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Vermont and NIOrmOnism.

The death OF MILFORD Woodruff, presi-
to remind a contemporary that New Eng
land furnished to Mormonism three of its
four leaders, Joseph Smith. Brigham
Young and Woodruff. the first two hav-
ing gone from Vermont. while the last
named was a native of Connecticut. TIE
exchange fails to trace the history of
Mormonism little further, however and
to ncte that it was distinguished son of
Vermont under whose lead the Mormon
source of moral pestilence. 1t is only
comparatively few years since the insti-
tuition of polygamy, which was the source
of Mormonism's marvellous growth, was
in tiourishing condition. 1t had leaped
beyond the borders of Utah, had dehed
the United States government even to the
point of repeated armed resistance and
promised to become n power in the West
ern States against which all other politi-
cal 70 .ces must contend in vain.
| Hon. George F. Edmunds secured the
passage by Congress. March %. 1882, OF the
act which bears his name, to regulate and
restrict the polygamous institutions of
the Mormons. Under its provisions Nor
mons were IN n great measure excluded
from local offices, and many of the Nor
mon leaders were indicted and punished
for polygamous practices. The dsfran-
chisement of polygamists was disas-
trous blow TO the prestige and strength
of the Mormon church and the influence
/ OF the polygamist leaders at once began
to decline The enforcement of the Ed
minds law and the admission of Utah
into the Union have wrought radical
revolution in the character of the State.
Some of the elder Mormons cling tenaci-
ously to the tenets of their faith. but it is
said that the younger members of the
sect are rapidly succumbing to the infu-
ences of Amerlcanism. The community
which Brigham Young founded has devel-
cped into Il progressive city and the Nor
mon problem, SO long the theme of agi-
tated discussion and the object of bitter
denunciaton from both pulpit and press,
has practically ceased to exist.
The Mormon church has attracted little
attention from the general public during
the past few years. and the people of this
country win have as little care regarding
Woodruff's successor as they have had
knowledge regarding that leader himself
; To ex-senator Edmunds belongs the cred.
} it for the overthrow of Mormonism as a
serious political factor in the great West
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causes, and treatment of sickness In the
field and the camps, can not fail to have
a wholesome effect. President Mckinley
has chosen nine commissioners, and the
personnel of the commission Is such as to
cntitle its findings to the respect and
confidence of the nation. A majority of
| the commission are believed to be demo-
| Gratis but be this as 1t may the men who
compose 1t are of so high n character
as to preclude suspicion that they will
be governed by partisan considerations in
conducting the investigation.
| glance at the list of names comprised
in the commission will be sufficient to
show that the whitewashing of the war
department by that body will be an inn
possibility. The commissioners will meet
promptly for the purpose of arriving at
the truth concerning the various charges
made; the responsibility for any abuses
that may have crept into the department
will be placed where it belongs, and the
public and the administration as well as
the army itself will experience feeling
of relief over the settlement of the con
| troversy.
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A Horrible Crime.

The assassination of the Empress Of
Austria adds another crime to the long
list of misdeeds recorded against the Eu-
ropean anarchist, The Italian who perpe-
trated the dastardly deed seems to have
had no other motive for the crime than
his hatred Of the rich and of royalty. He
claims that he went to Geneva to assass-
mate another important person." but
that he had been unable to carry out his
project. He therefore apparently took the
life of Empress Elizabeth as the next best
means of wreaking his spite upon the ex-
listing order of things and the system of
government for which she stood. The
killing of this inoffensive and unoffending
woman will undoubtedly result in the in
shutting of stringent measures for the
suppression of anarchist agitation in all
European countries. Instead OF aiding his
cause, this regicide has committed crime
which will horrify all classes and bring
down upon the heads of anarchists the
condemnation of an outraged and incensed
people.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-15
WINOOSkI
SAVINGS BANK

From its careful management has not
met with Il loss from any loan made dur
ing the last twenty years.
Deposits made during the first five days
of any month will draw interest from the
first day of that month. Deposits made
after the nth day Of any month Will draw
interest from the first day of the next
month.
Interest is credited depositors January
lst and July 1st compromising semi-an-
nually. The rate of interest paid to de-
positors by all savings banks in this state
Is limited by law to four por cent until It's
surplus amounts 10 ter per cent OF ITS
deposits, when an extra dividend Is TO
be made.
No interest Is allowed by law to be paid
on deposits in excess of two thousand dol
lars except it DO on deposits by widows,
orphans. administrators, executors, guar
dians, charitable or religious institutions,
or on trust funds deposited by order OF
court.
I The Bank pays all taxes In this state
on deposits of fifteen hundred dollars or
| less
! VERMONT LOANS SOLICITED.
Deposits July /, 9S..............".S6o S,sl2 81
Surplus......... .......''.... @1'oo''of
| OFFICERS IS. II. Weston, President;
/ Ormond Cole, Treasurer.
| TRUSTEES-S II. Weston, j. B. Small
/ o. p Ray, A. j. stevens, Ormond Cole, Il.
/ C. Mower. Samuel Bigwood.
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get out the vote this year, and IL any one
expected under such circumstances to sec
the vote of this year equal, IL not ex-
to extract a large per cent OF political
sunshine from cucumbers.
As n matter of fact Vermont republic
cans have won an old-time victory. The
republican State ticket Is elected by a
plurality of practically $4,000, which is the
largest or year plurality for governor on
record In this State with the exception Of
that Of 1884, In that year Gov. Wood
burys plurality was 2S,521, as compared
with a plurality of 1902 in 1892 and 1i,1ss
in 1890. The plurality for Gov.-elect Smith
is 5000 larger than the average guberna-
torial plurality of the last five off years
and 1t Is nearly up to the average OF all
the gubernatorial pluralities of the past
fifteen years, including the phenomenal
years of 1894 and 1896.
Turning to the Legislature, where the
public has been led to look for evidence
of political revolution, We find that the
republicans have won II good average VIC
tory. They have elected a Senate soldly
republican, and this body heretofore has
been known to include an occasional stray
and exceedingly lonesome democrat. In
the House the democrats have made gains
as compared with the last two Legisla-
lures, but In the forty odd members that
they have elected to the next House they
have barely parallelcd their record of 1892
when they had forty-two representatives
/ They have fallen far short of their feat
of 1870. in which year the House contain
ed sixty-three democrats. 1t is n matter
of record that with even sixty-three vlo'
/ lent democrats among them, the 1T5 or sc
republican representatives experienced nc
trouble in gaining their own way, so that
the minority in the next House will hardly
be regarded as formidable.
! Under tho circumstances the election Of
two score or so OF democrats to the lowe'
branch of the Legislature of 1898 can not
he regarded as tidal wave, or a politica
avalanche, or even frost" for the re
publican party, which will have 200 repre-
sentatives; and democrats who are ii
search of comforting and reassurlng pc
itical evidences must seek for them out
side of Vermont.
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To Investigate the Army Scandals,

The determination of President McKin-
ley to order an investigation Of the con-
duct of the war with Spain by the war
department in accordance with the re-
quest of Secretary Alger, will receive the
commepdation of the press and people of
all classes. including both the friends and
critics of the war department The con-
troversy has progressed so far and the
charges against various men In authority
In the war department have been SO var
led and damaging as to bewilder the pub
lie and to cause doubt to prevail as to
the real source of the trouble. with this
result that our entire war department has
been discredited and our military arm de-
moraligcd.
An investigation into the conmissary
quartermaster. and medical bureaus of the
war department.; and into the extent.
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vide and conquer their political oppon-
ents; due IN larger part to prevailing dis
gust with the way in which many prose-
cutting officers enforce tho law, or fail to
enforce 1t when non-enforcement Is the
more profitable to them; due also, espec-
tally in off years, to the absence of abb
sorb!ng political issues. The time Is COM
ing, perhaps has already come, when 1t
may be well, to take the sense of the peo-
pie upon the law. If sustained by q
strong popular vote, as Judging from the
past 1t would be likely to be, the law
would come out the stronger The clamor
against 1t would be quieted for a time,
and, as ali laws depend on popular favor
for enforcement, it would be more Impair
TALLY and better enforced, at least for a
time. In any event the majority must
rule. There are good temperate and tenn
rercnco men who have come to despair of
the best results from the prohibitory sys-
TEN In our larger towns and would Nike
20 try local option, deemng that prohibi-
ton must fail when not enacted and sus-
tanned by local majority. Many others,
from less sincere and laudable motives,
are calling for change, Perhaps the
time has come when 1t would be best for
all to have the voters at large say wheth-
er they desire any change. A proposition
to refer the question to tho people failed
In the last Legislature, receiving the sup
port Of barely n corporars guard. If such
a proposition should be renewed in the
coming Legislature, the FREE PRESS
certainly will not oppose it; and If it is
presented in a we'll considered measure
will be inclined to favor its passage.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-15

It is pleasant TO chronicle the arrival OF
one army transport bringing returning
troops, on which things were all
right. The steamer Panama brought
some three hundred invalids and GONZALES
cents to Fortress Monroe on Monday
without any complaint from any source
There was food in abundance. good mcdi-
cal attendance, and a fine voyage. When
the Panama left Ponce Gen. Brooke and
the commission were arranging for the
evacuation of Porto Rico by the Spaniards
The troops say that Ponce is rapidly be
coming Americanized. The kindest feel
ing exists between the American and
Spanish troops, and the Americans have
helped to nurse the Spanish sick and
wounded.
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Vermont,s Verdict Misinterprete ed

In spite of the fact that Vermont gave
Col. e. C. Smith plurality much larger
than the average Off year plurality for
governor, an impression has gone abroad
to the effect that the republicans have
sustained surprising losses in the Green
doubtedly resulted from the unexplained
statement sent out from White River
Junction to the effect that the repubi-
can vote had fallen Off materially from
four years ago, whereas the party man
ayers expected IL would equal. II not eN-
coed, the vote of 1894" Other statements
made serve to indicate that the republi-
cans Of Vermont had sustained decided
reversal.
AS matter Of fact we had not before
seen published statement to the effect
that the republican managers expected
the governor vote TO equal. let alone ex-
coed, that of 1894; and II amy individual
entertained such expectations, he not on
ly kept the fact exceedingly quiet. but he
also showed himself to be possessed OF an
extremely sanguine nature. In 1894 Chair
man Olin Merrill made one Of the most
effective canvasses on record In Vermont
laying the foundation for the unpa ralleled
victory of 1906. and the republican vote In
both years was extremely large. So far
as the newspapers have been able to learn
comparatively slight effort was made to
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-15

Some of the snags in the way OF the
work of the commission to investigate
the conduct of the commissary quarter
masters and medical departments of the
army are thus reclted: THE commission
is without power to administer oaths,
Civilian witnesses cannot be compelled to
attend, army officers will hesitate about
telling all they know since their informa-
ton will reflect upon the conduct of their
seniors in command; civilian clerks en-
ployed in the department will refrain from
giving valuable evidence for fear of their
loss of place. There is no fund for the
expenses of the work; the commissioners
cannot be compensated for their services
the witnesses cannot be furnished trans
portator and paid for their loss OF time
In view Of these difficulties, it is even
doubted by some, whether the investlga.
ton will matcrialze.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-15
AuImportant Work.

Tho leading feature of the Nermonter
for September Is an illustrated article by
DR.. o. W. Sherwin of Woodstock in which
he speaks at length of the work of the
ARCHAEOLOGICAL laboratory in this city. lie
says;
From February | until September |, l6I
examinations were made for diagnosis of
typhoid fever, with results positive in 1873
and negative in "a; that is, 1888 of the sus-
pected cases proved to be typhoid fever.
During the same period i61 examinations
were made for diagnosis in suspected
cases of diphtheria. with results positive
i'll 2i1 and negative in 120.
This sort of work requires the annual
expenditure of quite large amount of
money. Yet 1t is certain that by means
of this laboratory work many lives can
Ice saved each year. There is no appro-
priation for this work, and the State
board has used q. portion of its own APP
preparation to assist in getting the labora-
tory in working order. BY so doing 1t has
been deprived of doing other necessary
work. but the members feel that the good
results following the establishment of II
laboratory iustifles them in the course
they have taken. Doubtless the attention
Of the Legislature will be called to the
matter at the coming session, and wheth-
err or not the work is kept up will depend
on its action.
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pERSONAlAND GENERAL

c,o,, f,,.,i,,s NJ c1o,, has bonn grant
"a aI,.o.oo, frnr, Me girI-wlfe Dora
Picbardson CLAY
j, h,,rdred and tbirtv-six autograph
,o,,or., mite, b, C,nnrias Dickens sold
t., Iarda,, 10 otrcr dnv for s745
-, aa,,o,,o. 90 coIo,o,
charias r. Vounr The former A. p, A.
rondar will be the 6rst woman to secure
'I,'ia,io vs. ~ ,hn hor in western Nassa-
o,.,'an,'s
49,, ,,.,
anaoro,, nt ,non,, Neb
VI "''''' h,
Since the legislative iounuatloh Oh aiul-
tratlon courts tncre navy p,eh ~ sums
or lockouts III Ne" Nea'aho
About 10000 English ships entered the
nineteen harbors of China in 1896. They
carried only English goods
The Haitian government Is very cohsid-
crate OF the comfort OF soldiers Every
picket is supplied with chair.
Madrid authorities state that since the
beginning of the sixteenth century their
country has lost 600 war vessels by ship
wreck.
10, roon,a IN RrookIiro Mass re.
-, ia 60 "a each for n,inted spar.
ser,t' p"'', ronrosartatinn that tbev
romS' ~" tae
-, - ,, - A.,
LONDON ana LNeIpoo aie 'otii az VI.
leVel OF the sea 'iassoW - unity rve'
ABOVE H. Mahches'ei 10 my iee' "''' "
mihshaHi ." iee''
King Alfonso Mi is still bracketed as
lord of Gibraltar the country never hav-
ing officially admitted that the stronghold
has gone out of its possession.
.rhoro oro In Franco IA oy7 charitable or.
r.nizat,ors II is nronoscd to collect sta
tistics raIatinp 70 them and print them
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UNCLE SANS TERRITORY.
HE RANKS FIFTH AMONG THE
EARTH'S GREAT LANDLORDS.
The Whole Globe In the Hands of Some
sixty Owners-now the United states
Has Expanded During the
Century.

In extent of territorial possessions
Uncle Sam ranks fifth among the great
landlords of the world. Britain, Russia,
China and France each own larger por-
ton of the globe than that belonging to
the United States. Territorial expan-
sion" will have to accomplish considerable
before we can better our position, judged
by area alone, among the possessions of
the Garth.
The whole world is in the hands of some
GO owners. For while there are several
times GO different countries yet most of
them are only dependent States; not own
crs, but mere tenants, so to speak, of the
face of the earth. Sixty national land
lords are not many for q world having
~, 900 900 square miles of land surface, yet
the tendency of the times is to make the
number smaller rather than larger.
Since 1915 there has been a gathering In
of large areas under few governments
Small sovereigntics have combined OF
! have bccn swallowed up by greater ones
Uncle Sam swallowed one the other day
| During the last 10 years especially tho
| greater nations have shown an almost in
satlahlc greed for territory. At last they
| have turned to rend one of their owr
number. China. that for thousands o.
years has owned so large a portion of the
globe, is about to be dismembered and alb
sorbed and its name dropped from thu
| list OF the worlds owners.
To partly take the place of the nation'
that arc losing their hold upon the eartl
come new sovereign landlords may APP
pear. Independent Cuba is already an
nounccd to I'll the gap in the LIST left b!
Hawaii. But the times are against thes
newcomers. cuba herself not yet quit
born as republic, is already half christ
onod rs II colony Of the United states.
1 Striking boundary lines as well as pos
sble we find that the greatest landhold
ing nations. those having territory eX
cced!ng one million square miles, are a
follows:
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TRUSTEES
G. F, WARD, WILLBRD CRANE,
CHARLES Y, SMITH, HENRY GREENE,
j. l.. BARsTow, A. u, PIERCE,
HENRY WELLS.
Receives and pays deposits daily. De-
posits made during the first four
business days of any month draw inter-
est from the 1st. If made afterwards In
terest will commence the first of the fol'
lowing month.
Interest Will be credited to depositors
Jan. LIST and July list, compromising twice
year. There are no stockholders In TINS
BANK. All the earnings, less expenses, pc
longs to depositors. The rate OF interest
depends on the earnings, and for the past
twelve years has been Az per cent, but by
n law passed at the last session Oh the
Legislature no savings bank can pay more
than per cent until its surplus reaches
10 per cent of it's deposits, when speciai
dividend IS to be madr-
J All taxes III this State are paid by inc
bank on deposits of $500 or less. Deposits
are received in sums from 81 to $2OVO and
no interest will be paid on any sum in ex-
cess OF this amount, except OH deposits by
widows. orphans. administrators, execa-
stItutions or OH trust funds deposited by
order OF tho court.
No money loaned to any officer or trus'
tee OF the bank
CHARLES p. SMITH, President.
FREDERICK w. WARD. Treas.
h. S. ISHAM, Assistant Treasurer.
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iO,wSt
MARY ANN KELLEY's ESTATE.

MARY ANN KELLEY'S ESTATE.
STATE OF VERMONT. District OF Chit-
tenden.
To all persons concerned in the estate OF
Mary Ann Kelley, late of Lebanon. in the
county of Grafton and State of New
GREETING:
At Probate Court holden at Burlng-
ton, within and for the district of Chit
tendon, Oh the 9Th day of September, 1885,
an instrument purporting to be a duly
authenticated copy of the last will and
testament OF Mary Ann Kelley, late OF
Lebanon in tho county of Grafton. State
of New Hampshire, deceased, was pre-
scented to the court aforesaid. for probate.
And 1t is ordered by said court that the
sOth day of September, 1895. at the Pro-
bate Court Rooms, In said Burling-
ton, be assigned for proving said
instruments; and that NOTICE thereof be
given to all persons concerned, by pub
fishing this order three weeks successfully
in the Burlington Free Press, newspaper
published at said Burlington. previous to
the time appointed.
Therefore, you are hereby notified to APP
pear before said court at the time and
place aforesaid and contest the probate
OF said will. II you have cause. y y. N
Given under my hand at BurIinftQns IN
sslr district this 81 9hS SSy s. 5 SsRsS
iOwst HeSisteH
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Soldiers Monument For Manchester

With characteristic liberality Hon. f.
II. Orvis, of the Equinox House, has In
creased his subscription to the fund for
a soldiers monument in Manchester, to
three thousand dollars, which Is about
half the total amount of the fund. lie
also purchased the soldiers monument lot
at Dellwood cemetery on condition that
$1,000 should be turned over to the monu-
ment fund, making the total amount re-
ceived through him $1,000, or two-thirds
the cost of the monument. The character
of the statue to surmount the monument
will depend upon the amount still to he
, subscribed; but it Is plain that among the
ornaments of the beautiful village of
Manchester will be II worthy monument
to the men of that town who gave their
lives that the Union might live.
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The Army and Navy Journal learns
that there Is talk in the war department
of discharging from the service TIE en-
tire volunteer army, except the troops in
Manila, The volunteers are generally
clamoring to be mustered out, and show
no inclination to serve either In Cuba or
Porto Rico, as armies of occupation.
1.-THE President, Secretary Alger and Ad-
jutant General Corbin," says the Jour
nal. ARE seriously considering the pro-
position of enlisting an entirely new army
for such duty. Tho plan as suggested is
TO discharge all the volunteers in this
country, Cuba and Porto Rico, and give
them another chance to enlist with the
understanding that they will be either
sent as part Of the armies of occupation
or used for garrison duty in this coun.
try"