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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-11-25
Scientists Who Die for knowledge.

If peace hath her victories no less
renowned than war, then DIR. Mihran X.
Kassabian, who died in Philadelphia on
July IL, was a hero perhaps of even
greater caliber than the heroes of many
wars. For DR.. Kassabian died of skin
cancer. brought ON by X-ray burns in
his marvellous work as one of the fore
most specialists in America.
For years, unknown to many thou
sands of sufferers he was treating. DR..
Kassabian, slowly dying from the eff
fects of the very rays that were being
directed by him to the cure of others,
went about his daily work.
Last year it was found that the skin
cancer induced by the rays had spread
up the left arm and had caused the en-
largement of the glands under his arm.
These glands were removed by an opera
ton by DR.. Chalmers Da Costa, profess
sor of surgery in the Jefferson Medical
college in Philadelphia. The wounds
consisting of the removal of the larger
muscles on the left side of the chest,
was performed four months ago. After
this operation ON the pectoral. muscles
it was found that the whole left side
had been affected and his condition
was pronounced critical. About 10 days
before his death he went to the hospital
to have his chest dressed and while
there collapsed. He never left the hos
pital alive.
The fact of the matter is that the
field of radio-activity has furnished
more than its quota of martyrs to sci
ence. Professor Curie. who with his
wife, Madame Curie, won a place in the
history of science by the discovery of
radium, was perhaps saved from a mar
tyr's lingering death by the street acct
dent which cut short his life. His jour
ney to London with the first tube of
radium ever exhibited there resulted in
wound in the chest which took months
to heal for the radium emanation
passed through his waistcoat and under
clothes and burned his chest to the
bone. His experiments with radium
scourged his hands and arms, which
were almost paralyzed to the elbows
and rendered unpresentable to strang-
ers.-Technical World Magazine.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-11-25
Other County Towns.
WILLIAMSVILLE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Test visited in
Greenfield yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Bastian of Brat
tleboro were guests of Mrs. }. ii. Mer-
rifeld yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. N. Kidder of North
field. Mass. were guests of her father,
E. s. Putnam, yesterday.
Sewall Hovey came from Brattleboro
Wednesday for brief visit at the home
of his father, G. G. Hovey.
Miss Persis Washer of Northfield,
Mass, was at the home of her father,
Frank Washer, for Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Eames of Brat
tleboro were Thanksgiving day guests
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Dickinson.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. R. Wheeler and
daughter, Miss Edna Wheeler, of West
Brattleboro, were guests at w. H.
Wheeler Is yesterday.
Mrs. Samuel Morse, Mrs. Lee Love
and Mr.. and Mrs. s. II. Morse of South
Newfane were guests at A. M. Merri-
field s for Thanksgiving day.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-11-25
She Died ''Quick.'

When Miss Jennie Lee was on tour
with the dramatized version of Bleak
House, she met with an amusing expe-
rience. One night she was in the
midst of the long and narrowing death
scene of poor 10. The stage was dark
ened and the limelight illuminated the
pale features of the death stricken boy.
People were sobbing all over the house.
Suddenly, to her CONSERVATION, Miss
Lee heard the limelight man address
ing her in a brawny Scotch whisper,
audible to half the house:
"Dee quick. Miss Lee-dee quick! -
he roared softly. "The limelight s
gaen out!o
She did die "quick,' but it was for
the purpose of making speech to that
limelight man which he said he would
never forget.-Detroit Free Press.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-11-25
THE LEGISLATURE
AND THE PLATFORM
What Has Been Done Thus Far to
Redeem the Pledges Made to
the People by the Re-
publican Party.

That stage in the biennial session of
Vermont legislatures has at last been
reached when Thanksgiving turkey is
more tempting than work, and when the
popular mind is called upon to balance
opinion between gratitude for Providen-
tial favors past and realized and the hope
full expectancy that the same over-ruling
Providence may yet adjourn the lawmak-
ers before the same persistent appetite
for poultry shall include the Christmas
goose at state expense.
What has been done to redeem the re-
publican party's platform pledges in the
six weeks that the Solons have been in
session at Montpelier? Let us see.
First, the proposals of amendment to
the state constitution, because these were
first approved in the platform. After
months of painstaking, arduous labor on
the part of the special commission APP
pointed by authority Of the legislature of
1908, including careful study Of the
constitution of every state in the Union,
and probably more searching scrutiny
of the comparative needs of Vermont in
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-11-25
SOUTH WARDSBORO.

Rev. Mr.. Hever of Wardsboro Centre
sunnlies the pulpit here while the pas
tor. Mr.. Wells, is in Montpelier.
Mrs. Dan Butterfield of Wilmington
il az her father NJ. V. Pimpton s.,
while her husband is in Montpelier as
representative,
School closed Tuesday night for the
remainder of the week that the teacher
might spend Thanksgiving with her
husband in Orange. Mass.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-11-25
Or a Hairpin Would Help.

The rumbling and groaning train had
been toiling along from Memphis,
Tennessee, toward Bald Knob, Arkan-
sas, all through the hot afternoon. The
stops had been frequent, but at last
came one of unusual duration. After a
tiresome interval, the conductor walked
back through the mosquito punctuated
aisles until his glance met a sympathet-
ic face. He bent over the kindly-look-
ing passenger, and whispered:
"Stranger, have you bit of string
about you9 The engine broke. y
Everybody's Magazine.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-11-25
A True Gift For Fiction.

In New Brunswick village town
character who preferred emphasis to
the verities was witness in petty
trial involving an auger. He positively
identified it as the property of the
parties to the suit.
"But,' asked the attorney for the
other side, "do you swear that you
know this auger7"
eyes, sir.'
elbow long have you known iti" he
continued.
81 have known that auger,' said
the witness. impressively, "ever since
it was a gimlet. ''-Everybody's Maya
zine.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-11-25
sPoFFoRD.
Death of Mrs. Maria Scott.

Mrs. Maria Scott, So, died Wednes.
dav. Nov. 10, at the home of her daueh.
ter, Mrs. II. X. Lapoint, after an illness
of several wears Mrs. Scott was born
in Swanzey. but came to TINS vlllaRe
TO live when a young woman. ana IL ha9
been since her home. She is surveyed
nv four daughters and one son, Mrs.
Amasa Marsh. Mrs. Arthur kempton
of Westport. Mrs. Wolcott of Nebraska:
Mrs. II. r. Lapoint and +. O. Scott OF
Spofford. and several grandchildren.
Funeral services We're held at the
church Sunday afternoon. u. Is. Cor
nish was the officiating clergyman.
Fred Farr is enjoying visit from
his mother.
Mrs. J. A. Joslin is visiting relatives
in West Rindge.
Herbert Puffer spent Sunday Win
his father, Nathan Puffer.
Miss Florence Foster Of WINCHESTER
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Fred Farwell.
Miss Vera Butler is home from her
school in Surry for vacation oil TWO
weeks.
Mr. aud Mrs. G.. w. Hunt of Winches-
ter took dinner with Mrs. l.. +. Bonney
Thursday of last week.
Mrs. Ellen Ball went TO Boston TO
the Massachusetts General hospital last
week Wednesday for treatment. She
was accom- panied by her daughter, Mrs.
G. d. York, and Mrs. Edward Ball.
Schools closed Friday for the Than ks
giving vacation. Miss Barker went. to
her home in Keene Saturday. Miss
Dodge and her mother, Mrs. Clark,
will spend the week with relatives in
Hinsdale. Both teachers will return
For tha winter term
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-27

The meeting Monongaha Sporsmen
the of the Farmont Chester
eday Local and spotsmen from nearby here
In the tournament The grounds leased L. Erwin
will bc three installed
have advantage shooting the The hits the
the satisfaction of hill background
helps make the all that could be The line
their hearty
that securing the grounds There will be
club house the Already there much
direction and there place accommodate all of that
attend these Much will be
house completed will be the best the
country. :. y
The weather conditions until evening almost ideal shooting
tournament The fact that Charles spences
run of 162 targets shows that The
Spencer
straight but the wind this
the target His possible
H. Taylor high the local shooters w Wede
busch second in the local list Taylor broke
busch had
The the champion
ship went to j. O. McNee The
Weidebusch q,
There spectators
with keen interest The
Tho local that will the
the state will be
here Farmon has shooting
grounds that good the local that
up for the of holding great shooting tournaments
In October Is intended
that shoot the two days and their
their
Is known as the Sques money back system.
The weekly meetings tho Faimont
Saturday afternoon will be held tile grounds The shooters will
go to the grounds the two o'clock interurban
In the building boom that going in the
First ward the nCub
era visited
quarters Every place had
presena location.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-27
WILL Be FINEST
PLANT SOUTH .
OF PITTSiBURG
Mining Supplies
Will be Kept in
Big Warehouse

The addition to the Fairmont Mining
Machinery Company's plant on the
Belt Line will be erected by the firm
of Holbert and spcdden, of this city.
While the contract has not yet been
signed. the parties have agreed upon
the terms that will be embodied in the
contract.
Tho contracting firm agreed to build
the addition TO the plant for the sum
Of $1O,7l4. Mcssrs. Holbert and Sped
den have been notified that their prop,
osltion In regard to the erection OF the
building had been accepted, and tina,
a contract would be drawn up accord
ing to the terms and specifications
considered.
Other buildings will be erected. The
ware house and storage sheds are
buildings that will cost large sums OF
money. All OF the improvements that
arc contemplated by the company Will
take some time to complete.
When all of the equipment is install.
cd and in operation 1t will be prac-
tlcally new plant. There will be
nothing south of Plttsburg in the Mo.
nongalfela Valley life it Every ma
chine In tho plant will be driven by
an independent electric motor. Tie
power for the plant will be supplied
by the Fairmont and Clarksburg Trac-
ton Company. The traction com.
pany's lines will be extended from
Tenth street TO the factory; this with
additional railroad sidings will insure
ample shipping facilities for the prod
uct manufactured by the company.
To handle the massive steel prod
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-27

ucts two large travelling cranes will
be installed that will traverse The ope-
rations of tho plant and yards. One
is OF ten ton capacity and the other is
a five ton capacity crane.
The company Will have a big ware
house where all kinds Of mine sup
plies will be kept. 1t will also repair
all kinds Of electrical appliances both
new departments.
The machinery that Is manufactured
by the Fairmont Mining Machinery
Company has high standing among
the operators and the company's bust
ness has so-greatly increased that the
old plant has been outgrown for some
time. The demands made on 1t has
made 1t necessary for the company to
expand to meet the rapidly increased
business that has come TO 1t from the
fact, that coal operators have found
out that the company puts out supe-
rior mining machinery.
When It Is known that the company
has the equipment and facilities to
manufacture all kinds of machinery
for the mining and handling of coal
its business will grow to proportions
that will exceed the capacity of the
plant. The demand made on 1t by the
Consolidation Coal Company is great
and wifi increase as the company
opens up new mines to develop It's
holdings. The Jamison Coal Com.
pany is making demands on the com.
pany by having much Of its work done
there and as this company develops
its property 1t will need more machn-
cry and appliances for the mining and
handling of its coal. The Four States
Coal Company is n patron and will
have plenty of orders placed with and
to be filled by the local enterprise.
Tho keystone Coal and Coke Com.
pany. The Hutchinson Coal Company,
The Federal Coal and Coke Company,
The Virginia and Plttsburg Coal and
Coke Company, The New Central Coal
and Coke Company, The Madeira
Clark Coal and Coke Company. The.
Pittsburg Steam Coal Company. The
Harry B. Clark Coal Company, The
Rosebud Coal Company, The Lam
berts Run Coal Company and num-
ber Of other coal companies will give
plenty of work for the company from
the very start.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-27
No Speakeasy But a Lot of
Drinking at BarrackviLle

the number OF bottles OF beer con.
sumed. According to the evidence Joe
Bartako consumed seven dollars
worth OF beer last month: Elk Shes.
ton had checks against him for thir-
teen dollars for months drinking
and Emanuel Yeach said that he help
cd to operate mine machine his work
was harder and he had 10 settle with
the others paying fifteen dollars. Bar.
ialo did not do all of his drinking at
the Sheston boarding house for Shes
ton complained that he would drink
at other places and would then come
to his place and start rough house.
1t was through this procedure that the
case against Sheston started. Bartalo
was drunk and insultcd Shcstons
wife. Sfeston used poker on Bar
ta1o; Bartalo came before the justice
and lodged information that Sheston
was operating speakeasy. On his
Information the warrant was issued
and executed.
AT the trial this morning the poker
business was revealed. Justice Amos
fined both men. Bartalo's fine was
twelve dollars. sheston paid his fine
Of seventeen dollars and thirty cents
He said that II was too much. Barta.
10 was less fortunate although he had
plenty OF money fnone Of the city
banks. He had over two hundred dol.
lars on deposit but because he did not
have with him book that was neccs-
sary he had to go TO Pennington in the
custody of Deputy Sheriff Tucker to
get the book in order 10 get his money
to settle his fine.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-27
Four Locations
FOR GAS WELLS IN eRAY's FLATS
NEIGHeoRHooD MADE BY
CARNEGIE COMPANY.

The Carnegie Gas Company, head.
quarters in PIttsburg and other east.
ern cities, made iour locations in the
Gray's Flat Heighborhood Monday.
People in that region are intensely in
terested in the operations and consid.
cradle developments in the gas indus.
try are expected.
The drillings were made in the Paw
paw district, near Gray's Flats, nine
miles from Fairmont, for the purpose
OF developing the gas believed to
abound in the Pawpaw district. The
locations were made on the farms Of
Daniel Toothman, the late Marcus Ice,
and on Frank straisht's place at the
head of Payrter.
These locations are the furthest
east by mile or more that the Car.
neige Cos Company has ever come.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-27
JUDGE JOSEPH
T.. HOKE DEAD
PROMINENT WEST WRelNIAN
DIES AT ADVANCED AGE AT
KINGWooD.

MORGANTOWN, July 27-Judge
Joseph I. Hoke, one of the most pro
minent men OF the state, passed away
at his home in Kingwood Monday
night at the advanced age of 76 years
He had been Ill for nearly two years
and his deah was not unexpected by
his friends.
Judge Hoke served both his state
and country in many capacities
After the formation OF West Vlr.
ginia he was a member Of the state
senate and later served a term in
congress. For eight years ho pre-
sided as circuit judge in the Thir'
tccnth district, embracing Taylor
Preston and Mineral counties His
last service was as United States
consul ut Novia Scotia, from which
position he retired IS months age
as the result of a nervous break
down.. He had the distinction oil
having edited the. first paper in
West Virginia east Of the noun
,tains, the Martinsburg Independent
He witnessed both the trial and
execution OF John Brown and was
on the platform at the famous
Frecort debate between Lincoln and
Douglas.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-27
Elk Sheston's
Case Heard
This Morning

Elk Sheston is the name Of the
man that the officers placed in the
county jail yesterday. Shcston was re.
ported TO have been running a speak.
easy near Barrackville. On Monday
night officers Walker and Tucker
went to Barracksville and called at
the homo of Shcston who is the pro.
prictor of boarding house. Shcston
was at work and the officers left word
for him TO como in yesterday. He did
the bidding of the officers and on his
arrival he was admitted 10 tho large
family that is under the care OF
officer Tucker.
There was small chance 1t was ad.
mitted by the officers OF convicting
Sheston of operating n spcakeasy.
This was confirmed this morning be.
fore Justice E. S. Amos when the
charge was not sustained and the case
was dismissed. However. Sheston was
fined seventeen dollars and thirty
cents for hitting Joe Bartalo with a
poker.
While the evidence showed that
there was no speakcasy it also show.
cd that great quantities OF beer were
consumed at the Shcston boarding
house. There were only three wit.
nesses in the case and these were
beer consumers. The plan by which
they operated was after this fash.
ion. The beer was drawn from kegs
into bottles and every man when he
took a bottle deposited a check hav.
ing a character inscribed on 1t so 1t
could be identified as to the man that
deposited-it. AT the end OF each month
the checks were counted and each
man would then pay their bills ac.
cording to the number OF checks that
he had charged against him which &C.
cording to the plan corresponded to
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-27
Sent Home
WERE BOYS FINED FOR PuRLoIN.
ING BOAT AND TRADING 1T
FOR ANOTHER.

John and Earl Brooks, the two boys
that were placed in tho county jail,
for purloining a skiT from Samuel j..
Williams, Of Colfax, some weeks ago,
were turned out of jail yesterday even.
Ing. Tho boys arc OF tender years.
They took the boat down the river
and traded 1t for another at Little
Falls. They rcre captured near UHing-
ton and brought back 10 this city.
They had their preliminary hearing
before Justice Boydston. Yesterday
when the boys were released Justice
Boydston made up enough money to
the family lived at Hammond but In.
pay their way home. For some time
ter moved TO Cheat Haven, Pa, where
they now live. The boys were turned
over to Humane officer Brand. who
saw that they were put on the right
train for their Pennsylvania home.
Ad.answering trips are moncy-earn-
ing trips.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-27
Rebellion
THOUSANDS OF ARMED AND DEs.
PERATE MEN THREATEN
TROUBLE FOR SPAIN.

tBy United PrcSs)
CHRBERE, France, Spanish From
tier, July 27.-several thousand arm.
ed and desperate Spanish cxiles gath.
cred in the vicinity today are ready
to inyale Barcelona July 90. A gen.
eral strike and the mammoth anti,
government demonstration are plan
ned for the same date. Desperate
fighting is feared. 1t is estimated
that there are ten thousand invaders.
An official of the Maura adminlstra.
tion recently admitted that ten thou.
sand exiled in Barcelona were in com,
plicitys WITH the summer outbreak.
Concentration of troops g. Barcelona
lis the first step of supprcssing the re.
belllon with iron hand.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-27
CENSUS BUREAU
REPORTS COSTSOF
GITYGOvE:RIAAlEltI' {. B | A /
scHooEs MOST EXPENSIVE ITEM.
IN BUDGET OF EXPENSES OF
VARIOUS CITIES SoFsTHE
UNION.
T0TALREAGHESS4O5,OOO,OOOl
BOSTON HAD HIGHEST PER CAP
ITAAvERAeE OF LARGE CIT.
les AND NEW ORLEANS
RAN THE. LOWEST. Al

WASHINGTON, D. O., July 27.-
About siO5.OOO,oOO were spent in 1908 4
in maintaining and operating the city 4
departments of the 1853 largest citiesS
/ in tho United States having an estl.
mated population Of 10000 orimore In
l19OS, whose financial statistics for
that year have been collected by the
Census Bureau and are ahaly dcallys
presented in Its annual report. on the Z
statistics of cities for the year 1905,
In his letter OF transmittal to Sec.
retary Nagel of tho Department OF
Commerce and Labor. Director Du.
rand OF the Census Bureau states that
the report was prepared under the su. (
pcrvislon of DR.. LcGrand Powess chief
statistician for agriculture, with the
assistance of Division Chief Mailing,
of tho census division of statistics OF
cities. v 4
The maintenance of schools repre-.
sents 95 per cent. of the total expens.
es Of cities for education" and costs
more than any other municipal ftinc.
tlon, while the protection Of life and
property by the police, fire. and asso.
clatc departments was second in cost.
protection of life and properly cost
These two functions Of education ana
55 per cent. OF about s4O5 100000,
which was the total expense Of lmaln.
tanning and operating city depart
ments.- For the whole group Of lcitiesS
the average per capita expense for
schools was $40; for police depart.
ments, s9.25; and for fire Departments.
$1,72. These per capita averages vary;
greatly among the seyeralgcities. Salt
Lake City expended SS.1s per capita
for schools; Newton, Mass, ss;; and :
New York, Boston, Washington, New
ark, Denver, Springfield, Mass. and
Sacramento each expended over SO for Z
the same purpose, while Montgomery
expended only ,$1.63; Charleston,
$1.sl; Norfolk, $2.15; St Joseph,
$2.17; Memphis, s2.19; Knoxville,
$2.2S, and Manchester and Galveston,
each $2.S4.
Per Capita Cost Increases.
The Increased costs Of maintaining
the government departments Of cltles
in recent years is illustrated by the
fact that in 147 cities Of f5oYer 10000
population in 1902 1t was s1S;3e per
capita, while for the same clies In
1908 it was 1851,
The costs of maintaining the police Z
department during the same interval:
for the same cities have risen stead.
ny from s1.9O to s2.26 per capita; the
fire department, from $1.SS to si.72;;
health conservation, from $o.2s to-
$3.50; sanitation, from sO.91 to $1,8s;;
highways, from s1.72 to st.Ss; and
schools. from $3.50 to $40.
The financial transactions OF these
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