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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-02-29
Marker Number Twenty Two.

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SToNEwALL 5JAcKsoN's CAPTURE OF
FEDERAL ARMY AT HARPERs FERRY.
On the 18th of September 1862, Cen
eral Stonewall jackson invested Harp
ers Ferry. Genl. McLaws occupied the
Maryland Heights, Gent. Walker on
the Loudoun Heights and the School
House Hill was lined with artillery.
Genl, A. P. Hill in command was
formed on the right Of our line extend
ing to the Shenandoah river, prepared
to charge.
These batteries opened on the night
Of the 18th and the blazeof the artillery
fires lighting up the heavens in every
direction made beautiful sight. The
next morning the infantry advanced
| and the artillery resumed their fire.
About 10 o'clock CoA Miles command
ing the Federals concluded to surrender
and the capture amounted to II. 900
prisoners, Is. 900 small arms. Is pieces
Of artillery and numerous amount Of
stores of all kinds.
Genl. jackson left A. P. Hill to parole
the prisoners, and to gather up the
spoils and hurried away to the battle-
field Of Sharpsburg.
This wonderful soldier. in two short
/ years had advanced from the position
Of plafR professor at the Virginia Mil
itary Institute to the exalted standing
Of the greatest Lieut.. Genl. of ell
time. Col. Henderson, who wrote his
life said that he was superior to Ney,
Napoleon's right arm, because while he
was as grand on the battle field Is Ney,
he was superior to him in this; that be
could plan brilliant campaign which
was beyond the capacity Of the great
Marshall. He was master Of all that
was skilIful ID war and his splendid
genius enabled him 70 easily climb the
step whence flames proud temple shines
/ afar.
SCHooL HOUSE HILL NEAR HALLTowN.
| This point was the scene Of frequent
action, through the war. It was here
that Aahby formed his line Of battle
when he fought Geary il 81. and On
| this hin jackson planted his artillery.
4 These guns did effective work and the
eannonades from this point and the
mountains secured the surrender q
Miles.
(Cuntinned next week.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-29
TUG OF WAR INTERESTING.
That Was One of the Features at Young
Bros Picnic.

The annual outing of the employees
and firm of Young Bros. Granite COM
psny was held Saturday afternoon nj
Shepards grove under ideal weather con
dtions. The number in attendance was
aoont 100 The feature OF the after
Moons sports was a tug-ofwar between
two teams Of heavy weights, captained by
w. Z. Cato and Arthur Young, resulting
il a victory for the side led BY Catto.
rae annual baseball game between The
married and the single men ended in a
victory for the married men. the score
being Q to 7. Home runs by ]. Reid AMI
A. Barclay in the final broke up the
game, giving the benedicts the necessary
bearings. George Mckenzie, very fleet Of
foot. gave several exhibitions of beating
throws TO first,
Dancing occupied the attention of
many during the afternoon, the music
for the dancing being furnished by
Young's orchestra Of three pieces. from
bone solos by John Giovanelli and solos
on the bagpipes by James Edwards were
well rendered. "Blf' Troup also af-
foried. several violin solos. which were
appreciated BY all The committee in
charge served luncheon to the entire par
ty at o'clock. The sports contested
for resulted as follows
Young ladies' race--Won by Miss Al
exander; second, Miss Baker; third, Miss
Reid.
Girls race. under II years-Won BY
Jessie Walker: second, Rose Shannon;
third, Ruth Wyllie.
Boys race under 3 years--Won by
c. Miro; second. L. Shannon; third, J..
Davidson.
Boys race, under IS years Won by r.
Walker; second, l.. Birnie; third, {.
Vennor.
Married ladies' race-Won by Mrs. Da-
wilson; second, Mrs. Shields; third, Mrs
Trentini.
Boot and shoe race Won by w. T.
shields; second, r. Stone; third, A. Con-
derrie.
The committee in charge of the outing
was as follows. John Stewart, Victor
Beaulac. tSewart Diack. William Caie,
George Williamson, Robert Patterson.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-29
KANSAS ELECTOR CASE
CONTEST new TO TAFT
President Denied To-day That White
House is Back of Project, But He
Declared 1t was Worth Trying.

Washington, D. c., July 20. President
Taft to-day told callers that the first
information he had of plan to have the
Kansas elector cases heard by the SUI
preme court came from Chairman Hilles
OF the Republican national committee
The president said that the move to car
ry 1he cases to supreme court originated
in Kansas; the White House had moth
ing to do with it. President Taft said
he believed the Kansas case worth fight
ing to the finish,
Topeka, Kan, July 29.-Under a stip.
ulation entered into last night by OPP
posing attorneys in the presidential elec-
tors case, county clerks are restrained
from printing the Republican primary
ballots until Thursday at least.
The stipulation was prepared by d. r.
Hite for the Taft forces and Congress
man Fred S. jackson for the Roosevelt
forces. 1t was agreed to by Gov. Stubbs.
The stipulation provides that no prep
arations for the primary preiudicial to
the Taft forces shall be made until the
application for writ of error and SUI
persedeas can be heard, not later than
Thursday, August |. 1t is stipulated that
the county clerks may proceed with the
printing of the ballots Immediately upon
the announcement of the courts de-
cision.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-29
HELD BAKE" AND PICNIC.
Catholic Order of Foresters Were at
Dewey Park Saturday.

At Dewey park Saturday about 200
people gathered to attend the fifteenth
annual outing and clambake held under
the auspices of the st. John court, No
522, Catholic Order of Foresters. In the
gathering were members of the Forest
ers, their families and invited guests.
The clamhake. which is always looked
ahead for by the court, was served under
the efficient direction OF Wesley w.
White.
A baseball game between teams cap
tanned by John Fitzgerald and John Pa
pin held sway nearly all the afternoon.
AT the end of eight innings, umpire
Antoine Burke called the game. with Pa
pins team leading with a to 3 score.
The battery for the winning team was
composed of Louis Gillette and William
Riley. L. O. Kelley and Alfred Brault
were in the points for the losing team.
The heavy hitting of DR.. 7. s. Duffy
created a sensation The medical man
found il an easy matter to pound the
ball to any desirable corner of the lot.
William Quinlen made several pretty
PLAYS in the outfeld, covering "acres' of
territory. Both sides were given salts
faction by the work of Burke with the
indicator.
The pavilion was we'll filled in the
afternoon by lovers of dancing. Riley's
orchestra of four pieces was on hand
and dispensed all the popular music for
the dancers. A lunch was served from
the refreshment booth by special com.
mittee The committee in charge of the
bake was composed of the following;
w w White, John Papin, Edwin Dion,
James Fitzgerald, Edward McNulty, Viii
liam Riley.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-29
FIRE in AWNING.
Caused Alarm from Box IS Early Sun
day Afternoon.

Shortly before 2 o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon general fire alarm, sounded
from box Is, brought the entire fire de-.
partment, including regulars, chemical
apparatus and hook and ladder truck to
the front Of Charles Shadraoui's store in
the Premier block, so called, on Granite
street. When the fire fighters arrived,
the cause of fhe alarm had disappeared
in smoke, but members OF Charles fam
lily told Chief fladding that the awning
over the store front had become ignited.
Nothing was left for the fremen to ac-
complish in the way of extinguishing
and the all-out signal was quickly given,
Charles Shadraoui believed that the
fire caught from an engine spark, as one
of the Central Vermont shifters had
passed that way few moments before
the blaze was discovered Bystanders
eoneurred in this opinions The Granite
street grocerman valued the awning at
$40. A large number of persons out
for a Sunday stroll shared in the gem
eral excitement which prevails when the
whistle blows at the gas plant. but only
few people had time to reach Granite
street before the. recall sounded Many
believed that the new auto fire truck
would be given try-out, but Chief
Gladdifg informed reporter that nthe
AmerieanLaFr France had not been put
into commission.
The. Fr4nier building is now owned by
+. G. Rowland, who acquired the prop.
erty at public auction several weeks ago.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-29
HEARSE HORSES BOLTED
AMONG GRAVE STONES
Several Lives Endangered, Tombstones
Overturned and Other Damage Done
at Erie, Pa.

Erie, Pa, July %. Lives were en-
1angered yesterday afternoon in the Erie
eemetery when horses attached to a
hearse conveying the body of Otto NJ
Moyn ran amuck and were not stopped
until they had overturned the hearse
knocked down tombstones. injured sew
eral of the mourners and dumped the
easket containing the body into the grass
plot along the main driveway.
The mourners had reached the side OF
the grave and the minister, the Rev. S. A.
Benze, was preparing to read the last
rites for the dead Suddenly, without
warning, the hearse driver jumped from
his seat and the animals plunged into
the mourners. Two of the men at the
grave side were knocked down by the
flying team
They continued on their way, overturn-
Ing headstones and breaking them as
they raced through the cemetery.
As they struck large headstone. the
hearse overturned and the casket fell on
the grass near the main driveway. The
Jar did not loosen the coffin top and the
funeral services were brought to con-
illusion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-29
TALK OF THE TOWN

Roy Nelson of Orange has returned
home, after passing few days with
friends in the city.
Joseph Stumpf of Burlington. former
" employed as an operator at the Bio,
theatre, was a visitor in the city yes
terday.
Miss Nellie Slsyton of South Mair
street, who is taking two weeks va.
ration from her duties in G. H. Pape's
insurance office, went yesterday b.
Plainfield, where she will pass ten day:
In camp.
]. ]. Dashner of Washington and hi.
chauffeur were in town Saturday will
the formers big Maxwell touring cal
recently purchased. They carried par.
ty of Barre people to the Pickett aue.
tion sale in Berlin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis H. Hosmer OF
Fair Haven are visiting at the home oi
o. ID. Mathewson at Wheelock.
B. L. French of Chicago, superinten
lent of Swift ~ Co.'S hide sellers, and
:. F. French, sales manager for Swift
+ Co. at Omaha, Neb., visited at the
home of their uncle, j.. B. Abbott ol
Eallow avenue, Friday and Saturday.
A special meeting of the Granite City
quoting club will be held in the club.
house tonight at 1880 o'clock. Very
important. j. Fraser, secretary.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-29
Bane0fficers, ,MakingRaid, Come
Across County Jail Prisoner
IN GRANITE STREET HOUSE
leonard st. John Was Sent Back 10
ontpelier-Woman Raided Was Al
ready Under Bonds in Case
Growing Out of Recent Raid. i

For the second time within few dAyx,
officers from police headquarters, accom-
panied by deputy sheriffs and special
officers, raided the apartments in the
old Trow & Holden office on Granite
street, occupied by Mrs. Fred Davidson,
The visit was timed for Saturday night
and Deputy Sheriff George L. Morris,
who held the warrant issued by States
Attorney j. Ward Carver, was assisted
in the search for contraband goods BY
Chief OF Police Sinclair, Deputy Sheriff
George Howe, Deputy Sheriff A. NJ. Nor
rison and Special Officer Charles Woodis
The search revealed only three or fou
bottles of beer, but when the officers
entered the second story where Mrs. Da,
wilson lives, they broke in upon eight
men, some of whom are said to have
been drinking beer.
Each member Of the party disclosed
his name to the police, and one of The
men who may later be asked to testify
in the case was Leonard St John, gem
orally supposed to be serving a seven
months sentence in confinement at the
Washington county jail. st. John, Il
VIII be recalled, Was arrested several
days ago at his rooms in the A. TomaH
block on charge of selling. Before
Judge II. W. Scott in city court, he
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
serve the seven months. 1t is said thar
only small portion of this sentence
had been served when the officers found
him at the Davidson home Saturday
night.
Mrs. Davidson was arrested on the
search and seizure warrant and held in
81 900 bail to appear at hearing in
and the woman was released SATURDAY.
night. In her case, it will also be re.
called that only within the present
month she was bound over to county
court in the sum of $500 on a charge
of selling. Her first arrest grew out OF
a raid which the officers conducted
This morning it was stated that st.
John came up to Barre on an electric
car which reached here Saturday night
al $3.50 o'clock, After the raid, he was
sent back to Montpelier.
David Thow of South Barre was ar
raigned in court this forenoon on
charge of intoxication, first offense.
Thow entered plea Of guilty and paid
a fine of SIS and costs, which brought
the total up to s9.39. The respondent
was arrested on South Main street last
night at II o'clock by Officer Harry
Gamble.
In city court this forenoon. Judge
Scott continued the woman's case until
August II. The respondent has retained
X. A. Hoar as counsel.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-29
Emperor Died at 12:43 tuesday
Morning--.Eastern Time
WAS UNCONSCIOUS "a HOURS
Great Crowd Was Gathered About the
Palace During the Last Hours, Pray
ing and Crying-People Nearer to
Ruler Than in $500 Years.

Toxic, Japan, July 80 eastern timel
The emperor Of Japan died this morn
ing at l2:43, after having been uncon-
scious since dawn yesterday tMonday)
A great multitude of people gathered
in the outside park, praying and crying
The noise of their wooden clogs upon
the loose pebbles in the roadways was
audible within the palace itself.
The manner in which the public have
been taken into confidence by the off
cials regarding the emperors condition
is an entirely new phase and much APP
preciated One of the most prominent
writer's and high authority on. the his
tory OF Japan says that in $500 years
the nation was never SO close to the EN-
peror. :
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-29
INTEND TO STARVE OUT
THE SUSPECTED MAN
Police Believe That Lines are Tightening
About Three of the Quartette But
They Admit That the Fourth Has
Fled From New York.

| New York, July 29.-Police officials
| believe that the lines are tightening
| about the remaining fugitive sought in
connection with the assassination OF Her
man Rosenthal, the gambler, who was
murdered Is days ago The four men
most wanted by the police are still at
| large but of these it is said that whit
ney" Lewis. Lefty Louie and "Gyp the
Blood" Harry Horowwitz,l are now al
most within the police dragnet. These
men are believed to be in hiding in this
city, without funds and in sore straits
1t seems to be but question Of time be-
fore they will be forced into the open
Sam Schepps, the fourth man Of the
quarteete, has fled the city and MS
whereabouts is not known,
Another important witness, whose
identity is being carefully concealed by
the police, has been found by Deputy
Police Commissioner Dougherty. This
man stood within few yards of Rosen-
thai when the latter was shot down un-
der the brilliant lights in front of the
hotel Metropole. He saw the gray ''mur-
der car" at the curb: he saw the four
men standing about the entrance of the
hotel waiting for their prey to come out;
he saw a man who placed his gun almost
in the gamblers face and shot him; at
least two of the party he is sure he can
identify and possibly every one of them.
This is part of what the new witness has
told the police.
Il remember the faces well. | saw
these four men run away to the gray
automobile. One of them carried a re-
volyer distinctly at the time Of the
shooting, as he was the nearest to me.
He pushed the revolver into Rosenthars
face and pulled the trigger. | am sure
the muzzle of the weapon was not more
than few inches away from Rosenthals
face when the shots were fired
Il was afraid of the gamblers ven.
geanee and did not offer at first to be
witness. But now | am ready to tell
my story on the witness stand and iden
tifv the murderers of Herman Rosenthal
IL was the most coldblooded murder i'm
aginable."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-29
TRIED TO SAVE DOG.
Harry P. Page Was Bunted Off Track ~
Locomotive.

While attempting to persuade his pet
| terrier to leave the Central Vermont
tracks at Blackwell street last night,
Harry p. Page. cigarmaker employed
at the George NJ. Marion cigar factory
on Depot square, was struck by the pas
senger train which leaves the local sta
tion at T;55 o'clock He was thrown
distance Of several feet, and when V.
Bruno, who with his wife was the only
witness to the accident, reached the spot,
the man was unconscious and bleeding
from wounds about the head. Mr.. Bruno
telephoned at once for physicians, and
A w. Badger & Co.'S ambulance was
summoned. Drs. w. d. Reid and T.. J..
Leonard accompanied the ambulance to
Pages home at III North Seminary
street, where an examination was made
The doctors failed to discover any
broken bones and after dressing two
ugly wounds on the head they said the
man would recover Page regained con-
seiousness later in the night, and this
forenoon he was resting as comfortably
as could be expected.
In the opinion OF Mr. and Mrs Bruno,
who were walking along Blackwell street
at the time, the mans escape from death
was nothing short of miraculous. Mr..
Page left the house after supper for
walk, the dog tagging at his heels. it
is likely that he had proceeded down the
tracks as far as Blackwell street. and
it was only when the small terrier re-
fused to leave the rails that he turned
around to save the animals life The
dog was found in mangled condition
afterwards, and an officer put him out Of
misery. Page is married and had only
recently returned to Barre, after living
in Manchester, n. H., for several months.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-29
WARRING DEMOCRATS
CALL RIVAL CONVENTIONS
James E. Burke and M. G. Leary
Results in a Tangled
Situation.

| Burlington, July 29.-The two warning
| factions of the local Democratic party
have called separate caucuses and county
conventions. One faction, headed by
M. g. Leary, set their caucus for Satur-
day evening and the convention for
Wednesday, July 81 while the James
f. Burke faction set their caucus for
Tuesday, July 80, and the convention for
Thursday. August /. So far as can be
learned, no Leary caucus was held Sat
urday evening.
The Burke convention and caucuses
were called by Mr.. Johnson, "for the
county committees" to quote the words
of Mr.. Burke last night, 1t appears that
prior to two years ago Mr. Leary was a
member of the county committee and
had issued calls for caucuses and conyen.
tions, acting in the capacity OF a char
man. Two years ago the committee
passed resolution to the effect that the
county committee should thereafter be
composed of the chairmen of the town
committees. This resolution of course
precluded Mr. Leary's acting further as
a chairman, but il seems that after the
resolution was passed no organization
was ever formed and therefore there
was no regular chairman.
Mr.. Burke looked up the reports OF
the meeting and found that as no organi-
zation had ever been effected, any one OF
the chairmen of town committee could
issue call for caucus and convention
if requested to do so. He thereupon
asked Mr.. johnson, chairman Of the city
committee, to call the caucus and con
vention for the committee" This was
done. and the dates now set for the
Burke caucus and convention are July
30 and August |, respectively The eau
Gus will be held Tuesday afternoon In
city hall from to 8 o'clock, and the con
vention will be held Thursday morning
at 10 o'clock.
In the meantime, Mr. Leary, apparent
" not recognizing the call issued by Mr..
Johnson or not knowing that such call
had been issued, acted upon his own au
thority, as he had done in the past. and
issued call for caucus on last Sat
urday night and convention Wednes
day, July 81, at the same hours set
for the Burke convention. Whether this
muddle will result in two county tickets
remains to be seen
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-29
Third Yegg Who Broke Into
WiIIiamstown Post-office
he MADE PLEA OF GUILTY
Sentenced in Orange County Court, He
Was Taken to State Prison at
Winsor Saturday to Serve Not
Less Than Five Years.

Chelsea, July 2o.William Driscoll. alias
"Ottawa Irish" etc. was taken to the
state prison at Windsor Saturday to
serve not less than five years and not
more than seven years for breaking into
the store and postoffice in Williamstown
during the night of August Is, 1911, the
respondent having pleaded guilty to the
charge in Orange county court last Fri
day.
A special term of the court was held
to receive the plea of Driscoll who was
captured in New York City about two
weeks ago and who had been indicted at
the special term Of Orange county court
held last May. Immediately after en-.
tering his plea of guilt, Driseoll was Civ
en- his sentence States Attorney Stan
ley c. Wilson prosecuted, and the re-
spondent was represented by Attorney
w, II. Sprague.
Two pals" who operated with Dris-
coll in the Williamstown break had been
rounded up previously and have beeen
serving time for several months.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-29
MADE HIMSELF TARGET
TO PROVE ASSERTION
Lewis Dion, Aged II, Wrote on Paper
That He Was Willing to be Shot at
To Show That Rifle Was No
Good and He Was Killed.

Lawrence, Mass, July 29.-"I gave him
permission to shoot me, wrote out Lew
is Dion, aged II, in boyish scrawl on
a piece of paper yesterday, then stood up
before Henry Talbot, aged IL, who shot
him dead through the heart.
The shooting was the-result of boys
pride in his new 22-calibre rifle and a
dare from companion who didn't be-
lieve it could kill anything
The rifle belonged to the Talbot boy
who with Henry White, Ii years old,
was shooting with it from the window
of the Talbot boys house. Young Dion
came along and remarked that his broth
er had similar rifle and it was mo
good"
"Give me written permission to shoot
you and I'll show you whether it is any
good or not the Talbot lad is alleged
TO have said. Dion wrote out the per-
mission on a slip of paper. Immediate
ly there was shot from the rifle and
Dion fell dead.
Talbot and White were arrested by the
police charged with manslaughter. The
police claim to have the note written by
Dion.