Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-09
WESTERLY MAN FOUND DEAD
Angus Barber Walking Bridge, Struck by Train-Sig- nal Wires Keep Bo From Falling Into River-Lodge of Moose Instituted-Bother Caused by Trolley Car Of the Iron-Eection Time For the Lodges.

Major Babcock, Captain Washburn, Captain Edgecomb Captain Littlefeld, Captain Congdon, Captain Cook and Captain Anthony
 Y The examinations will be held on these dates; First and Second com panies, December 27. Third and Fourth companies, January ?, Fifth company, Westerly, January 3; Sixth and Eighth companies, January 4; Seventh and Seventeenth companies, January [. The Providence companies will be examined In the Providence arlnory, the Fifth at Westerly and the Sixth and Eighth at Pawtucket.
 Postma aster Charles J. Butler. an nounces that mail matter having Red Cross Christmas seals on it's face will not he sent to the dead letter office, as has been the rule, but will be for warded without delay to the persons to whom it is addressed. The new ar rangement is made by order issued by the postmaster general, which SuS- bends, until January first, the rule which prevented forwarding of mail matter bearing adhesive stamps on the face other than regulation postage stamps.
 The postmaster has also received an order in regard to the handling of mail matter addressed to Santa Claus. All such mail that is prepaid may be de- livered to any responsible institution or individual. who desires to use it for purely philanthropical purposes, in the town where the mail is addressed. If there, is more than one application for such mail, the postmaster may di- vide it as he sees fit. All mail matter that is not fully prepaid will be for warded to the dead letter office, to- gether with the address of any insti- tuition or individual who may wish to use it. The sale of Red Cross Christ mas seals in Westerly is progressing satisfactorily and the fine record of sales of year ago is likely to be surpassed.
 Angus Barber was found dead on the, railroad brV5ae over the Pawca- tuck river, Saturday night, by his son who was on 9. search for him. MT. Barber in spite of the warnings of his son and daughter persisted>in the cus- tom of crossing the bridge and walk ing the track from Westerly to his home in PD.wcatuck As he did not return honre at the accustomed time the son, With lantern, went in search of him. In crossing the bridge the son discovered the body of his father lylng ortside the tracks, the body be- ing he'd from falling into the water by the. line of signal wires. The son notltf?d Policeman Ferguson, who in turn gave notice to Dr. J. w. Nor gar, medical examiner for the town Of westerly When the policeman and doctor went to the site of the fatality Tt was found that the body was be- Fond the state line boundary and with 7 in the limits of Connecticut There fore it was beyond their jurisdiction Authorities of the town of Stonington were notified and the body was re- | moved to the Gavitt morgue.
 The body was found at about 9.4C 1 just off the west bound track and was 1 struck by the train leaving Westerly Tor New London at 7.30 or by a freight train that followed and before the pas. sage of the boat train, for just priol to the arrival of the latter train the towerman reported that the sigma wires were worked with difficulty
 When Policeman Ferguson and pr Morgan went to the body it was colo and rigid.
 i Mir Barber had been dead two hour. at least. He was evidently struck bJ the step of a locomotive on the lef slde of the head, as that was the only i wound and piece of the step wa. found on the bridge a short distanc, rom the body. It is thought that MT
 Barber saw the train coming and wa. Tn crouched position on the outeI edge of the bridge when struck an( | was thrown over on the signal wires
 MT. Barber was employed for year
 as stone turner for the New Eng
 land granite works. He also worket
 for time in the Welch stable, par
 Of the time as foreman, but of lat
 was employed by the contracting firn
 of Ryan and Keon in connection witt the railroad improvements, his chic
 work being the making of frames | for concrete work.
 MT. Barber was 55 years of age anC leaves his widow, a son, Jesse. and ; daughter, Mrs. Walter Whyte of Mys
 tic.
 Norman s. Taber of Brown univer ' sIty, who won international distinction z, hy tieing kiviat for second position m a long distance race in the Olym pic games at Sweden, last summer has been awarded the Rhodes schol ars1ip from Rhode Island. He vii | succeed his brother, Howard A. Ia. Der, who will begin his studies unde, 1 the scholarship at Oxford next Oc ] toDer. Norman Taber is a membe | or the senior class at Brown and uiI