St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-12-05
Vermont News.
S. A. R. Annual Meeting.

so On was held at Montpelier, No
lsUnber 81. The secretary's report
'Ssnwed that the names of over 5000 of
she revolutionary soldiers who lived in
Vermont W, had been placed on file. Ten
sou members have been received during
lhe wear and several applications are
aow nending. One member has been
Emitted to the Massachusetts society.
Nnrng the past year the following
isambers have died: Gen. Merritt
Darker, of West Troy, N. Y, Luman P.
4 Iorton, of Bennington, c. NJ. Robinson,
\ 0fNashua, N. H., the Hon. Delmar J.
Vail of Charlottetown, P. E l., and
Charles S. Wheelock, of Barre. The
4 GIowing officers were elected; Presi-
dent w. |. Van Patten, of Burlington;
r;ce.nresident, w. E. Hawks, of Benning-
J. nm. secretary, w. H. Crockett, of St.
slhaus; treasurer, c. L. Smith of Bur
Gngton; registrar, H. L Stillson, of Ben
nine nTgton; historian. G. 6. Benedict, of
burlington; chaplain, Rev. M. L. Sever
ance Of Burlington; board of managers,
= NJ. Mansur, of Newport, Porter H.
4 Dale of Island Pond, Hiram Carleton,
ofMontpelier, c. L. Alexander, of Bur
I;noton, H. D. Holton, of Brattleboro,
Nv. Fisk, of Isle La Motto, J. A. Mead,
Of Rutand auditing committee, F. S.
pease, of Burlington, w. E. Jones, of
Waitsheld, c. E. Allen, of Burlington.
Railroad Accident at vergennes.
In a rear-end collision on the Rutland
railroad between freight and pas
enger train Saturday at nine O'Clock
seven persons were killed, one other was
i probably fatally injured and 20 received
INJURIES of more or less serious nature.
4 northbound passenger train, COM
posed of two passenger cars and several
freight cars, was standing at the Yer
genness station, when the freight train
came up behind and crashed into the
passenger cars in the rear. Both cars,
one of which was combination smoker
and baggage car, were thrown from the
iron and tipped downinto ditch, where
they caught fire, adding to the horror of
the wreck. The cars were entirely con-
snmed A special train was made up
and the injured were hurried with all
possible despatch to Burlington to be
placed in the Mary Fletcher hospital
The crew of the freight train escaped
death by jumping from their engine just
before the crash with the rear end of the
standing passenger train. The freight
was loaded with gravel General
Manager George T. Jarvis, of the Rut-
land Railroad Co., says the wreck was
caused by piece of gravel This got
into the angle cock of the gravel car and
opened it so that the entire break
system was out of commission. This
prevented the engineer from stopping the
train, although he had ample time after
seeing the obstruction.
Four Charges Brought.
Deputy Sheriff F. E. Lord completed
Wednesday the serving of the papers in
the case of the state against the CONSOLE
dated Rendering company of Burlington,
in accordance with the indictments found
by the grand jury of Chittenden county.
There were four papers served, summon
ing the company to appear before county
count on the first Wednesday after the
first Tuesday in next March. The papers
were issued from the county clerks office
November and were served by the
deputy sheriff on F. G. Fleetwood of
Morrisville secretary of state L. E.
Brigham, manager of the Burligton
plant, and X. E. Brown, attorney for the
company. The company has to answer
to indictments charging it with unlaw-
fully and knowingly having in its pos
session the meat of a calf less than four
weeks old with intent to sell for food;
with intent to sell the same for family
nse; with selling diseased meat for food;
and with selling meats of cows infected
with bovine tuberculosis.
Red Cross Meeting.
The first annual meeting of the Yer
mont Branch, American National Red
Cross Society, was held at Burlington
last week, Vice President U. A. Wood
bury presiding in the absence of H. D.
Holton. The secretary, Charles S.
Forbes, reported 81 members. The
treasurer, c. L. Alexander, reported that
$7,56136 had been paid in cash and
supplies valued at 1000 had been con-
tributed to aid the sufferers in the Cali
fornia disaster. Other gifts had been
sent direct and were not included in this
report. The officers were reelected as
follows: President, H. D. Holton, of
Brattleboro; ice-president, U. A. Wood
bury, of Burlington; secretary, Charles
S. Forbes, ofSt Adams; treasurer, c. l..
Alexander, of Burlington; executive COM
mittee, the president, Franklin S. Bill
ings, of Woodstock, N. w. Fisk, of Isle
La Motto, Fletcher d. Proctor, of Proc
tor, F. G. Butterfeld, of Derby Line.
Congressman Kittredge Haskins, OF
Brattleboro, was elected delegate to
the national convention to be held at
Washington, Dec. 4.
vermonter in New Hampshire.
Rev. Francis w. Holden, who has &C
cepted call to the Unitarian church at
Milford, N H., was born in Waitsfield,
July %, 1862, son of Josiah and La
vina Holden. He attended Barre
academy in Vermont, and the Meadville,
Pa, Theological school, graduating
from the latter in 1891. In January,
1893, he was ordained pastor OF the
church in Bernardston Mass. where he
preached for three years. He then went
to Norton, Mass, where he continued to
preach until called to Milford. On Aug.
1S, 1905, Mr.. Holden was married to
Miss Gertrude Lynde of Gardner. They
have one son, Richard. Mrs. Holden
was the organizer of the Woman's club
at Norton and was elected its first presi-
dent. In the pastorate at Norton Mr.
Holden officiated at 100 funerals.
Death at Plainfield.