Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-12-22

Charles Hawkins of East Wallingford.
who shot Fred Dumas, an Italian, several
weeks ago, waived examination Tuesday,
and was bound over for appearance be-
fore the Rutland county grand jury on the
charge of assault with intent to kill. He
was taken to jail in default of $4,000 bail.
Gov. Bell has been elected an honorary
member of the Roosevelt Home club of
New York. Eighteen senators and IL gov
errors have received this honor. The
house at IS East goth street, New York,
where Theodore Roosevelt was born, will
be bought and used as a permanent home
for the organization. II. C.Frick of Pitts
burg has given $4,000 of the 100000
necessary to purchase the house.
1t is probable that in the near future
the larger Vermont towns in the Champ
plain valley, Shelburne, Charlotte, Fer
risburg, Nergennes, Panton, Addison
Brldport, Orwell and Shoreham, will be
connected with Burlington and perhaps
Rutland by an electric railroad. The pro-
meters of this road are largely Addison
county residents, who already own and
operate an Independent telephone line.
Frank P. Willard, a we'll known farmer
in East Montpelier, and senior member of
| the grocery firm of Willard & Dix Of
Barre, committed suicide Friday morn
ing by hanging himself to a door knob,
while alone in his home. He was alive
when discovered and cut down, but died
before a physician reached him. Mr.. Will
lard had been in poor health for a long
time, and it is thought this unbalanced
his mind. He leaves widow.
The largest liquor seizure ever known
in Barre took place Tuesday afternoon,
when 100 packages and barrels of beer,
wine and whiskey were taken from a
Central Vermont car. Eight teams were
required to transport the consignments
to the basement of the city building. The
shipments were mostly to Italians, and
the seizure was made because 1t is alleged
that the liquor was shipped to fictitious
consignees, to be disposed OF at the con-
venience of the agent
A bill appropriating $4,000 for the pur-
chase of a site and erection of public
building at Island Pond has been intro
duced in Congress by Representative Kit
fridge Haskins. The bill provides for a
suitable building, post-office, customs
house and other government offices at
Island Pond The bill further provides
| that the site shall leave the building I'M
| exposed to danger from fire in adjacent
buildings by an open space of not less
than 40 feet including streets and alleys.
The trial of William d. Allard, charged
with the murder of Thomas Mccormick
in Bridgewater Dec. 2, began Tuesday in
| the Windsor county court at Woodstock.
| At the request of the respondent the
! states attorney filed an Indictment Dec.
charging murder in the second degree.
]. c. Enright of Windsor is attorney for
| Allard and the case of the state is in
| charge of States Attorney Batchelder
! and Atty. Gen. c. C. Fits. Allard plead
ed not guilty. Twenty-three witnesses
have been called.
Homer B. Hubert, who is in Washing
| ton on a special mission from the En-
| of President Roosevelt.
| is a former resident of Bennington and
| for several years was a pupil in the village
| schools His father, Rev. Dr. G. b. Hull
bert, for some time pastor of the Con-
gregational church in Bennington, was
afterward president of Middlebury college
| The young man has been a resident OF
| Seoul the capital of Korea, where he has
been the editor of the only paper in that
country published in the English language.
Vice. Governor II. C. Ide, who is acting
! governor of the Philippines during GOV
| Luke E. Wright's six months leave OF
| absence, will start on his leave OF abb
sence next May and will visit his old
! home in ST. Johnsbury next summer. The
| families of Col. Albert w. Hastings and
Judge Charles w. willard, both former
residents of st. Johnsbury, were expected
to reach Manila the first week in Novem-
| Der One of Acting Governor lde's nrs'
official acts was to appoint Col. Albert w
| Hastings a member OF the municipal
board at salary Of $4,000
A movement has been started for the
/ establishment in Rutland of an institu-
tion of international scope to be DEVOTED
to practical arts, painting and architec-
ture, the study of design in marble ano
the appreciation of the beautiful II
form and color. The institution VIII DC
located in the old Rutland bank build
ing opposite the high school on Centre
street. Rutland is selected as site as
It is the headquarters Of the marble In
dustry. 1t is hoped to secure from sew
eral wealthy men an endowment OF $5OO'-
900, and to make the teaching free to al
Corners.
When opportunity is spurred on by