Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-09-26

Co. /, 5th VT Rog't, and Julius Loui-
zcll of Middlcsex, who served in CO. u,
End VI. Regt
II. S. IIarwood, a Worcester Mass
travelling salesman, stubbcd his toe on
the stump Of telephone pole while
hurrying to 'the Rutland station and
sprawled in the mud. He also sprained
his wrist ana tore a hole in his trous-
crs. He said he had Travelled all over
New England for the past 20 years
but never saw Il stump sticking UP In
the sidewalk before He started out
to have a session with the street COM
missioners but could not ind them.
and, being short of time, let the matter
drop.
While the keeper Of the Bellows Falls
Jail was out Raymond Sharkey. arrested
for the robbery Of a clothing store in
that place, crawled up tho fireplace
chimney in the corridor and descending
ladder against the roof made good his
escape The chimney through which
Sharkey did the Santa Claus act was 90
feet high and was not looked upon as
a likely means Of escape by the Of
ficers It is reported that within "a hours
near Charlestown. y. II.
TERCENTENNTAL SUBCOMMITTEE
In accordance with a resolution adopted
at recent meeting OF the New York
and Vermont Lake Champaign tercenten-
NAL commissions. held at Bluff Point.
y. Y. Gov. Fletcher u. Proctor has APP
pointed a Subcommittee on the part
of Vermont to arrange plans for the pro
posed celebration in 1909 Prof Waiter f..
Howard of Middleh bury, Walter II. Crock
EFT of st. Adams and Lynn VI. Hays Of
Essex Junction. The resolution provides
that Governor Proctor shall be chairman
of this committee Gov Charles T.
Hughes IS expected soon to name a sim
liar subcommittee of three Of which he
will he chairman and the two commit
tees VIII formulate plans to be reported
to their rcspcctiv" commissions.
AGAIN WINS FAMOUS SUIT.
George w sabre. whose summer
home is at Alburgh, has won again in
his famous suit with the promoters
OF a street railway deal in Rhode
Island.
Mr. Sabr" IS said to be tho only
stakeholder who declined to exchange
his United Traction for Rhode Island
Securities stock on the basis Of four
shares of United Traction for ono
share Of Rhode Island Securities. The
| bill of complaint alleges that the com
! plainant was a stakeholder Of tho Uni
| ted Traction company. which owned
and held all tho shares of the capital
stock of certain street railway COM
panlcs OF Rhode Island that up TO
| June "a, 1902. tho United Traction com
| pany was entitled to and did rocci -
! all the net earnings of these corpora 20
! tions by way of dividends, but that
juno - 1902. the United Traction
agreed with tho Rhode Island COM
pany that each Of tho railway corpoc-
| atiOns should lease to the Rhode Island
| company for 90 years its property
rights and franchise, upon the terms
that the Rhode Island company pay
United Traction per cent. per annum
on It's stock. guaranteed.
The bill AYERS that this action was
without authority of the board OF di-
rectors of the United Traction and
! without opportunity for It's stockholm
ers to vote upon tho proposition.
Later tho Rhode Island Securities COM
pany, chartered in New Jersey, claim
ed the right to all the net earnings Of
the Rhode Island company and has no
| other assets.
The complainant AYERS that as a
stakeholder OF tho United Traction
company he is justly entitled to MS
proportionate share of the Rhode
Island street Railway corporation s
stock; that Ivy the lease of tho prop
critics he is limited practically for all
time to an annual dividend of : per
cent. and that the valu" of his stock
has been thereby greatly diminished
Tho court decided on all counts in
| favor Of Mr.. sabre,