The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1906-10-19

STATE NEWS.

lou ne recently purchased In Ben
nington Center.
The Rev. Almon Shepard, of
Tunbridge, aged 95 years, the
oldest active minister of any de-
nomination in the state, is i'll of
paralysis.
Charles Alonzo Acton, a mem
Der of the class of 1907 in Middle
bury College, died suddenly Oct.
Sth after an illnss of two weeks.
He was a member of the Delta
Epsilon fraternity and was very
popular. The body was taken to
his home in Mount Vernon, N. Y.
The seventh annual convention
of the State Osteopathic society
will be held in Montpelier on Oct.
81. Preparations are being made
for an unusually interesting and
strong program. DR.. G. G. Wheel
er of Brattleboro is president of
the society.
1t is announced that the state
tuberculosis commission will rec
ommend the abolition of the
board and that the work which it
is now doing be transferred to the
state board of health. Such a
statement was made Oct. 10th. by
the secretary DR.. w. N. Bryant,
of Ludlow.
The large barn owned by Chit
tenden Sargent situated three
miles from the village of Newport
on the Barton road was destroyed
by fire Tuesday night the 9th.
The winters supply of hay and
grain, together with all agricul-
tural implements, was a total loss.
All of the stock was saved with
the exception of the hogs and hens.
The estimated loss is $4,000, part
ly covered by insurance. The fire
is believed to be of incendiary
origin.
Something distinctly out of the
ordinary is expected when Inter
state Commerce Commissioner
Charles A. Prouty produces his
report on the great land frauds
along the Union Pacific road
which he has recently investigat-
ed" says a Washington dispatch
to The Transcript. at is strongly
intimated that he will prepare a
report which will have to be
written on asbestos, and that he
will give a complete outline of
the whole scheme of land frauds
that has been for many years in
eXtricably tangled with the proc
esses of mining and transporting
coal in Wyoming, Colorado, and
Utah"
The state board of pharmacy
held its quarterly meeting We'd
nesday, the 10th, in the supreme
court room at the state house,
Montpelier, for the examination
of candidates. Those present were
G. G. Bingham, of st. Johnsbury,
j. G. Bellrose, of Burlington, w.
F. Root, of Brattleboro, and D. f.
Davis, of Barre, the new member
of the board, w. R. Warner, of
Vergennes, is i'll and was unable |
to be present. At a meeting of
the board held Wednesday even
ing a discussion was held in re-
gard to several bills regulating
the examination of candidates and |
regular pharmacy laws which will |
be introduced into the present leg
islature.
At the convention of Women's |
federated clubs held Oct. 4th, these
officers were elected: Mrs. Per-
lev ID. Hazen, st. JOhnsburv. pres.
Mrs. NJ. O. Perkins, Windsor,
vice pres. Mrs. T. A. Davis, Rut-
land, rec. Sec; Miss Jennie A.
Valentine, Bennington. treas.
Miss Helena Norton, Bennington.
state secretary for the general
federation; Miss Sarah Ralch. ST.
JOhnsburv. auditor. The next
meeting will be held in Jamestown
next season. and the next biennial
session of the council will be held
in BOSTON in the summer of 1908.
The Rev. George Alfred Cooke,
of Brandon, was the COMPLAIN
ant in CHARGES of heresv brouoht
against Hincklev G. Mitchell.
formerly professor of Hebrew lit
erature in the Boston university
law school of THEOLOGY. Mr..
Mitchell was to have been tried
before the central New York
Methodist Conference but it was
voted to dismiss the CHARGES. The
case was taken uD bv the board
Of bishops of the church at LOuis-
vile, XIV, in Nav. 1905. and again
before the same board at WASHING
ton, d. c., in October, 1905. Prof.
Mitchell was removed from his
chair at Boston as a result.
The JOhnson-RichardsOn Co.,
which was established in
Montreal under a Canadian char
ter, has decided to open a factory
in Burlington for the American
trade. At the outset the company
will devote its attention to the
manufacture and sale of "Dry-O-
a." dye which is made in a vari
sty of colOrs. Later it is hoped
% take on the manufacture and
sale of other specialties and build
Up an extensive business.