Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-02-01
SENATOR PROCTOR BEATEN.
This Story Of a Big Business Deal
Which Comes Via New York is In.
terestine, II True,

inns story OF Big Business Deal
Which Comes Via New York is In.
terestine, If True.
The New York World has story from
Rutland which is interesting, IL true. 1t
Is to the effect that Senator Proctor, in
order to secure certain marbles wanted
for his contracts, bought the entire out
put OF the True Blue Marble company at
Florence, this fact becoming known to
PRESIDENT g. e. Royce of the True Blue
company when he tried to renew his con-
tract with J. b. HOLSTER owner of the
quarry at Florence. Mr.. Royce is said to
have found a fine supply of marble near
bought 50 years ago for a small sum by
Prof. Newbury, head of the department
OF geology of Yale University. Mr.. Royce
bought this claim from the Newbury
heirs, who were found in Cleveland, Ohio.
The ink was hardly dry upon the new
deed, according to the story, before Sen
ator Proctor is said to have offered Mr..
of the Newbury heirs, only to find that
the marble king had been beaten. SEN
ator Proctor is aid to have offered Mr..
Royce a fabulous sum for the ridge, but
the latter refused to sell. In order to get
the HOLSTER marble to the Rutland rail-
road and thence to civilization "a branch
line of track IA mile long, owned by the
syndicate, was used. After he had OBJ
tanned the output of the HOLSTER quarry
Senator Proctor began to negotiate for
the road, but found that it had been sold
to Mr.. Royce. The story alleges that SEN
ator Proctor has been obliged to go to
Italy for a certain quality of marble
which he expected to quarry in Vermont.
At the annual meeting of the Aver
shire Breeders association held in Bos-
ton recently l.. S. Drew of Burlington
was reelected president ana c. M. Wins
low of Brandon secretary and editor.
The report of the treasurer showed a
balance Oh Sl2l1 on hand.
Congressman David j. Foster spoke
on The College Man in Public Life at
the go annual dinner Of the Dartmouth
Friday night at Delmonicos in New
York. Gov. Benjamin b. Odell and For
mer Gov Frank s. Black of New York,
were the principal guests and speakers.
the southern New England Methodist
conference, died Friday in Pawtucket,
X. l., following his wife, who died We'd
nesday of pneumonia. Mr.. Clark in his
illness did not know that his wife hau
gone before. He was born in Landgrove,
VI, in 1881.
The double funeral of Mr.. and Mrs.
James a. Head was held in AndoVer Fri
day Mrs. Heald died Tuesday night
and Mr. Head passed away the following
day both being i'll with pneumonia.
Tuesday was the anniversary OF their
marriage. Mr.. Head was nrst select
man OF the town and was a member OF
the Legislature in 1896 and also in 1898.
Charles Bingham, II, of Milton Centre,
is supposed to have been drowned in
Lake Champlain Sunday night. He
skated from his home, VIA the Lamoille
river and the lake, to Burlington, in
company with two younger boys, who
were exhausted when they reached the
city and spent the night with their moth
er, who lived there. Bingham thought
his parents would worry about him and
at o clock started TO skate back alone.
No trace of him has been found, and II
is thought that in the darkness he skated
into some hole in the ice.