Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-02-12
State of Vermont.
News Condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

,,temnt 10 dominate a labor
ny tor mayor of Rutland failed.
SslDt ~ the union voters viii support
ny Nus nTesent Mayor Temple for re-elec'
ton. ..... of percival w
cla,nent. his daughters, Miss Cath
C..u., and Miss Ethel, Miss May Porter
ell III q. smith. secretary of the Yer
au ocal Option league, sailed from
w Work Feb. on the steamer
&C." for Cherbourg, France. They
D Pm travel through France and extend
he Journey to Egypt.
The furnishing of the new nurses
,ome which is part OF the state asy-
I'm Ina ~ Waterbury,is nearly completed.
W. If the nurses have taken up their
' MaI in the new building which is
W. ~ the best OF its kind that has ever
Jon Sae bnilt The money for its con-
.trnetion, 5000, was appropriated by
tbe legislature OF 1900.
Mss Mabel Brownell, daughter OF
senator C. w. Browneli OF Burlington,
lived home Feb. l after eight months
%assed abroad. Miss Brownell was a
lossenger on the steamer Lain, which
rronnded near Gibraltar. She said the
opinion of the passengers was that a
esng Of pirate robbers set false bea-
I'm 10 strand and plumber the ship.
~ considers the escape providential.
What might have resulted in death
b,nnened the night of Feb. at the
| rsiway station in Waterbury. A
f,eigbt train entered the yard and
I'M Girls coming out on the platform,
discovered a man stretched across the
rack. An effort was made to rescue
/ Nm and as the men neared him. he
Kissed az them and ran away. They
were unable 30 catch him as he ran OF
Al a high speed. No one seems to
know who the man was.
A spread Of typhoid fever in ST.
J6hnsbury. fast approaching the pro-
porti8us Of an epidemic, Is causing no
frle alarm. a careful investigation
III the matter disclOses twenty-five
well.Heyel8ped cases OF the disease 20
date and there are doubtless other
cases in its incipient stages. not yet
reported 10 the doctors. The general
concensus OF opinion is that polluted
river water which forms a portion Of
The village supply is responsible for
most Of the sickness.
Pres. Vim. T. Warren Of Boston
University has announced that the
Jacob sleeper fellowship OF $500 for
the school OF theology has been grant
"a 10 the Rev WIN. 0ryille Allen for
l903-I904. This fellowship is bestow-
Cd annually by the university on some
graduate for advanced study in Eu-
rope. the qualifications being high
scholarship. At the last conference
Mr. Allen was appointed pastor Of the
Methodist Episcopal church az Spring
feld. where he has been highly sue
Cessiul He will continue his pastoral
duties until fall. when he will sail for
Germany. He will do special work in
| philosophy at Berlin University.
IN looking over the effects OF the late
Burgess Fields in his residence in
Brandon, relatives have discovered in
a small closet in the room formerly |
occupied as a sleeping room by Mr.,
Fields cash and securities to an
amount exceeding $1,000. About |
5000 OF this sum was in money. Mr.. |
Fields lived the life of a recluse, being |
entirely alone In the house. and |
although an old man, considered him
self perfectly able TO guard his money /
without even the aid of safe. Aside /
from the valuables found in the house |
NJ Fields possessed real estate IN
Brandon, Leicester. Rochester and /
other towns, as well as bonds and /
stock in business enterprises and |
caves an estate Of great value.
Senator Proctor has the appointment
Of anayal cadet at the Naval academy |
az Annapolis and is authorized 10 NOM
mate one principal and five alternates
Tor that position. He has arranged to
lave a competitive examination for
he appointments at Proctor, VT, Fri
Gay FEB. 18th, beginning at II o'clock
q nj, after the arrival of the trains
ron TIE north and south. Candidates
mast be bona tide residents OF the state
o. Vermont, between fifteen and
.Wenty years of age, physically sound
ana well qualified in reading, writing,
spelling, arithmetic, geography. Eng
lsn grammar, algebra through quad
islie equations and plain geometry.
Twelve young men have already given
notice Of their purpose to take the eX-
animation. 1t is open to all yonng
men OF the state possessing the neces-
saiy qualifications.
Miss Nellie Hill of West Pawlet, who
has been in the Philippine Islands for
'he past three years in the capacity OF
denographer to Fred w. Atkinson,
superintendent of education for the
stands, reached home Feb. l. Miss
hill was obliged to relinquish her
aailes in the islands, temporarily at
east, on account Of poor health, she
aaving been i'll the greater part of the
gihe since she arrived at Manila. Her
Illness was aggravated by an accident
which occurred at San Francisco.
When she was leaving the steamer she
.,slnted and fell from the gang plank,
distance oftwelve or fifteen feet. Miss /