Right Wing Threatened Amid Manchurian Tensions
Despatches from Guntsulung Manchuria report Chinese spies say a Japanese force advances toward Vindostok and 30 000 troops under General Nogo plan to sever Russian communications. Anxiety grows over Russia s right wing and vital links near Baduno and Taitseihar on the Manchurian railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tote
Patil Eee
Exchange Telegram Company
Manchurian
Petersburg
Guntsulung
Manchuria
Vindivostok
Nogo
Baduno
Taiteihar
Harbin
Tritsihar
Russia
Russian Fleet Not Divided in Return to China Seas
A Singapore despatch to Lloyds claims the Russian squadron passed there with seven battleships two armored cruisers five lighter cruisers seven destroyers one hospital ship and one tug. Reports differ on exact numbers as Reuters cited a split fleet and Admiral Rozhestvensky may have chosen a separate route toward the China Sea. The Lloyds note is contradicted by Reuters while the Japanese embassy backs Lloyds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lloyd's
Singapore
Batt
Eer
Eevi Ee
China Bea
Lloyd
Reuter
Report of Battle Off Anamba Isle In Ambiguous Telegram
A Batavia telegram says a fight is in progress between Russian and Japanese vessels near Anamba Isle. Five Dutch ships are watching. no confirmation yet. The clash may be destroyers attacking stragglers rather than a full battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Batavia
Java
Anamba Isle
Unconfirmed naval engagement near Anamba Islands
London reports no confirmation of a naval clash off the Anamba Islands. The Batavia dispatch lacks cable links to the area and raises questions about how news arrived there before Singapore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Anamba Islands
Batavia
Java
Singapore
Russian naval movements near Cochin China
Petersburg April 12 The fate of Vice Admiral Rosentvensky s battleship division remains uncertain as to whether it has crossed the Straits of Sunda or Malacca. It is now likely to join the other division which passed Singapore April 8, possibly at Cape Padarat on Cochin China s east coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Rosentvensky
Straits of Sunda
Straita of
Malacca
Singapore
Cape Padarat
Cochin-China
County Baseball League Hopes To Form Five Team Circuit
St Albans April 12 An effort to organize a county baseball league will be made this evening with a meeting at 7 30 in the city court room. Discussion will cover ways to clear up the old baseball debt and a five team league may be formed with Swanton Enosburg Falls Richford St Albans and Rouse's Point represented.
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St. Albans
Tt Ia
Swanton
Enosburg Falls
Richford
Rousea Point
Arbor Day Proclaimed by Governor Bell for April 26
St Johnsbury report notes Governor Bell has designated Friday April 26 as Arbor day across the state. The proclamation urges planting and care of trees in schools and communities to mark the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Johnsbury
Governor Bell Haa
Thirteen Witnesses Testify in Bronson Murder Case
Strong defense presented as thirteen witnesses testified for Reuben Bronson in Esarx county court. Key accounts described a confrontation at the Bronson house with threats and gunfire ending in Charles Lyons's death, while Frank Lyons challenged earlier testimony about the events.
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Bronson
Reuben
Edson
Frank Lyons
Abraham Bailey
Lyons House
Boleon
Reuben Bronson
Will Settle Down Troops Under Investigation Board
Burlington April 12 Colonel Wallace issued an order forming a board of officers to investigate statements about discipline in Troops TI and I, 15th cavalry and their commanders. Major Gresham Captain Conklin and Captain Koester detailed to report promptly. Soldiers express hope for a thorough review and orderly return to duty once cleared.
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Burlington
Wallace
TI and I
15Th Cavalry
John C. Gresham
John Conklin
Artil Corps
F. J. Koester
16Th Cavalry
Bishop Kane Hall Girls School Delayed For One Year
Burlington April 12 Rt Rev Bishop Hall says Bishop Kane Hall endowment fund has risen to over 75000 with 55000 in trustees hands earning interest. Despite progress, the school will not reopen this fall and may wait another year as engagements with teachers are usually made by Easter and a new principal will need to assemble a staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Bishop Hopkane’ Hall
Bishop Hall
Tem pest Sub sides Scholars Return Without Dance
In South Royalton on April 12, scholars suspended over a dispute with Principal Howe return to school unconditionally but barred from a commencement ball. Superintendent Walter E. Ranger and trustees mediated, the special meeting affirming the decision. no apology to the principal required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Royaltons
Rene Seneeerty
Walter E
Banger
Howe
Hei Nithouen
Ranger
Man and horse fall down mountainside in sleigh accident
On April 12 while traveling from Rochester to Bethel Monda afternoon Rev Homer W Hildreth met a severe accident. His horse ran away and sleigh and man rolled twenty feet down an embankment. Hildreth freed himself and sought help. horse and sleigh were retrieved at a nearby farmhouse.
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Rochester
Bethel Monda
Homer W. Aildreth
Mr. Hildreth
Jewel Casket for Carnegie Opens Northampton Home Culture Club
Carnegie and Mrs. Carnegie arrived to dedicate the Carnegie House a new unit of the Home Culture club. Former mayors and locals welcomed the benefactor who gave $50,000. A jewel casket was presented and a reception at the Academy of Music followed with speeches by Mr. Carnegie and founder George Cable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton
Mass
Carnegie
Academy of Music
George Cable
Village Meeting appoints trio to examine accounts
At the Powell Opera House last night the annual fair Haven village meeting voted to appoint a three member committee to examine the accounts of the village trustees and the water sewer commissioners and report at a meeting on April 25 if needed to hire an expert accountant. The group also referred the question of approving an additional 8000 dollars for sewer construction to a committee for report at an adjourned meeting.
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Fair Haven
Powell Opera House
Jacob Warner
Swanton Man Struck by Train Suffers Broken Arm
George Farnsworth was struck by a passenger train on the Central Vermont line while returning from Charoon Creek fishing. He stepped aside for the train to pass, misjudged the distance, and sustained a broken arm.
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Swanton
George Farnsworth
Central Vermont Railway
Charoon Creek
National baseball commission bars Nadeau and Vickers
The national baseball commission announces that Player Nadeau of Portland and Pitcher Vickers of Holyoke are ineligible to play for a national agreement club until money owed to the Brooklyn club is paid. Vickers finished last season with an independent team in Burlington Vermont.
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Cincinnati
National Baseball Commission
Nadeau
Portland
Vickers
Holyoke
Brooklyn
Burlington
Orthodox Nerves Shocked by Outlandish Train Scene
The Montpelier Argus reports a branch train arrival near Junction with a poker game in progress aboard. A man acted as cashier while road commissioners from nearby towns witnessed the scene, causing shock and fear of heart failure among them.
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Montpelier Argus
Elder Rutland Woman Nancy Roas Dies at 94
Nancy Roas a longtime Rutland resident aged 94 died last night after losing a daughter a few weeks earlier aged 75. Born in Surry Florida she spent most of her life in Weston.
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Rutland
Nancy A. Roas
City
Noss
Surry
N. FL
Weston
Larceny Trial in Barre Case Involving $80 Missing
In Montpelier April 12 Roy Smith stands trial in Washington county court for larceny of 30 20 and a 10 from T J Mercer at the Barre opera house after a performance of A Hero in Khaki. Mercer testified as first witness as defense points to others who might have had access to the money while jurors seated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Hak
H. Benamin
Woodbury
Ira Benjamin
Jin
S. W. Benjamin
Montpelier
Charles Houghton
Northfield
Fred Long
Warren
Fayston
J. C. Mullen
Duxbury
Checker Tourney Plans At Concord New England
The Manchester Union outlines an upcoming checkers tourney in Concord New Hampshire with an evening exhibition by H W Bickum of Haverhill and simultaneous play by Bickum and W G Hill of Manchester. Bickum, noted for strong play in international matches, says Barre presented its toughest challenge yet. he scored once in Burlington Rutland and in Barre.
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Manchester Union
Concord
N.el
H.W. Bickum
Haverhill
Mass
Bickum
W. G. Hill
Manchester
Checker
Barre
Burlington
Rutland
Courageous Rescue Avoids Train Crash in Bethel
Don Hutchinson of East Braintree lost control as two western horses pulled him toward a railroad bridge when an express train neared. Emma Claflin corralled the runaway team into a yard, then secured the hitch and freed the driver. Hutchinson resumed his duties unharmed after a muddy tumble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Don Hutchinson
East Braintree
River Street
Emma Claflin
Mr. Hutchinson
New York Indicted Couple Arrives Amid Patterson Case
Morgan Smith and Julia Smith, indicted with Nan Patterson for conspiring to obtain money from bookmaker Caesar Young, arrived in New York locked up. Assistant District Attorney Rand said no new agreement was made beyond the extradition charge. Myra Smith claimed the family needed the mother’s care in Wisconsin during the Patterson arrest.
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New York
Morgan Smith
Julia Smith
Nan Patterson
Caesar” Young
Patterson
Rand
Smitha
Myra
Smith
Mise Patterson
Preparations for Vermont Methodist Conference in Enosburg Falls
Preparations are underway in Enosburg Falls for the sixty first session of the Vermont Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church to be held beginning Wednesday, April 19, with events centered in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enosburg Falls
Vertmont
The
Methodist Episcopal Ecturch
Ransom Slack Dies at 93 in Randolph
Ransom Slack died yesterday at his Center Hill Farm home near Randolph at age 93. Born in Plainfield, N.Y., he moved to Vermont as a child and lived in Randolph for about 34 years. Survived by five of eight children, he was thrice married, a thrifty farmer noted for health and humor, with a funeral at 1:30 this afternoon.
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Randolph
Slack
Mr. Slack
Plainfield
N.el
Washington
Justin of the Peace
Flo
Northfield
Vermont
Myr. Slack
George H. Stack
WP. Flint
R. W. Allen
J. J. Leavey
K. P. Leach
Marshall, Mich
Stack
William Morton's Funeral Held At Blackwell Street
William Morton was laid to rest in Hope Cemetery after a 2 PM funeral from his Blackwell Street home. Rev. George A. Humphries officiated, with Clan Gordon and Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodges in attendance. Pallbearers were six young friends. Floral tributes honored parents, clergy, friends, and many neighbors.
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William Morton
Blackwell Street
George A. Humphries
Pall River
Moass
Presbyterian Church
Clan Gordon
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodges
John Kmnelle
John Rae
Duncan McMillan
George Lake
William Fraser
Richard Attridge
Hope Cemetery
Pillow
BR. J. Brown
Kev
J. M. Synnott
O. F. MU
and Mire
W. J. Gilbertson
John Gilbertson
Georgie Gilbertson
Annie Hall
David Gilbertson
Mrs. Johnston
Kay
Kesson
Carroll
Fraser
Margaret Fraser
Chrissie Ray
Nellis. Johnson
Maggie Beattie
Annistown
BR. Burgess
Eight liquor licenses filed in Northfield
Northfield April 12. Of eight applicants for first class liquor licenses six select a room in a building east of the Mayo block on the south side of Hat street. The two applicants for week and class licenses also seek the corner of Main and East streets. Both structures are temporary and owned by Dr Mayo, to be remodeled before occupancy.
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Northfield
Liquor Licenae
Mayo Block
Haat Atrent
Main
Mayo
Russell & Smith plumbing and heating firm formed
W. TD. Smith has bought a half interest in C. C. Russell & Co and will join Mr. Russell in running the business. The firm will be known as Russell & Smith and will handle plumbing and heating services and later stock hardware. Mr. Smith recently sold his interest in Smith Bros store.
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W. TD. Smith
C. C. Russell & Co
Russell
Russell & Smith
Smith McEntly
Smith Bros
Trial halted in Barre case as juror falls ill
The Ter rence McKane suit against Marr & Gordon paused in county court when juror A. N. Pollard of Waitsfeld proved sick with grip and could not attend. Court adjourned from yesterday morning to the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKane Vs. Marr & Gordon
Terrence McKane
Marr & Gordon
A. N. Pollard
Waitsfeld
Man Dies by Own Hand in City Park
A man about 55 years old, found in a Wilmington city park, committed suicide Monday. He left $230 in cash and a sealed envelope with a note stating the money was to pay burial expenses. The note named H. Milla of Buffalo as related to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
H. Milla
Buffalo
Ons
Barre Overloaded Lines Prompt Vermont Telephone Pact Breach
Merchants' Association notes overloaded Barre lines. Vermont Telephone Co president signed a five year rate pledge in 2001. The city accepted the agreement but locals report continued overloads and delayed service, with cases of lengthy waits and disputed charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barre
Merchants’ Association
Vermont Telephone Co
Barra Exchange
Joseph M. Kider
New England Telephone Co
Purce
Washington County Telephone Company
Theegislature
Darre
O 'Times
Central
Barer
New Camp Formed for Spanish American War Vets
A meeting of men from Company H of the Spanish-American War formed plans for a new camp of veterans. Ex-Capt. WA. Pattee Thruman and W. WN. Theviault were elected officers. Twenty three members voted to apply for a charter to Burlington and then Indianapolis. Committees on hall and bylaws appointed. The camp to be named Oliver J. Gishorne Camp in honor of Lieut. Gishorne who died two years ago. Charter expected in about two weeks.
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WA. Pattee
Thurman
W. WN. Theviault
I. Th
Burlington
Indianapolis
Hall
Byrtawe
Oliver J. Gishorne
Lieut. Gishorne
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Base Ball League
Franklin County
Arbor Day
Fort
Ethan Allen
Bishop Hopkins’ Hall
South Royalton
Education
People of
Man of Steel
Roy Smith
T. J. Mercer
Britisher
Barre Checker
M. E
Ransom
Clan Gordon and
Machester Unity
W. D. Smith
Telephone Company
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