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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-12-04
HOUSE-AFTERNOON.

The following bills were read the third
time and passed
S. los amending charter of the Rutland
& Woodstock Railway company.
s. 1856, amending the charter of the I.ud-
low Telephone company.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-12-04

Called to order by the president.
Communication from governor relative
to geological survey, read and referred
to committee under fourth joint rule.
Senator Spencer presented IA petition
from the w. c. Il. U. asking for woman =
suffrage.
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tificates of Indebtedness in order to MAIN
SOS. Provision is also made for the re-
demption of the present silver currency OF
the islands. Authority is given for the
coinage of the silver pesos at Manila or at
any of the minis of the United States.
Secretary Root to-day made an argument
before the Senate committee on military
affairs in support of the bill for the Gre
alton of a general staff, with the lieutenant
general as the head of il. He presented Ii
in less detail than he presented II to the
House committee. but answered a NUMBER
of questions put by the committee. Senator
Alger sat with the committee for the nrst
time, and considerable interest was mani
tested I'm his position on the BILL owing 10
the fact oil HIS recent connection with the
questions of his successor, and AFTER the
committee adjourned stated that II was ms
intention to support the bill. secretary
Root renewed his request that the Dill
should be amended so as to postpone the
date when IL shall take effect until AFTER
next August, when General Miles, VINO oP..
poses the measure, will retire by reason Oh
age. In the meeting of the committee sen a.
ator Alger took very decided posltoh III
support of the bill, saying that MS expert
ence as secretary of war had convinced MN
that only by the adoption or a system IKE
this could endless confusion be prevented
The exchange Of views among members OIL
the committee left no room for DOUBT tnat
the bill will be favorably reported by the
committee. House
of Representatives on the anthracite coal
strike commission bill have reached an
agreement The report will be mace 10 the
Senate on Saturday. 1t is understood most
of the Senate amendments were retained.
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IMPORTANT MEASURES.
Eight-Hour and Philippine Currency
Bills Perfected

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S-The Senate
committee on education and labor to-day
agreed upon a favorable report of the
House eight-hour bill The agreement was
reported after many hearings and three
days of executive sessions Many amend
ments have been made The bill provides
that every contract for public work made
by the United States. any territory or
the District of Columbia shall provide a
penalty of So for each laborer or mechanic
who may be required or permitted to labor
more than eight hours on such work the
and the contractors or subcontractors ae-
grieved thereby are given the right CT an
peal to the head of the department making
the contract and thence to the Court of
Claims Besides providing that the act
shall not apply to contracts for trarsporta-
tion by land or water. an amendment spe-
officially exempts contracts for the trans
mission of intelligence from the Operation
of the act No penalties are to be inn
posed for violations of the law due to emer-
geucies caused by fire, famine flood dan
ger TO life or property or TO other extraor-
binary event or condition. The principal
changes in the bill relate to TRANSPORTATION
of contract work and the purchase in the
open market of goods wanted by the gov
eminent. The bill makes IL specific that
all purchases shall be exempt The Ian
guage relating TO the transportation Of
goods is made more plain and definite than
in the House bill. Another amendment pro-
vides that the act shall not prohibit a
workman from engaging on other work for
an additional two hours after working on
government work for eight hours The bill
probably will be reported to the Senate on
Saturday.
The Senate committee on the Philippines
to-day agreed upon bill for the establish
ment of a currency for the Philippines
which is the joint production of Senator's
Lodge and Allison. The bill makes the gold
peso OF 1873 grains the unit of value In the
islands and makes the gold coins of the
United States legal tender for all debts. In
addition TO the currency at present author
lied the Philippine government is permitted
to have coined 100000 silver pesos of 4l6
grains each, and these pesos are to be legal
tender for all debts in the island unless
otherwise specified by contract or by law.
Subsidiary silver coins also are allowed in
excess OF the present volume. The Philip
pine government is authorized to issue GER
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DINNER AT WHITE HOUSE
FIRST FORMAL FUNCTION IN THE
REMODELED MANSION.
Many Guests Were Present and Ad.
mired the Rich Furnishings-Fea-
lures OF the Changes.

WASHINGTON, Dec 1S-The President
and Mrs. Roosevelt gave dinner at the
White House tonight in honor of the Cabi-
net. A large number of guests were in
vited. 1t was the first formal evening func-
ton at the White House since its remodel
ing and gave the guests an opportunity to
view the many changes which have been
made in the interior of the mansion. The
table was set in the new state dining room,
which has been considerably enlarged, thus
obviating the necessity of holding the large
dinners in the East room, to which resort
was made during the last season. The room
is finished in English oak. The table was
set in the form of semicircle and the
decorations were red and white roses
Among the guests were the secretary of
state and Mrs. Hay. the secretary of the
treasury and Mrs. Shaw, the attorney gen.
eral and Mrs. Knox, the secretary of the
navy, the secretary of agriculture and Mrs.
Wilson, the secretary to the President and
Mrs. Cortelyou, Colonel and Mrs. Bingham.
Captain and Mrs. Cowles, the president of
the Senate pro tenn. the speaker of the
House and Mrs. Henderson, Senator and
Mrs. Foraker, Senator Beverage, Senator
and Mrs. Quay, Senator and Mrs. Fair
banks, Representative Cannon, Lyman ].
Gage, Mr.. and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish. Mr..
and Mrs. Henry G. Frick, Mr.. and Mrs
w. Emlen Roosevelt, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam ID. Foulke.
The guests found many changes had been
made in the interior of the house since last
summer. The greatest object of interest
was the East room, which has been finished
In White enameled woodwork, with COrinth.
ian pilasters and panels. the windows being
draped with curtains of a subdued yellow
The old chandeliers have been removed
the form OF cascade Of crystal in loops
and festoons of cut glass, each chandelier
being composed Of 1000 pieces. In the cor
nerS OF the room are golden stands, sur
mounting which clusters of Roman
electric lights, while the old-fashioned man.
telpieces have been supplanted by others
of vari-colored marble. The red, blue ard
green parlors also have undergone a COM
plete renovation and make a rich show
Ing in their respective colors. Each room
has been supplied with new furniture of
exquisite workmanship.
The main feature of alteration noticed as
one enters the house is the removal of the
rated the vestibule from the long red corri-
dor back of 1t, thus making one large open
space and giving sufficient room to accom-
modate the large crowds which attend the
evening receptions. Clusters of Roman
lights on golden stands also adorn this por-
vestibule have been removed and larger
ones, reaching almost to the ceiling, have
been put in their places. The general effect
of the lower portion of the house with the
exception of the state dining room and the
several parlors, Is white, conforming TO the
outside appearance of the house and in
keeping with the name of the mansion
itself.
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SHE WAS BENEFITS WIFE.
Testimony in Behalf of Laura Bfggar,
the Former Actress.

FREEHOLD, n. j., Dec. 18-Mrs. Mary
Roche was the first witness to-day In the
trial of Laura Biggar, DR.. Charles G. Hen
bricks and Samuel Stanton for alleged con-
spiracy to get the estate of Henry NJ. Ben
nett. Mrs Roche formerly kept house Tor
Mr.. Bennett, in New York. and she said
that in 1900 he told her he would occupy
one of the flats In his apartment house
In Seventy-second street with his wife.
The witness said that later In the same
year Miss Biggar showed her certificate
of marriage with Mr.. Bennett. An unsuc-
cessful effort was made to shake DR.. j.
c. Conley's testimony that he was present
when male child was born TO Miss Big
gar at DR.. Hendricks sanatorium.
Joseph Rickert testified that Mr.. Bennett
and Miss Biggar stopped at his hotel In
Mount Pleasant. Mich. Dec. 10. 1900 and
that Mr.. Bennett registered Henry M.
Bennett and wife" The register was pro-
duced and the State acknowledged the sig
nature. c; E. Keetes. of New York. said
N. j., June IL. 1901. introduced Miss Biggar
to him as Mrs. Bennett.
Samuel Stanton. former justice of the
peace, and one of the defendants, testified
that he married Mr.. Bennett and Miss Big
gar at his home in Hoboken, Jan. g 1885,
and that he gave Miss Biggar a marriage
certificate. which later she said she had
lost. The witness said she asked him for
another. and then he gave his story Of the
effort TO record the certificate.
William b. Layton. an employee at Mr..
Benefits stock farm, testified that he had
heard Mr.. Bennett call Miss Biggar his
wife. He had heard Mr.. Bennett and many
of the employees address Miss Biggar as
Mrs. Bennett. The witness became con-
fused when cross-examined. He was shown
affidavit and was asked IL he had sworn
to 1T. The AFFIDAVIT was made in September
last. and in ii Layton had stated, it was
alleged, that he had never heard any one
address Miss Biggar Mrs. Bennett The
occasion for the affidavit was not made
public in court.
Mrs. Mcclure. another employee of the
Bennett farm, testified that she had heard
Mr.. Bennett speak of Miss Biggar as his
wife. Mrs: Mcclure was the last witness
examined to-day.
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GUATEMALA SUFFERED.
Earthquake Havoc DESTROYED MIL.
lions Worth OF Property.


GUATEMALA CITY, Dec. 1s.-It Is prob
ably due to some government instructions
that the papers here have not said any
thing with reference to the eruption of the
Santa Maria volcano, which can be con-
sidered, because of its magnitude, as
national calamity. The losses suffered by
German capital only are not less than
Sc, 250, 900, consisting of houses and ma
chinery destroyed. and the destruction of
the present coffee crop. II the total de-
struction of many other properties belong
ing to foreigners as we'll as to natives Is
added to this amount the actual losses
ascend to a fantastic sum. The volcano is
still in activity and a new eruption is
feared at any time. The suffering Is In
describable. for besides the loss of coffee,
which Is estimated at about 900 quintals,
the corn and wheat fields are ruined.
Owing to the unusually high rate Of ex-
change business Is entirely paraiyzed, for
all imported articles have reached such
prices that very few persons can afford
to buy them. and most Of the merchants
sell just enough to cover their expenses.
The worst part Of the present bad condi-
ton is that no one knows how or when 1t
will change. and IL Is almost uncomfortable
just now Articles of first necessity have
reached inaccessible prices, and the poor
class OF people Is suffering therefrom.
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National Capital Notes.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-Gen. Benjamin
F. Tracy. former secretary or the navy
took luncheon with the President to-day.
The President, it is understood, desired 10
see General Tracy to discuss with him
some phases of the Venezuelan question.
Paymaster John G. Sullivan, who was re-
GENTLY examined by the retiring board, has
been found physically qualified for active
duty Mr. Sullivan. who stands at the top
of his grade. will now be ordered to exam
ination for promotion to the grade OF pay
Inspector and in case he is found qualified
will be at once assigned TO active duty COM
mensurate with his advanced rank.
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Recent Army Orders.

WASHINGTON, Dec. H.-Contract Sur
geon Joseph A. O'Neill has been granted
leave of absence for one month.
Capt Dwight E. Aultman, artillery corps,
has been relieved from duty with the CUBAN
artillery and ordered to join his company.
Leaves of absence have been granted as
follows: First Lieut.. Henry S. Wygant,
Third Infantry. one months extension;
First Lieut. Carl A. Martin. Twenty-hfth
Infantry, one months extension; Second
Lieut.. Carl II. Muller, Tenth Cavalry, TWO
months. =
Mai Robert c. Van Vliet, Tenth In
fantry. who is now on sick leave In this
city has been ordered to the general nos
bital. Washington barracks, d. c., for
treatment.
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Hartford Courant.

In a gushing article in the current num-
Der of the Century Magazine Henry Loomis
Nelson, writing of the United States Steel
Corporation. practically admits that this
great company was formed to prevent Car
negie from building a road TO parallel the
Pennsylvania and TO head him off from put
ting up better and more up-to-date tube
mill than the country had. This Is exceed
ingly interesting. IL puts Mr.. Carnegie in
a somewhat peculiar light. and II raises
the inquiry how much progress is involved
in preventing the construction of better
mills The steel trust Is a great and even
wonderful experiment, and IL may prove a
steadying and conservative factor IN COM
mercial affairs. but we have 10 admit that
some of the arguments Of Its advocates are
at Least amvA1n9s
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ANOTHER CABLE MESSAGE.


SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 1s.-The Asso-
ciated Press has received the following
cablegram from its correspondent on board
the cable ship Silvertown, dated at noon to-
day:
Position at noon to-day: Latitude 23:l4
north, longitude 1880 west. Since noon
yesterday 207 knots of cable have been laid
making the total laid 662 knots. The
weather is good and the ships speed eight
knots"
The ship had Travelled 772 miles up to noon
to-day, leaving 1623 miles to make before
Honolulu is reached. AS the speed is faster
than at first. the Hawaiian islands may be
reached on Christmas day.
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HASTINGS. Mich, Dec. 1S.-Mathias II.
Utzler alias John Brantlinger, to-day
pleaded guilty 10 the murder OF Mrs. Rob-
ert Garrison in Jamestown township Mon
day morning He had previously admitted
that he ravished his victim after death.
Judge Smith sentenced the prisoner TO con-
finement at hard labor for life I'm the state
prison at Jackson. and Utzler was taken
there to-night.
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TASHKEND. Asiatic Russia. Dec. 49,
Three officials, two soldiers and $50 ma
tives. mostly children. were killed by the
earthquake which destroyed the town OF
Andijan, Russian Central Asia, Tuesday.
In addition 900 natives and seventeen SOL
diers were injured and 5000 houses of ma
tives and 100 Russian residences were de-
stroyed
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GREAT WEALTH A BURDEN.
Therefore Andrew Carnegie Will
Leave Little for M. Dauxhser

Leave Little for His Daughter.
NEW YORK. Dec. 1s.-The Evening Post
to-day prints the following: In our real
estate columns yesterday in our reference
to the sale by Mr.. Carnegie TO Mr.. Burden
Of certain lots in the Highlands OF Fifth
avenue, we spoke OF Mr.. Carnegie's own
house, which Is TO be a Christmas gift TO his
little daughter. This item had been printed
before, and we took IL TO be an al disputed
ton whatever and that nothing could be less
n harmony with the ideas OF Mr. and Mrs
Carnegie than that their daughter should
now or ever be burdened with great wraith.
Least OF all IL she 10 be taught while in
youth that she has great expectations or
any expectations at all beyond q modsrate
competence. Neither If her parents dnems
great wealth a desirable possession for the
morning OF life or for any part Of llfe. ex.
cept as Il may be employed for thu sdvancs-
ment OF tha- human race" -
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shocks In Costa Rica.

SAN JOSE. Costa Rica. Dec. 1s.-Two
violent earthquake shocks were expert
enced here at o'clock this morning. The
people of the city were greatly alarmed,
but there were no casualties. Several other
shocks followed at intervals. These, how
ever were of diminishing severity
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Edmds Carolina
L Vaughn Of
Blackburn madehhf first n a a
Club Grand nne Apn2 The a
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regarded Is a
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Forewarnngs OF consumption. Remember that
a cough a cold other common affection
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her She does not find it difficult TO OBJ
tain work. These bright young faces and
hopeful eyes find ready sympathies. and
with those who are in position TO help the
girl applicant who, with her Southern
drawl or Western burr, betrays her new
nacc m NaW XOrk
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Yaqui Indians and many Mexicans to pos
sess divine powers, has sued her Indian
husband, G.. N Rodriguez. in the local
courts for divorce. II is alleged that the
marriage was forced upon the young worn-
an at the point of a revolver by her I'M
pious admirer at Clifton, A. T, June p,
1900
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LOS ANGELES, Cal. Dec. lS.-'Santa
Teresa" . youuk WQQpnn belieVed by the
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BONDS
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-05-15

Probably the finest and most graphic
description of an eastern typhoon occurs
i'll Joseph Conrads new sea story now
running in The Critic In the March
issue of the magazine Captain Mae
Whirr's command. the tramp Nan-Shan.
is described as passing through one of
those fearful tropical whirlWinds which
are so dreaded by navigators along the
China coast in which many a stout
Yankee ship las met her doom. "Thp
motion of the ship was eXtravagant, -
writes Mr. Conrad. of the Nan-Shan,
after she ran into tn typhoon. Her
she pitched, as if taking a header into
a void and seemed to find a wall to hit
every time. Both ends of the
Nan Shan were under water, as though
She had no more freeboard than a raft
The sea, tlattened down in the heavy
gusts, would uprise and overwhelm
them in snowy PUSHES of foam eXpend-
ing wide, beyond both. rails, into the
night. And on this dazzling sheet,
spread under the blackneSs of the
clouds and emitting a blush glow. Cap
tain MacWhirr could catch a desolate
glimpse of few tiny speckS black as
ebony, the top of the matches, the bat
tened companions the heads of the GOV
cred Winches, the foot of the mast This
was all he could see of his ship. Her
middle Structure-covered by the bridge
which bore him, his mate the dark
wheelhouse where man was steering.
shut up with the fear of being swept
overheard together with the whole
thing in one great crash-her middle
structure was like a half-tide rock
ashore upon coast. 1t was like an
outlying rock i'll the night, with the
water boiling up, streaming over. pour
ing off, beating round-like a rock in
the surf to which shipwrecked people
cling before they let go-only it rose, it
sank, it rolled continuously. without re-
spite and rest, like a rock that had
miracuously struck adrift from coast
and gone wallowing upon the sea. She
was being looted with a senseless, de
structive fury, trysail torn out from
the extra gaskets, double-lashed avn
ings blown away, bridge swept clean,
weather-cloths burst rails twisted,
light-screens smashed-and two of the
boats had gone already" And so on.
This is all very real, and in a way, like
some of the furious storms which our
coasters run into once in while Any
sea captain would enjoy this story
-Nautica, Gazette