Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-04-09
v.rmoot Fire Lo.s.. for 1907.

Vermont Fire Losses for 1907.
During the year 1907 there were 1,1s5
fires in Vermont, as reported by the vari-
Gus insurance companies doing business
in the state. The total damages amount
ed to 81, $50, 1852, the greatest loss being
sos, 352 in April.
The chief losses and the fires in some OF
the principal towns and cities foilow:--
Middlebury, 1896; IL fires.
Bennington, Sal, $50; 16 fires.
Stamford, s19, 0ss; 2 fires.
Burlington, $50, 1858; 81 fires.
Brighton, $50, 905; 5 fires.
Richford, s31 1856; 10 fires.
Derby, s31, s7s; IL fires.
Newport, f39, 746; 81 fires.
Proctor. SIS, 30S; fires.
Rutland, s42, 1856; n fires.
st. Adams, "a, 966; 43 fires.
The fire insurance risks written in Yer
mont i'm 1907 amounted to s77, 797, 537,
compared with $50, 666, 149 in 1905. Last
year s27, 969, 1926 was written by Vermont
companies.
In 1907 the total number Of life policies
written were 1881, involving $685.
1855. In 1906 the policies numbered
16, 621, involving 81, 324, 1858. The Ma
tional Life insurance company, the only
Vermont company, issued 407 policies,
involving $685., 246. 81, in the state in. 1907.
To Erect Monument to. Gen. Stannard
Members of the Gen. George j. STAN
nard memorial commission, which in
Guides ex-Gov. K. j. Ormsbee of Brandon.
Major Seymour II. Wood of st. Adams
and William q. Decker of Georgia, met
at the birthplace of General Stannard in
Georgia April and selected and bought
the plot of ground on which the monu-
inent will be erected.
The site selected is a very slightly one,
located on tire crest of hill, Just north
of the old house, about midway between
the main line of the Central Vermont
railwsy and the main highway 10 Bur-
lington, from both of which it can be
plainly seen, and commanding a magnif-
icent panorama of several miles of lake
end mountain scenery.
The commission has invited bids on the
memorial to he erected and have in mind
a rugged granite shaft, rock faced about
IL or IA feet high, plain, forceful, honest
and enduring, typical of the brave war
rior whose deeds il will stand for.
1t is hoped to have the memorial com
pleted and dedicated this year and every
effort will be made tc that end, but the
unsettled condition of the granite indus
try, owing to the strike, make it impos-
sible for the commission TO set the date.
Stowe Postoffice Robbed.
-Four burglars last week Tuesday rified
the postoffice safe at Stowe. securing be
tween $500 and 5000 in money and stamps.
The people living near the Memorial
building were startled by loud explo-
sion at gals o'clock in the morning, and
Mrs. J. G. Morgan, who lives only a few
feet from the building, saw light in the
postoffice and men at work in the Office
and one man on guard outside. Mrs.
Morgan did not dare to use the tele-
! phone, as il was on the same line as the
postoffice, and as she WIS alone in the
house, could give no alarm. She saw the
men leave the building by the front win
dow, as they had entered it after second
explosion.
II. E. Shaw, who lives opposite the
4 building, saw the men and raised his
window and asked what the trouble was
and was answered by a volley of four pis-
tol shots, after which the men took "a
their heels and escaped. Bullet holes
were found in the front of the building
ana one ball passed through the sash
about four inches above Mr.. Shaw's head
and was embedded in the piano, bat be
was not injured. The robbers were also
seen by Charles Simmons. Both Mr..
Shaw and Mr.. Simmons conduct stores
near the postoffice and live over their
respective stores
| 1t is thought that the burglars were on
foot. They were traced toward the south
as far as the lower village, in the direc-
ton of Waterbury, but there the trail wa,
/ lost.
An investigation,at the postoffice by A.
ii. Cheney, the postmaster, shows that
the front of the safe was blown of and
the loss is probably not far from $500, Of
which about 600 was in stamps.
II the German kaiser isn't satisfied
with the $4,000, 900 salary he draws, b,