Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-12-02


vote for my confirmation. Senator
, Proctor, whose general (Stoughton)
captured at Fairfax Court House
called on President Roosevelt to urg,
my appointment In the department o.
justice"
Col. Alfred A. Hall of ST. Albans
announced Monday, Nov. 2S, that he
was not candidate for the office OF
attorney general
DR.. S. w. Wiswell, one Of Cabot's
oldest and most highly respected cit
liens and a physician Of ability, died
Sunday, Nov ~, aged 10.
Mrs Abigail C. Hunt died at her
home in Fairfax Monday, Nov 2S.
aged 10l years and months. Last
week Mrs. Katherine C. Rooney died
at Fairfield at the age of l02 years,
z months.
S. W. Ball was seriously injured by
a bull on Col. Truman Fletcher's
farm in Shelburne last week. Mr..
Bail went into the animals stall to
let him out and as soon as the bull
was loose he attacked Mr. Ball furl-
ously.
William Clough of Washington.
the owner of the so-called petrified
Indian, has yielded TO the importun-
tiles of Prof. Charles II. Richardson
of Dartmouth college and consented
to allow DR.. Richardson to exhibit
his find before the American assoc
citation for Advancement of Science
which meets at Philadelphia the last
week in December.
Fire destroyed one building and
damaged another at ST. Adams Mon
day, Nov. 2s. The block owned by
r. r. Sweeney was occupied by
Ayers candy kitchen. j. G. Moore's
marble and granite shop and Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Bertrand. who lived up
stairs Mrs. Bertrand, whose hus-
band was at work, left the burning
building in her night clothes without
saving any of their effects The to-
tai loss in this building is $4,000 par
tally insured The cause of the fire
Is unknown The flames soon spread
to a brick building occupied by Mrs.
James A. Chamberlan's piano store
and p. j. Cunningham's grocery
store. The roof was entirely burned
off and the stock was badly damaged |
by water 1t was only partially in
sured
All an early hour Monday morning, I
Nov. 2S, fire, supposed to have been (
Of incendiary origin, destroyed the 1
residence and farm buildings belong
ing TO George Atkins. in Warren.
Seven head OF cattle persisted. All
The farm produce was burned and
A1tF . he 4 s4,,t
IF household furniture was saved.
rhe house and barn are seventy-tive
Get apart and, apparently, were fired
4 the same time. The fire had
,ained considerable Roadway when
Mr.. Atkins was awakened by the
'arking of dog at his bedside The
property was insured for $500. the
oss being much greater. Although
ertain persons are suspected of hav-
ng set the fire, no arrests have been
made. The selectmen win conduct an i,
Examination.
The plant of the American Veneer =
ompany was completely destroyed by I,
re early Sunday morning Nov. 81 :
he mill Is situated about half way !
etween Boltonville and Wells River :
nd was used In the manufacture of I,
dIu WDbu NeHetIs. II WIS II liltc IL.
tory wooden building. The flames =
ere discovered in the mill office by ),
he night Waterman who summoned >
ssistance, but, owing to the infiam-
liable nature of the building and its
the men found 1t impossible
save anything. The origin of the '
re is unknown. II is not thought y
lat the plant win be rebuilt 1t was
yned by a stock company of Wells f,
liver parties and employed about 60 b
lnds. The insurance on the proper
and machinery is reported at $780, "
70, which sum win hardly cover the 4
ss on the machinery alone.
Mrs. Maria b. Wilks, S. the oldest IN
tress in the country, is dead at df
She was the original
idow Melnotte with Edwin Forrest ~
The national association for the NJ
ldy and prevention of tuberculo- fe
will meet in Washington the
dination of all associations in the q II
untry interested in the movement -
planned Interested in the move
INT are DR.. William Osler of Johns W.
,pkins, Gen. George NJ. Sternberg.
.ired surgeon general Of the OF
lifted States army; DR.. Lawrence ms
Flick of the Henry Phipps insti- of
e in Philadelphia, and DIR. William tie
WEIGH Of Johns Hopkins. At
Albert T. DeRome, student at the we
rls Honsins institute of art nj San TIL
,ncisco, is paralyzed from the hips
vn as the result of a brutal hazing
his fellow students. His injuries
probably permanent. He was Mr.
'jected to the muscle dance" be-
Use he refused to take certain OBJ Of
ne vows. After a terrible beating nj
was stripped and bound to chair +,
h a metal seat. his body fly pa
ed and painted ridiculousiy and N ~
face grotesquely masked. Then Soi
electric current was turned on.
tormentors laughing at the invol- dor
airy twitching of the muscles I'M Mr.!
the violent electrical impulse. n
er ~ hours of this sport the boy ret,
released He says that after the exp
two hours he ceased to feel the n
4. The perpetrators are to be sicI
nsn' 10 'r'mlnal 'F'ai' eey y
he national grange in session at
tland, Ore, Saturday. Nov. 26. de- Fur
d to hold the next annual session sem
he state of New Jersey, the city Har
e named by the executive commit was
The grange went on record as
ring industrial education in the
ltry schools, especially in the mat NJ
of agricultural training. Commit this
reports were adopted favoring a l.,
e effective interstate commerce to '
recommended the extension of II
rural free delivery system, postal Mon