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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-12
WESTMINSTER,

Fred Prouty of Burlington is in town
this week.
Mrs George Hayes of Springfield, Mass,
is with Mrs. w. S. Fem.
Miss Carrie Hayward spent Sunday with
her brother in Springfield.
Mrs Ellen Wilcox of Worcester, Mass,
is expected Saturday at w S. Fenn's.
II. A. Tenney and Miss Mary Tenney
returned Monday from few days outing
in Alstead.
Miss A. B: Bait of Elizabeth, N. j.,
visited at Mrs. Jane Fenn's the first of
the week.
A good delegation from this place at
tended the grand army reunion at Putney
Wednesday.
Miss Laura Chaplin of Springfield has
been spending the week with Miss AL
freda Cloudman.
Mrs. William Summer of Holyoke, Mass,
has been a guest of Mr. and Mrs. II. S.
Cady the past week.
DIR. and Mrs. Charles Wellman of Cape
Town, South Africa, are guests at Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Wellmans.
The junior Christian Endeavor society
will give a concert Sunday evening, in
place of the regular meeting
Mrs. Joseph Hayes and children of
Pepperell, Mass, are with Mrs. Mary
Jennison, Mrs Hayes's mother for a few
weeks visit.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-12
Ex-Pollce Commissioner In Hartford
Murdered by Discharged Valet.

Henry Osborne, a former police COM
missioner of Hartford, Conn, and one Of
the leading business men Of the city, was
murdered in his home early Friday morn
ing by Joseph Watson, IS, a negro, who
was formerly his valet, but who was dis
charged July 10. Watson was enraged
over losing his position. Mr.. Osbornes
family were at Crescent Beach, near New
London, and he was alone in the house
at night. Watson entered the rear door
with a latch key which he retained. in
tending to kill Mr.. Osborne while he was
asleep AS he assembled the stairs he
heard Mr.. Osborne stirring about, and
meeting him at the bathroom door, fired
one shot. Mr., Osborne ran to his bedroom,
leaving a trail of blood The negro fol-
lowed and fired twice more, both bullets
taking effect. The last two shots were
fired at such close range that the pow
der marked the body. Neighbors heard
the shots and cries of Save me-" Police
men broke open the door and found Os-
borne on the floor in the hall, a pool of
blood being at his side He managed to
say that the negro had shot him. He
died few minutes after he had been re-
moved to the hospital. The negro was
captured in hiding in the house in which
he lived. Over 1000 people followed the
officers with the prisoner to the police
station, and made wild demonstration,
threatening to lynch the negro. Mr.. Os-
borne was secretary of the Durham Ho-
siery company.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-12

Friday. He was employed for the sum-
mer as waiter at the Lake Placid club
lie went in bathing with two compan-
ions who could not swim, and when he
was seized with cramps in deep water
they could not help him.
1t is to be hoped that there will be a
sufticient number of the survivors of the
Old Vermont Brigade in Boston at the
national encampment G. A. r. in August
to warrant the calling of a reunion meet
ing. Its old commander Major General
II. A Grant, is expected to be there
Notice will be given from the platform of
the encampment if it is deemed best to
call meeting.
The siX-year-old son of Mrs. George Reed
was killed instantly by a south bound
train on the Rutland railroad, near Sum
uei,ahu' MONDAY. The engineer saw the
child on the track, blew the whistle and
reversed the brakes, but the lad was an
parently dazed, and stood perfectly still
The body was terribly mangled. The bow
wandered out of the yard to the track
and his mother was running for him when
the engine appeared.
Alfred McFee, So, and Royce NcFee
20 brothers, were> drowned at Alburg
Springs Monday. They went out ~
row boat, Royce with the intention Of
gong In bathing. 1t is thought he was
seized with cramps, that Alfred went 10
MS assistance and that both were drown
ed as the boat was found floating with
koyces clothes in it. Alfred was a. mer
chant at the line store and Royce had
Sonuuctsu bicycle store in Swanton. The
former leaves a wife.
Crowds of people are focking to the
Clough farm in Washington daily to coo
the petrified body which was found there
last week. The body was taken from
qulcksand by workmen who were making
small fish pond above Huntinpton,s
mllls. The figure is about six feet LONG
anu Is very brittle. 1t has a peculiarly
SNAPPED head, the forehead being very low,
and the back of the head high. The cbaeI,
nones are very high and for this reason
II Is thought that the body is that of an
ihuian buried more than a century ago
Ihlrty-two miles of new steel has inst
peeh put on the main line of the Central
vermont railroad between Braintree and
Hartford. The steel weighs so pounds 70
lhe YARD and replaces rs pound steel
wnich mas been down seven years. The
cost OF the steel for this stretch AT 900
ton' the selling price now, is $50 ono
Inc work was begun on July < ana
was finished last Wednesday, a large gang
OF men being kept continually at Work
me steel which has been taken out. II is
eApecteo' VIII be put on the New London
Northern division 0'ii
FRED Spencer and ]. W. Parker. both
employees OF the Montpelier Journal were
assaulted Thursday night while near the
grounds where Forepaugh and Sells
brothers circus was giving an exhibit
lioh. spencer was sandbagged, knocked
unconscious and robbed of a small SIM, ~
money. Parker was struck from hebind
but he grappled with his assailant and
the disturbance brought assistance from
the large crowd nearby. Charles Smith
was found insensible near the grounds
ms Jaw was broken, he was otherwise
taken to the hospital. was
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-12
BASE BALL NOTES,

Hinsdale and Ashuelot will come to-
gether at Hinsdale Saturday
The Bellows Falls Locals and Brattle-
boro will cross bats on the home grounds
tomorrow for the first time
Slattery was in town Saturday on his
way from Montpelier to his home in
North Adams. He will not play in Mont
peler again. The club there has four
first-class pitchers.
Connie Murphy of Hinsdale, who is one
of the oldest professionals in the game,
has made a wonderful record this year,
| having played so consecutive games with
out an error He has been behind the
bat in most of them.
Dan Mccormick of Hinsdale who UNI
PRED the local league ball games in Brat
tleboro last year, has been engaged in a
similar capacity in the northern league.
Whittemore, formerly captain of the
Vermont academy and Brown university
teams, is umpiring in the same league.
West Brattleboro invaded Wilmington
Saturday, but found the yoemanry there
too strong, the score being II to 2 in
favor of the home team. Carl Ellis
pitched and b. Brooks caught for West
Brattleboro. Ellis was hit safely only
five times, while the Wilmington pitcher
was found for IL hits. West Brattle-
boro had about a dozen errors, and Will
nllnBlOn Helueu IN almost 1aultleSS style.
Company I and Putney gave each other
run for the money in the rain at Put
ney Wednesday morning, but Putney won
out to 4. Thompson of Winchester
pitched for Putney. Aver was behind the
bat and orion. the former University OF
Vermont captain, was on first. Company
l presented Ellis and Trendall for bat
terry, with Holland III, Clune Oh, Wimett
Sb, Allen, Riley and Gonyer in the out
field. Gonyer participated in two double
plays from right field and made two safe
hits.
The second of the series of games be-
tween W. O. Amidon's Blue Birds and
BrattlebOro for purse of 500 a side
was scheduled for Wednesday, but on
account of the rain the contest was post
poned one week. Both teams had been
strengthened for the struggle The Brat
tleboro lineup as arranged would have
included Page of Haverhill, one of the
stars of the New England league in the
box; Aver behind the bat, Drugg of Win
chester h. Stolte 2b, l.. Allen 3D. Thomp-
son of Winchester SIS r. Allen. Thompson
of Winchester and orion, an old Univer-
sity of Vermont player in the outfield 1t
isunderstood that Amidon had engaged
Gokey, the Nashua twirler and Hirst of
Greenfield, as battery.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-12

President Buckham of the University
of Vermont is completing plans for the
establishment OF n law department in
connection with the other courses of the
university.
David Forth, an aged man and a PEN
sioner of the civil war committed sui
eide by hanging Monday in a barn in Mil
ton. He had returned recently from the
hospital in Burlington and was in poor
health.
President Charles II. Spooner, the new
president of Norwich university, arrived
at Mortified this week to take up his
official duties. Major II. w. Hovey will
be retained as commandant of the insti-
tuition.
Hiram Bean of Marshfield, arrested sew
eral weeks ago in Haverhill, Mass, was
sentenced by Judge Woodward at Mont
pelier on charge of rape to not less
than three nor more than eight years in
state prison.
Mrs. Edward Garland and her four
children of Denver Colo, who persisted
in the disaster at Eden, Colo, Sunday
night, were on their way to st. Adams
to spend the summer with Mr.. Gartland's
mother, Mrs. Mary Garland.
Macze Zahaski, a Polander employed
by the Rutland-Florence Marble COM
pany, fell from a derrick in the quarry in
Whipple Hollow Thursday afternoon and
was instantly killed. He leaves a wife
and two children in the old country.
Mrs. Carrie Foster, the woman who
stole horse from a livery stable in Rut-
land and drove it to Plattsburg, N Y,
where she sold it, was sentenced from
Rutland Friday to not less than two nor
more than three years in state prison.
The Vermont Marble company has Just
acquired the Belden's Falls marble prop
erty and water power controlled by Mr..
Worthy and son of Chicago, on which
George C. Underhill of Rutland recently
obtained an option subject to another
lease.
"A well-preserved skeleton of a man
about six feet tall was found~in a gravel
pit on N. NJ. Canfield's farm in Arlington
Monday. This farm was formerly owned
by the late Gov. Skinner and the site OF
the Tory camp in the Revolutionary war
was upon il.
Andrew Colvin, an engineer on the
steamer Pastime was drugged and rob-
bed of $35 and O watch and valuable
papers Sunday night at Burlington,
The boat was moved to the dock
and Colvin was asleep. He awoke with a
handkerchief which had been saturated
with cloroform, over his face.
John V. Mccullough of Chicago, inter
national secretary of the Marble Workers
Union of America, will make the national
headquarters in Rutland until the end OF
the strike there. j. F. Manning, presi-
dent of the Columbian Marble Quarryine
company has closed his large plant and
gone to Europe for three months trip
Ralph Warren. 81. of Stowe. a junior
In the University of Vermont, was drown
ed In Mirror lake, at Lake Placid. N. Y,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-12
CHEST Err,

Frank G. Thompson's barns in the north
part of the town were burned THURSDAY
about noon. The fire was caused by
sparks from burning chimney in his
house. Mr.. Thompson had lust finished
haying and there We're about 40 tons in
the barn, also many farming tools The
loss Is estimated about $500 to 5000 and
1t falls heavily on the owner The house
caught fire several times but PROMPT
work with pals of water saved it. al
though damaged somewhat.
Albert Williams. Il, was found dead
Sunday morning in his barn. Mr.. Will
liams went out as usual to do his chores
ana not returning his granddaughter
Nellie Williams, went to look for him. He
was found in the stable and his death was
supposed to be from heart trouble. He
led a COW to Factoryville and back that
morning a distance OF two miles and the
eNertion caused his collapse Mr.
Williams had always been "A farmer until
he bought the residenSe on Grafton street
since which time he had done team job
bing and for the last five years he had
charge of the express delivery \ wife
and one son, Charles, survive
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-12
ASHUELOT, N. n.

The base ball team will play with the
Hinsdales at that place Saturday.
Timothy Dyton of Northampton spent
part of last week here with friends.
Miss Flora l. Jackson of Keene visited
her father, Berton c. Jackson, last week.
Miss Ethel S. Pearson of Boston was
a guest of S. W. MaXfield at the hotel
over Sunday.
Miss Florence Wood of Orange, is be-
ing entertained by her cousin, Miss
Gladys l. MaXfield.
G. CaSwell, pitcher on the ball team,
is entertaining his wife, from Cambridge,
Mass, two weeks
Gladys, Marjorie and Ruth Maxfeld
returned Saturday from a two weeks
visit at Meriden, Conn.
Misses May e. and Hannah L. Phelps
are in Pittsfeld, Mass, spending sew
eral weeks with relatives.
The apron of the dam at Robertson
Brothers paper mill was replanked last
week by L. w. Goss of Hinsdale
Miss Katherine f. Conroy has been
entertaining her cousin, Miss Elizabeth
Roach, graduate nurse of Boston.
Work was begun Friday clearing off
the land at the Eames & Towne dam
preparatory to building the new paper
mill by the Ashuelot Paper company.
substantial bridge across the river
will be built at once.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-12
c. A. r. ENcAMPMENT, AUG. 1920.
Boston's Big paratlons-Beautiful
Souvenir and Guide Book Free.

Boston's big summer month this year
will be August. over one hundred thous-
and visitors are expected during the G..
A. R. Encampment August 10Th to Goth.
Fourteen years ago about forty thousand
appeared in line, presenting one of the
grandest parades ever Witnessed. This
years program is just as elaborate; the
parade will be the striking feature; but
then all Boston will be "ablaze" with
various entertainments for the vets"
and a grand water carnival will be held
at Charles river. Accompanying Wis
itors will find their chief delight in roam
ing around Bostons historic and famous
haunts and the interesting nearby cit
les and towns, such as Salem, Medford,
Lexington, Concord, ETC., where there are
so many reminders of revolutionary
events and colonial history. The homes
and abodes of Hawthorne, Longfellow,
Lowell, Emerson, Thoreau, Holmes, and
other literary personages will receive
many callers.
For the benefit of all interested, hand
some souvenir and guide-book has been
Issued by the Boston e. Maine railroad.
1t contains As pages of interesting de-
scriptive reading matter, telling all of
Boston's places of interest and attrac-
tions, also about 60 half-tone cuts OF
historic monuments and landmarks in or
near Boston. The cover contains hand
some reproduction in colors of the G. A.
r. official badge on white background
surrounded by a beautiful green wreath
on blue setting. The lower portion OF
the cover is black with red lettering.
This book gives all necessary informa-
ton in regard to the encampment and is
a delightful souvenir 1t will be mailed
Tree TO any address upon receipt of a
postal card by the General Passenger
department, Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-12
Rev. E. A. Slack in Final Round.

Rev. E. A. Slack, who owns home in
Brattleboro and is a member of Wantas-
tiquet Golf club, won his way into the
final match of the Cape Cod champion
ship at Hyannisport last week. In the
medal round for the special prize he was
a winner going out the is holes in SIS and
coming back in 81. He tied with d. c.
Mercer and C. b. Cory for the best gross
score and his handicap of IS gave him the
best net score, 154 for &c holes In the
second round Mr.. Slack beat f. Il. Davis
! up, and in the semi finals led C. b. Mer-
Ger l up. The Boston Herald, in it's ac-
count of the playing Thursday, said
"Slack played an exceptionally strong
game all day and wore his men down
past recovery. His playing was really
the feature in todays match, as he play
ed that same strong and unerring game
that he has since the opening round. His
putting was deadly, and all of his ap-
proaches were laid dead on the green's
His opponent in the semi-fina was c.
Douglas Mercer who also played a beau
tiful game, but he could not head his man
until the 18th hole then he had Mr..
Slack l down, but recovering this on the
18th and taking the 18th, Mr.. Slack won
the match" In the final round Mr.. Slack
was defeated by B. c. Lancey Of the
Wollaston Golf CLUB, 5 up and 4 to play.
In this match Slack played pluckily but
had trouble on several holes.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-12
WESTMINSTER WEST.

Mrs. Fiske of Springfield, Mass, is at
]. o. Smiths
E. A. Wilcox and sister of Somerville,
Mass, We're in town the first of the
week.
Alice Braley, who is a trained nurse in
Boston, is spending vacation at her
fathers, G. c. Braleys.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred S. Hall of Win
CHESTER Mass, have been spending a
few days at H. P. Ranney's.
May Goodhue returned Tuesday from
Spofford lake, where she had been for a
weeks outing with Bratteboro friends
Two brothers of Rev. E. c. Fisher Wis
tied him the first of the week. One was
from Rochester, N. Y. and one from
Newfane
Mr.. and Mrs C. A. Hall and daughter
and Mr.. and Mrs. Henry A. Hall of Rut-
land are taking a weeks outing at AL
stead pond.
Some of the personal property of the
late A. f. Smalley was sold by auction
Tuesday afternoon. Harlan Goodhue was
the auctioneer
The Nature Study club at Saxtons
River had picnic in Mrs Cuttings grove
last week Wednesday. Mr.. Rand brought
the party out in two large teams.
Eighteen of our young people spent
last Friday at Spofford lake, being taker
over in a four-horse barge, driven by
Liveryman Rand of Saxtons River.
The ladies' aid society will hold the
annual sale of ice cream, cake and fan
cy articles in the town hall Thursday
evening, Aug. rs. All the ladies are re-
quested to furnish some article for the
fancy table.
The meeting of the ladies' aid society
held at Mrs M. j. Goodells last week
Thursday, was very largely attended
about 80 partaking of supper The day
was a perfect one. and all enjoyed be-
ing out on the lawn.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-12
NORTHERN COUNTY TOWNS.
ATHENS.

d. o. Durham has returned to his
work in Perknsville.
Mr.. and Mrs w. A. Wyman are visit
ing in Springfield, Mass.
Miss Nellie Howe of Leominster, Mass,
Is guest at c. w. Dunham's.
Mrs. Il. w. Robbins returned Monday
from visit in Montpelier and vicinity.
Mrs. Alonzo Perham and niece and
Miss Eta Perham of Worcester, Mass,
are visiting at j. NJ. Powers's and z. Il.
Clarks.
Miss Marion Warner, a recent guest at
II. j. Hastings's, returned Friday to her
home In Sunderland, Mass.
a few from here attended the 25th we'd
dlng anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs. F. ID.
stevens Saturday in Cambridgeport
c. Il. Westgate and children returned
Monday to their home in Fitchburg, after
spending two weeks with Mr. Westgate's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. W. Westgate.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-12
GRAFTON,

Leon Fisher has returned to Keene.
Miss Raymond of Connecticut is at the
hotel.
Rev. J. A. swart spent last week in
Mortified, Mass.
Mrs Cottrell Of New York city has been
visiting Mrs. Church.
John b. Duncan of Boston is spending
two weeks vacation here
Mrs. Adm Wright and son, Leonard,
are visiting Mrs. NJ. w. Wright
Charles I. Duncan of Melrose. Mass.
has been here for weeks fishing.
II. r. Church spent Sunday and Mon
day with his family in Maplewood.
Mrs. Achsah Phelps spent several days
last week at y. +. Kingsbury's in Ches-
ter.
Mrs. Lane and Miss Alice Lane of Paw
tucket' r. l., are spending n few weeks
in town.
Miss Amy Davis visited Miss Mabel
French in Bellows Falls from Friday TO
Monday
Mr., and Mrs. Herman L. Walker and
daughter of Chicago are visiting at Mrs.
NJ F. Walkers.
Mr.. Johnson and two sons Of Massa-
chusetts are here to make repairs on the
ellison farmhouse.
Miss Franc Ranney of New York has
been spending a few days with her aunt.
Mrs. l.. NJ. Clarke.
The engagement is announced of Fred
OliVer Lawrence of Grafton and Miss
Leone Eloise Blanchard of Walpole.
Miss Eliza Townsend and Charles Greg
DRY came last Tuesday from Bridgeport.
Conn, TO occupy the Wilbur house.
Prof. Charles II. Cambridge. spent Sun
day in Peacham. Mrs. Cambridge and
Dorothy returned Monday with him
A service will be held at the chapel
Tuesday evening, Aug. 16. There will be
a hne musical program and a portrait ex-
hibition of famous and we'll known per-
sons. Prizes will be given and COMPETE
ton is open to ALL
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NEWS IN BRIEF.
OVER 100 LOST IN WRECK.
Three Cars Plunged from Treste Into
Raging Torrent Caused by Cloudburst
Near Pueblo. Colo.

one of the worst disasters in the his
tory of American railroading took place
Sunday night near Eden, Colo, seven
miles north Of Pueblo, when the World 5
Fair flyer on the Denver and Rio Grande
railroad was engulfed in n torrent at
Dry Creek after plungng through n
trestle which had been undermined by
the waters from a cloudburst. The en-
CINE, tender. baggage car and two heaV-
lily laden passenger cars fell 30 feet into
the raging waters, but two sleeping cars
and a dining car remained on the track.
although one Of them extended six feet
over the break
The train was running at about 10
miles an hour and was upon the bridge
before the trainmen knew that the tres
lite was gone. SO far as known only
three persons escaped from the cars that
fell. Nearly all the victims were drowned.
The roof was knocked off one of the pas
senger cars. enabling three men to come
to the surface. and by seizing wreckage
they floated to the shore. The fireman
also escaped in a similar manner, and
rushing toward Eden met the telegraph
operator and his wife, to whom he shout
ed the news and urged them to summon
Pueblo On Monday rs bodies were re-
covered. 1t is thought that some bodies
were covered by the sand and will never
be found. The locomotive remained where
1t fell, but the cars were carried by the
torrent nearly n quarter of a mile
\ majority of the victims lived in Pue-
bio The only people from New England
who persisted We're Mrs. Louise A. Stevens
of Northampton and her brother, Frank
Bodman. Mrs. Stevenss husband is a
commercial traveller. After visiting the
Worlds Fair she went to Pueblo to visit
her brother who had been in Colorado
two years for his health.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-12

Fire in the government arsenal at Tou-
Ion. France, Monday caused $4,000, 900
damage. and 10 soldiers who fought the
flames We're seriously injured
y daring diamond robbery was report
ed at Centre Harbor n H., Friday. The
victim is Mrs. John ID. Bates. wealthy
widow OF Boston, who has a summer home
in Centre HarboE The gems, valued at
over $4,000. We're stolen from wardrobe
in her house.
The steamer Nantucket Of the Merchant
& Miners line, which left Boston Saturday,
collded with the two masted schooner
Ella Francis of Rockland. Ne, off Nau-
set Point, Cape Cod. The schooner sank
and the captain and three men We're
drowned, the mate being the only man
saved.
\ bomb thrown into a crowd of Italians
in East 15lst street, New York, Saturday
night, injured a score or more persons
and led to the arrest of Nincenzo Donetto
who, the police believe, is a member of
the BLACK Hand" society, which for some
time terrorized residents of the Italian
districts of New York and eXtorted mon
ey from them by threats and actual vio-
lence.
The funeral of John w. Corcoran, 81,
one of the most prominent Democratic
politicians in Massachusetts, was held at
Clinton Monday. He died in sanitorium
in Liberty, n. Y, from an affection of the
throat He had been delegate to nation
al Democratic conventions, was candidate
for lieutenant governor when William E.
Russell was elected governor, and for a
year was judge of the superior court.
Flames which broke out in the film of
moving picture spread to a curtain and
caused 1900 people to stampede for the
doors of the Mountain park casino on Mt.
Tom, near Holyoke, Sunday. Before or
der could be restored two women had
been trampled on, and a baby dropped to
the floor by the frightened mother was
saved by Third Baseman Murphy of the
Northampton ball team, who knocked
down a burly bartender who was rushing
out and then picked up the child, while a
companion held back the crowd.