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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-11-17
MAY NEVER BE TRIED.
Arthur Bosworth's Case Expected to
Come Up Soon.

Burlington, Nov I7.-Arthur Bosworth
may never be tried in county court for
the killing Of May Labeile at Essex
Junction on June z While the trial has
been set for next week, it was learned
yesterday from reliable source that
the young Englishman may possibly en-
ter plea of guilty some time during
the day to-day and be given sentence
on this plea, without a jury trial. II
is understood that such a termination
of the case has been pending for several
days, and that States Attorney H. b.
shaw has not been entirely favorable
to such step. A conference between
Mr.. Shaw, Attorney A. l.. sherman and
Acknowledgement Sargent was held last
night, il is understood, but what the
result of the conference was could not
be learned
Should Bosworth plead guilty to a
charge Of murder in the first degree, the
most that could be given him would be
life sentence. a hearing Of witnesses
on the facts would doubtless be held
and sentence would probably be forth
coming very soon afterward It is said
that the witnesses in the case have been
subppnaed for this afternoon and this
is said TO be for the purpose of conduct
ing the hearing on the facts should the
case take the turn already mentioned.
Attorney sherman, when seen late
yesterday afternoon, would not state
what the probabilities were for plea
Of guilty by Bosworth. He did state,
however, that matters were pending that
might put a new phase on the case. It
is understood that Mr.. Sherman would
not be adverse to having Bosworth en-
ter a plea of guilty.
The case is very similar TO that of
Arthur Bean. who recently pleaded gull
ty at Guildhall 10 the charge OF kill
ing his mother and sister. In the case
Of Bosworth, as in that Of Bean, life
sentence only could be pronounced, IS
the statute holds that capital punish
ment can follow only when a jury has
returned a verdict and stipulated a death
penalty in case Of conviction. Judge
Fred NJ. Butler ruled in the Bean case
that where a plea Of guilty is entered
70 charge OF murder the respondent
cannot receive a death sentence,
Sheriff Allen went to Waterbury yes
terday and brought i5osworth TO Bur
lington The young man has been un-
der observation there since June 30, and
IL is understood that should the case
be tried the defense will be insanity.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-11-17
SHARP SHOCKS FELT.
Houses Shaken In Various Places of Eu-
rope Last Night.

Berlin, Nov. l7.--Sharp earth shocks
occurred last night at 1880 o'clock at
Munich, Strassburg, Mayence, Frankfort
and Stuttgart. The shocks were felt
quite severely at Stuttgart and Frank
fort AT Franklin several houses were
badly shaken and half clad people
rushed into the streets, Big cracks ap-
peared in the walls of several buildings
AT Stuttgart household furniture was
overturned and pictures fell from the
walls.
At Constance, in the grand duchy Of
Baden, many buildings including the
postoflice were badly damaged The rail-
way viaduct near Lautlnigen fell in.
There was panic in the theatre at
Heidelberg.
Mulhausen, Alsaac Lorraine, Nov. H..
Two earthquakes of unusual violence
passed from west to east last night
People fled to the open in terror. A
huge stone fell from the steeple Of st.
Stephens church. Walls in the upper
stories Of many dwellings were badly
cracked. A performance in theatre
was suspended. the terrified audience 6y
ing to the streets, which were Uttered
with fallen bricks and tiles
Vienna, Noy ia slight earthquake
occurred here last night. So far, how
cver no damage is reported.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-11-17
Sighted Off Great Point Rip,
Mass, Early Today
HARD DRIVEN BY THE STORM
One Of the Vessels Was 10 Miles Of
Shore and the Other Was Anchored
Nearer and With Two Men
Lashed to the Rigging.

Chatham, Mass, Nov. l7.-Three yes
sells were sighted flying distress signals
of Great Point Rip to-day. One is ten
miles oil shore and the second is an
chored off Great Point Rip with two
men lashed to the rigging. The third
was taken in tow by the revenue cut
ter Acushnet. A northeast gale is blow
ing
Nantucket, Mass, Nov. IA north
west gale has swept the Nantucket
Shoals during the past two days, to-
tallying wreeking the three masted
Bath, Me-. schooner Charles H. Wolston
on Great Point Rip this morning, and
just missed elutching the two master
Ella Clifton FIVE miles away The wind
caused another coaster off Chatham to
call for help from passing fishermen.
The crew ot- the Wolston was saved
through the heaviest kind of rowing and
seamanship by the Coskata life saving
crew. The Clifton was towed to Bass
river by the revenue cutter Acushnet.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-11-17
Insanity Defense in Case Of
Bertram G. Sr" Ter
NO., uN TRIAL FOR MURDER
Relatives and Friends Tell Of Ungovern-
able Fits of Rage and Once He Tried
to Drown His Father-in-law,
1t Was Testified.

Springfield, Mass, Nov. l7.-Relatives
and friends Of Bertram G. Spencer, who
is on trial charged with numbering Miss
Martha Blackstone, took the witness
stand to-day and told Of his temper.
acts and threats The defense is trying
to prove that Spencer is insane. It IS
expected that Speneer's father viii take
the stand sometime to-day.
Yesterday the defendants mother told
Of her husbands severe punishment of
Bertram. The prisoners sister, Mrs.
Norman Pultz, told of several times she
had seen her brother in a rage. She
told of how her brother once tried to
throw his father-in-law into the river.
Others present prevented him from at
tacking the man.
Without hesitation and with no dis
play of emotion the mother told in great
detail of numerous occasions on which
her husband had punished young Bert
ram with extreme severity. That q
certain amount Of punishment was de-
served by the boy was admitted as we'll
as the fact that her husband is now
Sunday school superintendent in Lels
anon, Conn. The treatment accorded
by his father made Bertram very ner-
vous Mrs. Spencer said, and ever since
particularly severe beating over the
head with the butt Of heavy whip
in the hands Of his father. the boy had
complained of pains in the head
Other forms Of punishment which
Spencers mother testified had a bad eff
feet on his nerves were the tying Of
the lad on a chopping block and telling
him his head would be cut of, and bind
ing him to a tree in the woods and say
ing that the wolves would eat him.
Mrs. Spencer said Bertram tried to
commit suicide by drowning and at an
other time by taking poison. Often, her
son had attacks Of frenzy, frothing at
the mouth and making strange sounds in
bis throat while his eyes looked like
those "of wild animal"
Much family history was related by
Mrs. Spencer in testifying that many Of
her own relatives and those Of her hus-
band had been insane.
After Mrs. Spencer left the stand,
nearly dozen witnesses were examined.
Practically all of them told of outbursts
Of rage on Spencer's part when he was
az home, at various places in Connecti-
cut or at the Mount Hermon school for
boys One of these witnesses described
speneer's look as wild and Indifferent"
and Others told Of threats of injury to
other persons and actual attacks upon
them BY Spencer when he was angry.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-11-17
AMONG THE DEER SLAYERs.
Ernest Dickey, Aged IA, Was One Of the
Youngest Successful Hunters.

The +. d. Ladd Co received yester-
day afternoon a handsome buck, which
was shot in Waterbury BY H. p. Thurs
ton. Probably the first OF the local
produce dealers to offer yenison for sale
was H. j. Smith OF the City market
on North Main street. Fred Celley OF
Montpelier brought,.in large buck at
noon, which weighed $50 pounds. The
animal was secured in MiddleseX early
yesterday forenoon. Later in the day, A
20Q-pound buck, shot in Washington by
Ernest Dickey, l4-year-old East Barre
nimrod, was received at the Smith mar
ket. Dickey is probably the youngest
hunter in this vicinity to bring down a
leer during the present season. Bert
Humphrey of Elmore street, who spent
the opening Of the season in Waterbury,
arrived home yesterday afternoon with
a fine buck which Tipped the scales
al 250 pounds.
Charles Flanders of Orange shot 200
pound buck ON his farm in Orange on
Wednesday afternoon Several others
are reported to have been shot in Orange.
Ben II. Tassie returned this morning
from Orange, where he secured a buck
with well developed antlers weighing,
when dressed, over 200 pounds. The
animal is exhibited at the Smith &
Cummings market.
George Mann brought home large
buck yesterday afternoon from Waits
field. Mr. Mann says it weighs between
$50 and 400 pounds and that the head
is the most perfect one he ever saw,
having four large prongs.
Two deer sent TO Smith & Cummings
market in this city weighed 100 and
1876, the latter dressed. They were shot
in Middlesex by Messrs, Cooney and
Chaplin.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-11-17
GRAND TRUNK WINS.
Awarded the Right to Lay Tracks Near
River Front in Providence.

Providence, r. T., Nov. 1.-THE Grand
Trunk was yesterday granted the right
to lay its tracks along the west front
Of Providence river. Usual conditions
concerning the use or occupancy of a
street by a railroad are made to apply in
this instance by the city council.
The ordinance gives the company a
right to lay and operate single track
from point southerly Of the harbor
junction branch of the N. Y, N. H. &
II. r. r., where a connection may be
made along Aliens avenue easterly to a
point on Henderson street. The com
pany is allowed the right to lay and
maintain a spur track from the main
track on Aliens avenue to the dock about
to be constructed by the state harbor
Improvement commission
The location of this spur is to be sub
ject to the approval of the commissioner
Of public works. The Grand Trunk con
tracts to indemnity the city against all
losses
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-11-17
SHRINERS AT MONTPELIER.
Eight Took Degree, and Dancing Was
Enjoyed in Evening.

A large number of the members Of
Mount Sinai temple, Mobiles OF the Mys-
tic Shrine, with their ladies, met in
Montpelier yesterday afternoon and
last evening for the annual ceremonial
session and to do honor to Imperial
Potentate John Frank Treat OF Fargo,
N. d., and Imperial High Priest j. Put
nam Stevens Of Lewiston, Me. In the
afternoon eight candidates were escorted
across the desert and lunch was served
from $3.50 to s to the mobiles, and from
10 to l2 for the ladies.
EARLY in the evening, the visitors and
officers held reception, after which
the Montpelier Military band gave a
concert and from $3.50 on dancing was
enjoyed, with 100 couples in line for the
grand march.
Those who took the degree were;
George X. Putnam, Montpelier; Levi 7.
Cross, Nathan r. Davis, Northield;
Earle J.. Ward. Alfred A. Lamorey,
Barre; George H. Geake, Thomas G.
Geake, Granitevlle; Earle W. Pinkham,
st. Albans.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-11-17
SKELETONS OF INDIANS.
Bones Dug Up In Exeter, N. H., Are
Believed To Be.

Exeter, n. H., Nov. l7.-What are
believed to be the skeletons Of the husky
red skins Of primeval days were un-
earthed yesterday by Harry Smith, who
is employed by the contractors engaged
in digging sewer through Walnut
street. His pick first struck hard
substance and soon he was surprised
to discover a human skull.
This was dug around and the entire
skeleton in good state of preservation
greeted the workmen 1t was lying
parallel with the sewer and thus it was
not necessary to disturb it. Soon, how
ever. bones were struck again and it was
in time seen that the men had run
lengthwise of another human skeleton
The skull was small, with high cheek
bones and sloping forehead, thus
strengthening the supposition that they
are the remains Of Indians A strange
fact was that the person was buried on
his side.
In extricating the bones Of one there
were found two left thigh bones which
would indicate that a part OF another
person had been exhumed and it Is be-
lieyed that there are many more in the
locality. The skeleton, which was dis
covered in perfect form, was over 6
feet in length and measurements We're
taken from the top Of the skull to the
ankle bones. The teeth were also in
good condition, several of them being
extracted with ease, and upon examina-
tion they were seen to be well worm
One Of them was examined by a dem
tist and he pronounced that there were
traces Of tartar on them.
As there was no trace of decayed wood
it is believed that the buried human be-
inas must have been Indians and that
there was perhaps a massacre of the
red skins near that spot and the dead
being buried there. There is not thought
to be any family burying ground in
that locality as these were in most in
stances marked by headstones.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-11-17
One Was in the American Meth
odist Mission in China
THE OTHER IN CANADIAN
News Of the Slaughter of the Two Came
to Victoria, B. c., To-day, But
Did Not Reveal Names
of Victims.

Victoria, B. G., Nov 1.-THE Canada
Maru brought news to-day OF the muir
der of two foreign missionaries in See
Chuen. The. correspondent TO the Shang-
hal press said: 1.-TWO foreign mission
aries have been murdered, one of the
American Methodist mission and the
other from the Canadian Methodist mis-
sion. do not know their names. Both
were stabbed" A steamer at Shang-
hal Oct. 2l, to which thousands Of refu-
gees 6ocked, coming from Hankow,
brought the story Of many eye wit
riesses to the bloody Incidents.
L. Suzora of Yokohama, who went
with the deputation from Hankow to
Wu Chang to rescue the missionaries and
other foreigners, clamored for admit
tance. The gates were Suddenly opened
and large number of captured Man
chus were dragged out by the hair and
beheaded, and their heads hurled at the
feet of the delegates. The gates were
then closed and the foreigners went back
to tell what they had seen.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-11-17
Earthquake Last Night Shook
Switzerland Heavily
NO CASUALTIES REPORTED
In Geneva Street Cars Were Derailed and
in Other Places People Fled from
Their Homes in Wild
Alarm.

Berne, Switzerland, Nov. ia vio-
lent earthquake shock was felt through
ont Switzerland last night. The move
ment was especially strong in the can
tons of Berne and Zurich, in the dis
trict Of Interlaken and throughout the
region of the Alps mountains. SO far
as known, there were no casualties.
In Geneva street cars were derailed.
Here and in Zurick theatre audiences
were panic stricken and rushed into the
streets. Many women tainted. In the
towns along the mountain slopes the
inhabitants fed from their homes, AT
Chamonix ayalauches rushed down Mont
Blanc.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-11-17
LIFEBoAT TWICE SwAMPED.
Nantucket Savers Couldn't Launch Craft
Because Of High Seas.

Nantucket. Nov. 1.-THE crew Of the
Coskata life saving station on Great
Point, under Capt. Norcross, endeavored
yesterday afternoon to launch the surf
boat to 90 to the assistance OF the I'M
known two masted schooner, which lies
about four miles northwest Of Great
Point. The heavy seas and the gale Of
wind, which was blowing dead on shore,
made the launching impossible, the boat
being swamped twice. The attempt was
then abandoned.
The unknown schooner appeared from
shore here to be very low in the water
She was butfeted by the worst sea on
Great Point in years, and as she is on
dead lee shore some fears were felt
for her.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-11-17
DIVORCES HEARD.
In Washington County Court Following
the McCabe Case.

Judge Taylor did not pronounce SEN
tenee on Timothy McCabe in Washing
ton county court yesterday afternoon
following the hearing of testimony for
that purpose, the respondent having pre-
viously pleaded guilty to simple assault
on Mrs. Murray Cutler of East Mont
pelier. 1t is expected the case viii be
taken up again next Monday.
Besides several divorce cases. Raymond
Allen was arraigned on a charge of
shooting doe and was released in $50
bail. Allen is the son of Arthur AL
len Of Montpelier and was hunting on
Wednesday. 1t is alleged he shot a
doe near the farm of /. r. Wells at
Middesex Center. He was located by
County Game Warden Chaplin, John Van
0rman, of Calais, has been arrested on
a similar charge and will be arraigned
in court Monday.
The divorce case of Durette against
Durette was heard during the afternoon,
but no decision was announced.
The divorce case of William Backus
against Matilda Backus for alleged in
tolerable severity and adultery was tax
en- up. John G. Wing appeared for
Backus and the case was uncontested.
There were IL witnesses heard.
The court heard the uncontested di-
vorce case of May Patterson against
Patterson, for intolerable severity. J.
G, Wing for petitioner. This suit fol
lowed a disturbance at the Patterson
home on Barre street last summer when
il was alleged Patterson assaulted Fred
Pats and drove Mrs. Patterson into an
upstairs bedroom with table knife.
The Irish will case was also heard, it
centering over the Interpretation of the
words legal heirs" E. NJ. Irish being
the person most interested Robert Law
renee appeared for the petitioner and
#. L. Laird of Montpelier and ]. w.
Redmond of Newport for the other side.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-11-17
STUDENTS AS FIREMEN.
Harvard Youths Did Good Service in
Cambridge Last Night.

Cambridge, Mass. Nov. lT.--Tumbling
out Of Memorial hall, where a mass
meeting for the football game with Dart
mouth Saturday was being held, sew
eral hundred Harvard college students
became volunteer fremen last night and
saved more than a score of horses.
Working as bucket brigade, several
score of them wet down small buildings
so effectively that they were saved
from the flames
The fire was one which called for a
general alarm, and burned out more
than thousand tons of coal and an
Office building, two sheds and barn
owned by the Bay State Fuel company,
situated at the foot Of Dunster street
This is between the college district and
thickly populated tenement district
with the Charles river on one side. For
tunately the wind was blowing towards
the river and the flames were controlled
about midnight with loss of about $l0,-
600 to the coal company. The cause
of the fire is not known.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-11-17
USED MASONIC SERVICE.
At Funeral of Oliver C. Sheplee Yester-
day Afternoon.

The funeral Of Oliver Clark Sheplee,
whose death occurred Tuesday forenoon,
after three weeks illness of pneu
nonia, was held at his late home yes
terday afternoon at 2 O'Clock, Rev. J. w.
Barnett, pastor Of the Congregational
church, officiating. The bearers were;
Albert f. Dodge, Benjamin p. Wiley.
Joseph NJ. Taft, Lucius II. Thurston,
William A. Whitcomb. and A. d. Morse.
Mrs N. D. Lamb sang two selections
during the services. A large number Of
beautiful floral contributions included
pieces from the Masons and the Order Of
Eastern Star. fraternal organizations to
which Mr.. Sheplee belonged The Ma
sonic service was used at the house The
burial took place in Elmwood cemetery.
where the committal ritual of the Ma
sonic order was read
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-11-17
RUSSIA SENDS TROOPS
TO PERSIA AT ONCE
Since No Reply to It's Ultimatum Was
Received From Persia, Troops Will
Concentrate 90 Miles North
VEST Of Teheran.

st. Petersburg, Nov. l7.--As no re-
ply has been received from the Per-
sian government to the Russian ultima-
tum of November IL, it is officially an
nounced that the government has Or
dered the immediate despatch of
troops to Persia. They will be coneen-
trated for the present at Kasbin, called
Kazvin, which is 80 miles northwest of
Teheran.
Early in November the Russian gov
eminent sent an ultimatum to Persia
setting forth that unless the Persian
minister of foreign affairs apologized for
the alleged insult to NJ. Petrof, the Rus
sian vice consul at Teheran on the oc-
casion of the seizure of the property of
Shua- Es- -Sultaneh, and made other rep
aration, Russia would occupy the prov
inces of Ghfian and Mazanderau.
The seizure of the property of Shua-
Es-Sultaneh, who Is a brother of the
ex-shah of Persia, was carried out at
she instance of the national council by
W. Morgan Shuster, the Persian treas
urer-general, who sent gendarmes to
carry out his orders.
The Persian government at first decid-
ed not to comply with the demands of
khe ultimatum, but later the head of
che Russian section of the Persian for
eign Office informed the Russian minis
Ter that as the new cabinet had not been
/, formed it was impossible for the gov
ernment to reply Immediately to Rus
sia's renewed demand for an apology
Late dispatches from London, refer
ring to further encroachments upon Per-
sia's independence by both Russia and
Great Britain, said that if Russia en-
forced her ultimatum by occupying
part of the north, Great Britain was
likely to take corresponding step in
The south. Already the Russian troops
an the north had been strongly rein
forced, while Great Britain had land
nd two regiments of Indian troops at
Bushire, seaport of Persia, nominal
a for the purpose of guarding the Brit
sh consulates in the south.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-11-17
TALK OF THE TOWN

Frank Benson of Underhill is employed
as a chef at the hotel Otis.
Miss Marguerite Brown began work
this morning in the office at Jones BROTH
ers.
Miss Emily Beaupre OF ogdensburg,
n. r., is passing few days with friends
in the city.
Edmund LaDuke of Beelmantown, n.
y. arrived in the city this noon for
few days visit with relatives in Barre
and Websterville.
Irving c. Bean of Warren street left
last night for Brockton. Mass, where
he win pass few days with his broth
er.
Guests registered at the City hotel
Yesterday and to-day were as follows:
ID. i. Bennett, St. Johnsbury; E. L. Re-
we're. p. E. McAuliffe, J. r. Reed, Bur-
lington; W. r. Bartlett, Plainfeld; G.
B. Carpenter Bellows Falls; G.. j. Mos
bv,NNew York City; A. H. Swett, Port.
land Nc; Mr.. and Mrs G. f. Smith
Burlington.
Thursday arrivals at the hotel Otis
were as follows: w. A. Blaekman, Bos-
ton; w. +. Pearce, Lebanon, n. H;
Maud Kelly. NJ. II. Keany, Bennington;
A. i. Sargent, Lebanon, y. H.; Mr.. and
Mrs. Van Devorce, San Francisco, CAL;
c. II. Taft Randolph; J. w. Donome,
Boston; +. P. Nerbe. 4. L. Arnold, New
York City; d. H. Barnum, Burlington.
The Biiou was crowded all last even
ing by lovers Of motion pictures who
were anxious TO see Shakespearc's "Ra>
meo and Juliet" The pictures were
excellent and all who saw them stated
they were the last word in the making
of moving pictures and declared them
selves highly elated with the carefully
selected program. The Romeo and
Juliet pictures viii positively be shown
again tomorrow.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-11-17
LUMBER FIRE 100000.
Great Damage Was Done at Fairfield,
Me-, Last Night.

Fairfield, Me-. Nov. H. The lumber
mills Of the Hume & NewhalI company,
in the northern part Of the village and
comprising one of the leading industries
of the town, were burned last night.
The fire started from hot box on
the planning machine and spread so rapid
ly that the fire had extended throughout
the main mill before the fire apparatus
could be gotten into action. The ma
chinery was ruined and the main mill
burned fat, only the boiler house and
engine room being saved.
This mill was destroyed by fire on
April 2S last and had been rebuilt dur
ing the summer. 1t had been running
only since Monday About 100 hands
arc thrown out of employment.
The loss is about 100000, partially
covered by insurance.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-11-17
1000 DEATHS IN THREE DAYS
Chinese Towns Appeal to Revolutionists
to Preserve Order.

Annoy, China, Nov 1.-THE interior
towns in the southern half of Ao-Kien
province, abandoned by imperial officials,
have appealed TO the revolutionists to
send magistrates to preserve order.
Stoke reports that anti-foreigu white
Pans are becoming active. According to
native estimates, more than a thousand
casualties occurred during the three
days fighting at Chang Chow.