St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-10-10
Three Pardons.


pardonfor Frank Hakey, who has served
over three years in states prison on a
fifteen years sentencefor alleged felonious
assault In the minds of many, the iden
LITIGATION might have been a mistake, and
the sentence pronounced was considered
excessive by the bar in general. Hakey
had previously borne good reputation,
and was known to have been very much
intoxicated the day of the crime. Since
his Incarceration his mother has kept his
three little children from going to the
poor house, but advancing age and fail
ing health has made her about ready to
give up the charge.
Several days before going out of office
of Montgomery, who had already been
conditionally released. Davis was SEN
fenced tor manslaughter in 1897.
He has also pardoned Joseph Hamel of
Chelsea, who was serving a sentence OF
IS years in the state prison at Windsor.
He was sentenced three years ago at
Chelsea.
The Northield Slate company is ex-
periencing some trouble in keeping up
with its orders. The output of the
quarry is about Is squares per day.
Among the recent orders received is one
for 40 squares to cover the new house
and buildings OF H. 0. Ward at More
town; a carload to cover the new library
building at St. Adams; sufficient
amount to cover the Sturtevant house
at Gouldsville; sufficient to cover three
good sized buildings at Randolph; and
smaller amounts for use at Mortified.
A Pittsheld, Mass, man is ready to buy
acarload provided the right kind offreight
rates can be secured and orders tor large
amounts have to be frequently turned
down owing to there not being sufficient
slate on hand to fill them.
The Howe Scale Company has received
the second largest individual contract in
| its history. 1t is an order for supplying
all the coal handling machinery tor the
new power plant OF the Manhattan Kali
way Company OF New York city. The
contract is worth something over $780,
900. The McCaslin system of coal con.
vevors is called for in the contract. 1t
feeds furnaces and carts away the ashes
doing the work Of many stokers and fire
men. With it one man can easily teno
four 500 horse power boilers.
While visiting the U. S. cruiser kear
sarge last week at the navy yard dock
in Brooklyn, Miss Alberta Bradford, o
St. Adams, fell overheard. The young
woman way rescued by Larry Whitman
a member of the boats crew, aged Is
Without stopping to remove even hi
cap, young Whitman plunged into tn
water, reaching the surface almost a
soon as Miss Bradford. When rescued
she was unconscious. On being removed
to the medical ward at the navy yard /
was found that she had sustained BAT
scalp wound.
Hvman V. R. Poole, of Mortified, i
dead, from the result Of third apoplep
tic shock. He was II years of age. Mr.
Poole was born in Middlebury, ant
moved from there to Mortified about 8
years ago. He learned the printer
trade while boy and always FOLLOWED
it, having ID small outfit at his home
For time he was employed in the othc
of the News at Mortified. He was cor
: sidered to be the oldest all-round printe
in Vermont.
III. Holton, president of the Below
Falls and Saxton's River electric roac
narrowly escaped instant death on tn
, line Thursday. He was riding on tn
{ front end of a car and dropping pacl
6 age of letters ordered the motorman t
! stop. Without waiting for the car t
come to a standstill he swung to til
ground. The suction drew him toward
the track, the front of the car strlkin
j him and rolling him over. Hewas badl
> bruised.
y Mr., Frederick F. Aver of New Yor
- CITY has recently given the sum OF SlOU
: to the fund for the library of the cheml
{ try department of the U. Y, M. The d
u partment is endeavoring to raise by SUI
scription about $4,000 or $4,000 Wit
:, which to purchase much needed WORKS
, reference, This handsome contribute
: from Mr.. Aver is most timely and E.
:. ceedingly helpful. 1t will be grateful
a appreciated by the entire University
S Lieut.. Eugene J. Stratton, of BENIN
, ton has received word that he had bee
:, granted pension of $50 month ar
>, back pay amounting to 1898. Lieute
ant Stratton enlisted in Company
i First Vermont Volunteers, tor the spa
1t ish American war, but while at Can
\ OLYMPIA, at Burlington, he lost leg
e the accidental discharge of revolver.
70 The annual meeting of the Reuni'
,s Society of Vermont officers will be he
sr in Montpelier October rs, with a ba
r. Duet at the Pavilion. The president
of the society is Col. F. E. Smith, and t
o secretary is Col. L. W. Shedd' ooth
I Montpelier. They have engaged
speaker for the occasion Capt. DEL
C. Baker, of Rutland.
Mt Information has been received tn
Arthur Conway Of Bennington, who b
IL been serving in the Philippines as me
al of the Forty-third U. S. l., has receiv
be an honorable discharge from the servi
,;r nv reason of gun shot wound IN
ed arm, and will probably arrive at
#. home in about two weeks.
in T. w. Ketchum, of Vergennes, has
ed signed his position in the Farmers
&C. tional bank of that city. After the CT
D. of the session at Montpelier Mr. Ketch
~ will devote his time to his two news
I'm per holdings, the Vergennes tnterpl
*, and the Bristol News.
lite Charles Cooper of Bennington.
sold six of his latest knitting machi
to to knitting mill in Bordeaux, Fraf
nd They are to be shipped early this mon
nj and W. A. Barrett, skilled machln
his will accompany them.