Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-14


March &c. 1901. with the estate ol
the late T.. II. Robbins. The document
Is In first class condition.
Rebellion at Fort Ethan Allen.
Since pay day Friday, April 4
= there have been serious disturbances
/ and practically open rebellion against
some of the troop commanders ~
= Fort Ethan Allen. or troop b, 18TH
: cavalry, all but 10 men are on a
4 drunken debauch, and they openly
boast they will not resume military
! duties so long as First Lieut.. George
, r. Bowman is in command of the
! troop. Saturday, April s, he had %
, men arrested for making insulting
] remarks to him. Men from Troop |
complain that they are receiving too
, much discipline from their troop
commander, First Lieut.. Ben" Lear,
jr. They state that within a month
; 30 of their men have been tried by
i summary court-martial, and that five
men have deserted since pay day,
fearing that they would receive I'M
just punishment. Soldiers have been
visiting the saloons In Burlington
and Winooski since getting their pay
Sunday night, April g. soldiers i'm a
Winooski saloon got into a fight, In
which beer glasses were freely thrown
and one non commissioned officer
was cut over the eye.
The officers at the garrison deny
the reported mutiny and the men
maintain the utmost secrecy in public;
but, under instructions from Gen.
Frederick Grant. an official investiga-
ton of the affairs of troops b and |
of the 18th cavalry is now in progress.
A board has been appointed and testi-
mony from officers and men of the
troops named is being TAKEN as to the
discipline and management of these
troops by their commanders.
The executors of the estate Of Will
bur f. Braman of Montpelier have
completed the distribution of their
requests contained in the will. Heaton
hospital of Montpelier received $780,,
900, and each of the following re-
ceived $4,000: Church of the Messiah
and Unitarian church of Montpelier;
Goddard seminary of Barre; Kellogg
Hubbard library of Montpelier and the
American Unitarian association of
Boston.
L. b. Harris, cashier of the Lyndon
Vile National bank, has bought the
original plates from which the Lyn-
don National bank printed its bills
in the days of state banks, and will |
place the plates in the new library
building when 1t was completed. The |
Lyndon bank was chartered in 1854, |
and has now wound up its affairs af- |
ter haif-century of successful bank
ing. j. NJ. Weeks of Lyndon Is the /
only living member of the first board
of directors.
+. +. Ffnnessy of Burlington com
mitted suicide by shooting himself in
the temple at the Hotel Imperial,
New York, Sunday night, April 3.
He had registered at the hotel on
April 7 as &c. w. Green, Chicago
The young man seemed well provided
with funds but no money or jewelry /,
was found in his room. A note read
ing, In case of an accident, please ,
notify my mother, Mrs. Mary Fin {
messy, 20 Murray street, Burlington,
w." was found.
Luella Hulett. the young woman
who has been wearing mems clothing
and doing mems work. was arraigned
in municipal court at Bennington re- y
Gently, after serving a sentence for =
and all charges against !.
1er were mol pressed. In court she '
said she intended to work in one of >
he mills i'm Bennington if she could a
obtain position. Several persons in ?
have Investigated her d
,ase and will make an effort to find II
position for her.
Mrs. George Saunders OF West =
Derby, a bride Of about four months,
wallowed large quantity of varnish
With suicidal intent Thursday, April ~
She had been in deep melancholy ~ y,
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usband was out of the house she re
ook the bottle from a closet The al
quid burned the stomach and her W
ries attracted attention. She in OF
ormed her husband on his return III
hat she had taken the draft, and he m
otified physician who relieved her ~
offerings. 10
The Vermont State association held th
s annual maple sugar party at fm
Thursday evening, April -
Among the speakers were Hon. e.
eslie NJ. Shaw and Hon. Charles A. u
routy. There was dancing before
nd after supper. Secretary Shaw
poke on Vermont In the Field of Let ma
RS, and Mr.. Prouty on The Vermont fo
awyer. He announced that he would en-
ION return to Vermont to re-enter an
/ the practise of law. Charles H. IN
ODD, assistant ttOrney-general, va
,oke on Vermont Ladies' ms
an
An effort will be made this sum- -
er to complete the railroad between -,
arlington and Hinesburgh now under =, =, !,
ntrol of the Burlington & South l',c
stern Railway company. Gen. Rob- a. a.
t Avery has resigned as vice presi- . 10
mt and general manager and Daniel SO,
ltrick of Hinesburg has been elected ~
,,.,;Iart,a tro, est .2i,ieiair ~ Oh
en- are thoroughly familiar with the o az
fairs of the project. Nothing has nv W.
en- done on the road since the sum- a /, ~
er of 1903. co 90
The dead body of Ethan Allen of
est Ferrisburg, aged AZ, a well-to- =
farmer, was found just outside Sai
rgennes Sunday April g. The au- Iuli
orities of Panton were summoned am
d on examination determined that the
ath was the result Of an accident enc
len left Vergennes near midnigbt Api
turdav after ha bad haan drinl,;n, of
9 horse evidently ron awoy as .hn by
gon was overturned, the back of rec
, wagon seat resting on the dead iroi
ms stomach when he was found pen
e body was lying in a pool of sar!
ter. The harness was nearly torn son
m the horse, one rein being still con
the clutches of the dead man, OF
ose face was marked by several inns
s. Mr.. Alien leaves wife civ Hell,
ldren and two brothers. was