Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-04-11

c. NJ Bowers. Commissioners OF
Fisheries. resigned
Raleigh. N. c.. adopted commission
government
Thousands Of starving deer line the
banks OF the Priest River In Idaho.
one OF the results of the food.
The price OF Holsters in Boston has
trebled because of severe gales along
the coast
A granite monument to the old pony
express riders was unveiled in Patee
Park. ST. Joseph. Mo-. the spot from
which the first rider started.
The Crowninshield Hotel, large
summer house at Cliftondale, Mass,
was destroyed by fire. The loss is es-
timated at $4,000.
Mrs. Emma Groves, formerly a cir
Gus freak, died in Brunswick, Me. She
was forty-six years old, had a full
beard and weighed 507 pounds.
The New York Assembly passed the
Blauvelt bill establishing $50 State
scholarships, with 500 year for four
years, to be awarded to five persons
in each assembly district of the State.
The bridge between Perth Amboy
and South Amboy, which cost $500, 900
was condemned. The bridge is crossed
by nearly every automobile on its way
from New York to the seashore re-
sorts.
Ten Italians, alleged to be members
of band of white slavers and muir
derers were indicted for first degree
murder at White Plains, N. Y. They
were charged with numbering a
"squealer."
Police Commissioner Waldo, of New
York, will try to abolish as public
nuisances all restaurants which per-
NIT young girls to turkey trot, drink
cocktails and smoke cigarettes in the
afternoon.
At the largest gathering of Ameri-
can business and financial leaders ever
known, held in the Chamber of Com
merce, New York, the late ]. Pierpont
Morgan's character and achievements
were extolled.
Two Lehigh Valley freight trains
were wrecked near Lackawanna, N.
Y, and the cars were looted of goods
valued at 100000 by band of thieves
who drove off the crews with revolt
vers and escaped with their booty.
Secretary Bryan ordered the United
States Ambassador in London to in
vestigate the case Of Miss Zelie Emer-
son, the American militant suffragette,
who is subjected to forcible feeding in
an English prison.
President Wilson received letter
signed by nineteen prominent men and
women interested in social legislation.
They urge that he aid bills introduced
In Congress improving social condi-
lions.
The revenue cutter Seneca is pa
trolling the Grand Banks. She will be
followed by the Miami and the two
will send out wireless information
every two hours as to the location of
icebergs.
Ernest W. Gebracht, of the Ameri-
can Sugar Refining Company, was re-
leased from the Mineola, l.. l., JAIL
WucTe lie SeTfou thirty udyo IOT GULF
plicity in the sugar frauds of 1910. His
sentence of two years was committed
by President Taft.
Three of the five men accused of the
murder of Francisco Cilillo in the
Hood Rubber Company strike at East
WATERFOWL, Mass, were found guilty
of manslaughter and sentenced to
from six to ten years. The others
were sentenced to one year as aces
series.
Following charges made by Presi-
dent Kendall, of the New York Bank
Note Company, that State Senator
| Stilwell, of the Bronx, New York city,
solicited bride from him, Governor
Sulzer recommended to Stilwell that
he resign. The Senator refused, called
for an investigation by the Senate,
and the latter ordered the Judiciary
Committee to take steps to arrange
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