St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-12-07
VERMONT NEWS.
New Directors.


AZ; AT meeting Of the Rutland railroad
1,Iec.ors recently the resignation Of
Cavid Wilcox, Chester Griswold and
mares A. Walker were received and ac.
GUupted ana Dr. w. Seward Webb. E. v
w. kossiter and George Bird were elect.
ca In their places. The directors who "a.
signed represented the Della ware and Hnd.
son railroad, while the three newly. elect.
Gu members are closely connected with
the New York Central, Mr.. Rossiter he
ing the treasurer. The change came he.
.ause OF tue recent sale OF controlling
interest in Rutland railroad stock by the
Deia ware and Hudson to syndicate
WI, Mhlch included DR.. Webb, w. K. Wander.
ollt ana Others with allied interests as
well as some Fitchburg railroad men.
Sousa to lose $4,000 a Year.
John Philip Sousa. the March King. /"
nause snare his earnings from published
compositions with the Blakely estate.
lhlsis the decision Of the referee in a
suit brought by the estate.
In 1892, D. Blakely of Bradford
made five years contract with Sousa
which provided that Blakely as manager
should share equally with Sousa the pro.
hts OF all the latter's compositions as
well as OF the band concerts.
In 1896 the contract was renewed for
three years. Two months after this re.
newal Blakely died and Sousa claimed
that his death terminated The contract.
SUIT was brought by the estate.
The referee decides that the contract in
as lar as 1t covered concerts was annull-
ca out that the Blakely estate had
a continued right to one-half of all the
royalties from the compositions as long
as they should BIT earned without respect
OF time.
Inc amount involved may reach as
much as SIS 900 a year. The matter
VIII be appealed to higher court.
Middlebury College as an Art Center.
In the October Forum there was an
article by Mark Twain on Adolph vii.
orandt's play, "The Master OF Palmy.
ra," in which he analyzed the plav as il
Is presented in the Burg Theatre, Vienna,
and urged that it be produced in Ameri
ca. In the course OF the article (which
was serious one), he said that no one
IN America seems even to have heard of
the Master Of Palmyra" However
true this may be in general, there is one
exception. The German professor in
Middlebury College, VT, Theodore Henc-
kles, has been working for three years on
an edition OF the play and will shortly
be ready to issue it. In the collection oil
data he has had the direct assistance of
Wilbrandt himself, whom he visited last
summer at his home in Rostock, Neck
lenburg. The play has been read by ad-
vanced German classes in Middlebury
College for the last three years.-[J. H.
k. in the Boston Transcript.
The will OF Miss Lucy Ruggles, who re-
Gently died in Bennington, has been pro-
bated and allowed before the probate
court. Judge ]. w. Hammond of Cam
bridge, Mass, the administrator, was
present. The estate OF the deceased, it is
expected, will foot up about $4,000
and is lett to provide retreat for indig-
ent female teachers. By the terms of the
will it is to b. located IN Saratoga,
where the deceased was for long time
resident. According to it's terms no col
ored teacher can ever share any oil its
benefits, that race to be allowed in it on.
ly as nurses and servants. Previous to
being in Saratoga, Miss Ruggles lived in
the South.
The name OF the postoffice at Post
Mills Village has been changed by drop
ping the word village, and Charles E.
Flanders has been commissioned as post
master; Edgar L. Sanborn has been com.
as postmaster at East Orange
and Frank E. Davis at Davis Bridge.
]. P. Lamson Esq. OF Cabot, is prepar-
ing for forward educational move,
with view to improving the schools in
his town, and purposes to arrange SER
les OF meetings there for this winter, to
arouse new interest among teachers,
pupils and the people generally.
Rev. George w. Morrow, for the past
eight years pastor of the Christian
church at Randolph, has resigned. to &C.
cept the superintendency OF the Anti Sa-
loon League in this state, with head
quarters at Burlington and will soon
enter upon the duties OF his Office.
Rev. A. ]. Barron of st. Francis de
Sales church is having plans and speci6-
cations made for fine parochial school
house ut Bennington. A three story
building about 70 by 100 feet will prob
ably be erected.