Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-06
NEWS OF VERMONT
More Important Events Grouped for
Free Press Rendcrs-WOman Finds
She Has TWO Husbands, One
Divorce Granted.

| Orange county court convened In Chel-
sea Tuesday, the Hon. f. L. Waterman,
one OF the new superior court judges, pre-
siding. OF the 70 court cases on the dock
| e., 1t Is probable that only one will be
! tried and only two State cases are set
for trial. The Jurors were excused until
! thursday morning, when the case Of
| state VS.. Frank Campbell of Randolph,
| Will he taken UP. This Is case in which
assault with intent to rob is charged.
Two cases, which arc really parts of one
general case, are of unusual and peculiar
interest. The first is the suit Of Nellie
j. Earl Of Randolph VS.. George W. Earl
| OF Boston, In which n divorce was granted
for refusal TO support. The parties to tho
suit were married in 1900. Two days after
the marriage Earl abandoned his wife,
| never, thereafter, contributing to her sup
port Mrs. Earl. suppos'ng that her hus-
| band was dead. married Newell King and
two children were born to them. Re-
Gently il has been discovered that Earl
was living. Informatons were filed
against Mrs, Earl and King by States
Attorney NJ. NJ Wilson. charging the for
mer with higamy and the latter with adul-
terry. To these they pleaded guilty and
each was sentenced TO not less than one
year or more than Is months in the State
prison at Windsor. AS 1t appeared that
the second marriage was made in good
faith sentence was suspended and the
parties were placed in the custody of the
probation officer.
ELECTRIC ROAD SOLD.
According to Treasurer I. f. Gibson
of the Bennington & Hoosic Valley
electric road that property and its
franchises over the proposed lines has
become the property of the Consoli-
dated, the operating company of the
New York New Haven & Hartford,
which is building the new electric line
from tho Massachusetts, State line into
Bennington. The present officers of the
bennington & Hoosac Valley road have
arranged to operate the property until
the Consolidated has its new line com
pleted The latest instructions to the
chief engineer in charge of the North
Adams & Bennington line are to keep
at work on the road. regardless of
weather conditions, until the road is
ready to take the cars.
DID NOT FIND BATCHELDER.
Deputy Sheriff II. II. Peck of Hartford,
has made an unsuccessful search of
several days in Montreal for Charles
Batchelder of Woodstock. Vt, former
States attorney for Windsor county.
Chief Carpenter placed the entire police
force of the city at his disposal. All the
asylums were examined. but no trace of
the man, who has been missing since
October 10, could be found. 1t is alleged
that certain Irregularities of conduct dur
ing the last weeks of Batchelder's stay in
Vermont Is the cause Of this search 1t is
popularity understood that his actions
were either deliberately dishonest or the
manifestations of an unbalanced mind.
BENNINGTON'S NEW INSTITUTION
TO BE a LARGE ONE
Because DR.. Hercules Sanche Of New
York. who is now located In the G. W.
Harmon house N Bennington. has seen At
not to give out any definite information
regarding his purpose in coming to Ben
nlnSton to reside, n misconccption OF his
intentions has become quite general. Ac-
cordnE to the published works of Dr..
Sanche. which are several in number and
quite Voluminous. the author is the dis
coverer of a new theory of treatment for
all kinds of diseases which he has named
'diaductton.' This theory is not at all In
harmony with the present methods of
physicians. who, the doctor repeatedly |
asserts in his different writings, have nj |
ways opposed him. III Il pamphlet IS
sued in 1905 DR.. Sanche outlines the or
ganization and purposes of society |
technically called "Frarernitas Duxan,-
mae with a membership to be recruited |
from among the persons who have been |
treated by tnc diaduction process and |
who have therefore been converted to a |
belief IN the theory. The purposes OF tho
society are to "demolish all the walls Of
medication, everywhere on earth by dis |
proving them: to firmly establish every
where in the world both branches OF dla-
duction for the protection of human life:
to establish the minor branches OF duX-
animao by diaduction for the treatment Of
domestic animals and valuable plants;
to illustrate that with proper diaduction
pure water in reasonable quantities is a
truc stimulant OF the vital process.
Another purpose of the society is to In
struct and graduate diaduction physi-
clans. Through local agents here DIR.
Sanche has already purchased 200 acres
Of land on Bald mountain and is negot-
ating for n still larger tract adjoining In
his pamphlet the doctor says: THE ac-
tive work has begun to provide all build
ngs required for the worlds headauar-
IcrS of this fraternity and for its princi-
pal institutions, on a very large tract Of
land of high altitude in the most suitable
place In the United States, to be con-
structcd of stone steel and other nom
material, to be made fire.
proof, non-infectable and as indcstructa
BILE as possible and of large dimensions
All these buildings. together with their
lppurtenances. will form Il considerable
Town, having all possible modern inn
and convenience. and also
all advance sanitary provisions against
disease and death, made according to the
aictates OF the science OF diaduction, that
must cost over slO,00OOOO. and they will
be built as rapidly as possible in a place
selected and secured tor this specific pur-
pose" Neither DR.. Sanche or his local