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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-07-17
M RenAnn for II.

Parke-I was awful nervous about
nv after-dinner speech.
Lane-What for? At that kind Of a
dinner they applaud any kind of stu-
pidity.-Detroit Fress PSess.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-07-17
No difference to Him.

Herbert. dear, where shall we go
on our wedding journey
wherever you please, darling.
Have you got ny-er-relations in
Milwaukee ?"-Chicago Tribune.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-07-17


Recently Duluth minion OF the law had
| occasion TO visit family living IN the
West End. lie wanted to see the man of
| the house, but, as he was not In, he sat
down and waited in the kitchen. a young
| girl, apparently about twelve years old
was busying herself kneadng bread.
The officer watched the proceeding for
some time when he remarked: Don't you
go to SCHOOL,
mo; | stopped school some time ago
II should think an Ia girl your age would
want to get as much education as possible
before taking the responsibility attending
| household duties"
Yes, maybe.
But why don't you go to school. then?'
"Well," she stammered because my
husband thinks / hod better stay at
home
Then the officer looked out of the win
dow, and the conversation came to an end.
Duluth News Tribune.
He. "Good-by. Madge. dear"
CThe ocean waves.)
She "Good-by, dearest Jack!'
CThe seaside)
He. kiss me Just once more"
| eve heard the sound )-Smart Set.
Mrs. Muggins. Your husband seems
| like man of rare good taste and excellent
| judgment,
Mrs. Buggins-"Of course. Otherwise
ne wouldn't have wanted to marry me-
Philadelphia Record.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-07-17
Boarding House Variety.

Mrs. Slimdiet-I wonder why it Is
that people never tire of coffee?
Old Boarder-I presume it's be-
cause it never tastes twice alike
n. Y. Weekly.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-07-17

BILL see the pawnbroker is dead,
and his wife is running the place,
Jill--Yes; loan widow, sure
enough.-Yonkers Statesman.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-07-17

An engine capable OF developing a speed
Of 30 miles an hour in 80 seconds is being
constructed by the Great Eastern Rail.
way for their suburban traffic.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-07-17

Religious tests are 10 be abolished at
Kings College London, save in the case
OF professorships or lectureships in the
faculty of divinity.
New-York tribune., 1902-06-20
NEWENGLAND GAS CO.'S PLANS
A VOLUNTARY TRUST INSTEAD OF A NEW
CORPORATION PROPOSED FOR
REORGANIZATION.

Boston. June IA voluntary trust. instead OF a
new corporation. is proposed for the reor-
ganization of the New-England Gas and Coke
Company. and a plan has been formulated TO
carry out this project. The plan. which has been
submitted to the bondholders and stockholders or
the company. provides for the creation of the
trust with trustees. to be known as the
Massachusetts Gas Companies. to acquire the
business of the New-England Gas and Coke Com
pany. for which purpose 100000 in stock Is 70 De
issued 10 be equally divided between common
and preferred shares.
Under the plan suggested. the preferred shares
will be entitled 10 semi-annuaI. preferred. cumu-
Istive dividends at the Of per cent per
annum which will begin TO accrue on December L
1902 and will also be entitled, In case Of liquida-
rion TO be paid in full at par and accrued ana
unpaid dividends before any payments are made
On the common snares Roth preferred and com
mon shares will have par value Of 500
Provisions will be inserted in the trust deed IS
IA blishing the new company that the share
holders will so far as practicable have the same
holders OF corpora tions. and provisions likewise
will he inserted so that the capital can be IN
creased under proper limitations ior the acqu9i
Tbe % basis of exchange proposed is that bond
holders shall receive in exchange for tnelr poIaS'
with June l. 1892. and all subsequent coupons dI
+1ched . Der cent par of the face value N
new preferred shares, and - per cent dI pdl vi "
face value in new common shares. -,
The England Gas and Coke COMPANY WI! WI
nav 70 such of the bondholderS as become Pdr tTS
10 the plan of reorganization lntereSI III taSr 80 az
mon tba amornt AT par Of preferred shares which
tbev are entitled 10 receive in exchange Ior tnel
LII nav 70 The Massachusetts Gas Companies
X 6,o d. in cash TO enable the association TO
RSlu,Ir a ,o,Uents and additions TO the manufact-
urine plant at Everett and other properties
New-York tribune., 1902-06-20
WAR ON GREEN PEACHl
HEALTH DEPARTMENT CAUSES con
STERNATION on LOWER EAST SIDE.

CONSERVATION was caused the lower East
Side yesterday by green peach war waged by
the employees of the Health Department large
wagon carrying several men. equipped with large
shoveTs was sent into the district As
they spotted a pushcart laden with green peaches
thev drove up alongside. the men in tn" V-fgon
jumped out and seIzing their shovelS. speedily
transferred th,, peaches to their OWL wagon In
the mean while crowd collected and the $tpefed
pushcart men. many of whom believed that an
other police persecution going on. tore their
boards and wept and cursed.
r g Ringwa1t of the Legal Aid Society. who
was seen by Tribune reporter yesterday de-
red that he had followed the wagon number
of blocks. Watching the proceeding
They must have secured hundreds OF hushtI
of peaches he sa.G The poor pushcart men
did not even understand what il all about
All they tn. that wagon drove up their
peaches shovelled off and the wagon dlSap--
peared. Sometimes pushcart was upset ana
peaches went IN all directions. TO the delight OF
the street urChinS.'
Commissioner Lederle. who seen by a IT'D,
reporter yesterday, declared that the rild
was made d his direction The men were sim
pIy following their regular line of work. said ne
Il have at the wholesale stores so KNOW
when the green peaches come in don't interfere
with the whole people, for they sell tor pre-
serving and such things But when the green
peaches are sold by the piece and TO the chill
dren. then ! do interfere ! cant say yet What
quantity peaches seized. but We d1d not
confine ourselves to the East Side believe the
work was done over pretty large area
New-York tribune., 1902-06-20
BREEN TO SUCCEED BR4NE.
MAGISTRATES ACTION IN STEIN CASE
USED AS AN ARGUMENT AGAINST
REINFORCEMENT

The appointment Of Matthew P Breen- Deputy
Register and member Of the advisory committees
Of the Greater New-YOrk Democracy. to succeed
Police Magistrate Rrann seems probable Judge
Brs,nu-s friends have made extraordinary efforts
in the last k convince the Mayor
that in would he a good thing to reappoint him.
but the Mayor has not beer convinced Many
friends OF ,he Mayor belonging TO the Catholic
Club have made personal appeals in benaIt OF
Judge Branr- incident in the fusion campaign
has told heavily against Judge Brann. II was
said yesterday. Myer j. Stein was haled Dsi"re
the magistrate aCcOupt Of an anti-CrOker ban
ner i'm the NNT>tth Assembly District The banner
contained several aIiusIoas t. the absentee boss
of Tarl..lauy Hall tins greatly angered Rich
ard Croker. VINO used 10 pass the buiidlhS Whste
The banner displayed
MAGISTRATE Brann'S words and actions when stem
WAS arraigned befOr, HIM showed that ne Was pr
IiticalIy biased of Tam:Eauy Hail ana
did escape the attention of the tuSiOniSts
Recently when friends of Aia%isttdte Brdnn urged
the Mayor to reaDpoint him, the court record Wa
brought the attention of the Mayor. IL IS s''''i
There is no change in the remainder of the statr
Ii regarded : practically certain that M;.S:f-
trates Deuel. and crane will be reappointed The
appointments expected before the middle or
EvNt Week.
New-York tribune., 1902-06-20
NODERN CR4RLTY WORk.

At the meeting yesterday of the Summer School
of Philanthropy there began d three weeks study
methods for giving relief 10 the poor in
their homes. Dr. Jeffrey R Bracket. Of Baltimore,
who will conduct the meetings, gave talk on the
uses and scope Of investigation The general trend
Of his address emphasized the Importance of inves
tigation in dealing with applicants for AID. He
brought forward prominently the tremendous re
sponsibility resting upon the investigator and the
value of the present method. which makes use OF
the teachings of experience and studies the causes
Of unfortunate conditions. He emphasized the fact
that the object of investigation is not to save the
societv's money nor to detect fraud. to sepa
rate into worthy" and unworthy" cases but that
its aim Is 20 find the hopeful element and make
the charity uplifting IN its effects Each indi-
yidual holds the key his salvation. said
DR.. Bracket land that thought is the basis or
modern charity work.
Dr. Brackett then spoke of the best ways TO ap-
proach people for information whether employers
or neighbors He said that nVestsaton @ m is Almost @
limitless in its scope ana must DC kept up IN d way
to keep IN touch with the SUBJECTS, 1 ne most
can 10" he affirmed, is 10 pay thousands OF uodiS
for trained workers who Will have time enough 10
handle the cases properly Inere is sucn d his thiIis
doing investigation just as there Is sucn a 'n'ls
as doing help. and both are an ahofnlna tlon! -,
Frank Tucker, general agent Of the Association
for Improving the Condition Of the Poor, spoke on
the same lines.
After the meeting the class visited the ndustrlal
building of the Charity Organization society "h"re
Miss Kate Bond chairman of the committee eN-
plained the methods in use.
An interested auditor at the meeting YESTERDAY
Was the Rev h Namae. a Japanese worker IN or
ganized charities in Toxic who is studying methods
here Mr.. Namae. who IS Interested IN Ihe IofAlp
home for ex-convicts said that he had learned a
Great deal in America about the subject every
DrinSinaI charities in Toxic the home with
which he is associated the OrphanaEe and reforma-
rory work and the almshouse Baron ShihusaWA,
,,bo * now I'm this country. is president of the
aImshouse The family schooI' IS the name given
TO a reformatory for juvenile Offenders ana he-
ls,,o,r reTrc
New-York tribune., 1902-06-20
TO AUCTION H4RQJIS'S LAND
BORN OF AMERICAN PARENTS HE WAS
ADOPTED BY a FRENCH NOBLEMAN.
WHO MARRIED HIS MOTHER.

Large tracts of unmproved but valuable prop
erty in Brooklyn. lying along Alabama-ave be-
tween Atlantic-ave. and MalbOne-st- and in
tersected by the Eastern Parkway, Union Pres
ident Carroll Crown and Montgomery SITS. Will
be sold at auction for the benefit of the French
creditors of the late Samuel Wells, Marquis de
la Vallette. who died years ago in Paris
handed down yesterday by Justice Gaynor in
the Supreme Court Brooklyn, in favor of En-
cry Frey, appointed provisional executor OF the
nnarquis's estate by the French courts
The papers in the action recalled an interest
ing story of native-born American who became
a nobleman. member of the French Chamber
of Deputies and Chevalier of the Legion OF
Honor. This man Samuel Wells. son
OF Samuel Wells. an extensive property
owner in Kings County. He was born In
Brooklyn in 1882. Nine years later MS
father died and his mother moved TO France
There she married the Marquis de la NaLette.
The latter had children and adopted the
Wells boy as his own SON. The young man
therefore became a French citizen, and upon
the death of his stepfather assumed the title
of Marquis de la ValIette. Subsequently he
became prominent in political life, was elected
to the Chamber of Deputies and became a mem
Der of the Legion of Honor.
In 1892 he died and his estate was found 10
be heavily involved. The creditors had Emery
Frey appointed provisional executor After much
search NJ. Frey discovered the Brooklyn lands
and Immediately took steps to realize them for
the benefit of De la Vallette's creditors. 1t IS
believed that the money from these lands VIII
not only pay the creditors. but VIII leave SUD-
stantial sum for the heirs
New-York tribune., 1902-06-20
DOrGHERTy SAVES HUCH TO CITY.
HIS REPORT SHOWS BIG INCREASE IN
WATER REVENUES-OTHER PROG
RESS SHOWN.

Commissioner Dougherty of the Department
of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity WILL
within few days. submit his first quarterly re-
port to Mayor Low. The total revenues col
lected by the department up to March 81 Is
81 POI S24 80. increase over the corresponding
quarter of last year of S15f.31631- This
amount represents a large increase in the water
revenues by reason of the unearthing Of sys-
tenn Of fraud which included the filing off of
cogs from meters. causing them to register less
water than actually passed through them
Seals have been broken and meters set back In
d number of cases.
Commissioner Dougherty says that the frauds
perpetrated have been serious and criminal. He
sent a bill for ten years water to a stable that
had been classified vacant lot Other
frauds have been the connecting of only por-
ton of the supply pipes of a building with
meter. He expresses the opinion that fully
S1.Odo0oo is lost to the city every year by these
fraudulent practices The frauds are found most
" in hotels saloons and places of amusement.
while manufacturing concerns have not been
bameless The Commissioner has caused more
frequent inspections OF the meters to limit these
frauds. and has asked the Board of Estimate
for forty-seven additional inspectors and writ
ers. He drafted and obtained the passage of
an amendment to the Penal Code making tam
pering with meters or their appurtenances
penal offence. Six inspectors have been dis
missed charges
Commissioner DoughertY has abolished the
practice heretofore induged in by clerks of issu-
ing permits for the use of hydrants. BY this
system corporations and private concerns were
permitted TO the hydrants free of cost He
has also stopped abuses of the law granting
water tax exemptions TO charitable institutions.
One of his first acts to deny the application
Of the Armitage House. maintained by the Fifth
Avenue Baptist Church. for the reason that it
was not originated for the purposes specified in
the law.
The Commissioner has instituted a plan of
deducting from the bills of lighting companies
the money asked for unlighted lamps in Queens
Borough. For short period in January $500
lamps unlighted and commensurate sums
were deducted from the contractors bills.
The scheme for establishing a system and
plant for supplying gas to the city under
niCipal control the Commissioner declares be
premature. With its present constitutional
debt limit he believes that the city
quire plant from any private company The
problem of burying electric wires in Brooklyn.
he says, is vast and complicated. He has OBJ
panies looking to the gradual removal Of wires
from the streets
Substantial increases in the water supply
have been made. The Byram River is now
available to the city. and Brooklyns rights to
the waters of Suffolk County have been aC-
Centuated. 1t is now a question of only short
time, he says. when the Burr law will he re-
WD"0 gallons Of water are going tn waste
year
New-York tribune., 1902-06-20
CAR AHEAD CASE LOST
JUSTICE JOSEPH SYMPATHIZES WITH
PASSENGERS But HOLDS ORDI-
NANCE DEFECTIVE.

Justice Joseph in the Seventh Municipal
Court, yesterday dismissed three actions against
the Interurban Street Railway Company 10 re-
cover damages for alleged violations of the
car ahead ordinance on the ground that the
ordinance not properly framed and took
liberties with the rights OF the corporation.
While sympathizing with the passengers. he
said he was compelled to dismiss the actions
and advised that the ordir lnce be- drawn over
again. and be properly constructed
on June = Vice President HasbrouCk was
served with summOnSes by the Corporation
Counsels office in three specific cases. the city
being obliged bring the actions under the
conditions of the ordinance. The first
called before Justice Joseph and jury of six
was that of William b Anderson. of Nc. lis
East Efghty-sixth-st., who declared that about
S:45 a m. on May %. 1902. he and other passen-
gers a southbOund Third-ave. car were COM
PEELED to leave the car at Sixty-ffth-st- and
Third-ave.. and take car ahead. His intention
was to ride to Grand-st. Assistant Corporation
Counsel Arthur F. Cosby and Henry c. Johnson
appeared for the city. and John NJ Scribner and
John T. Little for the company.
Mr.. Cosby opened the by citing the incl
dent alleged to have taken place on the morn
ing of May 23. Mr.. Scrbner conceded every
point made by the plaintiff. Anderson was
then called to testify, and Scribner admitted
that his testimony was true Then he Said:
IF it please your honor. l do not see that the
company has violated any law or had done any
wrong in changing its at SiXty-tfth-
and Third-ave. The changing of cars at depots
is done for many reasons Cars have 10 De
cleaned and put in a sanitary condition, ac-
cordng to law. and the Board of Aldermen
had no right to pass an ordinance interfering
with those rights.
After citing several decisions. he moved for
a dismissal of the In his argument ne
read an abstract from the ordinance, and rld1-
cuIed it. Justice Joseph then dismissed the
case
The other actions were brought by the city IN IN
the name of Miss Jennie NJ. Hayden. OF NO %
East One hundred and twelfth-st.. who boarQeo
A Madison-ave car marked Brooklyn Brldse
and was compelled to take the car ahedu d I
Eighty-sixth-st.. and Henry Kahn, OF NO Iof
East Seventy third-st.. who, after having trans
ferred from d Coumbus-ave. car TO FIty-
ninth-st. crosstown car. was compelled 10 'dhe
the car ahead at LeXington-aFe
New-York tribune., 1902-06-20
NORTHFTELD SEuIy4RY EyEpcysrc

MOI i'flileld' Mass June 19.-At meeting of the
corporation and trustees of NorthfeId Seminary
the annual report of Miss Evelyn S Hall the
PRINCIPAL was read. This report contained some
interesting facts about the growth and doya1o,,
ment Of the educational work started nv y /
Moody
Ailhoush Northfed is widely recognized as a
religious centre and a meeting place for summer
conferences. II is not generally known tbot over
thousand students receive instruction during tn,
course OF year in the schools founded at that
place Last year the total registration at North
"eiu seminary was Al The average age of the
students is eighteen-of the present graduating
class, twenty-one Over half the States of the
Union were represented. and eight foreign conn
tries. massachusetts furnished the greatest num-
Der per, OF sstudents-l21 in all-and New-York next
existence, the school has grown from tfirty Girls
ba baTe' mi III u aeSultory way al D. L. Moodys
three thousand and four thousand. Tuition charge
of each girl 500 The defic is 20 m9 2 5 ac'aa sna Gosf
endowment and outside gifts to the school The
training is both religious and secular The RihIe
is a required study. and the regular courses are
meant fn TO nj stu Tents for any college Students
nell. Eassar Holyoke. Wellesley Brown and other
One of the girls who was at the seminary only
two years. and who lives in remote town in
TO have enter Northfeld. tells of their wofuI lack
Know G hat Sorhed 'ne% a ] TayF 70 Of ne II
emce al Hoy over m me ne World II has Frightened great
Northfield may have forgotten. but who never can
forget Northfeld,"
The needs Of greater facilities and larger equip
ment ar Northieid are obvious. Less than half
the applicants can be accepted, and the pres
ent time there are over three hundred on the
waiting lost Last wear over one hundred and sixty
girls worked and worked hard. TO AXE their *
penses. and thirty others We're helped hv the
Students Aid Society. The report ended in bring
ing forth the pressing need of the school for a
building for sciences and a music hall
Commencement exercises held for the
class of G2 from June II to Is. DR. g l.
Scoheld, pastor Of the Conversational Church at
Norhheld and Mount Hermon Church. preached
the baccalaureate sermon. The Rev G. CanInheIl
Morgan. Of the NOrrhheld Extension work ga ya
rhe commencement address Many of he 9Ilrnna,
were back. "pd their annual h'uruer was held
,uor~ -" guests were Mr.. and Mrs Frank Wood
ard Penrv NJ Moore. 0f 'oston Miss Helen Gould
Of New-York Colonel G A Hopkins of Eos
ION: George f, Keith of Campello Mass and
q. II Shaw. of Middleboro. Mass.
New-York tribune., 1902-06-20
At ST. ELIZABETH'S COLLEGE,
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES HELD YES
TERDAY-LIST OF PRIZE WINNERS.

The College of ST. Elizabeth Convent Station,
y. j, held its forty-second annual commencement
exercises yesterday. The convent orchestra and
the Xavier Club furnished excellent music.
Miss Clotilda J. Lane read the salutatory. Miss
Grace NJ Ryan the valedictorian. and Miss
Florence NJ. McCrea read essay on the life and
work of the late Aubrey de We're.
The winners of prizes in the college course were
as follows: Philosophy the Misses Maskell and
HiImann; Greek, the Misses Kenna. H!llmann and
Horgan; Latin. the Misses Kenna, Griffin and Jen-
nings; chemistry the Misses Maskel and Ennis;
English essay the Misses Ennis and Hillmann;
English short story. Miss Jennings; English his
tory. Miss Hnchrffe: evidences OF religion. Miss
McCabe; rhetoric, Miss Flannery. and Church his
tory. Miss Hyland.
In the academic classes prizes were awarded to
the following: English the Misses Blake Rel
mann, Keefe. J. Kenny. McGrath. / Roy. c. Hnch-
life Gibbons. l. and NJ. Farrell. r. Brooks '.
Micolino II. Slosson. NJ Pmerte I Brooks, p.
Estrada. b and r. Thurston VI. Porcela. R.
Cuervo and A Champion; prizes for Latin 10 the
Misses Blake McMulen Keefe and Wiener; Greek.
Miss Mary Hinchlfe: mathematics the Misses
Anna Kenny, Agnes Kropacheski. Keefe and Nc
Mullen. prizes for German were by the Misses
Grace Ryan. A Bour Anna Kenny. X Cogan.
and Margaret Kenny; Spanish prize. Miss Blake.
prizes for music, the Misses Anna Thomas T
Blake, A McMullen f Murphy F Gutierrez. A
3 6Gg1 R1nrE5 G. B3 R{aV Z R.n J. Melgen 1 kesfe N
water colors and china, the Misses May Donovan.
Hughes NJ Helm and n Cotton 5!itt W. ''e'i"a""' .
crowns for exemplary department were merited
by The the Misses s McCabe, B. MaskeI. E Kenna
a. Bour, r Hlllmann, NJ. Helm g Ryan + Nc
Creat Margaret Kenny. c. Jennings j. Hinchife,
a. ia Prato NJ Beasley, L. Nightingale. r.
WHINE Mosyai F. GpGrrez G. G. Jennings; G santoni.
R St Lawrence Maria Riley NJ PimenteI +
Johnson; l. Farrell NJ Flannery. E Griffin .
Lane NJ McGroarty, NJ. Conlon. NJ Mcdonald r
Blake j Kenny. A Ryan, Nj. Gutierrez A Va
roma A. Plchetto L. and H. Winters, L Herzig
A Gibbons A Kenny. Margaret Farrell K Kava.
nash and Elk Earl. a special honor for exenniary
deportnent was won by Miss II. Regina St law
renee, of Paterson n J. N law
The Right Rev. John J. OConnor n D. Rtsbop
OF Newark. presided and addressed the rra5ma taif
& ne ted the Sisters and the pupils on the
work done and expressed the hope that rho CoI-
lege OF St Elizabeth would he the first of Ameri
cah coeees tor women. In 1903 the first senior
ciass or the college will receive the degree n
a2 6n 2oM Working OF fer this degree the
= j.; r. Maskell and Esther Kenna of Newfon' NJ
New-York tribune., 1902-06-20
tograph was taken.

emphatic denial TO the loose statements and ran
dom theories this subject that get into circuia-
tion from time time And what is more. the
marriage rate shows decided tendency 10 in
Evidently all say great deal more than we
mean 1t Is plain that the men do not think mod
girls exactinR and eXtravagant and uT-
companionable as they depict them, and it is
equally obvious that, despite the cutlery that wom-
raise against the creature. Man, they are quite
a willing take him for better worse
The decline in the number of remarked widows
may be accounted for in the increased wisdom OF
the spinster. The maiden of to-day is neither
dident unVersed in the arts of fascination.
Time when she first allowed herself to be
wooed left the case might be- To-day she
herself persstently to win. and thus places
herself the plane the widow. whc
formerly had it all her own way in this respect