Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-06
} SOME VERMONT MATTERS.
A GLANCE AT THE STATES NEWS REC
ORD FOR THE PAST WEEK.
Some Serious Injuries = Stamford Woman
Claims Estate-Capt Brownell vindicated-
Strike in Burlington Factory-State Insur-
ance Figures. .Acetylene Explosion atDanby.

: Claims Estate-Capt. Brownell INDICATED
Strike in Burlington Factory-state Insur'
anoe Figures .-Acetylene Explosion at:Danby.
Bristol voters accepted village
charter by vote of lG3 to l0l Thurs
/, day.
The Vermont Undertakers' assocla-
ton held a three days meeting in st.
Johnsbury last week. Prof. A. d..
Dodge of Boston gave lectures and
demonstrations on embalming
MONTPELIER granite manufacturers
have formed an association for mutual
benefit, which will work in harmony
with the Barre association to better
control the local situation, treat with
unions, and negotiate freight rates.
The marble quarries of John Cullen
g. Co. at Dandy are being extensively
enlarged and improved. Years ago these
ouarries were considered among the
most valuable in western Vermont, In
> addition to the old quarrles the firm
has opened three new ones.
John f. Dervin, independent candi-
date for mayor of Rutland, charged, at
a rally Friday night, that the citizens
candidate for the office had tried to
derman, to have him appointed assis-
tant street SUPERINTENDENT if he would
withdraw.
The souvenirs of the Vermont legis-
tature of 1902 are out. The book con-
tains cuts of the state buildings, the
state officers, and officers and members
Of the legislature. Nearly every midi
vidual has separate cut, besides
brief sketch of his life On the first
page is cut of President Roosevelt
with his autograph.
The Kmhall library building at Ran
) dolph, the gift of Col. Robert j. Kim
ball of the New York banking house of
Il. j. Kimball e CO., whose legal resi-
dence is in that town, was dedicated
last week in the presence of a large as
semblage. There were speeches by Col.
Kimball, Pres. NJ II. Buckham of the
University of Vermont and others.
Thousands of muskrats have been
killed in the frozen marshes near Swan
ton this winter. Many are caught with
pointed iron rods which are thrust
down into their houses, pinn;ng the
rats. The skins are worth 20 cents
each. The only law regulating musk
rat hunting is that providing that any
one trapping them shall visit their
traps once in 4S hours.
BY the will of Alden Balch of Lunen
burg the Congregational and Metho-
, dist churches of that town will each re-
ceive 5000, and 5000 is also left to the
town for library building to be known
as the alden Balch memorial libra
ry.' The town has library of over
900 volumes, but has had no suitable
building The Grand Army post and
the Woman's Relief corps are also re-
membered to the extent of several hun
dred dollars.
At the 35th annual encampment of
the department of Vermont, G.. A. r.,
in Rutland last week, over 200 veterans
were present. Reports showed the net
loss in membership during the past
year to have been 23l The number of
posts is 104 with a total membership
Of 3, 2S3. The years receipts were 81
} 457 30 and the expenditure 81, 469. %,
, leaving balapce in the treasury of
1888. % The W. r. G. has expended
for the relief of soldiers during the
year, S422. 10 and S6743l worth of
goods.
About forty-five alumni of the U.
V. M. attended the annual banquet
of the New York alumni at the Univer-
sity club Friday evening. President
Buckham spoke for the university sug
costing a memorial window in the
chapel to the memory of Prof. II. a.
P. Torrey, and opposing the shorten
ing of the academic course from four
to three years. Gov. Mccullough
spoke for the state paying a tribute to
the smaller colleges. President Buck
l. ba nff he Wach
ingtou alumni association Thursday
night.
An explos ion of acetylene gas at S.
L. Grifiith's store in Dandy Thursday
wrecked the building and badly in
jured clerk. Arthur Herbert. When
Mr.. Herbert opened the door of the
room where the machine that furnished
light for the store was located, VIC
lent explosion took place. Mr. Her
bert was blown through the side of the
building and landed across the road.
He was quite badly burned about the
head and face. Fire broke out in the
ruins adding to the devastation. The
store carries from Sl5.000 to S1S, 900
worth of stock which was spoiled.
The war department has received
from Manila duplicate receipts show
ing what became of the funds found
on Father Augustin, the insurgent
priest, who died as the result of the in
Fiction of the water cure at the hands
of Capt Cornelius NJ Brownell. The
money obtained from the banks by pre-
sentation of the certificates of deposit
was turned over to collector of Gus
toms and by him covered into the
treasury of the insular government and
credited, like other money captured
from the insurgents. The amount was
more than $4,000 The charge, wide
ly circulated, that Capt Brownell
pocketed the money, and used it as bus
mess capital after his return to the
United States is thus definitely refuted.
The annual report of the state insur-
ance commissioners has Just been made
public. Fire losses in the state in 1902
were 1856, IT'S; number of fires report
ed, 1,062. Stock companies of other
states wrote risks aggregating S29,071,
54S, receiving in premiums, S422,-
957. AZ and paying in losses, Sl60, 963. 81 /;
mourning losses of SlS2, 2Sl, percent
age to premiums of 43. l. Companies
of other countries: risks, 80, 612, S51 !; !
premiums, S147. 494. 40; losses paid,
SCI, 512. AZ; losses incurred, s62, 447. 81;
percentage to premiums, AZ 3. Mutual |
companies of other states: risks, 49,
40, 491; premiums, $50, $40 81; losses |
paid, 5000. AZ: losses incurred, &c.
| 1873 30: percentage to premiumS II