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VJJKMONT WATCHMAN & STATE JptfRSAL, THURSDAV. APRTL sS 010
HELD TWOHEARINGS
Public Service Commission
Conicering Complaints
Against Local Cos.
cd upon to make were such, as would sald that lt wns most Imiiortnnt to pnWVFNTKlN fOIVIF HFRF
beneflt other partles more tlian do tlils work, only bocnuse! It wasl vUll T Ul I lVll UUUlLO 1ILIVL
theniBelves. Mr. Therlanlt thouglit
MET HERE YESTERDAY
lne Si'sslon Ocnlt WHh (he (herliend
Wires of Tclcpliiiiip und Elrctrle
Coiiccl'us nnd Oie Other Was !
Tnkfii t'l WHh tlie Crosslni:
Grados Matter at Taylor Street
Xo Dri'Mon Hciulered Yclerdiiy.
The Public Sorvice Conniilsslon
held two liearlngs yesterday in tlie
grand Jury rooni of tlie court hotise,
one on the matter of erossing grndes
nt Taylor street and the other on
the proposed changes in the tele
phone and llghtlug wires in tlils city
nnd Barre and between the two cltles.
The lirst hearlng aroso over the
petitlon of Attorney .1. H. Senter and
40 others for a set of grates at tlie
Taylor street erossing, near the Cen
tral Vermont statlon. Supt. C. E.
Soule and Attorney C. W. Wltlers, of
the rallroad were present and volim- I
teered to place a Hagman at the
erossing, without hn order of the
commission and as tlils was satls
factory to the petltlpners the ease
was held open for slx nionths, for a
trlal of the arrangement.
At 2 o'clock In the afternoon the
commission convened to hear the
interested partles In the adjourn
ed hearing on the telephone and elec
trle wires in this clty and Barre. In
addltion to the appearance at the
first hearing, W. X. Therlanlt ap
peared for the Moody & Almon Com
pany, in the absence of CI. H. Almon,
and' J. H. Senter appeared for the
Orange County Telephone Coinpany.
W. A. Lord appeared for the Corry,
Deavitt and Frost Electrlc Company
and the street railway company.
Attorney Senter hronght np the
matter of phrasing In certain para
graphs of the agreement which had
bcen suhmltted. The section leferrad
10 reads as follows:
It is understood that if the exten
slon of the service of any company
hereafter makes necessary changes
in eonstriiction of the pole load, tlie
company deslring such changes or
additions shall hear the entire ex-
tiensa of mukinsr the ehniices In ae
cordance wlth the specilieations. to 1)0 contnil as arguing
air. Senter thouglit that this migiit
I the nniendment made at the sugges-
tlon of .Mr. Senter, would cover all
the objcctlons hls cllents luight hnve,
but at the snme ttnie hu dld not wlsh
the other partles to understnnd lliat
the Moody & Almon Company agreed
to the eontract or would slgn It as It
stnod. They felt that they had rather
rely on the provislons of thelr fran
chse, as granted hy tho ety of Mont
pelier than on this agrei.'ment.
Wlth this understandlng, It wns pnt
on record that all partles to the
agreement accepted it as It stood and
would attach thelr formal slgna
tures. The next matter tnkcii up was
that of what part of the whole work
should be undertaken this year and
dlfferenees of the hearlng. The com
mission felt that the lirst work should
be dono at the places wherc most
needed, whlch they found to be in
this clty, wlth the exception of two
crosslngs In llarre. Chalrman Red
niond asked for oplnions as to how
niuch it would be fair and rlght to
ask the conipanles to do this year,
put in a matter of nilles and sug
gested four milcs as the aniount. As
an instance of the greater need of
work in this clty, Mr. nedmond stat
ed that on Bulley avenue, wlthln u
llnear distance of 1,200 feet, the spec
Ifications call for the removal of 20
poles. He stated that the expense
woud fall mostly on the telephone
conipanles and the Consolidated and
Vermont Power Conipanles, so he
asked the representatlvcs of thcse
companies (or tlieir opinions.
J. K. Davldson, for the electrlc
companies, sald that they have been
allowlng from five to seven per cent
for malntenance of the overhead work
and as this Is a lieavy allowance for
this work, he felt that they would be
wtlling to allow somethlng like
$2,ii00 for the proposed changes this
year. He thouglit this should be ex
pended on State street to Maln street,
Main street to School street and Barre
street to firanlte. This would b
something less than four niilus.
Mr. Jones, ' In statlng tlni propost
tlon of the telephone companies, sald
that they understood that the prinio
object of tlie whole matter was to el
Iminate the dangerous places in the
system, not u matter of taking down
poles or wires. There are some pla
ces where high potential wires cross
tlie telephone llnes and tliese situa
tions are fraught wlth danger In
niany ways. He regarded these as
being the . pleees whlch ought to be
'taken are of (irst. He dld not want
against
to put
or beneflt to the telephone company.
II.. I..,.. .l..l.l !,. nU In
.111. OUHCa OllVlU Hlilt III
quettlon Is a bad ouc, one of the worst
of the system. Uecause Of lnterference
nt this polnt It ls sometlnus lmpos
slble to glve certain parts of the State
good service. Furthermore, It Is a
source of eonstnnt danger nnd as
danger Is what the changes are alm
ed to do awny with, he regarded this
as an Important pnrt of the work.
Chalrman Redmond atthls polnt
Iwlthdrew tlie (niestlon from dlseus
Eion, rcserving It for the menibers of
the eommlsslon to tlfrcsh out, as It
was apparent that ttio interested par
tles were not able to agreo on that
polnt.
The matter of a supervlsor for the
work was next brought up and Mr.
Davldson suggested that ( 15. W.
.larvis englneer for the New Kngland
Company, be selected, and this was
agreed to. Mr. Davldson wlll
have gencral cnarg'o of the
work but In case of dlspute' wlll
refer matters to the Coinmlssioii and
tlieir expert.
It Is lirobable that the order for
the work, when issued, wlll order
certain work this year nnd further
state that annual liearlngs wlll be
held and orders issued. It was sug
gested and agreed that tlie tlme be
slx months Instead of live, maklng
the llinlt November 1. Mr. Redmond
stated that the order would undoubt
edly rcnulre that all permanent poles
In the cltles btv paluted, the color
specllled probably nelng green, such
as has been used to some extent.
In coneluslon Clialrman Iledmond
thanked Mr. Jones and the other of
licers of the New Kngland Telephone
i Company and tho others who were
Interested In tho nntter for thelr
help and courtesy In handllng this
problem, ' whlch Is unlque in New
Kngland. He regards the order to
be Issued coverlng the work, as be
ing perhaps the most Important the
Commission has ever issued. It would
have been easy for tlie Interested par
tles, partlcularly the telephone com
panies, to have made the work hard
er and niore unpleasant for the niem
bers of tho Oommission, nnd Mr.
Redmond assured them that the
hoard was grateful. Tlie hearlng
then adjourned. This mornlng the
Dodge Hridge erossing matter wlll
be taken up.
HOVISIOXAIi PHOfJHAM COXJUK.
OATION.VIi I'HrM'H IX jum:.
r
be capable of a wrong construction, i
whlch would cause undue hardship.
lan undue burden on the electrlc com
panies, but he understood the object
to he the doing awny with danger.
He felt that it migiit be so read as j ninlrmn m,tllnoIU, asltcd Mr. 1)nv.
to throw excesslve iinauelal burden j
Idson what he would call a fair sec-
oa any loiiipauy wiii iingnL ueauci,,,,,, , challge thls VOi4). aml ll0
to go on some street where they are1))ed two ,n,es lr Rednlond fjlle6.
not located. Matt Jones, counsel for tlolR.d thu fiu.t th;lt two in,,s of wo,.k
the New Kngland Telephone and J would cost ?2 -l00. Mr. Davldson stat
Telegraph Company, stated that It I (d tllat thu wol.k lliul outUnecl
was the Intention of the partles con-jwouU1 ,)0 aljollt a flttll of thp total
cerned at the tinio or maklng up thei tlljs CUyt Ti,e Commlsslou's ex
agreement, that this should only ap-1H?rt set the cost per mile, on the av
ply to extenslons where two com-jerage nt $700, this being what any
panies occupled the samo jiole line ' 0iu company would have to bear.
and one of them wlshed to add orj'Phls he called e liberal figure for the
extend wires. It would not apply work. Mr. nedihond sald that he dld
to a company coming on the street, not' want to Impose any hardship on
whlch had not been before locnted j anyom, but he was inelined to l'avor
there. Mr. Senter falled to read it Injthe doing of four nilles of work in
that way, so it was suggested and 'this clty and the abollshment of the
agreed, that the. section be aniended j high tension crossings iiv this clty,
to read as applying to the partles , in Uarre and bptween. This would
in the agreement. This was satls-be some 10 crosslngs and the chans
factory to all partles and was madeling of 31 poles near the Three Mllo
a part of the ngreenieiit. jBrldge, on the Middlesex road. Mr.
, Jones asked if it would not be poss-
ible to divlde up the work, so that It
would not all be on the llnes of the
nv.uN i.Ain
TO IIK.S'I'.
(if. , I'aiiiuiis
Old llome.
24. Under a
qity Attornpy F. P. Carleton, for
the clty ot Montpelier, brought up i
the matter of liro alarni wires !
Chalrman Redmond assured l.lm that ! Consolidated and Vermont Conipanles
iAt this polnt It was apparent that
wie iup ranse oi ine puies is e-i.
served for the Ilre alarm and in case ' " , ,
. , . , , . , ,on the (luestion,' so Chalrnian Red-
of an instance where It would be ad-1 , , , ., , .
vlsable to place them lower, tho
matter can be arranged hy mutnal
inond asked tlie partles to step Into
an ante-room and declde on snnio
agreement. A in inlnute recess was
taken whllo they were out.
On tlieir return the agreement ar
lived at was stated bv Mr. Sarirent
duit the telephone company has put to b(J a(j tollows. Fom. 11)lle8 t0 be
in, but this is a matter outside the chal,K(,d , tllls clty , the n,,xt (lvo
agreement. Mr. Carldton also spoke
of the fact that tho clty has the rlght
to uso one channel in whate'ver con-
l.ast llltes Ou-r llodj
lluiiioiM Held at Hls
Klmlra, N. V., Aprll
toiu on tlie grashy slope of the l.ang
don plot in Woodlawn cemetery, witli
raln beatlng llercely against tlie
canvas cowr, a little grouj) of
inourners sllcntly watchcd today as
the hoily ot' Samuel I.. Clemcns was
lowered into an evergreen lined
grave beslde tlie bodies of hls wifu
nnd chlldren. Tlie Rev. Samuel K.
ICastnian, pastor ot' Park church nnd
a close friends of the late humorist,
conducted a brif-f and slmiile service,
and M.irk Twaln's linal iiilgrimai-e
was at an end. Tonlght he
sleeping under a grave piled high
wlth ftowers, the tributes of frlenda
Irom far and near.
There were present at the grave
only membvrs of the lamily party
who caine l'voui N';w York with tho
body, a lormer governes. of the
Cleinen.s i'aniily, two or hur friend.-!,
the s.'xton and half a dozen newt;-
paper nien.
Services had previously been held
at ;he residence of Oeneral ("harles
.1. nugdon, where forty years ago
Marl; Twain niarrk'd the g n,eral's
sister. 1 ii Ueepiug wlth Mr. Clem
en's wish the cereinany was slinplp.
There wis no music, no honorary j
pall-bearers just tho brief address i
and prayer of Dr. Kastman.
Tlie body lay in state in the ery
parlor where the nmrriage of forty
years ago was held and some of
those 'wlio alteiided tho weddlug were
theie today to look for the last tlme
upon tlie taeo of thelr t'ri"iid. Nelther
tlie Rev. Thomas K. Ueeciier nor the
Rev. Josepli Twltchell who pprl'orined
the weduing coreinony was present,
howover, Mr. Heeebor died sewral
years ago and Mr. Twltchell,' who
I'ronilnrnl Chiiiclinirii of ('(ingrcu'ii
tlonal Dcnoiiiluallon Tlireughmit !
(he Stale Wlll Coinoue iu Tlils Clty
l-'or Whltli liilen-hlliii; Priigriiin
llns Hcpii Arraiiij'eil.
The provlslonal prograin for tho
State convcntloii of Congregatlonal
church whlch convenes wlth IJethnny
church of thls Clty, June H-10, nas
been mapped out and Is as follow's';
Tiicsilny, J::i0.
Organlzatlon nnd rotitlnc buslness.
4:00 Worshlp, Sernion, Rev. W. Pa-
kyn .Inckson, St. Albans.
Coniniunlon, Rev. K. P. Stone, Hitt-
lnnd.
Rev. 11. h. Ballou, Chester.
TiieMlay Kxnliie.
7:00 Organ recltal.
7, Address of welcome nnd response,
'Address of welcome and response,
hood, Rev. 0. (Jlenn Atklns, D.P..
Provldence, R. I.
Vediicsday l)enliitr.
0:00 Qulet Hour, Rpv. K. 0. C.uthrle,
Burlington.
!):;.0, Reports of Committees.
10:00, Adjournment for Vermont Dls-
trict Mlssionary Soclety.
Wednesdiiy Afferiioon.
2:00 Qulet Hour, Rev. K. C. (luthrie.
2:.'!0, Our Mlssion to Our Own,
Our Mission Tlirough Fellowslilp.
Beiijuinln Swift, Woodstock.
Our Mlssion to Rural Vermont, Rev.
(leorge W. (1. Hlll, St. Johnsbury.
Our Mlssion to Vermont Cltles, Rev.
Roy Houghton, Brattleboro.
Our Herltage and Our Task an In-
spirntlon, Rev. (Jeorge S. Mills.
Wcdnoday i:en inir.
Convention Banquet.
S:00 Address, The Corporation of
Jesus, Rev. Rockwell H. Potter,
D.D., Hartford, Conn.
Thursday.
0:00 Qulet Hour, Rev. K. O. Guthrie.
D::i0, Report of Committeo Young
People's Work, Rev. Willlani V. Berg.
Address on behalf of the committee,
President V. H. Thomas.
Dlscusslon.
11:00 Buslness.
12:00 Adjournment.
COXCKHXI.MJ AUTO JilCKXSKS.
S'creliirj of Slate's Ofi'Icc 'ow Rush
ed hy Oviiicrs of Auto Cars.
The autoinobile owners of Vermont
have been maklng a rusli on the Sec
retary of State's ofi'ice during the past
two weeks, gettlng out thelr autoino
bile Hcenses for this year. Tlie
greater part of tiese licenses are
made out nt the offico of Secrtary of
State C.uy W. Bailey at Kssex Junc
tion, although those roinlng to the
Capltol offico. are filled out there, As
eonsenuence, Mr. Uauey has not
lww.t. ..1.1.. 4.. ntt.w.nt. ft. inwi fr... tlm'
past 10 days.
The licenses this year dilfer sllght
ly from those issued in the past, in
fact they are Inscribed on llnen, so
that they nre untearable and they
como under a new lllllng system.
Phe feo now is ?1 lor eacli horse pow
er for a new car the lirst year, 7."
cents tlie second year and ."0 cents
the tblrd and during eacli su'ceed
Ing year. Tlie licenses that are is
sued now' hold good until the lirst
day of next December, although it
matters not when they are taken out.
The Secretary of State's otficc wlll be
riished for a few days longer as sonie
of the owners in tho northern pnrt of
the State are just gettlng out tlieir
cars for tlie season.
ANOTHER LOT OF THE NEWEST
PRODUCTIONS IN
Coats and Suits
JUST RECEIVED AT TEMPLE'S
Slyles are settled we know what you want -what's more, WE HAVJ GOT IT
Suits from $12.50 up.
Coats and Capes at Moderate Prices
See our line of Children's Coats
fill your waiits" at a most
for the Baby or Schoolgirl
satisfactory price.
We are in a position to
Children's Dresses
New line of very pretty Gingham aud Percale Dresses just received.
Ages 2 to 6 yrs.
Ages 6 to 14 yrs.
New Belts
from 50c up
from 98c up
New Gloves
New Neckwear
J
MRS. ALMON INJURED
(Contlnued from page one.)
jiirisdlctlon of the commission.
I months, as follows: State, Kast State,
uaairnian ueumonu sam inat inere narre, Northneid, College, Klin nnd
was anoUier matter, whlch had been J Mujw strCets to School street, witli
brought up by the cominlssiou ex-!t,e Ci0Bsings. If the streets nien
pert, .Mr. Sargent. Thls was in the tioncd wlll not Ilgure up four nilles,
section of tlie paragraph which has tlie resldue is to be picked out. In
to do wlth further e--tensiofis or'tho wortt places renialning.
changes, whlch are not provlded for
In the agreement. After somo dls
cusslon as to the exaet wordlng of
the nrtlcle, it was clianged by the
addltion of tho wonl "fundMinental"
nnd the addltion of the words, "with
the approval of tho Public Service
Commission of tho State of Vermont."
The section now reads:
Should new uevelopment or the
buslness rcquirement of any of the
partles tlioreto render it necessary
to make changes or ameudments in
tho speclficatlons such changes 07
amendments shall be by agreoment of
all concerned, nnd bo Incorpornted In
tbe speclficatlons. In cnse of dls
ngreement tlie matter shall be re
ferred to thu Publlo Servlco 'Com
mission for deelslon.
Mr. Davids.on objected to the ren
dltion of tlie agreement. He said that
the matter of crosslngs and tlie Three
Mile Brldge changes was not nien-.
tloned at all. He understood .Mr
Sargent to say that he regarded these
ns not as important as some other
parts of tho work. Mr, Sargent sald
that he had been mlsunderstood, ns
he regarded these as being the very
important work of the whole scheme.
Mr. Davldson said that, owing to the
fact that the wires at the Three Mile
Bridge wero high tension ones, tho
work there would have to he dono 011
Sunday, wlieu they would have to
pny thelr nien niore aud It would be
a very expenslve Jjb, costlng $1,000
or niore.
He tliought it would be crowdlng tho
WASIIIXCTON ti:rmo.sti:i!S "MKKT
clear around. The sides of tlie c.-ir
are low and Mrs. Almon wr.s '.ipped
out 011 her head and shoulders. 1
jumped out the otner side and ran
around to her tlie electrlc car having
run several lengths below us bofori
stopping. I trled to lift the car oif
my wife, but could not untll Mr.
Cross and some others caine to my
assNtance. Htr lie.id was pinned
down by a tlre and the eiuls of the
winifcnK nn one of the run' whee!s
were fiirlug lier slde fei'rt .ly.
nally, we llfted the car and
1 who att-'iuled Mrs. Almon when sht- .loturman Ducharme
1 was lirsi taken from th wreckag?. I years experience.
! stated tl'.at he neard the crasli and i scene of tlie ici ident at a spe d
I ran from hls olflce to the sceno. equal to that of the average auto ln
Tlie rear wheel was stlll runnlng ,it j runiiing jbout the streets. The place
! that tlme and the first thlng they did ! is hrilllantly llghted by the an
was to throw out the ciuteh and
istop this wheel, which was tearing j OX WHHSHTS A X 1) JUUASUMKS
Mrs. Almon at every revolutlon. I
Then they ll.tted the cnr, pulled her
out and took her to hls office. He
made but a superficial exauiinatlon,
after restorlng .her to partial sensi
billty and ordered her removed to
Ube liospltal. Dr. Brock stated th.it 1
liad the rear wheel not contlnued
l
turnlng Mrs. Almon would have es-
W'niipil xvltli cniiinarntlvelv sliolif in.
I lnriea. Sho wns lii'nlsi il ;ili.iut tln
Dr
. n 1 11 (Mit f.lnt
nrociv puueu .ura. UUk 'V';nead( bllt nolning of aecount had it
first. Slie was unoonsc.ou not ,)0en for the other
tli.ie. We took her into tn-J oii'co
and after a while she bgan to s-how
not lieen for
Otliei
injuries.
Sf lltClllflllN.
l.'uv. Proufy Syi A'eriiinnl l Vl'ay
Ilehind Other .Slalch in This Con
, ncctloii.
When Cov. fieorge H. Prouty was
asked yesterday regarding the pro
posed w'eights and ineasmes confer
ence lo be held in tlils clty he sald
that the reason why the ineetlug has
been delayed was that it was the de
slre of all interested to have as large
an attendance as possihle and to se
cure as niuch inforination regarding
A11111111I Siigiir-I'iirty AKended liy 100
Scitis und Daugliters of (Jieeu Moun
(11I11 Stiile.
Washington, D. O., Aprll 24. Pres- came together, ns none of them untll
dent Willlnm II. Tnft was unable to'the instant ot' tlie crash believed that
be present at the annual sugar party I there would be a collislon. The accl
or tlie Vermont Assoclntlon of the dent happened scarcely two .lengths
had been expected to attend was call-i Dlstrlct or Columbia Frlday evening. 'of the street car from the arc llght
ed to Hartl'ord, his hoine by the 111-I The affalr was held in tho Nntlonal'i,, f,0nt of the Bowers house and it
nosa of hls wife, who iieil this niorn- Rllles Armory, fl street, nnd was ut-1 ja hut little farther up the street to
ing. jtended by niore than 400 meiubers o I tho llght' ln front or the Rlverside
The sorvlces nt tho house were tho assoclntlon nnd invlted guests. nn. Mr. Almon characterized it as
inihlic, hut tho attenilaiu e was not At S o'clock tho inrty sat down to ' a piece ol' carelessness 011 the part
large. llesie tho funeral party J tho tastefully decorated tables whliliof the motornian, as he said that tho
whlch accompanied the body fror.i Were laden wlth all of the rou!sltes autoinobile wns 011 the track a loug
Reddlng, the little. gatherliig Included jof tlie geiiulno olii-fashioned sugar'tlmo bcforo the cars caino together
only u few relatives and old friends. party. Not only was Vennont's far-'and that the inotorman had ample
Resldents of Klmlra cherislied fond ifamed maple product served in abun-'tlmo to get hls car .under control and
ineniorlesorMark Twain. Wlth Mrs. dance, but In addltion there werostop. Mr. Almon wns or the opinion
Clemens nnd tho chlldren bo had doughnuts and soda biscults, both ' that tbe motornian dld not see them
spent many happy sunimers nt Quur- huade after forinulas brought into tlie
the matter ns could reasonably be
Hi- r'liniKlliiv Ktnrpil lnt nvciilnir I .. . . , . . . .
, . .,,, nmi.,i,, ,if n-.ln I "ico lecteil, so as 10 ue anie 10 present
signs of lile and complaU of 1'-" ! that Mrs Almon.s con(,tion i!s . ,.,,,,,., , ,.. ,.f;.,.
in her hack ater we took . ' ,0UB nnU fne .nustlon of her t.lti.nate h ,bU. ,nte,
iie.uim iiuoi.ii".. 1 ,..,. ,..,,,.. cannot he ( ec c ed lor some
Mr. Almon stated that his wife did j (,nyl yoti sho WRS j,.s,.,i ni,iut t;,
not. stand up as the the two cars 1 h.y(.k and ,R.1(1 and hf,,. s)de was )a,..
cratod, Uie skln being torn otf in sev
eral jilaes. Theve are several broU
en rlbs, 'but o'iiig to tho swelllug it
is iinpov'eiblft to etat'e how m,tny. In
ternal Injuiks are present, but It
has not yet been feaslble to m.ike an
examinntlon to determlne 311st how
aerious tiiey aie.
A good many people vislted tlu
scene of the accldent yesterday,
there being many spllnters ot the
auto ar.d car loft 011 tho spot. sn
that it was easy to loeato It. Tho
mournei'H tn nsk lils cnninnnv tn iln
Mr. Therlanlt stated at thls polnt. foU). nios of WQ).k t)0 cr0BB,nBH
and tho changes nt thls polnt. Ho
1 was agreed that they ougbt to do Maln
anu atnto streets aiui then ir tnoy
hnd the money left, they ought to do
the other parts lnter.
Mr. Sargent sald that tho stute
ment that It would cost $1,000 to re
move 31 poles was nbsurd on tho faco
of It. Ho dld not llke to mako s.uch n
statement, but It must stand, If the
that ,ne was not prejiared to sny
that Moody (c Almon would slgn the
agreement.- He appeared for Mr. Al
raofiy who wns- detnined by the ser
lous accldent to hls wife, nnd had
had but little tlmo to go over the
mntter wlth hlm. Thls company is
smaller and has fowor poles ln the
clty than the other partles to the
agrpement and they felt that ceV-
taln parts of the agreement Were not'jfacts wero taken Into conslderatlon.
rqultable iot tllem. They felt th.at C. II. SenteV, who was one of thoso
wh'atever chapges they mlght he call-jappearlng for the electrlc companies,
ry Farm on Kast Hlll, overlooking
tlie clty, the liomo of Mrs. Susnn h
Crnne. Mrs. Clemens' sister, who was
one of those who niourned today. A
path rrom tho Crano houso winds
tlirough tho wooded grounds to the
summer lodge which was Mark
Twaln's workshop. Hero ho wroto
Roughlng It," "A Tramp Abroad,"
and other works.
Below thls lodgo n short way down
ln tho woods, is pnother rustic striie
turo with barked roof, w.hleh tlie an
tlior .bullt for hls chlldren, Here
may stlll be seen many of tho play
thlngs of the little ones undlsturb
ed slnce thelr occnpancy.
It wns during tho Quaker Clty ex
pedltlon ln 1807, whlch Mtirk Twain
lias liuniortallpd ln "Tho Innocci.ts
Abroad" that tho humorist met Gen
eral Lnngdon, hen n young mnn, the
son of Jarvls nngdon, u dlstinguished
nnd wealthy Klmlran, Langdon took
kludly to young Clemens nnd the In
tlmacy whlch grew out of the nieet
Ing led to mnrrlago of tho nuthor
wlth 01vla Ij. Langdon.
Natlonal Capltal by Vermont house-wivcs.
Another delicnoy speelally linported
for tlie occaslon wns Vermont cheese.
Followlng tho spreart Inrormnl re
iiuirks were made by several of those
present.
Iiicluded among tho guests wero
tho Presldeut's seerutnry, Fred W.
Carpenter, Senntor. CiutoII S. Page,
Senator Willlnm V. Dllllngham, Re
presentntlvo Frank Plumley, Repres
entatlvo Davld .1.. Foste.r,. Mlsses Ma
bel and Mlldred Foater Ferdinand H.
Pense, .lohn Bnrrctt, dlrector of tho
Biirenu of Amerlcan Ropubllcs; Jub
tlco Wendell P. Stnfford, Justlco
ChnrleB 11. Robb, Interstate Coni
nierce Commisslnner Chnrles A.
Prouty, Harroll M. Howo, Mr. and
Mrs. K. J. Smlth, A. M. Rlch, Willlnm
B. Beane, l.nwrenco Allen, Mr. nnd
Mrs. W. W, Husband, Mr, nnd Mrs,
Fred J. Balley.
until just ns" they struck, ns ho dld
not ring tfio bell or nppenr to know
there was nnythlng in tlie way.
Opliilun of .Mr. Cro.
Mr. Cross of Northlleld, when inter
vlewed over tho telephone last nlght
corrobornted the statement made by
Mr. Almon. He said he was attendlng
to his ear and could not spenk as to
tho detalls of tlie electrlc car's np
proacli. He dld not hear the bell,
howover, nnd sald that the car was
runnlng nt high speed. The ninchlue
was not badly damaged aslde from the
ligently and devoid of all superllu
Ity. The fJovernor said that Vermont
was behlnd most ol' the other States
in putting upon the statuto liooks a
law for tho regulntion of weights aud
meiisures, nnd that it was about tlme
that soniethlng should be dono to coi
rect matters.
Cov. Prouty said that C. P. llazeu
of St. Johnsbury, who is connected
witli the Fnirbanks Scale Company
there, is very niuch Interested In tbe
cotnlng conference, navlng made sev
eral trlps to Washington for the pur
pose ot secuiing inforination nt lirst
hand and would hnvo much light to
clcse proxlmlty ot two eieciric iiguis shed in conlu,cti0n thorewith at the
was commented on by many, as tha 'conference. Lleut. Oov. J0I111 A.
place must have been bilghtly llght- Jjiend. who ls president of the Howo
cd. Scale Company of Rutland, ls also
C. F. Buswoll came up from Mid- it0rested, the Oovernor sald, as well
dlesiex ahea'd of the Cross auto, tn as lnany others, nnd ln hls opinion
hls car, and was but a few rods tne conference could not help but bo
above the cars at thoime of tlie 'nroductivo of grntifying results.
smash. He said last evening that tlje
cnr iiassed hlm nt ordlnary speed,
but as ho wns not paylng speclnl ut
tention he could not state as to tho
exaet rate. He was nenr 'ho Rlver
oide when the ear passed nnd ln
mlnute or two he heard n crash and
lookcd around. Ho nnw there was
tiouhle nnd drove hack. Mrs. Almon
DO YOU IIEAD.
tbe Classlfled Ads. on page C?
was being taken into thu Brocli
wheel which was struck and mnrilng ! house and he went atter 11 physlclan. industrlal
of the body. It was taken to the Pnl- Mr. Buswoll tliouglit inat inu li
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ace garage nt uarre, wnere lt wlll bejmust uavo ikm'h muiic 11 n "'!tl)0 jiouso of Correctlon wlll
repalred. Mr. Cross sald that when when lt turned ncross tue uncu, iu
ho turned ncross tho tracks the elec- near for safety.
trlc car was up the street so far that Both Conduetor Louls Threshor
he supjiosed ho wotnd hnvo ample Motornian Ilnrmldlas Duchnrme, ot
tlmo to hack nnd get out of tho way. the Semlnary hlll ' car, lcfnsed to
make any statement last nlght. me
said nll they had to say was rontam
ed In tho offlclal report. lt
Among those who will atend the
conference is a Massaehusetts expert,
who will undoubtedly be nblo lo glve
ninny valunblo tips eone"inlug
weights nnd measures.
The (Jovernor left 011 thu evening
traln for Burlington, where he wlll
Jo!n the board of visltors to Stato
ilnstltutlons nnd the party wlll then
proeeed to Vergennes nnd look over
school there, 'after
which they will go to Rutland, where
bo In-
speeted tomorrow nlght. A vlsit wlll
then bo pnld to the Soldlers' Home nt
Bennington. No further plnns hnvo
been made.
Ho further stated that he dld not
throw In the revere by accldent or
innke any other mlstakp or that na
ture, but that he wns actlng as would
any experlenced drlver under the clr-cumstances.
wns i
('IniiTh ls 74 Vtars Old.
The Second Congregatlonal church
nf Ilpnnlnctnn was 74 venrs nlil nn
noted last nlght 011 the run corres-1 T,lurS(,a nn(, reconUon ,, soea)
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ponuiug iu ui "..V, v. r wns em ,p ol)S0,.v0 ino muuver-
rtllent OCCUired, the Cnr paSeil tlie ,,r..KPnt nml fm-im.r nvlali
Dr. W. W. Brock, the physlclan Ucnt in front of the Bowers house wb Jnvte(