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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-08-10

ditions and problems which the road COM
missioners of Vermont have to face, call
ing for competent supervision and the CO.
operation Of citizens Roads should be
constructed with an underground drain
age to prevent them from freezing in the
fall causing such havoc when they thaw
out in the spring. The small towns, ow-
ing to the gradual decrease Of their grand
lists, have not sufficient funds available
for making permanent roads, and II is
no more than just that the large towns,
whose grand lists have been increased at
the expense Of these small towns, should
help in the construction and maintenance
Of good roads. Mr.. Gates favors an adj
dition to the present law which would
make it possible for enterprising towns to
vote an extra amount for permanent
highways, the state paying a certain per
cent of the sum from its treasury.
Col. w. II. Moore gave a stereopticon
lecture showing the roads Of the world
Beginning with the ancient highways,
many of which exist in good preservation
today, he illustrated the great achieve
ments of modern road construction, with
a glance now and then at the possibilities
for future improvements. The views were
instructive and interesting and many of
them beautiful. The violin solo by Miss
Maisie Calvin and the songs by Mrs. F.
w. Weeks were greatly appreciated. The
convention closed with the singing Of
America by the audience.
There was an attendance Of several
hundred at the evening session and at
the other sessions 20 to $50 were repre-
scented, road commissioners and other
town officials being present.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-08-10
windham County, VT.

Mr.. Chairman
Your committee on resolutions of the
Good Roads convention, assembled this
day, would respectfully report:
That we thoroughly appreciate the i'm
portance of good roads TO any community
and especially to southern Vermont.
Permanently constructed, such a system
of roads would bring us into more direct
communication with the people of our
own and adjacent counties, promote
freer intercourse between the people of
this and adjoining states, and concentrate
the efforts of individuals by organization.
and create an impetus of improvements
that in a few years would materially ad-
vance our social, educational and COM
mercial interests.
We thoroughly appreciate the presence
of the representatives of the National
Good Roads association; thank them for
the good work they have done and for
what they may yet do for us, and 1t is
our hope that the people of this locality
may catch from them some of the en-
thusasm they have in this work.
Therefore, be II resolved that we recon-
mend the organization of a permanent
Good Roads association in Windham
| county, and in the adjacent counties;
commit ourselves to cooperate with such
organization for the betterment OF the
streets, roads and highways to be con-
structed according to the ideas promul-
| gated at this meeting. and believe that
| money expended for the construction of
| streets and highways is only economically
| expended when in return we get roads
| and streets built with the use of best
machinery, upon good grades, of proper
| material, and upon scientific principles.
Be it further resolved, that we recon-
mend the enactment of such legislation
/ as shall be necessary to establish uni
| form road system for this state, to be
| constructed and maintained under the
supervision of the state highway COM
| missioner. with the aid of such compe-
| tent engineers as he may require.
| Be II further resolved, that we favor
| ultimate national aid in the construction
of roads in the several states of the
| Union, and an annual appropriation by
Congress for that purpose, and request
| and most earnestly urge upon our repre-
| sentatives in the national Congress to
work and vote for a bill to that effect.
Be it further resolved that we pledge
| ourselves to use our best efforts in, the
promotion Of the cause of good roads to
| the end that more effective state aid than
| is now received may be given thereto.
Be 1t further resolved, that copy OF
| these resolutions be sent to our repre-
sentatives in the national Congress at
| Washington, to our governor, and to such
| representatives in our forthcoming Gen.
eral Assembly as may be deemed expe-
| dent
All of which is most respectfully sub
mitted.
HENRY d. HOLTON.
Chairman. Brattleboro
H. H. SHAW, Marlboro.
IF. B. PIER. Jamaica.
NJ. I. REED, Vernon.
]. w. MELENDY,
Londonderry.
WALTER F. WALKER,
Dummerston.
]. H. MERRIFIELD.
Newfane,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-08-10

The first steel castings made in this
country were railroad crossing frogs,
made in 1867 from crucible steel OF about
the same hardness as tool steel. with
smooth surface, but honeycombed
throughout and far from perfect. The
improved Bessemer processes were not in
successful use until 10 or 20 years later.
Now almost any shape which can be
cast in gray or malleable iron can be
made in cast steel. For large and small
marine castings, and in car and locomo-
tive work, cast steel is taking the place
of cast malleable, and wrought iron, for
many large and small parts from coup
lers, pournal boxes and wheels to rods,
truck frames and locomotive frames.
-GNew York Sunday Tribune Magazine.
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THE NEWS IN BRIEF
800 immigrants Drowned in a
Wreck OFF Spanish Coast

italian Steamer Had 645 Passengers and
Crew Of 1877 Men on 6oard-TerrlbIe
Scenes Enacted.
A terrible marine disaster occurred
late Saturday afternoon off cape Palos,
near Cartagena, Spain, when the Italian
steamship Sirio, from Genoa for Bar
celona, Cadiz, Montevideo and Buenos
Ayres, with about 500 persons on board,
was wrecked off Hormigas island and
300 immigrants, most Of them Italians
and Spaniards, were drowned. The cap
tain of the steamer committed suicide
after attributing the disaster to his own
imprudence The bishop of Sac Pedro,
Brazil, was also lost, and IL is reported
that another bishop is among the missing
The remainder Of the passengers and the
officers and crew escaped In the ships
boats or were rescued by means OF boats
from the shore. A number of fishermen
who made attempts at rescue were
drowned.
The Sirio struck a rocky reef known
as Bajos Hormigas and sank soon after,
stern first.
The steamer had GAS passengers
1877 men, The Sirio had $40 pas
sengers when leaving Genoa, but ad-
ditional Spanish passengers were taken
on board at Barcelona, where the vessel
touched a few hours before the disaster.
The vessel began to settle rapidly i'm
mediately she had struck and terrible
scene of confusion and panic ensued on
board The fishermen along the coast
sought to render every assistance In
| their power and sent out boats which
brought many survivors ashore. Most
of the officers and crew Of the Sirio are
among the saved.
The survivors have gone into camp on
fha ~ NJ town Cane
Palos. Narrowing scenes are enacted
| as the stricken families anxiously seek
beloved members among the rescued. A
mother who lost her three children went
! insane The doctor of the Sirio gave
up his wife and child as lost but they
were finally brought in by one of the
rescuing boats. One Of the boats sent
out by fishermen brought in "a passen-
| gers.
The Madrid correspondent Of the Lon
don Telegraph describes the disaster as
one of the worst on record The Italian
emigrants, with knives in their hands
and without regard, for the women OF
children, fought with the greatest bru-
| tality for the possession OF life buoys and
boats. Many were killed or wounded
including several members of the crew
who were attacked by emigrants. Fol
half an hour the emigrants were master:
| of the situation. They completely over
came the crew by sheer force of num-
bers, and in spite OF the efforts Of the
officers, who tried to save the womer
and children first.
One report even states the correspond
ent continues, that a group of emigrant
approached one of the ships boats which
already was full and which was about Il
be launched, and dislodged the people
killing several with their knives. Jus
as they were about to occupy the boa
themselves another body of armed emil
grants came up and fierce fight TO
possession Of the lifeboat followed.
Many of the survivors brought ashor
were seriously wounded, and a numbe
had sustained fractured limbs. Som'
Of the injured subsequently died.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTES.

swanzey Man Stabbed Constable Dodge.
Wallace Page of West Swanzey was
brought into police court at Keene Mon
day charged with having committed an
assault with intent to kill. He was held
for the October term Of the superior court
without bail Page tried to get friend
who had been arrested for intoxication
away from the Swanzey police, and made
so much trouble that he was taken into
custody. Early Monday the prisoners
were loaded into a team TO be brought
to Keene for trial, and Page tried to
escape. It is charged that he jumped
on Constable A. w. Dodge and stabbed
him in the chest with his Jackknie,
making a dangerous wound near the
heart.
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Discovery of 100000 Deficit In Chicago
Bank Followed by Two Deaths.

With a deficit in it's accounts OF almost
a million dollars. and with the where
abouts Of two of its chief officers I'M
known to the authorities, the Milwaukee
Avenue State bank, one of the larger
outlying banks in Chicago, was closed
Monday by State Bank Examiner c. c.
Jones.
In the excitement following the an
nouncement Of failure, ]. G. Wiser, an
officer of the Royal league, who had on
deposit in the bank funds OF that or
ganization, fell dead. Henry Koepke, a
grocer, on hearing that the bank had
suspended payment. went to the rear OF
his store and shot himself. He died a
few minutes later. The bank had de-
posits amounting to about $4,000,0o0, and
loans and credits to about the same sum
Riotous scenes attended the announce
ment of the failure, and a large force OF
policemen struggled all day to keep an
excited crowd Of depositors, nearly all OF
whom were foreigners, and many OF
whom were women, from rushing the
doors of the institution.
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Merrill X Waters of New York won
the state golf championship at the
Ekwanok links, Manchester, Saturday by
defeating j. G.. Patterson of Lakewood,
n. j., IL up and to play.
Edward Lincoln's barn in the northern
part of Ira on the road to West Rutland
was struck by lightning and burned Mon
day. The horses and cattle were taken
out but the contents destroyed included
80 tons of hay. The loss was $4,000, with
$4,000 insurance.
Allen, little son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Chatfield OF Mortified was, perhaps, fat
ally injured one day last week. He wan
dered upon the Central Vermont railroad
track and was struck by the cylinder of
an engine. His mother had almost reached
him when he was struck and thrown to
the side of the track.
Charles Corey, "a, of Johnson. was
struck by the way freight just below
Hyde Park Saturday and probably fatally
injured. He was standing near the track
when a train passed and he was struck
by one of the cars and hurled into the
ditch, a distance of several feet. The
injuries were to his head and side.
Harley T. Caverly, a Dartmouth col
lege student, son of c. S. Caverly OF
Rutland, disappeared last week. He had
been a member Of a camping party in
East Pittsford two weeks and it is said
that he acted uueerly after some of his
chumS had paid attention to certain
young lady His family were able to as
certain the direction in which he travelled
through the mileage books he used.
Napoleon Vincent, 8, was drowned Sunday
in Lake Champlain at the foot Of King
street in Burlington. He had been fishing
with his brother, Joseph, Is, and while
on the wharf lost his balance and fell
backward into the water. Joseph could
not swim but he jumped into the water
instantly in an effort to save his brother.
Assistance was soon at hand and the
boys were pulled from the water but
the younger one could not be resuscitated
Adolph and Charles Drohart, during the
last days of the trout fishing season
caught in the Battenlcil river two rain
bow trout, one weighing four pounds and
the other five pounds and two ounces. Al
Bowen pond in Sunderland, near the
Stratton and Manchester lines on the
route Of the railroad now being built
from Wilmington, they caught several
lake trout weighing from two to two and
one half pounds EACH
The data for the biennial report of the
department of education is all in the
hands of Mason S. Stone, state superin-
tendent, and much Of the tabulation has
been compiled. These tables show thai
the average cost per week of the schools
of the state for the year 1906 was $12.1C
and that the cost per pupil for the year
was 1857. The gross expenses OF the
schools were 1908, S24.30. The total re-
ceipts were $1,263, S7622. No revenue /:
received by the schools this year from th'
S240 900 permanent school fund which was
appropriated at the last session of the
legislature but the interest from this
fund will be distributed for the year com
mencing July 1.
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Permanent Organization.
Rrattleboro. VT. Aug. Z, 1906.

Brattleboro, VT, Aug. Z, 1906.
We, your committee on permanent or
ganization, respectfully submit the fol-
lowing report: We recommend that
permanent organization be effected and
that this association shall be known as
the Windham County Good Roads asso-
citation.
We further recommend the following
names for officers: President, George W.
Pierce. Brattleboro; LIST vice president,
Walter w. Barry, Saxtons River; I'd vice
president, w. s. Allen, Jacksonville;
secretary, ]. Z. Gale, Guilford; treasurer
d. T. Perry, Brattleboro.
We also recommend that the above
named officers shall be the executive
committee. We further recommend the
organization of each town by the cleo
ton of the following vice presidents:
E. w. Robbins, Athens; W. L. Walker,
Brattleboro; E. p. Osgood, Brookline /;
E. II. Jones, Dover; E. H. Miller, Dunn
merston; V. A. WILDER. Grafton; F. L.
Wellman Guilford; Geo. NJ. Scott, Hall
fax; F. B. Pier, jamaica; ]. w. Melendy,
| South Londonderry; H. H. Shaw, Marl-
boro; ]. H. Merrlfield, Newfane; F. L.
Houghton, Putney; NJ. II. Ray Rocking
ham; E. A. Eddy, Stratton; ]. V. Mar
| shall, Somerset; ]. II. Ware. Townshend;
A. A. Dunklee, Vernon; Chas. s. Good
now, Nottingham; Spencer Robinson,
Wardsboro; ]. H. Kidder, Wilmington
| B. T. Phelps, Westminster; H. E. Wood,
| Windham.
We further recommend a meeting of
this association Saturday. Aug. %, at
p. M, for the purpose of adopting by
laws and considering such plans as may
be in the interest of good roads.
| Respectfully submitted,
c. o. ROBBINS.
| L. E. JAQUITH,
| j. II. KIDDER,
| ]. H. WARE,
c. c. Fits,
Committee,
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CTATE OF VERMONT, Marlboro SIS.
- The Probate Court for Said District
To all persons interested in the estate Of
JAMES H. STARK, JOSEPH +. STARK and
ELSIE S, STARK, minors of Brattleboro, in
said district Greeting.
Whereas, Edith M. Stark, guardian Of James
H. Stark, Joseph F, Stark and Elsie S. stark,
minors, Of Brattleboro, in said district, has
that said minors are interested as heirs of
Willard B. Stark, in certain real estate sit
uated In Brattleboro and being about seventy
1--WE acres more or less Of the home farm. of
said Willard B. Stark, and known as the Mar
tin lot; that It will be conducive to the in
terests of said wards to sell the whole of said
real estate for, the purpose of putting the
proceeds thereof at interest or otherwise in
vesting the same, and praying for license to
sell the same
WHEREUPoN, it is ordered that the same
be heard at the session of said court to be
held at the probate Office in Brattleboro, on the
last Saturday of August, A. ID. 1906, when
SS,s4 < F. scHwENK. Register,
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GSTATE OF VERMONT. Marlboro SIS.
- By the Probate Court for Said District.
To all persons interested in the estate of
GEORGE B. KENDALL, late of Wardsboro,
in said district, Greeting. =.
decide upon the allowance of the account of
James NJ. Kendall, administrator upon the es-
tate of George B. Kendall, late of Wardsboro,
button thereof to the persons entitled thereto,
at the session thereof to be held at the probate
2sth day Of August, A. D. 1906, when and
where you may be heard in the premises, if
y0s ~ "a e4use' A. F. scHWENK. Register.
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clan. Still he grew worse. At the end
of about year and half Of suffering
he grew so bad l had to tie his hands
In cloths at night to keep him from
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"He got to be a mere skeleton, and
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cake of the Soap and box of the
Ointment and followed the directions,
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never had any sores of any kind since.
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and l can sincerely say that only for
YOUR most wonderful remedies my
precious child would have died from
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Eli A. Gage of Chicago, son of Lyman
]. Gage, formerly secretary of the
treasury, committed suicide in Seattle
Wash. while temporarily insane from
drinking,
More than 20 people died from the heat
and hundreds were Frustrated in New
York city Monday. Some Thermometers
recorded as high as 1902 degrees and the
humidity was excessive.
TWENTY-FIVE lives are known to have
been lost and hundreds were rendered
homeless by floods in southern Texas
THE Colorado and other rivers over
flowed their banks, destroying 100000
worth of property. Two thousand cattle
have been killed and miles Of railway
track washed away.
Edward Coles, a wealthy resident OF
Philadelphia, was killed and his grand
child and nurse were seriously injured In
a runaway accident at Bar Harbor, Maine
Saturday, Mr. Coles lost control OF a
spirited horse and the carriage was over
turned. Mr.. Coles struck telegraph
pole and sustained injuries to his heao
and chest which caused death In snort
time.
The crew of the Russian armored
cruiser Pamyat Azova mutinied on the
Esthonian coast, killed the captain and
four officers and seized the vessel. The
mutinies at Sveaborg and Cronstadt were
nut down and court martials were or
dered by the Gear Military outbreaks
were reported at Reval, Gen. Markgran-
| sIrv. the head Of the Warsaw gendarme'
was killed by revolutionists. An un-
successful attempt was made to blow Ut
police headquarters at Moscow.
The Pulajanes have been on rampage
again in the island Of Leyte. At Abuyon
a band OF $50 killed the ex-president Of
the town, two OF the constabulary ano
three policemen and burned the munich
nal buildings. Major Crawford and Capt
Knauber, while shooting rapids OF a
river of northern Luzon on bamboo
raft, were attacked by Igorrotes In am
bush. The two, officers ana hve OF tn'
eight constabulary with them wer'
Hvonnded. They were unable to return tn
Arr as the enemy were concealed on tn
Wooded banks. The outbreak is inexpli
cable, as the Igorrotes have always pee'
peaceable.
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IN. OUR OWN STATE
ALLEGED eIaamIst erOught 70 eennln0tOn.

Alleged 1eamst Brought to Bennington.
Sheriff Wilson and States Attorney
Daley Of Bennington brought to that town
Tuesday from Schenectady, N. Y, Fred
E. Butler, indicted for bigamy. He mar
ried Miss Lillian Newton at her home
in Bennington last September, after
short acquaintance, which was formed in
Schenectady. Her father, one Of the best
known business men of the place, was
strongly opposed TO the wedding. After
the marriage they went from Schenectady
TO Pittsfeld where Miss Newton found
Butler had a wife in Schenectady, It is
charged and Immediately after returned
TO her fathers. 1t is alleged that at the
time of the marriage, Butler had an
application for a divorce from his first
wife pending in the New York courts.
After the second wife left him he re-
sumed married life with the first wife,
and they have since been living together
until he was arrested about two weeks
ago. He is "a years Of age and employed
as a machinist in the Edison works at
Schenectady.
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9 TATE OF VERMONT, Marlboro, SIS.

O TATE OF VERMONT, Marlboro, SIS.
To all persons interested in the estate of
JOSEPH F. WHITE, late of Brattleboro, in
said district deceased, Greeting
upon the estate of Joseph F. White, late of
Brattleboro, in said district deceased, has filed
his petition in this court setting forth that
the sale of the whole of the real estate OF said
deceased will be beneficial to the heirs and all
persons interested therein, and praying for. Ii
cense to sell the same, and at the same time
sent in writing of all the heirs residing in this
state to such sale. Whereupon it is ordered
court, to be held at the probate Office in Brat
tleboro, on the last Saturday of August, A. ID.
1906, when and where you may be heard in the
premises, if you see cause.
1924 A. T. SCHWENK, Register.
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stefan treat him,
but the sores grew
worse. Then they
began to come on
his arms, then on
other parts of his
body, and then one
came ON his chest,
worse than the
others. Then / CALI
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The returns from the primaries in
Illinois indicate the defeat of ex-Gov.
Yates, who is a candidate for the United
States senatorship against Senator Gull
lom.
George Lee, pitcher OF the Lawrence
club OF the New England league, who
was struck by batted ball in a game in
Worcester Wednesday. died in a hospital
in that city Friday. Knott OF Worcester
caught a slowly pitched ball squarely on
his bat and drove II with such force that
Lee could not handle it. The bali struck
directly over his heart, bounced back into
his hands and he held 1t. He collapsed
at once and was taken to the hospital.