Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-07-06

The Montpelier city council has notified
the police Of that city to stop the speedinl
OF automobiles on the streets The ma
chimes are commonly run at from Is to 81
miles an hour and several persons have mar
rowly escaped being run down.
Mrs, James Tanner, wife OF the comman
der Of the Grand Army of the Republic wal
killed al Helena, Mont. in an automobile
accident Friday. Corporal Tanner was OF
visit Of inspection to the Montana de
partment Of the G. A. R. In turning ou
upon narrow road, the automobile IL
which Mr. and Mrs. Tanner were riding
ran over an embankment, throwing the &C
cupants out. The other members Of th'
party were not seriously hurt.
Zano Merrill, IS, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Merrill OF South Royalton, met his
death in the river Thursday afternoon. The
boy went from his home to the village tc
get some moving machine oil. While al
the village he went in swimming with sew
eral other boys. His companions saw hin
suddenly sink beneath the water and wher
they had finally succeeded in getting his
body ashore he was dead. II is thought
that his death was caused by heart failure
as there was no water in his lungs.
The battleship New Hampshire was
launched at the yard Of the New York Ship
building company at Camden, N. j., Satur
day Miss Hazel f. McLane, daughter Of
Governor McLane Of New Hampshire
christened the battleship and Governor Nc
Lane and his staff and other distinguished
persons witnessed the launching. Five work
men were injured while at work clearing
away the props which held the big vessel
the timbers giving way without warning
Only one was seriously injured.
The Standard Oil company has started a
war to drive Ohio garages, automobile manu-
facturers and handlers Of the grade OF gaso'
lene used in automobiles out Of the oil
branch OF their business. The Standard has
ordered all agents to discontinue the sale
of gasolene between IS and rs degrees and
has also notified wholesale and retail oil
dealers that these grades have been taken
off the market The Standard company can
cut its prices, and as the contract handlers
have no better grade the trade will natural
ly turn to the Standard.
e The annual school for health officers will
be held in Burlington July 9.12. The pro-
grams for the three days will include ad-
dresses by prominent state officials and ply
consulting professor to the Brooklyn Poly
technic institute and Fred c. Valentine, M.
D., New York Health Commissioner Thomas
Darlington NJ. D., of New York city, will
have a paper on Compulsory Notification in
tuberculosis by all Physicians, and DR.. II.
w. Wiley chief Of the bureau OF chemistry
at Washington, will have a paper on Pure
Foods.
Robert G.. Proctor, for some time pri.
vate secretary to Senator Lodge of Massa'
chusetts, was found guilty at Boston, Sat
urday, on the charge OF larceny Of S225 en-
trusted to him by John g. Bestgen for the
republican state committee. He was SEN
fenced Monday to serve 10 months in the
house of correction. Proctor did not deny
that he received the contribution, but said
he understood it was intended by Mr.. Best
gen that it be applied to the republican state
committee campaign fund and that he gave
the money Immediately to some competent
person. lie could not remember who this
was but thought 1t was either Col. Talbot,
chairman of the committee, or James b.
Reynolds, executive secretary. No memoran'
dunn was made and no one remembered re-
ceiving the money.
Eli Odell. is, made second escape from
the house of correction at Rutland the night
of June 27. The guards say he was Sc
curely locked in at o'clock, but he manu-
featured wooden key to the school room
of the house which enabled him to pass
through to the bath room where his rope OF
sheets brought him to the cellar by means
of the dumb waiter. With this progress
gained it was an easy matter for him to
wrench apart the bars of the window and
crawl to the prison yard. The police au-
thorities in all the surrounding towns and
cities have been notified and given full de-
scription of the man. He is fve feet and
eight inches tall and weighs 155 pounds. He
has dark hair and dark eyes and smooth
shaven face. Odell escaped from the house
of correction May TO-, but was captured and
brought back to begin his sentence of from
two and one-half to three years over again.