St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-25
VERMONT NEWS.
Colonial DANES Meet.

tion in the Brooks house Tuesday night
given by Mrs. Kittredge Haskins. About
seventy.fve members were present. The
address OF the president, Miss Anna c,
Park, of Bennington, was followed by
the election of these officers:
First vice-president, Mrs. E. J. Orms-
bee, OF Brandon; second vice-president,
Mrs. F. S. Stranahan, of St. Adams
registrar, Mrs. Edward L. Temple, of
Rutland; second member of the board of
management, Mrs. F. B. Barrett, of
Poultney.
The afternoon session was devoted to
the unwilling of a monument erected bv
the Brattleboro society and presented to
the Vermont society to mark the site of
Fort Drummer. The monument is of
granite and has bronze panel contain.
ing historical data. 1t was unveiled BY
Mrs. ]. G. Stafford, of Brattleboro, and
the presentation address was made by
the Rev. Williston Walker, u. D., of Yale
Divinity School. Miss Park made the
speech Of acceptance which was followed
by an historical address by Judge Hoyt
H. Wheeler and an address by the Hon.
George H. Sheldon, the Deer6eld his
torian. Col. George W. Hooker pre-.
sided at the services.
A Bennington Man was Glad.
So far as known, Richard Bahan is the
only native of Bennington that has
gained an unenviable notorietv by the
assassination of President Mckinley.
Bahan has been for some years connected
with the music house OF Cluett & Sons,
Troy, N. Y, was an official in a Demo-
cratic club in that city, and also was or
ganist oil a church in Watervlet. On the
evening of the day on which the Presi-
dent was shot Bahan went into the
rooms of the club and expressed satisfac-
ton at the deed. He was Immediately
taken in hand by other members who
called him vile names, and started to
take him to the Hudson river for the
purpose of ducking him, but policemen
interfered. Later he was unanimously
expelled. The next morning when he
went to work he found a blue envelope
awaiting his arrival. couple of days
after he was informed by the officers OF
the church that his place could be va
Gated, and Saturday it was publicly an.
nounced that he had retired, and would
leave for Germany. He came to Ben
nington supposedly for a vacation and
was there week before the facts were
known.
Unique Gift TO Bennington.
Village President John S. Holden, has
received from San Francisco an interest.
ing memento of the gunboat Bennington
in the shape of the homeward bound
colors of that ship, consisting of the
home pennant, the ensign, and the jack.
Accompanying them was letter from
William James, chief machinist of the
boat, who says, THE Bennington ar
rived at San Francisco, August 16, to
be placed out of commission, after SER
vice oil 10 years, during which time she
did excellent work. both in the war with
Spain and the Philippine insurrection."
The colors sent are those used on the
homeward voyage from Hopgkong.
China to final destination and were sent
here under instructions from the crew of
the Bennington. The colors came in a
fine box and their receipt has been &C.
knowledged by Mr.. Holden. Some way
will be arranged to preserve them among
Bennington's choice relics.
Barre's Chief of Police in Buffalo.
Patrick Brown, Chief OF Police of Barre,
was in Buffalo last week and called upon
Superintendent Bull of the Buffalo police
department, in relation to the trouble
with the anarchists in Barre last Decem.
Der when Chief Brown was shot in the
abdomen, supposedly by anarchists. The
Barre chief showed Superintendent Bull
a copy OF an anonymous communica-
ton, said to have been received by
Barre police official, and supposed to
have been written by one anarchist to
another, setting forth plot against the
life of President Mckinley. Brown also
informed Superintendent Bull that two
years ago Emma Goldman stirred up
the Italian anarchists of Barre with in
f1ammatory speeches.
MiddIebury College Opens.
The fall term of Middlebury College
opened Friday with an entering class of
40 students, II young women and %
young men. The opening of the term
was to have been Thursday but was
postponed on account of the funeral of
the nations chief executive The War
ner Science hall, completed last June is
opened tor the use of classes for the first
time. 1t contains the laboratories and
lecture rooms for the entire scientific de-
partment of the college.
Captain Wildes of the foot ball team
feels encouraged over the material shown
in the entering class, and feels that there
is every reason to believe that Middle
bury will have a strong team this au-
tumn.
VermOnter Elected National President.
Mrs. Calista r. Jones of Bradford was
elected president OF the National Womau's
Relief corps by reclamation at the recent
Cleveland convention. She comes of
revolutionary stock. She attended Rut-
gers Female Institute and fitted herself
for teacher. She was teaching in the
Chicago public schools when the war
broke out, and she and three other
young women made and sewed bv hand
15.ioot United States flag and flung it
to the breeze on the Saturday following
the attack of Fort Sumter. In 1864
she was married to Charles Jones, a war
veteran. She has been president of the
Vermont division of the Woman's Relief
corps and was national vice president in
1898.
A New Industry.
The latest industry to become incor-
porated under the laws of Vermont is
the Green Mountain Belgian Hare Com
pany of West Waterford, which was
recently incorporated with an authorized
capital of $4,000. This company will
raise and sell ptre bred Belgian hares for