Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-08-03

| Inc trlp VIII De from burlington anu re-
turn by boat, with fare OF $3.50, includ-
/ ing banquet at the hotel, which is one OF
F., the finest IN America. IL is expected Gen.
Horace Porter, late ambassador to Paris,
4 and senator Spooner of Wisconsin will
attend and speak.
/ A meeting of citizens was called in Ben
nlngton July % to consider some proper
/ acknowledgment OF the sorrow the resi-
dents feel over the loss to the United States
navy resulting from the disaster on the
/ gunboat Bennington in addition to the
telegram OF sympathy sent to Acting Sec
retary OF the Navy Charles II. Darling.
II was not decided whether the expression
/ Of the citizens should be in the form OF a
monument, relief fund or a memorial,
and committee was appointed to formu-
late plan and report to an adjourned
meeting.
No confirmation can be obtained from
town officials or any other persons in po-
sition to know the facts, OF the sensational
rumor printed in Boston. New York and
| Montreal papers to the effect that the re-
cent survey OF the international boundary
line indicated that the villages of Rich
/ ford, East Richford and Stevens Mills
/ were on the Canadian side OF the border.
II has been known for some time that the
present line varied slightly from the 10th
| parallel OF latitude, which marks the di-
4 NlslOn DtlNetH lut TWO Jul
there is no evidence to show that the vari-
alton will make any important changes.
As some mill employees were going to
work July p they found man lying I'M
conscious in what IS known as the ''cattle
/ yard Just above the tracks near the rail-
4 road station in Ludlow. He was taken to
the fire engine house on Main street and
died in few minutes. He was apparently
between thirty and thirty-hye years old,
and was foreigner. He had been seen in
different fields near the track for several
days before, but people thought he was
drunk instead OF i'll. 1t was not known OF
what disease he died, but exposure and
lack Of care were among the causes OF
death. He was buried by the town officers.
The late DIR. Ezra A. Smith of Brandon,
president of the Queen City Park associa-
! ton, has left his stock in the property OF
the association in trust, to be used to car
4 ry on the work for which the organlza-
| tion was designed. This is in accordance
with statements made by the doctor many
! times before his death that the association
would get what he owned at the park.
| w hat effect this bequest will have on the
| litigation now pending before the courts
over the Queen City Park property is not
known. The faction Of the directors
which has been against DR.. Smith claims
that he did not own all Of the stock OF the
!
was a majority.
Articles OF incorporation of the Vermont
Theatre Building Co. have been filed at
the office of secretary OF state for the pur-
pose of erecting and operating a theatre
and office building in the city OF Barre.
The capital stock OF the company is 80
600, divided INTO shares OF 800 each.
/ Work on the building Will begin within a
/ few days. The lot selected for the site IS
| one of the best in the city. Offices and
stores will occupy part OF the building.
| The company is member of the Calm and
/ Grant circuit of theatres, there being sew
en- other New England theatres on that
circuit, the Vermont houses connected
with the Calm and Grant circuit being
The Strong at Burlington, Blanchard al
Montpelier, opera house at Rutland.
A recent issue OF the Cronaca sovverinp,
the anarchist paper published In Barre,
contained an article which has stirred up
/ the union labor leaders Of the Granite
I city, who are denounced m great shape.
In the article Mayor Barclay was maligned
and others who came in for a roast were
Attorney General Fits, States Attorney
Jackson. G. T. Swasey, Alex lronsides an
Fred Bruce. IL was also stated in .ne
article that the coming labor convent !
will be a drunken revel. Secretary IRON
sides has made an adequate reply TO the
article, and a movement will be made TO
cause the suspension OF the paper. Louis
Galleani, who was arrested for alleged
breach OF the peace at the picnic July 70,
which the officers raided, Is supposed 70
be the real editor of the Cronaca soyver-
/ ina.
Despite the heavy rain Sunday w. p.
| Elrod, general roadmaster OF the Central
| Vermont Railway company, put 400 men
on the 80 miles OF road between Brattle-
boro and South Londonderry and changed
| the line from narrow to broad gauge.
Saturday special trains started from Farm
ham, Que, and New London, Conn, over
the northern and southern divisions OF the
Central Vermont Railway company, pick
| ing up all the section men that could pos
/ sibly be spared from their regular work
and 12-coach special left 81. Adams,
/ bringing men, tools and provisions. The
ties were already in place over the entire
line and both rails were moved. On the 81
miles OF line there are 20 curves ana 81
| bridges, not counting open eulverts. IL
was found necessary to change the degree
OF nearly all the curves.
Some weeks since Fred Vincent OF Sails
bury eloped with Hattie, the pretty four
teen year old daughter OF Nelson Marcelle
OF that town. Recently they were located
near Sandy Hin, n. Y. Investigation
showed that although living together a.
husband and wife, they were not married
ana lnctnl htftcA pfVhiPtA9 AptAeNNN
The girl swore that she was enticed away
from home by Vincent. W no Is cousin oil
hers, and a near neighbor, and that she
supposed she was going to see her sister
After getting her away he would not LEI
her return and finally persuaded her e
live with him under the relations as found
BY promising to marry her. lie wa
placed under 5000 bonds and was held II
Salem jail for appearance at the Octobel
term OF court The minimum penalty FOL
his crime is 10 years In the penitentiary
The girl has returned to her father.