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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-02-09
STATE CAPITOL in RUINS

Lightning Hits Missouri Structure and
Causes Total Loss.
Jefferson City, Mo-, Feb. THE
Missouri capitol building was entirely
destroyed by fire. The total loss, in
Guiding the structure and many rec
ords and state papers in the offices
of. the governor, secretary of state and
treasurer, is estimated at $1,000, 900,
with no insurance.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-29

and worked for time in the placer
mines He panned out sufficient gold
20 give him start In business and
located in san Francisco. There
was no opening for his trade that OF
a paper manufactures. so he went
n step beyond into the printing bust.
ness and sent TO New York for
large job press which he operated for
number OF years At one time he
moved his plant to Sacramento In
order TO do the printing for the state
government but found San Francisco
more congenlal and returned to that
city.
Col. Walbridge became member
OF the vigilance committee In May
1856. when that law and order body
was re.organized following the as
sassination of James King OF VIII
liam. editor OF the San Francisco
Evening Bulletin. Together with his
brother Edward Walbrldge who died
In Bennington about three years ago,
he marched musket on shoulder,
from the committee head
quarters to the jail whore the muir
derer. James Casey. also newspaper
man. had sought q refuge, and as
sisted In taking the man out OF the
hands OF the authorities. He was al
so on duty four days later when
Casey and another murderer. after "a
trial by the yigilante court. were
hanged from the second story win.
dow OF the large store house In which
the committee held It's meetings.
Returning from California In 1891
! Col. Walhridge purchased the farm
at Bennington Falls originally settled
by his greatgrandfather and was
there residing when he entered the
civil war lie served from the FIRST
hattie OF Bull Run until April, 1864,
when he was discharged for disabll.
ity. having contracted spinal dill
Guilty from which he has never fully
recovered. From Is years following
his return from the war he held the
position OF assistant assessor and
department collector Of internal rev
enue and later was for about a year
in the employ OF the Panama railroad
company
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-29

still mentally and physically active
and his slight frame is as erect aud
soldierly IN lbs bearing as when he
stood "a the head Of the FIRST com.
pany OF the first fighting regiment Of
Vermont troops TO respond TO Lin
coins call to arms. Few men OF 10.
day have lived lives OF greater actiy.
ity. During his youth and early man.
hood he was sailor. California gold
prospeCtor pioneer printer member
Of the vigilance committee that res
tored order in San Francisco. organ
izer OF a company OF Vermont yolun.
teers in the Civil war and an associ.
ate OF the late Trenor W. Park who
as president OF the company.
developed the Panama railroad and
sold the property to Count DeLesseps
at the time the preliminary steps
We're being taken in the construction
OF the interocean canal now being
completed by the United States gov
ernment
Hanging on the walls of the home
he built at North Bennington In the
year preceding tue opening Of the
Civil war are number OF treasured
mementoes of the stirring period OF
his early life One is an oil painting
depicting a winter camp OF his regi.
ment and in case he has occasion 10
speak Of the picture the colonel will
call the attention Of his guest 20 the
figure OF an officer on white horse
His framed commission as colonel OF
the Second Vermont regiment adorns
an opposite wall. but the most con.
splCuous position has been given TO
his certificate OF membership In the
Home Guard OF San francisco"
which drove the lawless element out
Of the City OF the Golden Gate In
1858. Col Walbridge does not be.
lieve that there Is another copy in
the state still in the possession OF the
person TO whom it was awarded.
Col Walbridge is a native OF Ben.
nington. having been born In the
little manufacturing hamlet OF Hlns.
} dillville, about two miles from his
present home. His father. Stebblns
d. Walbridge was farmer and wool.
en- manufacturer and the son when a
small boy learned the trade OF an op.
orator. Several years before he
reached his majority young Wal.
bridge showed evidence of the rest.
less and progressive energy that dur.
Ing three years OF service resulted
In his promotion from a captaincy TO
the head OF regiment with a record
OF 2S engagements and which In the
number OF men killed In action stood
gath out OF over 5000 enrolled In the
federal army during the war. When
but is years OF age he left home and
became one OF the crew on a mack
erel schooner which cruised OF the
Massachusetts, coast and followed the
business for two summers, being en-
ployed during the winters at his
fathers wooden mill At the age OF q
he went to Springfield. Mass. and
worked for three years In the paper
mills of that city. From Springfield
he went to California In the sprinl
OF 1852 The journey was accom-
nlished by the way of the lsthmus 81
Panama which he crossed by travel
ing in canoe manned by natives {,
the headwaters Of the Chagres rive
and making the remainder OF the dis
lance to the Pacific coast oh foot
Upon his arrival in California h
went Immediately into the mountain
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-29
BELL BOY ADMITS
THAT He KILLED
". 7. JACKSON
Paul GeideI, II Years Old, In
dicted For Murder.
ONLY MOTIVE WAS ROBBERY
Youth Wanted Money With Which
to Purchase Clothes and
Finery

New York, July 2S.-Paul Geidel.
the II year old bellboy, was brought
before the coroner's jury today for
the killing of William Henry Jackson.
the aged broker, whose dead body
was found in his apartments yester-
day, with a rag saturated with chic
reform stuffed in his mouth and his
face wet with blood. He was held on
a charge of homicide to await the ac-
ton of the grand jury Within Is
hours of the crime Geidel was caught
and had confessed his act
Love of clothes and finery caused
Geidel to attempt the robbery which
ended in the killing of the broker.
Jackson had been liberal Upper and
the bellboy believed 'he had money
in every pocket"
Patrick McGrane. who pawned the
watch which Geide stole, was also
held by the coroner's jury, which re-
commended that he be indicted as an
accessory after the fact.
District Attorney Whitman said to-
day that he would bring the case to
the grand jury next Monday and
there would be a speedy indictment
and trial.
Gedel was indicted this afternoon
by the grand jury for murder in the
first degree. McGrane's case will be
taken up by the grand jury next weei
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-29
MIDNIGHT FIRE IS
Put OUT WITH
SMALL Loss
Started In Fruit Store Owned
BY Otto Quandt.
ORIGIN is A MYSTERY
Was Under Considerable Roadway
But Brick Walls Held it Until
Flremen Got There

Fire broke out at 1870 last night
in Otto Quandt's fruit store in the
Brewster block at the corner of
North and Pleasant streets and did
damage amounting to about thous
and dollars when finally extinguish-
ed.
The fire started in the back part
of the store and was discovered by
Merritt Wood, night operator at the
telephone office which is upstairs in
the same building. He sent out the
telephone alarm and Box As at the
Putnam House was pulled by Patrol
man A. J. Griffin.
The Stark Hose company which is
right across the way was on the
scene in two minutes and soon had
a stream on the fire The Putnams
arrived few minutes later but one
stream was all that was needed. The
fire was under control within five
minutes after stream was working
but the blaze had spread through the
store to such an extent that a good
deal OF water was used in putting II
an out
The heat smashed the big plate
glass windows and the smaller ones
were broken in getting into the build
ing. The stock OF goods in the store
was practically ruined and the inter
Tor of the store will have to be re-
finished IN the telephone ONCE up
stairs and in b. Shimilitzsky's store
next door the smoke ala some dam
age
The origin OF the fire IS not known
The principal loss is the damage to
the building MIR. Quandt had a
stock of goods worth three or four
hundred dollars but as ne had an in
surance OF Sll00 he is we'll protect
ed
A theory circulated TO some extent
that the fire might have been set by
burglars to hide an attempt on the
store does not appear well founded
as Chief Brazell was past the store
few minutes before the fire broke
out and the light from the street
lamps shines In there
Mir Quandt, the proprietor OF the
tore freely states that he has no the
DRY as to how the fire started unless
I ly burglars He says that the sum
&C three dollars had been taken from
tue cash register and that the back
window shows signs OF having been
forced. but It may have been done
during the FIRE
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-29
FIFTEEN PEOPLE KILLED
Shocking Railroad Wreck in Isolated
District Of Maine

Bangor, Ne. July 2S.-Fifteen per-
sons are reported killed in head-on
collision late tonight between
crowded excursion train on the Ban
gor and Aroostook railroad and the
midnight train from Van Buren, to
Bangor. Thirty or forty people are
known to have been injured and ii is
thought several others are beneath
the wreckage
The collision took place just out
side the Grindstone station, seven
miles north of Milllnocket, and 80
miles north of Bangor.
4 special train was rushed from
this city shortly after midnight with
surgeons and medical supplies and
nurses. 1t was expected it would
take two hours for II to reach the
scene OF the wreck.
The excursion train was bound
from Kidders Point on the Penobscot
bay, near Searsport. for points In
northern Maine. The train was late
and was reported at the time OF the
crash to have been moving at a good
rate OF speed
IL is not known what caused the &C
cident. A heavy storm prevailed
throughout Maine tonight and 1t is
believed that the thick weather con-
ditions had much to do with the dis
aster.
The smoking car OF the excursion
train was next to the engine and was
telescoped by the tender. All the pas
sengers in this car most of whom
were members of the Pressure Isle
band, are reported killed or badly
wounded.
Engineer f. w. Garcelon of the ex-
cursion train. was instantly killed
Engineer William Orr of the reg
.ular. was found badly hurt
Both firemen are missing
Grindstone the place where the
wreck occurred. is a small hamlet
containing only AZ inhabitants. II Is
buried deep In the woods with no IA
cilties of any kind for the care of the
dead or wounded. except through the
hospitality OF the backwoods people.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-29
PAGEANT PLANS
Public viii Be Admitted to Dress Re-
hearsal for IS Cents

HSdISdl lOi - OStltS
A large chorus is needed for the
Pageant and Charles II Bennett of
Boston will conduct the rehearsals
during the week before the Pageant.
1t is requested that all singers OF the
town will take part in this chorus
and will meet f. c. Bennett at For
esters' hall at eight o'clock on Tues
day evening, August lst
Rehearsal for the June training
and English scenes will be held at
the Y. NJ. G. A. gymnasium at 1880
this evening A full attendance is
requested
All children under fourteen years
of age are requested to meet Miss
Eager on the baseball grounds on
Thursday afternoon. August Srd at
2:30. The children will be divided
into four sections and will take part
in the closing scene OF the Pageant,
The Makers OF Tomorrow. II is hop
ed that all the town children includ-
ing those living in North Bennington
and Old Bennington will respond to
this invitation.
The Pageant committee requests
that all people who have not been in
vlted to take part in the Pageant and
who would like to do so. will send
their names to DR.. Ross before Tues
day, August LIST. II has not been
possible for the committee to see
all the townspeople individually but
1t is their desire that all who would
like to participate shall do so.
There will be a full dress public
reheasal OF the Historical Pageant
on Friday evening, August IL at S
o'clock on the Pageant grounds. This
rehearsal will be as complete in every
detail as the Pageant itself. Full or
chestra, calcium lights. etc, and will
be open to the townspeople OF Ben
nington for % cents. There will be
no reserved seats. The grounds will
be open at 1850 and the rehearsal
will begin at eight. Tickets may be
obtained OF J r. Mulligan and II Is
requested that these tickets be Sc
cured In advance. II not used at the
rehearsal these tickets will also be
good for either Saturday afternoon
or Monday evening and seats will be
reserved on those days for the hold
ers OF rehearsal tickets.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-29
COL. WALBR|DGE
PASSES HIS GOTH
ANNIVERSARY
Commanded Verm0nt's First
Fighting Regiment . Az
A vIGlLANTE IN SANFRANClSC0
Helped to Drive Disorderly Element
Out Of City of Golden Gate
in 1856

Colonel James H. Walbridge, one
of the few.survivors of the 81 officers
who commanded Vermont volunteer
regiments during the Civil war, oh.
served his S5th anniversary today at
his home in North Bennington. Not
withstandng the fact that he has ira
veled Is milestones beyond the alot-
ted three score years and ten he is
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-29
SETH WARNER MONUMENT
Plans In Progress For It's Dedication
Meeting Tuesday

At an adjourned meeting of the
Battle Monument and Historical so
ciety this morning, the matter of a
dedication OF the monument erected
to Col. Seth Warner and the Green
Mountain Boys by Col DIN Scott
was taken up. II was proposed to
have the dedication service on the
morning OF August 10 but as there
were on.y a few members present II
was voted to defer final action until
next Tuesday morning at 1880. AT
that time all the members OF the as.
ISOLATION are requested to be present
at Batchelder q Bates Office for &C.
ton In the matter.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-29
LAST DAY OF SALE
Grand Bargain Opportunity viii Close
Tomorrow Night.

Today, July 90 is the last
day OF the annual midsummer clear
ance sale at the Joe Levin store. cor.
ner OF North and River streets. This
sale has afforded the people OF Ben.
nington and vicinity opportunities to
save from 30 to 40 per cent on pur-
chases Of new fresh seasonable
goods The stock on sale yet con.
tains many bargains for the buyer
who wants to make a dollar 20 to the
limit q
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-29
WEATHER FORECAST

Probabilities for This Section for the
Next "a Hours
For Eastern New York and Western
Vermont overcast weather Prohab'
ly local showers tonight or Sunday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-29
BAND CONCERT
Program for Entertainment at Sold
iers Home Tomorrow

iers Home Tomorrow
Following is the program of the
concert to be given by the band at
the Soldiers Home grounds tomor.
row afternoon:
March-The Glory OF the Yankee Ma
Wy. Sousa
Overture-Jubel, Won Weber
Selection-The Pink Lady, Caryll
Cornet Solo-The Old Church Organ.
Chambers
Medley-Popular Hits. Lampe
Barcarolle-Tales of Hoffman,
Offenbach
Finale-White City thinner
Star Spangled Banner
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-29
LIFE TERM FOR HENwooD
Slayer Of Won Phul, Convicted Of
Murder Of Copeland, Sentenced

Denver July 27.-Frank II. Hen.
wood, convicted OF murder in the sec.
ond degree for killing George Il. Cope
land while shooting at l.. Won Phul.
the St Louis aeronaut. whom he also
killed In hotel barroom here on the
night of May "a, was today sentenced
to life Imprisonment.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-29

children parents to his second child.
hood" Annuities make possible a
financially independent old age. Nat
ional Life lns. Co. of Vermont tMu.
uall Earle S. Klnsley, General
Agent. Rutland, VI
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-29
BIG CATCH OF sLuEFlsH
Party Of Four Hooked 6i5 at the Rate
OF TWO a Minute

sayville. l.. l.. July 29.-All records
in the history OF hook and line blue.
fishing in the Great South BAY were
broken Wednesday by a party Of four
person. one OF them a woman. who,
within six hours. caught 6l5 blueiish,
35 auke, and Eve large weakhsh.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-20
JAP KILLED BY
WHITE MAN

(By United Press Leased Wire
SEATTLE, May 20.-Two jap
anese, employed on a Standard
Oil barge. were passing under
the Holgate street viaduct when
a white man accosted them, and
demanded to know where they
were going. Upon getting their
explanation, the white man lung
ed forward, struck one of the
Japs. knocking him down. The
other Jap escaped. Inouye, the
man knocked down, was found
dead afterward and a report made
to the police. The white man Is
missing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-20
COUNTERFE|TERS
GET ONE YEAR

Lloyd II. Cummings, Everett,
and William Jesse Young, Seattle,
pleaded guilty to counterfeiting
before Judge Donworth yesterday
and were sentenced to a year and
a day at McNeil's island.
j. j. Rogers, Seattle, pleaded
guilty to trying to pass bogus
Virginia bank notes for legal cur
rency; Earl G. Richardson admit
ted his guilt on a charge of i'm
personating an officer and getting
$40 from Oscar Ecklund at Ever
EFT; James M. Conner of Mosber
pleaded guilty to counterfeiting
All three of these men will be
sentenced Monday
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-20
Takes More Than Good System,
Wilson Tells Portland PEOPLE

and while you have adopted
this new method of legislation,
do not console yourselves with
the idea that you have corrected
your evils" said he. eff I am
rightly informed your legislature
has not improved to a marked
degree in its contact with the
people. You have made no prog
ress, for to make this move
ment success you must purify
your legislative assembly and
make the legislature nervous but
it has not changed their charac-
ter"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-20
By United Press Leased Wire. J

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
PORTLAND, May 20.-Follow-
ing a mass meeting at the Armory
Gov. Woodrow Wilson left on the
midnight train for Seattle. To-
day Oregonians are sitting up,
rubbing their eyes and are begin
ming to digest all the things he
said concerning the Oregon sys-
tenn of government.
He epitomized his idea of what
Oregon has accomplished so far
through the adoption of the ini-
tiative and referendum in his
speeches.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-20
FRENCH WOMEN GROWING
TALLER; men SMALLER
(By United Press Leased Wire. }

(By United Press Leased Wire
PARIS, May 20.-French wom-
en- are growing taller and French
men are growing smaller. Ac-
cording to a report made to the
Academy of Science, experiments
have shown that Parisien women
have gained over an inch in aver
ase height in the past fifty years.
Formerly they averaged five feet
|6-1o0 inches. Now they measure
five feet, 1 2-100. Also Parisiens
are proved to be nearly l IA
inches taller than French provin-
cial women.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-20
INDICTED ASSESSOR
ATTENDST TO DUTIES

Following his indictment on
two counts by the grand jury.
Dalton's bail was increased from
$4,000 to $4,000. Friends OF
the accused man scurried around
and In few hours had returned
with the necessary bondsmen to
qualify on the $4,000 guarantee
for, his appearance. Dalton's ar
raignment will take place Monday
morning.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-20
FINISH MOORHEAD
TRIAL ON MONDAY

The case of Roy Moorhead, ac-
cused of the murder of Sadie
Buchanan, will be given to the
jury Monday. All hope of bring
ing the trial to a close this even
ing was abandoned today. The
forenoon today and a part of the
afternoon was occupied by the
state in bringing character wit
nesses in rebutta1. The actual
taking of testimony will be con-
cluded today, and the case will
go to the jury after the pleas OF
the lawyers Monday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-20
The Way They Do
1t In England
(By United Press Leased wire.

(By United Press Leased Wire
LONDON. May 20.--Large en-
ployers of labor in Great Britain
are gradually letting the news
leak out that IL Chancellor of the
Exchequer Lloyd George thinks
they are going to pay part of the
premiums to insure their employees
against Involuntary idleness or
illness. as contemplated under his
state insurance plan. he Ia mis-
taken. 1t appears now that they
intend simply to reduce wages by
the amount of the premium they
will have to pay, so that the in
surance will cost them nothing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-20
BEATEN AND
ROBBED

John II. Goels, salesman TO,
A. s. Johnson & Co., was knock
ed down and robbed by two high
waymen, on South J street, be-
tween Eighth and Ninth, at 1880
last night. He can give no descrip-
ton of the thugs other than that
they were unmasked. Between 81
and So was taken. Goels says he
saw the men approaching, but
paid no attention until one struck
him and knocked him down. He
was then badly beaten and robbed
The thugs escaped down Ninth
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-20
Bank May Sell Beer. Too.

LONDON, May 20.-The Bank
of England has privileges besides
those of issuing bank notes and
paying interest. 1t may also sell
beer without license. This odd
privilege was granted by the char
ter of incorporation under the
Great Seal. dated July 81, 1894.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-20
WIRES MAY GO FROM POLES

ALI wires may be removed from
poles in Tacoma and put under
ground If the project can be
worked out by the city council.
Mayor Seymour this morning sug-
gested they ought to take 1t up
and a hearing will be held on the
matter next Friday. At this time
ali the details will be gone into.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-20
(By United Press Leased Wire.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
OAKLAND, Cal. May 20.-Re-
Ifusing absolutely to discuss his
case, Henry p. Dalton. assessor of
Alameda county, accused of hav-
ing accepted $1,000 as a bride to
reduce the tax assessment of the
Spring Valley Water company, to-
day is at hiss office attending to
the usual rot( line of business.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-20
Well Known Baritone
VIII Sing in Opera

William Geddes, the King OF
the pirates in pirates of Pen
zance." the comic opera to be
given at the Tacoma theater next
Thursday and Friday nights will
be remembered for the part of
"Plunket" which he took In the
grand opera Martha" presented
here two years ago. Mr.. Geddes
Is well known in music circles
here. He possesses a rich BARI
tone voice, and has been a mem
Der of the Orpheus club for the
past two years.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-20
VANCOUVER SHIPPING
SHEDS ARE BURNED

and their contents were practical
ly totally destroyed. The loss Is
ESTIMATED at $4,000.
The cause was attributed to a
defective electric light wire. When
noticed the flames were brustine
out from the top of the building,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-20
SECOND OF GAYNOR'S
DAUGHTERS ELOPES

Iby OHFteu Tftos ItUSeU WIftsI
NEW YORK, May 20.--Miss
Gertrude. daughter OF Mayor
Gaynor. eloped with William Se-
ward Webb, son of New York
millionaire yesterday and the
pair were married by Rev. J. #.
Stoneifer. Tho bride Is %. The
groom Ii a clerk for j. p. Morgan
g. Co. They left for Los Angeles
where they will reside In the fu-
ture. The pair were accompanied
by Harry X. Vingut and his wife.
Edith Gaynor vingut, sister of
the bride who eloped together q
year ago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-20
TARIFF
TO BE CUT

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WASHINGTON, d. c., May 20.
The ways and means committee
of the house decided today to cut
wool duties one half. The COM
mittee Immediately began draft
Ing bill which will be placed
before the democratic caucus.