Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-07-26
Bellows Falls Times
WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1899.
VERMONT NEWS.

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Vermont stockholders, who lost several
| hundred thousand dollars in the collapse of
| the Northwestern Guaranty Loan company
| of Minneapolis few years ago, have received
| notice from the receiver to pay 100 per cent
| assessment, in accordance with the laws of
Minnesota. The legality of the assessment
| has not been tested in the Vermont courts,
and the eastern stockholders will probably
not pay Immediately. The largest stock
| holder lives in st. Johnsbury, and much OF
| the stock is held there and in other Caledo-
| MIA county towns.
There was fierce elemental war above
| Montpelier Friday night. Heavens heaviest
| guns and rapid fire batteries reproduced the
| din of Manila bay and the Santiago coast To
| an observer above the city the electrical dis
| play at about o'clock was one of great mag
nifcencs. "Chsin lightning was fercsly
aging upon the country, necessarily and
ftom all quarters of the heavens. The celes-
tial craftsmanship, however,was only little
better than that of the Spaniards, and the
| number of casualties, considering the near
ness and severity of the bombardment, was
! small.
Frank Langley editor of the Barre Daily
Times,was assaulted by Angelo Scampani,
an Italian merchant. The affair took place
| in front of the building in which Mr.. Lang
down, and hurled down some stone steps.
Chief of Police Rowland was an eye wit
ness and Immediately arrested Scampani.
The assault and arrest caused great sensa-
ton, owing to the prominence of both parties
and grows out of story printed in the Times
through which Scsmpani is accused of having
gone to Boston and engaged Italians to work
on the Barre water works and receiving of
commission therefor. A general civil suit is
expected to grow out of the affair.
Four burglars committed daring robbery
at the Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington rail
ton last week, Previous to entering
the depot they seized the night Waterman,
Frank E. Ray, and bound him to chair in
the engine house located near by. While one
of the gang guarded the Waterman and COW
cred him with revolver, the other three
blew the door completely off the big safe in
the depot and went through the contents
They escaped with only $40 35 in currency
leaving about $50 behind in their haste to get
away. All four of the men carried big re-
volvers and were closely masked This is
believed to be the same gang which operated
at Griswoldville few weeks ago.
Mrs. Mary Howe-Lavin's farewell appear
ance at the Royal Opera in Wiesbadep, Ger
many, where she has been engaged during
the past two seasons, took place on the 26sh
of June. Although the regular subs cription
season had closed, and in spite of the warm
summer weather, the popularity of the singer
was 80 great that the theatre was filed to
OVERLOOKING and the enthusiasm surpassed
anything seen during the season. On her ar
aival at the theatre the artistic found her
dressing-room transformed into a veritable
bower of roses. The decorations were the
work of the assistants and stage hands, who
took this pleasant way of showing their ad-
miration aud affec ion for the singer, who, by |
her kindness and cordially, had endeaTed
herself to the theatre employees as we'll as to |
the general public. !
The unwilling of the Burns statue on the |
high school campus Friday was an unusually |
interesting occasion in Barre. Fully 10000 |
people were present at the ceremonies. In |
the forenoon there was concert by the |
Sherman's and the Royal Scots pipe bands, |
and a parade mile in length, containing |
various secret orders, the G.. A. R., militia |
and fire department. The unwilling cere
monies were very impressive. The Burns |
club formally turned the monument over to |
the city and it was accepted by the mayor.
The Grafton was by W. P. Stafford. A ban |
quet was served Friday evening to the |
guests of honor by the Burns club The
monument was all cut from Barre granite at |
Barclay Bros sheds, the statue being de-
signed by j. Massey Rhind. 1t stands % feet
inches in height, the bottom of the base be-
ing eight by eight feet.
The comptroller of the currency, Mr..
Dawes, has just made public an abstract of
the condition of National banks in the state
of Vermont. The abstract applies to the con-
dition at the close of business on June 80 but
the intervening Tune mas peen required LOT
collecting and digesting the individual re-
ports from the different banks. The abstract
shows that the average reserve held on June
80 was 80 SO per cent as against 80 95 per cent
held on April 5,when the last report from the
state of Vermont was made. Loans and dis
counts have increased from $ll ,873,893 to
$l2, 042 1867, while the amount of stocks and
securities held have increased from $2,23l,-
1888 to So, 1888, 1923. The total of gold coin held
by the Vermont National banks has increased |
from $500 1868 to $559, OIL and the total specie
held by these banks has increased from $685.
1922, SIS to $3.50 81 and individual deposits
from $9,Sl9,305 to $40, 225, 1856. ALI these in.
creases are based on the showing made April |
5 last. 1t is regarded as very favorable one |
for the banks and for the people of the Green |
Mountain state.