Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-09-10

it has fine polish, this probably being |
caused by intense heat. 1t weighs about |
ten pounds.
II. A. Libby of Augusta, Me, commit
ted suicide last week Monday in Rutland
by shooting himself through the heart
with 32-caliber revolver. Libby was q
book binder and went to Rutland from
Montpelier. He had obtained employ
ment with the Tuttle Co. and was tc
have gone to work that morning. As
Libby did not appear at the time expect
ed, and could not be aroused, the proprie-
tor looked over the transom into his
room, and saw the body on the bed. The
proper officials were summoned and it
was pronounced a case of suicide. Libby
had excellent references and his character
was said to be of the best. Ill health was
probably the motive for death. He was
member Of the Knights Of Pythias or
ganization. He is survived BY wife
living in Augusta, Me.
Oliver Germaine, the second of the two
convicts W no escaped from the Vermont
state prison last fall by boring q hole
through the top Of the cell occupied by
them. getting into the attic and then let
ting themselves down on the outside by
means of shoe threads, was captured in
Troy, o., and returned to his quarters
Aug. 80. Germaine was with his pal,
George Armour, when the latter was ar
rested in Herkimer, N. Y, last December,
but got away. Germaine was traced by
Supt. W. 8. Lowell, who learned he was
corresponding with woman in Utica,
N. Y. She would not give his hiding
place away, so her letters were watched,
and as a result he was arrested in the
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original sentence of these men ill begin
from the time they are returned to
prison.
1t was one of the oddities of fate that
Morris Lemontsgne, working in the
Boutwell,, Milne & varnum quarry, Barre.
should stand in the direct line OF fight OF
a two-pound piece OF granite which hew
| from a blast on the Jones Bros dark
quarry, 800 feet away, and be hit in the
head by the missile Sept. 2. Whether be
will live or not is at present problemati-
cal. Lemontagne was operating steam
drill in the bottom of the Milne, Bout
we'll & varnum quarry, totally uncon-
scious of any danger from flying rocks sc
far away as the Jones Bros plant; &c
he was unprepared for the blow which
fell on him. Another remarkable thing
about the accident is that the rock
which struck Lemontagne was the only
one which flew from the blast in his oil
rection. He dropped like log when the
rock hit him, and was unconscious wner
his fellow-workmen went to bis side
HIS skull was fractured.
Herr Robert Hausser OF Vienna, Aus
tris, and G. Takeds and K. Yabashi o
Toxic have been in Barre and Montpelie
for a few DAYS studying the methods o
ouarrying and manufacturing granite
Mr.. Takeda is an architect and PROBES
sor of the academy of art industry at 10
kio, an engineer in the construction ou
, reau. and connected with the department
of finance in the Japanese government
Mr., Yabashi is an engineer and architec
| and connected with the bureau OF con
: struction and department OF finance
T Both we're sent here by the Japanese gov
) eminent. Herr Robert Hausser cam
, from Austria as a representative OF 10
I Austrian government. His purpose her
: was very similar to that OF his Japanes
friends. He was here to investigate tn
8 American idea of handling granite an
marble. All three spoke excellent Eng
= Iish and we're men Of culture and educs
I ton.
State Wins Railroad Cases.
n Judpe Seneca Haselton of Burlingto
hos handed down a decision in the case
4 of The state against the Rutland and II
!. Central Vermont railroad companies Il
!. taxes which were claimed to be due an
d unpaid. awarding the state the fu
"a amount of its claims. The amounts II
i vowed are:-Rutland railroad, S22,00'
e Central Vermont, $35, 900. The cas-
n will he carried to the supreme court
d the October term.
SHIFTS were brought May 20 by Alto
nev-General Clarke c. Fits against Il
2 Central Vermont railroad for taxes whie
u ware claimed to be due and unpai
|. amounting in the case of the Central We
!, mont TO $50, 900 and in the case OF II
- Rutland to $50, 900. The suits were 7
y tnrnable at the Grand Isle county cou
. at the August term.
The statute imposes an absolute tax
/ per cent on the appraised value OF ea'
railroad, which in the case OF the Centr
Vermont and its leased lines IN THIS STA
- is se1.17e, but a railroad corporati'
~ NAV. in lieu of the per cent tax, pay
- minimum rate of 21a per cent on
~ oross earnings when they do not exec
$4,000 per mile OF the roaoDeo OF ga
b. railroad located within the state. I'D
this rate lnCIcdSCo % 49, .
ne mile increase.
,l- The Central Vermont railroad compa
ill for the year of 1907 figured in all OF
1g side tracks and spur tracks as road DC
ed making the roadbed for Vermont 4
an miles. The returns previously given
&c this company to the state commission
TT of taxes made the mileage 297 miles. 1
in increase in roadbed decreases the tai
ed and makes the difference s20, 600 year.
be The Encouragement and the comm
VS. s;oner of state taxes contended that !
en- mileage of 297 miles was the correct oa
in mon which the taxation should be
he nred. and they further claimed that
IN asmuch as the company had not p
that was due on the gross earnings II
Ike longer had the option to pay on the or
30, earnings but must pay the ! per cent =
ity amounting to $50, 900 above what had
ike ready been paid.
in The statute also imposes penalty
ut. 800 day for the failure to pay vi
ere due. and the accrued penalties in TINS
vn. stance were figured at $4,000, but
We. court has the right to remit the penait
the The Rutland Railroad company
ow elected to pay on the gross earnings.
A. law requires that the taxes be pald Sc
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