Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-01-14


tonal church will be held at 7ij tonight
the regular hour for the midweek meet
ing
Another In the series of odd Fellows
dances i'm the lodge hall will be held this
evening This win be the first dance on
the new floor
The teachers training class will meet
Monday evening at 7.i5 with Mrs. G. II.
Bourn on Green street. The subject Will
be "The juvenile criminal
Hearings on habcas corpus proceedings
in two Chinese cases will be held before
Judge }. l.. Martin in chambers in the
American building this afternoon.
The members of Brattcboro chapter,
Daughters Of the American Revolution.
will meet with Mrs W. r. Root and Mrs.
l.. +. Holden at Mrs. Holdcn's Tuesday.
\ paper on Life at Valley Forgc" will
be read by Mrs Irving G. Croser The
roll call will be responded to by favorite
quotations.
The families. including the children.
Of the members of Protective Grange
were present at the installation of officers
Wednesday evening. The ceremony was
performed by General Deputy H. w.
Sargent. assisted by Mrs Sargent and
Fred Spaulding ir There were songs by
the choir, recitation by Miss Maudc
Thurbcr and plano solo by Miss Irene
Mather supper was served and was
followed by u social hour.
These teachers have been appointed
for service in the Methodist Sunday
school In 1910: Miss Minnie Bell, Jonn
w. Howe, Miss Julia Mickey, Mrs Arthur
w. Atwood, Miss Elfra Bemis, Arthur
w. Atwood. Mrs. George Boom, Mrs. NJ.
II. Sharpes. Rev. NJ. II. Sharples, Mrs
f. \. Bagg, Mrs. j. l.. pike, II. F. Mat
thews Miss Dora Winslow Mrs. Bertha
No..
serve teachers The appointments were
made in the adjourned annual teachers
meeting Friday evening. and the several
appointees entered upon the work Of
their new assignments last Sunday.
Edwin Moore Tucker, 81. only son Of
Or and Mrs. Henry Tucker. died Monday
evening Of cerebral hemorrhage, the cul-
minatiOn of an Illness of 10 years dura-
ton. He was born in Claremont n. H.,
Nov. &C. 1872 He was educated in the
public and private schools Of Brattleboru.
liolderness school at Hoderness, n H..
Exeter academy at Exeter, y. H., and
one year at Trinity college, Hartford,
Conn. Since leaving school he had lived
with his parents. He also leaves one
sister. Mrs. Thomas f. Clifford Of Frank
| lin, y. NJ. He was a member of St
Michaels Episcopal church Private SER
vices were held at the family residence
Wednesday afternoon at { o'clock. Rev.
DIR. John r. Cow officiating. The body was
taken yesterday to the family lot in Bay
side cemetery Lakeport n. H., for burial.
Or. Tucker and Mrs. Clifford went with
the body. There was committal service
at the tomb
Daily papers Wednesday contained the
/ following despatch which viii be of in
( tercst to many Brlttleboro persons:
New Years greetings to his friends in
/ Washington. Ind. published in a local
/ new paper. caused the issue Of warrant
I FOR the arrest OF Rev. Elmer r. David
son. an evangelist. who has been con-
/ Quoting meetings at the church OF Christ
/ in Plqua. .. The preacher evaded arrest
at church service there Monday night
by slipping out of the basement window.
/ The warrant charges wife descrtiOn. The
charge is made 10y Mrs. Laura Bum
/ Clark Davidson Of Washington. who says
| she Is the preachers common law wife.
| While Davidson was pastor of a church
| at Washington Laura Bum Clark daugh-
ter of a former mayor. made public an
alleged nupitdl contract with Davidson.
Davidson left Washington AT night. He
went to Canada. and later conducted re-
vivals in New England. The marriage
contract Was iegdlized in circuit court"
4 long lost brother Of Mrs Julia X
Plummer, who died last April has been
! found, Charles Caleb Knight, now nearly
/
Hanover street police station in Chicago
Mrs. Plummer left an estate valued at
about $50, 900 and Mr. Knight is heir to
one fourth Of II. Mr. Knight was a we'll
known local character 30 or more years
ago. at the time he left Brattleboro. and
nothing had been heard from him in the
past seven Years Mr.. Knight has re-
Gently written To \. r. Schwenk. judge
of probate, ana TO w. A. SUBWAY. who
bought Mrs. Plummcr's real estate at the
corner of North Main and Terrace streets
James Smiley. a nephew of Mrs. h.
Ranger ana former employe in the
Ranger & Thompson store, recently met
Mr.. knight on the streets OF Chicago.
Mr.. Knight had seen in copy of the
Springfield Republican an announcement
OF the sale Of Mrs Plummer's house by
the administrator To Mr.. SUBWAY At
the request Of Mr. Knight Mr.. Smiley
wrote to Mrs. Ranger to get information
about the death OF Mrs. Plummer ana the
estate. and shortly afterward letters from
Mr. knight himself were received
The music pupils Of St MichacIs
Roman Catholic church win glte a recital
Friday evening of next week in Grange
hall The following program will be pre-
scented: Vocal selection. Voices of the
night" Glover: "L'Alerte," Behr. by
Mary Yauvey and Agnes Blake; Waltz
of the orioles Demangate. bv Nellie
dream waltz. Maresh by Agnes Blake
ana Dorothy penning, mandolins, and
Mary YauNey, accompanist, "Galop du
diable," Ludovic, by Horace Welcome
ana Harold Shea: "Peres ct dentelles."
Ludovc by Marion Long and Josephine
Clarity; Merry bells" BOnheur. by
Agnes Blake ana Rose Burke; vocal
selection. There's no such word as fail"
Spaulding. by junior girls; Charge of
the thlans' Bohm by Ernestine Pa
quette and Bertha Pellerin; "Fluers
doranges, Ludovic, by Ruth Danyew
and Emily Shea; Faust" violin and
piano Gounod SinEelee by Maysie and
Agnes Calvin; lie petit carnival"
Streabbog. Katie Welcome and Helen
Mann. fancy dance tableaux, by junior
girls; Purple pansies," waltz. Fearls
by Horace Welcome and Edmond Curtin;
Sweet clover" waltz Hoist, by Alice
Fillon and Rose Derosia: vocal selection
BLOW, balmy breeze" Warner. by senior
pupils, "PizzcatL.' Delibes, by Eleanor
Austin and Ernestlne Paquette; selection
for violin and piano, by Maysie and Agnes
Calvin; lie poete ct le paysan. Streab-
bog, by Grace Perry and Helen Dunn;
Manuel a Portuguese" Reter, by Dor
othy Denning and Agnes Blake, mando-
Inns, and Mary Yauvey. accompanist;
vocal selection, Beautiful sea" Spaul-
ding, by senior pupils.
Mrs. Henry Nj. currIer.