St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-05-13
VERMONT NEWS
o,a Fellows' Annual Session.


r,. COD annual session of the Grand
I1s " odd Fellows of this state will
1o Gii NJ at Radand, May 10 to %. The
pc ll ..,, e.. session will be held Tuesday
penn IN combination Hall. Informa-
& Ilol I hns bqen received that 200 uniform
20" t .'',-l will be in attendance. At
tu "a" canton Whitehall of Whitehall,
I. u" r,iIl exemplify the Militant Degree.
20 the decorations OF chivalry" will
entered on several chevaliers and
e ,,,s rom cantons in different parts of
du'st Following this will occur the
us s5 concert and ball. Wednesday
I'm he Grand encampment day. 1t is
,n.ot4d that SO encampments will be
* 81 eAPtl,ssnted Following the annual
.ts;on of the grand encampment at
4 on Uarsur Encampment of Benning-
o,o' vii exemplify the Patriarchal degree
-. the entertainment and benefit of the
IoI.gates present. The degree work will
= charge of w. E. Frost, d. d. G. p,
: Remington. At o'clock Oasis En-
q l,,or,ent of Brattleboro will confer the
cDi3er Rule degree, in charge of W. E.
Conn,hs Grand Patriarch. At $50 the
D. Grand Masters and Past Grand
& &pa+r;arch, associations will give a ban
81 set IN honor of invited guests and
#,srs and members OF the order. 1t is
syoected that several prominent Odd
rsInovs from the jurisdiction of Maine,
Esn HAMPSHIRE, Massachusetts and
Nsy. York will be present. 1t is also ex-
e .s,.ed that Hon. Alfred S. Pinkerton,
as, Grand sire, and one OF the most
n sIoonent orators of the order, of Worces-
tsr Mass. will address the assembly
Snotber prominent Odd Fellow who has
z accented an invitation to be present on
+Ms occasion is Hon. Frank P Trout
man of New York.
III On Thursday will occur the 62d annual
session Of the grand lodge. At this
& "a annual session 10 subordinate lodges
will be represented At the last session
al Montpelier nearly 800 delegates were
assembled. and it is expected the gather
ingwill be larger this year than for sever
al wears past. At s O'Clock at Odd
Fellows Hall Good viii Rebekah Lodge
Of Rutland will exemplify the Rebekah
decree in the beautiied form. Nearly so
take part in this degree. Miss Mabel H.
Gleason past president of the state
Rebekah assembly, will have charge of
this degree.
During the several days of the session
an opportunity will be offered by the
Rutland railroad for excursion parties to
visit the Gill Odd Fellows Home at
NJ Ludlow
Friday will be Rebekah day, and the
legislative session of this department of
NJ the order will consume the entire day.
Shooting Affair at Montpelier.
In a fit of insanity Miss Christin
Bau. daughter of c. Bau, Barre photo
grlpher shot and probably fatally
z wounded Louis Neveaux, former clerk
& at the Pavilion hotel. near the corner of
d Western avenue and State street, Mont
e pelcr, May 3, then killed herself. Miss
X Bau was % years of age and was re-
f leased last October from the Waterbury
81 asylum
Neyeaux was on his way home with
BIZ another Young man. He was met BIZ
# Miss Bau when they were passing the
E corner, directly opposite the Pavilion.
As he passed the young woman she
Sd turned and shot him. the bullet entering
near the hip. Neveaux fell to the side
III walk and the woman fired three more
81 shots one passing through her head,
E causing instant death.
The shooting at Woodsville, N. H.,
III two years ago followed the absence of
the Young woman from the house where
she was staying there for two days. She
"a had become crazed over religion at
that time it was believed A high school
Ell boy named Gonyer was shot in the leg
81 aud brakeman also wounded. The
81 Young woman was acquitted by a jury
Fl but was turned over to the Vermont
I'll authorities who sent her to the asylum
ri at Waterbury. Last fall her condition
# was SO favorable that the officials decided
81 to release her. Miss Bau was a hand
FL some young woman and always well
K dressed Miss Bau is survived by her
Fl father mother and two sisters. Neveaux
III may recover.
81 In the girls pocketbook was found a
letter to her father and mother written
III IN pencil and evidently under great stress
otexcitement. 1t was probably written
ID after she arrived in Montpelier. The
III letter is as follows:
NJ Dearest Mamsie and Papsie:
Just few lines to say that when you
receive this hope will be dead. For
I'll you know a living sorrow is worse than
dead one. Oh, if you know what |
have suffered and tried, fought and
struggled to overcome, this dreadful
killing fever, but in vain. For days and
Ii. weeks | have tried to overcome it
# Tor your sake, but at last can control
tho longer Oh! | hope and pray to
ii die tonight. hope to kill some one
hrSt and then myself For | know |
will never be different, it is in me and |
teIyou dear ones | cannot. Goodbye.
NJ Love to ALL
Your loving daughter,
CHRISTINE BAU."
Killed in Automobile Accident.
Robert G. Clark was killed in an auto
e mobile accident at 2 a. M, May Z, in
Burlington. E. M. Laury, A. A. Foster,
and Harry w. Chase were injured. Chase
ISM hospital in a dangerous condition.
CIark and Laury were employed in
COLLISIONS garage and about IL o'clock
Inc party took a Buick car owned by v:
a. Billiard, without the permission OF
The owner, it is said, and went out to
Uermaln's point, where Chase has a
camp. On the return, the car became
manageable, ran into the ditch, tear
ing down about fifty feet Of fence, and
'nen going over into ravine, where the
machine was demolished. Clark was
Almost instantly killed. Chase's back