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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-09-16
CHILD BORN IN STREET
Mother and Her Six Children Had
Been EVicted From Tenement

Providence. Sept. 11.-Immediate-
ly following her eviction from her
tenement on Printery street here Mrs.
Mary Dunn gave birth to a baby in
the street. She is now at hospital
with her new born baby, while six
other children, all small. are being
cared for by neighbors.
. The pathetic case came TO the at
tention of the police soon after the
new baby was born. The eviction was
for non-payment of rent.
1t is believed that the excitement
attendant upon the election was re-
sponsible in some measure for the
birth of the seventh child so soon af-
terward. Her condition, 1t is said.
was known to the owner of the prop
erty, who. in spite of the fact. or
dered her eviction.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-09-16
DEATH CALLS
LLOYD BOWERS
Federal Solicitor General Elk
pireS In a Boston Hotel
WAS TALKING WITH FAMILY

Suddenly Ceases Speaking and End
Comes a Moment Later-Was Elk
pected to Resume Duties by First Of
October-Close Friend of the Presi-
dent, Who Was Viewed as Prob
able Supreme Bench Appolntee
Boston, Sept. 11.-Lloyd Wheaton
Bowers, solicitor general of the Unit
ed States. who had been Ill at the
Hotel Touraine, died there most I'M
expectedly. Bowers, who had been
seriously III for several weeks, was
thought to be well on the road to re-
covery. President Taft called at the
Touraine Wednesday on his way home
from his western tour and was much
pleased to learn that Bowers was i'm
proving rapidly. His sudden death
was, therefore, a shock to all who
believed in his ultimate recovery.
Mrs. Bowers was with her husband
when the end came. The solicitor
generals son and the nurse also we're
present. DR.. Coggoshell, who has been
attending Bowers, was quickly sum-
moned, but death was practically in
Simultaneous after the final shock
caused by a cardiac thrombus which
stopped the heart action.
Mr.. Bowers was conversing cheer
fully with his family when he sudden
ly ceased speaking and a moment
later he was dead. He had been
suffering for the last two months from
severe infection Of the throat and
bronchial tubes, which had been ag-
gravated by the fact that he was very
much tired out by his last years
work.
Although his illness during the last
week may be said to have been seri-
Gus, 1t was at no time considered
critical or alarming. There was every
reason to expect that he would be able
to begin to resume his work by the |
first of October.
The daughter, Miss Martha Bowers,
is in the Rocky mountains, and the |
funeral arrangements will not be COM
pleted until she reaches the Bowers
home in Washington.
Mr.. Bowers conducted the govern
ment's prosecution Of the Tobacco,
Standard Oil and other trust cases. He
was a Chicago railroad attorney when |
he gave up a salary of s31 500 a year
to become solicitor general of the
United States. Had he lived a little
longer he might have attained the
highest professional position lawyer
can attain. He has recently been
talked OF as a probable appolntee TO
the United States supreme court.
He was born IN Springfield, Mass.
and was 81 years old. While at Yale
he and William H. Taft were fraternal
brothers. The president and Bowers
have ever since remained the closest
friends.
II has been said Of Bowers that he
TO the intellectual aristo-
tracy of the United States" He was
descendant Of Jonathan Edwards,
he great theologian and Calvanistic
writer. He studied law in company
With Attorney General wIckersham,
Who was his official superior when
Bowers died. When they were law
Students in New York Bowers got 81 a
week. but the other youth not moth
ne
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-09-16
TAFTS TRIP TO PANAMA
u May BE Cancelled Because Of the
Political Situation

Beverly. Mass. Sept. 13.-The
trip 20 Panama which President Taft
had planned to take in November to
inspect the work that has been done
on the Isthmian canal may be given
up.
II Is understood that several Of the
Republican leaders have endeavored
TO convince the president that the
political situation at home requires
his presence in this country.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-09-16
Fatal Elah, over a Nickel

st. Adams. ". Va. Sept. 12.-In
a quarrel over cents John Suther-
land. a drug clerk. struck Clarence
Cook. brakeman, who fell down,
breaking his neck. Cook died in
stantly. Sutherland was arrested.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-09-16
rraaedY In BOSTON Restaurant

Boston. Sept. 13.-While eating In
the restaurant at 1914 Fleet street
Salvatore Rizzo was shot and killed.
The proprietor. Garment Sarni. was
arrested. charged with the crime. The
trouble arose over the purchase Of a
bottle OF wine. In the municipal
court Sarni was held without bail for
a hearing.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-09-16
senator Browne Acoultted

Chicago. Sept. 1O.-State Senator
Lee o'Neil Browne. accused Of brib-
cry in connection with the election
OF william Z. Lorimer 70 the United
states senate. was acquitted by
Jury.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-09-16
death q General oates

Montgomery, Ala, Sept. IL
General W. c. Oates died here. He
was formerly governor OF Alabama, a
Confederate veteran and q brigadier
general IN the spanish-American war.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-09-16

Governor ELECT Plaisted pledged
himself on the stump to election of
United States senators by direct vote
Of the people. the resubmission of the
constitutional amendment establish
ing prohibition, the repeal of the
Sturgis law empowering a commission
appointed by the chief executive to
send deputies into every city and
plantation to enforce the excise laws
over the heads of the local officers at
the expense of the county visited. and
to reduce the states expenses.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-09-16
Former Banker a SUICIDE

New York. Sept. 13.-Walter s..
jerks, formerly a banker and more
recently in the real estate business.
committed suicide IN bis apartments
by shooting In the head.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-09-16
KILLED BY Mosquito al,s

New York, Sept. 11.-William A.
Gale. 80. of Flatbush. was bitten on
the lip by mosquito a month ago. He
died yesterday Of blood poisoning re-
sulting from The tiny wound.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-09-16

New York. Sept. s.-Chsrged with
the larceny Of $3.50 Of the funds Of the
Cloak Makers union. Louis Rosen,
secretary Of the union. was locked up.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-09-16
BRIBED FOR SEVEN YEARS
Admission Of Importer at Trial Of
Surveyors CLERK and Weiehers

Surveyors Clerk and Weighers
New York. Sept. 13.-Otto W. p.
westervelt. Of the firm of W. H..
westervelt & Co. lemon importers
Of this city, admitted at to- trial OF
Chief Clerk Bedell and two federal
weighers in the United States circuit
court that he had bribed the weighers
for seven years TO declare false weights
on goods imported by the firm. and
declared that he knew he was com
hitting a crime when be did e.
His testimony was the sensation OF
the trial which accuses Bedell. who
was chief clerk In Deputy Surveyor
Wallis Office. and Federal weighers
Drew and Wardvell.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-09-16
convIets ran In Plan 70 Escsp.

Joliet. Ills.. Sept. i2.-In a futile
attempt 70 escape. convicts IN the
Illinois state prison here fired a ware
house filled with excelsior. and the
building was destroyed.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-09-16
Elaht q constahuIarY pro~ned

Manila. Sept. 13.-Leutenant Whit
more q constabulsry. two corporsls
and Eve privates were drowned vhils
crossing TIE Agno Grande.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-09-16
Hunt's Ashes In Artlsts' Corner

London. Sept. 1s.-The ashes Of
Holman Hunt were inferred In the
artists corner Of 81. Paul's cathedral.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-20
HONORS LEW WALLACE
Indiana Unveils Statue of Soldier,
Author and Diplomat in
Nations Capitol
PROMINENT MEN SPEAKERS
James Whitcomb Riley Reads origi-
eral Draws Canvas Aside.

In commemoration of his services to
his State and country a statue OF Gen.
Lew Wallace, soldier, author and diplo-
mat, has been placed in the capitol at
Washington, making a notable addi-
ton to the galaxy of great Americans
Oliver p Morton, war governor of In
diana, is the other citizen who has
been honored by the Hoosier State In
this manner. The unwilling was made
the occasion of an imposing ceremony.
Captain John p. Megrew. who served
as an officer in General Wallace's com
mand in the Civil War and Is prasi.
dent of the Lew Wallace statue coIn-
mission, presided. The figure was I'M
yelled by Lew Wallace, Jr.. grandson
shall of Indiana accepted the statue on
behalf of his State from the commits
sion which had charge of its prepare
ton.
Others who delivered eulogies were
Senator Beverage, A. Rustem Bey.
charge d'affaires of the Turkish en-
bassy, and w. H. Andrews. delegate
from New Mexico. One o. the most
notable features of the ceremony was
the reading of an original poem by
James Whitcomb Riley. The statue is
the work of Andrew OConnor of
Paris. 1t is seven feet high and the
figure Is clad in the uniform of a ma
jor- general of the United States.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-20
GUINNESS DEATH FARM
MYSTERIES LAID BARE
Alleged Lamphere Confession Tells
of Murders and Woman's
Death.
DETAILS Staying OF 8 MEN
Two Papers Give Out Purported
Admission That Hired Man
Dragged Assassin.

Ray Lamphere, who died recently in
The Indiana penitentiary at Michigan
City while serving a term for setting
ire to the home of Mrs. Bella Guinness,
near Laporte, Ind, did not carry the
secrets of the Guinness charnel farm
o the tomb with him, according to a
copyrighted story in the st. Louis
POST Dispatch. When he believed death
vas near he confessed.
The confession was made to Rev.
Dr.. z. A. Schell, formerly pastor Of
he Laporte Methodist church, now
PRESIDENT of the Iowa Wesleyan uni
'ersity at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and
leld by him inviolate as a secret Of
he confessional, until the main facts
aad already become public, when he
broke his long silence and gave to the
Chicago Tribune the confession. made
% him in the county Jail at Laporte,
nd, in April, 1908.
The confession, which hitherto has
oeen held as a privileged commune
-oSAOh ny SAlC 4ulAlolCls Wdo 5AfCh "AS4A
all the detail of the three conversa-
ions in which Lamphere laid bare the
secrets of the Guinness charnel house.
1t describes the killing of Mrs. Belle
Guinness and the three children who
persisted in the burning of the Gun
ness house. Lamphere admitted kill
ing the four persons, but denied set
ing fire to the house. Lampheres
confession duplicates a negress as an
accomplice. Lamphere said he wit
messed the killing of Andrew Hedge
iein and assisted in the burying of the
bodies of two other men.
Lamphere. according to the St Louis
story, had guilty knowledge of the
murder of three men in the Guinness
home during the time he lived there,
about eight months in 1907, and he as
sisted Mrs. Guinness in disposing of
he bodies of the three men. He said
he thought he had not received as
much of the profits of the transaction
as he considered himself entitled to,
tHQ llc Wc4l ~ Tic ldI illllOUSc DIT nfSu
With woman, chloroformed Mrs. Gun
less, her three children and Jennie
Olson. He and the woman then
searched the house, finding between
$50 and $40. The light they used was
candle. and they left the house with
nut knowing they had left behind
spark that soon burst into flames.
Mrs. Guinness method of killing her
'ictims, Lamphere said, was first to
:hloroform them as they slept and
hen if the drug did not itself kill. to
ever the heads with an AK Each time
man was to be murdered, according
Lamphere, she sent him to pur-
.hase chloroform. Lamphere said he
Jaw one of the men killed and aided
n burying all three These men were
Andrew Helgelein and probably Ole
3udsberg and Tonnes Petersen Lien.
Warden Reid of the Michigan City
prison denied the story told that Reid
lad said he had talked with Lamphere
while in prison and that the convic.
had discussed with him the Helgelein
murder. The warden said he never
lad a talk with Lamphere regarding
.amphere's case and that he never
.old any such story as was credited
% him.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-20
@NAMHRCAL
L. -: e. !:::i::; HIN
IG 4tihhD s@ lla
HNz ~lSs1NE 49,
'zENHNCAL
CHICAGO.

Duns Weekly Review of Chicago
Trade says:
The underlying conditions augment
the prospects for charging trade, al7
though cross currents adversely inter-
fere with current operations. Stormy
weather yet binders outside construc-
ton and freight movements, and in
creasing difficulties in getting coal is,
responsible for temporary lessening of
active factory capacity, The high value
of money also causes decreased invest
ment, but the volume of payments
through the banks yet shows larger
than at this time last year, when the
security markets were expanded. While
discouraging TO transportation, the
heavy snowfall secures further pro-
lection for growing wheat and rye,
and the demand is notably good for
necessaries in the leading retail lines
here and at the interior. Speculative
dealings have stimulated activity in
the primary markets for breadstuffs
and provisions and arrivals of the
principal grains exceed those reported
recently and a year ago.
Bank clearings, s272,275,0e0. exceed
those of the corresponding week in
1909'by barely 1 per cent. and COM
pare with 1921, 967 ,319 in 1908.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number Sc, against 2S last week,
33 in 1909 and AZ in 1908. Those with
liabilities over $4,000 number Z, against
S last week, 10 in 1909 and 10 in 1908.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-20
BRIDE BEATEN; FLUNG IN WELL
Found Near Death and Accuses Hus-
bnud of Crime.

Found Near Death and Accuses Hus-
band of Crime.
William Ferris was forced the 9th
er morning by the freezing of his well
in Bridgeport, Conn, to seek an old
we'll that had long been out of use and
he found woman up to her neck in
its icy waters After being beaten and
robbed she had been thrown into the
we'll as o'clock the night before. The
woman was Mrs. Joseph Brooks, a
bride of a week For thirteen hours
she had chung to an old pipe in the
unused well to save herself from
drowning. When she was taken from
the water it was found that both of
her feet were frozen and that ampu-
tation would be necessary. AS soon
as she had been taken from the icy
water the woman accused her husband
of the crime. and the sheriff and the
police force are seeking him in all
directions. A confederate, according
to the woman, aided in the crime and
disappeared with the husband.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-20
SEE 1910 AS RECORD
BREAKER IN BUSINESS
Correspondents of St. Louis Bank
Are Unanimous in Their
Optimism.
WEST AND SOUTH ARE TO BOOM
Large Crops and Growth in Industry
and Manufactures Forecast
by Observers.

Record-breaking commerce for 1910
is the unanimous forecast of several
hundred correspondents of the Nation
al Bank of Commerce in ST. Louis. one
of the largest financial institutions in
the South and West. Communications
from bankers of most OF the southern
and western commonwealth indicate
exceptional vitality in agriculture, in
dustry, finance, manufactures and
trade, with almost as strong a demand
for money as was experienced in 1907
Manufactures and industry will. ac-
cording to the authoritative predic-
tions, recover completely in 1910. Fac
tories. mines and mills will be rushed
with work. Construction operations
will be general and pretentious. Whole
sale and retail trade will be heavy.
Agricultural production will be large
and diversified.
Opinions expressed in the letters sig
Nifty that idle labor will be re-employed
and the country, as a whole, will enjoy
its greatest prosperity. Yet it seems
whether there will be a decided reduc-
tion in the cost of living. AS we'll as
may be inferred. prices will continue
high on all the necessities of life, al
though the Improvement in conditions.
resulting in the unemployment OF idle
labor, should have the effect of provid-
ing the wage Garner with larger means
and thereby causing better ease
The increase in the gold supply is
given as one of the causes of the high
cost of living, and authorities appear
to be agreed that it is a powerful fac
tor But high prices are ascribed to
additional causes, including the in
adequacy of the supply to the demand.
the increasing population, the aug
menting prosperity, extraordinary de-
velopment. growing demand, reduced
supply, combinations and agreements
as to prices, cost of service in trade,
and even. paradoxically. idle labor.
Indications are excellent in farming
regions. and heavy production is the
outlook. But crops will be more diver
sified than ever, but it still is hard
to foretell the range of prices, or TO
say where the decline is likely to
show Grain districts promise large
output whereas cotton localities COM
plain, to some extent, of the boil Wee
vii and refer confidently to a diversif-
cation of production.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-20
SUFFERING IN THE WEST.
The Supply of Coal Runs Short as
the Cold Increases.

The Supply of Coal Runs Short as
the Cold Increases.
The cold weather has caused fac
tories in many cities in the West to
shut down for want of coal and hun
dreds of persons have been forced into
idleness while there are orders on
hand to keep them at work II coal
could be had. Hardly any of the fac
tories in Indianapolis are running full
time, and even those are outstanding
it, as there is no certainty when an
other supply can be got.
The railroads cannot haul the coal.
though there is plenty at the mines.
President Kolsom. of the Indiana OPP
orators Association, says that aside
from the heavy general business Of
the road in the last six weeks there
has been considerable cold weather,
which diminishes the motive power
one-half, that two engines are requir-
ed to haul what is a load for one in
ordinary weather, and besides the two
engines burn more coal than they or
dinarily do. The result of this is that
roads are furnishing empty cars to the
mines on the stipulation that the coal
: is to be for the railroad company's
own use.
In a number of cities prices Of coal
have increased greatly in two weeks
and there is suffering among the poor
which charity organizations cannot re-
lieve because the coal cannot be got
Some railroad companies have been
compelled to confiscate coal on the
side tracks in order to move trains.
The situation is reported to be even
worse in Iowa and the State Board of
Railway Commissioners has appealed
to the railroads to abandon passenger
trains so far as possible and devote
their facilities to hauling coal. Fac
tories in many cities in the State have
closed for lack of fuel and hundreds
of men are out of employment. Pres
ent conditions are without parallel in
the history of Iowa.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-20
GRAVES is FORESTER.
Protege of Pinchot Appointed to Sue
ceed Ousted Chief at Washington.

Henry S. Graves has been appointed
chief forester to succeed Clifford Pin
chot. Had Mr.. Pinchot controlled the
selection of his successor he prob
ably would have named Mr.. Graves.
who is his protege, and who entertains
substantially the same views and advo-
Gates practically the same policies as
Mr. Pinchot Mr. Graves was the most
available man of those with the neces-
sary technical training available, and
he will take up the work laid down by
Mr.. Pinchot with zeal He was 5orn
in Marietta, o., but while young his
family moved to Andover, Mass, where
Mr.. Graves father was for many years
a member of the faculty of Phillips
Andover Academy. When Mr.. Pinchot
became forester of the Department of
Agriculture in July, 1898. Mr.. Graves
became his first assistant.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-20

The Chilean government has ordered
from the Krupps, in Essen. Germany.
24O guns, to be delivered within three
years.
Only the speed, and firm establish
ment of a new Turkish ministry, in
the opinion of the leading diplomats.
can prevent break in the ranks Of
the Young Turks following the resig-
nation of Grand Vizier Hilmi Pasha
and his cabinet.
The reception at San Juan. Porto
Rico. recently rendered in honor of
Secretary of War Dickinson and Brig.
Gen Clarepce r. Edwards, chief of the
bureau of insular affairs was unsur-
passed even by that given to President
Roosevelt in 1906.
The Twentieth Century, a govern
ment organ of Belgium, quotes IAN au-
thoritative person" confirming the re-
ligious marriage of King Leopold on
his deathbed. 1t also says that few
days prior to this Baroness Vaughan
received holy communion.
King Manuel, the youthful monarch
of Portugal, led the work of relief in
the district which suffered the heaviest
damage from the recent storms. Man
mel was in the saddle night and day.
Two of Portugars warships were SO
badly injured in the storm as to be
practically worthless.
The secret service of Russia have
arrested two men and four women at
Noscow who are implicated i'm a plot
to kill Car Nicholas and the czarina,
Who will soon visit Moscow.
The Italian ministry has announced
,,s determination to lay down four bat
tie ships of the Dreadnought class in
1911 i'm the government yards and two
others in private yards, besides three
scout vessels.
The sultan of Turkey accepted the
resignation of the cabinet, headed by
Hilmi Pasha, who felt constrained to
retire owing to the opposition of the
Young Turk leaders, but sor Just what
reasons can only be conjectured
The north polar observations of DIR.
Frederick A. Cook reached Copenhagen
safely on board the steamer United
States. Extraordinary precautions
were taken to make sure that the long
heralded data were delivered intact 70
the University of Copenhagen authori-
ties.
The chamber of deputies has voted
authorization to the PARIS municipality
TO contract for a loan of 900 600 600
francs (s16OOOO,0O0) for an eIabora to
scheme of improvements, including the
demolition of insanitary quarters, the
construction of new streets, gardens
and schools. and for other changes In
! public works.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-20
NEW YORK.

Reports as to trade and transporta-
ton reflect variations of weather ir-
regularly affecting sales and move
ment of farm products and coal sup
plies and of spring goods TO various
markets. Retail trade in winter goods
has been helped by cold, stormy wealth
er and the usual January price revi-
sions. very fair volume of recorders
is reported by jobbers, while the vol
ume of orders for spring reaching
wholesale houses from travellers is
fairly good.
The question of higher costs is be-
ing considered by many manufacture
ers, who are finding higher prices for
raw materials and requests for adj
vances in wages.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending with Jan.
Is were 291. against 271 last week,
319 in the like week of 1909. 331 in
1908. ga in 1907 and 279 in 1906.
Business failures in Canada for the
week number A. which compares with
80 for last week and SO for the like
week of 1909.-Bradstreet's