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MONTPELIER, VERMONT, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1910.
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SCOKES Of YICTIMS
Wrerk of Kock Island Tralns Cnuxos
Jhnlh mid lnjury of Fnsseiigcrs.
Marskalltown, Oown, March 21.
Moro than two score persons wcro
klllcd and nlmost us ninny more wcro
Injured todaay in th wrecking at
Green Mountaln of two Rock Island
tralns niffhlng over the Chlcago Grcnt
AVc.itoni Hracks fi"om Marahalltown to
Wntcrloo.
Several of thc lujnred nmy dlo.
A little frclght wreck on thc Kock
Island last nlght at Shollsburg was
the indlrcct causc of thc Green Moun
ftaln dlsaster. Thc Rock Island llno
was bloeked and lt hecanio necessary
to detour over the Great Western
tracks. Two tralns sent from Cedar
Kapids to Marshnlltown wcro coupled
together and the two , locomotlves
placed ln fromt of theni. Both loco
motivcs werc runnlng backwards.
The comhlncd traln conslsted of
thlrteen cars. A Pullman was ncxt to
the locomotlve. Thcn came a smoklng
car and a day coach. ln the latter
wcro many women and chlldren.
The doubled traln was golng about
25 niilcs an hour when lt rcached a
cut flvc mlles from Green Mountaln,
t the top of the hill. ln thls cut the
tendcr of the front locomotlve juinped
the track. Thls threw the head loco
motlve into the sldes of the narnnv
cut.
The day of thc sldes werc soft and
the engine wcnt Into lt and stoppcd
nlmost instantly.
Tho sudden stoppage dltched the
sccond locomotlve and the momentum
of thc heavy traln crushed the day
coach and tho smoklng car agalnst
the heavier Pullman. The smoklng
car and the day coach were telescop
ed and hardly an occupant of clther
car e.scaped dcath or lnjury.
Whilc tho last ten cars remalned
-on the track the shock threw the pas
sengers from thelr seats.
I'ninjured passengors began re
5110; ing the dead and injured. The
kxul were taken to an adjolnlng pas
turo and lald on the grass. A rellef
train from Marshalltown, carryins
surgcons r.nd Coroncr Jay arrlved
two hours aftcr tho cras'.i. Dy that
tiui" the victlni3 were lald on the
gra& ln gruesonie rows. The dcad
were crushed-and muMlated, Jn annny
oab .- i,pyond recognltion. Sevornl
ljfldli s are so mutilated that thc y may
j" b? Identlfied.
r-o!id rescuo traln relievpd the
v,;,Kh bruurfil n load of Injured
ii-shalltnw n. I
,n, ,. j:, h:.c-tuilnR in an
wyL ' , t Osiii'.U hrn i'.i '
1
r,
1 wn 1 1 t 1 iiuvimrnl as fclio
.-,.( o . (iiiii'i 1 a ( ornr and
1 iinn 1 H),.s. lt is htUfvrd
ils 'hac.v 1- L'.dun and that ho
tlul
cai)i j- live.
N ,ir' all the dead wero i' tho day
co. h and thc smoking car. I't ls -bp-Mevul
that only two of the dcad were
in 'the Pullman.
James McNamara, aisistant lioad
flerk of tho Moilern WooJmon of
Anu'rica nt Rock Island, was a pas
sengi r. in thc 'smoking car. He escap
1 withotit lnjury.
C. W.Moler, of Walla Walla, Wash.
was ln a lower berth la one of the
Pullman coaches nearest itho 'rear of
tho traln. "I dld not realize lt. was a
wrock," sald Jie. "It sounded a3
Uiotigh a nian 'had thrown a brlck on
tho lloor.
"I Eaw some terrihle thlngs. Ono
maiis skull was cut olf alxne the
oyes, Anofiher maii had beeu drlvon
kead fii-s);. into a wlndow. Tho glass
was lroken and was cuttlng hlm
wlu rr- Ms httid rtsted 011 the slll and
und- r an awful weiglit above. Ho
scr rmed and crled for somo 0110 .o
kiOl hlm. I found a stlck and broko
thc gUis undor lils cheek wlierc- it
lay on tho elll and tho man's lower
Jaw, wlth the bono and flvo or slx
fteoth dn it, fell 011 tho ground at niy
ic t.
"TIito was an old nian runnlng
nbaut, pleadlng for us to rascuo hls
son. Hp was badly hurt hlmself, 'but
lio pleadcd and wept for aid to brlng
hls son out of tho debrls. I saw the
son lnter when he was brought out.
Ho wns iut ln two. Wo had Ithe
manglcd body kept siwny from'the fa
ther nnd let tlio old nian bollove hla
fmn' was etllt ln the, wrcck."
G wge W. IJownlng of Vlnton was
Jn thc smoksr, the thhd circ 1'roni tha
lni'ou.otivoa, Ho was pinnpd undor a
seaii .
"Tlu- flrst I loiow," he sald, "tho
Pulhnan camo rlght .back tlirougli
our. Two men sittlng in front of mo
wero cnVnhed to deatli and I and n.y
companion wcro down on tho bottoin
wltli what efeaned t'ao world piled on
llop of us.
"Wo wero s-lttlng In a doublo aoat.
j A man sat factng us. He nnd tho
Kcot camo crashlng baclc on us and
llattened us to the fioor. Thcro we Jay
under a llving man and two dead men
who -wero Uterally Bpitmshod nnd
whoFc blood ran down 011 tin throiigh
the wrockago."
Pnenmonia follows a cold Dutnover
follows tho ubo of Foloy'B Honoy and
Tar whlcli stona tho coueh, lieals the
lungs nnd oxpels the cold from the
system. Soiu by an aruggiBia. auv
STILL UNDISMAYED
Hnpiidlatlon of Sppaakcr Cannon 'ot
Kcgardcd ns Doirnfnll of ItcpubH-
PUI1H.
Washington, D. C, March 20. Tho
tltanlc struggle over tho Speakcrshlp
of tho Houso of Reprcsentatlves, whl6h
rcached its cllmax lato yestcrday ln thc
destructlon cf tho Spcaker's power In
the commlttco on rules and tho deter
mlnatlon by tho House to rcconstruct
that comnilttee, yet leavlng Mr. Can
non thc speakcrshlp ltsclf, may havc
marked not so much the cndlng of a
threc-day battlo as the bcglnnlng of
a great polltlcal war. The rccognl
tlon by all factlons of thls posslbility
was tho prlnclpal feature today of thc
poltlcal sltuation ln Washington.
Hardly anybody here thlnks that the
condltion of alTairs after tho nionien
tous battlo lepresents any satisfactory
concluslon. Tho Speakcr and hls
frlends appcar to lntorprot the rcfus
al of tho IIousc to deposo hlm, as jus
tlfylng thcm In clalmlng to havc wrest
ed victory from defeat, endorscincnt
from repudiatlon.
The Rcpubllcan regulars clalm that
the insurgents who voted for the
Speaker havo rctumed to the party
fold. Tho Democrats taunt thesc In
surgents wlth rccreancy. Nobody
secms entlrely happy about the out
come. Even ln the Scnate, thc regu
lars aro apprehenslvo lest tho insur
gent conllagration nvay sprcad to
that House.
Speaker Cannon's deflant spcech
last nlght before the lllinois Rcpub
lican Assoclatlon, ln whlcli he con
temptuously denounced tho lnsurgent
members of the Houso who stood by
hlm in the flnal tcst, as "cowardly
members of Congress wlthout the cou
rage of thelr convlctlons" hascut to
tho quick thcse who who responded
wlth thelr votes to what they say
they belleved to bo thelr duty to the
party and to tho country, and hen sav
ed hlm from uttcr humillatton.
The, meetlng of the Insurgents has
ns yet been summoned to conslder the
future course, but undoubtely ono wlll
be hcld wlthln a day or two. The
next conlllct, lf one comes, wlll be on
tho selcctlon of tho new rules cpnimjt
tce to provlde for ln tjie Norrls' reso
lutioti, Tho comnilttee' is to bo clect
ed by thc House, instcad of belng ap
polntcd by the Speaker, as hltherto.
Tho Republtcans wlll chooso slx
members cf thls comnilttee and tho
Democrats four. Wlietnur the Insurg
ents will be glven roprcsentation 1s
unknown. They say they havc not ask
ed and do not caro for lnenibcrship on
tho new comniittee
The Democrats will choose thelr
four lnembers in caucus. Of thesc
four, threo arc practically certain to
Ue mliiciity leadors: Champ Clark,
FitzgTald of New York, and fndor
wood of Alabama.
'to attempt to prodlct whom tho
Keiiubltcans will selcct would bo tho
merest speculation.
Every important admlnlstratlon
moasurc is haltcil Just whoro lt stood
last Wedncsday.
A Republlcan hlgh in the councils of
tho irty, gavo it is hls opinion today
that tho worst ls noy over and that
l'crmanont peaco wlll shortly ensue.
"Tho party in tho House is niorr.
nnlted now than for a long tinie," he
f-ald. "There will be 110 disposltlon to
a'ouso tho insurgent members, but 011
tlio Vmtrary, an effort to conclllato
tl'.em.
Thls llopublican bolioved that the
cffoci of the battlc of last weck would
he advantageous to all admlnlstratlon
logislation now in Congress. Ho ex
picssed hi'.a opinion thai: all ltepubli
cans would now stand solldly for the
Taft program, and that the party
l-ledges would bo fully redcemed.
Much depends upon whether tho ln
surgent Republlcans, who lliied up and
provented the crushing dcfcat of
Speaker Cannon and hls outlng from
th chalr, only to bo rewarded last
nlght wlth denunciutlon at the Speak-
c r'j hands, can bo placatcd.
lt was oven statod today by a pro
minont moniber of tho Houso that a
t'jcond assault nilght occur upon the
&peakor to remove him from tho
Speakcrshlp, and it was polnted out
that tho Insurgents who stood by tho
ii'icaker mlght ncxt time bo leading
tiso Jlght to down hlm
rvo yuw 'juixsks.
(jowrnor Prouty Apitoliits .TiuIl'i-s of
Prohale I11 ltcnnluglon nnd Chlttcii
deu Coiiulles.
Newport, March 21. Govcrnor G.
H. Proul:y thls afternoon mado publlc
two a)iolntiupnts nmdo by hlm to All
i-aoancteb in tho offlces of Judgo of
Probato of tho dlstnicts of Manchester
and Chittenden. Edwnrd tlriffith of
Manchesler ls appointed .to 1111 the
vacancy caused by itho reslgnatlon of
Wlllium I). Edgorton for the district
of Manchester, wihllo Oiniond P. Ray
of Burlington ils nippolutcd to flll tho
vacancy caused by tho death of Judgo
M. A. Blnghum of Burlington.
Thoro has -been bomcwha of a con
test for tlw'offlco in tho district of
CliJttenden, thoro belng 110 loss than
flva candldatos ln thc tlold. TJ10 unsuc
cessful cnndldates nre A. L. Shorman,
fonner Stato's Attornoy J. II. Ma
coniber, C. S, Palmcr and E. M. Hor-
to,n,,Jud.B y ,18 frfr C0Unt5r
USED $10,000 FUND
TestliiKHi) ln IiiHiirnnre lincstlga
tion DUclot's Soiiic SIijkI.v Deal;
Ings.
New York, March 21. Out of tho
mass of promlslng gcncralltlcs whlcli
has charactcrlzcd tho flre Insurancc
Iniiuiry stnrtcd in New York on Frl
dny last, thoro cropped up today tcs
tiinony that threo forclgn re-lnsur-nnce
conipanlcs had paid handsomoly
to havo tho so-called Grady re-lnsur-anco
blll passcd by tho Lcglslaturo
at Albany In 1901. The blll was passcd
and is still a law, notwlthstandiiig
that it was opposed by domestic com
panics, who subscrlbcd $10,000 for the
purpose and placed it ln thc hands
tho late Georgo P. Sheldon, one-tlino
presldent of tho Phoenlx Firo Insur
ance Conipany of Drooklyn. n
These incldcnts wcro described on
tho stand by 10. H. A. Correa, vlco
prcsident of the Honie Flrc Insurancc
Conipany. Just how the fund raiscd
to ccnibat thc mcasurc was spcnt,
was not niado clear, oxccpt tliat Mr.
Sheldon used it in employing coun
sel for travellng expenses and "for
entertainmcnt In golng to Albany."
Hut New York's state capltal was
not tho only polnt of intcrest to the
Natlonal Board of Flrc Underwrlters,
acccrding to thc testlmony of today.
Thero wero intimations of an organiz
cd systeni of lnflucncing leglslation
throughout tho country.
It was cven suggested that thc work
of tho lusurane men extended to Con
gress. William H. Hotchkiss, Stato
superintendont of insurance talked 011
thls point durlng tho oxamlnatlon of
Correa. He introduced ln evidence a
bill for $10,000 allowed by thc Natlon
al Board of Fire Undcrwrlters, of
whlcli Correa was a membcr. Thls
blll was preslinted by Ernest Ithoades
"for servlces rendercd ln connectlon
wlth the repeal of the stanip act." Tlu
bill was dated July 1C, 1903, but it
was not shown ln what capacity
Uhoades acted.
Tho law In question was one passcd
by Congress at tho time of the Span
ish Amcrican war, re(uirlng a tax
apiong other thlngs, upon lire insur
ance pollcies.
Correa's testimony relatlng to tho
Grady bill camo out through the read
ing by Mr. Hctchkiss of a letter wrlt
ten by the wltness to a fricnd ln
11)01.
Pressod for detalls concenilng the
passage of tho nioasulo, Correa was
unablo to say how niuch had been ox-
per.ded by the foroign companles, but
he sald: "Posslbly $3,000." Ile was
sure, howevor, that thls was pa'.d to
lawyers and not to loglslaturi'K.
"Two of these re-lnsuranee eoinpan-
les wanted to domlnatc thing3 at Al
bany, and they succoedod," sald tho
witnoss. "They wero thc Munich Ito
iusuranco Conipany and the Prussla
Ito-lnsuranco Conipany.- Tho Munich
Company made 110 bcnes about It, ad
nilttlng that it was spending nioney'
to havo the blll passcd."
Tho largost amouut mentioaed ho
far in tho inquiry was devctoped
through the testlmony of Col. A. H.
Wray, nianager of tho Comniercial
Union Assurance Conipany, Ltd., ot
London, and a member of the Natlon
al Board of Flre Underwrlters. He sald
that the lato Georgo P. Sheldon had
collected $1300 from hlm, as a- part o(
a fund of $19,000 whlcli was to bo used
to oppose hostilc logislation chlofiy
ln the west.
.() YKAKS A I'HYSIt'IAX.
I)r. Honry I). Bolton lSniiiiqcts !!!
Fellow Prnctllloiiprs ln llonor of
Annlicrsary.
Brattleboro, March 21. ln honer
of hls coniplotion of 50 years of prac-
tlce as a physlcian Ur. Henry I). Hol-
ton, secrctary of tho State Board 0
Healtli, and 0110 of the best known
physclans and medloal experts ln
Vermont, tonight gavo a banquot to
tho meunbers of the Brattleboro Phy-
slclans Assoclatlon nnd a few lnvltod
guests.
The banquet was hcld ln thc
Brooks House at 8 o'clock and ln the
after dlnner spoeclunaklng l')r. Hol-
ton gavo many remlntscences and ln-
cldeuts which ihavo occurred in hls
half century of practlce. llemarks
woro also made by the other physt
clans. March 9, mnrked tho date of rr.
Holton'8 nnnlversary, but on that day
hls profo39lonal dutles called hlm to
another part of the Stal'.o. As a re
mlnder of tho osteom ln which they
held lilni, thc Brattleboro physlcians
sent hlm, na a sllght reinembranco,
an amcthy&t stlck pln, and Hr. Hol-
ton reclprocated for 'thelr thought
fulncss wlth tonlght's hanqucu Dr. C.
S. Pratt had ohargo of tho arrangc
nients. Dr. Holton was graduated from tho
mcdlcal lcpartinent of tho Unlverslty
of New York, MarOh 9 1S0O, nPUr
many yeara of study. Ho camo to
Putney and settled nnd practlsed
thor for eoven years. Ho then camo
to Brattleboro and settled, and has
been here slnce. Dr. Holton ls wp-U
through numerous medloal treatlses
and Jaurnals wlilch lio has wrltton
and iho is also a momber of many
AnWican and forelgn mtlcal socl
F0URTEEN CUILTY
Jllg Onng of Swlmllcrs Convictcd of
Uslng arnll to Bcfrnud Ylcllms.
Councll Bluffs, Iowia, March 20.
Jahn C. Mnbray and thlrteen of hls
assoclatea, today wero found gullty ir
:ho UnitCHl States Dlstnlct Court oi
lllegal uso of the inalls to promote
flxed sportlng events. The Jurop dls
agreed as to Hobert E. D. Goddard,
of San Antonlo.
The prlsoners wlll bc eiitcnced
on 'Monday. Two years Imprlsonment
and a flno'of $10,000 ls the maxlmuui
pealty.
Goddard Is nnder IndJctment in the
Nebraska dls'trict of tho Federal
Court and wlll be trled agaln when
other defendants aro hrotiglit intc
that court.
Wlth the convlctiou of tho sald de
fendants, tllio governnien1; bellovos lt
has broken up tho most monumentnl
swindllng combinatlon whlcli has
over oporatcd. Statlstlcs havc boen
gather whlcli show the rocelpts of
the coniblnatiton lnce Jls organlza
ton about ten ycars ago, to havo ex
ceedcd $5,000,000.
Tho success of Uhe government ln
brlnglng the defendants to tiial, was
largely duo to tho eapture. wheu
Mnbray was arrestcd, of a trunk found
ln hls home, which contalned a
complete documentnry record of the
transactlons of tho combinatlon for
four ycars. A loose lcaf pocket ledg
or was one of tho doctnhents thus se
curcd. lt contalned the nanies and
addresses of over 200 persons who had
acted as go-bctweens ln vaVious tran
sactlons. They llvod ln ncarly ev
ery State.
There were 11 branches in various
pr.rts of the country, all operated from
ono city. The hcadquarters was niov
cd from time to time, ns tho leaders
cjine undor survelllanco by tho au
tl.oritlcs. Foot raclng, wrestllng, prizo ilght
ing, horse raclng and wire tapplng
wero thc speclaltles offered vlctlms on
which to make casy money.'
.HUST AIM'KAK IX COUHT.
Woman of jrnnj Allnscs llulcd Ueforc
rnltcil Slatcs Coinnilssioiicr to An
snor to Cliarac.
Burlington, March 22. Sophia M.
Dllliiighnm, alals Sophia M. Noo, allas
Sophia M. Maxfleld, nlias Sophia M.
Wliitcrs, alias ' SBpllhr M. BVlllr alias
Sophia M. Smlth of llarro was boforo
rnited States Coininisslonor Martln
S. Vilas today and was released in
the sum of $1,000 ball for nppearance
at United States District Court here
Aprll 12. Her husbaud furnlshod bail.
The charge against her is atteinpting
to securo a penslon fraudulpntly. The
wnrrnnt sets up that Mra. Smlth put
forth a olaiin to be placod upon tho
pension rolls of tho United States un
der tho provisions of an act of Con
gress on Aprll 19, 1908, as bolng Sop
hia M. Wlnters, tho husband of Hor
man Wlnters, who cnlistod under tho
name of Herman S. Wlnters on Fcb
ruary 2t, 1SC4, Conipany I, lGth regi
mont Now York Cavalry, as a prlvato,
sorved in tho Clvll War, and was hon
orably dlscharged .lune 13, 1805 and
who dled .Tanuary 1, 1900, well know
ing such clalm to bo false, fraudulent
and tlctltlous, intending to dcfrnud the
government.
lTGITIYK FlM)3r .1USTICK.
Ckier llc tccllie Work lly Rutland Of.
llccrs IW'SiiHs In ritnrc of 3ran
U'iintcil For Drsertlon.
Rutland, March 20. Glover detec
tlve work by local pollce offlcers re
sulted ln tho nrrost, as a fugltlve from
justko ln New York Stato, of Honry
Ollver, vho spent last night ln the
city jall, nfter belng employed for four
days by the Rutland Street Rallway,
I.lght nnd Power Company. Actlng
Chlef P. II. Conlln rceclwr a telc
gram Wednesdny nlght froTn Sheriff
J0I111 H. Bogart of Watortown, N. Y'
statng that a man belleved bo bo call-
lng hlmsolf Frank Dowey was work
ing here, and was wanted on tho
chargo of desortlng hls wlfe and threo
chlldren. A letter followcd de'scrlbln
g tho man. Offlcer Conlln nskcd tho
post offlce authorltlos to watch 6ut for
Dewoy lf ho asked for any lettor. That
nlght Ollver nppoared at Statlon A,
but got away beforo tho pollce could
bo notliled. He returned Snturday ev-
cnlng and was nnbbed by Offlcers S.
C. Warren nnd C. C. I.orotto, who wero
wnHlng ln plaln clothes.
RKFUSKS TO ACT.
.Mayor II. 0. Cai ppnter of Rutland
Wlll Xot Concern Hlmself In Coni
promlsc. Rutlnnd, March 20. Mayor H. O.
Cnrpontor rofuses to settlo tho con
tvcversy between sldo Judges F. M.
Pluniloy and II, M, Rodllold ovor tho
nppolntlng of llcenso fommtsslonors
fr.r thls county. Thls announcemcnt
was mado laat nlght followlng hls re
turn from a threo days' trlp and ls
tnc latest developmont In tha caso, As
R'liuniiB of sottllng tho dlsputo bo
twi'pr. tho Judges, each ono of thom had
agrccd to appolnt a comnilssloner aud
to nllow tho mayor to nppolnt a thlrd!
who would bo agreeablo to them, but
hls lefusnl to do so destroys all hopo
oi au oorly Bettlenient.
STRIKE IS AVERTED -
Dlspute Iuvohlng 27,000 I'licnicn Ir
Uo Amicahly .Seltled Today.
Chlcago, 111., March 21. All quea
tlona In Jlsputo between tho 27,000
lrtimen on western rollroads and M10
ralilrcad inanagers wlll bo amleabiy
settled according Ko an agrocment
rcached today tlirougli the eft'orts of
Ijabor Comnilssloner Xoill.
lt was ngrnd by W. S. Cartor,
presldent of the Brotherhood of Lo
comotlve Flrcmon and Eiigine:nen and
a commltteo roprescn'.ing thc judii,
nnd tho general nianagors' commlt
teo, rbpresenting tho 47 railroads ln
voHed, to settle tho controversy ln
the iollo.vlng manncr:
The riuestlon of isonlorlty or tlie
proiiiotlon of old time flrcmen ovei
new men, and the tiucsilon or repre
sent,.tlon by the unlon of, flremen
who have boen promotod 10 bo on
glncnien are to bo coinproniisod bo
foro any arbltration ia atteniptoti.
The domand of thc 111011, for, au ln
crease ln wages of 12V6 por cont Is
thei' to bo subiilitted to arblt'.-allon
under Llie Erdinan act.
In prcvious negol:lations tlio rail
roads had agrced to arbltrate Ihti
wago question but had docllncd lo
arbltrate tho other two points, on
thc ground Itlhat they were points of
dlsoipline and authority alone.
lt was lonrncd that both sldes
were brought to an agrepnient to
compromise through tho insiritenco cf
Coinnilssionor Neill Khat soniothlii!;
had to be done qtilckly. Mr. Neill de
clared that unloss actlon was taken
vlthln twenty-four 'hours, he would
roturn to Washington.
Thc general manager tonight ls
sued thls ib!.atenient:
"A isettlement of the wholo mattor
liirobably will be nvado tomorrow
which will be satisfactory to both
sldes."
Mr. Cailer l.ad 110 conimont to
make.
CHAItGK FALSE DIl'IMSOXMKXT
Papers .ScthmI 011 Dt'puty Shcrlfi' 1).
A. llarkcr of Itntiaiul Uy 3Inu Ile
Arre.stt'd.
lhitland March 1S.-A county court
writ alleging falso iniprlsonnicnt was
sen'ed today on Delmty Sheriff D.
A. Barkor of Rutlnnd and Horace G.
Lobdoll of tho town of ltutland, coin
polling theni to give ball of $2000 cach
for thelr appearancc at the Septcmber
terni, to answer to Michacl Donovan
of tho town of Rutland, who ls ls al
lrged they unlawfully dotained. Mr.
Barker wont to the Lobdell house
wherc Donovan works, last Sunday
morning, told tho man, lt is charged,
that he was under nrrest on thc
charge of horso stoaling and lodged
hlm in Jall, whoro ho was held until
today, when he furnished $200 bail
and was released. Tho writ alleges
that the papers commltting tho plain
tiff were not issued or flled wlth the
jall keeper until more than 3C hours
after Donovan was locked up, and
that ho was 'imprisoned wlthout any
procoss whatever.
Donovan was arraignod thls morn
ing bororo Justice Ii. II. Stlckn'ey on
a warrant cliarging horse stealiug, tho
paper alloglng that whon the horse
was stolen It was ln possesslon of II.
E. Dyer of thls city. He was held
ln $200 ball. On the clvll writ
brought in fnvor of Lobdell, Donovan
had prevlously furnished bail of $300.
The horso which was owned by Lob
dell, who is manager of a farm for
Mr. Dyei' at Clarendon, wns kllled,
It is charged, whon drlvon against
an express traln at tho Clarendon
cvosslng of tho Rutlnnd rallroad re
cently. Lobdell clalms Donovan
agreed to pay for tho anlmal, thon
changed hls nilnd and tho proceedlngs
followed.
IvUKOSKM: CAIKJIIT I'lltl
llusliaud aud ' WilV lam.'croiisly
Kiirncil Whllc Startlug I'irc In
Sloir.
Rutland, March 18. Startlng a
flre ln a kltchen stovo wlth kdrocene
thls morning, Mrs. Hnrold J. Bryant
aged 3l, had tho entlro uppor part
of her body horrlbly burned, whlle
tho woman's husband, who is 70
years of agc, was goverely scorched
ln' trylng to rescue hen but fcucceod
ed In oxtlngulshlng tho llames.
Whon a physlcian arrlved tho wo-
inon was ilellrlous wlth paln aml
tho aged husband was ln ngony wlth
hls-hands terrlbly seared and swo--lon.
Thoy woro hurrled to tho city
hospltal ln an nmbulanco, lt ls bo
lioved tho Avoman has a chanco tor
recovery, although hor condltion la
crltlcal tonight. Her husband's
wounds aro not regarded ns danger
ous. Polltlcal Adfhcr Leacs.
Rutland, March 18, Sonator nnd
Mrs. John L. Lowls left thls afternoon
for thelr home in North Troy on ac
count of prlvntc bustness. For olght
tvoeks Sonator Lowls has been Llout.
Gov. John A. Mead's polltlcal ndvlsor
and wlll conttnuo as such on hls re-
turn hero about Aprll 2.
FENSION LABORERS
Leglslaflve Strnggle.s J.astlmr (Mor
Four Years 'rornilimted ln Frnncc.
I'anls, March 22. --The Scnatc to
night, by a votto of 280 r.O 3. passtd
tho workmen's penslon bill. Tlus
marks tho cnd of a lcglslatlve strug-
glo extcndlng over four ycars and
of n polltlcal agltatlon in Francc
rcachlng back to 18S2.
Tho blll ts lt (Inally pasaed, cm
bodks tho flnal recoinniendatlons of
thc Eovernment and ls moilitUd ln
many rospects from Itiho bill as It
paissod tho chainber of deputies. Tho
general bellef ls that tho chamber will
now accnpt lt, nnd thus avuld fui-ther
struagle.
The plan liwoles coiuributlons
from thire sonrces for tlie treatlon of
tho pension fund: Flrd , obllgntory
yearly contributWiw from tlu wagc
enrner amountlng to r.lne fnincs for
men slx franc for wonie nand toui"
ad onp-lialf francs for nilnors; src
ond, the contrlbutlon of the t'liipl.iy
er, whlcli equals that of thc- wagr.
wirniir, and thlrd, tlie contrlbrtlen of
I'.ho State.
Experts dlffer as to what tho latter
wlll be, but the gcnerally accepted
ilguro is $30,000,000 for thc flrst yenr
tho auiount decreaslng until tho
schemo works normally, when it will
be about $25,000,000. Tho beneilclarics
aro to draw thelr pensions at the agc
of 65, or after 30 years. of servlce, wlth
certain dlmlnltions for advanced en
joymont. The full pension at the low
est unlt of contrlbutlon, wlll be 414
francs pcr annuni, except for farm
laborors, whose contrlbutlon and pen
slon nre sllghtly inferior.
Tho bcncnt of tho law wlll bo en
joyed by about 17,000,000 persons,
practically all the laborors of France.
ATTACKS ILS. STEEL
A nifi Icjiii Fcrteratloii of Lahor Pie
scnts Snorn .Statoincnts to (Joiern
nicnt. Washington, D. C, March 22.
Sworn statements and other docu
nienlury evldenco ln:endel to sup
port t'he chargosyinado agalnst the
United States Steel Corporatlon by
th Ameiicau Fedcratlon of Labor
wci'i nt'pfinntpil iti Atlnriior nnnnriil
j Wlc,.ershfim tml
Aside from allcging lihat thc stcel
corporatlon exists ln rettni!n of
tradc, thc fedcration's ehief coin
plai'it is that lt pcrtnits condltlon-s
unsuiislactory to orgunlzed labor and
has used vaiious meuns to prevent
la'oo.- orgiueia Iro.a working aiuong
L.s iinplayts.
Af'ldavits of G'giniz'-rs depottillg
that they have bt-en beat'ui aml ord
eiT.i out of plac. s vvhdc tho corpora-
uu" aie ua -ncu tu W1e
f.taie"iiei!t as exjiiuits.
I'ait'Of the argumcnt ls in effort
to show that th; steel corporatlon ox
lst ln violation of tho Sherman law.
Tho corporatl'jns owncralilp of coal
and oro lands ls sald to bo part of a
monopoly; lt ls charged wlih liaving
cviishrd transportur.ion conipetitlon
on' the Groat Lakcs, and in some in-istanc-os
011 the rallays. Its aequi
sitlon of Tcnnes3co coal, iron aud
lMilro-ad companles is condenmed.
'M!any cliarges uiv brought against
the corporatlon's town pf Gary. where
a nionopnly of all necessarloa of lifc
Is sald to be completo nnd arbltrary
prloes nre oharged for evcrj'thlng.
DKFKATS I'tUniKK CH.V.niMOX
l'rlt. Jlimsiiii Trluis .liin Itarncs ot
.Sprlngticld, ?InsM In T110 Stiak'lit
Falls.
Burlington, Marcrh 1C. Frltss Han-
sou won a catcli-as-catcli-cati match
at tho Armory from Jlni Biirnes of
Sprlngfleld, Mass., fornior mldrllo
welght champlon of tho worlc.
Hanson won the llrst afll in
17 mlnutes on a necklock, the referoo
givlng tho declslon to prevent lnjury
to tho Sprlngfleld nian. Ho won the
secoiul In 33 mlnutes wlth a "ho.nl
scljsors and body hold.
l'ROHAULY 50 STItlKi:.
Comliidor aud Traluineu of thc w
lluvcii X' Hartford ltnllroail Wlll
Stay 011 Job.
Now Haven, Conn., March 22. It be
came known lato tonight that in all
probablllty thero would bo 110 strlko
of tho conductors and tralnnien of
tho Now Haven Rallroad. Although
no statomont was glven wut, lt Is un-
dorstood that arrangenients wcro
niado whereby tho dlfflcultles wlll be
settled by tho employes of tho road
and tho offlclnls wlthout tho aid of tho
offlcers of tho natlonal organlzatlon.
LU.WIKK MX DKA1L
Rptilu'ii ltangcr DIos From Aliscess
or tho KldnrjH nt Ago of 70 Well
Known lu Ilusliiess Clrcles.
Mcaidon, Mnroh 20. Reuben Rnng
or, who onco repreisentcHl thls town In
tho 'Stato' Leglslaturo and -who was
ono of tho best known farmers nnd
retlrod lumber man in thls vlolnlty,
dled late tonight ot an abcess 011 tho
lddneys. Ho was about 70 years of
ago nnd had llved for nelrly 40 years
In the house where ho dled.
ASIv ANY OF OUR AAUITAXTS
how he or shc) llkcs the servlce
of a guaranteed lneomo for llfe,
frec- fiom caro or posstble repre
clatlon. Ratcs quotcd on Rcquest.
01st year. Natlonal Llfo Insurancc
Company, Montpelier Vt. (Mutual).
S. Ballard, General Agent, Lang
don Block, Montpelier, Vt.
Insurancc
Assets ..,
Surplus . ,
$159,187,877.00
47,490,99S.9S
5,S29,8C8.8C
S. S. UALIiARI)
(encral Agcnt
Montpelier - - - Yennont
You can Scive
good money
if you buy
Lbw Shoes
carried over
from last
season
S3 50 and $4,00
M )Sfc Of tll3S3
are onr well
known " ELITES"
Tans and Paleiu
AYeather may be a
;i little cool forOx
fords just now, but
think of the sav
ing in buj'ing these
first elass goods at
considerably less
than manufaetur
ers'. priees. Also a
large line o New
Low Cut Shoes for
Men, Women and
Children at
SHIPMAN'S
Old Reliable Slioe Store
100 MAIN STREET
W. II. II. .MKARS DUAl).
I'roiiiliu'iit Jlarshllcld Cltlzen aud
Huslncss jran Kxplres Aftcr Lonst
lllncss.
Marshflold, March 20. W. H. H.
Mears, for many yoars a rcsldent of
thls place, dled a't hls homo hero Sat
urday nlght after au lllncss lastlng
for pomo tlmo, Durlhg hls bnslness
oarcor ln Marshfield, Mr. Mears had
hold various town offlces, besfdes be
lng n lnemRer'of tho Leglslaturo. He
is survlved by Jils son Mark Moans,
the proprletor of tho general store ln
thla vlllage, Funeral arrangenients
have not ydt been made.
Gentlemen: