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CORNWALL.

MIS-. Clarence Hook Of FclchVillc spent
last week in town, a guest of her sisters
in-law. the Misses Griswold. and Mrs. T..
G. l'arnham of Shorcham.-A good-sizod
audience greeted Hon. ID. j. Foster Of Bur
lington at tho ConRrcga tlonal church on
Thursday evening, March s, to listen to
his popular lecture, The Power to See"
Music was furnished for the occasion by
quartette.
The dwelling house Of Robert Easton,
loca ted in the northwest part Of the town,
was consumed by fire Friday forenoon. 1t
is supposed the fire originated in the
chamber where stove pipe passed
through the garrett floor. As soon as II
was seen that it could not be controlled
help was summoned by telephone, and in
n short time "A large force was on hand
to aid in saving their personal effects,
most of which they were successful in do
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may ne placed IN the lnduStr.al school, he
ueinE only 10 years oId. ne morse was
pauN uS'd up.
Ihe funeral services oil the late Efiie
. aheiy' VINO dled thursday Htter Dritf
illness of typhoid fever WAS held from her
father John Blake.y's house Saturday a
D. m, keV. NJ H. W oolsey ohlciating- Tho
deceased was 10 years ot age ana mem
her ol lnc Pr'HuauHs class Ho ot me '.
~. D She ledItS iathct' inotner' Two
nroth'rS ana thT'c sisters to mourn hcr
ioSs' on' Wa h'lu 10 Iest ln prospect
N. crnie,eiN. Mi' ana Mrs' b'akeiy nave the
SyHPutnN ol I'rSC humocr OF lrlends IN
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ADDISON COUNTY.
MIDDlEBURY,

Isaac r. Hubbard. who has lived with
his daughter. Mrs Charles \. Piper or
Seymour street. died Thursday morning
after a lingering illness aged ". Hc was
born in Rochester and has been "A resid mt
of this Villa.. for many years. 'rnn re-
mains will he taken to his birth place at
Rochester for intcrmcnt. tic is survived
~ one daughter, Mrs. Charles \. Piper.
rre .uneraI viii be held saturday but at
this writing the hour had not been ap-
pointed
Robert Easton, who lives west of this
Village about three miles in the vicinity
Of Cornwall went with his gang of hon
TO the woods. He had been conc about
two hours wncn he was Informed that his
house was on fire There was no one at
the house but the women. who discovered
the fire and promptly notified tho neigh
hors. by the assistance Of their telephone.
who promptly turned out The fire caught
I'm the floor whore the stove pip. goes
through the floor 10 the room above. Abra-
ham Fcote a neichbor. managed to get
tho fire ont in that place but il ran along
between the iosts and broke out in the
other end Of the house. and was beyond
control. They saved the most of the
goods in the upper part Of the house, but
the provisions which were in ,he cellar
were 4 total loss also all of the creamery
utensils. This will he a heavy loss 10 Mr.
liaston as he had no insurance, his policy
having run out about month ago. The
loss to him Will he fully 5000. He with
tho assistance Of tine neIShbors moved his
household goods that were saved into ono
of Mr. Foote'S houses, where he will make
it. his home for the present. 1t was by
hard work that the barns nearby were
saved, which was done in spite OF the
wind which was blowing the sparks to-
ward them.
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BREAD LOAF.

Miss lena Lee, who has been Al work
in Tlccndcroga, is visiting her Erandpdr-
cuts, Mi. and Mrs. Martin Manning, She
was accompanied here by Il iriond,-lio-
mer Noble had the misfortune to hreal,
oue Of his legs last Monday. He was in
the woods alone with his team but hnally
succeeded in crawling INFO his sled and
drove to his home.-Mrs. Aure,iA Robin
son has been on tho sick list but L. bet
tcr,--George Kirby from Rochester vsii cd
friends here several days this wock.--rh :
roads have not got into very good con-
dit .on from our storm of last week.
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BURLINGTON. VT. Thu JRSDAY. MARCH Is. 1900.

new books to be purchased for the Ii
brary.
Bert Mounctt has moved his family into
his house near Joel Bacon.
Emma Sutton of Nergennes spent Satur-
day with her parents.
DR.. w. J. White and Miss Alfredda
Stoddard went to North Ferrisburgh Sat-
urday to visit DR.. r. o. Stoddard and fam
iy.
Frank Lavlett has moved his family
into Tracy &c Van Nliets fiat over the
store.
Mrs. Beals of Hghgate is visiting her
daughter. Mrs. Milo Webster.
The Shelburne Golf club held its annual
meeting at c. G.. Burritts last Saturday
evening. The following officers were elect
ed President, DR.. f.. r. Stoddard vice
president, G. T.. Smith; secretary and
treasurer, Mrs. !. II. Dcyctt. The exccu-
tive committee Is to he tho three officers
and also C. G.. Burritt and Henry White
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STARKSBORO.

Modera tor o. w. Ferguson; Town Clerk
and Treasurer C. l.. Atwood; Selectmen
d. p. Hulett. E. S. Folensbee. Jesse Car
penter Overseer of the poor j. V. Car
penter Road Commissioner John Crowley:
LIST Constable Frank Hin; End Constable
u. Folensbee; Listers c. ". Bostwick, J.
Y. Carpenter, j. f. Conway; auditors C..
W. Bostwicii, n. Casey, iI. Harmon; Trus-
tee OF Public Moneys O. u, baldwin;
Grand Jurors h. ". Streeter, ID. H.
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UNDERHlLl.

w. j. Gotta is moving from Shelburne 10
his farm on Lee river.-Mrs. II. l.. Sh-
land of Essex junction has been visiting
her parents, Mr.. ana Mrs. Asher G. Robin
son. at North Cnderhill.--A son was born
to Fred Fuller and wife OF "Beartown
last week.--A minstrel entert rtainment is
being planned by the young people con-
nected with St. Thomas church, TO he
brought out on the evening of st Patrick'S
idaY.-Owing to the severe storm which
prevailed last week Tuesday less than II
hundred voters We're out. so the town
meeting was adjourned until Saturday,
when the following officers we're elected:
Moderator, II. l.. CulgrovC; clerk, j. J,
Monahan: treasurer. S. w. Henry; select
men, j. e. Davis. Robert Kirby, F. y.
'rillisOt; listers. w. VI. Flynn, Earl Bart
let, Ira H. Morse; auditors, j. j. Mona
nan, q. A. Telri,l, a. MARROW; road COM
missioner, j +. Flynn, constable and col
loctor. Fred r. NARROW; school director,
W. !. Barrett; grand juror Apra nam
MARROW, town agent, j. 6. Davis. over
seer of the poor. II. II. Paine. 4 tax e
SO cents on the dollar of the grand list for
town purposes and 10 cents for the schools
was voted.
( ID. W. Knight has in his steam mill yard
about one and a half million feet Of lum-
ber. He is now repairing the mill, prep
aratory to the seasons work. The snow
is four to five feet deep in the woods ard
ski1dine logs is imprlctca blc.--HcWlet {
tira0" OF Huntington, VINO have hir"d
the Thorp store 10 conduct general mer-
chandise business. are getting the store
III shape and expect to be ready for busi-
ness April "A. w. Terrill has returned
from Montpelier. where he has been help
ing his brother in his store.-The Under
hill graded school closed last Friday for
the winter term.-About twenty from RiN-
crside attended the concert given last
/ Friday at Jericho by the =. II. S. Cleo
cluh.-'rhcre is to be a masquerade and
dance al G. a. r. hall on Saturday even
ing, March nth next-Mr and Mrs. Ira
HawlcY have returned 20 their large farm
in Riverside, while their son. B. c., has
/ the care Of T. r. Whtcombs farm in Fs-
scx-Not one voter from Riverside was
| able to reach Jericho Centre to vote on
town meeting daN.-Dr Bur,lick has rent
/ cd his So-callod Terrill farm 10 T. j..
/ Burns and sold his Marrow farm to T. p.
Mudgett-Louis La Veirne has bought the
Channel farm, and will take possession
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SOUTH STARKSBORO.

Mr.. and Mrs. Elisha Purnton have re-
turned home from their sons. Frank pur-
inton's in Geneva, y. Y. where they have
beedl spending the wintcr.--H nry i>imhall
Is considered insane and VIII be taken To
Waterbury Asylum u. soon as the ar-
rangcments can be made lie mas been
our of health for long time.--Joscph
Birdsall and Adah ilaloci; are AT home
from their schools on "a short vacation.
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MONKTON.

The severe storm of March did not
seem TO dampen the usual enthusiasm IN Of
election. Fred Palmer, who recently sold
his interest in the American House in
Burlington is visiting in town previous to
moving to Bellows FailS.-Miss Virginia
Collins and Miss Florona EaWson are
home for d short vacation. Tney have
been employed in the Palmer House at
lImosbureh.--k. l.. Wells OF Boquct y.
y, was in town last week. k.-Edward Gar
Tow is moving into the Mrs. Guy Toby
house at the Ridge.-Carter Stone is ex-
pected home from Baltimore medical col
lcEc about the first Of April to spend his
NacatiOn
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RICHVlllE,

]. E Rich made shor; call hero Sal.
urday.--Cassius Morriss has moved 10 tho
Bro0kinS house. Earl Sunderland Is At
l.. f. Towusend's. Mrs. T.. T. Towrscrd
is visiting relatives IN Bri1port and Ad-
Olson.
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that the murderer took from his (Bixby'sD
trunk 1921. securing access by breaking
tho lock. He also states that about tho
time Of tho murder Pooler entered tho
Goodrich house and passed Bixby on the
stairs holding in his hand the revolver.
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RIPT on,

Mrs. y. Haskins is sick with scarlet
fevcr.-C, Byinston's children have the
scarlet feVer-James Hodges Is loading
another car load of hard wood lumber.
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CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
WINOOSKI.

A meetng OF the legal voters in the
Wmooski graded school district is called
for Tuesday ofening, the 18th day Of
March 1909 at the school house on East
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VERMONT
Local Items of Interest From All
Parts of the Green Noun
tain State.
THE NJ ) BY COUNTIES

rhe winoosl tlley, Villiges up North
From the | q in the Lake to the
Passurnps - Along otter Creek
and by Shores OF White
River Covered by Special
Correspondents.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-05
MAY BE MURDER.
Case of Supposed Suicide Involves
Suspicious Facts.

Case of Supposed Suicide involves
Suspicious Facts.
Milwaukee, Oct 30.-The mystery
surrounding the death of e. R. Lind
say, whose dead body was found on
the lake front, is deepening. It was at
first supposed to have been a simple
case of suicide, but a letter has been
received from stepson in Buffalo, in
which he says the dead man was
known to have $500 in money and a
Swiss watch worth 5000 when he left
Buffalo.
The writer also says that Lindsay
was acquainted with woman in this
city and that her husband worked for
contractor here. A photograph Of
the dead man is enclosed, which is
easily recognizable, though the corpse
is clean shaven and the picture shows
a man with a mousuacne. He carried
$4,000 insurance on his life.
1t is still the theory of the coroner
that Lindsay took his own life, but
the question that now confronts him
is what became of the money and
watch. When found there was not
even penny in his pockets
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heavy losses to stock and grain. Much
stock was drowned.
The Easements in the business part
of La Crosse are flooded. Over seven
inches of rain fell. In many buildings
on Front and Second streets in that
city the water stands three feet deep
in the Easements, and heavy losses
will be had, especially in the whole
sale district, where much stock was
stored in the cellars. The sewers
overfowed, the streets were flooded,
and in some places deep bitches were
left.
Sparta, Wis, Oct 3O.-The heavy
rains raised the streams so as to
cause much damage to bridges and
other property. Many washouts on
railroads are reported
Black River Falls, Wis, Oct. 30
There was a 10-foot raise in Black
river and it is expected to be yet high
er. Among the mill dams swept out
in the vicinity were the Charter Oak,
Hansons, Narcongs, H. B. Mills at Mil
ton, Shamrock, flour mill, Green's and
the Rhoadeton of this city. Most of
the small bridges are also gone. In
this city the Rhoades foundry was
badly damaged.
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MINERS ARE INslsTENT.
Demand Coal Companies Shall Come
to Terms.

to Terms.
Scranton, Pa. Oct. 30.-Over 5000
mine employees in the Lackawanna var
ley refused to return to work yester-
day morning because the companies
for which they had mined coal failed
to comply with the terms of the Scran-
ton miners convention.
The companies affected are the On
tario & Western Railroad company's
ten mines employing 1000 men, the
Forest Mining company at Archibald
employing 500 men, who have been on
a strike since last July, Green Ridge
Coal company employing 400 and the
Clark Tunnel Coal company employing
100. At all the other mines there was a
complete resumption. even at those of
Jermyn & Co. in Old Forge. where It
was believed the men would not go
back until they we're assured that the
grievances because of which they
struck last March, will be adjusted.
Several thousands of men who
struck have either gone to the western
soft coal fields or returned to their
homes in Europe. This naturally di-
minishes the supply of competent help
as the mines all want to work to their
fullest capacity in order to replenish
exhausted stocks of coal. For this
reason it is believed the union can tie
up mines that show a disposition not
to comply with the demands.
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DONALD GRANTS GRANT.
1t Disappears by Order of President
Castro.

st. Paul, Oct. 31.-Harold H. VERGE.
one of the thirty-five Minnesotans who
were Unidentified with the Orinoco com
pany and it's expensive enterprises in
Venezuela, has arrived from the South.
Mr.. Verge left Venezuela three weeks
ago. A few days after his departure
the grant to the company-in the op-
Grafton of which Donald Grant of Fart
bault is prominent factor-was arbl-
trarily annulled by Dictator Castro,
who is serving temporarily as presi-
dent of the republic. The property,
which includes government grant of
about 100000 acres, was conf1scated.
Mr.. Verge says this action upon the
part of President Castro visits a great
hardship upon many persons, among.
them those who took sub-contracts. The
arbitrary action, Mr. Verge says, would
never have been taken if the United
States government was sufficiently
alive to the interests of it's subjects in
Venezuela. DR.. A. G. Rogers, repre-
senting the Orinoco company, has
taken the matter up with the United
States government. Mr.. Verge be-
lieves that Castro will ultimately be
forced to rescind his action and that
the Venezuelan government will be
held for heavy damages.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-05

Muller and was born at Dessau, in
Germany, in 1923. Educated ate the
public schools of Dessau and Leipslc.
and at the universities of Leipsic and
Berlin, he turned his attention early
in his career to the study OF compar-
ative philology. In 1874 he published
his first book, a translation OF Sans
krit fables, known collectively as The
Hitopadesa. The collating OF the Rig
Veda manuscripts brought him to Eng
land two years later and a further
term of two years found him settled
at Oxford. The first volume of his
edition of the Rig-Veda appeared in
1849 and five years later he was ap-
pointed Tay1orian professor of modern
languages at Oxford.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-05
TELEGRAPHIc TICKS.

Queen Victoria is not ill., though she
was affected by the death of her grand
son, Prince Christian Victor.
At Canton an explosion occurred
Sunday destroying four houses near
the governors yamen. The oficils are
convinced that the murder Of the Off
Gals was contemplated. The lesse of
the building is missing but his guaran-
tor has been arrested. The authorities
hope to compel him to name all the
persons implicated. Six persons were
killed and two wounded.
At Pekin a meeting of diplomats was
held to consider the form of negotia-
ton for a settlement of the China
difficulty. The decision was kept secret
to prevent any information reaching
the Chinese.
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AUTHOREss AROUSED.

London, Oct. 30.-Marie Corelli is up
in arms against the project to place in
the church at Stratford-on-Avon, fac
ing Shakespeare's bust in the chancel,
another of Helen Faucit, the renowned
American Shakespearean artist, who
married Sir Theodore Martin. Martin
secured concession for the bust from
the vicar for a $4,000 subscription to-
ward paying off the $4,000 debt on the
church. Marie Corelli now starts a
fund to defray the whole debt to ''pre-
vent such vandal act, as that Helen
FAUCETS features should confront those
of Shakespeares himself.
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DESPERATE PRISONERS.
Kill Keeper in Their Attempt to Es-
cape.

New York, Oct. 30.-Two colored
prisoners, in an attempt to escape
from the prison attached to the
seventh district court, killed the
keeper, Hugh McGovern, aged 81, and
probably fatally injured George Will
son, So, a ''trusty," who evidently tried
to aid McGovern. One of the prison
ers, Arthur Flanagan, charged with
burglary, escaped. The other, Frank
Emerson, also committed for burglary,
fell into the yard and was instantly
killed. The prisoners were on the
fourth floor. They sawed two bars
off their cell door and got into the
corridor. In trying to cut the bars at
a window it is supposed they en-
countered McGovern and Wilson.
The latter cannot give an account of
what happened. It is believed the file,
which the prisoners used to cut the
bars, was furnished by woman who
visited Emerson Saturday.
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MUST GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE


Minocqua Wis. Oct. 26.-Miss Lot
tie Eagle, a beautiful quarter blood
Winnebago Indian, has received a let
ter from a London law firm to the eff
feet that she is heir to $4,000 by the
death of her uncle, Rudolph Grafton
of Irving Tree Place, England. The
bequest is conditioned that Miss Ea-
sic shall receive only the income of
the entire amount based on per cent.
investment, until she graduates from
Wesley, Smiths or Vassar college, in
this country, or Oxford Hall, in Eng
land. She is then to come into pos
session of the entire sum. Miss Eagle
was to be married Thanksgiving even
ing to a prominent young merchant of
Arbor Vitae, and this complexities the
affair.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-05
ALvORD is CAUGHT.
New York DefauIter in Custody in
Boston.

Boston, Oct. 30-C. L. Alvord, the
New York bank defaulter, is under ar
rest here. He took his arrest very
quietly. 1t is learned that he arrived
in Boston last week and went to the
Hotel Touraine, but did not register.
On Wednesday he engaged a back
room on the second floor of lodging
house on Huntington avenue near
West Newton street, where he went
under the name of Mr.. Smith OF New
York.
When arrested AlvorG stated he was
glad the suspense was ended and was
willing to go back to New York with
out papers. He was driven to police
headquarters and after being measured
and photographed was taken to New
York. He said he had not seen his
wife for two weeks, although prior to
that time he told her his financial cir
cumstances and asked her if he should
kill himself or face it out. She told
him to face it out. When asked what
he had done with the money, he said
"Well, 100000 dollars is a whole lot
of money but it goes easy Referring
to horse races, he said he had backed
horses but never on race tracks and
had owned fast horses himself. He
said he had lived his life and had
taken it to it's full at the rate of $780,
600 a year or more. He said he would
not make any fight, would throw up
his hands, take his sentence and after
that was over, come out in the world
again. He said he would be unable to
secure bail and that he had nothing
with which to make restitution.
New York, Oct. 30.-The officers of
the First National bank have come to
the conclusion that comparatively
little of Alvord's stealings remain in
his possession. He had not stolen any
money for several months. The true
story of the detection came out yester-
day. A clerk in the bank saw him
make a change in the clearing house
the bank examiner. The clerk thought
this an extraordinary proceeding and
his first impulse was to tell his super
iors about it. He hesitated, however,
being loath to cast suspicion on a fell
low clerk. This was on Monday, Oct.
Is. The clerk thought later that he
had better make mention of it, and
told assistant Cashier Backus. Mr..
Backus, too, was slow to believe that
there was anything wrong about Al
word and he decided to- investigate for
himself before consulting his super
iors. Therefore, he left the bank as
usual on Thursday afternoon. He re-
turned in the evening however, and
going over Alvord's accounts discover
ed the defalcation. Alvord went down
to the bank that evening, too, and
learned that Mr.. Backus was at work
in the teller's cage in the basement
Then he disappeared.
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Census Figures Ready.

Washington, Oct. 27.-The work of
counting the inhabitants Of the United
States is practically completed by the
census bureau and this week Director
Merriam will announce the population
Of the country. His statement, how
ever, will be subject to some slight re
vision. All the returns from Alaska
are not yet in and the returns from
American soldiers and sailors serving
in the Philippines and elsewhere
abroad are not complete. These fig
ures will be estimated. The figures
for the states and territories will be
official.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-05
Beers STILL AGGRESSIVE.
Have $1,000 Men in Field and Harass
British.

Capetown, Oct 30.-A force of beers
attacked and surrounded a patrol of
Cape police with convoy near Hoop
stad, Orange River Colony, last We'd
nesday, and a sharp fight ensued.
The police were compelled to abandon
two maxims. Ultimately reinforced
by the yeomanry, they succeeded in
getting away with the convoy; but
they lost seven killed, eleven wounded
and fifteen captured. The colonials
were outnumbered ten to one, and the
engagement lasted two hours. The
beers have $4,000 men in the field,
nearly half of whom are in Orange
River Colony. These are divided into
commandos of some 300 each, but are
capable of combinations for large OPP
erations.