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VERMONT WATCHMAN & STATE JOURNAL,, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1909
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IHE FIRSTSTEP TAKEN
Taklng Fowcr From Morrisville Tlant
Wlll Lcnd, It Is Hopcd, ta Extcnding
Mount Mansfield Bond From Stowo
io Tlml Vlllngc.
Stowo, Nov. 12. Whoover ln rccent
years has travolcd from Waterbury to
Morrisville, on tho olectrlc llno from
Waterbury to Stowe and thence by
Btage over tlic lovel road to hls des
tlnatlon, must havo wonderod why tho
clcctrlo road has not becn extendcd to
Morrisville. Such an extenslon could
bo bullt much more chcaply than tho
portlon now ln operatlon and would
afford a connoctlng llnk betwecn tho
St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain
and Ccntral Vermont roads whlch
ought to brlng lncrcased frelght and
passenger trafflc.
Dut tho oxpcnso and dlsadvantages
attendlng tho operatlon of the presont
etrctch of road have becn such as to
dlscourago posslblo Investors from
placlng any money ln extenslons.
At a meetlng of tho dlrectors ln
Stowo last wcck lt was voted to tako
power from the munlclpal plant. at
Morrisville, lnstead of longor operat
Ing a prlvate stcam plant, and thls
1s regarded as tho flrst and lmport
ant step toward oxtendlng tho road
to what appears to bo Its natural ter
mlnus. Tho ercctlon of a polo llne
and the strlnglng of wlres wlll be com
nienced at once and Is expcctcd to be
completed ln two months. Though
thls Is no part of the contract signed
botween the company and tho trustees
of the vlllage of Morrisville, the poles
wlll be so placed that they can carry
trolley wlres if that should be dcslrcd
latcr and the cxpcnse of constructlon
would be practlcally nothlng but
gradlng and laylng tho ralls. The dlf
ference ln elcvatlon botween Morris
ville and Stowo is only nlne fcet and
the road Is unusually level for a strlp
of that distance ln Vermont. It is
nine iniles from Stowe to Morrisville,
a little less than from Stowe to Wat
erbury, and as the road ls now
planned, that distance would be
somewhat shortened, as it is not in
tended to follow the hlghway all the
way.
There ls no doubt of tho desire of
tho peoplo of tho two towns to have
tho road extended, and for some
years they have expedted that it would
be done. One man dlsposed of a stage
llne because he belleved the extenslon
would render his business worthless.
The road was orlglnally bullt as
much for frelght as for pas3enger
business, but havlng its only outlet at
Waterbury lt has not secured the
frelght it might have. The lumber
business at Stowe and along the llne
has been the princlpal contributor of
that klnd of-business. There ls more
frelght to be had at Morrisville and to
bo plcked up along the llne, there
would be anextension of mail and ex
press contracts if the road should be
put through and there is such general
dlssatlsfaction with the operatlons of
the St. Johnsbury and Lake. Champlain
a&d Burlington and Lamoille roads,
whlch furnish the only outlet from
Morrisville, that a largo amount of
passenger trafflc could be dlverted to
tho electrlc road. Thls would furnish
a shorter mcans of reachlng towns on
the Central Vermont llne and niany
peoplo now patronlze the stage or a
prlvate conveyance to Stowe rather
than take the longer route by the
steam roads.
Constructlon of the road orlglnally
- - .1 . 1. . . i - Inl.l
rmin'h ho otrnntH nf Wntftrhlirv vll.
ut.u IUUI.I1 1UV(U UUlllb Utt&Ub Hltl K
1-1" 11 1 j 1 1 : iy t : 11 uu uu Lut3 w ay lu nub"
MM l.f'llllltl VKI lllllllL 11 ill . H UtTill LlltJ
-Istation, running through a hilly clay
formation, so that lt has been neces
sary to bulld strong barricadcs to
keep the clay from slidlng on the
track ln wct scasons, and ln splto of
that precaution large amounts of clay
.have slid down that had to be shoveled
off.
Intendlng to. operate their own pow-
cr plant, tho management construct
ed tho power house about half wny
aloug tho llno thus maklng lt neces
sary to haul every pound of coal from
Waterbury to thnt point, whlch hos
added greatly to the expenso of 01)-
ratlon. In tlmes of drought, also, lt
has been necessary to haul water a
distance of a mlle or more. These lit
tle thlngs, lesultlrg from misunder
standlng on tho part of the bulldera of
the road, havo been tho means of largc
leakages and explaln to some extent
whv tho road has not been a success,
The chartcr for the road was grant
1 111 J1 U1IU L11U UUIU IIUII V WilH Ul '
1897. For about ten years the road
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ruihoad commisslohers lnslsted on
corialn improvements belng mad
Early in 1907 tho American Trus
(jompany 01 uosion, irusiee unuur iuu
mortgago brought sult In tho United
States Clicult Court to foreclose Uie
mortgago. C. E. Durt, of Stowe, was
appolnted recolver r.nd operated tho
road untll December of that year,
whon a decreo for tho petltloner was
entored and the road was sold to Ar-
thur H,
Soden, pf Boston, the baeo
ball magnato, for $22,500, thls belng
dono wlth the fiill consent of tho bond -
holders. Tho mortgago lndeMedness
One Pill
Aik your Joelor about Aycr't PilU, genlly
laxalloe, all Vtgelable, lU kous why they
acl dlrectly on the llocr,
of tho road at that tlmo was $292,274.
The total cost of constructlon and
equlpmcnt was $218,000 and tho
amount of capltal stock authorized
and lssued is $300,000, whllo tho out-
standlng bonds amount to $19G,000.
Tho oneratlng oxponses por mlle of
road nro comparatlvoly small, only
two in tho Stato havlng a smaller ex
penso, but wlth a fundcd dcbt of $51,
000 por mllo and a small incomo tho
road has not becn a success. ' The
Itoms of income run about llko thls:
From passengers, $7 820.68; frelght,
$9,785.74; mail, $67.47; oxprcss, $667.
63; a total of $18,931.52, whlch mls
cellaneous items brlng up to $19,974,
19; but ho operatlng oxpenses eat up
99 per cent of thls income, whlch
leavcs little to be appllcd in the pay-
ment of intcrcst or dlvldcnds, so tho
road has run behlnd from year to
year.
A majorlty of tho stockholdors llvo
in Vermont, but tho larger part of tho
stock ls owned outsidc tho Statc. The
advlsabillty of extendlng tho road to
Morrisville has long been understood
but lt has not scemed feaslblc, but
wlth the taklng of powor from tho
munlclpal plfnt thero tho flrtf. step
wlll be mado toward a closer con-
nection.
Ono of tho great nceds of tho Stato
today is better transportation facill
tles, and wlth the abundanco of water
power, whlch can be readlly convert
ed Into electrlc power, the electrlc
road seems dcstincd to meet that
ned. Tho Lamoille valloy is a rich
and fertilo country, with sorao well
developed manufacturlng interests
and appears to afford a promlslng
fleld for furtho rdevelopment of thls
means of transportation; To extcnd
the Mount Mansfield llno to Morris
ville would bo so pleaslng to the peo
ple of that section and those who have
occaslon to travol through it that they
would bo dlsposed to glve lt all the
business they could turn that way.
The prospect of lncreased business ls
so good and the lncreased cost of op
eratlon would bo so sllght that lt ap
pears as if such an extenslon might
convert a dcflclt lnto a surplus and
mako the llne ono of the good paying
pleces of rallroad property ln tho
State.
EYIDENCE ALL FINISIIED.
Cnsc Agalnst Robcrt Eddy for Murder
of Mary J. Johnson Wlll Probably
Go to the Jury Ncxt Mondny Aftcr
noon Arguments of Attorncys Bc
gun. Rutland, Nov. 12. All of the evl-
dence in the murder case of Robert
Eddy, ln whlch the respondent ls
charged wlth killing Mlss Mary Jane
Johnson, ls with the Jury and thls af-
ternoon State's Attorney J. C. Jones
completed the openlng argument for
the prosccution. He reviewed the evi
dence, clalming that the State had
proved that the respondent was drunk
on the nlght of the crlme that he had
made threats about what he would do
to Mlss Johnson before 12 o'clock that
nlght and that he was seen prowllng
about her house shortly after 10
o'clock. He also dealt at length on
the fact that burdock burs were found
on both the clothlng of Eddy and tho
murdered wpman, thls weed growlng
about her home.
Attorney W. H. Botsford wlll make
the openlng argument for the res
pondent thls mornlng and Attorney
F. L. Fish wlll close for the defense.
Attorney General J. G. Sargcnt wlll
close for the' State. It is expected that
the case wlll go to the Jury next Mon-
day afternoon.
FLAINTIFF OETS $11,000.
Man Ilurt Whllo ln Employ of Dalton
Paper MHIs Compnny Awarded That
Amount By Jury.
Island Pond, Nov. 12. Tho Jury ln
the case of Thomas J. Marshall vs.
Dalton Paper Mills Company this af
ternoon! awarded a verdlct of $11,000
tp tho plaintlff. -Tho case has been
tried beforc, and on that occaslon,
the plalntiff was awarded $8,208, but
the defendants appealed to tho Su-
preme Court, where the Judgment of
the lower court was afflrmed as to
the verdlct, but reversed as to tho
amount of the damagcs, and tho ac
tlon returned to tho lower court for
a new trlal. Dunnett & Slack ub
slsted by J. Rolfo Searles, appeared
for tho plalntiff, whllo Drew, Jordan,
Shurtleff and Morrlll represented tho
defendants.
ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT.
Brattleboro Farm Hand In Jall lu De
fault of Itall.
Brattleboro, Nov. 11. Barney Ma
gee, a farmhand, was arrested thls
afternoon at the homo of County Fish
and Gamc Commlssioner Roswell L.
Frost by Deputy Sherlff Chauncoy I.
Knapp on a sult brought by Francls
H. Morso for $1,000 for trespass and
assault committed on May 4. In do
fault of ball ho was committed to tho
town lock-up at Newfane untll to
morrow. Mageo was arralgned in tho Mun
lclpal Court here a short tlme ago
and flned $50 and cosls for brcach of
tho peaco ln commlttlng an assault,
Ho was taken to Newfane and after-
wards transforred to Rutland, but
waS released on paymont of hls flno.
Tho present sult attacheB tho body of
l Mageo and Is returnablo at,tho Aprll
' term of tho Windham County Court.
It is impossible to be well, slmply im
posslble, if the bowcls are constlpated.
Waste products, polsonous substances,
must be removed from the body at (east
once cach day, or there wlll be trouble.
The dose of Aycr's PIlls Is small, only
one pill at bedtlme. All vegetable.
OEFENCEJIPENS GASL
Cnso of Itobcrt Eddy, on Trlnl For
Murdcr, Brings ln Evldcnco to Sliow
Mlss Johnson Dlcd of Fnrnlysls.
Rutland, Nov. 11. The two most
linportant polnts of tho prosecutlon
whlch connect Robort Eddy with tho
murder of Mlss Mary Johnson woro
mct by tho dcfenso thls afternoon af
tcr Judgo Z. S. Stanton had dcnlcd a
motlon of aqulttal mado by thocoun
sel for tho respondent on tho grounds
that tho Stato, had not Bubmlttcd
sufflclont ovldcnco to warrant glvlng
tho case to tho Jury.
Tho defcnso put wltncsses on tho
stand that sworo that tho burrs
found on tho clothlng of both Eddy
and the murdered woman grow in
many parts of tho town and were es
peclally abundant about tho house
whcro Eddy mado hls homo.
W. P. Cary, proprletor of tho gen
eral storo ln Wallingford, tcstlflcd
that he had sold Mlss Johnson provl
sions many tlmes, whlch wero carrled
away ln paper bags slmllar to tho
ono found ln the rcar of hor homo.
The bag whlch was submltted as an
exhlbit by tho Statc, contained bread
crumbs and particles of buttcr and
the prosecutlon held that lt was tho
samo bag ln whlch Eddy's slster had
glven hlm a lunch on the nlght of
tho crlme.
Mrs. Lllllam Smlth, of Vergennes,
a nlece of the murdered woman, tcs
tlfled that all of Mlss Johnson's
brothers and slsters, wlth ono cxcep
tlon, had dled of paralysls. It is now
expected that the arguments wlll be
reachcd by Saturday mornlng.
WANT TEBM RATES.
Brattleboro Business Mcn Oct Aftcr
tho Insuranco Companles.
Brattleboro, Nov. 14. Tho business
meri of Brattleboro and especlally
the owners of the business blocks,
have been maklng inquirles of the
insuranco underwriters and among
themselves relatlvo to a term rato of
Insuranco on thelr property in placo
of tho annual premlum payments now
in vogue, and as a rcsult of tho dls
turabnce, the mattcr wlll probably bo
taken to -the board of underwriters
for Windham county.
Not only doep. the term rato affect
Brattleboro, but it also strlkes Bel
lows Falls and tho larger towns
throughout the country. In- Brattle
boro lt has been tho custom for the
owners of tho largo business blocks
and commercial property to pay their
insuranco premlums annually, whllo
ln other countles in the State owners
have been glven the beneflts of a spec
lal term rato, and these, by paying
their premiums for a term of three
years in advance, have been glven the
advantago of a flvo year term, whllo
ln Brattleboro lt has been necessary
to pay the premlums for the entlre
five years.
When it was known that the term
was not In force In Brattleboro, thls
btlng (Uscovered a short tlme ago in
connectlon with the investigatlon of
the insurance committee of the Board
of Trade an effort was mado by the
local underwriters to have the term
rate put lnto effect, although In 19051
a term rate for thls county had been
proposed and entered." At that tlme
through ah agreement between the
Windham county underwriters, the
term rate was held off, providing the
tarjff rates should not. be advanced
as at that tlme rates throughout the
east wero advanced oSving to the great
San Franclsco dlsaster.
At flrst tho mattcr scemed one of
seriousness to tho Brattleboro bus
iness mcn, and lt appeared that they
had fceen mulcted to tho extent of
many thousands of dollars, but after
a conference between property own
ers and insurance men, a satisfactory
concluslon on the matter. was reached
and 'tho local underwriters wlll at
tempt to havo a term rato placed in
force for this county, and havo taken
lmmediate stops to placo tho matter
before the governlng board of under
writers. MRS. JAMES BUZZELL DEAD.
Explred nt Northfield Aftcr FIto
- Wceks' Illncss.
Northfield, Nov. 14. Many Jrlends
woro grleved Frlday at tho death of
Mrs. Jamcs Buzzell whlch took placo
followlng an illness of flvo weeks
wlth empyemla, or suppuratlve pleu
rlsy. Funeral services wlll be con
ducted at the home thls afternoon,
followed by lnterment in Elmwood
cemetery. Mrs. Buzzell ls survlved by
her husband, ono son, a daughter and
a brothcr. Sho had llved many years
ln Northfield und was possesed of
many frlends. Her church nfflliation
was wlth tho Methodist Eplscopal.
Compllmcut for S. S. Ilallnrd.
Tho Groton Timoa remarks that
" tQiinatilnn' Tnl1nfl la ilin tintno
hJUUaulltU .AIIIHIM MO V.IU IIUII4V .IIV
Waterbury Record glvea S. S. Ballard,
tho genoral ngent of tho Natlonal
Llfo Insurance Company, of Montpe
lier. Tho term convoys one of tho
promlnont charactorlstlcs of Mr. Bal
lard whoso hearty handclasp, gonlal
smlle nnd.happy mannor is so well
known by Vermonters ln general.
Tho Record nomlnates Mr. 'Ballard
for Reprosentatlvo from Montpollor In
tho Lcgislaturo of 19l6 Tho sugges
tton is a good ono nnd Mr. Ballard
would mako an excollont record in
tho Lcgislaturo. It ls such broad-
mlnded, clear-headod, encrgctlo work
orfl who wlll brlng nbout construc
ttvo work in that body, and lt's tlmo
overy town was looklng for its bost
mcn," , ,
ADJUDGED IN (JONTEMPT.
Depuly Slicrlff ln Essex County BIs-
charged flnry Wlthout Consultlng
Judgo Tnylor, nud Grand Mixup Is
tho Itcsult Could Not Agrco on n
Verdlct. j
Island Pond, Nov. 12. Deputy
Slicrlff Isaac Beomls and tho mcmbers
of tho Jury in tho caso of H. A. Allon
ndmlnlstrator, vs. Thomas II. Van
Dyck, 'aro held ln contempt of court
by Judgo Wllllam ILTaylor, who ls
presldlng at the. present term of tho
Essex County Court.
Tho mlxup is tho result of a pecu
llar sltuatlon brought about by De
puty Sherlff Becmls, when he dls
charged tho Jurymon, on Tucsday
nlght, after they had becn ln consul
tatlon for several hours on tho caso
and becn unable o rcacli
Tho caso was glven to them on Tucs
day ovonlng Just beforo tho adjourn
mont of tho court, and at about 9
o'clock they camo In and reportcd to
Judgo Taylor that they could not
agree, but hS sent them back. At
about mldnlght thoy informed Deputy
Bemls that they had not ngroed and
that thero was no posslbility of it,
whercupon he discharged them and
allowed them to go to thelr reslden
ces. When Judgo Taylor camo ln tho
mornlng to recelvo thelr report, ho
found no one, and an Investigatlon
of tho affair discloscd the truo con
dltlon of thlngs. Ho thoreupon hold
the Jury and Deputy Sherlff in con
tempt, but lt is generally supposed
that tho actlon agalnst tho Jurymon
has becn droppcd, as they were dls
charged formally by Judgo Taylor
after they had been gathered again
Doputy Bemls case wlll bo consid-
ered by the Supremo Court.
TICKET AGENT FKOMOTED.
Burlington Man to Be Succcedcd by
Formcr Montpelier Employcc.
Burlington, Nov. 11. M. C. Murphy,
for years a rallroad ticket agent, flrst
at Montpelier and later at Whlto
Rlver Junctlon, has been appolnted
ticket agent at the Burlington station
to succeed H. R. Taylor. Tho chauge
wlll bo made at once.
Mr. Taylor has been ticket. clerk
since June 1908, when ho succeeded
Frank L. Roberts, who was appolnted
traveling passenger agent by tho Rut
land road. Mr. Taylor wlll be trans
ferred to another point on the line not
yet decided upon.
Mrs. Hnttlo Wiltfanch Bordo, Wlfo of
Employcc of Trnctlon Company,
Found Bcad Wlth Three Months
Old Chlld In Her Arms, By Son Ilc
turnlng From School.
'Burlington, Nov. 12. Hattlo Wilt
fanch 36 years old, wife of Frank
Bordo, a motorman for tho Traction
Company here, committed sulcldo by
inhaling gas from a store late thls
afternoon and her three months old
son is also dead. The woman went to
the kltchcn, shut the door and sat ln
a rocker near the stovo holdlng tho
chlld, and turned on the gas. Sho had
lcft a noto to her husband saying
sho would cause hlm no more trou
ble. Her son, 10 years old, camo homo
from school with his playmates and
found the bodies still warm, but all
efforts of the physlcians falled to te
suscitate them. Her husband was no
tlflcd on his car.
The sulclde was probably caused by
despondency and poor healtb. Sho
was a natlve of South Hero, and sev
eral brothers, one slster, a son 10
years old and a daughter elght years
old survlve her.
ADDRESSED MEN'5 MEETING.
Chleago Man Spoko Boforo Unlon
Men nt St. Johnsbury.
St. Johnsbury, Nov. 14. Frank
Dyer, of Chleago, secretary of the
the Congregatlonal Brotherhod of
Amerlca, addrcssed a unlon men's
meetlng thls ovenlng, and Princlpal
M. G. Benedlct, of St. Johnsbury Ac
ademy, introduced the speaker and
muslc was furnlshed by tho quartet
from tho Congregatlonal and Metho
dist churches. A meetlng for women
was held in the Baptlst church, Rov.
F. S. folman, speaker.
L. M. IIAYS AFPOINTED."
lieclvcH Offlcial Notlco as Superlor
of tho Ccnsus.
Burlington, Nov. 14. Hls offlcial
apoplntment as supervlsor of tho cen
sus for Vermont was recelved Sat
urday by Lynn M, Hays, of thls City.
Mr. Hays has already conducted a
mass of correspondonco, pending hls
formal appolntment, and ho has re
celved n basketful of appllcations for
enumerators.
Ho is nt present hend of an ndver-
tlslng ilrm of thls city. Prlor to that
ho was edltor of the Essox Junctlon
Syndlcate, whlch publlshes a mimber
of newspapers at Essex Junctlon. Bo
foro comlng to Vermont he was on
gaged ln roportorlal work on tho Bos
ton Globo. Ho was a mombor of tho
Vermont commlsslon whlch had
chargo of tho colebratlon of tho dls
covery of Lake Champlain last suin
mcr, belng secretary of that organl-
zatlon and publlclty agent.
Hls nppointmont was dccldcd upon
Beycral months ago when an agrco
mont was reached by the Vermont
delegntlon in Congreas. Ho is gon-
erally conslderod a cnpablo man for
the place.
POST OFFICESAFERDBBED
Concord Vlsltcd B; Ilurglnrs Who
Djnamltcd tlic Post Officc Snfc and
Escnncd Wlth Ilootr.
St. Johnsbury, Nov. 11. Tho post
offlco ln the vlllago of Concord was
ontcrcd and tho safo dynamlted at an
early liour thls mornlng, tho robbcrs
cscaplng wlth thoir booty, tho cxact
amount of whlch has not been deter
rained at thls tlme. Thero have been
two other robbcrlcs ln town during
the past three wcoks, tho grist-mlll
flrst and thcn tho rallroad station;
and lt ls thought that thls mornlng's
bold nttcmpt was by tho samo partics.
Tho post offlco is locatcd In tho
Hlbbard block, a thrco-story bulldlng
containlng storcs on tho ground floor,
tonoments and two lmlls upstalrs.
Tenants ln tho bulldlng wero awak
ened betwecn mldnlght nnd ono o'clock
by a noso underncath, "but no partlcu
lar attentlon was paid to it. 'exccpt
by ono man, who llves Just over the
post offlce. Ho looked out of tho win
dow and saw two mcn crosslng tho
brldgo nearby. Howover, even then
ho dld not suspect robbery and paid
no further attentlon to tho matter.
Thls mornlng, when the postmls
tress, Mlss Edlth Brooks, went to
opcn tho offlco for business, sho dls
covorcd that it had becn broken into
and that the safo had been blown open
The stovc and tho stoveplpc had been
knocked down by the cxploslon, and
tho glass In somo of tho mail boxes
had been smashed, whllo debris was
scattercd about tho room. Sho ls not
able to state doflnltely the amount of
the loss; but sho knows that tho rob
bers got away with all the loose
change and the loose stamps ln tho
safe, together wlth some of her own
personal belonglngs, includlng two
bankbooks. Tho robbers overlooked
a package containlng $340 ln stamps.
State's Attorney George Hunt, of Is
land Pond, arrived thls afternoon and
commenced an Investigatlon of the
premlscs, whlle a post offlce Inspec
tor Is expected to arrivo in a short
tlme.
STORY WAS FALSE.
Report Statcd That Burlington I'co
plc Wero Killcd ln Accldcnt
Burlington, Nov. 12, A. sensational
despatch from Chleago printed in an
afternoon New York newspaper Mon
day to tho effect that T. A. Cosgrlff,
of Cheyenne, Wyo., and hls brother,
James E. Cosgrlff, of Salt Lake City,
Utah, former Burlingtonlans, had
been drowned in an auto accident
proves to be wl'.hout foundation.
Developments at Chleago confirmed
the thcory that Max Cohen, a clgar
dealer and Mlss Shaplro, both of Chl
eago, were the real victlms.
The despatch gave the names of the
two Messrs. Gosgriff, Mrs. E. C. Fife,
of Salt Lake City, Mrs. EugenlaTl.
Mlller, of Fresno, Cal., and the chauf
feur, C. 'Douglass.
The party were hurrying to th6
Unlon station in an automobilo to
catch a traln. Because the chauffcur
falled to return to the garage and an
automoblle had plunged into the rlv
er at a point where the Cosgrlff ma
chine would pass the rumor gained
currency that they had perlshed, and
thls story was telegraphed to New
York.
Frlends of Messrs. Gosgriff ln Bur
lington upon reading tho despatch
hastened to investlgate the story by
wlrlng to Utah. No message has yet
been recelved ln reply, but lt can
safely bo sald that the Cosgrlffs are
safe.
FINED FOR KILLING FAWN.
East Rupert Man Found Gullty But
Appcals to County Court
Bennington, Nov, 12. Munlclpal
Judge E. H. Holden thls afternoon fln
ed Ollver Danforth, of East Rupert
$100 and costs of $11.90 for killing a
spotted fawn during the open deer
season. The hido of tho fawn kllled
was exhlblted in court as evidcnce,
by County Warden Harry ChaBe, who
prosccuted tho case. Danforth ad
mltted shootlng tho fawn but main-
talned that tho anlmal was not spot
ted in such a manner as came under
tho provislon of tho statuto and ap-
pealed to the County Court and fur-
nlshed bonds of $200.
CUTTERS REFCSE TO WOEK.
Northfield Stono Slieds Hnro SHglit
Difflculty WltU Workmen.
Northflold, Nov. 11. Tho Northfield
Branch of tho Granlto Cutters' Unlon
recentiy voted not to work ln sheds
where "bumpers" aro used during tho
wlntcr months. A bumpor might be
descrlbcd as a small size surfaclng
machtno. Tho objectlon to its use is
that it raiscs quantities of dust. Sev
eral branches havo already taken this
actlon and tho uso of the mnchlne dls
contlnucd during tho wlntcr.
A claim was made that certaln men
wero discharged Immediately follow
lng thelr rcfusal to uso the machlnc.
A call for a meetlng was issued and
at 11:30 thls forenoon tho cutters
qult work to attend tho mootlng. Tho
matter wlll probably be adjusted by
arbltration. A majorlty of tho cut
ters resumed work nftcr dlnner. No
claim ls mado that a strlko was in
auguratcd. Tho cutters wlll call a
meetlng at such tlmo as sooms cxpe
dlcnt to dlscuss a qucstlon.
Hcavy, lmpuro blood makos a mud
dy, plmply complexlon, headaches,
naUBca, indigcstlon. Thln blood makes
you weak, palo, slckly. Burdock
Bood Dltters makes tho blood ricli,
rcd, puro restores perfect health.
FAVOH WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
American Fcdcratlon of Lnbor Con
Tontlon Pnsscs Scvcrnl Rcsolutlons.
Wnnts to Stop Wnr Expcndlturcs.
Toronto, Ont., Nov. 14. Tho con-
ventloh of the American Federatlon
of Labor went on record yesterday as
favorlng womnn suffrage, an elght
hour day for postofflco clerks, logls
latlon for bcttcr protcctton of actors
and actrcsses from tho "extortlon
and corrupt business methods" of so
called theatrlcal cmploymcnt agen-
cles, a postal savlngs bank act, decp
waterway projects, a contlnuatlon of
tho flght agalnst tuberculosls, grant
lng American cltlzcnshlp to tho peo
plo of Porto Rlco and tho construc
tlon of a 26-foot channol through tho
great lakcs from Buffajo to Duluth,
and from Buffalo to Chleago.
Resolutlons 'looklng to tho estab
lishmcnt of a natlonal defenco fund
by the federatlon to assist unlons ln
dlstress ' woro voted down after a
splrltcd debate.
On tho ground that cmployment
agencles are used as strike-breaklng
organlzatlons, tho federatlon wlll at
tempt to have natlonal loglslation
enactcd for thelr rcgulatlon.
A rcsolutlon urglng tho executtve
councll to do all ln its power "to stop
tho mad oxpendlturo of publlc money
for war purposes" stlrrcd up a llv?ly
dlvlsion of sentiment, and it was rc
fcrrcd back to commlttces.
Tho executlvecbuncll was author
lzed to make recommendatlons to the
I'resiuont or tno unlted states re
spectlng appolntments to Judlclal po-
sltlons.
Tho afternoon was devoted to" varl-
ous committee meetings.
MEET IN RANDOLPH.
Blstrlcb Meetlng of I. O. 0. F. to Bo
Held in That YHIagc Ncxt Tucs
day.
Programs havo heen issued for the
annual meetlng of Distrlct No. 7, I
Or O. F., to bo held with Randolph
Lodge, at Randolph, Tuesday, No
vember 16th. The distrlct deputy is
O. P. Green and tho lodges ln dls
trlct No. 7 are tho followlng: Ver
mont, No. 2, Montpelier; Valley, 16,
Waitsfield; Northfield, 19, Northfield;
Hlawatha, 20, Barre;. Randolph, 48,
Randolph; Cabot, 49, Cabot; Meutor,
51, Waterbury; Arcadla, 53, Plain
field; Glll, 57, East Barre; Mt. Pleas
ant, 60, Warren; Williamstown, 64,
Williamstown; Washington, 75, Wash
ington.
Tho receptlon committee aro W. H,
Pelton, P. J. Blanchard, F. A. Salis
bury, and C. S. Booth, and the pro-
gram is as follows:
j Meetlng opened nt 7:30 by Ran
dolph Lodge. Address of wclcome,
D. H. Morse; response, D. B. Howe;
exemplfflcatlon of flrst degree, Ver
mont Lodge, No. 2; critlclsms by
Grand Master; cxempliflcatlon of
second degree, Hlawatha Lodge, No
20; banquet; reports- of lodges; ex-
cmplification of secret work, grand
offlcers; "remarks, grand offlcers and
others; closlng excrclscs, Randolph
Lodge.
EASTERN STAR IX SESSION.
lSth Annual Convcntion Is
Belng
Held in Chester.
Chester, Nov. .11. The 48th annual
meetlng of Distrlct No. 2, Order of
the Easteyi Star, was held at the Ho
tel Fullerton, wlth Mizpah Chapter
last ovenlng. About 125 members
were present, includlng nearly all of
the distrlct and many of the State
offlcers.
At 5:30 o'clock a banquet was ser
ved in the Congregatlonal church and
the ovenlng exerclses opened at 7:30
o'clock wlth a receptlon followed by
the exompliflcation of the work by
Keystone Chapter. There were ad
dresses dellvered by "tho vlsitlng of
flcers. ST. JOHNSBURY PASTOR EESIGNS
Rcr. J. A. Thompson Wlll Seycr Con
nectlon Wlth St. Andrcw's Eplsco
pal Church ln December.
St. Johnsbury, Nov. 14. It was an-
nounced today in St. Andrew's Epis-
rnnnl rlinrnh thnf tliA rpslpnnt Inn nf
j the rector Rey J A Tnompsoni had
' , . ., , , . ,
been placed ln tho hands of tho se
nlor warden and the folshop of tho dl
ocesc, to take effect on Decomber lst.
Thls announcement was mado by the
Rev. E. P. Lee, who supplles the
mlsslons at Lyndon and who ex
changed with Rov. Mr. Thonpson on
Sunday.
Mr. Thompson camo to St. Johns
bury flve years ago from ABhland, N.
II., and has supplled frequently in
Lyndon and Claremont.
WEST BERLIN.
Tho school closed Frlday for tho
Thanksglvlng vacatlon.
Byron Black, an old-tlme resldont
ln town, dled Frlday mornlng.
Wo nro to havo a tlckot and frelght.
offlco after December 1.
Tho slster of Mrs. E. A. Gllncs,
who was badly hurt by stepplng off
thp platform at tho station back
wards was taken to her home ln
Barro Wednesday,
Tho Ladles' Aid cleared $119 at the
chlckcn plo suppor and salo. They
recelved $18 from tho handkorchlef
alo.
E. L. Gllnn and Androw Norton
are puttlng a now fenco around tho
cemetory.
Tho men nt Davls' shed went on
strlko Frlday at 10 a. m.; also at
Prera's shed.
Mlss Holen Glines is stopplng a
016 DEAUpLID
Judgc Hall in Windham County Court
Callcd Upon to Dccldc Cross Sult
Brought Agalnst Jamaica Lumber
Compnny nnd II. A. McLcan Mucu
Iteal Estuto. nnd Other Property
Enjolncd.
Brattleboro, Nov. 12. Tho hearlng
before Judge Alfrcd A. Hall, of St.
Albans, as Chancellor in tho cross
sults of II. A. MoLcan vs. Jamaica
Lumber Companyt and Jamaica Lum
ber Company vs. H. A. McLean was
concludcd thls afternoon aftcr a
three days' sesslon, Judgo Hall rc
serving Judgment. The hearlng ls to
determlno whether or not the Jamaica
Lumber Company Ije subrogatcd and
whether or not tho lnjunctlon rcs
tralnlng the Lumber Company or Mc
Lean from dlsposing of certaln real
cstate, bo dlssolved.
The caso has been pcndtng in tho
Chancery Courts for two years, and
dlrectly lnvolves tho lightlng system
of tho town of Jamaica. In 1906, Mc
Lean sold a sawmlll, electrlc light
lng plant and somo tlmber land to
tho Windham County Light and Lum
ber Company, a Massachusctts corpo
ratlon. In March, 1907, the Windham
County Lumbeis Company sold tho
standlng timber to the Jnmaica Lum
ber Company under a written con
tract, by which the latter agreed to
pay McLean certaln mortgages am
ountlng to $9,500, covered by three
notes.
When tho thlrd noto became due,
tho Jamaica Company falled paymcnt
and meanwhlle, McLean purchased
from tho Windham Company tho saw
mlll, electrlc light plant, and land,
subject to tho Jamaica Lumber Com
pany's tlmber rlghts. McLean fore
closed tho mortgage on the Jamaica
Company and enjolned them from cut
tlng more tlmber.
The company paid the amount of
the last note to the court. McLean.
took the money, discharged the mort
gage and placed the deeds on record.
The Jamaica Company brought a
cross sult agalnst McLean and tho
Windham Company, settlng up that
the amount of the timber price per
1,000 fect agreed upon was not equal
to tho amount of moneyj paid on tho
mortgages.
,In thelr petltion they asked they be
subrogated the rlghts of McLean and
the Windham Company under Mc
Lcan's mortgage, that McLean and
the Windham Company be enjoined
from transferring or in any way
changing thelr tltle to the property,
pending the actlon. The lnjunctlon
granted has sincc rcmalned in force.
NORTHFIELD.
A soclable was glven by the ladles
of the Methodist church last even
Ing which was largely attended; Fol
lowlng supper an excellent muslcal
and literary program was glven.
The members of the Universallst So
clety gave Rev. and Mrs. G. W. For
tler a ''house warmlng" last evenlng
by calling ln a body on the clergyman
and his wlfe, spending the evenlng
with them.
A social danco wlll take place in
the Armory this evenlng under tho
dlrcction of Mlss Lols Giffin. A social
danco wlll also be held in Cross' hall
at the Falls. Tomorrow evenlng a
"Turner" danco wlll be held ln Dewey
Hall.
Eugeno Davls returned to Boston
last evenlng and Herbert Davls to
New York, both havlng been guests of
thelr uiother, Mrs. Antolne Mlller, for
the past week. Herbert Davls returna
to the warship Nebraska, where he is
serving out the term of hls naval en
listment William Legier is maklng collec
tions for R. L. Brltaln ln the vlllage
electrlc department.
DR. HUMPHREYS' SPECIFICS.
DlrwlloM nltk tttk Tlal la Iln Luigtt.
EofllUh,Cermn,SptnUh,Portugues and Freneh.
No. FOR Prle
1. FcTen, CongesUons, InflatamtIoaj..:.....S3
3. Worma, Worm Ferer, or Worm DUeaM..25
3. Collc, Crjlng and Wakefulneu of Iatanti.SK
4. Dlmrrhea.of Chlldren and AdulU !21
O. Dyienlerv. Ortplngt, BUloiu OoUc 25
7. Cougha, Colda, Bronchltla 25
8. Tootliachc, Kaoeacho, Neuralgia..... ...... .35
O. Ileadache, Slok Ileadache. Vertlgo 25
10. Dyipeptla, Indlgeitlon, WeakStomach..,..3S
13. Croup. Uoarse Cough, Laryngltlj 25
14. Balt Ithenm, Eruptloni, Erjslpelaa 25
15. llhrumnllim, or Bneumatlo Talni ,',,..'JS
16. Feter and Acue, Malaria 25
17. rilei,BllndorBledlng,xtemal,Intornal.25
18. Opblhalmla. Weakor Infl&mM Ejrea 3S
19. Calarrh, Influenia, Cold In Head 25
30, Wliooplna Couth, Spasmodlo Cough 33
31. Aithma.Oppreued.Dlfflcult Droatnlng 35
27. Kidney Dlieaie, Orarel, Caleult 25
38. NerTOui Deblllly, Vttal Weakneai 1.00
39. Bore Mouth.KeTerSoreaor Canker 23
30. Urlnary Incontlnence, WetUngBed 33
34. BoreThroat, Qulnsj- and Dlptatherla 33
3 Chronlc Conccallons, Iloadaetae 25
77. Crlppc, Uay Fercr EniSaaacr Colds....25
X tnull hottl nf Plauuit Felleta. flU the thI
pockcu 8oldbydruBrgUta,orntonrecelptotprlce
Modlcat Book ient fres.
rrmiPimEYS' iiomeo. medicine co.. conu
WUUant and Ann Stretta, New York.
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