Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-06-01
STATE NEWS.
Second District Convention.

Second District Convention.
It is expected that the republican
congressional convention for the second
district will be held in Music hall, st.
Johnsbury, Tuesday, June ~, the Gay
preceding the republican state conven-
ton at Montpelier. Former Gov. W.
w Stickney of Ludlow will PRESIDE.
Took Overdose of Morphine.
Mrs. Charles H. Marshall. aged AZ
wears. of Vernon. died Wednesday at
ternoon as the result of taking an over
dose of morphine. She contracted Che
habit during an illness few years
ago. and as she had been accustomed
to taking large doses of the drug 1t IS
not considered that any suspicious
circumstances attended her death.
Burned to Death.
A double tenement house situated IN
Tyson and. owned by Mrs. Margaret
Parker. was burned to the ground
early on Thursday morning. Mrs.
Parker, who lived in part OF the
house, was burned to death, the family
occupying the other part OF the house
escaping in their night clothes and saw
ing nothing. The fire started IN Mrs.
Parker's apartments but the cause is
unknown, that portion Of the building
being consumed before the other oc-
cupants of the house were aroused.
ONLY few fragments of her body were
recovered.
AEad BIunder.
A strange condition in the present
liquor law has just been discovered by
ore of the license commissioners IN
Winooski. A mother applied to him to
issue a notice forbidding the sale of in
toxicating liquor to her son. When
the commissioner turned to Section
5.225 of the Public Statutes he found
that q parent was given no power to
secure such an order from the com
missioners. The section reads, THE
nusband, wife, child, brother, sister,
guardian or employer of q person may,
in writing, notify Q board Of license
commissioners to forbid the sale OF
furnishing Of Intoxicating liquors to
such person" The word parent is not
included. This act was scrutinized by
c.itical eyes before It's passage. A
subsequent legislature has amended it,
but this omission. it is said, was not
discovered until now, OF nearly foul
year. after it's passage.
Roper Accommodations.
The recommendations of the commits
sion appointed by Governor Proctor tt
investigate the sysetm of bookkeeping
and auditing now in force in the office
of the auditor Of accounts were made
public last week. The commission
composed Of Hon. J. A. DeBoer O.
Montpelier, Hon. DIN Merrill of Enos
burg Falls and Horace F. Graham O.
Craftsbury, while especially commend
ing the service of Dewey T. Hanley
: deputy state auditor, and recommend
ing special recognition of the extra ser
vices he performed for the commission
also recommends that the force in tn
auditro's office be increased so that tn
business can be properly handled, an
that 81, 500 be annually appropriated flo
this purpose. The recommendation
made by the commission to the govel
nor are based upon the theory thu
no money shall be paid out by the stat
treasurer until the state auditor he
passed upon the claim.
Report of the Medical Director to IL
Board of Trustees of the Vermont
Sanatorium.
Since the opening of the sanatoriul
December 16, 1907, 80 patients hay
been admitted. Eight of these hay
been discharged. Of the "a remainir
at the sanatorium, eight are in the il
cipient stage and 16 have the diseas
in more advanced form. All Of the;
have gained in weight from one to q
pounds, seven have gained from 10
II pounds each; 10 from five
10 and i seven from one to fly
pounds each This makes an averae
gain in weight of 81 pounds. Fl
r I. 81