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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-08-26
ONE WAS DROWNED
THE OTHER SAVED
Two Men Fishing Near Quincy, Mass,
Upset From Boats--one Got Tan
gled in Nets and Was
Drowned.

Quincy, Mass Aug. 26-Augnst Olsen,
a painte at the Fore River works was
drowned and his companion, Charles BAL
by, was rescued early this morning after
clinging all night to their fishing boat,
which was overturned about II o'clock
last night while they were changing
places or Manet beach. Olsen was
good swimmer but got tangled in the
fishing lines Ills companion reached the
capsized boat and held on until discov-
cred and was saved by cottagers on the
beach at about five o'clock this morn
ing.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-08-26
L. N. BARNARD IS 9s.
He Is the Oldest in His Section Of
Weathersfeld.

Weathersicld, Aug. 26-Levi Nichols
Barnard, for many years one Of the
leading men Of affairs in this vicinity,
and who is now the oldest man IN an
this region, celebrated his 9sth birthday
anniversary yesterday at the Open Ridge
place in Eureka just west Of this
place, where his home has been since
April, 1850, when the old Barnard home
stead, built by Jennison Barnard, his
father, Immediately after the Reyou-
tiOn, was burned
Many Of his old-time acquaintances
Of this and adjoining towns called in and
many letters Of congratulation We're re-
ceived from friends and aequaintances
unable to visit him.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-08-26
WHITNEY BEGINS CAMPAIGN.
Starts for Western Part Of state in
Green Auto.

Boston, Aug. 90 Henry NJ whitney
started in a green auto ut ten ocloc,
this morning for a tour in western Mas
sachusctts To smash holes in the po,
litic9l fences Charles W. Bartlett has
been building Whitney is accompanied
by James Douayan, former superinten,
dent Of street, and former Congressman
John a. Sullivan. The first stop win
be nt Worcester, where the rest Of the
itinerary viii be announced
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-08-26
COOK rERRIRLY BURNED.
Slipped While Removing Boiling Water
from the Stove.

Brattleboro, Aug. 26.-George Ingra-
ham, cook at Halls restaurant, was tax.
en- TO the Memorial hospital Saturday
evening in a serious condition from
burns received while at work the night
previous He attempted TO remove a
boiler full of boiling water from the
stove when he slipped and was terribly
scalded on the back, chest and right arm.
Dr. Il. II. 0'Connor treated him at his
house, but bis condition became SO seri-
Gus he was taken to the hospital. He
has shown some improvement there and
may recover. lie has a wife and one
child
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-08-26
STABBED REPEATEDLY.
Washington Police Arrest Seven Men in
Mysterious Case.

Washington, Aug, 26. Seven men. five
of whom are being held. were arrested
Yesterday on suspicion Of having knowl-
edge Of a mysterious stabbing ARRAY
which occurred at the home Of Mrs.
Mary Carrico, 1898 One Half street, in
the early hours yesterday
Mrs. Carrico, who is 63 years old, was
awakened by a noise in the room As
she raised up in bed she was murderously
assaulted by man armed with a knife.
She was stabbed repeatedly over the
heart, and her son, Joseph Carrieo, also
was stabbed several times. The assail
ant escaped Mrs. Carrico and her son
will recover
The police believe that the attack on
Mrs. Carrco grew out OF family quar-.
rel. There was no light in the room,
and Mrs. Carrieo and her son could give
no description Of the man who attacked
them.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-08-26
LEFT AT FORT FREDERICK.
Paul Gordon Of This City and Jas. Nc
Donald Miss Boat

The excursion to Fort Frederick yes
terday was not without little mis-
fortune. Two young lads, James Nc
Donald, Jr., son of James Mcdonald Of
Montpelier and Paul Gordon, son Of j.
w. Gordon, of Barre, forgot tnat the
boat would leave Fort Frederick for
Burlington at three o'clock and roamed
too far from the dock. They we're not
missed until the boat was well on it's
way home. The father of the first lad
was on the boat and after his son was
missed he made arrangements with Cap
tain Rockwell TO see that the boys we're
found and sent to Port Henry, where
they will undoubtedly take the FIRST boat
this morning for their homes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-08-26
CAT ATTACKED MAN.
Bit Him Until She Was Choked to Death
Was Guarding Her Kittens.

Syracuse n. Y, Aug. 26-As Edward
Everett accosted a strange eat near his
home here yesterday the animal spFang
at him and sank hen teeth till they met
in the back Of his leg. She could not
be pulled Of until choked to death. Ever.
EFT had the wound cauteri2ed She show.
cd no symptoms Of rabies. It is thought
she had family of kittens near at hand
and feared harm was intended them
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-08-26
MARsHFIELp.

Harry Martin. who made an assault
ON Allen J. Mclean and Jacob Martin
with a pitchfork in his yard on August
18th, and afterwards caused their arrest
for intoXication, falling to find evidence
TO convict them, the case was dropped
without trial.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-08-26
TRAIN TURNS OVER.
Entire Train Leaves Track in Virginia
But No One Hurt.

Red Hill, Va, Aug. 26.-Train "a on
Southern railway was derailed this
morning here and the entire train, ex-
eepting the engine and tender, turned
completely over, Twenty-one persons
were injured a broken rail caused the
accident
Washington, Aug. &c. Southern rail.
way officials report that no one was
killed or even seriously hurt in the
wreck at Red Hill, Va although ap.
proximately 2l were injured
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-08-26
Few POWER COMPANY.
To Build, Light, Heating and Power
Plant at Sharon.

Montpelier. Aug. 26.-Artieles we're
field in the office Of the secretary Of
state Saturday Incorporating the Sharon
Power company with a capital Of $780,
600. The incorporators are James Ty.
son Of South STAFFORD August G.. Nor
Iis, Heckshirc, y. H.. and Frank Berthold
Of New York. The company will erect
an electric plant for lighting, heating
aud bower.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-08-26
TAKEN AWAY BY GYpsrEs.
Four Small Children Disappear in
Chicago.

Chicago, Aug 26.-The four small
children Of Jacob Heinrichsen disap
peared from home while playing and
for "a hours no tract of them has been
found. The neighbors after making a
systematic search have concluded that
the little ones were taken away by a
band OF Gypsies Sunday night The chill.
dren range from four to nine years in
age. The police took up the search to.
dou
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-08-26
NO TRUTH IN REPORT.
No Defalcation Discovered in Chemical
National Bank.

New York. Aug ~ An official Of the
Chemical National bank announced 10.
day that the report that a dcfalcation
had boen discovered in that bank was
absolutely without foundation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-08-26
PRINCE BOUND FOR WORCESTER.
Will Be Entertained in Boston This
Evening.

Providence, Aug. 26.-Prince Wilhelm
Of Sweden left for Worcester and Bos.
ton this morning, after spending the
night at the Hope club as the guest Of
i. !. Mcdonnell, Of this city. He reached
the club after midnight having spent the
evening as guest Of Senator Alflrich at
Warwick Neck While there he planted
tree beside the one which President
Roosevelt planted several years ago.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-08-26
SMITH AT OYSTER BAY.
Trust Buster Takes Lunch with Presi-
dent Roosevelt.

Oyster Bay, Aug 26. Herbert Knox
Smith, chief Of the Bureau Of Corpora
tions, arrived here today and was hurried
70 Sycamore Hill IN ona OF the big black
autos Of the Secret Service men. He
lunched with the President ana viii
spend the afternoon talking over various
trust busting investigations now on foot.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-08-26
SHORT OF POWER.
Many Sheds Shut Down, Electrics Not
Running.

A break down at the transformer
house this mornin accounts for the in
ability Of the electric railroad company
to run It's cars today. This break down
together with the fact that the plant of
the Viles system had been shut down
for repairs since last Friday has caused
many Of the stonesheds of this city
and Montpelier to suspend operations
until such time as power can be fur
nished again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-20

hours earlier could refresh himself
with a beefsteak freshly cut from a
Looping steer of the plains.
Or we may imagine for Mr.. Edge a
track built parallel to the Pennsylvania
railroad, so that the eighteen hour ex-
press between New York and Chicago
might enjoy a race with the Edge au-
tomobile. The express train, however,
would hardly enjoy the race. The au-
tomobile would be in Chicago an hour
or two ahead of the train, long enough
for Edge to wash up and eat a table
d'hote dinner before the. engineer be-
gan to take off his oVeralls: -
But while S. F. Edge won the world
record for distance travelled in a. day,
an automobile driver in the United
States performed feat almost as in
teresting on the same day. On the
Hanlin race track at st. Paul a TWEEN
ty-four hour endurance race was run.
Rafaelo Aongini winning by making
1887 miles, which was 211 better than
the worlds record for similar condi-
tions. The track, it should be remem-
bered, was built for horses, not for au-
tomobiles. Edges run was made on a
banked track costing more than half a
million dollars, with every possible fea-
ture calculated to make it safe and
speedy. Mongini travelled more than
thousand miles on an ordinary track.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-20

hour But why stick any further to
such prosaic things as figures in dis
GUESSING this Homeric epic of speed?
Hurrah for Edge!
However, some comparisons may not
be odious. Let US suppose that Edge
repeat his performance as to distance
in the United States, travelling west
ward on a straightaway track from
New York city. Starting at o'clock
in the evening. he would cross the mar
row heel of New York state into Penn
sylxafafay traverse the Keystone State
lengthwfse,. cut ae1oss the top Of Ohio
and Indiana and The northern part of
Illinois. crossing the mississippi river
at Davenport IG.gabout breakfast time.
Perhaps cur hosnifable Iowa friend
might toss him few tabloids as he
sceoted through Davenport, ar Des
Aioines. He would cross the Missouri
river at Omaha about noon like a Kan
sas cyclone headed west, sweep over
the Nebraska prairies to the western
end of the state, and at 6 O'Clock in
the evening end his twenty-four hours
and his 1851 miles at a point near
where the states of Nebraska, Wyom-
ing and Colorado Touch. A pretty girl
from each of these three states might
be on hand to give him the kiss of hero
worship, and the traveller who had de-
parted from New York twenty-four
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and his run is considered a marvel. On
the same day two drivers, H. Kitchener
and Ralph milford. drove a car III
miles in twenty-four hours on the
Point Breeze track at Philadelphia,
much of the time in a miserable rain
storm, with mud ankle deep on most
of the track and hub deep at the turns
This, considering the conditions, was
another wonderful performance.
The automobile is the arch revolu-
ZIONIST in transportation. 1t leads the
procession. 1t is so far in advance of
the two wheeled OK cart of Spanish
America that it may stop for dinner at
every inn and for drinks at every road
house with no danger of the carts
catching up. Even the bicycle, since
the automobile came along, is hnger-
ing far to the rear About twelve
years ago when Arthur Zimmerman of
New Jersey rode a mile in something
less than two minutes on bicycle he
was the hero of two continents. Eddie
Bald used to ride the mile in less than
Zimmerman's time. Now Bald, in try
ing to keep up to date, has become an
auto speed merchant and was in the
recent twenty-four hour run at st.
Paul until his car broke down. When
the bicycle got SO clipper that it could
run as fast as an express train for a
mile or two the auto was rather
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-20

objects it has in view is inspired by the
fact that it is headed by such we'll
known citizens as the president, Cor
nelius Vanderbilt; Samuel L. Clemens
mark Twain. first vice president
Richard Delafeld, the banker, treas
urer; Colonel H. o. S. Heistand,
u. S. A. chairman of the executive
COMMITTEES; Hugh Gordon Miller, An
drew Carnegie, President Nicholas Muir
ray Butler, r. Fulton Cutting, Arch
bishop Farley of the Roman Catholic
church and Bishop Greer of the Epis-
copal, and James Speyer and Rear Ad-
miral Coghlan. The association hopes
to raise 100000 for the purposes of the
monument, and contributions both
large and small viii be received at the
headquarters. 3 Park row, New York
Futon's Descendants.
There are four grandchildren OF Rob-
ert Fulton living-Robert Fulton Lud-
low CT Claverack, N Y; the Rev. Hop-
ert Fulton Crary, rector of the Church
OF the Holy Comforter, Poughkeepsie
N. Y, Charles Franklin Crazy OF Mer-
rick, n. Y, and Mrs. Ella Crary Cam
mann of New York. They have written
a joint letter expressing approval OF
the objects of the association ana con-
senting to removal of Fulton's bones
from the Livingston vault in TRINITY
c!lurchyard to the proposed menu-
ment.
The father of steam navigation was
born in Lancaster county. Pa. in 1853
and died in New York in 1915. He had
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-20
birthplace of Fulton near
Lancaster. Pa.

Fulton Memorial association, which has
been formed to carry into execution the
plans for the erection of the monument
Commodore Vanderbilts family has
been intimately associated with the
development of steam navigation, and
he himself has designed boats and in
vented processes which have facilitated
transportation. 1t was the original
Commodore Vanderbilt, great grand
father of the present bearer of the
name, who did so much to extend the
influence of Fultons inventions by
building up the steamboat industry on
the Hudson and along the Atlantic
coast.
A Noble Site.
The east bank of the Hudson at the
upper end of Manhattan island has al
ready become sort of American acrop-
oils 1t is here that the noble maui
soleum stands in which repose the re-
mains of General and Mrs. U. 8. Grant.
Near by are the splendid buildings of
Columbia university, with the famous
Low library in the center, while upon
the crest of the hill the grand arches
of the Cathedral of St. John the Di-
vine are rising. st. Lukes hospital
and many palatial private residences
combine to increase the stateliness of
the appearance presented by the banks
of the Hudson at this point. Many adj
vocated the choice of this location as
the site of the Fulton monument Presi-
dent Nicholas Murray Butler of Co
lumbia university suggested that a
very fine architectural effect could be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-20

Bout three seconds
'.Ah-h-h. And how did you get here
so fast go
Cyclone"
The Iowan looked at the Kansan
wonderingiy and said. well. brother,
if you travelled from Kansas to eastern
Iowa Or a cyclone in three seconds
without. getting hurt the Lord must
have been with you"
The Kansas man took 4 chew OF to-
bacco and remarked quietly, "Al I've
got to say, stranger, is that if the Lord
was with me on that trip he was goin'
some'-
When Mr.. Edge finished his terrific
clip he was in such fine condition that
he was able to kiss two pretty girls
who in their enthusiasm rushed up to
be Hobsonized as the daring driver
stepped out of his car. His last mile,
in fact was the fastest, being made at
q rate of seventy-two miles an hour.
Edges prodigious performance was
made on the new Brooklands antomo-
bile racing track near Weybridge, Eng
land. 1t is a three mile elliptical track
ninety feet wide, heavily banked at the
turns. 1t is said q safe speed of a
hundred miles an hour may be achieved
on this track. Edge made an aver
age of a small fraction less than sixty
six miles an hour for the twenty-four
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-20

produced by erecting a water gate as
an approach to the monument from the
Hudson.
The water gate idea seemed to be
very popular and was finally adopted
as part of the plan. 1t will afford a
suitable landing place for vessels and
by it distinguished guests can enter the
city on state occasions. The grassy
slopes of Riverside park afford a van
tage place for thousands of persons to
witness the ceremonies incident to such
formal entrances to the metropolis of
America. A broad flight of steps will
lead up to the monument from the
river. 1t is urged that in view of Full
tons relations to navigation this ar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-20

an ambition as youth to be a painter;
indeed, he did achieve some note in that
profession and earned money enough in
landscape and portrait work to buy
farm. He was a pupil of BENJAMIN
West, and that artist in later years
painted a miniature of him, which Is
now considered the best Fulton por-
trait in existence. He also painted a
portrait of Mrs. Fulton and miniatures
of two children of the inventor. For
tunately for the interests of commerce
and invention, Fulton abandoned paint
ing for engineering. Perhaps few peo-
pie remember now that he invented .
torpedo and a submarine vessel as wen
as put steam to use in the service or
transportation by water. His first ex-
periments in steam navigation were
made at Plombiere, a French watering
place. in 1902, and France honors his
achievements at the maritime exhibit
ton held at Bordeaux this summer. II
is hoped that America viii not be be-
hind a foreign country in rendering
tribute to one of the most distinguished
of her own sons.
EDWARD HALE BRUSH
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w KHEN S. F. Edge travelled |
MA 1,5S1Z miles in one day |
~ he was going some, to |
use an AmeFicanism
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-20
ARE MrLLIoNAIREs MIsERAeLEG

Andrew Carnegie, speaking at din
ner of military telegraphists recently,
animadvePted upon the niseries of Tnil-
lionaires. 81 have lived" he said, ''un-
der the conditions both of wealth and
poverty, and ] firmly believe that
wealth decreases happiness. The mil
lionaires who laugh are rare"
Barney Barnate was driven literally
insane by the burden of his millions
and committed suicide while yet .
young man by jumping overheard in
nlid-Atlantic while on his way homo
from South Africa to the Aladdin's
palace he was having built for himself
in Park lane. Colonel North, too, the
nitrate king, died at an early age from
overwork. while Baron Grant, who Jug
gled with millions as Cinquevalli does
with billiard balls, and who gave Lei
cester square to the people of LONDON,
vent without sleep for ten days ana
nights-the result of worry-lost the
thread of his immense speculations ana
came a cropper" that shook the whole
financial world of his day.
The insomnia fiend, too makes .
misery of the life of Mrs. Hetty Green
the richest woman in the world. ana y.
d. Rockefeller, who is reputedly the
worlds richest man, suffers from IN
somnia plus dyspepsia, "dellghtIul
combination, warranted to render IN
tolerable the life of any man, millions
aire or pauper. Jay Gould was ior
twenty years martyr to sciatica. No.
a millionaire's life is not happy one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-20

rangement forms a most appropriate
one. There is now no appropriate, dig
nifled and monumental landing place
from harbor or river on all the water
front of New York. and the proposed
Fulton water gate will remedy this
obvious municipal defect. Its location
viii be between 114th and 10th streets
Sculptors and architects will compete
in designing the most appropriate plan
for carrying out the ideas of the COM
mission. 1t is hoped that the water gate
and monument may be dedicated two
years hence in connection with the
Hudson Fulton celebration. This will
commemorate both the three hundredth
anniversary OF the discovery Of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-20

clumsy affair. But noy-welI, remen-
Der Edgei
Half a century ago Ezra Meeker was
one of the pioneers who drove an OK
team from Iowa across the plains and
over the mountains to Washington ter
ritory. Mr.. Meeker, in his old age, has
just finished making the OK trip back
over the old trail in the identical
prairie schooner which he used in go
ing out The trip takes about six
months The prairie schooner was
the automobile of pioneer days Today
the trip could be made, with good
roads, by an automobile in less than
six days, and the driver could stop for
his meals instead of being fed tabloids
by his mechanician.
But the automobile does not seem to
be the limit of speed. Now We have
the monorail electric car, which travels
on a single rail at a speed of a hundred
miles an hour, or more, keeping right
side up with care by reason of its own
motion. No less than four monorail
systems, each by a different inventor,
are striving just now for public recog-
milton. In Europe is the device of
Louis Brennan, of which a successful
model is running. At the jamestown
exposition is a single rail track half
mile long on which runs a car carrying
passengers. This system is the inyen-
young civil engineer. Prominent
Capitalists have become so interested in
the invention of Mr.. Tunis that they
are preparing to build a line between
Newark and Jersey City, N. j., using
the Tunis system.
F. H. Behr proposes to build mono
rail line from Brooklyn to Brighton
Beach, New York.
E. Moody Boynton of Massachusetts,.
a veteran inventor, has renewed a
charter, which lapsed years ago for
lack of funds, to build q monorail line
between Boston and Fall River. the de-
vices to be employed being of his own
invention, Mr.. Boynton claims that
his trains will run safely at a speed of
$50 miles an hour. If so, then he will
have the edge on Edge. If so, people
working in New York can commute
from Boston, Chicago business men
can use St. Louis as a convenient sub
urb and San Franciscans who fear
nocturnal earthquakes can sleep in Los
Angeles.
But S. F. Edge at present writing
still holds the one day distance record
ROBERTUS LOVE.