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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-12-24
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-12-24
MRS A. E. GROW

FUOI SPECIALIST
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-12-24
JAMES BURNS

2 Paddock Street. st. Johnsbury, VT
Cut Flowers and Floral Designs.
For sale at all seasons OF the year
on short notice. For immediate at
tention order by telegraph, telephone
or SPECIAL delivery
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-12-24
Q. A. PREVosT, N. d.
Nv. J. ALDRICH, M. ID.
Q. a. CRAMTON, II. ID.

st. Johnsbury. VT.
Specialist, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
once, 29 Main st. over Post Office.
Office Hours a. m. to p. m. Eve
nings, except Wednesdays, from
until $50.
Appointments for examinations Of
the eyes for glasses can be made In
advance by letter or telephone.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-12-24
f. e. FARMER, M. ID.

20 Main St.
Specialty-Diseases of Children
Hours: 1 to and to y. m. No
office hours Wednesday evenings or
Sundays. N. T.. Telephone.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-12-24
MISCELLANEOUS

j. NJ. PERHAM
Surveying, Civil Engineering and
Draughtipg
Gauthier's Block, Tel. Connection.
81 Eastern Ave. St Johnsbury, VT
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-25

more about track ck-cuttinS than about
logarithms. Side by slde and shoulder
10 shoulder the man OF the law and the
men out or the law the rough riders
and the railroad boy prled and wrenched
and clawed and struggled with the steel
While Harvey and Banks Clawed al the
spikes the cowboys. wres,ied with the
nuts on the bolts OF the fish plates. II
was battle The nuts wouldn't twist
the spikes stuck like piles sweat COW
cred the assaiants. Harvey went into
err" ne cried. tugging a tho frosty
spikes; but flesh and blood could do no
more.
"There they come-there's the run
away train-1 can hear II. I'm going TO
open the switch. anyhow Harvey
shouted. starting up the track. Save
yourselves"
Needless OF the warning, Banks strug-
sled with the plste-b bolts In a silent fury
me the maui
Raising the heavy tool as If II had
been tacls-hammer. he landed heavily
on the bolt nuts. and they few one after
another like bullets over the bluff The
taller cowboy, bending close on his knees.
raised a yell. The plates had given way,
stripped the bolts even after the mad
train had shot into the gorge above them.
Then they drove the pick under the
the clawhar and a yell that reached
Harvey, trembling al the switch. they
tore away the stubborn contact. and
pointed the rails over the precIpice
The Shrek OF n locomotive whistle cut
the wind, Looking east. Harvey saw
Fifty Mines headlight She was certain
Y pulling In on the siding. He still held
the switch open to send the RUNAWAY
into the trap which Bucks had set II
the passenger train failed TO get into the
clear; but there was q minute yet-a
bare sixty secondhand Harvey had no
idea OF dumping ten thousand dollars
worth OF equipment into the river un-
less It was absolutely necessary.
Suddenly, up went the safety signals
from the east end. Banks and the COW
BOYS. waiting brea thess. saw Harvey
with determined lurch close the main
line contact
In the next breath the coalers. with
the sweep OF tho gale behind their
trlghttul velocity, smashed over the
sWitcn and on: In q. rattling whrl OF
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-25

snow Streets Of the raw prairie towns
stared deserted at the sky. Even
cowboys kept their ranches, and
| through the gloom Of noon the sun
cast a coward shadow. II was a
wretched day, and the sun went down
with the wind tuning into gale, and
all the boys in bad humoT-ezcept
Bucks. Not that Bucks couldn't get
mad; but it took more than a cyclone
to start him.
Number Fifty nine, the California
express, was late that night. All the
way up the valley the wind caught her
quartering- Really the marvel is that
out there on the plains such storms
didn I blow our toy engines clear off
the rails; but, for that matter, they
might as we'll have taken the rails,
too, for none of them went over sixty
% clock; il was 1890 clock when she
pulled in, on Callahan Is trick But
Bucks hung around the Office until she
staggered up under the streaked moon
light, SIS frowsy looking train as ever
choked on alkali.
There was always crowd down at
the station to meet Fiftynine; she was
the big arrival of the day at McCloud,
even if she didn t get in until II
and the express and the landseekers
and the travelling men and the
strangers generally; SO the McCloud
livery men and hotel runners and
prominent citizens and prominent loaf
ers and the city marshal usually
came down to meet her. But 1t was
not so that night. The platform was
bare. Not even the hardy chief Of po,
lice. who was town watch and city
marshal all ombined, was there.
The engineer swung out of his cab
with the air Of an abused man His
eyes were full of soda. his ears full OF
sand, his moustache full of burs, and
his whjskers full of tumble-weeds: ut
least he felt that way, as was plain to
be seen. The conductor and the brake
man climbed down sullenly, and the
baggage man showed open his door and
slammed trunk down on the platform
without pretense of sympathy. Then
the outgoing crew climbed aboard, and
in hurry. The outgoing conductor
ran downstairs from the register and
pulled his cap down hard before he
pushed ahead against tho wind to give
the engineer his copy of the orders as
the new engine was coupled up. The
fireman pulled the canvas iealously
around the cab end. The brakeman
ran hurriedly back TO examine the air
connections, and gave his signal to the
engineer. There were two short,
choppy snorts from 101. and Fifty
nine moved out stealthily, evenly, re-
sistlesslv into tho teeth Of the night,
In another minute only her red lamps
cleaned up tho yard. One man still
on the platform watched them recede
| IL was Bucks.
He came up to the dispatcher Of
hce and sal down. Callahan wondered
why he didn't go home and to bed
but Callahan was too good railroad
man to ask questions OF superior
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-25

could see what was against them. they
We're gone!
II wasn't gonG to stop here tonight"
said the engineer, as he stood with the
conductor. looking over Harvey's shout
der at the operators desk minute
later. WED have met them right In
the canyon. Harvey
But Harvey WAS reporting 10 Bucks.
Callahan heard II coming. Rails cut.
but Fifty nine safe. Ruuaways went by
here fully seventy miles an hour"
IL was easy after that Griffin Is at
the foot OF the grade, from there on,
the ruuaw way train had q hlll to climb
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-25
A Story From the Train Dispatchers Offic~

Bucks had held $50. tho loc-,
side-tracked at Davis ,bss.i D
lner east Sped by the wiss
NAYS passed Davis. thouot
their highest speed. rsn Sns n1|
2oo engine was cut lore.
after them Ike scaraS 11|
miles east OF Davis thev r-s''! So''!|
by the light engine. The ~ q
ahue. crawlcd out of III. w.
along the foot-rail ana ~
pilot caught the ladder 40
and running I'D. crept a,ov ~
ana hegan setting brakes h.
umrh TO Davis. oAcI
When tie multitude Of ora-
OF the way. Bucks wired ~
eerlng his cowboys down foS
Sixty. sixty was thA ss.t1
senger duo at McCloud at ~:
turned out that the con,hs.'o'' s-o''
arrested for lassolng a No..
steader who had cut fhs,r ss5'
not a hetnous offense. sna m,, j<
Strengthened out by tho Id -.
Bucks. VINO was the whoin
they were given Jobs Iassoin
teIs IN the train service, a.
the tall fellow. IL a passansa' '
on tho high line now.
1t was 2 o'clock that mcr~,. !.
81 Decembcr In small isfe1
West End-before thew rcs Y
Gently Strengthened out
much TO do-orders to may Il
10 take Bucks. still on ~
flowing robes and tumb,ire
them all, Then he turned ~ i.
10 Callahan. and Getting mn " y
time IN two hours. dropped h
close by. rSS ="
The very first thing caItah.
a personal from Pat rrancis
OF Fifty nine. at Ogallaia 4,
Bucks: Your mother Ia ab>
nine. She was carried bv &
the Denver sleeper. sendins
to YOU on Sixty. Merry ChT3s
II came off the wire .ast
taking It. didn't think BuoLs
it's probable he did. Callahan
clip over towards him wiz
Look there, old man. m
mother coming, after all yol,,
carried by on Flfty-nine. ~
Tho big dIspstcher's head n,
the table, between his arnnn'
] sprang 20 his side; Bucks ha6
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-25
By Frank H. Spearman.

SEE good deal of stuff in
print about the engineer, said
Callahan dejectedly. What's
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-29

a train last midnight, Tony Liuneanch,
aged %, sacrificed his life in saving
his sister. Carrie. and his sweetheart,
Miss Lulu Stoat, whom he was accom-
Eanying home from an entertainment
near Hanson Station. Both girls were
hurt. but George Smith, who also &C
companied them, jumped and escaped
injury.
The train bore down on the party as
they were near the middle of the span.
The stream below ran deep, and re-
alizing hat neither of the girls could
swim, young i-iuneanch urged them
forward along the crossties. The girls
became historical and one stumbled.
Pulling and half dragging, he urged
them along to point where the water
was shallow. He pushed them off into
the mud and water to safety, but as he
did so the engine struck him and
hurled him from the trestle His skull
was broken. and he died without re-
gaining consciousness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-29
OBITUARY RECORD
Anton P. Berg.

Anton p. Berg died at 1875 Sat
urday evening at his home, 1912
Fourth avenue. He had been i'll for
a long time with rheumatism and
dropsy Mr.. Berg was born in Rock
ford. Aug. 8. 1868. and was brought to
Moline by his parents when but two
years of age. lie had liver here ever
since He was a brick mason. Twenty
years ago he married, his wife pre-
ceding him in deatt by four years.
Surviving members of the family
are his mother, Mrs. John A =. Berg,
four children, Fred. Clarence, Mabel
and Alfred, and five brothers, fleming.
Carl. Reynold, Arthur and Robert. All
the relatives named except the last
two. whose homes are in Chicago, live
in Moline
The funeral VIII be held at o'clock
Tuesday afternoon at the 4. v Ester
dahl chapel, with Rev. A. r Berg
strom officiating, assisted by Moline
lodge No. 1913. I. o. o. F Interment
viii he in Riverside cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-29
OPEN CITY COURT
HERE IN SPRING
Census Will Be Taken to Give
Benefit of a Higher CLASH
fication.

Next spring probably viii see the in
augUraJ!Ou OF A municipal court in
Moline. Quarters are ready on the
second floor of the new city hall and
there Is ample time To dispose OF The
prelimiuaries One OF these Will be
the taking Of a census under the di-
rection OF the city commission 10 IS
fablish the fact that the city mas pop
uiation % more than $4,000
The census Of 1910 gave Moline a
few hundred below that number.
which leaves Moline II The classified
tiOn IN which municipal court judges
draw but $500" per annum. while there
is some doubt as 20 whether the CRY
or the state j. expected 10 pay the
salary. In cities OF 25.00O or more
the salary is s. "10 and the state pays
it. Obviously there = an object in
taking a census.
IL j. the intention 10 take the census
AMI dispose Of the prehminar'es in
time TO elect a Judge al the spring cleo
ton. \ police magistrate will also be
chosen az the same time as the town
ship officers
The nun .cipsI court viii have con
current jurisdiction with the circuit
court in all cases. civil or criminal.
in the city. except treason
or murder II is expected to aid con-
siderably IN relieving the stress OF
business in the circuit court
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-29
SWEDISH OLIVE LODGE
XMAS entertainment

Swedish Olive lodge No. 5S&, !. o. o.
F, held its Christmas entertainment
at Swedish Olive hall Saturday even
ing when 400. including members.
their families and friends assembled
10 listen TO a program and witness the
distribution of gifts. There was a big
tree and a Santa Claus. The follow
ing set program was presented:
Address OF welcome-JOhn T. Rose.
Song-Oliye chorus.
Violin solo-Orville Anderson, &C
companied by Evelyn Anderson.
Piano solo-Lillian Peterson.
Reading-Carl Lonberg.
Song-Ohve chorus.
Piano solo-Ralph Peterson.
Song-Gertrude Erickson.
Violin sOlo-Stanley Talstrom, ac-
companied by Edith Talstrom.
Piano solo-Dorothy Ohline.
Piano solo-Myrtle Peterson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-29
BURGLAR GETS CLOTHING
Takes Clean Suit from Laundry,
Leaving Old Coat Behind.

Taking a suit OF clothing from the
Electric laundry. 1912 Fourth avenue
last evening a burglar left his coat in
exchange. Entrance was effected
through a rear window which had been
left unlocked. One OF the proprietors
returning last evening at 10 o'clock
after being absent all day found that
raid had been made by someone de-
string 10 replenish his wardrobe. A
hottie of whisky. kept for medicinal
purposes. also is missing. a circum-
stance which makes the theory that
the intruder was merely customer
calling for his clean clothing and leav-
ing garments for renovation unten-
able.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-29
BOY BREAKS THIGH
WHEN SLED HITS TREE

Osborne Bradford, 7-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Bradford. 1914
Twelfth street. is the first victim Of
a serious coasting accident this season.
While enjoying the sport in the yard
of the Irving school at so Saturday
afternoon he lost control of his sled
and collided with tree. fracturing his
thigh near the hip. He was also con-
siderably bruised. Playmates took
him home and he was later removed
TO the city hospital.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-29
MUST HEAR CASES
At new CITY HALL
Council Presents Ultimatum to
Police Magistrate in Ordi-
nance Change.

Frank Gustafson. police magistrate
having shown on inclination to accept
the quarters set aside for him in the
new city hall. the city commission AT
its regular meeting this morning
amended The ordinances making II
mandatory for cases coming under the
jurisdiction of the Office 70 be tried IN
the municipal building. II is claimed
that an extra officer would have 10 be
KEEP. on duty 70 conduct prisoners 10
and from the present office of the mag
istrate in the Skinner Annex, four
blocks away.
The amendment covering payment
OF fees 10 the city was not adopted,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-29
To DEATH
To HELP SCIENCE
Criminal Wills Body to Sur
geons for Study of Robbery
Life Cause.

Chicago, H., Dec 29.-Bequeathing
his body to surgery, that dissection
might indicate why his life had been
directed toward crime, John Kowinsk,
better known as Keller, of 1858 Wash
ington boulevard, yesterday leaped
from the eighteenth floor of the Ma
sonic temple and was crushed TO death
on the safety screen" nine floors be-
low.
His object appears to have been
missed, for the body was so crushed
its use for dissection is undesirable,
surgeons stated. The steel safety
screen demonstrated it's utility for
saving persons at the foot of the ro'
tunda. but proved a failure as sui
eide preventive.
Keller remarked as he left his house
that he would not come back. lie went
to the Masonic temple, taking an ele-
vator to the eighteenth floor. just
under the uppermost screen, and sat
down to write his extraordinary Will.
He apparently made several sttemp;s.
for several sheets Of paper bore Cvi-
deuce of an unsatisfactory start Also
he set 11:l5 a the time set for the
Jump. then changed it - Ina. oV log
10 the time he required for Writris
his farewell.
Fred Paschen, one of the building
attendants, saw X elter balanced on the
rail- looking downward. lie ran down
the corridor shouting. Kciter saw him
and without a word leaped just as Pas
chen made "A despairing grab for the
suicides nearest foot. The Janitor
peered over the rail, saw Keller turn
in the air. and then strike. Horror
struck, he ran 10 an elevator shot TO
the ground and called the police.
The American College Of Surgeons,
Rush Medical college and the Jenner
Medical college are the heirs of Kelt-
er's will They are asked TO dissect
the body in order that it may be dis
covered now such types as he were
productivity heredity or environment.
or d combination of both in trying to
aid in alternating others from their
suffering"
The strange viii confessed TO %
months ~ prison and unwillingHess 10
prolong life by robbery. which Keller
termed his profession.
he lElftl t%pIdil'tI "a fDIiiIIIHltd-
ton had already been sent to Dr. g.
Frank LydatOn, king his special al
tentiOn TO the dissection and going in
to further detail OF life Confession
lie showed no great regret about leay-
ing life ana persistently referred To a
hope that study OF the malformation
OF his brain might teach the surgeons
how others in his plight might be
treated to save them from following
criminal instincts.
His Was strange career" the let
ter says, being born almost stranger
into the world lie could not adapt
himself TO the environment that was
given him by society. His condition
has caused many d mental strain and
intellectual misery by brooding over
the problems of existence in general"
After six suicides in q little over
two years in the Masonic temple the
building management set the safety
screens
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-29
ANNUAL ELECTION HELD
BY THE BOILERMAKERS

BOilermakers' and Helpers union No.
377 held its annual meeting at Indus
trial hall last Friday evening George
W. Pring of Des Moines. district rep
resentative, delivered an address on
the work Following are the officers
elected:
President-William Dooling
Vice President-Albert Lindberg
Financial Secretary-John Fulton.
Corresponding Secretary - George
Brooks
Recording Secretary Long.
Business Agent-Walter Schneider
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-29
DEATH is DUE To
USE OF OBSOLETE
TYPE OF Gas JET
William Towle, Stranger, As
phyxiated in Room Over
Klondike Cafe.
TURNED THE COCK TOO FAR
Came Here Probably from Dewitt
Iowa, Saturday Night and Had
Been Drinking

William TowIe. a stranger il the
city. was asphyxiated by gas in his
room over the KIondike cafe. 1920
Third avenue. al O'Clock sunday aft
e-uOon- He had been drinking and
when he retired Saturday night he
turned the gas OF. but IN doing so
turned the cock too far. the burner
being Of an OLD type. ana the result
was that the escape OF gas vas check
cd only long enough 70 extiucuish the
light
ToWle was about - years OF age.
and from letter. among his effects il
j. known that h. has recently been in
Mobile. Ala. and Sioux City. Waterloo
and Dewitt. Iowa. Il j. believed that
he came here from Dewitt
The young man appeared al the
KIOndike cafe Saturday afternoon
about . O'Clock and paid for weeks
lodging After supper he went out
and that was the last time the pro-
prictor. Angelo Harris. saw MIN
At O'Clock Sunday morning a man
was sent to his room with a towel,
but found the door locked and was IN
able TO arouse the occupant The pro-
prietor gave orders that TOwle be left
10 finish MS supposed nap.
Notice Odor Of Gas.
During the forenoon employees OF the
place noticed the odor Of gas but did
NOT trace IT, About ! o'clock
Harris decided il was time 70 investi-
gate. He succeeded IN unlocking the
door and found Towies body lying in
bed
Death evidently came while the man
y as asleep. From the condition OF
the body IL was evident that life was
extinct several hours DR.. G.. \.
Peterson Vas called. but found II i'm
possible TO do anything
The remains were taken 70 the Dan
ielsOn 4 FurEie underta king rooms.
where an inquest was held this after
noon. An Identification card in ToWIe's
clothing bore the name OF O. u. Towle
or PsIisade. Colo. and he was notified
by telegraph
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-29
Gas Pipe
ENDANGERS LIFE
Mrs. Stanley Rustakus, GIG
Railroad Avenue, Saved by
Open Window.

Gas which leaked from a faulty pipe
almost claimed Mrs. Stanley Rustakus,
GIG Railroad avenue. Saturday night.
The fact that the window was open,
thereby giving chance FOR the fumes
TO escape from her bedroom. saved her
life. Sunday morning she aWoke SUI
ferinE from gas poisoning and DR..
Perry Vessel was called 20 minister
10 her. She was pronounced out OF
danger today.
WOrkmcu had been employed in
making repairs in the gas pipes al
the home during Saturday. but evil
IDENTIFY overlooked the leak in Mrs
Rustakus' bedroom. In an odioining
room the husband and little daughter
or the woman slept unframed