St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-12-16
VERMONT NEWS.
Smallpox in the state.

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If the Tongue. Mr.. and Mrs. Bushey
we're present recently at funeral where
the doctors think over so persons were
exposed. Their premises are quarantined.
The disease has also made its appear
ance in Bristol where there are three mild
cases. The health board has closed the
schools and forbidden all public gather
ings for two weeks or longer. The board
will also give the public a published
statement each week and will not try to
cover up any OF the facts.
The superintendent of the Bennington
Sellers Home has quarantined the place
on account Of smallpox in town, there
being one case in the hospital and three
suspects. Four men, who have been at
work in lumber camp at Somerset and
who Jumped the quarantine established
there Tor smallpox SUI poets, RI ached there
Friday. News OF their departure from
there had been received and almost as
soon as they arrived they were arrested
and taken before the court. They were
ordered to be vaccinated and taken to
the detention hospital, where they will
be kept until it is decided whether they
have the disease or not.
Escaped Prisoners Captured.
Fred Celley, alias Dick Celley, charged
with larceny, and Eugene Davis and Neil
Knapp, the boy burglars from North6eld
escaped from the Washington county
Jail in Montpelier Saturday, November s.
by saving off the bars in The window in
the womens ward at the rear OF the jail
They crawled. through an opening 10 by
IN inches, and then dropped from the
second story window without injury.
The prisoners had been given the liberty
Of the corridor. The only woman in the
Jail lett the same day, and the door to
the women's apartment was unlocked so
that the men entered it, probably one at
time, and, unobserved, cut away the
bars with a crude saw made by nicking
a steel table knife. Celley is thought to
have been the ringleader. He has been
to the house OF correction tor intoxica-
ton and other minor offenses several
times, and was arrested recently in St.
Adams, charged with stealing money and
a watch from a lumberman from Lam
daft, N. H., who was in Montpelier.
Celley had one leg cut off in a railroad
accident some years ago, and walks with
peg leg"
Their escape was discovered short
time after they left, and large number
OF deputy sheriffs watched tor them
throughout the night, and the next day
fully 100 men took part in the search in
all parts of Washington county. Knapp
was captured in Sedan, village in
Calais, Sunday afternoon, by Deputy
Sheriff E. L. Putney and Constable F. h.
Tracy of Montpelier. They tracked
Knapp two miles through swamp and
finally found him sitting on stump,
weary and willing to return.
Celley was captured Monday night
when be was discovered hiding under the
veranda of John Wizards house on Main
street in Montpelier by Chief of Police
Mcmahon. He had been without food
since his escape. He fought savagely,
overpowered the officer and started
to run. Mcmahon fired, but Celley
continued to run until he fell exhausted
from loss OF blood from the wound in
his leg where the SO calibre bullet struck
him. He was taken to the Jail and put
in secure cell. In the meantime score
of officers had surrounded the house Of
Harry Green, a relative OF Davis, in
Waits6eld. 1t was believed that Davis
was in hiding there, and after some par
leying with the officers he surrendere &c
and returned with them to Montpelier.
shrIners Meet.
About 800 Mobiles from all parts O
New England attended the Goth session
of Mount Sinai Ancient Arabic Order
Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine, at Montpe
lier, Friday. The following officers were
elected: Ilustrious potentate, George +
Flanders, White River Junction; chic
rabban, c. S. Whittier, Montpelier; as
sistant rabbau, S. S. Ballard, Montpelier
high priest and prophet, Collins Blakely
Montpelier; oriental guide, H. S. Root
Newport; treasurer, A. w. Ferrin, Mont
pelier; recorder, c. H. Heaton, Montpe
iier. T. W. Fletcher, Bridport, and ]. 6
Brown, Montpelier were elected repre-
sentative to the imperial council to bt
held at Atlantic City, N. J.. in July.
David Dixie OF Starksboro recently ex
hibited in Brist oil the skin of gray vol
which he killed near his home. The
animal fought with Dike's dog, ant
Dixie rushed into the fray and killed thu
wolf with broom stick. The ANNA
weighed about 35 pounds.
Ira R. Allen IA, for several years chair
man of the Republican state COMMITTED
of Vermont, and former representative
in the legislature from Fair Haven, dice
from pneumonia at his home Tuesday
Dec. 8. He was the son of Ira c. ant
Mary E. Allen of Fair Haven. He grad
uated from Brown University i'll 1882
and for two years was engaged in com
mission business in New York. He wa
next interested in mining operations IL
Virginia, but in 1887 came back to Fa
Haven, where he has been engaged witt
banking, slate manufacturing and rail
road enterprises, and has been IN office
of the Allen National bank. He leave
two brothers and a sister. Through hi
connection with the Republican stat
committee he had become one OF the mos
widely known men in the state. Mr
Allen served one term as senator iron
Rutland county and at the time OF hi
death was postmaster in Fair Haven.
Fred B. Thomas, first lieutenant, ha
been elected captain of Company II
Montpelier, to succeed Capt. Pattee
resigned.
Officers are looking for Arthur w. Luck
charged with forgery in Windsor county
who has forfeited bail of $500 and dis
appeared.
Dell Brown, 80, of Middlebury while a
work on thresbiug machine in Ripe
Wednesday, had one arm so horrlb'
cruShed thot m mt al iOn was necessary