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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-20
$1,000

including coal, which
can be had by drift, OF
will sell 1917 acres adj
joining the above, coal
reserved, about 20 acres
cleared, balance in tim
Der and will cut 250,000
to 100000 feet of lumber
five room house and sta
BILE, we'll in kitchen, and
close to coal works enl-
ploying Is to 100 men,
The price for the above
tract, including the
small house,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-20

nh Best PrelnIt lisss on
Earth.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-20
CASES DROPPED.

criminal court cases against Thoni-
as Fee. Will Moss, VIII Mathews
and Thomas Lindsey have been drop
ned from the docket. Default OF bond
has been noted in the case against
James A. Monroe.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-20
nlARR1AGE LICENsEs.

Marriage licenses have been rs
sued by the county clerk and his
IDENTITIES to MeIva Lee Ice and Bes-
ale louise FERRIES, Fred ]. edge and
Hazel P. Riley. william P. Ross anu
Rosa O. Marks and Howard E. Ma
theny and Bessie eJeweIl.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-20
FOR RENT

Z room house for rent on
Virginia street, brand
new, al modern i'm
provements, good, big
lot, rent $500 a month.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-20

Here is a property right
in Howesville, West
Virginia, on the old
Howe property. House
of ten rooms, and the
house is 36x50 feet, with
wide porch all along the
front, nicely finished
throughout, cellar 25x
SO feet, Staunton heater
in the house and a store
room with the property
store room being 25x30
feet, wareroom 12x3O
feet, good out buildings,
such as stable and ice
house. The house alone
cost 5000, and will sell
with this property 24
acres at a price Of
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-06
AFRAID OF SMALLPOX.
Caledonia County Court Jurors Allowed
To Stay at Home.

st. Johnsbury, Dee 6.-The epidemic
of small pox, which has caused much
worry in this section Of the state recent
", resulted in not one Of the jurors
empaneled for the December term Of
Caledonia county court appearing at the
courthouse when the session opened yes
terday. Although II is considered that
the spread Of the disease has been
checked, President c. $. Caverly of the
state board OF health INSTRUCTED the men
that they had better remain at home.
As result, Judge w. W. Miles an
nouneed that he would not hear any
cases that required jury or witnesses.
Seme OF the court business that can be
accomplished without calling in outside
parties will be done and then the court
will take recess until the danger
passes.
In various places near st. Johnsbury,
there have been several hundred cases Of
smallpox during the past few weeks.
No deaths have been reported as yet.
Attending physicians fear. however,
that now that the cold weather has set
in, the cases win be more severe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-06
WOMAN KILLS MAN
SHE EL0PED WITH
She Leaves Her Parents Home in Re-
we're, Mass, to Seek Vengeance
and Finds Man in Fac
torv.

Haverhill, Mass, Dec 6.--Mrs. Emma
Elizabeth Mooshian shot and killed ST.
mon Chiligerian, an Armenian. within
sight Of 225 women in the stitching
room of the Hilliard & Tabor factory
last night AS Chiligeran fell he
shouted in alarm to others to escape
the woman's fury, but she coolly leaned
over bench and fred three more shots
at him, one penetrating his heart. She
submitted calmly to arrest, declaring
that she had accomplished her purpose.
Mrs. Mooshian is 90 years and was
Emma Elizabeth Molloy, whose parents
reside on Winthrop avenue, Beachmont.
She eloped with Chiligerian last July
and fed to New York, but their stay
was short and he returned to Haverhill,
while she came only as far as Beach
mont, from which place she wrote for
forgiveness. Her husband, Thomas
Mooshian, was obdurate and told her he
wanted nothing more to do with her.
Last night he was at her cell door cheer
ing her np and has retained W. Scott
Peters, district attorney of Essex for
IL years, to defend the woman he now
declares he loves.
Chiligerian was 25 years old, and his
relatives live in Cambridge. He was
employed as vamper. and prior to the
elopement, Mrs Mooshian worked at the
machine next to him.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-06
BERLIN BOY SHOT
THROUGH HIS LEG
Percy Bean, Aged IA, Had Narrow Es-
cape From Death As Bullet Just {,
Missed Large Artery.

Berlin, Dec. 6.--Percy Bean, aged IA
years and son of David Bean of this
town, accidentally shot himself through
the thigh while playing with 32-calibre
rife at the home Of his brother, A. J..
Bean. in West Berlin last night. The
boy had gone TO bis brothers home TO
care for some children while their par
eHts were away for the evening. He got
hold Of the rifle and put cartridge in.
When he failed to get the cartridge
out, he placed the gun over his knees
and began pressing TO get it out when
the weapon was discharged The bull
let passed through the boys leg then
through the chair, down through the
floor into the cellar. In passage through
the leg, the bullet went within an inch
of large artery.
Although badly wounded, young Bean
was able to telephone for doctor The
prompt arrival of the physician saved
him from losing great deal Of blood
The doctor said that if the bullet had
gone one inch the other way it would
have caused the boy to bleed 70 death IN
five minutes as the large artery would
have been severed
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-06
VETERAN PREACHER DEAD.
The Rev. Sylvester Donaldson Had Filled
Many Vermont Pastorates.

st. Albans, Dec. 6,-The death Of the
Rev. Sylvester Donaldson, one of the
veterans OF the Vermont Methodist con-
ference, occurred at his home on High
street late Monday night OF apoplexy.
He sustained two other shocks during
the day.
Mr.. Donaldson was born in Alburg
July Is, 1887. He had large acquain-
tance throughout the state. He joined
the Vermont conference in 1864 and was
actively engaged its work for 40 years.
His first charge was at Cambridge in
1864; Richford, 'G5; Hnesburg, '67 and
'6S; Waterbury Center, go and TO-;
Franklin, II, ~ and rs; Essex, "a and
'75; Bakersfield, 70 and II; West Berk-
shire, rs, 10 and 10; Essex again in
~ and 's2; Johnson, in 'S3; Lyndon
vile in 'S4 and SO. In 1856 he was
made presiding elder of the st. Johns
bury district, filling the position ably
for six years; he was at Albany in'95,
'96, '97 and 9s. and at St. Johnsbury
Center in 30, 1900 and 1901 he re-
turned TO Franklin in 1902 for three
years, was at sheldon in 05 and'06,
which was his last regular charge.
Mr.. Donaldson's first wife died at St.
Johnsbury Center in 1900. BY her five
children were born, three Of whom survive,
son, 0rrin Donaldson of Oak Park,
Ill.,, and two daughters, Mrs. William
Strong Of vergennes and Mrs. John s.
Strong Of New Rochelle. N. Y. He is
also survived by bis second wife, who
was Miss Mary Pomeroytof this city,
The funeral win be held nj the Meth
odist Episcopal church thursday after
noon at two o'clock aud will be in
charge of the pastor, the Rev. Frank
w. Lewis, who win bei'assisted by the
Rev. Ralph +. Lowe, superintendent Of
the ST. Johnsbury district, and the Rev.
William Shaw, superintendent Of the
st Albans district.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-06
HEADQUARTERS AT FAIR HAVEN
But Officers of Rutland Railway Co. Will
Be In Rutland.

Rutland, Dec {, Owing TO the recent
extension of the trolley lines Of the
local street railway company to Poult-
ney and the probable further extension
to Granville and Whitehall, ~ Y, the
Rutland Railway Light & Power COM
pany yesterday announced that it will
change the center of its business, ex-
cept the main offices, from Rutland to
Fair Haven and deed was passed yes
terday transferring 10 acres of land
along the tracks in Fair Haven from
Mrs. d. X. Graves TO the company. The
road will construct on this a modern
ear barn, paint and machine shops, but
work will not be begun until next sea-
sen. For the present, temporary build
ing to store construction machinery viii
be put up.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-06
ALCOHOL EXPLODED
And Severely Injured Burlington Saloon
keeper Last Night.

Burlington, Dec. 6-With noise that
was heard for several blocks, barrel
of alcohol exploded in the second class
license place of Fred Labelle on st.
Paul street last evening, damaging sew
eral hundred dollars worth of property
and seriously iniuring Labelle.
Mr.. Labelle, according to his own
story, had gone into the rear of his
store, where he had been drawing al
cohol all day, and had lighted cigar
cite, when suddenly he was confronted
with blaze of flame, He Immediately
fed, but not until he had received such
serious injuries to his hands that he will
be unable to use them for several days.
The hair on his head was also thorough
ly singed, as well as his moustache. La
bellies escape is really the important
part Of the story and is almost miracu-
lOus
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-06
BUSINESS WAS LIGHT.
At Opening of Orange County Court
Liquor Cases Taken Up.

Chelsea, Dec 6--The December tern
of Orange county court convened at ter
o'clock yesterday, with William II. Tay.
lor Of Hardwick presiding. After the
! prayer by Rev John A. Lawrence. Sher.
| III B. II. Adams made the opening proc.
lamation. The morning session was
taken up in the reading Of the trial
calendars and the general docket and
il being reported by the attorneys that
the three first cases on the jury cal.
endar had been disposed OF and none
Of the following cases could be ready for
trial before next week. it leaves the
court to take up the trial OF divorce
cases and ehaneery matters.
During the afternoon session the grand
and petit jurors were called and as there
il no work for the petit Jurors until
next week they were excused until next
Monday at two o'clock p. m. Three
who were drawn to serve a grand Jurors
having been excused, Sheriff Adams drew
the following talesman, Ernest A. Cor.
win, Fred A. Ordway and John M. Com
stock, all of Chelsea, and the court APP
pointed John NJ Comstock as foreman
and having received the oath and instruc.
tion from the court as TO their duties
they repaired to the grand jury room
and took up their work. Miss Hazel
r Bixby was appointed by the court
as official stenographer to take the tes-
timony before the grand jury. Willis
Il. Monty of Burlington succeeds the
late Mrs. Emma Grout Mutt as court
reporter for the December term.
Sheriff Adams has the following depu-
ties on duty to assist him, Il. w. Kent
Of Randolph. j. o. Kendall of Straiford,
w. G. jackson of Topsham and r. c.
Flanders of Orange, the two latter hav-
ing charge Of the grand jury and the
witnesses who win go before that body.
The following attorneys were present
at the opening Of court: Roney NJ. Har-
vey of Montpelier; David 5. Conant and
Frank S. Williams of Bradford; Nelson
L. Boyden, March NJ Wilson and John
G. Sherburne of Randolph; Matthew M.
Gordon and Albert A. Sargent of Barre
City; George t. Stow, Hale X. Dar-
ling, Stanley G. Wilson and William II.
Sprague OF Chelsea.
II is expected that the case OF Clar-
enee Richmond VS.. the Central Ner-
mont Railway company, an action in
troyer, will be put on trial next Mon
day afternoon in which trial March NJ.
Wilson and Stanley C. Wilson are the
attorneys for the plaintiff and Judge G.
S. Palmer of Burlington and Harry B.
Amey Of Island Pond are attorneys for
the defendant company.
A meeting of the Orange County Bar
association was held in the court room
Tuesday evening in honor of the late
Judge Samuel NJ. Gleason of Thetford.
David S. Conant read carefully pre-
pared and excellent paper covering the
life and professional career of Judge
Gleason, who was at the time of his
decease, the Oldest member of the coun-
ty bar association. Following the read
ing of this paper, remarks were made
by Judge W. H. Taylor, Judge G. l..
STOW, attorneys R. NJ Harvey, +. s.
Williams, H. X Darling, S. @. Wilson,
w. II. Sprague and n. L. Boyden, presi-
dent of the association. After the me-
mortal exercises were concluded the
meeting adjourned.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-06
ONE ARM CRUSHED
UNDER BIG STONE
John Mclean, Quarryman, Will Have to
Have Member Amputated-He
Was Injured at E. L. Smith
& Co.'s Quarry.

John Mclean, a. quarryman, was
brought to the City hospital in Hooker
& Co.'S ambulance to-day from Granite
vile to undergo amputation Of the left
arm because Of injuries sustained this
morning in the Duffy quarry Of +. l.,
Smith & Co. Mclean, with other work
men, was engaged in placing a chain
under large granite block when the
stone slipped and let the weight fall on
the mans arm Most Of Che injury
was confined to the lower part Of the
arm
DR.. G. l.. T. Hayes, who was sum
moned, had the injured man removed to
the hospital, where consultation was
to be held this afternoon Dr. Hayes
stated that amputation would be ncees-
sary as the bones were badly crushed,
but at the hasty examination in the
quarry it was not possible to say at
what point the arm should be cut off.
Mclean is about 40 years Of age.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-06
90 DIVORCE SUITS
To Be Taken Up at LamOille County
Court This Term.

Hyde Park, Dee. 6.LThe December
term OF Lamoille county court opened
here yesterday morning with Judge
Stanton presiding, assisted by Judges
Walker and Mower. On the call OF the
docket, the l2 cases set for the jury
were disposed of by settlement or CON
tinuanee There are two or three deer
cases to be acted upon and it is possible,
but not probable, that one or two of
these may be tried.
On the call of jurymen, five were ex-
cused by the court, and the remainder
finished their days work by listening
to an able address by the Judge on the
duties of juryman.
The term will be a short one. There
are 20 divorce cases to be acted upon, and
it now looks as if this would be the
principal work of the term.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-06
NO ATTEMPT TO DELAY TRIAL.
Attorney Asks That Plea of Not Guilty
Be Entered for Packers.

Chicago, Dec. 6.-No apparent effort
to delay the trial in the United States
district court of the ten indicted Chicago
meat packers on the charge of criminal
violation of the Sherman antitrust law
was made when the case was called
before Judge Carpenter to-day. Attor-
ney John S. Miller asked that plea
of not guilty be entered for the packers,
all Of whom, with the exception of j.
Ogden Armour, were in court. The Sc
lection of a jury is expected to begin to-
day. Fines, it is believed, would be the
extreme penalty imposed by the Judge.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-06
800 BIRDS ENTERED
In Poultry Show Whrh Opened at Bel
lows Falls Last Night

Bellows Falls, Dec. 6.--The second
show of the Connecticut Valley Poultry
association opened in Union hall last
night. Gov Mead was scheduled to open
the show, but failed to arrive on time.
There were about 500 birds entered,
principally the White Wyandotte and
Rhode Island Red varieties. The show
will continue to-day and Thursday,
The Judges are d. f. Tasker Of Brattle-
boro, vt; ID. p. Shove Of Fan River,
Mass, and G. r. Hume Of Dalton, Mass.
The local association is the largest in
Vermont and one Of the largest in New
England. The officers Of the associa-
tion are Rev. A. G. Wilson, president;
A. I. Pierce, secretary; and w. G. Free
man, treasurer.
AT the business meeting last night,
Secretary Pierce was presented with a
gold charm by President Wilson, Mr..
Pierce responded.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-06
BAY STATE ELECTIONS
WERE NOT EXCITING
One City, Gloucester, Changed from No
License to License Yesterday by
Considerable Margin.

Boston, Dec. 6.--Thirteen Massachu-
setts cities held their annual elections
yesterday and although the license ques-
tion was a live issue, in almost every
instance all but one held firm to their
position. The exception was Gloucester,
where a license majority of 377 was reg
istered as against a no-license majority
last year of 2S3. of the thirteen cities,
but three now remain in the "dry" col
umn, Brockton, Quincy and Waltham.
Other cities voting were Fall River,
Fitchburg, Gloucester, Haverhill, Hol-
yoke, Marlboro, New Bedford, North
ampton, Springfield and Taunton.
Three of the cities, Fall River, Haver,
hill and Springfield, did not elect may
or yesterday and what little interest
there was centered upon the choice of
aldermen and school committee. In every
city where a mayor was elected, there
was a contest.
Mayor Charles S. Ashley of New Bed
ford won the Iaost notable victory. He
was candidate on the citizens ticket
for a fifteenth term and won by a COM
Portable margin from field of three.
There was also a three e-eornered iigh1
in Brocl1ton, where Mayor Harry c. How
ard was reelected. Other mayors re.
elected were Isaac Patch of Glouceste..
and John J. White of Holyobe Mayor
NJ. Fred 0'Connell of Fitchburg. who
was a candidate for reelection, was de.
feated by Frank o. Hardy, who ran on
a citizens ticket. Mayor 0Connelps
party, the independent citizens, retained
control of the city government. Two
other mayors unsuccessfully sought re-
election, John j. Shaughnessey of Marl-
boro and William S. Woods of Taunton.
The former was opposed by j. Henry
Gleason and the latter by Nathaniel j.
w. Fish.
In Northampton. Quincy and Wal
than, all of the mayoralty candidates
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-06
ss.ooo,ooo For Development of Power

Rutland, Dec. 6.The Clarendon Pow
or company has petitioned the Vermont
public service commission For the right
to raise its preferred stock, common
stock and bond issue to Sl,000000 each
in order to secure funds needed to de-
velop hydro-eleetrie power at East Clar-
endon and supply adjacent towns with
power. The stockholders have voted to
do this and the commission will hold a
hearing on the matter at The Bardwell
in this city December l3 at nine o'clock
in the morning.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-06
|. S. VogeI, Wealthy New York
Man, Killed During Night
HAD DESPERATE STRUGGLE
Condition of Room Indicated a Terrific
Fight-Jewelry Of Considerable Value
and Sum of Money He Is Supposed
to Have Had Are Missing.

New York, Dec. 6.--With the skull
fractured, the body of /. S. VOCAL, a
wealthy jewelry dealer, was found to-
day in the engineroom Of building
down town, and the condition of the
room indicated that Vogel had made a
desperate fight for his life. Jewelry Of
considerable value and sum Of mon
ey, which Vogel is thought to have had
in his pocket, were missing Two at.
tendants in the building were detained
by the police pending an investigation
Of the case
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-06
KILLED BY SWAPPING CABLE.
Head of Poultry Slate Worker Crushed
and Body Mutilated.

Poultney, Dec 6.David Harry, for
about two years a workman in and
about the slate quarry of Roberts &
Rowland, was instantly killed yesterday,
when big wire cable broke, crushing his
skull and badly disiguring his body He
was about 40 years old and is survived
by wife and a five -year-old son.
Harry was at work near one of the
shanties on the edge of the quarry pit.
The men at work on the bottom Of the
pit had filled one Of the big carriers,
which runs on wire cable to dump
ing ground. When the great scoop had
reached point about half way to the
end Of it's journey, the huge wire rope
snapped and the automatic carrier struck
Mr. Harry on the head.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-06
DEATH OF THOMAS oUINLEN.
Barre Man Had Been a Granite Cutte-
For Many Years.

The death Of Thomas Quinlen, a stone
cutter well known in this city and
4ardwick, occurred at his rooms on
Pearl street this forenoon at 9:l0 o'clock
after an illness which covered a period
OF over three years. Mr.. Quinlen is sur
yived by three sisters and five brothers,
one of the latter of whom, William {,
Quinlen, lives in this city. The de,
ceased was born at Salmon River, N. b.,
March Is, 1861. For the past twenty
five years he had made his home either
in Barre or in Hardwick. a stonecut
ter by trade he was one of the earliest
members of the stonecutters' union in
this vicinity and had been employed in
several different sheds around the city.
The funeral arrangements have not been
made
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-06
UNDESIRED TENANTS
BURNED TO DEATH
White Mob Took Them snd Sacrificed
Them in a Tennessee Town
~ Yesterday.

Memphis, Tenn, Dec, 6--rwo negroes
and two negresses were burned TO death
bT a mob Of white land tenants, who OBJ
jected to occupancy Of land by the ne.
groes near Savannah Tenn, yesterday,
according to reports which were re.
ceived here to-day, The lynching is said
to have occurred ten miles from Clifton,
Tenn.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-06
FUNERAL AT WATERBURY.
And Burial of Clark M. Lease Was in
Village Cemetery.

Waterbury, Dec. 6.-The funeral OF
Clark Murray Lease was held from the
home Of his father on High street yes
terday afternoon at 2:30. The bearers
we're W. B. Clark, L. Barrett Clark, Fred
Lease and Harry Lease of this place.
Rev. w. Il. Boicourt officiated. Burial
was in the village cemetery. Among
those from out of town were Miss Mary
Lease of Bolton, L. Barrett Clark Of
Burlington, Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Griggs
of Barre, Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Hoadley
and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hoadley Of
Montpelier, Mr. and Mrs. Ira johnson
of Middlesex, Mrs. Tucker and Bert Bar
nard of Waitsfeld, four gentlemen from
the Rutland railroad offices and the
step-father of Mrs. Lease from Rut.
land
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-06
BURNS ACCUSES
McNAMARAS AGAIN
Detective Says Brothers Were Respon-
sible For Many Explosions In Phil
adelphia During the Past
Few Years.

Philadelphia, Dec. 6.-The Mcnamara
brothers were responsible for the eX-
plosion here which damaged structural
iron work on several building operations,
according to William j. Burns, the de-
tective, to-day. Said the detective; Il
am positive that both of them We're re-
sponsible for all the explosions here on
structural iron work during the last
few years, and others were implicated y
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-06
FIVE TO DIE IN CHAIR
For the Murder of Woman Near Croton
Lake, N. Y, Last Month.

White Plains, N. ", Dec. 6.--The five
bandits who descended on an isolated
farm house near Croton lake November
0 and murdered Mrs. Mary Hall, the
young wife of superintendent of work
on the New York aequeduct, were all
sentenced by Justice TomplSius late yes
terday to death in the electric chair dur
ing the week of January l5.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-06
Guardian Of Chinese Throne
Left the Post Today
TWO MEN JOINTLY TAKE IT
Prince Chung Has Been the Chief Figure
in China Since the Death of Emperor
Kwang Su, and Empress
in 1908.

Peking, Dec. 6.--Prince Chung, the
Chinese emperor's regent and father, abb
dicated to-day. His place as guardian
Of the throne was taken jointly by shih
Hsu, Manchu prince and former presi-
dent of the national assembly, and IIsu
Shih Chang, vice-president Of the privy
council. Prince Chung has been the chief
figure in China since the death OF En-
peror Kwang Su and the Empress Dow
ager in 1905. From the dark days which
followed the death of those rulers, he
emerged as ruler of China.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-06
BANKERs, FLEET IN STORM.
Ships, Which Contained 800 American
Bankers and Wives, Not Damaged.

New Orleans, Dec. 6.-Although the
bankers fleet, which is returning here
from Panama with three hundred Amer
lean bankers and their wives aboard,
encountered storm in the gulf of Mex
leo yesterday, the ships were not dam
aged. Wireless communication with the
feet was not interrupted to-day.