Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-06-29
Some have the idea that these and the
Stowe burglars, are identical.
Halvosa Will Run for Congress.

Halvosa Will Run for Congress.
An interesting factor vas injected
into the campaign for Congressman in
the first district when Philip j. Hal
vosa, editor of the Union Signal at
Rutland, Vermont's only labor paper,
declared that he will file nomination
papers as an independent labor candi-
date for the office. Mr.. Halvosa has
received assurances Of support from
prominent democrats and Independent
republicans and will make a speaking
campaign. Thus far there is no demo-
cratic candidate for the nomination,
while Congressman D. j. Foster of
Burlington. Frank L.. Fish f YER
gennes and Frederick G. Fleetwood Of
Morrisville seek the republican nomi-
nation. The republican caucuses last
week practically assured Mr.. Foster
of nomination. Mr.. Halvosa's an
nouncement indicates that a strong
fight will be waged against Mr.. Fos-
ter for the first time in the history of
the district. Should the democratic IN
vention indorse Halvosa tomorrow it
is considered probable that the other
parties, including the newly organized
independence league, will support him.
Bellows Falls Man E~lectrocuted.
Karl Imay Colchien, a German me-
chanic, employed by the Bellows Falls
& Saxtons River railroad, was electro
cuted by a live wire at Bellows Falls
Wednesday afternoon. and two other
employees, George and James Smith.
narrowly escaped the same fate. The
accident was a most peculiar one. Col
CHEN left the car barn and a few min
utes later was discovered lying dead
across the tracks a short distance away.
There was nothing apparently to indi-
cate the cause Of death and as the
crowd gathered James Smith picked up
the sag of a fallen telegraph wire and
started to throw it aside. He at once
received a shock that Frustrated him
and was unable to release his grasp
from the wire. His brother George
standing by seized him around the
waist and by a desperate effort sue
ceeded in dragging him free, receiving
a shock that felled him to the ground.
Examination of -. Colchien's hand
showed deep burns and it is supposed
that in trying to remove the fallen
wire he received a shock sufficient to
e~lectrocute. The wire, a telegraph
one, carried but a low voltage and it
is thought an electric light wire
crossed it at some point on the line.
Colchien was % years old and unmar-
ried. He was a skilled mechanic and
with his parents had been in this coun-
try from Germany but a short time.
Verdict against B. & M.
E. T. and H. K. Ide of St. Johnsbury
have received a verdict aginst the
Boston & Maine railroad in county
court for $14, OOS damages. The case
began Tuesday and was brought to re-
cover for the loss of a building alleged
to have been set on fire by locomotive
sparks. E. T. and H. K. Ide intro.
duced Is witnesses who testified in part
that buildings in the locality of the
mill had frequently caught fire from
sparks previous to the fire which
destroyed the property, and that sew.
eral heavy freight trains passed on the
day of the fire. 1t was claimed by
them that sparks from Engine 1926 Sc
fire to a blacksmith shop across the
track from the mill and they had, as
they supposed, extinguished it, blu
later it broke out and spread to the
mill property with disastrous effect
the defense produced 20 witnesses il
Guiding experts in all kinds of rallroa'
construction and operation. They claim
ed that the mill men were negligent il
not properly extinguishing the fire
The expert testimony tended to shoy
that the spark arresters in use O
the Boston & Maine were the best de
vices known and because of the precau
ton taken in thus equipping the com
pany was not liable for resultant fires
The suit was bought for $780, 90 dam
ages and E. T. and H. K. Ide were reI
resented by Dunnett & Slack an
Howe & Hovey. while Young & Youn
and Harry Blodgett appeared for til
: Boston & Maine.
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