Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-05-17
Two men drowned by overturning
boat in Tunk pond, Me.


c., settled.
Steam yacht Nashawena Of Boston
blows hole in her boiler and catches
fire of Highland Light.
Col. William J. Bryan to pass his
summer vacation at Bridgeport, CT.
War department to at once send
relief supplies to Martinique.
Reports indicate that reballoting In
French elections was favorable to the
government.
Funeral of Lieut.. e. X. Wells at
Mt. Auburn cemetery.
Lowell. Mass, narrowly escape suffo-
cation as result OF fire in the building.
The Hon. Frank Gay, aged 55, a
former state senator and one of the
best known agrlcui,urists In Connecti-
cut. died from cancer.
Dewes Mckelvey, II years old, &C.
cidentally shot and seriously wounded
15-year-old companion at Somerset,
Pa, and then ran home and shot him.
self dead with the same rife.
1.e Blue Ridge coal breaker Of the
Ontario & Western company, at Peck
vile, Pa, was destroyed by fire, and
Thomas Runner, miner, who was in
the mine at the time, was suffocated.
The Polish Catholics of Adams to
the number of 400 are to have a
church of their own. Bishop Beaven
of Springfield has already appointed
,r. Lentz OF Chicopee as pastor. The
Hon. w. b. Plunkett said he would give
$500 the day the ground was broken
for the new church.
The body found recently in the
woods near West Derry,N. H, was that
of James d. Phelps Of Lowell. He has
been suffering from locomotor ataxia,
ard when he left home was in a state
or physical and mental collapse. He
leaves a widow and four children.
Forest fire in Plymouth, Mass,
thought to be under control.
Springfield, Mass, police capture a
couple who are thought to be wanted
in many cities for burglary.
Mystery of disappearance Of ]. e.
Dalton from The Weirs, N. H., last
July, solved by the finding Of his skel-
eton.
Speaker Henderson wishes his pri-
vate secretary to be appointed assist
ant secretary of the treasury.
Extensive torpedo boat exercises to
be carried on Long Island sound and
Narragansett bay this summer.
Charges of clergymen against army
officers in Philippines not sustained
by Chaftee's reports.
Ovation for President-elect Palma
on his arrival at Havana.
Riot at Barnum & Bailey's circus at
Beziers, France.
TUESDAY,, May 10, 1902.
Volcano in Nebraska sending up
smoke and steari and settlers moving
away.
Beef trust hiring lawyers and max.
ing up to eastern butchers.
Forty-one Cambridge, Mass, minis
ters sign the resolutions on the Phil.
ippines.
Big falling off in acreage of wheat
under cultivation; crop condition also
poor.
Congress votes 100000 for the re.
lief of Martinique sufferers.
Mayor Collins calls meeting to dis.
cuss relief for West Indies.
Revolutionists get control in Port au
Prince. Hayti.
Bulldog Dites several children in
Providence and is finally shot.
Lakewood H. defeats the Great Neck
polo team at Westchester.
Draft Of canal treaty between Unit
ed States and Nicaragua to be sub
miltLd this week.
Judge Webb of the Massachusetts
United States district and circuit
court resigns.
Woman manager of a road house
near Brunswick, Me-, assaulted.
The Catholic church at White River
Junction, VT, has Deen damaged by
fire to the extent of $4,000.
During the spring cod fishing, Just
closed. the Nantucket fishermen cap
tured As out OF $50 Goldfish which were
tngged by the fish commission at
Woods Hole.
MRS. Charles Gray of Strafford Blue
Hills, N. H., attempted suicide by tax.
ing arsenic. 1t is thought that she
cannot live. She is about 40 years
old. Her act is attributed to despond.
ency.
DR.. Charles Y. Lord Of Portland,
Me-, died suddenly, aged 43 years. He
was born in Westbrook, was graduated
from the Dartmouth Medical school in
1877, practised medicine in Wells, in
Naples IL years and in Portland six
years.
James M. Boutwell, of Montpelier,
VT, has been appointed a member of
the board Of railroad commissioners,
in place Of Judge l.. M. Read Of Bel
lows Falls, who retires on account OF
III health. Mr.. Boutwell, was recently
elected mayor Of Montpelier.
Cheney Bros. of South Manchester,
Conn.,, have announced that the newly
equipped velvet mill will be ready for
Of work next Wednesday,
and that II sufficient number Of weav-
ers return to work, without conditions,
the looms will be started; otherwise
the mill will be closed indefinitely
George w. Smith, nephew Of the de-
ceased wife of George Francis Gilman,
the tea merchant, has filed in the pro-
bate court at Bridgeport, Conn.,, notice
Of an appeal from the action of the
on the Gilman estate,
" no disallowed his claims, which ag-
$273,OO0.
The stockholders Of the Rutland
Railroad company have voted to rati-
fy and adopt the car trust agreement
made between the Rutland Railroad
company and the American Loan &
Trust company, trustees, under date
Of March l, 1902.
WEDNESDAY, May n, 1902.
President Schwab Of the steel trust
PREPARING for Campaiun.