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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE
SPRINGFIELD AND VICINITY.
Three eases of anterior poliomyelitis
have been reported to the board of health
during the week. The previous case to be
reported was on November 14. but that
was an old case, so that there have been
no new cases for over a month.
The report of postal receipts in the
Springfield post-office for the month of No
vember shows a large increase over the
receipts for the corresponding month of
last year. The total of $55,487.22. a>
against $45,575.94 for November of last
year, an increase of $9911.28. December
already promises to be a big month for
the office in this city, as the Christmas
rush of mail has already begun.
The board of water commissioners
have passed a vote to tiie elect
that no more applications tor water
service on direct-pressure elevators would
be granted, except under special condi
tions. which are of minor importance.
About two weeks ago. it is understood,
the water board refused such an applica
tion from the Bosch magneto company,
and within a short time several similar
applications have been turned down.
Attorney Gurdon W. Gordon, represent
ing local men. has bought from Rob
ert A. Knight and Charles 11. Beck
with. trustees of the R. H. Smith
manufacturing company of 293 .Main
street, the machinery, stock, appliances
and good will of the business, everything,
in fact, but the motometers and speedome
ters that are in the plant. The purpose
of the purchase is to transfer the busi
ness to a new corporation consisting of
local men with local money behind the en
terprise. and such a corporation will be
formed soon. The business will be carried
on along the same lines and in the same
place.
Miss A. Louise Morton, formerly of the
city library staff, died last week after
an illness of about a year. For a
long time she had been in poor health,
but a year ago she was obliged to give
up her work at the library, where she
Lad been in charge of the art-room for
some years. Miss Morton was born in
Portland. Me., but had lived in this eity
for the last 20 years, making her home
most of the time with her uncle. Dr W.
F. Andrews, of 190 Buckingham street.
Sho was a woman of tine character and
l ad many friends here.
The city property committee of the city
council is to recommend the erection of a
newl2-room primary grades school building
at the western end of the Forest park sec
tion on what is known as the old ceme
tery lot not far from the junction of Sum
ner ayenue and Long Hill street. The
committee are of the opinion that their
successors in the next city council should
take up the matter of constructing this
new school building and push it through
without delay at the beginning of next
year, so that the building may be ready
for occupancy at the opening of the school
year next September. The committee fig
ure that the proposed new structure should
cost in the neighborhood of $60,000 or
$75,000.
So far The Republican has heard from
four Springfield octogenarians who voted
in the first city election. They are as fol
lows: —
Frederick H. Harris, 87, president of the
Third national bank.
George A. Graves. 86. of George A. Graves
& Sons, hardware dealers. Voted for Caleb
Itiee.
Charles S. Hall. 85, of 86 Florence street.
Voted for Caleb Rice.
Charles H. Hunt, 80, of 157 Calhoun street.
Voted for William B. Calhoun.
Of the four. Mr Harris and Mr Graves
are still in active business life, Mr Har
ris being at his bank and Mr Graves at
his store every day. Who are some of
the other voters of 1852?
City Treasurer Tifft began the fiscal
year of 1911_last week with a balance on
hand of $1,552,483.91, as compared with
$1,149,685.02 on December 1. 1909. The
increase of nearly $403,900 is due large
ly to the sale of $740,000 worth of munici
pal bonds on November 1. The balance
on band in the city treasury represents the
money in the banks and in Mr Tifft's safe
which has not actually been spent, and in
dicates nothing as to the money which the
city is free to spend. It is estimated that
all but $50,000 of the money on hand has
already been appropriated for various ob
jects and will have to go to the payment
of regular bills. It will he some few days
yet before Mr Tifft is ready to announce
the amount of money which the city is ac
tually free to spend after the payment of
all outstanding bills.
Building operations gotten under way in
Springfield in November nearly doubled
those of the preceding mouth, and went
far ahead of other New England cities
that are considerably larger than this. The
total number of permits issued at the
building-Commissioner's office was 134. of
which 97 were for new buildings and 37
were for alteration work or additions. The
total cost of tin- buildings was given as
$777,367. of which $740,266 was for new
buildings and $37,103 for alterations or
additions. For the preceding mouth the
total number of permits was 98, of which
62 were for new buildings and 36 lor
alterations and additions. The total cost
of buildings for which permits were issued
in October was $392,640. $353,900 was for
new buildings and $38,740 for alteration
work and additions.
An epidemic of a mild form of “pink
eye” is affecting many of the school chil
dren in this city. Many cases have been
reported to local physicians, almost all of
which, however, were of a mild nature.
This disease is peculiar to the spring and
full seasons of the year, and it is supposed
that it is due to the high winds which pre
vail at these seasons. The disease is more
prevalent during the fall months than in
■ny other time of the year, and usually
lasts for a period of from four to five
days, and in severe cases for about four
weeks. The disease is quite contagious,
and entire families are known to have
been affected within a day. The theory
that medical authorities advance is that
the germ is carried about by the wind.
dust_ being often the carrier. The epi
demic this year is not so pronounced as in
some previous years.
The post-office department is advised
that many letters mailed in the United
States addressed for delivery in foreign
countries, which are subject to our postal
union postage rate, are prepaid only two
tents, a senders of the letters being under
the impression. it is presumed, that mir
two-cent domestic rate is applicable. The
only foreign countries to which the two
cent letter rate applies are Canada. Cuba.
Mexico. Newfoundland, the canal zone, the
republic of Panama. Germany <by direct
steamers only), England. Scotland. Wales
and Ireland, and the city of Shanghai,
China. To ail other countries the rate is
five cents for the first ounce or fraction
thereof, and three cents for each addi
tional ounce or fraction thereof, which
must be fully prepaid or the letters become
liable on delivery to a charge equal to
double the amount of the deficient postage.
For instance, a single-rate letter prepaid
only two cents would be subjected on de
livery to an additional postage charge of
six cents.
Howard Mills, the 10-years-old son of Mr
and Mrs Edward Mills of 47 Rutledge ave
nue, was run down and fatally in
jured by a large Packard touring
car, driven by J. H. Paddock, at
the corner of Marble and Main streets
last week. The boy had left his home a
short time before the accident and was on
his way to Marble street to play with the
children in that neighborhood. In going
front Rutledge avenue to Marble street, he
jumped upon the rear end of a wagon and
rode as far as he proposed to. jumping off
n short distance above the corner of Marble
and Main streets. Evidently he did not nee
the large touring car. driven by -J. 11. Pad
dock. which was almost alongside the wag
on. for when he attempted to cross to the
sidewalk he ran directly in front of the ma
chine and was run over. The car was driven
at about 15 miles an hour. The machine
threw the boy heavily to the paved street,
the car dragging him for several feet before
lit was brought to n standstill. Paddock
is held for trial.
District Superintendent J. P. Kennedy
• has announced a meeting of delegates from
| all the local Methodist churches to be held
in Wesley church the evening of the 12th
for the purpose of talking over prospects
for a now Methodist church in the Forest
park district. The Methodists of this city
| are anxious for a church in that district
! where other denominations arc represented
। and where there are many Methodists who
have to go some distance to church. The
matter is not a new one. as it has been
talked over several times in the past two
years, but no definite plan was ever for
mulated and it is not non- certain that
any real decision will be made at the com
ing meeting.—Rev C. C. P. Hiller, pastor
of Wesley church, says that he thinks that
the Methodists should have a relocation of
one of the churches, but does not think it
advisable to establish a new one. He
thinks that if one of the churches should
give over the downtown members to Trin
ity and move to Forest nark it would be
the best way of solving the difficulty. For
some time a body of Methodist laymen
have held an option on some property on
Oakland street near the Forest park school.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
PALMER.
The annual meeting of the eastern Hamp
den agricultural society showed a loss
on this year's fair of $l4B. The directors
were ordered to appoint before February
1. 1911, a committee of nine to include
the president, secretary and treasurer, who
should have charge of all matters pertain
ing to next year's fair. The following offi
cers were elected: President. O. E. Brad
way. vice-presidents IL D. Vaiile and J.
T. Geer: secretary, 1.. E. Chandler, treas
urer .R. E. Cummings; directors. E. B.
Taylor. 11. G. Loomis. C. H. Keith. F.
J. Hamilton. C. A. Lv Gro. .lames Sum
mers of Palmer; G. C. Flynt. W. M. Tuck
er. F. D. Rogers. F. <L Rogers. F. A. Moore.
Ralph Clifford of Monson: O. E. Parker of
Brimfield; .1. K. Butler and H. A. Edson
of North Wilbraham: J. L. Brooks of
Springfield; G. E. Davis of Ludlow: D.
F. Shumway of Belchertown; auditor, W.
L. Shaw.
The efforts of State Detectives Bligh and
Anderson to discover the person who has
been setting fires in the village recently,
culminated Monday in the arrest of Alfred
Chabot, clerk at the Converse house.
Not less than six fires have occurred re
cently in the vicinity of the Converse house,
all in a particularly dangerous locality.
Stockings soaked with oil were found on
the roof of a shed in the rear of the Con
verse house and all the indications pointed
to attempts at incendiarism. The local offi
cers did considerable investigating before
the state authorities took up the case.
Chabot has forfeited his SIOOO bonds.
The H. B. Smith company of
Westfield has awarded the con
tract for erecting several new build
ings to Casper Banger of Holyoke.
All the. new buildings will be erected in
connection with the south side plant and
ground will be broken at once. The com
pany has had plans perfected for some
time to make these extensive improve
ments at the Main-street works and a new
core building of concrete construction was
started some weeks ago and is now near
ly finished. This building is about 100
feet long by 80 feet wide and two stories
high. The additional construction work
will include a machine shop, foundry and
storehouse. The new foundry will be
245 feet long by 100 feet wide and will
connect with the present foundry, extend
ing to the west, south of the new core
building. This will be built over what
was formerly Canal street. The new
machine shop will be built south of the
foundry and will occupy a space included
in part by the east end of Academy street.
This building will he about 100 feet
square and two stories high. Both the
foundry and machine shop will be of
brick and steel construction.
Aiderman John J. White was elected may
or of Holyoke Tuesday in one of the clos
est contests in the last 12 years, beating
Hugh McLean, democrat, by 245 votes. The
campaign has been an unusual one for Hol
yoke. both sides working quietly and mak
ing the whole contest one of personal work
among the voters. Each candidate carried
his own ward, and in each instance the
home ward of the candidate was of a dif
ferent political belief from the party nomi
nation of the candidate. The democrats
elected four aldermen-at-large and the re
publicans elected three. The democrats also
elected four ward aidermen and the repub
licans two. there being a tie vote in ward
1, where Emery, republican, and Reilly,
democrat, received 332 votes each in a spir
ited contest, and a recount will have to de
cide the winner. In ward 2 Blanchard won
over Tetrault by a close vote, and Bey de
feated Avery in ward 3 by 89 votes. The
license vote gave a strong majority for a
continuance of the license policy.
More interest than has been shown for
several years is being taken in the
Linophilian society of the Monson acad
emy. At a recent meeting Principal De
wing gave the society a remarkably in
teresting talk on the history of the society
since its formation in 1819 and what he
hoped the society would be in the future.
At this meeting 34 new names were pro
posed to membership. The president ap
pointed the following committees to re
vise the constitution: Mr Dewing, E. Tay
lor and Ralph Entwistle; committee to
secure and hand in a list of topics for
debate: Miller, Edmond, Dewing and
Henry Flynt. Robert Squier was elected
to fill the position of vice-president of the
society, recently resigned by Roy Graves.
It was voted to hold meetings every two
weeks in the future.
Thomas H. Wilkins. 30, confidential
clerk for the Fisk rubber company of
Chicopee Falls, with offices in New York
city, was arrested at New York Monday
on the complaint of the president of the
company. Harry T. Dunn, charged specifi
cally with the larceny of $4500 of the
funds of the company from the New York
branch office. It is charged that the de
falcations extend over a period since last
February. At the office in Chicopee Falls
yesterday it was said that Mr Wilkins
never had any connection with the local
branch, having been wholly employed at
New York. It was not thought that the
amount alleged to have been taken is likely
to exceed $4500.
It has been announced that Hawthorne
F. Halnorson of Sagus has received a West
Point appointment. Mr Halnorson was
graduated from the Wesleyan acad
emy in 1908, was a graduate student
at the school for two years, and this year
is a freshman at Wesleyan university.
For several years, while in the academy,
he played on the first football team aiid
also played basketball. He is a capable
athlete and a good student and should
be highly successful at West Point.
Miss Anna L. Wolcott of Denver, Cob,
who was recently elected regent of the
Colorado state university, is taking n trip
East, and stopped over in Longmeadow
Saturday. Miss Wolcott's first experience
as a teacher was in the Longmeadow
schools. where she was greatly beloved.
The next few years she was principal of
the Wolfe Hall school in Denver, and in
1898 established the Wolcott school for
girls, which has been successful.
The Cheater and Becket railroad was
closed Saturday night for the winter, after
one of the most successful seasons in its
history.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
NORTHAMPTON.
The people’s institute report for Novem
ber shows that 203 people are enroled us
members of the institute. Of these. 89
are taking subjects taught by the college
tutors and 172 students are teaching 21
I different subjects. The enrolment in Mr
Lune's Thursday evening dancing class is
98. Twenty-three girls are taking cook
ing lessons and 25 are enroled in Miss
Lacy's classes. From 50 to 75 children
are in attendance each week at. the .Sat
urday morning play-hour class. This class
i» conducted by college atudent* who give
the children sewing lessons and have or
ganized play. Basket weaving and kinder-
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garten exercises will be introduced a little
later. Tl.e annual fall rummage sale was
' held in the basement of Carnegie house on
Saturday. November 19. As a good many
i articles were not sold, the sale is to be
I repeated this afternoon from 2 until <». The
i pool-room is proving more popular than in
: previous years, ami the Saturday night re-
<*eptions are well attended. During No
vember many of the walks have been im
proved by top dressing of gravel. Some
shifting of the shrubbery and the planting
of herbaceous perennials will make the
grounds more attractive the coming spring.
Secretary C. A. Montgomery in his an
nual report to the three-county agricul
tural society speaks of the great success
of the last fair, and the advance made in
every department. "This year’s exhibition
of cattle, horses, poultry, sheen and
swine.” he says, "far surpassed any fair
within the memory of your pn^sent offi
cers. quality and quantity considered.”
The new entrance gate is mentioned as a
feature that made a great impression on
patrons. The enlarged grand stand, with
private boxes, accommodated all who want
ed seats. The new tract in the inclosure,
known as the Munyan lot. gave ample
room for the large number of cattle. The
society is the oldest ip New England. the
secretary says, and is. he thinks, the oldest
in the United States. With the exception
the Worcester agricultural society, it
holds more real estate than any other agri
cultural society in Massachusetts. Atten
tion is called to the fact that the society
is nearly 100 years old. ami fitting observ
ance of its 100th anniversary in 1918 is
recommended.
The Northampton city election Tuesday
re-elected Mayor Calvin Coolidge, repub
lican. by a majority of 256, carried the city
for license by a majority of 249. and gave
a majority of 107 against the project of
building a new city hall. The majority of
Coolidge over the same opposing candidate,
Harry E. Bicknell, last year, was 187. The
license majority of last year was 193 and
the vote against the new city hall project
two years ago was 1120. The new board
of aidermen will be democratic. 5 to 2. and
the new common council will be democratic. ■
11 to 10. It is said that this is the first J
time in the history of the city that the
democrats have carried both boards. The
total vote east was 2955 and was substan- !
tially the same as that of last year.
Work on the new fountain at Florence,
given by Julius Maine, was completed Sat
urday morning. When the last section
was lowered into place Mr Maine called
for three cheers for Superintendent
Fowler. who had conducted the work.
Mr Fowler responded by calling for throe
cheers for Mr. Maine, which were given
with a will.
AMHERST.
The Amherst college Young Men's
Christian association has taken up for
a second time the educational work
among the Polish people about Had
ley, An efficient corps of work
ers with J. M. Clark of the faculty as its
leader is endeavoring to give the foreign
ers in the region a working hold on the
language which will enable them to give
to and to take from the region more ben
efit. Dr A. Smith. 1893. E. S. Allen and
Mr Heald, all residents of Hadley, are
backing the movement and creating inter
est among the Poles. The sessions are
held twice a week and are well attended
by an interested and enthusiastic body of
students. A new feature has been added
this winter in the form of illustrated lec
tures on citizenship. American history,
hygiene and agriculture. The helpers in
the work are: Belden, Weathers. Young,
1911: Banfield. Rathbun. Tend, Thornton.
1912: H. V. Caldwell, 1913; Glass and
Robinson, 1914.
It is expected that the Amherst savings
bank will begin work in the spring pre
paratory to moving its banking rooms to
the first floor, which will involve extensive
changes in the block. The two stores that
now occupy the first floor will then have to
find other quarters. It is reported that
Ewell’s news store will occupy the front
part of the old post-office stand.
Dr Charles A. Eastman has accepted an
invitation to read a paper at the meeting
of the universal congress of races to be
held in London in July, ns a representative
of the American Indians.
Prof Frank A. Waugh has just com
pleted writing a new book on landscape
gardening.
EASTHAMPTON.
The state highway commission has sent
to Easthampton plans that, are intended
to show what a tine arrangement could
be attained in the separation of grades
at the crossing of the highway over the
Mt Tom branch of the Boston and
Albany railroad at Mt Tom. The plans
contemplate carrying the highway over
the track on a concrete bridge, which
would also carry the track of the Mt
Tom line of the Northampton street rail
way company. The estimated cost is
$27,242, but the land damages are not
included in the estimate. As the dwelling
house near the crossing would have to
come down it is not likely that the land
damages would be less than SSOOO. If
the total cost should be $32,000. East
hampton’s share under the provisions of
the grade crossing act would be $3200.
The annual meeting of George C. Strong
Grand Army post will be held the 13th
and the post will take up the matter of
the consolidation of a number of small
posts with the Wilcox post of Springfield,
which was brought forward at a recent
meeting of the Springfield post. It is pro
posed to establish a fund from which the
traveling expenses of veterans from out
lying towns who go to Springfield to at
tend meetings can be paid. Such meet
ings would be held every Saturday after
noon. It is possible that the plan would
be regarded favorably by the Easthamp
ton post, as several of its members live
in towns other than Easthampton. The
membership of the post is 25.
The annual doll show, given under the
auspices of the Mount Holyoke chapter of
the college settlements association, was
held at South Hadley last week.
The dolls were tastefully arranged on
a long table in groups according to the
halls in which they were dressed. The
students always take much interest in
dressing these dolls attractively, as they
are anxious to have tbeir hall make a
good showing, and prizes are offered for
the best-dressed dolls. This year there
were two awards, one for the daintiest
and the other for the most stylish doll.
The owner of the doll which won the blue
ribbon is Helen A. Holby. 1912, of New
Rochelle, N. Y., and the doll to which the
red ribbon was awarded was dressed by
Miss Margaret C. Shields of the depart
ment of physics and Miss Mary C. McKee
of the department of chemistry. The
judges were Miss Emma Riville-Renach,
associate professor of French, and Miss
Ada L. F. Snell, associate professor of En
glish.
A large number of grangers of Hamp
shire county had an all-day session iT
Hadley, last week, and elected those
officers: Master M. 11. Williams of
Sunderland; steward, W. H. Han
mil" of Easthampton; lady assistant
steward. Mrs McEvoy of Easthamp
ton; overseer, R. H. Warner of Will
iamsburg; lecturer. Mrs D. E. Clary of
Williamsburg: assistant steward, E. B.
Clapp of Westhampton; chaplain, F. I’.
Wheeler of Hadley; gatekeeper, I). E.
Clary of Williamsburg; Hora, Mrs Lucia
Wentworth of Amherst; pomomi, Mrs E.
B. Chipji of Westhampton; ceres, Mrs
It. H. Warner of Williamsburg; secretary,
.1. W. Marsh of Hadley; treasurer, M.
N. Adams of Williamsburg: members of the
executive committee for three years, H.
W. Sabin and D. 11. Slate of Amherst.
The house and barn owned and occupied
by Miss Gertrude B. Chaffee wore burned
to the ground last week. Miss
Chaffee till last June was a school
teacher in Springfield and kept the old
homestead as a smuttier cottage where she
spent her vacations, but resigning her posi
tion in the spring, she was staying on in
her Whately home 'veil into the fall; and
Mrs Florence Meekins Was "sice;,mg nights
in the house with her. They were awak
ened by the crackling of the flames in the
shed, but supposed nt first that it was the
fulling rain till Miss Chaffee looked out
of the window and exclaimed that her
barn wns afire. The house was an old
landmark. being one of the oldest houses
in towig gnd for taaui years was the resi
dence of Dr Myron Howard, Miss Chaf
fee's grandfather.
The new concrete state highway bridge
which lias been under construction since
last August to replace the old covered
bridge, which spans the west branch of
the Westfield river between Huntington
and Chester, was completed hist week.
The bridge will not be opened for traffic
until next spring, as there is yet consider
able filling and grading to be done.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The annual meeting and election of offi
cers of the National Danies of the Civil
War was held Saturday afternoon in
Greenfield, Mrs Emma A. Davenport, com
mander, presiding. The following officers
were elected: Commander. Adelaide A.
Stevens of Athol: first senior vice-com
mander, Mrs Mattie L. Mason of Spring
field: second senior vice-commander. Mrs
Hattie Cummings of Orange: first junior
vice-commander, Mrs Laura Hoyt of
Greenfield: second junior vice-commander,
Mrs Elizabeth Denver of Springfield: quar
termaster. Mrs Lucy Herrick: guards. Mrs
Addie Chandler of Springfield, Mrs Dora
L. Phelps of Greenfield, Mrs Delia Cran
dall of Springfield, Mis Ella J. Pierce of
Greenfield. Mrs Almira Oliver of Orange,
Mrs May Leavitt of Greenfield. Mrs Ade
line Lyons of Greenfield, Mrs Louise Mun
son of Greenfield: sentinels, Mrs Josephine
Snear of Orange and Mrs Olive Schottler
of Greenfield. Mrs Emma E. Pierce of
Springfield, past commander and national
president of the Ladies of the Grand
Army, installed the officers.
Two Christian hill farmers in Colrain,
lames Carr and Orrin D. Kemp,
have been obliged to act strenuosly '
in efforts to capture seven head of
cattle which became wild during the
season in the pasture. Several at
tempts to corral the cattle proving futile.
Herbert Richmond with his noted cattle
dog was notified, and five of the animals
were run down. The other two were cap
tured later. The dog. valued at SSO. was.
however, seriously injured, and was killed
by the owner.
News of the death of Dr David Kins
man, a native of Heath, has been com
mented on by his friends. He went away
to the state of Ohio many years ago and
acquired a reputation as a good physician.
His widow, four daughters, a brother,
Walter, and two sisters. Mrs John A.
Dwight of Colrain and Mrs Oscar Sum
ner of Shelburne Falls, survive him.
The water situation in Conway remains
serious. Many springs that never failed
before are dry and many farmers have to
drive their stock to the brook to water.
The river is very low again and the elec
tric street railway had to start the steam
plant yesterday.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY,
PITTSFIELD.
The city election at Pittsfield Tues
day caused several surprises, chief among
them being the election of Kelton B. Mil
ler, republican, as mayor, and the cap
ture of the city hall by the democrats,
which feat will permit them to get con
trol of every board in the city government
and will mean the turning out of office
a large number of republicans who have
held office since the disaster which over
took the democratic party six years ago.
Editor Miller was elected mayor by the
narrow margin of 21 votes, the smallest
majority a mayor has received in any
campaign in a number of years. This
contest was in doubt until the last ward
had reported. The democrats elected four
aidermen, which gives them a majority of
one in that board. In the common council
the democrats will have eight votes to six
of the republicans. The majority for
license was TOI, the largest in years.
At a meeting of the various charity or
ganizations of the city. Miss Mar
garet B. Russell ofNew York gave an in
teresting talk on the organization and work
of the Russell Bag& Associate charities.
She answered a number of questions on the
local situation. A <'ommittee consisting
of Charles L. Hibbard. Arthur N. Cobley
aud Frank W. Dutton was appointed to
consult with the trustees of the union
for home work about substituting atj as
sociated charities for the present union
for home work. The union owns a piece
of property on Fenn street that would
make a very desirable headquarters for
the associated charities. Another meet
ing will be held as soon as the committee
is ready to report.
The annual dinner of the Berkshire
Harvard club was held Saturday evening at
the Pittsfield country club, and it was
attended by 38 of the graduates of that
university from all parts of the country.
The guests of honor were Prof Briggs,
dean of Harvard, and Robert Durham of
Boston, who was a prominent ath
lete at Harvard in 1885, when the athletic
team won many honors. The following of
ficers were elected: President, Rev Thomas
W. Nickerson of Pittsfield; vice-president,
Prof Droppers of Williams college; secre
tary and treasurer, Harry Holden of
Pittsfield: executive committee. Rev Earl
C. Davis of Pittsfield, H. H. Reynolds of
Great Barrington.
NORTH ADAMS.
A. H. Fitch of Green River, a man who
has had considerable recent experience in
real estate matters in North Adams has
completed a deal by which he becomes the
owner of the Millard shoe factory buildings
on Union street, at present occupied by
the Keith shoe company, which is pre
paring to move to the new factory build
ing. It is understood that the purchase
price is in the neighborhood of $15,000,
a figure at which the new owner can af
ford to hold the property for a long time,
if necessary, ami yet make it a profitable
investment. Tr.e merchants’ association
has had in mind for some time two or
more concerns who were possible occu
pants of the building after the Keith con
cern vacates it this month, but they had
closed no deal.
The first of the big Mallet oil burning
engines to be used by the Fitchburg divi
sion in hauling) trains through Hoosac tun
nel during the progress of the electrifica
tion work, passed through North Adams
Saturday morning and was put at work at
the east end of the tunnel. A second of
the four reached Williamstown the same
day and was at once set hauling trains
east-bound through the tunnel. These en
gines arc the four largest ever shipped into
New England.
GREAT BARRINGTON.
William N. Color. Jr., 52. a former sum
mer resident of Great Barrington, died re
cently at his home in Summit, N. J., fol
lowing an operation. Mr Color was a broth
er of Bird S. Color, formerly president
of the borough of Brooklyn. In 1888 he
became the head of the banking house of
W. N. Coler A Co of New York, retiring
in 1897. when he was succeeded by Bini
S. Color. While in Great Barrington
with his family Mr Color occupied the
George A. Stevens bouse on South street
and the Marcus Toliev house on West ave
nue, now a part of the Mason estate.
A brass tablet has been placed on the
cannon in front of the town hall by Parley
Russell, which shows the history of
this gun. The gun was captured by the
American frigate United States from the
British frigate Macedonian near tlio Ca
nary islands, October 25. 1812. The aie
pearance of this relic has recently been
much improved by Mr Russell, who took
up a collection, had a concrete carriage
constructed and the gun remounted.
The men who promoted (lie celebration
of Jacob's ladder day last September con
template a meeting on the summit of the
ladder some day this month for the pur
pose of placing a copper box containing
the records of the construction of the road,
a memorial of the work of John 11. Man
ning. late state highway einmisalonei, in
the laying out of the project, and the news
paper accounts of the celebration on the
summit September 24. L. W. Harger of
Pittsfh Id, secretary of the Jacob's ladder
celebration committee, will compile the
records aud select the material to go into
the box. and Cortlandt F. Bishop of Lenox,
who is known as the "father of the Jacob's
' ladder highway," will be invited to lay
the box in the foundation of stones at the
base of the stone marker which was un
veiled by Mrs Robb de Peyster Tytus. Mr
Bishop, who has agreed to furnish a bronze
marker for the bowlder and write the in
scription, will he asked to make an ad
dress at the summit meeting. The date
of the ceremony has not been fixed, but
will take place before freezing weather.
A stone mason will be sent to the sum
mit soon to lay the rocks brought from all
over New England in the permanent base
about the bowlder. The ceremony on the
summit will be public and invitations will
be sent to the automobile chibs of Spring
field, Holyoke, Worcester, Albany. N. Y.,
and other cities to send representatives
to the hilltop for the event.
About 30 people, men and women, who
are interested in organizing a Stockbridge
division of grangers, met last week in the
town ball when Charles M. Gard
ner of Westfield, state master, addressed
them on "Grangers and what they do.”
Deputy Shaw of Great Barrington was
also present. Twenty-five people signed as
charter members and opportunity will lie
given during the coming week for others
to join as charter members. The tempo
rary officers chosen were: Chairman. Pe
ter I. Adams; secretary, S. A. Noble;
treasurer. G. A. Breed.
Mrs Frank T. Lyon of Phoenix. Ariz.,
formerly n resident of Williamstown, has
brought suit against the Rock Island rail
road to recover $50,090 for injuries al
leged to have been sustained in an accident
in Missouri while Mrs Lyon was returning
home, from a visit in Williamstown. She
was riding in a parlor ear when the cur
was derailed. Sho is the wife of Frank T.
Lyon, who was agent for the National ex
press company iu Williamstown for several
years.
Work on the new station for Beeket
has been started. Citizens are dis
appointed owing to the location be
ing changed again and the station is to be
(built on the land west of the Rice plot
•which citizens have offered to buy and
present to the railroad for a building site.
It is understood that the railroad offers
to grade the Rice property if the towns
people will acquire it.
The 17 acres of land in Leo bought by
Mary G. Hayden of William Howland has
been transferred to the Berkshire strpet
railway company, and the deed recorded.
People are enthusiastic over this fact, for
it means one of two things—freight con
nections with the New Haven railroad for
the new east ami west trolly, or a large
repair shop.
W. A. Jones of Burlington, N. I'., ha»
arrived on his annual trip to Adams for
Christmas trees. He shipped three car
loads yesterday and expects to ship a
dozen more. Mr Jones ships the trees to
all the big city markets. The trees are
secured in Savoy.
WORCESTER COUNTY.
The amount of territory that will be
exchanged by the straightening of the
boundary line between North Brookfield
and West Brookfield will about balance
the gain ami loss for each town. West
Brookfield has accepted the now boun
dary. so it only remains for the selectmen
of the two towns to get together and set
now boundary stones. New Braintree
has refused to accept the proposed new
line, but may do so later.
G. Henry Whitcomb, the wealthy citizen
of Worcester, is in poor health, and on
his initiative the probate court has ap
pointed Lawyer M. F. Dickinson of Bos
ton and Mr Whitcomb's son, Ernest M.
Whitcomb of Amherst, conservators of his
estate.
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
Fifteen Massachusetts cities held their
annual elections Tuesday, all but one of
the number choosing a mayor. In the
majority of the cities little interest was
shown. Eleven mayors sought to be re
turned to the executive chair and nine of
them succeeded, the defeated ones being
Mayor W. 11. Mac-Innis of Pittsfield an.d
Mayor W. H. Clifford of Brockton. The
mayors re-elected were as follows: J. J.
Shaughnessy of Marlboro, democrat; M.
Fred O'Connell of Fitchburg, independent;
Charles S. Ashley of New Bedford, citi
zen; Calvin Coolidge of Northampton, re
publican: William T. Shea of Quincy,
democrat; Edward A. Walker of Wal
tham. republican; Edwin 11. Moulton of
Haverhill, no designation; John P. Cahill
of Lawrence, democrat; and Edward H.
Lathrop of Springfield, democrat. Ex-
Mayor Clifford of Brockton went, down to
defeat before Harry C. Howard, repub
lican. in a three-cornered fight. Other
newly elected mayors arc Thomas J. Hig
gins of Fall River, democrat, and Isaac
Patch of Gloucester, no party. Taunton
lid not elect a. mayor, the term of office
in that city being two years.
The $1,000,000 worth of manufacturing
aud business property in the heart of Lynn
where 2000 persons are employed must be
razed or removed within the next two or
three months as the result of the plans
completed aud announced Monday for
the abolition of the grade crossings of the
eastern division of the Boston and Maiue
railroad and for four-tracking the system.
Much of the work was in progress when
the New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad took over the Boston and Maine,
but was stopped until Charles S. Mellen,
president of both roads, had gone over the
original plans and had enlarged the scope
of the work. The final legal steps neces
sary to secure the additional property re
quired, were taken late last night. A news
paper plant, a shoe factory, a building con
taining a dozen manufacturing concerns
and a nearly new refrigerator building oc
cupied by a packing company arc among
the structures that must be removed.
Special legislation looking «o the con
solidation of the Boston and Northern
and Old Colony street railway systems
which operates on the north and the south
of Boston respectively, will lie asked of
the next Legislature, according to a peti
tion Hied with the secretary of state
by President P. F. Sullivan of the
Boston and Northern road. The two
companies have for 12 years been
working under the same management
through the voluntary holding company
known as the Massachusetts electrie com
panies. The consolidation will mean the
union of more than 900 miles of street
railway tracks in New Hampshire, ' as
sachusetts and Rhode Island. The ..oston
and Northern system is capitalized at sll,-
000,000 and its last report showed property
valued at $24,709,205. The old Colony
system is capitalized at sß,ooo^ooo with
property valued at $16,803,619.
United States Judge Lowell administered
the ancient Freemason's oath at the an
imal rally of new voters in Franklin
union, Boston. Sunday afternoon. It
runs: "I do solemnly land myself that I
will give my vote and suffrage as I shall
judge in my own conscience may best con
duce to Ilie public weal." Joseph Walker
presided, and improved the occasion to
reiterate his opposition to the use of money
in politics. Other speakers were Mayor
Logan of Worcester, Meyer Bloomfield.
Judge Michael J. Murray and S. .1. Bir
gocious. This rallying of new voters is
a desirable event, as it is always an im
pressive one.
The New England board of trade was
reorganized at a meeting of the executives
of the commercial organizations of this
section of the country in Boston Saturday
under the mime of New England commer
cial executives. Secretary J. A. McKib
ben of the Boston chamber of commarce
was elected president in place of ex-Secre
tary C, Henry Hathaway of the local
board of trade. The meetings will be held
once a month and in Boston for the most
part. Occasionally the meetings will he
i held irt Springfield.
CONNECTICUT.
: The Litchfield county choral union,
which lins auxiliaries in Torrington, Win
sted, Norfolk, Salisbury and Canaan, will
enter upon an active season's work next
month. The work that the union will take
up this coming year will be announced at
the annual meeting, which will probably
be held in New York within two weeks.
The animal concert will be given in Nor
folk in June. Secretary John Jack of
the Torrington association reports that
the number of applications received for
membership is about 250, mid that 108
of the 228 members of last year had ap
plied for renewal of membership. The
prospects are that the association will be
gin the season with the largest member- ■
ship roll in its history.—The Canaan choral
society’' elected the following otlieers Tues
day: President. E. C. Gillette: vice-presi
dent ami chairman of the business com
mittee, Robert D. Peirce; business com
mittee. Joseph L. Parsons and Mrs Will
iam G. Bullock: directors, Mrs Camp,
Mrs Jackson. Mrs Felten and George
Mather: secretary and treasurer. N. Wat
son Hardenbergh. .
The will of the late Gov George L. Lil- ,
ley was declared void, and the estate, ap- '
praised at approximately $(>50,000, intes- 1
tate, by a decision given by Judge ,
Michael J. Byrne of the probate court i
at Waterbury. Ct. The estate was
ordered distributed according to law. By
the will the estate was left in trust until
1950, when it was to be divided between
the governor's three sons. The decision of
Judge Byrne was made on the grounds
that the law concerning vesting of es
tates is such that where the property
might not vest in the beneficiaries during
a life or lives in being and 21 years plus
the ordinary period of gestation thereafter,
such gifts are void.
The tobacco-sorting warehouses in
Windsor are now beginning to run on
full time with increased corps of help.
The damp weather during the early part
of the week enabled the tobacco growers
to take down their crop, and a survey of
the sheds shows that practically all of the
1910 crop is now off the poles and is
being stripped and put into bundles, while
that which was taken down earlier in
the season is being put into the sorting
warehouses. N. E. Harris was the first
man to sell his crop, and be was the first
to deliver. Among the recent sales were
those of Timothy Kennedy, John Simmons
and H. H. Ellsworth.
Miss Emily Williams, well known as a
character throughout -New Milford, and
who for years had Jived the life of a
hermit, was found dead in her home Sun
day, sitting upright on an old sofa. She
was 70 years old and had been known
locally as "Old Maid Williams.” She had
probably been dead two days and the
condition of her hands and face showed
that rats had attacked them. She was
reputed to have wealth to the extent of
about $40,000. One of her habits was to
carry concealed about her person, a pack
age of bank books, but these books have
not been found, though searched for.
Harvey Barnes, a retired sea captain,
urging that the giving to his house on
Lenox street in New Haven of the num
ber 313 by the city- authorities had brought
misfortune to Ids household in the five
years during which the house had borne
that number, asked and obtained permis
sion to have the number changed to 315.
Capt Barnes, who is 80 years of age, says
that during the five years five members
of his family have died, the last his wife,
who was burned to death, and he at
tributes the deaths to the bouse number.
A true bill against Frank E. Barker,
former cashier of the Now London City
national bank, charging him with falsify
ing his books to cover up nn overdrawn
account, was brought in by the grand jury
in the criminal side of the United States
circuit court at Hartford Tuesday. The
amount involved is approximately $16,000.
A true hill was also found against Vin
cenzo Bono of Waterbury for "white
slave” trafficking, the first to be brought
in Connecticut since the passing of the fed
eral law.
Mrs Julia Wyatt, famous in her day as
an actress, and creator of the part of Top
sy in the original “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
company, is dead at her home in New Ha
ven. at the age of 87. She played the
part for years. Included in the Wyatt
company in later years were her two
daughters, Helen, now dead, and Mrs
Warren, now resident at Bridgeport, Her
husband. George 11. Wyatt, also an actor,
died in 1855.
,A syndicate said to be composed of New
York tobacco men have secured options
on a large tract of land in the west part
of Suffield, near the foot of Manatuck
mountain, on which 100 or more acres of
Cuban tobacso will be grown under cloth.
Success has attended a similar effort in
Bloomfield with this type of tobacco
under shade.
H. J. Horne, assistant general manager
of the Chicago. Burlington and Quin
cy railroad company's lines east of the
Missouri river, has been appointed assist
ant to C. S. Mellen, president of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford railroad
company. The new assistant will, it in
understood, assume his duties at once.
The Charter Oak public school, located
on Charter Oak avenue, in Hartford, was
burned Tuesday with a loss estimated at
$70,000. The cause of the fire is unknown,
but it is believed that it started on the
fourth floor in one of the teacher’s offices.
VERMONT.
Col Kittredge Haskins has been appointed
judge of the municipal court of the village
of Brattleboro by Gov John A. Mead, to
succeed E. W. Gibson, who has been judge
for the past four years. Judge Has
kins is well qualified to serve in this public
capacity, as he has been in public life for
over 50 years. He has represented the town
of Brattleboro three times, being speaker of
the House during his last team, a member
of the Senate from Windham county, and
has served eight years in Congress. He has
been a prominent lawyer in Windham coun
ty for about half a century.
Vermont will presumably not be slow in
accepting Joseph BntteH's offer of 1000
acres of mountain and forest land, to in
clude the- Camel's Hump peak of the
Green mountains, for a state park. It
should be the beginning of a series of stare
mountain reservations acquired by public
purchase with such private aid as may
be enlisted.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Ticket Agent William C. Hall on No
vember 29 completed 40 years' continu
ous railroad service in Keene. He began
work iu the general office of tbe Cheshire
railroad and was employed in the ticket
department of that and the other roads
that have operated the line ever since.
During the entire interval Mr Hall has
uever been sick enough to be obliged to
give up wi* k. mid there has not been a
day when he has not been technically on 1
duty, although he has, of course, been
granted brief absences at times. Mr Hall
began work for the Cheshire road under
its general ticket agent, George A. Brown.
Later Mr Brown took another position,
and Treasurer Fred H. Kingsbury was
appointed ticket agent as well as treas
urer. Mr Hall remained in Mr Kings
bury’s office until the Cheshire road was
consolidated with the Fitchburg company.
He lias since been local ticket agent for
the Fitchburg and Boston and Maine com
panics. in which position he lias always
found himself an efficient mini. He is well
liked by the traveling public.
Chief Carpenter Joseph B. Fletcher of the
Portsmouth navy-yard, who was a member
of the disastrous Greely Arctie expedition,
was found dying in a bath tub nt his home
in Portsmouth last week, with a gaping
wound in his throat. A physician was
summoned, but was unnble to aid the man.
who died u short time Inter. It was said
around the navy-yard that Fletcher had
been acting peculiarly for the past week.
Fletcher was tl-l years old.
RHODE ISLAND.
Postmaster-General Hitchcock’a recent
order for tbe dismissal of Postmaster Bar
clay of Pawtucket, R. 1., wns surely in the
interests of the postal service ami it was
warmly commended by the Rhode Island
press. The appointment of Barclay in the
first place was n lamentable error, into
which the administration was led apparent
ly by the congressman from the district
and Senator Aldrich. The aenator is mak-
ing use of his last winter in Washington
to hold up the dismissal of one of Ins
political henchmen, ami he is being aided
by his heavy mortgaged colleague. The
postmaster g< neral's order should not be
revoked, and it is perfectly obvious that
Mr Taft is under no obligations to yield
to the Rhode Island senator in such a
matter.
MAINE.
Wien the democratic state committee of
Maine met in Augusta last week, with
Gov-elect I’laisted preseut, it is said that
the question of enforcing the liquor laws
was one of the important matters con
sidered. It is also believed that all favored
a real enforcement of the laws against the
sale of intoxicating liquors, now that there
. are to be democratic sheriffs in two-thirds
1 of the counties and a democrat in the gov-
I ernor's chair. Several of the democratic
1 sheriffs-eiect have said that they will en
force the prohibitory law to the letter, if
■ it takes the last cent in the county treas
uries to pay the costs. It is also expect
ed that the democratic majority in the Leg
islature will vote to resubmit to popular
vote the sixth amendment to the constitu
tion. which is the clause ordaining constitu
tional prohibition in Maine. As the out
come of this purpose to see that the liquor
laws are obeyed, there is the expectation
। that a real enforcement of prohibition will
i be calculated to hasten the day when the
people will call for a local option system.
If Maine has been dry to a degree, the
democratic purpose is to make her drier
than ever.
BEEF REMAINS ABOUT THE SAME.
DECIDED DROP IN PORK AND LAMB
Hors Being: Raised in New England
lieenn.se of Former Itiah Prices—
Turkeys High, Bui Other Poultry
Cheap.
A trip through retail meat stores of
Springfield and interviews with wholesale
meat dealers of the city recently showed
that the genera] tendency of the prices of
meat dealers of the city recently showed
though beef continues at about the same
level to the general consumer. There has
been a marked falling off in the prices of
pork duringthe week, and lamb also has
gone down. The report of the fall in pork
prices comes from Chicago. Hogs that
were selling on the hoof in Chicago for
$11.65 six months ago now are quoted at
$7. Meat dealers of the city affirm that
not in years have so many pigs been raised
in New England as in the year that is
passing. The reason for this is given as
the very high prices that have been asked
in the past for western pork. Farmers of
the East have been consequently finding it
profitable not only to raise pork for their
own consumption, but also to sell.
The beef which is in the market of this
locality at this time is spoken of as of
extra fine quality. Turkeys have been ex
ceedingly high, and give promise of re
maining so. Other poultry, however, has
taken a drop in prices, selling for 18 to
20 cents, where a year ago the prices were
24 to 28 cents. Pork loins, which sold for
16 cents a month ago, have been selling
this week for 11 to 12 cents. Pork shoul
ders. which sold for 16 to 18 cents a
month ago. now go at 12 to 15 cents.
T.eaf lard, which sold for 16 cents, now is
sold at 13 to 14 cents. Some of the dealers
who are keeping in close touch with the
market anticipate a rise in the prices of
beef next week, but this is by no means a.
certainty.
Meat prices in New York city stores are
given as considerably higher than in
Springfield. Those who have doubts as to
whether it costs more to live in that big
city than in a New England city will be
interested to compare the meat prices of
the two places. The following are the
prices that were quoted yesterday by three
leading wholesale meat establishments of
this city:—
Ist Dealer. 2d Dealer. 3d Dealer.
Cents. Cents. Cents.
Beef 7 to 10 7% to 10 0% to 10
Lamb .... 10 12 13
Fork loins. 1t to 12’4 121$ 12’/a
Hams 13 to 14 13 to 14 14
In contrast with these prices are the
wholesale prices in this city a month ago.
Hams were then 15 and 17 cents. Beef
was then about 1% cents above the prices
of this month. Pork loins were 18 and
19 cents. Lamb was 16 cents, The follow
ing is a table of New York wholesale
prices compiled in that city this week:—
No 1 Beef. To day. Nov. 21. Oct. 13.
Bibs aud loins 1144 12'4 14’,$
Rounds...! 9^ 10 1044
Chucks 814 814 9
No 2 Beef -
Bibs and loins 10 . 1014 12
Rounds 8% 9
Chucks 744 7*4 “44
No 3 Beef—
Ribs and loins S $44 9
Rounds <44 < >4»
Chucks 6% ....
Fork loins 1- 1114 1”44
Boston butts pork ...11 14 16
Lamb 10’4 10 11%
Sheep 7 7 Bp<
The following is a table of retail prices
in Springfield for to-day quoted by two re
tail dealers with the prices of a month
ago in contrast:—
First Dealer.
One month
To-day. ago.
Pork loins He 20c
Mutton .... 7c Bto Pc
Legs of lamb 12% to 11c 16 to 18a
Lard 13c 18c
Steaks 12 tolSc IS to 20c
Smoked bains 14c ISc
Second Dealer.
Fork loins 11 to 12c 16tnl8e
Fork shoulders 12 to 13c 16c
Flesh hams 15c 16c
Lard 13 to 14c 17c
Legs of lamb 14c 16c
Smoked bams 14c 16c
A table of retail prices in New York
shows prices higher than in this city and
is as follows: —
Beef— This week. Last week.
Porterhouse 25c 28c
Sirloin 22c 22c
Round 20c 20c
Lamb—
Legs 18e 20c
Chops 22c 25c
Shoulder 13c 16c
Veal-
Cutlet 35c 32c
Chops 25c 25e
Loin 23c 23e
Shoulder and breast .... 18c 20c
Fork-
Loins 18c 20c
Fresh bams 18c 20c
Retailers of this city are unable to sen
why fresh hams should now be selling at
15 cents when smoked hams go for 1-1,
smoked bums requiring more handling
and usually going at higher prices than
fresh hams. It is claimed that the effect
of the low price of corn Ims not yet had
time to make itself felt on the beef mar
ket. The meat actually being sold now
was killed live or six weeks ago. when
high prices were still the rule. The cat
tle fed on this year's corn will begin to
come on the market after Christmas and it
is possible that a drop in the prices of
beef may come at that time. Retailers
and local wholesalers shrug their sliouL
dors in despairing manner when ques
tioned on the possibilities for low prices
later on in the winter and answer that
it would be easier to foretell weather con
ditions in New England for the winter
than to foretell what would happen in the
prices of meats.
DIED.
11l this city Ist. A. Lonisn Morton
In Ibis city :.d, ai.i net s w Rit i-' Tn
In this city 3d, Joski n F. Kun-uall 74
111 Ibis city 3d. Euwaßh R Coolkv as
nt bls home nt 533 Stats street. '
In this idly 4th, Hakah E Fiusuir 32
J U J I ‘iUrß Louakim.
4 . ofUunulo, N. 1. Oldest son of Mr ami
Mrs Edward M Lombard of 811 Main street.
_ At West bprlngtleld 2d. Elihu F. Wans.
77, at his home, .too Park street
At Blandford 2d, Miss Maui c. Girm 51
I At Lutleld utb^ Kmswhb C. Barlow,' 8&