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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07
THE KILBOURNE MFG. CO.


Manufacturers of High Grade Wire
Goods, Household Specialties and Sue
cosso:s of Vermont Clock Co. About
five years ago the local capitalists or
ganized two companies as above mem
toned, one for the manufacture of wire
goods and the other to manufacture
clocks. Two years ago Mr.. C. L. Kill
bourne who had had many years of ex-
perience as manufacturer reorganized
the Wire Goods CO. and brought the bus
mess 10 so successful an issue that dur
ing the month of May this year the clock
works was absorbed and both industries
merged into the KilbOurne Mfg. Co. The
wire plant occupies about 10000 square
feet of floor space and here are numer-
Gus specially constructed machines for
forming corrugating and working the
wire which is shipped here from the COM
pany's plant at Troy, y. Y. They make
broilers in a hundred different styles,
meat rests, pie rests, frying baskets pot
cleaners, sink drainers, egg beaters, dish
covers and the thousand and one differ
ent articles used in the kitchen and
formed of wire besides shoe polishing
SETS, ch0pping knives. towel racks, etc.
The" are exceptionally well equipped to
contract for patented specialties in large
quantities and invite correspondence on
this subject.
The Vermont Clock Company utilities
about 10000 square feet of floor space and
have all the intricate special devices for
working metal which constitutes the bas-
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and all kinds of electrical work. They
make speciality of Montvert Kitchen
Sinks of unfadng green slate which are
the acme of cleanliness and last forev-
er. This same class of slate Is also
used largely in laundry tubs. They
make as WELL showers, lavatory slabs
and urinal stalls and many of the spec
ihcations in United States contracts call
for their sanitary specialties. The mar
bleized work has thousand uses and
has stood the test for over a quarter of
a century. Their plant outside the quar-
ry comprises a number or frame build
ings equipped with saving and planning
machines rubbing beds, lathes, drills,
etc, all constructed for this use and es-
pecially adapted for facilitating bust
ness. The works in various departments
gives employment to fifty men, The
company was incorporated in 1866, the
present officers being Charles r. Allen,
president and George II. Shinville, Sec
rotary treasurer and general manager.
Mr.. Allen is cashier of the Allen Nation
al Bank. Mr.. Shinvlle upon whom all
the details of the business involve has
been with the company nineteen years.
He is thoroughly practical and efficient
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07
RUTLAND.

Rutland, with a poulation of about 10
600 is the second i'm size and commercial
Importance of the cities of Vermont. 1t
is situated i'm the Otter Valley and is
surrounded by lofty mountains beautiful
valleys, and is altogether one of the
most attractive of New England cities
1t is connected with the commercial cen
tres of the state and country by the Rut-
land railroad north and east, the Ben
nington railroad south, and the Delaware
&, Hudson west Rutland has a large
number of prominent manufacturing en-
terprises wholesale houses representing
all the principal lines of goods and num-
erous up-to-date retail establishments.
The city is the centre of the marble In
dustrv of Vermont. There are five ma
tional banks. two Savings banks and two
Trust companies. An excellent system
of water works furnishes an abundance
of pure water for domestic and fire pro-
lection purposes. Besides graded schools
there is a fine high school and a public
library and nine churches of different
denominations. Rutland is one of the
most attractive cities of Vermont, the
streets are brilliantly lighted with cleo
trio lights. there are many social organ
iZations, Masonic and other secret soci-
cites, a fine opera house, and everything
to make a residence here pleasant and
agreeable The citizens of Rutland al
WAYS designate their home as the Mar
BILE City. and many of its buildings, and
even the sidewalks, are constructed OF
white and blue marble. With splendid
TRANSFORMATION facilities, intelligent la
Dor and cheap raw materials, Rutland
offers unusal advantages for the display
of manufacturing enterprise in many use
full and important lines not already &C.
cuDied.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

JOHN A. SHELDON, POSTM ASIER.
at a private school in New York city,
afterward attending Sand Lake. n. Y,
academy and WILLIAMSBURG Mass, acad-
envy. He came to West Rutland and was
engaged as clerk and book-keeper for the
firm of Sheldon e. Slason when the war
broke out and was one of the trst TO
enlist joining Co. *, First Vermont In
fantry, May ., 1861 and was mustered III
for three months After the term of mis-
enlistment he returned to his former po-
stion He afterward re-enlisted and was
made captain of Co. c, 10th Vermont and
served on the staff of Gen. Grant, re-
firing in 1868 After his return he en-
gagged with his father in the marble BUS
mess, the firm name being Sheldon IL
Sons and afterward the Sheldon Marble
CO. He has been prominently identihed
with the civic government of Rutland
serving as selectman. trustee, president
of the board of trustees, alderman and
mayor of the city and member Of the leg
islature. He was senior aid de camp on
the staff of Gov. Fairbanks with the rank
of colonel and has been honored with
many high positions. He was appointed
postmaster, April 90, 1897 and is now
holding over awaiting re-appointment. lie
has given eminent satisfaction andgiVes
his personal attention to the office.
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which is 50x1O0 feet in dimensions, used
for office and finishing room. They also
have cutting sheds and ample yard room.
They carry a large stock of finished and
unfinished work and have the best ma
chinery and paraphernalia for filling or
ders punctually and in manner to please
the most eXactng customers; with regard
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successfully and he worked on a farm
with his father until he was seventeen
years of age when he went to Pittsford,
Rutland county to engage with his uncle,
Joseph II. Peabody The latter combined
a mercantile and peddling business and
dealing in wool and wooden goods with
farming and young Peabody secured an
interest which he retained for twenty
five years, the firm name being j. II.
Peabody Il co. While he was a resident
of Pittsford he was justice of the peace
for ten years and he was also selectman
from 1864 to 1866, For six years he was
deputy sheriff and his services in this
capacity were so satisfactory to the peo-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07
FAIRHANEN MARBLE AND MAR
BLEIZED SLATE co.

Quarrymen and manufacturers of Slate
Goods of all descriptions, c. r. Allen,
president G. II. Shnvllle secrctary-treas-
urer and general manager. This house
dates its foundation back to the pioneers
of the slate industry i'm. this section 1t
was in 1889 that r. Hanger and Alanson
Allen opened the first quarries here and
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

Manufacturers of Scales, Trucks, Letter
Presses. Electric Coffee Mills and Coal
Handling Machinery. John A. Mead,
presidents Edward V. Ross, treasurer;
Leon c. Bagley, general agent and c.
b. Hinsman, general paYmaster. The
city of Rutland without the Howe Scale
Company would he Ike Hamlet with the
leading character eliminated. Its rise
and progress is synonomous with the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07
JOHN A. SHELDON.

Postmaster at Rutland, is a native OF
Troy, ~ v, born Aug - 1889. He is of
New England and Scotch ancestry, his
father having been a native of Rutland
and prominent in public and business af-
fairs for many years. He was educated
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

manufactured school states and after
ward roofing states, Some time in the
60 $ marbleizing was commenced and the
process is now so perfected that they can
produce an almost perfect imitation of
the finest and most expensive foreign and
domestic marbles. This company is
among the largest and most extensive
dealers and manufacturers in the slate
district and are capitalized at 100000.
Among the many articles of production
are slate for switchboards, panel boards,
box Innings, switch bases, portable bases
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

HON. JOSIAH BURTON HOLLISTER.
Mayor of Rutland, was born in Sand
gate, Vt, in 1881. In 1887 his father re-
moved with his family to Manchester.
He was educated at Burr and Burton
seminary and at Dartmouth college. He
went west in 1855 and was principal of
an academy one year at Rushvile, ILL.,;
he then returned to his native state and
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

engaged in agriculture and general bus
mess until 1865 when he bought an in
terest in marble quarry at Dorset, since
then he has been actively engaged in the
marble business. Mayor HOLSTER was
superintendent of schools in Manchester
for three years. member of the House
of Representatives in 1851, state senator
from Bennington county in 1865 and
member of the last council of censors in
1869 In 1873 he was elected one of the
trustees of Burr and Burton seminary.
In 1873 he removed to Dorset to engage
more extensively in the marble business
and for the same purpose in 1881 he re
moved to Rutland.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07
RUTLAND BUSINESS COLLEGE,

L. j. Egleston, principal Delightfu'-
ly situated in the best residential sec
ton of Rutland is the above named col
lege whose curriculum contains only
those studies which are of practical val
ue to young men and women. While
this is Vermont's leading commercial
shorthand and telegraphy school the year
just closed July |, has proven the banner
year of its history This is due to the
thorough and conscientious work done
by the faculty in the various depart
ments and speaks volumes for the posi-
ton 1t holds as an educational institution.
The courses Of study taught here are
bookkeeping, commercial law COM
mercial arithme.c. penmanship, cores
pondence, practical English. shorthand
and a special feature is made of grad
uating expert operators of touch type
writing. Prof l.. J. Egleston the prin-
cipal, is one of VermOnts best known
educators and takes a personal interest
in his pupils obtaining for them lucra-
tive positions and aiding them in every
way to become valuable factors in the
commercial world \ notable feature
of the Rutland Business College is that
they find positions for all their gradu-
ate, The tuition fee is low; write them.
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STEAM STONE CUTTER CO.

II. O. Carpenter president, George Il.
Royce treasurer, Thomas j. Royce sec
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-12
Notice of PublIeAtIon-Chanoery.

State of Illinois, u.
Rock Island County %
In the Circuit. Court of the said County to
the September term thereof, A. ID. 1901.
Bertha Bolen VS.. Wilson Bolen-In Chancery,
divorce.
Afidavit of non-residence of the above de-
PENDANT Wilson Bolen, having been fled In
the clerks once of the circuit court of said
county and state. showing that the residence
of the above named defendant is unknown
and that due and diligent inquiry has been
made to ascertaio the same, notice is there
fore hereby given TO to the said non-resident
defendant that the complainant has filed her
bill of complaint in said court against you, on
the chancery side thereof. on the 18th
day of August. A. D. 1901 and that there
upon a summons Issued out of said court,
wherein said suit is now pending. returnable
on the third Monday in the month OF Septem-
.er next, as Is by law required. Now. unless
you, the said nonresident defendant above
pamed, Wilson Bolen, shall personally be
and appear before the said circuit court on the
first day OF the next term thereof. to be
holden at Rock Island, in and for the said
county, on the third Monday in September
next and plead, answer or demur TO the said
compliments bill OF complaint, the same and
the matters and things therein charged and
stated VIII be taken as confessed. and a de-
cree entered against you according to the
prayer of said bin.
GEORGE w. GAMBLE. Clerk.
Rock Island, ILL.,. August 10. A. ID. 1901.
MCCAsKRIN s. MCCAsKhIN, ComplGinants
Solicitors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-12
PubllcatIon NotIce-Chancery.
State of Illinois,

State of Illinois,
Rock Island County. s.
In the Circuit Court, September term, A. d.
Home Building and loan Association VS.. Mary
Jane Murray and William Ii. Murray. In
Chancery.
Afndavit of non-residence OF the said Mary
Jane Murray and William Fl Murray implead-
ed with the above defendants having been
fled in the Clerks ONCE OF the Circuit Court
of said County. notice is therefore hereby
given 10 the said nonresident defendants that
the complainant lied its bill of complaint in
said Court, on the Chancerv side thereof, on
the 18th day OF December, 1900, ard that there
upon a summons issued out of said Court,
wherein said suit Is now pending. returnable
on the first Mond Az in the month OF May there
after. and that thereafter, LO-wit: on the 18th
day of August, A. ID. 1901, an alias summons
Issued out of said Court. wherein said suit Is
now pending. returnable on the third Monday
In the month of September next, as Is by law
required. Now. unless you the said non-resi-
dent defendants above named, Mary Jane
Murray aod William II. Murray. shall per
sonally be and appear before said Circuit
Court, the first day of tue next term
thereof, to be holden at Rock Island In and
for the said County on the third Monday In
September next, and plead. answer or demur
10 the said compartments bin of complaint,
the same and the matters and things therein
charged and stated viii be taken as confessed,
ana q decree entered against you according 20
the prayer OF said bill
GEORGE w. GAMBLE, Clerk.
Rock Island. Illinois, August Is. 1901.
JACKSON & HURST, Compliments Solicitor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-12
Notice of Publncation-chanoery.
Mccaskrin & Mccaskrin, Attorneys.
State OF Illinois. Is

Rock Islsnd UosSty. IS
In sse Circuit Court Rock Island County
TO the September term threof. A. ID. IDOL.
Telitha Robbins vs. Edgar Robbins In Chan
cery-DiVorce.
Afidavit OF non-residence OF the above de
PENDANT, Edgar Robbins. having been duly
certified and sworn TO ana fled 10 the Clerk
once of the Circuit Court OF said County and
State showing that the residence OF the
above named Edgar Robbins Is unknown and
that due and onigent inquiry has been made
TO ascertain the same, notice Is therefore
hereby given 10 the said non re- ident defend
ant that the complainant hled her bill of com
plant In said Court. on the chancerv sice
thereof, on the nth day of August, A. ID. 1901
and that thereupon q summons issued out OF
said Circuit Court of Rock Island County,
wherein said suit Is now pending, returns BILE
on the third Monday In the month of Seotem
Der next, as Is required by law. Now, un-
less you, the said nonresident de-
fendaut above named. Edgar ROBBINS. shall
pers .nally be and appear before said Circuit
Court of Rock Island, on the first dav OF the
next term thereof, to be holden az Rock Is
land in and for the said County and state, on
the third Monday in the month of September
next. and plesd. answer or demur to the said
complainant's bill of complaint. the same and
the matters and things therein charged and
stated VIII be taken as confessed. and a de-
cree entered against you according 20 the
prayer of said bill.
GEORGE W. GAMBLE, Clerk.
Rock Island, d.. August IL, 1901.
MCCAsKRIS & MCCASKRIN, Compartments So
ncitors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-12
ARREST OF TOM BAWDEN.
Reference to CzoIgosz' Crime Gets Him
Into Trouble at Detroit.

Reference to CzoIgosz' Crime Gets Him
Into Trouble ut Detroit.
Detroit. Sept. 12.-Tom Bawden. a
local single tax advocate and street
speaker. and u man whose defiance of
the police brought on the riot in the
Campus Martius last May, was ar,
rested Tuesday just after he had de-
clared, speaking of Leon CzolgoSZ: Il
wish to God that there We're Il lot OF
other just such men in the country"
Bawden was speaking from his wagon
on the campus. He led up to his
above remark by saying: This man
who attempted to asSassinate McKin-
ley, like many other men. believed that
the people are oppressed"
p After his utterance superintendent
of Police DOwney ordered Bawden to
cease talking, and on his refusal ar
rested him on the charge of disorderly
conduct and melting trouble. Police
Commissioner Andrews declares that
all advocates of anarchistic doctrines
will be driven out of town by the po-
lice
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-12
Chaplain in Chief.

The report of August brahms.
chaplain in chief. showed that 2, 749
posts observed Memorial day SER
vices, go 700 of the comrades partic-
ipating. as did 1904 Women's Relief
corps, with IA. 600 members. The
mum Der of cemeteries visited was TO-
ESQ and the number of graves dec
GRATED 312. S46. The public schools
participating was 3. COG. and the num-
Der of pupils 27S 2S5. Other organ
izations whick took part in the cere-
monies mum bered 1926.
A resolution was adopted rendering
to the president affectionate congratu-
lations upon his rapid convalescence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-12
"BOYs" MARCH AGAIN.
Eight Miles of Vets Who Fought for the
Union in Parade at Cleveland.

Cleveland. o., Sept. 12.-The surviv-
ing veterans of the greatest war in
all the annals of histOry-of the great
est struggle for human liberty the
world has ever seen-that Iron Gray
Host of God, known as the Grand
Army of the Republic-have again re-
sponded to the bugle call. and yester-
day fell into line as they were wont to
do in the dark days of the civil war.
They awoke yesterday morning to the
sound of the reveille, and long before
the hour set for the starting of the
parade they lined the streets and ave-
nues adjacent to Case and Euclid ave-
Eues. where the parade was formed.
Old veterans prominent in the affairs
OF the G.. y. II. said it was the grand
est parade and the greatest day the or
eanization has ever seen.
Column Over Eight Miles Long.
In a seemingly interminable line of
blue the various departments took up
their march over the hard granite
pavements. Surging masses of people
numbering in the hundreds of thou
sands-lined the streets aud the house
tops. and took advantage of every
available point of view along the en-
tire line of parade. In the down-t town
district the streets intersecting and adj
jacent to the line of march were one
struggling mass of eager and expect
ant humanity. Ii is estimated that
nearly half a million people were spec
tators of the magnificent. pageant.
The column was over eight miles in
length and was splendidly handled
Was n Most Inspiring Scene.
The scene was most inspiring. Octo-
Genarians with lettering footsteps and
others erect and spriChtly as in youth,
but all with limbs and hearts OF steel
-plOdded patiently side by side, and
among the thousands who made up
that gallant host there were scarcely
n bare half dozen whom the fatigues
of the march caused TO fall out before
they passed through tho living sea of
faces in the court of honor and the re-
viewing stand. Promptly at the hour
set for the parade to move General
Leo RasSieur. commander-in-chief
gave the signal, and the column moved
forward. The solid masses of human
ity which crowded the avenue from
curb TO curb. gave way like the part
ing of the waves. and the march Le-
gan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-12
HoNoRs FOR THE SOLDIERS
Lord Roberts Finishes HI. List for Services
in South Africa.

A<oFI AhooCENo EAulbnte Ia" - -
in South Africa.
london. Sept 12-The Gazette pub
fishes Lord Roberts final list of
recommendations for meritorious ser
vice in South Africa. 1t extends to
forty-one pages. with an average of 100
names per page. The recommends
tions. affect every rank and branch of
the service. the list including Colonel
Hule, who conducted the mastery re-
treat from Dundee to Ladysmith, the
omission of whose rame from previous
lists had excited much comment in
military circles.
In dispatch expressing his high
appreciation for the promptitude and
completeness with which all the adj
ministrative departments at home and
in the colonies met his demands. Lord
Roberts trusts that the list of recon-
mendations will not be thought too
long, considering the number en-
gagged. the extent and severity of the
operations and the very great hard
ships cheerfully borne by all ranks"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-12
HAD NO TIME TO SHOOT.
Two Thugs Who Tried to Rob a Druggist
at Chicago.

Chicago, Sept 12-With two empty
bottles as weapons. W. ]. BignOld. Il
druggist at Forty-third street and In
diana avenue, put to rout two men
with revolvers who attempted to rob
him in his store Tuesday night. At
IL p. M. BiGnold had finished counting
his cash preparatory to closing, and
had put $12O in a vest pocket. The
men asked for cigars, and when Big
mold went to wait upon them he was
confronted with revolvers.
Bignold dropped down behind the
counter. crawled back to n position be-
hind the prescription case, and seized
the bottles. One of them struck the
foremost robber in the breast. knock
ing him down. His companion fed,
and when he had regained his feet the
fallen man followed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-12
STATE oovERNoRs IN THE LINE
Senator Hanna Also with the "Boys"-
Flag Composed of Children.

Flag Composed of Children.
The governors OF several states
marched in the line with their repre-
sentative posts. and We're proud to go
afoot with their old comrades in the
old way. Senator NJ. \. Hanna caught
the infection of the hour. and Lett the
reviewing stand to march down the
line with Memorial post. Every de-
partment. as IL passed the court Of
honor and neared the living flag of
children formed upon the grand stand
facing the long vista at the foot of
Bond street. was greeted with n pa
triotic chorus from the thrOats OF
thousands of school children cOmpos-
ing the flag. Mingled with the inspir
ing strains of martial music and pa
triotic choruSeS was the unstinted ap-
plause of the populace.
With General Rassieur in the re-
viewing stand We're the following:
Tom l. johnson. General David X.
Hunt. General Henry s. Peck, Adju-
tant General +. NJ. Sterrett, NJ. A..
Taylor. Surgeon General Wilkins.
George Stone department commander
OF ColOradO). General John c. Black
(Of illinois,. General Joel Long (of IL
linois), General Daniel f. Sickles, Guy
II. Gould (past department commander
of illinois,, General Louis Wayne (of
Pennsylvania. General James Barnett,
Colonel Thomas Scott Cof Illinois,. l..
u. Holden and General J. Warren
Kiefer.
The parade was led by mounted po-
lice. Following them Were the local
grand marshal of the parade. Captain
Russell T.. Burdick. and his STAFF.
Next came past commanders-in-chief
of the Grand Army i'm carriages. Then
followed the national council of adj
ministration. Only Grand Army posts
participated. Departments marched
In the order of seniority, with Illinois
in the lead. except that Ohio. by cour-
tesy. took the left of the line.
The marching order was as follows:
Illinois. Wisconsin. Pennsylvania,
New York, Connecticut. Massachu-
sets, New Jersey, Maine. California
and Nevada. Rhode Island. New
Hampshire. Vermont. Virginia and
North Carolina, Maryland. Nebraska,
Michigan, Iowa. Indiana, Colorado and
Wyoming. Kansas. Delaware Mime
sofa. Missouri, Oregon. Kentucky
West Virginia. South Dakota. Wash
iEgton and Alaska. Arkansas New
Mexico. Utah. Tennessee. Louisiana
and Mississippi. Florida. Montana,
Texas, Idaho. Arizona. Georgia, Ala
bama. North Dakota. Oklahoma, Indi-
an Territory and Ohio.
In addition to the regular line of
veterans ninety bands and los drum
corps necessarily poured forth patriot
ic and martial music.