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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-23
ANNUAL IMMIGRATION REPORT,
A Larga Total Increase and a Decrease
from China aud Ireland Shown by
Commissioner Sarg mt.


Inc annual report of the commissioners
81 immigration just made public at Nash-
lnPton SHOWS that OF the 6S.Tio inlmi-
grants VINO arrived in the United States
curing tie last fiscal year. $500 were
males and lS231i females OF the entire
NUMBER OF arrivals Italy supplied u.s.
80, an increase of 1873 over the number
Tor lNl; Austria-llungary Ill .oS5, an in
crease oil os,5%. and Russia lWSi7, an IN
crease OF = $50. Most European countries
showed an increase, but there was lall-
ing oft IN the arrivals from Ireland
amounting TO l.43. the total from that
country being Dl3S. The figures con-
cerninS Asiatic immigration show de-
creose from China OF $40, the total being
lbi9. and an Increase from Japan OF 9."l
the total being li.2o. or 40 per cent. of
the entire number arriving, 1872 lbs were
unable TO read or write, but 7i.Oc3 were
under IA years Of age.
commenting upon this circumstance,
commissioner Sargent says. 1t can be
roughly estimated from the foregoing fig
ufes now eHectlVe IN excluding aliens
would he a reading test. such as that pro-
posed during the recent session of Con-
ErcHS winch would not be applied to chill
dren under 10 and adults over 70. The
totai number OF aliens refused permits
sions to land was ASA, or about two
thirds Of Der cent Of the total arrivals
- NV "''1' wei p"uPe'S = '"o H'u ioeitI-
some diseases. nine were oonVicts and 20
contracted laborers. Reference Is made
to the alien contract labor bill pending in
the Senate. and the commissioner eN-
presses the hope that 1t may pass during
tho next session.
Mr. Sargent finds that the sanguine
view expressed in the last annual report
of the bureau as to the effect of careful
examination by the United States marine
hospital surgeons upon the transporta-
ton lines bringing diseased aliens to
by the experience of the past year. He
adds: THE increase of alien immigra-
ton has been not quite one-third over
that of 1901, hut the comparative increase
Of diseased aliens for the same period has
been more than two to one The same
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-23

spatch the command was en- route to the
city. They occupied the public squares
here for sometime and enjoyed themselves
not wisely nor yet virtuously and return
ed to the army of the Potomac sadly dc
moralized in all but the two great essen
tial qualities, of fighting and marching.
1t was n fortunate thing for the New York
mob that 1t avoided conflict with New
England troops at this time.
Upon the return of the brigade to the
field thew quietly held on their own rou-
tine of life and maintained to the close
Of the war, the splendid reputation they
had won at the very outset.
There were many regiments equal to
the Vermont regiments In actual battle,
and some that. like the 9Th New York
volunteers. not only equaled them in fight
ing qualities but surpassed them In drill,
discipline and appearance on parade. As
4 brigade, however they were undoubted-
~ the hest brigade in the army of the Po-
tonac. For they not only fought as well
as 1t was possible to fight. but they could
out marcn. with utmost ease, any other
organization of the army. 1t was the
intention of the writer only to refer to
this brigade as furnishing the best type
of the American soldier. but this article
has grown beyond his intended limit. we
have therefore not space IT, examine into
the cause of this superiority. Two, how
over. may be briefly stated. First, that
the regiments from Vermont were brig
AIDED together. This rule. strange to say.
seemed to work well only in the smaller
states like Vermont and New Jersey.
Second, the fact that Vermont, during
the first year of the war recruited for the
regiments and kept them full. Regi-
mental and company officers. knowing
that their ranks would be filled up. dis.
charged men freely and thus managed to
get rid of their weak and worthless SOL
diers. For these reasons the Vermonters
were good men. They were fortunate,
however in having such commanders as
Gems. w. F. Smith and w. Z. II. Brooks.
1t naturally resulted from this combina-
ton of circumstances that they became
a great power In tie battle, and earned
a reputation Of which every man and wo-
man in Vermont may we'll be proud.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-23

Some idea Of the manner in which the
reelection of the Hon. William z. Dill
ingham to the United States Senate is
viewed outside of Vermont can be gained
from the following comment by the
Philadelphia Press, exPostmaster-Gen-
eral Charles Emory Smiths paper:
The reelection of Senator Dillingham;
by the Vermont Legislature is a proof
that that state has not forgotten how to
reward faithful and capable public serv-
ice. MIR. Dillingham; worthily maintains
the tradition of Nermont's representa- =
ton in the Senate as established by Nor
riil and Edmunds.
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Surplus 300,O67.67
Total AcSAts snl ~

TRUSTEES.
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Speculation is rife in the navy as to the
probable selection OF an officer to succeed
Paymas or General Albert S. Kenny when
he rctres from active service on January
49, 1908. and candidates for the place are
cropping up at n very lively rate. Admiral
Kenny was appointed an assistant pay
master upon the recommendation of Sem
ator Edmunds, in 1862, and has filled every
grade in that department of the navy with
distinguished ability and fidelity.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-23
DIR. WEBB AND THE RUTLAND
SHOPS.
(From the Bellows Falls Times.

(From the Bellows Falls Tmes)
When Or. Webb promised to locate the
shops in Rutland last spring it was re-
presented to him by another official Of
the Rutland railroad that the company
already owned plenty of land in Rutland
upon which to erect all the proposed
buildings and Dr. Webb believed this
to be the case.
When, however. "A short time ago he
began to take steps preliminary TO go-
ing ahead with the buildings he found
that the amount of land had been badly
misrepresented to him, and that there
was far less than he had been led to
believe there was AS there is no land
which the railroad could purchase in
Rutland which is well adapted to the
needs of the road. the locating of the
shops there is practically out of the ques-
ton.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-23
Hoods Jarsdpdrilla
and Pills

Eradicate it, positively and absolute
ly, This statement is based on the
thousands Of permanent cures those
medicines have wrought.
my daughter had scrofula, with eleven
sores on her neck and about her ears Hoods
sarsaparilla was highly recommended and
she took 1t and was cured. She 10 now in
good health" Mas. J. II. JONES, Parker
City, Ind.
Hoods SarcaparIIIa promises to
cure and keeps the promise.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-23

There is but one officer in the British
Navy by the name of Dewey, and, singu-
larly enough his name is George Dewey
lie is an artifcer-engineer, attached to the
destroyer Wizard.
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BURLINGTON, THURSDAY. OCT.
WANTED.

When you want anything, advertise In
the new special column of this paper. Some
bargains are offered there this week which
st will nav you to read about. See page
seven. This paper has more than @,Voo
headers every week, and one cent a word
will reach them all.
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The report Of Brigadier- General Bates,
paymastcr general of the army for the
past year shows reduction of s91s, ,9l9 in
army expenditures as compared with the
year preceding.
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FASTIDIOUs CUSTOMER.

Waiter-"How would you like your oys-
ter stew, sir?"
Krusty-" Serve IL without"
Waiter-'Beg pardon. sir. Without
WHAT"
Krusty-."Without your thumb in it."
PHILADELPHIA Press
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That BEAUTIFUL Gloss

comes from the varnish in Devoe's Var
nish Floor Paint; costs cents more a
quart though. Sold by Hagar Bros.
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Scr0fuLd
II is commonly inherited.

Few are entirely free from It..
Pale, weak, puny children are
afflicted with it in nine cases out of
ten, and many adults suffer from 1t.
Common indications are bunohes in
the neck, assesses, cutaneous erup-
tons, infamed eyelids, sore ears,
ricketts,, catarrh, wasting, and general
debility.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-23
STATE EXPENSES INCREASING.

The disbursement Of the State. as shown
by the orders drawn by the State auditor.
have increased in the past three years,
y72 4i199. The increase for the fiscal year
ending June SO. 1901 over the year end
ing June 80, 1900 was Sl5979 and for
the year 1902 over 1901. s2,932. ~. The or
ders drawn at the end of the present is-
cal year amounted TO SS6S,059lS The tx
penscs of the State are constantly in
creasing, but the Indebtedness of the
State has decreased so, so. q in the four
preceding fiscal years and a. the close Of
the last fiscal year was S46.S a. The
increase in TIE EXPENSES of the State tor
the last biennial term over the precedirg
is substantially in nine departments.
amounting to SIPS, lSO.32, of which the IL
sane t67,76o9j is the largest with aSri-
culture, 81 il45i. coming second. Tive
penal del nrtmeut shows d decrease Of
E2S. I54.a2, soldiers home $3.50, the militia
coming third In the fiscal year 1907 and
1900 there have been killed in the State
4lS2 foxes 50 lynNes q bears los rattle
snakes. and wolves, better record in
variety than the preceding year, although
the general average is about the same, for
which there had been paid in bounties
$325s.29.
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Located at So Church
ST., while rebuilding.
WlNOOSKI
Savings Bank

from its careful management has not
i"et with loss from amy loan made dur
ING the last twenty years.
deposits made during the first five days
Oh any month will draw interest from ne
Hrst day OF that month, Deposits made
aittr Inc III III day of any month will draw
interest from the first day of the next
month.
Interest is credited dopositors Jan. lst
and July LIST, compromising semi-annual j.
ne rate or interest paid TO deposlturs by
an savings banks IN this State Is liin-
!te" by law to 81. per cent until Its sur
Plus amounts 10 10 per cent OF it's depos-
us, when an extra dividend is to be made.
No lntorest is allowed by law to be paid
on deposits In excess Of two thousand dol
iars cY.ept 1t be on deposits by widows.
orphans, administrators, executors, guar
dians, charitable or religious institutions,
or on trust funds deposited by order or
court.
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VERMONT LOANS solicited.
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Terms-S1.Oo Year. Always in Advance.
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Deposits and surplus. ............ 81 COS 76S 81
OfFlCERS--S. II. Weston, President;
Crmond Cole, Treasurer.
IRUSTEES-S. II. Weston, j. 3. Small.
o. r. Ray. Ormond Cole. r. c. Mower.
samuel Bigwood. C. H. Shipman.
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amstown; secretary, Miss Helen y.
Graves, St Johnsburv Centre; assistant
secretary. Miss Gretta Il. Moore, Wells
River; treasurer. C. w. Perry Earre. as
sistant treasurer the Rev. ". A. Nor
rison, Graniteville; junior superintendent,
Miss Mary w. Ellis Springfield; assist
ant junior superintendent Mrs. j. 1.
Pierce. Westminster auditor, Fred S.
Knight, Brattlehoro; excursion manager.
the Rev. G. Fl. Peck, North Bennington.
nrese superintendent, RI. c. Woodruff.
Barre; superintendent corresponding de.
partment, Miss Minerva A. Tyler, Brat
tleboro. The following resolution was
adopted: Resolved, that as Christian En-
dedvofers we are un3ltcrably opposed 70
the Introduction of the open saloon IN
Vermont.
AN ABDUCTION AT BRANDON.
Grace, the seven-y ear-old daughter If
Mr. and Mrs. Fl. s. Landson of Brandon
who has been in care of Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Cross during tho past year. was
stolen by her father last Thursday and
carried away The I.andsons resided in
Westfeld, Mass, UP to year ago. BY
reason of cruelty the wife separated from
her husband and taking the child remov-
ed to Brandon, where the child was placed
in the care of the Cross family while Mrs.
Ldndson secured work elsewhere For
some months she has beer employed in
Rutland. Mr. LandSon arrived in Bran
don from Westfi, Id Thursday went to the
Cross home and demanded his daughter,
promising 10 take the child to visit her
mother in Rutland. Despite the pleadirCs
of The little girl to remain she was for
clhy carried away. The mother was no.
tihed at once and when the father failed
TO appear at Rutland a search was In
stitUte1. The man and child were traced
to- Leicester Junction where Landson pur-
chased a ticket to Burlington 1t is sand
that Lludson l. mentally Unbalanced and
he showed the effect Of drink.
ACCIDENTS IN NORTHFIELD
TWO accidents occurred ir Mortified
Friday. Earl Prince, the young son Of
Mrs Minnie Prince, while playing with
some other boys. attempted to cross Tie
street in front Of {. S Rchmond's de-
livery wagon, and was knocked down.
the horses foot hitting him over the eye
and cutting bad cash and necessitating
several stitches. II was at first feared
that the sight OF the eye was destroyed
tut at last reports he was doing well.
and no serious effects are anticipate Il.
Cadet w. H. NORTH was accidcntly hit
hy a canhor ball Saturday and received
a bad cut OH the head which required
several stitches.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-03-22
UnintentiOnal Liberty,

The following was told me the other
day as a true story: During one Of
the hottest of the recent spells of hot
weather a well-known baronet came
across three >workmen engaged on a
job on his estate. One of them re-
marked, as workmen not infrequently
do, on the dryness of the job. The
heat had perhaps extended itself to
the baronet's temper. At any rate, he
turned away with the reply, Iii you
are thirsty, you know where the we'll
is. You will find pail there" Think
ing over his remark little later, it
flashed across the baronet's mind that
he had given orders for three bottles
Of champagne to be put into the pail
and lowered into the we'll to cool for
dinner. He fastened to the we'll and
discovered-three empty bottles! What
he said this time is not reproductions
don Truth.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-03-22
Bad-Named Village.

On the western slope of the Berk-
literally painted red once in every ten
or twelve years. twenty-five years
before the battle of Lexington Syl-
vanus Cunningham, peddler of no
lions, passed through the settlement.
His cart was upset and all his wares
thrown out in the road. The villagers
rushed to his aid, but when he took
a hasty inventory of his stock he de-
clared that much was missing, and
furthermore denounced the place, and
said it should thencetorth be known
as "Pilfershire." And thus it was
known until 1926, when the village
fathers called a meeting to take steps
toward throwing off the ignominious
name. AS a substitute some one men
toned RED Rock" This was met by
the objection that there were no red
rocks in the vicinity. Whereupon a
shrewd old man suggested that they
could plant one. So a great rock by
the roadside was given coat of deep,
rich red, and since that time paint
ing day." which occurs about every
dozen years, has been one of the great
celebrations in Red Rocks history. It
was last painted in the summer of
1899, SO that it is comparatively fresh,
and the rock itself is not particle
more eternal than the satisfaction of
the villagers.-Ladies' Home Journal.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-03-22
The Wire for the Russian Tongue

Inc "1fo 1OF tho fSuSSl8n tongue.
Discussions and stories of a linguis-
tic character have a peculiar charm
for Opie Reed, says. the Philadelphia
Press. Recently he was surrounded
by group of newspaper men. One
Of these confessed that he had lately
taken up the study of the Russian
tongue, with very discouraging re-
suits, considering the fact that French,
Spanish and Italian had been compare
lively easy for him. ''Oh, that's not
strange consolingly, remarked the
story writer, 1.-THE Chicago Telephone
company had worse experience than
that with the terrors of the Slax ton
que. A druggist in the heart of the
Russian colony recently had a tele-
phone instrument installed in his place
for the accommodation of his patrons.
The minute the first user of the tele-
phone began to talk Russian into the
receiver the wire kinked into small
knots like tensely twisted string.
They couldn't do thing to meet the
emergency until one of the telephone
linemen who had once attempted tn
do missionary work in a Russian set.
Element in Minnesota replaced the
smooth insulated copper strand with
the ordinary barb wire. That iagged
medium proved a perfect means Of
transmission for Russian speech
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-03-22
Thrifty : Beacons.

The horrors of the advertising
mania are thus amusingly set forth
by Mary Cholmondeley in the Month
ly Review: I hear that the white
cliffs of Albion are no longer to be
left out in the cold as spaces to let
Possibly before these lines find their
way into print that landmark of Eng
fish eyes and hearts will be trans
formed into belt Of advertisements
which, I understand, will at night be
writ in fire. In the next war which
the arrogance of other nations forces
mon MS we can imagine as the hos
pifal ships near our. shore, how the
sore]y wounded soldier will say, to the
comrade who supports him: I'm
goin' fast, Bill. Is .Lemco'. in sight
vet % "No, old chap, it amt" Have
we passed L.abby's Lip salve?" Not
vet" While on the bridge the burly
captain peeps into the night and says:
Dash my starry topsails If we aren't
out of our course mo, SIR says
the attendant boatswaian, that's
}Keating.s Cough Lozenges a-showin'
up on our lee now s Il q. :5se.z