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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-12-09
WILLING TO SUBSCRIBE
$4,000 FOR PROJECT
City Makes Proposition to the Abutters
on Plan to Change the Course Of
the River

At the meeting last evening Of the
city council and the abutters on the
changing Of the river bed proposition the
council presented to the abutters writ
ten statement of the exact amount the
city would contribute 70 the cost OF the
work. the conditions under which II
would give the money aud what i would
expect OF the abutters
The proposition in substance was that
the CITY would give $4,000 towards the
cost az the work beside its proportion as
an abutting land owner, with the stipu-
lation that a l6.foot highway shall be
+ laid out and constructed over the course
of the old river bed from Prospect street
Ito Depot square; and that the abutting
/ land owners and all others that may be
i benefited by the change shall sign over
4 10 the city bond Tor a sufficient sum
T of money to cover all the expenses in
icurred In the consummation OF the
change less the $1,000 contributed by the
Icitv. and for all land damages that there
may be and for all litigation that may
larise: and also that the owners Of prop
crtv adjacent TO the banks OF the pro
posed new river to the culvert for carry
/ ing the water from the Potash brook and
/ the surface water from Main street shall
waive all rights for damages in case OF
the river or eulvert overlooking
4 With these conditions fully complied
with by the abutters, the council would
/ take steps to have the bill now in the
hands Of the legislative committee on
municipal corporations reported favor
I ably to the legislature.
\ Attorney X. Al Hoar, representing tht
abutters, asked if the council had deter
mined any point on Depot square wber,
it proposed highway might enter, anc
Mayor Robins said that they had con
sidercd that ii could run between thC
! Wells River track and the corner Of the
old Blue store. He said that by remoy
/ ing the track now used by the railroad
as a switch and leaving the single mair
| line track, there was Just l6 feet be-
tween the old Blue store building and
the ties Of the track
r. q. Howland thought that if the city
would state what per cent. Of the totaI
cost Of the work 81 changing the river
they would pay it would be better under
stood by the abutters Alderman Alex
ander stated that he thought that the
city had made a fair proposition and
was paying its Just proportion Of the
costs by contributing 5000 and standing
for its share as an ahutter. tIhe city
owns The land on which the old fire sta.
tiou building stands on Prospect street.l
The abutters took the city councils
1 proposition under consideration and stat
ed that thew would notify the council
Of their decision some time this week.
The exact offer Of the city is as fol
lows:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-12-09
TOP NOTCH FORM.
Calumets Knocked the Pins All Kinds ol
WAYS.

Calumets Knocked the Pins All Kinds Of
Ways.
Tho two Barre teams in the state
Bowling league met each other in Buz-
zeIls alleys last evening ard when the
battle was all over there was nothing
to it but the CaMmets who took FIVE
straight. and the Cresccnts took white
wash with red trimmings The Calumet
trio. with a game total Of 2936 placed
record for the league that is likely
TO stand unbeateu for some time. Walsh
scored over 2oo in four ont of his FIVE
strings and made the remarkable five.
string total Of 1929 Aycrlll rolled up
the highest single total of 235 All Of
the Commets strings scored up over 500,
and though the crestfallen Creseents
climbed up TO 563 in the fourth game,
they Were still way below, as the Calu-
NETS totaled up 629. The summary:
Calumets.
/ Averill .... .2o6 2l2 l5g 235 lI77.-- 9S9
/ Alexander ,l52 100 1872 lsl l94-- 9ls
/ Walsh ........2l5 2o4 l96 2l3 20l--l029
Totals 573 6l5 547 629 572-2936
Cresconts.
ISmith ......l4S lS7 lG0 1913 l52- $40
ITrenoweth ..l59 l3s l7n 1856 rs sol
Mute .......l0l ISL l65 1914 l66-- 9l7
Totals 40s 500 l95 563 490-255s
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-12-09
Proposal by the City Relative to the
Changing Of the River Bed.

The C1bV council I0r tfe purpose o4
furthering the proposed change in the
bed Of the Stephens branch, is willing to
contribute the sum Of $4,000 toward the
cost Of the improvement they consider
ING that the aforesaid sum will more
than cover all of the benefits of a public
nature that might be derived by the
proposed change Said offer is made sub
iect to the following conditions, viz:
First, that a suitable alley way of at
least sixteen feet in width shall be laid
and properly worked between Prospect
street and Depot square.
Second, that the owners of the land
under which the proposed culyerts to
carry the Potash brook and the brook
crossing Main street and now running
into the river under the French block, So
called, shall for themselves, their heirs
and assigns, release the city from all
/ liability for damages that might accrue
to their property provided the water IN
said culverts should at any time break
I through and cause damage to their land
or property.
Third. that the abutting land owners
on the proposed new banks OF the river
I shall fer themselves, their heirs and as
( signs release the city from all liability
/ for damages that might accrue to Their
property by reason OF the river at any
( time oyerlowing it, banks at the pro-
posed new course OF said river.
Fourth. that an OF the work that viii
/ have to be done in carrying out the
aforesaid improvements including the
Ilayinr and building of the alley way,
shah be done in a FIRST class manner and
( all necessary steps shall be taken by the
4 city or its agents or whoever may carry
|out the aforesaid Improvements 10 insure
\ the safety 81 the nubls and tho property
oil individuals from all damages that
might possibly occur by reason Of the
aforesaid changes
Fifth. that the land owners and parties
abuttinE on Of Sfiacent to the bank Of
! the river as it now runs and those who
are likely to Be benefited BY the afore-
said improvements shall execute and de-
liver to the city a bond satisfactory G
Z the city that they viii raise and provide
4 for the otys use IN carrying out the
proposed Improvements all Of the money
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-12-09
Calunets.
GRAND JURORS WARNED.

Totals .37s 500 l95 563 490-2558
The evening world., 1908-11-14
ASKS RIGHT TO NAME
HE HAS ALWAYS USED
Frederick Gordon Only Re-
Gently Found Out He Was
Really Eggers.

Frederick Cyrus Gordon, OF No. 90
Yves: one Hundred and Twenty
seventh street. varying the customary
petition. asked Justice Truax in che
Supreme Court for the sanction to a
continuance OF that name.
Back of II is story.
The petition is in the name OF Theo-
dore Eggers. and says that the petit
toner has only recently learned that
his parents. whose name was Eggers,
died when he was six years old. and
he was reared, cared for and educated
BY Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon until he 1as
sixteen years old, and he was known
as Frederick Cyrus Gordon all :ha,
time. and down to a very recent day
supposed that was his name.
he is now twenty-six years old, and
was married in December, 1902 to Miss
Annie c. Westal. and they have two
children, who have been baptized as
Gordon.
II feel financial hardship will result
to me If | am NOT allowed TO assume the
name of Gordon" says Eggers, IF
assume the name Of my parents II will
become the subject Of gossip and sus-
picion among my neighbors."
Justice Truax granted permission to
use the name OF Gordon after Dec. 81,
bur for five weeks the man will be
Theodore Eggers.
The evening world., 1908-11-14
CALL At PHONE
MEANT DEATH
TO UNDERTAKEN
In Hanging Up Receiver He
Knocked Down Pistol and
II Killed Him.

CHICAGO. Nov. N-Charles Burmeis-
ter. undertaken and North Side politi-
clan. accidentally shot and killed him
self early to-day In his home.
He was awakened just after retiring
by a telephone CALI The receiver swung
in n little stand at the side of his bed
and above 1t. fastened to a hook. hung
his revolver. The arrangement was so
that he could lie In bed and talk.
The Henrotin Hospital superintendent
told him of the death OF q patient and
asked that he send for the body. Mr.
Burneister promised to have the mat
ter attended to early this morning, and
as he replaced the receiver accidentally
Knocked the revolver from the hook.
The weapon struck the floor. there
was a flash and report and Mr.. Bur
meister sank back dead upon his pillow
beside his wife. who had been awakened
by the conversation. The bullet lodged
in the victims brain.
The evening world., 1908-11-14
TRADERS SELL STEEL
AND STOCKS WAIVER
Illinois Central, Third Avenue,
Canadian Pacific and Some
Others Show Resistance.

Early losses were restored in the stock
market to-day when purchasing orders
were distributed in Northern Pacific and
the local fractions, but the recovery was
not maintained. owing to the unfavor-
able impression produced by the heavy
selling of u. S. Steel, which lowered II
a point. number Of the important
Western railroad stocks also were very
weak. The recovery advanced Illinois
Central points. Third Avenue ., Amer
lean Telephone SIS st. Louis South
western preferred l-2, Canadian Pacific
IA. Northern Pacific American Sugar,
Sloss Sheffield Steel and Mercantile Ma
rine preferred l. The subsequent break
cost National Biscuit IA. Rock Island
preferred ! 3-S and St Paul, Reading,
American Smelling, Amalgamated Cop.
per- Anaconda and General Electric l.
In the final run movement toward
recovery in the general list accom-
panied the marking up Of number of
individual stocks, notably the local
traction. Third Avenue was carried
up 4s4, Interborough- Metropolitan Az
per cent. bonds g. the common stock 2
and the preferred "a. Nashville and
Chattanooga and St, Louis sold a an
advance OF :, Minneapolis ST Paul &
Sault salnte Marie o., Chicago & Alton
preferred and Lake Erie Il Western
preferred :" and Alls Chambers pre-
| ferred li2. Union Pacific. South ern
Railway, American Locomotive and
Tennessee Copper declined ! and Cotton
Oil IA. After establishing good recov-
cries prices ran off again, in some cases
10 thelowest. The market closed weak
and unsettled.
The total sales of stocks were G72 200
shares ana of bonds s., 423, 900.
The evening world., 1908-11-14
MILLIONAIRE HAS
WOMAN ARRESTED
AS A BADGER"
George c. Worthington, of
Cincinnati, Says Bessie Kline
Got Cash and Gems.

George C. worthington. CincIn-
natl millionaire, appeared in the Jefrer-
son Market Court to-day as complain
anS against Bessie Kline, a comely
young woman, who has long police
record and is alleged to he one of the
most successful badger workers in the
country.
The Ohioan charged her with the theft
of diamond pin worth $3.50, . diamond
ring worth 500 and $50 in money He
has been a guest 1T the Imperial Ectel
for the past week and on Thursday
night met the young woman on Broad
way. He accompanied her to a hotel In
Thirty-seventh street near Seventh ave
nue., where, he alleged, she robbed him
while he slept.
When he woke up and found that he
had been robbed he went to Police
Headquarters His description Of His
companion of the night before seemed
familiar to the detectives and they
showed him a photograph OF Bessie
Kline, which he recognized at once
She was arrested last night.
In court to-day the millionaire posi-
lively identified the prisoner and de-
clared that he would prosecute her 10
the limit II he had to remain IN New
York year to do it. lie said that the
ring and pin she stole from him mad
been In his family for great many
years and We're treasured heitlooms.
The woman was held in sl,500 bail for
examination on Monday. She refused
10 make any statement.
The evening world., 1908-11-14
METROPOLITAN Obens
lis Season ON Monday.

sr, HE Metropolitan Opera House will
open its opera season next Mon
day evening. 1t is to last twenty
weeks. with six performances a week in
addition 10 a cycle of the Nibelungen
Ring and occasional other extra per-
formanccs outside the subscription. II
will be the first season under the joint
control of Giulio Gatti-Casaz2a, the new
general manager, and Andreas Dippel,
the administrative director.
Aida" is to be the opening bill with
entirely new scenery and costumes. II
will serve to introduce Arturo Toscanini,
from La Scala, Milan, as conductor a
big reputation precedes him. Other new
Corners VIII be Emmy Destnn, from the
Royal Opera House, in Berlin, in the
title part; Leonora Sparkcs. a young
English woman; Didur, formerly of the
Manhattan opera House. kossi. from
La Scala; Eaaa, from La Scala. and
Gina Tar an. the premiere danseuse,
from the san Carlos. n Naples. Caruso
will he Radames and Scott, Amonasro.
Die WaIiuere." on Wednesday. will
present several new singers, among
them Fritz Fenhals, from the Court
Theatre, Munich; Elk ; .medes, from
the Imperial opera House Vienna. and
Allan Allan H'nBIey' youas American
"Aladama Butterfly" on Thursday
with Geraldine F'arrar, Cause and Scot
Il, and Rita Fornia rs Iuzuh for the
first time, La Traviata' on Friday
with Sembrlch and BOnci ana Pasquale
amato nom LIZ ~oci-. "T1s.2" for the
Saturday matinee, with l,aJnes, Carusu
and Scott ami La BoHeme" for The
first popular saturday night perform
ance, with Geraldine Tanar, complete
me list
Ire sunday evening popuar concert
Wees '"Dm Tomorrow Viii be conducted
nV Hertz,
The evening world., 1908-11-14
WOMAN HURLED TO
DEATH BY TRAIN
Station Agent in Passaic, She
Stepped in Front 'of
Speeding Express.

PASSAIC. N J., Nov. li.--Miss
nadge Coleran. twenty years of age
who boarded at No. l42 Main avenue
died in ST. Mary's Hospital early to-
day from injuries she received last
night, when she was struck by an Erie
Railroad train at the Prospect street
crossing.
Miss coleran, who was the agent in
charge of the depot at that spot
stepped from the platform to deliver a
package TO the baggage on an
east bound local trim Returning. she
walked directly in front Of west
bound express train AID Was hurried a
considerable distance, hor s'mu being
fractured and both legs broken.
Miss CoIeran Wa 81 remarkably
iretty young woman, and had become
popular here, size having been lr
charge of the Prospect street station
since last September, SA- lived at FL
mira, n. y, until sae care h.u. o.
was the only support e uer widowed
at her home in that place,
The evening world., 1908-11-14
Knenel QNUtet Plays
For Pe0ble's Symphony,

MIR. AIENs was fortunate In being
MI unle Ia present the knelsel Quar-
1VA tet at the first chamber music
con ert OF the Peoples symphony So
'iety in Cooper Union last night. The
huge audience almost overlooked into
the street The educational feature Of
the concerts this year is to be a survey
n violin literature, and the best string
u,ltcr tAe country boasts of gave an
sample Of what perfect ensemble
lllyng Is Ike.
Perhaps" soliloquzed one OF the
standces, ITS because the Kneisels take
30 long to tune up that they play go
we'll Perhaps Who knows? At all
events, the Haydn quartet in Il fiat
major, D'Alberts wind and wave
s-herzo from an + Nat major quartet.
ana the immortal c major one by Bee
The evening world., 1908-11-14
NEW YORK GIRL
Tilted, SHE SAYS,
SUES FOR $4,000
"Shakedown," Says Westcott,
Millionaire's Son, of Miss
Gardner'S Suit.

DENVER. Nov. 14.-H. NJ. westcott,
prominent in Indiana. who recently in
herited a fortune, has been sued for
alleged breach OF promise by Della NJ.
Gardner, OF New York. Miss Gardner
asks for $780, 0oo She says that westcott
proposed and was accepted June ., and
the wedding date was set for June a.
Westcott came to Denver recently, In
tending to settle here. He said tonight:
Honestly, l consider the action Of
Miss Gardner simply in the light Of a
shake-down. Fifty thousand Is a mighty
large sum of money and 1 suppose she
thought that II she went big enough
she might be able to influence the jury
to give her 5000 or $4,000.
Miss Gardner and myself had been
friends for a long time, and good friends
at that, too. but the question of mar
riage was never contemplated. l haven't
seen her for about a year and have
not heard from her since the latter part
of July.
II have letters which I think will
prove interesting material for the fury
when the case comes to trial. II 1t ever
does
Westcott has mining interests In Col
orado and the Southwest. The princi-
pals in the suit met in New York. where
Miss Gardner is designer in a large
millinery establishment. When last
heard from Miss Gardner was in Lo-
gansport, Ind, but was intending to
return to New York.
Westcott is member of one OF the
richest families in Richmond. Ind. His
father, who was a carriage maker.
died recently, leaving s2,oo0.ooo. of which
Harry" received about sos. 900. West
colt Was married six or seven years ago.
divorced. and for time lived in New
Xork.
The evening world., 1908-11-14

nights cast, will be repeated at the Sat
urday matinee, and That's with
Mary Garden and Renaud and Wales
for the first time here as Nicias will he
repeated on Saturday night. The indie
fa;igabie Campanin! will conduct each
Of these operas.
At the inst of the popular Campanini
Sunday concerts tomorrow night Cam
panini viii conduct the orchestra
through Debussy 5 remarkable suite La
Mer." The soloists will include most OF
the principal singers of the company.
The quar;ette from "Rigoletto'' will be
the closing number.
Mr. Hnmmerste!n will open his new
Philadelphia opera-house next Tuesday
evening With Carmen" on Thursday
ne will present Samson and Delllah'
Al the Saturday matinee The Barber
of Seville will Re the bill, and on Sat
urday night "Tosca."
The evening world., 1908-11-14
1ehaI IIm 10 Sing
Lucia Next WedHesday
'TETHAzZINI, who makes h,

TETHAHZINI, who makes her first
appearance his "eason at the
L Metropolitan Opera-H1use to-
night as Roslna, In The Barber OF
Seville" VIII repeat the performance
next Monday WIKI the came cast Sne
VIII be aeg'I again on Wednesday in
the title part ~ Lucia Taooari, "a
new yours Italian lyric tenor, will be
Etsardo, and Pc.ese, q new italian
baritone. vii! be Ashton.
Les HuEuenots," which is 10 be per-
formed IN Italian on Wednesday, Will
give Mr. HammersJein an oppor;uni,y
10 presen; for the nrst time In any
opera the young American contralto,
Marsha Aldr!ch VINO will be Urbano.
the page. She Ia a handsome woman
and Mr.. Hammerste!n declares she has
a great voice,
Samson ana peiiiah." with last
The evening world., 1908-11-14
REWARD OFFERED
FOR NEWS OF MRS.
FLE|SCHMANN
Family viii Pay $500 for Re
covery of Body or Facts
as to Whereabouts.
SON DIRECTS SEARCH.
He Now Believes His Mother
Threw Herself Into the
East River.

Five hundred dollars reward will be
paid to any one finding the body of
Mrs. Julius Fleischnann, who disap-
peared from her home at No. IS West
I1ighty-sixth street on the evening of
Thursday. Nov. I. The same reward
will be paid TO any one who can furnish
alive"
The above poster was sent broadcast
through New York and nearby towns
to-day by the family OF Mrs. Flesch-
mann, whose apparently reasonless dis
appearance offers one OF the most in
applicable mysteries in the history of
New York
Mrs. F'leischmann, who. in spite of her
sixty years, was bright and active.
slipped out OF the house without being
seen by any of the numerous servants,
or leaving single clue as to why or
where she had gone.
Believe Woman Is Dead.
I'VE are convinced my mother is
dead" said Gustav Fleischmann to an
Evening World reporter to-day. Young
Mr.. Fleischmann has had charge of the
nine-day search, his father, a retired
real estate man, has been too dazed to
take any active part in it
"A clue that came to us early to-day
strengthens this belief" he continued
I'VE have heard from an apparently
responsible source that on Saturday
afternoon last my mother appeared in
Hegemans drug store, one Hundred
and Twenty fifth street and Lanox ave-
nue., and after making some small pur-
cnases took car going east.
Some hours later a woman answer
Ing my mothers description and wear
Ing clothes such as she wore was seen
on the Randalrs Island ferry dock, at
the foot of East One HUNDRED and
Twenty-fifth street l believe that she
cast herself into the river
Will Drag Eaat River.
Mr.. Fle!schnann added that in all
probability the East River in that
Vicinity would be dragged in the hope
~ bringing Mrs .Fleischmann's body
10 light
In the nine-day search for Mrs
F'leisc hlnann the machinery of the whole
Police Department has been exercised.
In ADDITION. the family has employed
private detective agencies, and dozens
OF clues have been run down in all parts
OF the city, only Ia prove valueless
The dragging of the lakes and reser-
votrs in Central Parl; and the dynamite
ing of the North River from West Thir-
tieth to West One Hundredth streets
have also been unusual features of the
search.
In the laster endeavor to recover her
body. II she drowned herself more than
ton of explosives was used
The evening world., 1908-11-14
Dotnes IN Music World
Outside Obe,a-Houses.

ySADORA DUNCAN, together with the
symphony Orchestra, under Walter
L Damrosch. will present Gluck' $
"1phigenie en- Abide" at the Metropoli-
tan Opera-House this afternoon. Miss
Duncan, as she did a week ago with
Beethoven's seventh symphony, will
dance and interpret the Gluck compost
ton as Mr.. Damrosch's men play It..
Her pantomime is most expressive and
her dances are chaste and beautiful.
There has been great demand for seats
both for this performance and for a
third one to be given at Carnegie Hall
next Wednesday evening.
Albert Spalding. Alfredo oswald and
Darblshtre Jones will play Saint Saens's
trio in F major for piano and strings at
Hermann Klen's popular Sunday con-
cert at the New German Theatre to-
morrow afternoon. Each will be heard
also in solos. Freda Langendorff and
Franklin Lawson will each sing groups
of songs and the two together will sing
Arthur Writings Love is Life's End"
Walter Damrosch and the Symphony
Orchestra will present an all Mozart
programme at their third Sunday after
noon concert in Carnegie Hall to-mor-
vii. be the principal nun Der, and George
Barrere will play the concerto for flute.
Victor Herbert and lis orchestra will
conclude a most successful autumn sea-
son of Sunday concerts at the Broadway
Theatre tomorrow night. Al! the num-
bers will be selected from the composer
conductors own compositions, and Will
include THE Irish Rhapsody and the
finale OF the second act OF Little
Memo
DR.. Ludwig Wullner, the distinguished
German l!eder singer, who has been &C
claimed throughout Europe. accom-
panied by Coenraad V. Bos. whose
qualities also have been admired. gives
a recital at Mendelssohn Hall this after
noon.
Heinrich Meyn will give his annual
song recital at Mepdelssohn Hall on
Thursday afternoon, accompanied by
Coenraad Bos. Schubert. Schumann.
Franz. Brahms, Hugo kaun and EuGen
Halle are some OF the composers whom
he will interpret.
Samuel A. Baldwin Will play tram
script!ons from the works OF Wagner Z;
his organ recital in the Great Hall OF
the College of the City of New forR
tomorrow afternoon. His Wednesday
afternoon recital vii! have a genera
programme. The public is invited.
The annual Thanksgiving Day con-
cert in aid of St. Marks Hospital will
take place this year at Carnegie Hall
under the direction of Victor Herbert
whose orchestra will play varied pro
and Albert Spaldng. the young An.eri.
can yiolinist will be the soloists.
The evening world., 1908-11-14
BARNARD GIRLS AT WORK.
College Freshmen Get 25 Cents n
Day AS Waitresses.

When Mrs. Jameson. head Of the
Barnard College lunch room, posted 4
notice that she wanted Mattresses and
would pay them IS cents day she
was hardly prepared to have almost the
entire college descend upon her for
Jobs The news had circulated that be-
sides the money the girls would be
served with a free luncheon. and the
fever for employment spread.
Mrs. Jameson decided to employ the
freshmen. or freshgirls. as sae Thought
That they would be more willing 20
work. Ten girls serve luncheon each
dav AS there are only two courses
they do not have much to do, and when
.hev are not busy they eat and CHAT
with their friends.