BARRE DAIL
VOL. XVII NO. 284.
BARRE, VERMONT, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1914.
PRICE, ONE CENT.
THE
HP "IF WIT TR
IN GRIP OF ICE
BOAT GIVEN UP
Naval Tug Potomac Is Now
Floating Out to
Sea
OFFICERS AND MEN
ALL TAKEN ASHORE
Change of Plans Due to Re-
' port of Weather
Conditions
St. Tohnsi Newfoundland, Feb. 10.
Tiic United states naval tug Potomac,
taught fast in the ice floes off the Gulf
of St. Lawrence,' was abandoned Satur
day night by her 30 officers and men, ac
cording to advices received from Bonne
Bav to-dav. where the crew landed
wafely.
The tug was driven seaward before
yesterday's pale and disappeared from
the range of shore observation. The ice
was piled so high about the vessel that
it was feared she would be .crushed.
Supplies were taken over the ice to the
Potomac Saturday, and Boatswain Wil
kinson, her commander, . prepared to re
main aboard ns long as there was any
prospect of saving the vessel.
Later advice, as to the weather con
ditions make it imperative to abandon
the ship.
The Potomac was caught in the ice on
February 5, while trying to free fishing
vesels which were icebound at the Bay
of Inlands.
REMOVING SNOW
COSTS $1,500 AN INCH
New York Will Not Be Due Out for
Long Time and New Storm Began
Depositing a Layer To-day.
New York, Feb. 16. A fine snow be
gan drifting over Greater New York this
morning, adding to the layer of nearly
ten inches which fell in Saturday's bliz
zard. Sixteen thousand shovellers and
teamsters have been working constantly
since Saturday morning, and they had
scarcely made dent to-day in the mass
f snow which tell Saturday.
In Manhattan. Brooklyn and the
Bronx there are 300 miles of streets to
be cleared, and. it is estimated that
very inch costs $l.r00 to remove.
LOOTING OF CAR CHARGED.
Two
Men Have Been Arrested in
the
City of Burlington.
Burlington, Feb. 16. The looting of a
freight car in the Central Vermont
vards Thursday night oLlast week has
ied to the arrest of .lames Louis Laduke,
better known as Louis Laduke, and
Charles Fleury, the charge against each
being burglary. Laduke, who, comes
near to holding the record for the num
lier of convictions against one man for
intoxication in city court, has been out
of the state hospital at Waterbury for
only a short time, having been com
mitted to the institution for the treat
ment some months ago. The cure evi
dently did not work in his case, for a
complaint was made that he was in
toxicated a few days ago and he was
taken into custody, which led to the
discovery thit he knew something about
a satchel that had been lost and ad
vertised in the local papers and that cer
tain articles stolen from the car above
mentioned were on his premises.
There was stolen from the car a
quantity of smoking and chewing to
bacco, some packages of cereal and some
candy. When Ijuluke's house at'lHHi
Pearl street was searched by virtue of
a warrant issued by the state's attorney
Saturday afternoon, a lot of the stolen
ntuff was found in a bag. It was also
ascertained that he had sold a traveling
bag to John Henry for $1.25. This was
recovered and in it were a silk dress and
some tobacco of the kind that was taken
from the Central Vermont car.. The bag
and the dress in it were the property of
Mrs. John Collins of Chazy, N. Y., the
bag having fallen from a hack when
Mrs. Collins was on her way to the
train. It was evidently found by Laduke.
When it was sold to, John Fleury,
be was arrested on suspicion of being an
accomplice of Laduke's.
A MORGAN PARTNER.
John
H. Harjes Died in Paris After
Several Weeks' Illness.
Grasse. France, Feb. 16. John II.
Harjes, who for many years was a part
ner in the banking house of Morgan,
Harjes and company of Paris, died here
yesterday. He had been ill for some
weeks past and the members of his fam
ily were summoned from Paris on Fri
day. Mr. Harjes retired from active busi
; ness in 1908.
VISCOUNT AOKI DEAD.
, Former Japanese Ambassador to United
States, Educated in Europe.
Tokio, Feb. 16. Viscount Siuzo Aoki,
former Japanese ambassador to the
United States, died to-day, aged 70
years. He was the son of a village doc
tor and a self-made man, and was one
of the first Japanese educated in Knropc.
At the time of his death he held the
, post of privy councillor.
Is World Skating Champion.
Christiania, Feb. 16. Oscar Mathiesen,
the Norwegian champion, won the skat
ing championship of the world at the
international meeting held at Frogner,
near Christiania, Saturday and Sunday.
Mathiesen captured the 500 metres in
47.7 seconds, the 1(00 metres in 2 min
utes 26.1 seconds, and the 5.000 metres
in 9 minutes. 20.0 seconds.
The Russian, Ipolitow, won the 10,000
metres in 18 minute, 47.6 seconds.
WAS M'KINLEY'S SURGEON.
Dr. Roswell Park, Cancer Expert, Dies
in 20 Minutes of Heart Failure.
Buffalo, N. Y Feb. 10. Dr. Koswell
Park, one of the best known surgeons
in America, died suddenly yesterday at
his home on Delaware., avenue. lhe
cause of death was heart failure. Dr.
Park had been in perfect health up to
within 20 minutes of the end.
Dr. Park was born in Pomfret, Conn.,
in 1802. lie was educated at Racine
college, founded by his father, where he
was graduated in 1872. He studied
medicine at Northwestern university
and after graduation spent several
years as demonstrator in anatomy and
lecturer on aurgery at the Women a
.Medical college, the Chicago Medical col
lege and Rush. Medical college of Chi
ciigo. In 1883 the medical department
of the University of Buffalo called him
to a professorship of surgery which chair
he held for 31 years.
Dr. Park's opinions ' on cancer- and
tumors attracted world-wide attention
He was a prolific writer and his works
on surgical and other scientific subjects
covered a wide range. Honorary de
grees were conferred upon him by Yale,
Harvard and Lake Forest universities.
He was the surgeon in charge when
President William McKinley was shot
here in 1901.
WARMER AFTER TUESDAY.
Cold Wave Will Let Up During Middle
of the Week. .
Washington, D. C, Feb. 16. All sec
tions of the country except the Pacific
slope will be held fast in Jack Frost's
grasp until after Tuesday, according to
the weather bureau.
There will be a change to higher tem
peratures in the middle of the week.
"Local snows are probable during
Monday and Tuesday over the Great
1-jikes and the north Atlantic states.
said the weekly bulletin last night.
The next storm of importance will
appear on the north Pacific coast lues
day and cross the eastern states near
the end of the week ; this disturbance
will be preceded by a general change to
warmer weather cast of the Rocky
mountains, and it wil be attended by
snow m the northern states. lliere are
no indications that this disturbance will
be followed by a cold wave.
INQUIRY WILL GO ON.
Into Affairs of J. J. Kennedy, Notwith
standing His Death by Suicide.
New York, Feb. 16. The suicide of
State Treasurer John J. Kennedy at
Buffalo yesterday will not hnlt an in-
niirv into his affairs and oilier in con
nection with the John Doe graft inves
tigation in this city.
Kennedy s friends insist that his sui
cide was due to a sudden spell of in
sanity. Attorney Whitman wished to
question Kennedy regarding the state
anal boards rejection of the bid of
James C. Stewart, after Stewart refused
to contribute money to Mr. Gaffney,
and about the details of the deposits of
state funds in banking institutions
bonded by a company in which Kennedy
was formerly interested.
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE HEARING.
Largest Room in Massachusetts Statt
House Set Aside.
Boston, Feb. 16. The largest room
in the state house was set aside to-day
for forenoon and evening hearings on
woman suffrage. The constitutional
amendments committee planned to di-
ide their time equally between speak
ers favoring and opposing elimination of
the word, male from a voter s qualihca-
lon. Should the legislature pass any
bills, it would be necessary to have the
passage reaffirmed by the next legisla
te session before the question adopt
ing the constitutional amendment could
be submitted directly to the voters.
NEW POLITICAL ORGANIZATION.
National Democratic Association
of
Women Voters Makes Plans.
Washington, I). C, Feb. 16. The Na-
ional Democratic Association of Wom
en Voters was announced to-day as the
latest entry into the political and suf
frage field. Mrs. Charles Morton, the
chairman, says the object is to conduct
suffrage campaigns within the I)emo
cratic party and an attempt to prevent
the nomination of any Democratic who
is not a suffrage advocate. The associa
tion contemplates a state and county
organization iu every state in the union.
CAUGHT ON HIS RETURN.
Arthur Degasse Was Sent to the House
of Correction.
Burlington, Feb. 16. A young man
named Arthur Degasse was arrested by
the police Saturday morning on an old
charge of petit larceny against him. He
was taken into city court in the after
noon, where he pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to serve not less than four or
more than five months in the bouse of
correction. Degasse has been absent
from Burlington since one day last Au
gust when be stole a gold watch, a stick
pin and a Waterman fountain pen from
William McNiff, He pawned the ar
ticles in Boston some time later. Since
that time he has visited several cities in
the country and served a sentence at
Albany, N. Y., for stealing a ride on a
railroad train. Degasse is the man who
stole a quantity of clothing from the
Mary Fletcher hospital some time ago
but was caught at Kssex Junction and
returned to this city where he was given
a sentence by city court.
DEATH IN DUXBURY.
Martin J. Hills Passed Away of Harden
ing of Arteries.
Waterbury, Feb. 16. Martin J. Hills,
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Sidney
Hills, died yesterday at his home at
Duxbury of hardening of the arteries.
He was born in Duxbury October 15,
1847, and when six years old went to
live on the farm, where his death oc
curred. In 1871 he married Ella Eaton
of Waitstield, They had one child,
Lester, now living on the farm adjoin
ing. Mrs. Hills died 32 years ago. A
few years after her death he married
Miss Mary Pease of Fayston, who sur
vives him, and also two children, Albert
and Ella,-who live at home. He is also
survived by three grandchildren; one
brother. O. W. Hills, and one sister. Mrs.
Seth Boyoe of Duxbury. , The funeral
will be held Tuesday afternoon nt one
o'clock at his late home and burial will
be in the Phillips cemetery,
MAN SLASHED
MYSTERIOUSLY
Found in Barn at Plainfield
Suffering from Sev
- eral Wounds
CASE IS REPORTED
TO STATE'S ATTORNEY
One Theory Is That He In
flicted Wounds on
Himself
The state's attorney's office was noti
fied yesterday of a stabbing affair in
Plainfield that is beginning to assume
serious aspects. Deputy Sheriff E. C.
Bartlett telephoned the meagre details of
the affair to State's Attorney J. Ward
Carver, who is conducting an investiga
tion.
Sometime Sunday forenoon Solomon
Bartlett, a brother of the deputy, who
lives one mile out of Plainfield village
went to one of his barns and discovered
man lying unconscious in the hay,
Closer examination revealed at least
three knife wounds in the man's body
and limbs. Later Bartlett recognized the
man as one of his employes, a Swede
who had been working in the woods
around Plainfield. A physician who was
summoned found a deep gash in the
breast, a second wound in the right arm
and a superficial wound in the neck. In
the barn a careful search disclosed i
knife. No one in the vicinity of Plain
lield seems to know the man's name, al
though a number of his countrymen are
employed in the woods thereabouts. It
is expected that the Swede will recover
Papers found on his person indicate that
his name may lie William lhatolt, al
though this fact has not been established
beyond a doubt. The Plainfield author
ities believe that soirfeone will come for
ward to tell more about the man.
Two theories prevail. One assigns the
cause ot the man s condition to attempt
ed self-destruction. According to the
authorities there is every reason to be
lieve that he had been drinking and by
some it is surmised that he had inflicted
the wounds himself .while qnder the in
fluence or liquor, rrom the appearance
of the hay it looked yesterday as though
he had slept in the turn all night. An
other surmise has it that Thatolf, if that
is his name, engaged in an altercation
with some of hia countrymen. He is
still confined at the Bartlett farmhouse
and doctors who attend him say he has
a fair chance for recovery.
To-day the state's attomev kepi in
touch with. the situation and was ready
to go to Plainfield at any moment to as.
mime personal charge of the Investiga
tion. Since lumbering operations began
there has been a considerable influx of
woodsmen in Plainfield and the injured
man was one of several who passed that
way several weeks ago. He is of middle
age and is believed to be unmarried.
Plainfield officer hope to get a state
ment from him as soon as he recovers
consciousness.
Jn a conversation with Deputy Bart
lett this afternoon, the state's atto ney
learned that the man had partially re
covered consciousness and bad furnished
the officers with story of being stabbed
and then robbed of a sum which niht
have been $50 or $400.
TEN FIRE ALARMS
IN CITY OF ALBANY
Most of the Fires Trivial but One
of
Them This Morning Caused
Loss of $130,000.
Albany, N. Y Feb. 16. The Albany
firemen responded to 10 alarms in the 24
hours ending at 4 o'clock this morning.
While a majority of the fires were triv
ial, two early to-day threatened for a
time to provt disastrous. The Albany
Creamery Packing company's plant was
destroyed with a loss of $150,000. Two
feet of snow and a temperature six be
low zero hampered the firemen.
STREET CAR HIT TEAM.
Joseph Papin Had Close Call from Being
Run Over.
An electric car of the Barre & Mont
pelier Traction company, due south,' col
lided with a livery team in charge of
Joseph Papin of the Papin Bros.' sta
bles near the corner of Pearl and North
Main streets shortly after 9 o'clock thin
forenoon. The electric car struck the
team from the rear, sweeping the team
from its course and hurling Mr. Papin
from his seat to the ground. As he lay
in the enow, the car passed, with the
wheels grinding the rails but a few
inches away.
Mr. Tapin was transporting a load of
mostly in the tracks of the electric road.
According to hia version, he was un-
Irom the south until a ' sudden crash
threw him and his team to one side of
the road. He regained his feet after the
car passed and darted after his horses,
which were hurrying off. The vehicle
was not damaged to any great extent,
and Mr. Papin is none the worse for
his experience.
ORDERED TO PAY $65,000
Because He Voted in House of Commons
When His Firm Had Contract,
London. Feb. 16. Sir Stuart Montagu
Samuel, Radical member of Parliament
for Whitechapel, to-day was ordered by
Justii-e Sir Sidney Rowlatt of the king's
bench division to pay the penalties and
costs, amounting to t!5Ms), because he
voted in the House of Commons while
bis firm bad a contract with the British
government,
OLSON OLSON. V
Wedding Ceremony Followed by Big
Reception in Honor of Bridal Couple.
A merry wedding party- gathered in
Eagle' hall in the Worthen block Sat
urday evening when Miss Augusta
Olson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Olof
Olson of YVebbterville, , ,18 united in
marriage to Alfred Olson of this city.
Nearly 60 friends and relatives of the
couple witnessed ttie. ceremony and re
nmincd as guests at the. reception ten
tiered the newly wedded pair by Granite
City lodge, Seandanaviau Brotherhood
of America.
Bev. John Bjork, pastor of the
Swedish Baptist mission, performed the
ceremony at 7 o'clock. The bride
marched to the altar in the company of
lour maids-in-waitiiig, .Miss Annie An
derson, Miss Alma Krickson, Miss Neil
Noren and Miss binga Noren, all
whom are long-time friends of Mrs. Ol
son. The bride was charmingly attired
ui a gown of white silk, cut en trame
She carried a bride's boquct of white
roses and carnations. All of her
tendants were becomingly guwned
delicate shades. Mr. Olson was attend
ed by four of his intimate irienus who
acted as groomsmen. They were Olgot
Knutson, Leroy Anderson," Wilbert
Erickson and Ivan Noran. The single
ring service w as used and immediately
after the ceremony, the wedding party
sat down to an excellent dinner. Dur
ing the evening there was an in forma
program of speeehmaking, vocal num
bers and instrumental selections. Aft
erwards an' impromptu dnncing party
was formed and dancing continued a
one of the diversions until nearly mid'
night.
.Mr., and Mrs. Olson were the recipe
ients of many practical and appropriate
presents. Bv the Brotherhood, , to which
the groom belongs, they were remem
hered bv a handsome gift. Other ores
ents included silver, linen, cut glass.
money and furniture. The bride has
made her home in llarre for some time
and is one of the most popular young
women in the Swedish polony of Barre
and Websterville. Mr. Olson has a large
number of ; friends in-this vicinity. He
is an employe of Johnson &, Gustafason
Mr. and Mrs. J. Olson will make their
home in this city.
i
SERVICES APPRECIATED
Secretary of Montpelier Board of Trade
Writes tt Chief Gladding.
Chief Cladding of the Barre fire de
partment received the following letter
this afternoon:
Chief of the Barre fire department,
. Barre, Vt. - -
Dear Sir:
In a purely informal wav, until some
more formal action may be taken, 1 am
writing you in behalf of the Board of
Trade of Montelior to extend to the
members of the Barre fire department
who assisted our department esterdav
morning, our unbounded appreciation and
thanks tor their assistance. We know
of course, that you were glad to render
your aid. but at the same time it was
the kind of neighborly assistance which
has touched the hearts of pir people
very deeplv. It was a bitter night to be
out even in the performance of one's own
particular duty, but to give that same
performance of duty to another cotninu
nitv Mas certainly an act of esiwcial
worthiness. Please accept this as the
expression of the members of the board
both individual! v and as a whole.
In addition, the latter invites the 12
Barre firemen to attend the annual din
ner of the Montpelier Board of Trade
which is to be held at the Pavilion hotel
Tuesday evening.
The letter is signed bv Homer A
Flint, secretary of the Board of Trade.
WELL-KNOWN BARRE MAN.
Charles E. White Died After Short lib
ness With Pneumonia.
Charles E. White, a well-known resl
dent of Barre and formerly in the mer
pantile business tor many years, passed
awav at bis home on North Main street
Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. He was
taken with a chill taut Monday night
nd pneumonia developed shortly, there
being no hope of his recovery from the
tart ot that disease.
The funeral service will lie held from
im lute home Wednesday afternoon at 2
o clock, Kev. h. r. -Newell, pastor ot
Hedding Methodist church, officiating.
friends are requested not to send now
ers.
Charles E. White was born in Caudia,
N. IU on Sept. , 1H43. His early life
was spent there and in South Dccrncld,
where he engaged in the mercantile busi
ness and remained in it for many years.
He was educated at Pembroke (N. II. 1
academv. Mr. White enlisted in the
5th New Hampshire volunteers and
served in the Civil war. He bad been
resident of Barre for 26 vears. In this
ity he was a member of Ifedding M. E.
hurih. of Crandall post, Grand Army of
the Republic, and of the R. C. I. P. A.
He was highly esteemed bv a large cir-
of acquaintances and he-was always
interested in the building up of bis city.
He was married on July 23. 1S70, to
Martha Judith Bovce, sister of the late
William A. Boyee of Barre. Six children
survive, as follows: .Misses ('Hrrie and
Mary White, who resideil with him; Fred
White of Hardwick, Mrs. Nat Keith of
Barre, and Mrs. Roliert Nelson of Bos
on; also three grandchildren. Robert
nd Roland Nelson and Ralph Keith.
There are also three brothers, Francis L.
nd George B. of Boston, and Woodbury
R. White of Ixiwell.
THREE FILE NOMINATIONS.
Making Additional Contests for Alder
men in Second and Fourth Wards.
Caucus nominees in wards two and
four will contest for aldermanic offices
with candidates who filed nomination pa
pers at the city clerks office this fore
noon. Alderman H. C. Patterson, who
was defeated by John F. Cook in the
second ward caucus last Friday night,
filed his pawrs to-day. His formal en
try in the field makes three candidates,
as the Socialists have nominated F'red
W". Suitor.
In ward four, William W'. Russell, who
ran second in the caucus against the
successful candidate, J. F.ilwin Keast.
has filed papers, and George W. Parks,
who ran third in the caucus, has taken
out nomination papers. There are now
four candidates contesting for aider
manic honors in ,ward four, as Clyde
Reynolds is the Socialist nominee.
Weather Forecast.
Fair and continued cold to-night. On
Tuesday increasing cloudiness; moderate
northwest winds.
$49,000 BONDS
TO BE OFFERED
City Council Completes the
Plans for Placing Same
on Sale
BONDS TO PAY 4
PER CENT. 20 YEARS
Special Session To-day In
sures City Property
for One Week
Special meetings of the Barre city
council were held Saturday night and
this morning, the former to complete
plans for offering the city's $40,000
schoolhouse bonds and the latter to con
aider insurance of the city's property.
At the meeting Saturday evening May
or Ward presided and all members were
present with the exception of Alderman
Patterson. The bonds are to be issued
to meet the expense of the new North
Barre schoolhouse. Negotiations are to
be completed with the Old Colony Trust
company of Boston to certify the bonds
a consummation that is aimed to move
them more rapidly. Sale of the bonds
is to 1m made through the medium of
sealed bids.
The resolution as adopted follows
Resolved, That the full particulars for
the form, the issuance and the sale of
$40,000 of school bonds authorized by the
vote passed at the city meeting held Feb.
27. 1U13. are determined to be an lot
lows:
"The bonds shall be of $500 or $1,000
denomination, be dated April 1, 1914,
bear interest at the rate of four per cent
per annum, payable semi-annually, and
shall mature in 20 years from date; but
the city reserves tha right to call
and redeem at par any portion or all of
said bonds at any interest bearing period
after 10 years from the date of said
bonds.
"The city treasurer is authorized to
arrange with the Old Colony Trust Co.
(of Boston) for the certification ot said
bonds, and for their sale on sealed
bids to be asked for through such
notices or advertisements as to him and
to said trust company seem advisable
the bonds shall bear the city's seal, be
signed by the mayor and city treasurer
and countersigned by the chairman of
the finance committee.
"The city treasurer Is also authorized
and directed to arrange with the Old
Colony Trust Co. for the printing of
the bonds in such form as is appropriate
to the foregoing' particulars and the vote
passed at the city meeting atoresaid.
To Borrow Money at 3.75 Per Cent.
Sealed bids were opened later in the
evening for the $48,0t0 temporary loan
which the council is to negotiate in an
ticipation of the 1D14 taxes. The notes
are to be due Aug. 10, 1914. There were
four bids submitted. The Old Colony
Trust Co. offered to furnish the money
at a rate of 3.fl;. Blake Bros. & Co. of
Boston submitted a bid at 3 per cent
and Curtis 4 Sanger of Boston stipu
ited a rate of 3.88. The highest bidder,
the Barre. Savings Bank 4. I rust Co.,
offered money at a rate of 4.87. On
the motion of Alderman Bancroft the
bid of Blake Bros. & Co. was accepted.
Reinsuring City Property.
The property committee reported again
on the proposal to reinsure all city prop
erty, including the sehoolhouses, under a
blanket policy, but after a considerable
discussion, the matter was referred back
to the committee and the session was
adjourned until this forenoon at 9:30
o'clock.
Mavor Ward called the city council
meeting together at 9:30 o clock. Sat
urdav night the council had discussed a
schedule reported lavorably by the prop
erty committee and endorsed by Gauld &
Robertson for the Aew hngland Insur
ance exchange of Boston. Under the
schedule, insurable, city property was to
be increased from $211,0H) to $304,000
for five years at a cost of $5,900, as
gainst $8,050 which the city has been
paying for its insurance in the last five
years. 1 he tentative schedule contem
plated a lump payment at the beginning
of
the five-year term, lhe insurance
was to be retained in the same local
jencies that have been hitherto carry
ng it.
A counter proposal from Rufus G. Rob
niMin oners to reinsure all city prop
rtv on the same oasis at $0,000 tor a
period of five years on a valuation of
period of five years for a valuation of
$300,000. In its report, the property
committee claimed that the blanket
schedule proposed by the New England
xchange would mean an increase in pro
tection and a decrease in premiums to
be paid, with a resultant saving of $2,-
100 approximately. Among others the
opinion obtains that the interest which
the city would lose by, paying a five
year premium in advance would act a
n offset on the saving. Mr. Robinson's
proposal promises a large saving and to
day the council voted to investigate fur
ther the merits of both propositions.
Insured for a Week.
Meanwhile the insurance on the city
hall expired shortly before noon to-day.
o meet this situation, a number of lo
cal insurance men, including N. B. Bal
lard, G. W. Gorman and G. 11. Pape, of
fered to insure the city hall for a week.
Their offer was accepted. On a motion
made by Alderman Calder the property
ommittee was instructed to readjust
the valuations on all city property with
provisions for calling in expert assist-
nee in the revaluation if necessary.
The committee will probably report at
the regular meeting of the board of al
dermen to-morrow night.
Barre Firemen Appreciate Treatment.
I wish to extend my thanks and the
thanks of the Barre hre department to
Mayor Estee, Chairman Standish of the
Moiitpelier fire committee, Chief Pattee
and James M. Boutwell for the kindness
and consideration shown the Barre fire
men during the fire at Montpelier Sun
day morning.
C. B. Gladding,
Chief of Barre fire department. '
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LONG-CLOGGED TRAF
FIC BEING RESUMED
Railroads and Business Getting Better
of Heaviest Snowfall in Years
Barre Streets Being Dug Out.
Fifteen inches of snow fell in Bur re
from Saturday morning "till late '
11 i 1' hi . Not until afternoon Satur'1
the effects of the storm begin V. ai-iI
seriously. Train service on thrtV lines
entering the citv was practically sus
pended and traffic over. the in term ban
street car line was interrupted by long
delays occasioned by the heavy accumu
lations of snow all along t''e line. Over
the Central ermont road two alter
noon connections with main line trains
were annulled and passengers' who
planned to leave at 1:50 and 3s40 were
compelled to wait until o:40. I he M.
& W'.'s suburban service was almost a
minus quantity during the afternoon
and at niglit the road officials in Mont
lielier announced that the Green Moun
tain express would be cancelled until
to-day. The Bane railroad withdrew
its freight trains from the quarry line
111 early anernoon and the passenger ac
commodations provided every Saturday
night for iiarre town patrons were can
celled for the time-being. v
Here in the city trallic was checked
Street department employes could make
but feeble progress against the snow
Saturday and it was not until Sunday
morning that the worn ot removing
snow from the main thoroughfare was
under way. ie&terdiiy the street super
intendent had 48 horses and 38 men at
work. Many were assigned to snow
plows and by church time the walks the
city over were fairly passable. Not so
with the streets. AH day long the street
department pitted its strength against
the elements. A driving -wind in the
early forenoon created great drifts on
all sides, lo-dav the street force was
augmented and the superintendent de
termined to rush the work as rapidly
as possible. The storm was the heaviest
in the present superintendent s regime,
according to his statement to-day.
trains began to move with more pre
ctsion by. Sunday afternoon. Progress
was necessarily slow, as the high wind
served to till the roadway almost as
soon as the hnow plows had passed.
Section men worked all day on both the
C. V. and the M. A W. lines. Yester
day's 8:45 train was combined with the
U:o0 a.-m. train, which left Montpelier
Junction at noon. lhe branch train
connected at the Junction with a combi
nation passenger and paper train and
returned to Barre at 2:40 p. m. Through
out the day gangs of section men were
at work clearing the 51. &. Y. line and
the miarry road. Operations on both
were resumed to-day.
W lule alt lines of communication and
transportation and the public in gen
eral were trying to recover from the ef
fects of the storm, the wind aim ted and
the temperature began to make appre
ciable drops toward the depths. Last
night at 6 o clock the head of the mer
cury pencil vat keeping even with zero.
l ive hours later it hud shot down to
minus 25. -
Suspension of operations in the gran
ite manufacturing belt - was general.
country roads were deserted because of
drifts piled high at every turn and busi
ness in town seemed stagnated bv the
extreme cold. And the oldest inhabit
ant huddled nearer the fire and
dreamed of his youth and the "god old-
fashioned winters.
FIVE CALLS ON SUNDAY.
Once from Montpelier and Four Times
at Home for Slight Disturbances.
Beginning at 5 o'clock in the morn
ing, when .Montpelier summoned aid in
fighting the big fire that devnsted a
part of the capital's business section,
the Barre fire department had five calls
yesterday. Wlien an urgent request for
help came over the wire trom Montpelier
Chief C. B. Gladding assembled a force
of ten men and .went to the capital with
1.200 feet of hose.
At ft o'clock a hot chimney at the
home of Mrs. Lazarino Berini on A street
brought the firemen to the house in the
auto truck. Little damage was done,
although some of the regulars remained
at the house to guard against an out
break. Around 7:30 o'clock the motor
truck made a second trip through the
snow, this time to Brook street, where a
raging chimney fire in the house at No,
11 occupied by .Mrs. c Harris its n
boarding house had caused the tenants
some alarm. The firemen kept the fire
from breaking through to the partitions
While a detail of firemen was out with
the auto truck, another detachment of
regulars went to the Henderson block
n the horse-drawn chemical truck, va
por that looked a good deal like smoke
was pouring forth from a crevice on the
south side of the building. The firemen
made a minute investigation of the in
terior and traced the vapor to a small
stove in the basement of the Vermont
ruit store. It was steam and not smoke
that found an opening through the first
floor and then issued from the side of
the building.
Later in the evening someone saw
steam pouring through the roof on the
house occupied by W .. A. Murray at 32
hurch street. One fireman from the
station was sent to Church street with
band chemical. He mounted to the
ttic of the house and looked for smoke.
He found steam.
WAS FINED FOR GAMBLING.
Frank Slamon of Montpelier Arraigned
in Barre Court.
Frank Slamon of Montpelier was ar
raigned before Judge H. W. Soott in city
court Saturday atternoon on a charge ot
gambling. Through his attorney, 'Wil
liam Wishart, the respondent entered a
plea of guilty and paid a $5 fine and
costs of $5.10, Slamon was held in Mont
pelier by Chief Durkee. who acted at the
request of the local othcers. lhe com
plaint was made by Grand Juror A. G.
av.
This forenoon Henrv Raymond of Web
sterville came before the magistrate and
pleaded guilty to an intoxication charge.
As it was his first offense the court im
posed the minimum tine of $5 and costs
mounting to .u.'i. Ksymond didn t
think be would pav ami he will probably
serve the alternate sentence of 20 day
in the county jail at -Montpelier. He
as arrested Saturday night by Officer
John W. Diiieen.
Daniel McAulay of Graniteville was
rrested on Depot square this forenoon
nd taken to police headquarters, where
he will remain until he is able to ap
pear in court. Chief Sinclair made the
arrest and McAulay will be arraigned
tin an intoxication charge.
FLAMES
..DAMAGE
$175,000
West Side of State Street in
Montpelier Was Again
Devastated by Fire, Union
Block Being Burned Flat
and Heaton and Dieter
Blocks Damaged
SNOW ON ROOFS AVERT
ED CONFLAGRATION
Yesterday's Loss Was Quite
Well Insured Barre Was
Called on for Aid and Fur
nished a Dozen Fire Fight
ers No Lives Lost
Sweeping over much of the territory
that was devastated by two fires in 1873,
flames caused a loss of $175,000 on the
west side of State street, Montpelier,
yesterday, wiping out the L:nion block
and a narrow building adjoining, owned
by Mrs. Fannie B. Bailey, who was also
a part owner of the Union block, par
tially destroying the Heaton block and
slightly damaging the Dieter block. The
burned area also adjoins that which was
openid by the total destruction by fire
of the YSialJjO block less than three years
ago, showing that this aection of Mont
pelier has been strangely visited by fire.
The Losers.
Five stores and a dressmaking estab
lishment, eight offices, six lodges and
two law offices were burned out or prac
tically so, while other stores and offices
were damaged. The Union block, where
the fire started,, was burned flat. It
was owned by the Union Block Co. and
Mrs. Fannie B. Bailey, who place their
loss ajt $30,000 and $40,000, respectively,
the latter amount including Mrs. Bai
ley's adjoining building that constituted
part of the A. H. Temple company store,
insurance on these properties was $25,-
000 and $32,500, .respectively.
The Heaton block was owned by the
Heaton estate, with the Montpelier Sav
ings bank 'as trustee. The,, damage to
the building is estimated at $8,000, fully
covered by insurance, inei'ieier diock,
just south of the Heaton block, was
damaged to the extent of $1000. it is
owned by the heirs of Chester Hubbard.
The occupants of the Lnion block lost
practically everything. The heaviest sin
gle loder among those occupants was the
A. H. Temple company, Mr. Temple esti
mating that he carried a drygoods stock
of about $30,000, with an insurance of
$25,(100. Charles F. Buswell, book deal
er, stationer and dealer in musical in
struments, estimates his loss at $10,
000; insurance, $7,500, Phillips & Lucas,
jewelers, met a lossof $10,000: insur
ance, $5,000. George O. Boylea, dealer
in carpets, wallpaper, etc., had a stock
of $12,do, on which he carried $8,500
insurance. The dressmaking establish
ment of Belle Martin loss, was $2,000,
fully insured.
Tenants upstairs in the Union block
were Dr. G. W. Mulliken, optometrist,
loss $3,500, no insurance; Knights of
Columbus, loss $2,500, insurance $1,500;
Fraternal Order of Eagles, loss $3,000,
insurance $1,200; Montpelier lodge, New
F.ngland Order of Protection, loss $200,
insurance $150; St. Peter's court, For
esters, loss $150, no insurance; St. Jean
de Baptist society, loss $200, no insur
ance; Ancient Order of Hibernians, loss
$300, no insurance; Patch A Co., loss
$1,000, insurance $400; Benjamin Gates,
law office, loss $1,000, insurance $400;
R. M. and K. M. Harvey, law office, loss
$2,)xt, insurance $1.51X1; Dr. W. H. Mc
Goff, loss $1.MH), fully insured; Dr. C. K.
Hunt, loss $1,000, insurance $5H); Dr.
.1. E. Dewev, loss $1,000, no insurance;
Dr. G. H. Parmenter, loss $2,000, fully
insured.
In the Heaton block the loss of Wayne
M. Reed, jeweler, is estimated at $12,-
000, with insurance of $3,tHMl; lr. K. .1.
Fitzgerald, loss $1,500, fully insured;
Charles H. Heaton, loss $150, no insur
ance. The losses in the Dieter block were
slight, the building being insured. Bruce
MdVnald, boots and shooes, was dam
aged $200, insured; A. W. Prescott, $50,
insured; Carl Knapp, loss ?UO, insured.
Harry C. Shnrtleff, Dr. R. H. Newton
and 11. A. rMaue, oiner occupants, r
caped without loss, of any consequence.
' Not Even Serious Injury.
The fire was not attended by loss of
life or even bv serious injury. A few
remen were knocked down or were
temporarily overcome by smoke, and
Clarence -S. Whittier tempted death by
rushing into the burning Union block to
recover some property from Patch 4.
Co.'s office. He was forced to grope his
way through the smoke and emerged
safely with some books and papers in
his arms.
Discovery of the Fire.
- The cause of the fire has not been de
termined definitely, but it is thought
that the flames communicated from an
overheated furnace in the basement of
the Union block, cither beneath the
Bevies store or the Temple store. I)r
Mulliken. who had on affice in the build
ing, stated to-day that he returned to
Montpelier on a late train Saturday
night and as it was too late to take a
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