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VOL. LXXXI. NEW SERIES VOL. LIII. BOARD OF DAIRY State Inspection of Creamer ics and Cheese Factories. COM .EORGANIZATION tlnii- .(ml ry Committee Propose?, tiprrnte Court of Four icrlor Judge lit Snl Kl.n(l Unrli llitp- u Create nmt Sl ir 700 Peru Must io Montpcll. r, Oct. SI. With 11" debates In 1 iiicr House ( delay proceedings. in.it- eports or tlio two nouses, n in pro amount f routine business was transacted. Two joint nsscmbllos will bo held to- I.. 1!.... 1. I...,.- 1... Tl- S, Palmer of Washington, D. C. who poKc at ne M5M ami game oanquei init uorrow nf omoon to give nn oftlcl.il The lull Introduced In the Senate this n.n ip iw siftti o wit iiiiiiu.,,1 ir ncniicn piiu.iiii'.i- nciium iiovantat;. s ami m juu s one of far reaching Import. An extended iw..t..U t 1 1 .1 nl.-.. r 4 1. i 1.111 un w iiiumi in nit' uiui-iai rriiuri ui ho !-cuate morn'ng proceedings. The Senate committee on elections ro- " " ...v "... ..in...... rig Hie law disenfranchising delinquent I "I'i'ii". wiiator jonnson mane a strong, r'iinen1 in Mipiuri oi ine measure i f used a third reading this afternoon by 4 rur of in to It, T e House by a rising vote this morn I. .iilftj.lll ll lll!lllllUlll lliv JIJII1L lliM.UU- Intrnduccil bv Dr. Mead of Uut- nd city, providing for a Joint assembly I'luirsday afternoon at four o'clock welcome to Vermont, Hrlgadler-Cicn- ral 1ewls A. Crnnt of Minneapolis, .i is fVHieni inai .Mr. napgooil or 'em will liavo to walk the plank as did ... . iivh i , iF,np,f, n-, .ill. ,-ij.iut: ill uesaay. i ne nouse eomnmiee on eiee- InH F.nAM,, till. .-ft...ln M- n .1 , n .i .ini'tHi"-") iiuimii .i rv,it m;vitue ng no nl tt.A nr V,l . . .b i.i- v.i. ,n i, ,,ii L-iLbiiuii, injni- iinien nv n rpun linn nnent nc lapgood. At his rermest it wan ordered lie, and was made spo-lal order ir Thursday afternoon at 2:30. Of the raft of bills which came Into thu louso this morning, the one Introduced by oard of dairy Inspectors, Is perhaps the ioi-i interesting and Important to tho 11 Ml, l Ik nf tho Rtnte. A full n Iil.1 ..-i ,.! lgS. Mr, ("Jllison of Brattlehoro Introduced a III which provides that health officers nil lie mmnmTpri nir nil mroa ini n..n. itllleil iiiwiii. The bill introduced by Mr. Hulburd of ydo J'ark amends tne mepent law nnd ivra eiiy huh inurueipai courts' ana JUS' ver .1 years wii io me iaie innustrui A bitter fight Is sure to be occasioned by ie bill Introduced this morning by Mr. uttlng of Plalnlleld annexing a portion the town of Marshfleld to tho town of minueiu. i no committee on town lines III i.tr.,, ll,n linlli. .,,. ,1.A.. ...Ill ... mi . i ..k.ivu n null L.m Mill VUII- dcr this bill. The Judiciary commltteo from tho Homo ported thla morning a substitute bill for ie ono Introduced earlier in tho session rovldlng for n reorganization of tho ju- iruiry. iim provisicrn oi mis Kuostmue II nro clearly bet forth In tho official ro- TIip House this morning killed the tw-j ,11s before it providing for nn Increai." of ly jnr uie miners ana memoeis oi tile eneral As'-embly. THE OFFICIAL RECORD. n. .liiliiiMin Iiifriidueea lllll to Cen tralize Sinnll Scliools nnil I'qual , lie .School AiIvnulnRei. SENA TE MORNINOJ. Devotional exercises were conducted Tnr Hev, J, Hall Long, chaplain of nate. ssslon 1900. Tho Journal of vpsterdav's oroeeedlnirs "I W.IW j,LiAJ , CU, BILLS INTUODUCED. S. Bftny Senator Howland, to amend .,v, Tv.,,,v,,v puvmiiii, lCJIVI.ia(f LO ft return inventor4ei fVimmliica rv and list. 51 By Senator Manning, to amend o. 237 acts 1900, entitled "an act to tn- irriur.LLf. ihh v ennnni Arn f nm innnr. cf. t'liiii i..ii v. rtiiM..iri in riiniin mr nr ir immlttee on corporations. Hy Senator Van Patten, to amend ction 99 of Vermont tatutes, as amend- ly section 1 of No. 4 acts 1904, relat- g to form of ballots. Committee on eles- Isuso of receptacles in t(m sale of milk, immlttee on public health, fit By Senator Daley, to anwid soc- in 2 of No, 219 acts 1901, entitled "aji iiijimy, rcuiiing to nipnai EtocK. com- Itteo on corporations. B!-y Senator Russell, to nmend No. of acts 1904, entitled "an act to in- rporato tho Rutland Trust eomiiany," tending the provisions of tho same, mmlttee on hanks. WV-Ry Senator Chase of Windham. Incorporate the Greenwood Cemetery aoclatlon of Whltlngham. Commltteo on rpo rations. CT Ry Senator Johnson, to promote e centralization of small schools and to uallzo school advantages. cctlon 1, deflnci an elementary school HSPECTORS as one performing the work prescribed In a nlnp year's course, or part thereof, prepared by the superintendent of educa tion for ungraded schools. Section 2. $3), 050.00 set nsldo, to bu divided among elementary schools furnishing transporta tlon and board for resident pupils, nnd provides for distribution of Mmo, nnd the manner. Se.ctlon 4, defines a legal schonl ns containing not less than eight pupils for IS weoks of school year. Act In effect April 1, 1W. Commltteo on cduca Hon, 8. CRBy Senator C'nrutli, to nmend sec tion 2237 Vernwnt statutes, relating to laylnif out highways. Requires a survey nnd plnclng of monuments to mark lands. Committee on highways and bridges. S. S9 By Senator VAn Patten, to pro vide for further Instruction of the. deaf, dumb, blind. Idiotic and feeblo minded. Appropriates $2,500.00. Commltto on education. S. CO Iiy Senator Daley, to amend sec tion 11 of .Vo. 1S1 nuts 1502, entitled "an act to Incorporate the Interstate Railway company," nnd In addition to such act, extending the provisions of such not, relating to aid to such railway. Com mittee on railroads. HEAD THIRD TIMi: ,SD PASSED. S, To prevent the fiaudulent sale by retail merchants of their stocks of goods, S. ill To amend section 3121. Vermont statutes, I elating to Incorporated villages. S. 3.' To amend tectlons 13 and 14 of Nu. 101. actio of JiM, entitled "an net In amend ment of anil In nddltlnu of tin- act of In corporation of the village of Essex Junc tion"; approved November IS. W2. Tout resolution Empowering committee to visit House of Correction. Same Empowering committee to visit Stnto prison. Same Empowering eommlttee to visit State hospital and llraltlebiiro retreat. S. 7 To amend section I of No. ,". nctn of 1904, lelating to additional Killing places. S. M To aniHiul section 127, Viirmonl statutes, as nino.ded by ted Ion I of No. 3, acts nf lMo; lelating to the appointment of assisting clerks. ItEPOItTEI) ADVERSELY. S. 2 To repeal No. "I, acts of 1!0I, en titled an act In addition to section 2971, Vermont statutes, relating to voters In oily, town and village meetings. Senator Johnson favored the repeal. apir..it "mi wi v i- runy m il lie l.lllisitl- crod Its oueMlonnble lion ml to i r.f..-r.,i t,. tne lacl tnat our State government Is not like a lodge wbcte members shall bo barred for the failure to pay their duns. As citizens were born into the conditions we live under nnd should be entitled to Its privileges. He pointed out that a tax having rvjt been paid before March meet ing no Incentive to pay after. Delinquent taxpayers' Hst filed with town clerks fur nishes material for those seeking to pollute the ballot box. The principle of the law vicious in that It may load to enactments depriving the del'muent taxpayer of tips right to the public ways, etc., because of his failure to pay tax. On motion of Senator Tavlor ordered to lie. On motion of Senator Delong. adjourned. SEN.iTE A FTERNOON. JOINT RESOLUTION. Hy Senator Daley, .elating to Joint as sembly to hear address of Dr. J. S. Palmer of Washington, D. C, November 1 at eleven o'clock in the forenoon: pas?cd. READ THIRD TIME AND PASSED. It. 11 To amend No. 23!), acts of ISOfl. en titled an act to Incorporate the Not them Telephone company. 11. Co To amend sections ,M2S and .r,130, Vermont statutes, relating to stock gamb ling. II. P-To repeal section pn, Vermrrjt htatutes as amended by section 1 of No. C, acts of IMfi, and section 1 of No. li. aeis of ISM, l elating to applications to the General Assembly, H. A3 To repeal sections lift; to 1114, In clusive, Vermont statute", relating to the Inspection of flour. H. 110 To repeal Res. 43ir, to 4319, Inclusive, Vermont statutes, relating to tho Inspection of Iron and rails. H. 110 To change name of Hog pond In Woodbury to Valley lake. If. 169 To amend Sec. ii7." Vermont statutes, relating to the annual license tax. THIRD READING ORDERED WITH PROPOSAL OF .VMENDMENT. II. 17 To Incorporate the Brattlcboro Trust Co. Amendments proposed First, to strike out lino 2 of Sec. 17; second, to chane the words live In Hue 7 of See. 20 to ten. PLURALITY BILL KILLED II. 19 To amend See. 132 Vermont statutes relating to election of repre sentatives to the General Assembly. Senator .Stafford contended that tho old-fashioned rule of majority ought to bu retained, rather than make It pos sible for a minority to prevail. Senators Homers and (lowland favored the proposed bill for the reason that nny town should bo represented, and no town should be compelled to vote for two or three, days to elect a man. Senator Cnse of Windham sees nn Justice In the proposed change. Why should a man Inter In the day b elect ed by a different rule than those voted for on first ballot. Senator Taylor favored change, thought that plurality election by (list ballot hnd Its merit, yet that tlio bill proposed would work no evil. Op motion of Senator Johnson, took recens, subject to call of the Presi dent, THIRD HEADING ORDERED. If. 05 To Incorporate the Champlaln Valley Traction company. II, C!i To amend Sec. CO of No. 113 acta 1SI04, relating to search nnd seizure proceedings. II. 93 To amend Sees, sr.4 and STiC, of act relating to deaf, dumb and feeblo minded persons. U, 124 To repeal chap. 17:1 Vermont statutes entitled, "Bunks of circulation, discount ami dnposlt," ami all nmend meiitK thereto, H. 129 To allow a town to dispose of Its Intoxicating lliiuoni. II. 124111 addition 10 the charter ot the Bellows Knlls nnd Saxtons Rlvor Stieet Railway Co. II. 148 To amend section 002, Vermont statutes, as amended by section 2 of No. 29, acta of 1902, relating to public Instruc tion, If. 149 To amend section CK7, Vermont statutes, as amended by section 5 of No, 23, acts of 1902, and section 0), Vermont statutes, as amended by swctlon 6 of Na, 19, acts 1896 and section 7 of Nu. 2fi, acts of 1902, relating to public, Instruction, If. ICO-To amend section C62, Vermont stalutn, on amended by section 3 of No, 20, acts of 1S98, section X of No. 2T, acts of 1002, and fectlcii 1 ot No. CO, acts of HOW rolatlng to public Instruction. S. 4C To regulate Investments ot trust companies. JOINT RESOLUTION. Prom House, relating to joint assembly to Erect Major-Gen. L. A, Grant. HOl'SH BILLS REFERRED. II, 91 Enosburnh Falls trroded school bonds; corporations. II. 165 To legalize th (rrand list of Shcmold; grand list If. 178 To amend act Incorporating E. Is T. Fairbanks company: corporations. II, 214 To IneoTporata Fair View Cas ualty company: corporations. H. 220 To legallzo Quadrennial appraisal and grand list of Elmore; grand list. H. 236 Amending act incorporating West Rutland Trust company: banks. If. 239 Legalizing grand list and quad rennial appraisal of Brunswick; grand list, H. 244 To authorlzo villago of Wliio.lcl to refund outstanding sower bonds; muni cipal corporations. BILL RELATING TO DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS KILLED. S. 2 To repeal No. 74, acts of 1904, relat ing to voters to city, town and village meetings. ' On motion of Senator Paul, adjourned. PROCEEDINGS OF HOUSE. Mr. flrnton Introduces (1 Kill Ctinnglng Ilurllngtou Ward Ilnundnrlc Bill Increasing Salaries Killed, IIOESE-MORNING. Devotional exercises conducted by the chaplain. Journal of yesterday rend and ap proved. Joint resolution, by Mr. Jtend of Rut land city, providing for joint assembly to receive Generjl L. A. Grant, Thurs day afternoon at four o'clock; adopted on the part of the House. SPECIAL ORDER. Report of clcrtlons commltteo on the case of the representative from Peru was presented by Mr. Alexander of Georgia. The committee find Mr. Hapgood Ineligible. On motion of Mr. Alexander the report was ordered to lie and mado special or der for Thursday afternoon at 2:30. Petition, by Mr. Moorn of Plymouth, regarding damage by deer; to committee on game and fisheries. BILLS INTRODUCED. H. SOD By Mr. Scott of Brandon, (by request,) amends sections 2204 and 220D of Vermont statutes, relating to property extending into Lake Champlaln. (Permits erection of wharfs, storehouses, etc., on water front, provided navigation Is not Impedod.) To general commltteo. II. 310-By Mr. Gibson of Brattleboro, In addition to No. 113 of acts of 1902. relating to the preservation of public health. (Provides for health officers for gores.) To Joint committee on public health. H. 311 By Mr. Hulburd of Hyde Park, amends sections 2251 and 2252 of Vermont; statutes, relating to chattel mortgages. (All personal property except such pro perty as Is exempt from .attachment, snail be subject to mortgage.) To judiciary commlttcp. II. 312 By Mr. Hay of Rupert, to grant relief to that town, for building now road nnd bridge. To commltteo on approprU' lions. II. 313 By Mr. Carrier of Readsboro, to enable the AVesleyan Methodist society of Readaboro to dispose of Its church property. To general committee. II 314-By Mr. Preble of Shoreham, to requlie land ownprs to cut grass and weeds along public highways In June and August. To committee on highways and bridges. II. 31i Iiy Mr. Se.very of Goshen, to grunt licenses to land owneri prohibiting hunting trapping nnd ilstilng on certain enclosures. To joint committee on game and fisheries. H. 31G-By. Mr. Stafford of Tinmouth to regulate fishing In Chlpman pond. To Joint committee on gamo and fisheries, II. 217 Hy Mr. Hulburd of Hyde Park, to amend section 1 of No. 113 of acts of 1SWS, slvlng county courts discretionary power relating to commtttements ot the Vermont Industrial school. (County, city and municipal courts shall have discre. nonary power to commit persons over 16 and not over 21 years, to Vermont Industrial school.) To Judiciary, If. 318 By Mr. Akoley of Vernon (hy request) amends section 393 of the Ver mont statutes relating to appeals from the quadrennial appraisal of real es tate. To grand list. II, 319 By Mr. Cutting of Platnfleld (by request) to annex a part of tho town of Mardhfleld to the town of Plalntleld. Provides that that part ot the town of Marshfleld comprised of tho southern tier of lots nnd adjoining Plalntleld to lie set off and annexed to Plalntleld. To committee on town lines. H. 320 By Mr. Foule of Fnlrfleld to nmend section 22 of No. 115 of tho ncU of 1904 In regard to Intoxicating liquor. Makes feo for fifth class li cense $200. To joint commlttoo on temperance. II. 321 By Mr, Penman of Fairfax to Incorporate tho Central Cemetery As sociation of Fairfax, Corporations. II. 322 By Mr, Harris of Landgrove, to aid tho town of Landgrovo In the payment of Its Indebtedness; appropria tions. (Appropriate! $1,000), II. 323 Hy .Mr. Whitney of Salis bury, to prevent tho pollution of Leices ter river In tho towns of Lelccntor and Salisbury; gaino and fisheries, II. 324 By Mr, Towlo of Franklin, (by request) to Incorporate the East Clarendon Cemetery Association: cor porations. II. 325 By Mr. Cndy of Northltcld, amending charter of Norwich Univer sity as regards the general manage ment of tho Institution; corporations. If. 826 By Mr, Senter of Montpelier, (by request) to prohibit unauthorized performances of certain dramatic tind musical compositions; judiciary. BOARD OF DAIRY INSPECTORS. H, 328 By Mr. Wnllace ot Walts field, to create i board of dairy Inspec tors; agrlculturo. Provides for a board of four persons, two of whom shnll reside In each congressional district, nnuoluted. by tho governor, ivlin i,,,ii deslgnato the chairman; have general supervision 01 an creameries, dairies, cheese factories, and milk and milk products therefrom; may examine and Inspect barns, stables, cows and dairy nroduots and utensils, fodder. nii-,. conditions, etc.; establish coda of rules for proaucors, Dtiycrs and sellers; hear complaints as to tinwhalcsomo prod ucts or conditions, nna nmkti Inspeo Hons nn request, may issue orders tCoiitluued on fifth page) ; BURLINGTON. VTM THURSDAY, NOVEMBER FINED 55.11 Heavy Penalty Imposed on Con solidated Rendering Company by Judge Rovvell. MANY INDICTMENTS FOUND. Rendering CmiuNtny nnd Mnnngrer n rig ham Charged Tilth Selling; Dlnenncd; Mont nnd Hob VenI Former Cattle Commissioner ltlcll and Spear Indicted. Tho hearing In the matter of tho Rur Hngton Rendering company, which was cited to appear before the Chittenden county court to show causo why It should not be adjudged In contempt for not pro ducing for tho grand Jury all tho books, papers and memoranda called for in tho diseased meat investigation, was held yesterday. The motion made by attorneys for tho rendering company that tho contempt proceedings be dismissed whs overruled by Judge Row ell at the conclusion of tho hearing. In yesterday's hearing the rendering company was represented by IVeodom Hutchinson ot Boston, It. E. Brown and J. J. Enright of this city. Attorney-General Clarko C. Pitts and State's Attorney A, I Sherman prosecuted. MOTION FOR DISMISSAL FILED. Soon after court opened Attorney Brown filed a motion for dismissal of the contempt proceedings on the following grounds: "First, because tho memoranda and pa pers called for are not legally material and competent evidence in the Investigation being made by the grard jury. "Second, because It i sought by said petition to compel said rendering com pany to bring Into the State of Vermont for use before said grand jury papers and memoranda which may tend to criminate said rendering company and render it liable to criminal prosecution, and because said statute and the re quirements thereof is in contravention of the fourth, llfth and fourteenth amend ments of tho constitut m of the United StatcB and In eontrav iitlon of the tenth and eleventh articles o' the constitution of the State of Vermont " .Mr. Brown, In movlnr for dismissal said he desired that evidence might be pro duced tending to show in r.ablllty on the part of the rendering company, without prejudice to the motion nbovo stated. Tho court stated that the testimony would be heard In tho afternoon and a recess was taken until two o'clock. A PTE R NOON SES S ION. The answer of the Consolidated Ren derlns company 'n re petition for con tempt was llled In the afternoon. The document, wltho.it waiving any of the rights under mot on to dismiss llled In the morning, made answer that on or about the 20th of August the company removed all of the books and papers kept In Burlington relative to the trans actions with the cattle commlsslonrs to the main office In Boston for the purpose of examination and verification and that after examination and long tefore the service of the notice to produce some of the papers were destroyed at Boston: that the company was unable, to Ilnd two checks nnd was therefore unable to produce them; that aside from tho papers not In existence and the two checks all tho hooks and papers called for were produced before the. grand Jury. F. II- MANTOR. F. H. Man tor of Roxbury, Mass., man ager of the Boston office of the Consoli dated Rendering company, was tho first witness examined. He told of receiv ing tho notice to produce the books be fore the grand Jury. He said he col lected all the books pertaining to tho transactions with the cattle commission ers and forwarded them to Burlington. Two checks called for ho was unable to llnd, but ho produced all the other books In existence at that time and In the pos session of tin company. Theau hooka were In the Boston office when called for, having been brought there from Bur lington August i'2. The books wero cal led to Bojton for tho purpose of being examined to see if any Irregularitled existed between the company's cmploes and tho cuttle commission, us he had seen newspaper comment about such Irregu larities. Ho made caroful examination as far as the cattlo commissioners were concerned and found nothing wrong. After this examination the permanent records wore preserved and tho miscel laneous papers were destroyed. At tho time of the destruction of the papers ho said ho had 110 Intimation of proceedings against the .cattlo commissioners. On cross-examination by Attorncy Goneral Fltts Mr, Mantor said it was not the custom of the company to for ward books and memoranda to tho homo office. Tho correspondence be tween the Boston anil the Burlington offices was also destroyed. Ho said he won unable to toll what part of tho condemned cattlo wont for bcuf pur poses und what for rendering purposes, but that he could furnlih that Informa tion If ho was In possession of the de stroyed papers. ARTHl'R I IIUCKINS. Arthur L. Hucklns, general superin tendent of the Burlington plant, testi fied that soino time nrter October 23 ho received notice to mako a diligent search of tho premises for matters per taining to Dr. Rlcli. He made u sonrch for tho porlod from Sept. 1, 1903, to Sept. 1, 190C, and found nothing except 0110 check, tho amount of which lie did not remember. It was admitted at this point that Attorney Enright of tho rendering com pany and Attorney-General Pitts went nut to tho plant and examined papers from Novembor, 1905, to January, 1906, and that tho attorney-general was lv en on opportunity to mako further ex amination. MANAGER HIUGIIAM. Mauagcr Lk H llrlchAm. of tha Bur FOR CONTEMPT lington Rendering company, was called to the stand by Attorney-General Fltts. When Mr. Brlghnm was questioned ns to whether State's Attorney Shormnn went to the plant to ask nhout the truth of tin; Hutchinson nftldavlt nnd It ho (Brlghum) supposed the State's at torney were trying to find out If the commissioners werp selling diseased cattle, he replied, "I thought he wits looking for voles." Mr, Brlgham said that before lie gave Slate's Attorney Sherman an affidavit he hud been In Boston and talked with Mr. Heath. No call was made upon him for the books. He had no talk with Mr. Mantor In Boston about tho mattnr prior to tho service of the no tice to produce the book. Mr. Man tor was recalled nnd said It was the duty of the cattle commissioners to In spect the carcasses to be used for food purposes. CARL NAY, Carl Nay, bookkeeper for tho Bur lington Rendering company, and pre viously employed as entering clerk, was the last witness. When question ed us to tho manner of making his en tries, sold he did as told by Mr. Clcwey, taking all ot his directions from Mr. Clewey until the latter went away. Ho now does us far as he Is able tho work which Mr. Clewey did. THE ARGUMENTS. Tho arguments wero opened by Attorney-General Fltts, who said Man tor's testimony shows tho books wero taken from Vermont to got them out of tho proouss of tho court. It was a very strange proceeding and had not occurred before, according to Mantor. All of the evidence which would show what tho facts were had been destroy ed and tho company did not respond to the notice served on them. Attorney Hutchinson sold there was absolutely nn evidence that tho com pany had not undertaken to comply with tho notice to produce. Ho did not think any corporation wns obliged to keep all of the data and papers con nected with Its transactions. The re moval of tho books, he said, was an un usual procedure, but he asserted that such procedure was explnlned In Man tor's testimony. After examination In the Boston offlco the books In ques tion were destroyed to gut them out of the way, rather than to get them beyond tho reach of tho State. There was no law In existence at the time which would require tho company to produce Its papers and there was ab solutely nothing to show that they were destroyed with Intent to keep them from tho court, as no order for them hnd been received. Attorney Brown said to prove the charge It must bo found that tho books and pnpers called for are still In ex istence. Mantor could not look for ward nnd destroy the papers In an ticlpatlon of the action of tho Legis lature. At tho time that the diseased meat charges originated, the Statu was In tho heat of a political campaign and tho charges wero not taken seriously and no one then anticipated that an Investigation of the cattle commission crs' transactions would follow. After the court overruled the motion to dismiss the contempt proceedings. an adjournment was taken until nine o'clock Wednesday morning. A FINE OF $3,000. Judge Howell' IK-cinlnii In (lie Con tempt Proceeding. Events culminated rapidly yesterday, the final day of tho September term of Chit tenden county court. Tho Consolidated Rendering company which owns nnd op erates the plant of the Burlington Render ing company wns adjudged In contempt of court and fined $3,000 while as a result of the deliberations of the grand Jury, which body had been wrestllnj with tho dlsoxsed meat scandal at periods of varying dura tion since September 5, four Indictments wero found against the rendering com pany, a similar number against I E. Brlgham, manager of the local plant, and one each against Dr. F, a. Rich of this city and Victor I. Spoar of Randolph, the last two having been formerly members of tho Vermont cattle commission. COMPANY IN CONTEMPT. Judge Rowell rendered his opinion In the contempt proceeding first. He reviewed briefly tho ovldt:e pres-ented the day be fore, in so doing he emphasized tho nea esslty of tho pnpers called for being pro ducod before the grand Jury tig constitut ing an Important part of U10 evidenco which that body was seeking. Ho cald that after State's Attorney Sherman went out to the rendering plant and Inquired of Manager Brlgnam a to tho dl&oaswJ meat question that Mr. Brlgham went to Bos ton, returning prior to August 21; that the books of tho company went to Boston Au gust 21 or 22. The only evidence that the papers were destroyed, was that of Mr, Mantor; that evidence, he said, had been discredited urn! while the law did not re quire the court todlsregard the evidence it a discredited witness, such evldcuco would bo accepted with a great deal of caution and tho court failed to llnd from the ovl denco presented tlvat tho papers had been destroyed. Tho company was thcreforo adjudged In contempt. Attorney-General Fltts called for a se vere penalty. Attorney Hutchinson, rep resenting the rendering company, made no statement, Judge Rowell then Imposed a flno of stating that tho tine was not made larger as there wero further means of proceeding against the company. The execution for tho ftno will bo Is sued by the county clerk to-day. There Is a general belief that tho lino will be paid. A Free Press man was told last evening that tho company would he con sulted In tho matter and that probably its reply would be rccelvod to-morrow morning. THE FIRST INDICTMENTS. When the contempt proceedings had been disposed of, court took a recess un til shortly nftcr noon when the grand jury submitted Its first report, That body reported eight Indictments found. Four wero against the Consolidated Ren dering company and four wero against L. E. Brlgham, manager of tho local plant. The Indictments against tho cor poration and against Mr, Drigham aro. Identical, They are as follows: No, 1, for selling dtseased meat for food purposes. No, " for selling cows Infoctod with bovlno tuberculosis, nt different dates and In numbers varying from one to forty. No. S, for having In possession tho moat of a calf less than four weeks old, with Intent to sell outside of the State, at different dates and In lots varying from ono to twenty. No. 4, for having In possession, In vu'kuu, lutu,. v.lUi lutmit U bll far food 1, 1906. purposes, thf meat of a calf less than four weeks old. Ilnch of the Indictments Includes about 100 counts :o there Is a totnl or some W offences Included In th,. rlrrbl bills. The Indictments nllege transgressions against noin tne pure rood laws and the general statutes. BRIGHAM BAILED. Manager Brlghnm was arrested and fur nlMted hall as follows; $250 In the first Indictment; $500 In the second: $500 In the third nnd $250 In the fourth. John .1. Enright became surely for Mr. Brlgham. The company will bo summoned to ap peir before the court to answer to the charges. Attorney-General Fltts askod that Csrl E. Nny, William W. FJshor and W. 8. Heath, employe of tho Burlington Ron derlng company, bo recognized to the State to appear at court whn Mr. Brlgham Is tried. Ball In ench case was fixed at $500 and each was released on his own recog nizance. EN-CATTLE COMMISSIONERS IN DICTED. Tho grarrl jury contlnuod its councils and reported for a second timo, In the aft ernoon, this time lmlictlng Dr. F, A. Rich of this city, who until his otlloo wns do claml vacant by Governor Bell wa3 a member of the Stato cattlo commission and the Hon. Vli.-tor I. Spear nf Randolph, who previous to tho explratlcrj of bis term of ofllce was also a member T3f tlio com mission. Both of thoo former fctato officials are charged under tho common law with wil ful neglect of duty, as members, of the board of cattle commissioners. Tho Rich Indictment charges the former cattlo commissioner with having sold to tho Consolidated Pondering company un der tho njmo of the Burlington Rendering company, cuttle which had been con demned as Infected with tuberculosis, knowing that they wero to bo used for food purposes and not knowing that they wero not to bo useil for food purposes. The transactions alleged cover a period ex UiAlIng between January 1, 1!6, and June, 1D0G, and include between 3o and 40 counts. The Indictment covers 57 closely written typewritten pages. The Spear indictment also alleges, undr the common law, wilful neglect of ofllcia! duties and amrcr other things that tho former commissioner sold Illegally tho condemned Wright nnd u ,-itcomb herds In Richmond. The Indictment against Mr. Spear has fewer counts than tho mm against Dr. Rk'h. Lr. Rich was brought !rto court yes terday afternoon and his ball was fixed at $500, Carslus Peck of this city becoming bis surety. Notice of Mr. Spear's Indict ment was served upon him last evening. COURT ADJOURNS. After the report of the Rich nnel Spear Indictments by the grand Jury shortly be fore four o'clock yesterday afternoon the grand Jury was excused and adjournment of court without day was taken. All of the cases arising from the several indict ments were, by adjournment, continued. GOV. IDE IN SAN FRANCISCO. Coinlni- to St. .lohnsbiiry to Attend Mar riage .if Ills Dnugll'.er In Ilnurke Coekrnn. San Francisco, Oct. 30. Henry Clay Ide, late governor-general of tho Philippine Islands, arrived horo yesterday on the Hong Kong steamer Maru, accompanied by his daughter, Miss Marjorie Ide. Ho has come home after more than lHo ye.xts' service in the Jar East, to attend the marriage of his daughter, Annie, to Bourko Cockran. Tho wedding will take place at tho Ido homo In St. Johmbury, Vt shortly after Governor Ido's arrival. Speaking of the conditions In the islands Governor Ide said: "The Philippines are to-day in better sliapo than they ever were under Spanish or American rule. Tho labor question Is no longer a problem. "What tho Philippines need, however, Is a square deal In the 'matter of the tariff. By annexation we killed the Spanish mar ket for sugar and tobacco of tho Philip pines, and by our tariff wo barred these products from the United States. Both In dustries are to-day in a state of prostra tion. "Tho policing of tho Islands Is almost entirely In tho hands of the natives and except In Ieyte and Samar, where the hill tribes ma"ko war on the lowlanders, all Is ieaco in tho Philippines." CONSUL VAIL VERY ILL. Suffering' from Bright' Disease nt Ills Post nt ChnrlottetiMvn, P. 13. I, Charlcstown, P. E. I,, Oct. 30. Delmar J, Vull, United States consul to this port, Is seriously 111 with Bright's disease. Ills condition to-day Is considered critical. Consul Villi's homo Is in Orwell, Ver mont. SUPREME COURT CASES. Montpelier, Oct. 31. In supreme court this morning tho Windsor county cases of Tarbell und Whitman vs. Hor ace Gilford, et als., and William E. Johnson vs. C. C, Paine, et als., wero heard togothor. Tho Windsor county caso of the pro bate court for tho district of Hart ford, by Anna I Sawyer, special pros ecutor, vs. J, C. Enright, was nrrrued this morning. Arguments were hegun this after noon In the Windsor county caso of John J. Wilson, administrator of tho estate of C. C. Ellis vs. Daniel Dur kee, In which in the lower court there was a Judgment for C.o plaintiff for $3,0S5.S2. TRAIN KILLED A DEER. Randolph, Oct. 31. The mail train from the north, duo horo at 10.22, mn over and killed .a deer botweon this station and Bralntree this morning. HOMEOPATHIC SEMI-ANNUAL. Montpelier, Oct. 31, The Mth semi annual meeting of tho Vermont Homeo pathic Medical society was held this nf temoon In tho parlors of the Pavilion Hotel, with about 25 members present. Dr. V, 8. Davis of Lyndonvllle, the president presided, and sovcral papers were road. This being tho fcoml-annual meeting, of- tlcers wore not ehsited. CONSUL VAIL IS DEAD. Vermont Man Hud lleeu American Rap. resentnllvc nt Churlottcttmn tot Many Year, Cluirlottotown, P. E. I Oct, 31. Delmar J. Vail, United States consul nt this port, died lot night of Bright's disease. Ho had boon the American reprosontatlvo In Charlottetown for nlno years. Ills home wns lu Vermont, and ho wns born at Or well, Yt In 1S45, For two years he was a UMiUvw A1. H-f V.'.-".. w U.alliitliJ NUMBER 19 1. n HELD FOB TIL, Alleged That Mis3 Iva Marlit Died in His Office at Bel lows Falls. CLAIMS SHE COLLAPSED Ur. Stone of m Sinte l.nbnrntorj- l'onn, Htldencpn of Improper Trent men t -Could Not Slittc the Cause of Wcntli Ryder Placed un der 92,000 Hull. Bellows Falls, Oct. 31. Dr. J. M. Ryder, who was anested lute last night, chattel, with the death ot Iva Martin of Proc .ors vllle, was given a preliminary hoarlnu this evening. Dr. Ryder clonics perform ing the operation and claims that ha merely mado an examination, durlnj which the patient collapsed. On Information from Proctorsv'lU th facts were ascertained that tlio young woman left home in a. delicate condition with the understanding pha was to visit Dr. Ryder. Miss Murtin and Miss Holland rami down from Proctorsvlllo yesterday after noon at 1:20, and were met at tne sta. Hon by Dr. Ryder, proceeding at once tai his office. Nothing was sern of them again until about six o'clock, when t'la undertaker was notified that Miss Mart 1 was dead. The evidence given to-night showed that Miss Martin's death camo without warn ing and tho autopsy held this afternoon showed a remarkable crnilUon. Pi of. B. II. Stono of the State labora tory testified that ho found all the organs apparently normal, that nn abortion hail not been accomplished and that he was at a lofs to state tho causo of dea'h. Ha snore that there were evidences of m pioper treatment but not of great Import ance. Tho court decided that probable cause wit.- shown and h'd Dr. Ryder for trial nt tho April term of court, ball be.u; fixed in $2,0. Dr. Ryder was arrested In Woodstock:, oner before on a similar chnrgo but win not convicted. Mhs Martin w;is t brlglit girl and had always borne a good npu'.i tlon. TO BLOW UP MOUNTAIN I.nke IIomnn-t-ii Slnte C'oiii";tny Will P'lre n Hlnst of 22(111 founds, of Pow der nnd 10(1 rounds of Dynu 111 1 to. Rutland, Oct. 31. Hotel and cottage owners at Luke Bomoseeii are greatly agitated over the probability th-t their windows will be broken by an Immerse blast to be fired f.oon by the L..ku Bomoseen Slate company of Fair Haven at a quarry directly across the lake from the principal hotels. The slato company Intends at a cost of $600 to blow off the entire top of Cedar moun tain consisting of hundreds of tons ot dirt, rock and trees by one discharge of powerful explosives. Thlrty-slx holes have been drilled .and the blast will be set off by electricity as soon as the -weather is favorable for drying tho inside of tho holes. Engineers lmvn studied the matter carefully and havn decided that it will require 2,200 pounds of powder and 100 pounds of dynamlM to blow off tlio mountain top. No such extensive blasting was ever attempted In the history of Rutland quarrying. Tho concern hopes to uncover an im mense quantity of slato. REUNION OF 8TH VERMONT. Sixteen Member Have Died wltlilo Past Year Next Jleetluir In Iltuox Junction, Montpelier, Oct. 31. Tho 33rd annual re union of the Eighth Vermont Regimental association was held In Orand Army hall In this city this afternoon and evening. Vt 2:30 tho business meeting was called to order by Col, Fred E. Smith of Montpelier, first vice-president. Tho reports of Dr. C. M. Fcrrln of Essex Juncttcru, the secre tary and treasurer, wero read and accept ed Dr, 1'errln also read a report of the special meeting of tho association hell at Minneapolis during tho national Gran I Army encampment last August at whKn 17 members were present. The obituary commltteo through Major J. L. Barstow of Shelburue, tho chairman, reported that 1C members had died durtrij tho past year. Slnco tho death nf tho late Gen. Stephen Thomas of this city, who was during 1) life tlmo perpetual president of this asso ciation, It has never elected a preside t In his place. A committee of one from each company wns appointed by tho etui r to nominate officers for the ear enau Ing. This eommittee nominated the fol lowing, who were unanimously ele t'd: Plrst vice-president, Col. A. B. Frank lin of New fane, second vice-pres.dent, Cpt, L. M. Hutchinson of Montui lier, secretary and treasurer, Dr, C M Per rln of Essex Junction, executive cotrn 1' tee. Perry Porter of West Burke, L, M. Hutchinson of Montpelier, B. F. Bowman of Randolph; obituary committee, MnJ. J, L. Barstow, Cnpt. B. V. Bowman, Dr, C, M, Ferrln, The next meeting of the association will bo held at Essex Junction. About 40 members attended tho meeting to-day. At 0:30 this evening tho members of Brooks' Rllef corps tendered the veter ans a banquet In tho post dining hall. This occasion was ono of unusual In terest because of tho fact that General Lewis A. Grant, who Is In Vermont this week as the guest of tho State, was pres ent and was ono of the nftor-dlnnor speakers. Maj. J. L. Barstow was toast master and among the other speakers wero ex-Governor E. J. Ormsbeo of Brandon and several members of tho as sociation. This evening a rousing camp fire was held In Grand Army hall, over which Col. A, B. Franklin, the newly elected ia,nrldAtit. presided.