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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-24
SUICIDE OR ACCIDENT.
winifred Parsons Died From a Revolt
yer Wound.

Paris, Aug 24--Miss Winifred Par
sons, daughter Of the late Charles Par
sons, president Of the Rome, Water
town and 0gdensburg railroad who died
in 1904, was found dead with bull
let in her head yesterday in her apart
ments in the Avenue Lena. The police
say that the case is one of suicide,
while friends of the dead girl declare
that the shooting was an acciednt. ow-
ing to the desire of friends and rela-
tives TO give the tragedy as little pub
licity as possible difficulty was exper
fenced in the early investigations in Sc
curing details of the affair, which at
first appeared wrapped III mystery.
IL was learned however, that the girl
had been suffering from melancholia
since the death Of her fiaHce a young
Freneliman. Emile Mas, who died, four
months ago from consumption. Miss
Parsons was found dead in bed at noon
yesterday by a maid who entered the
room with her breakfast The girl was
lying on her right side and her right
hand half clutched revolver, bull
let from which had penetrated the
brain.
The maid summoned help and the
police were notified. A doctor arrived
soon afferward said that the girl prob
ebIy had been dead several hours. Tie
police said it was a case Of suicide.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-24
TALK OF THE TOWN.

A capable chamber maid wanted at
the Hotel Otis.
Bag of pie apples with every pnr-
chase tomorrow at the New England
Fruit store.
Bag of pie apples free tomorrow,
Tuesday, with every purchase made at
the New England hruit store.
The year old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilfred Lasure OF Grsnteville died
Saturday after short ilness The fun
eral was held yesterday afternoon at
the Catholic church at Granitevule and
interment was made in the Catholic
cemetery in this city.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-24
l3 ROUNDS
TO DO TRICK
Then Tommy Burns Knocked
Out Bill Squires
BEFORE CHEERING THRONG
The Australian Had Burns Groggy in
the Tenth and Was Coming Strong
in the Eleventh, But the
American Recovered.

Sydney, n. S.. Aug. el.-cheered by
officers and men Of the fleet hundreds
Of sailors and marines saw Tommy
Burns, the American heavyweight cham
pion, pummel Bill squires, the Austral.
ian scrapper, finally knocking him out
in 10 rounds. The American was mas.
ter of the situation most Of the time,
but international courtesy demanded
consideration.
The details Of the fight show that the
Australian had Burns groggy in the
tenth round and showed great power in
nth. II is generally believed that the
American, however, somewhat under.
estimated his opponent, giving many
careless openings.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-24
CAPT. HAMS STARK MAD
REPORTED TODAY
He Seems to Have Forgotten About
The Killing Of w. E. Annis--A
Double Watch is Kept
Over Him.

New York, Aug. 24.-capt. Peter
Hains is reported stark mad and a
double watch is kept over him. He
seems TO have forgotten the killing of
w. f. Annis and is possessed Of the
idea he must report to his superior Off
Ger at Fort Hamilton, his leave expir-
ing this morning. The brothers We're
not brought to city court today. BY
agreement of counsel the preliminary
examination was put over to Friday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-24
MERRY TIME OF 1T FOR
CATHOLIC F0RESTERS
One Of the Most Enjoyable Picnies Of
the Season Was Theirs at Caledonia
Park Saturday Afternoon.

The members of the st. Johns Court
No. 522, g. o. f. with their families
numbering a party OF nearly 100, gath
cred at Caledonia park saturday after
non for their annual picnic and through
out the afternoon enjoyed themselves ~
the seats. swings and hammocks under
shade, dancing in the pavilion and In
games. Many brought well filled lunch
backets and in addition to these refresh
mcnt ice cream wer served on the
grounds.
OF the games the most interest was
centered In the base ball game between
the single and married men, which result
in decisive victory of Is to 8 in favor
OF the "lone ones home run by
Jim Marion, who had been drafted by
the sigle men because of his record as
a ball player made at Cape Ann, broke
mp the game in the fourth inning. This
four saeker coming 70 soon after Guy.
ettcs homer which delayed the game for
fifteen minutes before the ball was finally
iishd ont Of the woods. and Frenier's
circle OF the bases on an inlield hit, took
the heart all out OF the benedicts and
they threw up the sponge in despair in
spite OF Umpire Burk's whole punches
of encouragement
The single men were ably championed
in the box by Andy Guthrie and Dolpn
Goneo made persistent backstop.
Capt" Grayelin pitched hard to keep
up the forlorn hopes OF the benedicts
and Eddie Dion backed him up with a
will that was god TO see.
The benediets and the single men were
pittied against each otner again in a
tug OF war battle and the singleites
came oil victorious a second time.
The winners in the races were as
follows; girls under I years. Mildred
Fitzgerald, first; irene BrauIt, second; 4;
Alice Murphy, third; girls under 0 years,
Kate Fitzgerald, first; Adeline McNulty,
second; Vivian Marion, third. Girls
under l2 years, Frances Burke, first,
Mamie Keefe, second, Helen Marion,
third; boys under years, Charles Car
roll, first. Alden Burke, second, Austin
Boyea, third; boys under 0 years, Will
lam I.across. first, William Brault, Sc
cond, Paul Premier, third; boys under
IL years. Arthur Cayhue. first, Cyrle
Marion second, Edward Carroll, tnird;
married mems race under 40 years, Al.
~ i.anglois, first, Thomas Leary, second.
James Hastings, third; married mems
race over 90 years, Y. 4. McNuity, first,
William IaCross, second, James Mar.
rioH, third; single mems race. Arthur
Premier. fist, james Carroll, second, A.
D. Guthrie, third. The fat mems race,
there being only one contestant, was
won by Antoine Burke.
The committee which had charge of
the arrangements for the day was com.
posed of p Il. McNulty. James Fitzger-
aid, h. J. Dion, L, J. McNulty and ID.
j, MMmphy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-24
MUTILATIoN IN MIDDLEBURY.
Decorations in Honor of County Fair
Slashed and Torn.

Middlebmy, Aug. "a. Although the
streets were brilliantly lighted. mis-
oeants late Saturday night or early
Sunday morning cut and mutilated the
decorations on many of the busienss
blocks The buildings had been .gaily
draped for the county fair this week
and great indignation is expressed ON
all sides at what the hoodums have
done. A paper is being circulated to
raise reward for the detection Of the
guilty parties. Suspicion has narrowed
down. to four or FIVE persons who are
known to have been loafing about the
streets before midnight.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-24
MONTPELIER.

Two derailments at Montpelier Junv-
ton blocked travel for time Satur-
day morning. The first was one of
the heaviest mogul engines which
Jumped a switch and the other was
the locomotive Of the branch train
which left the rails on the junction 'l''.
The track was considerably damaged
but the section men had repairs com
pleted before the arrival Of the noon
passenger train.
Supt. +, ]. Brownscombe returned
Saturday from Niagara Falls where he
has been on vacation for several weeks
From now on he will be busy getting
things in shape for the opening of the
public schools Teusday, September s.
A business course will be inaugurated
in the high school which will be under
the direction of Principal B. G. Rog.
ers,
Henry j. Esther Of Boston. who has
gained considerable reputation as a
balloonist, is visiting in town and in
Waterbury for few days. He was
formerly a bell boy at the Pavilion ho-
tel He is now manager of the LaRoux
Novelty Balloon company of Boston
and he has contracts for making sew
eral aseensions in tie West during sep
tember.
Edward johnson, who is employed in
the mills Of c. c. Putnam & Son AZ
Putnamsville. was badly cut across the
hips Saturday morning by falling on
swiftly moving saw. One foot slip
ped while he was working near the
carriage and he lost his balaree. fall
ing directly in front Of the moving saw.
Although his injuries are vefy painful
and will confine him to the house for
several weeks it is not thought they
win be permanent. He is a young man.
unmarried.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-24
SCARED BURGLARS OFF.
East Fairfield Merchant Thought He
Was Frightning Dogs.

st. Albans, Aug. "a. Burglars at
tempted to enter the store of w. s.
Soules at East Fairfield early this
morning. Mr. soules, hearing d noise
on the yeranda, thought it was dogs
and ratified the blinds on q window to
scare them away. This morning he dis
covered he had scared away burglars as
he found chisel and two coats on the
veranda.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-24
HIS TRIAL STARTED.
John Mcclellan Is Being Tried on the
Charge of Larceny.

The case of John Mcclellan charged
with the larceny Of $50 gold watch
rom Alfred Beckman and $3.50 in money
from John Miskell is being heard in the
Guy court tins afternon before the fol.
lowing jury, w A. Bradford. James
Marion, I. " Cummings, Ii. &. Leonard
Fred Eaton and William Paul Two
separate allegations were made out
against Mcclellan and the poId watch
case IS being heard today. The respon.
dent IS defended by Scott 4 Carver and
~. n, Gordon and Grand Juror E. Il.
Davis is prosecuting.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-24
ONE MATCH ENDED.
Miss Gall and A. Milne Won the Mixed
Foresome Golf Tournament.

One Of the season golf matches at the
Barre Golf club links was closed satur-
day afternon when Miss Gall and Al,
exander Milne defeated Miss. Sexton
and James Reid, up and 2 to play. in
the mixed foresome On the dav pre-
vlons the I;aIl.MiIne combination hasl
defeated Mrs. Woodruff and John Dan.
iels, up. and the Sextoh.Reid had won
from Miss. Holden and Oliver j. L. Mat.
thews, ] up. The medal score of the
winning pair Saturday was 40.
Those who are to enter the champion.
ship tournament this week must have
their names in the hands OF the tourna
ment committee before nine O'Clock
Thursday morning so that the names OF
the contestants can be paired off, and
the qualifying round for the champion
ship must be completed before nine
o'clock in the afternon of that day. The
annual handicap tournament can he
played any time during Thursday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-24
KILLED FAR UNDERGROUND.
Miners Die BY Lightning $50 Feet Be-
low The Surface.

Harrisburg, Pa, Aug. 24.--Lightning
killed two miners and injured third
so badly that he will die while the trio
were working $50 feet under ground
ot Ranch Gap Saturday morning.
The men could not hear the storm,
but a bolt of lightning struck the rails
OF tram road leading through the tun-
mel and followed the rails to where the
men were working.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-24
Beat Worlds Record.

Dundalk. August 24-At the athletic
games here yesterday, Martin k. Sheri-
dan OF the lrish-American Athletic club,
beat the worlds record with the discus,
free style, throwing the sphere LAP feet,
five inches. The discus was the one used
at the olympic games in London. The
former record was that which was held
by Sheridan was l56 feet, lS inches.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-24
INFANT DEATHS.
One Five Months Old and an Other !
Year Old.

Henry Anthony Gasperello, the five
months Old son Of Mr., and Mrs. Al. Gas.
perello OF the Miles granite building
died Saturday afternon after saort
illness with cholera infantum. The fun
eral was held at two o'clock yesterday
afternoon at st. Monicas church Rev.
f. +. Cray officiating. lnterment was
made in the Catholic cemetery.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-24
GETS GOOD ENGAGEMENT.
lyle Perry Going to Pacific Coast With
an Opera Company.

Lyle Perry of this city, the accom-.
plished cellist in the Montpelier Mill
tary band orchestra, has signed an eight
months engagement to 90 to the Pa
eific coast with the Three Twins opera
company of New York City, having
Just closed the deal. His engagement
comes about through a visit here of
Dewett G. Goodman with @The Mayor
Of Toxic" company last season. Mr..
Goldman. who is now with the Three
Twins company, being SO pleased with
Mr.. Perry's playing that he secured him
for the latter company's tour.
Leroy G Batchelder who j. playing
with the Breton Woods orchestra. viii
come to Montpelier from The Redpath
Bureau and play the cello in the orehes-
ira to I'll Mr. Perry's place.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-24
ENRAGED ROBBERS
MURDERED WOMAN
She Had Resisted Their Attempt to
Rob Her And They Threw Her
Under an Electrict Car.

New York, Aug, 23 An unidentified
woman was set upon this morning by
two highwaymen at Goth street and AM
sterdam ave, who after robbing her
threw her beneath car.erusning out
her life. 1t is believed that her effort
to save her valuables enraged the rob
bers who sought revenge for her desper-
ate resistance.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-24
PRISONER sLAsHED THROAT.
Henry Prince, Innate Of Burlington Jail,
Will Recover.

Burlington, Aug. 2s.--.iienry Prince or
Francis. who is under arrest charged
with breaking into J. W. Goodell's
marble and granite snop and with in.
toxication. made an unsuccfuI attempt
at self destruction IN the Chittenden
County jail Saturday morning. He got
hold Of razor with which one OF the
other prisoners was shaving and before
he could be stopped drew Il across his
throat, cutting slight pasn about an
inch long. The wound was cared Cor
and Prince will not suffer seriously in
consequence OF its infection. He Is
thought TO be mentally unbalanced.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-24
TOLD ABOUT FIRE.
Robert l. Olsen Helped to Save VAN
eouver From Flames.

Robert l. Olsen, formerly of Barre,
has written an interesting letter from
Vancouver, B. c., in which he tells OF
the close call of that city from destruc-
ton by fire. Almost the entire male
population OF the place turned out and
fought the forest fire and finally sue
ceeded in turning il back into the
woods, being assisted BY the wind. Mr..
Olsen writes that he lost all his be
longings. and the ranch where he work
ed was all burned over.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-24
DECLARED INCOMPETENT
TO MANAGE MILLIONS
Court Today Held Mrs. John Carter
Brown Mentally Incapable of At
tending to The Millions.

Newport, r. l., Aug. 24.-Probatc
court today declared Mrs. John Carter
Brown, grandmother Of John Nicholas
Brown The worlds richest baby, 10 b.
mentally incompetent u manage tle es-
tate Of s2o.0o0000 Mrs. Brown Is Sc
years old and managed the estate un-
I'll few months ago when she was
stricken with paralysis. She was the
widow of the late John Carter Brown,
millionaire banker.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-24
ASSIGNED TODAY.
Williams & Co., One of Biggest Firms
of Buffalo.

Buffalo, \. Y. Aug. "a. Merdow vii.
liams and Co, one Of the largest brok-
erage houses Of the city posted sign
ills morning announcing the suspension
Of the company. The officers have been
in the Fidelity building for number
Of years.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-24
POSSE IN PURSUIT.
Negro Prisoner Made Escape From
Alabama Sheriff.

Montgomery Ala- Aug q Mack
Holland, a negro, was taken from Mont
gomery last night to Greemille by Sher-
i'll Watson. of Butler county, and es.
eaped from the sheriff at the GreenviIle
depot. A large posse is said to be in
pursuit of him.
Holland is charged with attempted as
sault upon little daughter OF w. "
morning. Sheriff Watson is an uncle OF
the girl.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-24
Injured in Granite Shed.

A Comolli boy who works at the gran
ite plant OF Comolli & Sons was iniur-
ed today when a block Of granite fell
While being raised by derrick. The in
jmed boy was taken to his home and
physician was summoned to care for
him.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-24
KNOCKED OUT RAFF.
Prendergast, Lightweight Pugilist of
American Fleet.

Sydney, n. s., Aug. 24.-Prendergast
the lightweight champion of the Am
,rican fleet, yesterday afternoon de-
feated Raft. of Sydney, in the fifth
round Of what was scheduled to be
ten.round fight.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-24
BARON STERNBURG DEAD
FOLLOWING OPERATION
German Ambassador to The United
States Died Today at Heidelburg
Had Suffered With Cancer.

Berlin, Aug 24.-Baron Sprek Won
Sternburg, German ambassador to the
United States, died at Heidelburg to.
day as the result of an operation for a
cancer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-24
As
BETTER RELATIONS.
Between Church and State Are Expected
to Result.

Rome, Aug. 23.-More cordial relations
between the church and the state it is
thought viii result from removing the
edict against Italian flag waving at the
entrance Of the Vatican. The Pope him
self has ordered the prohibition removed
and the flag to wave in November.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-24

Stambol is the Mohammedan part of
OF the city. Within its walls are the
seragio, the principal mosque, the
mausoleums of the sultan, the baths,
The bazaars, the public Offices of the
government, and the existing remains
of ancient Constantinople. 1t is di-
yided for administrative purposes into
three municipal circles and into large
number of quarters. Separate quar-
ters are allotted to Armenians, Greeks
and jews.
In 1865 the quarters were destroyed
hy fire, and these have now been laid
out in good streets.
The general appearance of the older
streets is that of city built of wood.
Many of the buildings, however, are of
much more solid construction, some of
brick and some of brick and stone.
STEAMBOAT covers the whole area en-
closed by the Theodosian walls of Con-
stantinople, and its main streets fol
lay the lines OF those Of the ancient
city.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-24
,Constantlnople Swept by
Terrible COnflagratiOn
10000 PEOPLE HOMELESS
Five Districts Of STEAMBOAT Were Raw.
aged By Flames Which Started
Yesterday Afternoon and Ragged
Until Today.

Constantinople, Aug. ei.-Firc this
morning had ravaged five districts Of
the stamboul quarter and destroyed
1000 houses, causing loss of several
millions. A searching party is hunting
for the bodies of the reported victims.
The FIRE was the worst that Constanti'
nople had had since 1870. Ten thous.
and people are homeless.
The fire broke out yesterday after.
noon, and within very brief period q
terrible conhagation was raging. A
strong wind carried the flames at
great speed and for six hours the
flames made rapid progress. At nine
o'clock the wind went down, and the
fire moved less rapidly, although 1t
continued to burn up TO this morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18
Peculiar List of Fatalities.

Cincinnati, O., July 17.-Mrs. J. F. Jones dropped dead last evening at the county jail while giving Bible to Grace Bill lingsby who is under arrest charged with complicity in the murder of Justice of the Peace Robert Singleton, father of Mrs. Jones. Justice Singleton was enticed into T room and murdered year ago, it is ai- legged, by Grace Billingsby and Walter West. They were captured recently-the woman in Chicago and the man in Bos- uon-and while signing a warrant charg- ing them with murder Fred Singleton a son of the slain man, dropped dead, sui eide. 1t is said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18
OVER A BILLION TO
 RUN GOVERNMENT

Washington, July 17.-official figures have been prepared by Thomas F. Cleaves and James c. Courts, chief clerks respectively of the committees on appro- priatlons of the senate and house of rep resentatives, showing that total appro- priations made at the last sessions of Congress were $l,ooS, ,ss7, ,54s.5e. Of this amount $95, ,3s2, ,247 was appropriated for the army, $122, ,SS5 for the navy, S163, 900 for pensions. s222, ,s7O,ss2 for the postoffice, and $111, ,95S, ,0SS for sundry civil expenses.
 A comparison of the total appropria- tions for the last session of the fifty ninth Congress with those of the first session of the sixtieth Congress shows an increase of SS7 ,559, ,399.
 Increases are shown in all the general appropriation acts except those for the District of Columbia, Indians and miii- tary academy, the reductions in these three aggregate $43S, ,709.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18
FORMER SLAVES
 HOMEWARD BOUND

San Francisco, July 17.-Nineteen sur vivors of several hundred South Sea is- flanders kidnapped IS years ago from their native strand and sold into slavery among the coffee plantations of Guatemala ar rived here yesterday on the steamer City of Paris. They are free and homeward bound, and in addition are travelling as tourists with the British government pay ing expenses. The natives were Kidnapped by Captain Blackburn, who visited the islands in his steamer, the Monzeratt, and, enticing them aboard, sailed away They were supposed to be contract 1aborers bound to the Guatemalan employers for three years. Ignorant of the language and in a strange land they slaved until their plight was made known to the Brit ish government. This, however, was not until IS years had passed and most of the natives had died
 Captain Blackburn was lost at sea in December, 1894, when the Monzeratt went Gown with all hands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-18
PREPARING FOR
 THE FALL TRADE Summer Quiet Still Affects All
 Lines of Business RETAIL TRADE NOT LIVELY Jobbins Activity Confined Principally To Filling In orders-Iron and
 Steel Are Quiet, But Pro-
 duction Is Larger.
RETAIL TRADE NOT LIVELY

New York, July 17.-Bradstreet's to- morrow will say:
 Trade and industry are still in a con dition of midsummer quiet with prepa- rations for fall trade, stimulated by gen. erally good crop progress, going forward with confidence, but with conservatism ruling operations pending clearer views of ultimate crops and political resuLs. Activity in retail trade is centered in the disposal of surplus stocks of summer goods at concessions, but reduced pub lie buying ability is reflected in reports from centers of slow progress in clearing shelves of goods. Jobbing activity is still mainly confined to filling small but frequent repeat orders for summer fab rics.
 Wholesale trade is preparing for fu- ture requirements. but lines of production are running within control and curtailed outputs are still feature in most lines of industry. Raw materials for manu- fracture have firmer tone, but staple wools are firmest in that market
 Openings of spring men wear woolens are generally at reductions from the pre- ceding season. There is a little more life in building lines, particularly south and west, and yellow pine is firmer. with op timistic prediction from southern and Pacific northwestern lumbermen.
 Iron and steel are quiet, but slightly larger production of finished capacity is claimed working, a larger proportion of this, however, than usual than on eYe port business.
 Business failures in the United States for the week ending July IS number 25S, which compares with 346 last week, 1T7 in the like week of 1907. 18S in 19O6 166 in 1905 and 190 in 1904
 Business failures in Canada for tho week number 28, which compares with 39 last week and 26 :n this week of -sO7
 Wheat. .~cluding flour. exports from the United States and Canada for the week ending July IS aggregated 14S2. .l96 bushels against 2.SS1,S28 last week and 2,210,770 this week last year.
 Corn exports for the week are 72,24l bushels, against 45,564 last week and 2,066,967 in 1907.