St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-05-25
The wiIson-Clement Case.

The WlisOn-Clement Case.
| The famous SANDER case of S. D. Will
son, the ''spotter," VS.. Percival w. Glenn
emit, was not tried at the United States
court at Windsor last week.
| Mr.. Clement has filed a writ of error,
claiming, in substance, that Judge Wheeler
committed an error in granting new
trial of the case. The writ is returnable
to the United States circuit court of
appeals in New York city, Judge
Lacombe presiding, on June 10 next.
The case was tried in Rutland last
October, and the jury returned verdict
for the defendant. Judge Wheeler set
aside the verdict on the ground that two
of the jurors might have been prejudiced.
one of them being an alleged supporter
of Mr.. Clement in the campaign against
prohibition in 1902, and the other
having been an employee of the Rutland
railroad during the time that Mr.. Glenn
emit was president of and operating that
railroad.
Morgan Horses at So. Louis.
At special meeting of the Vermont
Morgan Horse Breeders Association
held in Middlebury May II, it was ar
ranged that L. L. Dorsey. a vice president
of the association and president of the
Kentucky State Agricultural Society,
should have charge of the management
and arrangement of a sale of Morgan
horses at the St. Louis exposition, folio W.
ing the awarding of the purses in the
Morgan class.
Already one carload of fancy bred
Morgan horses has been collected to go
to the exposition and a second load will
be made up. The secretary, Fl. I. Cuts.
OF Orwell, has charge of making arrange
ments for the Vermont exhibition and
states that breeders owning show ami
mails are decidedly enthusiastic over the
inclination shown upon the part of the
St. Louis exposition management to pro-
vide purses worth competing for in the
Morgan class. All Morgan horse breed
ers wishing to exhibit animals at the ex-
position should communicate with Mr..
Cults, who is arranging the shipments,
which will be in charge of four or five
men.
Rebekahs i'm Session.
The annual session of the Rebekah
state association on Thursday closed the
Odd Fellows week at Bellows Falls.
The State association reported 4 ,449
members gathered in So Rebekah lodges.
This year the assembly treasurer reported
receipts of 81 1852 with a cash balance
on hand of $51s.17.
These past presidents were present.
Mrs. George Green of Lynn, Mass, Mrs.
Mary c. Goodell of Burlington, Mrs. H.
K. Stillson of Bennington and Mrs.
Mary L. Sanders of Montpelier.
Officers elected for the ensuing year
Were: Mrs: Alice A. Landry of Brattle-
boro, president; Mrs. Caroline Bond of
St. Johnsbury, vice-president; Mrs.
Louise H. Webster of Rutland, warden;
Miss Karline Hutchinson of Bradford,
conductor; Miss Mabel Dane ofNewport, |
inside guard; Mrs. Louisa M. Reed of
Brattleboro, outside guard; Mrs. Laura |
E. Boyce of Barre, secretary; Mrs. Ellen |
c. Pinney of Lyndonville, treasurer; Miss |
Mabel Gleason of Rutland, marshal; |
Miss Emma Gates of Ludlow. chaplain. |
A pleasing incident of the afternoon
session was the presentation to Mrs. |
Minnie S. Havens of Chester, the retiring |
president, by the assembly with a
bushel basket of poses. Mrs. Landry, the
president-elect, was similarly remembered |
by the members of her home lodge.
Thursday night at Union hall the de-
gree team from Olive Branch of St. |
Johnsbury exemplified the work.
The members of Knights of Pythias
Lodge, No. IA, in Marshfeld, formed
stock company last fall, incorporate as
the Marshield Building Association,
with capital stock of So, 500. With
this they decided to erect three-story
building in which thev could hold their
own meetings and rent such portions as
they did not wish to use. Work was be-
gun at once and now it is practically
completed.
Edgar K. Meader, catcher of the Ben
nington baseball team, cut off the fore
finger of his right hand Monday while
at work on a grinding machine. He
coolly picked up his finger and placed it
in his pocket and started for a doctor.l
Nine stitches were taken to close the
wound.
Fernando Cole, of West Charleston,
who is cared for by the town and who is
somewhat demented, tried to end his
life by jumping into the river above the