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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE
SPRINGFIELD AND VICINITY.
Assistant Tax Commissioner A. B.
Fales of Boston visited the local board
of assesors this week in connection with
his routine work. The assessors asked
his advice on several minor matters, hut
nothing of importance was discussed. Mr
Fales expressed himself as well pleased
with the local board of assessors, declar
ing that Springfield has one of the most
conscientious and efficient boards iu the
state.
An unusual auction sale was conducted
by Newrie D. Winter Monday afternoon,
when 20 frame houses on Patton street,
ell owned by one person, were sold. The
total amount for which the buildings sold
was 551.900. different buyers bidding them
in. There were many bidders, and the
auction was a lively one. Prins for the
houses went somewhat higher. Mr Winter
said, because of the North-street exten
sion. which has recently been completed.
Mayor Lathrop Monday received a
call from John Hinds, who is walking
from Labrador to the Pacific coast of
British Columbia. Hinds is a well-dressed
young man, not at all like the ordinary
long-distance pedestrian in his personal
appearance. Hr is carrying with him the
signatures of the mayors of all the cities
through which he passes, and Mayor La
throp added his mime to the list yester
day. Hinds is taking the long "hike''
on a bet.
The promoters of the Springfield theater
company plan to build a new theater in the
<ent<T of the city. The scheme is to
have a corporation, with SS(Ki.O(KI capi
tal, formed under the laws of Massachu
setts, to build and operate the theater.
The promoters hope to build an elaborate
theater, seating 2500 persons, which shall
be equipped in the best modern anner,
and make a home for first-class attractions.
It is said that nearly the capital has been
subscribed.
Henry L. Bowles has announced his in
tention of erecting a 10-story block < n the
southeast corner of Main and East Court
streets, where the drug store of Henry
Adams & Co is now. Mr Bowles is the
owner of the property, and he has had
plans drawn up by B. Hammett Sea bury,
the local architect. The leases of the oc
cupants of the present building have slill
about three years to run, so it is probable
that the new structure, w hich will c-st
about $235;000. will not be built -.inti! the
leases have expired.
W. E. Clark of 499 State street Ims an
interesting memento of the political cam
paign of 18(54 in the form of a printed copy
of Gen George B. McClellan’s letter of
acceptance of the democratic nomination
for president. The letter is headed ■’Mc-
Clellan’s platform," and those printed
copies were eridentlv circulated as cam
paign documents. The letter is addressed
to Horatio Seymour and others as mem
bersjof the committee which officially no
tified Gen McClellan of his nomination.
As might be expected, the letter is chiefly
devoted to a discussion of war questions
and policies.
The state highway •commissioners are
planning to set out in the spring 1000
shade trees on state highways leading out
from Springfield. These will be of maple,
oak and willows that will provide, when
grown, grateful shade, beauty and road
protection. The commission is co-operat
ing with the state forestry bureau to pro
tect and set out more trees in the state.
Trees are not to be set out on the high
ways simply because they are beautiful to
look upon. Tim plan of the planting is be
ing forwarded because of the knowledge
that the trees are a great preservative of
road surface and the belief that an ex
pensive road of the macadam variety
should not be left without protection from
sun and wind.
Springfield men who are concerned in
Connecticut river navigation and the de
velopment of power through a new dam
at the Enfield rapids will be interested to
learn that a large block of shares of the
Connecticut River company has passed into
the hands of the Northern Connecticut
securities company. These shares, coming
from the Connecticut River banking com
pany. will give the securities company
a much larger holding in the Connecticut
River company. The Coffins will still
have a majority interest, but the fact that
the minority interest is now 35 or 40
per cent may have an important effect
on the equity suit now pending in which
the minority seeks to prevent the Connecti
cut River company from adopting as an
amendment to its charter an act of the
Connecticut Legislature which would rad
ically change the nature of the corporation.
H. B. Layman, who has been president
and general manager of the Brightwood
motor manufacturing company, which
started the plant at Brightwood last spring
to construct the new Orson automobiles,
has severed all connection with the com
pany, and it is not known in this city who
will succeed him. Work on the plant has
lieen rushed until at present about SIOO,OOO
worth of machinery has been installed.
The success of the first model of the ear.
which has been recently exhibited in New-
York. has been so great that there is pos
sibility that the company will look for
larger accommodations before beginning
serious work on the cars, and possibly il
will build a new structure especially de
signed for its own needs. There w'as so
great demand at New York for opportunity
to view the car that tickets were issued,
and only ticket-holders allowed the ehanec.
Mra John C. Beggs and her son. .John C.
Beggs, Jr., 14 years old. of 14 Greenleaf
street, this city, were obliged to jump to
escape from the fire in Young’s hotel in
the North shore suburb of Winthrop Sun
day morning at 2 o'clock. There were
about 20 guests in the house, and Mrs
Beggs and her son were the most
seriously injured, although a dozen oth
er persons are also suffering from
hurts that vary from very slight ones to
a few that are rather serious. The hotel
was totally destroyed by the fire,
and the loss will probably be near
ly $50,000. Mrs Beggs and her son
leaped from the second floor of the hotel
and were picked up from the asphalt pave
ment. Mrs Beggs was a few days after
brought to this city for care, but the son
died at the Metcalf hospital Wednesday.
The father is assistant treasurer of the
Bemis & Call hardware and tool company.
Dr Thomas De Marco, wfio was last
June appointed Italian vice-consul for the
counties of Hampden. Hampshire, Berk
shire, Franklin ami Worcester. has
come to Springfield from Adams to es
tablish his office aa consul in this city.
Dr De Marco broke his teg In a fall
from his wagon at the time of hits ap
pointment, and was thus prevented from
coming to this city as he had intended at
that time. The consul who preceded Dr
De Marco was Dr Sinclitico of Lawrence.
An office will be secured by Dr De .Marco
later anil regular hours for his work as
representative of the Italian government
will lie established. There are about 7000
Italians in this city. Dr De Marco says,
and about 50.000 in the five counties over
which he has been given jurisdiction.
Springfield is the natural center for his
work, and he has moved here so that he
may more conveniently and efficiently per
form his duties as consul.
The present year seems destined to be
remembered for some time in the criminal
annals of the city for the large number
of murder eases that have come within
its limits. Since the law was changed
substituting electrocution for hanging ns
the punishment for first-degree murder in
1899. there have Im 19 murder or man
slaughter cases in Springfield. Six of
these, or practically a third, have come
within the last nine months. This num
ber is all the more significant us there
have been but 33 of such cases in the en
tire county in the 12 years. Over one
sixth of the entire number of eases in
the county, therefore, have occurred in the
city itaelt since February 27. 1910. The
only year which approaches the record of
the present in the slightest degree is 1904,
when the Seaton, and the first of lhe
Caracciolo cases were tried, and Dr Ed
ward Bell ahot Judson Strong, afterward
committing suicide. In 1908 there were
I two cases, and in 1907 there were two. but
! in each of the other years there has boon
either no case of this magnitude or only
one.
The formal opening of the new moms
of the commercial travelers’ club of this
city in the Myrick building Friday even
ing marks another step npuanl of our of
I the oldest and most prominent clubs in
j Springfield. The club m<»v<‘d into its new
। quarters September 1 and for the years
i previous to that time had «»ccupied rooms
• in the Steiger building and before that had
' been for 12 years in the Birnie building.
! A little addition will show that the club
. has been in existence for 17 years and in
■ that time it has steadily increased its
i membership and its prestige until now few
। organizations in the city are more favor
■ ably known and certainly none have finer
' homes. The new quarters consist of four
club. The officers are as follows: Presi
| dent. W. A Fletcher: first vice-president,
!B. XV. Hutchinson: second vice-president,
G. IT. Burghardt : secretary and treas
urer. F. IL Hutchinson.
The organization of the Western New
England traffic bureau, the new organiza
tion which is being formed under the
auspices of the board of trade in the in
terests of shippers and receivers, has been
nearly completed. A set of by-laws has
been drawn up and the final organization
meeting will be held Friday, December 9,
when officers will be elected. G. Frank
Merriam was chosen temporary chairman
and Emmett Hay Naylor temporary secre
tary, at a meeting held in the board of
trade rooms the 11th. There are at pres
ent GO memlHTs of the organization and
it is expected that 200 will be present
and ready to become charter members at
the next meeting. A traffic manager is
one of the most important officers to be
elected. The secretary of the bureau is
to act in this capacity and he will be
< hosen. as the president of the bureau,
by the directors who are to be elected by
the members.
The following quotation from a news
paper in the eastern part of the state is
interesting, since, according to local poli
ticians. it finds something of a parallel
in Springfield:—
There seems to be no doubt ibat Congress
man Charles (4. Washburn of the 3d district
was defeated for re-election by a case of mis
taken identity. It is now an open secret In
that district that John A. Thayer was put
on the ticket deliberately in order that he
might catch votes intended I'M* ex-Coiigress
man John IL Thayer, who couldn’t be in
duced to run. This scheme worked out beau
tifully. as it happened. John A. Thayer did
little or no campaigning (his sworn expense
bill being while John IL Thayer went
around to cattle shows and other places, a’-
ways mingling with the people and occa
sionally making a little speech in which he
did not fail to ridicule the farmer aspirations
of Congressman Washburn.
For a number of years Alderman Henry
N. Bowman of ward 1 has been either
high man or near-high man in the returns
on election day, and local politicians say
that one of the reasons for this is that
many voters mistake Mx Bowman's name
on the ballot for that of Henry H. Bow
man. president of the Springfield national
bank. The only difference in the two
names is that Aiderman Bowman’s mid
dle initial is “N.*’ while the other Mr
Bowman’s .is “H.”
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The townspeople will be interested to
learn that the new industry for the north
side of the river is to begin manufactur
ing their product just as soon as the build
ings can be erected. On November 14 the
deed was passed transferring about two
acres of land bordering on the Boston and
Albany railroad neur the freight depot
from the Moseley estate to C. O. Churchill
of Binghamton. N. Y. Mr Churchill, in
company with L. Holst, will start a
foundry and valve business and the con
cern will probably be known as the West
field foundry and valve company. Mr
Churchill is now superintendent and Mr
Holst general foreman of the Georgian
manufacturing company of Binghamton,
N. Y„ a company that manufactures iron
and brass valves and employes nearly 400
men. Messrs Churchill and Holst have
of iron valves. The new company was
induced tn locate in Westfield principally
through the effort? of Theodore R. Brien,
president of the Brien heater company.
The attractive little village of Gran
ville Center, a part of the town of Gran
ville, one of the most beautiful of the
western Hampden hili towns, is exceed
ingly fortunate iu the fact that the resi
dents now have available for use a splen
did water system. This system is sup
plied by never-failing springs, and was
made possible through the public-spirited
generosity of Mr and Mrs J. M. Steven
son of Pittsfield, whose interest in the
old town is genuine and constant. Gran
ville Center was formerly East Granville,
and is beautifully situated on a hill one
mile west of Granville Corners. The alti
tude is 1060 feet above sea level, and 360
feet above Granville Corners. The hill
commands a fine view of the surround
ing country, and the air is always pure
and bracing in that locality. It is one
of the old sections of the town, and build
ings are still standing more than a cen
tury old.
The recent article in The Sunday Repub
lican. giving an account of the burning of
the steamboat Lexington in January, 1840,
is of interest to those who have seen
the portrait of a beautiful woman which
for many years has hung on the walls
of the Cordis parlor, at Longmeadow,
attracting the attention of all who
entered. The subject of (he painting
was Mrs Russell Jarvis, the only sis
ter of the late Francis T. Cordis and aunt
of the present Lieut-Col T. F. Cordis.
Mrs Jarvis with her two children perished
with the Lexington while on her way from
New York to Boston to attend her broth
er's wedding. The story of the btirnin- of
the Lexington is remembered by the older
people as an oft-told tale. It was said
there wore five of the wedding guests who
lost their lives in the terrible disaster,
which cast such a gloom over the relatives
that the wedding was deferred several
weeks.
While no “open season” is announced
for coons the harvest moon is usually
associated with the quest for them, at
Blandford. In hunting for them a dog
is permissible. and last week W.
D. Healy's fine coon dog won his
laurels. Eight coons were captured
in three nights, four of them being driven
into one tree at onee. Small wonder that
the friends who enjoyed the coon dinner
thereafter served by Mrs Healy wished
long life to “Skip” as well as to his own
ers.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
yOHTHAMPTOX,
The county commissioners are giving
consideration to tlie demand of the com
missioner of publie records that better
provision be made for safety of the coun
ty records. The methods suggested are
the instaliition of steel racks and con
struction of fireproof floors, rind, as an
alternative, the erection of an extension
to the building. Tlie addition would ac
complish the double purpose of giving
more room and providing fireproof depart
ments. It has been suggested that the
present is n favorable time for liuilding
an addition, ns the county is out of debt
and has a favorable balance of $28,000.
besides the S7OOO received by the county
as its share of tlie proceeds of the sale
of the Smiths Ferry section.
D. E. Hoxie has completed the school
census, which shows the total number of
children between 5 and 15 years of age to
be 3402. being a gain of 58 over the num
ber of last year. The number between
the ages of 7 and 14, and compelled by
Inw to attend school, is 2830. The boys
between the nges of 5 and 15 number
1709. and the girls 1693.
AM HERAT.
Lewis H. Dickinson, a well-known Ai.i
herst sportsman and n crack shot, w.is
roused from his slumbers at dawn one
day Inst week by one of the early
risen of his household by the report
that there was a deer feeding in
THE SPRINGFIELD WEEKLY REPUBLICAN: THURSDAY. DECEMBER 1. 1910.
| his orchard. Mr Dickinson was slow
■to believe the story, for who ever
heard of deer waiting in one’s yard to be
shot when they are not protected by law.
and especially on the day before Thanks
giving. Therefore he was suspicious that
it might be a trick to inveigle him out of
bed at an earlier hour than usual to heip
in preparation for the festive dinner. But
the genuine excitement shown by others
। made him hasten, and with his heavy i«»x
i gun loaded with slugs and buckshot he
I stole around the corner and belched both
! barrels into a stuffed deer that had been
j taken from Amherst college natural his
tory collection and placed in his yard by
! some “smarties.”
Mr Whitcomb. 1904, the giver of the
| cups for cross-country running. has
presented this year’s trophies” to the
winners. He made a short address
in which he spoke of the benefit
derived from the sport and of his interest
in the results this year. The individual
cup was awarded to Samuel Cobb. 1913.
who also took the class cup in behalf of
the class. Cornell is considered generally
as the institution on which cross-country
running has taken the strongest hold. Two
hundred and fifty men took part in the fin^l :
run there this fall. In spite of the large
number the percentage of runners to the
total students v^is 3 per com than at
Amherst this fall.
Thn highway commission has placed
in the office of the town clerk at
Easthampton a copy of the plans
prepared for the proposed separa
tion of grades at the crossing of the Mt
Tom branch of the Boston and Maine
railroad at Mt Tom. The commission has
announced its willingness to extend the
state road toward Northampton, provid
ed the town of Easthampton shall take
successful action for the separation of
grades at this crossing, and has prepared
these plans to show the method and cost.
The plans show an arched concrete bridge
over the railroad, wide enough to accommo
date the highway and track of the North
ampton street railway company, which
now goes above the track on a wooden
trestle, and indicates that the house close
to the crossing must be taken down. The
estimated cost of this work, without land
damages, is $27,242. of which, under the
ordinary arrangement. Easthampton would
h o-2 alled upon to P a y 10 per cent, or
The Granby farms are constantly in
creasing in value, as somewhat recent sales
bear witness. The soil is generally fertile,
and the buildings well kept. Nearness to
excellent markets in Holyoke and good
roads to get there make the town a desira
ble one for agricultural purposes. The
schools also are well above the average for
towns of such size.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
DEERFIELD.
Mrs Carrie Bartlett has sold her house
and two acres of land on the Deerfield
road to Frank Dachowski of Deerfield.
Mrs Bartlett has made her home on the
place for 50 years. The sale, made by
Adam Wolf skill, followed the transfer of
Dachowski’s farm in Deerfield to W. H.
Abercrombie of that place, who owns ad
joining property. Mrs Bartlett will make
her future home near relatives in Fitch
burg.
George Sheldon, the venerable historian,
celebrated his 92d birthday Tuesday, at
his home, combining Thanksgiving and
birthday observances with his family.
The trial of Silas N. Phelps of Monroe,
charged with the murder of Deputy-
Sheriff E. F. Haskins, is in progress at
Greenfield, and Tuesday the jury went
to Monroe tn view the scene of the crime
and other places which will be referred
to in the testimony.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
PITTSFIELD.
The Boston and Albany railroad com
pany which was requested more than a
year ago to build a new bridge over its
tracks on First street, has tiled with the
board of public works a plan for a new
bridge which is but 42 feet wide. This
is the same width of the bridge that is
now there and it is the wish of the
board of public works to have a bridge
49 feet wide so as to make the street
uniform in width, which it is not at pres
ent. The Boston and Albany refused sev
eral years ago to stand the extra ex
pense of a larger bridge. Under the terms
of its agreement with the city it must
care for rhe bridge, but it not only ob
jected to the building of the larger bridge,
but also to caring for the additional width,
even though the city pay for its construc
tion. The present bridge has been con
sidered unsafe for heavily loaded teams
and a warning to teamsters against driv
ing over the bridge with heavily loaded
wagons has been posted there for the last
two years.
The new Majestic theater on North
street was opened last night when Helen
Ware appeared in the military drama.
“The Deserter.” The house was crowd
ed to its capacity. The new theater was
built by Sullivan Bros of North Adams,
and will be under the management of
James P. Sullivan, who has been resi
dent manager of the . Colonial theater
since it was built eight years ago. The
new theater is modern in its equipment,
while the decorations are of an attrac
tive kind. Entrance to the theater is
through an arcade in the business block
that stands in front of the theater. In
the arcade is located the box office and
office of the manager. It opens upon a
spacious lobby, directly in the rear of
which is the ground floor of the theater.
The balcony is reached by two side stair
cases opening up from the lobby.
The annual meeting of the Wednesday
Morning club was held Saturday morn
ing at the First church parish house,
when the following offices were elected:
President, Miss Anna L. Dawes; vice
president, Mrs Janies W. Hull; secretary,
Miss Mary L. Hinsdale; assistant secre
tary, Miss Lillian B. Adams; treasurer.
Miss Nannie D. Peirson: assistant treasur
er. Mrs William A. Whittlesey. Jr.; ex
ecutive committee. Dr M. Anna Wood,
Mrs Warren 8. Archibald, Mrs John
Ritchie, Miss Rosamond Hull. Miss Mabe!
Barker. The chib was founded 31 years
ago by Miss Anna Dawes and her elec
tion as president Saturday was the 31st.
The membership of the club, including
active, nonresident and honorary, is 2IW.
of this number 50 were present at the
meeting Saturday.
A beautiful clock has been presented to
the Joseph Tucker school by Mrs Oliver
Peck. Miss Sarah H. Tucker. Miss Caro
line Tucker and George H. Tucker as a me
morial to the late Judge Joseph Tucker,
after whom the school was named. The
clock is made of white marble, circular in
form and two feet in diameter. The hands
and figures are black enamel. In black
enamel letters across the face of the clock"
is the inscription. “Given in memory of
Joseph Tucker.” It has boon hung on the
second floor of the building in the main
hall, where it is visible from n number of
the rooms. Judge Tucker, in whose mem
ory it was presented, was for many years
chairman of the school committee’ The
givers are the sisters and brother of
Judge Tucker.
Mr and Mrs William Richmmd of Ap
pleton avenue are the parents of triplets,
born at the House of Mercy hospital yes
terday afternoon. All are bovs, and the
mother and children were reported as do
ing well last night. This is the fj lne
that triplets have been Imrn at ‘he House
of Mercy. It is the second instance of
this kind that has occurred in the city in
the last 40 years.
NORTH ADAMS.
A deer hunter who was seeking game
to the north of North Adama last
week returned without a deer, but
with a story that, if it is seen by two
hunters, ought to make them give thanks
to-day. He said that he was standing
quietly looking and listening when he saw
an object that he became convinced was
a deer, partly concealed in underbrush.
He raised his shotgun and covered the
animal, and then decided to wait for a
more favorable mark. He declared that
he held his gun at his shoulder tor several
minutes, and that he nearly fainted when
two hunters stepped forward into the open
ing. They bad been standing motionless,
as he bad been doing, and it was only
because of the fact that he desired to make
a dead shot that ho hesitated about press
ing the trigger of Ins gun. Ue says he
has had enough hunting, for. if he ran
come so close to making a fatal mistake,
he is <piitc positive that there are others
who may m&ke one with him at the re
ceiving end.
j The four largest locomotives ever used
I in New England will be delivered to the
J Fitchburg division of the Boston and
Maine for service at North Adams this
I week. They are four compound Mallet
engines, oil burners, weighing 27(5 toils
each, and equipped with 12 drive wheels.
They will be used for hauling trains
through the tunnel and are the most pow
erful locomotives ever used in the East.
Dr Wallace E. Brown, who was defeat
ed in the republican caucuses at North
Adams by Sheriff Charles L. Frink for
the mayoralty nomination, has taken out
nomination papers but he has not placed
them in circulation. He said Saturday
that he had not finally made up his mind
as to his future action in this regard, but
that he might decide to-morrow. His op
ponents are confident that he will run.
GREAT BARRINGTON.
J. B. Briggs, for 14 years superintend
ent of Fenton Brook farm at West Egre
mont.has bought that farm from the own
er. W. O. Whitcomb of New Haven. Ct.
The property consists of 554 acres, 200
of which is in valuable timber. The
farm has been conducted as a dairy farm,
but it is not Mr Briggs's intention to
continue it as such as he plans to carry
on another line of farming. Mr Briggs
lakes possession December 1.
The north-bound car leaving Great Bar
rington at 12.09 Sunday morning struck a
horse and carriage driven by Oliver Ward
at Pussy flat near Johnson's farm in
Great Barrington. The horse was killed
and the wagon badly smashed. Mr Ward
was severely injured, his head being bad
ly cut and various parts of his body se
verely bruised.
W. H. Stiles of New Rochelle, N. Y.. has
bought the Hollenbeck farm, near the Egre
mont creamery, and is to move there in the
spring. Mr Stiles is at least one person
who has been attracted to Egremont be
cause of the new trolly line. He bought
the farm through Wi R. Bull of Harri
son, N. Y.
The members of the Great Barrington
grange have expressed themselves as in
opposition to the slaughter of deer and
have voted to work for a closed season on
the animals. The representative and sen
ator from the district will be informed of
the position of the grange in regard to
the matter.
Edwards Spencer of New York is nego
tiating for_ the purchase of "Norwood,”
Marshall Kernochan’s property on Laurel
lake._ Mr and Mrs Spencer are now at
Curtis hotel. They were at the Eddy villa
during the late Lenox season and at that
time they looked over properties about
Lenox, including Bonnie Brae, the Henry
Clews estate. Norwood was formerly
owne< by Mr and Mrs Robert Chapin,
who sold the place to Mr Kernochan at a
time when Mr Chapin was interested in
South African diamond mines and went
to London to live. Later Mr and Mrs
Chapin returned to America and bought a
country place in Tyringham. The Kerno
chan property has for anumber of years
been known as "The Kennels,” because
the Lenox hunt maintained there their
fox hounds and horses. There is a com
fortable house and good stables on the
property. It is between the country place
of Mrs Edith Wharton and the Sturgis
farm. The price placed on the property is
said to be $40,000. The papers will pass
within a few days.
Building operations at the new Becket
station have been held up temporarily
owing to developments regarding the own
ership of the land on which the railroad
company had proposed to build. Learning
that the company proposed to build on
the land opposite the Hoy place. Frank
Rice was the owner of the hind, and not
the railroad, company, as was supposed.
High officials were called, and it was de
cided to build nearer the old station and
farther from the main street. Now local
citizens have proposed to the company,
through the engineer, that Becket people
buy the Rice land and give it to rhe com
pany. provided the station be built and
original plans of grading carried out, to
gether with a suitable walk or approach
from the Main-street crossing.
The Williams college catalog for 1910-
1911 has been issued and distributed
among the students. The catalog is very
similar to that of last year, but is some
larger, due to the use of larger type and
to the addition of an alphabetical list of
all students graduate and nongraduate,
and officers and teachers, with the class
or office of each following the name. The
total number of pages is 170. 15 more than
a year ago. The officers of instruction
number 57. two less than last year, while
the officers of administration number 14.
the same as last year. A committee on
curriculum is added to the list of com
mittees. The principal change in the cur
riculum is the addition of a course in re
ligion, under Prof A. H. Morton and As
sistant Prof James B. Pratt, which is di
vided into three parts.
The engagement lias been announced
of Miss Edith Abercrombie Miller, daugh
ter of Mrs Frederick Abercrombie Mil
ler. and Walter Rupert Tuckerman, all
of Washington. D. C. Mr Tuckerman is
a well-known golfer and a frequent visi
tor in Stockbridge. He won the Stock
bridge cup at the tournament on the local
links in August, and took part in the
semifinals in the national amateur cham
pionship contest in Brookline.
The apple shipment from Leyden
this year has been the largest for
many years, being nearly 4000 bar
rels. Competition among buyers has
been very keen, but the lion's share
went to A. G. Parks, local buyer for L.
March & Co of Shelburne Falls. There
were five competitors, and Mr Parks se
cured about 24(H) barrels, the last of which
wore shipped on Tuesday.
WORCESTER COUNTY.
John ('. Jefferds, Jr., son of a well
known Worcester merchant, by direction
of Judge Samuel Utley, was arrested on
s charge of manslangliter in the central
Worcester district court room Tuesday
at the conclusion of an inquest into the
death of Miss Emma St Martin of Leices
ter. Miss Martin was run down bv an
automobile operated by young Jeffords at
Cherry A alley, just outside of Worcester
on the night of the 19th, and subsequently
died of her injuries.
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
M. Chester Goodwin, shivering with cold
and nearly famished, for whom the Dan
vers police have been searching since the
murder of Bertram W. Galloway Friday
night, walked into the police station Sun
day night and gave himsely up. He had
been hiding in Topsfield since Friday night,
sleeping out of doors, and had had little to
ent. for ho dnrod not appear at nnv house
lest he be recognized. Goodwin is 22 yours
old. son of Mrs Carrie M. Goodwin of
Danvers. He. however, made his home
with Bertram W. Galloway, the man he is
charged with killing. Both were employed
in the state moth exterminating work.
Friday night at the supper table Galloway
and his wife had some words, which re
sulted in Goodwin taking the woman’s
part. In the argument which followed
Goodwin is alleged to have secured it re
volver and killed his friend. He then dis
appeared.
A wisp of a girl just past her 17th year.
Hattie Le Blanc, has boon placed on trial
in the Middlesex county superior crim
inal court at Cambridge, charged
with the murder at Waltham, November
20, 1909. of her employer, Clarence F.
(rlover. The little French-Canadian girl is
the youngest of her sex to be tried for first
degree murder in the annuls of Now En
gland courts. Her aged father has come
. from Ids home in West Arichat. C. B„ to
I aid bis daughter. Clarence F. Glover was
' shot in the back in the Waltham laundry,
I of which he was the proprietor, and be
■ fore his death accused Hattie I.e Blane.
। who was in the laundry with him at the
lime. The girl, who was a domestic in his
family, was found three days later under
a bod in the Glover homo.
A business men's organization represent
ing every part of New England from the
, Canadian bonier to Long Island sound is
■ projected. The presidents of the boards of
J trade and chambers of commerce all over
: the six New England states will meet in
' r Boston this week to work out a
' plan for forming a powerful machine which
I will make possible quick and effective ae
[ tion to forward or protect New England
interests in time of need. The leading cit
ies in each of the six states and many of
I the smaller cities and towns will be "rep
resented at this convention, which has been
called by the Boston chamber of com
merce.
T. B. Fitzpatrick, national treasurer of
the United Irish league, last week ca
bled SIO,OOO from Boston to John
E. Redmond, notwithstanding the decima
tion of London conservative newspapers
that the nationalist leader was attempt
ing “to tear down the British empire by
the aid of American dollars.” Since the
annual convention at Buffalo a few weeks
ago $50,000 has boon sent to aid the Irish
party in Ilie British House of Uouimotis.
A further instalment of $25,000 will be
forwarded within a short time.
CONNECTICUT.
The prediction made early in the season
that Enfield's tobacco crop was going to
prove one of the best grown in the town
m 20 years appears to have been well
founded, as the growers now express the
same opinion. And one of the most con
servative tobacco men has stated that the
Enfield farmers w ill be enriched to the ex
tent of about $250,000 for their crops.
Good prices have been received for crops
already sold, and there is every reason to
expect that long before the work of prep
aration for next year's crop has begun all
of this year’s crop will be disposed of.
John C. Sullivan of Suffield, representing
a Milwaukee tobacco firm, has bought, more
than $50,000 worth of tobacco iu this
vicinity thus early in the season.
Announcement is made by the Wright
memorial dormitory committee at Yale uni
versity of a gift of SSOOO from Mrs John
Hay, widow of the late secretary of state,
for a memorial suite of rooms in the pro
posed building iu memory of Adelbert S.
Hay of the class of IS9S. Adelbert S.
Hay was killed by a fall from a window
of the New Haven house several years ago,
while back for a class reunion at Yale.
RHODE ISLAND.
Rhode Island manufactured $279,438,000
worth of goods during the year 1909, as
shown by the census report made public
at Washington, D. C„ on the manufac
turing interests of that state. This was a
grow th of 38 per cent within five years, as
in 1904, the total value was only $202,-
110,000. In the same time, the establish
ments increased from 1617 to 1944. There
were 112,565 employes in 1909 as against
97.318 in 1904. The salaried officials in
creased from 5420 to 7297. There was an
increase of 34 per cent in the capital in
vested. and in the five vears the sum giew
from $215,901,000 to $289,416,000. The val
ue of the products of the manufactures of
the city of Providence last year was *120.-
328,000, a growth of 31 per cent in five
years.
SICKLES PRAISES HOOKER.
Veteran General Given Address at
Meeting of Memorial Association.
The Hooker association of Massachu
setts observed its fifth anniversary at the
American house, Boston, Tuesday- night in
listening to Maj-Gen Daniel E. Sickles,
United States army, retired, who deliv
ered an address which he had prepared
but did not deliver at the dedication of
the Gen Hooker statue on Beacon hill,
Boston, in 1903. Among others present
were John E. Gilman, commander-in-chief
of the Grand Army of the Republic, and
Brig-Gen John A. Reynolds of New York,
chief of Gen Hooker’s staff in the Atlanta
campaign.
Gen Sickles's address was an eloquent
and dramatic tribute to the principal Mas
sachusetts soldier of the civil war. He
told of his first meeting with Hooker, when
the latter, then retired from the army,
went to Washington to offer his sword,
and followed his career through the war.
Sickles was in command of a brigade in
Hooker's division of the 3d army corps
when the army of the Potomac was or
ganized in 1861. ".Hooker,” said Gen
Sickles, “was no politician: he was a
patriot; his whole soul was intent on the
preservation of the Union. He was ambi
tious as a soldier, it is true, but his ambi
tion was to be foremost in achieving suc
cess for our cause. He was devoted to
the cause of Lincoln, and praised en
thusiastically his emancipation proclama
tion. In this he differed very much from
other prominent commanders, who had
little faith in Lincoln's ability as a ruler.
"In the conception of military operations,
Hooker was audacious, original, acute; in
executing them, he was energetic, yet cir
cumspect and prudent. He was severe in
discipline, exacting in his demand upon offi
cers and men ; lofty in his ideal of the sol
dier's intrepidity, fortitude, earnestness and
zeal: yet he was generous in praise, quick to
see and recognize ability and merit, as well
in the ranks of his adversary as in his
own.”
Gen Sickles paid particular attention io
Chancellorsville. He believes that the Union
army would have won if Hooker at the
crisis had not been wounded and unable to
command. “History,” said Gen Sickles,
"will award to Hooker a large share of the
honor of the Gettysburg campaign. It can
not have escaped your notice that there is
usually a popular disposition to remember
a failure and forget a success. How seldom
one hears of Hooker at Williamsburg, or
Fredericksburg, or Antietam, or Wau
hatchie. or Diokout Mountain, or Mission
ary Ridge, or al Resaca; but of Cbanccl
lorsville people are never silent.”
ACT ON GALLAGHER CASE.
Four Indiclmentn Voted—Gay nor Hos
pital Fund for st Mary's, Hoboken,
Grows.
The Hudson county (N. J.) grand jury
voted unanimously last week to return
four indictments against James J. Galla
gher, the discharged New York city em
ploye who shot and wounded Mayor Gay
nor on August 8 lust. Two indictments
will charge assault with intent to kill, first
on Mayor Gnynor; second on William H.
Edwards, commissioner of street cleaning.
It was “Big Bill” who seized Gallagher's
arm and slammed him to the deck of the
steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse.
The two remaining indictments will charge
currying a concealed weapon in each as
sault case.
Mayor Gaynor has sent his personal
cheek for SIOO to the subscription fund
now being raised for St Mary’s hospital,
Hoboken, where lie recovered of his
wounds. In a letter the mayor writes:
“Up to the time I wus taken to the hos
pital I bad only a vague notion, like that
common to all who have no hospital ex
perience, that there were such noble wom
en in the world, who devote all of their
time gratis to the nursing of sick and
wounded in hospitals. What would (be
world do without them. There is a notion
abroad to some extent that this fund is
to pay my medical and surgical bill. It
ought to be removed, ns I fear it prevents
jub«icri|itlmiß.” The fund has now reached
$13,268, and the mayor suggests that lie
fore it is closed the limit of SIOO a con
tribution be removed, "so that those who
can afford it. may give larger sums.”
BIG CROP OF GOLDEN WEDDINGS.
FROM THIS PART OF THE STATE.
Mr mid Mra J. C. Greenough Greeted
hy a Large Number of friends Last
M eek.
The golden wedding anniversary of Mr
and Mrs James ('.Greenough was celebrat
ed at Westfield with a reception at
the Bates homestead on Court street. This
residence was erected about 80 years ago
by the late William G. Bates and was
the birthplace of Mrs Greenough. Last
evening Mr and Mrs Greenough received
their guests in the same room and on
the same spot where they were married
a half century ago. November 27. Mrs
Greenough wore her wedding dress of
white moire antique witli the same orna
ments of orange blossoms worn at the
wedding, including a brooch in the form of
a wreath. The latter was a wedding gift
of the late Mrs James Holland. The
three children and live grandchildren were
present at the celebration last night.
Beautiful chrysanthemums, roses and
other flowers were in all the rooms and
bore a message of love and greeting from
a host of friends. There were scores of
Westfield people who called to extend con
gratulations to Mr and Mrs Greenough
as well as many from out of town. Includ
ed in the number were many who attended
tlie Westfield state normal school during
the 10 years that Mr Greenough was its
principal. Among those from out of town
were Mr and Mrs William B. Greenough
and Henry Waldo Greenough of Provi
dence, R. 1., Mrs Beulah G. Hardy of
Philadelphia. Mr and Mrs Charles Ash
ley Hardy of Boston, Mr and Mrs H. H.
Brigham of New York city, John Green
ough of Deerfield. A large number of let
ters and congratulatory messages as well
as remembrances were received from all
sections of the country and from abroad.
Mr and Mrs Greenough were married by
Rev Emerson Davis, pastor of the First
Congregational^ church. Among those at
the wedding 50 years ago who are now
living in Westfield were Milton B. Whit
ney, Lucius F. Thayer. Mrs H. B. Smith,
Mrs Maria Moseley Whitney and Mrs
Louise Rockwell.
Mr and Mra John Tilley Receive Con
gratulatinna of Friends.
Sunday was the 50th wedding anni
versary of Mr and Mrs John Tilley. Owing
to the recent illness of Mr and Mrs Tilley
there was no celebration of the event, al
though man/ messages of congratulation
were sent in from their many friends.
Both Mr and Mrs Tilley are recovering
from their recent illness, although not yet
fully recovered, and it was thought better
not to hold any celebration of the anni
versary at this time.
Mr Tilley was born in Granby, the son
of Mr and Mrs George Tilley, and was
one of eight children. He attended the
town schools and also attended Wesleyan
academy at ’Wilbraham. Following his
schooling he was employed in a hat fac
tory at Hartford for a time and later
returned to Granby, where he entered into
the wood and lumber business. He went
to Holyoke about 40 years ago and en
gaged in the auction and commission busi
ness, being in partnership- with Edward
Kellogg and from this he entered the fur
niture business on Main street, buying out
Backhaus & Goff. He was successful from
the start and 22 years ago he opened his
furniture store on High street, where he
remained for 19 years, until the erection
of his large business house at the corner
of Maple and Suffolk streets, which is one
of the largest and finest appointed furni
ture houses in Western Massachusetts.
With Mr Tilley in the business are bls
two sons, Clifford F. and Trenor P.
Fifty years ago Mr Tilley married Miss
Mary Preston of Granby. Mr and Mrs
Trenor Tilley live in the same house with
their parents, and Mr and Mrs .Clifton
Tilley live on the opposite side of the
street. As a business man and as a citi
zen Mr Tilley is well known, not only in
Holyoke but in this part of the state. His
word is as good, as his bond and his ad
vice on business matters has been much
sought. Mr Tilley said some years ago
that the business section of the city would
extend over on to Maple street and showed
his faith in bis prophecy by erecting his
new store in that section. Later many oth
er places of business have started along
the street and his prophecy bids fair to he
fulfilled within a few years.
Mr and Mrs John B. Hull Pleasantly
Celebrate the Event.
Mr and Mrs John B. Hull of Stock
bridge observed the 50th anniversary
of the wedding Monday. A delightful
reception was tendered the couple
from 4 to 6 o’clock at the home
of their son, Charles E. Hull on Main
street. Mr and Mrs Hull received their
friends in the bay window at the library,
which had been converted into a veritable
bower of green and gold, and were assisted
in receiving by Mr and Mrs Charles E.
Hull. Edward T. Hull and John B. Hull,
Jr. Mrs Hull held a bouquet of lilies of
the valley and salamander. The home was
decorated with evergreen, running pine
and yellow chrysanthemums. Many palms
were also placed throqghout the house. A
buffet lunch was served, with chocolate
served by Miss Alice Byington and tea
poured by Mrs John B. Hull, Jr. Mu
sical selections were rendered throughout
the reception by the Mahaiwe orchestra of
Great Barrington. About 150 friends
were present from Valatia, N. Y.. Spring
field. Pittsfield, Lee, Great Barrington and
Stockbridge.
Mr and Mrs Hull were married in Lee
on Thanksgiving day. November 28, 1860,
by Rev Dr Gale, and have always lived
in the old homestead on Field hill in Stock
bridge. Mr Hull was born March 4, 1835.
His mother's name was Eunice T. Bevin.
Mr Hull has, looked up thoroughly the
genealogy of his family on both his father's
and mother's side, and has found he is
descended from Priscilla Alden, who came
over in the Mayflower in 1620 with the
first Pilgrim settlers. Going back further
on his father’s side, in the old country,
England, he finds that Rev William Hull,
a graduate of Oxford university, who was
vicar of Colyton, and whose brother was
vicar of Northleigh. the adjoining parish,
were among his ancestors. Mrs Hull also
comes from families who came over to this
country early in the 17tli century. Her
ancestors were from Holland- and settled
in New York state, and the name of the
old Dutch family from which sho descend
ed was VanValkenburg. Mr Hull is not
n member of any fraternity or church, but
attends the Congregational church. Mrs
Hull is a member of this church.
Mr Hull has been engaged in the coal
business since 1861. In that year he sold
1(55 tons of coal in the town, hauling it
four miles over the mountain from West
Stockbridge: that number of tons was the
supply of the town for the year. From
this small beginning he built up a large
and prosperous wholesale business along
the Ime of the Boston and Albany rail
road. Mr Hull has seen many changes in
the coal trade; in the old days he used to
buy coal at auction in New York harbor,
but for the Inst nine years the price of
anthracite coal lias not varied: the 8 and
10-ton car of 50 years ago he lias seen
grow to one of 70 nnd SO tons.
Mr Hull bus always been interested in
politics, and in his younger days was one
of the most active and influential politi
cians in the western part of the state.
In 1874 he served in the Legislature. He
was 12 years selectman. 12 years assessor,
six years county commissioner and served
25 years continually ns moderator at town
meeting. Mr Hall waa born in Stock
bridge in the house that stands on the site
of the present one. Mrs Hull’s name was
Mary J. Tunner, mid she was born in Lee.
her father being one of tile pioneer paper
manufiicturors of that town. Mr and Mrs
Hull linve had five sons, throe of whom
are living, Charles E. and Edward T. Hull
of Stockbridge and John B. Hull, Jr., of
(ireat Barrington. Mrs Hull is 73 years
'•ld and Mr Hull 75.
Northllelfl Moantain Couple Observe
Anniversary.
Mr and Mrs Frank \V. Piper of North
field mountain observed their 50th mar
riage anniversary Monday in a most en
joyable and pleasing manner. The day
was spent on the old farm where for 44
years they have made their home, and the
event was made all the pleasanter through
the presence <>f their three sons and four
little grandchildren. 'J^he day was ideal
and there were relatives, and friends pres
ent from Boston. Three Rivers, Holyoke,
Worcester. Farley. Northfield. Orange.
Warner, y. H., Erring, Warwick and
Buckland. They wore the recipients of a
large number of gifts, which included $75
in gold, and messages of congratulations
wore received in quantities.. The couple,
who give every evidence of adding many
more years to their present number, re
ceived in the parlor of their home, which
had been elaborately trimmed, from 7
o clock in the morning until late at night,
stopping long enough to enjoy a bountiful
dinner at 3 o’clock. And just to prove
they were not yet to be considered old
they remained up with their children until
b o clock yesterday morning. The couple
are in the best of health and only through
the pressure of her children did Mrs P/per
give up her duties as a nurse a few
weeks ago. TV henever there was a neigh
b->r or friend sick she has always been
ready to assist.
Mr Piper is a typical New Englander,
shrewd and honest to the core, and still
does the hardest of farm labor. He has
readied the good age of 78 mid his wife
has registered 68 years. They have al
ways enjoyed a good time and there is
probably not a family in this section who
have entertained more than they. It is
not an uncommon sight to drive into
(heir yard on a Sunday and find fully
20 visitors about a weft-prepared dinner.
Among those present Monday were Mr
and Mrs H. L. Warfield of Buckland,
who are well past 70 years of nee and
w-ho drove to the Piper farm Sunday
afternoon.
Many Friends Congratulate Spring,
field Couple.
Mr and Mrs John C. Raymond have cele
brated the 50th anniversary of their mar
riage, by a reception to about 60 of
their friends and relatives. ( The home was
profusely adorned with yellow chrysanthe
mums. great boxes of which had been sent
by the Thayer class for men of the Park
Memorial Baptist church, of which Mr
Raymond is a member, and by the other
members." A luncheon was served during
the evening by Caterer Johnson, the
granddaughters, Miss Myrtle Andrews aud
Miss Anvilla E, Smart, assisting in serv
ing. The ushers were the grandsons. Clar
ence E. Raymond and Raymond E. Smart.
Mrs Charles Davis rendered a piano solo,
and vocal solos were given by Mrs James
Forsythe of Chicopee and Charles Wood
ruff.
Mr Raymond was born September 4, 73
years ago, in Peru, where he lived until
he was 21 years of age. His father was
Asa Raymond, and one of the leading
farmers in the district, his land compris
ing 1000 acres, and his livestock includ
ing 1000 head of sheep. The family con
sisted of nine boys aud four girls, all of
whom, except the youngest daughter,
reached maturity. Mr Raymond himself
ha/ always been a farmer, settling in
Hinsdale after bis marriage, and living
there for 44 years. He cultivated two
large farms and did a thriving market
garden trade and conducted at the same
time a meat business up to his retirement
six years agOj when bo removed to Spring
field. His life has always been full of
out-of-door activity and he remembers at
the age of 10 helping with the timbers
which were used in the construction of
the first Baptist church in Hinsdale. He
joined the church at the age of 15 anil
has always been identified with its work,
holding the offices of superintendent of
the Bible school, chairman of the board of
trustees, treasurer and collector.
Mr and Mrs C. C. Flags: Surprised by
Their Friends.
Mr and Mrs C. C. Flagg were surprised
yesterday afternoon at Conway by a
large party of their relatives and friends,
who came to celebrate their golden wedding
anniversary. There were about 50 guests,
who went down from the village in a spe
cial car aud spent a delightful afternoon of
fun and merrymaking and presented the
couple with a purse of gold pieces. Mr
and Mrs Flagg are both of the same age,
72, were both born and have spent their
lives in Conway. Mr Flagg is one of the
best-known citizens of the town and for
many years conducted the lumber business
of C. C. Flagg & Sons, but for the past few
years has retired from the active manage
ment and busied himself principally with
the management of his greenhouse. Mrs
Flagg was Mary Ann Brown, daughter of
Mr and Mrs Morris Brown. They were
married in Amherst. Eight children were
born to them, of whom seven are now liv
ing. Charles of Florence, Mrs Harry Clough
of Barre, Mrs George Robertson, Sirs Will
iam Alden. Grace. William and Allie. All
of the children and 13 grandchildren were
present. Others present were Mrs Wilson
Field and daughter of Lincoln, Neb., George
Flagg, wife and daughter of Northampton.
Mr and Mrs Myron Brown and sons oC
Northampton, Mr and Mrs E. Brown. Addi
son Brown and Mr and Mrs F. Flagg.
Bernardston Gets Into the I.lat.
The 50th anniversary of the marriage of
Mr and Mrs Edwin C. Burrows of Bern
ardston was very pleasantly celebrated
Saturday at the Burrows homestead, which
has sheltered four generations of the
family. Its large rooms, winding stair,
corner cupboard where are stored numerous
relics of the past, all mark it as one of the
interesting places of the town. The rooms
were handsomely decorated with growing
plants and flowers and Mr and Mrs Bur
rows were assisted in receiving bv Mr Bur
rows's youngest sister and husband, Mr
and Mrs Lucien Coy of Little Rock, Ark.
The presents were many and costly, gold
pieces of different denominations predom
inating. Fifty of the neighbors gave SSO.
ENTERED THE MINE ILLEGALLY,
Mining officials were fined at Wellston,
0., Monday, for the first time in the his
tory of coal mining in the state, for en
tering a mine in which gas was generated
before the property Jiad been inspected. The
men. General Manager J. E. Baumgard
ner and Superintendent H. S. Wilson, ac
companied by James Duane, in charge of
the mine, made a trip through the mine
when an explosion occurred which killed
Duane. It was shown that they knew
there was gas in the workings and failed
to have them inspected. They were fined
$25 and costs each. The prosecution wag
brought by the state mining department.
DIED.
In this city 26th, GlionoE B. Rathbvn. 47.
In this city 26th. SrurnEN B. Sktmovr. 80.
At West Springfield 2Bth, Miss Sabba
Loomis, til years 3 months.
Iu this city 26th, Chablbs O. Wmcoxso^
At Holyoke 23d, THEOnons Stamkr, 68.
At Westfield 28th, boruiA C. Rand, widow:
of Alliert T. Rand.
At Northampton 24th. Miss Clara B. Mus
a bo vie.
At Medford 24th. Hknrt C. Lown. 56,
sou of the late Rev Charles and Clarissa
Wright Lord.
At Enfield, Ct., 26th, Mrs Emma Wood-
BninOE Nbwton, in the home of her son.
Henry S. Newton, Enfield street.
At Shelton, Ct.. 21th. st the residence of
her daughter, Mrs T. H. Newcomb, Mrs
SormuiNiA D. Taylor, 02 years nine months
end seven dnya. widow of Milo A. Taylor,
I formerly of Chicopee.
I At Chester. Vt„ 24th. Calbb W. Bbnnctt,
1)0.
At Charlestown, N. H„ 23<1, Cant Henri
Ross I4II.LINOH, 73.
At. New York 28th. Jonathan Dwight, 7»,
a native of this eitr.
At Brooklyu. N. Y„ 25th, J. Lbrot Wib-
Bum, 87, sou of the Ute J. T. Webber.