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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-08
Trying to Meet Relatives,

Frank s wife s uncle and aunt live
in Nebraska and are not used to city
proportions. On their way to Chicago
they telegraphed from Omaha own
reach Chicago about 2 o clock
The main difficulty was that Frank Is
family was not large enough to man
all the railroad stations. It would be
easy enough to get reception parties
for each terminal, but then there are
only a limited number who know
Frank s wife Is uncle and aunt by sight
He was obliged to telegraph to Mil
waukee to niece out the guard and see
that the old folks were not lost.
With this defensive system the elder.
~ Nehraskans We're rounded up on
arrival and at the first convenient op-
portunitv Frank said to uncle:
"Whv didn t Won tell us what road
vou were coming on? There are some
thing less than 90 ways of coming to
Chicago from Omaha. -
"How should l know that" replied
the old man. can the trains for Chi.
cago leave Omaha from one depot. y
Chicago Post.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-08
PERSONALS

+ h. Pier was IN Jamalea on uN''''
| Tuesday .,.t
Mr. and Mr.. George Baldwin spent
Monday in Townshend
Arthur Crouch Of Northampton Ma
is the guest Of Dor Allen
Miss Cora Hatch i visiting Tor WIN
or more IN Springfield Mass
Ni,s ! Belden was q visitor ~ An
dover from Friday until Monday
Ms ~ = Banks was the guest Of Nt''
Frank Mcclure in Athol THURSDAY
Mr.. and Mrs. L. VI Howe nave PC"
s,ondne several days in stamford, Iohh
w j Paine of New York city was "
,rn md called on relatives Saturday
Mrs. Harlan r Miller Of H4 q,l;a
Conn, spent yesterday at George iiarIis I
Harry r. Lawrence attended the N MY
England fair al Worcester Mass 'h''
week.
Archie Bcckwith Wa at his home ~ =,
Gilsnm, y. H., for Jew days 'he l"''
week,
Miss Mary Kinslee returned TUESDAY 70
mo Nolrose after spending several weeks
in Pittsford
Mr.. and Mrs David Fitzgerald Were
called 10 ,'S Saytons River Monday to attend
/ the funeral Of a relative.
Miss Craze Whitaker went Saturday TO
ber home In Schenectady. y y, having
snent three weeks i'm town.
M u,a.an and family have been en-.
,or,a;nine a number Of FREUD. from llin-
Galc \ II during the past week
'|'' II w,olFame las returned TO hi-
mares u Wn, etgIi'b Ne,rs comp,nv :
duties ~ INC nl"t 49, y; NO weeks
store aIter na'a,''i' - "" - ,r,o.3,,.
Mrs, Mary I, Howard ie'ltieu i"' ba",
from Fishers Island WhgTT int n'' 81 "a
visiting her brother, doeI ''hiso"' i'' -
days.
Mr.. and Mrs w. II Rockwell returned
Monday from their tnp Of i've weeks w
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-08
Worldly, But Profitable,

The night was wild, and three tramps
an Englishman, a Scotchman, and an
Irishman-had taken shelter from the
stormy blasts inside an old barn, wherein
they found one solitary chicken, which. on
being cooked, was discovered to be wholly
inadequate for their expansive appetites
So they retired to bed on the under
standing that ne who dreamt the best
o'clock the hungry tramps awoke. and be-
gan to narrate their dreams.
II dreampt," began the hungry English.
man. "that | went up to 'eaven in a
chariot"
The canny Scot could think of nothing
better. aye, mon, that's peculiar now. I
dreamt l went up wi ye"
"And sure" declared Pat, cts meself
as dreamt that I saw ye boath go up. SO
got up and ate the chicken Ideas,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-08
Advertised Letters

Men--C, Cameron, G. j. Grips, R. NJ
Curley, B. j. Farley ca, Chas D, Gibson
H. L. Godette, Chas R. Mcclellan, Edgar
~ Mallin Mr. Merrifeld, Theo. Nc
Donough, Eugene Riley. John G. Rowe
Roy Shaket, Elmer Turner, Fred Cranstor
Thomas, II. +. Virgins
Women-Mrs. Alvin Adams, Mrs. J. d
Brown, Miss Eva X Knowlton, Abbit
Newton, Miss Ida Pelter. Mrs Mabe
WEIGH
Advertised Sept s
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-08
LEGAL Notices.
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE

ESTATE OF CATHERINE E, Su SUI, + n
The undersigned. having been spp. ,.;.t 4 yrs
Honorable Probate Court for the lnsu ..rs nv
boro, Commissioners. to receive eNaIirs ,:1
Just the claims and demands OF all Ba.s
the estate of Catherine f. sullivan a ln C,rs o.
boro in said District. deceased ana al . S ts
hibited in offset thereto, hereby g Ne III; It NJ
we will meet for the purpose alole y GR5r,tttar
County Clerk office, in the vluass y M
a an dad day ri ebrd ihs *. Se %t
until o'clock P NJ, on each Of s, sa@ i Al Iasa
that six months from the 10Th DAY sy,iS ICoath
A. d. 1911, is the time limited BY say 10 Is ID
said creditors to present their claims
examination and allowance M ,,y Al Ausnt
Dated at Brattleboro this 26th Gay y -
A. ID. 1911.
35-S7 CHAS. G. STAPLESi -
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-08
Meats--Retail.

The opening OF the first electric railwa,
occurred only 30 years ago. The first cleo
trc lne was IL miles long and extended
from Berlin to military school in tn,
suburbs There was one car, which carried
II passengers. This is an age OF reyoln
ton IN transportation and it NAV be pre-
sumed that some decades will intervene
before the crest is reached and the peoples
OF the earth begin the retrograde move
ment toward muleback and shank's mare
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-08
A Correction.
Editor Reformer /:

Editor KeIOTIHtT
Permit me respectfully to request you to
correct misstatement contained in your
last weeks issue regarding my former con
nection with the elevator business, 1t is
true that in association with my father
and in various other relations ] was con
nected with the business from its begin
ming about 30 years and for a quarter OF a
century at its head as president. |, how
ever, retired finally from the business q
years ago at which time its annual volume
of business was only about one-tenth of
what it is now.
Respectfully,
Brattleboro, Sept. g. Charles r. Otis,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-08
Farming Tools and Produce

two horse Rutland wagon, dump ar- n
one horse wagon, sulky plgv new con l4zI
Q side hill plows. American see1e a'd I'd
disk harrow. smoothing harrow -elsu7s|
corn shelter. root cutter horse sled :oita
wheel harrow, Mccormick moving n3;tA
horse rakes. two seated sleigh single ssiiI
express wagon. 2 top carriages tonoora 80
Gray horse power. Fairbanks scale usSI
orator, 1000 lbs. grass fertilizer hansssI
blankets and robes and other tools too is5sa
TO mention, 80 tons Of hay.
Terms made known al time Of sale
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-08

, Miss Harriet Quimby of Hampstead, L.
l., has been awarded pilots license by
the Aero Club of America, the governing
body of the aeronautics in this country.
This is the first license that has ever been
awarded to a woman aviator in America.
Miss Quimby flew in Moisant mono
plane
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-08
SAID
p. c. DAWlEY, Auctiores
Saturday, Sept. 1

will sell at public auction 10 cio.e IA 81
the late Cherries S. White the f5lowaF 81
property The old White Homestead Gntn
An excellent farm Of lss acres ..roqa u.
good repair barns and horse tart il I'D 4
dition. running water 10 house and tsrs "a
tillage in high state Of cultivation vias
summer 20 cows and e team. 70, q Ehu
lumber on farm 6 miles 20 station On l1a I
and in the midst Of summer resort dstra q
sugar lot and apple orchard Also . ,gns
house 2 barns. 10 acres Of land with y5s,fT1
orchard Land in good state q eultyast
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-08
Stock

pr. gray work horses weigh, 2 iQ le. In
COVE. s two.year. old Hclstein heifer ya,1
Holstein heifer. registered Hcistei1 syTA
hull 4 good swine.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-08
Household Goods

! Mason Hamlin organ and stool 81 ID a
Brussels CARPET, parlor suite Mahogi,! %
stored sofa and S chairs. chamber sE.a ID
walnut dining table, chair couch vntns .
Write sewing machine, 2 antique e4S2 u
Comfort range. > heating stoves and .bs1
hold goods.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-08
FRANCIS A. PALMER, Execute

On account of the recent fire at the =. n II
farm in Guilford. we will sell at PUBIC '@A
on the premises, Guilford, Vt,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
CITY CANNOT COLLECT TAX
Public Utility Companies Holding a
State Franchise kbsolved from All
Local Tax, Says Supreme Court.

Madison.-That public utilities,
when they accept an indeterminate
franchise from the state railway COM
mission, are absolved from all local
revenue impositions, is the substance
of an important decision handed
down by the Wisconsin supreme
court
The decision upholds the judg-
ment of the circuit court in the suit
of the city of La Crosse against the
La Crosse & Electric company for
collection of a tax provided under the
city franchise, and will effect a great
many cities now drawing revenue
from their public service corpora
tons
The La Crosse company obtained a
franchise from the city in 1901,
authorizing it to furnish heat, light
and power to the city for twenty
five years, provided it paid 2 per
cent of its gross earnings into the
city treasury annually
The company paid the tax until
1908 when it surrendered it's fran
chise and received an indeterminate
permit under state law. It then de-
clined to pay the tax any longer and
the city sued.
The company defended on the
grounds that the conditions of the
city ordinance has been wiped out
when it received it's indeterminate
permit under the utilities law.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
Wanted Hie Old Rooms.

A man well known in sporting cir
cles returned to New York the other
day from spending six months in Eu-
rope and got the same rooms in his
hotel he had had before going abroad.
So anxious was he before he went
away to retain the rooms, which he
said just suited him, that he paid
three months rent in advance The
manager offered to give him the
rooms when he returned If they were
not occupied, but that was no assur-
ance to him. He said he would pay
three months rent in advance any
how just to keep the rooms vacant
and if he stayed longer in Europe he
would pay rent for the rest of the
time when he got back And he did.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
IMPORTANT BILLS
WILL Be PUSHED
GOV. M'GOVERN AND LEGlSLA-
TIVE LEADERS DECIDE ON
RAPID ACTION.
GO AFTER THE LOBBYISTS
Committee to Investigate Activities
of Paid Agents at Mad son Is
Pianned-Bll to Create Highway
Commission Recommended.

Madison.-At a conference be-
tween Gov. McGovern and leading
| members of the legislature it was de-
eided to push the big bills as rapidly
as possible in order to get them out
Of the way before they are INSTRUCTED
by the mass of minor bills which al
| ready is beginning to press for con-
sideration.
1t was decided to get the bills on
workmen's compensation and good
roads before the senate and the bills
on corrupt practices and for second
choice in primary elections before
the assembly at an early date These
bills will be followed by other bills
dealing with subjects on which the
republican party pledged itself in the
last state platform to legislate.
Several hundred paid lobbyists
who are violating the anti-lobby law
are in danger of prosecution. 1t is
estimated that fully $50 paid agents
of various big interests are violating
the anti-lobby law daily by approach
ing lawmakers wherever they can
find them and urging them to vote
for or against pending bills Assem-
blyman Roycraft of Chippewa Falls,
one of the leaders of the lower house,
has introduced a joint resolution pro-
viding for the appointment of spe
cial legislative committee to investi-
gate the activities of the lobbyists
and report whether any of them are
violating the anti-lobby law. The
committee is to have power to sum-
mon witnesses and compel them to
testify.
Judge r. D. Marshall of the Wis
consin Supreme court, ex-United
States Indian Commissioner w A.
Jones, State Geologist w. o. Hotch
kiss, and others have urged the joint
committee on finance to recommend
for passage the Donald bill creating
state highway commission and ap-
propriating $350,000 annually for
highway construction. The commit
tee decided to recommend the bill
with a few amendments.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
ASSURE AMERICANS
FAIR TREATMENT
Men Captured With Mexican
Rebels Are Safe.
0IAZ' THREAT STlRS REVOLT
mo Pause in Fighting While Govern
nent Orders Shooting Without
Trial" Say lnsurrectos-
Courier Sent to Madero.

Washington The state depart
ment is in receipt Of kilograms
from American consular officials in
Mexico that all Americans who are
held as prisoners of war by the Next
can authorities are in no danger Of
execution and that they are safe and
assured of fair treatment.
The consul at Juarez advises the de-
partment that General Navarro, com
mander of the federal forces at Casas
Grandes, has assured him that the re-
port that the American prisoners were
in danger was without foundation, and
that they would receive every posi-
BILE consideration.
The applications Of militia officers
for service with the army on the Dor
der now number 1927, Pennsylvania
leading the states with 423.
FL Paso, Tex. - Despite assur-
RANGES that Senior Limantour, Mex
lean minister Of finance, has start
ed plans for the termination of
the war, the revolutionary leaders
here declared tie fighting will con-
tinue
There will be no pause in hostiI-
tiles" said Senior Gonzales Cara, in
surrecto secretary Of state. with
the threat of the Mexican government
hanging over us that we will be shot
without trial, our fight for liberty and
for the setting up permanently of the
Madero government will continue
mo overture for peace will be con-
sidered official by us until it has come
from Mexico City. 1t must come with
a promise that Diaz will retire on the
ground that his election was not
regular"
Notwithstanding this assertion, the
report of Limantour's exertion in be-
half of peace has created a profound
impression in the insurgent ranks. It
is known that a courier has been dis
patched to the field to inform Fran
cisco l. Madero, the revolutionary
president, of the latest phase.
Madero has already been made &C
quainted with the preliminaries. 1t
is said no negotiations will be under
terms for armistice.
Late reports from Chihuahua City
show that food conditions are becom-
ing serious there. The citizens are
not allowed to venture beyond the
outposts and the tops of the houses
have been provided with piles of sand
bags to form breastworks in case of
an attack.
San Diego, Cal. = Barricaded in
adobe houses of the hamlet of
Tecate, nine insurrectos were bonn
barded by eight Mexican soldiers, who
attacked the place at daylight The sol
diers lost two killed and six wounded
The insurgents, numbering 81 men,
were surprised. Two were killed and
five wounded and fifteen escaped to
the hills, where troops are pursuing
them The destruction of this band
relieve Tijuana of the fear of inva-
sion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
PAROLE FOR AL. SCHISSLER
Milwaukee Man, Who Shot and Killed
Wife's Escort, Is Released After
SerV ng Nine Years at Waupun.

Madison.-Gov. McGovern has pa
rolled AL Schissler, of Milwaukee,
who was serving a twenty-five year
term in the state prison for shooting
Fred Ruel, a Watertown bank clerk
who was found in carriage by
Schissler with the latter's wife seven
years ago. The state board of con-
troll recommended the parole. Under
the communication of sentence granted
by ex-Gov. Davidson last year Schiss-
ler's term would expire next August.
Imprisonment caused him to lose his
health and affected his mental activ-
ity, members of his family claimed.
Schissler has returned to Milwaukee
and will enter the real estate and in
surance business with his brothers,
1t is said
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
CAMORRESTS SHEER AS
INDICTMENT Is READ
Supposed Assassin Rises in Steel Pen
and SWesrs Innocence to
His Wife.

Viterbo, Italy.-The rules for Grim
inal procedure in Italy make posi-
bic frequent dramatic incidents,
and it was due to this that the second
session of the trial of the Camorrists
for murder held the lively interest Of
the crowd that occupied every avail
able square foot in the old church of
San Francesca.
Several times at critical stages Of
the court proceedings one or more
members of the band rose from their
seats within their steel cage and
either burst out in derisive laughter to
show their contempt for the accusa-
tons or burst into sobs as they de-
cIared their innocence of the heinous
crimes with which they are charged.
A dramatic scene was enacted while
President Bianchi was making a
speech. Shouts rose simultaneously
from the prisoners cage and the spec
tators' section when the president
said:
Are these the real murderers of
Cuccuolo, or are these prisoners limo
WV IAA1A Ia fC lIC lOdl ~
day assumed the role of the accusers?"
No sooner had the uproar subsidized
than heated discussion took place be-
tween the defense ana the prosecution
as to whether Abbatemaggio, the in
former against the band, shall give his
discriminating statements in the form
OF regular testimony under oath. This
question will be decided by the presi-
dent
When court opened the clerk imme-
diately took up the task of reading the
indictment, which described the muir
der of Cuccuolo in all its details. Cue
cuolo was attacked, the clerk read, by
Gennaro, Carrato and Sortino and
stabbed 50 times In addition his head
was shockingly battered At this point
Gennaro sprang to his feet in his cage
and, clutching at his heart and gazing
at his wife, cried:
Il swear to you that you will atone
for thisi I am Innocent" He sank
back to his seat, overcome, and burst
into tears.
The indictment proclaimed Giro
Vittozzi, the priest who has been
called the guardian angel of the Cam
ORA" morally guilty, although he had
never been condemned by any court
Vittozzf is accused of assisting in free
ing Alfano and other Camorrists on the
occasion of their previous arrest by
declaring that another party had COM
mitted the murders, but that he could
not tell of the secrets of the confes
sional.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
NO GROUND FOR DIVORCE
Absence or Pie and Cake In Household
Did Not Obtain judicial
Separation.

Is the lack of pie and cake in a
home for four long months a cause for
divorce? And is 40 cents a day too
much to spend for groceries for a fam
lily OF two?
These intricate problems Of domes-
&c science were put squarely up to
Judge o. A Lucas of the circuit court
In the divorce suit which Alexander
Herbach had brought against Cathe-
dine HeTbach. Judge Lucas, however,
was not disposed to rule hastily on the
pie question, and was inclined to say
that the enjoyment of pie largely is a
matter Of digestion. He refused the
divorce after the wife, in testifying,
had made the pie assertions.
1t was a mail order" romance, this
Of the Herbachs, and the court refused
TO exchange unsatisfactory goods. Mrs.
HeTbach that was to be and still is,
was living on farm in Iowa She
grew weary of the single life, and ad-
vertised for a partner The ad which
asked for a loving, gentle, kind and
generally householder husband,
caught the eye of Kerbach, Who ran a
hotel near Twelfth street and Broad
way. He answered. There was letter
after letter Both professed-in their
ietters-to have something of this
worlds goods.
An so they we're married. At this
point, where romances usually end.
this one only fairly starts.
This is what Mrs. Herbach had to
say on the witness stand about their
married life:
Even on my wedding day, Mr. Her
bach would not go to breakfast with
me. He didn't even give me carfare to
get home. He said:
Now go home and tend to the
business.
With that he left me standing on
the street. And on the second day aft
er we were married he made a fuss
because I spent 40 cents in the grocery
for things we had to have to eat If
the bill was over Is cents a day he
was mad. and would criticize me.
Why judge, there was not one
piece of pie or cake in that house from
the time we were married until he put
me out four months afterward
said: When l was a working girl I al
ways got enough to eat kansas
City Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
COAL HOIST Is DYNAMITED
Destruction of SI25, 600 Electrical
Coal Unloading Bridge at Miwau
kee Charged to Labor Trouble.

Milwaukee.-The 500 foot electric
al coal unloading bridge of the Mil
waukee-W Western Fuel company, Sew
enteenth street and st. Paul avenue,
was blown UP by dynamite.
The jars from two successive ex-
plosions were felt in all part of Mil
waukee county and caused a panic
throughout the city. Several per-
sons were slightly injured by the
conclusions.
Hundreds of windows were broken
for blocks surrounding the plant,
while the fore part of the crane fall
ing on the big coaIer Abraham
Stearn, of Cleveland, did considera-
BILE damage to the vessel.
officers of the coal company charge
the explosions are the result of labor
troubles that arose while the hosting
apparatus was being erected last fall.
The hoist, which was built at a cost
of $125, 90, is a total wreck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
STANDARD OIL ASKS RETRAcTIoN
ArchboId TeIearaphs EIgin Pastor Who
AssaiIs the Company.

New York, = The Standard Oil
company denies that it subscribed
to corruption fund alleged to
have been used to secure to William
Lorimer his seat in the senate
The following telegram was sent last
Thursday to the Rev. Milton B. Will
liams, pastor Of the First Methodist
church. Elgin, ILL.,:
Dear Sir: In the morning papers
Of this date it is reported that at a
mass meeting held in Elgin to de-
nounce Senator William Lorimer, you
said that $625,000 had been spent in
the recent session of congress to OBJ
tain the acquittal of Senator Lorimer
and that this money had been put up
by the Standard Oil company and
other big financial interests.
CAS- the statement is foully and
wholly false so far as it concerns the
Standard Oil company, I call on you
for an Immediate public and complete
retraction and an apology for libel
and slandeF The heat of public dis.
cussion does not protect the plain cit
izen, much less a minister of the COS
pei, in such unmeasured denunciations,
from the rigors of the law.
JOHN D. ARCHBOLD,
'Vice-President STANDARD Oil Com,
pany, 26 Broadway. New York"