Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-09-29
STATE NEWS.
For Campaign Services.

brought suit against Gen. j. g. Nc
Cullough to recover for services ant
disbursements in Addison county dur
ing the campaign prior to the repub
lican state convention.
Boy Accidentally Shot in Hand.
Chester Drake, Is years old, was
seriously injured by the accidental
discharge of rifle at his home in
Poultney Sept. "a. He was handling
the weapon when in some manner it
was discharged. The bullet, % cali
bre, passed through his hand, making
a painful wound.
Fortune for Vermonter
BY the will of the late John Dolbeer.
millionaire lumber merchant of San
Francisco, CAL, Mrs. Helen A. Chase.
eldest daughter of Benjamin F. Flood.
of Sheldon, has inherited fortune of
$4,000 and her son, Ralph P. Chase,
has received $4,000, and one eighth
of residue estimated to be nearly
million.
Hung Himself in Jail
Fred Haines, 40 years of age, con-
fined in the county Jail at Guildhall.
awaiting trial on the charge of set
ting fire to the church at South Ca
naan, hanged himself in his cell re-
Gently. He had made a confession.
had declared that he was guilty, and
talked of other crimes of the sort, and
people of his town and o neighboring
places in New Hampshire and Ver-
mont believed that the mystery sur
rounding many fires in their section
was cleared away. This confidence
was doomed to be shaken when an
other fire occurred in South Canaan,
and valuable barn was destroyed
Anticipated High License.
A despatch from Rutland to the
st. Adams Messenger is as follows:
The probability of the passage of
license law at the next session of the
state legislature has had an interest |
ing effect upon the actions of the |
liquor dealers of Rutland who are de- |
PENDANTS in any pending cases before
any of the courts. Heretofore it has
been the custom of the liquor men,
when they have been fined moderate
amount for violation of the prohibi-
tory law, to pay the fine and thus
avoid any further trouble from the
case, but it is curious fact that since
the recent election hardly dollar has
been paid in fines by any of the men
who have been arrested for keeping
or selling. Instead they have invari-
ably appealed their cases in the hope
Of keeping them pending until Ii
cense law is passed, it being their be-
lief that in the case of the passage of
such law the cases against them will
be nolle pressed. Local lawyers say
that this will undoubtedly be the
course pursued, for it will be difficult,
Or practically impossible, to secure
by jury after the prohib-
tory law has been removed from the
books.
Death of Hiram A. Huse.
Hiram A. Huse of Montpelier died
1t the Monument House in Williams
own Wednesday night after an illness
IT only % hours with angina pectoris.
The members of his family were pres
mt. The flag at the state house was
It half mast Wednesday out of respect
o his memory. Shortly before
Washington county court came in
Wednesday morning preliminary
Meeting of the members of the bar
vas held over which Richard A. Hoar,
tate's attorney, presided. F. L. Laird,
:. b. Thomas and Fred P. Carleton
we're appointed to purchase floral
ribute and the secretary was in ]
tructed to notify every member of
ne bar OF an adjourned meeting to be
eld at the court house Thursday
norning at 1O:30 to take action on the
cath of Mr.. Huse. When the court 7
anne in the states attorney addressed /
heir honors briefly announcing the a
cath of Mr.. Huse and asking that out :
I respect for him as man, as a law .
er and as citizen that court adjourn '
ntil next Monday afternoon. Judge v
watson promptly adjourned court :
ntil that time. Since the death of :.
lr. Huse it has been learned that his t
lness dated back to August 80. Mr.. 4
luse was prominently identified with T
lany OF the institutions of his home .
ity and state. He was counsel for @
ne National Life Insurance company f
nd for the Langdon estate, was a .
irector of the Union Mutual Fire In y
nrance company, a member of the Fl