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WASmNGTON, March l9.-The following
pension, have been granted to ermonters;
Original, Joseph PIolr; additional Elbridge
Reed; increase, Henry C. Palmer; reissue,
John Clark, Curtis O. Eastman. original.
widows, etc, GHlusha, father Of George
Hawker, Elizabeth, widow Of William
French Lucretia. mother OF Daniel d Bar
ber.
WAsHGNGToN, March 2l.-Origiual in
valid, George Z. Holmes, Christopher c.
Pail, Edward c. German, James IL. Hosu
boom, additional, Charles d. Humphrry
reissue, f. sherman Fuller, original, wi
ows, etc. Chystine $. widow OF JOAN T..
Phillips,
WASHINGTON, March -. Tho following
pensions We're granted to Nermontars
original, Tyam Hovcy, Milo Lyman, Ad-
ditonal, otis Warren, Reissue, Judson ".
Richardson; original widows, navy, Celia,
widow of Cad Lyman
WASHINGTON, March III The follow
ing Nermonters have been granted pensions
Original invalid, John Shauum, Samuel
Santimore, Lorenzo Browniy, George q.
Button, Abner T. Wilcox, Frank Hart,
Louis Castor; restoration aud rel issue,
Chester T.. Sreeter, additional, Henry Ben
jamiu, Sllas Westover; Increase, George j.
Hodges; re issue, Sewell |. Howard, Almcn
Psttingill, Wallace h. Baldwin.
WAsHlNGruN. March 2J.-Original in
valid, Wilson Reed, Charles Mayo, Edward
Mador: increase, John Il. Rogers, reissue
Willard H. Child, Joseph Valley.
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York, Providence aud Boston, aud the Con-
] ira ,.nala

y ork, Providence aud Boston, and the Con-
necticut River roads.
A correspondent writes: Several sugar
orchards in Sutton will not be tapped this
spring. The prospect of low prices for
sugar is discournging to sugar makers.
Some people want the sa,t tn and probably
these farmers are in the same boat
a correspondent from Rupert writes as
follows: "Wc would suggest to the gentle
man from SaudCa.e who borrowed the feed
the other evening without speaking of it,
that he send over the money for it and save
the constable a trip. Feed has riz. "
Alfred II. Porter the noted horse thief,
has been arrested at Gleus Falls, N Y. He
has served sentences in the States prison at
Windsor and House OF Correction at Rut-
land in Vermont, besides being acquainted
with good many Jails i'll other States.
st. Johnsbury residents have enjoyed
over 106 days of continuous sleighing. The
first snow sufficient for seighing fell De-
cember 3, and up to March II the snow was
so deep as TO oblierate the fences but the
middle of the month saw it disappear rap
idly.
Hon. II. c. Ide of St Johnsbury has re-
ceived his commission ms commissioner to
! Samoa. 1t is pouerous document, bearing
| the great seal of the United States and the
signatures Of President Harrison and Secre-
tary Blaine, says the Republican He
expects to enter upon his new duties at an
early date.
A man slightly intoxicated, who said he
was from Saratoga, but who would not give
| his name, was thrown from Delaware and
| Hudson train which was going at a rapid
rate An outgoing freight picked the man
! up and took him to Whitehall ami placed
| him aboard n train for Saratoga. The
stranger escaped with deep CASA on his
| forehead
The noted dog RAILROAD Jack" passed
through Rutland one night last week, on the
Montreal aud New York sleeper, on his re-
turn from his first visit to Quebec, where
he was entertained for four days by the
Quebec post office officials, who started him
for his home with card attached to his
collar which read pass Jack from Quebec
to Albany, n W 1t was addressed to
postal route agents. The dog is said to
have changed cars himself with connecting
trains and entered the right train every
time,
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THE TROY CONFERENCE.
Programme .or the Annual Session Next
Month.


The Troy conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church, which includes the Bur
lngton district in this State, will hold its
annual Session at Johnstown April % to q.
The programme will be as follows:
Tuesday, i:30 p m, anniversary of
young peoples societies. addresses by j. +.
Berry, d. d., and Rev. w. l. Haven.
Wednesday, 9 a. IN, opening of confer
ence; 2:3U p m, missionary sermon by
Rev. +. T. Stevens; $50 p. m, anniver-
sary of church extension society, address
by W. y. Spencer, ID. d.
Thursday, 2:3O p. m, anniversary of So
ciety. addresses by Rev. j. c. Russum and
G. E. Hite of Albany; T:30 p. m, lecture
by j. l.. Armstrong, Ph. D., LII. D., of
Nashua, n. H., subject, Tho stuff men
are made out OF. -
Friday, . p. IN, anniversary of the Wom-
ans Foreign Missionary society, address by
Julia Love McGrew: 3:30 p. m. anniver-
sary of Sunday school union, address by
Adds Albro, d. D., OF Utica; ,:30 p. H.,
anniversary of Education society, address
by NJ. ID. Buell., S. 7. D., of Boston.
Saturday, , p. m, anniversary of the
Woman Home Mission society in st. Paul.
Lutheran church, addresses 10y Mary f.
Griffith of Washington, d. C.; 3p. m,
chdren's meeting, address by Rev. E. n.
Brown, ,;iO p. m, Freedman's aid ami
versary, address by j. S. Chadwick, D. ID.
Sunday, 9 a. m, conference lovefeast
conducted 10y Rev. |. {. Fenton; 1890 a.
m, sermon by Bishop Hurst, followed 10y
| ordinations of deacons; p. m, ordination
of elders 1:30 p. m, missionary anniver
ry, address by Chaplain McCabe. The
pulpits of other churches will be supplied
| l,-, Of hn
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DYING WITH GRIP IN CHICAGO.
The Death List for Two Weeks Foots up
I5IO-Aii Hospitals Crowded.

CncAGo, March 2l.-The grip epidemic
Is unabated in this city and the mortality
continues appalling Up TO midnight the
deaths tor two weeks aggregated 1910 or 30
per thousand which is unprecedented in the
history of Chicago. Nearly all died from
climatic complaints. Drug stores have
been compelled to increase their force of
clerks. ndcrtnkers are crowded with
work, and many funerals are taking place
as early rs : IL NJ and as late as twilight
Ravages Of the Epidemic in Pennsylvania
PITrsBURG, Pa, March 24-The grip
continue, to spread desolation through the
homes of this city and its suburbs. Physi-
cans, hospitals and funeral directors are
taxed as they probably never have been be-
fore Al the Pittsburgh department of
| health this afternoon the record shows 442
during March, the larger proportion due to
tho ravagos OF the grip. In Allegheny
| City there have been l49 deaths. The all
ment is almost as prevalent in the outlying
towns as in the city. One physician reports
having | 10 cases. The health Office book,
show that the death average OF the past few
months far exceeded that of the correspond
ing period in the previous years,
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Joseph Eggleston Johnston was born at
Farmsville, Va, February 3, 1909. His
father was Judge Peter Johnston, who led
the storming of Fort Watson in the revolu
tiOnary war, when not yet 20 years old
Young Joseph f. Johnston graduated from
West Point military academy in 1899 in the
class with Robert T.. Lee. lie served in the
army in the Seminole Indian war and in
the Mexican war. April p, 1861, he join
ed the confederate army, in which he was
commissioned major general and assigned
TO the army of Virginia. With Gen. Rob
ert +, Lee he organized the volunteers of
that state at Richmond, and had various
commands during the war.
After tho close of the war Gen. Johnston
engaged his attention as president of an
Arkansas railroad and Of the National
express company in Virginia. In lSs, he
was elected to Congress from the Richmond
district of Virginia aud in 1857 President
Cleveland appointed Inn commissioner OF
railroads of the United states.
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THE TUNNEL DISASTER.


ALBANY, y. y, March 25.-The State
railroad commission has completed its in
vestigation into the matter of the Fourth
avenue tunnel accident and finds that Lewis
Fowler engineer, and Charles Wellington
fireman, were directly responsible for the
accident in that they passed distance and
home signals when set at danger. Tho New
York, New Haven and Hartford Kailroad
company is also held directly responsible for
the death of the victims OF the accident in
so far as such death was contributed to by
the burning OF the cars, because OF the fail
ure of the railroad company to conform to
the law requiring its cars to be heated other
than by stove or furnace.
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NEWFOUNDLANDERS WILD
Over tho Discovery that Parliament was
Attemptir to secretly Pass II Coerc: on
Rill.

over tho Discovery that Parliament was
Attempting to secretly Pass "a Coercion
Bill.
BosToN, March ga Halifax special
says: Great excitement exists in Newfound-
land over the action OF the imperial govern
ment in referring the cnly features Of the
fisheries troubles with France to arbitration
and the attempted passage OF an act through
the British Parliament to coerce New
foundland into carrying out the modus
vivendi Dispatches were submitted to
the Legislature Saturday which show
ed that, though the British govern
ment determined months ago o introduce
II coercion law into Parliament, and pri-
vately notified Governor o Brien to that
effect they instructed him not to inform
the Newfoundland government of this in
tention until the bill was formally intro
duced in the House of Lords. Tho knowl-
edge OF this fact has set the people wild.
In the Legislature party lines have been
obiteratei and the most violent speeches
have been made by men on both sides Of
the House dcnouncing "the cowardy and
treacherous conduct Of the British govern
ment.
Delegates will be appointed to immediate
ly proceed to London to formally protest,
not only against the enactment of the
coercion law but also against the reference
of any portion OF the fisheries question 70
arbitration without the whole question is sc
referred. The delegates. however. do not
expect TO accomplish anything and i'll thi-
event the Legislature will pass resolution.
setting forth that by the neglect and i'll
treatment Of a century England has forfeit
cd al claims to further allegiance. a
/ f.,r ,nl NJ, .dyt L. 4,
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THE FIRE FlEND Al WORK.
| Three Attempts to Destroy Tenement
Houses in New York Discovered.

NEW YoRK, March 23.-rhree more at
telnpts TO burn crowded tenement houses
i'll this cily We're discovered Sunday. 1t is
estimated that at least 1000 lives have been
jeopardi2ad within the past 10 days by the
diabolical acts Of the iirebug. Brooklyn
has also been visited and the western dis
tricts of that city are fairly terrorized The
police are investigating.
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OXFORD, sY 4 QUARTER LE>cT4
she Wins the Annual Iiaht-oarcd Hue
from CH3lbrid-e.

LONDoN March 9g THE i~.b Of ma
famous boat race, between ,... crows .f ,l.-
ford ami Camjr.J-. rt.t .i-i-..- Da. Pc
.lIcd Yesterday u.r.iu. B.. ,,s. -..,, ..,- "a
quarter. os 3, Ir.;a ..l&..r. Tine. n..
Of tGa Oxford ri. ..... d. D.. ..r.. ..,
,aco wa, over tt, .-ial ,.:l.,. ..l. -..,..s
s+ q f,c.ut 100 card. 7i..y.. .i,.f..., it....
neDr + a1Go,. AMI fn..4., soou, .r. -o,...
dist3n,. above ,u. shin INN nj l,orti....
1', Gi-+o...a t. rI.s. fam, NM n ,.ia,.+..r.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-03-27

CONCORD, y. H., March 2j-The first
meeting Of the Farmers alliance in
this State was held in Phoenix hall this
evening, and was attended Lv large
audience. Tho members of the Leg stature
attended en- masse and there were a few
ladies present. The speakers were Hon.
Jerry SIM on, congressman from Kansas,
and Ralph Beaumont Of Washington. D. C.,
secretary of tho National Citizens alliance,
The first speaker was Mr.. beaumont, who
began by stating that the meeting vas held
because Of many letters of inquiry that had
been received from New Hampshire lie
traced the progress OF the agitation with u
reference to the hours OF labor and express-
ed the hope that an eight hour law would
soon be enacted. lie followed this with
reference to the alliance campaign in the
West last fall, and proceeded to give a
resume of the land legislation IN existence
to-day.
Mr.. Simpson spoke very deliberately and
carefully. He said he thought New Eng
land was the place Of places Tor the move
fnent which he represented. lie was lead
TO think tins from reading certain Now
Hampshire papers, which seemed to indicate
rising feeling Of indignation against the
railroad corporations of the State. He de-
| scrbed the condition OF affairs rs regards
stock watering. Society has changed the
inventions of the age. Governments must
keep pace with this change. lie depicted
h. condition Of the country arising from
the concentration Of wealth n great railroad
corporation. and argued for STATE control
/ Of railroads
He described the rise Of the alliance in
Kansas and the causes that led to it, and
pointed out the similarity of conditions now
| to those existing at the outbreak of the
war. The final appeal must be made to tho
people upon the farms end in the work
shops. We can settle these questions with
out bloodshed We have brains enough
to win for ourselves the profit of the great
inventions Of the age The speaker plead
tor a concentration Of taxation upon land
values. If privilege is granted to any
one make him pay Tor it; E,Gke taxes 81
high TINT they must quit the business they
are in.
he speaker discussed the loan business in
Kansas and from that passed to an eXpo>i-
tion Of the currency and money plans sf
the alliance, The speaker closed with re-
ference to what had been done by tie a,li-
ance and begged Iii, audience to tain, Il
over. Later in tine season lea-ue viii bs
formed here by MIR H-.uuout
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OUR JERRY TALKS.
NEW ENGLAND THE PLACE OF
PLACES FOR THE ALLIANCE.

The Socbless Represe Elect From
Kansas Elabcrates Upon the Evils
Society Is Heir to--New Hampshires
Legislature Turns out En- Mssse to
Hear linn.
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mere arc al pItSenl w ihliihNSS e' 'NS
State Reform School.
st. Johnsburys annual school meeting
will be held March 81.
Lyndonville. Caledonia county, will cele-
brate its centennial July IT,
Mrs Mary l.. Marcy of Hartland has
caInaton pink with 20 buds.
Mrs. Sally Dwinell OF Hyde Park recent
" celebrated her Goth birthday.
A special town meeting has been called
for Springfield, to be held March 2S.
A. J.. Hartman of Craftsbury is CON
tracting for three car loads of syrup.
The depositors of the defunct Windsor
National bank have been paid in full
l.. {. Fisher of Cabot made 500 pounds
of butter from q dairy Of 92 in 1870.
A car load of maple sugar was shipped
from Barre last week to Fair Haven, Wash.
The y. NJ. c. \. association at Rutland
realized nearly $3.50 from the Mary Howe
concert.
4 wild cat was recently captured in the
woods of Forestdale andItaken to Middlebury
still alive.
1t is stated that the tracks of many
wolves have been seen in northern Vermont
this winter.
George Coleman Of Bellows Falls was run
over bv the cars March II, and died from
III, a.. t,ua rooo,+1,,
nree h''eu "'"le' ''1so % 10 ',,ool h(,,s;s
ueeh nNhE 10 ,ne O'oeAe 0'e' 'O'00'
ID lsianu ono
Austin rage OF LynuonVIiie mas ueen "p
poihtel ch'et traln uespa'cn'i 0n 'H0 GO
sumpsic railroad.
flans have been competed LOT nhe anu
capacious hotel at "oodS'ocA 10 cos' ho'
less than sou oooo
Barre Is to have new puonc scnool
building to cost 49, VOo' III Will pe pulIV
the coming summer.
An oak tree cut at Townshend had butt
log little over four feet in diameter,
weighing 500 pounds.
The secretary of the treasury has invited
proposals for a site for the new public
building at st. Adams.
y high truss bridge s to be erected at
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WASHINGToN, March 21.-Rght upon
the heels of the report that Senator Ed
muuls is TO resign and succeed Secretary
Proctor comes another that leaves him out
of the war department entirely, but ele-
Yates him to the Supreme Court bench.
Those responsible for it say that Justice
Bradley Will soon retire from the august
tribunal with which lie has been identified
so many years, and that President IIarri-
son viii name Senator Edmunds as his sue
cs,sor The resignation story-makers as
sert that in this way is seat in the Senate
TO be made vacant and he filled by Secre-
tary Proctor.
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ALL OVER THE STATE.
WHAT A WEEK BRINGS FORTH IN
THE WAY OF NEWS.

Tho Happenings of Seven Days on our
Hills and In our Valleys Condensed and
Photographed for Busy Free Iress
Readers,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-03-27
THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THIS EARTH OF OURS.

Interesting Notes From all Parts of tho
Globe Pithilv Presented-Many Dark
Deeds Give no Indication of the Mil
iennium.
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Rutland County Court.

RUTLAND, March 2O.-lu The County
Court the case OF Francis ". Robert, and
Owens was given to the jury at 1 o. clock
this afternoon. At 4.30 O'Clock jury vu,
empanelled in tho case Of Green ". KELLEY.
This action is brought by the plaintiff ,u
recover cortaip funds N the hands of n,
defendant which came Iuto his hands in ..
official way as constable Of the touu ut
Pawlet and which the planUN claims Ga-
icndaut refuses TO aeccup: ter.
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MONTREAL, March %. Fire in the re
servor huildng OF the Lchgue Point lunntic
asylum did $500 damage to day Four
men in the fourth story, finding all hope of
escape cut oil, leaprd from windo" and
one of them. J. s. Iachape.le, wa, fatally
Iur.d. The others were more or less hurt.
Tho institution narrowly escaped another
such d!sa ,te: ns oyertool. it last spring when
Ji lives were lO>,
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A VERMONT SENATOR TO RESIGN.
4 wild and WooiIy West Rumor that
Senator Edmunds is About to- oKetire.

SENATOR Tdmuhds + NDOut 10 Ketlre'
MINNEAPoLIs, March 23. A special from
Washington to the Tribune says; Senator
Edmuuds Of Vermont viii probably resign
before the next meeting of Congress
Report that senator Edmunds Is to Go
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ISIIP, Z. T., March Y. = tIeven large
greenhouses belonging TO the celebrated
idle Hour Farm" of William K. Wander
bilt, were burned Saturday morning The
loss is estimated at from $50 900 to 500, =
600. Only a few plants and ferns were
saved. The most valuable were destroyed
by the fire. These greenhouses were famous.
They contained many plants and ferns
some of them 200 Years old. The celebrated
rose house was also included in the loss
This was said to contain the finest specimens
of roses in the country.
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THE FIRE RECORD.


CHICAGO, March 22-Fire broke ou. Fri
day night in the Baltimore and Ohio traffic
house at South Chicago. Four carloads of
valuable merchandise were destroyed and
the transfer house is in ruins. The coal
bunkers were also destroyed. Loss 500,
600
Telegram-herald., 1891-07-14
MUST TELL HOW SMILER DIED.
Warden Br own and Other Witnesses to
BE Brought Before q Corners Jury.

Warden Br own and Other Witnesses to
BE Brought Before Corners Jury.
New York. July 13.-Coroner Levy
says that he will have the body of IIar-
ris A. Smiler examined. II is buried
in Woodlawn cemetery, within the city
limits, and the coroner claims that as
no inquest was held at Sing Sing after
Smiler's execution he has authority to
hold one now. He asserts that if it is
true, as published, that it required sew
eral shocks 10 produce death, the exc
cution was contrary to- the law. which
says that no torture shall be inflicted.
He intends to subpoena Warden Brown
and other witnesses of the execution to
testify at the execution.
Warden Brown says he is not alarmed
over the threatened inquest on the
body of the murderer Smilcr by Cor
oner Levy. The warden says the cor
oner has no right to exhume the body,
and adds that neither he nor his wit.
nesses at the execution last week will
obey any summons from the.coroner to
attend an inquest on Smiler's body un.
til the attorney general directs them
To do So
Telegram-herald., 1891-07-14
were Mr.. Dennis. retired diamond
merchant. aud his family

were Mr. Dennis. = retired diamond
merchant, snd his family
ssSs SING. y. u. July is--capt.
Georgs Walker, . German. aecouapan-
Vel oy his two ebldren. boy aged
ana giFi, aged Is. ro~ed from trotoa
Point 70 this village Sunday. Return
ing late IN tie afternoon the girl vas
leaning over the boat when the father
grabbed a. her upssttlag the boat
Both children were drowned The
father vas rescued with difficulty.
CEDAKvALE, Kan, July lS-Nhlle
attempting 10 ford a stream near here
sunday IN a wagoa the vehicle upset
and the occupants. Wilson Brooks,
Miss Mollie Brooks and Katie higgins.
were thrown into the water The
women were drowned. but Brooks WIS
rescued barely alive.
PHILADELPHIA. July l3.-Mrs. Mollie
Carpenter, 80 years old. wife of viii
liam Carpenter. a hueksser. and her son
John. years old. living at $50 Division
street. Camden. were drowned in the
Delaware river Sunday night under dis
tressing circumstances
KILLED ny LIGHTNING.
BERLIN. July l3-During thunder
storm at Chemni,z lightning struck an
unfinished building ia which five ma
sons and three women were eating
their dinner on the stairs. One man
was struck and killed outright, blood
bursting from his ears and nostrils
Another was so badly hurt that he died
before reaching the hospital. The three
others were paralyzed aad remained
unconscious. The women escaped with
slight bruises.
BERLIN, July ia school at Rruhl.
Prussia. was struck by lightning Sat
urday and two children were killed A
panic ensued, during which number
of children were injured The school
house was set on fire by the stroke and
destroyed.
HUSBAND AND WIFE MEET DEATA.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. July Is. - Near
Somerset, Ky. while Larkin Jones and
his wife were walking across railway
bridge a passenger train came upon
them from n deep cut in the road.
Jones jumped $50 feet down into the
creek and received injuries from which
he died Saturday. His wife was struck
by the train and instantly killed.
GROUND TO DEATH IN A WATER WHEEL
: WILMINGTON, Del, July l3.--Robert
II. Davis, q Waterman a. the Rockland
paper mills of the Jessup & Moore
Company, was ground to death in a
large water wheel making 100 revolu-
tions per minute Sunday morning. He
fell on the wheel while oiling it, and
part of his body was found attached
thereto. and the head and part of the
trunk in the mill stream.
Telegram-herald., 1891-07-14
-
Death of Aauilla Jones.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July lS-Aquilla
Jones died Sunday. aged so years. He
was one OF the old-line democrats of
the state. and was appointed to take the
census of the state in 1910 by President
Van Buren,. He performed the same Of
flee in 1850. He served in the legislature
from Bartholomew county in 1852. He
had been postmaster of Column bus,
Ind. and of Indianapolis, having been
appointed last by President Cleveland
He leaves a wife and eight children.
Telegram-herald., 1891-07-14

MELBOURNE. July i3-Heavv and in
eessant rains have caused serious
overflow of the Yarra Iarra river. The
streets Of the city have been inundated
Railroads are blocked and streets sub
merged Thousands of people are
homeless. and the misery resulting
from the inundation is already wide
spread