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THE BARRE DAILY TIMES
VOL. XVII-NO. 10.
RARRE, VERMONT, THURSDAY, MARCH '27, 1913.
PRICK, ONE CENT.
FIRE DEVASTATES
STRICK
EN CITIES
THE SHERMAN WILL CASE.
Dayton, O.,
Blow Up
the Flames. Piqua
Attacked by Flames.
Appeals for Dynamite to
Buildings in the Path of
Also Is Being
FLOOD CONDITIONS
WORSE IN ZANESVILLE
VERMONT RED CROSS APPEAL
The governor of Ohio and (ho
agents of tho Keel Cross appeal for
f unda to aid the people who are
suffering from the great Hoods
which have destroyed the homes
of thousands of people. The peo
ple of Vermont are . implored to
contribute, aa fur as their means
will allow, to the funds for this
purpose. Contributions may be
made to the state ofticcrs of the
Red Cross, who are:
Harry I). Holton, chairman,
ISrattlcboro, Vt.
Col. C. N, Forbes, secretary, St.
Albans., Vt.
U. iS. Howard, treasurer, Bur
lington, Vt.
But General Water Conditions Are Re
ported to be Less Menacing in Ohio,
Although the Ohio River is Still
Rising.
lent, four miles wide is sweeping through
the business section of Dayton, to say
nothing of the overflow in the residen
tial sections.
"Telephone communication was estab
tahlished before the day was out."
At 1:05 the Western Union wire carry
ing Governor Cox's message was sud
denly interrupted.
DAYTON'S CALAMITY IN BRIEF.
Water Receding But Fire Is Moving
Along Unchecked.
New York, March 27. From North
Dayton, as close to the stricken districts
of Dayton as telephone wires could be
operated last night, such news of condi
tions in the city and suburbs as could
be gathered was transmitted to the
American Telephone & Telegraph com
pany's station at I'honeton, six miles
north. From that point the messages
received were forwarded in substance to
this city and given out at the company's
ollicc here.
A summary of conditions in Dayton,
as reported earlier in the evening, in
cluded the following:
"One ot our employes, who returned
Columbus, Ohio, March 27. The ' menace of fire continued
this morning in the flooded district of Ohio. Dayton is still burn
ing and appeals have been sent out for dynamite to blow up the
buildings in the path of the flames. A blizzard is raging in the
inundated areas and snow hampers the work of rescue and relief.
The Lewiston reservoir, north of Dayton, is, weakening, but
has not gone out. Men are being rushed to strengthen it.
At Zanesville, the flood conditions are growing worse hourly,
but no fire is reported. The Ohio river is rising. The danger; this evening from the north aide of the
, , . ., i r ij r-. : 4 i ut ' submerged section of Dayton, savs the
stage is passed in the city of Cincinnati. Piqua is reported ablaze . M "thew ttre ill(,Pgc.rbab,,. , e
and there is no way of checking the flames. Rivers and streams
in the state are subsiding to-day.
Dayton, Ohio, March 27. Believing the city doomed by fire,
Vice-Mayor Huber is reported this morning to have sent out
uppeals for dynamite to raze the buildings in the path of the
flames. At least 65,000 of the city's inhabitants are hemmed
In by raging waters and are menaced by fire. It is impossible
accurately to estimate the number that have perished. Thou-
sands are marooned and how many survive no one knows.
Numerous fires have sprung up. The worst blaze started
yesterday and was "still burning this morning, claiming a great
toll of property and doubtless many lives. The fire apparently
started in the business block bounded by Third and Jefferson
streets. It burned northwest for a time and then shifted directly
west. It is estimated that 250 people were marooned in the iieckel
, hotel, which is believed to have gone up in flames. This is not
i definitely known.
Motorboats and men are reported to be coming from Cleve
' Jand and Cincinnati, and unless the conditions become worse it
j j believed that all the submerged section will be explored to-day.
i Early to-day snow fell and there was a drop in temperature.
The Lewiston reservoir, 70 miles away, is reported to be in
! momentary danger of breaking. It is predicted that if this gives
' way a worse flood than has overwhelmed the city will sweep down
I upon the inhabitants. .j
SOLDIERS PATROLLING
DAYTON FIRE AREA
Martial Law Was Proclaimed Last Night
Large Parties of People Found
Marooned.
Dayton, Ohio, March 27. Flames that
! destroyed eight buildings in Dayton's
j submerged business section last night
cast a red, weird glow over the Hood
stricken city that added to the fears of
I thousands of refugee ,and marooned
persons, and led to apprehension that
I there may have been many of the water's
prisoners in the burned buildings. .
Soon afterward notice was posted in
headquarters of the emergency commit
tee announcing that the city was under
martial law and several companies of
soldiers arrived from neighboring Ohio
cities. The soldiers were employed to
patrol edges of the burned districts and
f. re vent further looting ot homes trea
from the flood's grasp.
Dtyton Talks With Outside World.
Dayton was practically cut off from
wire communication until late yester
day afternoon. Then two wire into
Cincinnati were obtained and operators
plunged into great piles of telegrams
irom Dayton citizens, almost frantic in
. their desire to assure friends outside of
their safety. Operators at the opposite
ends of the wires reported that thous
ands of telegrams were piled up at reliy
offices. These were from people anxious
over the fate of Dayton kinsmen.
Two oarsmen, who braved the current
that swirled trough the business section
of the city yesterday, reported that the
water at the Algonquin hotel, at the
southwest corner of Third and Ludlow
street, was 13 feet deep. From windows
in the hotels and business buildings hun
dreds of the marooned Wgged piteously
for rescue and food. The oarsmen aid
thy saw no lodie muting on the flissl
tide, but declared that many per n
nm-t have peri-hed in the water's sudden
rush through the streets.
Carmen. who worked into the out
skirts of the business section last night,
reported iVl person marooned in th.
Arvade building and 2" imprisoned in
the Y. XI. C. A. building were tagging fur
water.
A shortage of provision was threat
ened ye-terday afternoon when it was
reported many relief trains bound to
I hit ton from neighboring citws had be-n
Mopped by high water. Every grocer fn
tit city had Jx-en "sold out" before noon.
last night from
WORST IN U. S. HISTORY.
PcJne4 Gov. Cox ef Ohio ia Message U
World Last Night,
hrw York, March 27. lKtxnor James
M. Cox telegraphed
Columbus as follows:
. "The exact extent of the appalling
flood in Ohio is still unknown. Kvery
hour impresses us with the uncertainty
of the situation. The waters have as
sumed such unknown heights in many
parts of the state that it will be hardly
loss than a miracle if village and town
are not wiped out of existence in the
southern and southwestern parts of
Ohio. The storm is moving south or
east.
'"Please give great publicity to an ap-
fital for help. My judgment is that there
ias never been such a tragedy in the
history of the republic.
"Columbus is the center of all activi
ties in behalf of the stricken cities.
Every hour has apparently been filled
with an accumulation of dramatic cir
cumstances. "Piteous appeals have been made by
men who are surrounded by water and
confronted by the approaching conflag
ration in the city of Dayton. Every
human energy has been exerted to give
relief and yet the measure of assistance
has leen comparitively small. It is my
belief, however, that by daylight to-morrow
those imprisoned in the business sec
tion of Dayton ran be relieved.
"The day began by a storm sign.il
from the weather bureau advising rise in
tne waters of the .Muskingum river.
All the towns along this source were
advised. Before noon the situation as
sumed a critical aspect at Zanesville
and the historic 'Y' bridge was blown
up with dynamite.
The los of life in Canesville is un
certain because all telephone communi
cation ceased at noon. Marietta cannot
lie reached, hut it is safe to a s mi me that
the same devastating reult at Zanes
ville was carried on to Marietta.
"A flood situation developed in the
Maumee and Sandtinky valleys in north
western Ohio, but the damage to lite
and proprty was nothing compared
with that in the south.
"In many re-pects the Dayton situn.-
tinn a rholilttdv mitiirait n9r-all.1l TI1.1
citv is unable t send to the out side j 'V''"''?
world inr accurate idea of t'.ic real lo-s.
are huddled in churches and public school
buildings, and there ia danger of these
collapsing.
"Three babies were born in one church
this afternoon. One was born in a boat
while its mother was being conveyed
to saieiyT. j ne rain was pouring in
torrents at the time, and ' the mother
had been for six hours or more with
out necessary, aid. Such scenes are
common.
"There is a school building said to con
tain (HMl persons, and indications were
that it would collapse in a short time.
Two men seen using a pleasure boat to
view the scene had to be pressed into
rescue service by the police at the point
of shotguns.
"People are being transferred to safety
as rapidly as possible with the limited
means at hand. Fanners and other for
miles around are trying to prevail upon
rescued ones to go to the rescuers' homes,
but in most eases families are split up
and the members picked up refuse to
leave until all have, been rescued.
"The National Cash Register company
has hands at work making boats and
collins and has ordered 500 coffins from
Cincinnati. The beautiful steel high
school building is a wreck
'.Many buildings in a portion of the
downtown section were destroyed by fire
yesterday afternoon. The fire seems to
have subsided considerably with heavy
rain this afternoon. Many persons were
mvi-ii jumping irom root to root. Jndi
cations are there will be much loss o
lite betore enough help arrives to ge
these to places of safety.
"A relief committee w hich met on the
north side of Dayton this afternoon re
ported that 500 are dead and 10.000
homeless. Many dead bodies were float
ing past. J here is great danger of the
spread ot disease. J he river has been
steadily tailing all afternoon."
Testimony Introduced in Effort to Break
the Will.
Burlington. March 2". That tho Rev.
Alonzo Chase of Richmond wa anxious
to be present "when the. old lady," (Mean
ing Mrs. Caroline Sherman), "turned up
her toes," olfered in county court yester
day by I. W. J latch in the will contest
case in which a number f disinherited
nieces and nephews of Mrs. Sherman are
seeking to break the will of 'Mrs. Sher
man in which she. bequeathed her entire
property to Mr. Chime.
Mr. ilatch testified that Mr. Chase had
often expressed to him that he (Chase),
might be out of town when Mrs. Sher
man "turned up her toe" and had left
orders that he was to be notified at
once it the toe turning process began
while he was absent. The notification
was to be sent to Mr. Chase, according
to Mr. Hatch, before any physician was
notified. Mr. Hatch said that this re
mark of Mr. Chase "got on his nerves"
and had been "on his nerves" ever since,
lie and Mrs. Hatch were caring for Mrs.
Sherman in Richmond at the time, these
remarks by Mr. Chase wero alleged to
have lieen made.
Kisses from Chase that made Mrs.
Sherman ."feel not niore than seventeen
again" were also mentioned in the tes
timony by Mr. ilatch. The witness said
he had chilled Mr. Sherman tiecause
she sat up late at night playing cards
with the minister and sue had replied
"that there was a magnetism in the
cards when Chase played them," and the
witness said she had once added:
"When he kisses me on the lips it
makes me find a if I was young again
not more than seventeen years old."
The witness said that it whs custom
ary for Mrs. Sherman and Mr. Chase to
sit tip late'plHV ing cards, sometimes as
late as mid-night. Mr. Chase would oft
en remain all niglit, the witness said,
occupying a room upstairs which hd
been reserved for his use. At other t'mies
he slept on a lounge in the sitting room
near the room occupied by Mrs. Sherman.
Caroline Switt. a step-meee of .Mrs.
Sherman, told of letters she had received
from Mrs. Sherman in which the latter
had told her that her relatives had pro
tested against Mr. Chase being at the
house and plaving cards with her. Her
relatives thought she should have a
guardian, she wrote.
In another letter Mrs. Sherman told of
having signed a not of $300 for the
Hatches just after she came out of a
linking spell and that Mr. Chase had ad
viI her that the Hatches had taken an
unfair advantage of her.
Miss Swift testified that she thought
the letters were childish and that from
what she knew of Mrs. Sherman's con
fidence in Mr. Chase, etc., and other per
sonal knowledge of Mrs. Sherman, the
hitter's mind was unbalanced. ...
During Mrs. Sherman' declining years
there were many pfrsons who tried from
time to time to care for Mrs. Sherman.
Among these was Mrs. Sarah Sherman,
who testified to tie card playing sessions
and said that Mrs, Sherman was in
clined to take Mr. Chases' advice on .ill
subjects in preference to advice given 'jy
others
The witness said that Mrs. Sherman
sold her a place for $I.O(lo. She said thst
Mis. Sherman claimed "the plae "ws
really worth $1,900 but she was knocking
off $A00 as a gift. The witness said that
the place was worth only $1,000. Mrs.
Sherman's mind, she said, "was not
what it ought to have been," but she ad
mitted that Mrs. Sherman was capable
of looking pretty sharply after her own
interests.
PENN. CITIES
UNDER WATER
Flood Area Is Extending
Also to Wheeling, West
Virginia
AT LEAST SCORE DEAD ;
MILLIONS IN RUIN
Worst Flood Situation in the
History of Wheeling
Is Reported
Pittsburg,-Pa., March 27. At least a
score of lives have . been sacrificed in
the floods of western and northern Penn
sylvania and in portions of western
Pennsylvania the property loss w ill reach
$3,000,00(1. Sharon and Newcastle are
under water at some points fifteen feet
deep. W heeling, V. Va., is practically
isoiaieu aim is contronted with the
worst flood situation in its history, with
the Ohio river rising. There were six
fatalities. In Wheeling, ten are known
to be dead.
UP TO SECOND STORY.
Telephone Operator at Zanesville, 0., Said
He Was Leaving in a Boat.
Sharon, Pa., March 27. Telephone
communication between this city and
Zanesville, ().," was broken this morning.
The operator said he was leaving the ex
change in a fioat, the water being up
to tne second story. Conditions are
growing worse.
INDIANA'S FLOOD LOSS.
WATER SETS BACK
60TH ANNIVERSARY
ESTIMATES OF DEAD
REACHED 3,262
Half a Million People Made Homeless
and Damage of $100,000,000 Done
In Two States.
Chicago, .March 27. Three thousand
persons may have perished in the deluge
which swept the northern half of the
Ohio river valley Tuesday and WVdn...
uay. j rotiabiy half a million people
were made homele-s by the flood in In
diana and Ohio and property damage
in both states will be at least .I00,0oo,-
00(1.
These figures were compiled from re
ports received here from various points
in the stricken districts. Further re
ports may increase the number of dead,
but it is unlikely that any decrease in
financial loss will be made.
An additional horror was reported
from Dayton. Fire there which seemed
widespread and uncontrollable in view
of the paralysis of the water plant, prob-
uiy DioiiKiii norrioie acaui to many
who sought to escape drowning by climb
ing to upper floors of buildings. Fol
lowing are revised estimates of the dead:
Ohio.
Da ton 2.0
Of Mr. and Mrs. Philo Towle of Duxbury
Observed Yesterday.
Waterbury, March 27. In the town
hall in Duxburv yesterday afternoon was
celebrated the sixtieth wedding anniver
sary ot .Mr. and Airs. I'lnio lowle.
Total Deaths Will Reach 125 and Per
haps More,
Indianapolis, Ind., March 27. The
most conservative reports from through
out the state estimate the loss of life
from the flood not fewer than 125, while
persistent statements trom various
points indicate that more than that num
ber may have perished in the high wa
ter. There is none to attempt even
a guess at the property damage. The
small army of relief workers through
out the state are without the aid of
any public service in most of the eities.
Communication established with C.011-
nersville brought definite information
that at least 40 persons perished in
Htookville, Franklin county, during Mon
day night in the flood caused by the
conflux there of the swollen branches
of the Whjtewater river. Less reliable
despatches from the same region declare
that the smaller towns ot .Metmora, Ce
dar Oove and Trenton are swept away
completely
Advices from Peru sent by telephone
through South Bend say that 12 bodies
were recovered from a single house there
and insist that the largest death fig
ures for that city are not exaggerated
Peru is the most completely demoralized
city in the great flood districts in In
diana, but Fort Wayne, Logansport, La
fayette and lerre Haute have experi
enced loss of life and great property
damage, with practically all public serv
ices destroyed in each of these places.
Indianapolis has a certain loss of life
in the western part of the city from the
great flood expanses along hite river.
About fifty old friends and neighbors jand an inestimable property damage in
Piqua
Delaware ..
Middlctown
Hamilton
North Dayton reported a 1ms of l'0 ' 'rpanoc
lives. Later preci-oly the uni' sit it.- j '
tion wa, rprrted fm'm Rivrrdalr. Wc-t I r n m,,nt
!yton was almost completely under . faltering ...
water and huc in Kdjimont. a rci-Men- j
tial ectinn. were so deep in the n"rd I l0"'
that great destruction to life and prop- j
erty certainly eninsl there. On the Peru
high lands of South Park anJ Fjt Day- ewrtie ...
ton pokets were developed and people j L fa Jet te ...
were drowned in apparent elevation j Ind.anapolis
where it would (w'm naturally irnpo-! dde i!e ..
b!e. The wtr at Ki'tH and IJrr n : N uttering ...
trwt. whvh it 2" or ."! f t 'khi ',? ,
fimti"ti in t'e f.o!ii iHitioii. i l.:- j Total
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gathered to do honor to this couple,
who, w ith the exception of sixteen years
lived in Moretown, have always resided
in Duxburv. Philo Towle was born in
Duxbury Hi years ago the 22d day of
last February, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Towle. Josiah Towle, the grand
father of Philo Towle, lived in the brick
farmhouse down the river, now owned by
the Consolidated Lighting Co. In that
original farm as bought by him in 1779
were also those now occupied by M. V.
B. Havden and F.dgar II. Morse) practi
cally all forest at that time.
Hannah Morse, daughter of Mrs. Wal
ter Morse and granddaughter of John
Morse, was born on Scrabble hill 82 years
ag yesterday. They were married in
Stow by Rev. C. C. Iternell and went to
keeping house on Turner hill. Never
having any children of their own, they
made a great deal of their three neph-,
ews. all of whom are living: Fred Towle
of Peterboro, X. H Elmer Towle of Ster
ling, Mass., Mnd Jesse Towle of St. Al
bans. Jesse Towle was present. Mr.
Towle also has one Rister liviiiir. Mrs.
Albert Lovejoy of Moretown.
lesterdav afternoon passed very pleas
antly with the playing of the old games,
and a short program, consistiui; of
speeches by Rev. W. K. Douglass and
Kev. . I Hoicourt and .Indue Huntley-.
flute solos by Miss Annie Dorothy Palm
er; reciting of "An Old Sweetheart of
Mine, by Miss Hazel Foss; and vocal
solos by Mrs. B. R. Demeritt. The table
of good things held two birthday cakes,
one of them containing sixty candles.
Oysters, doughnuts, cakes of" all kinds
and coffee were served. Those in charge
of the refreshment were Mrs. Alvin
'a nerd y. Mrs. D. D. Donovan. Mrs. Ed-
warn (loooneari am .Mrs. John Weir;
waitresses Miss Rose Carpenter. Mrs.
rane, Mrs. Ai Morse and Miss Terrice
Foss. -
Mrs. E. F. Palmer, Jr, Entertained.
Wednesday evening the I'tas club and
other friends gave Mrs. F F. Palmer, jr..
a surprise at her home. The affair wa
planned by her daughter. Mis Annie
Palmer, who was axsistod by Mr. Ai
More and Mis Terrice Fos." A pretty
token of friendship wa left with Mri.
Palmer.
the most substantial residence districts
through the overflow of Fall creek. Tho
water fell rapidly in the latter district
during the day, but there was no con
sequential abatement 01 the Hood in
West Indianapolis.
Three distinct flood districts prevail
throughout the state. Each is but a
few miles wide, yet the waters are
sweeping across the entire width of In
diana. In the north all the towns and
cities along the Wabash and its larger
tributaries are affected; White river
sweeps through central Indianapolis
with Indianapolis tr greatest suiicrer,
while Whitewater river drains a
valley in thre middle southern por
tion of the state where many towns
and small cities have been afferted.
Smaller streams through the valleys, all
tributary to one or the other of the
three principal rivers, are swollen and
causing more or less damage.
YOUNG MAN DROWNED
AMID CAKES OF ICE
And Is Flooding Several Cellars in Bus
inefi Part of Barre.
Swollen by the incessant rains of the
past few days, Stevens' branch started
out on ono of its periodic rampages to
day and with its tributaries now threat
ens to inundate the middle section of
the city. Already stores and shops in
the vicinity of Depot square have been
visited by tho waters and the danger
is said to be growing more threateninir.
The branch is up to a mark much high
er than its normal bank mark and un
less thn rains abate, the overflow water
which 1 backing up into Potash brook
will cause a repetition of lat year's
flood, when the whole of Depot square
was submerged.
Larly tins forenoon Manager M. S.
Levin of the Union Clothing Co., went
to the basement of hi store on Depot
square to find ten inches of water on
the floor and the depth growing creater.
Summoning his clerks and outside assist
ance, he began the work of removing
many trunks and other articles to the
lloor above. Before the cellar could be
leared, the water had reached a depth
of four feet. It receded but little dur-
ng the forenoon. Because of the early
iscovery ot conditions in the basement,
Mr. Levin did not anticipate any se
rious loss.' A few valuable trunks were
soaked, but beyond that the damage was
rivml. The basement will have to be
horoughly renovated before it can again
be used for storage purposes, however.
In the Nichols building adjoining the
nion store on the south, water rushed
n with a volume hardly less threatening
han that of hnster Sunday, 1912, when
the entire basement of the block was
nder water for several hours. Much
f the stock in the south store of the
basement, which is used as a display
room for electrical fixtures, was stored
on shelves at the time when the water
came through the wall.-, so that the
oss will be slight. Both the tenants of
the Xichols building and the clothing
store, however, are keeping a close watch
on the water. Should the river continue
rise, it is only a question of' time
hen the water setting back into Potash
brook will come up through to the sur
face of the street. The brook is trans
formed into a raging torrent, but little
ppreliension is felt over any sudden
rush of water from the hillsides, as was
the rase last April.
Other merchant along Main street
have been put to much inconvenience by
water-soaked basements. Cellars in the
French blocks, the Reynolds hardware
store, the Kendrick and Drown pharma
cies and other places, are partially filled
with water and the tenants believe that
the situation remains menacing just so
long as the heavy rains continue. At
the Central Vermont station, the base
ment floor was deluged in the. early
forenoon and railroad employes were
obliged to quit their labors in the freight
rards to work in the station cellar.
There, too, the prospects of bad losses
and serious inconvenience lunge on the
weather.
Streams to the south and east which
act as feeders for Stcveng' branch are
said to be running level with high war.
ter marks, everywhere in this section
insignificant brooks of summer have been
changed into small rivers and the dam
age to highways can hardly be estimat
ed. On Pike street last night water
flowing underground wore a large hole in
the road and a break in the water main
was the result. " Superintendent Rey
nolds of the water department had a
gang of men working on the break a
early as 10 o'clock last night. Both
the street and water departments are
working capacity forces in the sections
damaged by water.
$4,000 AWARD
TO QUARRYIvnN
Nicholas A Given Verx
die v from Jones
Bros. Co.
AFTER 2 DAYS' TRIAL
IN COUNTY COURT
Suit Was Brought for In
juries When Grout Fell
on Workman
After two days' trial, a verdict was
returned in Washington county cour
last evening for Xicholas Lacasso, a
quarryman, to recover $4,000 and costs
from Jones Bros. Co. for injuries sus
tained at the defendant's qnarrv in Barr
on April 30, 1!)I2. Lacasso w'as work-'
ing in the bottom of the quarry wheti
some loose stone fell a ditance of fif
teen feet, striking him in the left sid
and injuring his left arm so severely
that it was practically incapacitated. 1
The trial was started in court on
Tuesday following the M00 vcrdid
awarded Miss Xora Adams from Charlet
W. Averill for injuries received when
she wa run down by the defrndant"
automobile in Barre last summer. Tha
taking of testimony was completed 'yes
terday morning, and the arguments 'ana
the judge's charge were made vesterdai
afternoon. Attorneys J. Ward Carve
and S. Hollister Jackson appeared for
the plaintiff and John W. Gordon ana
Fred L. Laird argued tha case for tho
defendant, while X. F. Ilesseltine of Bos
ton also appeared in the case for the dc-i
fense. The case was given to the jury
at 5:10 o'clock and the verdict for th
defendant was returned shortly before 0
o'clock.
L. J. MEAD'S DEATH.
BREAKS ITS BOUNDS.
Connecticut River Goes on a Rampage
at Woodsville.
MAYOR GAYJJ0R RETRACTS.
Charles Lackey Ventured Onto Lake
Champlaio in a Canoe Yesterday
Afternoon and the Canoe
Was Capsized.
Highgatc Spring. March 27. With
cake of floating ice about him and
weighed down by clothing and heavy
rubber boot. Charles Ijickey, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jackson Ijickey, was drowned
in Lake Champlain yesterday afternoon
at 3:40 o'clock, within a short distance of
the shore. ,
Lackey started out in a canoe and
w hen hardly out to deep water the canoe I
capsized and Lackey went into the water.
He came up and caught hold of the
canoe, and his father on shore called to
hi 111 to keep hold and he would soon have
belt). The elder Lackey ran for help and
wa soon back; but his son wa nowhere
to be seen.
The voune man could swim, but it is
thought the weight of hi clothing and
his, boot made it impossible for him to
help himself. He was 30 years of ape.
PRESS EXT0RTI0.1 CHARGE.
Woodsville. X. H., March 27. The Con
necticut river, re-enforced at this point
by the Ammonoosiic and Wells rivers,
which has been steadily rising for the
last four days, left its channel yester
day afternoon in two places and flooded
the meadows between the lower road
to Xorth Haverhill and the river, and
rendered the road itself impassable for
wo miles between the Cottage hospital
and this village. It is still rising.
The residences of Mrs. Ada La mare,
Mr. (Jreeney. Joseph Foshey, Mrs. 1 A.
Heath, Frank Milliken and J. II. Har
rigan, in South Court street, are partly
submerged.
The high water ia causing great dam
age to the Woodsville Aqueduct company
plant on the Ammonoosiic, rising to
within a few inches of the fire box of
the engine operating the pumps for the
public supply. A force is constantly
pumping the water from the ash pans by
band.
Occurred at His Home on Maplewooi,
Avenue Last Night.
Lyman J. Mead died at his home oa
Maplewood avenue last night at 1I.-4U
o'clock after a short confinement to tho
house, although he had been in poor,
health for over a year. Besides his wife
he leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John.
R. Mead, of Barre Town and one sister,
Mrs. Charles Kobie of East Barre. Mr
Mead was a well know n truckman ia
this city and had resided here for tweu-'
ty-six years. Earlier in his business
career he. .conducted a store, afterwards
a lunch room and was at one time an ex
tensive dealer in real estate.
The deceased was born in Corinth,
September 17, lStiii. , His marriage 19
Miss Carrie Turner took place in Mont.
pelier in 1880. He was a member of
Hiawatha lodge, Xo. 20, I. O. O. F., and
attended the Methodist church. He also
belonged to the local union, Xo. 2(1, In
ternational Brotherhood of Teamsters
and took an active interest in its wel
fare. 1
Funeral services will be held at th
house Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
The remains will be interred in Hope
cemetery. The family requests that
flowers be omitted.
STOVE WAS BLOWN UP.
Cause of the Occurrence in Norman
York's House Is Uncertain,
Sounds of an explosion coming from
a tenement on West street attracted at
tention of passersby and neighbors at 8
o'clock this morning and caused them
to rush to the house of Xorman York
at Xo. 27. where they found the kitchen
stove badly wrecked and the occupant
of the house not a little disconcerted.
Mr. York was away at the time and Mrs.
York was in the kitchen doing soma
ironing. One end of the ironing board
rested on the stove, and it is considered
remarkable that the woman was not
hurt.
The explosion heaved the stove apart,
shattered windows in the kitchen and
cupboard and damaged fragile articles in
the room. The cause of the explosion
is not settled. Mrs. York stated she
had put some old stuff in the stove, in
eluding some cigar boxes. One of the
The highway between here and Bath I people who rushed to the house expressed
is under five feet of water at the liar
rows. The condition on the Vermont
side of the Wells river is fully as bad.
The road to Xewbtiry is blocked with
water and ice, and the B. & M. pas
senger train due at Wells River at tt
o'clock last night was marooned between
Xewbury and that place on account of
the washout. s
OVER ITS BANKS.
White River Breaks Over and the Con
necticut Is High.
White River Junction, March 27.
Flood conditions prevail here in both
the Connoctieut and the V?iitc rivers.
though the height reached does not quite
equal that of last vear, when the water
rose nearly tn feet 111 twenty-four
hours and stood at 23 feet on the
gauges.
At the railroad bridge across the Con-
the opinion that one of the cigar boxes
may have contained cartridges, unknown
to Mrs. York as the thrust them into
the fire. The explosion also started
quite a blaze in the kitchen, but the fi.ra
was soon extinguished.
WATER HINDERS QUARRYING.
His
And Alderman Cauaa Withdraws
Suit for Libel
New York. March 27. Alderman
Hnry II. :rrn' lilwl suit aeint
Mjvor ;vnor for loo,Mt di-n-
tinued this afternoon. Ws Mavor
;rnor piiMii'y withdrew hi previous
I'ei-d intimation in a letter given to
the nem pp.-r. tht Mr. ( nrrn had
prti. ip-ic4 in grsit re.-.urd fr inn
ilrn-- owTwr, ot new tand in I
l:m j ni-tri. t. Mr. i':in and ti.e mm
irbnk 'lin.i, in tie iuimi vftV va tie
So That Demand for Stock Cannot Be
Met.
The continued rain is interfering with
quarrying operations on Millstone hill
as the accumulation of water in the
quarry pits has made it necessary to
suspend work during the greater part
of the week. This situation is worss
because just at this time the quarry
owners are having a big demand for
stock. It is aid that they have not
bfen abb to keep up with the demand
of the manufacturers this week. Ono
onariv oneiator said today that if th
necuciu, mum 01 so.. was rescuea ai (rain continu-s. some ot the manutaetur
8 o'clock yesterday morning, coming upjtn plant will have to suspend work
from 14.5 Tuesday morning. At 4 p. m. Ibiis,e thev cannot crt stock. 1
-r -.1 . 1 . .. i j 1 . 1 s - 1
urwiii v ruowfM a lll'l'lil 01
Itt" feet. The White
banks in places.
river is over its
CONDITIONS BAD IN RUTLAND.
Flood Water Is Said to be the Highest
Ever Known.
B. T. Howland Alleged to Have Secured
H.000 from Mrs. Wheldon.
Rutland. March 2. Benjamin T.
Howland tf Brandon wa arraigned he
fore Judge F. M. Butler in Rutland
count v court yesterday afternoon on an
information fiW by Mate's Attorney H.
L. Stafford of this city, charting extor
tion of from Mr. F. II. W he Id on
of Brandon, wife of a wealthy con
tractor. The cwp!int alh-ijr that
Howland made hi lmnd for roorwy
lw- - . K flatm.! hjt I n undu!v
r ' intm.ato mth Mr. heljon and t hr.-at-j The fire d-rtmi'r.t ,
l,e'rn-i to r.rvii'ste storns a!nrt bcr. Ho- to tiw fiir Ibv',w h
TRAINS MADE DETOUR
Boston & Maine Service Sent Over Cen
tral Vermont via Montpelier.
Because of a wa-hout on the Boston &
Maine railroad between White River
dilution and Xenbury. a northbound
ncm:T train over tne division was
Rutland, March 27. Flmxl condition
hep? today were the wor-t ill the tii-ifr.i . return lt eienimr to Wilt
ivtv 01 me cut inn iner wai
danger. 1 tie Imttendcn lower com
pany's dam ten mile et of th city
ha cauod many familie to move in
Chittenden village to higher ground.
Trolky traffic tn the suburban lines is
at a standstill, and train have hern
unable to run on the Rutland division of
tl IV-lswsre llnd-on River ri!rnal.
n-d o'it here
hwse h"inr ar?
the city and there was Mine I R,er Jllm tin ,rom th,t ,WMBt and wa
run over the Central Vermont railroad
into Montrwher and then over the Mont
pIier 4 Wei' River railroad to Wells
River, where it am resumed it north
ward journey.
Weather ForecaiL
Ram. turning t tiw to-night ; nl ict
UcJ u ttfixanied.
vu Wattr stmt, alvrg the Last cmk.
in rrmort. rrmay, iair
with shilling galea.
iid colder,
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