The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-19


After the business had been completed a
banquet was held at the Montpelier House
Following is the list OF officers elected
Potentate, Edwin o. Hibbard; chief rabban,
Charles II. Allen; assista Mt rabban, Stephen
II. Colby; high priest and prophet, George
w. Lowrey; oriental guide, George D,
Wheeler; treasurer, Frank A. Dwineil; re-.
corder, Charles ii. Heaton. Appointed:
First ceremonial master, James NJ. * eenan;
second ceremonial master, L Bart Cross
the guard, Daniel S. Wheatley; director,
Charles ii. Fuller; first alchemist, Fred
". Sherburne; second alchemist, Y, r.
Switser; architect, K. l.. Wells; outer
guard, Russell @. Collins master OF ward
robe, Ii. l.. Dean; musical director, j. w.
f. Washburn; steward, Will II. Herrick;
captain of the Arab patrol Evan L White
representatives to the imperial council,
Frank A. Dwinell Of Montpelier, Vt, Elihu
b. Taft of Burlington, vt.
A TELEGRAM was received at Montpelier,
Monday afternoon, from Chief OF Pc ice
Nicholson of Pittsfield, Mass, asking If such
man as III. W. Heaton was known here
The telegram stated that man who regis.
tered at the Burbank Hotel in that city as
Harry Wright, New York had been found
dead a bed, and from papers found in his
possession 1t was thought his name was II 8.
w. Heaton OF Montpelier. Further tele-
graphic correspondence and the arrival OF
the Boston papers confirmed the suspicion
and fears that the dead man was Homer
w. Heaton, Jr. Mr.. Heaton left Mont
peIier about week ago to visit friends in
Boston and New York, since which time
nothing had be5n heard from him till the
news OF his death was received. He regis,
tered at the Burbank Iotel early Saturday
evening and was found dead in bad Sunday
afternoon. An empty morphine sulphate
bottle ga ye the appearance of sui ,ide, but
those who knew him are confident that he
a ,,ftt ntn oil faly Il 10 l..
had been in the habit of taking morphine
occasionally to deaden pain, and undoubt-
eddy took an overdose Saturday evening by
mistake. He was a quiet, unassuming
young man, one who had many friends in
Montpelier, where he las resided with his
father for the past ten years. Chief of
Police futile went to Pttshed, Monday
night, to identify his body, prepare it for
burial and bring it to Montpelier. 1t is eX.
pected tlat he will arrive this morning.
REcE>T article in the New York Sun,
descriptive of the opening of the thirteenth
annual exhibition of paintings at the Acad-
envy of Design, has the following rel ative
to T w. Wood which will Do of interest to
very many of his friends in Montpelier:
" 1t is not an altogether common circum-
stance that le is called upon to praise un-
reservedly the work of the venerable and
estim able president Of the Academy of De-
sign. His admirable personal and official
qualities have made it hard often to tell
what appeared to be the truth as ID his
paintings. His portrait of himself, the CEN
trail object about which everything elsa is
grouped, from which all other paint lgs
radiate in the thirteenth autumn exhibit
ton, shows him at his very best, and in the
pose and guise in which he will be handed
down to posterity. For here Mr.. L. w.
Wood, p. N. A., looks down upol the Wis
itor from the cen er of the south wall as all
know him, the kindly light of welcome in
his be-spectacled eyes, and COOL humor de-
noted in the mellow curves that roll away
from the wings of his nostrils. There is a
black cap upon his white hair, which deep
background sets forth in high relief. 1t is,
in fact, notable portrait, as it is a living
likeness, and it is very beautifully painted.
Its Rembrandtesque quality is explained by
the fact that Mr.. Wood spent the past sum
mer in Europe copying the paintings of the
master in whose manner he has painted
himself. To his credit be it said he is not
too old to learn, and here is the proof of it.
Mr.. Wood is of much per ,onal distinction
in face and carriage, and he has never had
better sitter than himself. He is pictorial
in this canvas, and Rembrandt, were he able
to see it, could not fail to recognize the
compliment that has been paid to him by
the pre- ,ident of the academy"