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THREE DEAD IN ONE HOUSE.
Very Sad Beginning of a Summers Va
cation OF Family OF w. b. Rowes of
Newport-Children Died Of
Measles.

Newport, July 3.-The summer vacation
OF the family of Wilbur f. Huwcs of this
place at its very beginning has cen plune-
ed in sadness 10y the death of two children
in the family as well as AIRS, Howes' Sis
ter. Mrs Howes with her two children
and hor sister, Christy Matterson went
to the Mcgantic region. Canada live days
ago. Shortly after their arrival Mr..
1iowes received a telegram stating that
the oldest girl had died of measles. He
started to join his family. but before he
reached them his boy had died of the same
disease. Hardly had he arrived when Miss
Matterson also suCCumbed to the disease.
During the fierce tempest last night, three
lay dead in the house. three miles from
neiShbors and 20 miles from doctor.
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ADDISON COUNTY.
VERGENNtS.

The whole tax to be collected IN this
CITY this year is Sl3,415 %. which is $3.50. 10
less than last year. This is dtrided as
follows; Highway, sl,J>.77; school. '39i22i; d;
city S1S2i.4S. The city taA is lU per cent
less than laet year.
While IN town Wednesday afternoon
Mrs Pierre Otis of Panton Mrs. Arthur
CLARK Of Addison and Mrs. c. w. Otis OF
Cornwall were taken violently SICK Dr
T. G. Phelps vas called 10 attend them
at Warmers drug store and pronounced
II "a oase of poisoning and administered \
remedy for it. After some time the ladies'
r.covee I'D suHcientY to return TO the
home of Mrs. Pierre Otis, where they had
diuuer. On their arrival they found Mr..
otis .ifcrinG frorl a like attack. Prompt
attention was given MIN ana ne was
lroucrt out of danger. The cause OF the
aI'loA . not exactly known but is sup
posed 1 be something that they ate ut
o,ureI
Herbert Jones who entered hospital
i'm Montreal about Two weeks ago to nave
his arms treated. underwent an operation
June -. having the loft arm taken OF at
the elbow and the rieht operated upon.
He stood the operation well and it is
essarN.
Dustin and Nar-n rrows went to
Lawrcncevil S.turlat mcrning in ans
Uer to a telegram received Friday inform
ing them of tie death ~ toir sister, Mrs.
>-oah Parker. who died while underaoi Z
j operation a 20 ln-I'. n Toronto, T..
e. Mrs Parker lepN,s ashland. two
t:others Mar;ia OF Now p. an and Dus-
tin Barrows of TINS c'-. AND three His-
ters Mrs Joscph =. Clair If Addison.
Mrs James Bakcr of Worcester, Mass,
and Mrs Eliza KIu- of fu~t.a Mass.
Farmers in this -ectiof. -r. beginning
having. As it look pow th- or.p will be
an average ono. On ar.ol1r .- tne scare
ity of help wages at nigh reusing all the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-07-04
GEN. WOOD COMING HOME.
Hoped the Change VIII Aid in His
Convalescence.

Washington, July S-rhe secretary Of
war to-day issued an order Il Gen Wood
governor general of cuba, authorizing
him to come 10 Washington al his own
convenience for consultation with the Sec
rctarN OF war upon Cuban affairs There
is no special significance in tins action
and IT is said that 1t has no reference to
political conditions in the island. Gov.
Wood recently has suCcumbed to Cuban
fever and as his ailmeat does not seem to
yield readily to medical treatment. il has
been deemed advisable to authorize him to
go to n cooler climate in the United States
for rest and roCuperation Ii Is said that
there is nothing disce4Iaeine in the lat
est news regarding Gen. Wood cond ton
but it IL ftlt that his ConNa escence would
I've more rapid II he were IN the niIed
states
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-07-04
SHOREHAM,

Mrs Marion Carr, who has been with ner
daughter Mrs. T.. Il. Platt has returned
to her home w CornwalI.--rhc meeting 0t
the Ladies Missionary society was held
with Mrs. & }. Northrup rhui sdaN, June
o7th Mrs 5 j Northrup and Mrs. +. II.
Moore were appointed a committee OF tire
benevolent society for the coming year
Mrs s C. Moore and Marjorie are in Bur
ngton for "A few days.-Aliss May Rich
land Mr.. barry Booth were married Wt"-
ncsday. June 9th AT the home of tho
bride Rev NJ S WoolseN Of Nergennos :
performed the ceremony Mise Nellie
Nottingham has gone to Buffalo for tw .
weeks stay at the Pan American.-Mr. Is.
W King who has been 'luite sick Is i'm.
proving Harry Delong il NJ home for the
summer NaCation.-Mr Russell Putt and
daughter of Chicago are visiting at lr. W .
y PlattS.- Msses Mary ANA Cert rude
Bingham are at home for the summer W.
cation William Holmes OF Enosburgn
Falls Is in town visiting Crends.-Miss Lid
zie Tottingham is visiting friends in Pitts
ford
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BRlDPORT.

Among the arrivals in town last Sstur-
day was a lo-pouud bov at NJ. p Viii
lams' MIR. and Mrs y. W. Crane hav" re-
turned from their visit to the Pan-Ameri-
can exposition. The intense heat of last
week was something to he Ions remember
cd.--R l.. Hom,nway lost a valuable COW
last Frday.--F. F.. Pratt left town Last
Saturday for Nantasket Beach Mss
Harriet Wheeler WAS home from Middle
lury over SuudaY.-Ther6 WAS a temper.
nuCe address at tho CONGREGATIONAL church
last Sunday nCmiug Mrs. Edith Sta2g
'ud her sister. Miss Lula Woods recently
visited AZ Fuptnn.-A picnic. participated
i'm by the different schools In town, " )
Ecld on IN" lake shore last Friday Mrs.
Warren Of Wcstport is with her daughter.
Mrs c. r. ioldredge
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MiDDLEBURY.

Mrs. Ida BurBitt, who has been the gu, It
Of her sister, Mrs. Robert Towe for tne
past six months died Tuesday afternoon
after a lingering illness at the axe of 3
years she iS survived by one daughter,
Miss chloe tIrritt. Tho remains were
taken on tn, mail train south Tuesday
morning o. Nc-trort, y. y, her former
hone whore thr rUneral was held at p.
IN. Tuesda. and ne intermcut was in the
family lOt lu tlH cemetery there. Mrs,
Towio accompanied the remains.
Miss Jossl. Lanc and Miss Daisy Cush-
man haN, -ou, to Buffalo. y. y, to at
tend the paH-A mcrican exposition and af-
ter 4 two ks stay there Miss Cush-
man viii po fD Wisconsin, where she will
remain th- st OF the summer.
Charles B NIthercll and son left town
Tuesday for New York and will sail to-
day Wednoeday, for Cape Town, South
Africa. with IS head Of cattle, which they
haze recently bought from the finest
herds in his section.
owing 10 the rapid iucr as" Of business
at rhe creamery q new scpm ator has Just
lreu added and over 1000 poguus of butter
lIcrday is now being made.
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aud appraised the Bristol News plant
The Bristol railroad viii run special
train from here To Burlington next
THURSDAY leaving at a. m. arriving at
Burlington at 9:l' It, m, in time for tie
street parade OF Sells Brothers. returning
leave Burlington at 5.S p. m.-Col N. t.
Dunshee made IL business trip to NerScn-
res Tuesday.
Claude Sucdon has situation with Miles
a Perry of the Queen Cits.-MrS. l.. q.
Colby Is at home from q visit OF several
weeks with her duuIht"r, Mrs. ~ A. DO
ten in the Queen City.--O. a. Iloughton
recently recovered his gold watch that ne
lost over a year ago. 1t had passed
through several hands by trading ana
was traced from one to enuther until
found in az good condition as when lost -
John = Ridley of New York. Is the guest
of relatives here for a vaCttIOn.-Mr. ana
Mrs Wallace Durritt have gone to Troy
for short visit &c. G. Dixie made "A bust
ness trip to Shc'buruc WedresdaE.-F r..
Hatch, F. T.. Russell and r d. Lewis and
wife of the queen city were among the
visitors in town Wednesday, Mrs. james
Iamson has returned to lcr home in
Sprinffcld.-B. A. Stearns y at Queen
city Park,
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PAN T on.

Miss Mollie White. recent graduate of
the burlington high school is home for tho
summer vacation.-Mrs. Edith StaEg is the
guest of Mrs J. y. StaEg.-Mss Lulu
Woods of Iiridport spent sunday with
friends in town.-The schools in town
closed tridaN.-The excursion from Ba sin
Harbor ou the steamer Chateaugay June
2Nh. netted the Baptist society Sl0.-Mrs.
:. u. Myers entertained the children of the
vicinity on Monday afternoon in honor of
the little niece. who is her guest The
social at the home of Mrs. Clara Warner
on Wednesday evening. June 2f was well
attended and Al pleasant time is reported.
The proceeds were 40 leaving. after the
payment of expenses SIRE be applied on
the MethodiAt pastnr.s salnrN.
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HELD UP PASSENGER TRAIN.
Believed That Robbers Got a Large
Amount Of Booty.

Salt Lake CITY, July 3.--A special 20 the
Tribune from Butte Mont, says:
y Great Northern passenger train Is
said to have been held up At Wagner.
Mont, - miles west 0f Glasgow. uy
gang Of men who attorward eec1i 4
across the pJirie. II Is not knowl what
booty the robu,IS obtained nut u pr.bo "
was large, as the agent OF the i.utt
Northern Express mppry here t,s voc
ceiVed a message from tn ST Pa. ot-
fcdls dircctirs him 10 advertise q rcWlr1
of 5000 for the pIrchensIon OF Tho rob
bcrS.
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VERMONT ORNITHOlOGICAL CL UB
Formed at the Meeting of the Vermont
Botanical Society.

Rutland, July 3.--The second day and last
of the seventh annual meeting Of the NcI-
mont Botanists in this city dawned muca
cooler than yesterday and the naturals >
showed much more enthusiasm in their
work as consequence. Several parties
made trips to neishboring places OF inter
est early this morning. The chief event Of
the morning was the organization of clue
tor the study of birds.
The meeting was held at the parlors of
the Hotel Bardwell at ll;GJ o'clock. The
atetndance was large, those present IN
cluding Prof. q. II. Perkins Of Burlington
and many other well known Vermont nat
uralists. An organization was effected un-
der the name of the Vermont Ornitholog-
ical club The following officers were
elected -
President. Prof. G.. II. Perkins of Bur
lington: vice-president, G. ID, Howe of Me
lndoes Falls; secretary, Miss May r. lde
of St. Johnsbury. II was voted to appoint
an executive committee consisting OF a
member from each county, The following
persons were appointed; Rutland County,
q II. Ross of Rutland; Addison County,
Mrs Eaton of Middlebury; Chittenden
County Prof. j. ". Notey Of Burlington;
Windham County. c. W, Evans of Town
shend: Orange County, A. c, Dixie of Ran
dolph Centre; Essex County. w, f, Balch
Of Lunenburgh. The places from the other
counties were left open.
! This afternoon large party of the no.
tanists went to West Rutland. where they
visited Twin mountain.
| An adjournment was tahen until the VIM
ter meeting of the botanical club the date
4 of which has not yet been decided
WASHINGTON COUNTY COURT.
Montrelier, july IA recess was taken
/ bv Washington County Court shortly ar
ter lC O'Clock this morning unul . O'Clock
Monday afternoon. All the jurors inclul-
, ing those on the pa cl were excused un-
| til that time. In the case Of the Capital
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-07-04

Granite company VS.. Charles Gloeckler &
Co. the plaintiff rested its case. IL IL OK
pected that this case will occupy the at
tention of the court for two or three days
more after which the case of State vs..
Johnson. the Plainlield liquor agent Will
be taken up. This Is likely to wind up
the jury calendar and allow the Jurymen
to hc discharged
In the case ~ Raymond Dicmer of
Plainfcld VS.. Ernest King of this city.
Brown. Nelson and Calvin, trustees to re-
cover for board of defendants wife whioh
was heard In city court the plNntiff re-
ccived Judgment to recover $3.50. The
case was appealed to County Court Cor
don and Jackson for plaintiff and +. a.
Bailey for defendant.
In the absence of city Judge M. r. Smi-
lie, Mayor Brown has appointed NJ w.
Wheelock to act as city judge in his place
The case of state w. May Cana'ies was
held before Acting Judge Wheelock this
afternoon and resulted7fn a verdict for tht
defendant Grand Juror Thomas appear
or for the state and F. l.. Laird for the
respondent
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HANCOCK.

T.. J Boyden of Randolph, was in town
Friday.-Mrs. L. H. Rhodes and son Vim
fred are visiting in RandOlph.-D. j.
Mongcr is az WCrn for Robert Marsh uf
Rochester r--Rockwell Flint OF Menomonc
Wis has been in town for a few days
visiting rclatives--Gcorge Farr is ut
work in BrdintIee.
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COOLER WEATHER.
Rain and Windstorms Bring
Some Relief to Swelter-
ing New York.
COLLAPSES CONTINUE,
Heat Fail-Victims Kept in Tents at
the Hospitals-The Morgue Fill
cd With Dead-One Victim
Was 100 Years Old.

New York. July 3-Rainstorms of to-day
with their consequent fall in temperature"
were Godsond to the bulk OF sweltering
humanity in this city. As soon as the last
storm of the afternoon had passed over,
the temperature Immediately began to as
cend again. The wind which blew duriu <
the storm also commenced to abate very
rapidly until it assumed the proportions o.
d slight breeze only. These atmosphere
conditions coupled with the very consider
able humidity which came as an after
math Of the downfall OF water from the
clouds made the suffering almost as i'm
tense as it was when the thermometer had
registered several degrees hiIher.
| Tho long stretch of exceeding great heat
had reduC ed everybody to the verge Of rol-
lapse and there was no cessation in the
work devolving on the ambulauces and the
hospitals.
Most of the hospitals are already crowd
ed to their utmost capacity and many Of
them have erected tent on their grounds
for the accommodation OF the heat victims
d The death rate has increased with such
rapidity that the morgue Is being taxed as
il never was before.
When the first down pour of rain struck
the city to-day it was accompanied ny
thunder and fair sized gale which soon
reduced the temperature IL degrees The
humidity made the air so sultry however
that the great reduction was not percep-
tible TO the extent which most people
would imagine. At 1890 O'Clock y. m, the
temperature registered ~ degrees and hall
an hour later it had dropped TWO degrees
Then II continued to fall ds the ram and
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RICHVILLt.

Henry Harry Brush of Nergcnncs and
May Lemran Rich only daughter of |. &.
Rich WAS united in marriage OF Wedncs-
day June ~. by Rev. W. L. WolseY OF
Ncrgcnncs John Waterman and William
Holmes have recently visited at IL. c.
Mard's.
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WHITING.

Misses Nellie and Daisy Daniels have
gone to hotel on Lake George for the
season.-Mr and Mrs Herbert Casey of
Providence r. ! are visiting his mother
Curtis Parker of Leckrone, Pa, Is visiting
his grandmother er-Miss Beatrice Stevens
of Lexington, Mass, spent few days re-
Gently at Mrs, n. NJ. Perkins Miss Edna
Baldwin of Rutland accompanied by a
friend, spent Sunday with her parents. =
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GOOD RACING IN BARRE.
Jessie Simmons, Aisle and William l
Took First Money.

Barre, July The first days races at
the Granite City Trottng Park were at
tended by a fair numbe" and the racing
was excellent. The summaries follow:
80 class nurse 500
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Ten boys and a man were kdied by a
single bolt Of lightning, under pter, near
Lincoln Park, Chicago; Monday afisrNool.
where they sought shelter, when a thupS
der storm swept over the spot.
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WOMAN INJURED IN RUTLAND.

Rutland. July 3Mrs. BUT Fish of Ira
received painful injuries in a runaway ac-
cidcnt on Centre street about 2l6 o'clock
this afternoon. Her husband went into Il
fruit store leaving her and child IN d
carriage outside. The horse lcCume scar
ed in some manner and started to run up
Center street. II turned the corner at
Males street and Mrs. Fish was thrown
out by the wheel striking the Curbing. Th-
child struck underneath its mother but in
some miraculous manner u escaped injury
except a few scratches on the face. Mrs.
/ Fish struck on her face AMI was badly cut
about her lips nose and forehead. Her
arms were badly bruised and cut also.
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LINCOLN.

Mrs Rhodes n very low. The monthly
covenant meeting of the Christian church
Will be held next Saturday AT p. IN
There viii be communion following the
morning service next Sunday.-Miss Jen-
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her position and Mise Miller has return
ed to her home in Charlotte Mrs. SCpvell
of Nergennes is the guest of Aunt Jane
Smit n.
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WILL CONTINUE HOT.
Weather Bureau Sees no Indications OF
General Change Showers Cool
Many Localities.

Washington, July Slot weather con-
tinued to-day in nearly all sections cast
OF the Rocky Mountains but as rL,e
showed some let up from tho previous daN.
Reports received at tho weather bureau
tonight show that temp rGry relief came
from thunder showers IN many localities.
There are no Immediate prospects of
general break in the hot Weat thrr During
the afternoon show cr~ In the upper ONO
Valley and the middle Atlantic States
caused a decided tali in tcmpel aturr. AL
most similar conditions are cxpeN ted toe
morrow except that the area over WMtn
the storms may app ar may be extended.
The slight disturbance noted last mGht IN
the West lnCies is not making any murhed
advance and the reiei noped tor in that
direction is not materiali2irg. The area
OF low pressure in the Lake Sperior le-
gion is moving very slowly To the north
east and remains practically hf"lvSs 50
that little rolct is ,xpecttd from chat
source.
1t will he warm again IN the morning
weather bureau officials say and the only
apprecable breaks I'm temperatures Will
result from local storms Ninety degrees
and over were recorded to-day in Atlanta,
Ga, Boston. Cincinnati, Davenport, Den
yer, pes Moincs indianapolis, Little Rock,
Memphis New Orleans, New York, North
Platte, OmdnA. illShurs, NHl Lane w y .
St Louis, St Paul Springfield Ill, Nlck.-
burg, Miss. while in Kansas city the
thermometer registered lo2 and in Phoenix,
AriZ., log Hot weather generally prevail
ed in Kansas and Missouri, the states got
ting little relief.
In Washington the Thermometer reached
n maximum of 96 but towards evening Il
grew cooler gradually until nj O'Clock
so degrees prevailed. There were 10 pros
trations from the heat and two deaths re-
ported up to 10 o'clock tonight.
800 DEATHS FROM HEAT.
New York, July AT 1870 O'Clock this
(Thursday) mornins ii ia estimated that
the total number of deaths from the heat
in the last six days in Greater New York
is so
In the boroughs of Manhattan and the
/ Bronx between the hours # > "A. m, We'd
nesday and o'clock this Thursday morn
ing the total number of deaths from the
heat were 9s' prostrations lW.
MANY DEATHS IN BALTIMORE
| Baltimore, July 3--Pwenty seven addi-
tional deaths from heat We're reported IL
! the police up to midnight OF these |,
died yesterday. Thirty -nve cases of pros
tration are reported for the n hours end,
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Chicago. July 3.-Whilr tho tcmp"ratur,
OF to-day was lower than that If several
DAYS ago the great humidity made it one
of the most unComfortabl" dHvse the city
has experienced during the summer. There
W ere three deaths, l6 prOstmuons and
one case Of insanity due to the heat Th"
maximum temperature of the day was a
and the humidity was Ss. Warmer wealth
or is promised for tomorrow.
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HAS SMALL P0X.
Mrs. L. E. Garfield of South
Dakota Stricken Down
in Rutland.
A PROMINENT MISSIONARY
Contracted the Disease From Hel
Daughter-Operation For Appendi-
ctis Performed on Mussey the
Pardoned Bank Embezzler-
Result Of Races at Barre.

Rutland, July 3.-Mrs. L. L. Canftid,
who came here from Burnside. South Da-
kota. Jun. 10. to deliver the principal ad-
dress TO the one hundred ana sixth annual
Congregational convention of Vermont.
was taken i'll with small pox here this
morning She showed symptoms of the
disease yesterday and an examination was
made this morning by se> eral physicians
who pronounce it d genuine case. Snc has
been confined to the pest house III the
" uods east of Rutland.
Mrs. Garfield is prominent in missionary
work in this country and is one OF the
founders of the Missionary academy .,
Burnside. S. -.
Just after the close OF the convention
here her daughter was taken Ill with
small pox and her mother. no doubt. con-
trao ;ed the disease from her. The Child is
now convalcsccnt. II is not known VIII, re
the daughter caught 1t.
pEDpLER DROWNED IN CONNECTl.
CUT.
" hite River junction, July 3.-.Tho towr
sclectmeu wish to find out the relative.
of Clarence +. Chase. ptdul,r OF tiuk
cts. The body found in the Connecticut
river near Wilder this afternoon. He Va:
a cripple and walked with two CrutChe.
and was about twenty years old, ligh
hair and complexion. He is supposed /,
have been drowned while bathing ycstei
day afternoon. The body was removed
here,
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LIGHTNING AT NEWPORT.

Newtort. July 3-Sevcral times during
the past few days the thermometer mas
reached the 100 degree mark. There was
a terrific storm last night during when
the lightning struck several places.
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The races to-day are the frcc-for-all
nurse $1,000. the 224 and the 2:So Classes.
The starter will be c, f Pike Of Cornish,
~ H.. and the judges, John 'rrow and d.
j. Smith of Barre and l.. w Morris of
Bradford.
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los DEGREES IN KANSAS CITY.

! Kansas CITY, Mo-. July 3.-Kansas City
to-day was the oenter Of the hottest area
| In the country. Within a radius Of 200
miles of this city the tempeTeture ranged
from % to los degrees In centrel Kansas
hot winds are reported as bterally burpins
/ up all vegetation. AT Leavrnwrwth. Kan,
tho government Thermometer marked l0S
lat o'clock
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ing tonight The grand total thus far Is
IS deaths and more than 800 cases Of pros
tration. The maximum temperature to-
day was o.
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Local Items Of Interest From All
Parts of the Green Noun
tain State.
The NEWS BY COUNTIES

The Winooski Valley,v ges up North,
From the Island int Lake to the
Passumpsic, Alonf liter Greek
and by the Shores of White
River Covered Special
Correspondents.