The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-11-19
Ter, VT, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1903.

| DC electeQ TOT tne coming year.
Bishop Charles H. Fowler of Buf
falo, N. .,will preside over the Yer
mont Methodist Conference to be helt
in Montpelier this year. The date Of
the conference is set for March 30
earlier than usual on account of thi,
being the General Conference year
The bishops of the church meet every
year to determine over which confer.
ences the various bishops will preside.
The meeting was held in Kansas City
recently.
Frank L. Kneeland, eldest son OF
Rev. M D. and Sarah Lord Kneeland,
and nephew of William A. Lord, died
last Saturday night at Redlands, Cali
fcrnia of tuberculosis. Mr.. Kneeland
was a young man of great promise but
was obliged to leave Harvard College
in his Junior year by reason of the
disease Of which he died Since that
time he has been in the south and
southwest in vain struggle against
he trouble which finally overpowered
him.
Of some local interest THE orig
inal est innate of the cost of Philadel-
phia's slow sand filtration system for
the purlfication of the oity's water
supply, made by three expert engi-
neers after four months careful inves-
tigation, was $14, 900 Thus far
Sl7, 900, 900 has been spent upon it,
and several millions more will be
needed, it is said, to complete the sys-
tenn. Three years we're supposed to
be sufficient to complete it; four have
passed, and the end of the job is still
far distant
John MITCHELL who was con-
victed in city court Of second
offense of intoxication and escaped
from Officer Durkee at Burlington
while on the way to Rutland to serve
his sentence in default of pay ing his
fine, was recaptured on Wednesday,
having been traced to East Pepperill,
Mass, He will be brought back to
serve the original sentence plus the
costs involved in locating him under
the name of Harry Ingalls, which is
supposed to be his real name.
Dartmouth spirit ran high among
the old alumni in the city on Satur
day night, when it was learned that
the old college team from Hanover
had pulled down the crimson of Har-
ward in the foot ball game at Cam
bridge and trounced them by score
of II to 0, A Boston paper stated on
Sunday that it was doubtful il any
college team in the country could
have stood up against the Dartmouth
line and backs the way they played
on Saturday. Interest now csnters in
| the Dan tmouth Brown game which
takes place at Manchester on Thanks
giving Day, in the morning.
The Lyleton Journal of Manitoba,
contains che following item concern
ing Lieutenant Cheney, a resident of
Washington, who is we'll known by
Grand Army men in this vicinity
p. @. j. Cheney, formerly of Boston,
where he was engaged in the whole
sale dry goods business, now of Ap-
pleton, Mimi, who is visiting his
nephews, the Putnam and John
Cheney, of this place, is quite a
sportsman. In company with Put.
nam on three afternoon excursions,
he has ssucceeded in shooting grouse,
l badger. wild goose and large
wolf, showing that he knows how to
handle rife -
Among the members of the first class
original who were elected to the Loya
Legion in Burlington Tuesday even
ing were: Henry William Spatford
regimental quaItermaster, 4th Yer
mont infantry, U. S. "; John Ham
ilton Allen, first lieutenant, 14th Yer
mont infantry, u. S. "; Joel Hay
ward Lucia, first lieutenaut, 18th Yer
mont infantry, U. S. "; Harley
Goodwin Sheldon, second lieutenant
l4th Vermont infantry, U. S. V.
Walter Chapman Landon, captain, i2tl
Vermont infantry, U. s. V. FiIs
class. by inheritsnce-Robert JOSEPH
Reaney, Carroll Perley Pitkin, Gran
Howard Burrows. Carroll Baldwin
Ross.
A meeting of the edu ucational com
mittee of the Y. M. @. A. was hell
at the parlors on Monday evening a
Z O'Clock. Committees were appoint
ed to confer with several speakerl
with view toward having a series O