Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-08-14

c. A. Sibley, publisher, Boston; John +.
Eliot headmaster high school, East Bos-
ton; John D. Eliot. student at Harvard;
| The Rev. G. w. Morrow, Burlington; A.
L. Hardy, superintendent of schools, Am
horst, Mass. ~ J. Whtehill, principal
high school, White River Junction; :. ".
Landon, Bordcntown military institute; II
A. Bagnall, superintendent Of schools,
Adams, Mass. Mrs Mckenzie. New York,
n. Y: Mrs Sibey, Boston. Mass; Mrs.
Bliss Perry Cambridge Mass: Mrs. Gray,
Chicago, H.. Mrs. Votey, Miss Florence
Notey, Burlington; Miss Constanco
iiickok, Burlington; Miss Mary Iltckok.
burlington; Miss Kate IIickok Burlington;
Miss Alice Sanborn, Wellesley; Miss Mary
Eliot, Boston,. Mrs. Dewhurst, Chicago.
STRArTON BACK IN WoRKHOUSE.
Lester Stratton, a youth from Bennng-
ton, who escaped from the house of COR
I rcction last May, was returned to that in
sttution Saturday by Sheriff II. s. Wilson
of Arlington and Deputy Sheriff Fred Cod
frey of bennington. The escaped .prisorer
has begun to serve again his 5Gs1sncc.
Na'ch had nearly expired when hes@Tapcd
Tree months ago. Stratton is 10 years old,
ana was committed from Bennington last
New Years eve on a sentence of from four
to SIX months for two offences Of petit lar
ccny. lie behaved well for several weeks,
French leave. lie was not heard of until
| few days ago, when he WAS located by
and he trusted to the extent that he
went unguarded about the grounds and had
the care Of one OF the institutions hors =
Ihis was the situation when, May T. a few
DAYS before his term expired, STATION took
bennington county officials at Shaftsbury
wnere he fromerly lived. Stratton went to
bennington Friday and was arrested that
evening He said he had been in Now
Hampshire and New York State largely
since his escape. He worked for some lime
at Petersburg y. Y.
NEW CHAPTER OF r. A. NJ. ORGAN.
IZED IN LUDLOW.
okemo chapter, No. 2s. H. A. NJ. was
organized in Ludlow Friday evening bv
Grand High Priest William j. Bovca and
the following officers. DR.. c.. A. Brown,
II. F.; Dr. W. n. Brant king: f. W. john
son, scribe, Dr.. c. H. Bonney, treasurer:
r. A. Walker secretary: DR.. II. T. Hun,
e. Of H.; T. NJ. Pinney. Z. s; ". A. GIL
bert, K. A. c., +. 5. Lockwood NJ third
". f. a. Hayden, NJ second ". A. q.
Spaulding, NJ. FIRST V. the Rev J. i} Rear
don. chaplain; w. w. Fish, sentinel. Tho
grand oiiicers present We're H. H. Ross II
Rutland, c. w. Whtcomb Of Proctorsvile.
W. ;. Terrill Of Rutland, c. T.. Partridge
Of Woodstock. a banquet at the I,udlow
house followed.
KILLED BY CARS IN BRANDON.
William Humphrey of Rutland who was
run over and severely injured by a railroad
| train at Brandon Friday night died at tha
Rutland city hospital about O'Clock Sat
urday morning. Mr., Humphrey, who was
employed at Brandon was attempting To
board the train arriving in Rutland at $50
o clock in the evening II is NO, -.
exactly how the accident occurred bur IL
was stated that Mr.. Humphrey was seen
running along the south end Of the station
platform as tho trai, u,as ,,1tia, ,.
from the station mar sto,,i.'7
by heard him crv out AND f. the ,r'
had passed they found him lying beside the
r'ch a little south of the station. II is
moving train he slipned and rs1l b.nootb
the wheels. DR. G. IV Perk was s,,,,,,,,,,,'
ed and the man was cared for at .be eta
tion until the sleeper arrived yho,, no u,,,,
brought to Rutland Humnhrnv vas tai,n,1
i'm The ambulance to tho tI,attsS, ~, -
hand and arm yycra. ,r,.h5 az -
the elbow down and tho T,co-s '.'t %
right hand were rrourI or 1,,,,na 80 .o
also large SCALP wound and on. ~ t%a
physicians thinks tba ,,,r,s I'm -
fractured and that h.. wa. in i,rsd a. w.. ".'
ually-Rutlaud Har,1d ' 80 ''''S'
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->TN h'HE FOX SMUGGLING CHIN
ESE.
A ,,o,,. nue., e.. -,.
~" tuSe iur Snluse ing the Chinese in
,,aar nm Co,-,i '.''9 ueeH u'S'"Ner'd
of the f},i,i,,7lra "'','s correSpohdeAt
nuns and a ,',.i..t 80 - iNi' y OF SUPPOSED
treal a few days ago with tickers for s.
crs noticsd tha. , tMo cotnihercIai travel
and never snoke 1-at J,olF NeA''u
United States c,,s,or,s Cr, LIHl I'm .lelh
the train tool. bis c,'o 80 80 " ''O "d9 o1t
car to inv,stig1tn A. pt,t -, ny t,'e
went his rounds ar,ors ~ ,l,, ,lote, l. no
usual and tho IittIn rst,n,,I 80 '' : as
and hi. own ba - ~ "i lle nuns
1,te priest; Ihese contained nothing out
hours in each one was evidon,Iy ,',t,n ,,an,
and unused as yet hcsuppose( cia-gvr,on
was, in his bland French wav mos s.aLi,.
to the officer. When the tram noxt st5n.
ped having doubled back again into Cana
dian territory, the man discussed ,e
priest rising in his place. made a signal
10 his friends and with thon left The rsr
rev hours later the entire party was ar.
rested while tramping alon, near rroI,
W. by Officers OF the United States cus
t"nlS' Inc capture has been kept as ouiet
as possible in the hope that Illicit perroIa-
.loh OF chinese might be diminished IN
- ~ Houccanie at the present moment thar
OnineSe aundlies are being established m
svNeial villages within ten or ffteen miles
anu anu on each side OF the Maine and Vor-
@ -. ."iutleS are merely repositories for the
ing resemblance betu,aa,, ~ we surPVlS'
making il eNceedirlev al rft,,,,l. - ,I~ILi tVI~ILris
of those arriving and danor,!,. 10 Neep 1"'Iy
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