was a strong argument against the
theory of race suicide.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-26

Thirty people are dead and more than
70 injured, many of them seriously, as
the result of a head-on collision which
occurred Saturday when a Pere Mar
quette excursion train bound from lonia,
Mich, to Detroit crashed into a west
bound freight near Salem, Mich. The
trains came together in a cut located at
sharp curve Of the Pere Marquette rail
road about a mile east of Salem.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-26

Residents of Linden street have had
their sense of beauty and the fitness OF
things offended by the heterogeneous
collection of debris which has been
piled in the gutter on the east side of
the street for the past few days, A
casual observer saw in the pile the fol
lowing different things: Pieces of
brick, coiled steel springs, paper, stones
dirt, sand, twigs, sticks, pieces of
boards, broken jug, bottles, a length
of rusted-out hot-air pipe, stray bits
of galvanized iron, and a cigarette box.
This list was compiled simply from a
superficial survey Of the rubbish heap.
What a careful investigation might
have revealed is wholly a matter of
conjecture, but it is a safe guess that
nothing of any beauty to the surround
ings would have come to light.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-26

Entered as second.class matter, January o.
1907 at the post.oilice at Brattleboro, W.
nnder The act Of Congress Of March o, 1879
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-26

Philosophy is a great help toward
contentment. Illustrating this point can
be told the story of the hod-carrier who
became inoculated with the gambling
spirit and raked and scraped all the
money he could to invest in lottery
ticket On the day of the drawing the
man who had sunk the wages Of a
week S mortar-earrying in small slip
of paper sent his friend out to aseer.
tain whether his was the lucky number.
The friend returned and reported that
someone else had carried off the prize.
80 well, unused the hod-earrier,
"easy come, easy 90. -
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-26

Various cities are instituting cru
sades against all sorts of needless
noIse. and it is surprising how many
sounds that detonate and jar ON sensl'
tive tympanums belong to this class.
If one were to start out in the morn
ing with malice aforethought to count
the useless noises, he would probably
be surprised at the large proportion he
would be compelled to put in this cate
rory. Some 90 so far as to speak of
noise producers as fends, corporate and
Individual; but this extreme language
is not necessary.
The factory owner who blows a
whistle with fog horn attachment at
6 clock in the morning to awaken
his employees never stops to think that
he is thus adopting means to wake
up nearly everybody else of the pou'
lation within his hoarse siren s zone of
penetration. There is a nice question
right here whether tremendous noise
of this character is not to be classed
as a nuisance for the public. which IS
to be abated There may be some eX,
cuse for sleep-destroying noise of
this character, but there are Others
which have such a disastrous effect on
the sick in particular that they should
be stopped.
If YOU have any doubts in this direc-
ton. bear the matter in mind today
and note the number of needless noises
that rend the air and titillate the tym
panum-Burlingto Free Press.
Needless noises could be made the
title of an interesting sermon in almost
every town. While Brattlcboro may be
considered on the whole a quiet com
munity there are many sounds with
which we could easily dispense. For
instance it seems to us, laboring as ave
do Just above the railroad that the al.
most inccssant whstling which goes on
throughout the day is totally unneces'
sarv. Railroad men would make answer
no doubt that every train whistle is
signal which contributes its share to-
ward the safety of travel, yet we fail
TO understand why a less dissOnant sys-
tenn could not be invented for use in
railroad yards and other places close to
population centers. However important
may be the function of locomotive
whistle the usefulness of its toots is
forgotten by the man who is obliged to
listen at close range to four or five
prolonged blasts and he breaks the
monotony of his muttered curses by
wondering if all brakemen are so deaf
that they cannot be communicated with
by means of some more restful device.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-26
The MeddIer
III The e0af fifS y0a, put II on

There seems to be general impress
sion that the village got the undesirapic
end of the bargain when IL bought "
new pair of horses for use in the engine
house The work of the new equlhes
nj Inst week Is fire was not satisfactory
They we're very slow in getting away
with the chemical engine and apparent
~ pumped out" long before they
reached the scene of the conilagration'
A former village official was heard TO
remark the other day that one of the
new horses had such a bad case OF the
heaves that he could blow out an ordi
nary blaze. This statement however, Is
probably slightly exaggerated. If II De
true that the new horses do not fullll
the requirements the bailiifs can prop
ably make arrangements to swap
them off -; at least they ought to-
A woman driving from Brattleboro
TO Williamsville recently met an auto
mobile a short distance above the dam
at West Dummcrston. Fearing to turn
to the right on account of the emDahk'
ment she reigned her horse to the left
side of the road and waited for the ma.
chine to pass. "Don't you know,
said the automobile driver before going
by, "that you should turn to the
right" eyes" replied the woman,
"'but if my horse were frightened he
would have probably jumped over the
bank in case | had turned that side
whereas your machine is not subject to
fear" "Well, I've met fool" be
gan the automobiles testify, but the
women interrupted him. $50 have l,
good day, sir she replied, and drove
on without waiting to continue the ar
gument.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-26

Ii anyone is inclined to doubt the
yastness of the Connecticut river dam
project he needs only to take a trip to
the site of the work to have his fears
allayed. He will Immediately be i'm.
pressed with the enOrmity Of the un.
dcrtaking and as he visits the various
portions of the work he will note with
surprise the everywhere apparent sys
TEN. Machinery which at first appears
to be aimlessly scattered about will be
found upon inspection to be distributed
with careful regard for its ultimate use
Lumber piled here and there without
evident method is in reality located
most advantageously for those who are
obliged to handle it. Everything about
the undertaking shows the result of
careful planning. The several steam
boilers which will furnish power for
the pumps, crushers, mixers and other
appliances are supplied with water from
concrete reservoir which acts as the
distributing center of a regular water
system. Along the southern slope of
the promontory which will be removed
to make room for the dam itself work
is going on preparatory to laying
narrow gauge railroad which will grad
ually be shortened as the earth is cart
ed away. In the river just above the
point where the dam is to be located is
the beginning of the crib-work for the
Golfer dam. Concrete foundations are
being laid for the various buildings
which will house the different machines
These portions of the work are being
carried on Independent of each other
as it were, and yet under the .watchful
eye of one chief engineer who is re
sponsibe for the rightness of every
thing. A trip TO the dam-site is ac
tually well worth taking. Aside from
the satisfaction to be gained from sim
ply looking upon the beginnings of the
project which is to mean so much to
one will carry away a thor.
ough appreciation of the value of sys
TEN and organization.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-26

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Life is chance. Life insurance is
dead certainty"
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-03-08
ENGLISH PARLIAMENT
ON FEMALE SUFFRAGE

London, March S.-The "womens
enfranchisement bill which came up
for second reading iu the house today
and which was introduced by Dickin-
son liberal although practically iden-
teal with the measure introduced by
James Keir Hardie socialist, last
year, has evoked far greater interest.
The bill simply provides that women
shall have franchise upon the same
terms upon which s. IS now granted
TO men. The militant tactics Of the
women suffragists ~ recent months
and their bold raid upon the house
of commons have gwen the question
prominence which II hitherto had not
attained. The house was crowded
when the debate Of the proposed
measure began, but only women
whose good behavio~ was guaranteed
by members of par lment We're per-
mitted to enter the allery.
The debate was q repetition of the
familiar arguments for and against
female suffrage ,ar / there was a
divergent from the usual
party lines. An attempt was made
to close the disc ssiOn, but the
speaker declined to accept the motto
and the opponents of the bin held
the floor until 5 clock when the
sitting closed automatically. They
thus won the day, IS this practically
kills the bill for the present session.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-03-08

tion We're made today by Maxwell
, Evarts, counsel for Mr.. Hartman,
who saw the president about noon
and made 1t clear to Mr.. Roosevelt
that there were two sides to the rail-
road question and that Mr.. Hartman
would be willing to meet him more
than half way.
President Roosevelt will have no
hesitation about meeting Mr.. Harri-
man, although it is rather unusual
that n man under investigation by or
ders of the president ror violating the
Interstate Commerce law and the
Sherman antitrust law should seek
an interview. The president was not
ready to see Mr.. Hartman today,
however, and it is probable a meeting
Will be arranged in the course of a
week.
President Denies Engagement.
Washington, March S.-The presi-
dent made no engagement for an in
terView with + II. Hartman, IL was
said at the white house today, but he
Will be glad to see him at any time
he comes to Washington, just as he
is glad to see anyone else. Some days
ago Maxwell Everetts, one of Harri-
mans counsel, was at the white
house, and in response to inquiries
whether the president would see Har-
riman, was given to understand that
he would at any time.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-03-08
SWEET MUSIC SENT OVER
THE WIRELESS TELEPHONE
Apparatus of a Steamship Lying in New
York Bay Is Utilized in a Novel and
Highly Successful Experiment
by Expert Electricians.

New York, Mar. S.-Music, con-
versation and telegraphic signals from
steamship in the bay were trans
mitted by wireless and heard through
an ordinary telephone receiver in a
room in the top floor of the Norman
die hotel this afternoon.
DIR. Lee De Forest, inventor Of a
wireless telegraph system, gave a pub
lie demonstration of apparatus for
the adaptation of the wireless meth
cd to the telephone. Music was trans
mitted by wireless from Telharmonic
hall and was plainly heard through
telephone and wireless receiver in
stalled in the hotel, a block away
Through the same telephone the
operator manipulating the Telhar-
monlc apparatus I'm Thirty-ninth
street announced what selections
would be played, asked when the mu-
sic should be started and stopped and
was distinctly heard in Thirty eighth
street by the several persons gather
ed to witness the test.
That the steamships wireless
should have cut in was an accident.
It's apparatus happened to be attuned
in accord with that i'm the Normandie.
Keeping their purpose a secret at
first, the Telharmonic hau manage
ment and DR.. De Forest erected the
wireless pole on top of the Shubert
building in Thirty-ninth street and
fitted up the receiving station In the
Normandie. This was a week ago,
ana experiments were made daily
DR.. De Forest explained today that
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-03-08
HARTMAN IN WASHINGTON
TO CONSULT PRESIDENT
Head OF the -Four PdCifiCS" Said to
Have Sought Conference to Learn
What the Government In
tends Doing to Him.

Washington, Mar. S.-"Can Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Edward II. Harri-
man reach an agreement on the re-
lationship of the federal government
to the railroads." is the question that
has been raised by the visit of Mr.
Hartman to Washington, the pur-
pose of which is now known.
Instead of coming here for a rest,
Mr. Harriman's visit is, perhaps, the
most important step he has taken
since he acquired operating control of
the Southern Pacific railroad, because
1t may have much to do with Mr..
Harrtman's continuance of control Of
that corporation in connection with
the Union Pacific. Mr.. Hartman
has been trying to reach an under
standing with President Roosevelt re-
garding the relations of the govern
ment to the railroads and to meet the
president on any ground which he
may be willing to occupy for the bet
terment of railroad operations for the
public in case it is possible to reach
an agreement.
That Mr.. Hartman should have
been willing to consult with the
president and offer concessions Is In
marked contrast with his attitude a
few months ago.
Overtures looking to a frank and full
talk about the entire railroad situa-
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-03-08
DelmdS Rested Case of De-
fenSe and Jerome Had
No Witnesses Ready.
THOUGHT NOW THAT A
SPEEDY END IN SIGHT
Evelyn ThdW. May Mckenzie and
Mrs. Cain to be Called by
Prosecution Next Week.

New York, Mar. S.--The trial of
Harry X. Thaw today was adjourned
until Monday morning at 1890, after
Attorney Delmas announced upon the
opening of court, that the defense had
concluded its testimony. Jerome stated
that he had no witnesses ready T.
proceed with In rebuttal, and at his
request the adjournment was taken.
The action was not unexpected, for
Delmas served notice late yesterday
afternoon upon District Attorney
Jerome that the defense had aban-
doned the plan of calling two more
experts. Jerome did not consider the
notification official. and so came into
court this morning prepared to listen
TO more testimony as to Thaw's un-
sound mind. Immediately after the
case had been called, Delmas arose
and announced: 1.-THE defense rests"
Jerome then asked for adjournment
until Monday.
when the court adjourned late
Wednesday evening said Jerome, "I
had no reason to expect other than
that | would be confronted this morn
ing by experts who would be called
to answer Hypothetical questions.
which Delmas was to frame, extern
poraneously. Yesterday evening, how
ever, McPike. called upon me with a
letter from Delmas saying that the
defense would call no more witnesses
Under the circumstances / must ask
, for adjournment, / have no witnesses
available today"
, Delmas had no objections and Fitx-
gerald ordered the adjournment.
Jerome said evidence in rebuttal
should be in by Wednesday, and the
case ought to go to the jury Friday.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-03-08
STANDARD OIL IS SAID
TO HAVE GOBBLED UP
LEGISLATURE
Such Charge Was Made by a
Member of the Same
in Fiery Speech.
PORTO RICANS ASK
FOR NATIVE SECRETARY

Lansing, Mich, March S.--Repre-
sentative Galbraith, of Calumet, who
was absent yesterday when the house
passed the senate bill desigAoa 20 pre-
vent the acquisition of the Osceola,
Allouez and Centennial copper mines
by the Calumet q Hecla Mining Co.,
today made desperate effort to have
the house recall the bill from the
governor. His motion to this effect
was tabled.
In a fierce denunciation of the bill
Galbraith asserted that 1t was a plan
of the Standard Oil interests, who are
opposed to the Calumet & Hecla, to
block the latter company. He said
that the Osceola stockholders had
chosen by an avalanche of proxies to
go under the Calumet q Hecla man
agement instead of the Standard oil,
and declared that If the bill was not
recalled 1t would be reported in New
York that the Standard had "gobbled
up the Michigan legislature" He pro-
tested against the body being 30
branded.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-03-08
RUEF'S ATTORNEY SENT
TO JAIL ON CHARGE
OF CONTEMPT
Would Not Sit Down When
Ordered by Court to do so.
Ruef Not Found.
TREASURER WALKER BOTH
FORGER AND DEFAULTER

San Francisco, March s.--Abraham
Ruef again failed to appear in court
this morning, when hHNcase was call
ed by Judge Dunno, the coroner re-
porting inability to find the indicted
attorney. Assistant District Attor-
ney Heney was examining the coroner
when S. NJ. Shortridge, one of Ruef's
attorneys, objected to the question.
Judge Dunno ordered Shortridge to
take his seat, but he refused. Six
times the judge ordered the attorney
to sit down, and finally ordered the
bailiff to eject Shortridge from the
room unless he sat down. Shortridge
finally took his seat, but kept on talk
ing and Dunno declared him guilty Of
contempt and ordered him confined
in the county Jail for twenty-four
hours.