Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-09-28
GENERAL VERMONT NEWS
The Alabama Troubadours Have Trouble
In Rutland.

HI Itutihhu.
A lively alteration occurred in Rutland
a night or so ago which required the ser
vice of the entire regular police force aid
a few specials. Two young men were
driving down West street shortly after IL
o clock and happened to be whistling All
Coons Look Alike to Me" just as the AID
bama Troubadours, who played at the
opera house last night were going to the
Banquet. The gentlemen of color thought
they were being insulted. one word led
! to another and in a few seconds stones,
canes and other missiles were hurting
through the air striking the carriage like
a ten of brick. This is the boys side of
the story. The colored combatants on the
other hand claimed they were not the in
stigators of the trouble but were grossly
irsulted by the boys in the wagon.
! At any rate the battle had been over
but short time when Officer Ellsworth
and a lot of specials" were in the scene
and one of the young men was driving
wildly about the streets looking for Of
ficer Blanchard. He finally got him and
returned to the scene Of action where a
council of war or rather of peace was
held. One of the young men was sent af-
tor warrants so arrests could be made but
although large crowd awaited his re-
turn for some time he fingered so long
that most of them gave it up and went
home.
Eventually Justice Ross appeared on the
scene but not make head or tail of the af-
fair and decided to wait until morning 10
Investigate. The Troubadours left in the
meantime for Barre. 1t is the general
opinon that the negroes were not as much
to blame as claimed.
THE FOURTEENTH VERMONT MONT
MENT.
f. +. Cope, engineer for the War De-
partment Gettysburg National Park COM
mission reports that he has inspected The
monument which was erected by Mr..
Brown on the site selected by the commit
tee of the l4th VT Regiment association
in September 1879. The location is 230 feet
south OF the Vermont Brigade monument
, and 80 feet east of Hancock avenue.
The foundation stone of the monument
Z is composed of large blocks of Gettysburg
l granite laid in Portland cement built up
on the rock surface outcropping at that
place. The monument was erected on
Sept 6.
I SPANISH CANNON MOUNTED.
. Gen. w. II. Gilmore recently located the
position OF the new CASTLE guns in the
. State House yard. They will be placed on
: the terrace below the driveway which ex-
tends about the front part of the State
: House. One gun Will be placed on either
side of the State House. The guns will
not point directly toward State street but
will turn at an angle. Gen. Gilmore has
= requested the Lane Manufacturing COM
pany to figure on makiUg cast iron
mount. 1t may not be possible to have
/ this mount ready for Dewey day. but Gen.
4 Gilmore expects to have the guns set up
4 for that occasion whether or not the car
O riageS are reidy.
: The guns will be allowed to remain on
4 the car day or two longer until prepare
, ticns are made for moving them dScctly
= 10 the grounds. Gen. Gilmore visited Wa
: tervet arsenal recently to learn some
thing in regard TO these guns, but was
\ unable TO find out any particulars, as ii
- appears they had been brought over from
! Manila and disposed of Immediately with
= out any reports being sent to the arsenal
: as Is customary.
= Gen. Gilmore states that they are modern
breech loading rapid fire guns but are cast
instead of steel ribbed
1t has been suggested that the proper
way to do is to melt the State House fence
and use it as much as possible in making
the mounts,
NEW BRIDGE AT BELLOWS FALLS
Z The old Eitchburg Railroad company's
wooden arch bridge crossing the Connect
lieut. at Bellows Falls, which has been in
= constant use for nearly so years, since the
opening of the Cheshire railroad, is to be
torn down and replaced with a handsome
. new stone arch structure. Contractor
Rollins. who Is to build the new bridge
70 has already peBun WORK Win steam ufllls
d and derricks, and hopes to have the new
d structure ready for use early In December
d II he is not hindered by fall ireshets. The
II old bridge was novel in structure, accord
It ing to Roadmaster Reuben Hyland Of
: IS ene n. H., but two others having beer
IS built like It so far as known, one at colo
n River and one at White River Junction
y t was 30 Constructed that hardly any iror
> was used originally the frame being held
y ogether by huge pins and braces II con
IS sisted mainly OF eight immense timber
Y arches, to which were keyed great perpen
E. dicular posts of old growth pine, which
1. originally carried the cords and bridge
floor These posts are of newn pine, 10 by
d "a inches, and IL feet long. The cords wer,
p cut into these timbers, but in later year:
t. when the traffic increased and caCs anC
@ ngines increased in weight the floor of Tho
bridge was hung from the wooden archie!
by iron truss rods. The new bridge vii
l. have two arches each about $50 feet Ions
and ~ feet above the bed Of the rlysC u