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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-05-23
RECENT REFLECTIONS.
Jim Heoy has started restaurant
at Manchester.

7Jim mccoy mas started q restaurau
at Manchester.
Born, May 20, to Mr.. and Mrs
J. W. Monroe, ten pound boy.
u. L. Kruger has bought th'
stone livery barn on north Broadway
Charles Matteson who is with hil
family at Manchester is failing rap
idly.
The couples who change side!
every time they turn a corner still
come to town.
Mrs. W. W. Davis is having bel
handsome West Third street resi-
,dence painted.
-Saliua has received an ultimatum
from the mayor that be will not allow
the saloons to reopen.
Several Abilene orators have
Memorial day speeches ready for use
outside Of Dickinson county.
"A. S. Brenizer has sold his big
black team to the Upshaw Furniture
Co, who will use it for q hearse team.
The mortgages are closing out
the stock Of an Abilene merchant who
did not believe in advertising. VI
course.
The Abilene woman who dropped
&45O on Federal Steel a while ago is
convinced that stock dealing is very
wrong.
Aid society meetings being de-
clared off there will be no more chance
for while Of getting a DO cent sup
per for 10 cents.
-Salina is not so very warm. 1t
is just getting ready to buy medals
for Co. M, and has "revived" the old
monument scheme.
j. R. Harrison, postoffice inspect
or, who has been in charge Of the
Cuban postal department, has re-
turned to Saliva.
The News does not like Mayor
Halleck's appointments. Nobody ex'
pected the News to like 'em or cares
whether it does or not
The new skimming station start
ed in Garfield last Thursday with a
large number Of patrons and with
Mr.. Gish as manager.
Miss Emma Palmer, daughter Of
Rev. Samuel Palmer, formerly Of Abb
lene, is one Of the Lawrence high
school graduates.
-Atchison's Town Improvement
society offers prizes Of $40 to % for
the best kept lawns, prettiest flower
beds, etc. A good idea.
"A. b. Rose received box Of
beautiful lilies Of the valley from his
old home in Indiana today. 1t was
like a breath OF Hoosierdom.
People are figuring on building
houses. The town has grown to a
point where every house is occupied
and newcomers want places to live.
The Pacific Express office has
been attractively repainted inside,
making it more in keeping with the
good looks Of the manager, +. B.
Glimpse.
Mrs. l.. M. Merrell, agent OF the
home for the iriendless, wishes to ex.
press gratitude to the many friends
in Abilene who have so kindly con-
tributed to the Home.
Harrington is planning elaborate
Decoration day exercises with 800
school children taking part. That
grizzled old veteran, David Yelling
ton Nail, is to DO marshal Of the day.
A Herington man got a black
eye the other day and had the editor
put piece in the paper saying he
stepped on garden rake while help
ng bis wife. He didn't fool anybody.
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-05-23
To Buy New Stock.

l.. j. Schad left for the east to buy
a new and up-to-date stock Of mer-
chandise. He will reopen in the room
south Of his recent location about
June LIST. t&c
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-05-23

Kansas City. May H.-sales by sample
on track. Whoat-No. 2 hard, Zoe; No.
3 hard. 6s@SsIhc; No. 2 red, 7l07lhc; No.
5 red. 69G60hc. Corn-No. mixed, 40%N
llc; No. 3 mixed. 4og4ohc; No. . white,
42c; No. 8 white, ave. oats-No. !
mixed, SoNc; No. mixed, soac; No. Q
white. 3lhdSl%c; No. 3 white. 3193lhc.
Rye. No. 2. Csc. Hay-TImothy, $500
@ll.00; prairie. N00a100O. Eggs, 9lhc
per doz. Poultry, Hens. 7c per h.. roost-
ers, l7hc each; spring chickens, 1Oc:
turkeys M7c; ducks, &c; pigeons, Sl.lO
per doz Butter-Creamery extra fancy,
I61sc per h.; dairy. 14c; store packed. lie.
Potatoes--New, f.25d1.B per bu. Beets-
3Oa5Oc per half bu. basket Onions, &c per
doz. punches. Rhubarb. lOc per bunch.
Cucumbers. i0q75c per doz, Radishes,
l5@25c per doz. punches. Lettuce, roc
per bu. Egg plant. sl.00 per doz. Spinach.
l5g25c per bu. Asparagus. 2a30c per doz.
punches. Apples, fancy home grown.
s5.0Oa6O0 Strawberries. 75cQ$225 per
crate. Backberries. t2.00a250 per crate.
Chicago and 81. Louis Cash Grain.
Chicago, May H.-Wheat-No. . red. u
@76c; No. 3. 7Od74isc; No. 2 hard winter.
7liItQ75c; No. 3, 7S1sd74isc; No. northern
spring, HltQ7bic; No. 2, 7tlt16hc. Corn
No. 2, 4sls06Oc; No. ., 43Apa4lac. Oats
No. O. 3oHaaoi4o; No. 8, 3oc.
st. Louis, May A.-Whsat-No. . red
cash, elevator. 72&c; track. 76G75Ac; No.
Q hard, 72k07sc. corn-No. . cash, l3itc;
track. 4sMe%,kc. Oets-No. . cash, Sohc;
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-05-23
THE SHARPE CASE.

Outline Of Defense In the Charge Against
the Agent Of Receiving Brides for Leas.
Ing, Lands TO Csttlemen.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-05-23

Guthrie. Ok. May 2i.--A special
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-22

cure subscriptions to defray the ex-
penses incurred by the committee.
On thesevening Of August %. POO
young women met in Festival hall
and organized the Society Of the
Seamstresses, Needle Women and
Shop Girls of Brattleboro and elected
Miss Mary j. Donnell president, Miss
Minerva Tyler secretary. and other
officers. The objects of the society
were outlined as caring for and pro-
tecting the interests of all persons in
Brattleboro employed in the classes
named, and to provide or secure re-
lief and support for such as may be
in temporary need from want of en-
plcyment, sickness or misfortune and
to secure, protect, and care for all
funds, estate or property as may be
given. bequeathed or appropriated by
any persons or from any source for
the support, relief or benefit of said
classes or any OF them. Resolutions
were adopted expressing deep and sin
cere appreciation for the generous
gift of Mr.. Thompson and instructing
the executive committee to employ
such counsel as they deem necessary
and proper to represent the interests
OF the beneticiaries under the will.
Judge f. l.. Waterman and LAWYER
{. c. Fits were at once engaged as
counsel, and they began the work OF
securing the benefit to Brattleboro
under the provisions of the will. The
story of the proceedings since then is
long chapter, but its Salient points
are given in the following summary:
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-22
Proceedings in Lltiaation.

The litigation began by bringing a
bill in equity to the Supreme Judicial
Court OF Massachusetts by William
Minot, trustee, praying the court for a
construction of the will and for in
structions as to the administration of
the trust therein specified The trus-
tee made as parties defendant to the
bill, the Attorney General of Massa-
chusetts, the Attorney General of New
York the Society of Needlewomen.
Seamstresses, and shop Girls of Brat
tleboro, and all persons who appeared
and made claims to the estate as heirs
OF Thomas Thompson. The latter in
cluded heirs by way of Thomas
Thompsons mother who claimed
through the Mackay family. that is.
they We're descendants of the sister of
Thomas Thompson's mother and were
the nearest next of kin of Thomas
Thompson at the time of his decease
Then there were heirs on the
Thompson side including something
like is or 20 persons who were one
degree farther removed than the
Mackay heirs, but claimed by reason
of statute of New York which pro-
vides that real estate which comes to
the deceased through a parent should
descend to the heirs on that side
And it was claimed that this real estate
came from Thomas Thompson. hence
these latter claimants would inherit.
The real contest has been between
the beneficiaries of Rhinebeck and
Brattleboro on the one part and the
heirs on the other part. the Attorneys
General being simply nominally inter
ested as defenders of charity in gen
eral. First there was long litigation
over who were in fact heirs of Thomas
Thompson. and after hearing of that
issue an interlocutory decree was en-
tered nearly a year ago dismissing
those persons who claimed to be heirs
through Thomas Thompson's father
for the reason that the real estate of
which Thompson was possessed at
the time of his death was located in
Massachusetts. and the statute of
New York under which those persons
claimed had no effect as TO such real
estate
From thence forward, the Mackay
heirs, so called, have been the oppos-
ing parties. These heirs claimed the
will invalid because the bequests
were not for a public charity. were too
indefinite and were by their nature
not specific. 1t was further claimed
that since Thomas Thompson was
dOmiciled in New York at the time of
his death, the law of New York should
control The law of that state at the
time of Thompson's death in 1869, and
in fact always up to 1898, was distinct
ly adverse to charitable bequests, and
this will interpreted by that law would
surely have failed
The celebrated Tilden will case
worked a revolution in the New Yor..
law regarding charitable bequests.
Public opinion was so stirred by the
breaking of Tilden's will which gave
his estate to the establishment of a
library in New York city that the next
session of the legislature in 1898
enacted a statr providing that no
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-22
The Meaning-Why Not a Thomas
Thompson Hospital.
George II. NlaCkaY,
Amelia NJ, Goodwin,
flcrScy 3. Goodwin,
William MackaN.

In addition TO this agreement for set
Element is supplemental agreement
specifying certain parcels of real estate
TO be conveyed TO the heirs under para
graph No ] ana the agreement further
provides that such real estate may he
rcpIrchascd by the trustees for the sum
of S2u0,uuO, SO the settlement with the
heirs, i'm fact, Is for the sum of $2o0,0
The legal situa tion of the heirs and their
representatives, neCCsSitates the convey
auce of real estate in settlement, but the
trustees vii, take the real estate back un-
der terms Of the supplemental agreement
and pay for il just $20O,OOO.
1t is well for our people to consider
carefully what ali this munihcence means
for Brattleboro and We ought not to get
are intended as the benehciarios and how
the benefits of this tund are to be dis
bursed.
The seamstresses, needlewomen and
shop girls are the ones whose first inter-
ests are to be considered both I'm the
primary dispensation anA the actual
administration of the Kindred uses
shall be found, but it is only those seam
stresses, needlewomen and shop girls who
are in actual need from Sickness, want
of employment or otherwise wlo can re-
ceive direct aid under the provisions of
this will. 1t has been thought ny some
mistakenly, that these sewing women
would be by virtue of their emplC yment
entitled to share in the income II this
fund This is not so, it is only their
actual need which gives them the ight
TO call on the trustees for temporary aid.
1t was the evident intention of the testa-
tor that hish money should be used Pm
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-22
STORY OF LONG LITIGATION IN TIE WILL CONT
Thomas Thompson and His Wife Elizabeth How Batteboo Hap
pened to Be Beneficiary
Glad tidings of great joy to BrattIe-

Glad tidings Of great JOY to Brattle-
boro,
The Thomas Thompson will case is
settled and the larger part of the in
come of this great estate will be avail
able for charitable purposes in this
town.
Judge Knowlton of the Supreme Ju.
dicial court of Massachusetts sitting
in equity filed the decree Tuesday
which brings the litigation to an end.
Briefly this decree is in the form of
compromise, the heirs getting $500
600, and the remainder of the estate
being divided between Brattleboro and
Rhinebeck, n. Y, Brattleboro getting
two-thirds and Rhinebeck one-third.
The total value of the estate, which
is largely in real estate in the city of
Boston, is about 81 100000. After the
settlement with the heirs $1.1OO,OOO
will be left. From two-thirds of this
sum an income of $4,000 to $3.50
annually will come to Brattleboro.
Under the compromise decree
broad scope for the will is defined, so
that the income coming to Brattleboro
may be used not only for the temper
airy relief of poor seamstresses, needle
women and shop girls in Brattleboro,
but also for kindred charitable pur.
poses, such as a hospital and free kin
dergarten.
Great credit is due Lawyers f. l..
Waterman and c. c. Fits, who push
ed Brattleboro's claim through the
legal labyrinth and after long, ardu
Gus and complicated labors secured a
result more satisfactory than the most
sanguine persons in town anticipated.
The two Brattleboro lawyers had valu-
able assistance from John Lowell a
prominent lawyer of Boston. who act
ed as their counsel in that city
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-22
Provision of the Will.

MrThompson S will was probated in
New York last in 1869 The document
provided in the usual way for the pay
ment OF all just debts, gave to his
wife house in Medford, Mass, for
the use of her sister, gave to his wife
the fine art collection Ito her own
use and behoof forever gave several
small bequests, legacies and annuites,
and then made the following provis-
ion, which is of particular interest to
Brattleboro people:
Item: | give, devise and beuueath
all my lands, tenements and heredita-
ments and all my estate and property,
real and personal or mixed, of which
| shall die seized or possessed, or to
which | may have any claim or be in
any way entitled to at the time of my
decease, not otherwise herein given,
devised or bequeathed, to William
MinOt, jr., and James Connor, both of
said Boston, to hold the same as Joint
tenants in fee, but upon the following
trusts, viz: To take, hold and manage
the real and mixed estate and to in
vest the personal, and after paying for
repairs, taxes, insurance and all other
necessary charges, including the an
nuities herein-before given, to pay
over the net income of the trust fund
so constituted to my aforesaid wife,
Elizabeth, during her natural life, to
her sole and separate use and bene-
mt. upon her personal receipt or writ
ten order only, quarterly, or oftener if
more convenient to my said wife, upon
the last day of each and every quarter.
And after the decease of my said wife,
TO apply the net income of the trust
fund, after making the deductions
aforesaid, for or toward the relief and
support of poor seamstresses, needle
women and shop girls who may be in
temporary need from want of employ
ment, sickness or misfortune in the
towns of BrattlebOro, Vt, and Rhine
beck, Duchess county, New York, the
amount being equally divided between
the two towns. And | direct and en-
power my said trustees to employ
from time to time such agents as they
may judge best for the practical ap-
plicatiOn of the income of the trust
fund, whether town officials of said
towns, or corporations, associations or
individuals resident i'm said town or
elsewhere, ii being my wish that such
agents shall be selected, If practicable,
as will serve gratuitously. And | en-
power my said trustees, if the whole
income appropriated to either one
of said towns is not needed for
the relief of the class of persons above
named in that town for one year. to
apply the surplus to the relief of the
same class in the other town if need
ed, and if not, to apply such surplus
to such kindred charitable purposes in
said town or elsewhere, but not, how
ever. in the city of Boston, as shall be
determined by my said trustees, or in
their discretion to be added to the
capital. And it being my wish that
the fund shall be for the immediate
relief of the suddenly needy, whether
from casualty, imprudence or improv-
idence, l direct that there shall be as
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-22
The Compromise Agreement.

suffolk -.
Laurence Minot ANA Rich
ards NJ. Bradley, trus-
tees under the wii of l.. t,.,,i+,.
Thomas Thompson, ~ '''"''''
vs..
Hosea NJ. Knowlton, at
torneY-gencraI ct ais.
WHEREAS, controversy has arisen
between Laurence Minot and Richards
NJ. Bradley, trustees under the will of
Thomas Thompson, late of the city, coun-
ty and state of New York, and Hosea
NJ. knowltou, attOrneY-general of the
state OF saChusetts, and f.. l.. Water
man and Clarke G. Fits, agents and at
torncys, representing the needle-women,
seamstresses and shopgrs of the town
of Brattleboro, Vermont and Mary A..
Donnell, president, and Minerva \. Tyler,
secretary, of the Society of Seamstresses,
Needlewomen and Shopgirls of Brattle-
boro. in the state Of Vermont, and John
G. Davies, encouragement of the state
of New York, representing the seam
stresses, needlewomen and shopgirls of
Rhinebeck in the state of New York, and
James h. Thayer and Hersey b. Good
win both of Cambridge in the county of
MiddleseX, surviving executors of the
will of Trlstram b. Mackay, late of said
Cambridge, deceased Amelia Mackay
Goodwin of said Cambridge and said
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-22
The Phoenix Told Story Which
Started Action.

Started Action.
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~, nc cNIs'enNT oi 'iT VIZ, WI VI nolllaS
nollPeoh' nl"nine ID az az '- ~ anu anu
hllNepecN eiiciai Ies Vi nls DounIS .
was PIacClCallS unNnUMH IN III pia''le
poIo III lo'l When ne lnoel'lA re-
NIe"eu lne Case III an its pa 'lCu'aIs a.
anu Puo!isleu ne IIoN 'SIonS Vi M, Iiie
wiz ielatIhs ~ 'le t"o 70" no MS
arIlcie dIIlacIeu sleat 1IteL'lon aI
the Olihe, Dut aS lng WI uiu not pt,
conle oPTt ,,i allNe uh'li "i'vi 'nc ut"In
Oh MIS- ! honpson' no actloh Mas Mas TAX
en- al Ihat OlIhe, MiS' EllZaoeIh
noIllPs0h' InS MiuoW, ,soo aieu ~ lI'SlG-
toil' n H. JuIS q, 1913, anu the loi
Io"ins wen ne "oeHtA 1i., aSaln ai' lo'u
exc eAGiuslNely the 9'oIs VI tile Nun p9oh =,
WIN anu uIseu ACTON " seou'e us
dement's 10 ID pIaltiepoip' 49,. .,.;... -
the town was held in Festival hall
August l2 when these resolutions
were adopted:
heSoiNeu' nat lhe PeopIe vi
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-22
AN INCOME OF $4,000
End of the Celebrated Thomas Thompson Will Case Decree Filed
in Court in Boston Last tuesday.
FOR CHARITIES IN BRATTLEBORO
Compromise Will Permit Use for Hospital Addition to Aiding
Seamstresses Needle Women, Shop Girls

VALUE OF TOTAL ESTATE IS $13OOOOO
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-22

Continued on Seventh Page.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-22
ROCKERS.

Have you noticed cur new
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-22
VOL. LXVIIT.
TIE VERMONT PHOENIX.
r1aLisREn avERY FRIDAY AT BRATTLEBoRo. VT. ny
-. l.. FRENCH.

TERMS; $l5Q per year in advance; If
Rates of advertising furnished on appli-
cation Births, deaths and marriages
published free; Obituary Notices Cards
of Thanks, ETC., 70 cents per inch of i2
lines or less
ENTERED al the Brattleboro Post Office
as second class mail matterl
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-22
S. W. Edgett & Go.
Real Estate.
BrattlebOrO, Vt.

We offer some bargains in small farms that
the owners want TO sell. These are not offered
as a pretense but are actual bargains, worth
one-third more than you can buy them for.
Remember these are not all we have to sell. call
on us If you want farms, houses for homes or
investments. We can sell you investment pro
perty in Bratteboro that will net you five per
cent. You may be able TO get more but will it
be safer II you think OF buying farm we can
suit you, as we have them from S400up
Our Bargain Counter.
ThiIty.hve acre farm 4 mile to church,
school, post office, etc, about same distance TO
railroad, mostly level, will keep two COWS and
team; plenty wood and timber for place; one
STORY house with ell, rooms IN good repair, barn,
ice house, sugar house with 200 trees with sugar
making equipement. Price $l200
Nine acres, new house and barn, land level In
a good town and easy distance TO school, post
ONCE ch arch, railroad, etc think this house is
partially finished in hard wood. Plenty young
fruit Sl4OO.
Three tenement house in Bratteboro, slated
blinded, four-lighted windows, bath and sewer
connections in every tenement. This place will
rent to pay you per cent net $500
Time and space will not permit us to say all v e
would like to in regard TO what we can offer you.
We can simply ask you to make an appointment
aud come and see us or write. We would have
you bear 10 MIND that when you get description
from this office you will find 1t as good as rep
resented. Send for our list. We want some
cheap farms for summer homes.
S. w. EDGETT & co.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-22

Heirs Will Get 5000 OOO Bateboro Income Of 23ds and Rhine
beck, N Y, I'D of the Remainder
The Globe-republican., 1901-12-19
TALks ON ADVERTISING.

The best way to advertise is just to
advertise. Get at it with view to hav-
ing the people know what you most
desire to sell, and incidentally letting
them know that the specified items do
not represent your full stock. Say in
teresting things about interesting goods
and have the goods to talk.
Men talk of the secret of successful
advertising, but it is all very plain. The
essentials are to offer what people
want. at fair prices, and to offer it in
a way that viii make readers know
they want it The art in writing an
advertisement is to speak as the inter
ested and well-informed merchant
would speak to a prospective customer.
The mere appearance of business
mans name and address in every issue
of a leading newspaper will do work to
increase his trade. Every business man.
however, is able to give facts about his
establishment which will encourage
people to deal with him To state such
facts clearly in newspaper is the prin-
cipaI secret of successful advertising
The idea that it takes a number of
impressions to make the average ad-
vertisement effective is not new. Forty
years ago an English advertiser said
to the publisher of the CornhilI Maya
zfne- 1--WE don't consider that an ad-
vertisement seen for the first time by
a reader is worth much. The second
time it counts for something. The third
sf-ne the readers attention is arrested.
Ne fourth time he reads 1T through aod
thinks about it; the fifth makes a pur-
chaser of him 1t takes time 20 soak
In"
The Globe-republican., 1901-12-19

There is no reason why the clothes
cleaned at home cannot be irOned up
TO the same standard of excellence that
comes from sending them to the Iaun-
dry All that is necessary to attain
the desired object is the purchase of
package of Defiance starch at any
grocery Use it once and you will IN
derstand why clothes ironed at the
laundries have that mild, glossy ap-
pearance. All 6rst-class 1aundries use
Defiance starch If there is no grocery
in your neighborhood that keeps it
they will send for it request Made
y the Magnetic Starch Co, Omaha,
Neb.
The Globe-republican., 1901-12-19
Larger Trains and Quick Schedules Are
Expected to BE the ultimate


Several of what are claimed to be
the largest locomotives ever construct
ed were received by the Chicago, Mil
waukee and ST. Paul road yesterday
In these days of large engines each
,sfresh consignment received by a rail-
troad during the past year or two has
had the distinction of being the 1arg-
est While these monster locomotives
have in way ceased to excite sur
prise, those just received by the St
Paul road are remarkable in their di-
mansions, For example, the diameter
of the driving wheels is eighty-four
and one-fourth inches. or one-fourth
Of an inch over seven feet.
Following is technical description
of the new giants:
Diameter of driving wheels, S41A
inches.
Diameter of compound cylinders, rs
and IS inches.
Stroke of cylinders. % inches
Total length of engine. IS feet IL
inches.
Fire bcx, feet inches by 3 feet 5
inches.
Number of fiues in boiler, $50.
Heating surface 3,215 square feet
Capacity of tender. $4,000 pounds of
coal and 1000 gallons of water.
Thinks Fast Time Possible.
General Passen ger Agent Miller OF
new engines. alleging that they will
tend to revOlutionize schedules and
power He says they will be capable
OF hauling fourteen fifteen heavily
loaded coaches or sleepers sixty miles
an hour. Grades will be little or no
obstruction to the leviathans-
The locomotives will be put in ser
vice on the limited trains between
AChicago and Milwaukee and between
E Chicago and Omaha