Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-11-16

RUrLANDs rRoUDLEs-ALLEGED DEFICIENCIES
or ABOUT $3.50, 600 IN THE ACCOUNTS or THE
RUTLAND RAILROAD.

RUrLAND's TBoUBLEs-ALGEGED DEFICIENCIES
OF ABOUT S250,000 IN THE ACCOUNTS OF THE
RUTLAND RAILROAD.
"A recent press despatch states that the
new directors Of the Rutland railroad had a
session last week, at which the committee ap
pointed to investigate the official connection
of John b. Page and Joel NJ. Haven with the
road for the past 1G years submitted report
embodying the result Of an experts examna-
ton OF the books The report sets forth in
substance that an immediate deficiency Of
$40, 900 in the cash accounts exists that the
stock has been over-issued to the extent Of
$3.50 900 par value $40, 900 market valued
and that during the lG years there were dis.
bursements amounting to upward Of $3.50, 600
for which no proper vouchers can be found
All sorts Of alleged unwarranted manipula
tons OF accounts were reported. The receipts
and expenditures during the period named ag-
gregated S2G, 600, 600. II ia alleged that funds
Of the road were used for private purposes in
entirely unauthorized ways. The directors
decline to make public Just now the details
OF their discoveries. 1t was voted to author
re the committee to continue their inyestiga-
ton, and they were empowered to use all le-
gal measures to recover the company's funds.
Page has sent letter to the directors renew.
ing his request for an investigation Of the
company's accounts before the board of arb.
tration, claiming to believe that considera-
BILE amount Of his money has found its way
into the companys treasury through the for
mer treasurer, Haven.
Governor Barstow has decided to accept
an invitation to be present at the celebration
OF Evacuation day in New York on Monday,
November 2Gth. He will be accompanied by
his staff.
The Vermont state Medical society will
hold its semi.annual meeting at White River
junction on the 18th and 18th OF June next.
-Orson Butler, the Plymouth fat boy,
weighed 245 lbs. Nov. Z, the day he was II
years old.
The French Catholic fair at Burlington
Melted 5000.
Edward Ellis, under arrest for wrecking
train at Enosburg Falls last week, has made
full confession He was elected from a
a train for not paying his fare, and says he
misplaced the switch to get even with the
conductor. He says he did not mean to hurt
any one but only to give the train hands the
trouble of getting the train back on the main
line
"A White River Junction despatch of the
l4th says: By the breaking of car wheel,
twelve freight cars, an extra train on the Con-
nectcut Passumpsic railroad, en- route to
Boston, were derailed last night near West
Burke, causing the worst smashup ever known
on this road. The cars were heavily loaded,
and the loss is great. No damage was done
TO the train men. The road cannot be cleared
for trains in less than two days.
During the strong wind last Monday a
spark was blown from a switching engine on
the railroad track at Rutland on to the pat
tern house of d. Shortsleeve a Co, which
was entirely consumed as was the wood.
working building of Z. A. Morse adjoining.
The total loss was some $4,000.
Charles Speare of Bennington II years
old, sustained serious injuries by being run
over by bicycle on Wednesday.
"A freight train was wrecked at Braintree
on Friday morning and engineer Edward He.
bard and the fireman and brakeman badly
hurt. The locomotive, Joseph Clark, and
four cars we're badly smashed and some valu-
able cattle we're killed.
Martin Hyde, an old and respected citizen
of Poultney, died Monday night from an in.
jury which he received by being thrown from
his wagon one day last week.
Ludlow women take the pie They re-
Gently had 81 different varieties of that indi.
gestible compound at a recent festival, includ-
ing an onion pie.
A lO0-years-old carriage, in which Presi-
dent Monroe once rode, brought 1925 at a
Nergennes auction the other day.
Thomas Edwardss two big barns at Cam.
bridge were burned by lightning Monday,
with 100 tons of hay, 1000 bushels of grain
and % head Of cattle loss $4,000, insurance
$1,000.
The annual report of the Grand Lodge,
+. d A. NJ, which has been delayed in con.
sequence of two extra sessions, is now ready
for distribution. The report makes a large
octave volumn of 1852 pages, full of matters
of interest to members of the fraternity. The
statistical tables show that there are in the
state one hundred lodges, having an aggre-
gate membership of 1888. The largest lodge
is PassumPsic of St. Johnsbury, which has
membership of 23l.