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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-02

louder and moro oratoriCal. He de
uiod that the municipal court was
vested With tn" authority to punish
alleged cont upt committed after tbs.
regular session of the court and after
tho Judge had lot til" court room.
The features; Of tho hearing were. Of
course. contained largely i'll the per
sonll remarks and tits between the
attorneys. These almost reached q
Climax when Judge Foster. who wa;
in the middle Of his argument. quoted
from the ordinances of the city of
Portland as to the authority of the
municipal court to punish in contempt
cases. Mr. WhitehpuSe rose to OK
plain that in til" statutes of the State
was the full explanation of this au-
tho"ity and corrected judge Foster.
Upon q second occurrence Of this
Judge Foster becoming somewhat net
tied turned TO his opponent aud i'll mis-
rrovcrbially sarcasti, manner said:
Now when you're through | will go
on" and then turning to tho court
Il would like to finish my argument
Your Honor"
To this Mr.. Wlliteiousc replied. al
though. addressing himself to the court
II was merely trying to correct what
tilou.Ilt q INSTRUMENTATION and thought
that | could do this without being sub
jcctcd 10 insult or attack"
With lis most whitening expression
Judge Foster turned again on the district
attorney and said: Did you say that |
insulted YOU" then pausng if to give
greater weight to what was t" follow.
M
suit you"
! This caused such Il conmction in the
roOm that the court officer was obliged
to rap for order and the court informed
the spectators that on its recurre'c" he
would order the court room cleared. From
this time on more or less of this rcpartee'
between counsel Was interjected into the
proceedings.
Before opening his argument Mr.. White
horse said THAT he understood that the
score Of tile argument WAS effected only
as to whether tie alleged contempt took
place within tie jurisdiction Of the court
and That there WAS no question that it
would have been contempt if il had been
committed in :; session of til" court and
thus punishable
This the court and the attorneys for
the defence accedcd to without question.
Continued on Page Eighty
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-02

rived upon the scene Of the tragedy,
having made the 15-mile ride from
Augusta in w. J. Skehan's automobile.
A few neighbors had gathered outside
the house but the selectmon had not
permitted them to enter and had not
allowed the body to be moved from
the chair or anything to be disturbed
in the ROOM
Coroner Plummer at once made a
careful examination of the scene Of
the shooting, examining the witness
es, Mr.. Hisler's son and others, and
when this had been done and an ex-
animation of the wound had been
made by DR. Leach under Mr.. Plum
mer's direction, it was promptly es-
tablished that the shooting had been
purely accidental and that no inquest
was necessary.
The entrance Of the wound, in the
technical language Of the physician.
was three and a half inches on line
from the anterior superior spine Of the
ilium to the external trochanter of the
femur. The bullet had penetrated the
ilium, or pelvic bone, making a ragged
hole near its top. and had passed
through into the abdominal cavity.
Probing failed to reach the bullet and
no evidence of it was found. DR.. Leach
was Of the opinion that death must
have followed in three or four minutes
at the most from the internal hem
orrhage following the wound.
There had been very little external
bleeding. though the clothing about the
wound was somewhat saturated with
blood and when the body was laid out
tcyc f,,r ho min at
large quantity Of blood flowed from
the wound. The path Of the bullet had
an upward slant which verified Boyn-
tons st ,ry as to the position in which
he vas holding the rifle at the time it
was discharged The young children
OF Mr.. Eoynton. the Oldest being not
more than q dozen years. told stories
which fully agreed in detail as to the
circumstances of the shooting. After Il
careful investigation Coroner Plum
mer deemed an inquest unnecessary
anU made out a certificate of accidental
death following a gunshot wound and
the body was turned over to Under
taker Fred Moody of Windsor.
In the tragic death of Mr.. Hisler.
| Windsor loses one Of its best known
| and most respected citizens. He was
| barn in the noighbOrinE town OF Pa
lermo ard when a young man went to
| California where he remained and
| prosncred for number Of years. Upon
| his return he lived In Palermo for a
| dozen years and about 20 years ago
moved to this town. For half dozen
years { rnore he served Windsor as one
Of its selectmcn and before moving here
from Palermo had been one Of the Sc
| l,,rtrlrn of that town. He had accumu-
| lated Il large property through prudent
Investments and careful attention to
business and his wealth is variously
e. timated by Windsor people from $50
coo to $4,000. consisting of many farms
il this and surrounding towns as well
as mortgages. notes. money in the
! bark. etc. He was well known as a
dealer in horses and live stock. To-
raorrow would have been Mr.. Hisler's
9th birthday anniversary and it is
Continued on Page Six)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-02

Ncv- ror;l. NOV I II &; Dun & % XII
Week., Review uf Trade tomorrow will
say:
c,nt,ac:inn ra:; followed til" financial
rri;is; Of last week. but only Ia the cX-
tent compelled by inability I" ral&c
nouey. There is no evidence that con-
fid,ncc has been permanently impaired;
~, the contrary. cra titic4tion i" felt
that the up tion was 50 strongly iof'l-
fed By ii decade Of 'lneyainpledl pros
ncritv that th.: severe strain mad" 10
great impression
Textile manufacturing plants are not
reducing activity although there Is
more caution regarding future busires.i-
rntton goods arc well sustained ny
lar.e orders on the books Of producef&
who can Withstand period OF lllnl'eo
contracts without rc@ortinG to lower
,,,,o,,+iouy IN certain lines some accu-
n,,,I,,ti,n Of stocks is noted. but th1e"
Nv. il, strong hands that are not like
i, ~ urre sales at the expense of val
nos Moreover, these are eXccptlonai
i,ctauces most lines being sold unus-
,1ally far ahead. Holders are al7o
aware Of the fact that trade would lo'
he stimulated at the present time py
lower prices.
Hides are dull and quiet. tanners
r,alzing no bids on account oi tht
scarcity of money. y few single car
los of packer hides were taken Tor m
mediate wants. prices ruling steady as
hackers are not forcing hldes on -
market. Any pressure to sell would
,,r,hahly uusartie values. The only
s,,nnort came from large decrease il
receipts of cattle at the 1our 'eduih+
markets. In three days the ni"TerAei'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-02
CASE OF ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING.
The Weapon Was Being Loaded In Home
of Boynton, Where Mr.. Hisler Had
Called on Business.

Weeks Mills. Nov. 1.-(SpeciaD.-A
tragedy that greatly shocked and sad
d@ncd this community occurred THIS
forenoon when William T. Hisler. age
G.. one Of the wealthiest and most
prominent citizens of Windsor, was
accidentally shot by a rifle in the
hands of Philip c. Boynton, age 40.
at Mr. Boyntons hop.c.
Mr. Hstler lived about one mile
from this village, on the edge Of Wind
sor. and on the road known as tie
Windsor Neck road. About 9 o'clock
this morning he left his home ana
Went to that Of his son, William
Wright Histler, who lives about a
third Of n mile nearer this village. Up
on returning he called at the home of
Boynton who lives on the farm be-
tween that of Mr.. HiSler and his son.
The object Of his errand was to ask
Boynton, who frequently has worked
for him. to so over into Palermo a
few miles and bring home some young
turing there. They Were sitting in the
kitchen Of the Boynton house talking
over the matter when Mr.. Hisler sug-
gested to Boynton that the latter had
better take his rifle along as he might
see a deer on the way. it being the
first day Of November and the law now
being off on deer in this county.
Mr. Poynton secured his rife and
was sttin:, in front o: the stove OK
planning its workings TO Mr.. Hislcr
who sat at tho end Of the stove only
two or thrc" feet away. The rife is
d Marlin safety. Is repeating, and 80
caIibrc AS Boynton sat with the rife
across his; knees ne slipped the car
tridges into the magazine. explaining
the working Of the rifle to Mir. 1lisirr.
and as he slipped the 18th cartridge
into place some remark of Mr.. 11islor
caused him to look up for moment.
and at that instant the rifle was dis
charged. The bullet entered Mr.. His
ler's right side and he died almost
instantly. speaking only once and not
even falling from his chair or trying
to arise from it,
His only words were II Sucss You
have shot me" In the room at the
time of the shooting We're Mr.. Hoyn-
tons four children. all young boys
and lie promptly sent the eldest one Z"
the home of the younger hisler near
by. Young Mr.. Hislcr reached the
house within four or five inmates. mt
his father was already uCad. Other
ncighborS were promptly summoned
and two Of the Windsor solcct,nen.
Jasper S. Gray and John T. Sproul,
were soon upon the scene Of the shoot
ing. DR.. g. H. Leach Of South emma
and DR.. Small Of Branch Mills wee
sent for but there WAS Enih'n, for
them to do when they arrived.
The scIeCtmen at ono" took charge
of the premises and did not allow til"
hodv to be moved or anything TO j."
changed in the room. and from Week >
Mills a telephone message was at ono"
sent to Coroner Henry w. Piunner
and Sheriff Frederick W. Plaisted in
Augusta. About ] o'clock Coroner
Plummer and Sheriff Piaisted, accom-
panied by Journal representative, ar
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-02
INSANITY ALONE,
To Be Sole Defence at
Second ThaW Trial.
Trial to Come Expected to Be
Much Shorter Than First.
Wife, Mother and Family Indorse
the Insanity Plea.

New York, Nov. 1.-Insanity is to be
the defence of Harry Kendall Thaw
upon his second trial for the killing
of Architect Stanford White on the
roof of Madison Square Garden. There
is to be no plea of justification under
the ''unwritten law The rich young
Fittsburger will be pictured to :ilA
jury as the victim of inheritance. af-
fected by violent disease in his youth,
always vacillating. His BRAIN il will bn
said in court. snapped under the strain
of Evclyn's recital, intensified as it is
alleged TO have been by stories poured
into his ears by spies whose object il
was to poison him against White.
Thaw, it is said, does not vet know
what his defence is to be, but con-
tinues to imagine there will be another
resort to the "unwritten law" He in
sistsshe is sane and always has been
sane. Under the plea Of insanity. it is
said, the grucsome story Of Evelyn
will be rehearsed, but not with such
detail 2s at the first trial. unless the
jury insists on it. The second trial, it
is expected, Will be much shorter than
the first.
Though the retiial is set for Dec. >,
it is the general opinion Of the Tombs
officials, freely expressed, that it will
be put off till after the holidays. Some
doubt is expressed as t. whether Thaw
viii ever be tried again in New York.
owing to tho difficulty Of securing a
jury. 1t is said that if mucil difficulty
is experienced in putting the first six
men in the boz: the courts viii be ask
ca to grant 4 change If venue In that
case ThaH would be tried up the state.
The defence Of insanity is favored
by Thaw's mother and wife and by
his brothers ana sisters. He is rep
resented By ono who SOW him yester-
day in the Tomts to be thin, pale and
nervous under tn" long strain to
which he has been subjected. Martin
". Littl"ton his counsel. yesterday
declined to make any statement in re-
Sard to his case.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-02
CONTRACT LABOR
Being Brought to America From the
Orient, Japanese Says.

vncouver, =. G, NOV. IA witness
named Isii5waga. before Government
Commissioner King, who is settling
riot DAMAGE yesterday declared that
four japanese immigration companies
operate III Vancouver. The companies
are prepared to bring large numbers Of
men from Japan and have made CON
tracts with railway companies to sup
ply lborers.
Agents Of the companies i'll Japan
receive d stated amount for supplying
men for one, two or three years and
sometimes longer, ton per cent. Of every
Orentars wages being collected by the
employment agency. This applies TO
domestic sercants as vel as mill hands
and railway workmcn. A boarding
house keepers union in Vancouver con-
trolls the situation. the witness said.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-02
Severe Financial Strain
Made No Great Impression.

Wa; .vydp head ie.,: than lat week
and lo.pno les thtn /; year previous.
G, rIntrv hide; are weak, foreign dry
hides arc relatively trmcr in Europe
than here. til" olly safe nf Importance
being GOO r. shipped from New York
to f.uruIe about u cent above local
prices. Purchasers Of leather ;'To also
restrict Il to iinmcdiatc needs. but
ssucl.s are held down by reduced pro
d:ction, heavyweight sole il firm.
some tanner claiming orders OF hand
sufficient tn cover receipts tor several
months. Shipments of boots and .h"es
from Boston continue t. average 10
0HO cages, less than the sam" week last
wear, but tie total since Jan * larc-
er than in any other year except 1853
a. i'd 1905 Eastern manufacturers rn-
mart Improvement i'll orders chiefly in
stanc lines
Failures this week number 30 in the
United States against 1eh las. and 20 iii
canada compared with = a year ago.
New York. Nov 1.-Eradstreet' :
State Of Trade tomorrow will say Of
trace conditions III Canada:
Canadian trade is good as Z whole.
though money is tight and collections
are still complained of. Cool weather
ard the movement if wheat at the
Northwest have made for an enlarged
retail trade and for some gain in col
lec,ions ut the West. however.
! Failures for the week number y
against Il in this week a year ago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-02
THE REASON a MYSTERY.
Frank Da5gett Commits Suicide a,
Pennington.

Pennington Me, Nov. lAfter leav
am worth more to you dead than alive"
Frank DaGgctt Of New Vineyard com
mitted suicid" last night by blowing off
the top If his head with il Shot gun in
his room. I'll" cause fer the act and the
exclamation Of tn" expression in the
note were a mystery. He was the son
Of John Daggett.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-02
Carnegie Withdraws.

st. Andrews, Scotland, Nov. An
drew Carnegie having positively e
fused to contest his election, Lord
Avebury today was formally declared
to have been elected rector Of the
University Of ST. Andrews. Mr.. Ca
negie has been three times selected
lord rector Of the university. the frst
+;.t-o 1nnt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-02
RAIN SATURDAY,.

Washington. Eov. Forecast for
New England: Rain Saturday, except
fair in east Maine. warmer in the in
terror; Sunday rain. Increasing south
winds
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-02
Boston Forecast.

Boston. Nov. 1.-Fcrecast for Bos-
ton and vicinity: Saturday fair and
warmer. followed by increasing cloud
mess and rain during the night and
Sunday, brisk southerly winds, be-
coming westerly Sunday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-02
TIRED. NERVOUS MOTHERS

confor,eh hv a cup ii Ginger Tea made
ny.l genuine Sanford'S. Nothing better
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-02

Tile natives Of Taunitnrjv". Island Of
ports, said to have been spread by the
missions. that the Ere" MasonS arc kill
ing children in order to celebrate their
rites. The government is pl"cardng re-
assuring notices i'll all public places
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31
"A DRESS REHEARSAL"
Actor and Musician Hit Only in the
 Clinches.

During the rehearsal at Jacques yesterday morning for the perform ance yesterday afternoon it looked for a time as though a speciality of the real exciting kind would be fur nished. Although the audience would not be large it would be com- posed of thespians and that counts a whole lot. The heavy parts were to be played by Julius Steger (Carl Winters in "The Fifth Command ment") and William Phoenix, who is a member of the orchestra. It seems that Steger and Phoenix had few words over something and were about to have a fist duel when cooler heads interfered. So the first act ended without fisticuffs. After the rehearsal of the sketch Phoenix and Steger again became talkative. Someone said WOW WOW and once more actor and musician were about to pummel the others countenance. But before any damaging blows were landed, the men were separated and peace de- clared. Neither man had to have a substitute last night.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31
FIRED ON CONDUCTOR.
Three Men Brought to Waterbury at
 1 O'clock This Morning.

Three desperate looking young men who gave their names as John Tenn pie, Thomas Lee and Frank Reed were brought to town on special en- zine from Southford about 1 o'clock this morning, charged with assault ing Frank Blanchard, a freight con- ductor on the Highland division with intent to murder him. Blanchard, lives in East Hartford, and as his train was running through Towantic yesterday afternoon, he discovered the three hoboes riding on the buff fers of freight car. When the train stopped, he made the three alight, and in return, one of them, supposed to be Temple, pulled a small revol- yer out of his hip pocket and emptied it at the conductor, firing five shots without hitting him. The men re- mained around the depot until the train pulled out, expecting, no doubt, to be able to get ride to the next station, but Blanchard kept his eyes on them and they had to remain be- hind.
 It is now assumed that Blanchard's attitude toward them, in keeping them in sight until the last moment, disarmed them of any idea of further action on his part. At all events they remained in the neighborhood. At the next station Blanchard sent word to Superintendent Pollock, of the Highland division, in Hartford, of his encounter, with the result that n chief nf I,n r.iI hp3, and Epecial Agent T. r. McKenna, both of whom happened to be in Hartford when word was received there from Blanchard, hastened to Waterbury after sending down word to have special engine ready to take them ill pursuit of the assailants of the conductor. It was S:30 o'clock when they got to Waterbury and an other hours run on a clear track took them to Southford where the whole train crew, consisting of Engineer Charles Beauchamp, Fireman Parker $. Green. Conductor George Cable and the night telegraph operator, Thomas P. Dowd, joined the railroad police in the search for the hobOes. and found the trio sleeping in freight car. The men intended put ting up fight, but the revolyers of the police had throw up your hands, effect upon them, and. tied to- gether, they were placed on the spec ial engine and run to Waterbury, ar irving here about i o'clock. The po- lice patrol met them at the un.ou de- pot and there was no time lost in con- veying them to the station house. There they were searched and one of them had an old razor, one black jack and the third revolver and a newly opened box of cartridges. They had also the regulation outfit of professional hoboes.
 Word of the occurrence was sent the selectmen of Oxford this morn ing by Prosecuting Attorney Meigs, as the crime having been committed in that township the accused will necessarily have to be tried there. The trio left here on the 2:05 o'clock train for Oxford, accompanied by the railroad police and the witnesses of tie assault.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31
RING IN THE NEW.
Business Will Be Practically Sus.
 pended Here To-Morrow,

Tomorrow, New Years day, will be legal holiday. The banks, the Bronson library, and the offices in City hall will be closed. Nearly all the factories will be idle, many of the stores will not open at all, and few, if any, will be doing business in the afternoon. This means that the time is not far off when nobody will work on January l, thus giving all an op- portunity to attend divine service, call upon their friends and renew their good resolutions for another twelvemonth. It was a very pros porous year in Waterbury, everybody having all the work he could swing Into until the past month or so, when the depression, which has practically Infected all the industries of the country. began to make itself felt here. But it is not thought that the present dull spell will last long, manufacturers and others in a posi- ton to know being unanimous in stating that the factories will be run ming full time after a short time.
 As usual. many will sit up to bid the old year goodbye and reach out the hand of fellowship to the ones which will be ushercd in at midnight. Watch services will be held at St Johns, Trinity, First Methodist, St Paurs. Swedish Lutheran and other churches. Confessions will be held at the Roman Catholic churches this evening and in the morning masses will lle celebrated at different hours, in soPle places at $40.
 Sof : societies have plans perfect cd for social sessions, and in many instances will sit up to hear the mel cdy of the chimes "Ring out tine old. ring in the new.'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31
BROOKLYN BRIEFS.

The drug stores in Brooklyn will close tomorrow from 1 to in the afternoon and after [ o'clock in the evening.
 Mir and Mrs Charles Stigberg of Bridgeport, who have been visiting relatives in this section, have re- turned home.
 Mir and Mrs Henry Eaters. for merly of this city, now of New York, were the guests of the formers par ents, MT and Mrs Robert Eaters of North Riverside street, yesterday.
 At the B. A. c. rooms last even ing the Hustlers defeated the Cres- cents by the score of 20 to ' and the Shamrocks were too much for the Bones. winning out 17 to 8. The trophy which will be presented to the winning team of the basketball league has not as yet been selected.
 -Yesterday morning one of the windows in Latus's news store was broken by a bundle of papers thrown from a trolley car. The conductor did not gauge the distance from the car to the door as we'll as usual and as a result the package of papers crashed through the window. Poor Johnl
 Mrs John Dunphy of Charles street received a letter from her husband yesterday informing her that he would not be home for New Years. but nevertheless was getting on we'll The patrolman now leaves the hospital every day and is gradu- ally regaining the use of the side which for a time was thought to be paraIyzed-
 The Brooklyn polo team will play the preliminary game with the Second Wards at the Auditorium this evening. and Manager Dunphy' s cuintette should not have much trOu- hIe in getting away with the game. "Strenuous- Foley will be in the lineup Of the north end team. but his playing is not likely to have any bearing on the result as the Brook Iynftes are out to vin-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31
DEMOCRAT SELLS FOR 42 CENTS
 A MONTH
WOULDN'T TALK MONEY.
Rev ]. B. Eihill Refuses to Allow His
 Psonle to Present Him Purse.

Announcement was made recently of the silver jubilee period in the life of Rev Father Nihill. pastor of St Patrick's Roman Catholic church in Bridgeport formerly Of New Britain
 After the announcement was made a number of the members of the par ish conceived the idea that a sub stantizl purse of gold would be it, ting gift to mark the period in the testimonial from the people of their respect and esteem for the pastor Father NihiII heard Of the plan and immediately put his veto Oa it- He said he 1woald n0t cou1tensnes the move sspseisIIy fn view of the de- pres<ioa ia the business world at the present tine.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31
Senior misdi.s Victim. of Fire.

Annapolis. Dec. 31.-Fire in the quar- ters of one of the examining officers of the Naval academy destroyed the final examination papers of the mid shipmen before they could be marked Consequently the boys must be re-ex- smined. and as they are scattered all over the world on varships this will take some tine