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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22
Copyright. 1911
SHAKERS PUT A SICK
SISTER TO DEATH
Say They Did Right in ChIoroforming
Dying Co-religionist-Case
Strs the Country.

Kissimee, Fla.-Juuge George fark-
er admitted 10 bail in $4,000 and S2,-
600 Sister Elizabeth Sears and Broth
er +. l.. Gillette, Shakers. The two
are alleged to have killed Sister Sadie
Merchant by using chloroform, when
she, dying of tuberculosis, asked them
TO do it,
An effort was made TO hold the ac-
cused upon first degree murder
charge, but it failed. Calmly and with
smiles OF resignation upon their faces
Gillette and Mrs. Sears went into
court for the first time in their lives
and told the simple and straight-for-
ward story that convinced all hearers
there was no willing intent to do muir
der
1t was a plain tale and brought
tears to all eyes. The man and the
woman went over the story of how
Sister Sadie Merchant was taken sick,
of how tuberculosis had weakened her
until finally, with death almost upon
her she begged TO be spared the final
agony. To their simple way Of think
ing they did only right in administer
ing the poison.
Sister Sadie Merchant died on Au.
gust q, but nothing was known of the
circumstances until several weeks lat.
er. Then rumors were heard that q
young woman connected with the
Shaker colony had been deliberately
put to death by two Of her co-religion-
lists. These rumors caused so mucn
feeling against the Shakers that it
was feared mob would raid the col
ony.
At this juncture Brother Gillette
and Sister Sears voluntarily an
nounced that they were the persons
sought and surrendered to the au-
thorities. Both Of them discussed the
death Of Sister Merchant and the part
they played in it with the utmost can.
der
Public opinion is divided, many
holding that Brother Gillette and Sis
ter Sears committed no crime.
The Shakers have had a colony near
here for several years and they have
been much esteemed.
The two accused have led blameless
lives. They appear at ease about
their ultimate fate. They seem like
children wrongfully accused of
trivial offence.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22
GOVERNORS IN FAVOR
OF STATES RIGHTS
Will Appeal to Supreme Bench to
Curb Federal Courts-Criticise
r. r. Rate Opinion.

Spring Lake, n. J.-Following bit
ka on the decision of United States
Circuit Judge Sanborn in the Mime
sofa rate cases, the conference Of Gov
ernors took action which is revolu-
tionary in respect TO the scope and
junction OF that organization by ap-
pointing Gov. Harmon OF Ohio, Gov.
Hadley of Missouri, and Gov. Aldrich
to appear in behalf OF all the States
before the Supreme Court when the
rate cases come before it on appeal
this Fall
This action was not taken without a
full realization of it's significance as
an alliance of the States as such to
protest and assert jointly their rights
not only TO govern intra-State COM
merce, but, as the tone of discussion
indicated, in other respects, too, If
other questions arise. 1t was not TAX
en- without a feeble protest from Gov.
Gilchrist of Florida, afterward with
drawn, and another from Gov. Kitchln
Of North Carolina, who alone voted IN
the negative when the question was
finally put.
Eleven Republicans and fourteen
Democratic Governors voted for this
important resolution. So it cannot be
said that there was any factional hav-
or to it. The only dissenting vote was
from a Democrat.
The controlling cause Of this radi-
cal action in the Governors confer
ence was Judge Sanborn's decision in
the so-called Minnesota rate case.
In the Minnesota case Judge San
born has held that a State cannot
make an intrastate rate, holding II to
be unconstitutional, inasmuch as it in
terfered with the authority Of the In
terstate Commerce Commission in
making general traffic rates into and
thorugh the several States. Other in
ltances of the alleged invasion OF
States rights were given by several
Governors, and the opinion practically
was unanimous that the inferior Fed
eral courts, especially in the West
are attempting to read new law into
the United States Constitution.
The three Governors will appear be
fore the Supreme Court in Washing
ton as friends Of the court" and pre-
sent arguments for States rights in
railroad regulation.
But the Governors take the ground
hat unless the Supreme Court by it's
fnal decisions protects State rights
he States will soon become mere
federal provinces.
This appearance before the Nations
highest tribunal, the Governors de-
clare, will blaze a new trail in the
government OF republics.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22
RECLAIM Three
MILLION ME.l
A Great Religious Campaign
Planned.
NOTED MEN INTERESTED
Continent Embracing Movement
Launched On Suggestion of Lay
man lnValid-J. p. Morgan
and Others Interested.

New York, y. Decentralization
of the United States and Canada, in
an effort to reclaim three millions of
men who are now lost TO the church,
is the purpose Of the project which
financed by men OF national prom
inence whose combined wealth runs
into hundreds Of millions OF dollars,
was launched at an elaborate dinner
at the Metropolitan club.
Back of the movement, which is TO
embrace a continent, and which, 1t is
expected, will be farther reaching in
its effect than the crusades of history,
are nnety-eight Of the foremost imam
ciers of the country. They include
J. Pierpont Morgan, James c. Cannon,
who presided tonight; Charles A.
Peabody Alfred Z. Marling, Fred b.
Smith and others of their station in
life.
n addition to New Workers there
are men Of prominence in other
cities, such as Lewis A. Crossett, Bos,
tons millionaire shoe manufacturer;
Samuel G. B. Cook of Baltimore, A.
A. Hyde of Wichita, Kan, and so on
through the long list of American
cities.
In the chain of big cities extending
from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast
in this country, and in the big cities
OF Canada, extraordinary efforts are
TO be made to reach all of the peo-
pie. In New York, Boston, Chicago,
St Louis, Cincinnati, Denver and San
Francisco, and cities to the north and
south of this line, large stores and
big corporations have agreed to give
their employees from one 10 two
hours a day in which to listen to the
addresses that will be made TO them
in their stores and workshops.
Night workers will have equal op-
portunty. Newspaper Offices, postof
fees, railroad workshops, police sta
tions. car barns and other places in
which men work at night will be Wis
tied, and these men will be argued
with according to "the rule of reason"
on why they should lead Christian
lives.
This is to be according to the pro-
moters OF the movement, no sectar-
anism no sensationalism and little
DR. no evangelical exhortation in the
work. The plan Is as far as possible
to take every man by the hand, TO
help him in material things If he
needs help, and thus infold him in
the Christian faith.
While these gigantic plans are
about to come into being, there sits
on the veranda OF a sanatorium in
the Adirondacks Harry Arnold, a lay
man. in whose mind the plan originat-
ed, with one Of his lungs pierced and
unable to take even the smallest part
In the work.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22
VERITABLE SLAVE TO DUTY
Mr.. Billtops Wishes He Could GET
Mrs. Billtops to Take a Nap
Occasionally.

after dinner on Sunday, and IN
fact after dinner on various other
days, / like" said Mr. Billtops, TO,
take little nap, and take those maps
very easily. just let my head drop
back on the chair and the first thing
you know I'm in the land of dreams,
doing away very comfortably as ! did
after dinner last night for instance.
But last night when l had walked
up and had smiled across the table at
Mrs. Billtops sitting on the other side
sewing, and had said to her, as guess
/ have said a thousand times, My
dear, / think / must have dropped.
asleep Ezra she said TO me, I never
could take nap like that. Sometimes
! fall asleep over my work. and some
times / go TO sleep over the newspa-
per, but to sit down and deliberately
let myself go to sleep like that is
something l could never do. should
think it was sin
And that's the trouble with Mrs.
Billtops, that's the trouble, she's got
too sensitive a conscience. She thinks
she must be doing something all the
time.
There are so many things to be
done and she thinks il her duty to-
keep always at work. never to waste
a minutes time. She's a slave to duty,
and idleness in any form she looks up
on as sin. She's very lenient with
all the rest of us, very kind and gen.
tie. but to herself she denies all lux.
ury.
II wish that / could persuade Mrs.
Billtops to take little nap occasion.
ally"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22
Some Women Have No Hearts

A Cleveland man was complaining
the other day about the lack of sym
pathy in the world.
And then he offered a personal ex.
ample.
He said he went home from his
business on recent afternoon and
received a great scare on the way.
He was still trembling when he en-
tered the house.
We'll, Mary" he said, as he dropped
into chair, Il got a bad scare just
now. AS | went around the end Of
the car at the corner big touring car
went by me like a wild thing, and say,
it was so close when it passed that
the hubs of the wheels brushed my
pants!"
Did his wife turn pale at this re-
cital? Did she express Joy and thank
fulness over his narrow escape?
No, she didn't.
She just looked him over and said:
We'll, your pants certainly needed
brushing!"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22
GIVEN 40 YEARS.

Maysvlle Ky.-After being out
three minutes the jury in the case of
w. T. Ham, aged 62, charged with at
tacking three little girls here July IL,
returned a verdict OF guilty and Ham
was sentenced to 40 years in the pen
itentiary. The trial was one OF the
shortest ever held in Kentucky, the
hearing, verdict and the taking OF
Ham to prison Immediately thereaf-
ter occupying less than two hours.
Ham was escorted here by GO mem
bers of the Kentucky national guard
TO prevent violence.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22

The case against DR.. Wiley and his
associates, the President states, was
not presented to them in such a way
as to permit them to make a full de-
fence.
The President recommends that Or.
l.. f. Kebler, chief Of the drug labora-
tory Of the bureau of chemistry, and
DR.. w. ID. Bigelow, assistant chief OF
the bureau of chemistry, be repri-
mandcd for disingenuous methods in
attempting to square DR.. Rusby's de-
sire for more money with the limited
contract which Secretary Wilson and
Dr. Wiley were willing to make with
him.
DR.. Rusby is cleared entirely Of the
charges brought against him.
The President declares that DR..
Wiley acted in accordance with num-
erous precedents, and that he cannot
but command the sympathy Of every
one for his earnest efforts to main
tain the Pure Food law.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22
HISTORIC BUILDINGS IN DANGER.

II cannot be a pleasant thing TO live
next 10 historic pile which threat
ems to tumble down. A few months
ago there were fears that the wonder
ful leaning tower OF Pisa was unsafe,
but Investigation resulted in reassur.
ance. For some reason new appre.
tensions have arisen. The fact that
Father Alfani, the world-renowned
seismologist. has been engaged to look
into the matter would indicate that
what is dreaded Is the effect OF earth
oscillations, which must be frequent In
Italy, says the Milwaukee Wisconsin
But the pressure OF the wind on the
ancient edifice is the subject OF scien.
tifc measurement, and Father Alfani
has constructed an instrument by
which the minutest influence can be
ascertained The Bank OF England is
a modern structure compared with
Pisa's leaning tower, but the "Old
Lady OF Threadneedle street" as the
bank is affectionately named by Lon
doners, was constructed upon wooden
piles, and these have shrunk away,
leaving a space of several inches be
tween them. 1t was the rotting OF the
piling beneath It that caused the fall
OF the Canpanile at Venice. The piles
under the Bank OF England are being
removed and a six-foot raft OF con
crete is superceding them. The "Old
Lady's" position was, no doubt, peril
Gus, but 1t may be averred with no
intention Of slang that this ought 70
hold her for a. while.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22

The Pribyloff Islands. as wearers OF
sealskin will recall, are in Bering sea,
well on the way to the Arctic circle,
The Pribyloffs are remote and cold,
but the scanty population has just
shown itself grauyingly human. These
people have new naval wireless sta
ton, thus enjoying close touch with
the outside world for the first time.
And what was the initial use TO which
they put this new apparatus? Did
they want TO know about the latest
wrinkle in pelagic sealing' pid they
ask for the particulars OF the agree
ment just concluded between America,
England, Russia and Japan for the
bstter control of tie fur trade? No;
they wanted TO hear about the base.
ball situation; what was the relative
standing Of the clubs in the National
and American leagues? Thus does
the national game spread TO imperial
dimensions. 1t follows the flag. Be-
fore such an interest ones mere
scheme for getting a living goes by
the board. The loyal fan ignores
-'shop"-save the shop Of the diamond.
The eager denizens OF the Pribyloffs
choked off impatiently all news OF
King Georges coronation; they want.
ed final results"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22
travelling Near Lake Chad.

There are native towns not remote
from the Lake Chad region Of interior
Africa where white mans life isn't
worth a nickel Lieut. Boyd Alexan-
der, the British explorer, was put to
death in one of them recently.
Lieut.. Alexander and his Portuguese
collector, one Jose, had encamped ufI-
der tree in the outskirts Of Tama.
Suddenly they were surrounded by a
band of yelling savages One, a mere
STRIPPING, seized a gun and shot the
lieutenant and the others fell upon
him with clubs. The Portuguese toss
ed his finger rings to the natives. and
while they were interesting them
selves in them Jose leaeped to his sad
die and escaped.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22
FACTS ABOUT TAFT'S
SWING AROUND CIRCLE.

Trip began Sept. 15-From Bos-
ton, on Mr. Tafts fifty-fourth
birthday.
Trip ends - At Washington,
Nov. /,
Companions on Trip-Secretary
G. II. Hilles, Major \. w. Butt.
the Presidents military aide; Dr.
Thomas l.. Rhoades, the Presi-
dents physician, two stenograph-
ers, three Secret Service men; &.
l.. Colony. a representative OF the
Boston and Albany Railroad
which is handling the trip, and
nine newspaper men.
Train-Three Pullman sleepers,
a dining car a baggage car ana
n day coach.
Length OF trip-lS, 900 miles
Ground 20 be covered-To PaCi-
fic Coast and back, traVerslnS
twenty-four states, including New
York, Pennsylvania, Indiana,
Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, South Dakota. Wyo-
ming, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa,
Missouri, Montana, California.
oregon. Washington. Colorado,
Utah. Idaho and others.
Spceches-On tariff, reciprocity,
conservation, the peace treaties.
marriage and divorce, dollar di-
plomaCy,' the trust problem,
financial reform, the Panama Ca
nal. reform in judicial procedure,
Alaska, the Government depart
ments and other subjects
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22

Texas has a new law which will
stop elopements, as 1t requires the
written consent of the parents of
young men and women under the
legal age to their marriage before a
license can be obtained Young and
ardent lovers may lament over the
hardships and tyranny of this law,
but what is lost under it Of present
romantic bliss will be gained by fu.
ture happiness, for the usual sequel to
Gretna Green is the divorce court
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22
Blissful Ignorance.

Holden, the New FORK bird man.
lately had in his shop a tacitun par.
rot. Day after day IL sat silent on
its perch, Indifferent to every ques-
ton. At last Cuban lady came into
the shop and spoke to it in her ma
tive tongue. The parrot frightened
up at once, opened it's beak and
emitted a jubilant volley of vehement
Spanish words When the parrot final
ly ceased speaking the lady turned to
Mr.. Holden and. blushing violently.
asked:
do you understand Spanish"
NO." he replied.
Thank Cod" she replied and left
The shop-Success Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22
ARMY AvIAToRS READY.

Washington, d. C.-Brig. Gen. Jas.
Allen, chief OF the Signal Corps OF
the army. has begun active work in
planning the winters campaign OF
the army aviators under his direction.
The aviation corps will go South for
their winters work.
Capt. Beck and Lieut. Milling have
gone TO New York to fly. as individ-
uals, not as army aviators. in the in
ternational meet at Nassau boulevard.
Lieut.. Arnold will go later.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22
JOHN MITCHELL TO ATTEND.

Boston, Mass.--John Mitchell, vice
president of the American Federation
Of Labor, will be the central figure
at a fete TO be given bs the Boston
Central Labor Union and the Build
ing Trades Department. A. F. l., on
Oct. s. in aid OF the Free Home for
Consumptives, 42S Quincy street, Dor
chester
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22
moLAssEs KILLING SHRIMP.

New orleans Sweet Flood Destroying
the Fish in Lake Ponehartrain.
New Orleans.-Dead shrimp by the
million and thousands OF fishes are
aoating in the surface of Lake Pont.
,hartrain as a result OF their feeding
ON molasses. The sweet diet found its
way into the lake from the city sew.
ers when 100000 gallons were recently
,et loose in the streets by the bursting
,f a storage tank. The molasses con.
,ained about 2 1-2 per cent potash TO
the gallon.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22
LION MANGLES CHILD.
Reaches Through the Bars and Claws
Seven-Year-Old Laura Burns.

Syracuse. n. Y.-Clawed and bitten
by a lion in a sideshow at the State
Fair, Laura Burns, seven years old, OF
Morrisviiie, was frightfully mangled.
The little girl climbed under the
rope barrier. \ lion reached out its
paw and fastened it's claws in her
head. He drew the child to the cage,
while her screams rang through the
tent.
Attendants beat the lion with bars
and prodded the infuriated animal un-
I'll the child was released.
II was found that the lion had torn
out one Of her eyes, torn off an ear,
and lacerated her face and the upper
part of her body.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22

A woman injured in a bargain.
counter rush Is not entitled to dam.
ages, according to a Minneapolis
judge. A real bargain hunter scorns
a trifling thing like n broken bone
as long as she succeeds in getting the
bargain.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22
MACHINE WORKS cuRTAlL.

Whitinsville. Mass.-Dulness In the
cotton business caused the Within
Machine Works builders Of cotton
machinery. 20 adopt. a nine-hour day.
FIVE days a week. schedule for an I'm
definite nerIod The order Affects
900 employees.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22
ARRESTED IN OPIUM RAID.

Boston. Mass.-Claiming TO he the
eldest daughter OF a minister having
a church in a small Western town.
22.year-old Florence Galman was ar
raigned i'm the City Police Court as
the result. Of an opium raid at l63
West Newton street by the police Of
the East Dedham street station.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22

II can be saird for man that in order
TO demonstrate a successful vacation
he does not need to be sunburned
over as much space as his sister.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22
FOREIGN LOAN TO MOVE COTTON
Anslo-Freneh Syndicate Offers s75,.
ooo,oOo 10 Southern Growers.

Montgomery, Aia.-tresident Chas
s. Barrett oil the National Farmers
Union announced at the Southern Cot
ton Growers convention that Fran.
co-knghsh syndicate has guaranteed
any amount OF money up To $4,000,
OOO toward financing the cotton crop.
The convention declared that farm.
ers' cotton is worth 10 cents a pound
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22

Or. Wiley tells us that smoking is
on the decline, but he probably over.
looks the fact that 26,455,5S4 corn cob
pipes were made in Missouri last
year.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22

When one considers the records by
motors on land and water and the
aviation contests. the resolution of a
young Gotham couple to make a walk.
ing tour is really remarkable.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22

A minister in Philadelphia has been
urging religion in the kitchen. But
he apparently forgets that the kitchen
IS the place where dyspepsia comes
from.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22

A correspondent writes: MANY pro
prietors Of restaurants fight hard ev.
cry day in order to have all utensils
clean" More power to their armsl
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22
YEeeMEN ROB BANK OF s315,ooo
Get Away with Plunder from New
Westminster, 3. c.

Westminster, q. c.
New Westminster, b. C.-F.ve men
entered the Bank of Montreal here
through the front door, broke through
the thick metal coating of the valut.
tied up the Chinese caretaker, wreck
ed the cage door, blew open the safe
and took approximately S3l5.000 in
gold and bills They left $4,000 in
gold on the watchman's bed, where
they had piled the loot, and about
$4,000 more unmolested in the safe.
There was $35O,OOO in the bank
safe. Chief OF Police Bradshaw be-
lieves the men would have taken it
all II they could have carried II.
The first known of the robbery was
when the Chinaman appeared at the
police station at $50 o'clock and gave
the alarm. He had managed to loosen
his bonds after the robbers departed.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22

A Chicago man is charged with hav.
ing used a shotgun TO stop a car.
After thorough study of the case we
are led to believe that he really want.
ed the car TO stop.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22
RIPPER LAW GETS A BLOW.
Court Orders That No Mayor Be Nomi-
mated In Pittsbura Primary.

Pittsuurg.-Juuge }. Z. Haymaker
and John ID. Shater granted the in
junction appneu for by Mayor Will
nam A. Magee. winch forbids printing
the names of mayoralty candidates on
the primary election ballots.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22

According to German expert,
American women do not know how
TO pose before a camera. Even at
that they get some fine results.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-09-22
RUSSIAN PREMIER SHOT.
Stolypln Attacked While witnessing
Performance at Kieff Opera.

Kiev, Russia.-The Russian Premier,
p. A. Stolypin, was shot while attend
ing a gala performance at the opera
here. He was wounded twice by his
assailant. One buneC entered his
hand. while the other penetrated his
body, grazing the liver and lodging in
the spinal column.
The two bullets were fired from be
hind by a lawyer named Bogrof. The
audience tried to lynch the assassin.
Bogrof was arrested.