Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-29
MATTERS IN VERMONT,
THE NEWS OF THE STATE BRIEFLY TOLD

Hunting and Fishing Accidents Myste
rious Disappearance of a Washington Boy
Fatal Result of College Rivalry.
The State Humane society held 1t
annual meeting at Manchester Wednes
day continuing through the Afternoon
and evening. Officers were elected
plans discussed, legislation, etc.
Motpelier is to have a school of sculp
ture during July, August and Septem'
Der. under the direction of Charles Al
bert Lopez of New York. This IS al
extension of the work of the Wood ar
gallery, which was undertaken las
year.
Myron Mack, while on the mountain
at Bennington Sunday with a shot gun
loaded it with "A charge of giant powder,
When he fired the gun, it exploded and
his left arm was badly torn as the re
suit. His right hand and his face were
considerably injured.
The intercollegiate debate Geld at
Canto , y. Y, Friday night etTeen
1t laurence mi e sity and tn Uni
versity of Vermont was 70 by Yer
mont. 7 q estion was "Resolve
That the adoption of the fiji zenith
amcndme t to the Constitution OF the
United States has proven Unwi'a,"
Vermont d fe ded the negative.
Jefferson Chase, the well-known in
ventor, died in Portland, Me-, May 70.
He was born in Concord July "A. 1881.
The interest in machinery is a family
Inheritance. Mr.. Chase's father, John
Dennison Chase, having invented the
first all iron and steel circular-saw
mill ever made in New England. The
son, since his25th birthday, has taken
out "a patents.
4 revolver and two files have been
found in the cell at North Hero occu-
pied by Coangelo. the Italian recently
acquitted of murder. Coangelo, after
his acquittal. told the jail officials
about the revolver and files and said
that he intended. if convicted, to
either commit suicide or saw his way
out of Jail. He refused to tell how
they came there.
l.. p. Thayer goes June 1st to Mid
dlebury, where he will act as editor
and business manager of Col. Battell's
Middlebury Register. 1t is understood
he will retain the ownership of the
Morrisville Messenger, with which en-
terprise he has been connected since
last fall and which has tlourished ex
~ceedingly under his management, -
Randolph Herald.
Secretary of State Hay has requested
the Danish government TO enter into a
protocol extending for one year the pc
Rod of time allowed for the ratification
of the treaty of cession of the Danish
West Indian islands. This action is
necessary to keep alive the treaty as
ratified by the United States Senate
until the Danish Rigsdag can act final
ly upon it at the next session in Sep
TENDER
Herbert Emory of Eden and Charles
Ladd of Craftsbury were drowned in
Eden pond Sunday. They were out
fishing in a boat, which was over
The bodies We're recovered.
was 10 and Ladd y. The latter
a wife to whom he had been
a year. 1t was found later that
men had been drinking. The other
two of the party, who escaped. have
disclosed on the furnisher who will be
arrested.
Corlis Laferty of Montpelier has dis
covered in an old trunk a violin bear
ng on its inside the inscription "An-
onlus Stradivarius Faciebat. Ammo
0omini 1721.' which he will have ex-
lmined by experts. The violin has
)een in the possession of his family
more than 30 years. He was reminded
# 1t b. a press despatch telling of a
nan in Wilkesbarre, Pa. who had
ound an old violin with the same in
cription.
Miss Ellen NJ. Stone will be the
'rincipal speaker at the annual meet {
ne of the Orleans County Congrega-
lonal conference at Barton Landing
une 4. This conference is supporting
be Rev. and Mrs. Robert Thomson of
he Collegiate and Theological Insti- !
ute at Samokoz, Bulgaria, and Miss
tone was engaged as a missionary in ?
hat city when kidnapped. Miss !
tones public lectures through the
bureau cost $500 a night, but
gives her services to the confer ,
nee because of her interest in the
ork of the Thomsons.
The farm house and buildings of E
Hiss ID. Beede were burned with their
at Orange Monday. Mr.. -
eede was absent at the time but upon
is return was told by his housekeep- :
:, a Mrs. Foster, that she set the =
uilding atire. 1t seems she had said
lie would. She is an unfortunate wo- r
an, who was found wandering the A
reefs of Montpelier not long g and L
as then thought to be mentally un A
There was $500 Insurance
the buildings, which will partially
Yer the loss. No livestock persisted.
rs. Foster has been bound over to u
e grand jury of Orange county next n
onth, and is in the county Jail at r
helsea.
Ill-feeling which has existed between
e freshman and sophomore classes of .
e University of Vermont eliminated a
Plattsburg, n. Y, Monday in the
owning of Nelson P. Bond of Bur
lgton. treasurer of the freshman I'm
ass, While at Plattsburg to arrange G.;
r the annual banquet of freshmen.
left his companions for a stroll
d was set upon by two sophomores "
10 tried to kidnap him and keep him ri,
the banquet. He fled, and his J
rsuers assert that he jumped into =
e lake to escape by swimming. They =
deayored to rescue him by a boat.
| could n no trace of him. Bond
5 IS years old and a member of the
Delta Theta fraternity. In an eff
t to Illustrate the banquet Monday
'nlng, about half of the first wear
% OF the university were forcibly
mapped by the sophomore classmen. -
81 OF burllngton's licensed truck
" NIarA H.