davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-24


state of Minnesota and it's counties
will be excavating twice as much
earth as the United States govern
ment on the Panama canal. At thai
date there will be fifty dredges in &C.
tive operation on projects within the
state, each averaging a capacity OF
$4,000 yards of dirt a month, and over,
meaning an average monthly excava.
tion of approximately 100000 yards,
or twice that of the Panama canal.
st. Paul-With the head almost sew.
cred and the arms torn from the sock
cts the body of a man, apparently thir'
ty years old, believed to be William
Houser of Stonington, ILL.,, was picked
up near Hazel Park on the Omaha
| road.
Red Wing-Fires of incendiary orr
gin destroyed the livery barn owned
| by Charles Brown and occupied by
Johnson & Lans, liverymen.
Mapleton-The Sterling and Maple
ton Old Settlers association will hold
its second annual meeting June al
| old MapletOn.
Washington-Senato Nelson has
introduced an amendment to the agri
cultural appropriation bill, providing
$4,000 for the erection of building
for the weather bureau on land to be
donated by the Minnesota experiment
station at ST. Anthony Park.
st. Paul-St. Paul and Minneapolis
business men have entered protest
before the house committee against
the Aldrich currency bill.
Minneapolis Great Northern
has completed a new block system be
tween st. Paul and Minneapolis a
| a cost of $500. 900.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-26
THE RACE AT COLUMBUS.
Aileen N. Wilson Won Hard Fought
Race.

Columbus, o., Sept. 26.-Aileon n.
Wilson and Lady Maud o., we're the
stars at yesterday afternoons grand
circuit racing, the former winning the
2:05 pace and the latter forcing the
victor to take record Of 2:021s. this
time being made in the first mile.
Jennie W. won third money in this
lace.
San Francisco won the Hoster Column
bus consolation in straight heats by
showing a lot Of trot at the finish Of
each mile Again, the first choice nm
seated Driver Il. Mcdonald, just after
the start Of the second heat and jumped
two fences, taking the snlky over with
him. No other driver nor horse was
hurt.
Lady Jones, Pittsburg mare won
the 2:l2 trot. stepping the last half Of
the second mile in 1.02 to keep ahead
Of Dcmarest. For not trying to. win
with Demerest in the first heat, Driver
Scott Ross Of Toledo was suspended for
81 days.
Neither division al the 2,12 pace
could be decided and these races will be
finished Saturday afternoon. Burling-
ton Maid finished second in the two
heats, Easter Lily and Diamond King,
winners as the races now stand, were
outsiders in the betting
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-26
TALK OF THE TOWN

Miss Iva f. Poore of Berlin visited
friends in the city yesterday.
Charles EmsIie resumed work at 2. N.
Wheeler's cigar store to-day after a
weeks illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lavery Of Burling-
ton, formerly Of this city, are visiting
friends in town.
Mr.. and Mrs, Charles Jenness and son,
Floyd, of st. 1ohnsbury, are visiting at
the home OF G. N. Kenyon.
Miss Margaret Coyne, Florence and
Blanche Brodcrich, have returned from
Bethlehem. n. tt, where they have been
working this summer.
Among arrivals at the Hotel Otis yes
terday were J. II, Mcdonald, st. Albans;
w. Dumont, Montreal; s. G Thompson,
Washington, y, G.; S. ]. Morrison, Bos-
ton; Lewis Nichols, Milford, N HI; Car
roll johnson, Nahant, Mass; y. +. Pot
ter, Barton.
To say that the picture, Samson and
Deliah," at the Biiou theatre to-day, is
great, is only stating it mildly. The
critic saw it yesterday, and even he
could not help from expressing his en-
thusiasm over it The magnificent color
ing on the pictures Is beyond description.
almost Ladies' yesterday were very
much interested in the gowns worn by
the feminine characters in the pictures
Without doubt, it is one of the finest
pictures in every way that was ever
thrown on q canvas in Barre.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-26
FORAKER REPLYS
TO PRES. ROOSEVELT
Says He Was Only Temporarily Con-
neeted with the Standard Oil Com
pany-was Not Influenced in
Attitude on Legislation.

Cincinnati, O., Sept. 26-In long
and carefully prepared statement, Unit.
ed States Senator J. B. Foraker last
night took up the recent charges made
by William r. Hearst and President
Roosevelt, explaining his temporary con.
nection with the Standard OF company
and discussing the Brownsville incident,
and his connection with the rate bill
The statement in part follows;
When ! accepted the employment Of
the Standard OH company in 1890, it
was not foreseen by me, and probably
not by anybody else, that IL would te-
come the object of federal legislation or
Of federal prosecution or action OF any
kind, and that employment ended when
the company decided 20 reorganize under
the laws OF New Jersey, which was be-
fore anything Of that nature occurred.
That | was not in the employment Of
the company after the services | have
mentioned were rendered, and that such
employment did not afterwards intlueaes
sfe to favor the company in legislation,
i shown by the part | took in the
Of the EIkins law, approved
February 10, 1903
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-26
JUDGE BINGHAM NOMINATED.
He is Named By N. H. Democrats By
Acclamation.

Concard. N. IT,. Sept. 2s. Despite
a letter sent Co the chairman of the
Democratic committee and a telegram
sent yesterday Just prior to the opening
OF the state convention here, positively
declining to accept the nomination OF
the party for governor, Judge George
II. Bingham was named for that Office
by acclamation, amid great enthu-
siasm.
Emphasizing his position MS to the
nomination, Judge Bingham sent the
following telegrams
'Seestlsnts .fite ltiieF sent laN ni1ht
b not disregarded BY the convention,
otherwise gon viii cause me trouble
aud tie party disappointment. What /
then stated is absolute
IT came to Chairman Carr but short
time before the hour appointed for the
state committee to assemble. and
though it emphasized Judge Bingham's
earlier deelinstion TO become a eandi-
date for governor, it did not weaken
the determination of veryq large ma
iority OF the delegates to the state
convention to nominate him and leave
the future to take care of itself
If Judge Bingham insists upon re.
fusing 10 accept the nomination, they
argue, the state committee will be
called upon to fill the vacancy and that
will give time to turn around and iron
things out.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-26
STEAMERS COLLIDE
IN DENSE FOG TODAY
Difficult Rescue Of the Crew of the Nor
wsgian Steam volund, Which Was
Sunk by the Passenger Steam
ar Comm orwealth
er Commonwealth.

New York, Sept. 26.--Off Race Rock in
Long Islond Sound, the New London q
Fall River steamer Commonwealth col
lided at 2:30 this morning with the Nor
wegian steamship Nolnnd in a heavy fog
The yound sank within two minutes
Capt. schuzle with three leaped aboard
the Commonwealth as the collision oc-
curfed. The other IL members Of the
crew Aoated away on bits of wreckage.
The Commonwealth Immediately set
the wireless going, and in half an hour
bad the Sound liners Maine; Plymouth,
Providence and Priscilla around witn
small boats All five aided in picking up
the crew OF the Volund. 1t was diff
eult task in the darkness and fog, but
it Is believed that all were rescued.
Tho commonwealth got a hole in her
bow and her hull timbers are severely
strained. She continued to New York
It il said the accident win not interfere
with tae running schedule.
Owing to the heavy fog she did not
reach Fall River until 4;30 yesterday and
left for New York at 10 D. m. More
than 1000 passengers were thrown into
panic, but the GOODNESS of the officers
prevented ar ush for the boats. The
Nolund WAS bound from New York to
Nova Scotia.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-26
ELLIS LANDS
BIG CONTRACT
NOrthlield Granite Firm Gets
S25O,OOO Job
FOR A HARTFORD LIBRARY
This Means That a Large Force Of Men
WIN Be Busy all Winter, as the
Contract Must Be Filled by
Next Spring.

Mortified, Sept. 90. -Northdeld people
are looking cheerful this morning over
the announcement made last night that
the 4. B. Ellis Granite company has just
been awarded the contract 20 furnish
granite for the new public library build.
ing at Hartford, Conn The contract
calls for S250,OO0 worth Of Bethel white
granite and the last block will be deliv-
cred by next spring II the eompany's
present plans don't misearry.
This viii mean that the big Ellis
plant will be busy all winter and that
the firm viii have 10 take on many more
workinen in order to get out the job by
contract time. The force Of granite cut
ters has been rather light for some timC
but a recent contract for $4,000 made
the company put on men steadily.
There were several bidders for the
Hartford contract, but the contest final
~ narrowed down to the Ellis company
pushing the Bethel white granite, and
the Woodbury. (;ranite company with
the Hafdwick white granite. The Ellis
people got word last night that they had
been the successful bidders The an.
nouncement is particularly pleasing 70
the merchants OF the town.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-26
CORPORATIONS MUST OBEY Law.
So the Judge Says, in Furnishing Adams
Express.

Frankfort, NY, Sept. 26,--Chief jus
tice O'Rear, of the court Of appeals. in
an opinion affirming Judgment in case
of the commonwealth against the Adams
Express company, which had been in
dicted and fined for carrying wmskey
from one local option county into an
other said common carriers ought to
obey the law like other persons eCom-
mon carriers ought to obey the law like
other persons, wrote Judge 0'Rear, mot
merely in keeping the statute while
breaking its spirit, but both in letter
and spirit, as others are expected to do.
Agents employed by corporations ought
to inquire and act on knowledge, proba
bilities, information, experiences, iudg-
ment, inferred facts from established
facts, as men generally do in similar
matters when thinking and acting for
themselves In this way q corporation
is humanized, and is made to see, hear,
know, exercise care, skill, judgment,
prudence and IS made amenable to the
laws when the intent, motive, knowledge,
etc, are elements of wrong"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-26
BANKER WHO SHOT
COLLECTOR HELD
The Injured Man Is Unable to Appear
in Someryille Court
Hearing Oct. l.

Boston, Sept. 26.--In someryille
court yesterday the case OF Frederick
10. GrilIiths, the Cross street baker OF
Somcrville. who shot bill collector
named John ID. Coifey Thursday, was
continued until Oct. /. Griiliths was
arraigncd before Judge Wentworthd on
IA charge OF assault with n loaded re-
ltlver, and ON his pleading not guilty
be was held IN 5000 for hearing
CoiIey was unable TO appear in court
owing TO his wound.
Although CoiTey was trying to collect
money on clock, bis arrival at Grit.
fths store evidently was not we'll
timed. When he entered. the collector
sought payment Of twenty five cents as
an instalment. II is claimed that IL
was not the amount. but the manner Of
the caller that angcrcd the proprietor,
who promptly refused payment. Accord
ing 10 the police, Griniths claims that
Coffey then began 20 use abusive Ian.
guage. and was ordered to leave. Three
pistol shots were fired, one Of them in
flicting a wound.
Grniths resumed his work about The
store again and Coffey hurried 10
physicians Office and had his wound
dressed. Notice was telcphoned 10 the
police. and a patrolman appeared and
arrested the shooter, who is thirty three
years old and lives over his store. Cof.
fey. who is twenty-five years old. was
taken 10 his home, i41 Pleasant street.
Watertown.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-26
ANARCHIST PLOT.
All Europe Stirred at Report of Plan
Against Alfonso.

London. Sept. 26.-A news agency
despatch from Vienna announced yes.
tcrday that the Berlin police had no.
titled the Austro Hungarian authorities
that group of sixteen anarchists.
mostly Italians, had left Germany for
Hungary.
II was believed that they were CON
cerned in the reported plot against the
life of King Alfonso of Spain.
The Hungarian authorities at once
ordered all possible measures of pre-
caution to be taken
Paris. Sept % "A despatch from Pau
to the Echo DE Paris states that a plot
Aas been discovered there against the
King Of Spain. A Spaniard of the name
Of Canatraya, who was already under
surveillance by the police as an anar-
chist, is said to have proposed to a
woman that she Join band that had
been formed for the purpose of assassi-
mating King Alfonso on Saturday at
Biarritz.
Conatrava was arrested yesterday,
and other arrests are impending.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-26
WOMAN GETS
$4,000 & COSTS
Verdict Against the Rutland
Railroad Given
in COUNTY COURT CASE
Attention of the Court Was Taken Up
To-day with Hearing Divorce Peti-
tions--Grand Jury win Report
Next Monday.

verdict for the plaintiff 70 recover
$4,000 aud costs was brought in late
ast night by the jury IN the suit of
Aablc Simpson against tho Rutland
milroad for injuries received il a
wreck AZ Nergcnnes few eyars ago.
Y he case went TO- the Jury shortly az.
ter six o'clock last night and the jury
didn't wait until this morning before
announcing it- verdict. conmng into
Washington county court shortly be.
fore nine o'colck the same evening with
the above findings The woman's hns-
band had ALREADY been awarded dam
ages IN similar suit
A feature Of the cross.examination Of
Or. Dhires Of Montreal an expert for
ihe defense, was, the acknowledgment
that his fee from the Rutland railroad
in this or any other ease was 500 a
day and his expenses He has been 10
Montpelier since Monday so his bin
OF expense would naturally be quite
large for the weeks services.
This forenoons session Of the court
was taken up with the hearing of di-
Norce petitions, and on Monday the
wse OF 7. ". Eagan VS.. Kelley and
Ryle win be started.
Tho ease would have been started to-
day except for the fact that many OF
the witnesses are out of the state The
Washington county grand jury which
has been in session for two weeks is
eNepcted TO report next Monday also.
There has been large amount Of bust
ress before that body in the main the
cases have been Of smaller import than
usual
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-26
In Room Next to a Big Tank
Of Oil
MONTPELIER HAD SCARE
Flames Broke Out in schwortl' Tailor
Shop on State Street and Worked
UP Into the Second Story Of
the Building. s

4 threatening fire broke out In the
tailor shop of Israel Schwortz at 81
state street, Montpelier, at four o'clock
this morning and worked its way up
the partitions 20 the story above into
where it was stopped by the fire depart
ment. Only slight board partition
separated the flames from the huge oil
tank Of Ppriey Jerome. Consequently,
the peoipa of Montpelier arc congratu.
lating themselves from their fortunate
escape from cohflagration, as the build
ing is located iRthe heart OF the wood
en- belt" 1T The business structures there.
The FIRE probably started from cigar
stub in a barrel Of waste in the rear Of
Schwortz's tailor shop, which is located
in the basement OF the building 1t
worked its way upward and did the most
damage in the millinery rooms just
above. The flames made short work Of
the aimsy millinery material and had
made quite a hole in the wall when dis
covered.
Tenants Of tho buildings were awak-
ened by the smell Of smoke early this
morning. and an investigation was start
ed They soon located the fire in the
millinery parlors, and general alarm
was rung in.
The iremen made short work Of put
ting out the blaze; but considerable
damage was done by smoke and water
Mr. Schwortz carried $500 insurance on
his tailor shop in the Union Mutual Fire
Insurance company. Mrs. Simpson was
asked this morning If she carried insur-
auce and said that she didn't know She
was greatly agitated by the excitement
and hadn't time to think over the matter
of insurance.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-26
AFFLICTED FAMILY
FOUR ARE SICK
One Of Them Stepped Out Of Moving
Automobile Last Evening and
Struck Head on Pavement.

Nine year old George Livendale had
an experience at the end Of an auto.
mobile ride last evening which he
would not care 10 repeat. The young
hoy was riding with Charles Robins in
the latter's automobile and told Mr..
Robins that he wanted 20 get out at
Depot square. Just before the machine
reaehed that point the boy probably
thinking that The machine had slowed
down sufficiently 10 allow him to get
out, stepped onto the pavement
As he stepped out he was thrown to
the ground. striking on his head. lie
was taken 70 the office Of DR.. +. s.
Duffy and several stitches were taken
in the wound 10 close il.
George is the son Of Mrs. Emily
Teendae Of z Laurel street and his in.
ii.ry at this time makes the situation
q particularly trying one. Three Of
sIrs. Livcndale's children are sick with
typhoid fever aud have been for some
time. The children who are sick are
a boy aged Is. who is seriously III. a
boy aged II who is beginning 70 re-
cover and q girl aged TO who is in the
midst Of an extremely hard run of
fever.
The condition Of the boy who WIS in
hired last evening does not appear very
& fious today and he will not be con.
fined 10 the house for long.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-26
HASKELL RESIGNS
AS TREASURER
Man Under Fire Takes Himself Out of
The Democratic Committee After
Conference With Leaders.

Chicago, Sept. 26,--Governor Haskell
at midnight last night resigned as treas
urer Of the Democratic national com
mittee. His resignation was announc-
ed BY himself three hours after his ar
rival in Chicago from Guthrie, Okla,
and after he had conferred with Off
GERS Of the Democratic national head.
quarters In giving out his decision
Mr.. Haskell in response to Il question
declared he did not desire to be re-
sponsible for any embarrassment which
might result to the Democratic party
by retaining the Office Of treasurer.
That his resignation Il the direct
result Of the charges made against him
by William r. Hearst and President
Roosevelt, Mr. Haskell also admitted.
AL the same time, he did not by his re-
signation intend to admit that any Of
the charges We're true.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-26
THE OUTLAW GOES FAST.
His Victory at State Fair Yesterday
Rounds Out Good Season.

The victory OF The outiaw. the fast
Barre horse,sin the 2:l6 trot and 2:l9
pace at the state fair. White River juno.
tion, yesterday afternoon rounds out
coed record for the season, which in
ciudes FIVE firsts, three second places,
third and fourth, the last mentioned
on the Barre track to which the gelding
does not take fancy Put this record
together with The Outlaws seven iirsts
on the track last summer and Page
Bros, owners Of the racer have some
thing to show for their two years own
ership. Page Bros. may take The Out
law to Tunbridge next week for the last
fair Of the fall to enter the free-for-all.
The Outlaws time yesterday in the
three straight heats was down to his
mark, being 2:l0h, 2:l0i2 and 2:loh,
The White River junction track il Just
bit soft, and that is wnat The Outlaw
likes Besides this race. his wins for
1908 are first moneys at Rochester. ".
Ill, Bradford, Springfield and Washing
ton; second moneys at Nashua, N. H.,
and twice at Northlieid; third money at
Dover n. H., and fourth money in races
put on by the Gentemen's Driving club
Of this city. The purse in Yesterdays
race at the Junction was S400. Fred
slayton drove The Outlaw yesterday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-26
Score Of People Killed in
Montana
SCORE MORE WERE HURT
Passenger Train Ran Into a Freight and
the Trainmen Are Said to Have
Been Blinded by the
Snow.

Livingston, Mont, Sept. %. Flowing
through snowstorm, an eastward bound
Chicago, Burlington q Quincy passenger
train running over the Northern Pacific
railroad yesterday crashed head on into
freight train at Young's Point, where
the trains were to pass, and in the de-
molition that resulted, a score Of lives
were crushed out and a score OF persons
were injured, several probably fatally.
The freight fiagman failed to signal the
passenger in time TO prevent the COLI
sion, it is said, because Of the binding
snow.
The express car telescoped with the
smoking car and most OF the fatalities
and injuries were of persons in the lat
ter car. The express car was raised over
the platform OF the smoking ear, and
the superstructure swept the seats away.
Not a passenger in the smoking car es-
capped death or injury; passengers in
other cars escaped with cuts and bruises.
One the train was the Spokane delega.
tion TO the national irrigation congress
at Albuquerque. None OF these were in
jured.
Fireman Oro Babcock jumped and was
killed, striking on his head. Milo Hal
loway, a brakeman, was killed. The
smoking car debris was hopelessly mixed
with heads, bodies, legs and arms, pre-
senting a horrible sight. In one place
seven bodies were so tightly wedged TO-
gether that they were separated only
with great difficulty. 1t was impossible
TO suecor the wounded without tramp
ling on the dead. Tne known dead:
Colonel Brownson OF Utah; John Pau.
las, Billings, Mont; Robert Anderson,
Hardy, Mont; Lorrenz A. Stewart, Dean,
Mont; H. &. Gomble, Ministon, Iowa;
Il. L. Dymack, Denver; ID. II. Barnes,
Seattle; g. NJ. Konsick, Anaconda, Mon.
Ora Babcock, Billings, Mont; s. Ching.
don, Chico Springs, Mont; Charles Z.
johnson, Denver, district passenger
agent, Nickel Plate railroad; George
Battlerock, Anaconda, Mont; John Ry-
an, Gushing, Okla; Milo Holloway, Bill
lington, Mont; r. A. Rickers, Billings,
Mont; Sichemram, address unknown;
four unidentified coal niierS.
Among the injured are Ban 8 West
IN. may die; Sam SIomowitz, both
l- - broken. may die; Anton Rowcitssl
Helena. may die.
Wrecking and relief trains were sent
out from Livingston and Billings The
freight, which was an extra westbound
in charge Of Conductor Hickey, was head
ing in at the east end OF the siding on
short time when the passenger train
running into the binding snow storm,
struck it. On account Of the storm
neither train had any warning and the
passenger struck the freight locomotive
full in the side, telescoping the baggage
ear and smoking car and partly crushing
the day coach. Little could be done
towards rescuing the bruised and injured
until the wrecking trains ar.
rived. None OF the passengers in the
two sleeping cars were injured.