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THE BARRE DAILY' TIME VOL. XVIII-NO. 100. BAIUIE, VERMONT, SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1014. TRICE, ONE CENT. COLLIER HELD RESPONSIBLE ROVERS BEAT BONACCORDS Changed Course in St. Law ., rence River and Sunk the .. Empress of Ireland OFFICIAL FINDING GIVEN OUT TO-DAY The Storstad Changed 'Her Course, Says the Commission Quebec, July 11. The collier Storstad was held to blame for the Empress of Ireland disaster, in the finding of the wreck commission, handed down to-day The commission holds that the disaster was due to the Storstad's change of cotirse, ordered by the third officer on instructions from the first officer in charge of the collier at the time the Empress sank in the St. Lawrence river May 29, with a loss of more than 1,000 lives. RELEASE IS DELAYED. Mrs. Carman May Not Leave Jail for Some Days. Mineola, ST. Y., July 11. It will b 11 days at least before Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman, accused of the murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey, can hope to leave the Nassau county jail here,, according to an agreement reached late yesterday between her counsel, George M. Levv. and District Attorney Louis J. Smith. Mrs Carman's examination before a jus tice of the peace, set for Monday, when she would go free she had hoped, be cause of lack of evidence against her, has been deferred until July 21. This change was asked for by the prosecutor with two ends in view that he might present the case before the grand jury and also have more time' to seek corrob orative and stronger evidence. Mr, Smith said he would go before the grand jury next Tuesday. Mrs. Carman's counsel consented to the postponement of the examination un der his stipulation, agreed t by' the dis trict attorney, that Mr, Levy should have the privilege of examining Elwood T. Bardes, witness for the prosecution. It was chiefly upon the testimony of Bardes, who is held as a material wit ness, that the warrant for Mrs. Carman's arrest is based. Bardes was passing the Carman home at the time a revol ver was thrust through a window of the physician's office, he testified, and he saw a woman walking away from the window after the shot sounded that killed Mrs. Bailey, a patient in the office. An examination of Dr. Carman's rec ords to show what patients visited him on June 30 the night of the murder, was begun yesterday, - District Attorney Smith said last night, but it was inter rupted by Dr. Carman himself, the. phy sician, according to the prosecutor, put ting a stop to it, although' he' had pre viously consented to this line of inquiry. In Exciting Soccer Game at Berlin Street Grounds, By virtue of thelir victory over tint Bonacoord football team at Berlin street grounds late yesterday afternoon, the Barre Hill Rovers of Graniteville are tied for second place with the Bonao cords in the championship race of the Vermont Football league. The Hovers won, 2 to 1," In one of tho most interest ing and exciting games played on the football park this season. Tl" Barre Ml team was accompanied by an ex ceptionally large deputations of rooters. J he victory for the Kovers was won by their superior team play and all round ability over the Bonacoords. The Rovers scored once in the first period and once in the second period. The only score negotiiated by the Bonaccords came in the second period on a penalty kick The only time the Bonaccords appeared very dangerous was in the latter part of the game, when it seemed as though they might forge out a winner when they concentrated their attack against the Rovers' goal. Clarke, the briilliiant center forward of the Rovers, was the star of the game. On a couple of cross kicks this little player carefully guided the ball past Goal Tender Naughton. The first goal came after the first period was well under way when Clarke slipped the ball past the posts on a well-directd pass from Brooks. Soon after" the second period started Clarke registered another goal on a pass trom Dawson. lormacK, the husky center halfback of the Bon accords, covered himself with glory. He was everywhere and was the strength of the Bonaccords' defense. A. Free- land, J. Freeland and Masaie played a strong game for the Bonaccords. Among the Hill Rovers who were conspicuous by their playing were Makie, Lindsay nd Moir. The summary: Barre Hill Rovers. . Bonaccords Stewart Naughton Mackiie J. Freeland Lindsay . . Couttes Gordon B. Palmer Moir Cormack Cox .' . Innes Lewis A. Palmer Daldalglish Banks Clarke Ewen Lawson A. Freeland Brooks J. Massie ..The summary: Barre Hill 2. Bonao- cords 1. Goals Clarke 2, A. Freeland. Referee William Thomas, Linesmen Lynch for Barre Hill Rovers and Laing for Bonaccords. Time 45-minute halves. LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN In a Fierce Storm Which Struck Parts of Town of Bethel RAINFALL SELDOM HAS BEEN EQUALLED Lighting Struck Tree Before Team, Causing Horse to Throw Girl to Ground Bethel, July 11. -Farts of this town were visited by a fierce storm of wind, rain and lightning, yesterday afternoon. Only a few drops of rain' fell at the village and there was little wind. At the quarries rain has seldom been known to fall so fast. Nearer the village in the same direction trees of considerable size were blown over, in some cases across the road. Leon Bat jis and his sister were driv ing on Mr i. SP wok roau when light ning biw" ee, scattering leaves and branches TiV them and their horse, which jumped, throwing out the girl: but neither was injured. in to years lightning has been known to strike in this village only once. This said to he because the hills are so near and so high. MANY STORM FATALITIES. STILL AWAIT ADVICES. From Rebel Leader Carranza Peace Conference. Occurred in Several Places in Pennsyl vania Railroid Traffic Tied Up- - Philadelphia, July 11. Six persons killed and property damage estimated at hundreds of thousands of dollars was the toll yesterday of cloudbursts and electrical storms in the Lebanon valley and the anthracite coal region of Penn sylvani. Three persons were drowned in Kcranton and vicinity in a flood that followed the cloudburst; one man was jj Word k'"e(l bf lightning at Wilkes-Barre and iwo iupi neam at i.eoanon, one wnen ne stepped on a live wire broken during the storm and unother by lightning. Railroad and trolley traffic was com pletely tied up and hundreds of persons who had gone to the outlying sections on picnics were marooned for the night. -l.ightnmg started numerous fires in the OLD COMRADES REUNITED. CHURCH HOLDS ANNIVERSARY Barre Goes Back in Memory 25 Years Civil War Veterans Had Not Seen Each Other for 49 Years. East Braiiitree,July 11. A few days ago, G. V. Flagg of this place received a letter from Lieut. George Buck, sr., of Lincoln, Nebraska, asking him to meet the lieutenant at the train at Randolph. Mr. Flagg complied, and when the meet- The First Baptist Society Of ing came nemier orucer recogmzeu me other for some minutes, and then the eyes of both were filled with tears of gladness. They parted 49 years ago July 15, both having served four full years iu the 2d Vermont regiment from the first HAS FIRST PASTOR Bull Run to the surrender of Lee at I Appomattox, and were devoted friends. AS ITS GUEST llotn were commissioned at about the same time, and they ate their meals in the same mess. And now, after 411 vnari lu,Lli,rv a vlni-a iliA, u'nm nl.tn j... ..... .... XT,t, A, ; TT-1J i to greet each other and spend a few iOtaOie UUServance ntJIU b hours of joyful reunion. Lieut. Buck of Co. II, 2d regiment, and Lieut. Flagg are of the same age, lacking 34 days. Both were brevet-cap. tains and were in command of their re spective companies during the time when they were commissioned lieutenants Each enlisted in inol as a private, the Church Last Evening TvAnfv.(lv von rat nf TCantiaf fpllni, Lieut. Flagg, during the campaign of Lhin in R.r Jere relohrnteH at not 1865 and the surrender of Lee was the .nin Bt,.rlntT nf that nnnominntioniil 1 . -s . i. : .: 1 c I r - imiy un icit u, me i .iupny m faitn , the pari0r. of the First Baptist .oui i w iub vi me ..hurch ast evenimr. A nnarter-centurv enemy. Lieut, jiuck was born in fair fax, Vt., in what is known as Buck Hol low. He went to Lincoln, Neb., in 1870 and he expects to return to that place to spend his remaining years. ATTACKED IN HER HOME. Bethel Woman Probably Victim of Sneak Thief. Bethel, July II. At about 11 o'clock Thursday night, Mxs. Harold P. Perkins ago, to a day and almost to an hour, the seed of one of the city's most sub' stantial church organizations took root in fertile soil. On the spot where the hopes of a faithful few were later real ized in the tangible form of a church edifice, 25 years of constructive religious work were commemorated by Baptists of Barre, Montpeher, W ebsterville and other, towns, as well as a sprinkling of men and women of other denominational preferences. L'pwards of 200 people as sisted in the anniversary exercises and . . . 1 n rrr-n rnviiiniif in ma urn r v inn n 1 t nmr was lying awake on a couch on her n'"".' ;; "i"-"-"" " f,.,t .;w v, i;,.t, h .i.., numner were tne earnest memoers oi nun. yimi.t-a. n 1111 .no .iit'if viit ikvik , .... .ft with no , .rnin h u. ... im r irst napusi society in narre rised to see by the dim light a man , " v """ tep over a gate used to keep little congratulation, uia me . nurcii ... Barbara Perkins from falling down the 01e 10 terrain us nri snepnera m steps. She sprang from her couch, and the P"""" ?' Raymond now when she stepped toward him the man the influential pastor of a church in Hor- struck her a sharp blow on the. forehead About Washington, D. C, July from the Constitutionalist leader, Car ranza, over the proposal to send dele gates to an informal peace conference with the Huerta envoys was- still awaited to-day by the administration of ficials and the bouth American medi ators. . - tnvljn ,jd;I Za (country districts and many bams con the report that most of the eonstitu- 8 u,n? "tel crops and hvntoek tionalist military leaders had advised ,ro'ir against a parlev, members of the Car ranza junta here admitted their hopes tor a conference were upset. .President Wlson and his cabinet to day continued to maintain silence over the situation and it is generally be lieved that the administration will with hold intimation of Its future policy in iranton, Penn., July 11. A cloud burst in the mountain region east of this city late yesterday flooded the Roaring Brook valley and the flats alone the Lackawanna river in .South Scranton. Every railroad was tied up and much property damaged. Three boys were washed away on a stump and swent ,0 luvuir nm ill , .- .,- . Mexico until the constitutionalist leader """" T " "' l"reP . " l7.' has dcfinitelv outlined his attitude over the peace parley. ON FUNSTON'S ORDER AH Men Love a Good Story. In the July American Magazine Wal ter Prichard Eaton, dramatic critic of that publication, writes an article in which he comments, as follows, on the importance of story interest in plays: "As a man grows older, one of the facts he comes to realize is this: that among the great realities of life, is the hunger for romance, the love of fairy tale, the craving for .fiction; and though it is perfectly true that only as romance, as nction, carries with it some merit of philosophy, some depth and soundness of characterization, only as it is, in Mat thew Arnold's oft-quoted phrase, a crit icism of life,' can it endure, nevertheless it. is equally true that the mere profes sion of realism in a play or novel will never make it popular. It must be a story; it must catch us up into an im aginative world of its own and have the power to hold us there, enthralled. If a story is compounded of the great reali ties of our present day life, it will suc ceed by just so far as it is a good story. If it is a tale of the vanished Orient or a sheer fancy out of fairyland, again it will succeed only so far as it holds and entertains Us. "In other words, the drama is a form of the larger art of fiction. It is not essay nor tract nor sermon nor socio logical report, and the first laws it must follow are the laws of fiction. Sermon or essay or tract must be brought in by the way, as deductions following log ically from the outcome of the story, the fate of the characters. "Now. the point of this probably platitudinous retnsrk is here: To make good story takes a kind of genius, whatever the material; and to make a good story out of 'le common, evcrydav life about us. to litt an audience up' into an imaginative world requires an ex ceptional genius indeed. To do it, the playwright must not only be an un usually capable story-teller, but he mut know the life he writes about inti mately, and he must have thought about it. deeply. Not only are we, the: au dience, much less forgiving of any lapses from probability in a realistic play about our own life, but because we know more about thst life than about any other we do not care to listen to the implied comment upon it of any but men wboe superior inte'licence we trus It i fsr more difficult to write a re alistic drama about the people and af fairs of the fxwir which shall have lit erary and philosophic value than to rite capable, or even eicrllent farce or irw-lodm ma or inmaihT. It requires a rsre. an exnptmnal talent, for to nar rative powers of a superior order t1 dramatist must ad4 superior intellect and JvrSSS' Rebel Representative at Vera Cru Was Arrested. Vera Cruz, July 11. Hector Jara, the representative .of the constitutionalists in vera Cruz, was arested last night in Vera Cruz on order of Brigadier General Funston, charged with seeking to incite Mexicans to make a demonstration against former Minister Moheno, LI Dictamen, a Mexican daily, issued a dodger yesterday urging the people to display atagomsm to Moheno. In con sequence of this the publication of the paper was ordered suspended temporar ily. Extra precautions have been taken to protect the Mexicans aboard the Es- pagne. Roy Ellis, aged 19, was drowned. Lebanon, Pa., July 11. Two men were killed and widespread damage caused here late yesterday by a cloudburst and electrical storm, accompanied by hail. which swept this section. All railroa and electric traffic was tied up. She fell upon her knees and her assail nt, apparently frightened, made a hasty exit by the same route. Though much . excited and la some pain, she called members of the Clanin family, who staved with her until her husband returned from a Masonic meet- ida, who with Mrs, Raymond was among the eiiests of honor. There was added interest in the occasion by reason of the fact that the father of the present pas tor, Rev. George H. Holt, was able to be present. With his wife, Rev. L. H. Holt of Ottawa, Kas., took an active part in the evening's doings. Informally, and the church, in its rehabilitated form took its place among the moxt substan tial church edifices in the city. Many improvements hove been made. A pipe organ was installed recently and no pains have been spared to muke the ex terior and interior comport wjth the best in church building equipment, j he pres ent incumbent has been the pastor for nearly two veins, having succeeded Key, W. R. Braisted. A complete list of the men and wom en who were instrumental in founding the church is as follows 1 Those now liv ing in Barre or vicinity, Deacon and Mrs, Theron C. Perry, Mr. and Mis. William A. Perry, Deacon and Mrs. F. A. Hutch inson, Air. and Airs. John Jl. Aason, Mrs. Theresa Perry Cheney, Mrs. Sarah Lake, Thomas R." Holder; those living out of town at present, Mrs. Lena Nason Cragg of St. Peter, Pa., Duncan Mellon aid of Alva, Flu., Mrs. A. K. Bond of Rumney, N. H., Mrs. Amy L. French of Noithfieldj those on the necrology list, D. B. Wheelock, Mrs. M. S. Wheeloek, Miss Louise A. Bond, Calvin F. Bond, Mrs. Elizabeth Springer, Mrs. Theresa A. ('imp, Mrs. Emma E. Werner, Mrs. M. J. Collins. TO THE CIRCUS A-GOING. ing a few minutes later. Her forehead th ffair t(k the nature of a reception was by that time puffed up in an alarm ing way, but the swelling later subsided, leaving a very distinct mark, made, she believes, by the heel of one of the man's shoes, which he had removed before com ing up the steps to the piazza. Mrs. Perkins could give only k very general description of her assailant. A tramp of similar general appearance was seen here yesterday morning but was not arrested. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins be lieve that their unwelcome visitor tended to pick up any valuables he might find and that his assault was more a matter of impulse than of malice. LANDED ON HIS HEAD. Burlington MADERO FAMILY REUNION. Enough Left to Have Quite Sixeable Gathering at Asbury Park. Asbury Park, July 11. Forty-two members of the Madero family, includ ing Mrs. Gustavo Madero, widow of the man who was killed shortly before the assassination of his brother, President Irancesco Madero of Mexico in Mexico City, arrived here yesterday from Mon terey, Mexico. They were met at the station by 100 members of the family who have been here for some time. This is the happiest day of my life, said the family's aged head, Francisco Madero, father of the late Mexican ex ectitive. "Some of mv sons and dauch Will Send $64,000 to Panama-Pacific ters are with me once more and my boys VIENNA TO PARTICIPATE. Exposition. Vienna, July 11. The city council voted to-day an appropriation of $64,000 to pay for Vienna's participation in the Panama-Pacific exposition. now fighting in Mexico have made most honorable names for themselves. GO ON SHORT TIME. BOYS ADMIT THEFT. Tell About Breaking Into Burlington Store. Burlington, July 11. The mystery of the burglary and robbery of Raymond Belding's store at Kthan Allen park not arrest of two bovs. who owned up to the "''J1 "V""" ""u" 7 ?'c(K Tuesdays. Tact thai they were the burp ar. Late I " .. Paper Mills at Bellows Falls Begin the Schedule To-day. Bellows Falls, July 11. Beginning to day the seven paper-making machines in the plant of the International Paper Co. here will shut down at 3 o clock Satur- davs and remain idle until 3 o'clock Mon da vs. Shippers, finishers and other daywork era will quit at 3 o'clock Saturday and yesterday afternoon a boy named Jerome Kacine was discovered on the street try ing to sell a box of Golden Wedding cigars for a dollar. He was reported to the police and be was soon taken to the office where after a grilling he said he was one of two who committed the rob lery. He also stated that another boy iiabed Arthur Laramie was implicated ith him. The latter was arrested on Racine's statement and also taken to the police office, where he was ques tioned. He admitted that he and Rscine ment will be in effect. It is expected that when the big log drive of 45.000.000 feet goes through here that the mills will be shut down three or four weeks. TWO RAIDS IN BETHEL. Officers Secured Liquor at Each Place Hearings Later. Bethel, July 11. Raids were made Thursday night at two suspected places. Sheriff J. H. Kiniry of Windsor and TVniitr Sheriff F!. I" Piishman found a had robbed the store and that both went barrel of beer and two quarts of whis- n together. I -a ram it said that he hsd'l-.- . Antnnin Ciwn'i ami Mr. Kin- smoked two boxes of the cigars. It aI.o came out that the two had sold some of their plunder. POSTMASTER AT RICHMOND. Moses E. Leiry Has Secured Appoint ment. ' Washintrtnn. D. C July 11. Mwi E. Fary has been appointed postmaster at Rkhmond, Vt. Mike DoriMS, the Greek athbt, u passing the rummer in Souts AmTi, k he jrradtiated from the Unnersity of Pennsi Ivania. be intejod to return to his nstne borne to teach. lvnra will report f' football pra. tve at PhiUM. phia early is the fall. He la the strorg eat Bits in xl'm. iry and IX-nstahle .lohn 11. neeier found three eases of beer and two bottlea of beer at Frank Bianrhi's. Both respondents were taken to White River Junction, where they spent the night, and were released on bail yes terday morning. The hearing on Mr. Guerra'a case is to be held .luly 14 before Justice of the Pea-e A. J. Darrah at WTiite River Junction. The officers were busy last eretiinf serving subpnr-naa on persons wanted as witnesses. James Punn. manager fr John Kil hane. the worlds champn-n festher- eicl.t, issued a challenge this erk to frr-i.iie Welsh, the world's Ifht weight champion, for the IrlitaeijMMK Iifi a.l Wfl to meet Kilhsne at 133 r-wn-ds ringside, the regular lightweight iillW Thomas W. Sullivan of Seriously Injured. Burlington, July 11. Thomas W. Sul livan of 187 South Champlain street, and employed at the J. R. Booth mills, suf fered an accident yesterday afternoon which it was thought at first might re sult fatally. It is very serious as it is. He was engaged in sweeping the roof of an old box shop, owned by the plant, when he missed his footing and fell to the ground. From the edge of the roof where he rolled off to the ground is a distance of twelve feet and he struck on his head on the planking whicrl covers the earth. The fall made him uncon scious. The police ambulance was called for but was at the time busy on another assignment and a Jarvis taxicab was summoned which carried the unfortu nate man to the Mary Fletcher hospital. ft was several hours before Sullivan regained consciousness. Just how badly he is injured is not known. The cxa mi nion by the physicians, made soon after the man s arrival, did not result in find- ng any broken bones. There were sev ral severe bruises about tho head. Wheather internal injuries will develop or not cannot be ascertained for several hours yet. Sullivan is a man pant sixty years of age and has a family. He has been employed in the Shepard & Morse and J. R. Booth lumber yards for many years. SENTENCED AT ST. J0HNSBURY. Two Men Pleaded Guilty to Charge of Rape. St. Johnsbury, July 11. The crimi nal docket was reached in Caledonia county court yepterday and James I-a ru bor t of Danville and William fc. Abbott of Peacham, both pleaded guilty to the hartre of rape- Lambert was sentenced to the house of correction for a period of one vear to 18 months and Abbott was sentenced to the state prison for the same length of time. Several other respondents pleaded not guilty and will lie tried at this term of court. Governor Fletcher was an inter ested spectator at court when these cases were reached, having official business here in relation to the extradition into w York of J. E. Alexander, charged with the (areenv of a note. MERELY WAVED HIS HAND Said Conductor Goran, Who Claimed He Was Pounded by Stockbridge Man. Bctht-1, July 11. Charles Cloran, con- mtor on the whit Kiver railroad, came to town yeterday morning with a broken ne and a black eye and hurried to the office of Dr. O. V. Greene for treatment. He told a vivid storr of having been attaiked and pounded by W. K. Barrows, when lie stepped from his train at the Stockbridge station, bis assailant making some remark about Cloran's flirting with Mrs. Barros. Conductor Cloran claimed be and Bar rows had never had any trouble before and said be bad sometime waved his band to tbe people in the Harrows house when the train went by. State's Attor ney Raymond Trainor of White Riter Junction ani Sheriff Kiniry were in Stiwkhndge yesterday, looking into the wiiat. to Rev. and Mrs. Raymond and to the elder Rev. Mr. Holt and his wife. A social hour at 8 o'clock was followed by the opening of the exercises. The program was carried out in the spacious parlors, attractively decorated for the evening through the conscientious efforts of the Philathea and Baraca classes. The first number was a vocal solo by Howard Geake. Rev. L. H. Holt followed with a short original poem, written in com memoration of the anniversary, and he was followed by Mrs. D. H. Cutler, who rendered a vocal solo. Not the least in teresting part of the program came at this juncture. The minutes of the first church . meeting, carefully preserved throughout the years, were read by the present clerk, Mrs. Frank G. Rogers. At the time of the organization, Mrs. W. A. Perry, who was among those present, was elected clerk and the record of that night in July, 188!), was prepared by her. Remarks of an introductory char acter were then made by the pastor and the appearance of Rev. -Mr. Raymond was the cause for a sincere ovation. The first pastor of the church in Barre de voted the earlier pRrt of his remarks to a retrospective glance to the voumrer day of the Baptist society. In llw course of his brief address, he congrat ulated the church on its steady growth and the progress it has made along other lines. Kev. G. H Holt brought the lit erary and musical program to a close with a pleasing vocal solo. Then followed a genuine handshaking reception in which the guests were re ceived by the pastor and Mrs. Holt and Rev. and Mrs. Raymond, ror not a few among those who were ushered along the receiving line it was a first oppor tunity for greeting the former pastor and his wife. There were scenes, many of them, that are not soon to be for gotten. In the line, also, were a number of the original members of the society and they too received their share , of grateful attention. After the reception, the company aban doned itself to a get-together social, in the course of which a dainty luncheon was served. The refreshments, which included punch and wafers, were in charge of members of the Philathea class, who were assisted, in turn, by the Pansy class members. It was late in the evening when the affair came to an end and old and voung members of the church joined alike in a silent petition that the church s years of use fulness and prosperity may be long con tinued. It is a matter of deep signifi cance that tne anniversarv celebration is to be continued in a fitting manner, for to-morrow special services in the church will mark the quarter-century birthday end Rev. Mr. Raymond will be the principal preacher. Members of the First Riptist church are planning to make of the services an occasion for re joicing as well -s renewed consecration to the work that lies bhcad. A little group of 23 people, most of whom had received their earlier training in the tenets of the Baptist doctrine, met together at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Terry in July, 1R!. to consider the feasabilitv of perfecting a permanent church organization. Such a measure of quiet religious fervor was manifested st the meeting that the ultimate found ing of a strong society must have been a loregone conclusion. j nose who Had the welfare of the fellowship so deeply at heart set about to complete plans for putting the church organization on a firm financial basis. That they buildcd well snd wisely no one to-dy has reason to question. Rev. Mr. Rsymond, then min ister of the church in Montpelier. early interested himself in the cause of the church in Barre and from the very be ginning he eondueted afternoon services each Sabbath. How the church grew strong in the faith a well a in number should be told in a more pretention account of it existence, an account that msv be writ Big Crowd Comes to Swell Bane's Own Sensation-Seekers' Ranks. Barre was the only spot on the map of the whole well-known universe to day for some thousands of the genus, circus lover, who came from the four points of the compass to see Wheeler Bros.' show spread out over the green- ward at the Granite City driving park. To- get here, the genus drafted vehicles of every kind and color, from a one-hoss buckboard, which registered from East Calais, and a little penny-packard with rumble seat to a double-hitch and an ight-passenger touring car that came from almost, anywhere. Before the crowd got here, came W. Bros, and their show over the Central Vermont railroad from St. Albans. The usual contingent of small boys, and some of the grown ups, too, gathered in the freight yards before dawn to see the circus folks un load. - i Before most of the people ' who don't are for the unloading feature Of circus ay had bestirred themselves, the big tents at the park had been pitched and gang of heavy litters were getting thiugs pat for the parade. As the fore noon wore on, the coming and ' going crowd on the asphalt grew larger. It looked as though a large number of hay- fields in the hinterland must have been depleted. . Steam cars and the electrics helped' to swell the gathering, and ap pearances pointed a good deal toward .a big mass meeting of fun-Beekers at the park this afternoon. It was the old-fashioned circus day setting without any variations. Be tween tbe perk and the main thorough. fare there was a constant stream of people. Near the gates was posted the publicity gentleman, awe-inspiring with his big megaphone and long on the "on when he modestly told of certain stoopendous things that are soon to hap pen. Farther down the line wandered an assessor of sueccss, tiie magazine agent, who has you glued to a twelve month contract and a new fountain pen before you can lift a hand to remon strate. Be it said in fairness to the as sessors of success, the 1014 crop of suck ers is somewhat smaller than the harvest on circus day last year. The people who come, to town in basket-lunch parties learned a lot from the assessors just a year ago. An extra cordon of shepherds in blue issued from police headquarters this morning with instructions to guide the gullible away from the street men. The weather augurs well for a pleas ant time at the big show. It's a safe bet that Mr. Everyman, who goes to hu mor the children, will be at the grounds early. Following in his wake will be the rag-tag and bob-tail, the hurrying, stumbling crowd, incontinently eager to drink in the sights; sticky, children, peevish in the heat, but keen on seeing everything that is to be seen, will be candying up other people's clothing, but the panting, fascinated circus-goers won't mind it at all, the chances are. It is the proletariat's own dav, for no where is there so gu.it a levelcr as the circus, and a crowd that is jostled and bounced and pushed withal, is bound to be good-natured. It is circus day and since it conies infrequently, the public succumbs to its awful fascination in un abashed abandon. LIFE HAD GONE FROM Hr- BODY Charl Tierney, a Line ., Electrocuted at V Montpelier HE WAS WORKING ON A HIGH POLE There Were Several Burns on Various Parts of the Body . The lifeless body of Charles B. Tier ney, a Consolidated Lighting Co. lineman, was removed from a 30-foot pole at the corner of State and Taylor streets in Montpelier at 7:25 this morning, the man having been electrocuted while en gaged with other workmen in shifting wires from high poles to lower standards. The body had been held in position by the life-belt which he wore. The accident was first noticed by his companion, G. H. Johnson, who was standing on the ground. The latter no ticed smoke issuing from Tierney's body and he at once notified Foreman Clar ence E. Lull, who caused the current to be shut off. Then the rescuers ascended the pole and after attaching , ropes to the body lowered it to the ground. The body was laid on the grass of the Union Mutual Co. and apulmotor was rushed to the scene. Efforts were made to resuscitate the man with the use of the instrument but all to no avail. Physicians said that the man undoubtedly was dead when be was tak en from the pole. Several burns wen found on the body, one being on the left hand, another on one thigh six inches froln the body and still more being found on other parts of the body. Aft erwards the body was removed to Vol- holm's undertaking rooms to await the completion of plans for the funeral. The victim of the electrocution was 35 years of age and leaves his wife and one child. .Their home is on Cedar street in Montpelier. Mr. Tierney had been employed as a lineman in and about Montpelier for nearly 10 years and waa well known both there and lu this city. FATAL CHARGE THROUGH BODY U. S. W. VETERANS PLAN REUNION. Gathering to Be Held at Burlington, 'July 21. Over 200 members and others are ex pected to be present at the 11th annual encampment of the department of Ver mont, United Spanish War Veterans, colled by Department Commander James M. Hamilton, M. IX, of Rutland for Tues day, July 21,' at the armory of company M, V. N. G., in Burlington, in connection William Taylor, a Lineman, Was Killed at Rutland While Working on a Pole. Rutland, July 11. William Taylor, a lineman employed by the Rutland Rail way Light and Power compay, was al most instantly killed at 3:30 o'clock yes terday afternoon when he accidentally received an electric shock at 2.300 volts while st work here. .Drs. J. M. Hamil ton, F. H. Gebhardt and H. R. Ryan worked for four hours with pulmotor and oxygen to save him, but he was probably dead when taken from the pole where he met with the accident. Taylor was 3.5 feet up a HO-foot pole when his companion noticed his body hung limp, suspended by a safety strap. He was lowered to the ground with ropes and physicians began their futile work in a very few minutes, not even waiting to move the man to a hospital. Taylor had been in the Electric company's em ploy about 18 months. He was 25 years old and leaves a wife. WAS ILL 17 MONTHS. William Gingras Had Been Resident of Barre Many Years. William Gingras died at his home on the Merchant street extension this morning at 2:30 o'clock, death following nil illness that has confined him to the house for one year and five months to a day. Mn-e Mednesuay nis condition had been critical and physicians who at tended him knew that the end was nesr. He leaves a daughter, who lives in Man chester, N. H., three sisters living in Hanover, N. H., Derby Line and Somer ville, Mass., and a brother residing in Fitzwilliam. N. H. There are also num erous cousins surviving, rour children bclontrinff to the deceased have been dead with which will be held the first reunion some time. . of the first infantry, Vermont volun- m, (;incra was born in Rock Island, teers, war with Spain. p. q., 3 years ago. He had been a rcs- The business meeting of the l nited of Barre many vears and until a Spanish war veterans will be held at w-ver, attark of rheumatism disabled 10:30 o clock w hen officers w ill be elect- ,im. he w as employed now as a team ed, -ter and airain at hi trade as a brick The following committee will report ,.. Soon after he first became ill he immediately after the organization of ,vag confined to the city hospital, whence the convention. hewas later removed to the city farm. Committee on credentials the depart- hi, (.incrra has been a patient sufferer mcnt adjutant, the assistant department j nd to rssual visitors at the farm the adjutant, the adjutant of lamp Flynn. fortitude with which he bore his nn- Auditing committee I ast Department fortunate lot was a lesson in itself. Commander Ned D. Ripley, rraiik " Totally helpless from the outset, be was Putnam. Camp Curtin. and W. E. Frost, : 00S!M, with excellent care at the hands Camp Spofford. i0f matron. pecial committee to formulate and i vuneral servioes have not been ar- present a set of by laws for the consid- i mriired. Relatives of the man were not- eration of the convention Chairman, j jfiPd 0f his death bv w ire this morning. Past Commsnder It. Edward Dyer, w ho , jt j jjelr that the interment w ill be is authorized to name such other com- , tTi'if Monday. rsde to ere with him a he desires. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, follow ing the business sesim. the steamer Chateaugay will lcae the dock for a boat ride, to which all Spanish war vet erans regardless of membership in the organization, have been intited. They have also been asked to HAD PREMONITION Of ILL. ten some'dav in the nfr future. Suffice will r" a rump fire at the armory and it to v that the dawn of a brighter .n interesting program i promised. lav it the socVtv's hi-torv saw thelAmong the speakers will he i or-grc- fmindtion laid for th piescnt .hunh msn Frank l t.reene. a member ot the structure. Not so long ag the origins! I state organization, i ne gain-no- w wooden bui!iir, was enrased in bruk be open to the public- Herbert Denisha Whe Died Yesterdsy Had Said Good-bye. St. .lohn'burv, July II.-Herbert De- bring their rusha. the voting man who was injured lailies. The expense of this treat are de I bv falling from a ladder Wednesday frayed by t amp Flynn and the citizen I w hile at work on the owra house on- of Burlington. In the evening at 7 oVksk there Itected with the Avenue hotel, died terday at r.iiglitlor.k hospital. Tbe body wa taken to lerhy Line for burial. The unfortunate man bad a premoni tion of his aoriHert. it is tHojibt. as he fore leading tor hi work Wednesday N his tioarding mistress and ao. elates wd bye.