Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-17

The water situation in Salt Lake
City is critical, as every water main
in the city is frozen solid
The Blackhall Boarding School,
near Saybrook, Conn. was destroyed
by fire.
The loss to citrus growers in south
ern California. due to the recent three
day frost. is estimated at 1000. 900.
The remains of Admiral John Paul
Jones will soon be placed in the crypt
in the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
Roald Amundsen, discoverer of the
South Pole. arrived in New York,
complaining of the hot weather.
More than 20 students have been
forced to terminate their courses in
Stanford University in California, be-
cause of the failure of the citrus crop.
Samuel Horiwitz, New York tailor,
was fined $50 for burning rats which
he caught in his shop. He went to Jail
for 20 days in default.
The Central New England Railway
Co. filed an application in Albany to
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and new equipment.
Commissioner F. NJ. Lane was elect
ed chairman of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, to succeed Com
missioner Prouty.
William Titskey, a wealthy farmer
of Erie, Kan, was burned to death
with his wife and three children when
stove exploded.
Jacob Grover, buried in a coal slide
at Franklin Furnace, N. j., wore his
fingers to the bone in effecting his
escape.
Governor Baldwin of Connecticut in
his inaugural address favored arbitra-
ton in regard 20 the Panama Canal
dispute.
A dozen fresh-laid eggs, shipped
from Portland, Ore, to the President
by parcel post arrived in good condi-
ton.
The oil-tank ship Rosecrans, a hoo
doc ship" almost since she was
launched more than twenty years ago,
was lost with thirty-one of her crew
off the Oregon coast.
President-elect Wilson conferred for
three hours. and fifteen minutes with
Senator Smith of Georgia and Senator
Gore of Oklahoma in the State House
at Trenton.
Gov. Wilson denied the report that a
clause in the New Jersey Constitution
had been found which would prevent
him making further State appoint
ments before resigning as Governor.
Neil Anderson, paymaster of a New,
York plastering company, was held
up at 10Th Street and Park Avenue
and robbed of $4,000 which he was
carrying to pay employees.
Ella Ewing, THE Missouri Giant
ess," is dead at her home near CORN,
Mo- She was eight feet three inches
in height She was said to be the tall
est woman in the world.
The Second District Public Service
Commission of New York issued it's
report on the Corning wreck, which
cost forty lives. 1t held Engineer
Schroeder primarily responsible" al
leging he failed to observe signals.
The bureau of printing and engrav-
ing in Washington is turning out &c.
100000 parcel post stamps daily, con-
Stunning a ton and one half of paper
and enough ink to make red smear
around the world
Owing to the warm weather Belle
vue Hospital, New York, was so
crowded with pneumonia patients
that many slept on the fire-escapes,
so that they might rest out of doors,
which is part Of the treatment.
The Sulzer inquiry commission heard
charges that northumberland Yer
beck overrode a decision of the State
Armory Commission and illegally
bought an arsenal site in Albany, pay
ing $46,0f2 for it to an Albany bank of
which Ex-Governor Dix was once an
officer.