Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-05-06
Knights of Columbus in Convention.

{ ing, with 80 delegates present. tn
Z reports of the state deputy and sec
rotary showed that good progress Ia
been made during the present yea
and that the order is In n CROWN
y condition, There are now 10 council
: in the state, with S067 members,
gain of one council and 81 members
The following officers were elected
: State deputy, f. w. McGettick o
St Adams; state treasurer, !. N. lie
leure of ST. Adams; state secretary
j. T.. Flanagan of St Adams; stat,
warder f. c. Mayo of st. Johnsbury
state chaplain, Rev. W. j. O'Sullivar
of ST. Johnsbury. The convention
closed with banquet. Addresses
We're made by State Deputy Meet
trick, State Chaplain O'Sullivan
Grand Knight Wagner of Burlington
Past Deputy Guiltinan of Bennington
and others. A social dance followed
the banquet.
Or, Almon Clarke, assistant sur
geon of the 10th Vermont infantry
and afterward surgeon of the list
Vermont cavalry during the civil
war and twin brother of Col. Albert
Clarke of Boston, died at Pensacola,
Fla Sunday May l.
Charles Walker, well known resi-
dent of Poultney is seriously Ill with
small pox. There are now three
eases in different parts Of the town,
and apparently no chance of having
Ga pfhAv All hp
cases are isolated and strenuous
measures adopted TO stamp out the
disease,
About 75 men, polishers, Jumpers
and derrckmen in the stone sheds at
Montpelier went on a strike Monday,
May . All the sheds are running and
the manufacturers are prepared to
give he strikers at least a months
vacation. A demand relating to
wages and shorter hours which was
not acknowledged by the manufac-
turers caused the strike.
The war department has extended |
an invitation to a portion of the I
Vermont National guard to partiel- I
pate In military manoeuvers to be [
held AT Manassas Va, In September. +
together with militia from other .
states md some Of the troops of the
regular army It was proposed to
bear the travelling expenses Of 200 Of
dcers aud men and the regular pay
for ii days encampment.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Darling appeared before the house
committee on naval affairs at Wash
ngton Friday April 20, and made
plain and straightforward argument
against any plan for a general staff
.or the dayy. Mr. Darling made a .
ierlous impression, and owing to the {
livision e opinion among the civil /
ulcers tie naval staff idea has re- J
.eived a sstback in congress.
The 10sth annual meeting of the i
of Congregational churches I
n Vermont will be held with North !,
hurch at &c. Johnsbury. June 1i-16. r
he convection sermon wiz be n
reached ~ Rev. II. K. Miles Of =
The evening session viii i
g joint missionary meeting with /,
he ". H. b. L. Wednesday and :,
thlrc will be addresses on =
urIous chu8h topics by able state h
lergymen, d
The contract for the construction
the new tuberculosis hospital at
re state hospital at Waterbury has +,
,an Z, ,z~,r,la5 ~ 1villfa,,, Nal 4,
zeal contractor for $5,195. The state az
gislature, at ig last session, appro- re
'iated $4,000 for the erection of 81
lch a building The plans provide m
r the erection lof a two story brick Ii,
.neer building lat the rear Of the fr
'esent buildingi and in direct COM ca
witt it, Provision wiz pe
made for % patients. The build TO
G viii be thoroughly heated and nj.
the fin system being en- IN
Dyed. ri
Wendell PHILLIPS Stafford Of st.
hnsbury a Judge of the Vermont sa
preme court. was appointed by Ito
esident Rooseielt Friday April 20, tor
justice Of the Fupreme court of the kit
strict Of Columbia to succeed Jus sec
e Peter c. Prtchard, who has been on.
,de United states circuit Judge Of
dye Stafford vas born in Barre Of
" l, 1861. Id was graduated from pre-
Johnsbury ACADEMY in the class the
1880 and three years later took the ces
gree of IL. r. with high rank at ma
law department Of Boston uni mo
'sity. In 1882 he was admitted to pla
Vermont bai and located at st. VIII
lnsbury. He represented that aer
m in the legislature of 1892 and in
vember 1896, was appointed re- C
ter by the supreme court. He was nur
prominent Candidate for the re- Ate
,lican congressional nomination roa,
the second district in 1900 and re- MOI
'ed strong support, July 2, 1900. who
was appointed by Gov. E. C. Smith out
&c of the supreme court to sue app
4 Judge L. II. Thompson, de- 000
sed, and he was elected to that po- ter
on by the legislature of 1900 and una
elected in 1902. In 1898 he was mer
ted president of the Vermont Bar stril
'riation. the
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apanese Win First Land Battle. disc
be first important land battle of tect
Russo japanese war was fought carr
day, May /, on the Manchurian shan
of the Yalu River and resulted -