St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-04-28
VERMONT NEWS
IN. 900 Fire,

.n4LaI and OWneu ny epS ~ ~ ioiiei
Of be the largest industry i'll the village
Co., t In' the granite business, and the
OntSlue +annery in the state, was burned
largest a Gorr[ound April 20 at a loss of be
to tue St50 900 and 100000. The
tween n;ldings remaining standing are
O a;Se which the 6remen had hard work
ONCE oyi n and hide house Insurance
in s lla e5Ttent of 100000 was carried.
TO tne ,,nanv is undecided whether they
the BE c cobnlId or not. About 125 workmen
Will |aDnnloyed in the tannery and the
W SIous s ;s rather blue at the prospect that
T 1ao,nnany may not rebuild.
'n Tb be fire started about six o'clock and
H. NJ nioht Waterman, who had made his
me a nis inst about halt hour before, did
fouDd Discover anything wrong. This
no. ,o O, rise to the belief that the fire was
gf' ;ncsndiary origin together with the
q ." that two men are alleged to have
I.a standing on the tracks near by
uS 'ber the fire was first discovered. This
!; S4 the second big fire the tannery has had
~;tbip the last ten years.
North Troy Man Killed.
The body of Theophile S. Bonneau,
.;ab r telegraph operator at North Troy,
n .os found with part of his face frozen
v. MI tbs water beside the Central Vermont
.rock about half mile west OF Farnham,
6r w. early Monday morning, April IL.
G Gonneau left North Troy on the early
Sunday morning train to visit his family
!" 1 Warieyille Que. At Farnham he Dor
owed a railway velocipede to carry him
~ Warieyille, fourteen miles distant, and
ts was on his way back to Farnham to
take the night express tor North Troy,
when rr he came to a tragic end The cause
of his death has not been fully determin-
ID Whether the velocipede was struck
NV a train or simply jumped the track is
MT known. The velocipede was found
near the body OF the unfortunate man.
Mr. Bonneau was an experienced and
rapable railway man, having been agent
at different places.
Mother and Baby Burned.
Mrs. Arthur Hawley, young woman
residing at Mill Village, suburb of Rut-
land. and her son, Roy, were burned to
death April % at their home. The two
were alone in the house at the time of the
accident and the neighbors were attract
ed TO the house by the smoke. They
fonnd the dead bodies of the mother and
her child on the kitchen floor. Near the
stove was an empty kerosene can. 1t is
believed that Mrs. Hawley attempted to
start the fire in the kitchen stove with
the aid of kerosene, at the same time
holding the child in her arms. The
clothing was burned from both the
mother and child, but death. probably
resulted from nhaling the flames, as the
bodies were not badly charred. Mrs.
Hawley was 81 years of age and her
son was Just year old. The husband
and father is a milk peddler.
Grand Convocation 0. E. S.
The officers of the grand chapter OF
Vermont, Order of the Eastern Star, met
in Rutland last week. and made the pre-
Urinary arrangements for the grand
convocation, to be held in Burlington,
June and 3. The evening of the I'd will
be given upto a boat ride on the steamer
Tronderoga, which is capable of carry
ing 1000 people The grand officers will
hold a reception on the boat in honor OF
\ the Most Worthy Grand Matron Mrs.
4 Ella S. Washburn of Racine, Wis, and
N Right Worthy Grand Secretary Mrs.
Nj Lorraine !. Pitkin of Chicago. The
grand chapter will open the next morn
"a i1gat Masonic temple at 9 O'Clock, the
n hrnoon session to be devoted to the
y addresses and reports of the grand Off
N GERS and committees. The afternoon
session will be devoted to memorial
n service for the dead, the election OF Off
h GERS and their installation.
Shooting Accident at Bridport.
Aiken Dukett, the 10 year old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William Oukett of Bird
port, was brought to Mddlebury
Thursday evening in an unconscious
condition with a revolver bullet in his
brain. He was taken to the Mary
Fletcher hospital in Burlington, Just
how the accident occurred may never be
known. The boy had returned from
school and had gone upstairs to change
MS clothes. The revolver was one be-
longing to Leon Swinton, the hired man,
and was kept in the latter's room. Hear
ing the shot, Mrs. Dukett ran upstairs
and found the child senseless on the floor
The bullet, one of 32-calibre, had enter
ed his head between the lett ear and lett
eye and the doctors were unable to locate
IT, He died the next evening without
regainlng consciousness.
On Bridge all Night.
high water Wednesday evening de-
nollshed the western end of the long
bridge that connects Alburg with the
New York shore at Rouses Point. When
Two trains were on the bridge the east
eFn end of it gave way and the trains
were prisoners in their own tracks. 1t
was impossible on account of the wealth
er to approach by boat during the night,
ana the trains were of course helpless.
Inc spray beat entirely over the cars,
ana the coaches threatened at any time
10 topple over. 1t was thrilling exper-
lehcefor the passengers, who were finally
removed from their uncomfortable berths
neSt morning by boat and taken ashore
Massacred Missionary once in Vermont.
Daniel M. Rogers, the American board
Missionary at Adana. Asiatic Turkey,
VINO is believed to have been killed in the
recent massacre there, was former pas
lor at East Dorset. Choosing the for
egn mission field for his work, he was
commissioned n. last August and accom-
FAMED by his wife, left for Asiatic Turkey.
Nev, Mr.. Rogers graduated at Princeton
~ 1913 and attended Hartford Theo-
,oe,cal seminary. He leaves widow
and an infant child.