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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE
SPRINGFIELD AND VICINITY
George A. Graves of the firm of George
A. Graves & Son's. hardwarejfealers. 324
Main street, celebrated his 87th birthday
Tuesday.
The municipal tower framework was
raised -Vt feet higher Monday, making
the total bight now reached by the un
finished structure 225 feet.
President A. W Damon of the Fire
and Marine insurance company said Mon
day that he thought the loss of ms
• oinpanr in the Bangor fire would be be
tween $T5.000 and SIOO,OOO, mostly in the
residential sections.
Prevention is the keynote of moder:,
charity work, and organization is the
means by which it is to be accomplished,
according to Miss Emmn Youngqui't.
the secretary of the 1 ni-m Belief asso
ciation. nt the noonday I m-heon ot the
board of trade Thursday.
Smith L. Sherman of Fitchburg plcadc 1
guilty in the United States district court at
Boston Tuesday to the charge of seeking
on false pretenses to obtain a part of the
estate of the late Fir Sarah J. Milliams,
formerly city physician of Springfield. He
will be sentenced later.
Rev Dr Philip S. Moxom. who lias been
convalescing from his operation with
friends nt Auburn. N. Y.. arrived at Ins
home on Dartmouth terrace Tuesday even
ing. His recovery has Ivon retarded by
a severe illness with the grip while at Au
burn, but although still very weak he is
now gaining strength daily.
Thornton W. Burgos of this 'it;, an 1
Airs Fannie S. Johnson were quietly mar
ried Somkr ; the home of the bride a
sister. Mrs' William Jenks, in Ithaca. N.
Y. Mr and Mrs Burgess will make their
home nt til Washington road, where they
will be .at home to their friends after
September 1.
"Wonderland.” instead of being held
June 7. 8 and 9. is to have the dates June
13. 14 and 15. Through the courtesy of
fol S. E. Blunt, permission has been re
ceived from the war department to use
the armory grounds for the boys club
fete. Plans arc now rapidly being formed,
and the various committees will be an
nounced soon.
Over 600 persons from Hampden conn
ty went on the excursion this week to
"The world in Boston.” More than •>!•
churches were represented, and notable
among them for the size of their delega
tions were the First Congregational of
Holyoke. Wesley Methode. of this city,
the Second Cmigregaiiomr ot IL-mer.
Southwick s« nt 2’i and Mi mt Holyoke col
lege 115.
The board of education of New Fork
city have taken a firm stand against the
common drinking cup. ami C. B. ,1. Sny
der, superintendent of school buildings,
has ordered Springfield sanitary drinking
fountains installed. John Hall. Jr., man
ager "f the Springfield company, was in
the citv nearly all last week directing a
force o’s men who are instaling the foun
tains in the high school.
The board of tire commissioners have
bought of the Knox automobile company a
new 50-horsc-power life-saving ear for the
use of the department. This new piece of
motor-driven apparatus, which is equipped
with life net and other emergency appa
ratus, is something entirely new in the tire
fighting line and is the first piece of the kind
turned out by the Knox people, or rather
will be the first as soon as it is completed.
Local anglers are pleased at the prospect
of having a federal fish hatchery in the
vicinity of Springfield, as is contemplated
by the bill introduced Thursday by Con
gressman Gillett calling for the expenditure
of $25,000 for that purpose,. The size and
vigor of the Springfield fish and game asso
ciation arc doubtless the reason why the
matter has been taken up. The movement
was started last fall and has been pushed
with vigor.
The society for the prevention of tuber
culosis will receive a new lease of life as
a result of the card party held for its ben
efit in Hotel Kimball Thursday afternoon
and evening. About $0 tables were placed
in the banquet ball and in the afternoon
there were few unused ones, the enthusi
astic players almost filling the hali. Bridge,
skat. 500 and whist were played, with
bridge and skat claiming the allegiance of
rhe majority of players.
The uncertainties of Mac weather are
known to all who have had much experi
ence'in planting thin:-''., and the experts
hereabouts do not regard it as safe Io put
in seeds before the 2mh. A good many
gardenmakers are ready to take a chame
by planting garden <ass before that date,
but this more often than not means having
to do the work over again. After our 'Old
April the general hope lias been that Mny
would continue to be genial.
The foilowing dispatch received by a
Springfield man .having relatives in Ban
gor is representative of the thousands of
such that loaded the telegraph wires there
Sunday night and Monday: "We are all
right. Many friends have lost their homes.
Awful scenes." It lias beerr expected that
the Maine city would need help in earing
for her destitute and in repairing Iter
•waste places, but Mayor Mullen says his
people will go it alone, if they can.
Mrs Belle French, daughter of Superin
tendent L. W. Sexton of the almshouse,
has been appointed to succeed Mrs Fannij
S. Bennett as matron of the almshouse.
Mr Sexton says that Mrs Bennett
resigned at his suggestion because
he wished to have his daughter
associated with him in the work of
the almshouse. No one has suggested taut
Mrs Bennett was inefficient or that she
bad any friction with Mr Sexton and the
pauper department.
The plan of the Young Men's Christian
association is to give free swimming in
struction to lotto hoys of the city, regard
less as to whether they are members of
the association or not. Mr Corson lias
just comb from Chicago, w here be has
been leaching boys to swim io the Young
Men's Christian association. He calls at
tention, to the fact that 4<noi men and
boys were drowned lasi season, in the
United States and Canada tor the one
reason that they could not swim.
The Connecticut Valley historical so
ciety will hold a meeting Tuesday at $
p. m. in the Art building. As this meet
ing will be in connection with the 275tb
anniversary week it has been deemed best
to make a departure and have no formal
paper rend, but invite any person to he
present and state a historical fact which
will relate to any period during the 275
years of the settlement of Springfield.
Gifts to the society can be made at this
time. Views of the city and portraits
are valuable.
Engineer Herman Burgi is preparing to
so don n the river with the Pioneer and
brave the perils of the Windsor Locks
canal and othei danger points between
Springfield and Hartford, to bring up a
load of coal for the Springfield gaslight
company. The company is to have (100
tons of coal brought from New York io
Hartford, there to be loaded on its barges
and brought to Springfield, if the Pioneer
does not meet with disaster .nt Windsor
Locks it will later continue to take
chances in the dangers of the shallow
stream, carrying loads of brick from
Thompsonville to Holyoke.
Mrs Susan P. Russell, who died in Med
way on March 21. left Miltm to the church
of the Unity and n like amount to the
Springfield cemetery association. according
to the provisions of her will, which was filed
for probate at Dedham last week Wednes
day. Mrs Russell was for many years a
resident of Springfield and her husband,
'Jnmes E. Russell, was register of deeds
here for several years previous to his
death. It is understood that the church
bequest is designed to furnish a fund to
supply flowers to the church, and the ceme
tery bequest is for the development of the
newer acet ions of the cemetery.
“Cousin Kate,” n delightful comedy by
Henry Hubert Davies and one of Ethel
Barrymore's successes. was presented la-t
week Wednesday evening by the col
lege club in the women's clubhouse
before a highly appreciative audience,
^ho frequently interrupted with their
laughter and were loud in their ap
plause. They applauded with *ood reason,
for never was th^re a more adorable i'ous
in Kate than Miss Frieda Towers, or a
more manly Heath Desmond than
Caroline Lloyd. The play itself is i ; H)'b
ing. good-natured piece, abounding in vnt?y
lines and natural, amusing dialog and ad
mirably suited to amateur production.
Yale men in Springfield, and vicinity are
preparing to make the event of the Yale
[ Pennsylvania boat race in this city an
i occasion for bringing together as many
Yale •Tooters" as possible, and several
activities aie already being planned to
welcome the crew and to give all Yale
graduates and undergraduates who come
to attend the rave a warm reception.
Julian W. Curtis of the class of *79. an
authority on the history of Yale rowing,
has been secured to give an informal talk
at the smoker which is io bp held in the
Hotel Kimball on the night preceding the
race. The smoker is to be in the way of
Thomas, a big black eat. who is the
pride of one of the <ity offices, has found
his lives more worth the living since he got
next to the vacuum (leaner. His coat was
never so glossy and his temper never so
charming as it has been since someone
with the unworthy suspicion that he was
concealing fleas about his clothes applied
the small brush of the cleaner to his fur.
Thomas was delighted and over since then
has had a dry shampoo daily or as often
as he can persuade his good-natured friends
to gratify him. He will lie on his ba* k
in folin*' rapture and indicate whore bo
wants to be tickled next. showing every
s : gn that be considers the invention of the
\a« num cleaner to have been a clever stunt.
There is Dual interest in the announce*
incut that (’apt John H. Gibbons has been
chosen at the new head of the naval
academy al Annapolis. Capt Gibbons, who
is one of the most popular officers in the
service, married Miss Maude Ingersoll
Ely. granddaughter of the late Maj El
- Ingersoll, who was for many years
ordnance storekeeper and disbursing offi
cer at the Springfield armory. Mrs Gib
bons has spent much time in Springfield
in the past and has many friends hero. As
teported in the nows dispatches Capt Gib
bons was for some time the I’nited States
naval attache at London, and he and Mrs
Gibbons during their stay in England oc
cupied a notable social position.
An important Main-street real-csta.e deal
has been consummated through, the sale of
the Olmsted block at 2o7Lj Main street by
Mrs Adolph A. Geisei to Mrs .Judson Strong,
for a price that is said to approximate
The block was formerly owned
by John Olmsted, who secured it for
$50,000. At the time of the settlement of
bi> estate if passed into the hands of his
son-in-law. Frank H. Goldth watte who
sold it to Mrs Geisei for a price claimed
tn have been about SIOO,OOO. Many im
provoments have been made in the prop
erty by Mrs Geisei, including the remodel
ing of the interior and the instalation of an
elevator. The building for many years
was the home of the Springfield board of
trade.
An important reduction in toll rate charges
was announced last week by the New En
gland telephone and telegraph company, to
go into eflect May 1 Henceforth the
rates between all stations not more than
15 miles from each other will be reduced
to 10 cents, where they are not now at that
figure, and in all cases the time during
which the talk may be continued without
extra charge has been increased from three
minutes to five. A new development also is
announced in the instalation of a "no-delay"
system of toll calls within each la-mile
radius. Instead of calling for the ''toll op
etator” in the future, the subscriber will
simply have to give the name of the ex
change and the number wanted, and he will
be connected without further questions.
Sunday was the first of real spring
weather that Springfield has seen this
season, and in all parts of the city
there were evidences that May day was
about to break upon us. Main street was
aiive all (lay with youug people, who drill
ed up and down its sidewalks in light
colored togs and the latest creations in
millinery, admiring each other or hoping
to be admired. In the early afternoon
there were many porches that were occu
pied by residents who were glad of an op
portunity to get out and take a sun hath.
Forest park had its first real crowd of
the season, and it is estimated that over
SIHIO people visited this resort during the
afternoon. Tuesday chilly weather again
returned, and yesterday was bleak as win
ter.
Ohio legislators who hoped by testifying
before the grand jury now investigating
alleged bribery in tne Assembly at Colum
bus. 0.. to escape conviction by means of
immunity, were disappointed Tuesday
wlien I'rosecnting Attorney Turner and
Attorney-Genernl Hogan refused to accept
their testitnonj. Throughout the day the
grand jury was in session. Among its wit
ncsses. besides detectives who disclosed
the alleged lorrnption. was Gov Harmon.
Judge A. Z. Blair of Fortsmouth. who
conducted Hie rc( ent campaign which re
sulted in the disfranchisement of 18(10
voters in Adams county for election
frauds, was also a witness. A bill is pend
ing iu the Assembly to legislate Biair off
the bench. Rumors have been current of
wrong-doing in connection with this meas
ure.
The election of Albert F. Langtry, rep
resentative in the Legislature from the
Sth district, to the office of secretary of
the commonwealth, leaves a vacancy that
would have to be tilled, if filled at all. by
a special election. There is little likeli
hood of this step being taken, however,
as his successor enuld hardly be chosen
inside of six weeks, and the Legislature
usually adjourns about the middle of June.
Sentiment in the city is strongly opposed
to the expense of u special election, espe
cially as there are no bills coming up be
fore the lawmakers which seriously con
cern Springfield. The sth district is a
double district and is represented by Paul
I. Immbard already, so that there is con
sidered even less need of the formality
of selecting a successor to Mr Langtry.
The lower board of ihe city council Mon
day night passed an order providing for the
appropriation of S2«gHi to he used by the
board of health for the temporary relief
of tubercular patients in this city. The
aldermen, while apparently in favor of
making some move to relieve conditions
so far as tuberculosis is concerned, failed
to pass the order because of nu objection
to a suspension of the rules. , The al
dertnen passed i resolution that it
be the sense of the board that the
I'nited States armory make use of the
franchise for a brunch-off into the armory
grounds at State street and St Janies
avenue, in preference to the other fran
chises permitting locations tlirougn 1- ed
eral street rind across Renton lawn. Mayor
Lathrop submitted to the city fathers
plans for railroad changes as prepared by
President Charles S. Mellen. Attention
is given to these elsewhere.
Mr and Mrs George Proctor Knott of
llelmont avenue had as their guest for
the week-end Capt < buries A. Smith o'
the new nmmnmth Cunarder steamship
Franconia which had just made the initial
trip from Liverpool to Boston. It is the
largest vessel ever to enter Boston har
bor. The Boston city government have
been entertaining Capt Smith since the
arrival of the Franconia, as this is the
beginning of booming Boston against New
York city as the best available deepwater
hnrbor for the largest-aize ships, and ns
mentioned bv President Mellen of the
No.' York. New Haven and Hartford rail
road company at the chamber of cont
inence banquet a few weeks ago. Capt
Smith sailed from Boston on Tuesday
for the return trip to Liverpool. This Is his
first visit to any section of New England,
and he is particularly impressed witii the
progressiveness of Springfield.
The regular meeting of the board of
trustees of the Union Relief association
was hold Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock
nt 6 Court-House pluce. There was a
good attendance, about 20 members be
ing present, and the business of electing
officers and appointing Committees was
trnusacted. A decrease in the number of
applications for aid has been noticed ant
an improvement in labor conditions, point
ing to a general betterment of condition!).
THE SPBTXGFIELD WEEKLY REPUBLICAN: THURSDAY. .MAY 4. 1911.
! The association expects to move into their
new quarters in the Dunlap building on
Hampden street in about two weeks, and
1 the next meeting will probably be held
there The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President. Edward
S. Bradford: first vice-president. James W.
: Kirkham: second vice-president, Edward
। O. Sutton; secretary. Emma C. Young.
। quiet; treasurer. Ralph Arthur Rathbun:
| clerk. Arthur H. Bradford.
The women's club held their annua!
I meeting for the election of officers last week
tVednesday in the club-house on Spring
I street. The usual reports were submitted
by the secretary and treasurer, and vari
: ous committees. The voting resulted in
I the re-election of nearly all the officers
: who have served during the past year.
I I'he officers are Mrs Lawton S. Brooks,
i president: Mrs A. C. Starr and Mrs D.
A. Reed, vice-presidents: Mrs E. H. Cut
■ i PV . recording secretary; Mrs A. F. H.
rillsbury. corresponding secretary; Mrs
George Rhoads, assistant corresponding
secretary: Mrs C. E. Galacar. treasurer;
Mra D. r. Cole, custodian: Mrs C. H.
Barrows, assistant custodian. Two new
directors were elected for a term of three
years. Miss Frederika Lathrop and Mrs
\Yilliani I' Birnie being chosen to fill the*
pin cs of Mrs J. T. Herrick and Mrs C.
E. Bill, whose terms expired this year.
The eighth annual meeting of the Rama
pocue historical society was held Tuesday
evening at 8 o'clock in the old Day house
on West Springfield common. The fol
lowing officers were elected tot the year
1911-12: President. Ethan Brooks; first
viec-piesiilcnt. Mase S. Southworth: sec
ond vice-president. Fred H. Sibley; third
vice-president. John C. Worcester; treas
urer. Robert Day White: secretary, Mrs
11. K. Regal; trustees, Henry S. Hyde.
Winthrop S. Bagg. Mrs 'Walter L. Smith.
Miss Susan Arnold. Mrs W. J. Eldred
and Mrs Nelson Sherburne. There was
a large attendance, and fires were burned
in the big open fireplaces. In spite
of the heavy expenses of the past
.'car. it was found that a consid
erable gain had been made in the
finances. It is the ambition of the
society to accumulate a fund large enough
for the maintenance of the house, and they
have been able to add SIOO to the fund.
The Day house will be open to the public
from now on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Sat
urdays.
The Springfield Indian association is ar
ranging for an interesting entertainment
to be given in the Women's club rooms
May 19 by Pe-ahm-e-squcet. or Floating
Cloud, an Indian maiden of the Chippewa
tribe. Her early life was spent among
her people, where she played about the
camps and listened at the lodge fires to the
stories and songs of the old men. who
transmit them from one generation to an
other. Later she went to the Haskell in
stitute. a government school, from which
she graduated, when she came to Boston
to study the harp nt the New England
conservatory. Floating Cloud (Bee Mares
is her English name) dresses in full In
dian costume, speaks of rhe life and cus
toms of her people, tells their legends and
plays the melodies on the harp, which she
lias found peenliarly adapted to the plain
tive songs of her people. Following this
talk she gives a group of Indian dances
anl ceremonies with piano accompani
ment. This entertainment is a novel one.
true to Indian life, and will be interest
ing to children as well as grown people.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
HOLYOKE.
The school board held their regular
monthly meeting Monday night, and the re
port of the salary committee was accept
ed giving the teachers a flat raise of SSO
at the end of a certain term of service.
Miss Florence Butterick of Sterling, a
Mount Holyoke college graduate, has been
appointed reference librarian at the public
library, filling the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Miss Saxton. Miss Butter
ick has substituted in-the position and
recently has been on the staff of the Man
chester (N. H.) library.
Dr G. U. Robert has bought the Louis
Battlne block on the south side of Cabot
street, near Main. The block contains 20
tenements and four stores, and is sep
arated by an alley from the block formerly
owned by Dr Clovis Robert. The price
paid is not known, but is understood to
lie tn the neighborhood of 840,000. The
foundations have been laid for Dr Rob
ert's new 26-apartment block at Chestnut
and Cabot streets. The block will be
'“iiipleted early in the year.
Frank Bigelow, 26, a fireman on the
Boston and Maine railroad, whose resi
dence was 123 Main street, Springfield,
was struck by the south-bound passenger
irain duo in Holyoke at 12.22 at the dead
man's curve Friday and died at the
House of Providence hospital at 5 o'clock
from rhe result of his injuries.
G. H. Sinclair, the florist, has purchased
the Collins farm at Smiths Ferry. The
;u-operty contains 46 acres, and later Mr
Sinclair will build a residence- He has
given a life lease of the house tn Mr and
Mrs Coggswell and Mrs IV. AV. Ward.
Later a greenhouse will be established
there.
The school board held a "snap” meet
ing at rhe close of the regular session
Monday evening, at which it was decided
to name the new Elmwood school the "Jo
seph Metcalf” school in honor of Joseph
Metcalf, a well-loved and prominent resi
dent of Holyoke.
A fire district meeting at Shelburne
Falls. Tuesday, reversing a former action,
voted for a gravity system of water sup
ply from Lay brook and appropriated $75,-
000 for its instalation.
John J. Byrnes was elected city almoner
by the aldermen Tuesday to fill the unex
pired term of the late James T. Cunning
ham.
LONGMEADOW.
The Longmeadow May breakfast asso
ciation has not aged in appearance or effi
ciency. and served its 42d May breakfast
.Tuesday in the First church chapel with
much of the old-time enthusiasm, for the
great Longmeadow holiday, which, like
Christmas, comes hut once a. year. It is
a kind of "old home" day. not only for
welcoming old friends and making new
ones, but the Longmeadowites, although
they may have some sharp shooting at
town-meeting, are sure to work in unison
for the success of this important annual
event. The weather, if not all that could
bo desired, the cool bracing air at least
was appetizing, and weather never vet
spoiled the May breakfast, not even the
year that one citizen took his wife to the
feast in a sleigh. Way hack in the early
days patrons came in carriages, coaches
and on horseback, and tnen were engaged
to hold the Bracing Mteeda while the
owners lingered over their chicken-pic.
Tuesday those who did not take the elec
trics came down in automobiles, there
being 25 touring cars at one limo in front
of the chapel. By noon the rooms were
crowded, every table being filled. The old
civil war flag waved a welcome from a
near-by elm as. guests arrived and were
greeted by Kev 11. 1.. Bailey. T. W'
Leete. W. F. Emerson. H. H. Ransc
bousen and the general committee.
Mrs C. 8. Allen received letters last
week from her daughter and husband. Or
and Mrs Edwin St John Ward, medical
missionaries at Diabekir. Turkey. They
expect tn leave May 2 for Beirut. Syria.
Or Ward's surgical skill has attracted'rec
ognition. and he has been offered the chair
of professor of surgery in the Protestant
Syrian college, which is not under the
American hoard, hut an independent insti
tution. He will take the place of the late
Or Post. Or Ward and also his mission
ary friends think that he will have an op
portunity there for a much larger field of
usefulness by training natives for the
work. Or Ward will spend the summer in
further medical study and instruction in
London. Paris and Berlin before taking up
this important work in the fall. Mrs Ward
and ehndren, little Esther and Paul Lang
don. expect to spend the summer with
other missionaries in the mountains of
Lebanon.
Rev John Boggs and his wife, Or Ruth
Boggs, who have been spending the win
ter in Chicago. Mr Boggs attending the
university, returned to Jxmginendow Sat
urday. and are visiting .Mrs Boggs's moth-
er. Mrs W. E. Bliss, an l Mr and Mrs
Walter Bliss. Mr and Mrs Boggs and
their daughter. Agnes, are spending a year
in this country, after a good many years
of important missionary work at Canton.
China. Mrs Boggs has four brothers and
two sisters in the vicinity, and there has
been quite a reunion since their arrival.
Robert Kempton was one of the chorus
of 250 singers who assisted in the services
at the dedication of St John rhe Divine
cathedral recently in New York.
Stanford L. Haynes and family of State
street. Springfield, moved to their summer
home in Longmeadow Monday.
CHICOPEE.
George S. Lewis. Jr., of The Republican
gave an address at the Second Congrega
tional church Sunday evening on "Some
things the people do not know about the
publication of a newspaper." The general
trend, of Mr Lewis's remarks was along
historical lines and he gave a general de
scription of the origin and development of
Ilie printing press. The art of news
gathering and editing "as also discussed
by Mr Lewis, and he mentioned the great
influence which both these important de
partments of newspaper work have iu
molding popular opinion.
F. D. Howard, formerly president of
the Chicopee board of trade, is one of the
most active opponents of the new river
front plans in so far as they a<fect Chico
pee. He stated Monday night that the in
terests of Chieopee will be preserved re
gardless of any scheme that might orig
inate from the neighboring city that in any
way will interfere with the interests of
( liicopec. Mr Howard further stated that
the plan to run any railroad through the
heart of the residential or business section
of Chieopee would meet with the bitterest
opposition at the hands of the business
people of the city.
The Springfield provision company will
begin work this week on a new concrete
hog storage plant. The building will be
built to replace the present wooden storage
buildings of the plant, and will be 75 feet
square and five stories high. The storage
capacity of the building will be about 2090
hogs. The structure will be built at an
approximate cost of $30,000. and will be
designed along the most sanitary lines.
Dennis J. Haggerty, superintendent of
streets, filed his resignation as the head
of that department with the mayor Satur
day. Mr Haggerty has held the position
of superintendent of the highway depart
ment since the beginning of Mayor Fletch
er's first administration, being one of the
original appointees. Mr Haggerty will be
succeeded by Michael Lynch, at present
a mason contractor.
The contract for the new cotton mill, to
be erected by the Dwight manufacturing
company, was awarded last week toCaspar
Ranger of Holyoke. The new building will
be of mill construction. 440 feet long by
130 feet wide, and will be six stories in
hight. The cost will be about $380,000.
The contractor will begin work on the
construction of the building at once.
WESTFIELD.
Dr Charles B. Wilson of the Westfield
state normal school is to pass a good part
nt' his summer vacation in government in
vestigation work. Ho will continue the
work with other scientists of investigating
the mussels of the south and central
states in behalf of the bureau of fish
eries. He will pass most of the time in
the Cumberland mountain", end in deter
mining the extent of the mussel beds in
the Cumberland river.
Members of the Westfield anglers' club
received a big consignment of trout fry
from the Massachusetts fish and game
commission Friday noon and the fish
were planted in the local streams. It: is
estimated that about 50.000 were in the
different cans received. The fish were dis
tributed as evenly as possible in the
streams on both sides of the river. The
fingerlings will be received in the fall.
The annual meeting of the Western
Hampden historical society was held Mon
day night in the Westfield athenenm build
ing. After the business, meeting Rev John
H. T.ockwood of Springfield, who has in
preparation a history of Westfield, road a
paper on Westfield's connection with the
French and Indian war.
PALMER.
Mrs Mary A. Brown celebrated her 90th
birthday Tuesday at her home on North
Main street, Palmer. Mrs Brown is one
of the oldest residents of the village, har
ing lived in the house she now occupies
for a period of 40 years. At the time she
took up her residence in it the nearest
house was the Co! Cyrus Knox place,
the intervening territory being pasture
land, surrounded by a Virginia rail fence.
Mary Stacy Allen was born in Bel
chertown May 2. 1821, the daughter of
Chester and Anna Rice Allen. She was
the youngest of a family of seven chil
dren. all but one of whom lived to he
over 80 years of age. She was married
in Ware to Ebenezer Brown. December
16. IMA. and celebrated her golden wed
ding in 1895.
The forester of the Massachusetts high
way commission has a force of men at
work planting trees along the state high
way from tlm Warren line to the Spring
field line. Over 1200 of these are to be
sot out. principally rock and sugar maples,
ash and willows. Some of the specimens
are small, but are of rapidly growing va
rieties, that in a few years will change
tire aspect of the highway.
SOUTHWICK.
The state fish and game commissioners
of Massachusetts had a ear load of sil
ver perch six inches long and numbering
about 50.000 sent Saturday to Conga
mond lakes, which are partly in Massachu
setts and partly in Connecticut. The fish
were Sunday put into the lakes.
It ishernn n arc having good luck at Lake
Congamond. Robert Hollister and Charles
Heath of Springfield caught on Friday
34 bass, pickerel and perch, and T. Mack
of West Springfield on Saturday 29. in
cluding two bass weighing four and three
pounds respectively.
The 11th annual May-day dinner
at the Agawam Congregational church
opened Tuesday with a good number
in attendance, the tables being sot
at first for 75. The parlors and
rabies were decorated with ornamental
ferns and potted plants, and the church
with palms nnd cut flowers. The decora
tions for the church were contributed by
Aitken, the florist, and added not a little
to the attractiveness of the occasion. Ex
pressions of pleasure and good will from
many of the visitors warrant the conclu
sion that this Hth May-day dinner was
as successful as an#- which had pre
ceded it.
The lovers of trout fishing in Monson are
again indebted to ex-Senator Norcross, for
he received Saturday 10,00<» fingerling
trout which he has put in the different
trout streams of the town. Nearly every
year the ex-senator receives fingerling
trout to restock Ilie brooks, which is the
greatest reason for the success of trout
fishermen in this section.
Ft. M. Kendall, who recently sold his
farm in East Longmeadow to Mr John
son nf Boston, has bought of Cyril Wood
the William H. Hall place on Williams
street, and will soon occupy it.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
NORTHAM PTON.
Harold. Grant, 19, was killed Tuesday
afternoon by a peculiar accident with a
t#am which he was driving for Howes
Bros of Florence. He was alone when
the accident occurred, and had probably
been dead an hour when the body was
discovered, hut the manner of his death
was clearlv indicated by conditions. He
had gone to a sand pit near the brush
shop to gel a load of sand, and was away
so long that George Howes Went in
search of bint. The young man was
found lying dead in the nit. with a wheel
of the loaded cart pinning him down by
the neck and shoulder.
The annual meeting of the Belchertown
historical association was held Friday
evening nt the library with 18 members
present. Willard Stebbins, president of
the association, presided. Tbo reports of
tbo secretary, treasurer and auditor were
read and approved. There uro 484 groups
of articles and articles in the historical
room, which is crowded to the utmost ca
pacity. After discussion on the pros and
cons of the association's part iu the 150th
celebration of the town in July, a sum
of money was appropriated for the pur
pose and a committee appointed to take
charge of the pageant.
The county commissioners, at their regu
lar meeting Tuesday, apportioned the
county tax as follows:—
Amherst. $.->Poi'.qo: Belchertown. 1455.57:
Chesterfield. 485.10; Cummlngtcn, 485.10:
rasthampton. 8463.81: Enfield. 1024.28;
Goshen. 323.46; Granby. 754.73; Greenwich.
::T7.3-: Hadley. 1994.65: Hatfield. 1994.65;
Huntington. 1024.28: Middlefield. 269.55;
Northampton. 20,800.11; Pelham. -131.28;
Plainfield. 269.35; Prescott. 269.55; South
ampton, 754.73; South Hadley, 4582.32; Ware.
7762.98: Westhampton, 377.37: Williamsburg,
1563.38; Worthington, 539.10: total, 61,618.70.
City Treasurer Clark paid Monday a
bond of $2060 on the city's indebtedness
on behalf of tbo Massachusetts Central
railroad. The next annual payment of
S2OOO will clear up the indebtedness, which
was incurred in 1873, when the city
bought bonds of the railroad to the
amount of $300,000.
Edward Warriner of Hatfield street, a
conductor on the Williamsburg line of the
Northampton street railway company, was
knocked from the running board of an
open car at Warner meadow Sunday
afternoon at 3.30 and seriously injured.
The marriage engagement is announced
of Miss Senda Berenson, head of the de
partment of physical training at Smith
college, and Herbert Vaughn Abbott, asso
ciate professor of English language and
literature at Smith college.
H. S. Gere of High street entertained
his children Saturday in observance of
his 83d birthday. Mr Gere is in excel
lent health.
AMHERST.
The Chicago alumni association of
Amherst college has just published a
now edition of their booklet descrip
tive of Amherst. The book is at
tractively bound iu cream paper, with a
relief picture of the chapel and dormi
tories on the cover. It is profusely illus
trated with pictures of the campus, and
contains a well-written account of the set
ting of the college from the pen of Trof
John F. Gennng.
The annual May festival of Unity church,
which has been steadily increasing in pop
ularity for the last decade, outdid itself
nt the exercises which were held Mon
day in the town hall, ^'ho winding of the
Maypole by 16 girls prettily attired for
the occasion was the feature of the after
noon.
It is reported that Ferkins. Avery & Co
of Holyoke, who recently bought the mill
property at Cushman, will build at once a
new mill on the premises, where 30 men
will be emploj'ed in the manufacture of
tissue paper.
Prof John F. Gennng of Amherst col
lege, has an interesting essay in the May
issue of Harper’s magazine on his dog,
entitled. “My lowly master."
Motorcycles are very popular this year
with Amherst college students, and a
number of the boys have bought machines.
HADLEY.
One of the oldest houses in Hadley, com
monly known as the "Jewett” house, has
been torn down recently, as it was in a
dilapidated condition and was regarded as
unsafe. It was the boyhood home of John
Howard Jewett, the poet, and a loyal son
of old Hadley. It had been the abiding
place of countless Polish families during
the past few years, and has now been
bought by a daughter in the Jewett fam
ily, Mrs Taylor of New York, who will
erect a modern house there.
A large number of friends and neighbors
called at the Hadley home of Mr and Mrs
Watson Dickinson Monday between the
hours of 3 and 5 to congratulate them
upon their 60th wedding anniversary.
Frank Taylor Clapp of Huntington and
Miss .Helen Idell Taylor of Manchester,
N. H., were married at the home of the
bride's uncle and aunt, ex-Alderman and
Mrs G. Walter Taylor in Manchester, N,
IL, Wednesday last week by Rev Charles
R. Bailey. Immediately after the cere
mony the bride and groom left on a wed
ding trip to New York. Washington. At
lantic City. N. J., and other southern
points. Miss Taylor is a daughter of the
late Frank H. Taylor of Manchester, N.
IL. who was a skilled engraver.
Selectman James F. Allen, who has been
sunerintendent of the C. D. Woods box
factory at Enfield, has sent in his resigna
tion. to take effect June 1. Mr Allen came
from Erving. He has been a member of
the board of selectmen, has served several
years as superintendent in the Methodist
church and is secretary and treasurer of
the board of trustees and a member of the
official board. Mr Allen will go to Brat
tleboro, A t., where he and his son Leslie
have bought a grocery store of E. B.
Buffum.
An automobile owned by Herbert Shaw
of Belchertown was hit by the caboose
of a freight train near the Athol station
of the Boston and Albany railroad at.
Three Rivers late Sunday afternoon, and
the occupants of the machine. Mr Shaw,
his wife and Bert Fellows of Belchertown,
were injured. Mr Shaw and his compan
ions had driven over to Palmer from Bel
chertown to carry Luther Holland of
Springfield, and were on their way home
when the accident occurred.
AVorthington took action at a called meet
ing of her voters Friday night which places
her pre-eminently in the fore as a summer
resort or an all-the-year residence locality:
The need of an adequate water supply for
fire protection and domestic use has been a.
long-felt necessity. Realizing this, a few
progressive men'at the Corners, the Center
and Ringville by perseverance have secured
a special act from the Legislature for the
incorporation of a fire district, embracing
the three sections.
Mr and Mrs Calvin Preston of
South Hadley celebrated the 55th an
niversary of their marriage Satur
day. The occasion was quietly ob
served by a family gathering. Many called
during the day to express their congrat
ulations and esteem. Sixty-five letters and
postal cards, containing words of congrat
ulations and cheer were received.
John A. McKenna has sold his farm in
Dwight to Allison AA'. Kimball of Everett,
who will take immediate possession. This
farm hns long been known as one of the
best in the north part of the town and has
been owned by the McKenna family more
than 50 years.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
GREENFIELD.
The 48th annual May festival of the
Unitarian Sunday-school of Greenfield was
held Tuesday afternoon and evening in
Washington hall. The affair was attend
cd by the usual throngs of children in
the afternoon, and the hall was again
filled in the evening, when the children's
dances given earlier were repeated. Be
ginning at 9 o'clock, the floor was given
over to dancing, and an unusually large
number attended the dauce, which con
tinued until 1 o'clock.
The hearing upon the petition for the
probate of the will of William H. Hem
enway. late of Shutesbury, has been set
for Thursday. June 8. Appearances have
been entered for three cousins of the tes
tator. who by the terms of the will will
receive nothing. The will leaves the res
idue of the estate, after making a gift
of $.5090 to the New Salem academy and
a provision for the care of n burial lot,
to Mary W. Clark and Carrie A. Moody.
WHATELY.
Joseph Darr and some boy companions
were in the Whately* woods looking for
flowers Sunday afternoon.and chanced upon
the homo of a mother fox with throe little
one*, probably not many days old. Thomoth
er escaped, nnd the boys took the little ones
home with them. The problem of what
tn do with the cubs was easily solved
when "Joe” remembered that in a bar-
rel in the cellar of his home was a cat
with a recent litter of kittens. So the
foxes were put in with the kittens and the
cat consented to become their foster moth
er. They are gray in color, about the
size of a new-born kitten, but with a long
slender body and a large head.
M. E. Manning climbed Sugar Loaf
mountain Tuesday last week in his Ford
touring car. One hundred ears are said
to have made the attempt from time to
time, and only two have succeeded pre
vious to Mr Manning's successful attempt
Tuesday. Mr Manning did it with ease,
and came down the mountain without
chaining his wheels. A wager of SIOO
had been made that Mr Manning could
not climb the mountain.
ORANGE.
Word was received in Orange Friday
from Superintendent J. A. Taggart of
Millers Falls, that beginning May 1. the
Athol and Orange street railway company
would run its cars on a half-hour schedule
daily. The company is planning to make
extensive improvements, to beautify Brook
side park and in all probability make it
the resort it formerly was, besides putting
on double-truck cars.
Miss Lucy M. Phclon. who has been a
valued assistant at the Orange high school
as instructor in science for the past two
years, has resigned and left Friday to ac
cept a similar position in the high school
at Freeport, N. Y. Miss Davis of Gard
ner and a graduate of Mount Holyoke last
year, has been engaged to take her place.
The two-story frame building belonging
to the Erving mills, situated about 30 feet
east of their new brick factory, one mile
east of Erving. was destroyed by fire early
Friday morning. The fire is thought
to have caught from a passing train, as the
end adjoining the railroad was discovered
burning'by Night Watchman Leon L. Bur
nett and Chester A. Perry, an employe.
The amount of loss was about $3500,
fully insured.
The golden wedding anniversary of Mr
and Mrs Joseph F. Ballard was observed
Friday at Buckland. Mr and Mrs Bal
lard received at their residence in the after
noon from 2 to 4, and many friends called
to offer their congratulations. The even
ing celebration was in charge of the Odd
Fellows and the local grangers and was
held in Grange hall. A good-sized com
pany gathered for the occasion.
Preparations are being made for the first
alumni dinner of the Conway high school,
to be held in the Congregational church
June 30. All who have ever attended either
the academy or high school are urged to
send their names and annual fee of 25
cents to the president of the association.
Miss M. F. Sikes.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
PITTSFIELD.
The will of Maria H. Newton, late of
Lanesboro, was filed for probate late Mon
day afternoon. To an adopted daugh
ter she left $5 and the residue of the es
tate is left to the town of Lanesboro to
be used for building a town hall to be
used for the town offices and the library.
It will be known as the Newton memorial
hall. No provisions were made for the
location of the hall and this will be left to
the town to decide. It is estimated that
the estate is valued at about $75,000, al
though no inventory has been filed. Mrs
Newton had a large number of relatives,
none of whom is mentioned in the will with
the exception of the adopted daughter with
whom she had made her home in Middle
town. Ct., for the last nine months. The
relatives not mentioned hare not decided
whether thby will make any contest over
the allowance of the will.
The Burbank hotel has closed its doors
and will not be opened again. This hotel
had been doing business in Pittsfield for
the last 40 years and at one time wa^s
the leading hotel in Berkshire county. The
work of tearing down the building will be
started as soon as some decision is reached
as to what shall be done with’ the fixtures
and furniture in the hotel. This will be
decided by the referee in bankruptcy. The
other tenants in the building will be ready
to move- by the time their 30-days’ notice
to vacate expires, which will not be until
the 17th.
The meeting of the directors of the
board of trade was held Monday after
noon when the. resignation of AA’illiam H.
Eaton, as president of the board, and
Benjamin England and John H. Enright,
as directors, were received and accepted.
Luke J. Macken, the vice-president, was
elected president to succeed Mr Eaton.
AA'. A. Burns was elected vice-president.
Arthur E. Feeley Tuesday pleaded
guilty in the United States district court
at Boston to an indictment charging him
with abstracting funds from the Third
national bank. Sentence was deferred
pending the arrival from Europe of John
F. Noxon, attorney for Feeley. It la
probable that the young man will be
placed on probation.
LEE.
Boston people are in Lee negotiating
for the purchase of C. H. Shaylor’s Golden
Hill farm. They state that it is wanted
for a big summer hotel for Boston and
New York Jews. Mr Shaylor has set a
price in the neighborhood of $40,000. Tbe
farm is large and sightly and adjoins the
80-acre farm which AV. G. Chapin has
just sold to Mrs George AVestinghouse.
It has a long river front opposite Co
lumbia mill, although the house is at a
high elevation, and is considered one of
the most productive farms in the locality.
Mr Shaylor has also received an offer
from other Boston people, and the chances
are that the place will change owners in
a few days.
The members of Smith paper company
and the employes of their machine shop
gathered at tbe company's office Monday
evening, and the piesident, Augustus R.
Smith, on behalf of the company, presented
to Thomas H. Hayden a large silver loving
cup. gold lined, which was engraved, “Pre
sented to Thomas H. Hayden in apprecia
tion of his 56 years’ service, by Smith paper
company, May 1. 1911,” also with a cut
glass pitcher and 12 glasses, silver trim
med. which were for Mr and Mrs Hayden.
Mr Hayden responded with much feeling,
the gift being a complete surprise to him.
He told how he first started work for the
company.
One week's work on the trolly line east
of the town has resulted in the tearing up
of a strip a mile long. Over a great part
of this advantage was taken of the old
Lee and New Haven railroad. Some
heavy blasting was found necessary. The
bed of tbe road runs along the south
shore of Griffin’s pond, and a trip over the
line shows that the view is much better,
as a whole, than over the highway. No
where in Berkshire, nt least, is there a
trolly which will offer greater attractions
to the tourist.
GREAT BARRINGTON.
One of the attractive buildings of Great
Barrington will be the parish house which
will soon be erected for St James Episco
pal church at a cost of about $20,000. The
structure will be located adjoining the
south of the church on the beautiful site
presented to the church several years ago
by Edward F. Searles. This is called
St James place and is one of the best lo
cations in the town. The building fund
for the new parish house was made avail
able by the recent gift of the late Airs
If. H. Mason, which amounted to SIO,OOO.
Since then the parish has raised several ,
thousand dollars more nnd now the work
will be carried through as rapidly as pos- (
siblc.
Tony Smot, who was arrested at Great
Barrington on suspicion of being implicated
in the robbery of the paymaster of the
trolly construction company, has been re
leased from jail, nnd is now under SIOO
bonds instead of S3OOO. The evidence
against those arrested is considered by
many to be very weak.
Miss Florence 8, Markham took the con
tract to carry the United States mail be
tween the Interlaken and Stockbridge post
oflicee 22 years ngo May 1 and has con
tinued to do so without interruption up
to the present time. For the past 12
years she made one round trip, three miles
each way. six days a week, including hol
idays. During Hie past 10 years she has
made two round trips each day. In ad
dition to carrying the mail Miss Mark
ham conveys passengers, freight, express
and attends to numerous errands each
day. During this period Miss Markham
has driven from 60.000 to 70.000 miles
and makes the schedule time regardless
of the severe summer and winter storms.
James W. Maher, a well-known insur
ance agent of North Adams, who has done
much government work in the way of su
perintending the taking of censuses and
otherwise, has just been appointed to the
position of special agent with the tariff
board. This board was appointed by the
president about a year ago and recently
has been increased from three to five
members, and Mr Maher has been made
?P e .if“ e men fhosen for this work.
He wil work upon the cotton schedule
especially.
WORCESTER COUNTY.
Town Clerk Robert G. Livermore has is
sued a marriage license to William W.
McLaurin of Brookfield and Miss Annie
Heichemer of Gonsensheim. Ger. Mr Mc-
Laurin is a. member of tjie Ideal paper
company, the largest manufacturing com
pany in the town. He left for Ger
many May 1. The wedding will take place
May 15 at Miss Heichemer’s home.
Walter B. Hall, superintendent of the
Warren cotton mills, was thrown from
his carriage near Cheney brook while driv
ing to Warren Tuesday afternoon, and
Buffered a dislocation of nis right arm.
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
The contest of four of the five brothers
of Clarence E. Glover, the murdered Wal
tham laundryman, over the will which
gave the bulk of his property to his widow
and the fifth brother, was left for final
decision in the hands of a jury of
the supreme court at Cambridge Tues
day night. The jury disagreed and a now
trial will be had. The final day of Ihe
trial was marked by the appearance
of Mrs Glover upon the stand, with sev
eral of her friends, who testified to friend
ly relations existing between the husband
and wife, Mrs Glover especially denying
the claims in the deposition of Hattie
Leßlanc, the servant in her home, who
was tried and acquitted of the murder of
Mr Glover, that there was never any show
of affection between Mrs Glover and her
husband. The amount of property at stake
was about $45,000.
A 17,000-tnile funeral trip to the west
coast of South America ended last week,
when the battleship Delaware steamed up
to the Charlestown navy-yard from Val
paraiso, where she carried and delivered
the body of the Chilian minister. Senor
Don Anibal Cruz, who died in Washing
ton last January. The Delaware sailed
from Hampton roads on January 31 and,
passing through the strait of Magellan,
reached Valparaiso on March 11. After
participating in the funeral services the
big battleship steamed for home on March
21,. making the stretch from Valparaiso
to Rio Janeiro. 5000 miles, without a
stop, and the 4000 miles to Boston in
like manner. The sustained speed for the
entire trip was a trifle over 14 knots an
hour.
There was a sad burning fatality Fri
day morning, when the two-years-old
son of Mr and Mrs John Geddo of Chest
nut street, died from burns received while
watching a brush fire near the road. The
little boy got too near and his dress
caught fire, and before it could be extin
guished the chll^ was horribly burned about
the body. Dr Cuddy was hastily called,
but the little one died in two hours. The
fire was alongside the road in the brush.
CONNECTICUT.
The commission form of government may
soon be tried by Norwich for the com
mittee on cities in the Legislature has
decided to report a charter for Norwich
embodying the commission plan. The new
charter must first be accepted by the
voters of the city in an election, or refer
endum, but evidently the public sentiment
in favor of the departure is strong. The
Hartford Courant offers encouragement,
saying: "We trust that Norwich will be
lifted out of the rut and given a chance
to show she can govern herself. Then let
other cities follow her example. It's a
tine beginning.”
Morton F. Plant of New London was
chosen president pro tempore of the board
of trustees of Thames college, the wom
an’s college to be located at New London,
at a meeting of the trustees Monday in
New Haven. Alfred H. Chappell of
New London was named as treasurer and
Miss Elizabeth C. Wright of West Hart
ford as secretary. The charter of the col
lege provides for 24 trustees, but 13 is
the number thus far decided upon. Prof
Henry P. Wright of New Haven, former
dean of Yale college, is one of the trus
tees.
Fire that broke out at 9 Monday night
destroyed the house, barn and silo belong
ing to Charles Slanetz of North Maple
street on the road to the Shaker settle
ment in Enfield. The property ac
quired from Mrs Mary Hawthorn
three years ago was burned to the
ground involving a loss of about
SSOOO, which carried insurance to
the amount of S2BOO. Some of the fur
niture and all of the live stock were saved,
but the hay and farming tools were a
complete loss.
Judge Lucien F. Burpee of the su
perior court at Hartford, in a decision
last week declined to disturb the
award of $13,607.35 made recently by
a jury to James J. Murphy of Plainville
in his suit for damages against the Con
necticut company. The action was to re
cover for injuries received in a trolly
wreck at White Oak last October, and the
verdict was the largest ever reported in
a personal injury case in Connecticut.
In a riot at the Falls company’s cotton
mill in Norwich last week Wednesday,
where a strike of some 200 operatives is
in progress, three policemen and a number
of the strikers were severely injured.
Reinforcements were sent from police
headquarters, the crowd subdued and
about 25 arrests made. The strike re
sulted from differences over wages and
matters of work in the weave-shop.
The entire republican ticket was elected
at the annual borough election in Winsted
Monday. For superintendent of water
works, J. M. Crossman. republican, de
feated Charles J. Ryan, democrat, by 163.
The name of Patrick J. Darcey, democrat,
appeared on both tickets for warden.
VERMONT.
An indictment charging murder in the
first degree was returned by the Essex
county grand jury Friday against Ar
thur Bean, an 18-yenrs-old youth, for the
shooting of his mother and sister, Mrs
George Bean and Miss Xina Bean, at their
home in Maidstone on March 9 last. Young
Bean was arrested soon after the bodies
of his mother nnd sister hearing bullet
wounds were discovered in their little homo
and since that time has been in jail at
Guildhall. Hia trial, it was stated Friday
ntght, will be held at the present term
immediately following the trial of Mrs J.
Marshall Dodge of Lunenburg, who is
charged with murdering William Heath, a
painter.
Clark C. Mundell, who was shot in the
bead early last Thursday morning at the
home of his employer, Caspar Smith,
about one mile from West Wardsboro,
died early Monday morning. He never
regained consciousness after he collapsed
soon after being wounded.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The Wonalaneet house, a small hotel fa
miliar to slimmer visitors in the Turn
worth section of the White mmtntains. wits
burned last week. The bouse had not been
opened for the season but was being made
ready. A defective chimney is believed to
ha ye started the blaze. The loss is $10? >OO.
DIED,
At Philadelphia. I’n . 27tl>. Jor.wrn W.
BB0WW«, formerly of this city.
Burial in Oak Grove cemetery, Spring
field.