Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-23

and nearly all are voters. 1t is thought
the unions will take a hand in political
affairs at an carly date.
Assault with intent to kill was the
charge on which Bard Jenkins was ar
raigned in the municipal court at Ben
niugton Monday The assault was made
it is alleged Ian. g. on Fred Wright
jenkins. it is claimed, having a loaded
revolver. Bail for $1,000 was furnished
for appearance before the grand jury.
John j Flynn OF Burlington. who is
largely interested In various street rail
road properties. has bought the Stevens
estate at NergenneS, which includes one
of the best water power privileges in New
England. The property is valued at
100000. 1t is expected that an electric
road will connect Nergennes with Bur
lington eventually.
The Vermont association OF Boston will
hold its 18th annual banquet at the Hotel
Vendome, Jan. IS The special guests
will be Governor John @. Mccullough,
Lieut.. Gov. Curtis Guild of Massachu-
sets. Lieut.. Gov Zed S Stanton OF Yer
mont, Congressman George E Foss Of
Chicago Frank c. Partridge of Proctor
former minister to Venezuela.
The Vermont Botanical club at Bur
hngton, Saturday. elected the following
officers; President, Ezra Brainerd of
Middlebury; vice president. Cyrus G.
Pringle of Burlington; secretary and
treasurer. Prof. /. r. Jones of Burling-
ton. The bird club elected these off,
GERS: President, G. II. Perkins of Bur
lington; vice president, c. d. Howe of
Essex Junction; secretary and treasurer.
G. II. Ross of Rutland.
Five boys. aged to r. two sons of
James Livingston, two sons of James
Stoppile and one son of Edward Kinney,
all of Dandy, while skating on otter
Creek near Danny Saturday broke
through the ice. They crawled out and
started to walk away. Some % feet
further the ice broke again, letting all
In. Four crawled out, but the youngest
son of Stoppile could not get out He
was finally pulled out by the other four
but was unconscious. Physicians were
called, but after two hours work were
unable to revive him
Mrs. Fred d. Gallup died in Bethel Fri
day from the effects of taking poison the
day before. She broke down in health
at her home in Boston three years age
and was for a time in the asylums al
Waverly and Taunton. She seemed tc
recover from her depression and last
summer came to Bethel to stay with
Mrs. Charles o. Hopkins, an old school
mate. Mrs. Hopkins was in Boston fol-
a visit this month, and when Mr.. Hop,
kns returned to the house about moor
Thursday he found Mrs. Gallup dying In
her room. She said she had found 9
package of poison in the shed, had taker
a large amount. She refused to take ar
antidote, saying she wished to die Hei
husband is a private detective in Boston
and her daughter is the wife of FREQ
Gomez of the Boston Symphony orches
ira.
According to the report of State Sup
erintendent of Education Walter +
Ranger there are 800 Vermont student,
attending 30 colleges outside the stat,
and 60 within the state, making a tota
of 9S Vermont boys and girls who ar,
seeking higher education. OF the col
leges outside the state, Dartmouth ha
the greatest number, IS; Harvard univer
sity has 26, Yale Is, Tufts college q, Mt
Holyoke college p, Smith &C. Wesleyan
I university 49, Boston university 10
Brown university II, Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology r. Columbia uni
versity Is, and the other colleges smale
numbers In the state the Universit.
of Vermont and State Agricultural col
lege has 81 Vermont students, Middle
bury college ll9, Norwich university i5
1t is conceded that this showing is
most satisfactory and encouraging one.