Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-01-10

has now been burning for over thres
weeks, aud all efforts TO put out the firs
nave been unavailing. There We're AGO.
tons Oh the fuel piled when the iifs
started ana the fiames have spread until
" Is all aIire through the center from end
70 ehd, Tons OF water have been thu own
on u and IN an effort 10 save what can be,
big steam shovel has been put to work
ana cars are being loaded aud hauled
away as rapidly as possible. The place
looks like a miniature volcano, belehing
forth flames, gas aud steam from a nun.
dred different points. The lire started
IRON spontaneous combustion.
The village OF West Rutland with its
5000 Inhabitants, probably has more
churches Ia prop 1rtion To its size than any
other town in New England, the new
jewish synagogue recently completed
btlhgthg the number up to nine, all OF
uinerent denominations. The town also
supports Congregational, Baptist, Me h
odlst, Episcopal, Irish Catholic, French
Catholic, Welsh aud Polish church aud
nearly all are on sound financial basis.
The reason which brings all these sects to-
gether IN such small town is the work
offered BY the Vermont Marble Co. The
urn employs largely foreigners in its
qnarrles aud they are church going peo-
pie, The company has contributed to the
building OF nearly all the church edifices.
Luigi Gallioni, for the past three years
editor OF an Anarchist paper at Barre, was
arrested Dec. 80, ON the charge OF being
implicated IN Anarchist riots AT Paterson,
Nj, In 1902. Three indictments await
him Tor riot, for atrocious assault and
battery and for malicious mischief. Others
implicated are serving time, but Gallioni
he'd TO canada, where he could not be
extradIted. Later, Paterson authorities
learned that he had located in Barre and a
requisition was secured from Governor
Proctor for his arrest. lie submitted
without resistance, though trouble had
been anticipated. Gallioni was placed in
Montpelier Jail. Later he consented to
accompany the officers TO Paterson. The
Barre Italian colony was much excited
over his arrest.
The Hon. Mason ). Stone, state super
intendent OF education, Is arranging
another campaign OF public meetings in
the interest of greater educational work
in this state similar to that conducted by
him last spring. Meetings OF school
teachers in the surrounding parts will be
held at various points in the afternoon,
and the general purpose OF the new
school laws explained with an incidental
discussion OF school matters generally.
In the evening public meeting will be
held at which speeches will be made by
Vermont men interested in the encourage
ment OF general advance for better
things all along the line OF Vermont
affairs. Dates for meetings thus far
scheduled include STAFFORD, Jan. Is;
Bradford, Jan. l6.
About $50 OF the business and pro-
fessional men of st. Johnsbury met Dec.
Is to see what could be done about Kidding
the village OF the sale OF "one per cent"
beer. 1t was the first large gathering of
this kind ever held in the municipality,
aud is generally regarded as one OF the
most important public meetings ever
held IN town. By rising and unanimous
vote the citizens pledged themselves to
work together for better enforcement
of the local option-license liquor law
and TO stand behind the board OF trustees
in its efforts to clean up the village. The
last legislature passed an amendment to
the village charter compelling all who
sold imitation beer to take out a license
and the new board OF trustees is opposed
to granting any licenses.
A calamity, at the same time peculiar
and horrible, befell the family OF George
III. Devino of Latountain street, WinooskI,
Saturday night, when Devino, his wife and
four little girls, their ages ranging from
death in bed by gas which had undoubted-
ly escaped from the main pipe in the road
and worked its way through the water
pipe into the house. Every member of the
family was found in sleeping position with
the exception of Devino, who had evi-
IDENTIFY been awakened, for he was found
in his night clothes lying at the foot of
the bed, where he had apparently fallen
without having done more than to have
arisen to his feet. Death for all was prob
ably painless, only Devino realizing for
few instants the awful fate which had
HIM. The escaping gas did not
come from the stoves as they were both
cold. The gas had been noticed in the
nelg borhood recently.
Cora, the seventeen year old wife of
Arthur Tate, who is employed by Daniel
ID. Donovaa of Moretown, was fatally
burned Jan. 2 while attempting to start
a fire with kerosene. She was pouring
oil on the wood when the oil ignited and
the blaze ran into the can, causing it to
explode and throw the burning oil all
over Mrs. Tate. Mrs. Donovan ran up
stairs and, seizing quilts and other
wraps. succeeded in smothering the
flames on Mrs. Tate. She carried the
woman down stairs, cut off what clothes
on her, summoned doctors by
telephone and then went back up stairs,
She found the inside of the room on fire
but succeeded in quenching the flames.
The doctors found that aside from Mrs.
Tate's feet which were protected by
her shoes, and portion of her body
under her corsets, her whole body was
terribly burned. They dressed her
wounds, but she died during the day.