Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-28

Judge John w. Sweeney of Westerly | was one of the speakers at the repub lican rally in Pascoag, Saturday eve- ming. He reviewed the four admin istrations of Governor Pothier and spoke particularly of the big measures which were passed during that time. He declared that the people who fought the tax act last year were the big corporations, and said that the Adams Express company was one of these and Theodore Francis Greene, candidate for governor on the demo- cratic ticket, as opposed to Governor Pothier. was the lawyer for that com pany. The other speakers were Gov ernor Pothier, Col. Ambrose Kennedy and Frank K. Schoonmaker of Pitts burg.
 Congressman George Fl. Utter. who was operated upon in the Providence hospital in Washington last week, re- turned to his home in Westerly Sum- day morning on the Federal express. He was cheerful and rested easily dur ing the long trip. It has been an- nounced that the surgeons discovered i an inoperable condition. but no gall- stones.
 Capt. Rufus Woods, formerly of Westerly, died at his home in Wcr- cester Thursday, age 73, and was bur- jed in that city Sunday afternoon. He served in the civil war from June 21, 1861, to July l, 1864, in Company K, Tenth Massachusetts infantry, and ! as first sergeant in Company M, Third | cavalry, and as first lieutenant from December 31, 1864. to September 2s, 1865, He had membership in Bud long post, G. A. R., of Westerly. He came to Westerly in 1872 and was em- , ployed as a tailor by the late Edward M. Dunn, father of Capt, H. o, Dunn, United States navy, and who died re- | cently, Mir. Woods worked fer MT. Dunn until he retired from business. I Then Mir. Woods engaged in the gen. eral tailoring business with John Per-, | rin, under the firm name of Perrin & | Woods, continuing in the business for | several years. When the firm dissolved
 MT. Woods was employed by Louis T. | Clawaon.
 He moved to Worcester from West | erly fourteen years ago. He offered his services in the Spanish American war, but was declined. While In Vest | erly he was active in the state mili- 1 tia, first joining Company E. He sub
 sequently succeeded Capt. Daniel E. l Lllt ldSL 6uININIHS CdQIdlIl
 of the Twenty sixth Connecticut, who | died recently, as captain of Company 1 F, Westerly, First regiment, Rhode
 Island state militia, and commanded
 the company for eight years.
 | MT. Woods is survived by his widow,
 a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Congdon of Worcester, and a son, Frederick W.
 Woods, an architect, in Providence. l
 .The hody of James w. Stillman, who
 died from the effects of being struck
 by an automobile, last week, in Bos
 ton, will be brought to Westerly for
 burial. In his will he desired that he
 be not buried in Westerly, but as ii
 was desire and not a request. the
 eXecutor determined that 1t was best
 that he be buried in the family plot
 at River Bend. It was generally be-
 lieved that MT. Stillman was pooI
 man, having expended all his money ir
 litigation, but he leaves personal es.
 tate of about s5,000 in cash.
 Burglars of the safe- cracking spe.
 cies visited the office of the White
 Rock, mill, Sunday morning, betweer
 two and three o'clock, the time beins
 fixed by the watchman, who heard
 peculiar sound at the time, but made no special effort to ascertain th,