Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-21
FOR CENTENNIAL TROPHY
v. N. q. RIFLE TEAMS COMPETE
At FORT ETHAN ALLEN.
State Sunday Schools Meet at lud.
low-Liquor Raids and Prosecutions
at Rutland-criminaI Cases-Sol'
diers' Home Expenses.


tennial trophy cup which has bee
held by various companies In IN
guard In past years but is now bein
competed for under different rules
The cup is now held by Company L
of Barre. In previous years It ha
been held by Company NJ Of Burling
ton and by others. All the companie
were on the ground Tuesday, and oc
cupied tents. Men from six companie
shot at one time at six dineren
marks. Capt. c. f. Burnham OF Bur
lington is the executive officer. In al
dition to the centennial trophy cul
there will be a shoot for the battalion
cup in the second battalion ana sew
eral individual medals and prizes arr
offered
John Kouskinne was killed In th'
Raleigh quarry Mt Fowler Monday
oct. II. A block of marble weighint
35 tons fell on him, crushing him be-
yond recognition
Tn the case of state VS.. Hiram War
rem of Calais. charged with rape on
GLADYS Stearns, a blind girl IA years
old the jury in Washington county
court brought in verdict OF not gun
ty Saturday, Oct. To-
In Rutland county court at Rutland
saturday. oct. 49, Emmett Mott VI
proctor was sentenced to ten years III
state prison at Windsor for commit
ting a criminal assault on Miss Nellie
Kelley a nurse at Proctor hospital. II
took the Jury half an hour to reach
verdict. Mott showed no emotion
Three meetings were held sunday
Oct, IS, by the Rev. George W. MOT
row and the Neal Dow quartet at
Poultney, Fair Haven, and west hut-
land The total attendance at the
three places was 1,170 persons, ana Oh
these sol signed total abstinence
pledges.
w w fuckers farm buildings at
waitsfield were burned Saturday,
DOT IL The entire contents OF the
barn were destroyed, including IL noSs
and other animals. The househoiu
furniture. upon which there was no
insurance. was mostly saved. origin
of fire not known, but it is thought 70
have been caused by children play
inc with matches in the barn. Inc
insurance was about $500, and esu-
mated loss, $4,000.
The jury in the case OF MIS- ueoIse
n Russelrs will have reported 1or tle
second time that they were unapie "
agree and have been discharged az
Rutland. Mrs. Russell several years
400 after the death of her daughter
took a fancy to John McDonough,
voung vaudeville stage singer, and at
her death willed him all her property
Her near relatives some almose ues
titute, have been trying to break tiet
will.
The attendance at last weeks meet
ing at Rutland of the Vermont med
ical society was the largest In the So
ciety's history. 1t was DECIDED 10
hold the next session in the new
medical college building at Burning
ton These officers were elected
president DR.. P. f. McSweeney OF
burlington; vice president, DR.. M. l.
chandler of Barre; secretary Or. u
TT. Gorham of Bellows Falls; treas
urer. DR.. B. II. Stone of Burllngloh'
auditor. Dr. ]. H. Blodgett Of SAX
tons River.
The state convention of the Yer
mont sunday School association was
opened at Ludlow Tuesday morhlhs'
Oct. IS. with lis delegates present.
Headquarters We're in the Melhouls1
church and the exercises were held IN
the opera house, An address was de-
livered by Rev. G. W. Morrow ana
there was singing by the Neal Dow
quartet. Mrs. j. w. Barnes of New
ark. N. j., international primary ana
Junior secretary, gave an address and
in the evening spoke on Our Purpose
A reception, with a short musical pro-
gram, was given afterward.
The biennial report of the officers of
the soldiers home at Bennington
shows that $194,000 has thus far been
appropriated by the state for the in
stitution and that of the $4,000 voted
two years ago over $4,000 was not
drawn from the state treasury be-
sum will be left this year probably,
thus reducing the actual expense OF
the institution to the state in II years
to $1S4000. During the past winter
the membership was SO and will prob
ably reach a higher figure, since the
new United States law cuts off the
retaining of the pension money of the
inmates of the national home. Cen
eral Curtis, United States inspector
of the state and national homes, COM
mends the Vermont home as one of
the best state homes and most eco
nomically administered. In the fu-
ture the home will be deprived of
nearly $4,000 year of the pension
money retained from the inmates.
The same appropriation, $4,000
year, is asked for
Three hotels and two other places
in Rutland were raided Saturday eve
ming, oct. 10, but liquor was found III
only two of the places. The raidlng
party broke into a store where z. ID.
Lalor & Co. had conducted whole
sale LIQUOR store under license, and
seized all the intoxicating liquor
stored there. There was something
like $500 worth of various kinds of
LIQUOR which was all moved to the po-
lice station. one bottle of whiskey
was found at the Brunswick house.
Rutland liquor dealers received a
shakeup Monday, oct. Il, when sum-
monses were served on four of them,
holding fifth class licenses, ordering
them to appear before the board of IL
cense commissioners and show cause
why their licenses should not be re-
,-nl.ed In the summons il is ALLEGED !