St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-10-18

suit by the village attorney. At Mon.
day nights meeting of the village
trustees the Office of street commissioner
was abolished for the stated reason that
funds for that purpose were at low ebb
Clapp, who was present at the meeting
resented his deposition from office and
tore some important papers relative to
the state highway fund. motion was
at once passed that the village attorney
interview Mr.. Clapp and request him to
make good the damaged papers and up
on his refusal to bring proceedings
against him.
State Medical Society.
The 92nd annual meeting of the Yer.
mont State Medical Society was held at
Burlington, Thursday and Friday. Sec
rotary 6. II. Gorham of Bellows Falls
reported that there were 400 members in
the society, eight having died within the
year. The Orange county society has
been abolished. Treasurer B. H. Stone OF
Burlington reported balance of $1O4 81
in the treasury; received, $415.75; from
county societies, $275; from state medi.
cal censors, $3.50. Some of these receipts
were back dues unpaid. Obituaries were
read and an address was delivered by
Vice President M. L. Chandler of Barre.
There was lecture by c. L. Scudder of
Boston, and lively and interesting papers
by others.
There was banquet Thursday night
and reception for women was held in
the afternoon.
These officers were elected: President,
DR.. M. L. Chandler of Barre; vice presi-
dent, DR.. E. S. Albee, Bellows Falls;
Secretary, George H. Gorham OF Bellows
Falls; treasurer, DR.. B. H. Stone Of
Burlington; auditor. DR.. }. Fl. Blodgett
of Bellows Falls; executive committee
Drs. Chandler of Barre, Gorham of Bel
lows Falls and H. c. Tinkham of Bur-
lington. DR.. c. B. Ross OF West Rutland
was elected delegate to the American
Medical Association.
Resolutions were passed commenting
Senator Proctor for his gift of $l50000
for tuberculosis sanitarium.
The society will meet in Barre next
year.
Cannot Debar Companies from State
F. G. Fleetwood of Morrisville, and
John L. Bacon of White River Junction.
insurance commissioners OF Vermont,
held a conference in Burlington recently
to consider the ACCESSIBILITY OF debarring
the Equitable Life Assurance Society, the
New York Insurance Co., and the Mutual
Lite Insurance Co. from doing further
business in this state. The commits
sioners were advised by legal authority
that they had no power to shut out
these corporations, and it was decided
to petition the legislature next fall to
amend the insurance laws so that the
commissioners will have power to deal
with foreign corporations. 1t was also
agreed to bring the matter before the
Republican state convention next June,
with the idea of having clause in the
platform which will declare in favor OF
greater authority for the commissioners.
Year at Hard Labor.
Private John E. Reed, troop F. 18th
cavalry OF Fort Ethan Allen, % years
old. and the son OF DIR. ]. F. Reed OF Wor.
cester, Mass, has been given a sentence
OF one year at hard labor at the military
prison at Fort Jay, Governors island,
allowances and to be dishonorably dis
charged from the service OF the United
States. Reed enlisted at Worcester,
Mass, May 5. 1905. He remained on
duty with his troop until July l, when
he was absent without leave and visited
his parents at Worcester. He applied at
the recruiting Office in that city for trans
portation back to bis garrison, which
was furnished him. On July 16 he again
deserted and went to Baltimore, where
he remained until he was apprehended
by the police of Baltimore July 80. He
was turned over by the police to the
military authorities at Fort McHenry,
Md. The authorities at Fort Ethan
Allen convened a general courtmartial,
and charges were preferred against Reed
for desertion. He has been taken to
Fort Jay under guard.
Delegates 10 Mining Congress.
Governor Bell has appointed the fol.
lowing delegates to represent Vermont
at the Sth annual convention of the
American Mining Congress, to be held at
Ell Paso, Texas, November 14-1S: Prot.
g. H. Perkins OF Burlington, W. A. Law
renee OF Bristol, Don Galusha of Proctor,
A. c. Rice of Bennington, Col. H. E.
Taylor of Bratteboro, ]. c. Taylor of
West Windsor, H. F. Wilcox of Thetford,
w. H. Gilchrist of McIndoe Falls, o. G.
Page of Barton Landing, L. W. Hastings
of Concord, A. H. Cheney of Stowe, c.
G. Austin of St. Adams, DR.. G. H. Branch
of Grand Isle, Dean Perry of Barre. Each
state is entitled to Is delegates.
The First Baptist church, Bennington,
is trying an experiment that is entirely
new in that town. The Sunday school,
which has seriously felt the loss of pupils
after the age of twelve years, is now
conducting it on the same lines as
the public day schools. Miss Mary
L. Williams, OF Burnside, Conn, has
been engaged to give her whole time to
reorganize the school and introduce
methods that have been approved by
modern day school experience. Miss
Williams, who is a graduate OF Wellesley
College and the Hartford Theological
Seminary, will continue the work until
April 1.
HJohn T. Sheehan of Mortified has
been confined in Washington county jail
SO weeks for the non.payment of his tax
of 50 40, which with costs amounted to
$3.50. His lawyers have secured loan
of $160.
E. M. Goddard, curator for the Yer
mont Historical Society, has had the
portraits of Henry Stevens and Candace
(Salter) Stevens, his wife, handsomely
framed and hung in the rooms of the