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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-07-04


moan Of the CORES ponding week last year
The rainfall during the week Was hardl
aplreCiablc. except at n fev isola ted places
I'm New Hampshire ana Main, where
heavy and destructive thunderst rms. with
heavy rainfall occurred over the greater
portion Of the district no rain fell during
the week.
CONDITION OF CROPS.
The high temperature and abundant sun
shin" have CaQeed all crops to imYrove
greatly and make rapid growth during he
week. hoeine md farm WORK have been
rushed. Although crops are now generally
in good condition, ram Is neglnning to be
much needed, and IN some parts OF the
section, on higher ground, crops are now
suffering from the absence II rainfall In
parts OF Maine ShU wcrs viii h occurred OF
the night Of the 18th, were beneficial and
did much 70 relieve the need of rain where
they occurred. but throughout the district,
unless there Is rain soon. crops win be in.
lur"d by the trv weather In MaSSachu.
scttS and COnnec uCut CORES pondents STATE
that Yasturags is suffering, and in conse.
quence, the milk supply bas decreased
Some ,orr~s spundents Sta,e that the eX-
treme heat has caused potatoes to viii
during the middle of the day. and alsc
corn 10 roll; others. that small fruits ha.,
been injured, but this has occurred only AZ
ID few places.
/ CT ,in-Corn has continxed to Improve
ard has made rapid grow tn, and is Icing
| hoed. Some corrcspoh dents state that 4
L. small but a majority state that it IS
doing well. In Maine. crows have been
/ troublesome and caused corsiderab be DAM
age 10 this crop. All grain ls generaliy
reported to be in good condition, except
in Connecticut, where rust Mas DANA ID
oats. and caused the crop to be faiit.r,;
fodder oats in that section have also been
4 10
er.
Grass-HaNing has generally begun. \
few corrc Sp,udcnts state that tn ,roD
Will be light having little bottom growth
but the greater number stat" tnat IT Will
i h' cp'al to. or above the average crop.
| The high temperature has rtpened grass
rapidly, and in some parts ot the q, elton,
EremFturCly The sunshine In1 warmer
weather has improved the quelHy Of Era IS
and tho absence OF rain has made ,xc l.
lent conditions for cutung and curing.
Fruits Small fruits are heGnnins to
suffer from the extreme heal and dry
weather. Straw berries in the central and
| northern part pf the section are drying
uT. other small fruits are eenctaly re-
| ported to b. in geud coadltiOn An cor
respondents continue u state that n ap-
pl" crop will be light, except Ia SOFA i'll
stances early apples, whreh promise a
fair crop. Correspondents IN Cuane Il t
stat, that peaches have set we'll in that
section.
No-ttat.,s-Au vegetables AND garden
crops hIv" improved during tn week.
Potatoes are gcnorally reported be doing
we'll Potato bugs continue very mum. r
ouS. one correspondent stating that they
hurrow into the ground and eat the STA *
before 1t comes up. Squash bugs are also
numerous,
Tobacco-Tobaceo has boon improved ~
the favorable weather. II tho tobacco
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-07-04
CROPS HAVE GROWN RAPIDLY.
High perature and Abundant sun
shine Very Beneficial

Boston, July 3-The weekly crop bulletin
of the New England section Of the Climate
and Crop Service Of the Weather Bureau,
says: The weather of the week has been
marked by continuous extreme heat which
has prevailed since Thursday, the nth, and
abundance OF sunshine. There was also d
marked absence OF rainfall. The temper
aturc has been very high, at many places
breaking all previous records. During
Thurs lay, Friday, saturday and SUNDAY,
maXima Of 20 degrees or tbOVC were n
cral and over n large part of the district
the temperature rose to 10 degrees during
the time mentioned. The nights have als,
been warm. The mean ttAnperature Of
the week for the entire distrfct was "A d.
grees, 10 degrees higher thpsn thet Of tie
preceding week. ana DEGREES above the
moan Of the CORES ponding week last year.
The rainfall during the week Hes hardl-
aplreciablc, except at sev isola ted place
In New Hampshire and Main where
heavy and destructive thunderst Orns with
heavy rainfall occurred. over the greater
portion OF the district no rain fell during
the week.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-08
STAR WITNESS FOR GOEBEL-
TIES DISAPPEARS.
ADMITS He SWoRE FALSELY
Alleged That Missing Man Ac-
knowledged Having Per-
iured Himself.

Frankfort, KY, Jan. 4-The Janu-
ary term of the Franklin circuit court,
at which the cases of Ex-Governor
Taylor, ~ex-Secretary of State Findley,
W. H. Culton, and others, charged
with completely in the murder OF Will
lam Goebel, will be called, will con-
enc Monday.
There is little probability that any
of the cases will be tried at this term,
however, and the chief interest will
be as to whether any additional indict-
ments in connection with the assassl-
nation are returned.
Robert Noaks, upon whose testl-
mony, ~corroborated by Culton and
Wharton Golden, mainly, ex-Secretary
of State Caleb Powers, was convicted
and given a life sentence, is reported
to have left the country. He is under
bond to appear as a witness next week
and his bondsmen are searching fol
him in various parts Of the Unltec
States and Canada.
Noaks is allegedato have made {
statement when he left Kentucky ad
mitting perjury on his part, but hi
friends deny this.
On the same day the court OF ap
peals will reorganize with Judg'
Orear, republican, on the bonch and
decision in the Powers case is expecte'
sometime this month.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-08

Salt Lake, Utah, Jan. 4-The pro-
grramme for the fourth annual conven-
tion of the National Livestock asso-
citation was made public today.
The meeting will in As
sembly hall January 10, for a session
of four days and will be participated
in by many Of the leading authorities
of the nation on live stock matters.
The committee appointed by author
ity of the Fl. Worth convention to
draft a bill dealing with the DISPOSE
tion of the arid lands Of the west will
meet at the Knutsford hotel on January
10 to draft their report. The executive
committee of the association will meet
at the same place in annual session on
the day following.
Tuesday, the first day of the conven-
ton, will be devoted to the address OF
welcome by Governor Heber M. Wells
of Utah.
Following are some of the speakers
who will speak at the opening session
L. G. Powers, chief statistician TO-
agriculture, census department, OF
"Our national wealth in livestock.
Levi d. Doud of Illinois, ''The Amerl
can livestock and dressed meat expor
trade" General John B. Castlema1
Louisville, KY, "The Americal
saddle horse and assessment classlf
; cation of livestock" George d. MAJ
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-08
LOSING NO Time
Congressional Committee 1nvesti-
eating Hazing of Booz
Hard at Work.

Philadelphia, Jan. 4-The Booz con-
gressional committee recently appoint
ed by Speaker Henderson for the pur-
pose of making inquiry into cause OF
death of Oscar Booz at West Point,
and to investigate hazing in general at
the academy, began taking testimony
today. Three sessions were held,
covering a period Of time from y
O'Clock in the morning until midnight.
Most of the evidence adduced has
already been brought out by the mill
tary board Of inquiry appointed by the
war department. Probably the most
important was that the physicians had
attended Oscar Booz for acute laryn-
gifts previous to his going to West
Point. The administration of Tobasco
sauce, it was testified, was sufficient
to cause irritation of the affected part
of the larynx which would have made
Booz less able to resist tuberculosis
germs.
The physician who examined Cadet
Booz prior to his entrance into West
Point testified that his lungs We're not
normal.
Ex-Mayor Breth Of Altoona, Pa.
whose son, it is alleged, died from al
ailment indirectly due from hazins
at West Point, and former Cadet Burn
ham of Kentucky a classmate OF Booz
will appear before the commission to
morrow.
If the investigators conclude thel
work here by tomorrow night the.
will begin taking testimony at Yves
Point Monday.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-08
MATTERS THAT Will BE DEBATED
Committee Makes Public List of Questions Selected
for Discussion at National Livestock
Association Meeting.

we'll, Chicago, "Relation of irrigation
to the livestock industry Il. 5.
Huidekeper, Washington, D. O., Ne
cessities required in family horses"
A. J. Knollin, Kansas City, Problems
in handling large sheep interests.
Marvin Hughitt, president Chicago q
Northernwestern railway, Evolution
in transportation" George b. a
Norman, Illinois, Livestock ex-
changes and their relation to the pro-
ducer."
The subjects which will receive the
greatest attention are: "The Grout
bill" This will be opposed by John
F. Hobbs of New York and favored by
ID. w. Wilson Of Elgin, Illinois
"Should the government lease the
public domain ?n Supported by John
P. Irish of California. Opposed by
John M. Carr of Wyoming. "Annual
classified census Of livestock q. W.
Pugh, Arizona; DIR. Charles Gress'
we'll, Colorado, and 9. B. Towers o.
Montana.
The entertainment features OF TIT
convention will also be extensive.
Indications are that the convention
will be the most important and larges
attended the association ever held. AT
rangements have been completed t
care for 1900 delegates and BOO
visitors.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-08
TO
%EQU|vOCATE
HILL DoDGEs QUESTION OF
BIG DEAL.
lis PRACTICALLY CLOSED
Announced That Within a Month
Two Roads Will in Eff
feet Be One.
IS PRACTICALLY CLOSED

st. Paul, Jan. Awhile no confir-
nation could be obtained here from
any authoritative ource OF the report
ed combination of the Northern Pa
ciic, Great Northern and Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul, it is the gem
eral belief iii we'll informed railroad
circles that the deal, if not already an
accomplished fact, is in process OF con-
summation.
President Jas. j. Hill of the Great
Northern was naturally disinclined to
talk upon the subject for publication,
but in the course of an interview he
had this to say: II have made no
loan in Montreal. Does it not stand
to reason that if I needed money l can
get it without going to Canada? No
deal by which we get control OF any
western line has yet been consummat-
ed. I will say, however, that some
of the big lines hope by getting to-
gether to reduce their working ex-
penses. Any movement now on foot
by railroads is simply for the purpose
Of economizing."
1t will be noticed that Hill does not
state that there is no deal under way
by which the western line, which is
taken to mean the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & St. Paul, is to be brought under
control Of the two northern transcon-
~tinental lines The announcement
was made semi-officially today, and
the information did not come from a
New York source, that the big deal by
which the Hill Morgan Rockefeller in
~terests were to secure control OF the
Northern Pacific and st. Paul roads is
practically consummated, and that
inside of a month the systems will be
in effect one.
About three weeks ago, SO the story
goes, President Hill obtained a LOAF
from Canadian capitalists of 1928, OOO,
600 and, it is added, much OF thu
money went for the purchase O.
Northern Pacific and St. Paul shares
| In the vaults Of the Great Northern
s treasurer, it is stated today, repose de
post slips showing that this immense
, sum was placed to the credit OF Presl
: dent Hill in the Chemical Nationa
0 bank of New York City. The deposl
8 tors were, it is asserted, Sir William
Van Horne, president of the CANADIAN
: Pacific, r. B. Angus, multi-milllon
: aire and director of the Bank OF MOI
treal, and Lord Mount Stephen Q
Montreal.
President Hill will leave for Me-
York next. week and it is stated tina
9 the sole object of his visit is to pu
the finishing touches upon the mos
gigantic railway deal in recent years
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-08
SLIGHT CONCESSIONS
Northern Pacific Comedies Some
of Demands Made by
Photographers.

St. Paul, Jan. Probably the last
of the conferences between the North
ern Pacific and its operators for the
time being, at least, has been held,
and the men quite unexpectedly Sc
cured slight concessions.
The point on which the management
receded somewhat from its original
position is in the reduction of hours OF
work from nine to eight aud a halt
hours at important relay centers.
The concession has not yet been &C.
cepted formally, but doubtless will be.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-08
MUTILATED RECORDS
Save Alleged Alabama Murderer
Now Under Arrest
at Butte.

Montgomery, Ala, Jan. 4-Gover-
nor Sanford today refused to issue
requisition papers for R. G. Douglas,
alias Eldridge Williams, arrested at
Butte, Mont, charged with attempting
to kill his wife and who, 1t is report
ed, confessed to having killed James
Roswell Of Wetumpka, in this state,
in 1891. @
The governors grounds for refusal
were that the Indictment had been lost
or stolen and that all pages Of the
records on which record of the case
had been made had been torn from
the books since the escape of Williams
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-08
APPEALS FOR HIS BOY
Father Of Molineux Will Take
Sons Case to the
Legislature.

New York, Jan. 1.-The World to-
morrow will say: General Edward
Molineux has decided to appeal to the
legislature to ascertain the cause of
the delay in settling the case Of his
son, Roland, convicted of murder in
the first degree.
He will ask, if necessary, that a
committee be appointed to conduct an
investigation and that a bill be enact
ed limiting the time given to a trial
Judge within which he must pass on a
case where the conviction was one OF
murder in the first degree.
Young Molinenx was convicted
February 10, 1900. Counsel for
Molineux completed serving their pap
ers on appeals to the district attorney
May 4, last year. July 25 the district
attorney completed his case and the
following day the papers were sub
mitted to Recorder Golf. Shortly
after that the recorder went on a three
months vacation. He returned to the
bench November 1, but it was not I'M
til December 8 that he took up the
Molineux papers.
General Molineux said: EVERY
man who is accused of having COM
mitted a crime under our laws is en-
titled to a trial. The trial of my son
is not completed until the court has
passed upon his case. There seems te
be no fixed time in the law on which
a trial Judge must settle a case. II
has been suggested to me by profess
sional friends that there is no limita'
tions by law to the time a trial judge
can take to settle a case. If such il
absolutely the case I will certainly
appeal to the legislature Or to thu
judges of the court of appeals if there
is no time limit.
"The spirit moves me, not only a
father of the defendant, but as a cltl
zen to make public to the people OF tn
state of New York, yes to the who'll
world, in what position a criminal Q
alleged criminal is placed to get hi
papers before the court of appeals
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-08
'CHANGE WAS LIVELY
Aggregate Of Sales Yesterday
Largest in Institutions
History.

New York, Jan. To-day was one
Of the most exciting days in the his
tory of the New York Stock exchange.
The manner Of recording transac-
tions on the exchange is inexact at
best and especially in such q market
as TODAY are transactions likely to be
lost from the record. But there can
be no doubt that the aggregate sales
Cor today exceed anything ever done
,efore on the exchange. The recorded
transactions footed up 1887. 900
shares. compared with the previous
record of 1923, 10 shares on November
IL, 1900. .
There have been wider price move
ments than any of those made today
in individual stocks, or in groups OF
stocks, but it is doubtful whether
there has ever before been so violent a
fuctuation i'll the average price for all
stocks traded in as from low price to
high price today. The confusion dur
ing the early hours of the market,
while the ultimate course of prices
was still in controversy, was beyond
all description and the excitement dur
ing the late hours of the day, when
the demand was at its height and
prices were moving most rapidly up
ward, warrants use of the term frenzy
Blocks Of many thousand shares Of
stocks were banded about from hane
to hand among the brokers with M
more apparent consideration, beyond
the excitement.of the game, than boy
show in playing marbles. In con
sidering the extreme variations il
prices and highly concentrated char
acter of some of the dealings, it is NJ
exaggeration to say that vast fortune
were made and lost on the floor OF tn
exchange during the day. The coca
sions are very rare when the senti
ment on the exchange has been s.
abruptly changed. from a mood OF de
, preston to one of excessive exhilara
; ton as was shown today, although
events have occurred to %precipitat
sudden panics in the midst of specu
lative excess.
It would be useless to attempt t
: analyze close the causes underlyln
such a market. There was a recruo
essence in full force Of the bulls
sentiment which has stirred up tn
stock market for two months pas
The effect was more acute by reaso
!, of the rebound from yesterdays d.
n preston.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-08
PINE LAND SALE.

Minneapolis, Jan 4-The Scanlon-
GIBSON Lumber company has just con-
cluded an enormous purchase of white
pine along the St. Louis river and is
tributaries. The land and timber
were owned by William O'Brien OF st.
Paul and his associates, and compre.
bend nearly 800, 900, 900 feet. The
purchase price is not known, but Scan
Ion has said that millions OF dollars
were involved in the transaction.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-08
VENEZUELA

Washington, Jan. Gable advices
received at the state department TO-
day from Minister Loomis are Of a dis
ouieting character. The department
declines to make public che details,
but it is surmised that there is a pos
| sibility of resistance on the part OF
one of the asphalt companies to Legal
processes Of the Venezuelan govern
ment that may result seriously.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-08
o JERRY.

Topeka, Kan, Jan. 4-Senator Lu-
clan Baker formally withdrew from
the race for reelection today and will
leave the field to J. R. Burton. A
landslide toward Burton was started
this morning when two strong Baker
men came over to the Burton camp.
The populist caucus will probably in
dorse Jerry Simpson for United States
senator and give him a compliment
arv vote in the joint session.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-08
EXPECTS NO INTERFERENCE.

Cincinnati, Jan. 4-Wm. Brady,
manager of J. J. Jeffries, arrived this
afternoon to look after the preliml-
naries of the Jeffries- Rubin fight, set
for February 10 at Saengerfast hall:
He feels confident that the mayor will
not refuse his permit and in support
of his belief cites the fact that the
Saengerfast directors in that case
would lose the So, 600 forfeit.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-08
GOOD DAYS WORK.
Troops Capture Large Number Of Filipino
Officers.

Washington, Jan. 1.-The following
dispatch was received at the navy de-
partment this afternoon from Admiral
Re,ney:
Manila; Jan. bureau of Navi-
cation. Washington: An attack on
the morning Of the Bird by the Fourth
infantry, marines and navy at Cavite
Vieio, resulted in the capture of one
lieutenant colonel, two majors, five
captains, one lieutenant and 40 prl'
Yates In the Insurrectos and four la
drOnes,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-08
TERRIBLE CRIME COMMITTED
BY OHIO BRUTE.
MURDERER and RAvISHER
For Resisting His Assault Cruelty
Cuts Victim to Pieces
with Razor.

Marietta, Ohio, Jan. 4-One of the
most brutal of crimes was committed
this evening at Hackney, Morgan
county, by which Nellie Morris, aged
10, handsome and accomplished, lost
her life.
AS Miss Morris was returning from
the postoffice by way OF a path
through the fields, she was accosted by
Walter A. W%instock, a young man
aged 1S years, who lived zeal her
home. He made improper proposals
to her. She Immediately started to
run. He grabbed her and threw her
to the ground. She screamed II
fought hard, finally getting to her
feet.
Winstock drew a razor from his
pocket and cut her across the neck,
severing the neck muscles and laying
bare the jugular vein.
Miss Morris grabbed the z with
her hands and they were u into
pieces in her mad attempt to rescue
herself from the man. Her fingers
were cut off and her wrist badly cut,
as we'll as entire right arm and LETT
arm badly disfigured.
Her dress was torn from her III
shreds and when the people arrived
she was almost naked. She died from
the effects Of her wounds shortly after
the assault.
She was the daughter Of Benjamin
Morris, a business man of this city
Winstock was grabbed by the crowe
of men who bound him with ropes
hand and foot and removed him to
building where more than 1900 mel
watched over him. A telephone mes
sage was sent to McConnellsville TO
officers to come and get him.
The people of Hackney are great.
excited and a mob is being organized
to hang Winstock.
Winstock recently returned from tn
reformatory, where he served a teri
for attempting to kill his father, Jaco
Winstock, a rich farmer of Morga:
county.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-08
ALLEGED

San Jose, Calf, Jan. 1.-Two weeks
ago the home of Conrad Ruff, near
this city, was burned and four OF
Rufus children persisted in the flames.
On copmlaint of Carl Ruff, brother OF
the bereaved father, Mrs. Conrad Ruff
was arrested today on the charge OF
murder and arson. Mrs. Ruff was
stepmother of the children. She de
MES the charge.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-08
WANT HANGING RESTORED.

Denver, Jan. Among the bills
introduced in the legislature today
was one for the restoration Of capital
punishment. This is a result of the
recent lynching in the state. Three
men have been summarily executed
within a year.. Another bill requests
to call a convention to frame
a constitutional amendment making
the election Of senators by popular
vote. ."". H##..
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-08
FEEL NO ALARM.
Report Of Smallpox at Harvard Greatly
Exaggerated.

Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 4-one of
the students at Harvard, on returning
to Cambridge from his Christmas va
cation, was taken sick with a mild
case of varioloid. There have been
many rumors circulated about cases OF
smallpox breaking out, but DR.. Baily,
the college medical adviser, denies all
these. A single case is that of G. ..
Carpenter, Jr., of St. Louis, and he
was taken to a Boston hospital i'm
mediately after he was taken sick. Al
he has not been in Cambridge for over
two weeks and has been entirely
isolated from the other students, there
is not the slightest particle OF danger
| felt. ~
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-08
IS FINALLY ACQUITTED.

Columbus, Ind Jan. 4-The jury
in the trial of w. H. Fuller for che
murder of James Tower at Veron,
brought in a verdict Of acquittal to-
night. The case was tried twice be-
fore, the jury each time disagreeing.
Tower was a school teacher at Brew
ersville and punished Fuller's daugh'
ter. A quarrel and pistol duel fol
lowed, resulting in Tower being
| killed -.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-08
BIG BLOW.

Reno, New, Jan. Much damage
in this vicinity was done by last
nights storm. A passenger train was
blown from the track 40 miles north,
but none of its occupants was injured
seriously.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-08
POWDER MILL EXPLODES.

Philadelphia, JAN. "A powder ex-
plosion at Thompsons Point demol-
ished the powder machine house and
killed Oliver McIlvaine, Walter White
and John Kirby. Several others were
slightly hurt. '%