Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-07-07

on MS part 10 WdTTdHt tHe Coiiiiiilie'
in their finding against him. DR.. Mar
cello Hutchinson, the superintendent
has been suffering during the pas
week from kidney trouble and was moi
informed of the report of the state
commission.
The annual camp meeting of Spir-
litualsts at Queen City park, near Bur-
| lington, begins July 80 and continues
until Aug. o. The speakers and work.
ers include Effie Chapman, Mrs. T. U.
Reynolds, Mrs Ida Lewis. DIR. S. n
Gould, Mrs. Emma Paul. Mrs. III. l.. p
Russegue, Rev. b. f. Austin and Mrs.
Holt the latter from Montpelier.
James Foley, about 40, was found
dead on the ground in the rear of his
house by Denman III. Hulett of Chester.
with his throat cut from ear to ear,
Thursday June 30. 1t was plain case
of suicide, bloodstained razor being
found near the body. Foley had been
drinking heavily of late and was penni-
less He claimed that his home was in
Boston but no relatives have been To-
Gated.
At a special meeting in St Johns
bury Friday night, June 80, the trus-
tees recommended that the village go
six miles TO Halls pond in Concord,
for new water supply, estimating
that the installing of such system
would cost around 100000. No ac-
ton was taken on the report except
formal acceptance. The meeting was
the most largely attended in the his
tory of the village.
While a few boys were playing with
an improvised cannon, made from gas
piping and fuse filled with powder
at Bethel Friday. June 80, one Claude
Blodgett met with the first pre-Fourth
accident The fuse was too quick for
him when he touched it off so the ex-
plosion injured four fingers on his
right hand. His face was peppered
with powder. but fortunately his eye
sight was not injured.
Because he was put off street car
between Montpelier and Barre for re-
fusing to pay his fare. Thursday, June
49, Eurico Mangiani, an italian anar-
chist, fired five shots from a revolver
at William L. Perkins, the conductor,
one of which took effect in his back
Mr.. Perkins was taken to the hospital
in Barre, the bullet was extracted and |
his recovery is expected. The officers |
had no difficulty in arresting Mangiani. |
He threw down his weapon as they |
approached. He was recently released |
rom the house of correction, Rutland,
litter serving sentence of nine months
or promiscuous shooting through doors
md windows in Barre where he has
lived about three years. He is radi-
al anarchist.
The revision committee, working on
he Vermont statutes, are said to have
discovered that there is no provision
n the license law for limiting alter
ative sentences in cases of conviction
or illegal selling of Intoxicating lia-
ors. A case in point comes from Ben
erdict of guilty of 20 offenses against
William Gladstone. a former proprie-
Dr. of the Colburn house, Manchester. (
he law fixes the penalty by fine of ,
300 for each offense. Judge Rowell r
ned the respondent $500 and order J
him committed until the fine is paid. {
he does not pay the fine it means he /,
lust serve 22.500 days or 81 years in +
he house of correction at Rutland.
was out on $1,000 bail, and
lie report is that he cannot be found.
The discovery late last week of
othes identified as those of Miss v
race Cook. aged 20 years, in small I
arm near Fairlee lake, led to the be- a
eff that the young woman had COM
lifted suicide and the lake was h
ragged and her body found about two ii
IDS from shore. Physicians who o
ewed the body said the drowning
scurred June %. and that death was C
lie result of suicide. The father of e
Ie girl had supposed that his daugh- p
T was in another town visiting. when q
: heard OF the finding of the clothes. II
ISIS Cook had had. IL is understood. II
UGH trouble over love affair, and e.
lis is suggested as a reason for sui o.
de. Fred Brown of Fairlee. mar Il
ed man of 80 years. formerly team "
er, has also committed suicide. Death e
as caused by poisoning, but no mo- P
We is known for the deed &C