St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-06-18
VERMONT NEWS.
,.,.e Road will not BE Sold.

Ios no knowledge of any such deal ex-
n Lso+ what be had gained through the
-dnsrs He states that be does not be-
;arre there was any intention of selling
.Ea road to the Central Vermont. Mr..
ctovell is close to Mr.. Sortwell in the
oIons of the road so that it is probable
tbe r,p,rts from Barre are only rumors.
Me- ,rtWell owns nearly all of the stock
oC the road, which is one Of the largest
IN relative earnings in New England.
dividends have not been paid but in
stead the road has been increased in size
With the money that would have other
,,,;sc gone into dividends, there being
now about twenty six miles of the road
mining in and out among the quarries
On +be main quarry line and in the edge
n, WIlamstown, while the original plans
were for only eight or ten mills The
vote of the last meeting of the stock
holders to raise the capital stock from
$4,000 to $500, 900 will, if carried out,
mt the road on a basis where it can pay
It's dividends and still extend its tracks.
FINLAND Road and Clement Must Pay.
Iudge H. h. Wheeler of the United
States court rendered DEGREES in the two
cases OF the Champlain Construction Co.
Us. O'Brcn & Steehan, and O'Bren &
Sheeban VS.. the Champlain Construction
Co., Iune 10. These cases grew out of
Reconstruction ofthe Rutland-Canadan
railroad between Burlington and Rouses
Point. the Champlaiu Construction COM
ngny being really the Rutland railroad
company, of which Percival w. Clement
was at that time president. O'Brien &
Sbeehan were the New York contractors
who we're building the road, when their
plant was seized by the Champlain Con-
structon company, who claimed that
the work was not being done according
to contract. The Construction company
thencompleted the road. Judge Wheeler's
DEGREES were as follows: "In the first case
let decree be entered dismissing the bill
without prejudice to accountability for
use of plant and without costs. In the
other case let a decree be entered that
the Champlan Construction company
pay to the plaintiffs $148, 064. 40 within
20 days, and in default thereof that the
Rutland railroad company pay the same
within 20 days after with costs. And
that defendant Clement pay to the plain
tfs $50, S0615 within 20 days, without
COSTS"
Fatal Elevator Accident mt Richford.
The most serious accident in the his
tory of Richford, occurred Thursday eve
ming when an elevator, in which about
20 employees were descending from the
third story of {. c. Manuel & Sons We
Ill Ir.nnaI r1eDrlxy CtnriPc
instantly killing two men and seriously
injuring several men, women and girls.
The accident was caused by the auto
matte safety clutch failing to work. The
killed are Charles Wilson 10 OF Richford,
and Sidney Harvey of Sweetsburg, Que
The latter came to Rchford about nine
weeks before the accident and after work.
ing FIVE days fell into the hot water vat
and was scalded so badly that he was
unable to work for several weeks. he
leaves a wife and one child.
Suicide at Newport.
Darius Whipple, aged "a years, clerk
in the dry goods store OF H. r. Flower,
at Newport, committed suicide by shoot.
ing himself through the heart, at his
boarding place, The Arlington, at II
o'clock, Wednesday night. He had not
been feeling well for few days. Doctor
McCleav and William WEIGH, a friend,
were in his room at the time. Whipple
died Immediately. His home was at
Newport Center.
The descendants OF Robert Campbell,
who settled in Hyde Park in 1928, held
their 10th annual reunion with members
OF the family in Barre, Saturday Seventy
persons were present, 81 Of them coming
from Hyde Park and nearby towns. The
officers of the family association are;
President, George Campbell OF Hyde
Park; vice president, Oscar Campbell Of
Hyde Park; secretary, Mrs. {. L. Gates
OF Morrisville; treasurer, John C.Peck o
Morrisvile.
The body of Edgar Minkler, the United
States mail carrier who was drowned IL
Lake Champlain near Isle La Motto
December IA, was found, Wednesday
near Alburg
Calvin P. Titus, the young soldier, who
was the first to scale the wall during thu
siege of Peking, received a medal iron
President Roosevelt at West Point, Wed
nesday. Titus was a bugler in Co. X o
Bennington during the Spanish-Americat
war and is now cadet at West Point.
On the night of July 16, 1900, Charlie
L. Allen of Waterville was given Goa
OF tar and feathers by a crowd OF towns
men for some alleged irregularity OF con
duct. Allen thought he recognized sever
al of his assaiIants and sought redres
before the grand jury. No bill was oun
and he then brought a personal damag
suit against Bennett Oakes, d. F. Maul
ice and Homer Woodward, whom h
claimed were mixed up in the affair. Tn
case was tried in the Lamoille count
court and a verdict Tor the defendant
was rendered last week.
In United States court at Windsor
Thursday, Chin Tom, Burlington Oh
naman, was sentenced to nine months
Jail and to pay a fine OF 81 and cost
George w. Hogle of Montreal, was tine
$3.50 and Eugene W. Lawler and o. "
Ford of Richord, were fined 500 eac
tor the same offense.
There was brilliant wedding in BetI
any church, Montpelier, Thursday, whe
Miss Laura Livingstone Ropes, daug
ter of Editor and Mrs. Arthur Rope
and John Paige Adams. of MontpeIie
were united in marriage by Rev. LUCE
F. Reed
The Baptist church of Bellows Fal
has extended a call to Rev. c. H. lac
son of Montowese, Conn, to become
pastor. The call has been accepted, al
Mr.. Jackson will enter upon. his woI