Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-09-25
NEWS OF VERMONT.
More Important Events Grouped for
Free Press housekeeping For
State Sunday School Convention
at Worthwhile.

october. on saturday evening the sunday
school superintendent with the pastors OF
the various churches met at the home of
II A. Slayton and decided upon the vari- /
Gus committees to be appointed by the
Sunday schools. The following commit |
tees were elected Sunday morning. En-
tertainment committee; chairman, A. j..
Cheney; Mrs. H. A. Slayton Mrs. w. II.
Steele. Mrs. A. r. Campbell Mrs. A. f.
Whitney, Mrs. w. b. Patch, Mrs. c. n.
Tillotson. Mrs. Maria Tinker, Mrs. Ed
win Booth. Reception committee, Harry
Woodward, Miss Effe Butler, Mark Cut
ting, Mollie Andrews, Fred j. Smalley.
Miss Lila Patten, G. w. Taber. Mrs. Al
more Whittemore. Committee on music
Mrs. G. NJ Powers. Everything is being
done by the people her to make the COM
ing convention a success.
MONTPELIER AND THE NEWS.
The dearth of local news in Montpelier
last week that was of interest outside the
city and vicinity was something remark
able II was as the calm before the storm
and was in sharp contrast to the important
events that will so soon crowd one upon
another at the state capital, filling the
columns of newspapers and burdening the
telegraph wires. The amount of import
ant news in any town or city is Indicated
by the number of words sent out to the
city newspapers and to the various news
agencies Of the country. When no very
important events happen in Montpelier the
number of words sent out by telegram
average from 5000 to GOO a week Fer
the week ending last Saturday evening
less than 1000 words were sent by tele-
graph to any newspaper, press associa-
ton or news agency and more than half
of this amount was sent Monday afternoon
and evening. The record breaking day for
press sent out from Montpelier was Dewey
day, october 1S 1899, when 5525 words
were handled before one O'Clock the next
morning by manager Mason and half
dozen or more operators. Republican state
convention day, June 10 last was close
second on that day and evening J0,501
words were rilled for transmission. on
Presidents day. August so last, only $3.50
words were sent out from this office. The
reason for the small amount of press filed
here was that the dozen or more news
paper men who accompanied the Presi-
dent did not have time to get their stories
on the wire before the Presidents train
left for Burlington and the telegraph Of
fee in that city got the heavy end Of the
press for that day.
CLAIMS HE WAS ASSAULTED.
Edward McKeough of Pittsford, who ar
rived in Rutland on the sleeper at 1910
O'clock Sunday night, was, according to
his story, attacked by two men on Frank
.
about the head. lie got away from his
assailants and ran through the railroad
yard to the depot. a policeman took him
to the Berwick house where DR.. l.. A.
/ l3eidel sewed up his wounds. He had two
/ cuts. each about two and a half inches
/ long on the back of his head. No trace
| could be found of his assailants. Nc
keough says that the men did not got
any of his money.
4 G - l.
The case Of Leon browns. 10 years old
! who pleaded guilty to the charge of grand
\ larceny in Rutland city court Friday af-
ternoon was heard before City Judge C
l.. Howe Saturday afternoon. The boy
was found guilty and sentenced to th'
/ State Industrial school at Ncrgennes fol
II the remainder of his minority. He was
Il charged with stealing junk from JOSEPH
u Mint7er. browns together with Abraham
i Barber and James Hetu, who were con
j Nicted Friday of breaking into the house
of Howard Williams on North Main street
Il were taken to Nergennes Saturday after
/ noon by Chief of Police +. II. Lawson
and Policeman John Clifford. Harry bud
ley. II years old, another of the houst
breakers was placed in the house Of cor
rcction Saturday to serve a sentence Of
about 800 days.
CATHOLIC UNION ELECTS OFFICERS
The annual meeting of the Rutland
Young Mems Catholic Union held yestar
day afternoon at the rooms on Merchant'
row, was largely attended. Tho follow
ing officers We're elected to serve for ont
year: President, Michael Q. Curran; Vi =
!, president, John L.. McGinnis; recorlins
secretary, Charles \. Lehr, financial Sc
retary, Thomas f. King treasurer, charlie
;, b. Costello board CT directors. Anthem!
: p. Hogan. John e. McGinnis Charles b
Costello, John a. Carroll, Frank Clark
William King, Arthur Pouln. William
T Howley and James Purcell. The treasur
er's report showed the union to be in
, good financial condition.
PRISONER ESCAPES FROM SHERIFF
Harry Martin one of tho striking ma
chinsts formerly of buffalo. who Wa
employed by the F. f. Hatch Mauulac
turing company in Rutland. and WAS un
. der 81 600 bonds, charged with assistin
: Police Officer Elworth in making an lille
gal arrest Of TWO non-union men for carry
in concealed wea pons. was arrested Satur
day by Deputy sheriff Fish of West Rut
land This was done because his bonds
. man surrendered him on statement b
, the executive committee of Protection
ledge No. 2l5 International Association
of Machinists. Accompanied by Deput
Sheriff Fish, Martin interviewed his bonds
, man. and was advised that the bond ha
,
newed. He then started out with tn
|, sheriff to procure legal advice of T. NJ
= McManus, and after entering the Hera
" building Martin broke away from the of
flccr and ran out on Merchants row II
: passed through the Rochester Clothiri
companys store and out OF the Ccnte
= street entrance. When last seen he wa
running north on Merchants row.
4 DR.. f. NJ. POND CHAMPION.
DR.. e NJ. Pond won the golf champion
ship OF West Rutland Country club whe
he defeated W. II. Dunn saturday after
, noon in the fnal rounds of the champion
= ship tournament played at the CLUB llnk
= last week. There will be several ten
matches played this week beginning Wed
nesday afternoon. Rutland Herald.
DEATH OF W. II. HAYWOOD
william II. Haywood 65 years old, pro
prietur Of the Brattleooro overall works
4 in Conterville, died Saturday night At III
home on Western avenue. He sustaine
a shock about Il years ago ana had nee
in i'll health since then, but his death wa
fastened by injuries which he receive
, by being thrown from his carriage on Mort
Main street several weeks ago. Mr. Rey
nolds was a lawyer by profession an
: his father was for number of years pres
t dent Of the New Hampshire Tar. y strok
i oI auop!,Yy compelled Mr. Haywood |